Agenda and minutes

Venue: Committee Rooms, 2nd Floor, West Wing, Guildhall

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 355 KB

Minutes:

Resolved: - That the minutes of the Court of Aldermen meeting held on 4th February 2025 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.

Minutes:

There were no resolutions.

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3.

Applications for the Freedom of the City pdf icon PDF 168 KB

Minutes:

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

 

Name

Occupation

Address

Company

Stefanie Franziska Adami

a Schoolteacher, retired

Kensington & Chelsea, London

Musicians

 

 

 

 

Paul Natale Allera

a Haulage Association Technical Director

Daventry, Northamptonshire

Carmen

 

 

 

 

Anthonie Andres Ash-Smit

a Public Affairs and Policy Manager

Newham, London

Communicators

 

 

 

 

Anne Jeanette Bailey

a Chartered Accountant & Tax Adviser

Richmond upon Thames, London

Tax Advisers

 

 

 

 

Tjeerd Bakker

a Horological Conservator

Walton on Thames, Elmbridge

Clockmakers

 

 

 

 

Ekatherini Barclay

a Milliner

Hammersmith & Fulham, London

Feltmakers

 

 

 

 

Charles Canning Bathurst Norman

an Investment Director

Merton, London

Merchant Taylors

 

 

 

 

Caroline Wynne Beasley-Murray, OBE JP

a Coroner

Chelmsford, Essex

Needlemakers

 

 

 

 

Rachel Rosemary Montfort Bebb

an Art Gallery Owner

Hampshire

Arts Scholars

 

 

 

 

Kenneth Martin Blackburn

a Chartered Public Finance Accountant

Douglas, Isle of Man

International Bankers

 

 

 

 

Georgina Mary Martha Bleeker

a Shipbroker

Hampshire

Shipwrights

 

 

 

 

Ann Lavinia Blyth

a Forensic Waste Consultant

Essex

Paviors

 

 

 

 

James Robert Samuel Blyth

a Farmer and Vintner

Colchester, Essex

Paviors

 

 

 

 

Peter Niall Bradley

a Hotel Manager

Newham, London

Innholders

 

 

 

 

Isaac Nathaniel Bradpiece

a Banker

Hackney, London

Feltmakers

 

 

 

 

Alexander James Burns

a Banker

Bromley, London

International Bankers

 

 

 

 

Gorvinder Singh Butter

a National Account Manager

Solihull, West Midlands

Carmen

 

 

 

 

Olga Carington

a Shipping Operator

Buckinghamshire

Shipwrights

 

 

 

 

Juan Francisco Carrizosa

an International Consultant

Kensington & Chelsea, London

International Bankers

Yasmin Zulaikha Aman Rasul Carter-Esdale

an Insurance Consultant

Merton, London

Insurers

 

 

 

 

Andrew Victor Carwardine

a Strategic Consulting Company C.E.O

West Berkshire

Information Technologists

 

 

 

 

Emily Marguerite Charlesworth

a Wine Producer's Head of Marketing

Wandsworth, London

Vintners

 

 

 

 

Claudine Church

a Management Consultant

Wandsworth, London

Farmers

 

 

 

 

Miranda Grace Clifford

a Banker

Kent

International Bankers

 

 

 

 

John Maitland Coe

a Wine & Spirits Merchant

Hampshire

Gunmakers

 

 

 

 

Paul

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4.

Thanks to the Spital Sermon Preacher

Minutes:

Resolved: - that this item be deferred to the next meeting of the Court of Aldermen.

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5.

Report: General Purposes Committee of Aldermen

Minutes:

Application of the Worshipful Company of Haberdashers for a Supplemental Charter

The Court of Aldermen considered recommendations of its General Purposes Committee on an application of the Worshipful Company of Haberdashers on its draft Supplemental Charter.

 

Resolved: - That the Court of Aldermen approve the Worshipful Company of Haberdashers’ draft Supplemental Charter.

 

Petition of the Company of Communicators for Company with Livery Status

The Court of Aldermen considered recommendations of its General Purposes Committee on a petition of the Company of Communicators to be constituted as a Livery Company of the City of London.

 

Resolved unanimously: - That the Court of Aldermen:

(i)             Grant the petition of the Company of Communicators to be constituted a Livery Company of the City of London, with the following conditions:

·       That the number of the Livery should not exceed 250;

·       That the fine for admission to the Livery should not be 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.

(ii)            Given that the Company’s proposed Constitution and Ordinances conform to the law and custom of the City, the Company of Communicators be then constituted a Livery Company of the City with the title “The Worshipful Company of Communicators”, 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 113th Livery Company of the City.

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