List of lord mayors of London
List of all Mayors and Lord Mayors of London (Leader of the City of London Corporation and First Citizen 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.
Mayors
before 1300
Elected | Name | Mother Livery Company |
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1189-1212 | Sir Henry FitzAilwin; First Mayor of London: died in office (24 terms) | (Draper)[a] |
1212-1214 | Sir Roger FitzAlan | (Mercer)[b] |
1215 | Serlo le Mercer (1st term) | (Mercer)[b] |
1215 | William Hardell | (Draper)[a] |
1216 | Jacob Alderman | unknown |
1217 | Salomon de Basing | unknown |
1218-1221 | Serlo le Mercer (terms 2-5) | (Mercer) |
1222-1226 | Richard Renger (terms 1-5) | unknown |
1227-1230 | Roger le Duke (4 terms) | unknown |
1231-1237 | Andrew Buckerell (7 terms) | (Pepperer→Grocer)[c] |
1238 | Richard Renger (6th term) | unknown |
1239 | Sir William Joynier | unknown |
1240 | Gerard de La Beche | unknown |
1240 | Reginald de Bungay | unknown |
1241-1243 | Sir Ralph Ashley (3 terms) | (Mercer)[b] |
1244-1245 | Sir Michael Tovey (terms 1-2) | unknown |
1246 | Sir John de Gisors (1st term) | (Pepperer→Grocer)[c] |
1246 | Peter FitzAlan | unknown |
1247-1248 | Sir Michael Tovey (terms 3-4) | unknown |
1249 | Roger FitzRoger | unknown |
1250 | John le Norman | unknown |
1251 | Sir Adam de Port, baron de Basing | (Mercer)[b] |
1252 | John Tulesan | (Draper)[a] |
1253 | Sir Nicholas de La Beche | unknown |
1254-1257 | Sir Ralph Hardell (4 terms); deposed | (Draper)[a] |
1258 | Sir William FitzRichard (1st term); Royal Nominee | (Draper)[a] |
1258 | Sir John de Gisors (2nd term) | (Pepperer→Grocer)[c] |
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Elected | Name | Mother Livery Company |
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1259-1260 | Sir William FitzRichard (terms 2-3) Royal Nominee |
(Draper)[a] |
1261-1264 | Sir Thomas Fitzthomas (4 terms); deposed and imprisoned | unknown |
1265 | Sir Hugh FitzOtho (1st term) | Royal Warden |
1265 | Sir John Walerand | Royal Warden |
1265 | Sir John de La Lynde | Royal Warden |
1266 | Sir William FitzRichard (4th term) Royal Nominee |
(Draper)[a] |
1267 | Sir Alan de La Zouche | Royal Warden; (Pepperer→Grocer)[c] |
1268 | Sir Thomas de Ippegrave | Royal Warden |
1268 | Sir Stephen de Eddeworth | Royal Warden |
1269 | Sir Hugh FitzOtho (2nd term) | Royal Warden |
1270 | John Adrien | (Draper)[a] |
1271-1272 | Walter Hervey (2 terms); deposed | unknown |
1273 | Sir Henry le Wallis (1st term) | unknown |
1274-1280 | Sir Gregory de Rokesley (terms 1-7) | (Goldsmith)[d] |
1281-1283 | Sir Henry le Wallis (terms 2-4) | unknown |
1284 | Sir Gregory de Rokesley (8th term) | (Goldsmith)[d] |
1285-1289 | Sir Ralph de Sandwich (terms 1-5) | Royal Warden |
1289 | Sir John le Breton (1st term) | Royal Warden |
1289-1292 | Sir Ralph de Sandwich (terms 6-9) | Royal Warden |
1293-1298 | Sir John le Breton (terms 2-7) | Royal Warden |
1298 | Sir Henry le Wallis (5th term) | unknown |
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 |
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1301-1307 | Sir John le Blund | (Draper)[a] |
1308 | Sir Nicholas de Farndone (1st term) | (Goldsmith)[b] |
1309 | Thomas Romayn | (Pepperer→Grocer)[c] |
1310 | Sir Richard de Refham; deposed | (Mercer)[d] |
1311-1312 | Sir John de Gisors (terms 1-2) | (Pepperer→Grocer)[c] |
1313 | Sir Nicholas de Farndone (2nd term) | (Goldsmith)[b] |
1314 | Sir John de Gisors (3rd term) | (Pepperer→Grocer)[c] |
1315 | Stephen de Abyngdon | (Draper)[a] |
1316-1318 | Sir John de Wengrave (2 terms) | Royal Warden |
1319 | Sir Hamo de Chigwell (1st term) | Fishmonger |
1320 | Sir Nicholas de Farndone (3rd term) | (Goldsmith)[b] |
1321 | Sir Robert de Ros, baron of Kendal | Royal Warden |
1321-1322 | Sir Hamo de Chigwell (terms 2-3) | Fishmonger |
1323 | Sir Nicholas de Farndone (4th term) | (Goldsmith)[b] |
1323-1325 | Sir Hamo de Chigwell (terms 4-6) | Fishmonger |
1326 | Sir Richard de Betoyne | (Pepperer→Grocer)[c] |
