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
This list details which livery company each Lord Mayor was associated with.
Before 1300
Notes
^ a b c d e f g h iThe Drapers are recognised as having formed a fraternity from 1180, were incorporated in 1361, and received a Royal Charter in 1438.
^ a b c dThe Mercers incorporated under Royal Charter in 1394.
^ a b c dThe Grocers were known as the Guild of Pepperers from 1180 until 1373, and incorporated under a Royal Charter of 1428.
^ a bThe Goldsmiths formed as a guild in the 12th century and received their first Royal Charter of Incorporation in 1327.
14th century
Notes
^ a b c d e f g h iThe 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 dThe Goldsmiths originated in the 12th century, but did not receive a Royal Charter until 1327.
^ a b c d e f g hThe Grocers were the Guild of Pepperers from 1180 until 1373, but did not incorporate under Royal Charter until 1428.
^ a b c d eThe Mercers incorporated under Royal Charter in 1394.
^ a bThe Vintners probably originated in the 12th century, but did not receive a Royal Charter until 1364.
Lord mayors
14th century
Notes
^ a b c dThe Mercers incorporated under Royal Charter in 1394.
^ a bThe Vintners probably originated in the 12th century, but did not receive a Royal Charter until 1364.
^ a bThe Grocers were the Guild of Pepperers from 1180 until 1373, but did not incorporate under Royal Charter until 1428.
^ a b c dThe 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
Notes
^ a b c d e f g hThe 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 fThe Grocers did not incorporate under Royal Charter until 1428.
^ a b cThe 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.
^ a b c dH.T. Riley, Chronicles of the Mayors and Sheriffs of London, A.D. 1188 to A.D. 1274 (Trübner and Co., London 1863), pp. 4-5 (Internet Archive).
^ a b cChronicles of the Mayors and Sheriffs: 1188-1239 | British History Online. 1863. pp. 1–8. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
^"Detailed Results for Reginald * de Bungheye". masl.library.utoronto.ca. University of Toronto. Retrieved 10 September 2022.
^Anglo-American Legal Tradition. Documents from Medieval and Early Modern England from the National Archives in London. University of Houston.
^Source: National Archives and Worshipful Company of Drapers archives
^"The Lord Mayors of London". Retrieved 27 April 2016.
^'Mathew (Braddon, Co. Northampton)', in J.B. Burke, The General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales: Comprising a Registry of Armorial Bearings from the Earliest to the Present Time (Harrison, London 1884), p. 669 (Internet Archive).
^"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.
^H. Miller, 'Seymour, Sir Thomas I (by 1476-1535/36), of London, Saffron Walden, Essex and Hoxton, Mdx.', in S.T. Bindoff (ed.), The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1509-1558 (from Boydell and Brewer, 1982), History of Parliament online (accessed 1 October 2022).
^'Notes to the Diary: 'Funeral of alderman Sir Ralph Warren', in J.G. Nichols (ed.), The Diary of Henry Machyn, Citizen and Merchant-Taylor of London, Camden Society (London 1848), Original Series Vol. XLII, p. 330; and see 'Funeral of Sir Henry Huberthorne', at p. 352 (Internet Archive).
^H. Miller, 'Hill, Sir Rowland (by 1498–1561), of London and Hodnet, Salop.', in S.T. Bindoff (ed.), The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1509-1558 (from Boydell and Brewer, 1982), History of Parliament Online (accessed 1 October 2022).
^Wales, Tim (28 September 2006). Box, Henry and Mary, educational benefactors. Vol. 1. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/90080.
^'The Temporall Government of this Citie', in A. Munday (ed.), The Survey of London; contayning the Orignall, Increase, Moderne Estate and Government of that Citie, begun by Iohn Stow (Elizabeth Purslow for Nicholas Bourne, London 1633), pp. 535-98, at p. 590, col. b (Internet Archive).
^W. Foster (ed.), The Travels of John Sanderson in the Levant 1584–1602 (Hakluyt Society, London 1931), pp. 1-8 (Internet Archive).
^A.M. Mimardiere, 'Saltonstall, Richard (d.1601), of London and South Ockendon, Essex', in P.W. Hasler (ed.), The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1558-1603 (from Boydell and Brewer, 1981), History of Parliament Online (accessed 1 October 2022).
^Keepthinking – Qi CMS. "Sir Allen Cotton, Lord Mayor of London (1624)". Art UK. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
^J.B. Burke, The General Armory (1884), p. 372 (Internet Archive).
^J. Burke and J.B. Burke, A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England, Ireland and Scotland, 2nd Edition (for Scott, Webster and Geary, London 1841), p. 180 (Google).
^Hibbert, Christopher; Weinreb, Ben (1993). The London Encyclopaedia. London: Macmillan. p. 44.
^Colley, Linda (28 November 1985). In Defiance of Oligarchy. ISBN 9780521313117. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
^Keepthinking – Qi CMS. "Sir William Beckford (1709–1770), Lord Mayor of the City of London (1762 & 1769)". Art UK. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
^Nicholl, John (1851). Some Account of the Worshipful Company of Ironmongers. J.B. Nichols and son. p. 387. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
^Lord Mayor Wire www.ucl.ac.uk
^P. Salmon, H. Spencer, 'Carter (afterwards Bonham Carter), John (1788-1838), of 19 High Street, Portsmouth, Hants and 16 Duke Street, Mdx.', in D.R. Fisher (ed.), The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1820-1832 (from Cambridge University Press 2009), History of Parliament Online (accessed 1 October 2022).
^"The Lord Mayor's Orders – History Learning Site". History Learning Site. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
^Unattributed (30 September 1867). "Election Of Lord Mayor". The Times. No. 25929. p. 4.
^'Knights Bachelors: Polydore de Keyser', in W.A. Shaw and G.D. Burtchaell, The Knights of England. A Complete Record from the Earliest Time to the Present Day (etc.), 2 vols (Lord Chamberlain's Office, St James's Palace, by Sherratt and Hughes, London 1906), II, p. 385 (Internet Archive).
^Who Was Who 1981–1990. A & C Black, London. 1991. ISBN 0-7136-3336-0.
^"Order of St John". www.thegazette.co.uk. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
^Streets awash with colour for Lord Mayor’s Show
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.
External links
www.london-city-history.org.uk
A List of the MAYORS and SHERIFFS of London from the earliest Accounts. from British History Online: Pages 889–893 of A New History of London Including Westminster and Southwark. Originally published by R Baldwin, London, 1773.