# List of mayors of Norwich

This is a list of mayors and the later lord mayors of the city of Norwich.
Norwich had elected a mayor since 1403 when a Charter of Henry IV allowed the Freemen of the city to elect Councillors, Aldermen, Sheriffs and a Mayor serving for one year. The city was awarded the dignity of a lord mayoralty by letters patent in 1910 "in view of the position occupied by that city as the chief city of East Anglia and of its close association with his Majesty". When Norwich became a metropolitan borough in 1974 the honour was reconfirmed by letters patent dated 1 April 1974.

## Mayors of Norwich

Source (1900–2013): Norwich City Council
| Year | Name | Notes |
| 1403–04 | William Appleyard | First Mayor of Norwich. MP for Norwich, 1383, 1384, 1385, 1388, 1390, 1395, 1397, 1402, 1416 and 1419 |
| 1408–09 | Edmund Warner | Merchant. MP for Norwich, 1401 |
| 1414–15 | John Bixley | Merchant. MP for Norwich, 1413, 1415, 1416, 1419 |
| 1421–22 | William Sedman | MP for Norwich, 1413, 1414, 1416 |
| 1424–25 | Robert Baxter | Mercer. MP for Norwich, 1420, 1421 |
| 1429–30 | Robert Baxter | Mercer. MP for Norwich, 1420, 1421 |
| 1435, 1440, 1452 and 1458 | Robert Toppes | MP for Norwich |
| 1481 and 1492 | Robert Aylmer | Grocer, Sheriff of Norwich in 1471, Alderman of Norwich in 1480 |
| 1511 | Richard Aylmer | Grocer, Sheriff of Norwich in 1501 |
| 1515–16 | John Clerke | Mercer. MP for Norwich, 1512 |
| 1520–21 | John Clerke | Mercer. MP for Norwich, 1512 |
| 1521–22 | Edward Rede | MP for Norwich, 1529 |
| 1531–32 | Edward Rede | MP for Norwich, 1529 |
| 1532–33 | Reginald Lytilprowe | MP for Norwich, 1529 |
| 1534–35 | Augustine Steward | MP for Norwich, 1539, 1547 |
| 1539–40 | Nicholas Sotherton | Alderman and grocer of Norwich |
| 1542–43 | William Rogers | MP for Norwich, 1542 |
| 1543–44 | Edward Rede | MP for Norwich, 1529 |
| 1545–46 | Robert Rugge | MP for Norwich, 1545 |
| 1546–47 | Augustine Steward | MP for Norwich, 1539, 1547 |
| 1547-48 | Robert Leech | |
| 1548-49 | Edmond Wood | Died in office |
| 1548-49 | William Rogers | |
| 1549-50 | Thomas Codde | |
| 1550–51 | Robert Rugge | MP for Norwich, 1545 |
| 1551-52 | Richard Davy | |
| 1552-53 | Thomas Cook | |
| 1553-54 | Henry Crooke | |
| 1554–55 | Thomas Marsham | MP for Norwich, 1553 |
| 1555-56 | Felix Puttock | died in office |
| 1555-56 | Thomas Codde | |
| 1556–57 | Augustine Steward | MP for Norwich, 1539, 1547 |
| 1557-58 | Henry Bacon | |
| 1558–59 | John Aldrich | MP for Norwich, 1555, 1572 |
| 1559-60 | Richard Fletcher | |
| 1560–61 | Robert Michell | MP for Norwich, 1563 |
| 1561-62 | William Mingay | |
| 1562-63 | William Ferrour | |
| 1563-64 | Richard Davy | |
| 1564-65 | Nicholas Norgate | |
| 1565–66 | Thomas Sotherton | MP for Norwich, 1558, 1559 |
| 1566-67 | Henry Bacon | |
| 1567-68 | Thomas Whall | |
| 1568–69 | Thomas Parker | MP for Norwich, 1563 |
| 1569-70 | Robert Wood | |
| 1570–71 | John Aldrich | MP for Norwich, 1555, 1572 |
