# List of lord mayors of York

The Lord Mayor of York is the chairman of City of York Council, first citizen and civic head of York. The appointment is made by the council each year in May, at the same time appointing a sheriff, the city's other civic head. York's lord mayor is second only to the Lord Mayor of London in precedence. The office of mayor dates back to at least 1217 and was upgraded by Richard II to that of Lord Mayor in 1389.
The Mansion House, York, is the Lord Mayor's home during his or her term of office.
The use of the prefix "right honourable" appears to have been used since the creation of the lord mayoralty. It was confirmed by letters patent dated 1 April 1974, when York became a non-metropolitan district and reconfirmed by letters patent dated 1 April 1996, when it became a unitary authority.
In 1212, King John granted York the right to collect its own taxes, hold courts and conduct its own affairs and thereby the right to elect a mayor. These rights were temporarily forfeited in 1280–1282 for altering a royal charter, in 1292–1297 for failing to pay taxes and in 1405–1406 for supporting Archbishop Richard Scrope. In 1389, King Richard II elevated the mayor to the status of lord mayor and supposedly gave his sword to be carried point upwards before him.

## List of Mayors of York

Source: "Eboracum"

### Before 1300

| Year | Name | Notes |
| 1217 | Hugh de Selby | |
| c.1219 | Thomas Palmer | |
| 1222 | Adam Flur | |
| c.1224 | H. de Ebor | |
| c.1225 | Hendy de Seizevaux | or de Sexdecim Vallibus |
| 1226 | Hugh de Selby | |
| 1229–1230 | Hugh de Selby | |
| 1235–1236 | Hugh de Selby | |
| c.1246 | Nicholas Orgar | |
| c.1248 | ‘Domino J.’ | (John de Selby?) |
| 1249 | Nicholas Orgar | |
| 1250 | ‘Domino J.’ | (John de Selby?) |
| 1251–1253 | John de Selby | |
| 1255–1256 | Gacio de Calvo Monte | or Chaumont |
| 1258 | Mark de Northfolke | |
| 1259–1260 | Adam le Cerf | |
| 1260 | Adam le Cerf | |
| 1264 | John de Selby | |
| 1266 | John de Selby | |
| 1267 | - |
| 1268 | John de Selby | |
| 1271 | Walter de Stokes or Adam le Cerf | |
| 1273 | John le Specer Snr | |
| 1274 | John le Specer | |
| 1274–1277 | Robert de Bromholme | |
| 1278 | Walter de Stokes (24 June) & Sir Gilbert de Luda | |
| 1279 | Richard de Romundby | |
| 1280 | John Sampson | |
| 1281 | City governed by the King's men | |
| 1282 | Sir Gilbert de Luda & John Sampson | |
| 1283 | John Sampson | |
| 1284 | Sir Gilbert de Luda | |
| 1285 | John Sampson | |
| 1286–1289 | Nicholas de Selby | MP for York, 1294 |
| 1290 | Roger Basy | MP for York, 1294 |
| 1293–1294 | City governed by the King's men | |
| 1295 | Robert de Bromholme | |
| 1296 | City governed by the King's men | |
| 1297 | Nicholas De Langton Snr | |
| 1298 | James le Flemyng | |
| 1299 | John Sampson | |

### 14th century

| Year | Name | Notes |
| 1300 | John Sampson | |
| 1301–1304 | John le Specer Jnr | |
| 1305 | Andrew de Bolingbroke | MP for York, 1299 |
| 1306 | Nicholas de Langton Snr | |
| 1307–1308 | John de Askham | |
| 1309 | Robert le Meke | |
| 1310 | Andrew de Bolingbrok | |
| 1311–1316 | Nicholas le Flemyng | son of James le Flemyng, killed at the Battle of Myton |
| 1317 | Robert le Meke | |
| 1318 | Thomas de Redness | |
| 1319 | Nicholas le Flemyng | |
| 1320–1321 | Robert le Meke | |
| 1322–1333 | Nicholas de Langton | son of Nicholas de Langton Snr |
| 1334–1337 | Henry de Belton | |
| 1338 | Nicholas de Langton | |
| 1339 | Henry de Belton | |
| 1340–1342 | Nicholas de Langton | |
| 1343 | Nicholas Foukes | |
| 1344–1346 | John de Shirburn | |
| 1347 | Henry le Goldbeter | |
| 1348–1352 | Henry de Scoreby | |
| 1353–1361 | John de Langton | |
| 1364 | John de Acastre | |
| 1365 | Richard de Wateby | |
| 1366 | Roger de Hovingham | |
| 1367 | William Graa | |
| 1368 | Robert de Howme | |
| 1369 | William Savage | |
| 1370 | Roger de Selby | |
| 1371–1372 | John de Gisburn | |
| 1373 | Roger de Moreton Jnr | |
| 1374 | Thomas de Howme | |
| 1375 | Thomas Graa | MP for York, 1377–1397 |
| 1376 | Ralphe de Hornby | |
| 1377 | John de Sancton | |
| 1378 | John de Barden | |
| 1379 | John de Acastre | |
| 1380 | John de Gisburn | Forcibly deposed |
| 1381–1383 | Simon de Quixley | |
| 1384 | Robert Savage | MP for York, 1383,1386 |
| 1385 | William de Selby | MP for York, 1383–1397 |
| 1386 | John de Howden | MP for York, 1384–1391 |
| 1387 | John de Selby | |
| 1388 | William de Selby | MP for York, 1383–1397 |

