Guildable Manor
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Lord of the Manor The Lord Mayor, Commonalty
and Citizens of the City of London Bankers: Child & Co, 1 Fleet Street, London EC4Y 1BD www.guildablemanor.org |
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Senior Patrons The High Steward of Southwark HHJ Peter Beaumont QC The Recorder of London The High Bailiff of Southwark Charles Henty The Secondary of London
& Under Sheriff Foreman Ronald Leek |
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Hon Auditors Dr Ian Wingfield Prof Frederick Trowman |
GVILDABLE MANOR Colechurch
House London Bridge
Walk, London SE1 2SX 020 7394 1271 |
Clerk of the Manor Tony Sharp clerk@guildablemanor.org www.guildablemanor.org |
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The City of London’s Guildable Manor
of the
Town and Borough of Southwark
and Brief history of the Southwark Manors and Courts Leet:
Scroll down for sections :
History
Charter of 1327
Map of Guildable Manor
Map of the Southwark City and other Manors
Current Officers
Foreman’s Biography
Annual Letter 2009
Earliest beginnings
Manors and their Courts Leet
are usually thought to be an anachronistic remnant of rural areas and so it may
come as a surprise that three of them have had a continuous history and
operation since the mediaeval period in the heart of central London. The area
of the Guildable Manor is almost certainly coterminous with the original bridge-head
settlement of the ‘Suthringa Geweorc’
mentioned in the Burghal Hidage of circa 900 AD. In Domesday Book of 1086 it is an estate with taxable revenues as a
landing place and bridge crossing, with the interests shared between the king
and the local earl. The first of these was Godwin and thence his son Harold who
lost the Battle of Hastings. William I ‘the Conqueror’ then gave the interest
to his half-brother, Bishop Odo, and later to his son-in-law the Earl Warenne
of Surrey. “The Men of Southwark” giving evidence on oath in Domesday are the same ‘View of
Frankpledge’ Court summonsed to this day. The charter of 1327 refers to it
as ‘the town of Southwark’ and the charter of 1550 as ‘the town and
borough of Southwark’. The informal name ‘Guildable’ for the manor derives
from the collection of tolls and taxes on goods bound to the City across the
Bridge and was first recorded in 1377, it was adopted to distinguish this part
of Southwark from all of the other neighbouring manors which were referred to
as ‘in Southwark’. These taxes were eventually waived. From the first
parliament to call ‘burgess’ representatives, of 1295, Southwark had two MPs;
which indicates its formal recognition as a ‘borough’ although its burgesses
had no charter of incorporation.
Edward III’s Charter and Quit
Rents
In 1327 the City of
London acquired the interests for a fee farm of £11 per annum from Edward
III. The original Charter, approved by Parliament, is still in the
Guildhall Record Office. The formal reason for the City wanting control was
because of the difficulties of judicial process and arrest of miscreants who
could make-off to the Surrey bank out of the City’s jurisdiction; no doubt the
potential of Southwark becoming a competitive alternative for the City markets
also exercised the Corporation. This payment is still made, by the Foreman and
officers of the Manor, usually in March, when the Jurors are summoned to an Exchequer
Court, held in Southwark, by the Queen’s Remembrancer, the
Senior Master of the Supreme Court of England & Wales of the Royal Courts
of Justice, as a ‘Quit Rent’ on behalf of the City. This is a specific
requirement of the Charter of 1327.
The City Bailiff took up his
duties in 1328, on the retirement of the last King’s Bailiff, and there is a
complete record of the incumbents of the office from then to the present day.
In 1462 the original charter was confirmed and extended by Edward IV who added
the right to hold an annual fair from 7th ‘til 9th of September and the
jurisdiction of a “Pie Powder Court”. This strange term is a mispronunciation
from Norman-French meaning “dusty feet”, a reference to itinerants. The court
was necessary for hearing and acting on the cases of visitors and traders at
such events without reference to a higher court. A Steward was appointed in
1542 and likewise a complete list of those who have served in this capacity is
available. Both officials usually had other Guildhall appointments and duties,
most often as the Bridge Masters, for the Bridge House-Yard was situated in the
Manor off Tooley Street.
Edward VI’s Charter
In 1550 the City
decided to acquire from the Crown the two neighbouring manors. Henry VIII had
received or bought these from Bermondsey Abbey and the Archbishop of Canterbury
during the dissolution of the monasteries. The City decided to do so because in
the period from 1327 the built-up area of Southwark had spread beyond the
original area of the Guildable Manor and the same problems of law enforcement
and competitive and unregulated trade presented a challenge to the City’s
authority in Southwark from the neighbouring manors. The 1550 Charter, of Edward
VI, granted all of the rights and privileges over these manors (eventually
known as the King’s Manor and the Great Liberty) as those enjoyed in the
Guildable. The purchase price was agreed at £647 2s 1d for the land of the two
newly acquired manors and 500 Marks for the feudal incidents relating to the
three manors together. The Quit Rent for the Guildable was reserved and
retained by the Crown.
The Corporation did not
actually pay these sums from its own resources but from the wealth it held in
trust to maintain London Bridge free of charges. This was derived from bequests
and also the rents from the buildings on the Bridge administered from the
‘Bridge House’ in Tooley Street; hence the trust’s name of ‘Bridge House
Estates’. No doubt the City fathers explained this dubious exercise away as
an investment for the benefit of the Bridge, a financial arrangement which
would not pass scrutiny in later times. Indeed, the City’s practical authority
in Southwark went into decline when it was decided, in 1820, that income from
the Charter lands could only be applied to the benefit of the Bridge and not
used for the civil administration of the Borough. This was the legal advice of
the then Recorder of London~High Steward of Southwark, John Silvester, to whom
we owe the present procedural ‘charges’ of the Manor’s ceremonial. To this day
the Bridge House Estates remains one of the major property owners in this area.
Its symbol, the Bridge Mark, is affixed to many buildings here and as
such it is the oldest symbol signifying civic authority in Southwark. The Mark
has been incorporated into the 1996 College of Arms grant of an heraldic
Southwark Badge and is also incorporated on the Manor’s Seal. The
Estates still pay the Jurors fee. The Chief Commoner, the title of the
chair of the Estates committee, of the year attends the ‘Bridge House-Yard
Dinner’ in Southwark with the Manor Officers, a tradition stretching back to
the annual ‘Audit Feast’ when the bridge trust accounts were scrutinised in the
Bridge House.
As part of the changes from
1550 an Alderman was appointed by the Court of Aldermen to oversee the new
responsibilities held by the Bridge Masters; the Southwark Manors were now
termed as ‘The Ward of Bridge Without’. The post quickly became a
sinecure and eventually was the nominal office for the senior Alderman past the
Chair to enjoy a semi-retirement in, the Steward, Bailiff and Manorial officers
looking after the practical administration of ‘the Borough’ as the main part of
Southwark was always termed. The last Alderman of this ‘Ward’ (the resident
inhabitants and Livery never had directly elected representatives in Guildhall)
retired in 1978 and the position was abolished by merging it with Bridge Ward
in the City proper. The Alderman of the ‘Ward of Bridge and Bridge Without’ is
entertained annually by the Manor to maintain this link.
