Past Mayors

 

Hereford has a storied history of Mayors which began in 1382, comprising 639 Mayoral years. Below, you can view the entire list of all of Hereford’s Mayors as well as the year they were in service and under which Monarch they served.

 

FOURTEENTH CENTURY MAYORS
King Richard II
1 1382 Thomas Whitfield
2 1383 Henry Catchpoole
3 1384 Henry Catchpoole
4 1385 Richard Scudamore
5 1386 Richard Scudamore
6 1387 Richard Scudamore
7 1388 Richard Faulke
8 1389 Richard Scudamore
9 1390 Thomas Chippenham
10 1391 John Prophete
11 1392 Thomas Whitfield
12 1393 Thomas Whitfield
13 1394 Richard Scudamore
14 1395 John Trovie
15 1396 John Trovie
16 1397 Thomas Chippenham
17 1398 Thomas Chippenham
King Henry IV
18 1399 Thomas Chippenham
19 1400 John Falke
FIFTEENTH CENTURY MAYORS
20 1401 John Falke
21 1402 John Falke
22 1403 John Falke
23 1404 John Falke
24 1405 John Mey
25 1406 John Mey
26 1407 John Mey
27 1408 John Mey
28 1409 John Mey
29 1410 John Mey
30 1411 John Mey
31 1412 John Falke
32 1413 John Mey
33 1414 John Mey
King Henry V
34 1415 John Mey
35 1416 John Mey
36 1417 John Mey
37 1418 John Mey
38 1419 Walter Mibb
39 1420 Thomas Chippenham
40 1421 John Falke
King Henry VI
41 1422 John Falke
42 1423 John Mey
43 1424 John Mey
44 1425 John Mey
45 1426 John Mey
46 1427 John Mey
47 1428 John Mey
48 1429 John Mey
49 1430 George Braynton
50 1431 George Braynton
51 1432 George Braynton
52 1433 George Braynton
53 1434 John Fuyster
54 1435 John Falke
55 1436 Henry Chippenham
56 1437 John Woodward
57 1438 John Woodward
58 1439 John Fuyster
59 1440 John Falke
60 1441 John Mey
61 1442 William Berrington
62 1443 Henry Chippenham
63 1444 Nicholas Falke
64 1445 Nicholas Falke
65 1446 John Fuyster
66 1447 Richard Green
67 1448 Maurice Newton
68 1449 John Wellford
69 1450 John Fuyster
70 1451 John Chippenham
71 1452 John Chippenham
72 1453 John Fuyster
73 1454 Maurice Newton
74 1455 Richard Green
75 1456 John Chippenham
76 1457 John Chippenham
77 1458 John Chippenham
78 1459 John Chippenham
79 1460 Maurice Newton
King Edward IV
80 1461 John Vintnor
81 1462 Thomas Berington
82 1463 James Mey
83 1464 John Nash
84 1465 Thomas Berington
85 1466 John Barton
86 1467 Oliver Cromwel
87 1468 John Fowler
88 1469 George Monington
89 1470 Thomas Berington
90 1471 George Monington
91 1472 George Welford
92 1473 John Parsons
93 1474 Thomas Brinles
94 1475 Thomas Mey
95 1476 John Trylow
96 1477 Thomas Bromwich
97 1478 George Monington
98 1479 John Barton
99 1480 Thomas Mey
100 1481 John Parsons
101 1482 Philip Scudamore
King Richard III
102 1483 John Stokton
102 1483 John Chippenham
103 1484 John Barton
King Henry VII
104 1485 Thomas Mey
105 1486 John Chippenham
106 1487 Philip Glover
107 1488 Robert Berrington
108 1489 Thomas Mey
109 1490 John Chippenham
110 1491 Thomas Draper
111 1492 John Trylow
112 1493 John Wall
113 1494 Roger Gibbs
114 1495 Thomas Draper
115 1496 John Trylow
116 1497 Roger Gibbs
117 1498 Roger Gibbs
118 1499 Richard Scudamore
119 1500 James Mey
SIXTEENTH CENTURY MAYORS
120 1501 Henry Chippenham
121 1502 Richard Browne
122 1503 William Wall
123 1504 John Bruggs
124 1505 Henry Chippenham
125 1506 Roger Beal
126 1507 Robert Gibbs
127 1508 William Baynham
128 1509 Richard Phillips
King Henry VIII
129 1510 Richard Bromwich
130 1511 John Wall
131 1512 Thomas Gibbons
