Encouraging the use of natural stone.

The Court controls the activities of the Masons’ Company under the guidance of a Master, Upper Warden and Renter Warden.

Other members of the Court include several Past Masters and Court Assistants who have not passed the chair.

The officers change at Common Hall (essentially the AGM of the Company) in June each year, the Upper Warden is elected up to Master, the Renter to Upper Warden and a Court Assistant is elected into the Renter Warden position.

Volunteers on committees cover Finance, Craft & Training, Awards, Communications, Membership, Development Fundraising and Sponsorship and Social matters all of which report to the Court. We also run two independent charities the trustees of which are members of the Company.

Chris is a retired stockbroker who started trading on the market floor and became a member of The Stock Exchange before “Big Bang” and finished his career as an investment analyst at Peel Hunt specialising in Small companies and miscellaneous corporate clients.

He interrupted his City career to dabble in politics, spending some time as research assistant to Rt Hon Sir Geoffrey Pattie, then MP for Chertsey & Walton, and standing for election to the now defunct GLC in 1977.

Beyond the Company he has a broad range of interests, the foremost of which are freemasonry and family history research. He also enjoys taking his wife of 45 years to rugby matches (both are longstanding season ticket holders at Wasps) and cricket matches at Lords, where he is a member of the MCC. He is a member of The Nelson Society, his great hero being Admiral Lord Nelson.

Speech by The Master given at Common Hall June 2019 =  Speech to Common Hall lunch Jun 2019

Speech by The Master given at Midsummer Court Lunch July 2019 = Midsummer Court Lunch 2019 speech

Speech by The Master given at Michaelmas Court Lunch September 2019 = Speech to Michaelmas Court lunch Sept 2019

Speech to Court lunch Jan 2020

Speech for Cooks dinner 13th November 2019

Speech at Lady Day Court lunch 2020 Note: The Court meeting was abandoned because of the virus so the speech was not actually delivered.

With a first degree in Geology, and a PhD in Materials, Christine served for several years as a Lecturer in Geomaterials at Queen Mary College, London University.  Her main areas of research were the use of industrial waste materials as cement replacement in concrete, the durability of concrete, and the durability of building stone.  Following a move to Kent she and her husband, Stephen, ran their Civil & Structural Engineering practice.

Christine has been involved in the Livery for 27 years, serving as non-Aldermanic Sheriff in 2015/16.  A Liveryman of two Companies in addition to the Masons – the Constructors (Master 2009/10) and the Tylers & Bricklayers – she is an active member of many City organisations.”

Now retired, Stephen & Christine enjoy sailing, having spent several summers cruising their Moody 47 in the Baltic, circumnavigating the British & Isles & Ireland, and the Biscay area.  They live on their arable and solar farm near Canterbury.

Martin is a Chartered Civil Engineer of 35 years standing with corporate membership of the Institution of Civil Engineers and the Chartered Institution of Highways and Transportation.  He was educated to 1st degree level with a BSc (Hons) in Civil Engineering from the City University followed up with a Diploma in Management Studies (Local Government).

Martin has been responsible for many high profile schemes including the £35m Whitehall Streetscape Project providing anti-terrorism measures within a high quality award winning public realm scheme; Oxford Circus Diagonal Pedestrian Crossings; and  restoring two way working to Pall Mall, Piccadilly and St James’s Street where he got to meet Her Majesty the Queen, the  Duchess of Cornwall and Duchess of Cambridge at the opening ceremony.

He has worked for four London Boroughs (Westminster, Bexley, Bromley and Southwark) and the former Traffic Director for London.

Martin served Westminster City Council as a chief officer with responsibility for Westminster City Council’s roles as highway authority, street authority and traffic authority discharged through about 300 staff employed by the City Council and its providers.  Martin took part in a Top Gear programme on cycling in 2015 and had frequent TV and radio appearances for the portfolio of services covered by him.

Following Martin’s retirement from Westminster City Council in 2016,  he set up a business, City Transportation Solutions Limited, which helps property owners and developers implementing developments negotiate with local, regional and national government.

Martin is also a Director of the St James’s Conservation Trust, which works closely with residents and businesses to preserve and enhance the St James’s area in the City of Westminster.

