The Merchant Taylors' Hall, located on Threadneedle Street, is the only Company hall that still boasts original fabric. The Hall includes a nod to former days through a trap door showcasing the 14th c. beaten clay flooring, the 1646 tile overlay, and 1675 stone flags. It is unclear whether these underfloors remain throughout or are only preserved in this small museum section.
Performances by the Earl of Oxford's Minstrel and the King's Minstrels were recorded in the 15th c. as well as a payment to the King's Trumpeters in 1546/7.
The Merchant Taylors' Hall remains in use by the Company.
1347 House of John Yakeslee, the king's tent-maker, purchased by the Company.
late 14th c. Hall built or rebuilt on the site for the Company then named the Tailors and Linen Armourers.
1425--33 Great Kitchen built.
1518 Interior repairs made to the Hall.
1586--8 New roof added to the Hall.
1587 Hall windows glazed, arms of benefactors in painted glass erected.
1588 A new elegant screen erected in the place of the ancient one at the entrance.
1593 King's Chambers rebuilt and redecorated.
1620 Wainscotting added to the Hall.
1646 Merchant Taylors leased the old Hall to L. Newman for 21 years at a rate of 6 pounds per year.
1646 Hall paved with red brick/tile.
1666 Hall damaged during the Great Fire and W wing destroyed.
1669-71 Reconstruction and redecoration. The renewed Hall incorporated the walls of the medieval Hall.
1675 Marble and Purbeck stone floor laid.
1940 Hall and N wing bombed during World War II.
1950 Reconstruction: although the interior was gutted, the foundations and walls survived and were incorporated. The new floor nearly matches the level of the 1793 parquet flooring.
1998-2003 Major renovations.
REED Civic London to 1558 1.179, 208, 214, 224; 2.709
