24/07/2026
🍽️ Yesterday’s wonderful Forfeit Feast has inspired this week’s 🥂
A huge thank you to everyone who joined us for such a memorable evening. But have you ever wondered where the name Forfeit Feast comes from? 🤔
Centuries ago, Members who missed meetings or misbehaved were fined, or made to ‘forfeit’. Those fines helped pay for an annual dinner... meaning the offenders were, quite literally, paying for the feast! 🍽️
📜 The Forfeit Feast became an official fixture in the Company’s calendar in 1815 and has evolved ever since. Today, it remains one of the most prestigious dates in our calendar, traditionally welcoming the Lord Mayor of London as our principal guest alongside civic dignitaries, Freemen and Friends of The Company.
A tradition with a fascinating history, still going strong over 200 years later.