This is a list of all mayors and lord mayors of London (leaders of the City of London Corporation, and first citizens of the City of London, from medieval times). Until 1354, the title held was Mayor of London. The dates are those of election to office (Michaelmas Day on 29 September, excepting those years when it fell on the Sabbath) and office is not actually entered until the second week of November. Therefore, the years 'Elected' below do not represent the main calendar year of service.
In 2006 the title Lord Mayor of the City of London was devised, for the most part, to avoid confusion with the office of Mayor of London. However, the legal and commonly used title and style remains Lord Mayor of London.
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The City of London is a unique place -- it's the city in a city (in a country in a country) that runs its government with perhaps the most complicated elections in the world involving medieval guilds, modern corporations, mandatory titles and fancy hats, all of which are connected in this horrifying org chart. Why so complicated? Though the new Skyscrapers might make you think the City of London is relatively young, it's actually the oldest continuous government on the Island of Great Britain. The City of London predates the Empire that Victoria ruled, the Kingdoms Anne united and the Magna Carta that John, reluctantly, signed. While the London which surrounds the city only got to electing its first Mayor in 2000, the list of Mayors who've governed the City of London is almost 700 people long going back more than a thousand years. The City of London's government is so old there's no surviving record of when it was born -- there are only documents, like the Magna Carta, which mention the pre-existing powers the City of London already had at that time. While a government like the United States's officially gets its power from the people, and Parliament gets its power from the Crown, (which in turn gets it from God), the City of London gets its power from 'time immemorial' meaning that the City is so old, it just is. And that age brings with it unusual and complicated traditions, the most notable of these, perhaps, is that in city of London elections, companies get votes. Quite a lot actually, about 3/4th of the votes cast in City elections are from companies with the remaining 1/4th from residents. The way it works is that the bigger a company is the more votes it gets from the City of London. The companies then give their votes to select employees who work, but do not live, within the city and it's these employees who do the actual voting at election time. The result is that the Common Council, the bureaucratic beating heart of the City of London, has about 20 common councilors elected by residents of the city and about 80 elected by companies of the city. The reasoning behind this unusual tradition is that for every 1 person who lives in the City of London, 43 people commute in every day. In total that's 300,000 commuters using City services and whose employment depends on the City of London being business friendly. The man in charge of the common council and who heads The City's government is The Right Honorable, the Lord Mayor of London. Now, suppose *you* want to be Lord Mayor, Surely, just as in that other London all you'll need do is a) Be a British, Commonwealth, or EU citizen, who has b) lived in the city for a year, and who c) wins the election Right? No, in The City of London, that's not nearly enough. Ready for the qualifications list? Before you even run for Lord Mayor you need have been a Sheriff of The City of London. But before you can be Sheriff, you need to be an Aldermen. What's an Aldermen? Well, the City of London is divided into 25 wards, and each Ward elects one Aldermen to represent it on the Court of Aldermen -- a sub-section of the common council. Before you can run for Alderman, you need to gain Freeman Status... and who gives out freeman status? Why none other than the very Court of Aldermen you're trying to get elected to. Which might just seem like a conflict of interest. Luckily there is another way to get the freeman status -- join one of the City's Guilds -- sadly, they aren't called guilds, they're called Livery Companies (a name which is both more boring and less descriptive), but the remnants of medieval guilds many of them are and within the City there are 108 of them to choose from including, but not limited to, The Apothecaries The Fishmongers The Masons The Mercers The Scientific Instrument Makers The Bankers The Shipwrights The Wheelwrights The Butchers, The bakers, *Two* different candlestick makers, and the most exciting of all: The Chartered Accountants! Many of these guilds, like the Fletchers, have become charities, but some are still active, such as the Goldsmiths who test the quality of British coinage and the Hackney carriage drivers who license taxi drivers. To join one of these guilds you'll either need to meet the professional requirements, or for the charities like the Haberdashers you'll need the approval of two existing members, others won't tell you how to become a members. If, you meet none of the Livery Companies membership requirements, but you think you'll be a clever clogs and start your *own* Livery Company and grant *yourself* freeman status, tough luck because new Livery Companies need to be approved by, you guessed it, the Court of Aldermen. But let's assume one way or another you get the official freeman status certificate, now you can finally run for Aldermen of a Ward -- after the Lord Chancellor’s Advisory Committee also approves of you. But, that small barrier passed, you can win election as Aldermen in either one of the 4 wards where people live or the 21 wards where companies live. Once on the court of aldermen to continue your path to the Mayor's Office in Guildhall, you must now be elected as sheriff, but this time it's the members of the Livery Companies who pick the sheriffs. So *if* the Livery Company members elect you as Sheriff, *after* you have successfully completed your term *then* you can finally run for Mayor. But, surprisingly the, residents of the City of London don't vote for the Mayor, our old friends on the Court of Aldermen do. So in summary, once you get freeman status from either the court of aldermen or the livery companies and after your ward elected you as alderman and then the livery companies elect you as sheriff and after your term as sheriff ends but while you're still on the court of aldermen then you can run for Mayor. And -- assuming the other aldermen select you, finally take your place as **The Right Honorable, The Lord Mayor of London** -- for one year, with no salary. And you have to cover your own expenses, which will be quite considerable as your new job consists mostly of making hundreds of speeches a year around the world promoting city business. But you do get that fancy hat, which just might make it all worth while.
