NEW
Domine Dirige Nos, An Introduction to the City of London
by Jenifer Andersen (published 2021)
Price £15 plus P&P, with £5 going to the Lord Mayor's Appeal
ISBN-978-1-5272-8527-9
NEW
The City of London Sheriffs’ Society (a history of the Society)
Published in February 2023 to mark the retirement of Anthony Eskenzi’s retirement after 20 years as chairman, this 100ppp volume also gives brief biographies of each of the Society’s members (ie served sheriffs) at the time of publication. It is edited by the President, Sir John Stuttard, and is available from the Secretary at £20 ISBN 978-1-7398702-2-5
Richard Morrison in The Times, on Statues in the City
To read The Times respected chief culture writer’s take on the debate, click this link
Friday January 29 2021, 12.01am, The Times
A Decade of Criminal Justice
A compilation of the valedictory speeches given for judges and senior officials retiring from the Old Bailey between 2010 and 2019
To order this book, published in October 2020, please follow this link.
To read the profiles/obituaries of past Lord Mayors published in the national press, click at their name in this list.
Most books referred to in the Library can be ordered from Amazon by a direct link. Titles include those of specific interest to liverymen, and in the Speech-writing section, those suggested at the After Dinner speaking course. If you wish to suggest additional books for listing, please send the ISBN
The Livery Committee, in association with the Town Clerk's Office at the City of London, produce a number of publications for the benefit of liverymen, and others interested in their work.
Some are listed here:
cityview - The magazine of the City of London Corporation
Livery Briefing a bi-monthly newsletter distributed to Clerks by email, and often posted at livery company websites
City Livery Companies - a 40 page booklet (orange cover) describing each livery company, and other background about the civic activities of the City. Available for collection from PRO at Guildhall
Livery Profile - a pocket sized leaflet with essential livery facts, produced by the Mercers' Company, 2011 edition out of print, but still available as a PDF
NOT produced or endorsed by the City of London are two light hearted YouTube cartoon videos that give a gently mocking but affectionate and not inaccurate description if the workings of the City and its governance:
75th Anniversary of VE Day Livery Quiz - Follow this link to download the Q&A spreadsheet.
Vade Mecum - re-published in 2013, by the Clerks’ Association.
cityview - The magazine of the City of London Corporation
City of London Directory & Livery Companies Guide (the Blue Book) Ceased publication in 2018
The City of London Freeman's Guide by Paul Jagger (published by the Information Technologists' Company) Order from Amazon here
City Livery Club Root and Branch Award for more, click here.
Royal Charters - The Aldermen and Magistracy Sub-Committee of the Court of Aldermen have prepared guidance on the subject of Royal Charters. You may read it at this link.
National Farmers’ Union Magazine article, November 2015. A sympathetic and largely accurate exploration of the Livery Companies and their renewed involvement with trade, craft and profession.
City & Livery Links with Australia & New Zealand, a paper written by Paul Jagger
Merchant Taylors Company of York:
Interpreting the Survival and Contemporary Functions of a Trade-Based Medieval Guild A dissertation by By Kathryn Lazell, University of York
Titles of other publications and websites are grouped below:
City of London Corporation website for livery companies
NEW
Domine Dirige Nos, An Introduction to the City of London
by Jenifer Andersen (published 2021)
Price £15 plus P&P, with £5 going to the Lord Mayor's Appeal
ISBN-978-1-5272-8527-9
A Decade of Criminal Justice
A compilation of the valedictory speeches given at the Old Bailey between 2010 and 2019, compiled by Roger Gifford & Adrian Waddingham
ISBN-978-1-5272-6969-9
£20 plus p&p
Available from the Sheriffs’ & Recorder’s Fund
Rules for the Conduct of Life
ASIN: B0010S2EBO Order from Amazon here
The Livery Halls of the City of London (published October 2018)
by Anya Lucas and Henry Russell, Photography by Andreas von Einsiedel
£45.00
ISBN: 978-1-8589-4670-2 Order from Amazon here
This Ghastly Affair: Great War Letters from the Leathersellers Archives by Jerome Farrell
ISBN-10: 0952362171
Available from the Leathersellers’ Company
Civic London to 1558 (3 volume set) (Records of Early English Drama)
by (Author), (Editor)
£185.25
ISBN 1843843994 Order from Amazon here
The livery companies of the City of London their origin, character, development and social and political importance (1892) by William Carew Hazlitt.
ISBN 9781169369337 in a modern edition. Order from Amazon here
800 years of the Lord Mayor's Show
Price £29.95 or at the pre-publication offer price of £24.95 up to 5 November 2015
ISBN 9781908990556 Order from Amazon here
Discovering London's Guilds and Liveries by John Kennedy Melling
Price £8.99 ISBN 0747805598 Order from Amazon here
The Aldermen of the City of London Temp. Henry III - 1912
By Alfred P Beaven
Contains comprehensive lists of and biographical notes upon the aldermen of the City. It also includes extensive materials on the relationship of the various aldermen to the livery companies and to Parliament. Originally published in two volumes, it is here given in one.
The Aldermen of the City of London 1900-2010 by Sir John Chalstrey
ISBN 9780852030905 published by the City of London Corporation 2011
Masters' Badges of the City of London Livery Companies by Richard Goddard
ISBN 9781860777271 Order from Amazon here
London Livery Companies: History, Law and Customs by David Palfreyman
ISBN 1907139079 Order from Amazon here
The London City Livery Companies' Vindication (1885) by Gilbert and Rivington
ISBN 1165111160 Order from Amazon here
The City of London and its Lord Mayor: From Whittington to World Financial Centre by Sir John Stuttard (2008)
ISBN 1860775861 Order from Amazon here
Stepping Forward - A Tribute to the Volunteer Military Reservists and Supporting Auxiliaries of Greater London. A list of livery/military affiliations (drawn from the book)
The Leathersellers' Company - A History by Penelope Hunting
ISBN 0952362104 Order from Amazon here
Apostrophe Catastrophe by Patrick C Notchtree
ISBN-9780750965125