Wednesday 24 July 2013

Master’s blog, stardate 2013.205


Visit to the Mansion House

On Friday 19th July I attended on the Lord Mayor along with Thames Warden, Alderman Andrew Parmley and the clerk to present a jug of Thames water to the Lord Mayor.  This annual event celebrates the sale of the Thames Conservancy to the Corporation of London by King Richard 1 on 14 July 1197.  We had a very pleasant half an hour with the Lord Mayor, all the more so because he is a Gifford and I am a half-Gifford.  The Lord Mayor was truly delighted with the water jug and we did agree that it would look well if filled with a foaming type liquid too.

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