1600-1850

Year	Firstname	Surname
1620	James	Gilder
1621	John	Dowse
1622	Henry	Parkins
1623	William	Warde
1624	Richard	Middleton
1625	Thomas	Turpin
1626	William	Wilson
1627	Thomas	Jordan
1628	John	Hince
1629	Gilbert	Arnold
1630	Richard	Midlleton
1631	Richard	Midlleton
1632	Richard	Chilton
1633	Nicholas	Stone
1634	Nicholas	Stone
1635	Edmund	Kinsman
1636	Thomas	Priestman
1637	Francis	French
1638	Hugh	Jones
1639	John	Gardiner
1640	William	Smith
1641	John	Shuttleworth
1642	Richard	Llewellyn
1643	Thomas	Moore
1644	William	Dorbar
1645	Thomas	Stanley
1646	John	Young
1647	Richard	Bancks
1648	John	Collis
1649	Henry	Wilson
1650	Edward	Marshall
1651	Thomas	Richardson
1652	Richard	Mildmay
1653	Humfrey	Moyer
1654	Roger	Lewes
1655	Henry	Wilson
1656	Thomas	Jordaine
1657	John	Younge
1658	Benjamin	Richardson
1659	John	Parker
1660	Thomas	Stanton
1661	Thomas	Moore
1662	Richard	Herenden
1663	Clement	Cole
1664	Thomas	Shorthose
1665	Stephen	Switzer
1666	George	Dowswell
1667	John	Shuttleworth
1668	Thomas	Shadbolt
1669	Henry	Banckes
1670	Joshua	Marshall
1671	James	Bryan
1672	James	Masters
1673	Thomas	Cartwright
1674	Richard	Cooke
1675	Thomas	Place
1676	Thomas	Berrowe
1677	Mr.	Marshall
1678	Mr.	Bumpsted
1679	Mr.	Noble
1680	Abraham	Storey
1681	Thomas	Wise
1682	Nicholas	Young
1683	Henry	Wilson
1684	Abraham	Storey
1685	Abraham	Storey
1686	John	Shorthose
1687	John	Martin
1688	William	Stanton
1689	William	Stanton
1690	John	Thompson
1691	Christopher	Kempster
1692	Edward	Mitchell
1693	William	Stanborough
1694	Thomas	Cartwright d1702 aged 85
1695	John	Young
1696	Edward	Strong
1697	John	Clarke
1698	Thomas	Wise
1699	Thomas	Hill
1700	Christopher	Kempster
1701	Ephraim	Beacham
1702	Thomas	Craven
1703	William	Wise
1704	William	Collins
1705	William	Kempster
1706	John	Walker
1707	William	Collins
1708	William	Woodman
1709	Thomas	Stainer
1710	Thomas	Cartwright II (Son)
1711	James	Hardy
1712	Richard	Garbutt
1713	Richard	Crutcher
1714	Thomas	Slemaker
1715	James	Padget
1716	Edward	Buckingham
1717	William	Holland
1718	Edward	Strong Jr
1719	Capt. Edward	Stanton
1720	Barth.	Woolfe
1721	Capt Thomas	Cartwright
1722	Charles	Gardiner
1723	John	Gilbert
1724	John	Cooper
1725	Christopher	Cass
1726	Capt. Samuel	Saunders
1727	Thomas	Dunn
1728	Robert	Kidwell
1729	Richard	Lissiman Jr
1730	Joshua	Channing
1731	John	Stanley
1732	James	Watts
