The Court of Aldermen convened to address a variety of civic matters, including votes of thanks, resolutions, and the admission of new Freemen to the City of London. The meeting also included the swearing in of a Bridgemaster and a report from the General Purposes Committee of Aldermen.

Applications for the Freedom of the City

The Court was scheduled to consider applications for the Freedom of the City¹ from a number of individuals. The Chamberlain presented the names of eighty-five people to be made free of the City. The applicants came from a range of backgrounds and professions, including:

• Sharon Jane Affleck, a business unit director from Northamptonshire
• Zabir Ali, an optometrist from Wandsworth
• Paul Frank Arden, a farmer from Market Rasen, Lincolnshire
• James Lorenzo Argentieri, a home & garden company managing director from Leigh-on-Sea, Essex
• Keith Douglas John Atkins, a civil servant from Bristol
• Duncan Martin Owain Baldock, a head of procurement from Guildford, Surrey
• Andrew James Ballantyne, a retired agricultural director from Sleaford, Lincolnshire
• Victoria Caroline Siobhan Bannister, a Royal Air Force personnel support adjutant from Essex
• Christopher Anthony Barker, a civil engineer from Brent, London
• Stephen James Bealey, a pilot from Biggleswade, Bedfordshire
• Darren Mark Bell, a group fleet & compliance director from Camberley, Surrey
• Dr Delroy Sylvester Beverley, a hospital non executive director from Huddersfield, West Yorkshire
• Charles Rupert Guy Biggin, a chartered accountant from Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
• Stephen Andrew Bilham, a car hire company director from Carshalton, Surrey
• Julia Jane Bird, a ballet teacher from Kent
• Nicholas John Black, a contact lens optician from Hereford, Herefordshire
• Professor Alison Mary Blunt, a professor of geography from Barnet, London
• Marco Bottin, a civil servant from Ixelles, Belgium
• Jensen Mark Bourke, a chartered legal executive from Burgess Hill, West Sussex
• Roger Paul Bradburn, a college principal from Hillingdon, London
• Jerome Philip Bradley, a construction company managing director from Buckinghamshire
• Bruce Meikle Braes, a security consultant from Frome, Somerset
• Vanessa Ann Brett, a milliner from Chelmsford, Essex
• Olivia Sylvia Brindle, an insurance professional from Tower Hamlets
• Michael Desmond Broadley, a fire & rescue service station manager from Liverpool, Merseyside
• David Andrew Brooks, an information technology manager from Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire
• Neil Frank Buffin, a solicitor from Cardiff, Wales
• Niamh Morgan Burke Tomlinson, a graduate from Wakefield, West Yorkshire
• David John Burton, a fenestration industry general manager from Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
• Dr Alex James Byrne, a medical doctor from Godalming, Surrey
• Jose Antony Calvo, an innovation director from Lancaster, Lancashire
• Carol Ann Carter, a retired secretary from Hayling Island, Hampshire
• Nigel James Chandler, a business development director from Hampshire
• Marie Foong Mei Cheong-Thong, a food & wine writer and consultant from Putney, London
• Maria Alexandra Ciucu, a fundraising and communications director from Haringey, London
• Demi Lee Cole, a human resources professional from Lambeth, London
• Dr Howard Pearse Collins, a higher education teaching fellow from Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands
• Brett Martin Cooper, a solicitor from Morecambe, Lancashire
• Josephine Maria Augusta Martyres Crowe, a pipeline & heating company managing director from Lincoln, Lincolnshire
• Marie Therese Crozier, a registered nurse from Rochester, Kent
• Amanda Jane Davidson, an optometrist from Eastbourne, East Sussex
• Colin Philip Davidson, an optometrist from Eastbourne, East Sussex
• Jennifer Lorraine Davies, a media, communications & events officer from Bridgend, Wales
• Douglas John Day, a liquor company C.E.O. from Suffolk
• John Simon Day, a veterinary surgeon from Suffolk
• Matthew Terence Day, a banking software company director from Havering, London
• Phoebe Annie Elizabeth Day, an insurance broker from Havering, London
