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THE SALAMANDER | DECEMBER 2017
Common Hall Master, Wardens and Officers. From Left to right: John Norris (Beadle), Frances Blois (Renter Warden,
Andrew Mayes (Upper Warden), John Mansfield (Master), John Kempton (Standard Bearer), Graham Maltby (Under
Warden and Steven Tamcken (Clerk).
Common Hall is the meeting
of livery members when the
new Master and Wardens,
duly elected from among
the Members of Court at the
Election Court make their
Declarations of Office and
when they assume their
respective duties and are
properly gowned as a visible
demonstration of their new
positions in the Company.
It is an opportunity for the Past
Master to review their year and
to give thanks for the support
they have been given in their
year and for the New Master
to present their vision for the
coming year. There are also
ceremonies performed such
as the weighing of the Chain of
Office to ensure the Past Master
has not substituted the precious
material with an inferior quality.
You’ll be pleased to know that
all was well with the weighing
and the new Master and
Wardens commenced their year
with plenty of good will from the
assembled Company.
Common Hall is followed by the
rededication of the Company
and newMaster at the Company
chuch St. Mary-Le-Bow church.
COMMON HALL 2017
Master, Wardens and Officers of the Company
The Master (John Mansfield) and Mistress Firefighter (Lesley Mansfield) with
their daughters Kerry (left) and Laura (right)
Weighing of the Chain of Office