The Aldermen of the City of London

The Aldermen of the City of London, vol. II
by the Rev. Alfred B. Beaven, Eden Fisher & Co., Ltd., London, 1913.

Chronological List of Aldermen
Notes on the Aldermen

Excerpt of Beaven's introductory notes to the
"Chronological List of Aldermen from 1401 to the Present Time" in vol. II:

"The succession in each Ward is given in Volume I (pages 1-224); the following list gives the chronological succession of persons. Hence, when one or more translations from one Ward to another took place in consequence of a single death or resignation, the new Alderman is regarded as taking the seat of the one who had died or resigned, not of the one to whose Ward he succeeded. ... The dates are given throughout according to the modern computation, i.e. New Style: consequently for the periods from Jan 1 to Mar 25, annually, till 1751, the years are later by one ..."

Date Elected & vice	Alderman	Ward
Date Elected & vice	If Sheriff or Mayor. Other Offices. Date of death. Will and probate. Notes.

Henry VI began his reign 31 Aug 1422.
1422 Aleyn	John Blakden, Goldsmith	Farringdon Within 1422.
1422 Aleyn	Died ca Oct 1422; Will (HR 151 (32)) 8 Oct 1422; enrolled 18 Jan 1423.
1422 Penne	Simon Seman, Vintner	Bishopsgate 1422-33.
1422 Penne	Sheriff 1424-5. Died Aug 1433.
1422 ca Oct Blackden	John atte Water (Bithewater), Goldsmith	Farringdon Within 1422-8.
1422 ca Oct Blackden	Sheriff 1424-5.
1423 Apr 21 Whytyngdone	Richard Gosselyn, Ironmonger	Castle Baynard 1423-9.
1423 Apr 21 Whytyngdone	Sheriff 1421-2. M.P. London 1421. Died ca 1429; Will (HR 161 (57)) 24 Apr 1428; enrolled 22 Jun 1433.
1423 Oct 5 Botiler	William Estfeld, Mercer	Cripplegate 1423-46.
1423 Oct 5 Botiler	Sheriff 1422-3. Mayor 1429-30, 1437-8. Knighted 15 May 1439; M.P. London 1431, 1439, 1442; Auditor 1427-9; Master Mercers 1425, 1429, 1434, 1441. Died 1448; Will (Lambeth--139a Stafford) 15 Mar; proved 21 Jun 1448. He caused the conduit in Aldermanbury to be made.
1424 Jul Walderne	Henry Frowyk, Mercer	Bassishaw 1424- 57.
1424 Jul Walderne	Sheriff 1427-8. Mayor 1435-6, 1444-5. M.P. London 1422, 1423, 1437, 1447, 1450; Auditor 1421-4, 1429-31; Master Mercers 1426, 1430, 1435, 1442, 1449. Died ca 1459; Will (PCC 20 Stokton) 8 Apr 1459; proved 8 Mar 1460.
1426 May 10 Robert Chichele	Thomas Wandesford, Mercer	Vintry 1426-46.
1426 May 10 Robert Chichele	Sheriff 1423-4. Master Mercers 1437, 1446. Died 13 Oct 1448.
1426 Jun 12 Widyngton	John Brokle, Draper	Aldersgate 1426-34. Candlewick 1434-8. Walbrook 1438-44.
1426 Jun 12 Widyngton	Sheriff 1425-6. Mayor 1433-4. M.P. London 1421; Auditor 1421-4, 1428-30; Master Drapers 1441-2.
1426 Jun 22 Sevenoke	Robert Otele, Grocer	Tower 1426 -35. Cheap 1435-6.
1426 Jun 22 Sevenoke	Sheriff 1427-8. Mayor 1434-5. Auditor 1430-2, 1436-8; First Warden Grocers 1422-4; Master Grocers 1428-9, 1433-4. Died 1436; Will (Lambeth--460 Chichele pt. 1) 12 Sep 1436; proved 2 Mar 1437.
1428 Feb Water	John Paddesle, Goldsmith	Farringdon Within 1428-37. Langbourn 1437-51.
1428 Feb Water	Sheriff 1432-3. Mayor 1440-1. Master Mint ca 1434; Auditor 1434.
1429 Feb 25 Gosselyn	Thomas Walsingham	Castle Baynard 1429.
1429 Feb 25 Gosselyn	Died 1458; Will (PCC 8 Stokton) cod. 16 Sep; proved 11 Nov 1458. He obtained his discharge from serving as Alderman on account of his being "much occupied with the King's service," and in lieu of paying a fine he undertook to "glaze in the best manner the Eastern gable or window of Guildhall."
1429 Apr 4 Walsingham	Ralph Skynnard	Castle Baynard 1429.
1429 Apr 4 Walsingham	Auditor 1427-9.
1429 May 4 Conventre	Stephen Broun, Grocer	Aldgate 1429-45. Billingsgate 1445-60.
1429 May 4 Conventre	Sheriff 1431-2. Mayor 1438-9, 1448-9. M.P. London 1449, 1453; First Warden Grocers 1425-6; Master Grocers 1432-3, 1437-9, 1442-3, 1448-50, 1456-7. Will (HR 195 (48)) 28 Apr 1462; enrolled 3 Feb 1466. Younger brother of Sir Robert Broun, of Betchworth, who was ancestor of the Viscounts Montague.
1429 Jul 29 Skynnard	Robert Large, Mercer	Castle Baynard 1429-41.
1429 Jul 29 Skynnard	Sheriff 1425-6. M.P. London 1435; Auditor 1428-9, 1431-3; Master Mercers 1431, 1436. Died 24 Apr 1441; Will (PCC 16, 19 Rous) 11 Apr; proved 6 May 1441. William Caxton was apprenticed to him. Large's widow married John Gedney (see above).
ca 1429 Tafersale	William Melreth, Mercer	Broad St 1429- 46.
ca 1429 Tafersale	Sheriff 1425-6. M.P. London 1427, 1429, 1432; Auditor 1420-1, 1424-5; Master Mercers 1427, 1432, 1439, 1444. Died ca Jan 1446; Will (HR 174 (81)) 13 Jan; enrolled 7 Feb 1446.
1432 Cauntbrigge	William Russe, Goldsmith	Bread St 1432-ca 1435.
1432 Cauntbrigge	Sheriff 1429-30. Master Mint ca 1432. Will (HR 166 (21)) 5 Jun 1433; enrolled 2 Dec 1437.
1433 Jamys	Thomas Bernewell, Fishmonger	Queenhithe 1433-7.
1433 Jamys	Sheriff 1434-5. M.P. London 1425; Auditor 1431, 1436.
1433 ca Sep Seman	Thomas Chalton, Mercer	Bishopsgate 1433-52.
1433 ca Sep Seman	Sheriff 1433-4. Mayor 1449-50. Auditor 1434, 1441-2; Master Mercers 1440, 1445. Will (Lambeth--270 b Kempe) 17 Dec 1451; proved 16 Mar 1452.
1434 Crowmere	John Hatherle (Atherle), Ironmonger	Aldersgate 1434-7. Queenhithe 1437-60.
1434 Crowmere	Sheriff 1431-2. Mayor 1442-3. M.P. London 1433. Will (HR 195 (44)) 12 Apr 1459; enrolled 3 Feb 1466. "Hatherle" is doubtless the correct form of the name, being that of the signature to his Will, but it is frequently written "Atherle" in the City records, some of the scribes apparently disregarding aspirates.
1434 Perneys	Robert Clopton, Draper	Lime St 1434-48.
1434 Perneys	Sheriff 1435-6. Mayor 1441-2. M.P. London 1439; Auditor 1437-9. Died 1448; Will (Lambeth--164 Stafford) 14 Jan; proved 20 Mar 1448.
1435 Fauconer	Thomas Catteworth, Grocer	Tower 1435-ca 1451.
1435 Fauconer	Sheriff 1435-6. Mayor 1443-4. M.P. London 1433, 1437, 1445, 1449; Master Grocers 141436-7, 1444-6. Died 1454; Will (Lambeth 318 b Kempe) 1 Feb; proved 12 Mar 1454.
1435 H. Barton	John Olney, Mercer	Coleman St 1435-58.
1435 H. Barton	Sheriff 1432-3. Mayor 1446-7. Auditor 1425-7, 1429-31, 1434-5; Master Mercers 1433, 1455.
1435 Knolles	William Gregory, Skinner	Cordwainer 1435-61.
1435 Knolles	Sheriff 1436-7. Mayor 1451-2. Auditor 1429-31. Died Jan 1467; Will (PCC 15 Godyn) cod.2 Jan; proved 23 Jan 1467. The compiler of one of the best known civic chronicles.
1435 Russe	Ralph Holland, Tailor	Bread St ca 1435-44.
1435 Russe	Sheriff 1429-30. Auditor 1434-5; Master Tailors 1419-20. Died 1452; Will (PCC 11 Rous) 3 May; proved 22 Jun 1452. He was returned three times in succession (1439, 1440, 1441) to the Court of Aldermen as one of the two from whom the Mayor should be elected, but was passed over on each occasion, and never served that office.
1436 R. Barton	John Sutton, Goldsmith	Farringdon Without 1436-7. Aldersgate 1437-50.
1436 R. Barton	Sheriff 1440-1. Auditor 1434-5. Died (killed in Cade's insurrection) 6 Jul 1450.
1437 Jan 17 Otele	Nicholas Yoo, Draper	Farringdon Within 1437-8. Candlewick 1438-44.
1437 Jan 17 Otele	Sheriff 1438-9. M.P. London 1437; Auditor 1439-41.
1437 Dec 6 Bernewell	William Combes, Stockfishmonger	Farringdon Without 1437-51. Castle Baynard 1451-2.
1437 Dec 6 Bernewell	Sheriff 1441-2. M.P. London 1447; Auditor 1438-42. Died ca Jun 1452; Will (PCC 17 Rous) cod. 2 Jun; proved 21 Jul 1452.
1438 Aug 29 Whytingham	William Whetenhall, Grocer	Farringdon Within 1438-46. Walbrook 1446-51.
1438 Aug 29 Whytingham	Sheriff 1440-1. Warden London Bridge 1434-8; Master Grocers 1439-41, 1446-8. Died ca Mar 1457; Will (PCC 16 Stokton) 22 Mar; proved 11 Apr 1457.
1439 Jun 10 Clerk	John Sevenok, Prior of Holy Trinity	Portsoken 1439-45.
1439 Jun 10 Clerk	The Court of Aldermen appointed Proctors to oppose the confirmation by the Bishop of London of Sevenok's election as Prior of Holy Trinity on the ground of immorality, but their opposition was ineffectual.
1441 Oct 11 Large	John Norman, Draper	Castle Baynard 1441-2. Cheap 1442-68.
1441 Oct 11 Large	Sheriff 1443-4. Mayor 1453-4. M.P. London 1449 (bis); Auditor 1438-43; Master Drapers 1462-3. Died 1468; Will (PCC 25 Godyn) 13 May; proved 4 Oct 1468. He, when Mayor, introduced the custom of going from London to Westminster by barge instead of on horseback to be presented to the King or his representative. The alteration was made in consideration of the Mayor's infirmity, but it was continued until 1657, when the horseback procession was revived.
1442 Jul 20 Welles	Nicholas Wyfold, Grocer	Castle Baynard 1442-51. Tower 1451. Cornhill 1451-6.
1442 Jul 20 Welles	Sheriff 1443-4. Mayor 1450-1. Auditor 1442-4; Master Grocers 1443-4, 1451-2. Died 1456; Will (PCC 8 Stokton) dd 22 Jun 1456. Son-in-law of Thomas Catteworth (Mayor 1443-4). His widow married (as her third husband) John Howard, 1st Duke of Norfolk of that house, (the "Jockey of Norfolk" who was killed at Bosworth). His daughter was the second wife of Lord Marney, one of Henry VIII's courtiers.
1444 Jul 27 Michell	Robert Horne, Fishmonger	Bridge 1444-ca 1456
1444 Jul 27 Michell	Sheriff 1446-7. Auditor 1437-9, 1444-6 (? M.P. Kent 1460). Was imprisoned in Newgate by Jack Cade's mob, and only saved his life by paying a large ransom.
1444 Jul 31 Holland	Stephen Forster, Fishmonger	Bread St 1444-58.
1444 Jul 31 Holland	Sheriff 1444-5. Mayor 1454-6. M.P. London 1435; Auditor 1439-43, 1446-7. Died Dec 1458; Will (PCC 15 Stokton) 4 Dec; proved 27 Dec 1458. Enlarged Ludgate Prison.
1444 Oct 19 Brokle	Simon Eyre, Draper	Walbrook 1444-6. Bread St 1446-9. Cornhill 1449-51. Langbourn 1451-8.
1444 Oct 19 Brokle	Sheriff 1434-5. Mayor 1445-6. Auditor 1437-9. Died 18 Sep 1458; Will (PCC 13 Stokton) cod. 16 Apr; proved 11 Nov 1458. Originally an upholsterer, was admitted to the freedom of the Drapers' Company Apr 4, 1419 (Letter Book I, fo. 128b). He built Leadenhall as a granary for the City. His son Thomas married a daughter of Robert Large (Mayor 1439-40). Fuller in his Worthies says of him that he left 3,000 marks to charitable uses, so that "his bounty, like Saul, stands higher than any other from the shoulder upwards."
1444 Nov 23 Yoo	John Derby, Draper	Candlewick 1444-54.
1444 Nov 23 Yoo	Sheriff 1445-6. Auditor 1443-5, 1449-51; Master Tailors 1461-2. Will (HR 210 (12)) 17 Feb 1479; enrolled 9 Oct 1480. Fabyan relates a story of his being fined £50 for not removing a dead dog from his door and for using opprobrious language to the Mayor (John Yonge).
1445 Apr Sevenok	Thomas Pomeroy, Prior of Holy Trinity	Portsoken 1445-81.
1445 Apr Sevenok	Died Aug 1481. His election as Prior of Holy Trinity was disputed, and although it received the Royal assent on Apr 21, 1445, similar recognition was accorded William Westkarre on May 23 following. Pomeroy was finally confirmed and received the temporalities on 19 Feb 1446.
1445 Oct 19 Reynwell	Thomas Canynges, Grocer	Aldgate 1445-61.
1445 Oct 19 Reynwell	Sheriff 1449-50. Mayor 1456-7. M.P. London 1459; Auditor 1446-8; Master Grocers 1448, 1454-5, 1460-1. Elder brother of William Canynges, the founder of St. Mary Redcliffe Church, Bristol, of which city both were natives. He appears to have been the ancestor of George Canning, Earl Canning (Viceroy of India) and Lord Stratford de Redcliffe ("the Great Eltchi"), and this descent is ascribed to those statesmen in the Dictionary of National Biography (s.v. William Canynges), but this work contradicts itself — a not uncommon occurrence — by making William Canynges their ancestor, a few pages earlier in the same volume (s.v. George Canning). To add to the difficulty Burke's Peerage (s.v. Garvagh) gives Thomas as the ancestor, while Burke's Extinct Peerage (s.v. Canning) substitutes John, the eldest brother of Thomas and William.
1446 Apr 26 Melreth	Geoffrey Feldynge, Mercer	Farringdon Within 1446-60.
1446 Apr 26 Melreth	Sheriff 1445-6. Mayor 1452-3. M.P. London 1439, 1455; Auditor 1439-43, 1445-6, 1448-50; Master Mercers 1448, 1453. The assumption of Orridge (The Citizens of London and their Rulers) that he was the ancestor of the Earls of Denbigh appears to be erroneous, and I have not found satisfactory confirmation of Stow's statement that he was a member of the Privy Council under Henry VI and Edward IV.
1446 Apr 29 Wotton	Thomas Scott, Draper	Dowgate 1446-51. Walbrook 1451-63.
1446 Apr 29 Wotton	Sheriff 1447-8. Mayor 1458-9. Auditor 1452-4. Died ca Nov 1470; Will (PCC 32 Godyn) 30 Oct; proved 14 Dec 1470.
1446 May 27 Estfeld	Sir William Cantelowe, Mercer	Cripplegate 1446-61.
1446 May 27 Estfeld	Sheriff 1448-9. K.B. 1461; M.P. London 1453, 1455; Auditor 1450-2; Master Mercers 1450, 1456, 1462. Will (PCC 4 Godyn) 21 Feb 1463; proved 11 May 1464. He was imprisoned in Dudley Castle in the year 1456 as being supposed to be concerned in an attack made by the young mercers of London on the houses of the Lombard merchants (Dr. Sharpe's London and the Kingdom, i., 292).
1446 Aug 17 Wandesford	William Abraham, Vintner	Vintry 1446-56.
1446 Aug 17 Wandesford	Sheriff 1447-8.
1448 Clopton	Phillip Malpas, Draper	Lime St 1448-50.
1448 Clopton	Sheriff 1439-40. M.P. London 1432, 1442; Auditor 1431-3; Will (PCC 27 Godyn) 26 Apr; proved 8 May 1469. A strong adherent of the Lancastrian Party and elected an Alderman at the personal recommendation of the King (Henry VI). He was specially obnoxious to Jack Cade's followers, who sacked his house, having previously induced the Common Council to petition for his dismissal from the Aldermanry. It may be inferred from a passage in the Chronicle III, Vitellius A xvi, fo. 120, that he had gone over to the Yorkists by 1461. His two daughters married respectively Sir Thomas Cook (Mayor 1462-3), and Sir Ralph Josselyn (Mayor 1464-5, 1476-7).
1449 Gedney	William Marowe, Grocer	Broad St 1449-51. Tower 1451-64.
1449 Gedney	Sheriff 1448-9. Mayor 1455-6. M.P. London 1447, 1453, 1460, 1463; Auditor 1444-6, 1451-3; Master Grocers 1450-1, 1457-8, 1463-4. Will (PCC 9, 11 Godyn) 8 Oct 1464; proved 15 May 1465. His daughter married Robert Throckmorton, said to have been a Privy Councillor to Henry VII and ancestor to the Throckmorton Baronets.
1450 Jul 10 (on or bef 15) Malpas	William Hulyn, Fishmonger	Lime St 1450-70.
1450 Jul 10 (on or bef 15) Malpas	Sheriff 1449-50. Mayor 1459-60. Auditor 1454-6.
1450 Jul 10 (on or bef 15) Sutton	Matthew Philip, Goldsmith	Aldersgate 1450-76.
1450 Jul 10 (on or bef 15) Sutton	Sheriff 1451-2. Mayor 1463-4. Knighted 21 May 1471; Auditor 1455-7; Prime Warden Goldsmiths 1442. Died ca Oct 1476; Will (PCC 27 Wateys) 24 Oct 1475; proved 30 Oct 1476. See Notes and Queries, 11th Series ii. 24 (9 Jul 1910).
1451 Feb 16 (18) Catteworth	Christopher Warter, Skinner	Farringdon Without 1451. Broad St 1451-8.
1451 Feb 16 (18) Catteworth	Sheriff 1451-2.
1451 Jul 16 Whetenhall	William Dere	Dowgate 1451-1.
1451 Jul 16 Whetenhall	Sheriff 1450-1. Will (PCC 3 Godyn) 6 Jun 1459; proved 4 Feb 1464. I can find no mention of his Company during his Aldermanic period, but he is not improbably identical with the William Dere, "peautrer," named in Letter Book K, fo. 165b, about Dec, 1436.
1451 Aug 2 Paddesle	Richard Alley, Skinner	Farringdon Without 1451-6. Dowgate 1456-60.
1451 Aug 2 Paddesle	Sheriff 1452-3. Auditor 1444-6, 1456-8; Master Skinners 1451.
1452 Combes	Geoffrey Boleyn, Mercer	Castle Baynard 1452-7. Bassishaw 1457-63.
1452 Combes	Sheriff 1446-7. Mayor 1457-8. M.P. London 1449; Master Mercers 1454. Died Jun 1463; Will (PCC 1 Godyn) 14 Jun; proved 2 Jul 1463. He married the daughter and heiress of Lord Hoo and Hastings, and was grandfather of Thomas Boleyn, Earl of Wiltshire, whose daughter married Henry VIII and was mother of Queen Elizabeth. He was also (through Mary, Anne Boleyn's elder sister) ancestor of Nelson and of the late Earl of Kimberley (see pedigree in Orridge The Citizens of London and their Rulers, p. 186). He had originally been a hatter and was translated to the Mercers Feb 1, 1486 (Letter Book K, fo. 158b).
1452 Aug 7 Chalton	Richard Lee, Grocer	Bishopsgate 1452-69. Walbrook 1469-72.
1452 Aug 7 Chalton	Sheriff 1452-3. Mayor 1460-1, 1469-70. Knighted 21 May 1471; M.P. London 1450; Auditor 1446-8, 1453-5; Master Grocers 1452-4, 1459-60, 1468-9. Died 1472; Will (PCC 5 Wateys) 4 Sep 1470; proved 4 Mar 1472.
1454 Oct 24 Derby	John Walderne, Grocer	Candlewick 1454-64.
1454 Oct 24 Derby	Sheriff 1453-4. M.P. London 1453; Auditor 1448-50, 1457-9; Master Grocers 1455-6, 1462-3. Died 1464.
1456 Mar Dere	John Middleton, Mercer	Farringdon Without 1456-8. Bread St 1458-62.
1456 Mar Dere	Sheriff 1450-1. City Chamberlain 1449-50; M.P. London 1453; Auditor 1449-50, 1458-60; Master Mercers 1452, 1458, 1469, 1475. Died 1477; Will (PCC 30 Wateys) 20 May; proved 8 Aug 1477.
1456 Abraham	Sir Thomas Cook, Draper	Vintry 1456-8. Broad St 1458-68. Bread St 1470-1.
1456 Abraham	Sheriff 1453-4. Mayor 1462-3. K.B. 26 May 1465; M.P. London 1460, 1470; Auditor 1445-7. Died ca May 1478; Will (PCC 36 Wateys) 15 Apr; proved 1 Jun 1478. See Notes and Queries, 11th Series ii. 6 (2 Jul 1910). The mistake in the original D.N.B. article of ante-dating by a year Cook's return to the Court of Aldermen is a serious one, as it tends to obscure the fact that his actual reinstatement synchronized with the temporary re-establishment of Lancastrian ascendency. Son-in-law of Phillip Malpas (Alderman, Sheriff 1439-40). His great grandson, Sir Anthony Cooke, had two daughters, who married respectively William Cecil, Lord Burghley (Queen Elizabeth's chief adviser) and Lord Keeper Sir Nicholas Bacon, whose son was Francis Bacon (Lord Chancellor) the great philosopher. Mr. Welch (in The Dictionary of National Biography) and Mr. C.L. Kingsford in his notes to Chronicles of London, speak of him as a Yorkist leader in the city, the former explicitly and the latter apparently regarding his knighthood at the coronation of Edward IV's Queen as evidence of his political sympathies. But that batch of knights included John de Vere, Earl of Oxford, a keen Lancastrian partisan, and also Sir John Plomer who appears to have belonged to that party. If Cook ever had any Yorkist sympathies they were not very deep or lasting, and he was certainly a partisan of Henry VI at the time of his restoration in 1470, and suffered heavily afterwards for his support of the Lancastrians.