Under a general Charter of
Edward IV of 1461 concerned with confirming and extending the City’s rights the
Corporation was allowed to nominate a magistrate to the Commission of the Peace
of Surrey; this was exercised with the local borough court presided over by the
senior Aldermen and Lord Mayor. This power was not exercised until 1606 when
the magistrate was set up with a house, court room and lock-up in the Bridge
Masters precinct and salaried by them to administer the City’s jurisdiction in
regard to its Southwark Surrey manors. The officer was styled ‘The Justice
of the Bridge Yard’, the last died in harness in 1835 and no further
appointments were made; the new magistrates courts and Metropolitan Police
system had made the role redundant. The ‘late’ Lord Mayor and the Sheriffs
‘elect’ attend a feast with the Manor each year to commemorate this
connection.
The City’s Southwark Town
Halls, other Courts and their Jurisdictions
The Guildable Manor Court
Leet was recorded as assembling at the Bridge House-Yard in 1539. With the
acquisition by the City of the other two Manors and the extensive
responsibilities pertaining to them, in 1550, it was decided to create a
separate forum for this, effectively a Justice Room and lock-up for the Lord
Mayor and City officers. This was to be the redundant parish church of
Southwark, St Margaret’s, available since 1540 because the parishioners had
been granted the Priory of St Mary Overie (the present Southwark Cathedral) by
Henry VIII, as a consequence of his dissolution of that house. This, the first,
‘town hall’ was provided by inserting a floor at the level of the gallery for a
court room and by blocking in the windows below that for cells. It was known
variously as ‘St Margaret’s Justice House’, the ‘Town Hall’, ‘Justice Room’ or
‘Court House’ and eventually as the ‘Borough Compter’. This was destroyed in
the great fire of Southwark, in 1676, the lock-up part was eventually rehoused
in Tooley Street. The Court House remained on the original site and was
replaced with a new town hall in 1685, the ground floor was let to the ‘King’s
Arms’ public house.
The City surrendered one of
its Charter rights, that of holding and controlling markets in Southwark, when
it agreed to the ‘Borough Market (Southwark) Act’ of 1756. This moved
the market from the main thoroughfare and eased traffic flow to London Bridge.
The replacement facility was to be administered by independent local Trustees
and was set up off the main street where its four acre site still continues in
its role. From that date the Guildable Manor court ceased to appoint from its
number officers described as ‘Supervisors of the Market’.
The James II town hall fell
into disrepair and was replaced in 1793; with the decline in the practical
civic activity of the City’s officers in Southwark in the following decades,
the Bridge House Estates demanded that it be surrendered to them for
redevelopment. Because of the town and port’s expansion the site was more
valuable. It was closed and the site was leased in 1859 to the London and
County Bank which built a new building and hence named ‘Town Hall Chambers’. In
1999 the structure was refurbished as licensed premises at street level
with apartments above and was formally opened by the Guildable Manor officers,
thus reviving our connection with a site going back 450 years.
The Court Leet of the
Guildable Manor then began to meet at the old London Bridge Hotel (now 2
Borough High Street) until the Borough Market Trustees built themselves a new
office with a Court Room on Southwark Street in 1932, which is where the Jury
assembled until 1999. Since then a number of appropriate and dignified venues
have been used due to the larger numbers needing to be accommodated. These have
included the Southwark Cathedral Library, the Greater London Authority’s City
Hall, the Glaziers Hall and in recent years the LSE Bankside Hall.
Aside from the Manorial Courts
there were also others. The Charter of 1550 gave the City the right to appoint
the Southwark Coroner an anomaly removed only in 1990, the court room is
in Tennis Street. Furthermore there were Courts and Prisons of Royal
Prerogative based in the Borough, the Marshalsea and King’s Bench,
eventually they became simply gaols for civil debtors and closed in 1842 when
the courts ceased to send debtors to them. There were also Ecclesiastic Courts,
mainly related before the Reformation to the political duties of the leading
Bishops. The manor on the east-side of the high street (the later ‘Great
Liberty’) belonged to the Archbishop of Canterbury, but the neighbouring manor
to the west of the Guildable was that of the Bishop of Winchester, the Clink
and its notorious prison. This gave rise to conflicts of jurisdiction, most
notably with the Magistrates of Surrey who also operated in the Borough. Indeed
until 1760, when they removed to the Union Hall in Union Street, they sat at
the City’s Town Hall, using the rights of a lease obtained before the City
acquired it. The Surrey Justices also had their own gaol on the high
street, a converted inn, the White Lyon. This was eventually rehoused in
the King’s Bench prison when that moved to the Borough Road, but from 1799 the
new Surrey County Gaol was opened at Newington Causeway behind the
recently completed new County Sessions House of 1794, on Horsemonger
Lane/ Harper Road. Executions took place there until its closure in 1878 (HMP Brixton
replaced it). A new Court building had already opened in 1875, it was in turn
replaced by the present Inner London Sessions House from 1921 but this
was now the ‘county’ criminal court for London.
The increase in crime has led
to major new court developments based in other boroughs in the Greater London
area to supplement the Newington Sessions House. In 1964 Southwark Crown
Court was opened at English Grounds near London Bridge for local
requirements, giving the borough two Crown Courts. Since 1994 the Crown Court
for the west London Boroughs, previously based at Knighstbridge, was rehoused
in Southwark as Blackfriars Crown Court. When the decision was taken to
separate the judiciary and legislature, in 2007, by transforming the House of
Lords Judicial Committee of Law Lords into the Supreme Court of the United
Kingdom it was given the Middlesex Guildhall in Parliament Square as its
residence. This meant that the crown court judges sitting there were displaced
and they too went to the Southwark Crown Court, in 2007, the senior judge
holding the title of the Recorder of Westminster. Apart from
these four crown courts (ILCC Newington, Southwark, Wesminster, Blackfriars)
Southwark’s local magistrates sit at two courts in the borough, Tower Bridge
and Camberwell Green Magistrates Courts. With the increase in their
responsibilities the Stipendiary Magistrates of these has been recognised since
2008 by their new title of District Judge (MC).
Few boroughs can boast a
single major Court, Southwark has seven jurisdictions as explained above
and this unique arrangement is reflected once a year at the Justices and
Jurors Dinner, held in May by the Manor, when we entertain all of the
senior resident Judges.
Legal Status: Relationship
with the ‘Old Bailey’ and Jurors Summons
From the late Georgian period
the City began to appoint as High Steward the incumbent Recorder of London,
ie the senior Judge of the Central Criminal Court at the Old Bailey, with the
office of High Bailiff of the Manors being a supplementary role of the Under
Sheriff & Secondary ie the senior administrative officer of that Court.
That is so to the present day, the Writs summonsing the jurors are issued out
of the Old Bailey under the Secondary’s Seal.