Mayors
This list details which livery company each Lord Mayor was associated with.
Before 1300
Term | Name | Mother Livery Company | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
1189–1212 | Henry FitzAilwin | (Draper)[a] | First Mayor of London. Died in his twenty-fourth term. |
1212–1214 | Roger FitzAlan | (Mercer)[b] | |
1214[1] | Serlo le Mercer | (Mercer)[b] | First of five terms. |
1215[1] | William Hardell | (Draper)[a] | |
1216 | Jacob Alderman | unknown | Served until Trinity Sunday, when he died in office. His successor served as Mayor for the rest of the year.[1] |
1216 | Salomon de Basing | unknown | Succeeded Jacob Alderman on or shortly after Trinity Sunday, and continued in office till the end of the year. |
1217–1221[1] | Serlo le Mercer | (Mercer) | Second to fifth terms of five. |
1222–1226 | Richard Renger | unknown | First five terms of six. |
1227–1230 | Roger le Duke | unknown | Four terms. |
1231–1237 | Andrew Buckerell | (Pepperer)[c] | Seven terms; died in office[2] |
1237-1238 | Richard Renger | unknown | Sixth and final term; died in office[2] |
1238-1239 | William Joynier | unknown | |
1239-1240 | Gerard Bat | unknown | First term began 13 Jan 1239.[2] Re-elected but not admitted to office in 1240[3] |
1240 | Reginald de Bungay | unknown | |
1241–1243 | Ralph Ashley | (Mercer)[b] | Three terms. Was a Grocer when Sheriff. Also "Eswy" |
1244–1245 | Michael Tovey | unknown | First and second terms of four. |
1246 | John Gisors I | (Pepperer)[c] | First of two terms. |
1246 | Peter FitzAlan | unknown | |
1247–1248 | Michael Tovey | unknown | Third and fourth terms of four. |
1249 | Roger FitzRoger | unknown | |
1250 | John le Norman | unknown | |
1251 | Adam de Basing | (Mercer)[b] | |
1252 | John Tulesan | (Draper)[a] | |
1253 | Nicholas de La Beche | unknown | |
1254–1257 | Ralph Hardell | (Draper)[a] | Served four terms; deposed. |
1258 | William FitzRichard | (Draper)[a] | First of four terms as Royal Nominee. |
1258 | John Gisors | (Pepperer)[c] | Second of two terms. |
1259–1260 | William FitzRichard | (Draper)[a] | Second and third terms of four as Royal Nominee. |
1261–1264 | Thomas Fitzthomas | unknown | Four terms; deposed and imprisoned. |
1265 | Hugh FitzOtho | n/a | First of two terms as Royal Warden. |
1265 | John Walerand | n/a | Royal Warden. |
1265 | John de La Lynde | n/a | Royal Warden. |
1266 | William FitzRichard | (Draper)[a] | Fourth and final term as Royal Nominee. |
1267 | Alan la Zouche | (Pepperer)[c] | Royal Warden. |
1268 | Thomas de Ippegrave | n/a | Royal Warden. |
1268 | Stephen de Eddeworth | n/a | Royal Warden. |
1269 | Hugh FitzOtho | n/a | Second of two terms as Royal Warden. |
1270 | John Adrien | (Draper)[a] | |
1271–1272 | Walter Hervey | unknown | Two terms; deposed. |
1273 | Henry le Walleis | unknown | First of five terms. |
1274–1280 | Gregory de Rokesley | (Goldsmith)[d] | First seven terms of eight. |
1281–1283 | Henry le Walleis | unknown | Second to fourth of five terms. |
1284 | Gregory de Rokesley | (Goldsmith)[d] | Eighth and final term. |
1285–1289 | Sir Ralph Sandwich | n/a | First five terms of nine as Royal Warden. |
1289 | John le Breton | n/a | First of seven terms as Royal Warden. |
1289–1292 | Sir Ralph Sandwich | n/a | Sixth to ninth terms as Royal Warden. |
1293–1298 | John le Breton | n/a | Second to seventh terms of seven as Royal Warden. |
1298 | Henry le Wallis | unknown | Fifth and final term. |
1299–1301 | Elias Russell | (Draper)[a] |
- Notes
- ^ a b c d e f g h i The Drapers are recognised as having formed a fraternity from 1180, were incorporated in 1361, and received a Royal Charter in 1438.
- ^ a b c d The Mercers incorporated under Royal Charter in 1394.
- ^ a b c d The Grocers were known as the Guild of Pepperers from 1180 until 1373, and incorporated under a Royal Charter of 1428.
