Recorder of London

The recorder is appointed by the Crown on the recommendation of the City of London Corporation with the concurrence of the Lord Chancellor.

The recorder's deputy is the Common Serjeant of London, appointed by the Crown on the recommendation of the Lord Chancellor.

The recorder increasingly exercised judicial functions thereafter, eventually becoming the principal judge in the City of London.

The recorder of London is the returning officer at the election of the verderers of Epping Forest, and is usually appointed High Steward of Southwark, appointed by the Court of Aldermen, holding the sitting of the three courts leet of the City's (largely ceremonial) manors there each year.

The recorder can act as the deputy of the Common Serjeant in the election of the Sheriff and their presentation to the King's Remembrancer at the Quit Rent ceremony.