The Manor Jurors therefore had
a number of officials and authorities to assist them in correcting their
‘presentments’ and to whom they could make complaint about the problems
associated with this burgeoning urban area, second in population only to the
City of London in course of time. Yet the Jurors were the effective
representatives of the inhabitants who could in any other location have enjoyed
full burgess and municipal corporate rights. From the late Georgian period
repeated attempts were made to have the Southwark Manors incorporated fully into
the City, or alternatively to secure effective independence. The campaigns were
led by active members of the three City manorial courts. With the growth of the
metropolis and the development of Vestry Boards and ‘civil’ parishes in the
London County, Lord Salisbury’s Government made these full local authorities,
as London Metropolitan Boroughs, from 1900. The issue of the Southwark Manors
was brought to a head by this proposal and as the City resisted overtures from
Southwark representatives, local institutions and the Jurors for full
integration it was by default that the three Manors became parts of two of the
new municipal councils created by this scheme, that of Southwark and of
Bermondsey. In 1965 the creation of the Greater London Council, incorporating
the London County Council area and parts of the Home Counties, merged
Bermondsey and Southwark with Camberwell to form the London Borough of
Southwark. However, all of these civic reorganisations have not affected the
functioning of the City’s rights and the summonsing and empanelling of the
Manor Courts Leet.
The three
Southwark Courts Leet retain the right to sit for their customary business as a
limited jurisdiction under the ‘Administration of Justice Act 1977; §23
(1)(a) Sch 4 Pt III’.
Other Ceremonial Activities
The form for holding the
Southwark Courts Leet is based on a document of 1664, itself a revision of an
earlier format of 1561. It has certain differences of detail to that of other
Courts held elsewhere dating from 1650, almost certainly because the City could
draft laws for itself and so the format for this was based on local traditions
and conditions. The Assize & Assay is directed at the quality of
wine, ale, bread and meats. The Assize of Buildings & Survey relates
to the duties to oversee the maintenance of highways and buildings, ie what
became planning and building regulations. These two powers are those most
frequently exercised today as they legally underpin the ceremonies of ‘Ale
Conning’ and opening of new buildings which forms so much of the activities of
the manor jury. Other parts of the general ‘charge’ to the Jury relate to the
immoral activities, pursuits and businesses that had to be controlled in
Southwark. Apart from the ‘stews’ and gambling houses this included theatres
and other such places of entertainment. The manor officers gladly breached the
prohibition on play houses, enforced successfully for the previous 750 years,
when they agreed to open the Unicorn Children’s Theatre on Tooley Street in 2006.
Further Reading
Apart from the original
Charters mentioned above, the lists of all Foremen, Officers and Jurors are
intact from the earliest time, including copies of Writs made by the Bailiffs
and records of Presentments, process and proceedings of the Courts and which
can be read by interested persons in the Guildhall Records Office. Indeed they
have formed valuable local background detail for scholars and two major
academic studies have given special reference to them as they concerned the
history of this part of central London. These are David Johnson’s ‘Southwark and the City’ and Martha
Carlin’s ‘Medieval Southwark’.
The Charter of Edward III
of 1327
Granting the
“Town of Southwark”
alias the
Guildable Manor
to the
City of London
“Edward,
by grace of God, King of England, Lord of Ireland, and Duke of Aquitaine; to
all to whom these present letters shall come, greeting.
Know
ye, that whereas our beloved, the citizens of our city of London, by their
petition exhibited before us and our council, in our present parliament at
Westminster assembled, have given us to understand that felons, thieves, and
divers other malefactors and disturbers of the peace, who, in the aforesaid
city and elsewhere, have committed manslaughters, robberies, and divers other
felonies, secretly withdrawing from the same city, after having committed such
felonies, flee to the town of Southwark, where they cannot be attached by the
ministers of the said city, and there are openly received; and so for default
of due punishment are emboldened to commit more such felonies; and they have
besought us, that, for the conservation of our peace within the said city,
bridling the wickedness of these same malefactors, we would grant unto them the
said town, to have and to hold to them, their heirs and successors for ever,
for the yearly farm therefor due to us, to be paid at our exchequer. We, having
given consideration to the premises, with the assent of the prelates, earls,
barons, and commons of our kingdom, being in the parliament aforesaid, have granted,
for us and our heirs, to the same citizens, the said town of Southwark, with
the appurtenances, to have and to hold, to them and their heirs and successors,
citizens of the aforesaid city, of us and our heirs for ever, paying to us
yearly at the exchequer of us and our heirs, at the accustomed terms, the farm
therefor due and accustomed. In witness whereof we have caused these our
letters to be made patent.
Witness
myself at Westminster, the sixth day of March, in the first year of our reign.”
The Guildable Manor
The Manor is the original
‘Town of Southwark’ referred to in Domesday Book and the Charter of 1327.
Archaeological evidence suggests that it was the Anglo-Saxon bridge-head
settlement and also the Roman equivalent for Londinium. ‘Guildable’ seems to
refer to the manor’s role as a tax and toll point for the King’s interests and
differentiates it from any other transpontine neighbours that may also for
convenience have been referred to as ‘Southwark’; although its formal legal
name,
as seen on our Seal, is ‘Town and Borough of Southwark’.
Boundaries drawn on the O/S of 1917

The
limits and borders of the three Southwark Manors are outlined in “Report of the Royal Commission on Municipal
Corporations: London and Southwark” HC 239, p3 n (1837), xxv. The text of
this report is given below in
italics with brief notes relating it to a modern map. However, the insertion of
the first London Bridge Station terminus, from 1840, and its later expansions
across the St Thomas Hospital estate can obscure that part of the boundary for
the modern observer. The area on the south landing of the bridge is within the
City of London.
[The Guildable Manor] “… commences at St. Saviour's Dock, Saint Saviour's [sic in fact St Mary Overey’s Dock], and extends along the east side of
Church-street [now Cathedral St.], the
Southwark side of a passage through the Borough market which separates the
Clink Liberty from the Borough of Southwark, north-east side of Market-street,
and east side of Counter-street [ie to a point in Stoney St opposite Park
St; Market St. and Counter St. ran behind the old Town Hall site, now the fork
of Borough High St., into Stoney St.], as
far as Counter-alley [now Counter Court], north side thereof, west side northerly of Borough High-street and
Wellington-street [the northern section of Borough High St. was known as
Wellington St.], and east side of the
last-named street, from where the old Ship Inn formerly stood [at the
junction of London Bridge St. and Borough High St.], both sides of Duke-street [now Duke St. Hill] and Tooley-street (taking in both sides of Joiner's-street) as far as
where the watch-house formerly stood [see under the Great Liberty Manor:
the following is from the survey’s description of that manor’s boundary at this
point {… as far as where the old Ship Inn formerly stood; from thence back to St
Thomas’s-street, both sides of that street, Broadway, Three Hammer-alley,
Crown-square, Glean-alley, and southerly to No 226 Tooley-street (formerly at
the back of Saint Olave’s watch-house)}], from thence only the north side of
Tooley-street, as far as Hay's-lane, west side thereof to Hay's Wharf, and
westerly along the river's side to Saint Saviour's Dock aforesaid.”
The eastern boundary obscured by the station and
access roads can therefore be traced as shown. The old Broadway was
incorporated into the subsequent widening of St Thomas Street; Three Hammer
Alley, Crown Square and Glean Alley in effect demarcate the east side of the
line described as “ … both sides of
Joiner’s Street.”, these lay parallel and between Joiner and Dean (now
Stainer) streets. The line between the St Thomas precinct and the Guildable “both sides of Duke-street …” and “… St. Thomas’s-street, both sides …” can
be followed on this map and previous maps; it is marked by the curve of the
street now called Railway Approach, south side, to its intersection with London
Bridge Street (late Denman St. and Ship Inn alley) and Joiner St., which
follows the boundary wall of the St Thomas’ hospital garden, its sub-manor and
parish boundary.
