Each ward (irrespective of its size) returns one Alderman to the Court of Aldermen.

The Court of Aldermen should be abolished, with its powers transferred to the Common Council.

The size of the Common Council would be reduced, and it would absorb the Court of Aldermen.

As a result he was barred from attending the Court of Aldermen while an inquiry took place and eventually had to resign his seat.

By the sixteenth century it was the practice for the Court of Aldermen to summon a meeting at the Guildhall.

He also provides legal advice to the Lord Mayor and the Court of Aldermen.

Waller's first notable action was his surreptitious marriage with a wealthy ward of the Court of Aldermen, in 1631.

Its petition for livery was granted by the Court of Aldermen with effect from 2000.

They form the Court of Aldermen.

On 21 September 2004 its petition for livery status was granted by the Court of Aldermen.