This is a list of mayors and the later lord mayors of the city of Norwich.
Norwich had elected a mayor since 1403 when a Charter of Henry IV allowed the Freemen of the city to elect Councillors, Aldermen, Sheriffs and a Mayor serving for one year. The city was awarded the dignity of a lord mayoraltybyletters patent in 1910 "in view of the position occupied by that city as the chief city of East Anglia and of its close association with his Majesty".[1] When Norwich became a metropolitan borough in 1974 the honour was reconfirmed by letters patent dated 1 April 1974.[2]
Source (1900–2013): Norwich City Council[3][4]
Year | Name | Notes |
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1403–04 | William Appleyard | First Mayor of Norwich. MP for Norwich, 1383, 1384, 1385, 1388, 1390, 1395, 1397, 1402, 1416 and 1419 |
1408–09 | Edmund Warner[5] | Merchant. MP for Norwich, 1401 |
1414–15 | John Bixley[6] | Merchant. MP for Norwich, 1413, 1415, 1416, 1419 |
1421–22 | William Sedman[7] | MP for Norwich, 1413, 1414, 1416 |
1424–25 | Robert Baxter[8] | Mercer. MP for Norwich, 1420, 1421 |
1429–30 | Robert Baxter | Mercer. MP for Norwich, 1420, 1421 |
1435, 1440, 1452 and 1458 | Robert Toppes | MP for Norwich |
1481 and 1492 | Robert Aylmer[9] | Grocer, Sheriff of Norwich in 1471, Alderman of Norwich in 1480 |
1511 | Richard Aylmer[10] | Grocer, Sheriff of Norwich in 1501 |
1515–16 | John Clerke[11] | Mercer. MP for Norwich, 1512 |
1520–21 | John Clerke | Mercer. MP for Norwich, 1512 |
1521–22 | Edward Rede[12] | MP for Norwich, 1529 |
1531–32 | Edward Rede[13] | MP for Norwich, 1529 |
1532–33 | Reginald Lytilprowe[14] | MP for Norwich, 1529 |
1534–35 | Augustine Steward[15] | MP for Norwich, 1539, 1547 |
1539–40 | Nicholas Sotherton[16][17] | Alderman and grocer of Norwich[18] |
1542–43 | William Rogers[19] | MP for Norwich, 1542 |
1543–44 | Edward Rede[20] | MP for Norwich, 1529 |
1545–46 | Robert Rugge[21] | MP for Norwich, 1545 |
1546–47 | Augustine Steward[22] | MP for Norwich, 1539, 1547 |
1547-48 | Robert Leech[23] | |
1548-49 | Edmond Wood[23] | Died in office |
1548-49 | William Rogers[23] | |
1549-50 | Thomas Codde[23] | |
1550–51 | Robert Rugge[24] | MP for Norwich, 1545 |
1551-52 | Richard Davy[23] | |
1552-53 | Thomas Cook[23] | |
1553-54 | Henry Crooke[23] | |
1554–55 | Thomas Marsham[25] | MP for Norwich, 1553 |
1555-56 | Felix Puttock[23] | died in office |
1555-56 | Thomas Codde[23] | |
1556–57 | Augustine Steward[26] | MP for Norwich, 1539, 1547 |
1557-58 | Henry Bacon[23] | |
1558–59 | John Aldrich[27] | MP for Norwich, 1555, 1572 |
1559-60 | Richard Fletcher[23] | |
1560–61 | Robert Michell[28] | MP for Norwich, 1563 |
1561-62 | William Mingay[23] | |
1562-63 | William Ferrour[23] | |
1563-64 | Richard Davy[23] | |
1564-65 | Nicholas Norgate[23] | |
1565–66 | Thomas Sotherton[29] | MP for Norwich, 1558, 1559 |
1566-67 | Henry Bacon[23] | |
1567-68 | Thomas Whall[23] | |
1568–69 | Thomas Parker[30] | MP for Norwich, 1563 |
1569-70 | Robert Wood[23][31] | |
1570–71 | John Aldrich[32] | MP for Norwich, 1555, 1572 |
1571-72 | Thomas Greene[23] | |
1572–73 | Robert Suckling[33] | Mercer. MP for Norwich, 1586 |
1573-74 | Christopher Soam[23] | |
1574-75 | Thomas Peck[23] | |