1327 | Sir Hamo de Chigwell (7th term) | Fishmonger |
1328 | Sir John de Grantham | (Pepperer→Grocer)[c] |
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Elected | Name | Mother Livery Company |
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1329 | Sir Simon Swanland | (Draper)[a] |
1330-1331 | Sir John de Pulteney (terms 1-2) | (Draper)[a] |
1332 | Sir John de Preston | (Draper)[a] |
1333 | Sir John de Pulteney (3rd term) | (Draper)[a] |
1334-1335 | Sir Reginald de Conduit (2nd term) | (Vintner)[e] |
1336 | Sir John de Pulteney (4th term) | (Draper)[a] |
1337-1338 | Sir Henry Darcy (2 terms) | (Draper)[a] |
1339-1340 | Sir Andrew d'Aubrey (terms 1-2) | (Pepperer→Grocer)[c] |
1341 | John d'Oxenford (died in office) | (Vintner)[e] |
1342 | Simon Francis (1st term) | (Mercer)[d] |
1343-1344 | Sir John Hammond (2 terms) | (Pepperer→Grocer)[c] |
1345 | Richard le Lacer | (Mercer)[d] |
1346 | Sir Geoffrey de Wychingham | (Mercer)[d] |
1347 | Sir Thomas Legge (1st term) | Skinner |
1348 | Sir John Lovekyn (1st term) | Fishmonger |
1349 | Sir Walter Turke | Fishmonger |
1350 | Richard de Kislingbury | (Draper)[a] |
1351 | Sir Andrew d'Aubrey (3rd term) | (Pepperer→Grocer)[c] |
1352-1353 | Sir Adam Francis (2 terms) | (Mercer)[d] |
- 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 |
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1354 | Sir Thomas Legge (2nd term); First Lord Mayor | Skinner |
1355 | Simon Francis (2nd term - 1st term as Lord Mayor) | (Mercer)[a] |
1357 | John de Stodeye | (Vintner)[b] |
1358 | Sir John Lovekyn (2nd term - 1st term as Lord Mayor) | Fishmonger |
1359 | Simon Dolseley | (Pepperer→Grocer)[c] |
1360 | Sir John Wroth | Fishmonger |
1361 | Sir John Pecche | Fishmonger |
1362 | Stephen Cavendisshe | (Draper)[d] |
1363 | John Nott | (Pepperer→Grocer)[c] |
1364-1365 | Sir Adam de Bury (terms 1-2; impeached) | Skinner |
1366 | Sir John Lovekyn (3rd term - 2nd term as Lord Mayor) | Fishmonger |
1367 | James Andrewes | (Draper)[d] |
1368 | Simon de Montfort | Fishmonger |
1369 | Sir John de Chichester | Goldsmith |
1370-1371 | Sir John Berners (2 terms) | (Mercer)[a] |
1372 | John Pyell | (Mercer)[a] |
1373 | Sir Adam de Bury (3rd term) | Skinner |
1374 | Sir William Walworth (1st term) | Fishmonger |
1375 | John Warde | Grocer |
1376 | Adam Stable | (Mercer)[a] |
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Elected | Name | Mother Livery Company |
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1377 | Sir Nicholas Brembre (1st term) | Grocer |
1378 | Sir John Philpot | Grocer |
1379 | John Hadley (1st term) | Grocer |
1380 | Sir William Walworth (2nd term) | Fishmonger |
1381-1382 | John de Northampton (2 terms) | (Draper)[d] |
1383-1385 | Sir Nicholas Brembre (terms 2-4) | Grocer |
1386-1387 | Sir Nicholas Exton (2 terms) | Fishmonger |
1388 | Sir Nicholas Twyford | Goldsmith |
1389 | William Venour | Grocer |
1390 | Adam Bamme | Goldsmith |
1391 | Sir John Hende (1st term; deposed and imprisoned) | (Draper)[d] |
1392 | Sir Edward Dalyngrigge | Royal Warden |
1392 | Sir Baldwin Radyngton | Royal Warden |
1392 | Sir William de Staunton (1st term) | Grocer |
1393 | John Hadley (2nd term) | Grocer |
1394 | John Fresshe | Mercer |
1395 | Sir William More | Vintner |
1396 | Adam Bamme (died in office) | Goldsmith |
1397 | Sir Richard Whittington (appointed by Richard II) | Mercer |
1397 | Sir Richard Whittington (2nd term; elected) | Mercer |
1398 | Sir Drugo Barentyn (1st term) | Goldsmith |
1399 | Sir Thomas Knollys (1st term) | Grocer |
1400 | John Francis | 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
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Elected | Name | Mother Livery Company |
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1451 | Sir William Gregory | Skinner |
1452 | Sir Geoffrey Fielding | Mercer |
1453 | Sir John Norman | Draper |
1454 | Sir Stephen Forster | 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 (1st term) | Grocer |