• Squadron Leader Craig Edward De Jonghe, a fuels policy manager from Buckinghamshire
• Mario De Serranos Jimenez, a corporate banker from Southwark, London
• Mark Richard Dean, a social club chairman from Greenwich, London
• Lucy Jane Demmon, a solicitor from Westminster, London
• Ashley Edward Alex Digweed-Francis, a brickwork project manager from Suffolk
• James Doherty, a farmer & broadcaster from Suffolk
• Dr Anthony James Doyle, an electronics manufacturing company chairman from Horsham, West Sussex
• Dr Amy Elizabeth Eccles, a medical doctor from Lambeth, London
• Jonathan Reuben Eshkeri, a solicitor from Hertfordshire
• Andrew Amiel Fairbairn, a capital markets investor & charity executive from Haringey, London
• Richard Conor Farr, a merchandiser from Newham, London
• Nicholas John Oxleigh Fell, a shipping and energy company general counsel from Singapore
• Sam Jess Fenton Elstone, a marketing agency chief executive from Brighton, East Sussex
• Professor Christopher Ashley Ford, a professor of international relations from Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
• Ian Norman Ford, an independent social worker & practice educator from Greenwich, London
• Natalie Forrest, a senior National Health Service manager from Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire
• Barbara Laura Franci, a candlemaker from Genoa, Italy
• Karen Debra Gennard, an optometrist from Gloucestershire
• Helen Anita Gibbons, a lead nurse from Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire
• Naomi Frances Gibson, a scientist from Macclesfield, Cheshire
• Dr Edward John Gillin, a university professor from Devon
• Dame Anne Margaret Glover, a venture capitalist from Kensington & Chelsea, London
• Anne Elizabeth Glynn, a business manager from Cobham, Surrey
• Sally Barbara Goodsir, a curator of decorative arts from Amersham, Buckinghamshire
• Simon John Reza Goodwin, an electrical contracting company director from Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
• Thomas Michael Gray, a strategy professional from Wiltshire
• Commodore Timothy Cooper Green, a Royal Navy officer from Gosport, Hampshire
• Lata Gullapalli, an investment banker & consultant from Camden, London
• Captain Ahamed Hazari Hafeel, a master mariner from Kingston Upon Thames, London
• John Kendall Hall, a master distiller from Devon
• Timothy James Benedict Hallett, a teacher from Malvern, Worcestershire
• Penelope Vivien Hamilton, an advanced nurse practitioner from Winchester, Hampshire
• Revd Timothy John Handley, a Clerk in Holy Orders from Westminster, London
• Mark John Hargreaves, a business data company chief executive from Gloucestershire
• William Richard Harrison, an estate manager from Suffolk
• Patrick Alois Jardine Hayes, an execution analyst from Hammersmith & Fulham, London
• Rebecca Elizabeth Head, a property lettings negotiator from Wandsworth, London
• Carolyn Hayley Jane Hilder, a judge from Hertfordshire
• Alexander David Hill, a building services engineer from Orpington, Kent
• Hayder Rothschild Hoozeer, a film producer from Westminster, London
• Mark Richard Hopking, a sea captain from Edinburgh, Scotland
• Lucy Jane Horncastle, an operations manager from Brent, London
• Jamie John Alec Howes, a House of Commons senior doorkeeper from Brent, London
• Carmen-Elena Iftode, an actuary from Kingston Upon Thames, London
• Andrew Stuart Jackson, an animal feed company commercial director from Oswestry, Shropshire
• Himanshu Chooramun Jhoboo, an actuary from Greenwich, London
• Fay Susan Isobel Johnstone, a retired human resources consultant from Richmond Upon Thames, London
• Karl Ashley Jones, a part-time digital communications officer from Weston-super-Mare, North Somerset
• Joanne Charlotte Jørgensen, a creative director from Lewisham, London
• William Charles Kay, an airline pilot from Henley Beach, Adelaide, Australia
• Shameem Jawaid Kazmi, a management consultancy company director from Solihull, West Midlands
• Judith Ann Keeling, a journalist from Oxfordshire
• Maia Khitarishvili, a hydrogen exploration company director from Cobham, Surrey
• Anthony John Kingsley, a clockmaking company director from Kensington & Chelsea, London