## List of Lord Mayors of York

| Year | Name | Notes |
| 1389 | William de Selby | First to use ceremonial sword. |
| 1390–1391 | Thomas Smyth | |
| 1392–1393 | Robert Savage | 1393 first to use ceremonial mace. MP for York, 1383, 1386 |
| 1394 | Thomas de Stayveley | |
| 1395 | William de Helmsley | MP for York, 1393 |
| 1396 | Thomas de Stayveley | |
| 1397 | Sir William Frost | MP for York, 1399 |
| 1398 | Thomas Graa | MP for York, 1377–1397 |
| 1399 | Robert de Talkan | MP for York, 1402,1407 |

### 15th century

| Year | Name | Notes |
| 1400–1404 | Sir Willam Frost | MP for York, 1399 |
| 1405 | Adam del Bank | |
| 1406 | Sir William Frost | MP for York, 1399 |
| 1407–1409 | Henry Wyman | |
| 1410 | John de Bolton | MP for York, 1399,1407 |
| 1411 | John de Craven | |
| 1412 | Robert Howme | Merchant. |
| 1413 | Nicholas Blackburn Snr | Mercer. |
| 1414 | Thomas de Sancton | MP for York, 1413,1417 |
| 1415 | William de Alne | Merchant. |
| 1416 | John de Northeby | Merchant. |
| 1417 | William Bowes Snr | Merchant, and MP for York, 1413,1417 |
| 1418 | John de Moreton | MP for York, 1415, 1421 |
| 1419 | John de Bedale | |
| 1420 | Thomas del Gare | MP for York, 1419,1421 |
| 1421 | Richard Russell | Merchant, and MP for York, 1415,1422,1425 |
| 1422 | Henry Preston | MP for York, 1420 |
| 1423 | Thomas Esingwald | Merchant. |
| 1424 | Thomas Bracebridge | Merchant. |
| 1425 | William Ormeshede | Merchant, and MP for York, 1421,1426,1431 |
| 1426 | Peter Buckey | |
| 1427 | John Alstonmore | Merchant. |
| 1428 | William Bowes Snr | MP for York, 1413,1417 |
| 1429 | Nicholas Blackburn Jnr | |
| 1430 | Richard Russell | MP for York, 1415,1422,1425 |
| 1431 | John Bolton | Merchant. |
| 1432 | Thomas Snawden | Pewterer. |
| 1433 | William Ormeshede | MP for York, 1421,1426,1431 |
| 1434 | Thomas del Gare Jnr | |
| 1435 | Thomas Kirkham | |
| 1436 | Richard Wartre | Merchant. |
| 1437 | William Bedale | Merchant. |
| 1438 | William Useflete | Merchant. |
| 1439 | Thomas Ridelay | |
| 1440 | William Girlington | Draper. |
| 1441 | Thomas Kirke | Mercer. |
| 1442 | John Thriske | Merchant, mayor of the staple. |
| 1443 | William Bowes | Merchant. |
| 1444 | Richard Buckden | Merchant. |
| 1445 | Thomas Crathorne | |
| 1446 | William Stockton | |
| 1447 | John Crosyer | |
| 1448 | John Carre | |
| 1449 | William Holbeek | Merchant of the staple. |
| 1450 | Thomas Barton | Grocer. |
| 1451 | Richard Wartre | First year of the reign of Henry VI. |
| 1452 | Thomas Danby | Merchant. |
| 1453 | John Catryk | |
| 1454 | Thomas Neleson | Merchant. |
| 1455 | Richard Lematon | |
| 1456 | John Carre | |
| 1457 | Robert Collinson | Merchant. |
| 1458 | William Holbeck | |
| 1459 | Nicholas Holgate | |
| 1460 | Thomas Beverley | Merchant of the Staple |
| 1461 | William Stockton | First year of the reign of Edward IV. |
| 1462 | John Thrisk | |
| 1463 | Thomas Scawsby | |
| 1464 | John Gilliot | Knight of the Bath. |
| 1465 | Thomas Neleson | |
| 1466 | John Kent | Merchant. |
| 1467 | John Marshall | Merchant. |
| 1468 | William Snawsell | Goldsmith |
| 1469 | Sir Richard Yorke | Merchant of the Staple. |
| 1470 | William Holbeck | |
| 1471 | Thomas Beverley | |
| 1472 | William Holbeck | |
| 1473 | Christopher Marshall | |
| 1474 | Sir John Gilliot | |
| 1475 | William Lame | |
| 1476 | Thomas Wrangwish | |
| 1477 | John Tong | |
| 1478 | John Ferriby | Merchant. |
| 1479 | William Welles | |
| 1480 | John Marshall | |
| 1481 | Robert Amyas | |
| 1482 | Richard Yorke | Mayor of the Staple |
| 1483 | John Newton | Dyer. First year of the reign of Richard III |
| 1484 | Thomas Wrangwith | Merchant. |
| 1485 | Nicholas Lancaster | LL. D. First year of the reign of Henry VII |
| 1486 | William Chimney | Draper. |
| 1487 | Sir William Todd | Merchant. |
| 1488 | Robert Hancock | Grocer. |
| 1489 | John Harper | Merchant. |
| 1490 | Sir John Gilliot | Merchant. |
| 1491 | John Ferriby died and replaced by William White | |
| 1492 | Thomas Scotton | Merchant. |
| 1493 | Nicholas Lancaster | Merchant. |
| 1494 | Michael White | dyer |
| 1495 | George Kirke | Merchant. |
| 1496 | Robert Johnson | Grocer. |
| 1497 | Thomas Gray | Goldsmith. |
| 1498 | John Metcalfe | Merchant. |
| 1499 | John Elwald | Merchant. |