132 1513 George Bonner
133 1514 Thomas Gibbons
134 1515 Thomas Gibbons
135 1516 Richard Phillips
136 1517 Robert Gibbs
137 1518 Richard Phillips
138 1519 Rog.Boake & Rich.Brown
139 1520 Richard Phillips
140 1521 Robert Gibbs
141 1522 William Synough
142 1523 Thomas Gibbons
143 1524 Richard Phillips
144 1525 Richard Warnecombe
145 1526 Thomas Gibbs
146 1527 John Herbert
147 1528 Thomas Howard
148 1529 John Cantercelly
149 1530 Thomas Gibbs
150 1531 Hugh Walsh
151 1532 Richard Phillips
152 1533 Thomas Gibbons
153 1534 John Meredith
154 1535 Thomas Gibbons
155 1536 Thomas Grainger
156 1537 Hugh Walsh
157 1538 Thomas Gibbons
158 1539 Thomas Havard
159 1540 Richard Warnecombe
160 1541 Hugh Meredith
161 1542 Thomas Gibbs
162 1543 William Berkeley
163 1544 Hugh Walsh
164 1545 Lewis Rice
165 1546 Thomas Bromwich
King Edward VI
166 1547 Rowland Meece
167 1548 John Warnecombe
168 1549 John Phillips
169 1550 Hugh Meredith
170 1551 Williams Rawlings
171 1552 Thomas Havard
Queen Mary I
172 1553 William Smooth
King Philip & Queen Mary
173 1554 Hugh Walsh
174 1555 John Kerry
175 1556 John Havard
176 1557 Walter Cawardine
177 1558 Richard Partridge
Queen Elizabeth I
178 1559 Thomas Gibbs
179 1560 John Maylord
180 1561 John Gibbs
181 1562 Henry Dutson
182 1563 Thomas Church.
183 1564 John Maylord
184 1565 William Rawlings
185 1566 John Barclay
186 1567 John Maylord
187 1568 Bevis Cartwright
188 1569 Matthews Jeffries
189 1570 William Bennett
190 1571 James Warnecombe
191 1572 James Boyle
192 1573 Gregory Price
193 1574 John Maylord
194 1575 Richard Warnecombe
195 1576 Gregory Price
196 1577 Richard Bromwich
197 1578 James Warnecombe
198 1579 James Boyle
199 1580 Walter Hurdman
200 1581 John Barcley
201 1582 Thomas Davies
202 1583 James Boyle
203 1584 George Hurdman
204 1585 William Maylord
205 1586 Thomas Church
206 1587 Paul Philpotts
207 1588 William Garnons
208 1589 Richard Perrott
209 1590 Edward Watford
210 1591 Thomas Maylord
211 1592 William Webb
212 1593 Bartholomew Edwards
213 1594 William Boyle
214 1595 Bryan Newton
215 1596 John Carwardine
216 1597 Gregory Price
217 1598 Edward Rawlins
218 1599 Richard Ravenhill
219 1600 James Smith
SEVENTEENTH CENTURY MAYORS
220 1601 Thomas Clark
221 1602 Walter Hurdman
King James I
222 1603 John Midson
223 1604 John Warden
224 1605 James Russel
225 1606 William Whitlash
226 1607 William Carwardine
227 1608 Thomas Stephens
228 1609 John Syrrel
229 1610 Thomas Crump
230 1611 George Smith
231 1612 Thomas Williams
232 1613 Walter Morris
233 1614 Roger Philpotts
234 1615 James Smith
235 1616 James Rod
236 1617 Philip Symonds
237 1618 John Clark
238 1619 Jonah Wellington
239 1620 John Thyme
240 1621 James Lane
241 1622 Philip Treherne
242 1623 William Cooper
243 1624 Thomas Aldern
King Charles I
244 1625 Richard Vaynoll
245 1626 James Lawrence
246 1627 Richard Weaver
247 1628 James Cawardine
248 1629 Richard Evans
249 1630 Jonas Meredith
250 1631 Richard Edwins
251 1632 Thomas Curtos
252 1633 Anthony Pembridge
253 1634 Walter Hall
254 1635 Richard Philpotts
255 1636 Thomas Church
256 1637 Thomas Symonds
257 1638 Lowry Melling
258 1639 James Barrell
259 1640 Edmund Aston
260 1641 David Bowen
261 1642 William Price
262 1643 Thos.Rogers & Phil.Trahern
263 1644 John Cowper
264 1645 William Cutter
265 1646 William Philips
266 1647 Richard Philpotts
