Traditionally, entitlement to admission to the Freedom of the Company was by Servitude and available to those who, having completed a full five year working apprenticeship, were released from their indentures by the Master Plasterer. Servitude has not been used for a number of years by the Company.
There are several ways by which prospective members can apply to join the Company, initially as a Freeman and then as a Liveryman. Traditionally, entitlement to admission to the Freedom of the Company was by Servitude and available to those who, having completed a full five year working apprenticeship, were released from their indentures by the Master Plasterer. Servitude has not been used for a number of years by the Company.
Admissions to the Freedom are now either by Patrimony, available to men or women aged 21 or over, whose fathers were already Freemen of the Company at the time of their birth, or by Redemption, for those who do not qualify through Patrimony and whose nomination is proposed and seconded by existing members of the Company.