Venues Used by the Company’s Court
(Note: Early Clerks often failed to record the venues of Court Meetings up to 1783. However, those known to be regular venues have been marked with an “R”.)
| VENUE | FIRST RECORDED DATE | LAST RECORDED DATE | No. |
|---|---|---|---|
| The George on Ivy Lane. | 6.12.1664 | 3.4.1666 | 3+ |
| Joyners' Hall on Thames Street. | 26.4.1666 | 21.6.1666 | 2 |
| The 3 Pigeons. West Smithfield. | 5.2.1667 | 10.9.1668 | R 10+ |
| The Blackamore's Head. West Smithfield. | 21.2.1667 | 18.3.1669 | R 8+ |
| The Woolsack on Ivy Lane. | 15.4.1669 | 23.9.1669 | 3 |
| East India House on Leadenhall Street. | 4.11.1669 | 16.12.1669 | 2 |
| The Great James on Eastcheap. | 28.4.1670 | 26.9.1672 | R 11+ |
| The George in Newgate Market. | 15.11.1670 | 25.4.1672 | R 13+ |
| The 3 Tun Tavern on Wood Street. | 17.1.1704 | 1 | |
| The Nags Head Tavern on Cheapside. | 25.2.1708 | 1 | |
| The Castle Tavern on Fleet Street. | 14.7.1709 | 3.9.1713 | 3 |
| Plaisterers' Hall on Addle & Philip Streets. | 22.12.1709 | 1 | |
| The George on Ironmonger Lane. | 14.12.1710 | 24.9.1761 | R 37+ |
| The Crown on Ludgate Hill. | 20.12.1711 | 1 | |
| The Greyhound Tavern on Fleet Street | 22.8.1717 | 1 | |
| The Antwerp Tavern on Threadneedle St. | 4.7.1783 | 23.9.1819 | 151 |
| The King's Head Tavern on Poultry. | 10.12.1819 | 25.9.1851 | 122 |
| The London Tavern on Bishopsgate. | 18.12.1851 | 24.3.1876 | 73 |
| 38, Moorgate Street. (Master's Office) | 18.4.1864 | 30.6.1864 | 2 |
| 41, Coleman Street. (Clerk's Office) | 26.6.1867 | 5.4.1870 | 2 |
| 52, King William Street. (Clerk's Office) | 13.12.1870 | 23.3.1876 | 19 |
| The Castle. Richmond. Surrey | 19.6.1873 | 1 | |
| The Ship Tavern at Greenwich | 22.6.1876 | 20.6.1895 | 10 |
| The Albion Tavern on Aldersgate Street | 20.12.1876 | 20.12.1906 | 64 |
| 58, Gracechurch Street (Clerk's Office) | 22.3.1877 | 23.3.1911 | 57 |
| Cannon Street Hotel | 21.3.1878 | 1 | |
| Cathedral Hotel in St Paul's Churchyard | 19.12.1879 | 1 | |
| Forest Hotel. Chingford. | 18.6.1880 | 1 | |
| Hotel Victoria on Northumberland Ave. | 19.3.1896 | 1 | |
| Star & Garter Hotel. Richmond. Surrey | 22.6.1899 | 18.6.1903 | 2 |
| De Keyser's Royal Hotel. Victoria Embank. | 20.3.1906 | 23.6.1915 | 30 |
| 13, Queen Anne's Gate (Clerk's Office) | 30.9.1914 | 25.9.1924 | 15 |
| Simpson's Tavern at 100, Strand. | 16.11.1917 | 19.12.1929 | 39 |
| The Criterion on Piccadilly Circus. | 25.9.1919 | 1 | |
| Skinners' Hall on Dowgate Hill. | 13.10.1920 | 18.9.2018 | 2 |
| Carpenters' Hall on Throgmorton Avenue | 23.10.1921 | 17.3.2016 | 6 |
| Clothworkers' Hall on Mincing Lane | 30.10.1923 | 10.3.2015 | 3 |
| Sheffield University | 2.5.1925 | 1 | |
| 38, Trinity Square. EC3. (Master's Office) | 31.5.1926 | 1 | |
| Savoy Hotel on Strand | 17.11.1926 | 1 | |
| Hotel Cecil on Strand | 20.3.1930 | 1 | |
| RAC Club on Pall Mall | 9.10.1930 | 1 | |
| Painter Stainers' Hall. Little Trinity Lane | 12.12.1930 | 15.6.2017 | 56 |
| Leathersellers' Hall in St Helen's Place | 14.10.1937 | 1 | |
| Great Eastern Hotel on Liverpool Street | 17.10.1940 | 1 | |
| Royal Thames Yacht Club. Knightsbridge | 20.12.1940 | 19.12.1941 | 5 |
| Connaught Rooms. Great Queen Street. | 27.3.1942 | 1 | |
| Innholders' Hall on College Street | 30.9.1942 | 25.9.1946 | 15 |
| Vintners' Hall on Upper Thames Street | 18.7.1945 | 22.6.2021 | 35 |
| Tallow Chandlers' Hall on Dowgate Hill | 25.6.1946 | 25.9.2003 | 89 |
| Apothecaries' Hall on Black Friars Lane | 23.5.1948 | 12.6.2019 | 28 |
| Armourers' Hall on Coleman Street | 28.9.1950 | 1 | |
| Saddlers' Hall on Gutter Lane | 15.12.1959 | 21.9.2017 | 2 |
| Haberdashers' Old Hall | 25.3.1969 | 17.9.1981 | 4 |
| Butchers' Hall on Bartholemew Close | 25.3.1971 | 1 | |
| Drapers' Hall on Throgmorton Street | 14.12.1971 | 23.3.2017 | 2 |
| Stationers' Hall on Ave Maria Lane | 14.12.1972 | 13.12.2022 | 47 |
| Cutlers' Hall on Warwick Lane | 6.1.1978 | 22.3.2022 | 25 |
| Barber Surgeons' Hall on Wood Street | 2.7.1981 | 16.3.2005 | 8 |
| The Guildhall & Crypt | 8.7.1982 | 27.6.1991 | 10 |
| Grocers' Hall on Princes Street | 23.3.1982 | 7.12.2021 | 4 |
| Glaziers' Hall on Montaque Close | 19.3.1985 | 11.6.2013 | 9 |
| Middle Temple Hall, Middle Temple Lane | 14.3.1989 | 1 | |
| Master Mariners' Hall. HQS Wellington. | 20.6.1996 | 1 | |
| Pewterers' Hall on Oat Lane | 11.3.2014 | 21.3.2023 | 2 |
| Dyers' Hall on Dowgate Hill | 25.7.2014 | 1 | |
| Ironmongers' Hall on Aldersgate Street | 24.9.2015 | 1 | |
| Haberdashers' New Hall at W.Smithfield | 28.9.2016 | 1 | |
| Fishmongers' Hall. London Bridge. | 13.3.2018 | 1 | |
| Merchant Taylor's Hall Threadneedle St. | 12.3.2019 | 1 | |
| Watermen's Hall | 4.9.2019 | 26.8.2021 | 2 |
| Trinity House. Tower Hill. | 10.3.2020 | 1 | |
| Girlers' Hall on Basinghall Avenue | 27.9.2022 | 1 |