• Penelope Anne Lake, an IT consulting company secretary from Henley On Thames, Oxfordshire
• John Paul Lennon, a technical director from Poole, Dorset
• Susan Beverley Lidstone, a fine artist from Farnham, Surrey
• Paul Michael Lincoln, a management consultant from Halton Village, Buckinghamshire
• Silva Lukoseviciute, an assistant butler from Newham, London
• Alastair Sebastian Russell Lyon, a journalist from Richmond Upon Thames, London
• Rosalind Jane Mabey, a lead nurse from Vale of Glamorgan, Wales
• David Vincent Macelvogue, a retired project manager from Abingdon, Oxfordshire
• Brett Roderick Mackay, a procurement manager from Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire
• David James Mansfield, an audio research company non executive chairman from Wandsworth, London
• Mark William Marland, an eye health consultant from Lancashire
• Nathalie Catherine Marshall, a senior service designer from Swindon, Wiltshire
• Cheryl Rose Martin, an executive cyber security officer from Hertfordshire
• Geneviève Elizabeth Mather, a property letting company director from Newbury, Berkshire
• Paul Gerard May, a business consultancy director from Clitheroe, Lancashire
• Archie Robert McAlpine, a wellbeing research consultancy founder from Southwark, London
• Frederick William Edwin McAlpine Riddell, a sculptor from Hackney, London
• Felicity Alice Petronelle McCallum, a finance manager from Merton, London
• Martyn Thomas McIntee, a fleet compliance auditor from Ashford, Kent
• Ian Alexander Chiene McKerrow, a whisky academy director from Stirlingshire, Scotland
• Thomas Henry Ronan McLaughlin, a chartered surveyor from St Albans, Hertfordshire
• Claire Linzee Midgley Adam, a horticulturist from Westminster, London
• Ian John Mills, an airline pilot from Camberley, Surrey
• Jocelyn Claire Mitchell, a school governor from Putney, London
• Jason Harling Morris, an I.T. company engagement manager from Waltham Forest, London
• Diane Jane Nash, a contact lens optician from Trowbridge, Wiltshire
• Gordon James Newlands, a brand development manager from Selkirk, Scottish Borders
• Grace Ibiyinka Ogedengbe, a head of financial crime operations from Croydon, London
• Tony Derrick O'Leary, a physician from Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
• Luis Alberto Oliveira Fonseca, an eyewear manufacturing company director from Broxbourne, Hertfordshire
• Sarah Elizabeth Oliver, a journalist and author from Suffolk
• Okikiade Maria Jesse Oloyede, a technology consultant from Lewisham, London
• Fergal James O'Reilly, a chartered surveyor from Oxted, Surrey
• Eleanor Mary Owen, a sommelier from Newquay, Cornwall
• Ugbana Julius Isotuk Oyet, a public servant from Basingstoke, Hampshire
• Oliver Humphrey Umberto Padovan, an investment banking associate from Brent, London
• Lorenzo Pandolfi, a planning consultant from Hackney, London
• Cameron James McCausland Parham, a technology consultant from Guildford, Surrey
• Reena Rohit Parmar, a solicitor from Harrow, Middlesex
• Eyiyemi Olakitan Awobode Pearse, a consultant surgeon from Wandsworth, London
• Dr Charlotte Margaret Rosina Perry, a medical doctor from Wandsworth, London
• Fiona Ellen Petch, an architect from Hammersmith & Fulham, London
• James Richard Pilbin, a builders' merchant sales director from Warwick, Warwickshire
• Iryna Plastun, a business development manager from Westminster, London
• William Matthew Pohl, a property company director from Chelmsford, Essex
• Stefan Anders Poole, an optical retail assistant buyer from Bedfordshire
• Rupert John Preston Bell, a retired music director from Tunbridge Wells, Kent
• Simon Peter Protano, a training & recruitment manager from Congleton, Cheshire
• Rachel Rayner-Lok, a master saddler & saddle fitter from Kent
• Stephen Edward James Reid, an international business consulting partner from St Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands
• Anna Rennie, a silversmith & maille maker from Truro, Cornwall
• Brian Edmund Richardson, a head of agriculture from Harrogate, North Yorkshire
• Ian David Robinson, a head of strategy & development from Lancaster, Lancashire