1575-76 | William Ferrour[23] | |
1576–77 | Thomas Layer[34] | Grocer. MP for Norwich, 1586 |
1577-78 | Thomas Culley[23] | |
1578-79 | Sir Robert Wood[23][31] | |
1579–80 | Simon Bowde[35] | MP for Norwich, 1584 |
1580-81 | Christopher Soam[23] | |
1581–82 | Christopher Layer[36] | Grocer. MP for Norwich, 1584 and 1597 |
1582–83 | Robert Suckling[37] | Mercer. MP for Norwich, 1586 |
1583–84 | Thomas Gleane[38] | Draper or mercer. MP for Norwich, 1589 |
1584-85 | John Suckling[23] | |
1585-86 | Thomas Layer[23] | |
1586-87 | Thomas Peck[23] | |
1587–88 | Francis Rugge[39] | Mercer. MP for Norwich, 1589 |
1588-89 | Simon Bowde[23] | |
1589–90 | Christopher Layer | Grocer. MP for Norwich, 1584 and 1597 |
1590-91 | Thomas Pettus[23] | |
1591–92 | Robert Yarham[40] | MP for Norwich, 1593 |
1592–93 | Thomas Gleane[38] | Draper or mercer. MP for Norwich, 1589 |
1593-94 | Clement Hyrne[23] | |
1594-95 | Christopher Soam[23] | |
1595-96 | Thomas Layer[23] | |
1596-97 | Richard Ferrour[23] | |
1597-98 | Thomas Pye[23] | |
1598-99 | Francis Rugge[23] | |
1599-1600 | Roger Weld[23] | |
1600–01 | Alexander Thurston[41] | MP for Norwich, 1601 |
1601-02 | John Tesmond[23] | |
1602 | Thomas Gleane (disputed)[38] | Gleane was elected in 1602, but the election was disputed.[n1 1][38] |
1602-03 | Francis Rugge[23] | |
1603-04 | Thomas Lane[23] | |
1604–05 | Thomas Hyrne[42] | Grocer. MP for Norwich, 1614, 1624, 1625, 1626 |
1605–06 | Thomas Sotherton[43] | MP for Norwich, 1597 |
1606-07 | Joshua Culley[23] | |
1607-08 | George Downing[23] | |
1608–09 | John Pettus[44] | MP for Norwich, 1601, 1604 |
1609–10 | Thomas Hyrne | Grocer. MP for Norwich, 1614, 1624, 1625, 1626 |
1610–11 | Roger Ramsey | |
1611–12 | Thomas Anguish | |
1612–13 | Thomas Blosse | |
1613–14 | George Cocke | |
1614–15 | Thomas Pettus | |
1615–16 | Peter Gleane[45] | MP for Norwich, 1628 |
1616–17 | Sir Thomas Hyrne | Grocer. MP for Norwich, 1614, 1624, 1625, 1626 |
1618–19 | Richard Rosse[46] | MP for Norwich, 1621 |
1621–22 | George Birch | Grocer and Apothecary |
1624–25 | Robert Debney[47] | MP for Norwich, 1628 |
1652–53 | William Barnham[48] | Hosier. MP for Norwich, 1659, 1660 |
1657–58 | Christopher Jay[49] | MP for Norwich, 1661 |
1660 | Sir Joseph Payne[50][51] | Monument in St Gregory Pottergate, Norwich |
1670–71 | Augustine Briggs[52] | MP for Norwich, 1678 |
1681–82 | Hugh Bokenham[53] | MP for Norwich, 1690 |
1685–86 | Francis Gardiner[54] | MP for Norwich, 1695 |
1691–92 | Thomas Blofield[55] | MP for Norwich, 1689 |
1694–95 | John Ward[56] | MP for Norwich, 1694 |
1700–01 | Edward Clarke[57] | MP for Norwich, 1701 |
John Hall | ||
John Atkinson | ||
John Freeman | ||
1704 | William Blyth | |
Peter Thacker | ||
William Cooke | ||
Peter Seaman | ||
Thomas Havers | ||
Matthew Nall | ||
1710–11 | Robert Bene[58] | MP for Norwich, 1710 |
William Cockman | ||
John Goose | ||
Nicholas Helwys | ||
1714–15 | John Norman | Local farmer, landowner and brewer |
1734 | Philip Meadows | Worsted manufacturer [59][60] |
1735 | Thomas Vere[61] | MP for Norwich, 1735 |
1737 | John Spurrell[62] | Sheriff 1728, mayor 1737, alderman of South Conisford Ward for nearly 40 years |
1759 | Nockold Tompson[63] | Brewer |
