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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.
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Elected | Name | Mother Livery Company | Notes |
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1189–1212 | Henry FitzAilwin | (Draper) [lower-alpha 1] | First Mayor of London. Died in his twenty-fourth term. |
1212–1214 | Roger FitzAlan | (Mercer) [lower-alpha 2] | |
1214 [1] | Serlo le Mercer | (Mercer) [lower-alpha 2] | First of five terms. |
1215 [1] | William Hardell | (Draper) [lower-alpha 1] | |
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 [2] | 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) [lower-alpha 3] | Seven terms. |
1238 | Richard Renger | unknown | Sixth and final term. |
1239 | William Joynier | unknown | |
1240 | Gerard de La Beche | unknown | |
1240 | Reginald de Bungay | unknown | |
1241–1243 | Ralph Ashley | (Mercer) [lower-alpha 2] | Three terms. Was a Grocer when Sheriff. |
1244–1245 | Michael Tovey | unknown | First and second terms of four. |
1246 | John Gisors I | (Pepperer) [lower-alpha 3] | 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) [lower-alpha 2] | |
1252 | John Tulesan | (Draper) [lower-alpha 1] | |
1253 | Nicholas de La Beche | unknown | |
1254–1257 | Ralph Hardell | (Draper) [lower-alpha 1] | Served four terms; deposed. |
1258 | William FitzRichard | (Draper) [lower-alpha 1] | First of four terms as Royal Nominee. |
1258 | John Gisors | (Pepperer) [lower-alpha 3] | Second of two terms. |
1259–1260 | William FitzRichard | (Draper) [lower-alpha 1] | 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) [lower-alpha 1] | Fourth and final term as Royal Nominee. |
1267 | Alan la Zouche | (Pepperer) [lower-alpha 3] | 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) [lower-alpha 1] | |
1271–1272 | Walter Hervey | unknown | Two terms; deposed. |
1273 | Henry le Walleis | unknown | First of five terms. |
1274–1280 | Gregory de Rokesley | (Goldsmith) [lower-alpha 4] | First seven terms of eight. |
1281–1283 | Henry le Walleis | unknown | Second to fourth of five terms. |
1284 | Gregory de Rokesley | (Goldsmith) [lower-alpha 4] | 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) [lower-alpha 1] |
Elected | Name | Mother Livery Company | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
1301–1307 | Sir John le Blund | (Draper) [lower-alpha 1] | |
1308 | Sir Nicholas de Farndone | (Goldsmith) [lower-alpha 2] | First of four terms. |
1309 | Thomas Romayn | (Pepperer) [lower-alpha 3] | |
1310 | Sir Richard de Refham | (Mercer) [lower-alpha 4] | Deposed. |
1311–1312 | Sir John de Gisors | (Pepperer) [lower-alpha 3] | First and second terms of three. |
1313 | Sir Nicholas de Farndone | (Goldsmith) [lower-alpha 2] | Second of four terms. |
1314 | Sir John de Gisors | (Pepperer) [lower-alpha 3] | Third and final term. |
1315 | Stephen de Abyngdon | (Draper) [lower-alpha 1] | |
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) [lower-alpha 2] | 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) [lower-alpha 2] | Fourth and final term. |
1323–1325 | Sir Hamo de Chigwell | Fishmonger | Fourth to sixth terms of seven. |
1326 | Sir Richard de Betoyne | (Pepperer) [lower-alpha 3] | |
1327 | Sir Hamo de Chigwell | Fishmonger | Seventh and final term. |
1328 | Sir John de Grantham | (Pepperer) [lower-alpha 3] | |
1329 | Sir Simon Swanland | (Draper) [lower-alpha 1] | |
1330–1331 | Sir John de Pulteney | (Draper) [lower-alpha 1] | First and second of four terms. |
1332 | Sir John de Preston | (Draper) [lower-alpha 1] | |
1333 | Sir John de Pulteney | (Draper) [lower-alpha 1] | Third of four terms. |
1334–1335 | Sir Reginald de Conduit | (Vintner) [lower-alpha 5] | Two terms. |
1336 | Sir John de Pulteney | (Draper) [lower-alpha 1] | Fourth and final term. |
1337–1338 | Sir Henry Darcy | (Draper) [lower-alpha 1] | Two terms. |
1339–1340 | Sir Andrew d'Aubrey | (Pepperer) [lower-alpha 3] | First and second of three terms. |
1341 | John d'Oxenford | (Vintner) [lower-alpha 5] | Died in office. |
1342 | Simon Francis | (Mercer) [lower-alpha 4] | First of two terms; the latter was in 1355 as Lord Mayor. |
1343–1344 | Sir John Hammond | (Pepperer) [lower-alpha 3] | Two terms. |
1345 | Richard le Lacer | (Mercer) [lower-alpha 4] | |
1346 | Sir Geoffrey de Wychingham | (Mercer) [lower-alpha 4] | |
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) [lower-alpha 1] | |
1351 | Sir Andrew d'Aubrey | (Pepperer) [lower-alpha 3] | Third and final term. |
1352–1353 | Sir Adam Fraunceys | (Mercer) [lower-alpha 4] | Two terms. |
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) [lower-alpha 1] | Second of two terms, having initially served as Mayor of London. |
1357 | John de Stodeye | (Vintner) [lower-alpha 2] | |
1358 | Sir John Lovekyn | Fishmonger | Second of three terms, having initially served as Mayor of London. |
1359 | Simon Dolseley | (Pepperer) [lower-alpha 3] | |
