List of mayors of Totnes

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Totnes, Devon, England received its first borough charter from King John and the recorded list of mayors dates from 1359. The town was incorporated in 1505 with a governing structure consisting of a mayor, recorder and a single council of burgesses. A further charter in 1596 concentrated power in the hands of the town's leading merchants, redefining the corporation as a governing body of 14 ‘masters’, including the mayor, with an inferior council of 20 burgesses. The masters filled vacancies in their ranks by co-option and nominated the mayoral candidates. [1]

The following have been mayors of Totnes:

21st century

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  2. ↑ "BROWNING, Walter, of Totnes, Devon". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
  3. ↑ "mayors of totnes - Google Search". www.google.com. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  4. ↑ Members Constituencies Parliaments Surveys. "SAVERY, Christopher (by 1502-60), of Totnes, Devon". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 25 June 2014.
  5. ↑ Members Constituencies Parliaments Surveys. "BALL, Nicholas (d.1586), of Totnes; later of Dartington, Devon". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 25 June 2014.
  6. ↑ Members Constituencies Parliaments Surveys. "HAYMAN, Nicholas (d.1606), of Totnes; later of Dartmouth, Devon". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 25 June 2014.
  7. ↑ "DARR, Leonard (C.1554-1615), of Totnes afterwards of South Pool, Devon. | History of Parliament Online".
  8. ↑ "HOLDITCH, Philip (D.c.1608), of Totnes and Blackawton, Devon. | History of Parliament Online".
  9. ↑ "Christopher Wise (c.1566–1628), Mayor of Totnes (1605 & 1621)". Art UK . Retrieved 3 September 2014.
  10. ↑ "RODD, Richard (-d.1633), of Totnes, Devon and Rodd, Herefs. | History of Parliament Online".
  11. ↑ Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L., (Ed.) The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620, Exeter, 1895, p.527, pedigree of "Lee of Pinhoe"
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  19. ↑ "Councillors". Totnes Town Council. Archived from the original on 29 April 2013. Retrieved 25 June 2014.


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