Agenda and minutes

Court of Aldermen - Tuesday, 7th February, 2023 12.30 pm

Venue: Aldermens' Court - Mezzanine West Wing, Guildhall. View directions

Contact: Gemma Stokley  Email: gemma.stokley@cityoflondon.gov.uk

Items
No. Item

1.

Question - That the Minutes of the last Court are correctly recorded? pdf icon PDF 247 KB

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Minutes:

Resolved: - That the minutes of the Court of Aldermen held on 6th December 2022 were correctly recorded.

 

[The minutes of the Court of Common Council were on the table.]

 

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2.

Resolutions on retirements, Congratulatory Resolutions, Memorials etc.

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Minutes:

There were no resolutions.

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3.

The Comptroller & City Solicitor to report the result of the Wardmote held on Thursday, 8th December 2022 for the election of an Alderman for the Ward of Aldgate.

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Minutes:

The Comptroller & City Solicitor reported the result of the Wardmote held on 8th December 2022 for the Election of an Alderman for the Ward of Aldgate.

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4.

The Comptroller & City Solicitor to report the result of the Wardmote held on Wednesday, 7th December 2022 for the election of an Alderman for the Ward of Farringdon Without.

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Minutes:

The Comptroller & City Solicitor reported the result of the Wardmote held on 7th December 2022 for the Election of an Alderman for the Ward of Farringdon Without.

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5.

The Comptroller & City Solicitor to report the result of the Wardmote held on Wednesday, 7th December 2022 for the election of an Alderman for the Ward of Queenhithe.

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Minutes:

The Comptroller & City Solicitor reported the result of the Wardmote held on 7th December 2022 for the Election of an Alderman for the Ward of Queenhithe.

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6.

Applications for the Freedom of the City pdf icon PDF 161 KB

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Minutes:

The Chamberlain presented the names of one hundred and sixty-four persons to be made free of this City, and it is Ordered that they be admitted into the Freedom of this City accordingly, as follows:-

 

Name   :                           Occupation:             Address:                       Company:

Sabrina Isabel India Allhusen

a Consulting Analyst

Shepherd's Bush, London

Grocers

 

 

Stuart Amesbury

a Construction Management Consultant

Prague, Czech Republic

Basketmakers

 

 

 

Lucy Victoria Winwood Armstrong

a Port Chief Executive Officer

Newcastle Upon Tyne, Northumberland

 

Shipwrights

Edward John Attenborough

a Dental Business Chief Executive Officer

 

Nottingham, Nottinghamshire

 

Founders

Nicola Caroline Auret

a Human Resources Company Director

Wandsworth, London

Human Resource Professionals

 

Chantal Melanie Ball

a Civil Servant

Dorking, Surrey

 

Wheelwrights

Jonathan Nicholas Baltesz

a Farmer

Richmond, North Yorkshire

 

Farmers

Graham John Barnes

a Corporate Financier

Kingsey, Buckinghamshire

 

Barbers

Romané Basset

a Charity Administrator

Docking, Norfolk

Makers of Playing Cards

 

Richard Cyril Bowman

a Lighting Manufacturer Operations Manager

 

Wellingborough, Northamptonshire

Lightmongers

Warren Paul Bradshaw

a Water Engineer

Fochabers, Moray, Scotland

Plumbers

Simon Christopher Brocklebank-Fowler

an Entrepreneur in Public Relations

 

Lisbon, Portugal

Entrepreneurs

Sallyann Brookes

a Chief People Officer, retired

 

Kingswood, Surrey

Human Resource Professionals

Iain Murdoch Brown

a Butcher Company Director

 

Kilmarnock, Ayrshire

Butchers

John Erskine Brown

a Law of the Sea Consultant

Wellington, Somerset

Master Mariners

Patrick Joseph Browne

a Director of Nursing

Ballinasloe, Galway, Ireland

 

Nurses

Murray Campbell

An Inn of Court Deputy Chief Executive, retired

 

Basingstoke, Hampshire

Woolmen

Colonel Paolo Damiano Capanni

an Army Officer

Wolverhampton, West Midlands

 

Apothecaries

Thomas Richard Chant

a Shipping Company Chief Executive Officer

 

Richmond Upon Thames, London

Shipwrights

Reza Hossain Choudhury

a Courier Company Chief Executive

 

Billericay, Essex

Carmen

Ieuan Carwyn Clark

a Tugmaster

Merthyr Tydfil, Mid Glamorgan, Wales

 

Master Mariners

Professor Moira Kathleen Clark

 

a Professor

Moulsford, Oxfordshire

Marketors

Oliver James Verden Collyear

 

a Steel Trader

Hammersmith, London
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7.

Report: General Purposes Committee of Aldermen

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Minutes:

There was no report.

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8.

Precepts for Common Hall for the Election of Sheriffs and other Officers and for the Election of a Lord Mayor to be issued

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Minutes:

The draft of a Precept to the Masters, Prime Wardens, Upper Bailiff and Wardens

of the several Livery Companies requiring the attendance of the Livery on 26th June

next for the election of Sheriffs and other Officers for the year ensuing and on 29th

September next, for the election of a Lord Mayor of this City, for the year ensuing,

was read, agreed to and ordered to be issued.

 

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9.

Order for keeping the Hustings clear to be passed

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Minutes:

An Order against persons crowding upon the Hustings at elections at Common Hall

was passed.

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10.

To Appoint the Easter Preacher

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Minutes:

Resolved:- That The Very Reverend Dr Robert Willis, be requested to preach before this Court and the Governors of the several hospitals of this City, at the Guild Church of St Lawrence Jewry on Thursday, 9th March 2023 or, in the event that building work at St Lawrence Jewry is not complete by this time, at another church of the Lord Mayor’s choosing.

 

Also that the Vicar of St Lawrence Jewry or other Vicar of the Lord Mayor’s choosing be requested to –

 

(a)        grant permission for the use of St Lawrence Jewry church or other church of the Lord Mayor’s choosing,

 

(b)        settle the details of the service,

 

(c)        brief the Very Reverend Dr Willis, and

 

(d)        conduct the service.

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