The City of
London Manors and other Manor boundaries in Southwark

GUILDABLE
MANOR
Officers and Offices of the Guildable Manor and Court Leet from 2009 :-
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The City’s
Officers |
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THE HIGH
STEWARD |
HHJ Peter
Beaumont QC, Recorder of London |
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THE HIGH
BAILIFF |
Charles
Henty, Undersheriff & Secondary of London |
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The Officers to be Sworn
are:- |
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FOREMAN |
Ron Leek |
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CONSTABLE |
Ian Wingfield |
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AFEEROR |
Janet Honnoraty |
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FLESH TASTER |
Mike Honnoraty |
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ALETASTER (St Saviour’s side) |
Leslie Grout |
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ALESIZER (St Olave’s side) |
James Gurling 1-6 Committee of
Officers with Trustees; by succession and service under Rule 7 |
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SUPERNUMERARY:- |
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ALESIZER (St Saviour’s side) |
Ian Tough, Geoffrey Drust |
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“ ” All other Officers and Trustees |
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ALESIZER (St Olave’s side) |
Roger Davis, Donald Goree |
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“ ” All other Officers and Trustees |
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Rule 7.9 |
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CLERK OF THE MANOR‡ |
Tony Sharp (F: 2001-2002) |
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ORATOR ~ CLERK‡ |
Peter Gadbury (F:
2000-2001) |
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OUTROPER OR COMMON CRYER‡§ |
David Wilson (F: 2005-2006) § Charter
of Charles I 1625 ‡ Rule 7.9 |
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BEADLES ‡ (St Olave’s side) (St Saviour’s side) |
All Officers and Trustees All Officers and Trustees ‡ Rule 7.9 |
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SERVED FOREMEN AND TRUSTEES‡‡ |
Peter Gadbury (F: 2000-2001) ‡‡
Tony Sharp (F: 2001-2002)
‡‡ Ian Wingfield (F:
2002-2003) ‡‡ Diane Riley (F: 2004-2005) David Wilson (F: 2005-2006) ‡‡ Cyril Levy (F: 2006-2007) Frederick Trowman (F: 2007 2008) ‡‡ David Boston (F: 2008-2009) ‡‡ Rule 3. |
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HON AUDITORS §§ |
Ian Wingfield (F:
2002-2003) Frederick Trowman (F: 2007 2008) §§ Notified
to Annual Meeting under Rule 8. |
The three Southwark Courts
Leet retain the right to sit for their customary business including
“...the appointment of traditional officers”
as a limited jurisdiction under the ‘Administration of Justice Act 1977; §23
(1)(b) Sch 4 Pt III’.
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Lord of the Manor The Lord Mayor, Commonalty and Citizens of the City of London |
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Senior Patrons The High Steward of Southwark HHJ Peter Beaumont QC The Recorder of London The High Bailiff of Southwark Charles Henty The Secondary of London
& Under Sheriff |
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GVILDABLE MANOR Colechurch House, London Bridge Walk, London SE1 2SX Registered Address |
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020 7394 1271 |
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Foreman Ron Leek greets Lord
Phillips of Worth Matravers President of the Supreme Court of the United
Kingdom to the annual manor Southwark Justices and Jurors Dinner. Lord Phillips
gave a lecture on
‘The Supreme Court, the first six
months’, at the Amigo Hall, Southwark on 6th May 2010
Foreman of the Guildable Manor, 2009-10, having been
Sworn by the High Steward on
18 November and served in each office and as a Juror
since 2004
Ron is 74 and has had considerable involvement in local and
national Freemens guilds and civic
affairs for over 30 years, having
lived in Oversley Green, Alcester, Warwickshire, for 48 years. His interests
include local history, wine and chivalric organisations.
Married to Janet, with two adult
sons, and twin grand children;
Educated at Solihull School;
served as a National Serviceman in the Royal Signals;
Employed throughout working life on the supply side of
the OEM motor industry, for the
last 25 years of which, prior to retirement in 2000, he worked
out of France as a
representative for a French company manufacturing OEM components.
Hon Secretary the Freemen of
England and Wales; for 7
years to date
A local Town Councillor, was Mayor
of Alcester 2002 – 2003;
Manor of Alcester, has been a juror of the Court Leet and Court
Baron of the Most Honourable Henry Jocelyn Seymour, Marquess of Hertford since
1961; a served Constable of the Alcester Court Leet for 21 years from 1983 to
2004; has held various other executive positions in the Alcester Court Leet,
primarily that of High Bailiff of Alcester 1969 –1970 (the equivalent office to Foreman of The
Guildable Manor);
a founder member of the Alcester
Civic Society, now a committee
member, having held office therein at various times, as Chairman, Secretary,
and Treasurer; President of the
Oversley Green Resident’s Association; member of the Management Committee of
the Alcester Town Hall;
Involved in wine appreciation as Maitre de Ceremonies of the Alcester
branch of L’Ordre des Chevaliers Bretvins, a traditional French cultural order
associated with the wines from the Pays Nantais region of Alcester’s twin town
Vallet; a Bailli member in another French wine fraternity – La Commanderie du Taste Saumur;
founder member of the Alcester –
Vallet Twinning Association;
Grand Seneschal in the Grand Priory of England and Wales of
the Supreme Military Order of the Temple of Jerusalem;
Other Interests include - membership of the Royal British Legion; member of the National Trust for Scotland;
and member of the British Organ Grinder’s Association, being owner and player (grinder) of a Victorian
street organ. Hobbies include travel, motor caravanning, photography, reading,
model railways and whisky.
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Lord of the Manor The Lord Mayor, Commonalty
and Citizens of the City of London Bankers: Child & Co, 1 Fleet Street, London EC4 |
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Senior Patrons The High Steward of Southwark HHJ Peter Beaumont QC The Recorder of London The High Bailiff of Southwark Charles Henty The Secondary of London
& Under Sheriff Foreman David Boston |
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Hon Auditors Dr Ian Wingfield Prof Freddie Trowman |
GVILDABLE MANOR Colechurch House, London Bridge Walk, London SE1 2SX Registered Address 020 7394 1271 |
Clerk of the Manor Tony Sharp 1 October 2009 |
Dear Jurors,
You have been notified of the High Steward’s Precept and by now received your Summons for the November Court Leet. Please find the Agenda* and abstract of Audited Accounts for the Annual Meeting, which shall take place at that venue at 2.15pm that day, enclosed:
*ie draft agenda; members may propose any
business before the Meeting for inclusion, or use ‘AOB’ at the Meeting
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The Officers to be Sworn
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FOREMAN |
Ron Leek |
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CONSTABLE |
Ian Wingfield |
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AFEEROR |
Janet Honnoraty |
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FLESH TASTER |
Mike Honnoraty |
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ALETASTER (St Saviour’s side) |
Leslie Grout |
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ALESIZER (St Olave’s side) |
James Gurling 1-6 Committee of
Officers with Trustees; by succession and service under Rule 7 |
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SUPERNUMERARY:- |
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ALESIZER (St Saviour’s side) |
Ian Tough, Geoffrey Drust |
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“ ” All other Officers and Trustees |
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ALESIZER (St Olave’s side) |
Roger Davis, Donald Goree |
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“ ” All other Officers and Trustees |
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Rule 7.9 |
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CLERK OF THE MANOR‡ |
Tony Sharp (F: 2001-2002) |
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ORATOR ~ CLERK‡ |
Peter Gadbury (F:
2000-2001) |
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OUTROPER OR COMMON CRYER‡§ |
David Wilson (F: 2005-2006) § Charter
of Charles I 1625 ‡ Rule 7.9 |
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BEADLES ‡ (St Olave’s side) (St Saviour’s side) |
All Officers and Trustees All Officers and Trustees ‡ Rule 7.9 |
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SERVED FOREMEN AND TRUSTEES‡‡ |
Peter Gadbury (F: 2000-2001) ‡‡Tony Sharp (F: 2001-2002)
‡‡ Ian Wingfield (F:
2002-2003) ‡‡ Diane Riley (F: 2004-2005) David Wilson (F: 2005-2006) ‡‡ Cyril Levy (F: 2006-2007) Frederick Trowman (F: 2007 2008) ‡‡ David Boston (F: 2008-2009) ‡‡ Rule 3. |
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HON AUDITORS §§ |
Ian Wingfield (F:
2002-2003) Frederick Trowman (F: 2007 2008) §§ Notified
to Annual Meeting under Rule 8. |
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The three Southwark Courts
Leet retain the right to sit for their customary business including “...the appointment of traditional
officers” as a limited jurisdiction under the ‘Administration
of Justice Act 1977; §23 (1)(b) Sch 4 Pt III’.