- ^ a b The Goldsmiths formed as a guild in the 12th century and received their first Royal Charter of Incorporation in 1327.
14th century
Elected | Name | Mother Livery Company | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
1301–1307 | Sir John le Blund | (Draper)[a] | |
1308 | Sir Nicholas de Farndone | (Goldsmith)[b] | First of four terms. |
1309 | Thomas Romayn | (Pepperer)[c] | |
1310 | Sir Richard de Refham | (Mercer)[d] | Deposed. |
1311–1312 | Sir John de Gisors | (Pepperer)[c] | First and second terms of three. |
1313 | Sir Nicholas de Farndone | (Goldsmith)[b] | Second of four terms. |
1314 | Sir John de Gisors | (Pepperer)[c] | Third and final term. |
1315 | Stephen de Abyngdon | (Draper)[a] | |
1316–1318 | Sir John de Wengrave | n/a | Royal Warden; two terms. |
1319 | Sir Hamo de Chigwell | Fishmonger | First of seven terms. |
1320 | Sir Nicholas de Farndone | (Goldsmith)[b] | Third of four terms. |
1321 | Robert de Kendale | n/a | Royal Warden |
1321–1322 | Sir Hamo de Chigwell | Fishmonger | Second and third of seven terms. |
1323 | Sir Nicholas de Farndone | (Goldsmith)[b] | Fourth and final term. |
1323–1325 | Sir Hamo de Chigwell | Fishmonger | Fourth to sixth terms of seven. |
1326 | Sir Richard de Betoyne | (Pepperer)[c] | |
1327 | Sir Hamo de Chigwell | Fishmonger | Seventh and final term. |
1328 | Sir John de Grantham | (Pepperer)[c] | |
1329 | Sir Simon Swanland | (Draper)[a] | |
1330–1331 | Sir John de Pulteney | (Draper)[a] | First and second of four terms. |
1332 | Sir John de Preston | (Draper)[a] | |
1333 | Sir John de Pulteney | (Draper)[a] | Third of four terms. |
1334–1335 | Sir Reginald de Conduit | (Vintner)[e] | Two terms. |
1336 | Sir John de Pulteney | (Draper)[a] | Fourth and final term. |
1337–1338 | Sir Henry Darcy | (Draper)[a] | Two terms. |
1339–1340 | Sir Andrew d'Aubrey | (Pepperer)[c] | First and second of three terms. |
1341 | John d'Oxenford | (Vintner)[e] | Died in office. |
1342 | Simon Francis | (Mercer)[d] | First of two terms; the latter was in 1355 as Lord Mayor. |
1343–1344 | Sir John Hammond | (Pepperer)[c] | Two terms. |
1345 | Richard le Lacer | (Mercer)[d] | |
1346 | Sir Geoffrey de Wychingham | (Mercer)[d] | |
1347 | Sir Thomas Legge | Skinner | First of two terms; the latter was in 1354 as the first Lord Mayor. |
1348 | Sir John Lovekyn | Fishmonger | First of three terms; the latter two were Lord Mayorships. |
1349 | Sir Walter Turke | Fishmonger | |
1350 | Richard de Kislingbury | (Draper)[a] | |
1351 | Sir Andrew d'Aubrey | (Pepperer)[c] | Third and final term. |
1352–1353 | Sir Adam Fraunceys | (Mercer)[d] | Two terms. |
- Notes
- ^ a b c d e f g h i The Drapers are recorded as forming a fraternity by 1180, were formally incorporated in 1361, but did not receive a Royal Charter until 1438.
- ^ a b c d The Goldsmiths originated in the 12th century, but did not receive a Royal Charter until 1327.
- ^ a b c d e f g h The Grocers were the Guild of Pepperers from 1180 until 1373, but did not incorporate under Royal Charter until 1428.
- ^ a b c d e The Mercers incorporated under Royal Charter in 1394.
- ^ a b The Vintners probably originated in the 12th century, but did not receive a Royal Charter until 1364.
