| 1274 |
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Property held on behalf of the Fraternity of St. Nicholas in the parish of St. Ethelburga on the east side of Bishopsgate now called Clerks' Place. |
| 1390 |
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Plays presented at Clerkenwell, and at Skinners' wells in 1409 |
| 1422 |
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Brewers' Hall used for meetings of the Guild. |
| 1442 |
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Henry VI incorporates the Company by Royal Charter |
| 1448 |
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Henry VI grants a second Charter. |
| 1449 |
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Bede Roll begun (until 1521) |
| 1475 |
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Charter of King Edward IV. |
| 1482 |
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Grants of Arms (aspergilia). |
| 1530 |
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Ordinances approved by Sir Thomas More (Lord Chancellor) |
| 1546 |
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Company requested by the Lord Mayor to report deaths of freemen. |
| 1553 |
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First Hall demolished (Corporation plaque in Clerks' Place, Bishopsgate). |
| 1554 |
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Company sand mass in Guildhall Chapel before the election of the Lord Mayor. |
| 1562 |
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Second Hall occupied in Brode Lane in Vintry Ward. |
| 1568 |
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William Roper's benefactions. |
| 1582 |
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Second Grant of Arms (prick-song book). |
| 1601 |
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Crowns made for installation of two Masters (until 1639). |
| 1610 |
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Charter of King James I. |
| 1625 |
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Printing press set up in Hall. |
| 1636 |
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Charter of King Charles I. |
| 1639 |
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Present charter granted by King Charles I. |
| 1666 |
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Second Hall consumed in the Great Fire. |
| 1671 |
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Third Hall erected in Wood Street in the ward of Cripplegate Within. |
| 1737 |
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Organ made by Richard Bridge placed in the Hall. |
| 1787 |
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Beadle's staff head presented. |
| 1824 |
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Last parish added to the Bills of Mortality (All Saints Poplar). |
| 1826 |
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Richard Hust's first benefactions. |
| 1823 |
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Almshouses built in Camberwell (area redeveloped after war). |
| 1922 |
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Presentation by a former Master (E.J. Trustram) of a banner depicting St Nicholas |
| 1940 |
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Third Hall destroyed on 29/30 December. (plaque in Wood Street). |
| 1969 |
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Master first acted as crucifer at Michaelmas Day Service in St Lawrence Jewry. |
| 1971 |
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Publication of the Company history 'The Parish Clerks of London' written by R.H. Adams. |
| 1972 |
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Masque - 'Ye Clerkes of London' - first performed. |
| 1974 |
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Commemorative Tree planted in St Paul's Churchyard. |
| 1977 |
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Brethren at United Guilds Service seated in front row of South Transept. |
| 1982 |
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Chest for Altar frontals placed in St Lawrence Jewry in memory of J W Murphy. |
| 1984 |
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Clerks' Well reopened in Clerkenwelll. |
| 1986 |
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The Company dines at Lambeth Palace on St Nicholas Day at Patron's invitation. |
| 1990 |
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Masque performed to commemorate 600th Anniversary of 1390 plays. |
| 1991 |
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Grants of present Arms with Supporters. |
| 1991 |
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Replicas of 17th Century Crowns made in memory of Dr. D.L. Scott. |
| 1999 |
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First Woman parish clerk admitted. |
| 2000 |
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Debut performance of Millennium Anthem (Psalm 93) commissioned by the Company. |
| 2002 |
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HRH The Duke Of Gloucester dines with the Company at the Patronal Dinner. |
| 2004 |
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Association formed with the Royal Army Chaplains Department on the initiative of Past Master Colin Cleugh. |
| 2004 |
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Publication of the Bede Roll edited by Dr N.W. James and his wife and its launch at Lambeth Palace on 6th July. |
| 2006 |
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First admission to membership of the Company of a serving Lord Mayor, Alderman D.W.Brewer, parish clerk of St Pancras Soper Lane. |
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