1456 Wyfold	Sir Ralph Josselyn, Draper	Cornhill 1456-78.
1456 Wyfold	Sheriff 1458-9. Mayor 1464-5, 1476-7. K.B. 26 May 1465; M.P. London 1467; Auditor 1464; Master Drapers 1457-8. A younger brother of Thomas Josselyn from whom the Earls of Roden are descended. Fuller (Worthies, ii., 57) in reference to his knighthood of the Bath, remarks that "there is more of the carpet than of the camp in that Order." He repaired the City wall between Aldgate and Aldersgate.
ca 1456 Horn	John Feelde, Stockfishmonger	Bridge ca 1456-63.
ca 1456 Horn	Sheriff 1454-5. Auditor 1450-2. Died 16 Aug 1474.
1457 Frowyk	Sir Ralph Verney, Mercer	Castle Baynard 1457-63. Bassishaw 1463-78.
1457 Frowyk	Sheriff 1456-7. Mayor 1465-6. Knighted 21 May 1471; M.P. London 1459, 1469, 1472; Auditor 1453-5, 1464-5; Master Mercers 1459, 1464, 1471, 1476. Died Jun 1478; Will (PCC 1 Logge) 11 Jun; proved 25 Jun 1478. Ancestor of the Verneys of Claydon (Baronets and Earls Verney) and of the present Lord Braye.
1458 Mar 9 Forster	William Taillour, Grocer	Farringdon Without 1458-60. Dowgate 1460. Queenhithe 1460-8. Cheap 1468-83.
1458 Mar 9 Forster	Sheriff 1454-5. Mayor 1468-9. Knighted May 21, 1471; M.P. London 1483; Auditor 1451-3, 1460-2; Master Grocers 1458-9, 1467-8, 1475-6, 1483. Died ca Aug 1483; Will (PCC 10 Logge) dd 25 Jul 1483.
1458 Apr 10 Warter	Thomas Oulegrave, Skinner	Vintry 1458-62. Bread St 1462-70.
1458 Apr 10 Warter	Sheriff 1455-6. Mayor 1467-8. Auditor 1448-50, 1461-3; Will (PCC 8 Wateys) 15 Nov 1472; proved 12 Feb 1473.
1458 Oct 11 Olney	Hugh Wiche, Mercer	Coleman St 1458-68.
1458 Oct 11 Olney	Sheriff 1444-5. Mayor 1461-2. K.B. 26 May 1465; M.P. London 1447; Auditor 1436-7, 1459-61; Master Mercers 1451, 1457, 1460, 1468. Died 1468; Will (PCC 23 Godyn) 17 May 1466; proved 12 May 1468.
1458 Nov 10 Eyre	John Stokker, Draper	Langbourn 1458-64.
1458 Nov 10 Eyre	Sheriff 1459-60. Auditor 1447-9, 1462-4; Master Drapers 1459-60. Died 1464; Will (PCC 4 Godyn) 28 Mar; proved 5 Jun 1464.
Edward IV began his reign 4 Mar 1460.
1460 Mar 8 Alley	Richard Flemyng, Ironmonger	Farringdon Without 1460. Billingsgate 1460-4.
1460 Mar 8 Alley	Sheriff 1460-1. M.P. London 1459; Auditor 1463-4; Master Ironmongers 1463. Died Aug 1464; Will (PCC 5 Godyn) 25 Aug; proved 31 Aug.
1460 Dec 9 Broun	Sir John Yonge, Grocer	Farringdon Without 1460-4. Billingsgate 1464-81.
1460 Dec 9 Broun	Sheriff 1455-6. Mayor 1466-7. Knighted May 21, 1471; M.P. London 1455, Guildford 1467; Auditor 1449-51, 1464-5; Master Grocers 1461, 1470-1, 1476-7. Died 1481 or 1482; Will (PCC 4 Logge) 8 Nov 1481; proved 14 Feb 1482. Son of Thomas Yonge, Mayor of Bristol, who was stepfather of Thomas Canynges (Mayor 1456-7).
1460 Dec 11 Feldynge	John Lambarde, Mercer	Farringdon Within 1460-70.
1460 Dec 11 Feldynge	Sheriff 1460-1. Auditor 1459-61, 1465-8. Died ca Oct 1487; Will (PCC 10 Milles) 24 Sep; proved 20 Oct 1487.
1460 Dec 20 Hatherle	John Walshaw, Draper	Dowgate 1460-5.
1460 Dec 20 Hatherle	Auditor 1458-60; Master Drapers 1461-2.
1461 Jan Canynges	George Irlond, Grocer	Aldgate 1461. Cordwainer 1461-73.
1461 Jan Canynges	Sheriff 1461-2. Knighted 21 May 1471; M.P. London 1469, 1473; Master Grocers 1461-2, 1471-2.
1461 Mar 9 Gregory	Robert Bassett, Salter	Aldgate 1461-84.
1461 Mar 9 Gregory	Sheriff 1463-4. Mayor 1475-6. M.P. London 1460; Auditor 1460-1, 1465-6, 1470-2. Died 1484. He married the widow of the 4th Lord Bergavenny, who upon his death married Sir John Stokton (Mayor 1470-1).
1461 Nov 17 Cantelowe	Sir John Stokton, Mercer	Cripplegate 1461-70. Lime St 1470-3.
1461 Nov 17 Cantelowe	Sheriff 1467. Mayor 1470-1. Knighted 21 May 1471; Master Mercers 1463, 1469. Died 1473; Will (PCC p Wateys) 9 Mar 1471; proved 4 Jun 1473. He was Mayor during the temporary restoration of Henry VI (1470-1), when he conveniently became ill and took to his bed, and stayed there, leaving Sir Thomas Cook, who was a Lancastrian partisan, to act as his deputy.
1462 Sep 28 Middleton	Sir William Hampton, Fishmonger	Vintry 1462-82.
1462 Sep 28 Middleton	Sheriff 1462-3. Mayor 1472-3. Knighted 21 May 1471; M.P. London 1478; Auditor 1461-2, 1468-70. Fuller (Worthies, i., 566), records that he was "the first that set up stocks in every ward for the punishment of vagabonds."
1463 Mar 18 Feelde	John Lok, Mercer	Bridge 1463.
1463 Mar 18 Feelde	Sheriff 1461-2. Auditor 1455-7. Died ca Jul 1463; Will (PCC 1 Godyn) 19 Jul 1459; proved 19 Jul 1463. Ancestor of John Locke, the philosopher. His grandson, Sir William Lok, was Alderman and Sheriff 1548-9.
1463 Jul 4 Scott	William Constantyn, Skinner	Walbrook 1463-9.
1463 Jul 4 Scott	Sheriff 1465-6. Died ca May 1469; Will (PCC 27 Godyn) 15 Apr; proved 15 May 1469. Great grandson of John Costantyn (Alderman 1349-58).
1463 Jul 15 Lok	John Tate, Mercer	Bridge 1463-4. Tower 1464-79.
1463 Jul 15 Lok	Sheriff 1464-5. Mayor 1473-4. Auditor 1469-71; Master Mercers 1466. Died 1479.
1463 Oct 3 Boleyn	Nicholas Marchall, Ironmonger	Castle Baynard 1463-5.
1463 Oct 3 Boleyn	Sheriff 1467-8. Auditor 1460-2; Master Ironmongers 1464. Will (PCC 16 Wateys) 4 Jan 1473; proved 2 Aug 1474.
1464 Jul 18 Stokker	Humphrey Hayford, Goldsmith	Langbourn 1464-8. Cripplegate 1470-3. Lime St 1473-80.
1464 Jul 18 Stokker	Sheriff 1467-8. Mayor 1477-8. Auditor 1471-3; Prime Warden Goldsmiths 1462, 1467, 1475; Comptroller and Assay Master Ming 1451-9. He was charged with treason and deprived of his Aldermanry of Langbourn in 1468 on account of his Lancastrian sympathies but afterwards returned to the Court of Aldermen, being elected for Cripplegate.
1464 Oct 5 Walderne	William Edward, Grocer	Candlewick 1464-80.
1464 Oct 5 Walderne	Sheriff 1457-8. Mayor 1471-2. Auditor 1467-9; Auditor 1465-6, 1473-4, 1478-9. Died 1487; Will (PCC 10 Milles) 1 Aug; proved 30 Oct 1487. His widow was twice remarried (1) to Robert Revel (Alderman, Sheriff 1490-1) and (2) to Sir Ralph Astry (Mayor 1493-4).
1464 Dec 7 Flemyng	Sir John Plummer (Plomer), Grocer	Farringdon Without 1464-5. Bridge 1465-8.
1464 Dec 7 Flemyng	Sheriff 1459-60. K.B. 26 May 1465; Auditor 1454-6; Master Grocers 1466-7. Will (PCC 37 Wateys) 15 Jul 1478; proved 5 Oct 1479. Though one of the Aldermen who received the Knighthood of the Bath at the coronation of Edward IV's Queen, he was a Lancastrian, and was deprived of his Aldermanry and charged with treason on account of his political sympathies.
1465 Jun 11 Marowe	Sir Bartholomew James, Draper	Farringdon Without 1465-72. Walbrook 1472-9. Tower 1479-81.
1465 Jun 11 Marowe	Sheriff 1462-3. Mayor 1479-80. Knighted 21 May 1471; Master Drapers 1466-7, 1476-7. Died 1481; Will (HR 225 (15)) dd 24 Nov 1481; enrolled 15 Oct 1498. He married the widow of Thomas 0ulegrave (Mayor 1467-8).
1465 Jun 15 Walshaw	John Bromer, Fishmonger	Dowgate 1465-74.
1465 Jun 15 Walshaw	Sheriff 1466-7. M.P. London 1459, 1463; Auditor 1466-7. Died 1474; Will (PCC 18 Wateys) 14 Mar; proved 10 Dec 1474.
1465 Oct 13 Marchall	Sir Henry Waver, K.B., Draper	Castle Baynard 1465-9. Bishopsgate 1469-70.
1465 Oct 13 Marchall	Sheriff 1465-6. K.B. 26 May 1465; Auditor 1459-61. Died 1470; Will (PCC 31 Godyn) 4 Feb; proved 11 Aug 1470.
1468 Jul 23 Wiche	John Warde, Mercer	Coleman St 1468-76.
1468 Jul 23 Wiche	Sheriff 1470-1. M.P. London 1467; Auditor 1472-4.
1468 Jul 23 Plomer	Stephen Fabyan, Draper	Bridge 1468. Bishopsgate 1469.
1468 Jul 23 Plomer	M.P. London 1469, 1470, 1472. He was committed to Newgate for refusing to accept his second election to an Aldermanry (in 1469). He was probably nearly related to Robert Fabyan, the chronicler (Sheriff 1493-4), but I have not found any definite evidence on the point.
1468 Sep 22 Plomer	Thomas Stalbrook, Grocer	Bridge 1468. Bishopsgate 1469.
1468 Sep 22 Plomer	Sheriff 1467-8. Knighted 21 May 1471; Master Drapers 1475-6, 1481-2. Died Oct 1483.
1468 Dec 13 Cook	Sir John Crosby, Grocer	Broad St 1468-70. Bishopsgate 1470-6.
1468 Dec 13 Cook	Sheriff 1470-1. Knighted 21 May 1471; M.P. London 1467; Auditor 1467-9; Master Grocers 1469-70. Died ca Jan 1476; Will (PCC 24 Wateys) 6 Mar 1472; proved 6 Feb 1476. He built the house in Bishopsgate, inhabited by Sir Thomas More 1518-23, known as Crosby Place, which in the 19th century was occupied as a restaurant. In 1910 the great hall was removed and re-erected at Chelsea. The 'Sir John Crosby, Alderman of London' whom the D.N.B. assumes to have been this Alderman's grandfather, is a purely mythical personage.
1468 Dec 16 Hayford	Robert Drope, Draper	Langbourn 1468-78. Cornhill 1478-87.
1468 Dec 16 Hayford	Sheriff 1469-70. Mayor 1474-5. Auditor 1456-8; Master Drapers 1477-8, 1482-3. Died 1487; Will (PCC 4 Milles) cod. 19 Jun; proved 19 Oct 1487. His widow married Edward Grey, Viscount Lisle, brother of Sir John Grey, the first husband of Elizabeth Woodville, who afterwards married Edward IV.
1469 Jan 27 Norman	Richard Gardyner, Mercer	Queenhithe 1469-79. Walbrook 1479-85. Bassishaw 1485-ca 1490.
1469 Jan 27 Norman	Sheriff 1469-70. Mayor 1478-9. M.P. London 1478; Auditor 1474-6. Will (PCC 35 Milles) When Mayor he fined one of his Sheriffs, Robert Byfeld, £50 for "unfittyng words which the said Robert gave unto the Mair." The fine was used for "the Reparacion of the Condytes" (see Kingsford Chronicles of London, p. 188).
1469 Nov 28 Constantyn	William Haryot, Draper	Castle Baynard 1469-70. Broad St 1470-85.
1469 Nov 28 Constantyn	Sheriff 1468-9. Mayor 1481-2. Knighted 1482; M.P. London 1483 (bis), 1484; Auditor 1465-7, 1473-5; Master Drapers 1478-9, 1483-4. Died ca Mar 1485; Will (PCC 21 Logge) 29 Dec 1484; proved 17 Mar 1485.
1470 Waver	John Croke, Skinner
1470 Waver	Son-in-law of William Gregory, the Chronicle (Mayor 1451-2). His daughter married Sir William Stokker (Mayor 1485).
1470 Jul Hulyn	William Stokker, Draper	Castle Baynard 1470-82. Vintry 1482-5.
1470 Jul Hulyn	Sheriff 1473-4. Mayor 1485. Knighted 21 May 1471; Auditor 1476-8; Master Drapers 1479-80. Died 28 Sep 1485; Will (PCC 26 Logge) 23 Sep 1485; proved 16 Sep 1486.
1470 Sep 22 Lambarde	Sir John Browne, Mercer	Farringdon Within 1470-88. Cheap 1488-98.
1470 Sep 22 Lambarde	Sheriff 1472-3. Mayor 1480-1. Knighted 6 Jan 1487; Auditor 1475-7; Master Mercers 1472, 1477, 1485, 1492. Died 1 Jan 1498; Will (PCC 18 Horne) 3 Nov 1497; proved 25 Jan 1498. He was father of William Browne (Mayor 1513-4), and uncle of William Browne (Mayor 1507-8). It is a curious coincidence that both William Brownes died in their respective years of office as Mayor. John Browne was ancestor of the Earls of Pomfret, the Lords Petre and the Cave-Browne-Cave Baronets.
1470 Oct 13 Oulegrave	Sir Thomas Cook, K.B.	(see 1456)
1470 Dec 14 Croke	Humphrey Hayford	(see 1464)
1471 Jun 29 Cook	Robert Billesdon, Haberdasher	Bread St 1471-92.
1471 Jun 29 Cook	Sheriff 1473-4. Mayor 1483-4. Knighted 1485; Auditor 1478-80. Died 1492; Will (PCC 29 Doget) 20 Jun 1491; proved ca Mar 1492.
1472 May 8 Lee	Thomas Bledlowe, Grocer	Farringdon Without 1472-4. Dowgate 1474-8.
1472 May 8 Lee	Sheriff 1472-3. Master Grocers 1472-3, 1477-8. Died May 1478; Will (PCC 33 Wateys) 11 May; proved 30 May 1478. His grand-daughter married Lord Williams of Thame, one of Queen Mary's Ministers.
1473 Jul 16 Stokton	Sir Edmund Shaa, Goldsmith	Cripplegate 1473-85. Cheap 1485-8.
1473 Jul 16 Stokton	Sheriff 1474-5. Mayor 1482-3. Knighted 1483; Privy Councillor 1483; Auditor 1479-81; Engraver Mint 1462-83; Prime Warden Goldsmiths 1476. Died 20 Apr 1488; Will (PCC 12 Milles) dd 20 Mar 1488. One of the chief adherents of Richard Duke of Gloucester (Richard III) and brother of the preacher who asserted the invalidity of Edward IV's marriage and consequent illegitimacy of Edward V in a sermon at St. Paul's Cross. He is said to have been one of Richard's Privy Council. He founded Stockport Grammar School. He also left money in his Will for the rebuilding of Cripplegate. He was father-in-law of William Browne (Mayor 1513-4).
1473 ca Oct Irlond	Sir Thomas Hill, Grocer	Cordwainer 1473-83. Cheap 1483-5.
1473 ca Oct Irlond	Sheriff 1474-5. Mayor 1484-5. Knighted 1485; Auditor 1473-5, 1480-2; Master Grocers 1474-5, 1480-1, 1485. Died 23 Sep 1485; Will (PCC 17 Logge) 22 Aug; proved 28 Oct 1485. He died when Mayor, and his successor in the Mayoralty (Sir W. Stokker) five days later, four other Aldermen (J. Stokker, T. Breteyn, T. Northland and R. Rawson) also dying within the sapce of a month. They were victims of an epidemic called the "Sweating Sickness". I have not found the exact dates of death of these six Aldermen, and I have therefore ex abundanti cautela state the period as within the space of a month. Dr. Sharpe (London and the Kingdom, i. 317) says that "the pestilence carried off two Mayors and six Aldermen within the space of a week, referring as authority to Hecker's Epidemics of the Middle Ages, p. 168. The "six Aldermen" were certainly inclusive of, not additional to, the "two Mayors." See also Kingsford Chronicles of London, p. 193.
1474 Aug 26 Bromer	Robert Colwyche, Tailor	Farringdon Without 1474-6. Coleman St 1476-80.
1474 Aug 26 Bromer	Sheriff 1475-6. City Chamberlain 1463-74; Auditor 1477-9; Master Tailors 1460-1. Died ca Oct 1480; Will (PCC 1 Logge) 5 Oct; proved 17 Nov 1480.
1476 Apr 5 Crosby	Hugh Bryce, Goldsmith	Bishopsgate 1476-8. Langbourn 1478-96.
1476 Apr 5 Crosby	Sheriff 1475-6. Mayor 1485-6. K.B. Oct 1485; Auditor 1481-3; Master Mint 1480-96; Prime Warden Goldsmiths 1478, 1479, 1483. Died 22 Sep 1496; Will (PCC 2 Horne) dd 30 Aug 1496; proved ca Oct 1496.
1476 May 17 Warde	Richard Rawson, Mercer	Farringdon Without 1476. Aldersgate 1476-82. Bassishaw 1482-5.
1476 May 17 Warde	Sheriff 1476-7. Auditor 1482-4; Master Mercers 1478, 1484. Died 1485; Will (PCC 16 Legge) 8 Oct 1483; proved 22 Oct 1485. Father of Sir John Rawson, created Viscount Clontarf, Lord Treasurer of Ireland.
1476 Nov 15 Philip	Sir Henry Colet, Mercer	Farringdon Without 1476-8. Bassishaw 1478-82. Castle Baynard 1483-7. Cornhill 1487-1505.
1476 Nov 15 Philip	Sheriff 1477-8. Mayor 1486-7, 1495-6. Knighted 6 Jan 1487; M.P. London 1487, 1489; Auditor 1476-7, 1483-5; Master Mercers 1480, 1489, 1495, 1505. Died 1 Oct 1505; Will (PCC 41 Holgrave) 27 Sep; proved 20 Oct 1505. Father of John Colet, Dean of St. Paul's, who was the founder of St. Paul's School, and the friend of Erasmus, Sir Thomas More, and the chief English humanists of the Renaissance.
1478 Jul 31 Bledlowe	John Warde, Grocer	Dowgate 1478-85. Bishopsgate 1485-1501.
1478 Jul 31 Bledlowe	Sheriff 1479-80. Mayor 1485. M.P. London 1478, 1485, 1495; Auditor 1475-7; Master Grocers 1479-80, 1484-5, 1487-8, 1491-2, 1494-5, 1498-9. Died Apr 1501; Will (PCC 11 Moone) 2 Apr; proved 4 May 1501.
1478 Nov 12 Verney	Thomas Ilome, Mercer	Farringdon Without 1478-80. Lime St 1480-1.
1478 Nov 12 Verney	Sheriff 1479-80. Master Mercers 1481. He rebuilt the great conduit in Cheap.
1479 Feb 9 Josselyn	John Stokker, Draper	Bishopsgate 1479-81. Billingsgate 1481-5.
1479 Feb 9 Josselyn	Sheriff 1477-8. Auditor 1470-2, 1484-5; Master Drapers 1480-1. Died Sep 1485; Will (PCC 15 Logge) 23 Sep 1485; proved 12 Sep 1486.
1479 Oct 22 J. Tate	Robert Tate, Mercer	Queenhithe 1479-1500.
1479 Oct 22 J. Tate	Sheriff 1481-2. Mayor 1488-9. M.P. London 1483 (bis), 1491; Auditor 1485-7; Master Mercers 1482, 1490, 1498. Died ca Dec 1500; Will (PCC 18 Moone) 18 Nov 1500; proved 26 Jan 1501.
1480 Apr 17 Hayford	Sir William Horne, Salter	Farringdon Without 1480-1. Lime St 1481-96.
1480 Apr 17 Hayford	Sheriff 1476-7. Mayor 1487-8. Knighted Nov 1487. Died 1496; Will (PCC 1 Horne) 27 Nov 1494; proved 6 Aug 1496. Stow records a legend that "King Edward IV so namemd him because he was a most excellent blower on a horne." His original name is said to have been Littlebury.
1480 Sep 19 Colwyche	William Bacon, Haberdasher	Coleman St 1480-2. Farringdon Without 1483.
1480 Sep 19 Colwyche	Sheriff 1480-1. Died Nov 1492; Will (PCC 10 Doget) 30 Oct; proved 1 Dec 1492.
1480 Edward	John Stoks, Grocer	Candlewick 1480-1.
1480 Edward	Master Grocers 1481. Died ca Oct 1481.
1480 Feb 16 Yonge	William Wyking, Skinner	Bishopsgate 1481.
1480 Feb 16 Yonge	Sheriff 1481. Died 19 Oct 1481; Will (PCC 4 Logge) 18 Oct; proved 8 Nov 1481.
1481 Pomeroy	Thomas Percy, Prior of Holy Trinity	Portsoken 1481-95, 1506-12.
1481 Pomeroy	Died 1512. There is an interesting account of the forcible ejectment of Percy from the Priorate in 1494 by the Bishop of London (Richard Hill) and of his restoration and resignation later in the year, in Cotton MS. Vitellius A xvi. See Kingsford's Chronicles of London, pp. 199, 201, 203, also Victorian History of the Counties of England - London, p. 474. Twelve years later, after two successors had intervened, Percy was restored to the Priorate which he retained till his death in 1512. There is a curious error in the Victorian County History, the writer asserting that Percy was not Prior in 1506 or 1509, referring to Letters and Papers Henry VIII, xvi, 503 (15) and Calendar of Ancient Deeds A 1773. It happens that the document at the first of these references is a lease by Prior Newton in Feb, 1506, some months before his death and Percy's restoration, and the second, in which Bradwell is mentioned as Prior, is wrongly calendared under date 4 May, 1 Henry VIII (1509), whereas the MS. itself, which I have inspected in the presence of an official at the Record Office, is quite clearly dated 8 Henry VIII (1516) - an instance of the way in which errors are perpetuated. Pat's note: the titles here should be Victoria* County History, with no final 'n'.*
1481 Oct 11 Ilome	John Fisher, Mercer	Farringdon Without 1481-3.
1481 Oct 11 Ilome	Died 1485; Will (PCC 18 Logge) 14 Jul; proved 24 Nov 1485.
1481 Oct 23 Stoks	Richard Chawry, Salter	Candlewick 1481-1509.
1481 Oct 23 Stoks	Sheriff 1481-2. Mayor 1494-5. M.P. London 1497; Auditor 1477-9, 1485-8. Died ca Nov 1509; Will (PCC 22 Bennett) 18 Oct; proved 27 Nov 1509.