Lord mayors
14th century
Elected | Name | Mother Livery Company | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
1354 | Sir Thomas Legge | Skinner | First Lord Mayor of London. Second of two terms, having initially served as Mayor of London. |
1355 | Simon Fraunceys | (Mercer)[a] | Second of two terms, having initially served as Mayor of London. |
1356 | Sir Henry Picard | (Vintner)[b] | |
1357 | John de Stodeye | (Vintner)[b] | |
1358 | Sir John Lovekyn | Fishmonger | Second of three terms, having initially served as Mayor of London. |
1359 | Simon Dolseley | (Pepperer)[c] | |
1360 | Sir John Wroth | Fishmonger | |
1361 | Sir John Pecche | Fishmonger | |
1362 | Stephen Cavendisshe | (Draper)[d] | |
1363 | John Nott | (Pepperer)[c] | |
1364–1365 | Sir Adam de Bury | Skinner | First two terms of three; impeached. |
1366 | Sir John Lovekyn | Fishmonger | Third and final term. |
1367 | James Andrewes | (Draper)[d] | |
1368 | Simon de Montfort | Fishmonger | |
1369 | Sir John de Chichester | Goldsmith | |
1370–1371 | Sir John Bernes | (Mercer)[a] | Two terms. |
1372 | John Pyel | (Mercer)[a] | |
1373 | Sir Adam de Bury | Skinner | Third and final term. |
1374 | Sir William Walworth | Fishmonger | First of two terms. |
1375 | John Warde | Grocer | |
1376 | Adam Stable | (Mercer)[a] | |
1377 | Sir Nicholas Brembre | Grocer | First of four terms. |
1378 | Sir John Philpot | Grocer | |
1379 | John Hadley | Grocer | First of two terms. |
1380 | Sir William Walworth | Fishmonger | Second of two terms. |
1381–1382 | John de Northampton | (Draper)[d] | Two terms. |
1383–1385 | Sir Nicholas Brembre | Grocer | Second to fourth terms of four. |
1386–1387 | Sir Nicholas Exton | Fishmonger | Two terms. |
1388 | Sir Nicholas Twyford | Goldsmith | |
1389 | William Venour | Grocer | |
1390 | Adam Bamme | Goldsmith | First of two terms. |
1391 | Sir John Hende | (Draper)[d] | First of two terms; deposed and imprisoned. |
1392 | Sir Edward Dalyngrigge | n/a | Royal Warden. |
1392 | Sir Baldwin Radyngton | knight[4] | Royal Warden. |
1392 | Sir William de Staunton | Grocer | First of two terms. |
1393 | John Hadley | Grocer | Second of two terms. |
1394 | John Fresshe | Mercer | |
1395 | Sir William More | Vintner | |
1396 | Adam Bamme | Goldsmith | Second of two term; died in office. |
1397 | Sir Richard Whittington | Mercer | First of four terms; appointed by Richard II. |
1397 | Sir Richard Whittington | Mercer | Second of four terms; elected. |
1398 | Sir Drugo Barentyn | Goldsmith | First of two terms. |
1399 | Sir Thomas Knollys | Grocer | First of two terms. |
1400 | John Fraunceys | Goldsmith |
- Notes
- ^ a b c d The Mercers incorporated under Royal Charter in 1394.
- ^ a b The Vintners probably originated in the 12th century, but did not receive a Royal Charter until 1364.
- ^ a b The Grocers were the Guild of Pepperers from 1180 until 1373, but did not incorporate under Royal Charter until 1428.
- ^ a b c d The Drapers are recorded as forming a fraternity by 1180, were formally incorporated in 1361, but did not receive a Royal Charter until 1438.
15th century
Elected | Name | Mother Livery Company | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
1401 | John Shadworth | Mercer | |
1402 | John Walcote | (Draper)[a] | |
1403 | William Little | Fishmonger | |
1404 | Sir John Hende | (Draper)[a] | Second of two terms. |
1405 | Sir John Woodcock | Mercer | |
1406 | Sir Richard Whittington | Mercer | Third of four terms. |
1407 | Sir William de Staunton | (Grocer)[b] | Second of two terms. |
1408 | Sir Drugo Barentyn | Goldsmith | Second of two terms. |
1409 | Sir Richard Marlowe | (Ironmonger)[c] | First of two terms. |
1410 | Sir Thomas Knollys | (Grocer)[b] | Second of two terms. |
1411 | Sir Robert Chichele | (Grocer)[b] | First of two terms. |
1412 | Sir William Walderne | Mercer | First of two terms. |
1413 | Sir William Cromer | (Draper)[a] | First of two terms. |
1414 | Sir Thomas Fauconer | Mercer | |
1415 | Sir Nicholas Wotton | (Draper)[a] | First of two terms. |
1416 | Sir Henry Barton | Skinner | First of two terms. |
1417 | Sir Richard Marlowe | (Ironmonger)[c] | Second of two terms. |
1418 | Sir William Sevenoke | (Grocer)[b] | |
1419 | Sir Richard Whittington | Mercer | Fourth and final term. |
1420 | Sir William de Cambridge | (Grocer)[b] | |
1421 | Sir Robert Chichele | (Grocer)[b] | Second of two terms. |