1360 | Sir John Wroth | Fishmonger | |
1361 | Sir John Pecche | Fishmonger | |
1362 | Stephen Cavendisshe | (Draper) [lower-alpha 4] | |
1363 | John Nott | (Pepperer) [lower-alpha 3] | |
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) [lower-alpha 4] | |
1368 | Simon de Montfort | Fishmonger | |
1369 | Sir John de Chichester | Goldsmith | |
1370–1371 | Sir John Bernes | (Mercer) [lower-alpha 1] | Two terms. |
1372 | John Pyel | (Mercer) [lower-alpha 1] | |
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) [lower-alpha 1] | |
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) [lower-alpha 4] | 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) [lower-alpha 4] | First of two terms; deposed and imprisoned. |
1392 | Sir Edward Dalyngrigge | n/a | Royal Warden. |
1392 | Sir Baldwin Radyngton | knight [3] | 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 |
Elected | Name | Mother Livery Company | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
1401 | John Shadworth | Mercer | |
1402 | John Walcote | (Draper) [lower-alpha 1] | |
1403 | William Little | Fishmonger | |
1404 | Sir John Hende | (Draper) [lower-alpha 1] | Second of two terms. |
1405 | Sir John Woodcock | Mercer | |
1406 | Sir Richard Whittington | Mercer | Third of four terms. |
1407 | Sir William de Staunton | (Grocer) [lower-alpha 2] | Second of two terms. |
1408 | Sir Drugo Barentyn | Goldsmith | Second of two terms. |
1409 | Sir Richard Marlowe | (Ironmonger) [lower-alpha 3] | First of two terms. |
1410 | Sir Thomas Knollys | (Grocer) [lower-alpha 2] | Second of two terms. |
1411 | Sir Robert Chichele | (Grocer) [lower-alpha 2] | First of two terms. |
1412 | Sir William Walderne | Mercer | First of two terms. |
1413 | Sir William Cromer | (Draper) [lower-alpha 1] | First of two terms. |
1414 | Sir Thomas Fauconer | Mercer | |
1415 | Sir Nicholas Wootton | (Draper) [lower-alpha 1] | First of two terms. |
1416 | Sir Henry Barton | Skinner | First of two terms. |
1417 | Sir Richard Marlowe | (Ironmonger) [lower-alpha 3] | Second of two terms. |
1418 | Sir William Sevenoke | (Grocer) [lower-alpha 2] | |
1419 | Sir Richard Whittington | Mercer | Fourth and final term. |
1420 | Sir William de Cambridge | (Grocer) [lower-alpha 2] | |
1421 | Sir Robert Chichele | (Grocer) [lower-alpha 2] | Second of two terms. |
1422 | Sir William Walderne | Mercer | Second of two terms. |
1423 | Sir William Cromer | (Draper) [lower-alpha 1] | 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) [lower-alpha 1] | 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 Wootton | (Draper) [lower-alpha 1] | Second of two terms. |
1431 | Sir John Welles | Grocer | |
1432 | Sir John Verney | Fishmonger | |
1433 | Sir John Brokley | (Draper) [lower-alpha 1] | |
1434 | Sir Robert Oately | Grocer | |
1435 | Sir Henry de 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) [lower-alpha 3] | |
1443 | Sir Thomas Catworth | Grocer | |
1444 | Sir Henry de 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, KB | 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, KB | 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 Heriot | Draper | |
1482 | Sir Edmund Shaa | Goldsmith | |
1483 | Sir Robert Billesdon | Haberdasher [lower-alpha 4] | |
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 [4] [5] | 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 |
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 [6] | Grocer | |
1516 | John Rest [7] | 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 [8] | 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 (died in office) [9] | Draper | |
1544 | Sir Ralph Warren (2nd, partial term) | Mercer | 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 [10] | Mercer | |
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. [11] |
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 | |
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 Calthorpe [12] | Draper | |
1589 | Sir Richard Martin | Goldsmith | First of two terms. |
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. |
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 [13] | Skinner | Uncle of Sir Richard Saltonstall. |
1598 | Sir Stephen Soame | Grocer | |
1599 | Nicholas Mosley | Clothworker | |
1600 | Sir William Ryder | Haberdasher |
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 | Goldsmith | Previously Shipwright. |
2016 | Sir Andrew Parmley | Musician | also Glass Seller. |
2017 | Charles Bowman [24] | Grocer | |
2018 | Peter Estlin [25] | Banker |
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(help)The Lord Mayor of London is the City of London's mayor and the leader of the City of London Corporation. Within the City, the Lord Mayor is accorded precedence over all individuals except the sovereign and retains various traditional powers, rights and privileges, including the title and style The Right Honourable the Lord Mayor of London.