1481 Nov 27 Wyking	Thomas Northland (Norlonde), Grocer	Bishopsgate 1481-5.
1481 Nov 27 Wyking	Sheriff 1483-4. Master Grocers 1482-3. Died ca Sep 1485; Will (PCC 23 Logge) 22 Apr 1479; proved 26 May 1486..
1481 Jan 22 James	Richard Nailer, Tailor	Tower 1482-3.
1481 Jan 22 James	Auditor 1477-9; Master Tailors 1475-6. Died ca Aug 1483; Will (PCC 7 Logge) 18 Jul; proved 22 Aug 1483.
1482 Colet	John Mathewe, Mercer	Aldersgate 1482-3. Bridge 1483-90. Bassishaw 1490-9.
1482 Colet	Sheriff 1482-3. Mayor 1490-1. Auditor 1487-9; Master Mercers 1491. Died 6 Feb 1499; Will (PCC 29 Horne) 5 Feb; proved 1 Mar 1499. He is said by Stow to have been the first bachelor Mayor. Fuller in his Worthies (Ed. Nuttall i. 40) has a quaint observation on the value of a help-meet for the chief magistrate. "It seemeth that a Lady Mayoress is something more than ornamental to a Lord Mayor, their wives' great portions or good providence much advantaging their estates to be capable of so high a dignity."
1482 Aug 31 Haryot	William White, Draper	Coleman St 1482-96. Lime St 1496-1504.
1482 Aug 31 Haryot	Sheriff 1482-3. Mayor 1489-90. M.P. London 1489; Auditor 1479-82, 1488-90; Master Drapers 1484-6, 1489-90, 1493-4, 1498-9, 1503-4. Died 1504; Will (PCC 4 Holgrave) 4 Sep 1500; proved 19 Feb 1504.
1483 Feb 1 Hampton	Henry Colet	(see 1476)
Edward V began his reign 9 Apr 1483. Richard III began his reign 22 Jun 1483.
1483 Aug 29 Fisher	William Bacon	(see 1480)
1483 Sep 16 Nailer	William Martin, Skinner	Tower 1483. Cordwainer 1483-7, 1488-1505.
1483 Sep 16 Nailer	Sheriff 1483-4. Mayor 1492-3. Knighted Jan 1494; Auditor 1481-3, 1489-91; Master Skinners 1485, 1490, 1491, 1501, 1502. Died Oct 1505; Will (HR 232 (6)) 20 Aug; enrolled 20 Oct 1505.
1483 Oct Bacon	Robert Hardyng, Goldsmith	Farringdon Without 1483-90.
1483 Oct Bacon	Sheriff 1478-9. Auditor 1473-5; Prime Warden Goldsmiths 1473, 1477, 1489. Will (PCC 4 Holgrave) 19 Aug 1500; proved ca 1504.
1483 Oct 15 Taillour	John Swan, Tailor	Tower 1483-92.
1483 Oct 15 Taillour	Sheriff 1485-6. Auditor 1480-2, 1490-2; Master Tailors 1470-1. Died May 1492; Will (PCC 17 Doget) 1 May; proved 9 May 1492.
1483 Nov 11 Stalbrook	Thomas Breteyn, Ironmonger	Aldersgate 1483-5.
1483 Nov 11 Stalbrook	Sheriff 1484-5. Died ca Sep 1485; Will (PCC 15 Logge) 22 Sep; proved 15 Nov 1485.
1484 Jul 27 Bassete	Richard Chester, Skinner	Aldgate 1484-5.
1484 Jul 27 Bassete	Sheriff 1484-5. Died 6 Feb 1485.
1485 Feb 22 Chester	Sir Ralph Astry, Fishmonger	Aldgate 1485-94.
1485 Feb 22 Chester	Sheriff 1485. Mayor 1493-4. Apprentice and afterwards partner of Sir William Hampton (Mayor 1472-3), of whose Will he was executor. He married a lady who had previously been the wife successively of two Aldermen, W. Edward (Mayor 1471-2), and R. Revell (Sheriff 1490-1). He restored the Church of St. Martin, Vintry.
1485 Mar 26 Haryot	Sir John Tate, Mercer	Broad St 1485-92. Tower 1492-1503. Langbourn 1503-15.
1485 Mar 26 Haryot	Sheriff 1485-6. Mayor 1496-7, 1514. Brother of Robert Tate (Mayor 1488-9).
Henry VII began his reign 22 Aug 1485.
1485 Oct 11 J. Stokker	William Remyngton, Fishmonger	Billingsgate 1485-1511.
1485 Oct 11 J. Stokker	Sheriff 1487-8. Mayor 1500-1. Auditor 1492-4. Died 1511; Will (PCC 4 Fetyplace) 19 Feb; proved 27 Jun 1511.
1485 Oct 14 Breteyn	John Fenkyll (Fynkell), Draper	Aldersgate 1485-90, Bridge 1490-9.
1485 Oct 14 Breteyn	Sheriff 1487-8. Knighted 6 Jan 1487; M.P. London 1483, 1484; Auditor 1485, 1494-6; Master Drapers 1486-7, 1490-1, 1494-5. Died May 1499; Will (PCC 36 Horne) 27 May; proved 2 Jul 1499.
1485 Sir W. Stokker	Sir John Percyvale, Tailor	Vintry 1485-96. Langbourn 1496-1503.
1485 Sir W. Stokker	Sheriff 1486-7. Mayor 1498-9. Knighted Nov 1487; Auditor 1493-5; Master Tailors 1485-6. Died 19 Apr 1503; Will (PCC 23 Blamyr) 4 Mar; proved 29 May 1503. Founder of Macclesfield Grammar School.
1485 Oct 15 Northland	Hugh Clopton, Mercer	Dowgate 1485-92. Bread St 1492-6.
1485 Oct 15 Northland	Sheriff 1486-7. Mayor 1491-2. M.P. London 1483; Master Mercers 1488. Died 15 Sep 1496; Will (PCC 2 Horne) 14 Sep; proved 4 Oct. Well known for his benefactions to Stratford-on-Avon, where he built the great stone bridge, and the house afterwards known as New Place, at which Shakespeare resided in his later years. He was, like his immediate predecessor in the Mayoralty (Mathewe), a bachelor.
1485 Oct 19 Rawson	Sir William Capel, Draper	Walbrook 1485-1515.
1485 Oct 19 Rawson	Sheriff 1489-90. Mayor 1503-4, 1510. Knighted 6 Jan 1487; M.P. London 1491, 1512, 1514-5; Auditor 1483-5, 1495-7; Master Drapers 1487-8, 1491-2, 1496-7, 1499-1500, 1504-5, 1509-10, 1511-2. Died 6 Sep 1515; Will (PCC 13 Holder) 1 Sep 1515; proved 7 Mar 1516. He was one of the victims of Empson and Dudley, the instruments of Henry VII's extortions. Thomas Kneseworth (Mayor 1505-6) and Sir Lawrence Aylmer (Mayor 1508) were also sufferers, all three being imprisoned and heavily fined. Capel Court derives its name from Sir William Capel. His son, Sir Giles Capel, was ancestor of Earls of Essex of the present line; his elder daughter married the first Marquess of Winchester, and was ancestress to the Dukes of Bolton and the present Marquess of Winchester; his younger daughter married John, Lord Zouche.
1485 Nov 7 Hill	Ralph Tilney, Grocer	Cripplegate 1485-7. Castle Baynard 1487-99.
1485 Nov 7 Hill	Sheriff 1488-9. Auditor 1496-8; Master Grocers 1486-7, 1489-91, 1497-8.
1487 Mar 14 Drope	William Isaak, Draper	Cripplegate 1487-99. Coleman St 1499-1503.
1487 Mar 14 Drope	Sheriff 1488-9. Auditor 1497-9; Master Drapers 1488-9, 1492-3, 1497-8, 1500-1, 1510-1. Died 10 Sep 1518; Will (PCC 16 Ayliffe) 1 Jul 1518; proved 27 May 1519.
1488 Mar 21	William Martin, Skinner	re-elected (see 1483)
1488 Jun 13 Shaa	John Broke, Grocer	Farringdon Within 1488-1502.
1488 Jun 13 Shaa	Sheriff 1489-90. Auditor 1498-1500; Master Grocers 1488-9, 1492-3, 1496-7, 1500-1. Died 1511; Will (PCC 38 Bennett) 1 Mar; proved 12 May 1511.
1490 Feb 25 Hardyng	Robert Revell, Grocer	Farringdon Without 1490-1.
1490 Feb 25 Hardyng	Sheriff 1490-1. Died 23 Feb 1491; Will (PCC 44 Milles) 18 Feb; proved 1 Mar 1491.
1490 Apr 3 Gardyner	Henry Cote, Goldsmith	Aldersgate 1490-8. Cheap 1505.
1490 Apr 3 Gardyner	Sheriff 1490-1. Prime Warden Goldsmiths 1482, 1486, 1488, 1494. Died 1513; Will (PCC 12 Fetyplace) 14 Jan 1510; Proved 21 Oct 1513. He built St. Dunstan's Chapel, Foster Lane.
1491 Mar 26 Revell	Hugh Pemberton, Tailor	Farringdon Without 1491-4. Aldgate 1494-1500.
1491 Mar 26 Revell	Sheriff 1491. M.P. London 1487; Auditor 1484-6, 1499-1500; Master Tailors 1481-2. Died 1500; Will (Canterbury--23 F, fo. 21) 7 Sep 1500; proved 28 Jan 1501./td>
1492 Billesdon	William Purchase, Mercer	Dowgate 1492-8. Cheap 1498-1502.
1492 Billesdon	Sheriff 1492-3. Mayor 1497-8. City Chamberlain 1484-92; Auditor 1483-5; Master Mercers 1494. Died 1503; Will (Canterbury--23 F, fo. 202) 4 Jan; proved 6 Apr 1503.
1492 Swan	William Welbeck, Haberdasher	Bread St 1492-1502.
1492 Swan	Sheriff 1492-3. Auditor 1500-1. Will (PCC 27 Bennett) 20 Dec 1509; proved 17 Apr 1510.
1494 ca Dec Astry	Robert Fabyan, Draper	Farringdon Without 1494-1503.
1494 ca Dec Astry	Sheriff 1493-4. Auditor 1486-8; Master Drapers 1495-6, 1501-2. Died 28 Feb 1513; Will (PCC 12 Fetyplace) 11 Jul 1511; proved 12 Jul 1513. The well-known Chronicler.
1495 Feb 13 Percy	Richard Charnock, Prior of Holy Trinity	Portsoken 1495-1505.
1495 Feb 13 Percy	Died ca Apr 1505.
1496 Jun 28 Clopton	Sir John Shaa, Goldsmith	Bread St 14996-1504.
1496 Jun 28 Clopton	Sheriff 1496-7. Mayor 1501-2. Knighted Jun 1497; M.P. London 1495, 1503; Auditor 1501-3; Engraver Mint 1483; Joint Master Mint 1493, 1495-8; Prime Warden Goldsmiths 1491-2. Died 1504; Will (PCC 13 Holgrave) 26 Dec 1503; proved 15 May 1504. Nephew of Sir Edmund Shaa (Mayor 1482-3). He established the annual Mayoral banquet at Guildhall. He also instituted the practice of riding in procession from Guildhall to the State barge when going to Westminster to be sworn.
1496 Horne	Nicholas Ailwyn, Mercer	Coleman St 1496-9. Bassishaw 1499-1506.
1496 Horne	Sheriff 1494-5. Mayor 1499-1500. M.P. London 1491; Auditor 1482-4; Master Mercers 1496. Died 1506; Will (PCC 2 Adeane) cod. 16 Jan; proved 11 Feb 1506.
1496 Oct 21 Bryce	Thomas Wood, Goldsmith	Vintry 1496-1504.
1496 Oct 21 Bryce	Sheriff 1491-2. Auditor 1502-3; Prime Warden Goldsmiths 1484, 1490, 1497. Died ca Feb 1504; Will (PCC 2 Holgrave) 1 Mar 1503; proved 29 Feb 1504. A benefactor to St. Peter's Church, Wood Street.
1498 Feb 6 Browne	John Wynger, Grocer	Dowgate 1498-1505. Cheap 1505.
1498 Feb 6 Browne	Sheriff 1493-4. Mayor 1504-5. Auditor 1503-4; Master Grocers 1495-6, 1499-1500, 1503-4. Died Dec 1505; Will (PCC 2 Adeane) 9 Jun 1503; proved 7 Jan 1506.
1498	Sir Bartholomew Rede, Goldsmith	Vintry 1496-1504.
1498	Sheriff 1491-2. Knighted 1503; Auditor 1491-3; Master Mint 1482-97; Prime Warden Goldsmiths 1492-3. Died 1505; Will (PCC 40, 41 Holgrave) 19 Oct; proved 26 Nov 1505. He purchased Crosby Place in 1501.
1499 Apr 9 Mathewe	Thomas Wyndout, Mercer	Cripplegate 1499-1500.
1499 Apr 9 Mathewe	Sheriff 1497-8. M.P. London 1497; Master Mercers 1499. Died 1500; Will (PCC 4 Moone) 17 Jul 1499; proved 22 May 1500. Son-in-law of Thomas Norlonde (Alderman, Sheriff 1483-4). He was apprenticed to Sir Henry Colet (Mayor 1486-7, 1495-6), and one of the executors of his Will was Thomas Baldry (Mayor 1523-4).
1499 Jul 14 Fenkyll	Sir Richard Haddon, Mercer	Bridge 1499-1516.
1499 Jul 14 Fenkyll	Sheriff 1496-7. Mayor 1506-7, 1513. Knighted Jun 1497; Auditor 1503-5; Master Mercers 1500, 1508. Died 1516; Will (PCC 29 Holder) 1 Aug 1516; proved 12 Feb 1517. . Son-in-law of Robert Byfeld who was fined when Sheriff by the Mayor (Richard Gardyner) for insulting him (see p. 165). His wife's sister married William Welbeck (Alderman, Sheriff 1492-3).
1499 Oct 24 Tilney	Sir Stephen Jenyns, Tailor	Castle Baynard 1499-1505. Dowgate 1505-8. Lime St 1508-23.
1499 Oct 24 Tilney	Sheriff 1498-9. Mayor 1508-9. Knighted 23 Jun 1509; Auditor 1505-7; Master Tailors 1489-90. Died 6 May 1523; Will (PCC 8 Bodfeld) 29 Jan 1522; proved 28 May 1523. Founder of Wolverhampton Grammar School. He also built a great part of St. Andrew's Undershaft Church.
1500 Jul 16 Wyndout	William Browne (i.), Mercer	Cripplegate 1500-4. Lime St 1504-8.
1500 Jul 16 Wyndout	Sheriff 1491-2. Mayor 1507-8. Auditor 1504-5; Master Mercers 1497, 1504. Died 22 Mar 1508; Will (PCC 1 Bennett) 20 Mar; proved 6 Jun 1508. Nephew of Sir John Browne (Mayor 1480-1) and cousin to William Browne (Mayor 1513-4).
1500 Oct 28 Pemberton	James Wylford (Wilforth), Tailor	Aldgate 1500-11.
1500 Oct 28 Pemberton	Sheriff 1499-1500. Auditor 1506-8; Master Tailors 1494-5. Will (PCC 13 Porch) 26 Apr 1526; proved 12 Jan 1527. Brother of Edward Wylford, Provost of Oriel College, Oxford, and father of John Wylford (Alderman, Sheriff 1544-5) and of Nicholas Wylford (M.P. for the City 1542-4). In Mar, 1503, he was temporarily suspended from coming to the Court of Aldermen on "account of contumelious words openly spoken in full Court to the Mayor and Aldermen." [Rep. 1, fo. 129 (170)].
1501 Jan R. Tate	John Hawes, Mercer	Queenhithe 1501-10.
1501 Jan R. Tate	Sheriff 1500-1. Auditor 1507-9; Master Mercers 1502, 1510. Will (PCC 31 Holder) 28 Aug 1516; proved 18 May 1517.
1501 Jun 8 Warde	Nicholas Nynes, Tailor	Bishopsgate 1501-3. Farringdon Without 1503-4.
1501 Jun 8 Warde	Sheriff 1502-3. Auditor 1499-1501; Master Tailors 1496.
1502 Feb 17 Broke	Henry Kebyll, Grocer	Farringdon Within 1502-14. Cordwainer 1514-7.
1502 Feb 17 Broke	Sheriff 1502-3. Mayor 1510-1. Auditor 1508-10; Master Grocers 1502-3, 1511-2, 1515-6. Will (PCC 30 Holder) dd 28 Apr 1517. He gave £1,000 for the rebuilding of St. Mary's Aldermary Church, where he was afterwards buried, but "his bones were unkindly cast up" (Stow, i., 253). Two later Lord Mayors, Sir William Laxton (1544-5) and Sir Thomas Lodge (1562-3) were buried in his vault.
1502 Dec 13 Purchase	Thomas Bradbury, Mercer	Aldersgate 1502-3. Coleman St 1503-10.
1502 Dec 13 Purchase	Sheriff 1498-9. Mayor 1509-10. M.P. London 1495; Auditor 1509-10; Master Mercers 1508. Died 11 Jan 1510; Will (PCC 26 Bennett) 9 Jan; proved 27 Feb 1510.
1503 Jun 24 Percyvale	Thomas Graunger, Skinner	Tower 1503-10.
1503 Jun 24 Percyvale	Sheriff 1503-4. Master Skinners 1504, 1505. Died 1510; Will (PCC 34 Bennett) 12 Jan; proved 5 Dec 1510.
1503 Aug 29 Fabyan	Thomas Kneseworth, Fishmonger	Bishopsgate 1503-5. Cornhill 1505-13.
1503 Aug 29 Fabyan	Sheriff 1495-6. Mayor 1505-6. Died 26 Jun 1513; Will (PCC 12 Fetyplace) 4 Jun; proved 8 Aug 1513.
1506 Mar 3 Isaak	John Warner, Armourer	Aldersgate 1503-11.
1506 Mar 3 Isaak	Sheriff 1494-5. Translated to Grocers 1503. Master Grocers 1504-5, 1510-1. Died 1511; Will (PCC 38 Bennett) 12 Feb; proved 13 Mar 1511.
1506 Mar 3 Shaa	Sir Lawrence Aylmer, Draper	Bread St 1504-15. Walbrook 1515-24.
1506 Mar 3 Shaa	Sheriff 1501-2. Mayor 1508. Knighted 1497; Auditor 1493-5; Master Drapers 1502-3, 1505-6, 1512-3, 1519-20.
1506 Mar 3 Wood	Roger Acheley, Draper	Vintry 1504-10. Coleman St 1510-3. Cornhill 1513-21.
1506 Mar 3 Wood	Sheriff 1504-5. Mayor 1511-2. Auditor 1510-1; Master Drapers 1506-7, 1513-4; Will (PCC 13 Bodfelde) 16 Oct 1515; proved 24 Oct 1523.
1506 Mar 3 White	William Stede, Grocer	Cripplegate 1504-6.
1506 Mar 3 White	Sheriff 1500-1. Auditor 1488-90, 1495-7; Master Grocers 1501-2, 1505-6. Died ca Aug 1506; Will (PCC 13 Adeane) 27 Aug; proved 3 Sep 1506.
1506 Mar 3 Nynes	Richard Shore, Draper	Farringdon Without 1504-10.
1506 Mar 3 Nynes	Sheriff 1505-6. Master Drapers 1507-8. Died Aug 1510; Will (PCC 31 Bennett) 4 Aug; proved 3 Sep 1510.
1504 Nov 7 Welbeck	Sir William Fitzwilliam, Merchant Taylor	Broad St 1504-11.
1504 Nov 7 Welbeck	Sheriff 1506-7. Knighted ca 1515; Auditor 1500-2; Master Tailors 1499; Chamberlain to Cardinal Wolsey; Sheriff Essex and Herts 1514-5; Sheriff Nhants 1523-4, 1528-9. Died 9 Aug 1534; Will (PCC 17, 33 Hogen) cod. 31 Jul; proved 5 Sep 1534. Son-in-law of John Hawes (Alderman, Sheriff 1500-1). His grandson, Sir William Fitzwilliam, Lord Deputy of Ireland in the time of Queen Elizabeth, was ancestor of the Earls Fitzwilliam. His elder daughter Anne married Sir Anthony Cooke (descended from Sir Thomas Cook, Mayor 1462-3), and was mother-in-law of William Cecil, Lord Burghley, and grandmother of Francis Bacon. From the Alderman's younger daughter, Elizabeth, who married Sir Thomas Brudenell, the Earls of Cardigan were descended. The date of his election as Alderman is incorrectly given in D.N.B., and in the original edition his Ward is also inaccurately named.
1505 Aug 4 Charnock	Thomas Newton, Prior of Holy Trinity	Portsoken 1505-6.
1505 Aug 4 Charnock	Died ca Sep 1506.
1505 Nov 11 Martin	William Browne (ii.), Mercer	Cordwainer 1505-14.
1505 Nov 11 Martin	Sheriff 1504-5. Mayor 1513-4. Auditor 1510-2; Master Mercers 1507-1514. Died 3 Jun 1514; Will (PCC 13 Fetyplace) 28 May; proved 1 Jul 1514. Son of Sir John Browne (Mayor 1480-1). He married the daughter of Sir Edmund Shaa (Mayor 1482-3) and afterwards the daughter of Henry Kebyll (Mayor 1510-1), the latter of whom upon his death became the third wife of Lord Mountjoy, and the ancestress of the Lord Mountjoy who subdued Tyrone's rebellion and was created Earl of Devonshire. Browne's daughter by his first wife married Sir John Mundy (Mayor 1522-3). His daughter by his second wife married Sir William Petre, Secretary of State to Edward VI and Mary, from which marriage the Lords Petre are descended.
1505 Nov 27 Colet	Roger Grove, Grocer	Bishopsgate 1505-9.
1505 Nov 27 Colet	Sheriff 1505-6. Master Grocers 1506-7. Will (PCC 10 Bennett) 16 Dec 1508; proved 23 Jan 1509.
1505 ca Dec Bede	William Copynger, Fishmonger	Castle Baynard 1505-10. Queenhithe 1510-3.
1505 ca Dec Bede	Sheriff 1506-7 (elected Sheriff 1504). Mayor 1512-3. Auditor 1511-3. Died 7 Feb 1513; Will (PCC 13 Fetyplace) 22 Nov 1512; proved 1 Mar 1513.
1505 Dec 13 Wynger	Henry Cote	(see 1490)
1506 Feb 10 Wynger	Robert Johnson, Goldsmith	Cheap 1506-7.
1506 Feb 10 Wynger	Sheriff 1506. Died ca Sep 1507; Will (PCC 26 Adeane) 23 Sep; proved 12 Oct 1507. He was removed by the King Henry VII from the Shrievalty within a few days of his election to that office, and it is stated in the Greyfriars Chronicle that in consequence he "toke soche a thowthe that he dyde." If so, the result of his vexation was not speedy, as he did not die till nearly or fully twelve months later, his election being in Sep 1506, and the date of his Will Sep 23, 1507 (proved Oct 12 following).