General
Just a few days before being sworn in as
Foreman, the other officers and myself, attended Guildhall Old Museum on the morning of 8th November
2008 to make a presentation to our new Lord Mayor, Ald Ian Luder. We were
gratified that some of our guests, who had great experience and had held high
office in the Livery, had never attended and said that this reflected on the
status and high regard in which the Manor is held within the City. This was
reinforced when our Foreman Freddie, Clerk Tony and Ale Conner Donald were
invited to the Mansion House to view the Show and receive Lunch with the
Lord Mayor.
Membership and Tenancy
As the
Manor membership expands, so does the costs of running it; nor are we quite big
enough to benefit from an economy of scale. The costs of holding the Court Leet
have risen and the necessity is now that we have to hire larger venues required
to hold this means our margins are squeezed. Because of the Recession, the
committee was expecting a major loss of membership, especially among those
Jurors who had not been attending functions for some years, and indeed we had
formal resignations from six Jurors and had four non-renewers. However, we
actually had twenty three new members join us more than covering our
losses, so that we feel that we are heading in the right direction. There are
now 83 Jurors. So once again we believe it is possible to increase to 100
members so that we can have a better critical mass to support functions. The
Committee would therefore request that you actively recruit suitable persons to
become Jurors, especially if they are unlikely to become Liverymen but are
attracted to the City’s traditions, and of course we offer the unique
combination of the Southwark arrangements to propose them for the Freedom and
to celebrate its receipt at View of Frankpledge and Quit Rents. We have some
very senior City representatives at these events, who have indicated that they
are most impressed with the ceremonial aspects and conviviality. A general rise
in costs for functions over the last two years is reflected in the increase in
charges for these events. The Committee is mindful that charges have to be
levied at a rate that keeps them attractive for the members.
Events and Functions of the
last year
Court Leet
Our most
important event of the year was held on 12th November 2008 when I
was sworn in as Foreman in the LSE Bankside Hall, a new venue for us
which enables us to hold a Reception, Luncheon and the Court Leet all at the
same convenient place. The Luncheon was attended by 71 Jurors and Guests.
No new Officers were Sworn, no ordinary members applied to serve as officers.
However, we have a considerable pool of talent that shall give us continuity
for some years into the future. Of some importance for the future organisation
of the Manor was rthat at the annual meeting we adopted new terms into our
constitution and informed the High Steward, HHJ Peter Beaumont, at the Court
Leet that we were asking him to request of the Court of Aldermen that they
recognise the Manor organisation of Jurors formally.
Carol Service
One of
newer members, Daphne Dale, is Master of the Tower Ward Club. At her invitation
we held a joint Carol Service at the splendid church of St Olave’s, Hart
Street in the City, on the 8th December. I read the first
Lesson.
Thames Traditional Cutter Race
The
Manor’s involvement with the Bankside Winter Fair events for the third year has
resulted in our becoming co-sponsors of the Thames Traditional Rowing Association’s Cutter Race in particular to
formally give welcome to our City brethren the
Masters of 19 Livery Companies, Rowing Clubs and their crews of which, the largest number ever, rowed over for
the festivities on 13th December. We then processed to the
Tate Modern, to the delight of the many tourists in the area and then went to
the Bankside pier to meet and greet the teams at the landing. We then processed
all 170 attendees into The Shakespeare Under-Globe exhibition
centre for a Reception and buffet, where I presented each of the participating
Crews with an illuminated address and certificate of completion. I was
particularly delighted to greet our ‘Southwark Livery’ neighbours the Masters
of the Glaziers, Scientific Instrument Makers and Launderers with their crews.
Additionally, for the first time the Watermen and Lightermen (in their Shallop
Blue livery) participated. It is most fitting that the Manor be the
representative body to welcome the Livery. This was the largest event ever
hosted by the Manor. This we hoped to become a regular annual event,
however it won’t be held in 2009 due to lack of a suitable venue. (See photo spread below).
Quit Rents and Court of Exchequer
The
combined Thanksgiving Service and Quit
Rents Ceremony was held on 19th March, for new
Freemen, Members and Guests. We assembled at the Chamberlain’s Court,
where eleven took the oath. Once again this was held at St George the
Martyr, Borough High Street. The Service was followed by the Quit Rents
Ceremony. The Senior Master Steven Whitaker, the Queen’s Remembrancer,
received these on behalf of the Crown from us (on behalf of the City). For this
purpose he instituted the Court of Exchequer to which the Southwark
Jurors were Summoned. This is only one of four City ceremonies which he
participates in; the others being the Trial of the Pyx, the presentation of the
Sheriffs and the presentation of the Lord Mayor. I then hosted a Luncheon at
the St George’s Hall, catering by Juror Mark Grove’s ‘The Cook & The
Butler’ which was of quite the best quality of catering available in the
City. Some 88 Jurors and their guests attended, a record number for any formal
event of the Manor. Our civic brethren and guests included the Master of the
Watermen and Aldermen Wootton, Woolf, Graves and Evans. One of our practices,
which has been remarked upon by visiting livery, is the reading by our new
freemen of passages from Some Rules from
the Conduct of Life (‘the little red book’) at the luncheon. Apparently,
visiting livery are much taken with it and have indicated they are to adopt it
within their own companies.
The History Tour of the Borough
The annual guided walk was held on Saturday 4th April was conducted by our Clerk, Tony Sharp, and started at Borough Tube Station and finished at The Mudlark, Montague Close where we had excellent individual lunches and drinks. These tours are probably the most convenient and accessible way to understand the fascinating history of the Manors.