1733	Robert	Taylor
1734	Christopher	Horsenaile
1735	Thomas	Iden
1736	Martin	Wardell
1737	Oliver	Kidwell
1738	Edward	Townsend
1739	Samuel	Warrall
1740	Richard	Charlton
1741	Walter	Lee
1742	Andrew	Jelf
1743	David	Shrimpton
1744	James	Crofts
1745	Thomas	Scott
1746	Thomas	Bull
1747	Richard	Bowles
1748	Joshua	Fletcher
1749	Edward	Anderson
1750	James	Wardell
1751	John	Bell
1752	Benjamin	Hunt
1753	Walter	Lee
1754	Charles	Easton
1755	Alexander	Rouchead
1756	Charles	Clavey
1757	John	David
	Mr. Deputy	Horsenaile
1758	William	Walker
1759	William	Dellar
1760	John	Davall
1761	Samuel	Gainsborough
1762	Joseph	Renleside
1763	George	Mercer
1764	William	Richards
1765	Samuel	Steemson
1766	William	Annis
1767	Moses	Wayte
1768	John	Dueffell
1769	Ralph	Hotchkin
1770	Henry	Gregory
1771	Thomas	Stevens
1772	James	Wardell
1773	Thomas	Gayfere
1774	John	Scott
1775	John	Dixon
1776	John	Rawlinson
1777	William	Gates
1778	John	Richards
1779	Richard	Tunks
1780	John	Wynne
1781	Thomas	Beard
1782	Richard	Buddle
1783	Thomas	Burnell
1784	John	Devall
1785	Richard	Jones
1786	William	Bailey
1787	Mr.	Harper
1788	John	Walter
1789	Thomas	Green
1790	George	Gwilt
1791	John	Hinchcliff
1792	Thomas	Waller
1793	George	Prince
1794	George	Prince
1795	George	Scott
1796	Henry	Scrimshaw
1797	Andrew	Nicoll
1798	John	Prince
1799	Henry	Gregory
1800	James	Perry
1801	John	Dueffell
1802	Thomas	Swithin
1803	George	Whitlock
1804	Thomas	Burnell Jn
1805	Samuel	Ireland
1806	Thomas	Wood
1807	John	Green
1808	Peter	Holloway
1809	Benjamin	Marshall
1810	John	Codogan
1811	John	Richards
1812	John	Malcott
1813	Thomas	Piper
1814	Joseph	Meymott
1815	Henry	Burnell
1816	William	Cadogan
1817	Thomas	Grundy
1818	William	Henshall
1819	William	Dixon
1820	Martin	Stukely
1821	John	Moginie
1822	Robert	Shout
1823	Geroge (sic)	Parminter
1824	Richard	Heale
1825	John	Rowden
1826	William	Storey
1827	John	Paulin
1828	John	Harkness
1829	William	Freeman
1830	Thomas	Burnell
1831	John	Richards
1832	John	Malcott
1833	Thomas	Piper
1834	Henry	Burnell
1835	George	Gwilt
1836	William	Cadogan
1837	John	Moginie
1838	John	Rowden
1839	William	Storey
1840	James	Richards
1841	Thomas	Piper Jn
1842	Martin	Stukely
1843	Philip	Flood Page
1844	John	Meriscoe Pearse
1845	Thomas	Burnell
1846	George	Gwilt
1847	John	Richards
1848	Henry	Nicholson
1849	William	Piper
1850	Alfred	Gwilt