1506 Mar 3 Ailwyn	Aungel Don (Dun), Grocer	Bassishaw 1506.
1506 Mar 3 Ailwyn	Died 1506; Will (PCC 13 Adeane) 21 Oct 1505; proved 9 Dec 1506.
1506 Oct 16 Stede	Christopher Hawes, Mercer	Cripplegate 1506-8.
1506 Oct 16 Stede	Sheriff 1503-5. Auditor 1502-3; Master Mercers 1506. Died Oct 1508; Will (PCC 7 Bennett) 29 Dec 1507; proved 1 Dec 1508. He also, like his contemporary Johnson, appears to have been a singularly sensitive person, as he is stated to have been imprisoned by Henry VII for some imaginary crime and to have "soon died from excess of grief." [Sir J. Baddeley, Aldermen of Cripplegate Ward, p. 42.]
1506 Oct Newton	Thomas Percy, Prior of Holy Trinity	(see 1481)
1507 Jan 14 Dun	George Monoux, Draper	Bassishaw 1507-41.
1507 Jan 14 Dun	Sheriff 1509-10. Mayor 1514-5 (elected Mayor 1523). M.P. London 1523; Auditor 1512-4; Master Drapers 1508-9, 1516-7, 1520-1, 1526-7, 1532-3, 1539-40. Will (PCC 5 Pynning) cod. 8 Jun 1543; proved 28 Mar 1544. Founded a school at Walthamstow.
1507 ca Oct Johnson	Sir William Boteler (Butler), Grocer	Cheap 1507-34.
1507 ca Oct Johnson	Sheriff 1507-8. Mayor 1515-6. Knighted 1516; Auditor 1514-6; Master Grocers 1508-9, 1513-4, 1516-7, 1520-3, 1526-7, 1528-9, 1530-1, 1532-3. Died Jan 1534; Will (PCC 10 Hogen) 27 Nov 1528; proved 11 Feb 1534. Son-in-law of Roger Basford (Alderman, Sheriff 1514).
1508 Jun 8 Browne (i.)	John Rest, Grocer	Dowgate 1508-23.
1508 Jun 8 Browne (i.)	Sheriff 1510-1. Mayor 1516-7. Auditor 1513-5; Master Grocers 1509-10, 1514-5, 1519-20. Died Feb 1523; Will (PCC 3 Bodfelde) 5 Feb; proved 26 Feb 1523. He lived at Crosby Place before Sir Thomas More.
1508 Dec 5 C. Hawes	Sir Thomas Exmue (Exmewe), Goldsmith	Cripplegate 1508-29.
1508 Dec 5 C. Hawes	Sheriff 1508-9. Mayor 1517-8. Knighted 1518; Auditor 1503-5, 1515-7; Prime Warden Goldsmiths 1514, 1520. Died ca Jan 1529; Will (PCC 3 Jankyn) 6 Jan; proved 9 Mar 1529. He made the water conduit in London Wall by Moorgate.
1509 Mar 6 Grove	Thomas Mirfyn, Skinner	Bishopsgate 1509-23.
1509 Mar 6 Grove	Sheriff 1511-2. Mayor 1518-9. Auditor 1516-8; Master Skinners 1509, 1510, 1512, 1515, 1516. Died Sep 1523; Will (PCC 13 Bodfelde) 2 Sep; proved 15 Oct 1523. He married the daughter of Aungel Don (Alderman 1506). One of his daughters married Sir Andrew Judde (Lord Mayor 1550-1), another married Sir Robert Cromwell, and was great-grandmother of the Protector and of John Hampden.

Henry VIII began his reign 22 of Apr 1509.
1509 Dec 4 Chawry	Sir James Yarford (Yerford), Mercer	Candlewick 1509-27.
1509 Dec 4 Chawry	Sheriff 1514-5. Mayor 1519-20. Knighted ca 1520; M.P. London 1509; Auditor 1517-20; Master Mercers 1511, 1519, 1527. Died 22 Jun 1527; (PCC 20 Porch) 15 Jun; proved 26 Jun 1527. The first Welsh Lord Mayor.
1510 Mar 12 [Bradbury]	William Lamberd, Mercer	[Vintry 1510.]
1510 Mar 12 [Bradbury]	Died ca Apr 1515; Will (PCC 11 Holder) 26 Mar; proved 9 May 1515.
1510 Mar 19 Bradbury	Sir John Brugge (Bruges), Draper	Vintry 1510-5. Langbourn 1515-30.
1510 Mar 19 Bradbury	Sheriff 1513-4. Mayor 1520-1. Knighted 1521; M.P. London 1509-10; Auditor 1504-6, 1518-21; Master Drapers 1514-5, 1521-2, 1527-8. Died Oct 1530; Will (PCC 21 Jankyn) 8 Oct; proved 29 Oct 1530. His daughter Winifred married Sir Richard Sackville, by whom she was mother of Thomas Sackville, created Earl of Dorset (Lord High Treasurer and joint author of the first English tragedy, Gorboduc). After Sackville's death she married the old Marquess of Winchester (Lord High Treasurer to three sovereigns), whose first wife had been the daughter of Sir William Capel (Mayor 1503-4, 1510).
1510 Mar 21 Graunger	Roger Basford, Mercer	Tower 1510-14, 1514-20.
1510 Mar 21 Graunger	Sheriff 1514 Master Mercers 1520. Died May 1520; Will (PCC 2 Maynwaring) cod. 2 May; proved 23 May 1520.
1510 Oct 8 Shore	John Milborne, Draper	Farringdon Without 1510-2. Aldgate 1512-21. Cornhill 1521-36.
1510 Oct 8 Shore	Sheriff 1510-1. Mayor 1521-2. Knighted 1522; Auditor 1506-8, 1520-2; Master Drapers 1515-6, 1522-3, 1528-9, 1533-4. Died 1536; Will (PCC 35 Hogen) 10 Jun 1535; proved 12 May 1536.
1510 Oct 16 J. Hawes	Nicholas Shelton, Mercer	Castle Baynard 1510-5.
1510 Oct 16 J. Hawes	Sheriff 1511-2. Master Mercers 1512. Died ca Aug 1515; Will (PCC 21 Holder) 4 Mar; proved 8 Nov.
1511 May 17 FitzWilliam	Henry Worley, Goldsmith	Broad Street 1511-24.
1511 May 17 FitzWilliam	Sheriff 1515-6. Auditor 1521-3; Prime Warden Goldsmiths 1512. Will (PCC 33 Bodfelde) 7 Aug 1524; proved 5 Ma7 1525.
1511 Sep 4 Warner	Robert Fenrother, Goldsmith	Aldgate 1511-24.
1511 Sep 4 Warner	Sheriff 1512-3. Auditor 1507-9, 1522-4; Joint Master Mint 1493-4; Prime Warden Goldsmiths 1517. Died 21 Mar 1524; Will (PCC 19 Bodfelde) 17 Mar; proved 27 Apr 1524.
1511 Sep 23 Remyngton	Robert Aldernes (Holdernes), Haberdasher	Billingsgate 1511-21.
1511 Sep 23 Remyngton	Sheriff 1512-3.
1512 Apr 20 Wilforth	John Dawes, Grocer	Farringdon Without 1512-4.
1512 Apr 20 Wilforth	Sheriff 1513-4. Master Grocers 1512-3. Died 15 Jun 1514; Will (PCC 9 Holder) 4 Jun; proved 20 Jun 1514. His widow married (as her third husband) Richard (Grey) 3rd Earl of Kent.
1512 Sep 3 Percy	John Bradwell, Prior of Holy Trinity	Portsoken 1512-24.
1512 Sep 3 Percy	Died 1524.
1513 Mar 15 Copynger	Sir John Mundy, Goldsmith	Queenhithe 1513-5. Bread St 1515-37.
1513 Mar 15 Copynger	Sheriff 1514-5. Mayor 1522-3. Knighted 1523; Auditor 1510-2, 1523-4; Prime Warden Goldsmiths 1519. Died Sep 1537; Will (PCC 9 Dyngeley) 20 Sep; proved 26 Sep 1537. Grandson of Sir Edmund Shaa (Mayor 1482-3) and son-in-law of William Browne (Mayor 1513-4). He was committed to prison in 1533 (after he had passed the Chair) for "disobedyence to my Lorde the Mayer and my maisters the Aldermen."
1513 Sep 20 Kneseworth	Richard Gray, Ironmonger	Coleman St 1513-5.
1513 Sep 20 Kneseworth	Sheriff 1515. Died Oct 1515; Will (PCC 3 Holder) 20 Oct; proved 26 Sep 1537.
1514 Jul 6	Sir Thomas Baldry, Mercer	Farringdon Within 1514-7. Cordwainer 1517-34.
1514 Jul 6	Sheriff 1517-8. Mayor 1523-4. Knighted ca 1524; Auditor 1511-3; Master Mercers 1515, 1524. Died ca Aug 1534; Will (PCC 17 Hogen) 10 Jul; proved 22 Oct 1534. His grand-daughter married the 2nd Lord Rich, by whom she was mother of the 3rd Lord, created Earl of Warwick, who was father of the Earls of Warwick and Holland, who were conspicuous in the Civil War period.
1514 Jul 20 Dawes	William Bayley, Draper	Farringdon Without 1514-5. Coleman St 1515-24. Walbrook 1524-32.
1514 Jul 20 Dawes	Sheriff 1515-6. Mayor 1524-5. Knighted 1525; Auditor 1524-6; Master Drapers 1517-8, 1525-6. Died ca Nov 1532; Will (PCC 21 Thower) cod. Oct 28; proved 16 Dec 1532.
1514 Sep 19	Roger Basford, Mercer	Re-elected (see 1510, also Vol. I, p. 199).
1515 Feb 13 Sir J. Tate	Sir John Aleyn (Alen), Mercer	Vintry 1515-23. Lime St 1523-45.
1515 Feb 13 Sir J. Tate	Sheriff 1518-9. Mayor 1525-6. 1535-6. Knighted 1526; Privy Councillor; Auditor 1513-5, 1525-7, 1536-8; Master Mercers 1516, 1525, 1537. Died ca Aug 1545; Will (PCC 1 Alen) 13 Aug 1545; proved 15 Jan 1546. One of the bachelor Aldermen who have held the Mayoralty. He gave a gold chain to be worn by successive Chief Magistrates which was first worn by Sir William Laxton at the close of his Mayoralty Oct 27, 1545. He is said to have been a member of Henry VIII's Privy Council.
1515 Aug 28 Shelton	John Thurston, Broderer	Castle Baynard 1516-7.
1515 Aug 28 Shelton	Sheriff 1516-7. Translated to Goldsmiths 30 Aug 1515. Prime Warden Goldsmiths 1520. Died ca Jul 1520; Will (PCC 23 Maynwaring) cod. 20 Jul; proved 8 Aug 1520.
1515 Oct 23 Capel	John West, Mercer	Queenhithe 1515-7.
1515 Oct 23 Capel	Master Mercers 1517. Died ca Aug 1517; Will (PCC 33 Holder) 24 Jul; proved 18 Sep 1517.
1515 Dec 4 Grey	Sir Thomas Semer (Seymour), Mercer	Farringdon Without 1515-23. Dowgate 1523-35.
1515 Dec 4 Grey	Sheriff 1516-7. Mayor 1526-7. Knighted 1520; M.P. London 1529-35; Auditor 1515-7, 1526-8; Master Mercers 1518, 1526. Died 11 Dec 1535; Will (PCC 31 Hogen) 14 May 1583; proved 31 Jan 1536. He is said to have been a member of the Protector Somerset's family, but I have failed to trace satisfactory evidence of the connexion which, in any case, was not very close.
1516 Dec 11 Haddon	James Spencer, Vintner	Bridge 1516-44.
1516 Dec 11 Haddon	Sheriff 1518-9. Mayor 1527-8. Knighted 1528; Auditor 1527-9; Master Vintners 1516-19. Died Feb 1544; Will (PCC 10 Pynning) cod. 1 Feb; proved 21 Jun 1544.
1517 May 16 Kebyll	Nicholas Partryche, Grocer	Farringdon Within 1517-21. Billingsgate 1521-5.
1517 May 16 Kebyll	Sheriff 1519-20. Auditor 1512-4; Master Grocers 1517-9. Died ca Apr 1525; Will (PCC 34 Bodfelde) 26 Mar; proved 13 Jun 1525.
1517 Sep 1 West	John Wylkynson, Draper	Queenhithe 1517-21.
1517 Sep 1 West	Sheriff 1519-20. Master Drapers 1518-9. Died 1521; Will (PCC 15 Maynwaring) 12 Aug; proved 30 Oct 1521.
1519 Oct 11 Thurston	John Kyme, Mercer	Castle Baynard 1519-27. Candlewick 1527-8.
1519 Oct 11 Thurston	Sheriff 1520-1. M.P. London 1512, 1514-5; Auditor 1511-3; Master Mercers 1522. Died ca Mar 1528.
1520 Jun 14 Basford	Michael Englysshe, Mercer	Tower 1520-4. Coleman St 1524-31.
1520 Jun 14 Basford	Sheriff 1523-4. Auditor 1514-6, 1528-30; Master Mercers 1521, 1528. Will (PCC 24 Dyngeley) 1 Jul 1527; proved 30 Jan 1539.
1521 Jul 18 Acheley	Sir John Rudstone, Draper	Aldgate 1521-8. Candlewick 1528-31.
1521 Jul 18 Acheley	Sheriff 1522-3. Mayor 1528-9. Knighted 1529; Auditor 1514-6; Master Drapers 1523-4, 1529-30. Died ca Aug 1531; Will (PCC 7 Thower) 16 Aug; proved 30 Sep 1531. He married a daughter of Sir Robert Dymoke, Champion of England, who after his death married Sir Edward Wotton, one of Henry VIII's Privy Councillors. Rudstone's daughter married Thomas Wotton, son of Sir Edward by his first wife, by whom she was mother of Edward, created Lord Wotton.
1521 Jul 30 Aldernes	Sir John Skevynton, Merchant Taylor	Farringdon Within 1521-4. Broad St 1524-5.
1521 Jul 30 Aldernes	Sheriff 1520-1. Knighted ca 1522; Master Merchant Taylors 1510-1. Died 1525; Will (PCC 40 Bodfelde) 21 Dec 1524; proved 22 Dec 1525. Probably of the same family as Sir William Skeffington, Lord Deputy of Ireland, who was ancestor of the Viscount Massereene.
1521 Oct Wylkynson	Sir Ralph Dodmer, Brewer	Queenhithe 1521-3. Vintry 1523-32. Walbrook 1532-6.
1521 Oct Wylkynson	Sheriff 1524-5. Mayor 1529-30. Translated to Mercers 7 Nov 1521. Knighted 1529 (bef Dec 2); Auditor 1529-31; Master Mercers 1523. Died ca Apr 1536; Will (PCC 35 Hogen) cod. 15 Apr; proved 28 Jun 1536. See vol. I, p. 33 of this work, for his refusal to accept translation to one of the greater Companies on his election as Alderman until he had been committed to the custody of one of the Sheriffs. His daughter married Sir Thomas Pope, founder of Trinity College, Oxford.
1523 Mar 5 Rest	Robert Amadas, Goldsmith	Farringdon Without 1523. Broad St 1529-32.
1523 Mar 5 Rest	Elected Sheriff 1530. Prime Warden Goldsmiths 1531; Master Jewels 1526-32. Died 1532; Will (PCC 7 Hogen) 3 Jul 1531; adm. 8 Nov 1533. He was goldsmith to Cardinal Wolsey, and married Elizabeth Bryce, a grand-daughter of Sir Hugh Bryce (Mayor 1485/6 - d. 22 Sep 1496). They had two daughters, Elizabeth and Thomasine. In 1526, Robert Amadas was appointed Master of the Jewel House to Henry VIII. Amadas owned a house in Aldersgate and land in Essex. Upon his death, Elizabeth inherited Jenkins, a “mansion house” in Barking, and on 28 Aug 1532, married Sir Thomas Neville in the chapel there. Mrs. Amadas "began, in 1533, to spread ‘ungracious’ statements about the king’s occult destiny”. The story that Mrs. Amadas claimed, in 1532, that she had once been the King’s mistress, has fairly wide circulation. Since she specified that she met him in Sir William Compton’s house in Thames Street, this must have been before Compton’s death in 1528 . Elizabeth Amadas was arrested for her treasonous statements and Amadas was ordered to pay several hundred pounds to the crown, although whether to free his wife or because there was plate missing from the Jewel House is not clear. Sharon Jansen, in Dangerous Talk and Strange Behavior, doesn't think the self-proclaimed prophet was Elizabeth Bryce at all. Jansen identifies the Mrs. Amadas who compared herself with Catalina of Aragon and Elizabeth Stafford, Duchess of Norfolk as an abused wife as the wife of John Amadas (b. 1489 - d. 1554/5), a member of the King's household with properties in Devon, Cornwall, and Kent. He was married by 1519, but his wife's name is unknown. They had a son and a daughter and she had died by 1542, when he remarried.
1523 Apr 28 Amadas	Nicholas Jenyns, Skinner	Farringdon Without 1523. Broad St 1526-9.
1523 Apr 28 Amadas	Sheriff 1523-4. Master Skinners 1519, 1521, 1525, 1529. Will (PCC 22 Thower) 6 Sep 1531; proved 22 Jan 1533. His daughter married Sir Thomas Holcroft, and was mother of Isabel, wife of Edward, 3rd Earl of Rutland.
1523 May 16 N. Jenyns	John Brown, Painter-Stainer	Farringdon Without 1523-4. Farringdon Within 1524-7.
1523 May 16 N. Jenyns	Translated to Haberdashers 16 May 1523. Died 24 Sep 1532; Will (PCC 21 Thower) 17 Sep; proved 2 Dec 1532.
1523 Jul 28 Sir S. Jenyns	Nicholas Lambarde (Lambert), Grocer	Queenhithe 1523-5. Billingsgate 1525-32. Broad St 1532-3.
1523 Jul 28 Sir S. Jenyns	Sheriff 1526-7. Mayor 1531-2. Knighted bef 2 Jul 1532; Auditor 1515-7, 1530-2; Master Grocers 1525-6, 1527-8, 1529-30, 1531-2. Died ca Sep 1533; Will (PCC 5 Hogen) 10 Jul 1528; proved 7 Oct 1533.
1523 Oct 6 Mirfyn	John Cawnton, Haberdasher	Bishopsgate 1523-8.
1523 Oct 6 Mirfyn	Sheriff 1525-6.
1524 May 12 Fenrother	John Hardy, Haberdasher	Aldersgate 1524-8. Farringdon Within 1528-35.
1524 May 12 Fenrother	Sheriff 1527-8. Auditor 1531-3. Died Oct 1540; Will (PCC 14 Alenger) 7 Oct; proved 21 Oct 1540.
1524 Jul 21 Worley	Stephen Pecocke, Haberdasher	Farringdon Without 1524-6. Queenhithe 1526-35. Farringdon Within 1535-6.
1524 Jul 21 Worley	Sheriff 1526-7. Mayor 1532-3. Knighted bef 21 Jan 1533; Auditor 1532-4. Died ca May 1536; Will (PCC 35 Hogen) cod. 18 Apr; proved 19 May 1536.
1524 Aug 5 Aylmer	Christopher Ascue, Draper	Tower 1524-34. Cheap 1534-9.
1524 Aug 5 Aylmer	Sheriff 1525-6. Mayor 1533-4. Knighted 18 Jan 1534; Auditor 1533-5; Master Drapers 1524-5, 1530-1, 1534-5. Died ca Aug 1539; Will (PCC 30 Dyngeley) 25 Feb 1535; proved 29 Aug 1539.
1524 Jul 14 Bradwell	Nicholas Hancock, Prior of Holy Trinity	Portsoken 1524-32.
1525 Jun 13 Partryche	John Twyselton, Goldsmith	Queenhithe 1525-6
1525 Jun 13 Partryche	Prime Warden Goldsmiths 1521. Will (PCC 18 Porch) 6 Nov 1524; proved 22 May 1527.
1526 Jan 23 Skevynton	Ralph Symonds, Fishmonger	[Bridge 1516.] Broad St 1526. Castle Baynard 1533-4.
1526 Jan 23 Skevynton	Sheriff 1517-8. .Auditor 1516-8. Will (PCC 3 Spert) 8 Sep 1541; proved 1 Feb 1542.
1526 Feb 6 Symonds	Nicholas Jenyns, Skinner	(see 1523)
1526 Apr 17 Twyselton	Henry Dacres (Dakers), Merchant Taylor	Farringdon Without 1526-8.
1526 Apr 17 Twyselton	Elected Sheriff 1528. Master Merchant Taylors 1513-4. Will (PCC 28 Dyngeley) 15 Jan 1537; proved 14 Jun 1539. His daughter married John Pakington, from which marriage the Lords Hampton are descended. Her husband was brother of Robert Pakynton, M.P. for the City, and of Humphrey Pakington, who was father-in-law of four of its Aldermen.
1527 Jul 23 Yarford	Sir John Champneys, Skinner	Castle Baynard 1527-33. Broad St 1533-4. Cordwainer 1534-56.
1527 Jul 23 Yarford	Sheriff 1522-3. Mayor 1534-5. Knighted 28 Oct 1534; Secondary Bread St 1513-23; Auditor 1534-6; Master Skinners 1527, 1528, 1530, 1532, 1537, 1539. Died Oct 1556; Will (PCC 22 Ketchyn) 28 Jul; proved 12 Nov. Stow records that he "was the first private man who in his house near Clothworkers Hall built a turret to oversee his neighbors in the City, which delight of his eye was punished with blindness some years before his death." Fuller (Worthies, iii., 108) comments on this dictum of St thus: "I dare not concur with so censorious an author, because every consequence of a fact is not the punishment of a fault therein."
1528 Mar 31 Kyme	Sir William Hollyes, Mercer	Aldgate 1528-34. Broad St 1534-42.
1528 Mar 31 Kyme	Sheriff 1527-8. Mayor 1539-40. Knighted ca 1533; Auditor 1535-7; Master Mercers 1529. Died 20 Oct 1542; Will (PCC 14 Spert) 7 Aug 1541; proved 18 Dec 1542. Ancestor of Denzil Holles, the parliamentarian Colonel, and of the Dukes of Newcastle of the Holles, Pelham and Pelham Clinton lines.
1528 Jun 18 Brown	Sir Ralph Warren, Mercer	Aldersgate 1528-31. Candlewick 1531-53.
1528 Jun 18 Brown	Sheriff 1528-9. Mayor 1536-7, 1544. Knighted 22 Dec 1536; Auditor 1537-9; Master Mercers 1530, 1542. Died 11 Jul 1553; Will (PCC 16 Tashe) 30 Jun 1552; proved 5 Aug 1553. His daughter Joan married Sir Henry Cromwell, and was grandmother of the Protector and of John Hampden. His widow married Sir Thomas Whyte (Lord Mayor 1553-4).
1528 Oct 13 Dacres	John Long, Salter	[Aldersgate 1524.] Farringdon Without 1528-35. Queenhithe 1535-8.
1528 Oct 13 Dacres	Sheriff 1524-5. Died 6 Jul 1538; Will (PCC 19 Dyngeley) 14 May 1537; proved 24 Jul 1538.
1528 Nov 20 Cawnton	Thomas Pargeter, Salter	Bishopsgate 1528-32.
1528 Nov 20 Cawnton	Sheriff 1521-2. Mayor 1530-1. Knighted (between 13 Nov - 8 Dec) 1530. Died 1532; Will (PCC 19 Thower) 1 Feb 1529; proved 21 Oct 1532.
1529 Mar 2 Exmue	William Forman, Haberdasher	Cripplegate 1529-47.
1529 Mar 2 Exmue	Sheriff 1533-4. Mayor 1538-9. Knighted bef 19 Jun 1539; M.P. London 1545; Auditor 1526-8. Died 13 Jan 1547; Will (PCC 30 Alen) 10 Jan; proved 12 Mar 1547.