1422 | Sir William Walderne | Mercer | Second of two terms. |
1423 | Sir William Cromer | (Draper)[a] | Second of two terms. |
1424 | Sir John Michell | Fishmonger | First of two terms. |
1425 | Sir John Coventry | Mercer | |
1426 | Sir John Reynwell | Fishmonger | |
1427 | Sir John Gedney | (Draper)[a] | First of two terms. |
1428 | Sir Henry Barton | Skinner | Second of two terms. |
1429 | Sir William Eastfeld | Mercer | First of two terms. |
1430 | Sir Nicholas Wotton | (Draper)[a] | Second of two terms. |
1431 | Sir John Welles | Grocer | |
1432 | Sir John Verney | Fishmonger | |
1433 | Sir John Brokley | (Draper)[a] | |
1434 | Sir Robert Ottele | Grocer | |
1435 | Sir Henry Frowick | Mercer | First of two terms. |
1436 | Sir John Michell | Fishmonger | Second of two terms. |
1437 | Sir William Eastfeld | Mercer | Second of two terms. |
1438 | Sir Stephen Browne | Grocer | First of two terms. |
1439 | Robert Large | Mercer | |
1440 | Sir John Paulet | Goldsmith | |
1441 | Sir Robert Clopton | Draper | |
1442 | Sir John Atherley | (Ironmonger)[c] | |
1443 | Sir Thomas Catworth | Grocer | |
1444 | Sir Henry Frowick | Mercer | Second of two terms. |
1445 | Sir Simon Eyre | Draper | |
1446 | Sir John Olney | Mercer | |
1447 | Sir John Gedney | Draper | Second of two terms. |
1448 | Sir Stephen Browne | Grocer | Second of two terms. |
1449 | Sir Thomas Chalton | Mercer | |
1450 | Sir Nicholas Wyfold | Grocer | |
1451 | Sir William Gregory | Skinner | |
1452 | Sir Geoffrey Fielding | Mercer | |
1453 | Sir John Norman | Draper | |
1454 | Sir Stephen Foster | Fishmonger | |
1455 | Sir William Marlowe | Grocer | |
1456 | Sir Thomas Canynges | Grocer | |
1457 | Sir Geoffrey Boleyn | Mercer | |
1458 | Sir Thomas Scott | Draper | |
1459 | Sir William Hewlyn | Fishmonger | |
1460 | Sir Richard Leigh | Grocer | First of two terms. |
1461 | Sir Hugh Wyche | Mercer | |
1462 | Sir Thomas Cooke | Draper | |
1463 | Sir Matthew Phillip | Goldsmith | |
1464 | Sir Ralph Josselyn | Draper | First of two terms. |
1465 | Sir Ralph Verney | Mercer | |
1466 | Sir John Yonge | Grocer | Half-brother of Sir William Canynges. |
1467 | Sir Thomas Walgrave | Skinner | |
1468 | Sir William Taylour | Grocer | |
1469 | Sir Richard Leigh | Grocer | Second of two terms. |
1470 | Sir John Stockton | Mercer | |
1471 | William Edwardes | Grocer | |
1472 | Sir William Hampton | Fishmonger | |
1473 | Sir John Tate | Mercer | Uncle of Sir Robert Tate (1488) and Sir John Tate (1496, 1514). |
1474 | Sir Robert Drope | Draper | |
1475 | Sir Robert Basset | Salter | |
1476 | Sir Ralph Josselyn | Draper | Second of two terms. |
1477 | Sir Humphrey Heyford | Goldsmith | |
1478 | Sir Richard Gardiner | Mercer | |
1479 | Sir Bartholomew James | Draper | |
1480 | Sir John Browne | Mercer | Uncle of Sir William Browne (1513) |
1481 | Sir William Harryot | Draper | [5] |
1482 | Sir Edmund Shaa | Goldsmith | |
1483 | Sir Robert Billesdon | Haberdasher[d] | |
1484 | Sir Thomas Hill | Grocer | Died in office. |
1485 | Sir William Stoker | Draper | Died in office. |
1485 | Sir John Warde | Grocer | |
1485 | Sir Hugh Bryce | Grocer | |
1486 | Sir Henry Colet | Mercer | First of two terms. |
1487 | Sir William Horne | Salter | |
1488 | Sir Robert Tate | Mercer | Brother of Sir John Tate (1496, 1514); nephew of Sir John Tate (1473). |
1489 | Sir William White | Draper | |
1490 | Sir John Mathew[6][7] | Mercer | |
1491 | Sir Hugh Clopton | Mercer | |
1492 | Sir William Martyn | Skinner | |
1493 | Sir Ralph Astley | Fishmonger | |
1494 | Sir Richard Chawry | Salter | |
1495 | Sir Henry Colet | Mercer | Second of two terms. |
1496 | Sir John Tate | Mercer | First of two terms. Brother of Sir Robert Tate (1488); nephew of Sir John Tate (1473). |
1497 | Sir William Purchas | Mercer | |
1498 | Sir John Percival | Merchant Taylor | |
1499 | Nicholas Ailwyn | Mercer | Died in office. |
1500 | Sir William Remyngton | Fishmonger |
- Notes
- ^ a b c d e f g h The Drapers are recorded as forming a fraternity by 1180, were formally incorporated in 1361, but did not receive a Royal Charter until 1438.
- ^ a b c d e f The Grocers did not incorporate under Royal Charter until 1428.
- ^ a b c The Ironmongers did not incorporate under Royal Charter until 1463.
- ^ The Haberdashers are on record as having formed a fraternity before 1371 and first received a Royal Charter in 1448.
