Agenda and minutes

Court of Aldermen - Tuesday, 11th February, 2014 12.30 pm

Venue: Aldermen's Court, Mezzanine Floor, West Wing, Guildhall

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

Items

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Question - That the minutes of the last Courts on 3rd December 2013 and 7th February 2014 are correctly recorded?

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Minutes:

Resolved – That the minutes of the Court of Aldermen held on 3^rd December 2013 were correctly recorded and the proceedings of the special meeting of the Court of Aldermen held on 7^th February 2014 confirmed.

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Resignations, retirements and memorials etc.

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Congratulatory resolutions:

Resolved unanimously – That the sincere congratulations of this Court be offered to Alderman Sir Roger Gifford on his recent appointment by Her Majesty the Queen as Knight Bachelor for services to international business, culture and the City of London; and also to Philip Jordan, QPM, the new City Marshal and a former Chief Superintendent at the Metropolitan Police on his recent award of the Queen’s Police Medal by Her Majesty the Queen.

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

Name	Occupation	Address	Company
Colette Catherine McCreedy	a Pharmacist	St Albans, Hertfordshire	Apothecaries
Christine Patricia Wilde	a Manufacturing Company Managing Director	Langstone, Newport,	Builders Merchants
Jane Elizabeth Davis	a Nurse	Rainham, Havering	Blacksmiths
Christopher Alan Drew	a Fire Officer	West Horndon, Essex	Firefighters
Antonia Rachel Elizabeth Winson	a Married Woman	Speen, Buckinghamshire	Tallow Chandlers
Mark Henry Joseph Askew	a Trade Association Chief Executive	Coundon, Coventry, West Midlands	Fuellers
Andrew Leslie Arthur Cutbill	a Fire Officer	Romford, Havering	Firefighters
John Christopher Dowsett	a Fire Engineer	Peacehaven, Sussex	Firefighters
Nicholas Carr	a Marketing Director	Barnes, Richmond Upon Thames	Distillers
Charles William Aikman Garfit	an Artist	Harlton, Cambridgeshire	Gunmakers
Stephen Timothy Preston Norcross	a Stockbroker	Lewisham	Tallow Chandlers
David John Drysdale Allen	a Chartered Accountant, retired	Chilworth, Guildford	Chartered Accountants
Philip Granville Hands	a Free Software Engineer	South Woodford, Redbridge	Fuellers
Robert Thomas Moore	a Farmer	Caenby, Lincoln	Farmers
Helen Claire Goddard	a Management Consultant, retired	Battersea, Wandsworth	Bakers
Gordon Alastair Gilchrist	a Marketing Director	Bramhope, Leeds	Marketors
James Frank Bryan	a Human Resources Consultant	Ferndown, Dorset	Educators
Riaz Ahmed Agha	a Trainee Surgeon	Stratford, Hackney	Apothecaries
Gordon Gancz	a Medical Practitioner	Oxford, Oxfordshire	Apothecaries
PareshkumarBhanji Modasia	a Pharmacist	Wimbledon Park, Merton	Apothecaries
Adrian Mark Kynaston Thomas	a Consultant Radiologist	Bromley	Apothecaries
Michael Mark Shapiro	a Solicitor	Elstree, Hertfordshire	World Traders
Simon Coutts Oliver	a Financial Trader	Camberwell, Southwark	Farriers
Raymond Geoffrey Coggin	a Hackney Carriage Driver	Fishbourne, Sussex	Hackney Carriage Drivers
Simon Andrew Cook	a Membership Recruitment Manager	Headley, Thatcham, Berkshire	Lightmongers
Richard Stephen Mayer	a Marketing Training Company Director	Duffield, Derbyshire	Marketors
Stuart Russell Fuller	a Portfolio Manager	Putney, Wandsworth	Leathersellers
Harry Joe Pilcher	a Regular Army Officer	Wandsworth	Leathersellers
Andrew Paul Thompson	a Chartered Engineer

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Minutes:

Mr Chamberlain presented the names of one hundred and sixty-nine 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