### 16th century

| Year | Name | Notes |
| 1500–1501 | William Nelson | Merchant, and MP for York, 1504,1510,1512,1515 |
| 1501–1502 | John Stockdale | Merchant. |
| 1502–1503 | Richard Thornton | Grocer. |
| 1503–1504 | Sir John Gilliot | Merchant. |
| 1504–1505 | Thomas Jameson | Merchant. |
| 1505–1506 | William White died and replaced by Michael White | |
| 1506–1507 | Allan Stavely | Merchant. |
| 1507–1508 | John Birkhead | Merchant. |
| 1508–1509 | Sir John Petty died and replaced by John Dodgson | |
| 1509–1510 | George Essex | Apothecary. First year or the reign of Henry VIII. |
| 1510–1511 | John Shawe | Merchant. |
| 1511–1512 | Bertram Dawson | Merchant. |
| 1512–1513 | George Kirke | |
| 1513–1514 | William Wilson | Goldsmith. |
| 1514–1515 | John Thornton | Merchant. |
| 1515–1516 | Thomas Drawsword | MP for York, 1512 |
| 1516–1517 | John Hall | Tanner. |
| 1517–1518 | John Dodgson | |
| 1518–1519 | William Wright | MP for York, 1515 |
| 1519–1520 | Alan Staveley | |
| 1520–1521 | Thomas Parker | |
| 1521–1522 | Thomas Bankhouse died and replaced by Simon Vicars | |
| 1522–1523 | Paulyn Gillow died and replaced by Thomas Burton | Gillow was a merchant. Burton was MP for York, 1523 |
| 1523–1524 | Thomas Drawsword | MP for York, 1512 |
| 1524–1525 | John Norman | MP for York, 1523 |
| 1525–1526 | William Barker | |
| 1526–1527 | Peter Jackson | MP for York, 1529 |
| 1527–1528 | Robert Wilde | Merchant. |
| 1528–1529 | Thomas Mason | |
| 1529–1530 | Robert Whitfield | |
| 1530–1531 | Sir George Lawson | MP for York, 1529, 1536 |
| 1531–1532 | Henry Dawson | |
| 1532–1533 | William Barker | |
| 1533–1534 | John Hodgson | MP for York, 1539, 1542 |
| 1534–1535 | George Gale | Goldsmith and MP for York, 1529, 1536, 1542 |
| 1535–1536 | William Wright | MP for York, 1515 |
| 1536–1537 | William Harrington | Merchant. Great-grandfather of Guy Fawkes |
| 1537–1538 | Ralph Pulleyn | Goldsmith. |
| 1538–1539 | John Shawe died and replaced by John North | North was MP for York, 1545,1553 |
| 1539–1540 | Robert Elward | Merchant. |
| 1540–1541 | William Dodgson | Merchant. |
| 1541–1542 | Robert Hall | Merchant and MP for York, 1545, 1553 |
| 1542–1543 | John Shadlock | |
| 1543–1544 | Robert Heckleton | Fishmonger. |
| 1544–1545 | Peter Robinson | Merchant. |
| 1545–1546 | John Bean | MP for York, 1554 |
| 1546–1547 | William Holme | MP for York, 1547, 1553 |
| 1547–1548 | William Watson | Merchant. MP for York, 1553, 1559, 1563. First year or the reign of Edward VI |
| 1548–1549 | Robert Peacock | Merchant, and MP for York, 1558 |
| 1549–1550 | George Gale | Goldsmith, and MP for York, 1529, 1536, 1542 |
| 1550–1551 | John Lewis | Draper. |
| 1551–1552 | Thomas Appleyard | |
| 1552–1553 | Richard White | Draper, and MP for York, 1554 |
| 1553–1554 | William Coupland | MP for York, 1554. First Year of the reign of Mary I |
| 1554–1555 | John North | MP for York, 1545,1553 |
| 1555–1556 | William Beckwith | Merchant. |
| 1556–1557 | Richard Goldthorpe | MP for York, 1559 |
| 1557–1558 | Robert Hall | Merchant. MP for York, 1545, 1553 |
| 1558–1559 | Ralph Hall | Merchant, and MP for York, 1553, 1571. First year of the reign of Elizabeth I |
| 1559–1560 | Thomas Standevyn | |
| 1560–1561 | James Harrington | |
| 1561–1562 | Percival Crawforth | |
| 1562–1563 | Thomas Lawson | |
| 1563–1564 | Thomas Appleyard | |
| 1564–1565 | James Simson | |
| 1565–1566 | John Bean | MP for York, 1554 |
| 1566–1567 | William Watson | Merchant. MP for York, 1553, 1559, 1563 |
| 1567–1568 | Robert Peacock | Merchant, and MP for York, 1558 |
| 1568–1569 | William Coupland | MP for York, 1554 |
| 1569–1570 | William Beckwith | |
| 1570–1571 | Richard Calame | Draper. |
| 1571–1572 | Gregory Peacock | Merchant, and MP for York, 1572 |
| 1572–1573 | William Alleyn | Mercer. |
| 1573–1574 | Christopher Herbert | Merchant. |
| 1574–1575 | Robert Maskewe | Merchant. |
| 1575–1576 | Thomas Harrison | Innholder. |
| 1576–1577 | Edmund Richardson died and replaced by Ralph Hall | Richardson was a Pewterer. Hall was MP for York, 1553, 1571 |
| 1577–1578 | John Dyneley | Draper. |
| 1578–1579 | Hugh Graves | Merchant, and MP for York, 1571,1572 |
| 1579–1580 | Robert Cripling | |
| 1580–1581 | Robert Askwith | Draper, and MP for York, 1572, 1589 |
| 1581–1582 | William Robinson | Merchant, and MP for York, 1584, 1589 |
| 1582–1583 | Robert Brooke | Merchant, and MP for York, 1584, 1586 |
| 1583–1584 | Christopher Maltby | Draper. |
| 1584–1585 | Thomas Appleyard | |
| 1585–1586 | Andrew Trene | Merchant, and MP for York, 1593 |
| 1586–1587 | Henry Maye | Innholder. |
| 1587–1588 | Ralph Richardson | Merchant. |
| 1588–1589 | James Birkbie | Council attorney. |
| 1589–1590 | Thomas Jackson | Council attorney. |
| 1590–1591 | Thomas Mosley | Merchant, and MP for York, 1597 |
| 1591–1592 | Robert Watter | Haberdasher. |
| 1592–1593 | Thomas Harrison | |
| 1593–1594 | Robert Askwith | MP for York, 1572, 1589 |
| 1594–1595 | William Robinson | MP for York, 1584, 1589 |
| 1595–1596 | Robert Brooke | MP for York, 1584, 1586 |
| 1596–1597 | James Birkbie | |
| 1597–1598 | Christopher Beckwith | |
| 1598–1599 | Edward Fawcett | |
| 1599–1600 | Christopher Concett | Apothecary. |