The livery companies of the City of London, currently 110 in number, comprise London's ancient and modern trade associations and guilds, almost all of which are styled the 'Worshipful Company of...' their respective craft, trade or profession. London's livery companies play a significant part in City life, not least by providing charitable-giving and networking opportunities. Liverymen retain voting rights for the senior civic offices, such as the Lord Mayor, Sheriffs and City of London Corporation, its ancient municipal authority with extensive local government powers.
The Worshipful Company of Grocers is one of the 110 Livery Companies of the City of London and ranks second in order of precedence.
The Worshipful Company of Drapers is one of the 110 livery companies of the City of London. It has the formal name The Master and Wardens and Brethren and Sisters of the Guild or Fraternity of the Blessed Mary the Virgin of the Mystery of Drapers of the City of London. More usually known simply as the Drapers' Company, it is one of the historic Great Twelve Livery Companies and was founded during the Middle Ages.
The Worshipful Company of Brewers is one of the Livery Companies of the City of London. London brewers are known to have organised as a group in the 13th century. Their first royal charter was granted by Henry VI in 1438. In 1643, Parliament imposed excise taxes on beer, ale, and malt, steadily increasing them until gin became cheaper, causing the growth of unlicensed breweries and, in 1685, James II extended the company's jurisdiction to eight miles around London and its suburbs. In 1739 it adopted new by-laws, which included the requirement for members to "enter into a bond [...] with the company against any expenses of their being elected to the office of sheriff or lord mayor". The company started to go into decline about 1750.
The Worshipful Company of Shipwrights is one of the ancient livery companies of the City of London. Although the Shipwrights' Company is no longer a trade association solely representing the shipbuilding industry, it retains strong links with global trade, and maritime and shipping professions.
The Lord Mayor's Show is one of the best-known annual events in London as well as one of the longest-established, dating back to the 16th century. The 'Lord Mayor' after whom the show is named is the Lord Mayor of the City of London, a city and ceremonial county within Greater London and the historic centre of the wider metropolis. The City is also London's main modern financial district, widely known informally as 'the Square Mile'.
James Fiennes, 1st Baron Saye and Sele was an English soldier and politician, son of Sir William Fiennes and wife Elizabeth Batisford.
Two sheriffs are elected annually for the City of London by the Liverymen of the City Livery Companies. Today's sheriffs have only nominal duties, but the historical officeholders had important judicial responsibilities. They have attended the Justices at the Central Criminal Court, Old Bailey, since its original role as the Court for the City and Middlesex.
Borough status in the United Kingdom is granted by royal charter to local government districts in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. The status is purely honorary, and does not give any additional powers to the council or inhabitants of the district. In Scotland, similarly chartered communities were known as royal burghs, although the status is no longer granted.
Sir Nicholas Brembre was a wealthy magnate and a chief ally of King Richard II in 14th-century England. He was Lord Mayor of London in 1377, and again from 1383-5. Named a "worthie and puissant man of the city" by Richard Grafton, he became a citizen and grocer of London, and in 1372-3 purchased from the Malmains family the estates of Mereworth, Maplescomb, and West Peckham, in Kent. His ties to Richard ultimately resulted in his downfall, as the anti-Richard Lords Appellant effectively took control of the government and imprisoned, exiled, or executed most of Richard's court. Despite Richard's efforts, Brembre was executed in 1388 for treason at the behest of the Lords Appellant.
Sir William Taillour sometimes spelt Taylor or Taylour (1406–1483) was Lord Mayor of London in 1468.
Sir John Cutler, 1st Baronet was an English grocer, financier and Member of Parliament.
Sir Joseph Cockfield Dimsdale, 1st Baronet, was a Lord Mayor of London in the coronation year 1902, and a Member of Parliament (MP) for the City of London from 1900 to 1906.
Sir Henry Keble was a grocer and Lord Mayor of London in 1510, in the second year of King Henry VIII's reign.
Jeffrey Richard de Corban Evans, 4th Baron Mountevans, is a London shipbroker and UK hereditary peer, who served as Lord Mayor of London from 2015 to 2016.
Serlo le Mercer was Mayor of London for five terms in the early 1210s. He was a member of the Worshipful Company of Mercers and was one of the negotiators of Magna Carta.
Jacob Alderman was a Sheriff of London in 1200 and Mayor of London during 1216 from Easter to the Feast of Pentecost when he died in office.
William Cromer was an English Sheriff and Lord Mayor of London and a Member of Parliament for the city.
British History Online is a digital library of primary and secondary sources on medieval and modern history of Great Britain and Ireland. It was created and is managed as a cooperative venture by the Institute of Historical Research, University of London and the History of Parliament Trust. Access to the majority of the content is free, while other content is available only to paying subscribers.
The University of Toronto is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, located on the grounds that surround Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 as King's College, the first institution of higher learning in the colony of Upper Canada. Originally controlled by the Church of England, the university assumed the present name in 1850 upon becoming a secular institution. As a collegiate university, it comprises eleven colleges, which differ in character and history, each with substantial autonomy on financial and institutional affairs. It has two satellite campuses in Scarborough and Mississauga.