• Kevin Rodgers, a chemical company director from Islington, London
• Alexander Frederick James Roe, a retired fund manager from Alton, Hampshire
• Sarah Elizabeth Rollings, a strategic client director from Ealing, London
• Nicholas Henry Rolls, a motor company spatial brand design manager from West Sussex
• Lawrence Stuart Rose, an insurance broker managing director from Woodford Green, Essex
• Jack Ross, a taxi company director from Bexley, London
• Dan-Andrei Ruse, a software engineer from Kingston Upon Thames, London
• Professor Vincent Vesa Savolainen, a university professor from Eton Wick, Berkshire
• Christian Henry Saxton, a mining company director from Hammersmith and Fulham, London
• Alexander James Scott, a consultancy and finance company director from Devon
• Faraz Shibli, a barrister from Northamptonshire
• Emma Jane Shipley, an artist & designer from Haringey, London
• Professor Edmund Richard Simons, an academic from Staffordshire
• Professor Steven Edward Spier, a university vice chancellor from Southwark, London
• Joel Elliot Dane Stanton, a nurse from Tower Hamlets
• Adam Timothy Stearns, a consultant surgeon from Cambridgeshire
• Rachel Alice Stonehouse, a baking company product development manager from Brighton and Hove, East Sussex
• Graham Paul Strachan, a software company senior director from Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire
• Lorna Sheila Straker, a tax manager from Oxfordshire
• Matthew Jackson Stringer, a charity chief executive from Bath, Somerset
• Dr Samantha Louise Strong, a university lecturer from Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands
• Joan Heather Stubbs, a retired music teacher from Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire
• Helen Clare Taylor, a retired teacher from Horsham, West Sussex
• Simon Thacker, a manufacturing company director from Walsall, West Midlands
• Vaishali Ashwin Thakrar, a dispensing optician from Harrow, London
• Philip Sherwood Roper Thompson, a contact lens optician from Rotherfield, East Sussex
• Alexander Edward Tozzi, a home service company chief executive from West Sussex
• Danny Upson, a retail sales & marketing director from Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear
• Alison Mary Vincent, a glass artist from Buckinghamshire
• Dr John Hereward Wake, a farm managing partner from Northampton, Northamptonshire
• David John Walker, a technology company director from Northamptonshire
• Brett William Walwyn, a psychotherapist from Kettering, Northamptonshire
• Haydn Philip Webb, a film & T.V. horsemaster from Reading, Berkshire
• Lucy Rosanna Weld, a solicitor from Wandsworth, London
• Kristin Jane Wellenstein Kilshaw, a property manager & landlord from Royal Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
• Martin David Ashcombe Wheatcroft, a chartered accountant from St. Neots, Huntingdonshire
• Hilary Margaret White, a retired credit controller from Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire
• Martin Donald White, a retired lawyer from Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire
• Don Mathew Williams, an optometrist from Kidderminster, Worcestershire
• Wing Commander Robert Benjamin Williams, a Royal Air Force Officer from Stourport On Severn, Worcestershire
• Annette Elizabeth Wilson, an investment company non executive director from Richmond Upon Thames, London
• Dr Mervin Pak Ming Wong, a medical doctor from Toronto, Ontario, Canada
• Claire Denise Wood, a school improvement executive from Sittingbourne, Kent
• Stella Maria Wood, a taxi driver & tour guide from Southwark, London
• Pinar Yetgin, an insurance company non executive director from Merton, London
• Aram Osep Zagikyan, a railway engineering manager from Stanford-le-Hope, Essex

Other Business

• The Court was scheduled to consider a vote of thanks to the Late Lord Mayor.
• The agenda included resolutions on retirements, congratulatory resolutions and memorials.
• The Court was to administer the Bridgemasters Oath.
• The Court was to receive a report from the General Purposes Committee of Aldermen.
• The Court was scheduled to discuss a letter and matters related to the Court of Hustings.