### 17th century

| Year | Name | Notes |
| 1600–1601 | Henry Hall | Merchant, and MP for York, 1601 |
| 1601–1602 | Robert Peacock | |
| 1602–1603 | Thomas Mosley | MP for York, 1597. |
| 1603–1604 | Sir Robert Walter | Haberdasher. First year of the reign of James I |
| 1604–1605 | Thomas Herbert | Merchant. |
| 1605–1606 | William Greenbury | Draper. |
| 1606–1607 | Robert Askwith | Draper, and MP for York, 1604, 1614, 1621 |
| 1607–1608 | Robert Harrison | Merchant. |
| 1608–1609 | Robert Myers | Mercer. |
| 1609–1610 | Christopher Concett | Apothecary. |
| 1610–1611 | Henry Hall | Merchant, and MP for York, 1601 |
| 1611–1612 | William Brearey | Merchant. |
| 1612–1613 | John Harrison | Merchant. |
| 1613–1614 | Thomas Marshall | Mercer. |
| 1614–1615 | Leonard Besson | Saddler. |
| 1615–1616 | Elias Micklethwaite | Merchant. |
| 1616–1617 | William Greenbury | Draper |
| 1617–1618 | Sir Robert Askwith | Draper, and MP for York, 1604, 1614, 1621 |
| 1618–1619 | Thomas Agar | Tanner. |
| 1619–1620 | William Morrison | Merchant. |
| 1620–1621 | William Watter | Saddler. |
| 1621–1622 | Christopher Dickenson | Merchant. |
| 1622–1623 | William Brearey | |
| 1623–1624 | Robert Myers | |
| 1624–1625 | Matthew Topham | Merchant |
| 1625–1626 | Thomas Lawne | First year of the reign of Charles I |
| 1626–1627 | Leonard Besson | Saddler |
| 1627–1628 | Elias Micklethwaite | |
| 1628–1629 | Robert Belt | Merchant. |
| 1629–1630 | Christopher Croft | Mercer. |
| 1630–1631 | Edmund Cowper | Merchant. |
| 1631–1632 | Robert Hemsworth | Draper. |
| 1632–1633 | Thomas Hoyle | Merchant. MP for York, 1628–29 and 1640–50. Committed suicide, 1650. |
| 1633–1634 | Sir William Allenson | Draper, and MP for York, 1654 |
| 1634–1635 | James Hutchenson | Merchant. |
| 1635–1636 | Thomas Hodgson | Mercer. |
| 1636–1637 | Henry Thompson | Merchant. |
| 1637–1638 | John Vaux | Prothonotary. |
| 1638–1639 | William Scott | Merchant. |
| 1639–1640 | Sir Roger Jacques | Merchant, and MP for York, 1640 |
| 1640–1641 | Sir Robert Belt | Merchant |
| 1641–1642 | Sir Christopher Croft | Mercer |
| 1642–1644 | Sir Edmund Cooper | Merchant. Start of the English Civil War. York was initially held by the Royalists (Cavaliers). |
| 1644–1645 | Sir Edmund Cooper displaced and replaced by Thomas Hoyle | Hoyle was MP for York, 1654. Parliamentarians (Roundheads) take control from now to the restoration under Lord Mayors sympathetic to (or willing to accommodate), the Parliamentary cause. |
| 1645–1646 | John Geldart | Merchant, and MP for York, 1656 |
| 1646–1647 | Stephen Watson | Grocer. |
| 1647–1648 | Thomas Dickenson | Merchant, and MP for York, 1654, 1656, 1659 |
| 1648–1649 | Robert Horner | Merchant |
| 1649–1650 | Leonard Thompson | Merchant |
| 1650–1651 | William Tayler | Merchant |
| 1651–1652 | James Brooke | Merchant |
| 1652–1653 | William Metcalfe | Draper |
| 1653–1654 | Henry Thompson | Merchant |
| 1654–1655 | John Geldart | Merchant, and MP for York, 1656 |
| 1655–1656 | Sir William Allenson | Draper, and MP for York, 1640 |
| 1656–1957 | Stephen Watson | |
| 1657–1658 | Sir Thomas Dickenson | Merchant, and MP for York, 1654, 1656, 1659 |
| 1658–1659 | Robert Horner | Merchant |
| 1659–1660 | Leonard Thompson | Merchant |
| 1660–1661 | Christopher Topham | Merchant, and MP for York, 1659 |
| 1661–1662 | James Brooke | By the Kings mandate. |
| 1662–1663 | George Lamplugh | Merchant |
| 1663–1664 | Henry Thompson | Merchant |
| 1664–1665 | Edward Elwicke | Apothecary |
| 1665–1666 | Richard Hewitt | Merchant |
| 1666–1667 | George Mancklins | Skinner |
| 1667–1668 | Cressye Burnett | Merchant |
| 1668–1669 | Henry Tireman | Draper |
| 1669–1670 | Christopher Brearey | Merchant |
| 1670–1671 | Thomas Bawtry | Merchant |
| 1671–1672 | William Richardson | Draper |
| 1672–1673 | Sir Henry Thompson | Wine merchant, and MP for York, 1673 |
| 1673–1674 | Thomas Williamson | Merchant |
| 1674–1675 | Richard Metcalfe | Merchant |
| 1675–1676 | William Ramsden | Merchant |
| 1676–1677 | Yorke Horner | Merchant |
| 1677–1678 | Francis Elcock | Grocer |
| 1678–1679 | Philip Herbert | Merchant |
| 1679–1680 | Richard Shaw | Butcher |
| 1680–1681 | John Constable | Grocer |
| 1681–1682 | Thomas Carter | Merchant |
| 1682–1683 | John Wood | |
| 1683–1684 | Edward Thompson | MP for York, 1689, 1695, 1701 |
| 1684–1685 | Robert Waller | Attorney |
| 1685–1686 | John Thompson | Goldsmith |
| 1686–1687 | Leonard Wilberfoss | |
| 1687–1688 | Thomas Mosley | Apothecary |
| 1688–1689 | Thomas Rayne displaced and replaced by Robert Waller | Both attorneys |
| 1689–1690 | John Foster | Haberdasher |
| 1690–1691 | Samuel Dawson | Merchant |
| 1691–1692 | George Stockton | Silk Weaver |
| 1692–1693 | Joshua Earnshaw | Merchant |
| 1693–1994 | Andrew Perrott | Merchant |
| 1694–1695 | Robert Davy | Hosier |
| 1695–1696 | Sir Gilbert Metcalfe | Merchant |
| 1696-1696 | John Constable | Grocer |
| 1697–1698 | Mark Gill | Goldsmith |
| 1698–1699 | Roger Shackleton | |
| 1699–1700 | Henry Thompson | MP for York, 1690 |