267 1648 Edw.King & Thos.Seabourne
King Charles II
268 1649 Thomas Seabourne
269 1650 John Powell
270 1651 John Lewis
271 1652 Thomas Bond
272 1653 Jerome Addis
273 1654 Richard Lyde
274 1655 Roger Meredith
275 1656 James Smith
276 1657 Thomas Paymard
277 1658 William Lane
278 1659 John Hill
279 1660 Thomas Davies
280 1661 James Lawrence
281 1662 Thomas Holmes
282 1663 William Edwins
283 1664 Robert Symonds
284 1665 James Ely
285 1666 Hugh Rodd
286 1667 John Smyth
287 1668 James Wellington
288 1669 John Rawlings
289 1670 Richard Wadeley
290 1671 Thomas Clark
291 1672 John Williams
292 1673 J W Philpotts W
293 1674 Thomas Symonds
294 1675 Lowry Caldicott
295 1676 Abraham Seward
296 1677 Thomas Matthews
297 1678 Richard Williams
298 1679 James Price
299 1680 John Cook
300 1681 Richard Gower
301 1682 Thomas Clark
302 1683 Herbert Westfaling
303 1684 Symon Traunton
King James II
304 1685 Griffith Reynolds
305 1686 Thomas Smith
306 1687 John Williams
307 1688 Thos. Holmes & Thos. Clark
King William III & Queen Mary II
308 1689 Thos.Clark & Lowry Smith
309 1690 Gabriel Bleake
310 1691 Richard Pool
311 1692 Thomas Church
312 1693 John Abraham
313 1694 John Morse
King William III
314 1695 Jonah Taylor
315 1696 Thomas Aldern
316 1697 Bridstock Harford
317 1698 Richard Baynham
318 1699 James Lane
319 1700 George Green
EIGHTEENTH CENTURY MAYORS
320 1701 Adam Wiggins
Queen Ann
321 1702 Charles Cawardine
322 1703 Richard Hankins
323 1704 Cane Woodhouse
324 1705 William Wadeley
325 1706 William Symonds
326 1707 Robert Clayton
327 1708 Philip Scandret
328 1709 William Maddox
329 1710 Thomas Bayley
330 1711 Thomas Barrow
331 1712 Philip Symonds
332 1713 Benjamin Philips
King George I
333 1714 Thomas Witherstone
334 1715 Thomas Raynard
335 1716 Thomas Symonds
336 1717 Thomas Traunter
337 1718 Thomas Russel
338 1719 Thomas Church
339 1720 Thomas Smith
340 1721 Richard Pool
341 1722 John Baynham
342 1723 Wm.Jones & Wm. Maddox
343 1724 John Hunt
344 1725 Thomas Williams
345 1726 James Hunt
King George II
346 1727 Philip Symonds
347 1728 Thomas Ford
348 1729 Theophilus Lane
349 1730 Charles Mayo
350 1731 Thomas Sandford
351 1732 Thomas Williams
352 1733 Robert Ravenhill
353 1734 William Holmes
354 1735 James Symonds
355 1736 Joseph Trumper
356 1737 William Rowley
357 1738 Edmund Thomas
358 1739 Thomas Croft
359 1740 James Brotherton
360 1741 James Lord
361 1742 William Stephens
362 1743 William Maddox
363 1744 Thomas Seaborne
364 1745 John Cam
365 1746 George Hipkis
366 1747 William Ravenhill
367 1748 Robert Symonds
368 1749 Robt.Scandrett & J.Symonds
369 1750 William Chinn
370 1751 James Terry
371 1752 Chas.Bisse & Ed. Thomas
372 1753 Thomas Gomond
373 1754 William Holmes
374 1755 Cane Woodhouse
375 1756 Jo.Cooke & Ja.Brotherton & Wm.Maddox &
376 1757 Josias Clerk
377 1758 John Medley
378 1759 Price Clutton
King George III
379 1760 Richard Moore
380 1761 John Wood
381 1762 Thomas Church
382 1763 Francis Campbell
383 1764 Arnold Barroll
384 1765 William Chinn
385 1766 John Gwillim
386 1767 Thomas Mayo
387 1768 Edward Cox
388 1769 Stephen Sandford
389 1770 William Barrow
390 1771 George Terry
391 1772 Isaac Skyrme
392 1773 William Bird
393 1774 John Cam
394 1775 George Hayward
395 1776 Laton Lambe
396 1777 Thomas Gomond
397 1778 John Bowles
398 1779 John Seabourne