Colette Catherine McCreedy	a Pharmacist	St Albans, Hertfordshire	Apothecaries
Christine Patricia Wilde	a Manufacturing Company Managing Director	Langstone, Newport,	Builders Merchants
Jane Elizabeth Davis	a Nurse	Rainham, Havering	Blacksmiths
Christopher Alan Drew	a Fire Officer	West Horndon, Essex	Firefighters
Antonia Rachel Elizabeth Winson	a Married Woman	Speen, Buckinghamshire	Tallow Chandlers
Mark Henry Joseph Askew	a Trade Association Chief Executive	Coundon, Coventry, West Midlands	Fuellers
Andrew Leslie Arthur Cutbill	a Fire Officer	Romford, Havering	Firefighters
John Christopher Dowsett	a Fire Engineer	Peacehaven, Sussex	Firefighters
Nicholas Carr	a Marketing Director	Barnes, Richmond Upon Thames	Distillers
Charles William Aikman Garfit	an Artist	Harlton, Cambridgeshire	Gunmakers
Stephen Timothy Preston Norcross	a Stockbroker	Lewisham	Tallow Chandlers
David John Drysdale Allen	a Chartered Accountant, retired	Chilworth, Guildford	Chartered Accountants
Philip Granville Hands	a Free Software Engineer	South Woodford, Redbridge	Fuellers
Robert Thomas Moore	a Farmer	Caenby, Lincoln	Farmers
Helen Claire Goddard	a Management Consultant, retired	Battersea, Wandsworth	Bakers
Gordon Alastair Gilchrist	a Marketing Director	Bramhope, Leeds	Marketors
James Frank Bryan	a Human Resources Consultant	Ferndown, Dorset	Educators
Riaz Ahmed Agha	a Trainee Surgeon	Stratford, Hackney	Apothecaries
Gordon Gancz	a Medical Practitioner	Oxford, Oxfordshire	Apothecaries
PareshkumarBhanji Modasia	a Pharmacist	Wimbledon Park, Merton	Apothecaries
Adrian Mark Kynaston Thomas	a Consultant Radiologist	Bromley	Apothecaries
Michael Mark Shapiro	a Solicitor	Elstree, Hertfordshire	World Traders
Simon Coutts Oliver	a Financial Trader	Camberwell, Southwark	Farriers
Raymond Geoffrey Coggin	a Hackney Carriage Driver	Fishbourne, Sussex	Hackney Carriage Drivers
Simon Andrew Cook	a Membership Recruitment Manager	Headley, Thatcham, Berkshire	Lightmongers

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Applications of the following Freemen to be recorded in the Companies named:-

Name Company

Christopher Nigel Bilsland Farriers

Peter Fearnley Hullah Woolmen

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Minutes:

Applications of the following Freemen in the Companies named:-

Name Company

Christopher Nigel Bilsland Farriers

Peter Fearnley Hullah Woolmen

Read and agreed to.

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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 24^th June next for the election of Sheriffs and other Officers for the year ensuing and on 29^th 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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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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To appoint the Easter Preacher.

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Minutes:

Resolved – That the Rt Revd Dr Christopher Cocksworth, Bishop of Coventry, 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 6^th March 2014.

Also, that the Vicar of St. Lawrence Jewry be requested to –

(a) grant permission for the use of St. Lawrence Jewry Church;

(b) settle the details of the service;

(d) conduct the service.

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Report

GENERAL PURPOSES COMMITTEE OF ALDERMEN

(Alderman Sir David Wootton)

On the reference of 3^rd December 2013 to examine and report on a petition of the Master, Wardens and Court Assistants of the Company of Art Scholars praying to be constituted a Livery Company of the City of London Corporation.

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Company of Arts Scholars

A recommendation of the General Purposes Committee recommending that the Company of Arts Scholars be constituted a Livery Company of the City of London and that the prayer of the Petition be complied with, on the following conditions:

• That the number of the Livery should not exceed 300;

• That the fine for admission to the Livery should be not less than £400; and

• That no person shall be admitted to the Livery of the Company unless he or she first

produces his or her copy of the freedom of the City of London.

That as the proposed Constitution and Ordinances conform to the law and custom of the City, the Company of Arts Scholars be constituted a Livery Company of the City with the title “The Worshipful Company of Arts Scholars,” that the formal grant be embodied in Letters Patent under the Mayoralty Seal and that the proposed Constitution and Ordinances be approved and enrolled among the records of the Court of Aldermen as the 110^th Livery Company of the City.

Resolved – That the recommendation be agreed to.

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Urgent Business

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Minutes:

The Lord Mayor reported on a letter of thanks from Sir Robert Finch in respect of the resolution that was formally moved at the meeting on 3^rd December 2013.

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