### 18th century

| Year | Name | Notes |
| 1700–1701 | Sir William Robinson | MP for Northallerton,1689 and for York,1698 |
| 1701–1702 | Tobias Jenkins | MP for York, 1695,1701,1715 |
| 1702–1703 | John Peckitt | Merchant |
| 1703–1704 | Thomas Dawson | Merchant |
| 1704–1705 | Elias Pawson | Merchant |
| 1705–1706 | Charles Redman | Toyman |
| 1706–1707 | Emanuel Justice | Merchant |
| 1707–1708 | Robert Benson | MP for York, 1705 |
| 1708–1709 | Richard Thompson | Merchant |
| 1709–1710 | William Pickering | |
| 1710–1711 | Charles Perrott | Merchant |
| 1711–1712 | Thomas Pickering | Attorney |
| 1712–1713 | William Cornwell | Brewer |
| 1713–1714 | Christopher Hutton | Glover |
| 1714-1715 | William Redman | Pinner |
| 1715–1716 | Robert Fairfax | MP for York, 1713 |
| 1716–1717 | Richard Towne | Mercer |
| 1717–1718 | Henry Baines | Toyman |
| 1718–1719 | Tancred Robinson | Rear-admiral |
| 1719–1720 | John Read | Toyman |
| 1720–1721 | Tobias Jenkins | MP for York, 1695,1701,1715 |
| 1721–1722 | Richard Thompson | Merchant |
| 1722–1723 | Charles Redman | Toyman |
| 1723–1724 | Charles Perrott | Merchant |
| 1724–1725 | Thomas Agar | Woollen-draper |
| 1725–1726 | William Cornwell | Brewer |
| 1726–1727 | Samuel Clarke | Haberdasher |
| 1727–1728 | Richard Baine | Grocer |
| 1728–1729 | Peter Whitton | Grocer |
| 1729–1730 | William Dobson | Apothecary |
| 1730–1731 | John Stainforth | Receiver of Land Tax |
| 1731–1732 | Jonas Thompson | Attorney |
| 1732–1733 | Henry Baines | Toyman |
| 1733–1734 | James Dodsworth | Apothecary & Grocer |
| 1734–1735 | William Whytehead | Attorney at Law |
| 1735-1736 | James Barnard | Mercer |
| 1736–1737 | Samuel Clark | Haberdasher |
| 1737–1738 | Sir John Lister Kaye | MP for York, 1734 |
| 1738–1739 | George Benson died and replaced by Sir Tancred Robinson, Bt | Robinson was a Rear-admiral |
| 1739–1740 | George Escricke | Hatter |
| 1740–1741 | George Skelton | Merchant |
| 1741–1742 | Richard Lawson | Wine Merchant |
| 1742–1743 | John Mayer | Attorney |
| 1743–1744 | William Stephenson | Merchant |
| 1744–1745 | Thomas Agar | Merchant |
| 1745–1746 | John Raper | Merchant |
| 1746–1757 | John Read | Toyman |
| 1747–1748 | George Escricke | Hatter |
| 1748–1749 | Francis Jefferson | Merchant |
| 1749–1750 | James Rowe | Druggist |
| 1750–1751 | Matthew Lister | Timber-merchant |
| 1751–1752 | George Skelton | Merchant |
| 1752–1753 | James Barnard | Mercer |
| 1753–1754 | William Coates | Glover |
| 1754–1755 | Richard Lawson | Wine Merchant |
| 1755–1756 | Thomas Matthews | Brewer |
| 1756–1757 | Richard Farrer | Upholsterer |
| 1757–1758 | George Fox Lane | MP for York, 1742–1761 |
| 1758–1759 | John Allanson | Merchant |
| 1759–1760 | Godfrey Wentworth | MP for York, 1741 |
| 1760–1761 | Francis Stephenson | Merchant |
| 1761–1762 | Thomas Bowes | Apothecary |
| 1762–1763 | John Mayer | Attorney |
| 1763–1764 | Anby Taylor | Apothecary |
| 1764–1765 | Francis Bacon | Apothecary |
| 1765–1766 | Henry Raper | Merchant |
| 1766–1767 | John Wakefield | Merchant |
| 1767–1768 | Richard Garland | Factor |
| 1768–1769 | James Rowe | Druggist |
| 1769–1770 | Richard Farrer | Upholsterer |
| 1770–1771 | John Carr | Architect |
| 1771–1772 | Edward Wallis | Apothecary |
| 1772–1773 | Charles Turner | MP for York, 1768–1783 |
| 1773–1774 | Henry Jubb | Apothecary |
| 1774–1775 | Hugh Robinson | Merchant |
| 1775-1775 | John Allanson | Merchant |
| 1776–1777 | Francis Stephenson | Merchant |
| 1777–1778 | Thomas Bowes died and replaced by Francis Bacon | Both were apothecaries |
| 1778–1779 | Thomas Barstow | Esquire |
| 1779–1780 | Edward Stabler | Merchant |
| 1780–1781 | Thomas Cordley | Wine-merchant |
| 1781–1782 | Henry Myers | Merchant |
| 1782–1783 | Henry Raper | Merchant |
| 1783–1784 | William Siddall | Woollen-draper |
| 1784–1785 | Thomas Kilby | Brewer |
| 1785-1785 | James Woodhouse died and replaced by John Carr | Carr was an architect |
| 1786–1787 | Thomas Smith | Merchant |
| 1787–1788 | Sir William Milner | MP for York, 1790 |
| 1788–1789 | William Bluitt | Esquire |
| 1789–1790 | Thomas Hartley | Brewer |
| 1790–1791 | Joshua Oldfield | Wine-merchant |
| 1791–1792 | Thomas Wilson | Bookseller |
| 1792–1793 | Ralph Dodsworth | Merchant |
| 1793–1794 | William Siddall died and replaced by Thomas Smith | Siddall was a woollen-merchant Smith was a merchant. |
| 1794–1795 | John Hay | Woollen-draper |
| 1795–1796 | Richard Metcalfe | Merchant-tailor |
| 1796–1797 | Theophilus de Garencières | Apothecary |
| 1797–1798 | Richard Hobson | Woollen-draper |
| 1798–1799 | Sir William Milner | MP for York, 1790 |
| 1799–1800 | William Ellis | Merchant |

