List of mayors of Exeter
This is a chronological list of the Mayors and Lord Mayors of the city of Exeter, England.
The role of Mayor was granted the dignity and style of Lord Mayor by letters patent dated 1 May 2002 as the result of a competition to celebrate the Golden Jubilee of Elizabeth II.
Mayors of Exeter
- c.1207: William Durling[1] – first known Mayor
- 1218, 1231, 1239: Walter Gervase.[2]
- 1385-6, 1397–8, 1407–8, 1411–12: Adam Scut[3]
- July 1414 to October 1415: John Lake[4]
- 1414–15, 1419–20, 1422–3, 1426–7: Thomas Eston[5]
- 1413–14, 1415–16:Peter Sturt[6]
- 1425-6: Robert Vessy[7]
- 1423–24, 1428–30, 1444–5, 1446–8: John Shillingford[8]
- 1436-7, 1442–3, 1448–9: John Cutler alias Carwithan[9]
- 1491: Stephen Ridgeway[10]
- 1502: John Calwoodleigh of Calwoodleigh[11]
- 1502–03: John Noseworthy[12]
- 1506-7, 1513–14: Richard Hewet[13]
- 1508: John Calwoodleigh of Calwoodleigh (as 1502)[11]
- 1512–13 and 1523–24: John Simon[14]
- 1513–14: Thomas Andrew[15]
- 1529–30: Robert Hooker[16] (died 1537)
- 1530-1, 1536–7, 1548–9: John Blackaller[17]
- 1549–50: John Tuckfield[18]
- 1553: William Smith[19]
- 1556: Walter Staplehead[19]
- 1565: John Wolcott [20]
- 1567-68: John Smythe[21]
- 1586-87, 1597–98, 1607-09: George Smith[22]
- 1639–40: Robert Walker, MP for Exeter [23]
- 1653: Simon Snow, MP for Exeter [24]
- 1660: Christopher Lethbridge (d.1670)[25]
- 1870: N. King[26]
- 1900–02: Albert Edward Dunn[27]
- 1902-03: C. Rowe (Liberal)[28]
- 1921–24: Philip Foale Rowsell[29]
- 1993: Martin Rich [30]
Lord Mayors of Exeter
- 2001: Granville Baldwin[1] – first Lord Mayor
- 2002: Val Dixon[31]
- 2003: Margaret Danks[31]
- 2004: Hilda Sterry[31]
- 2005: Peter Wadham[31]
- 2006: Norman Shiel[31]
- 2007: Hazel Slack[31] – runs a nursery shop in the city.
- 2008: Paul Smith[31]
- 2009: John Winterbottom[31] – former financial adviser.
- 2010: Marcel Choules – has been a fairground booth fighter, bouncer and chef.
- 2011: Stella Brock[31]
- 2012: Rob Newby[31]
- 2013: Rachel Lyons[32] – former nurse
- 2014: Percy Prowse[33]
- 2015: Olwen Margaret Foggin[34]
- 2016: Cynthia Thompson
- 2017: Lesley Robson[35]
- 2018: Rob Hannaford
- 2019: Peter Holland[36] - former headteacher and postman.
References
- ^ a b "Lord Mayoralty". Exeter City Council. Archived from the original on 20 January 2016. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
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- ^ SCUT, Adam, of Exeter, Devon. | History of Parliament Online
- ^ LAKE, John (d.1421), of Exeter, Devon. | History of Parliament Online
- ^ ESTON, Thomas, of Exeter, Devon. | History of Parliament Online
- ^ STURT (STERTE), Peter, of Exeter, Devon. | History of Parliament Online
- ^ VESSY, Robert (d.1430), of Exeter, Devon and London. | History of Parliament Online
- ^ SHILLINGFORD, John (d.1458), of Exeter and Shillingford, Devon. | History of Parliament Online
- ^ CUTLER, alias CARWITHAN, John (d.?1467), of Exeter, Devon. | History of Parliament Online
- ^ Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L., (Ed.) The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620, Exeter, 1895, p.647, regnal date 7 Henry VIII. It was suggested by Vivian (1895) (by use of dotted line) that his grandson was Thomas Ridgeway, 1st Earl of Londonderry (c.1565–1631), which is not followed by the family's biographers in History of Parliament, see [1]
- ^ a b Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L., (Ed.) The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620, Exeter, 1895, p.132
- ^ NOSEWORTHY, John (by 1481-1530/32), of Ashburton and Exeter, Devon. | History of Parliament Online
- ^ HEWET, Richard (by 1463–1519), of Exeter, Devon. | History of Parliament Online
- ^ SIMON, John (by 1458–1524), of Exeter, Devon. | History of Parliament Online
- ^ ANDREW, Thomas (by 1458–1517), of Exeter, Devon. | History of Parliament Online
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- ^ BLACKALLER, John (by 1494–1563), of Exeter, Devon. | History of Parliament Online
- ^ Royal Albert Memorial Museum catalogue text for portrait of his wife Joan Tuckfield"Archived copy". Archived from the original on 8 December 2014. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
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- ^ SMITH, George (-d.1619), of Madford House, Exeter, Devon Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1604-1629, ed. Andrew Thrush and John P. Ferris, 2010
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- ^ "Eight Hundred Years of Exeter's Mayors and Lord Mayors". Archived from the original on 26 March 2010. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
- ^ Prince, John, (1643–1723) The Worthies of Devon, 1810 edition, London, pp.564–5, biography of Lethbridge, Christopher
- ^ "Banquet to the Bishop of Exeter". The Times. No. 26636. London. 1 January 1870. p. 4. template uses deprecated parameter(s) (help)
- ^ "Sir R. Buller". The Times. No. 36601. London. 1 November 1901. p. 5. template uses deprecated parameter(s) (help)
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- ^ 'ROWSELL, Philip Foale', Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2007; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012 ; online edn, Oct 2012 accessed 12 April 2014
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- ^ "The Right Worshipful the Lord Mayor 2013–2014". Exeter City Council. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
- ^ "The Right Worshipful the Lord Mayor 2014–2015". Exeter City Council. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
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