Agenda and minutes

Venue: Aldermen's Court Room

Contact: Lorraine Brook
tel. no.: 020 7332 1409  Email: lorraine.brook@cityoflondon.gov.uk

Items
No. Item

1.

Question - That the minutes of the last Courts are correctly recorded?

Minutes:

Resolved:- That the minutes of the Courts of Aldermen held on 5th and 14th September 2017 were correctly recorded.

 

 

The minutes of the Court of Common Council were laid upon the table of the Court.

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2.

Resolutions on Retirements, Congratulatory Resolutions, memorials, etc.

Minutes:

There were none.

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3.

The Chamberlain's list of applicants for the Freedom of the City:-

Name

Occupation

Address

Company

Robert  Caile

an Entertainer

Worcester Park, Surrey

Tylers & Bricklayers

Nina Sophia  Miralles

a Writer

Greenwich

Stationers & Newspaper Makers

Johnnie Lee Fry

a Sporting Company Chief Executive Officer

Union City, Tennessee, United States of America

Gunmakers

Joanna  Varela 

an Information Technology Operations Manager

Wouldham, Kent

Turners

Dr  Ian Dennis  Thompson

a Medical Researcher

Billericay, Essex

Glass Sellers

Steven Whitaker

a Chartered Accountant

East Horsley, Surrey

Chartered Accountants

Daniel Edward  Harman

a Farrier

Long Crendon, Buckinghamshire

Farriers

Craig Godfrey Horwood 

a Printing Company Managing Director

Brooklands, Sale, Cheshire

Stationers & Newspaper Makers

Neil John Mather

a Chartered Accountant

Hastings, East Sussex

Coopers

Michael Hardwick  Tomalin, CMG, OBE

a Banker Retired

Hollington Lane, Highclere, Hampshire

International Bankers

Sharon Ruth  Pink

a Journalist

Pinner, Middlesex

Coachmakers & Coach Harness Makers

Jason Henry Stuart  Dalley

a Fund Manager

Calne, Wiltshire

Gunmakers

Daniel Anthony  Johnson

a Technology Consultant

Hutton, Brentwood, Essex

Information Technologists

Thomas Patrick  Pannell

a Sales Manager

Arundel, West Sussex

Makers of Playing Cards

Carl William  Elliott

an Information Technology Director, retired

Ealing

Information Technologists

Alan  Adamson

a Marine Manager

Embo, Dornoch, Sutherland , Scotland

Master Mariners

Alastair Philip  Warren-Upham

a Strategic Account Manager

Godalming, Surrey

Insurers

Karen Estelle  Brewer

a Banker

Thorpe Bay, Southend On Sea, Essex

Gold & Silver Wyre Drawers

InderBir Singh Kathuria

a Property Company Director

Westminster

Chartered Surveyors

Neil Hamilton Lossock

a Blacksmith

Hereford, Herefordshire

Blacksmiths

Ian Clive  Parmenter

a Blacksmith

Hook, Hampshire

Blacksmiths

Rahim Ali

an Underwriter

Tower Hamlets

Insurers

Margaret Alethea  Birley

a Museum Curator

Forest Hill

Musicians

Alexander Benjamin Valdez Hanks

an Actuary

Westminster

Actuaries

Andrew James  O'Donohoe

a Interior Fitout Company Director

Wickford, Essex

Joiners & Ceilers

Sean Richard Eley

a Commercial Manager

Duffield, Belper, Derbyshire

Gold & Silver Wyre Drawers

Erik William Clark  Johnson

an Insurance Company

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Minutes:

Mr Chamberlain presented the names of one hundred and one 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