### 19th century

| Year | Name | Notes |
| 1800–1801 | James Robson | Linen-draper |
| 1801–1802 | John Wilkinson | Druggist |
| 1802–1803 | William Hotham | Barrister-at-Law |
| 1803-1804 | Thomas Hartley | Esquire |
| 1804–1805 | John Kilby | Brewer |
| 1805–1806 | Robert Stockton | Druggist |
| 1806–1807 | Thomas Wilson | Bookseller |
| 1807–1808 | William Ellis | Merchant |
| 1808–1809 | Robert Rhodes | Merchant tailor |
| 1809–1810 | Samuel Wormald | Tanner |
| 1810–1811 | George Peacock | Esquire |
| 1811–1812 | Hon. Lawrence Dundas | MP for Richmond,1790,1808 MP for York, 1802,1811 |
| 1812–1813 | Isaac Spencer | Druggist |
| 1813–1814 | Thomas Smith | Merchant |
| 1814–1815 | William Dunsley | Brewer |
| 1815–1816 | William Hutchenson Hearon | Tea Dealer |
| 1816–1817 | John Dales | Druggist |
| 1817–1818 | Robert Chaloner | FRS, MP for Richmond, 1810 and MP for York, 1820 |
| 1818–1819 | James Saunders | |
| 1819–1820 | William Hotham | |
| 1820–1821 | George Peacock | |
| 1821–1822 | Rt. Hon. Lord Dundas | MP for Richmond,1790,1808 MP for York, 1802,1811 |
| 1822–1823 | Isaac Spencer | |
| 1823–1824 | Thomas Smith | |
| 1824–1825 | William Dunsley | |
| 1825–1826 | William Oldfield | |
| 1826–1827 | William Cooper | |
| 1827–1828 | William Hutchenson Hearon | Tea Dealer |
| 1828–1829 | George Champney | |
| 1829–1830 | John Dales | |
| 1830–1831 | Hon. Edward Robert Petre | |
| 1831–1832 | Rt. Hon. Lord Dundas | MP for Richmond,1790,1808 MP for York, 1802,1811 |
| 1832–1833 | William Oldfield | |
| 1833–1834 | James Barber | |
| 1834–1835 | William Cooper | |
| 1835–1836 | Thomas Wood Wilson | |
| 1836-1836 | Sir Sir John Simpson | Corn merchant |
| 1836–1837 | James Meek Snr | Glassmaker and banker |
| 1837–1839 | George Hudson | "The Railway King" and MP for Sunderland, 1845–1859 |
| 1839–1840 | William Stephenson Clark | Medical doctor |
| 1840–1841 | Robert Cattle | |
| 1841–1842 | William Matterson | Surgeon |
| 1842–1844 | Joseph Buckle | |
| 1844–1845 | William Gray | Solicitor |
| 1845–1846 | William Richardson | Solicitor |
| 1846–1847 | George Hudson | "The Railway King" and MP for Sunderland, 1845–1859 |
| 1847–1848 | James Richardson | |
| 1848–1849 | Edward Richard Anderson | |
| 1849–1850 | George Hicks Seymour | Solicitor |
| 1850–1851 | James Meek Snr | Glassmaker and banker |
| 1851–1852 | Henry Cooper | Wine merchant |
| 1852–1853 | Richard Evers | Tailor |
| 1853–1854 | George Leeman | Solicitor, railway entrepreneur, and MP for York, 1865,1871 |
| 1854–1855 | George Wilson | |
| 1855–1856 | James Meek Jnr | Banker |
| 1856–1857 | Edward Richard Anderson | Solicitor |
| 1857–1858 | John Wood | Solicitor and Yorkshire Coroner. |
| 1858–1859 | William Dalla Husband | Surgeon, FRCS |
| 1859–1860 | Richard Evers | Tailor |
| 1860–1861 | George Leeman | Solicitor, railway entrepreneur, and MP for York, 1865,1871 |
| 1861–1863 | William Fox Clark | Solicitor |
| 1863–1864 | Richard Welch Hollon | Druggist |
| 1864–1865 | Edwin Wade | Dental surgeon |
| 1865–1867 | James Meek Jnr | Banker |
| 1867–1868 | Ralph Weatherley | Owner of building company. |
| 1868–1869 | Alfred Ely Hargrove | |
| 1869–1870 | John Colburn | Silversmith and jeweller |
| 1870–1871 | George Leeman | Solicitor, railway entrepreneur, and MP for York, 1865,1871 |
| 1871–1872 | William Walker | Solicitor |
| 1872–1873 | Henry Steward | |
| 1873–1874 | John March | Brewer |
| 1874–1875 | Joseph Terry | Chocolate maker. |
| 1875–1876 | Edward Rooke | Wine and spirit merchant |
| 1876–1877 | James Melrose | Land agent and brewer |
| 1877–1878 | William Varey | Bacon factor |
| 1878–1879 | George Brown | Solicitor |
| 1879–1880 | Thomas Samuel Watkinson died and replaced by William Wilkinson Wilberforce | Watkinson owned iron- and steelworks. Wilberforce was a company director |
| 1880–1881 | John Stephenson Rowntree | Chocolate maker. |
| 1881–1882 | Joseph Agar | Tannery owner |
| 1882–1883 | Thomas Varey | Bacon Factor. Son of Wm. Varey (Mayor,1877) |
| 1883–1884 | William Benson Richardson | |
| 1884–1885 | John Close | Businessman |
| 1885–1887 | Joseph Terry | Chocolate maker. |
| 1887–1888 | Joseph Sykes Rymer | Company director |
| 1888–1890 | Joseph Agar | Tannery owner |
| 1890–1891 | Philip Matthews died and replaced by Sir Joseph Terry | Matthews was an Innkeeper. Died of Typhoid. Terry was chocolate maker. |
| 1891–1893 | John Close | Businessman |
| 1893–1894 | Thomas Clayton | |
| 1894–1895 | William McKay | |
| 1895–1897 | Christopher Annakin-Milward | Hatter, hosier and shirtmaker. Knighted 1897 |
| 1897–1898 | Edwin Gray | Son of Wm Gray (Mayor, 1844). Solicitor. His married suffragist and social reformer Almyra Vickers in 1882. His brother was the composer Alan Gray. |
| 1898–1899 | Samuel Border | Grocer |
| 1899–1900 | Joseph Sykes Rymer | Company director |