16th century
Elected | Name | Mother Livery Company | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1501 | Sir John Shaw | Goldsmith | ||
1502 | Sir Bartholomew Reade | Goldsmith | ||
1503 | Sir William Capell | Draper | First of two terms. | |
1504 | Sir John Wyngar | Grocer | ||
1505 | Sir Thomas Kneesworth | Fishmonger | ||
1506 | Sir Richard Haddon | Mercer | First of two terms. | |
1507 | Sir William Browne | Mercer | Uncle of Sir William Browne (1514); died in office. | |
1508 | Sir Lawrence Aylmer | Merchant Taylor | ||
1508 | Sir Stephen Jenyns | Merchant Taylor | ||
1509 | Sir Thomas Bradbury | Mercer | ||
1510 | Sir William Capell | Draper | Second of two terms. | |
1510 | Sir Henry Keble | Grocer | ||
1511 | Sir Roger Ashley | Draper | ||
1512 | Sir William Copinger | Fishmonger | ||
1513 | Sir Richard Haddon | Mercer | Second of two terms. | |
1513 | Sir William Browne | Mercer | Nephew of Sir William Browne (1507); died in office. | |
1514 | Sir John Tate | Mercer | Second of two terms. | |
1514 | Sir George Monoux | Draper | ||
1515 | Sir William Butler[8] | Grocer | ||
1516 | John Rest[9] | Grocer | ||
1517 | Sir Thomas Exmewe | Goldsmith | ||
1518 | Sir Thomas Mirfyn | Skinner | ||
1519 | Sir James Yarford | Mercer | ||
1520 | Sir John Brydges | Draper | Born Brugge; also "Bridges. Father in law of Richard Sackville. | |
1521 | Sir John Milburne | Draper | ||
1522 | Sir John Mundy | Goldsmith | ||
1523 | Sir Thomas Baldry | Mercer | ||
1524 | Sir William Bailey | Draper | ||
1525 | Sir John Alleyn | Mercer | First of two terms. | |
1526 | Sir Thomas Seymour, MP[10] | Mercer | ||
1527 | Sir James Spencer | Vintner | ||
1528 | Sir John Rudston | Draper | ||
1529 | Sir Ralph Dodmer | Brewer | ||
1530 | Sir Thomas Pargiter | Salter | ||
1531 | Sir Nicholas Lombard | Grocer | ||
1532 | Sir Stephen Peacock | Haberdasher | ||
1533 | Sir Christopher Askew | Draper | ||
1534 | Sir John Champneys | Skinner | ||
1535 | Sir John Alleyn | Mercer | Second of two terms. | |
1536 | Sir Ralph Warren | Mercer | First of two terms. | |
1537 | Sir Richard Gresham | Mercer | ||
1538 | Sir William Forman | Haberdasher | ||
1539 | Sir William Holles | Mercer | ||
1540 | Sir William Roche | Draper | ||
1541 | Sir Michael Dormer | Mercer | ||
1542 | Sir John Coates | Salter | ||
1543 | Sir William Bowyer[11] | Draper | Died in office | |
1544 | Sir Ralph Warren | Mercer | 2nd term: completed Bowyer's term. | |
1544 | Sir William Laxton | Grocer | ||
1545 | Sir Martin Bowes | Goldsmith | ||
1546 | Sir Henry Huberthorn | Merchant Taylor | ||
1547 | Sir John Gresham | Mercer | ||
1548 | Sir Henry Amcotes | Fishmonger | ||
1549 | Sir Rowland Hill[12] | Mercer | Publisher of the Geneva Bible; considered the inspiration for the Old Sir Rowland character in As You Like It by William Shakespeare; polymath | |
1550 | Sir Andrew Judd | Skinner | ||
1551 | Sir Richard Dobbs | Skinner | ||
1552 | Sir George Barne | Haberdasher | Father of George Barne III (1586) | |
1553 | Sir Thomas White | Merchant Taylor | ||
1554 | Sir John Lyon | Grocer | ||
1555 | Sir William Garrard | Haberdasher | ||
1556 | Sir Thomas Offley | Merchant Taylor | ||
1557 | Sir Thomas Curtis | Fishmonger | Previously Pewterer. | |
1558 | Sir Thomas Leigh | Mercer | ||
1559 | Sir William Hewett | Clothworker | ||
1560 | Sir William Chester | Draper | ||
1561 | Sir William Harpur | Merchant Taylor | ||
1562 | Sir Thomas Lodge | Grocer | ||
1563 | Sir John Whyte | Grocer | ||
1564 | Sir Richard Mallory | Mercer | Ancestor of the Leigh-Mallory family.[citation needed] | |
1565 | Sir Richard Champion | Draper | ||
1566 | Sir Christopher Draper | Ironmonger | ||
1567 | Sir Roger Martyn | Mercer | ||
1568 | Sir Thomas Rowe | Merchant Taylor | ||
1569 | Sir Alexander Avenon | Ironmonger | ||
1570 | Sir Rowland Hayward | Clothworker | First of two terms. | |
1571 | Sir William Allen | Mercer | Grandfather of Mary Box school founder[13] | |
1572 | Sir Lionel Duckett | Mercer | ||