| 1571-72 | Thomas Greene | |
| 1572–73 | Robert Suckling | Mercer. MP for Norwich, 1586 |
| 1573-74 | Christopher Soam | |
| 1574-75 | Thomas Peck | |
| 1575-76 | William Ferrour | |
| 1576–77 | Thomas Layer | Grocer. MP for Norwich, 1586 |
| 1577-78 | Thomas Culley | |
| 1578-79 | Sir Robert Wood | |
| 1579–80 | Simon Bowde | MP for Norwich, 1584 |
| 1580-81 | Christopher Soam | |
| 1581–82 | Christopher Layer | Grocer. MP for Norwich, 1584 and 1597 |
| 1582–83 | Robert Suckling | Mercer. MP for Norwich, 1586 |
| 1583–84 | Thomas Gleane | Draper or mercer. MP for Norwich, 1589 |
| 1584-85 | John Suckling | |
| 1585-86 | Thomas Layer | |
| 1586-87 | Thomas Peck | |
| 1587–88 | Francis Rugge | Mercer. MP for Norwich, 1589 |
| 1588-89 | Simon Bowde | |
| 1589–90 | Christopher Layer | Grocer. MP for Norwich, 1584 and 1597 |
| 1590-91 | Thomas Pettus | |
| 1591–92 | Robert Yarham | MP for Norwich, 1593 |
| 1592–93 | Thomas Gleane | Draper or mercer. MP for Norwich, 1589 |
| 1593-94 | Clement Hyrne | |
| 1594-95 | Christopher Soam | |
| 1595-96 | Thomas Layer | |
| 1596-97 | Richard Ferrour | |
| 1597-98 | Thomas Pye | |
| 1598-99 | Francis Rugge | |
| 1599-1600 | Roger Weld | |
| 1600–01 | Alexander Thurston | MP for Norwich, 1601 |
| 1601-02 | John Tesmond | |
| 1602 | Thomas Gleane (disputed) | Gleane was elected in 1602, but the election was disputed. |
| 1602-03 | Francis Rugge | |
| 1603-04 | Thomas Lane | |
| 1604–05 | Thomas Hyrne | Grocer. MP for Norwich, 1614, 1624, 1625, 1626 |
| 1605–06 | Thomas Sotherton | MP for Norwich, 1597 |
| 1606-07 | Joshua Culley | |
| 1607-08 | George Downing | |
| 1608–09 | John Pettus | MP for Norwich, 1601, 1604 |
| 1609–10 | Thomas Hyrne | Grocer. MP for Norwich, 1614, 1624, 1625, 1626 |
| 1610–11 | Roger Ramsey | |
| 1611–12 | Thomas Anguish | |
| 1612–13 | Thomas Blosse | |
| 1613–14 | George Cocke | |
| 1614–15 | Thomas Pettus | |
| 1615–16 | Peter Gleane | MP for Norwich, 1628 |
| 1616–17 | Sir Thomas Hyrne | Grocer. MP for Norwich, 1614, 1624, 1625, 1626 |
| 1618–19 | Richard Rosse | MP for Norwich, 1621 |
| 1621–22 | George Birch | Grocer and Apothecary |
| 1624–25 | Robert Debney | MP for Norwich, 1628 |
| 1652–53 | William Barnham | Hosier. MP for Norwich, 1659, 1660 |
| 1657–58 | Christopher Jay | MP for Norwich, 1661 |
| 1660 | Sir Joseph Payne | Monument in St Gregory Pottergate, Norwich |
| 1670–71 | Augustine Briggs | MP for Norwich, 1678 |
| 1681–82 | Hugh Bokenham | MP for Norwich, 1690 |
| 1685–86 | Francis Gardiner | MP for Norwich, 1695 |
| 1691–92 | Thomas Blofield | MP for Norwich, 1689 |
| 1694–95 | John Ward | MP for Norwich, 1694 |
| 1700–01 | Edward Clarke | MP for Norwich, 1701 |
| | John Hall | |
| | John Atkinson | |
| | John Freeman | |
| 1704 | William Blyth | |
| | Peter Thacker | |
| | William Cooke | |
| | Peter Seaman | |
| | Thomas Havers | |
| | Matthew Nall | |
| 1710–11 | Robert Bene | MP for Norwich, 1710 |
| | William Cockman | |