1851 – Present

1851	William	Freeman
1852	Thomas	Piper
1853	Henry	Burnell
1854	George	Gwilt
1855	John C.	Storey
1856	Henry	Nicholson
1857	John	Pearse
1858	Phillip	Page
1859	Henry	Burnell
1860	William (resigned)	Piper
	Henry	Burnell
1861	Joseph	Freeman
1862	Edward	Bull
1863	George	Wales
1864	Geo.	Burnell
1865	John	Freeman
1866	Henry	Robertson
1867	Wilson	Piper
1868	William	Piper
1869	Alfred	Gwilt
1870	Henry	Burnell
1871	Edward	Bull
1872	George	Wales
1873	John	Freeman
1874	Henry	Robertson
1875	Sir	Hawkshaw
1876	John	Greenwood
1877	Edward	Condor
1878	William	Piper
1879	Alfred	Gwilt
1880	Henry	Burnell
1881	Arthur	Baker
1882	The Hon. Gerald	Talbot
1883	John	Hunter
1884	Henry	Sarson
1885	Russel	Freeman
1886	John	Greenwood Jr
1887	Edward	Bayley
1888	Edward	Cozens-Smith
1889	John	Cox
1890	Henry	James
1891	Thomas	Wigglesworth
1892	E.S.	Stidolph
1893	L.J.	L.J. Williams
1894	Edward	Conder Jr
1895	Henry	Sarson
1896	Fredrick	Shadbolt
1897	Dr. Edwin	Freshfield
1898	Frederick	Cox
1899	Thomas	Peet
1900	Herbert	Moore
1901	Henry	Theobald
1902	George	Pocock
1903	William	Clarke
1904	Percy	Peet
1905	Alfred	Dodson
1906	Arthur	Donne
1907	Frederick	Dray
1908	William	Harry Rylands
1909	Sir Frederick	Alliston
1910	Alfred	Lister Blow
1911	F.T.	Shadbolt
1912	G.	Pocock
1913	A.S.	Dodson
1914	A.W.	Donne
1915	A.W.	Donne
1916	George Henry	Judd JP
1917	Frederick	Dray
1918	Frederick	Dray
1919	Robert	Hunter
1920	Sidney	Young
1921	John Francis	Greenwood
1922	Robert	Hunter
1923	Thomas	Deighton
1924	Henry	Grover
1925	Frederick	Dray
1926	Alfred	Page
1927	William	Pumfrey
1928	George	Emmerson
1929	Alfred	Whealler
1930	John	Kipling
1931	George	Emmerson
1932	Willougby	Bullock
1933	Edward	Richardson
1934	William	Thomas Osborne
1935	A.	Page
1936	Alderman Sir Harry	Twyford
1937	Sir Herbert	Morgan
1938	George	Reynolds
1939	John	Theobald
1940	John	Theobald
1941	Richard	Wyatt
1942	Charles	Pearcey
1943	John	Byram
1944	Henry	Sarson
1945	Arthur	Bennion
1946	George	Ridley
1947	Stanley	Phillips
1948	Charles	Shill
1949	Henry	Watlling OBE JP
1950	Claud	Dennis JP CC
1951	Evan	Rees
1952	Charles	Emmerson
1953	William	Woellwarth
1954	Hugh	Clowes
1955	Henry	Bell
1956	Andrew	Woodman CC
1957	Vincent	Richardson
1958	William	Parsons
1959	Hubert	Dennis MC CC
1960	Frederick	Friday
1961	Henry	Hubble
1962	Aubrey	Christlieb
1963	Gordon	Coates
1964	Sir Stanley	Rowlandson MBE JP CC
1965	Sidney	Loweth
1966	Eric	Gale
1967	Spencer	Rodgers
1968	Sir John	Rodgers Bart
1969	Frank	Webster
1970	Robert	Mansell
1971	Alan	Phillpotts
1972	Cyril	Thatcher
1973	Clifford	Culpin OBE
1974	Howard	Lobb CBE
1975	Rupert	Wood MVO
1976	John	Bentley
1977	Richard	McCarthy
1978	Howard	Greenacre
1979	Anthony	Woellwarth
1980	Robert	Nott TD DL
1981	Thomas	Hollister
1982	Alwyn	Waters CBE GM
1983	Gordon	Tait
1984	Colin	Jeffries MBE
1985	Ernest	Turner
1986	Rex	Wisby
1987	Colin	Jeffries MBE
1988	Robert	Woodward
1989	Richard	Rowlandson OBE
1990	Charles	Woodward
1991	Graham	Gale
1992	John	Bysouth
1993	Robert	Waters
1994	Sydney	Mason
1995	Ralph	French OBE
1996	Barry	Woodman
1997	Patrick	Copland
1998	Neil	Barnes
1999	Basil	Rushton
2000	David	Ruffle
2001	Thomas	Ackland
2002	Peter	Johnson
2003	Gavin	Tait
2004	Michael	Peachey
2005	John	Wilson
2006	David	Beattie CMG
2007	Gerald	Everett
2008	Derek	Mottershead
2009	Adrian	Sarson
2010	Richard	Woodman-Bailey
2011	Derek	Sayer JP
2012	David	Blake JP
2013	John	Burton MBE
2014	Robert	Morrow
2015	William	Gloyn
2016	Nicholas	Payne TD
2017	Peter	Clark
2018	Andrew	Bowles