The John Stow Memorial Service

A service to commemorate the life and work of John Stow, Elizabethan antiquary, historian and author of The Survey of London, is held every three years.

It is sponsored jointly by LAMAS and the Worshipful Company of Merchant Taylors (Stow's own company). Central to the service are a short address in Stow's honour and 'the Ceremony of the Quill' in which a fresh quill pen is placed in the hand of his effigy on the monument on the north wall of the church.

The last service was in 2008 (noon on Wednesday 16th April) and was held at St Andrew Undershaft. The address was by John Clark, Senior Curator Medieval, Museum of London, entitled John Stow and London Stone. 

The service is open to all to attend. The 2011 service will take place at St Andrew's Undershaft on 6 April 2011 at Noon. Further details will be added to the website when available.