1461 | Sir Hugh Wyche | Mercer |
1462 | Sir Thomas Cooke | Draper |
1463 | Sir Matthew Phillip | Goldsmith |
1464 | Sir Ralph Josselyn, KB (1st term) | Draper |
1465 | Sir Ralph Verney | Mercer |
1466 | Sir John Yonge, half-brother of Sir William Canynges | Grocer |
1467 | Sir Thomas Walgrave | Skinner |
1468 | Sir William Taylour | Grocer |
1469 | Sir Richard Leigh (2nd term) | Grocer |
1470 | Sir John Stockton | Mercer |
1471 | William Edwardes | Grocer |
1472 | Sir William Hampton | Fishmonger |
1473 | Sir John Tate | Mercer |
1474 | Sir Robert Drope | Draper |
1475 | Sir Robert Basset | Salter |
1476 | Sir Ralph Josselyn, KB (2nd term) | Draper |
1477 | Sir Humphrey Heyford | Goldsmith |
1478 | Sir Richard Gardiner | Mercer |
1479 | Sir Bartholomew James | Draper |
1480 | Sir John Browne[1] | Mercer |
1481 | Sir William Heriot | Draper |
1482 | Sir Edmund Shaa | Goldsmith |
1483 | Sir Robert Billesdon | Haberdasher[d] |
1484 | Sir Thomas Hill (died in office) | Grocer |
1485 | Sir William Stoker (died in office) | Draper |
1485 | Sir John Warde | Grocer |
1485 | Sir Hugh Bryce | Grocer |
1486 | Sir Henry Colet (1st term) | Mercer |
1487 | Sir William Horne | Salter |
1488 | Sir Robert Tate | Mercer |
1489 | Sir William White | Draper |
1490 | Sir John Mathew[2][3] | 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 (2nd term) | Mercer |
1496 | Sir John Tate (1st term)[4] | Mercer |
1497 | Sir William Purchas | Mercer |
1498 | Sir John Percival | Merchant Taylor |
1499 | Nicholas Ailwyn (died in office) | Mercer |
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 |
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1501 | Sir John Shaw | Goldsmith |
1502 | Sir Bartholomew Reade | Goldsmith |
1503 | Sir William Capell (1st term) | Draper |
1504 | Sir John Wyngar | Grocer |
1505 | Sir Thomas Kneesworth | Fishmonger |
1506 | Sir Richard Haddon (1st term) | Mercer |
1507 | Sir William Browne (died in office)[1] | Mercer |
1508 | Sir Lawrence Aylmer | Merchant Taylor |
1508 | Sir Stephen Jenyns | Woolman |
1509 | Sir Thomas Bradbury | Mercer |
1510 | Sir William Capell (2nd term) | Draper |
1510 | Sir Henry Keble | Grocer |
1511 | Sir Roger Ashley | Draper |
1512 | Sir William Copinger | Fishmonger |
1513 | Sir Richard Haddon (2nd term) | Mercer |
1513 | Sir William Browne (died in office)[1] | Mercer |
1514 | Sir John Tate (2nd term) | Mercer |
1514 | Sir George Monoux | Draper |
1515 | Sir William Butler[5] | Grocer |
1516 | John Rest[6] | Grocer |
1517 | Sir Thomas Exmewe | Goldsmith |
1518 | Sir Thomas Mirfyn | Skinner |
1519 | Sir James Yarford | Mercer |
1520 | Sir John Brydges, né Brugge | Draper |
1521 | Sir John Milburne | Draper |
1522 | Sir John Mundy | Goldsmith |
1523 | Sir Thomas Baldry | Mercer |
1524 | Sir William Bailey | Draper |
1525 | Sir John Alleyn (1st term) | Mercer |
1526 | Sir Thomas Seymour, MP[7] | 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 (2nd term) | Mercer |
1536 | Sir Ralph Warren (1st term) | Mercer |
1537 | Sir Richard Gresham | Mercer |
1538 | Sir William Fermor | 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[8] | Draper |
1544 | Sir Ralph Warren (2nd term) | Mercer |
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[9] | Mercer |
1550 | Sir Andrew Judd | Skinner |
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17th century
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18th century
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19th century
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20th century
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21st century
Elected | Name | Mother Livery Company |
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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 |
2014 | Sir Alan Yarrow | Fishmonger |
2015 | The Lord Mountevans | Shipwright → Goldsmith |
2016 | Dr Andrew Parmley | - |
See also
Notes
- ^ a b c uncle of Sir William Browne (1514)
- ^ "The Lord Mayors of London". Retrieved 27 April 2016.
