Broad Street Ward Might
Webclave - Informal Ward Mote
[Due to covid-19 restrictions, Broad Street, and other City of London wards, had to postpone the 2021 Ward Motes. However the members, Alderman Professor Michael Mainelli, Deputy John Scott, John Bennett MBE CC, and Christopher Hayward CC, are hosting a 'Ward Might' for 2021 to provide an opportunity for voters and residents to convene informally. This too was originally meant to be a "Behind The Scenes At Drapers' Hall", due to the immense generosity and support of the Drapers' Company for the ward. Sadly due to government guidelines on working from home, the physical event has had to be postponed.]
Get to know your local community of Broad Street Ward just a little bit better on Tuesday, 14 December, from 17:30 to 18:30:
17:30 – “What Could The ‘City of London’ Ever Do For Me? or How Can I Drive Sheep Across London Bridge?” briefing by Alderman Professor Michael Mainelli
17:50 – Commentaries from Deputy John Scott, John Bennett, and Christopher Hayward CC
18:10 – Question and answer session
18:30 - Close
wardmight [ˈwɔːdmt] n (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) Brit an assembly of the citizens or liverymen of a ward for the purpose of discussing possibilities.
[see ward, moot, mote]
disambiguation
Wardmights are short meetings for Broad Street electors and club members to have informal discussions about issues involving the future of the ward. Formal matters are handled either directly with elected members or at a Wardmote.
In the reign of King John, there were three “Chief Folk-Moots” (meetings) a year. Today these have become ‘Common Hall’ meetings – one for election of the Lord Mayor, one for election of the sheriffs – and a Ward Mote (ward meeting). Citizens who failed to attend were subject to the fine of £2 at a time when a workmen often earned only a penny a week.
Ward Motes were originally meetings of the Freemen (now those on the Ward List) and that the democratic and electoral element of the meetings was a later development. This was because they were essentially the same as a Court Leet/Manorial Court with the Freemen making ‘presentments’ of civil issues and criminal matters with the Alderman punishing miscreants according to law and the Beadle ‘attaching’ such persons as the court’s officer. Even today, ward electors can ask general questions at the Ward Motes which the Alderman, Ward Clerk and Common Councilmen attempt to address.
Z/Yen and FS Club kindly volunteered to 'host' this Ward Might online.
Speaker(s):
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Alderman Professor Michael Mainelli
Independent
City of London Corporation
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Deputy John Scott
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John Bennett MBE CC
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Christopher Hayward CC