Justices and Jurors Dinner:
Annual Spring Banquet
The success of the Bridge
House-Yard Dinner led me to believe that the gap between two of our formal
events , the Quit Rents in March and the Bridge House-Yard Dinner in late
September was too long. However, an institution such as ours has to have a
theme for its events and the Manor’s theme is always its ancient jurisdiction.
In discussing just what this could mean with the Clerk I was surprised, not for
the first time, just how unique our Borough is both historically and currently,
when he explained that although Southwark was the historic home of many courts
and their jurisdiction prisons, The King’s Bench and the Marshalsea, the
Borough Compter, the White Lion, the Clink, the Surrey County gaols and our own
Court House and the Union Hall, it is still today the home borough of three
Crown Courts and its Coroner’s and two Magistrates Courts. It is hard to find
any other borough with even half that number. To that end we invited the
several Justices of these to attend a lecture and dinner at the London Bridge
Hotel. Apart from the principal resident justice of Southwark Crown Court who
is The Recorder of Westminster HHJ Geoffrey Rivlin QC, (that is too
complicated to explain here!), we also entertained the senior justices of the Inner
London Sessions HHJ Nicholas Philpot; the District Judge
of Camberwell Green, Ann Sawetz, the District Judge of Tower Bridge, Shamoon Somjee and our old friends
from the Royal Courts of Justice the Senior Master Steven Whitaker and Jill
Jacobs. Only Blackfriars Crown Court and the Southwark Coroner were not
represented. Frankly, that this was all organised in the space of five weeks by
our Clerk is quite astonishing. Attendance of the Jurors was less than we had
hoped for, at 37, but as this was at short notice and a completely new event
better than we could expect. However, some of us remember that only a few years
ago Manor membership stood at a little over a dozen. I fully expect that this
dinner shall grow in attendance to match the status of the event in future
years.
The
Rochester Visit has now
become a regular feature of our year, hosted by our sister FEW Guild, The
Rochester Oyster and Floating Fishery, held on Saturday/ Sunday 4th/5th July. This is a working guild and company
of fisherman and has statutory rights of Presentment at the said court which is
presided over by the Admiral of the Medway the Mayor of Medway borough with a
group of six robed Councillors forming the Admiralty Court. The day started
with the Admiralty Court held in the beautiful Guildhall. The Manor Officers
were also permitted to convey the formal Greetings
of the Rt Hon the Lord Mayor Ald Ian Luder to the Mayor and Freemen of the
Medway (see photo). We then processed the Mayor of Medway from the Guildhall to
the river and then took to boats for beating the bounds to Hawkwood Stone and
ended with an entertaining luncheon at the Rochester Cruising Club. However,
this year we were provided by the City of London Port Health Authority with
the Londinium III launch for
both days of the event which enabled us to provide places aboard for upto 12.
We are extremely grateful for the warm hospitality extended to the Manor by the
Rochester guild, the Cruising Club and Mayor of Medway every year at this
event. This event is by invitation to the Manor Officers and therefore as
guests ourselves we cannot invite Manor members on a subscription basis. (See
photo spread below).
London Bridge
Fayre 800 and Sheep Drive
Another additional event, on Saturday 11th July, this time
part of the Lord Mayor’s Appeal 2009, was a display of Livery stalls as a
mediaeval fair to celebrate the completion of Peter de Colechurch’s bridge in
1209, combined with a Sheep Drive over London Bridge. We were most gratified
that the Rt Hon the Lord Mayor
Ald Ian Luder made a specific request that the Guildable Manor welcome both himself and the participating Livery
masters when they crossed into Southwark. During the Fayre an Ale Conning in
spirits was held at the Distillers Co stall and a Flesh Tasting at the ‘hog
roast’. The formal welcome to the Lord Mayor was conducted in our usual high
ceremonial style and we presented an engraved ale conning tankard to mark the
occasion. I then joined the Lord Mayor in driving a sheep over the bridge in
time honoured fashion. Some
thirty five members and guests attended and we had a pub lunch at the Barrow Boy and Banker which rounded off the
day. We made a contribution of £225.00 to the LMA 2009.
The‘Bridge
House-Yard Dinner’, was held on 16th
September at our new venue the Hall of St George the Martyr, Borough
High Street. Aside from the Chief Commoner, Deputy Bill Fraser OBE CC,
as our principal guest, we also entertained the Sheriff George Gillon CC and
the Sheriffs ‘Elect’ Alderman David Wootton (by coincidence I am David’s
Ward Beadle), The City Remembrancer - Paul Double, Master Steven Whitaker
(the Queen’s Remembrancer) as well as the Masters of the Girdlers and Watermens
companies. Fifty seven Members and guests attended some 20 per cent down on
last year. This was without doubt an occasion matched by very few others in the
City save for those at Mansion House and Guildhall for the number of senior
civic dignitaries present.
Throughout the year either an Officer, the Clerk or myself represented
the Manor as invited guests at Livery and City events. For example in early
June a Reception was held at the Mansion House with the Lord Mayor for
the Territorial and Cadet forces associated with the City. The Livery City
University and Cass Business School Lectures are an opportunity to meet
informally a very wide selection of Masters and Clerks. On the 10th
July the Clerk and myself were guests of the Watermen and Lightermen’s
cruise and lunch following the Doggett’s Coat and Badge Wager.
Indeed I was the principal guest of honour of the Master because like the
Watermen we are not a Livery (the Livery are entertained by the Fishmongers).
The Clerk represented us at the Tradtional Thames Rowing Association held
its ‘Admiral of the River Race’ between Westminster Bridge and Westminster
boating club on 14th July. The higher profile of the Manor has meant
that this has been reflected in the number of invitations we now receive to
attend Livery Company events, lectures and Receptions, such as those of the
Painter Stainers, Fuellers, Horners, Guild of Air Pilots. On the Morning of
the Lord Mayor’s Show, 14th November, I and the Officers shall
make a presentation to the Lord Mayor Ald Nicholas Anstee.
The Committee
would urge all of the members to try and come to these functions with friends,
partners and paying guests. Those of you who are Liverymen who intend to sponsor persons for the Freedom by
Redemption without the intervention of a Livery Company are urged to consider
making use of the View of Frankpledge and
Thanksgiving Service and Quit Rents
Ceremony events to be proposed for and celebrate the receipt of the Freedom
in a suitable commemorative and dignified way.
Finances and Audit of Accounts
With this
letter you will find a copy of the Audited Accounts which are placed before the
Annual Meeting. As you can see, above, the Committee has chosen Freddie Trowman
and Ian Wingfield to undertake these duties from next year. Authority over expenditure on goods and services is
exercised by the Committee and the Trustees.
The Tenancy Fee Account has to carry the costs
of communications, the Tenancy Fee and sundry other items which the membership
as a whole ought in fairness to carry, such as entertaining our official
guests. We have now secured a storage shed at Colechurch for our Equipages and
this meant a rise in our Lease, shown in the account. However, this year it
mainly had to take the strains of what was usually afforded from our profits
from General sales. It was necessary to apply support to the Quit Rents Lunch
because of hire fees for the venue. The Tenancy Fee shall remain at £40.00
for 2009-10. This account also has to fund the costs associated with the Court Leet Day.