1529 Oct 19 N. Jenyns	Robert Amadas, Goldsmith	(see 1523)
1530 Oct 21 Brugge	Sir William Roche, Draper	Langbourn 1530-41. Bassishaw 1541-9.
1530 Oct 21 Brugge	Sheriff 1524-5. Mayor 1540-1. Knighted (bef 19 Nov) 1540; M.P. London 1523, 1536, 1539, 1541-2, 1545; Auditor 1519-21; Master Drapers 1531-2, 1535-6, 1540-1, 1543-4, 1545-6, 1548-9. Died 1549; Will (PCC 42 Populwell) 12 Jul; proved 18 Nov 1549. His second wife was widow of John Long (Alderman, Sheriff 1528-9). He was committed to the Fleet by the Privy Council in 15.. for protesting against the benevolence.
1531 Sep 19 Englysshe	William Denham, Ironmonger	Coleman St 1531-42.
1531 Sep 19 Englysshe	Sheriff 1534-5. Knighted 2 Feb 1542; Master Ironmongers 1531, 1532, 1534, 1536, 1541, 1547, 1549. Will (HR 248 (134)) 12 Apr 1544; enrolled 14 Jun 1557.
1531 Oct 5 Rudstone	Sir Michael Dormer, Mercer	Aldersgate 1531-2. Vintry 1532-45.
1531 Oct 5 Rudstone	Sheriff 1529-30. Mayor 1541-2. Knighted 2 Feb 1542; Auditor 1526-8; Master Mercers 1531, 1545. Died 20 Sep 1545; Will (PCC 38 Pynning) 17 Sep; proved 2 Oct. His brother, William Dormer, was ancestor of the Lords Dormer.
1532 Jun 6 Amadas	Richard Choppyn, Tallow Chandler	Billingsgate 1532-6.
1532 Jun 6 Amadas	Sheriff 1529-30. Mayor 1541-2. Translated to Grocers 20 Jun 1532. Master Tallow Chandlers 1523-6; Grocers 1533-4. Died ca Mar 1536; Will (PCC 34 Hogen) 7 Mar; proved 23 Apr 1536.
1532 Oct 10 Pargeter	Robert Pagett, Merchant Taylor	Bishopsgate 1532-41.
1532 Oct 10 Pargeter	Sheriff 1530-1. Auditor 1532-4. Died 1541; Will (PCC 2 Spert) 19 Aug 1541; proved 23 Feb 1542. His widow married Sir William Sherington, the confederate of Lord Seymour of Sudeley in the plot against Protector Somerset's government.
1532 Dec 12 Bayley	Walter Champyon, Draper	Aldersgate 1532-4.
1532 Dec 12 Bayley	Sheriff 1529-30. Auditor 1527-9. Died ca Jan 1534; Will (PCC 10 Hogen) 21 Jan; proved 6 Feb.
1533 Oct 14 Lambarde	Ralph Symonds, Fishmonger	(see 1526)
1534 Mar 3 Champyon	Ralph Aleyn, Grocer	(see 1538)
1534 Mar 3 Champyon	Nephew of Sir John Aleyn (Lord Mayor 1525-6, 1535-6). His widow married Sir Roger Manwood, Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer.
1534 Mar 26 Champyon	John Cotes, Salter	Aldersgate 1534-6. Dowgate 1536-47.
1534 Mar 26 Champyon	Sheriff 1535-6. Mayor 1542-3. Knighted bef 15 Mar 1543. Died Feb 1547; Will (PCC 30 Alen) 2 Feb; proved 4 Mar 1547.
1534 Mar 26 Boteler	Humphrey Monmouth, Draper	Tower 1534-7.
1534 Mar 26 Boteler	Sheriff 1535-6. Master Drapers 1536-7. Died 23 Nov 1537; Will (PCC 12 Dyngeley) 16 Nov; proved 15 Dec 1537. Son-in-law of Sir William Denham (Alderman, Sheriff 1534-5). He was the earliest Protestant Alderman of London, and the friend of William Tyndale the Reformer. The Dictionary of National Biography in its article on Tyndale, erroneously stated that Monmouth was knighted.
1534 Jul 28 Symonds	Sir Thomas Kytson, Mercer	Castle Baynard 1534-40.
1534 Jul 28 Symonds	Sheriff 1533-4. Knighted 30 May 1533; Master Mercers 1535. Died Sep 1540; Will (PCC 30 Spert) dd 11 Sep 1540. His widow married successively Sir Richard Long and John Bourchier, Earl of Bath. The daughter by Kytson married Lord FitzWarine, eldest son of the Earl of Bath by an earlier wife. Another daughter of Sir Thomas married Sir John Spencer of Wormleighton, from which marriage are descended the Earls of Sunderland and Spencer and the later Dukes of Marlborough, Lord Randolph Churchill and Mr. Winston Churchill.
1534 Sep 3 Baldry	William Bowyer, Draper	Aldgate 1534-6. Cornhill 1536-44.
1534 Sep 3 Baldry	Sheriff 1536-7. Mayor 1543-4. Knighted 2 Feb 1544; M.P. London 1533-4; Auditor 1529-31, 1534; Master Drapers 1537-8, 1541-2. Died 13 Apr 1544; Will (PCC 11 Pynning) cod. 4 Apr; proved 16 Jul 1544.
1534 Mar 11 [Hardy]	Richard Fermor, Grocer	[Farringdon Without 1535]
1534 Mar 11 [Hardy]	Auditor 1520-2. Died 17 Nov 1551; Will (PCC 3 Powell) 1 Jul 1551; proved 3 Feb 1552. A zealous Romanist who in 1540 was imprisoned and deprived of his property for denying the supremacy of the King Henry VIII. He was subsequently released and in the reign of Edward VI his property was restored. He was son-in-law of William Browne (Mayor) and ancestor of the Earls of Pomfret.
1536 Hardy	William Dauntsey, Mercer	Farringdon Without 1536-41. Langbourn 1541-3.
1536 Hardy	Sheriff 1530-1. M.P. Thetford 1529-36; Master Mercers 1532. Died 23 Apr 1543; Will (PCC 28 Spert) 10 Apr 1542; proved 30 Nov 1543. He married a daughter of Sir Thomas More.
1536 Mar 7 Semer	Sir William Laxton, Grocer	Aldersgate 1536-43. Langbourn 1543-5. Lime St 1545-56.
1536 Mar 7 Semer	Sheriff 1520-1. Mayor 1544-5. Knighted Feb 1545; Master Grocers 1536-7, 1538-9, 1541-2, 1543-4, 1545-6, 1548-9, 1550-1, 1552-3. Died 29 Jul 1556; Will (PCC 12 Ketchyn) 22 Jul; proved 27 Aug 1556. The founder of Oundle School. His eldest daughter married John Machell (Alderman, Sheriff 1555-6), and a younger was second wife of Sir Thomas Lodge (Lord Mayor 1562-3).
1536 May 22 Dodmer	Sir Richard Gresham, Mercer	Walbrook 1536-9. Cheap 1539-49.
1536 May 22 Dodmer	Sheriff 1531-2. Mayor 1537-8. Knighted 18 Oct 1537; M.P. London 1545; Auditor 1530-2; Master Mercers 1533, 1539, 1549. Died 21 Feb 1549; Will (PCC 31 Populwell) 20 Feb; proved 20 May 1549. Elder brother of Sir John Gresham (Lord Mayor 1547-8) and father of Sir Thomas, the founder of the Royal Exchange. His eldest son, Sir John, was father of Elizabeth, who married Sir Henry Neville of Braybrooke, from which marriage descended Sir Henry Neville of Billingbere and the Lords Braybrooke, and his daughter Christian by her marriage with Sir John Thynne of Longleat was ancestress of the Marquesses of Bath. Sir Richard was elected Lord Mayor at the special desire of the King Henry VIII when he had been an Alderman less than two years, twelve seniors below the Chair being passed over.
1536 May 3o Pecocke	Thomas Colyns, Salter	Farringdon Within 1536.
1536 May 3o Pecocke	Died Sep 1536; Will (PCC 40 Hogen) 8 Aug; proved 12 Sep 1536.
1536 Nov 9 Colyns	Henry Huberthorn, Merchant Taylor	Farringdon Within 1536-7. Bread St 1537-56.
1536 Nov 9 Colyns	Sheriff 1542-3. Mayor 1546-7. Knighted 6 Feb 1547; Auditor 1536. Died Oct 1536; Will (PCC 19 Ketchyn) 12 Oct; proved 28 Oct 1556.
1536 Nov 16 Milborne	Martin Bowes, Goldsmith	Aldgate 1536-50. Castle Baynard 1540-2. Farringdon Within 1542-5. Langbourn 1545-66.
1536 Nov 16 Milborne	Sheriff 1540-1. Mayor 1545-6. Knighted 18 Mar 1541; M.P. London 1547-52, 1553, 1554 (bis), 1535, 1539; Auditor 1536; Treasurer St. Bartholomew's Hospital 1547; Comptroller-General Hospitals 1557-66; Master Mint 1533-44; Under-Treasurer Mint 1544-51; Prime Warden Goldsmiths 1559-62. Died 4 Aug 1566; Will (PCC 3 Stonarde) cod. 29 Jul 1566; proved 21 Jan 1567.
1536 Dec 14 Choppyn	Henry Amcotts (Hamcotts), Stockfishmonger	Billingsgate 1536-54
1536 Dec 14 Choppyn	Sheriff 1542-3. Mayor 1548-9. Knighted 2 Dec 1548 (or 3 Mar 1549). Died 5 Sep 1554; Will (PCC 9 More) 28 May; proved 27 Sep 1554. He refused to accept the office of Alderman until four months after his election, having in the interval been fined £40 and had his shops closed and his "goodes and catalles" sequestered, and it was not until a week after he had been committed to Newgate that he finally surrendered. He retained his Aldermanry until his death, serving as Sheriff and Lord Mayor in due course.
Beaven notes, "From this date (1537) it became the established custom to elect the outgoing Mayor one of the Aldermanic Auditors for a period of two years; such elections being practically automatic, I have omitted to record them, but I have continued to note the dates at which future Aldermen served as Auditors, while still Commoners."
1538 Jan 15 Monmouth	John Tolos, Clothworker	Tower 1538-42. Bishopsgate 1542-8.
1538 Jan 15 Monmouth	Sheriff 1543-4. Master Clothworkers 1538. Died 1548; Will (PCC 19 Populwell) 10 Aug; proved 12 Dec 1548. He also at first refused to accept office and was committed to Newgate, but was sworn nine days after his election, when the claim of his guild, that of the Clothworkers, to be regarded as one of the greater Companies was first admitted. (See vol. I. of this work, p. 330.)
1538 Feb 7 Mundy	John Sadler, Draper	Farringdon Within 1538-42. Coleman St 1542-6.
1538 Feb 7 Mundy	Master Drapers 1538-9, 1542-3, 1544-5, 1546-7, 1549-50, 1551-2, 1554-5. Died ca 1560; Will (PCC 49 Mellershe) 28 Jun 1559; proved 21 Oct 1560.
1538 Sep 26 Long	Ralph Aleyn, Grocer	[Aldersgate 1534, 1536.] [Billingsgate 1536.] Queenhithe 1538-47.
1538 Sep 26 Long	Sheriff 1545-6. Auditor 1522-4, 1538; Master Grocers 1539-41, 1542-3, 1544-5. Died ca Jan 1547; Will (PCC 28 Aleyn) 19 Jan 1542; proved 12 Feb 1547.
1538 Oct 22 Hancock	John Wylford, Merchant Taylor	Portsoken 1538-42. Broad St 1542-50.
1538 Oct 22 Hancock	Sheriff 1544-5. Died ca Feb 1551; Will (PCC 9 Bucke) 4 Feb; proved 23 Mar 1551. Son of John Wylford (Alderman, Sheriff 1499-1500). The Aldermanry of Portsoken, previously held ex officio by the Prior of Holy Trinity, had remained vacant since the dissolution of the Priory in 1532. Henry Averell, Goldsmith, was elected to this post 24 Jan 1538 but apparently did not hold the office.
1540 Oct 21 Ascue	Thomas Lewen, Ironmonger	Walbrook 1539-46.
1540 Oct 21 Ascue	Sheriff 1537-8. Died 29 Jun 1555; Will (PCC 30 More) 20 Apr; proved 8 Jul 1555.
1540 Oct 25 Kytson	Sir John Gresham, Mercer	Aldgate 1540-7. Dowgate 1547-53. Bassishaw 1553-6.
1540 Oct 25 Kytson	Sheriff 1537-8. Mayor 1547-8. Knighted 18 Oct 1537; Master Mercers 1538, 1546, 1553, 1556. Died 23 Oct 1556; Will (PCC 28 Ketchyn) 18 Sep; proved 26 Nov 1556. Younger brother of Sir Richard Gresham (Lord Mayor 1537-8) during whose mayoralty he was Sheriff. He was founder of Gresham's School, Holt.
1541 Jul 12 Monoux	Sir Andrew Judde, Skinner	Farringdon Without 1541-4. Bridge 1544-58.
1541 Jul 12 Monoux	Sheriff 1544-5. Mayor 1550-1. Knighted 15 Feb 1551; Treasurer St. Bartholomew's Hospital 1547-8; Surveyor-General Hospitals 1557-8; Master Skinners 1533, 1538, 1542, 1547, 1551, 1555. Died 4 Sep 1558; Will (PCC 59 Noodes) 2 Sep; proved 15 Oct 1558. Founder of Tonbridge School. His first wife died soon after he entered on his Mayoralty, and he married again within three months a lady who had been a widow for even a shorter time (Wriothesley's Chronicle, ii., 44, 45). He took as his third wife the daughter of Thomas Mirfyn (Mayor 1518-9), by which marriage he was ancestor of the Viscounts Strangford and of the later Lords Teynham.
1542 Jan 26 Pagett	Thomas Blanke, Haberdasher	Bishopsgate 1542.
1542 Jan 26 Pagett	Died 28 Nov 1563; Will (PCC 33 Chayre) cod. 6 Sep; proved 23 Dec 1563. He suffered imprisonment for five days in the house of Sheriff Suckley for refusing to accept the office of Alderman (Wriothesley's Chronicle, i., 134). For his discharge see vol. I of this work, p. 228. He was father of Sir Thomas Blanke, Lord Mayor 1582-3.
1542 Sep 14 Blanke	Richard Dobbys, Skinner	Tower 1542-56.
1542 Sep 14 Blanke	Sheriff 1543-4. Mayor 1551-2. Knighted 8 May 1552; Master Skinners 1543, 1548, 1550, 1554. Died 13 May 1556; Will (PCC 8 Ketchyn) 11 May; proved 15 Jun 1556.
1542 Nov 9 Denham	Sir Rowland Hill, Mercer	Castle Baynard 1542-6. Walbrook 1546-61.
1542 Nov 9 Denham	Sheriff 1541-2. Mayor 1549-50. Knighted 18 May 1542; M.P. London 1553; President Bethlem and Bridewell 1557-8, 1559-61; Surveyor-General Hospitals 1558-61; Master Mercers 1543, 1550, 1555, 1561. Died 28 Oct 1561; Will (PCC 33 Loftes) 12 Nov 1560; proved 7 Nov 1561. The first Protestant Lord Mayor; founder of Drayton School, co. Salop. He (as did Sir Richard Gresham) secured considerable grants of land from the spoils of the monasteries. He was described on a tablet in St. Stephen's Church, Walbrook, as "A friend to Virtue, a Lover of Learning, A prudent Person and worthy Counsellor, A Lover of Wisdom, of Justice a Furtherer." From his uncle, Ralph Hill, were descended the first Viscount Hill, the Peninsular general, and Rowland Hill, the celebrated preacher.
1542 Dec 7 Hollyes	Sir George Barne, Haberdasher	Portsoken 1542-6. Coleman St 1546-58.
1542 Dec 7 Hollyes	Sheriff 1545-6. Mayor 1552-3. Knighted 11 Apr 1553. Died 18 Feb 1558; Will (PCC 13 Noodes) 15 Feb; proved 21 Mar 1558. His son, Sir George, was Lord Mayor 1586-7; his daughter Anne married Sir Francis Walsingham, the well-known Secretary of State to Queen Elizabeth, and another daughter Elizabeth was wife of Sir John Ryvers (Lord Mayor 1573-4).
1543 Jun 5 Dauntsey	Richard Gerveys, Mercer	Aldersgate 1543-9. Bassishaw 1549-53.
1543 Jun 5 Dauntsey	Sheriff 1546-7. Master Mercers 1544, 1551. Will (PCC 4 Wrastley) 27 Dec 1555; proved 7 Feb 1557.
1544 Mar 13 Spencer	Richard Rede, Salter	Farringdon Without 1544-6.
1544 Mar 13 Spencer	Auditor 1538-40. Died 1550; Will (PCC 27 Coode) 7 Sep; proved 14 Nov 1550. He refused to pay the benevolence demanded by Henry VIII in 1545, and was in consequence sent to serve with the army against the Scots, by whom he was taken prisoner.
1544 Jun 17 Bowyer	Sir Thomas Whyte, Merchant Taylor	Cornhill 1544-67.
1544 Jun 17 Bowyer	Sheriff 1547-8. Mayor 1553-4. Knighted 1553; Provost St. Bartholomew's Hospital 1551-2 (Treasurer 1549-50); Surveyor-General Hospitals 1562-6; Comptroller-General Hospitals 1566-7; Auditor 1542-4; Master Merchant Taylors 1535-6. Died 11 or 12 Feb 1567; Will (PCC 36 Stonarde) 8 Nov 1566; proved 21 Dec 1567. Founder of St. John's College, Oxford, and a benefactor to Bristol aud Coventry and to Merchant Taylors' School. Fuller (Worthies, ii., 58) says of him that "whithersoever he went he left the finger-marks of his charity behind him." He did not accept office as Alderman until after committal to Newgate for refusing. He married the widow of Sir Ralph Warren (Lord Mayor 1536-7 and 1544).
1545 Sep 17 Sir J. Aleyn	Robert Chertsey, Mercer	Farringdon Within 1545-51.
1545 Sep 17 Sir J. Aleyn	Sheriff 1547-8. Master Mercers 1547. Died 1555; Will (PCC 33 More) 1 Apr; proved 9 Oct 1555. His widow (of whom he was the second husband) married twice after his decease, her third partner being Sir David Brooke, Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer, and the fourth Edward, 1st Lord North.
1545 Oct 20 Dormer	Sir William Lok, Mercer	Vintry 1545-50.
1545 Oct 20 Dormer	Sheriff 1548-9. Knighted 3 Mar 1549; Master Mercers 1548. Died 24 Aug 1550; Will (PCC 20 Coode) 15 Mar; proved 11 Sep 1550. Grandson of John Lok (Alderman, Sheriff 1461-2), father of Michael Lok the traveller, and grandfather of Henry Lok, a writer of religious sonnets and psalms whom Warton describes as "the British Maevius." He was married four times and left issue by the first two, 13 sons and 6 daughters. He is the subject of an article in the Dictionary of National Biography, but I omitted to put the distinguishing mark to his name at p. 31 of this volume. In the article neither the name of his Ward nor the date of his election as Alderman is given and the date of his knighthood is incorrectly recorded.
Edward VI began his reign 28 Jan 1546.
1546 Apr 13 Rede	Augustine Hynde, Clothworker	Farringdon Without 1546-7. Cripplegate 1547-54.
1546 Apr 13 Rede	Sheriff 1550-1. Master Clothworkers 1545. Died 10 Aug 1554; Will (PCC 6 More) 23 Jun; proved 16 Aug 1554. His widow married Sir John Lyon (Lord Mayor 1554-5).
1546 Apr 15 Lewen	Richard Turke, Fishmonger	Castle Baynard 1546-52.
1546 Apr 15 Lewen	Sheriff 1549-50. Auditor 1545-6. Died Oct 1552; Will (PCC 28 Powell) 7 Oct; proved 25 Oct 1552.
1546 May 13 Sadler	Henry Goodyere, Leatherseller	Portsoken 1546-9.
1546 May 13 Sadler	Died ca Oct 1556 (buried 3 Nov); Will (PCC 25 Ketchyn) 26 Jun; proved 14 Dec 1556.
1547 Mar 1 R. Aleyn	John Lyon, Grocer	Queenhithe 1547-64.
1547 Mar 1 R. Aleyn	Sheriff 1550-1. Mayor 1554-5. Knighted 27 Jan 1555; President St. Bartholomew's Hospital 1557-9; Master Grocers 1547-8, 1549-50, 1553-4, 1558-9. Died 8 Sep 1564; Will (PCC 3 Morrison) 4 Sep 1564; proved 8 Jan 1565.
1547 Mar 10 Forman	John Lambarde (Lamberd), Draper	Farringdon Without 1547-9. Aldersgate 1549-54.
1547 Mar 10 Forman	Sheriff 1551-2. Master Drapers 1547-8, 1550-1, 1552-3. Died 4 Aug 1554; Will (PCC 6 More) 21 Mar 1553; proved 10 Aug 1554. Father of William Lambarde, the antiquary.
1547 Mar 23 Cotes	John Usshe, Founder	Aldgate 1547.
1547 Mar 23 Cotes	In his Will dated May 30th, proved Jun 21, 1554 [PCC 3 More] his name is written "Wysse," which is probably correct. In Wriothesley's Chronicle, i., 183, it is printed "Wishe." He was committed to Newgate for refusing to accept office on Apr 13, 1547, but was sworn and immediately discharged Apr 21. Wriothesley states that he was sworn previous to his discharge, which the entry in Repertory 11 (not ii. as printed vol. I, p. 11) omits, recording the discharge only.
1547 Apr 26 Usshe	Sir William Garrarde, Haberdasher	Aldgate 1547-50. Broad St 1550-6. Lime St 1556-71.
1547 Apr 26 Usshe	Sheriff 1552-3. Mayor 1555-6. Knighted bef 28 Feb 1556; M.P. London 1557-8; President Bethlem and Bridewell 1558-9; President St. Bartholomew's Hospital 1559-71 (Treasurer 1548-9); Surveyor-General Hospitals 1566-7; Comptroller-General Hospitals 1556-71. Died 27 Sep 1571; Will (PCC 3 Daper) 15 Apr 1570; proved 12 Jan 1572. Father of Sir John Garrarde (Lord Mayor 1601-2) and father-in-law of Sir George Barne (Lord Mayor 1586-7). Stow describes him as "a grave, sober, wise and discreet citizen equal with the best and inferior to none of our time."
1548 Oct 22 Tolos	David Woodroffe, Haberdasher	Bishopsgate 1548-60
1548 Oct 22 Tolos	Sheriff 1554-5. Died 24 Mar 1563; Will (21 Chayre) 26 Jun 1560; proved 22 May 1563. His son, Sir Nicholas, was Lord Mayor 1579-80, and his daughter Mary was mother of Sir William Stonhouse, 1st Baronet of Radley.
1549 Mar 26 Sir R. Gresham	Stephen Kyrton, Merchant Taylor	Cheap 1549-53.
1549 Mar 26 Sir R. Gresham	Master Merchant Taylors 1542-3. Died Aug 1553; Will (PCC 17 Tashe) 1 Feb 1552; proved 9 Aug 1553.