Robert  Caile

an Entertainer

Worcester Park, Surrey

Tylers & Bricklayers

Nina Sophia  Miralles

a Writer

Greenwich

Stationers & Newspaper Makers

Johnnie Lee Fry

a Sporting Company Chief Executive Officer

Union City, Tennessee, United States of America

Gunmakers

Joanna  Varela 

an Information Technology Operations Manager

Wouldham, Kent

Turners

Dr  Ian Dennis  Thompson

a Medical Researcher

Billericay, Essex

Glass Sellers

Steven Whitaker

a Chartered Accountant

East Horsley, Surrey

Chartered Accountants

Daniel Edward  Harman

a Farrier

Long Crendon, Buckinghamshire

Farriers

Craig Godfrey Horwood 

a Printing Company Managing Director

Brooklands, Sale, Cheshire

Stationers & Newspaper Makers

Neil John Mather

a Chartered Accountant

Hastings, East Sussex

Coopers

Michael Hardwick  Tomalin, CMG, OBE

a Banker Retired

Hollington Lane, Highclere, Hampshire

International Bankers

Sharon Ruth  Pink

a Journalist

Pinner, Middlesex

Coachmakers & Coach Harness Makers

Jason Henry Stuart  Dalley

a Fund Manager

Calne, Wiltshire

Gunmakers

Daniel Anthony  Johnson

a Technology Consultant

Hutton, Brentwood, Essex

Information Technologists

Thomas Patrick  Pannell

a Sales Manager

Arundel, West Sussex

Makers of Playing Cards

Carl William  Elliott

an Information Technology Director, retired

Ealing

Information Technologists

Alan  Adamson

a Marine Manager

Embo, Dornoch, Sutherland , Scotland

Master Mariners

Alastair Philip  Warren-Upham

a Strategic Account Manager

Godalming, Surrey

Insurers

Karen Estelle  Brewer

a Banker

Thorpe Bay, Southend On Sea, Essex

Gold & Silver Wyre Drawers

InderBir Singh Kathuria

a Property Company Director

Westminster

Chartered Surveyors

Neil Hamilton Lossock

a Blacksmith

Hereford, Herefordshire

Blacksmiths

Ian Clive  Parmenter

a Blacksmith

Hook, Hampshire

Blacksmiths

Rahim Ali

an Underwriter

Tower Hamlets

Insurers

Margaret Alethea  Birley

a Museum Curator

Forest Hill

Musicians

Alexander Benjamin Valdez Hanks

an Actuary

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4.

Application of the following for Freedom of the City by Patrimony and in the Company named:-

Name                                             Company

Alexandra Lesley Oldroyd        Distillers

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Minutes:

Name                                     Company

Alexandra Lesley Oldroyd      Distillers

 

Read and agreed to.

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5.

Thanks to the Chaplain to The Right Honourable The Lord Mayor for the Sermon preached by him on 29th September at the Guild Church of St. Lawrence Jewry

Minutes:

Resolved unanimously:- That the thanks of this Court be given to The Reverend Canon Roger Royle, Chaplain to The Right Honourable The Lord Mayor, for the sermon preached by him before his Lordship and this Court and the livery of the several companies of this City at the Guild Church of St Lawrence Jewry on 29th September 2017, prior to the election of a Lord Mayor for the year ensuing.

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6.

Letter

Minutes:

The Town Clerk lay before the Court a letter from Alderman Sir Michael Bear offering to surrender his Office of Alderman of the Ward of Portsoken.

 

 RECEIVED.

 

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7.

Report of the General Purposes Committee of Aldermen

Minutes:

Proposed Merger:- United Westminster Schools (UWS) and the Grey Coat Hospital Foundation

 

Resolved:-That, following consideration by the General Purposes Committee of Aldermen, this Court agrees with the recommendations that:

 

(i) a letter of support for the proposed merger be sent by the Town Clerk on behalf of the Court of Aldermen to United Westminster Schools and The Grey Coat Hospital foundation; and

(ii) the letter confirm that the court of Aldermen and the City Corporation gives its content to the proposals subject to the Court retaining the right of one appointment to the new Board of trustees and being consulted over the drafting of the new governing document (anticipated to be Articles of Association of a new charitable company.)

 

 

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