### 20th century

| Year | Name | Notes |
| 1900–1901 | Edward William Purnell | Tobacconist |
| 1901–1902 | Lancelot Foster | Agricultural merchant and Company Director |
| 1902–1903 | Edwin Gray | Solicitor. Conservative party. Second term (see 1897-8). |
| 1903–1906 | Robert Horton Vernon Wragge | Tour operator |
| 1906–1907 | William Bentley | Bentley was a bookseller. He died in office and replaced by Samuel Border. |
| 1907-1907 | Samuel Border | Border was a grocer. |
| 1907–1908 | Sir Joseph Sykes Rymer | Coal, lime and sand merchant |
| 1908–1910 | James Birch | Plumber and Glazier |
| 1910–1911 | Thomas Carter | Butcher |
| 1911–1912 | Norman Green | |
| 1912–1913 | Sir Joseph Sykes Rymer | Coal, lime and sand merchant |
| 1913–1914 | Henry Rhodes Brown | Founder of Browns department store |
| 1914–1915 | John Bowes Morrell | Company director, publisher and writer |
| 1915–1918 | William Alexander Forster Todd | |
| 1918–1919 | Sir William Alexander Forster Todd | |
| 1919–1921 | Edward Walker | |
| 1921–1922 | William Henry Birch | Builder |
| 1922–1923 | James Brown Inglis | Jeweller and silversmith |
| 1923–1924 | William Dobbie | Railwayman and MP for Rotherham, 1933 |
| 1924–1925 | Sir Robert Newbald Kay | Solicitor and MP for Elland, 1903 |
| 1925–1926 | William Wright | |
| 1926–1927 | Oscar Frederick Rowntree | |
| 1927–1928 | Arthur Richmond Fox | |
| 1928–1929 | Edwin John Leetham Rymer | Coal merchant. Son of Sir Joseph Sykes Rymer, Mayor 1907,1912 |
| 1929–1930 | Charles William Shipley | Railwayman |
| 1930–1931 | Sir William Alexander Forster-Todd | |
| 1931–1932 | Robert Horton Vernon Wragge | Tour operator |
| 1932–1933 | Henry Rhodes Brown | |
| 1933–1935 | Herbert Edward Harrowell | Solicitor |
| 1935–1936 | William Henry Shaw | Railwayman |
| 1936–1937 | Thomas Morris | Builder |
| 1937–1938 | Charles Thornburn Hutchinson | Grocer |
| 1938–1939 | William Cooper | |
| 1939–1940 | Robert James Pulleyn | Builder |
| 1940–1941 | William Horsman | Overseer at Rowntrees |
| 1941–1942 | Edna Annie Crichton | First woman to be Lord Mayor |
| 1942–1943 | Edward Lacy | Painter and Decorator |
| 1943–1944 | William Thompson | |
| 1944–1945 | Harold de Bourg Chapman de Bourg | Estate agent and Surveyor |
| 1945–1947 | Fred Gaines | |
| 1947–1948 | William Dobbie | Railwayman and MP for Rotherham, 1933 |
| 1949–1950 | John Bowes Morrell | Company Director, publisher and writer |
| 1950–1951 | Ernest Harwood | |
| 1951–1952 | John Harold Kaye | |
| 1952–1953 | Cecil Walter Wright | |
| 1953–1954 | Charles Oliver | Chairman, Furniture Company |
| 1954–1955 | Frank Wright | |
| 1955–1956 | Fred Brown | |
| 1956–1957 | Vincent Albert Bosworth | |
| 1957–1958 | Eric Lawson Keld | |
| 1958–1959 | Albert Leslie Philipson | |
