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Launch of Volume 61

The launch of the London Record Society’s volume 61, The Brewers’ Book Part 2, 1429-40: An Edition of the Minute Book of William Porlond, Clerk of the Brewers’ Company, edited by Caroline Anne Metcalfe, will take place on Monday 2 March 2026 at 5pm at:

Brewers’ Hall
Aldermanbury Square
London, EC2V 7HR

Nearest tube: Moorgate, 6 minutes’ walk; alternatively, St Paul’s, 7 minutes or Bank, 7 minutes or Mansion House, 9 minutes.

Note: there are three steps at the main entrance but a ramp can be put in place.  Advance notice is required for motorised wheelchairs which need to use the entrance at the opposite end of the building.

The programme is:

5.15pm: Introduction by the Clerk to the Brewers’ Company and Professor Caroline Barron

Talks:

Caroline Metcalfe, ‘William Porlond and the Second Part of his Brewers’ Book’

Katherine French, ‘Porlond and the Brewers at the Key on the Hoop’

c. 6pm: Reception and sale of books ( price £30)

7pm: End

RSVP by Friday 20 February 2026, sending your name and street address to Dr Penny Tucker, memberseclrs@aol.com







	


	





		

		
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The launch of volume 61 The Brewers’ Book, Part 2, 1425-40: An Edition of the Minute Book of William Porlond, Clerk of the Brewers’ Company edited by Caroline Metcalfe will take place at Brewers’ Hall on Monday 2 March 2026 at 5pm. Further details to follow …