399 1780 Charles Cooke
400 1781 Joseph Perrin
401 1782 William Ravenhill
402 1783 James Holland
403 1784 William Holmes
404 1785 John Whitmore
405 1786 William Taylor
406 1787 Eichard Hardwick
407 1788 John Palmer
408 1789 Robert Hathaway
409 1790 Benjamin Maddy
NINETEENTH CENTURY MAYORS
410 1791 Peter Dickens
411 1792 Francis Havard
412 1793 John Matthews
413 1794 James Hereford
414 1795 John Ireland
415 1796 Robert Phillipps
416 1797 Fra.Bal.Thomas
417 1798 William Symonds
418 1799 William Bennett
419 1800 James Wainwright
420 1801 William Bowles
421 1802 John Griffiths
422 1803 John Sherbourne
423 1804 Thomas Bird
424 1805 John Jones
425 1806 Thomas Knill
426 1807 Thomas Webb
427 1808 Thomas Russell
428 1809 John Perry
429 1810 Francis Ravenhill
430 1811 John Green
431 1812 Samuel Hughes
432 1813 John Aston
433 1814 William Ravenhill
434 1815 James Jones
435 1816 William Johnson
436 1817 William Wilton
437 1818 John G S Patershall
438 1819 Benjamin Wainwright
King George IV
439 1820 William Pateshall
440 1821 Charles Honiatt
441 1822 Edward Bullmer
442 1823 John Gwillim
443 1824 John Bleech Lye
444 1825 John Griffiths
445 1826 William Pulling
446 1827 John Garrett
447 1828 Jonathan Elliot Gough
448 1829 James Eyre
King William IV
449 1830 John Farmer
450 1831 William Bennett
451 1832 Edward Poole
452 1833 Richard Bulmer
453 1833 John Aston
454 1834 George Bonnor
455 1835 George Bonnor
456 1836 John Griffiths & Jn.Elliott Gough
Queen Victoria
457 1837 Jonathan Elliott Gough
458 1838 John Benbow
459 1839 Nicholas L.Pateshall
460 1840 Francis L Bodenham L.
461 1841 Thomas Bennett Bennett,
462 1842 John Rogers
463 1843 William Webb
464 1844 William Webb
465 1845 William James
466 1846 Robert Archibald
467 1847 James Jay
468 1848 Robert Archibald
469 1849 Benjamin Lloyd
470 1850 Thomas Evans
471 1851 Edward Wenyss
472 1852 Charles Anthony
473 1853 Charles Anthony
474 1854 Charles Anthony
475 1855 Charles Anthony
476 1856 William George
477 1857 Francis Lewis Bodenham
478 1858 Edward Abley
479 1859 Benjamin Lloyd
480 1860 Thomas Cam
481 1861 Joseph Carless
482 1862 James Jay
483 1863 Evan Pateshall
484 1864 Thomas Cam
485 1865 John Boseley
486 1866 J Frederick Symonds Frederick
487 1867 J Gwynne James Gwynne
488 1868 Charles Anthony
489 1869 Charles Anthony
490 1870 Thomas Llanwarne
491 1871 Edwin Edward Bosley
492 1872 Edwin Edward Bosley
493 1873 Edwin Edward Bosley
494 1874 Orlando Shellard
495 1875 Orlando Shellard
496 1876 Phillip Ralph
497 1877 William Stallard
498 1878 James Henry Knight
499 1879 James Thomas O Fowler
500 1880 Thomas Maund
501 1881 Thomas Llanwarne
502 1882 Mackay John G Scobie
503 1883 Henry Rogers
504 1884 John Howell Morley
505 1885 John Howell Morley
506 1886 J Gwynne James
507 1887 Orlando Shellard
508 1888 Henry Child Beddoe
509 1889 Alfred Gurney
510 1890 William Boycott
511 1891 William F Chave
512 1892 John Reginald Symonds
513 1893 Edwin Edward Bosley
514 1894 William John Humfrys
515 1895 Alfred Gurney
516 1896 Thomas Llanwarne
517 1897 Henry Child Beddoe
518 1898 Francis Reginald James
519 1899 William John Humfrys
520 1900 Edwin Edward Bosley
TWENTIETH CENTURY MAYORS
King Edward VII
521 1901 Edwin Edward Bosley
521 1901 John Reginald Symonds
522 1902 John Reginald Symonds
523 1903 Henry Child Beddoe
524 1904 Charles Witts
