| 1273: |
Taylors are first mentioned in the Freemen's rolls when they are described as Taylours and licensed to export wool. |
| 1370: |
The Guild controlled its own admission and was administered rigorously by a Master and 4 searchers. |
| 1380: |
Tailors used Petre Hall (Pear Tree Hall/Peter Hall) for their communal business activities. |
| 1415: |
First specific reference to the "the land and hall of the fraternity of St John the Baptist" (the earliest fabric of the present Great Hall dates from about this period). |
| 1446: |
First mention of an adjoining York Taylor's maisondieu or almshouse. |
| 1453: |
Henry VI's charter incorporates a perpetual fraternity or guild of the Nativity of St John the Baptist, with a Master and 4 Wardens. |
| 1446-1503: |
The Little Hall first built in timber framing. |
| 1450-1460: |
Tie-beams probably added to arch braces in the Great Hall. |
| 1539: |
Last record of the Guilds of St John the Baptist, dissolved at the Reformation. |
| 1551: |
Merged with Drapers and Hosiers |
| 1575: |
Great Hall fireplace built. |
| By 1589: |
Tenements existed adjoining a Gatehouse on Aldwark. |
| 1662: |
Royal Charter of Charles II |
| 1694: |
Waits' (Musicians) Gallery added to Great Hall. |
| 1702: |
Henry Gyles paints Queen Anne Window in Little Hall. |
| 1703: |
Medieval maisondieu demolished. |
| 1714-15: |
Both Great and Little Halls faced in brick. |
| c. 1730: |
New Almshouses built. |
| 1835: |
Municipal Reform Act abolishes craft guild restrictions on industry. |
| 1961: |
Kitchens built adjacent to Hall, providing catering facilities on site. |
| 1963: |
Royal Grant of their own Arms to the Taylors' Company of York. |
| 1994: |
New Reception Wing completed |