1549 Jul 18 Goodyere	Sir Thomas Offley, Merchant Taylor	Portsoken 1549-50. Aldgate 1550-82.
1549 Jul 18 Goodyere	Sheriff 1553-4. Mayor 1556-7. Knighted 7 Feb 1557; President Christ's Hospital 1563 (? 1559); Surveyor-General Hospitals 1567-72; Comptroller-General Hospitals 1572-82; Master Merchant Taylors 1547-8. Died 29 Aug 1582; Will (PCC 39 Tirwhitt) 5 Aug 1580; proved 24 Aug 1582. One of the earliest pupils of Lily, the Greek scholar, at St. Paul's. He is described by Fuller (Worthies, ed. Nuttall, i., 296) as the "Zacchaeus of London, not for his low stature but his high charity." He was brother-in-law to Stephen Kyrton (Alderman 1549-53) and son-in-law of John Nechyll or Nichylls (Alderman 1525). To his son Sir John Offley of Madeley, Isaak Walton dedicated The Compleat Angler.
1549 Oct 22 Roche	Christopher Aleyn, Mercer	Farringdon Without 1549-50.
1549 Oct 22 Roche	Died Feb 1536; Will (PCC 41 More) 21 Jan; proved 22 Feb 1556. Brother of Sir John Aleyn (Lord Mayor 1525-6, 1535-6).
1550 May 20 (additional)	Sir John Ayliffe, Barber-Surgeon	Bridge Without 1550-3. Dowgate 1553-6.
1550 May 20 (additional)	Sheriff 1548-9. Translated to Grocers 17 Jul 1550. Knighted 3 Mar 1549; Sergeant-Surgeon to Jenry VIII; Provost (1552-3) and President (1553-5) St. Bartholomew's Hospital; Master Barber-Surgeons 1538; Master Grocers 1551-2, 1556. Died Oct 1556; Will (PCC 26 Ketchyn) 27 Sep; 24 Dec 1556. The first election for the Ward of Bridge Without. Maternal grandson of Sir John Shaa (Lord Mayor 1501-2).
1550 Jun 3 Wylford	Lawrence Wythers, Salter	Portsoken 1550-6.
1550 Jun 3 Wylford	M.P. London 1563-7; President St. Bartholomew's Hospital 1556-7. Died ca 1573.
1553 Sep 16 Lok	Sir William Hewet, Clothworker	Vintry 1550-3. Candlewick 1553-67.
1553 Sep 16 Lok	Sheriff 1553-4. Mayor 1559-60. Knighted 21 Jan 1560; Auditor 1549-50; President St. Thomas' Hospital 1560-7; Master Clothworkers 1543. Died 25 Jan 1567; Will (PCC 9 Stonarde) 3 Jan; proved 11 Mar 1507. Son-in-law of Nicholas Leveson (Sheriff 1534-5) and father-in-law of Sir Edward Osborne (Lord Mayor 1583-4).
1553 Sep 23 Aleyn	William Robyns, Mercer	Farringdon Without 1550-2.
1553 Sep 23 Aleyn	Elected Sheriff 1526. Master Mercers 1552. Died 30 Dec 1552; Will (PCC 3 Tashe) 9 Sep 1549; proved 7 Feb 1553.
1551 Apr 23 Chertsey	Sir Thomas Curtes, Pewterer	Farringdon Within 1551-9.
1551 Apr 23 Chertsey	Sheriff 1546-7. Mayor 1557-8. Translated to Fishmongers 22 Sep 1556. Knighted before 3 Feb 1558; M.P. London 1547-51; Auditor 1539-40; President St. Bartholomew's Hospital 1555-6; Master Pewterers 1538, 1539, 1545, 1546. Died 27 Nov 1559. See Sir John Baddeley's Aldermen of Cripplegate Ward p. 145-7, for a full account of his prolonged resistance to the order of the Court of Aldermen that he should translate himself from the Pewterers to one of the 12 greater Companies.
1552 Oct 27 Turke	Sir Thomas Leigh, Mercer	Castle Baynard 1552-6. Broad St 1556-8. Coleman St 1558-71.
1552 Oct 27 Turke	Sheriff 1555-6. Mayor 1558-9. Knighted before 9 Feb 1559; Master Mercers 1554, 1559, 1564, 1569. Died 17 Nov 1571; Will (PCC 48 Holney) 20 Dec 1570; proved 14 Dec 1571. He married the niece of Sir Rowland Hill (Lord Mayor 1549-50). From his eldest son the Lords Leigh of the present creation, and from his second those of the earlier creation were descended; his third son was grandfather of Sir Francis Leigh, created Earl of Chichester, through whom he was ancestor of Chatham and the younger Pitt. His daughter Winifred married Sir George Bond (Lord Mayor 1587-8) and was ancestre of the Dukes of Marlborough, Viscount Melbourne (the Premier) and later Dukes of Leeds.
1553 Jan 17 Robyns	Sir William Chester, Draper	Farringdon Without 1553-6. Billingsgate 1556-9. Bassishaw 1559-66. Langbourn 1566-73.
1553 Jan 17 Robyns	Sheriff 1554-5. Mayor 1560-1. Knighted 7 Feb 1557; M.P. London 1563-7; President St. Thomas' Hospital 1556-60, 1568-71; President Bethlem and Bridewell 1564-8; Master Drapers 1553-4, 1556-7, 1559-60, 1567-8, 1568-9. Died ca 1595; adm. 13 May 1595. Stepson of Sir John Milbourne (Lord Mayor 1521-2). He married the widow of William Beswicke (Alderman 1564-5) and was ancestor of the Chester Baronets of Chicheley.
Mary began her reign 6 Jul 1553.
1553 Jul 20 Warren	John Machell, Clothworker	Vintry 1553-6. Bassishaw 1556-8.
1553 Jul 20 Warren	Sheriff 1555-6. Auditor 1551-3; Master Clothworkers 1547. Died ca Aug 1558; Will (PCC 65 Noodes) cod. 4 Aug; adm. 10 Oct 1558.
1553 Aug 23 Kyrton	Sir Thomas Lodge, Grocer	Cheap 1553-66.
1553 Aug 23 Kyrton	Sheriff 1559-60. Mayor 1562-3. Knighted 8 Mar 1563; President St. Thomas' Hospital 1560-1; Master Grocers 1554-5, 1559-60; Governor Russia Company. Died Feb 1584; Will (PCC 29 Brudenell) 11 Dec 1583; proved 7 Jun 1585. Son-in-law of Sir William Laxton (Lord Mayor 1544-5) and father of Thomas Lodge, the poet, dramatist and writer of tales, from whose "Rosalynde" Shakespeare derived the material for his play "As You Like It." Sir Thomas, who had ceased to be an Alderman, was committed to Newgate in 1576 for striking Alderman John Braunche on the face. He was the first Mayor "to leave ye cumly aunsyent custom of shavynge theyr beards." (Stow's Memoranda in Three Fifteenth Century Chronicles, p. 127). For an account of his quarrel with Queen Elizabeth's purveyor, Edward Skeggs, who carried off 12 capons provided for his table when Lord Mayor, see Strype's edition of Stow (1720), i.,289 quoted in Orridge The Citizens of London and their Rulers, pp. 127-130. His resignation was brought about by pressure. On Sept. 28, 1566, Aldermen Draper and Martyn were commissioned to "move him to surrender." (Rep. 16, fo. 114b.)
1553 Nov 14 Gerveys	Sir William Harper, Merchant Taylor	Bridge Without 1553-6. Dowgate 1556-74.
1553 Nov 14 Gerveys	Sheriff 1556-7. Mayor 1561-2. Knighted 15 Feb 1562; Treasurer St. Bartholomew's Hospital 1552-3; Master Merchant Taylors 1553-4. Died 27 Feb 1574; Will (PCC 14 Martyn) 27 Oct 1573; proved 6 Apr 1574. Founder of the Grammar School at Bedford.
1554 Aug 30 Lambarde	Henry Herdson, Skinner	Aldersgate 1554-5.
1554 Aug 30 Lambarde	Master Skinners 1552. Died Dec 1555; Will (PCC 38 More) 16 Dec 1555; proved 10 Jan 1556.
1554 Aug 30 Hynde	Sir John Whyte, Grocer	Cripplegate 1554-8. Broad St 1558-67. Cornhill 1567-73.
1554 Aug 30 Hynde	Sheriff 1556-7. [Elected Sheriff 1553.] Mayor 1563-4. Knighted bef 25 Jan 1564; M.P. London 1566-7, 1571-2; Auditor 1554; Treasurer St. Bartholomew's Hospital 1549; President Bethlem and Bridewell 1568-73; Surveyor-General Hospitals 1572-3; Master Grocers 1555-6, 1560-1. Died 9 Jun 1573; Will (PCC 40 Peter) 29 May; proved 20 Aug 1573. Brother of John Whyte, Bishop of Winchester, an instance of two brothers bearing the same baptismal name. He married the widow of Ralph Greneway (Alderman 1556-8). "He wore a rownd cape" [i.e. cap] "that wayed not iiii. ouncis, which semyd to all men in consyderation of ye auncient bonyt, to be very uncomly" [Stow's Memoranda in Three Fifteenth Century Chronicles, p. 127]. His son Robert's two daughters married respectively Sir Richard Tichborne, Bart., and his brother Sir Walter; from the latter marriage the present Baronet is descended, the personation of whose uncle by Arthur Orton was the origin of the celebrated "Tichborne case."
1555 Feb 14 Amcotts	John Lowen, Draper	Billingsgate 1555.
1555 Feb 14 Amcotts	Master Drapers 1555-6, 1558-9. Died 31 Aug 1559; Will (PCC 45 Chayney) 10 Oct 1557; proved 24 Oct 1559.
1556 Jan 16 Herdson	James Altham, Clothworker	Aldersgate 1556-61.
1556 Jan 16 Herdson	Sheriff 1557-8. Sheriff Essex 1570-1. Will (PCC 16 Rower) 17 Dec 1582; proved 9 Mar 1583. Son of Edward Altham, Sheriff 1531-2. His first wife was sister of Sir Thomas Blanke (Lord Mayor 1582-3) and his second was daughter of Sir Andrew Judde (Lord Mayor 1550-1). By the former he was father of James Altham, Baron of the Exchequer, whose daughter married Arthur Annesley, first Earl of Anglesey. Altham was fined 100 marks "for his contemptuous disobedyence in not observynge the order of this Court " [Rep. 14, fo. 513b] Jul 24, 1561, and discharged from his Aldermanry a week later.
1556 Jan 30 Lowen	Sir Richard Malorye, Mercer	Farringdon Without 1556-60. Vintry 1560-7.
1556 Jan 30 Lowen	Sheriff 1557-8. Mayor 1564-5. Knighted 18 Feb 1565; Treasurer St. Bartholomew's Hospital 1554-5; Master Mercers 1557, 1562, 1565. Died Mar 1567; Will (PCC 9 Stonarde) 16 Jun 1566; proved 27 Mar 1567. Son-in-law of Robert Pakynton, M.P. for London.
1556 Jun 25 Dobbys	John Hawes (Halse), Clothworker	Tower 1556-65.
1556 Jun 25 Dobbys	Sheriff 1558-9. Master Clothworkers 1546. Died ca 1573; Will (PCC 17 Martyn) 10 Aug 1573; adm. 1 May 1574.
1556 Sep 24 Laxton	Richard Champyon, Draper	Castle Baynard 1556-65. Tower 1565-8.
1556 Sep 24 Laxton	Sheriff 1558-9. Mayor 1565-6. Knighted 17 Feb 1566; Master Drapers 1557-8, 1560-1, 1568. Died 30 Oct 1568; Will (PCC 23 Babyington) 22 Oct; proved 22 Nov 1568.
1556 Oct 15 Champneys	Sir Christopher Draper, Ironmonger	Cordwainer 1556-81.
1556 Oct 15 Champneys	Sheriff 1560-1. Mayor 1566-7. Knighted 16 Feb 1567; Surveyor-General Hospitals 1573-81; Master Ironmongers 1557, 1562, 1564, 1567, 1571, 1575, 1579, 1580. Died 8 May 1581; Will (PCC 22 Darcy) 21 Jul 1580; proved 8 Jun 1581. His daughters married respectively Sir William Webbe (Lord Mayor 1591-2), Sir Wolstan Dixie (Lord Mayor 1585-6) and Sir Nicholas Woodroffe (Lord Mayor 1579-80). Lady Woodroffe took a second Aldermanic husband, Sir Henry Billingsley (Lord Mayor 1596-7).
1556 Oct 22 Huberthorn	Sir Roger Martin, Mercer	Bread St 1556-73.
1556 Oct 22 Huberthorn	Sheriff 1559-60. Mayor 1567-8. Knighted 14 Mar 1568; Master Mercers 1568, 1573. Died 20 Dec 1573; Will (PCC 1 Martyn) 8 Sep 1573; proved 28 Jan 1574. Son-in-law of Humphrey Pakington (brother of Robert Pakynton, M.P. for London). His wife's sisters married Sir Lionel Duckett (Lord Mayor 1572-3) and Edward Jakman (Alderman, Sheriff 1564-5) respectively; the latter afterwards married James Bacon (Alderman, Sheriff 1568-9); the former had previously been the wife of Humphrey Baskerfeld (Alderman, Sheriff 1561-2).
1556 Nov 12 Ayliff	Ralph Greneway, Grocer	Bridge Without 1556-8.
1556 Nov 12 Ayliff	Master Grocers 1557-8. Died May 1558; Will (PCC 30 Noodes) 3 May; proved 27 Jun 1558.
1556 Dec 1 Sir J. Gresham	Richard Foulkes, Clothworker	Vintry 1556-60.
1556 Dec 1 Sir J. Gresham	[Elected Sheriff 1560.] Master Clothworkers 1550. Died ca Nov 1570; Will (PCC 38 Lyon) 22 Oct; proved 11 Dec 1570.
1557 Jun 22 Wythers	Sir Thomas Rowe, Merchant Taylor	Portsoken 1557-60. Bishopsgate 1560-70.
1557 Jun 22 Wythers	Sheriff 1560-1. Mayor 1568-9. Knighted (bef 14 Jul) 1569; President St. Thomas' Hospital 1567-8; Master Merchant Taylors 1557-8. Died 2 Sep 1570; Will (PCC 28 Lyon) 2 May 1569; proved 31 Oct 1570. Son-in-law of Sir John Gresham (Lord Mayor 1547-8), first cousin of Sir William Rowe (Lord Mayor 1592-3), father of Sir Henry Rowe (Lord Mayor 1607-8), and grandfather of Sir Thomas Roe, the Ambassador.
1558 Mar 31 Barne	Alexander Avenon, Ironmonger	Cripplegate 1558-66. Farringdon Within 1566-78. Bread St 1578-80.
1558 Mar 31 Barne	Sheriff 1561-2. Mayor 1569-70. Knighted (before 8 Jun) 1570; Treasurer St. Bartholomew's Hospital 1555-6; President St. Thomas' Hospital 1571-3; President Bethlem and Bridewell 1573-80; Master Ironmongers 1559, 1560, 1563, 1566, 1568, 1570, 1574, 1578. Died ca Jul 1580; adm. 23 Sep 1580.
1558 Jun 21 Greneway	John Cowper, Fishmonger	Bridge Without 1558-67. Queenhithe 1567-70.
1558 Jun 21 Greneway	Sheriff 1551-2. (?) M.P. Stayning 1572. Died Aug 1584; Will (PCC 23 Watson) 4 Aug; proved 18 Aug 1584. Grandfather of Sir William Cowper, 1st Baronet and ancestor of the Earls Cowper and of the poet William Cowper. Stow says that he was "put by his term of Mayoralty upon some private displeasure of his brethren." Mr. Kingsford in his edition of Stow says that Stow "glosses over his shortcomings which lost him his term of Mayoralty."
1558 Sep 27 Judde	Humphrey Baskerfeld (Baskerville), Mercer	Bridge 1558-64.
1558 Sep 27 Judde	Sheriff 1561-2. Auditor 1558; Master Mercers 1560. Died Feb 1564; Will (PCC 9 Stevenson) 1 Sep 1563; adm. 14 Mar 1564. Son-in-law of Humphrey Pakington; his widow married Sir Lionel Duckett (Lord Mayor 1572-3).
Elizabeth began her reign 17 Nov 1558.
1559 Jan 19 Machell	William Alleyn (Allen), Leatherseller	[Bridge Without 1558.] Billingsgate 1559-64. Bridge 1564-86.
1559 Jan 19 Machell	Sheriff 1562-3. Mayor 1571-2. Admitted to Mercers ca 1564. Knighted (bef 4 Feb) 1572; President St. Thomas' Hospital 1573-80; Surveyor-General Hospitals 1582-6; Master Leathersellers 1558-9, Mercers 1566, 1571, 1577, 1583. Died May 1586.
1560 Jan 9 Curtes	Richard Chamberlyn (Chamberlain), Ironmonger	Farringdon Within 1560-6.
1560 Jan 9 Curtes	Sheriff 1562-3. Auditor 1558-60; Master Ironmongers 1565. Died 19 Nov 1566; Will (PCC 7 Stonarde) 18 Oct 1563; proved 20 Feb 1567. Father of John Chamberlain, the letter-writer.
1560 Jan 25 Woodroffe	Edward Bankes, Haberdasher	Portsoken 1560-6.
1560 Jan 25 Woodroffe	Sheriff 1563-4. Died 11 Jul 1566; Will (PCC 26 Crymes) 18 Jun; proved 19 Oct 1566. His widow married George Freville, Baron of the Exchequer.
1560 Sep 19 Foulkes	Sir Rowland Hayward, Clothworker	Farringdon Without 1560-4. Queenhithe 1564-6. Cripplegate 1566-71. Lime St 1571-93.
1560 Sep 19 Foulkes	Sheriff 1563-4. Mayor 1570-1, 1591. Knighted (before 3 May) 1571; M.P. London 1572-83; Auditor 1556-8; President Bethlem and Bridewell 1561-3; President St. Bartholomew's Hospital 1572-93; Master Clothworkers 1559; Surveyor-General Hospitals 1580-2; Comptroller-General Hospitals 1582-93. Died 5 Dec 1593; Will (PCC 24 Dixy) 17 Nov 1592; proved 4 Mar 1594. He was the father of 16 children. His second wife was grand-daughter of Sir Andrew Judde (Lord Mayor 1550-1). His daughter Elizabeth married Lord Knyvett; another daughter, Joan, married Sir John Thynne, ancestor of the Marquesses of Bath.
1561 Aug 1 Altham	Edward Gylbert, Goldsmith	Aldersgate 1561-4
1561 Aug 1 Altham	President Bethlem and Bridewell 1563-4; Prime Warden Goldsmiths 1562. Died 1591. His grand-daughter married Phillip, 3rd Lord Wharton.
1561 Dec 2 Hill	Edward Jakman, Grocer	Walbrook 1561-9.
1561 Dec 2 Hill	Sheriff 1564-5. Died Sep 1569; Will (PCC 3 Lyon) cod. 24 Sep 1569; proved 5 Feb 1570.
1564 Mar 9 Baskerfeld	Richard Lamberd (Lambert), Grocer	Billingsgate 1564-6. Bassishaw 1566-7.
1564 Mar 9 Baskerfeld	Sheriff 1566-7. Died 4 Apr 1567; Will (PCC 26 Stonarde) 31 Mar; proved 16 Sep 1567. He was buried at St Mary le Bow Church, inscriptions reads:- Here lyeth Richard Lambert, Grocer, late Alderman and Sheriff of London; Merchant- Adventurer, and free of Muscovia and Russia; who deceased in the time of his Shrievalty, the fourth day of April, An. Dom. 1567, &c. His brother Walter was father of the first Lord Cavan and ancestor of the Earls of Cavan.
1564 Oct 5 Lyon	William Beswicke, Draper	Farringdon Without 1564-5.
1564 Oct 5 Lyon	Died 5 May 1567; Will (PCC 14 Stonarde) 14 Apr; proved 31 May 1567. His widow married Sir William Chester (Lord Mayor 1560-1).
1564 Dec 5 Gylbert	Sir Lionel Duckett, Mercer	Aldersgate 1564-7. Bassishaw 1567-87.
1564 Dec 5 Gylbert	Sheriff 1564-5. Mayor 1572-3. Knighted 2 Feb 1573; Auditor 1559-61; Elected President St. Thomas' Hospital 1573; President Bethlem and Bridewell 1580-6; Master Mercers 1567, 1572, 1578, 1584. Died Jul 1587; Will (PCC 9 Rutland) 9 Jul 1587; proved 20 Feb 1588. Partner of Sir Thomas Gresham, the founder of the Royal Exchange, of whose Will he was executor. He married the widow of Humphrey Baskerfeld (Alderman, Sheriff 1561-2).
1565 Aug 30 Beswicke	Sir John Ryvers, Grocer	Farringdon Without 1565-8. Broad St 1568-74. Walbrook 1574-84.
1565 Aug 30 Beswicke	Sheriff 1565-6. Mayor 1573-4. Knighted 2 May 1574; President St. Thomas' Hospital 1580-4. Died ca Mar 1584; Will (PCC 37 Butts) 31 Jan; proved 10 Apr 1584. Son-in-law of Sir George Barne (Lord Mayor 1552-3) and brother-in-law of Sir George Barne (Lord Mayor 1586-7).
1565 Oct 2 John Hawes	Sir James Hawes, Clothworker	Castle Baynard 1565-73. Cornhill 1573-82.
1565 Oct 2 John Hawes	Sheriff 1565-6. Mayor 1574-5. Knighted (before 11 Jun) 1575; Master Clothworkers 1561. Died Sep 1582 (buried 13 Sep). One of his daughters married Sir Robert Lee (Lord Mayor 1602-3), and another Sir John Watts (Lord Mayor 1606-7), and a third Thomas Wilford, Chamberlain of the City.
1566 Sep 3 Bankes	Sir Ambrose Nicholas, Salter	Portsoken 1566-9. Walbrook 1569-74. Bread St 1574-8.
1566 Sep 3 Bankes	Sheriff 1566-7. Mayor 1575-6. Knighted 19 Feb 1576; Auditor 1564-6; Treasurer St. Bartholomew's Hospital 1559-61, 1562-6. Died May 1578; Will (PCC 22 Langley) 30 Apr; proved 31 May 1578. One of his daughters married Sir Paul Tracy, Bart., another William Dutton, from which marriage the Lords Sherborne are descended.
1566 Oct 8 Bowes	John Langley, Goldsmith	Billingsgate 1566-70. Queenhithe 1570-3. Langbourn 1573-8.
1566 Oct 8 Bowes	Sheriff 1567. Mayor 1576-7. Knighted 15 Mar 1577; Prime Warden Goldsmiths 1577. Died Jan 1578; Will (PCC 1 Langley) cod. 1 Jan; proved 25 Jan 1578.
1566 Dec 12 Lodge	Sir Thomas Ramsey, Grocer	Cheap 1566-88. Cornhill 1588-90.
1566 Dec 12 Lodge	Sheriff 1567-8. Mayor 1577-8. Knighted 1 May 1578; President Christ's Hospital 1582-90; Surveyor-General Hospitals 1586-90. Died 19 May 1590; Will (PCC 29 Drury) 20 Sep 1585; proved 29 May 1590. His widow (daughter of William Dale, of Bristol) was a benefactress to Christ's Hospital and to Queen Elizabeth's Hospital, Bristol.