525 1905 Edwyn Charles Gurney
526 1906 George Jackson Caldwell
527 1907 James Mitchell
528 1908 Edward Frederick Bulmer
529 1909 Walter Pilley
King George V
530 1910 Walter Pilley
531 1911 Edmund Lamb Wallis
532 1912 Henry Walker
533 1913 George Bance Greenland
534 1914 George Bance Greenland
535 1915 George Bance Greenland
536 1916 Edward Robert Dymond
537 1917 Edmund Robert Dymond
538 1918 Edmund Robert Dymond
539 1919 Arthur Dyne Steel
540 1920 Geoff.Arthur Carlisle Thynne
541 1921 Matthew Curnow Oatfield
524 1922 James C M Vaughan
543 1923 Alfred Kear
544 1924 Wm.George Child Britten
545 1925 Edward Frederick Bulmer
546 1926 R H Symonds-Tayler
547 1927 E W Langford
548 1928 Thomas W Goodwin
549 1929 Louise Henrietta Luard
550 1930 Frederick Lewis Smith
551 1931 William Harry Wright
552 1932 Bernard Powell
553 1933 E W Langford
554 1934 John Vincent Shaw
555 1935 Phillip Gwynne James
King Edward VIII
556 1936 Louise H Luard
King George VI
557 1937 Frederick William Allcock
558 1938 Harry Percy Barnsley
559 1939 Harry Percy Barnsley
560 1940 Harry Percy Barnsley
561 1941 Harry Percy Barnsley
562 1942 R C Monkley
563 1943 R C Monkley
564 1944 T Powell
565 1945 C G Marchant
566 1946 T Lindsey Price
567 1947 C Franklin
568 1949 W Pigott
569 1950 I J B Snell
570 1951 G F C Higginbot
Queen Elizabeth II
571 1952 A E Farr
572 1953 A E Farr
573 1954 T W Grimmer
574 1955 Janet Ainslie
575 1956 C J Gooding
576 1957 F R W Blackler
577 1958 D J Shaw
578 1959 T R Stephens
579 1960 P G B Powell
580 1961 W H Blundstone
581 1962 E W G Ballinger
582 1963 J Harding
583 1964 G G Elcox
584 1965 S L Beaumont
585 1966 E P Carter
586 1967 H J Evans
587 1968 I I Williams
588 1969 E E Hunt
589 1970 W R B Griffiths
590 1971 M H Thomas
591 1972 Joan D Predergast
592 1973 F C Warr
593 1974 James William Baldwin
594 1975 Michael Kevin Predergast
595 1976 Walter Arthur Bowles
596 1977 June Elizabeth Carter
597 1978 David Cyril Short
598 1979 Derek Harold Edward Peter Wheeler
599 1980 Evaline Mary Bew
600 1981 William George Higgins
601 1982 James McMahon
602 1983 Michael John Proctor
603 1984 George Raymond Glyn Baynon
604 1985 Stephen John Stroucken
605 1986 Walter Little
606 1987 George Malcolm Bew
607 1988 Basil Cuthbert Baldwin
608 1989 John Walter Newman
609 1990 Mrs J. E. Kelly
610 1991 Michael Turbutt
611 1992 Charles Patrick Conroy Davies
612 1993 Robert Edward Geoffrey Alford
613 1994 Catherine Doris Lilian Gundy
614 1995 George Vincent Hyde
615 1996 Leslie Mervyn Henson Andrews
616 1997 Clement Allan Tudge
617 1998 David John Fleet
618 1999 Colin George Rumsey
619 2000 Richard Thomas
620 2001 Susan Andrews
621 2002 Alan Williams
622 2003 Winefride Ursula Attfield
623 2004 Paulina Averil Andrews
624 2005 Marcelle Lloyd-Hayes
625 2006 Robert Preece
626 2007 Arthur Christopher Richard Chappell
627 2008 Kevin John Charles Wargen
628 2009 Sylvia Petula Ann Daniels
629 2010 Anna Maria Toon
630 2011 Julie Diane Woodward
631 2012 Denis Brian Wilcox
632 2013 Philip James Edwards
633 2014 Leonard Charles Tawn
634 2015 Charles Edwin Nicholls
635 2016 James Llewellyn Vivian Kenyon
636 2017 Sharon Michael
637 2018 Sue Bolter
638 2019 Kath Hey
639 2020 Kath Hey
640 2021 Paul Stevens
641 2022 Mark Dykes
642 2023 Jacqui Carwardine

 

 

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