Merchandise & General Account. Usually this account is profitable from sales and
this subsidised our other activities but this year was mainly of expenditure
and stock purchase. The value of the stock is written down as nominal on
purchase as it is acquired as a much larger order the cost of which is covered
on the intitial part sale. The value of the stock is realised as full profit at
sales. The prices for Guildable Manor Merchandise for our own members are
deliberately set at below High Street rates to encourage membership identity,
in most cases they are priced at a little above cost. These items are of
exceptional quality and value.
Banqueting Account. Normally this realises surpluses, applied to charity, but this year the general inflation has increased costs while we held the Event subscription down to attract support. All of our major functions follow a format of an Event, be it ceremonial or a talk or other entertainment, a good quality meal at excellent prices with drink, usually with excellent company and official guests. This is a sensible mixture of formal and informal. No Livery Company can offer this value and no City Ward Club has this level of civic status and pomp. I would ask all members to bring guests with a prospect of joining a unique institution as an introduction to the rich heritage of both the City of London and Southwark. Charitable Donations (Banqueting Account) The Committee, in accordance with last year’s Annual Meeting made further contributions to charitable objects, many of these were laying in long-term ‘goodwill’ with various institutions to develop better relationships. Some payments for venue hire are treated as ‘gifts’. The Committee of Officers shall vary these amounts as to what is a prudent disbursement in regard to the balance of the Accounts.
Constitutional Amendments
A clarification of the roles
and duties of the Trustees vis a vis the Sworn Officers.
Renumbering of Sections: The emphases of the foregoing
points requires a certain rearrangement and renumbering of Sections. Any
further changes required by the Court of Aldermen shall be notified in due
course.
Queries
If any
one has any questions arising out of this Letter, the Accounts or from the
Minutes of the last General Meeting, (previously distributed and reproduced
below) the point of circulating these in advance is to ask you to give me
Notice, in reasonable time before the meeting, so that a detailed answer can be
prepared and made at the Annual Meeting. Likewise, at any other time during the
year, if members have any queries of, or want to make suggestions to, the
Committee then a note about these shall receive a detailed and considered reply.
Yours
sincerely,
David Boston, For and on behalf of the Committee of
the Guildable Manor.
Livery and Traditional Cutter Race at the Globe
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At left:A full house at the Under-Globe December 08 |
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At right: Foreman David with Master SIM right and Master Waterman with
the Escort at the Globe foyer |
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Visit to Rochester |
below left: the City’s launch Londinium III at
berth; bottom right: crew , Clerk and Foreman David |
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above left: Borough Solicitor, Chief Executive, Clerk and Foreman David above right: Foreman
David receives the pennant from Mayor |
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ABSTRACT OF ACCOUNTS
Guildable Manor General
and Merchandise Account
Guildable Manor re General Account: No. 10628183; Child & Co 15-80-00 |
Income and Expenditure from 1 October 2008 – 30 September 2009
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Expenditure |
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Income |
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Opening Balance 1/10/2008 |
£99.55 |
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Bank Charges |
£Nil |
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Bank Interest |
£1.13 |
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Transfer to Tenancy 50% Fines |
£460.00 |
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Membership Fines x 23 |
£920.00 |
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Publications |
£Nil |
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Merchandise |
£712.83 |
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MERCHANDISE |
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Equipages |
£339.21 |
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Sales to third parties |
£300.00 |
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Transfer to Banqtg re St George’s BHYD |
£250.00 |
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Sales to Officers |
£591.25 |
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Sales to Members |
£42.50 |
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Other Sales |
£Nil |
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TOTAL £1762.04 |
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TOTAL = £1954.43 BAL = £192.39 |
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We have Audited the Final Account, working papers,
running accounts, bank statements, cheque and paying-in books and are satisfied
that they are correct: Honorary
Auditors. Ian Wingfield/Freddie Trowman
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STOCK OF MERCHANDISE * † |
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EQUIPAGES # † |
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Enamel Ware x £1.00 per item) Publications Silk wear (10 x £10.00) £100.00 Ian Wingfield/Freddie Trowman |
£50.00 £10.00 £40.00 |
Foreman’s Badge Foreman’s Chain Foreman’s Gavel Foreman’s Gown Officers Gown & Bonnet x1 Clerk’s Pen Stand Constable’s Truncheon and Stand Flesher’s Plate, Knives and Forks Affeerer’s Chest and Coins (£11) Lecterns x 2 Carriers and Storage Cases Bridge Mark Chaplain’s Cope Bibles @ £15.00 (x14) Letter Box at Colechurch High Steward’s Chair Pewter Flagons/ Loving Cups £5221.00 |
£250.00 £350.00 £100.00 £500.00 £135.00 £100.00 £150.00 £40.00 £61.00 £250.00 £400.00 £200.00 £500.00 £210.00 £75.00 £900.00 £1,000.00 |
*Stock was
acquired as larger order and values are notional and is not included on the
balance sheets.
†Purchases and
Sales of Stock and Equipages appear as Income and Expenditure in the General
Account
#Equipages are
itemised as at replacement cost, but were as often gifts to the Manor; there is
no depreciation policy. There is no insurance, replacement is made from current
funds.
at left: Foreman David greets and welcomes the Rt Hon
Lord Mayor Ald Ian Luder to Southwark at the LM’s request, for the first
time in very many
years. below: The HAC’s Pikemen & Musketeers escort
the Lord Mayor
across the Bridge to Southwark

Guildable Manor Banqueting
Account (All Functions Balances)
Guildable Manor Banqueting Account: No. 10628213; Child & Co 15-80-00 |
Income and Expenditure from 1 October 2008 – 30 September 2009
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Expenditures
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Opening Balance 1/10/2008 |
Income
£183.27 |
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Bank Charges |
£70.00 |
Bank Interest/ refunds |
£74.99 |
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Loan to Tens |
£400.00 |
Repaid from Tens |
£400.00 |
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EVENTS |
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EVENTS |
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Lord Mayor’s Breakfast ‘08 |
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Lord Mayor’s Breakfast |
£100.00 |
(Officers) |
£130.00 |
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Nov 2008 Court Leet Lunch |
£2028.50 |
Court Leet Lunch ‘08 |
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Quits Rents Thanksgiving Lunch ‘09 |
£3,559.73 |
(Officers) |
£1,012.50 |
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Walk Apr ‘09 |
£72.40 |
(Members) |
£1,387.50 |
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London Bridge Fayre 800 |
£822.70 |
Cutters Race ’08 |
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Rochester Visit |
£72.69 |
(Officers) |
£425.00 |