1573 | Sir John Rivers | Grocer | ||
1574 | Sir James Hawes | Clothworker | ||
1575 | Sir Ambrose Nicholas | Salter | ||
1576 | Sir John Langley | Goldsmith | ||
1577 | Sir Thomas Ramsey | Grocer | ||
1578 | Sir Richard Pype | Draper | ||
1579 | Sir Nicholas Woodroffe | Haberdasher | ||
1580 | Sir John Branche | Draper | ||
1581 | Sir James Harvey | Ironmonger | ||
1582 | Sir Thomas Blanke | Haberdasher | ||
1583 | Sir Edward Osborne | Clothworker | ||
1584 | Sir Thomas Pullyson | Draper | ||
1585 | Sir Wolstan Dixie | Skinner | ||
1586 | Sir George Barne, MP | Haberdasher | Son of George Barne II (1552) | |
1587 | Sir George Bond | Haberdasher | ||
1588 | Sir Martin Calthrop[14][15] | Draper | Died in office | |
1589 | Sir Richard Martin | Goldsmith | First term, completing the term of Sir Martin Calthorpe. | |
1589 | Sir John Harte | Grocer | ||
1590 | Sir John Allot | Fishmonger | Died in office. | |
1591 | Sir Rowland Heyward | Clothworker | Second of two terms. | |
1591 | Sir William Webbe | Salter | ||
1592 | Sir William Rowe | Ironmonger | ||
1593 | Sir Cuthbert Buckell | Vintner | Died in office. | |
1594 | Sir Richard Martin | Goldsmith | Second of two terms, completing that of Sir Cuthbert Buckle. | |
1594 | Sir John Spencer | Clothworker | ||
1595 | Sir Stephen Slaney | Skinner | ||
1596 | Thomas Skinner | Clothworker | Died in office. | |
1596 | Sir Henry Billingsley | Haberdasher | ||
1597 | Richard Saltonstall, MP[16] | Skinner | Uncle of Sir Richard Saltonstall. | |
1598 | Sir Stephen Soame | Grocer | ||
1599 | Nicholas Mosley | Clothworker | ||
1600 | Sir William Ryder | Haberdasher |
17th century
18th century
19th century
- Notes
20th century
21st century
Elected | Name | Mother Livery Company | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
2001 | Sir Michael Oliver | Ironmonger | |
2002 | Sir Gavyn Arthur | Gardener | |
2003 | Sir Robert Finch | Solicitor | |
2004 | Sir Michael Savory | Poulter | |
2005 | Sir David Brewer | Merchant Taylor | |
2006 | Sir John Stuttard | Glazier | |
2007 | Sir David Lewis | Solicitor | |
2008 | Ian Luder | Cooper | |
2009 | Nick Anstee | Butcher | |
2010 | Sir Michael Bear | Pavior | |
2011 | Sir David Wootton | Fletcher | |
2012 | Sir Roger Gifford | Musician | |
2013 | Dame Fiona Woolf | Solicitor | Second female Lord Mayor. |
2014 | Sir Alan Yarrow | Fishmonger | |
2015 | The Lord Mountevans | Shipwright | Also a Goldsmith and elected Hereditary Member of the House of Lords. |
2016 | Sir Andrew Parmley | Musician | also Glass Seller. |
2017 | Sir Charles Bowman[30] | Grocer | |
2018 | Sir Peter Estlin[31] | Banker | |
2019–2020 | Sir William Russell | Haberdasher | Served a two-year term due to the COVID-19 pandemic |
2021 | Vincent Keaveny | Woolman | |
2022 | Nicholas Lyons | Merchant Taylor | |
2023–present | Michael Mainelli | World Trader | First American-born Lord Mayor. |
See also
Notes
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- ^ a b c Chronicles of the Mayors and Sheriffs: 1188-1239 | British History Online. 1863. pp. 1–8. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
- ^ "Detailed Results for Reginald * de Bungheye". masl.library.utoronto.ca. University of Toronto. Retrieved 10 September 2022.
- ^ Anglo-American Legal Tradition. Documents from Medieval and Early Modern England from the National Archives in London. University of Houston.
- ^ Source: National Archives and Worshipful Company of Drapers archives
- ^ "The Lord Mayors of London". Retrieved 27 April 2016.
- ^ 'Mathew (Braddon, Co. Northampton)', in J.B. Burke, The General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales: Comprising a Registry of Armorial Bearings from the Earliest to the Present Time (Harrison, London 1884), p. 669 (Internet Archive).
- ^ "Copy of letter from the recorder of London to the Lord Mayor, Sir William Butler regarding seizure of cloth". Retrieved 27 April 2016.
- ^ "Aldermen of the City of London: Dowgate ward". Retrieved 27 April 2016.
