List of mayors of Norwich
Mayors of Norwich
Table:
Year

Name

Notes

1403–04
William Appleyard
First Mayor of Norwich

1408–09
Edmund Warner[4]
Merchant. MP for Norwich, 1401

1414–15
John Bixley[5]
Merchant. MP for Norwich, 1413, 1415, 1416, 1419

1421–22
William Sedman[6]
MP for Norwich, 1413, 1414, 1416

1424–25
Robert Baxter[7]
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

1515–16
John Clerke[8]
Mercer. MP for Norwich, 1512

1520–21
John Clerke
Mercer. MP for Norwich, 1512

1521–22
Edward Rede[9]
MP for Norwich, 1529

1531–32
Edward Rede[10]
MP for Norwich, 1529

1532–33
Reginald Lytilprowe[11]
MP for Norwich, 1529

1534–35
Augustine Steward[12]
MP for Norwich, 1539, 1547

1542–43
William Rogers[13]
MP for Norwich, 1542

1543–44
Edward Rede[14]
MP for Norwich, 1529

1545–46
Robert Rugge[15]
MP for Norwich, 1545

1546–47
Augustine Steward[16]
MP for Norwich, 1539, 1547

1550–51
Robert Rugge[17]
MP for Norwich, 1545

1554–55
Thomas Marsham[18]
MP for Norwich, 1553

1556–57
Augustine Steward[19]
MP for Norwich, 1539, 1547

1557–58
John Aldrich[20]
MP for Norwich, 1555, 1572

1560–61
Robert Michell[21]
MP for Norwich, 1563

1565–66
Thomas Sotherton[22]
MP for Norwich, 1558, 1559

1568–69
Thomas Parker[23]
MP for Norwich, 1563

1570–71
John Aldrich[24]
MP for Norwich, 1555, 1572

1572–73
Robert Suckling[25]
Mercer. MP for Norwich, 1586

1576–77
Thomas Layer[26]
Grocer. MP for Norwich, 1586

1579–80
Simon Bowde[27]
MP for Norwich, 1584

1581–82
Christopher Layer[28]
Grocer. MP for Norwich, 1584 and 1597

1582–83
Robert Suckling[29]
Mercer. MP for Norwich, 1586

1583–84
Thomas Gleane[30]
Draper or mercer. MP for Norwich, 1589

1587–88
Francis Rugge[31]
Mercer. MP for Norwich, 1589

1589–90
Christopher Layer
Grocer. MP for Norwich, 1584 and 1597

1591–92
Robert Yarham[32]
MP for Norwich, 1593

1592–93
Thomas Gleane[30]
Draper or mercer. MP for Norwich, 1589

1600–01
Alexander Thurston[33]
MP for Norwich, 1601

1602
Thomas Gleane (disputed)[30]
Gleane was elected in 1602, but the election was called into question. The city assembly had decided in 1598 that no one was to be mayor more than twice, and that nine years had to elapse between the two periods of office. Gleane had already been twice mayor of Norwich, in 1582–83 and 1592–93. The validity of the election was referred to the lord chief justice and the learned counsel of the city, but Gleane died later that year.[30]

1604–05
Thomas Hyrne[34]
Grocer. MP for Norwich, 1614, 1624, 1625, 1626

1605–06
Thomas Sotherton[35]
MP for Norwich, 1597

1608–09
John Pettus[36]
MP for Norwich, 1601, 1604

1609–10
Thomas Hyrne
Grocer. MP for Norwich, 1614, 1624, 1625, 1626

1615–16
Peter Gleane[37]
MP for Norwich, 1628

1616–17
Sir Thomas Hyrne
Grocer. MP for Norwich, 1614, 1624, 1625, 1626

1618–19
Richard Rosse[38]
MP for Norwich, 1621

1621–22
George Birch
Grocer and Apothecary

1624–25
Robert Debney[39]
MP for Norwich, 1628

1652–53
William Barnham[40]
Hosier. MP for Norwich, 1659, 1660

1657–58
Christopher Jay[41]
MP for Norwich, 1661

1670–71
Augustine Briggs[42]
MP for Norwich, 1678

1681–82
Hugh Bokenham[43]
MP for Norwich, 1690

1685–86
Francis Gardiner[44]
MP for Norwich, 1695

1691–92
Thomas Blofield[45]
MP for Norwich, 1689

1694–95
John Ward[46]
MP for Norwich, 1694

1700–01
Edward Clarke[47]
MP for Norwich, 1701

1710–11
Robert Bene[48]
MP for Norwich, 1710

1714–24
John Norman
local farmer, landowner and brewer

1735
Thomas Vere[49]
MP for Norwich, 1735

1737
John Spurrell[50]
Sheriff 1728, mayor 1737, alderman of South Conisford Ward for nearly 40 years

1774
James Crowe
surgeon[51]

1788
John Patteson[52]
MP for Norwich, 1806

1797
James Crowe
surgeon[51]

1833–34
Sir Samuel Bignold
MP for Norwich, 1854

1846–47
Jeremiah Colman
Miller. Founder of Colman's Mustard

1848–49
Sir Samuel Bignold
MP for Norwich, 1854

1853–54
Sir Samuel Bignold
MP for Norwich, 1854

1859–60
Jacob Henry Tillett
Solicitor. MP for Norwich, 1880

1867–68
Jeremiah James Colman
MP for Norwich, 1871

1872–73
Sir Samuel Bignold
MP for Norwich, 1854

1875–76
Jacob Henry Tillett
Solicitor. MP for Norwich, 1880

1878–80
Harry Bullard
Brewer

1886–87
Harry Bullard
Brewer

1891–92
George Moore Chamberlin
Store owner. High Sheriff of Norfolk, 1926

1894–95
Charles Edward Bignold[53]

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

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