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Justices and Jurors Dinner ‘09 |
£1221.00 |
(Members) |
£225.00 |
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Bridge House-Yard Dinner ‘08 |
£2,280.00 |
Quits Rents 09 Lunch |
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(Officers) |
£1,130.00 |
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(Members) |
£2,440.00 |
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Walking Tour of Borough |
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(Officers) |
£25.00 |
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(Members) |
£100.00 |
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Justices and Jurors Dinner ‘09 |
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(Officers) |
£440.00 |
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CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTIONS |
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(Members) |
£600.00 |
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Old Bailey Charities (Ct Lt ’08) |
£202.10 |
Rochester Visit 09 |
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British Legion (Wreaths Rmbce Day) |
£38.00 |
(Officers) |
£175.00 |
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Trad’l Thames Rowing Assn |
£532.50 |
London Bridge Fayre 800 |
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St George the Martyr |
£700.00 |
(Officers) |
£625.00 |
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Lord Mayor’s Appeal ’09 Sheep Drive |
£225.00 |
(Members) |
£575.00 |
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SUB TOTAL £1697.60 |
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Bridge House-Yard Dinner ‘09 |
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(Officers) |
£1424.50 |
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(Members) |
£1341.00 |
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TOTAL = £11,924.62 |
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TOTAL = £12,713.76 |
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BALANCE = £789.14 |
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Guildable Manor Tenancy
Fee Account (FINAL)
Guildable Manor Tenancy Account: No. 10628205; Child & Co 15-80-00 |
Income and Expenditure from 1 October 2008 – 30 September 2009
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Expenditure |
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Income |
Reserve |
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Opening Balance 1/10/2008 |
£Nil |
£315.72 |
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Bank Charges |
£105.00 |
Bank Interest/ Charges rpd |
£108.67 |
(£-1034.28) |
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Colechurch House Lease |
£144.14 |
Jurors Fee |
£17.60 |
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Transfer to Reserve |
£260.00 |
Subs Rebalance from 2007 |
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£210.00 |
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Copying |
£854.00 |
Loan from Banqtg |
£400.00 |
(£-824.28) |
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Office Supplies, Stationery |
£120.03 |
Subvent from Clerk |
£520.00 |
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Postage |
£357.56 |
TENANCY FEES :- |
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Sundries |
£364.08 |
Annual £1590.00 : OFFS £280.00 |
£1,870.00 |
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To Banqueting re Official Guests |
£655.60 |
5 Year £60.00/ OFFS £120.00 * |
£180.00 |
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Cttee Meetings Room Hire etc |
£500.62 |
Life £20.00/ OFF £60.00 # |
£80.00 |
£260.00 |
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Subscriptions and Affiliation Fees |
£75.60 |
Officers Subvention |
£650.00 |
(£-564.28) |
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Loans - Subvent Returns |
£920.00 |
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TOTAL = £4356.63 |
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TOTAL = £4286.27 |
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BALANCE = Minus £70.36 c/o 09’10 £245.36 (£-634.64) *c/o 2009-2011: # 2008-2019 |
£245.36 (£-634.64 ) |
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We have Audited the Final
Account, working papers, running accounts, bank statements, cheque and
paying-in books and are satisfied that they are correct: Honorary Auditors. Ian Wingfield/ Freddie
Trowman
THE COURT LEET OF THE GUILDABLE MANOR OF SOUTHWARK
The names of the Free Tenants summonsed to
attend as Jurors of the said Manor at John Marshall Hall, Christchurch,
Blackfriars Road, London SE1
on Wednesday the 18th day of
November 2009.
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Roy Alston Richard
Andrews Janice Bamber Kenneth Bamber Jeremy Barrett Leoniza
Barrett Gwen
Batchelor Tim Benjamin Beryl Boulton David Boston* Scott Cargill Kevin Couling Lennox Cumberbatch Jane Coglan Daphne Dale Norman Dale Loraine Davis |
Roger Davis* Howard Doe William Donovan Geoffrey Drust* Victor Drust Matthew Dupee Edward Errington Harry Evans Frank Everard Peter Gadbury SF T Fiona Gadbury Donald Goree* Bessie Grewcock Dr
Charlotte Grezo Mark Grove Leslie Grout* James Gurling* |
John Hammond Leigh Hatts Susan Haydock Hilary Haydon David
Henderson Lesley
Henderson Richard Hollier Janet Honnoraty* Michael Honnoraty* David Hubber Josephine Huggins Edward Jansz Paul
Jaspal Bala
Jaspal Glynn Jones Dominic Kelsey Stephen Kirkman |
Ron Leek* Cyril
Levy SF Simon McIlwaine Michele McLusky Edward Newman Stephen Nimmons Bryan Page Malcolm
Potter Simonie Prior Angela Prodger Mervyn Redding Diane Riley SF Tony Sharp SF T Lynn Smith Robin Sherlock Ketan Sheth Sarah Stedeford |
Michael J Stewart John Taylor Ian Tough* Barry Theobold-Hicks Frederick Trowman SF T Michael Wallis Kenneth Webber Anita Webber Kathleen Weightman Bryan Whalley Nicholas Williams David Wilson SF T Dr Ian Wingfield SF T Norman
Winnett Patricia
Winnett |
* Officer; SF Served Foreman; T Trustee
AGENDA FOR ANNUAL MEETING: WEDNESDAY 18th
NOVEMBER 2008 at 2.15pm
to be held at
John Marshall Hall, Christchurch,
Blackfriars Road, London SE1
1.i) To Accept the Minutes of the Annual Meeting of 12th
November 2008 as a Correct Record.
ii) Matters Arising.
2.i) To Accept the Annual Letter as Circulated.
ii) Matters Arising.
3.i) To Receive the Audited Accounts as Circulated.
ii) Matters Arising.
4.) i) To Approve the Constitutional Changes as outlined in the
Annual Letter.
5) Votes of Thanks, proposed by the Foreman.
ii) Matters Arising.
6) Any Other Business.
END.
MINUTES OF
ANNUAL MEETING: WEDNESDAY 12th NOVEMBER 2008 at 2.45pm
held at
The LSE Bankside Hall, Bankside, London SE1
(draft Minutes,
please notify Clerk of any errors or omissions)
These were circulated in November 2008 and no
comments were received
1.i) Attendance:
|
Roy Alston;
Jeremy Barrett; Leoniza Barrett; David
Boston;
Beryl Boulton ; Jane Coglan; Daphne Dale; Norman Dale; Loraine Davis; Roger Davis; Howard Doe; William Donovan; Geoffrey Drust; Victor Drust; Harry Evans; Peter Gadbury; Donald
Goree; Dr Charlotte Grezo; Leslie Grout; James Gurling; David Hubber; Josie
Huggins; Bala Jaspal; Paul Jaspal;
Hilary Haydon; Peter Hamel Cooke; Susan
Haydock; Richard Hollier; Janet Honnoraty; Michael
Honnoraty; Stephen Kirkman; Ron
Leek; Cyril Levy; Simon McIlwaine; Edward
Newman; Stephen Nimmons; Malcolm Potter; Angela Prodger; Simonie Prior; Mervyn Redding; Tony Sharp; Robin Sherlock; Ian Tough; Frederick Trowman;
Michael Wallis; Brian Whalley; Nicholas Williams; Dr Ian Wingfield; |
2.i) To Accept
the Minutes of the Annual Meeting: Wednesday 14th November 2007 at 2.45pm
held at The
John Marshall Hall, Blackfriars Road, London SE1 as a Correct Record.
Agreed Nem Com
ii) Matters
Arising. None
3 i) To Accept
the Annual Letter as Circulated.
Agreed Nem Com
ii) Matters Arising. None
4.i) To Receive
the Audited Accounts as Circulated.
Agreed Nem Com
ii) Matters
Arising. None
5.i) To Approve
the Constitutional Changes as outlined in the Annual Letter.
ii) Agreed Nem
Con
5.) Votes of
Thanks, proposed by the Foreman. The Foreman thanked all of the Officers for
their support over the last year and also the Jurors for attending functions.
6.) Any Other
Business:- None. END