| 1959–1960 | Robert Stavers Oloman | |
| 1960–1961 | Wilfred Ward | |
| 1961–1962 | Ivy Gladys Wightman | |
| 1962–1963 | Robert Alexander Cattle | |
| 1963–1964 | Archibald Kirk | |
| 1964–1965 | Stanley Palphramand | Organbuilder |
| 1965–1966 | William Bridge | |
| 1966–1967 | Walter Elliott Milburn | |
| 1967–1968 | William Edwin Hargrave | |
| 1968–1969 | Mona May Armitage | |
| 1969–1970 | Ronald Scobey | |
| 1970–1971 | Arthur Joseph Hardcastle | |
| 1971–1972 | Richard Scruton | |
| 1972–1973 | Harry Victor Boulton | |
| 1973–1974 | Jack Milnes Wood | |
| 1974–1975 | William Thomas Burke | |
| 1975–1976 | Jack Penty Birch | Builder |
| 1976–1977 | Jack Archer | Railwayman |
| 1977–1978 | Thomas Hibbert | |
| 1978–1979 | Samuel Edwin Brearley | |
| 1979–1980 | William Richardson | |
| 1980–1981 | Clive Bushell Kay | Company Director |
| 1981–1982 | Charles William Fairclough | |
| 1982–1983 | Philip Booth | |
| 1983–1984 | Stephen Fred Galloway | |
| 1984–1985 | Kenneth Cooper | Also a Deputy Lord Lieutenant of North Yorkshire |
| 1985–1986 | Marjorie Seward Bwye | |
| 1986–1987 | Cyril Arthur Waite | |
| 1987–1988 | Malcolm James Heppell | Railwayman |
| 1988–1989 | Reginald Pulleyn | Railwayman |
| 1989–1990 | Jack Archer | |
| 1990–1991 | Keith Simpson Wood | |
| 1991–1992 | Albert Cowen | |
| 1992–1993 | Bernard Alfred Bell | Railwayman |
| 1993–1994 | Ann Reid | |
| 1994–1995 | David Wilde | Teacher |
| 1995–1996 | John Boardman | Teacher, bus driver |
| 1996–1997 | Kenneth William King | Postman |
| 1997–1998 | Michael John Bradley | |
| 1998–1999 | Derek Wilbraham Smallwood | Retired bus driver |
| 1999–2000 | Peter Vaughan | |

### 21st century

| Year | Name | Notes |
| 2000–2001 | Shân Edryd Braund | |
| 2001–2002 | Irene Mary Waudby | |
| 2002–2003 | David Anthony Horton | Retired Railway Engineer, JP, MBE |
| 2003–2004 | Charles Hall | |
| 2004–2005 | Janet Looker | retired Solicitor |
| 2005–2006 | Janet Greenwood | |
| 2006–2007 | Janet Hopton | |
| 2007–2008 | Irene Mary Waudby | |
| 2008–2009 | Brian Walter Joseph Edward Watson | |
| 2009–2010 | John Galvin | |
| 2010–2011 | Sue Galloway | |
| 2011–2012 | David Anthony Horton | |
| 2012–2013 | Keith Hyman | |
| 2013–2014 | Julie Gunnell | Charity worker |
| 2014–2015 | Ian Gillies | Former police officer, sales manager, businessman |
| 2015–2016 | Sonja Crisp | |
| 2016–2017 | Dave Taylor | Former local government worker |
| 2017–2018 | Barbara Boyce | Former local government worker and teacher |
| 2018–2019 | Keith Orrell | |
| 2019–2021 | Janet Looker | Served two years due to the coronavirus pandemic |
| 2021–2022 | Chris Cullwick | Ordained in the Church of England |
| 2022–2023 | David Carr | |
| 2023–2024 | Chris Cullwick | Ordained in the Church of England |
| 2024–2025 | Margaret Wells | |