The Worshipful
Company of Plumbers

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• GDPR - Our Privacy Notice

  Posted on 24th April 2018
  

  In compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation the Plumbers’ Company Privacy Notice can be found by clicking here.

• Our first lady Liveryman

  Posted on 21st January 2019
  

  In 2010, ago a practising lady plumber was informed in no uncertain terms by a member of another Company that only men could become Liverymen.  She was rapidly informed that for the Plumbers' Company, this was incorrect and shortly afterwards she was clothed as of our Livery.  At the time we were not aware that a mere 294 years previously, on 20th September 1724 to be exact, Sarah, the daughter of Joseph Sergeant, at the ripe age of 49, entered the stamped book of the Company’s freedoms, by patrimony.    Not only is the evidence in the Company Freedom book but we also have found a copy of her Freedom Application that she "as a Citizen and Plumor of LONDON, desires to be admitted into the Freedom of this City by Patrimony, in the Company of Plumors" dated "27 Day of April in the 16th of Charles 2nd and in the Year of our Lord 1664".

  We cannot, however, claim to be the first Company to admit ladies as  Palfreyman's book "London Livery Companies" mentions (page 21)  "the first female Scrivener in 1665; while the 1495 Ordinances of the Cooks' Company, for example, refer to "Freemaidens" and the 1333 Ordinances of the Carpenters' Brotherhood mention both "brother" and also "soster"."  Later, in the same section, Palfreyman notes that in 1537 the Saddlers had "three Free Sisters" on its rolls.

  Read about the Sergeant family and see the the full Freedom Certificate by clicking here.

• The New Clerk accepts the Charge

  Posted on 18th January 2019
  

  At the Court meeting in January 2019, Adrian Mumford accepted the Charge  "You shall be true to our Sovereign Lady The Queen's Majesty, her heirs and successors. You shall be obedient to the Master and Wardens of the Art or Misterye of Plommery for the time being. And you shall do and perform all other matters justly and truly which to your Office appertaineth, so far as your ability will extend and you lawfully may do. So help you God."

  In doing so, Adrian becomes the next Clerk of the Company.,

• Plumbing News – Looking to the future

  Posted on 18th January 2019
  

  The CIPHE working in partnership with the Society of Public Health Engineers, Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers and JA Brooks has developed a Plumbing Centre of Excellence at Havering College. 
  This educational project is supported by SoPHE initiatives for young engineers including the Chris Sneath (a Past Master of the Plumbers’Company) Bursary and the Dr Steve Ingle Award.  The Institution of Engineering and Technology has elected Past Master Chris Sneath as a Fellow of the Institute
  Past Master Chris Sneath as chairman of WaterSafe reports: “It’s been a busy year again for WaterSafe, now in its fifth year, and we have over 5,700 members qualified to work safely with the drinking water in your community – from homes to hospitals. We plan to work just as hard this year to help keep the UK’s drinking water as fresh, safe and wholesome at the tap as ever; and make sure even more consumers know where to go to for plumbing expertise to ensure that their chosen plumber is skilled, competent and qualified."

  Read more from WaterSafe by clicking here.

• The Plumbers always prepare well in advance. Do you?

  Posted on 17th January 2019
  

  You will all have a diary for 2019 but how full are the December pages?  Ensure that the Guildhall Christmas Market is one entry.  This a great opportunity to purchase Christmas presents and support the Red Cross.   It is the major fund raiser for the City Branch of the Red Cross and this year there will be a “Sparkling Preview” on Monday Evening 25th November  The Preview is always well supported by Liverymen.  It will be held in the Guildhall in the Presence of Princess Alexandria and the full Mayoral party.  Put the date in your diary NOW.  Hope to see you there. For further details  and ticket reservation click here.

• You can share in the work of a Company Asset

  Posted on 16th January 2019
  

  If you have been to one our functions you will have seen this man with a camera - he is Michael O'Sullivan the Company photographer.  What better way of remembering an occasion than by visting his web site and ordering a copy of a picture of you or your friends.

  Michael generously provides many of the photos for this web site.