| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 1179 | Reference in the Pipe Rolls (Annual Accounts of Revenue & Expenditure) to “ the gild of strangers of which Warner le Turner is elderman”. Probably the earliest reference to a Guild of Turners |
| 1295-1310 | Probable origin of the Guild of Turners |
| 1310 | Six Turners sworn by Lord Mayor and Aldermen not to make any other measures than gallons, “potells” (two quarts)and quarts, and to make no false measures such as “chopyns” (about a pint) and “gylles” (half a pint) |
| 1310-1311 | Lord Mayor confers powers of self-regulation on a number of Crafts, including the Turners |
| 1342 | Turners summoned before the Lord Mayor and Aldermen to hear and do what for the common advantage of the people should be enjoined …… by reason of the manifold falsities and deceits found in the wooden measure |
| 1435 | The Wardens of the Craft of Turning complained to the Court of Aldermen that measures deficient in content, the product of “foreigners”, were being sold which were “false and deceitful to all the King’s people”. The complaint was upheld and a petition was granted giving the Wardens the power of “search and oversight” of all measures before being put on sale |
| 1469 | The Turners supply six armed men to take their share of the City Watch |
| 1479 | “The good men of the Mistery of Turners …… came to the King’s Court, Guildhall, and before the Lord Mayor and Aldermen” and petitioned successfully for the approval of Articles regulating the Craft |
| 1513 | Ordinance repealed which precluded “Foreyn strangers and aliens” from working as turners in the City |
| 1591 | Turners lease their first Hall in Philpot Lane, off Eastcheap, for a term of 40 years |
| 1593 | Records of the Turners Guild begin |
| 1604 | Royal Charter granted by King James I |
| 1634 | Grant of Arms by the College of Heralds |
| 1636-1637 | Turners obtain fresh lease until 1678 |
| 1666 | Turners lose their Hall in the Great Fire of London |
| 1668 | Turners agree to rebuild the Hall, obtaining fresh lease until 1728 |
| 1670 | Rebuilding completed |
| 1685 | Second Royal Charter granted by King James II |
| 1698 | Additional Ordinances approved by the Lord Chancellor, Chief Justice of the King’s Bench and Chief Justice of Common Pleas |
| 1727 | Fresh lease agreed, but not granted because of the landlord’s bankruptcy in the South Sea Bubble |
| 1736 | New Hall purchased on College Hill, off Cannon Street |
| 1737 | Possession of Philpot Lane Hall surrendered |
| 1759 | New Hall on College Hill let |
| 1766 | New Hall sold |
| 1823 | Additional Ordinances approved |
| 1942 | Association with the Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (REME) begins |
| 1945 | Company reaches agreement with the Society of Apothecaries for the use of their Hall in Blackfriars Lane |
| 1952 | First modern competition for ornamental turning organised by the Company |
| 1953 | First presentation of Annual City & Guilds Awards. Link with REME formalised |
| 1954 | Introduction of Turners Shield for Craftmanship competition for REME |
| 1956 | First modern National Plain Turning Competition |
| 1970 | First modern National Design Awards Competition |
| 1978 | Formation of the Register of Professional Turners |
| 2001 | Launch of Bursary Competition |
| 2004 | Turners have float in Lord Mayor’s Show to celebrate the 400th Anniversary of the granting of the first Royal Charter |
| 2004 | First Wizardry in Wood exhibition in Pewterers’ Hall |
| 2006 | Penrose Halson installed as first female Master in the Company’s history |
| 2008 | Second Wizardry in Wood exhibition in Carpenters’ Hall |
Milestones
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