- ^ "The General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales, Comprising a ..." Retrieved 27 April 2016.
- ^ John Tate (1496) was brother of Sir Robert Tate (1488)
- ^ "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.
- ^ "SEYMOUR, Sir Thomas I (by 1476-1535/36), of London, Saffron Walden, Essex and Hoxton, Mdx". Retrieved 27 April 2016.
- ^ "Notes to the diary: 1556". Retrieved 27 April 2016.
- ^ "HILL, Sir Rowland (by 1498-1561), of London and Hodnet, Salop". Retrieved 27 April 2016.
- ^ a b George Barne III (1586) is used by some to differentiate him from his father, George Barne II (1552)
- ^ "HEWETT (HUET), Sir William (1572-1637), of Little Church Lane, The Strand, Westminster and Brightwell, Suff.; formerly of Monnox Place, Suffolk Lane, St. Lawrence Pountney, London". Retrieved 27 April 2016.
- ^ Ancestor of the Leigh-Mallory family, qv: www.thepeerage.com
- ^ "Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe (UK Baronet, 1929)". Retrieved 27 April 2016.
- ^ "SALTONSTALL, Richard (d.1601), of London and South Ockendon, Essex". Retrieved 27 April 2016.
- ^ Richard Saltonstall MP (Lord Mayor 1597) was uncle of Sir Richard Saltonstall
- ^ Keepthinking - Qi CMS. "Sir Allen Cotton, Lord Mayor of London (1624)". Retrieved 27 April 2016.
- ^ "The General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales, Comprising a ..." Retrieved 27 April 2016.
- ^ "A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies ..." Retrieved 27 April 2016.
- ^ a b Humphrey Parsons (1730) was the son of Sir John Parsons (1703)
- ^ "In Defiance of Oligarchy". Retrieved 27 April 2016.
- ^ Keepthinking - Qi CMS. "Sir William Beckford (1709–1770), Lord Mayor of the City of London (1762 & 1769)". Retrieved 27 April 2016.
- ^ Lord Mayor Wire www.ucl.ac.uk
- ^ "CARTER (afterwards BONHAM CARTER), John (1788-1838), of 19 High Street, Portsmouth, Hants and 16 Duke Street, Mdx". Retrieved 27 April 2016.
- ^ "The Lord Mayor's Orders - History Learning Site". History Learning Site. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
- ^ In 1867, Michaelmas Day fell on the Sabbath. Alderman Allen elected on the 28th of September. Unattributed (1867-09-30). "Election Of Lord Mayor". The Times. No. 25929. p. 4.
- ^ "The Knights of England". Retrieved 27 April 2016.
- ^ Sir James Miller is the only Lord Mayor of London to have also served as Lord Provost of Edinburgh (1951–54).
- ^ Master, Bowyers’ Company, 1990–92; Freeman, Company of Watermen and Lightermen; Member Court: Chartered Accountants’ Company (Jun. Warden, 2001–02); World Traders’ Company (Master, 1999–2000); Butchers’ Company; Chartered Secretaries’ and Administrators’ Company, 2001–; Hon. Liveryman: Environmental Cleaners’ Company (Mem. Court, 1998–); Hon. Mem., Company (formerly Guild) of Tax Advisors. Died 2002
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.