1567 Jan 23 Chamberlyn	Henry Beecher, Haberdasher	Bridge Without 1567-71.
1567 Jan 23 Chamberlyn	Sheriff 1569-70. Died 15 Jan 1571; Will (PCC 10 Holney) cod. 8 Dec 1570; proved 3 Feb 1571.
1567 Feb 18 Hewet	William Bonde, Haberdasher	Candlewick 1567-76.
1567 Feb 18 Hewet	Sheriff 1567-8. Auditor 1566-7. Died 31 May 1576; Will (PCC 26 Carew) cod. 30 May; proved 20 Sep 1576. Brother of Sir George Bonde (Lord Mayor, 1587-8) and father of Martin Bond, M.P. for the City 1624-5. He purchased Crosby Place in 1567.
1567 Mar 6 Sir T. Whyte	Robert Hardyng, Salter	Broad St 1567-77.
1567 Mar 6 Sir T. Whyte	Sheriff 1568. [Elected Sheriff 1564.] Auditor 1558-60. Died 26 Nov 1568; Will (PCC 26 Babington) 20 Nov; proved 3 Dec 1568.
1567 Apr 15 Malorye	John Oliff, Merchant Taylor	Vintry 1567-77.
1567 Apr 15 Malorye	Sheriff 1568-9. Master Merchant Taylors 1564-5. Died 26 Jun 1577; Will (PCC 29 Daughtrey) 16 Nov 1574; proved 14 Jul 1577.
1567 Apr 24 Lamberd	James Bacon, Fishmonger	Aldersgate 1567-73
1567 Apr 24 Lamberd	Sheriff 1568-9. Treasurer St. Thomas' Hospital 1562-7. Died 5 Jun 1573; Will (PCC 28 Peter) 27 Apr; proved 28 Sep 1573. Brother of Sir Nicholas Bacon, Lord Keeper, and uncle of Anthony and Francis Bacon, Viscount St. Albany ("Lord Bacon" as he is generally but erroneously styled), Lord Chancellor and philosopher. He married the widow of Edward Jakman (Alderman, Sheriff 1564-5).
1568 Nov 23 Champyon	William Dane, Ironmonger	Tower 1568-73.
1568 Nov 23 Champyon	Sheriff 1569-70. Master Ironmongers 1569, 1573. Died 5 Sep 1573; Will (PCC 29 Peter) 7 Sep 1563; proved 28 Sep 1573.
1568 Dec 14 Hardyng	Francis Barnham (Barnam), Draper	Farringdon Without 1568-73. Tower 1573-6.
1568 Dec 14 Hardyng	Sheriff 1570-1. Treasurer St. Thomas' Hospital 1567-9; Master Drapers 1568-9, 1571-2. Died 10 May 1576; Will (PCC 10 Carew) cod. 1 Apr; proved 12 May 1576.
1569 Oct 11 Jakman	Phillip Gunter, Skinner	Portsoken 1569.
1569 Oct 11 Jakman	Master Skinners 1556, 1559, 1565, 1568, 1575, 1579, 1582. Died 15 Feb 1583; Will (PCC 8 Rowe) 8 Jan; proved 19 Feb 1583.
1569 Nov 15 Gunter	Henry Mylles, Grocer	Portsoken 1569-74.
1569 Nov 15 Gunter	Sheriff 1571-2. Auditor 1567-9; Master Grocers 1562-3. Died 22 Jan 1574; Will (PCC 15 Martyn) 16 Jan; proved 26 Apr 1574.
1570 Sep 26 Rowe	Richard Pype, Leatherseller	Bishopsgate 1570-87.
1570 Sep 26 Rowe	Sheriff 1572-3. Mayor 1578-9. Translated to Drapers 2 Oct 1571. Knighted bef 11 Feb 1579; Master Leathersellers 1566-7, Drapers 1573-4, 1577-8, 1581-2. Died Sep 1587; Will (PCC 66 Spencer) 22 Jun; proved 4 Nov 1587.
1570 Dec 14 Cowper	William Boxe, Grocer	Billingsgate 1570-81.
1570 Dec 14 Cowper	Sheriff 1570-1. Treasurer Bethlem and Bridewell 1560-3; Master Grocers 1566-7.
1571 Feb 8 Beecher	Sir Nicholas Woodroffe, Haberdasher	Bridge Without 1571-4. Dowgate 1574-88.
1571 Feb 8 Beecher	Sheriff 1572-3. Mayor 1579-80. Knighted 7 Feb 1580; M.P. London 1584-5; President St. Thomas' Hospital 1584-6 (Treasurer 1569-71); Master Haberdashers 1585. Died 18 May 1598; Will (PCC 71 Lewyn) 7 May 1596; proved 7 Aug 1598. Son of David Woodroffe (Alderman, Sheriff 1554-5), and son-in-law of Stephen Kyrton (Alderman 1549-53).
1571 Nov 6 Garrarde	Sir John Branche, Draper	Cripplegate 1571-86.
1571 Nov 6 Garrarde	Sheriff 1571-2. Mayor 1580-1. Knighted 5 Feb 1581; Master Drapers 1572-3, 1576-7, 1579-80, 1583-4. Died 24 Jul 1588; Will (PCC 55 Rutland) 10 Jun; proved 23 Sep 1588. Grandson of John Wylkynson (Alderman, Sheriff 1519-20). For his fracas with Sir Thomas Lodge see Sir J. Baddeley's Aldermen of Cripplegate Ward, p. 231.
1571 Dec 11 Leigh	James Harvye, Ironmonger	Coleman St 1571-8. Langbourn 1578-83.
1571 Dec 11 Leigh	Sheriff 1573-4. Mayor 1581-2. Knighted 6 May 1582; Auditor 1567-8; Master Ironmongers 1572, 1576, 1580, 1582. Died Jun 1583; Will (PCC 31 Rower) 29 Apr; proved 5 Jul 1583.
1573 Feb 26 Chester	Thomas Blanke, Haberdasher	Queenhithe 1573-82. Cornhill 1582-8.
1573 Feb 26 Chester	Sheriff 1574-5. Mayor 1582-3. Knighted 5 May 1583; Master Haberdashers 1582-3. Died 28 Oct 1588; Will (PCC 5 Leicester) 30 Sep 1585; proved 2 Nov 1588.
1573 Jun 23 Bacon	Anthony Gamage, Ironmonger	Aldersgate 1573-9.
1573 Jun 23 Bacon	Sheriff 1574-5. Auditor 1568-70; Master Ironmongers 1573, 1577. Died 11 Jun 1579; Will (PCC 32 Bakon) 15 Dec 1571; proved 9 Jul 1579.
1573 Jul 7 Sir J. Whyte	Sir Edward Osborne, Clothworker	Castle Baynard 1573-6. Candlewick 1576-92.
1573 Jul 7 Sir J. Whyte	Sheriff 1575-6. Mayor 1583-4. Knighted 2 Feb 1584; M.P. London 1586-7; President St. Thomas' Hospital 1586-92 (Treasurer 1571-3); Surveyor-General Hospitals 1590-2; Governor Levant Company. Died 4 Feb 1592. Apprentice to Sir William Hewet (Lord Mayor 1559-60), whose daughter he rescued from drowning at London Bridge, and afterwards married. He was great-grandfather of the first Duke of Leeds (the Lord Treasurer Danby of Charles II's reign) and ancestor of the present Duke.
1573 Oct 6 Dawe	Sir Thomas Pullyson, Draper	Farringdon Without 1573-7. Vintry 1577-88.
1573 Oct 6 Dawe	Sheriff 1573-4. Mayor 1584-5. Knighted 14 Feb 1585; President Bethlem and Bridewell 1586-8; Master Drapers 1574-5, 1578-9, 1582-3, 1586-7. He lived to a great age and fell on evil days; the Court of Aldermen granted him a pension of £40 for life which was continued to his widow. In Apr, 1616, 28 years after his retirement from the Court of Aldermen, he was reported to be very sick and speechless. His daughter married Richard Wilbraham, Common Serjeant, from which marriage the Earls of Lathom are descended.
1574 Feb 4 Martyn	Sir Wolstan Dixie, Skinner	Broad St 1574-93. Bassishaw 1593-4.
1574 Feb 4 Martyn	Sheriff 1575-6. Mayor 1585-6. Son-in-law of Sir Christopher Draper (Lord Mayor 1566-7) and founder of Market Bosworth Grammar School.
1574 Feb 16 Mylles	William Kympton, Merchant Taylor	Portsoken 1574-80. Bread St 1580-5.
1574 Feb 16 Mylles	Sheriff 1576-7. Master Merchant Taylors 1570-1. He was imprisoned and fined 500 marks for misprision of treason in concealing a letter from the Vicar of Hadley informing him of a riot.
1574 Apr 1 Harper	Gerard Gore, Merchant Taylor	Bridge Without 1574.
1574 Apr 1 Harper	Master Merchant Taylors 1567-8. Died 11 Dec 1607; Will (PCC 7 Windebank) 19 Dec 1602; proved 16 Jan 1608. Father of Sir John Gore (Lord Mayor 1624-5), William Gore (Alderman, Sheriff 1615-6) and Richard Gore, M.P. for the City 1604-11.
1574 Sep 9 Gore	John Harryson, Goldsmith	Bridge Without 1574.
1574 Sep 9 Gore	Auditor 1563-5; Prime Warden Goldsmiths 1564.
1574 Oct 26 Harryson	Sir George Barne, Haberdasher	Bridge Without 1574-6. Tower 1576-83. Langbourn 1583-7. Bassishaw 1587-93.
1574 Oct 26 Harryson	Sheriff 1576-7. Mayor 1586-7. Knighted 1587; M.P. London 1588-9; Auditor 1574; President St. Thomas' Hospital 1592-3; Master Haberdashers 1586-7. Died ca Jan 1593; Will (PCC 1 Newell) 2 Apr 1592; proved 20 Jan 1593. Son of Sir George Barne (Lord Mayor 1552-3) ar brother-in-law of Sir Francis Walsingham, Secretary of State to Queen Elizabeth. His daughter married the first Lord Aungier of Longford.
1576 Jul 5 Barnham	John Hardyng, Salter	Tower 1576.
1576 Jul 5 Barnham	Died Oct 1576; Will (PCC 28 Carew) 30 Sep; proved 19 Oct 1576.
1576 Jul 12 Bonde	Francis Bowyer, Grocer	Castle Baynard 1576-81.
1576 Jul 12 Bonde	Sheriff 1577-8. Auditor 1569-71; Master Grocers 1575-6. Died 15 Jun 1581; Will (PCC 27 Darcy) 27 Jul 1580; proved 3 Jul 1581. His daughter married Sir William Spencer of Yarnton and their daughter married Sir Henry Montague, Lord Chief Justice and Lord High Treasurer, created Earl of Manchester, and was mother of the 2nd Earl (the celebrated Parliamentarian General) from whom the Dukes of Manchester are descended.
1576 Oct 19 Hardyng	Thomas Starkye, Skinner	Bridge Without 1576-81. Cordwainer 1581-8.
1576 Oct 19 Hardyng	Sheriff 1578-9. Auditor 1571-3; Master Skinners 1574, 1578, 1581, 1584; Will (PCC 3 Dixy) 5 Apr 1592; proved 22 Jan 1594. His first wife was daughter of Sir Alexander Avenon (Lord Mayor 1569-70) and his second of Sir William Alleyn (Lord Mayor 1571-2).
1577 Jul 16 Oliff	Nicholas Backhouse, Grocer	Farringdon Without 1577-80.
1577 Jul 16 Oliff	Sheriff 1577-8. Auditor 1570-2; Treasurer St. Bartholomew's Hospital 1576-7. Died 12 Jun 1580; Will (PCC 26 Arundell) 26 Aug 1576; proved 6 Jul 1580.
1578 Feb 6 Langley	Sir George Bonde, Haberdasher	Coleman St 1578-84. Walbrook 1584-92.
1578 Feb 6 Langley	Sheriff 1578-8. Mayor 1587-8. Knighted bef 20 Feb 1588; Auditor 1574-6; President Bethlem and Bridewell 1588-9; Master Haberdashers 1587-8. Died ca Apr 1592; Will (PCC 30 Harington) 2 Mar; proved 29 Apr 1592. Son-in-law of Sir Thomas Leigh (Lord Mayor 1558-9). Through one daughter he was ancestor of Viscount Melbourne, the first Prime Minister of Queen Victoria, and through another of the Dukes of Marlborough, Lord Randolph Churchill, Mr. Winston Churchill and the later Dukes of Leeds.
1578 May 29 Nicholas	Sir Richard Martin, Goldsmith	Farringdon Within 1578-98. Bread St 1598-1602.
1578 May 29 Nicholas	Sheriff 1581-2. [Elected Sheriff 1578.] Mayor 1589, 1594. Knighted 1589; Auditor 1573-5; Master Mint 1581-1617; President Christ's Hospital 1594-1602; Comptroller-General Hospitals 1594-1602; Prime Warden Goldsmiths 1592-3. Died Jul 1617; adm. 19 Aug 1617. His daughter married Sir Julius Caesar (Chancellor of the Exchequer and Master of the Rolls, temp. King James I.). He was removed from his Aldermanry in 1602 on account of his "unfitting demeanour and carriage". See Overall Remembrancia, p. 4.
1579 Jun 30 Gamage	Martin Calthorp, Draper	Aldersgate 1579-88. Cheap 1588-9.
1579 Jun 30 Gamage	Sheriff 1579-80. Mayor 1588-9. Knighted before 6 Mar 1589; Treasurer St. Bartholomew's Hospital 1572-3; Master Drapers 1580-1, 1584-5, 1587-8. Died May 1589; Will (PCC 48 Leicester) 3 May; proved 16 May 1589.
1580 Jun 23 Backhouse	Sir John Harte, Grocer	Farringdon Without 1580-2. Queenhithe 1582-90. Cornhill 1590-5. Lime St 1595-1604.
1580 Jun 23 Backhouse	Sheriff 1579-80. Mayor 1589-90. Knighted bef 12 Mar 1589; M.P. London 1592-3, 1597-8; Auditor 1575-7; President St. Bartholomew's Hospital 1593-1604 (Treasurer 1573-4); Surveyor-General Hospitals 1594-1602; Comptroller-General Hospitals 1602-4; Committee E.I.C. (elected Governor) 1602. Died Jan 1604; Will (PCC 1 Harte) 3 Jan; proved 23 Jan 1604. One of the chief founders of the East India Company. His eldest daughter married Sir George Bolles (Lord Mayor 1617-8) and his second Humphrey Smith (Alderman, Sheriff 1629-30).
1580 Jul 26 Avenon	Ralph Woodcocke, Grocer	Bridge Without 1581-3. Tower 1583-5. Bread St 1585-91.
1580 Jul 26 Avenon	Sheriff 1580-1. Mayor 1590-1. Knighted Jun 1591. Died 7 Sep 1591; Will (PCC 77 Sainherbe) 17 Jul 1589; proved 15 Oct 1591.
1581 Jun 1 Draper	John Allott, Fishmonger	Portsoken 1580-4. Coleman St 1584-6.
1581 Jun 1 Draper	Sheriff 1580-1. Died 1 Sep 1586; Will (PCC 47 Windsor) 1 Sep; proved 7 Sep 1586.
1581 Jun 6 Boxe	Sir William Webbe, Salter	Billingsgate 1581-94. Cordwainer 1594-9.
1581 Jun 6 Boxe	Sheriff 1581-2. Mayor 1591-2. Knighted (between 9 May and 1 Jul) 1592; Treasurer St. Bartholomew's Hospital 1577-8; President Bethlem and Bridewell 1594-8. Died 4 Jul 1599; Will (PCC 62 Kidd) 26 Mar; proved 7 Jul 1599. Son-in-law of Sir Christopher Draper (Lord Mayor 1566-7) and uncle of Archbishop Laud.
1581 Jun 27 Bowyer	William Rowe, Ironmonger	Castle Baynard 1581-93.
1581 Jun 27 Bowyer	Sheriff 1582-3. Mayor 1592-3. Knighted (between 24 Apr and 23 May) 1593; President Bethlem and Bridewell 1592-3; Master Ironmongers 1583, 1584, 1587, 1589, 1590. Died 23 Oct 1593; Will (PCC 36 Dixy) 21 Oct 1593; proved 11 May 1594.
1582 Sep 27 Offley	John Haydon, Mercer	Aldgate 1582.
1582 Sep 27 Offley	Sheriff 1582. [Elected Sheriff 1580.] Master Mercers 1582. Died Nov 1582; Will (PCC 14 Butts) 25 Nov; proved 28 Nov 1582.
1582 Oct 16 Hawes	Cuthbert Buckle (Buckell), Vintner	Farringdon Without 1582-6. Bridge 1586-94. Bassishaw 1594.
1582 Oct 16 Hawes	Sheriff 1582-3. [Elected Sheriff 1580.] Mayor 1593-4. Knighted (between 29 May and 24 Jun) 1594; President St. Thomas' Hospital 1593-4 (Treasurer 1579-81). Died Jul 1594; Will (PCC 55 Dixy) 28 Jun; proved 3 Jul 1594.
1582 Dec 13 Haydon	William Masham (Marsham), Grocer	Aldgate 1582-8. Cordwainer 1588-94.
1582 Dec 13 Haydon	Sheriff 1583-4. [Elected Sheriff 1580.] Treasurer St. Bartholomew's Hospital 1579-80; Died ca Nov 1600; Will (PCC 71 Wallop) 4 Oct; proved 26 Nov 1600.
1583 Jun 27 Harvye	Sir John Spencer, Clothworker	Bridge Without 1583-7. Langbourn 1587-94. Bassishaw 1594-1610.
1583 Jun 27 Harvye	Sheriff 1583-4. [Elected Sheriff 1578, 1580.] Mayor 1594-5. Knighted (between 27 May and 16 Jun) 1595; Surveyor-General Hospitals 1602-4; Comptroller-General Hospitals 1604-10; President St. Bartholomew's Hospital 1604-10; Committee E.I.C. 1601-2; elected Master Clothworkers 1580. Died 3 Mar 1610; adm. 16 Mar 1610. He bought Crosby Place from the heirs of William Bonde (Alderman, Sheriff 1567-8). His daughter (his only child) eloped with Lord Compton, afterwards Earl of Northampton. According to the legend she escaped from her father's house, secreted in a baker's basket. From her marriage the Marquesses of Northampton, Bishop Compton of London and two Prime Ministers (the Earl of Wilmington and Spencer Perceval) were descended.
1584 May 7 Ryvers	Sir Stephen Slanye, Skinner	Portsoken 1584-6. Coleman St 1586-96. Broad St 1596=1608.
1584 May 7 Ryvers	Sheriff 1584-5. Mayor 1595-6. Knighted May 1596; Auditor 1576-8, 1581-3; President Bethlem and Bridewell 1599-1600; President Christ's Hospital 1602-8; Surveyor-General Hospitals 1604-8; Master Skinners 1585, 1587, 1591, 1598. Died 27 Dec 1608; Will (PCC 5 Dorset) 2 Aug 1598; proved 3 Jan 1609. His daughter was mother of Sir Stephen Lennard, 1st Baronet of West Wickham.
1585 Nov 16 Kympton	Sir Henry Billingsley, Haberdasher	Tower 1585-92. Candlewick 1592-1606.
1585 Nov 16 Kympton	Sheriff 1584-5. Mayor 1596-7. Knighted (between 19 Jan and 21 Feb) 1597; M.P. London 1585, 1604-6; Auditor 1580-2; President St. Thomas' Hospital 1594-1606; Custom Ex. Port London 1589; Master Haberdashers 1584-5, 1590-1, 1595-6, 1605-6. Died 22 Nov 1606; Will (PCC 91 Stafford) 6 Aug; proved 30 Dec 1606. The first translator of Euclid's Elements of Geometry into English. His second wife was daughter of Sir Christopher Draper (Lord Mayor 1556-7).
1588 Jun 7 Alleyn	Anthony Ratclyffe, Merchant Taylor	Farringdon Without 1586-93. Broad St 1593-6.
1588 Jun 7 Alleyn	Sheriff 1585-6. Master Merchant Taylors 1577-8. Died ca 1603; adm. May 1603.
1586 Sep 27 Woodcocke	Henry Prannell, Vintner	Portsoken 1586-8. Aldersgate 1588-9.
1586 Sep 27 Woodcocke	Sheriff 1585-6. [Elected Sheriff 1580.] Died 22 Oct 1589; Will (PCC 81 Leicester) 1 Sep; proved 30 Oct 1589. His widow, daughter of the 1st Viscount Bindon, was married after his death to the Earl of Hertford (son of the Protector Somerset) and later to the 1st Duke of Richmond and Lennox.
1586 Oct 28 Branche	William Elkyn, Mercer	Cripplegate 1586-8. Dowgate 1588-93.
1586 Oct 28 Branche	Sheriff 1586-7. Master Mercers 1586, 1592. Died 31 Oct 1593; Will (PC 18 Newell) 22 Aug 1592; proved 13 Nov 1593. Son-in-law of Thomas Wylkes (Alderman 1538-9).
1588 Aug 10 Duckett	Robert Howse, Clothworker	Bridge Without 1587-91.
1588 Aug 10 Duckett	Sheriff 1586-7. [Elected Sheriff 1582.]
1588 Sep 28 Pype	Thomas Skinner, Clothworker	Bishopsgate 1587-96. Cripplegate 1596.
1588 Sep 28 Pype	Sheriff 1587-8. [Elected Sheriff 1584.] Mayor 1596. Master Clothworkers 1584. Died 30 Dec 1596; Will (PCC 51 Cobham) 28 Dec 1596; proved 9 Jun 1597.
1588 Apr 1 Woodroffe	John Catcher, Pewterer	Cripplegate 1588-96.
1588 Apr 1 Woodroffe	Sheriff 1587-8. Master Pewterers 1585. Died 1602; Will (PCC 65 Montague) 11 Mar 1599; proved 13 Oct 1602.
1588 Aug 16 Pullyson	Hugh Offley, Leatherseller	Vintry 1588-94. Lime St 1594.
1588 Aug 16 Pullyson	Sheriff 1588-9. Auditor 1578-80; Treasurer St. Thomas' Hospital 1577-9; Master Leathersellers 1577-8, 1585. Died 26 Nov 1594; Will (PCC 82 Dixy) cod. 29 Oct; proved 29 Nov 1594. Brother of Sir Thomas Offley (Lord Mayor 1556-7) and son-inlaw of Robert Hardyng (Alderman, Sheriff 1568).
1588 Sep 26 Starkye	Sir Richard Saltonstall, Skinner	Aldgate 1588-92. Tower 1592-1601.
1588 Sep 26 Starkye	Sheriff 1588-9. Mayor 1597-8. Knighted ca Mar 1598; M.P. London 1586-7; Auditor 1578-80; Treasurer St. Thomas' Hospital 1575-7; Governor Merchant Adventurers; Collector Customs, London; Master Skinners 1589, 1593, 1595, 1599. Died 17 Mar 1601; Will (PCC 32 Woodhall); proved 19 May 1601. He had a family of 7 sons and 9 daughters. His eldest son was ancestor of the Earls of Guilford; one of his daughters married Sir Thomas Myddelton (Lord Mayor 1613-14), another was mother of Sir Peter Wyche, Ambassador to Constantinople.
1588 Dec 14 Blanke	Giles Garton, Ironmonger	Portsoken 1588-9.
1588 Dec 14 Blanke	Master Ironmongers 1586. Died 1593; Will (PCC 34 Newell) 20 Jan; proved 10 May 1593.
1589 Jan 16 Garton	Richard Gourney, Haberdasher	Portsoken 1589-94. Bridge 1594-7.
1589 Jan 16 Garton	Sheriff 1589-90. Auditor 1587-9; Master Haberdashers 1589-90, 1596-7. Died 5 Mar 1597; Will (PCC 35 Cobham) 15 Oct 1596; proved 8 Apr 1597.
