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Jan 1, 1271
Carpenters' Company Origins
The history of the Carpenters’ Company goes back over 700 years, with the first written reference a mention of a Master Carpenter in the City of London’s records of 1271. It was originally a medieval trade guild, founded to look after the welfare and interests of carpenters living and working in London, one of a number of ancient guilds created at this time. -
Jan 1, 1333
Boke of Ordinances
The regulations or ordinances of the Company are first recorded in the ‘Boke of Ordinances’. Most of the rules related to the provision of help to members in need. They included a payment of 12 pennies a year by each member to help those who became ill or were injured at work. Members of the fraternity were also required to employ other members who had no work in preference to other carpenters. Members were expected to attend mass twice a year. -
Jan 1, 1429
First Carpenters' Hall Built in 1429
A lease of five cottages and a piece of waste ground was granted to three Citizens and Carpenters of London in 1429, and the first Carpenters’ Hall built within a year. The site was originally part of the estate of the Hospital of St Mary without Bishopsgate, also known as St Mary Spital. The Company has been located on London Wall ever since. The site included two gardens, a large garden containing vines and, in Tudor times, a rose arbour. A smaller courtyard garden held box trees and shrubs. -
Jan 1, 1445
The Company produced new regulations or ordinances
For the first time it was stated that the Company should be governed by a Master and three Wardens elected annually. Their powers to search carpenters’ workshops and ensure that the timber used met the City of London’s standards were set out. A Court of Assistants was also appointed under the new ordinances to help the Master regulate the carpentry trade in the City. Members of the Court had to be ‘six or eight of such men as have already held office or are of the same weight in their craft’. -
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