Dinner at Innholders Hall
April 15, 2011
THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF INNHOLDERS, INNHOLDERS HALL, 30 COLLEGE STREET, LONDON EC4R 2RH.
Inns started to assume their colourful role in our national life during the 13th century in order to serve the growing numbers of pilgrims and traders when monasteries could no longer meet their needs. In addition to drink they offered bed and board for travellers and their mounts, which distinguished them from taverns and alehouses. In the 14th century the Court of Common Council in the City of London kept an eye on their activities although the men and women who ran them were still known variously as hostelers and hospitalers. It was not until 1473 that they successfully petitioned the Corporation to be known as "Innholders". We are privileged to hold this function, jointly with the Bailliages of Thames Valley and Solent, in the Company’s magnificent, seventeenth-century Hall
Menu for 15 April 2011 Brandade of Smoked Trout with Marinated Cucumber and Melba Toast Oven-baked Guinea Fowl Breast with Artichoke, Tomato and Mushrooms Served with Rosti Potatoes, Savoy Cabbage and Roast Carrots with Caraway Seeds Iced Grand Marnier Souffle with Amoretti Biscuits Tartlet of Goats’ Cheese and Red Onion Marmalade
Wines Lindauer Special Select NV Chablis Vocoret, 2007 Chateau Lachesnaye 2004 Haut Medoc. Cru Bourgeois Taylor’s LBV
Dress: black tie, with insignia, as appropriate.
Reception – 7pm for 7:30pm Carriages – 10pm
Booking Form:
Dinner – Innholders
£95 for members and nominated guest: additional guest tickets, £100
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Names of Guests (incl. first name):…………………………………………………
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Cheques to “La Chaine des Rotisseurs”, with completed booking forms – to
GRAHAM WHEELER Vice-Chancelier Argentier 67 Eastbury Road Northwood Middx. HA6 3AP
Early application for tickets is recommended, as places are relatively limited.
Will members please note that cheque will be banked on receipt, and that presentation of a cheque should be treated as an acknowledgement of the booking and that places are available as requested. Should the Dinner become oversubscribed, then the member’s application will be placed on a waiting list, they will be notified of this and their cheque will not be presented unless places become available. In that event, places will be allocated strictly in the order in which the applications on the reserve list were received.
The evening is due to be concluded by 10pm so that those travelling home may reach the London railway termini in good time to take their trains home. For those planning to stay overnight in London, there are plenty of hotels belonging to a number of major groups in varying price ranges in locations ranging from Bloomsbury and the Chancery Lane area to sites at either end of some of the major bridges, such as Tower, Southwark, Blackfriars, Westminster and Lambeth.