1589 May 29 Calthorp	William Thorowgood, Draper	Cheap 1589.
1589 May 29 Calthorp	[Elected Sheriff 1580.] Master Drapers 1585-6, 1588-9. Will (PCC 8 Bolein) 6 Aug 1602; proved 25 Feb 1603.
1589 Jun 10 Thorowgood	John Dent, Salter	Cheap 1589.
1589 Jun 10 Thorowgood	[Elected Sheriff 1589.] Died 10 Dec 1595; Will (PCC 75 Scott) 6 Apr; proved 18 Dec 1595. His widow married Sir Julius Caesar, Chancellor of the Exchequer and Master of the Rolls, whose first wife was daughter of Sir Richard Martin (Lord Mayor 1589, 1594). His daughter married Sir Henry Savile, Bart., of Methley, whose half-brother was ancestor of the Earls of Mexborough.
1589 Jun 26 Dent	Sir Stephen Soame, Girdler	Cheap 1589-1619.
1589 Jun 26 Dent	Sheriff 1589-90. Mayor 1598-9. Knighted 25 Apr 1599; M.P. London 1601; President Bethlem and Bridewell 1598-9; Surveyor-General Hospitals 1609-10; Comptroller-General Hospitals 1610-9; Master Girdlers 1598. Died 23 May 1619; Will (PCC 1 Soame) proved 26 Jan 1620. His eldest son, Sir William, was grandfather of Sir William, created a baronet in 1685. He was also father of Sir Stephen (Alderman 1626-7) and Sir Thomas (Alderman, Sheriff 1635-6). His daughter married Sir Anthony Abdy, Bart., son of Anthony Abdy (Alderman, Sheriff 1630-1).
1589 Nov 13 Prannell	Sir Nicholas Mosley, Clothworker	Aldersgate 1589-94. Langbourn 1594-1602.
1589 Nov 13 Prannell	Sheriff 1590-1. Mayor 1599-1600. Knighted (between 15 Mar and 2 Jul) 1600; Sheriff Lancashire 1600-4. Died Dec 1612. Father of Sir Edward Mosley, Attorney of the Court of Wards, and of Rowland Mosley, whose son Edward was created a Baronet. The present Sir Oswald Mosley, Bart., of Ancoats, is descended from the Alderman's brother Anthony. The Alderman was also ancestor of the Earls of Buckinghamshire and of Stamford.
1590 Jun 18 Ramsey	Robert Wythens, Vintner	Queenhithe 1590.
1590 Jun 18 Ramsey	Died 9 Oct 1593; Will (PCC 69 Newell) 25 Sep; proved 30 Oct 1593. Ancestor of Sir Francis Wythens, Judge of the King's Bench in the reigns of Charles II and James II.
1590 Jun 30 Wythens	Robert Brooke, Grocer	Queenhithe 1590-2. Walbrook 1592-9.
1590 Jun 30 Wythens	Sheriff 1590-1. [Elected Sheriff 1587.] M.P. York 1584, 1586. Died 1601 (buried 9 Apr); Will (PCC 25 Woodhall) cod. 27 Mar; proved 11 Apr 1601.
1591 Jul 8 Howse	Sir William Ryder, Haberdasher	Bridge Without 1591-5. Cornhill 1595-1611.
1591 Jul 8 Howse	Sheriff 1591-2. Mayor 1600-1. Knighted (between 2 May and 7 Jul) 1601; President Bethlem and Bridewell 1600-5; Surveyor-General Hospitals 1610-1; Collector Customs Inwards 1603-10; Master Haberdashers 1591-2, 1597-8, 1600-1, 1606-7. Died 30 Aug 1611; Will (PCC 94 Wood) Nov 1610; proved 15 Nov 1611. He is said to have made the first pair of stockings knitted of woollen yarn in England. His eldest daughter married Sir Thomas Lake, Secretary of State to James I, from which marriage Viscount Lake, the Indian General, and the 2nd and 3rd Dukes of Chandos were descended.
1591 Oct 14 Allott	Benedict Barnham, Draper	Bread St 1591-8.
1591 Oct 14 Allott	Sheriff 1591-2. M.P. Minehead 1588-9; Yarmouth (Isle of Wight) 1597-8; Master Drapers 1592-3. Died 4 Apr 1598; Will (PCC 40 Lewyn) 1 Apr; proved 9 May 1598. Son of Francis Barnham (Alderman, Sheriff 1570-1). His second daughter married Francis Bacon ("Lord Bacon") her elder sister being the first wife of the infamous Mervin, Earl of Castlehaven. Barnham's widow married successively after his death Sir John Pakington, K.B., the 1st Viscount Kilmorey and the 1st Earl of Kellie, being the fourth wife of each of the two peers.
1592 Feb 29 Osborne	John Robynson (Robinson), Merchant Taylor	Aldgate 1592.
1592 Feb 29 Osborne	Died 19 Feb 1600; Will (PCC 84 Woodhall) 15 Jul 1599; proved 18 Dec 1601. His grandson, Luke Robinson, was a prominent member of the "Rump" Parliament, and one of the Council of State in the early part of 1660.
1592 Apr 20 Robynson	Sir John Garrarde, Haberdasher	Aldgate 1592-1606. Candlewick 1606-25.
1592 Apr 20 Robynson	Sheriff 1592-3. Mayor 1601-2. Knighted (between 6 Mar and 6 Jul) 1602; Auditor 1591-2; President St. Thomas' Hospital 1606-22 (Treasurer 1587-91); Surveyor-General Hospitals 1611; Master Haberdashers 1592-3, 1601-2, 1611-2, 1614-5, 1617-8. Died 7 May 1625; Will (PCC 53 Clark) 17 Jan 1622; proved 25 May 1625. Son of Sir William Garrarde (Lord Mayor 1555-6). His son Sir John was created a Baronet and was father of Sir Samuel (Lord Mayor 1709-10).
1592 May 23 Bonde	Robert Taylor, Haberdasher	Queenhithe 1592-6.
1592 May 23 Bonde	Sheriff 1592-3. Master Haberdashers 1593-4. Died 31 Dec 1596; adm. 1 Jan 1597.
1593 Feb 20 Barne	Paul Bayning (Banning), Grocer	Farringdon Without 1593-9. Walbrook 1599-1602.
1593 Feb 20 Barne	Sheriff 1593-4. Committee E.I.C. 1600-2, 1606-7 (Treasurer 1600-2). Died 30 Sep 1616; Will (PCC 99 Cope) 11 Sep; proved 20 Oct 1616. Brother of Andrew Bayning (Alderman 1605) and father of Paul, created Viscount Bayning.
1593 Nov 20 Rowe	Peter Houghton, Grocer	Castle Baynard 1593-6.
1593 Nov 20 Rowe	Sheriff 1593-4. Died 31 Dec 1596; adm. 15 Jan 1597.
1593 Nov 27 Elkyn	Lancelot Bathurst, Grocer	Dowgate 1593.
1593 Nov 27 Elkyn	Died 26 Sep 1596; Will (PCC 84 Drake) 9 Aug; proved 5 Nov 1596.
1593 Dec 18 Bathurst	Sir Robert Lee, Merchant Taylor	Dowgate 1593-9. Cordwainer 1599-1602. Langbourn 1602-5.
1593 Dec 18 Bathurst	Sheriff 1594-5. Mayor 1602-3. Knighted 22 May 1603. Died 22 Dec 1605; Will (PCC 69 Stafford) 20 Apr 1602; proved 21 Feb 1606. Son-in-law of Sir James Hawes (Lord Mayor 1574-5). His widow married Sir Thomas Gerard, Bart., of Bryn, ancestor by his former wife of the Lords Gerard. He was father of Sir Henry Lee (Alderman 1614) and father-in-law of William Gore (Alderman, Sheriff 1615-6).
1594 Feb 7 Heyward	Sir Thomas Bennett, Mercer	Vintry 1594-1604. Lime St 1604-12. Bassishaw 1612-27.
1594 Feb 7 Heyward	Sheriff 1594-5. Mayor 1603-4. Knighted 26 Jul 1603; President Bethlem and Bridewell 1606-13; President St. Bartholomew's Hospital 1623-7; Master Mercers 1595, 1602, 1610. Died 16 Feb 1627; Will (PCC 21 Skynner) cod. 26 Jan; proved 20 Feb 1627. Father of Sir Simon Bennett, Bart. His elder brother Richard was father of Thomas Bennett (Alderman, Sheriff 1613-4).
1594 Feb 19 Massam	Sir Thomas Lowe, Haberdasher	Billingsgate 1594-1609. Broad St 1609-23.
1594 Feb 19 Massam	Sheriff 1595-6. Mayor 1604-5. Knighted 26 Jul 1603; M.P. London 1606-11, 1614, 1620-2; President St. Bartholomew's Hospital 1610-23; Governor Levant Company 1605-23; Colonel East Regiment Trained Bands 1616-23; Master Haberdashers 1594-5, 1602-3, 1604-5, 1608-9, 1612-3, 1615-6, 1618-9. Died 11 Apr 1623; Will (PCC 32 Swan) 6 Mar; proved 23 Apr 1623. His eldest daughter married Sir Robert Lee, son of Sir Robert Lee (Lord Mayor 1602-3). Their daughter married Lord Seymour of Trowbridge. A younger daughter of Sir Thomas married Sir John Garrarde, 1st Bart., son of Sir John (Lord Mayor 1601-2), and a niece was second wife of Lord Keeper Coventry.
1594 Feb 26 Dixie	Edward Fisher, Skinner	Portsoken 1594.
1594 Feb 26 Dixie	Master Skinners 1594, 1596, 1600.
1594 Jul 18 Fisher	Sir Leonard Halliday (Holliday), Merchant Taylor	Portsoken 1594-1602. Bread St 1602-10. Bassishaw 1610-2.
1594 Jul 18 Fisher	Sheriff 1595-6. Mayor 1605-6. Knighted 26 Jul 1603; President Bethlem and Bridewell 1605-6; Committee E.I.C. 1600-2, 1606-7 (Treasurer 1602-4). Died 9 Jan 1612; Will (PCC 4 Fenner) 5 Jan; proved 11 Jan 1612. His widow became the second wife of Sir Henry Montague, Recorder of London, afterwards Earl of Manchester, Lord Chief Justice and Lord High Treasurer.
1594 Oct 10 Buckle	Richard Staper, Clothworker	Aldersgate 1592.
1594 Oct 10 Buckle	Treasurer St. Thomas' Hospital 1597-9; Committee E.I.C. 1599-1603, 1606-7; Master Clothworkers 1590. Died 30 Jun 1608; Will (PCC 72 Windebank) 16 Jun 1601; proved 12 Jul 1608. He is described on his monument in St. Helen's, Bishopsgate, as "the greatest merchant in his tyme, the chiefest actor in discoveri of the trades of Turkey and East India."
1594 Oct 26 Staper	Sir John Watts, Clothworker	Aldersgate 1594-1601, 1605-6. Tower 1601-5. Langbourn 1606-16.
1594 Oct 26 Staper	Sheriff 1596-7. Mayor 1606-7. Knighted 26 Jul 1603; Auditor 1594-5; Colonel North Regiment Trained Bands 1616; Committee E.I.C. 1600-3 (Governor 1601-2); Master Clothworkers 1594. Died Sep 1616; Will (PCC 129 Cope) 10 May 1613; proved 14 Sep 1616. Son-in-law of Sir James Hawes (Lord Mayor 1574-5). He served as a volunteer in the fleet against the Spanish Armada. His youngest daughter married Sir Henry Appleton, Bart.
1595 Feb 11 Offley	Thomas Cordell, Mercer	Bridge Without 1595.
1595 Feb 11 Offley	Auditor 1590-2; Committee E.I.C. 1599-1607; Master Mercers 1605, 1612. Died Apr 1612; Will (PCC 32 Fenner) 8 Apr; proved 4 May 1612.
1595 Dec 4 Cordell	Sir Richard Goddard, Draper	Bridge Without 1595-9. Dowgate 1599-1602. Walbrook 1602-4.
1595 Dec 4 Cordell	Sheriff 1596-7. Knighted 26 Jul 1603; Committee E.I.C. 1599-1601. Died May 1604; Will (PCC 34 Harte) 28 Apr; proved 8 May 1604. He married the widow of Giles Garton (Alderman 1588-9); she, after his death, married William Walthall (Alderman, Sheriff 1606-7).
1590 Jul 22 Ratclyffe	Sir Henry Rowe, Mercer	Coleman St 1596-1611. Cornhill 1611-2.
1590 Jul 22 Ratclyffe	Sheriff 1597-8. Mayor 1607-8 Elected Sheriff 1591. Knighted 26 Jul 1603; Auditor 1596; Master Mercers 1599, 1608. Died 12 Nov 1612; Will (PCC 96 Fenner) 10 Nov; proved 20 Nov 1612. Son of Sir Thomas Rowe (Lord Mayor 1568-9) and grandson of Sir John Gresham (Lord Mayor 1547-8), ancestor of the Marquesses of Downshire through the marriage of his great-great-granddaughter to the 1st Viscount Hillsborough. His daughter married William Hollidaie (Alderman, Sheriff 1617-8).The text does read 1590 although that breaks the chronology. 1596, in fact?
1596 Jul 29 Catcher	Robert Chamberlyn (Chamberlain), Ironmonger	Bishopsgate 1596
1596 Jul 29 Catcher	Treasurer E.I.C. 1602-7; Master Ironmongers 1594, 1605. Died Dec 1607; Will (PCC 96 Hudleston) 17 Dec; proved 23 Dec 1607. His widow married the 1st Viscount Wenman.
1596 Chamberlyn	Oliver Stile (Style), Grocer	Bishopsgate 1596
1596 Chamberlyn	Sheriff 1605. Committee E.I.C. 1600-1. Died 4 Mar 1622; Will (PCC 62 Savile) 14 Feb 1620; proved 6 Jun 1622. Grandson of Sir Thomas Baldry (Lord Mayor 1523-4), father of Sir Thomas Style, created a Baronet (ancestor of the present Baronet) and brother of Nicholas Style (Alderman, Sheriff 1607-8).
1597 Jan 17 Stile	Robert Cambell, Ironmonger	Bishopsgate 1597.
1597 Jan 17 Stile	Master Ironmongers 1598.
1597 Jan 19 Taylor	John More (Moore), Skinner	Queenhithe 1597-1603.
1597 Jan 19 Taylor	Sheriff 1597-8. Committee E.I.C. 1599-1601; Master Skinners 1597, 1601. Died 20 Apr 1603; adm. (PCC 26 Bolein) 21 Apr 1603.
1597 Jan 25 Houghton	Edward Holmedon, Grocer	Castle Baynard 1597-1603.
1597 Jan 25 Houghton	Sheriff 1598-9. Knighted 26 Jul 1603; Committee E.I.C. 1600-1; Master Grocers 1596-7. Died 4 Jul 1616.
1597 Feb 10 Skinner	Sir Robert Hampson, Merchant Taylor	Cripplegate 1597-1602. Dowgate 1602-7.
1597 Feb 10 Skinner	Sheriff 1598-9. Knighted 26 Jul 1603; Treasurer St. Bartholomew's Hospital 1596-7. Died 21 May 1607; Will (PCC 51 Hudleston) 23 Apr; proved 22 Jun 1607. Father of Thomas Hampson, created a Baronet, from whom the present Baronet descends.
1597 Feb 15 Cambell	William Thwayte, Fishmonger	Bishopsgate 1597-8.
1597 Feb 15 Cambell	Prime Warden Fishmongers 1598. Died ca Sep 1598; Will (PCC 77 Lewyn) 30 Jun 1595; proved 6 Oct 1598.
1597 Apr 5 Gourney	Henry Heyward, Fishmonger	Bridge 1597.
1597 Jul 26 Heyward	Roger Clarke, Salter	Bridge 1597-1605.
1597 Jul 26 Heyward	Sheriff 1599-1600. Auditor 1592-4. Died 16 Jul 1608; Will (PCC 68 Windebank) 9 Jul 1607; proved 19 Jul 1608.
1598 May 9 Barnham	Sir Humphrey Weld, Grocer	Farringdon Within 1598-1604. Walbrook 1604-10.
1598 May 9 Barnham	Sheriff 1599-1600. Mayor 1608-9. Knighted 26 Jul 1603; President Christ's Hospital 1609-10. Died 29 Nov 1610; Will (PCC 99 Wingfield) 1 May; proved 3 Dec 1610. Son-in-law of Sir Stephen Slanye (Lord Mayor 1595-6), and ancestor of the Welds of Lulworth.
1598 Oct 17 Thwayte	Sir Christopher Hoddesdon, Haberdasher	Bishopsgate 1598-1600
1598 Oct 17 Thwayte	Knighted 23 Jul 1603; M.P. Cambridge 1593; Sheriff Beds. 1591-2; Master Haberdashers 1598-9; Master Merchant Adventurers. Died (Buried 14 Feb) 1611; Will (PCC 18 Wood) 26 Apr 1609; proved 19 Feb 1611. His wife was step-daughter of Sir Francis Walsingham, Queen Elizabeth's Secretary of State, and grand-daughter of Sir George Barne (Lord Mayor 1552-3). His daughter married Sir John Leigh of Stoneleigh, and was mother of the first Lord Leigh. He accompanied Chancellor in his two voyages to Russia.
1599 Aug 17 Bayning	Hugh Brawne, Vintner	Farringdon Without 1599.
1599 Aug 17 Bayning	Elected Sheriff 1591. Knighted 23 Jul 1603. Died (buried 1 Mar) 1615; Will (PCC 35 Rudd) cod. 7 Nov 1614; proved 24 May 1615.
1599 Aug 20 Webbe	Bartholomew Barnes, Mercer	Bridgen Without 1599.
1599 Aug 20 Webbe	Master Mercers 1600. Died Oct 1606; Will (PCC 72 Stafford) cod. 29 Sep; proved 10 Oct 1606.
1599 Sep 4 Brawne	Peter Collett, Merchant Taylor	Farringdon Without 1599.
1599 Sep 4 Brawne	Died 22 Dec 1607; Will (PCC 4 Windebank) 2 May 1605; proved 15 Jan 1608.
1599 Sep 6 Barnes	William Quarles, Mercer	Bridge Without 1599.
1599 Sep 6 Barnes	Master Mercers 1601- 1606, 1618. Died 5 Jan 1619; Will (PCC 14 Parker) 24 Aug 1592; proved 11 Jan 1619. Brother-in-law of Sir John Allott (Lord Mayor 1590-1). His widow married Sir Henry Lee (Alderman 1614).
1599 Nov 6 Collett	Sir Thomas Smythe (Smith), Haberdasher	Farringdon Without 1599-1601; 1604
1599 Nov 6 Collett	Sheriff 1600-1. Elected Sheriff 1587. Knighted 13 May 1603; M.P. Dunwich 1604-11, Sandwich 1614, Saltash 1620-2; Receiver Duchy Cornwall 1604; Ambassador to Russia; Auditor 1597-8; Treasurer St. Bartholomew's Hospital 1597-1601; Committee E.I.C. 1600-1, 1603-22 (Governor 1600-1, 1603-5, 1607-21); Governor Russia Company; Treasurer Virginia Company 1600-20; Master Haberdashers 1583-4, 1588-9, 1599-1600. Died 4 Sep 1625; Will (PCC 107 Clark) 31 Jan 1622; proved 12 Oct 1625. Grandson of Sir Andrew Judde (Lord Mayor 1550-1), and uncle of the first Viscount Strangford. His widow married the first Earl of Leicester of the Sydney line. His name is written "Smith" on his monument at Sutton-at-Hone, Kent, but the Strangford family preferred "Smythe." His grandson, Robert, married the Dowager Countess of Sunderland, Waller's "Saccharissa." His last male descendant was Sir Sidney Stafford Smythe, Baron of the Exchequer in George III's reign.
1599 Nov 14 Quarles	Thomas Cambell, Ironmonger	Bridge Without 1599-1610. Bread St 1610-11. Coleman St 1611-4.
1599 Nov 14 Quarles	Sheriff 1600-1. Mayor 1609-10. Knighted 26 Jul 1603; Auditor 1584-6, 1588-90, 1596-8; Committee E.I.C. 1599-1600, 1601-7 (Governor 1602-3); Master Ironmongers 1604, 1613. Died 13 Feb 1614; Will (PCC 22 Lawe) 1 Sep 1612; proved 12 Mar 1614.
1600 Apr 2 Hoddesdon	William Craven, Merchant Taylor	Bishopsgate 1600-2. Cordwainer 1602-12. Lime St 1612-8.
1600 Apr 2 Hoddesdon	Sheriff 1601. Mayor 1610-1. Knighted 26 Jul 1603; President Christ's Hospital 1611-8. Died 18 Jul 1618; Will (PCC 75 Meade) cod. 17 Jul; proved 27 Jul 1618. Brother-in-law of Sir George Whitmore (Lord Mayor 1631-2) and Father of the first Earl Craven and of Lord Craven of Ryton, the founder of the Craven Scholarships at Oxford and Cambridge. His daughters married respectively Lord Powis, father of the Jacobite Marquis of Powis and the second Lord Coventry, by whom she was mother of the first and fourth Earls of Coventry.
1601 Mar 3 Smythe	Richard Humble, Vintner	Farringdon Without 1601.
1601 Mar 3 Smythe	[Elected Sheriff 1613.] Died Apr 1616; Will (PCC 43 Cope) 1 Apr; proved 7 May 1616.
Data is incomplete from here to end; I need pp 48-49 of vol. ii.
1601	Henry Anderson
1601	Son-in-law of Francis Bowyer (Alderman, Sheriff 1577-8) and grandfather of Henry Anderson, created a Baronet. His eldest daughter was mother of Sir Thomas Dereham, Bart., the third married the second Viscount Kilmorey, but died before he succeeded to the title, the fourth was wife of Sir Charles Wilmot, created Viscount Wilmot, by which marriage she was grandmother of the profligate Earl of Rochester, the youngest married Sir John Spencer, Bart., of Offley.
1602	James Pemberton
1602	He founded a free school at Eccleston.
1602	John Swynnerton
1602	His grand-daughter married Sir William Dyer, 1st Baronet, and was ancestress of the succeeding Baronets of the family.
1602	William Romeney
1602	Son-in-law of Robert Taylor (Alderman, Sheriff 1592-3). His elder daughter married John Weld, Town Clerk of London (nephew of Sir Humphrey Weld, Lord Mayor 1608-9).
1603	Thomas Middleton (Myddelton)
1603	He did not accept the Aldermanry until after committal to Newgate for refusing. The third Welsh Lord Mayor. Brother of Sir Hugh Myddelton, Bart., the designer of the New River, and son-in-law of Sir Richard Saltonstall (Lord Mayor 1597-8). His son, Sir Thomas, was the well-known parliamentary commander in the Civil War.
1603	Thomas Hayes
1603	Son-in-law of Robert Howse (Alderman, Sheriff 1586-7). His daughter married Sir Henry Boothby, 1st Baronet, and was ancestress of the succeeding Baronets.
James began his reign 24 Mar 1603.

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The Aldermen of the City of London, vol. II by the Rev. Alfred B. Beaven, Eden Fisher & Co., Ltd., London, 1913.

Chronological List of Aldermen Notes on the Aldermen

The Aldermen of the City of London, vol. II
by the Rev. Alfred B. Beaven, Eden Fisher & Co., Ltd., London, 1913.

Chronological List of Aldermen
Notes on the Aldermen