| | John Goose | |
| | Nicholas Helwys | |
| 1714–15 | John Norman | Local farmer, landowner and brewer |
| 1734 | Philip Meadows | Worsted manufacturer |
| 1735 | Thomas Vere | MP for Norwich, 1735 |
| 1737 | John Spurrell | Sheriff 1728, mayor 1737, alderman of South Conisford Ward for nearly 40 years |
| 1759 | Nockold Tompson | Brewer |
| 1774 | James Crowe | surgeon |
| 1781 | John Morse | Brewer, Sheriff of Norwich 1779 |
| 1788 | John Patteson | MP for Norwich, 1806 |
| 1797 | James Crowe | Surgeon |
| 1803 | John Morse | Brewer, Sheriff of Norwich 1779 |
| 1819-20 | Nathaniel Bolingbroke | Founder of Bolingbroke & Co |
| 1823 | John Staniforth Patteson | Brewer |
| 1824 | Thomas Thurtell | Father of John Thurtell |
| 1828–29 | Thomas Thurtell | |
| 1833–34 | Sir Samuel Bignold | MP for Norwich, 1854 |
| 1838-39 | John Marshall | Dry salter, oil and gum dealer. Sheriff of Norwich 1834-35 |
| 1846–47 | Jeremiah Colman | Miller. Founder of Colman's Mustard |
| 1848–49 | Sir Samuel Bignold | MP for Norwich, 1854 |
| 1849–50 | Henry Woodcock | Dental Surgeon, Sheriff of Norwich 1838-39 |
| 1850–51 | Henry Woodcock | Dental Surgeon, Sheriff of Norwich 1838-39 |
| 1853–54 | Sir Samuel Bignold | MP for Norwich, 1854 |
| 1859–60 | Jacob Henry Tillett | Solicitor. MP for Norwich, 1880 |
| 1860–61 | W. J. Utten Browne | |
| 1861–62 | John Oddin Taylor | |
| 1862–63 | Henry Stanley Patteson | |
| 1863–64 | Osborn Springfield | |
| 1864–65 | Charles Edward Tuck | |
| 1865-66 | W.P. Nichols | Prominent Norwich surgeon. Liberal |
| 1866–67 | Frederick Elwin Watson | |
| 1867–68 | Jeremiah James Colman | MP for Norwich, 1871 |
| 1868–69 | Edward Kerrison Harvey | |
| 1869–1870 | Augustus Frederick Coke Bollingbroke | |
| 1870–71 | Frederick Elwin Watson | |
| 1872–73 | Sir Samuel Bignold | MP for Norwich, 1854 |
| 1873–74 | Samuel Gurney Buxton | of The Hall, Catton, Norfolk |
| 1875–76 | Jacob Henry Tillett | Solicitor. MP for Norwich, 1880 |
| 1876–77 | Richard Coller | |
| 1877–78 | Joseph De Carle Smith | |
| 1878–80 | Harry Bullard | Brewer |
| 1883-84 | Sir Peter Eade | |
| 1885-86 | John Gurney | |
| 1886–87 | Harry Bullard | Brewer |
| 1891–92 | George Moore Chamberlin | Store owner. High Sheriff of Norfolk, 1926 |
| 1893-94 | Sir Peter Eade | |
| 1894–95 | Charles Edward Bignold | |
| 1895 (May-Nov) | Sir Peter Eade | |
| 1895–96 | John Moore | |
| 1896–97 | Sir Charles Rackham Gilman | Knighted 1897 |
| 1897–98 | Clement Charles Rix Spelman | |
| 1898–99 | George Henry Morse | |
| 1899–1900 | James William Clabburn | |
| 1900–01 | Joseph John Dawson-Paul | |
| 1901–02 | Russell James Colman | |
| 1902–03 | Lieutenant Colonel John Robert Harvey | |
| 1903–04 | Geoffrey Fowell Buxton | |
| 1904–05 | Henry Zachariah Thompson Flowers | |
| 1905–06 | Edward Thomas Boardman | Architect |
| 1906–07 | William Robert Crow Howlett | |
| 1907–08 | Edmund Gurney Buxton | High Sheriff of Norfolk, 1922 |
| 1908–09 | Walter Rye | |