- ^ H. Miller, 'Seymour, Sir Thomas I (by 1476-1535/36), of London, Saffron Walden, Essex and Hoxton, Mdx.', in S.T. Bindoff (ed.), The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1509-1558 (from Boydell and Brewer, 1982), History of Parliament online (accessed 1 October 2022).
- ^ 'Notes to the Diary: 'Funeral of alderman Sir Ralph Warren', in J.G. Nichols (ed.), The Diary of Henry Machyn, Citizen and Merchant-Taylor of London, Camden Society (London 1848), Original Series Vol. XLII, p. 330; and see 'Funeral of Sir Henry Huberthorne', at p. 352 (Internet Archive).
- ^ H. Miller, 'Hill, Sir Rowland (by 1498–1561), of London and Hodnet, Salop.', in S.T. Bindoff (ed.), The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1509-1558 (from Boydell and Brewer, 1982), History of Parliament Online (accessed 1 October 2022).
- ^ Wales, Tim (28 September 2006). Box, Henry and Mary, educational benefactors. Vol. 1. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/90080.
- ^ 'The Temporall Government of this Citie', in A. Munday (ed.), The Survey of London; contayning the Orignall, Increase, Moderne Estate and Government of that Citie, begun by Iohn Stow (Elizabeth Purslow for Nicholas Bourne, London 1633), pp. 535-98, at p. 590, col. b (Internet Archive).
- ^ W. Foster (ed.), The Travels of John Sanderson in the Levant 1584–1602 (Hakluyt Society, London 1931), pp. 1-8 (Internet Archive).
- ^ A.M. Mimardiere, 'Saltonstall, Richard (d.1601), of London and South Ockendon, Essex', in P.W. Hasler (ed.), The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1558-1603 (from Boydell and Brewer, 1981), History of Parliament Online (accessed 1 October 2022).
- ^ Keepthinking – Qi CMS. "Sir Allen Cotton, Lord Mayor of London (1624)". Art UK. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
- ^ J.B. Burke, The General Armory (1884), p. 372 (Internet Archive).
- ^ J. Burke and J.B. Burke, A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England, Ireland and Scotland, 2nd Edition (for Scott, Webster and Geary, London 1841), p. 180 (Google).
- ^ Hibbert, Christopher; Weinreb, Ben (1993). The London Encyclopaedia. London: Macmillan. p. 44.
- ^ Colley, Linda (28 November 1985). In Defiance of Oligarchy. ISBN 9780521313117. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
- ^ Keepthinking – Qi CMS. "Sir William Beckford (1709–1770), Lord Mayor of the City of London (1762 & 1769)". Art UK. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
- ^ Nicholl, John (1851). Some Account of the Worshipful Company of Ironmongers. J.B. Nichols and son. p. 387. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
- ^ Lord Mayor Wire www.ucl.ac.uk
- ^ P. Salmon, H. Spencer, 'Carter (afterwards Bonham Carter), John (1788-1838), of 19 High Street, Portsmouth, Hants and 16 Duke Street, Mdx.', in D.R. Fisher (ed.), The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1820-1832 (from Cambridge University Press 2009), History of Parliament Online (accessed 1 October 2022).
- ^ "The Lord Mayor's Orders – History Learning Site". History Learning Site. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
- ^ Unattributed (30 September 1867). "Election Of Lord Mayor". The Times. No. 25929. p. 4.
- ^ 'Knights Bachelors: Polydore de Keyser', in W.A. Shaw and G.D. Burtchaell, The Knights of England. A Complete Record from the Earliest Time to the Present Day (etc.), 2 vols (Lord Chamberlain's Office, St James's Palace, by Sherratt and Hughes, London 1906), II, p. 385 (Internet Archive).
- ^ Who Was Who 1981–1990. A & C Black, London. 1991. ISBN 0-7136-3336-0.
- ^ "Order of St John". www.thegazette.co.uk. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
- ^ Streets awash with colour for Lord Mayor’s Show
References
- Lord Mayors of the City of London from 1189
- John Noorthouck (1773) 'Addenda: The Mayors and Sheriffs of London', A New History of London: Including Westminster and Southwark, pp. 889–893.
- Caroline M. Barron (n.d.) 'London in the Later Middle Ages: Government and People 1200–1500'
- CNL Brooke & G Keir (n.d.) 'London 800–1216:The Shaping of a City', p254
- James Clark Holt (n.d.) "Magna Carta", p56
- 'Chronicles of the mayors and sheriffs of London, A.D. 1188 to A.D. 1274', translated from the original Latin and Anglo-Norman of the "Liber de antiquis legibus", in the possession of the corporation of the city of London
- "Aldermen, Lord Mayors, Sheriffs". Livery Companies of the City of London. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
External links
- www.london-city-history.org.uk
- A List of the MAYORS and SHERIFFS of London from the earliest Accounts. from British History Online: Pages 889–893 of A New History of London Including Westminster and Southwark. Originally published by R Baldwin, London, 1773.
- The Mayors and Sheriffs of London database from University of Toronto