1774 | James Crowe | surgeon[64] |
1781 | John Morse | Brewer, Sheriff of Norwich 1779 |
1788 | John Patteson[65] | MP for Norwich, 1806 |
1797 | James Crowe | Surgeon[64] |
1803 | John Morse | Brewer, Sheriff of Norwich 1779 |
1819-20 | Nathaniel Bolingbroke | Founder of Bolingbroke &Co |
1823 | John Staniforth Patteson | Brewer |
1824 | Thomas Thurtell[66] | Father of John Thurtell |
1828–29 | Thomas Thurtell[67] | |
1833–34 | Sir Samuel Bignold | MP for Norwich, 1854 |
1838-39 | John Marshall | Dry salter, oil and gum dealer. Sheriff of Norwich 1834-35[68] |
1846–47 | Jeremiah Colman | Miller. Founder of Colman's Mustard |
1848–49 | Sir Samuel Bignold | MP for Norwich, 1854 |
1849–50 | Henry Woodcock | Dental Surgeon, Sheriff of Norwich 1838-39[69] |
1850–51 | Henry Woodcock | Dental Surgeon, Sheriff of Norwich 1838-39[70] |
1853–54 | Sir Samuel Bignold | MP for Norwich, 1854 |
1859–60 | Jacob Henry Tillett | Solicitor. MP for Norwich, 1880 |
1860–61 | W. J. Utten Browne | |
1861–62 | John Oddin Taylor | |
1862–63 | Henry Stanley Patteson | |
1863–64 | Osborn Springfield | |
1864–65 | Charles Edward Tuck | |
1865-66 | W.P. Nichols | Prominent Norwich surgeon. Liberal |
1866–67 | Frederick Elwin Watson[71] | |
1867–68 | Jeremiah James Colman | MP for Norwich, 1871 |
1868–69 | Edward Kerrison Harvey | |
1869–1870 | Augustus Frederick Coke Bollingbroke[72] | |
1870–71 | Frederick Elwin Watson[73] | |
1872–73 | Sir Samuel Bignold | MP for Norwich, 1854 |
1873–74 | Samuel Gurney Buxton | of The Hall, Catton, Norfolk |
1875–76 | Jacob Henry Tillett | Solicitor. MP for Norwich, 1880 |
1876–77 | Richard Coller[74] | |
1877–78 | Joseph De Carle Smith[75] | |
1878–80 | Harry Bullard | Brewer |
1883-84 | Sir Peter Eade | |
1885-86 | John Gurney | [76] |
1886–87 | Harry Bullard | Brewer |
1891–92 | George Moore Chamberlin | Store owner. High Sheriff of Norfolk, 1926 |
1893-94 | Sir Peter Eade | |
1894–95 | Charles Edward Bignold[77] | |
1895 (May-Nov) | Sir Peter Eade | |
1895–96 | John Moore | |
1896–97 | Sir Charles Rackham Gilman | Knighted 1897 |
1897–98 | Clement Charles Rix Spelman | |
1898–99 | George Henry Morse | |
1899–1900 | James William Clabburn | |
1900–01 | Joseph John Dawson-Paul | |
1901–02 | Russell James Colman | |
1902–03[78] | Lieutenant Colonel John Robert Harvey | |
1903–04 | Geoffrey Fowell Buxton | |
1904–05 | Henry Zachariah Thompson Flowers | |
1905–06 | Edward Thomas Boardman | Architect[79] |
1906–07 | William Robert Crow Howlett | |
1907–08 | Edmund Gurney Buxton | High Sheriff of Norfolk, 1922 |
1908–09 | Walter Rye |
Source: Norwich City Council
Year | Name | Notes |
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1909–10 | Ernest Egbert Blyth | |
1910–11 | Sir Eustace Gurney | of Sprowston Hall |
1911–12 | Henry John Copeman | |
1912–13 | Arthur Michael Samuel | created Baron Mancroft 1937 |
1913–14 | James Arthur Porter | |
1914–15 | DrJohn Gordon Gordon-Munn | Psychiatrist at Heigham Hall |
1915–16 | Edwin Batterbee Southwell | |
1916–17 | George Moore Chamberlin | Store owner. High Sheriff of Norfolk, 1926 |
1917–18 | Richard Jewson | |
1918–19 | Sir George Moore Chamberlin | Store owner. High Sheriff of Norfolk, 1926 |
1919–20 | George Green | |
1920–21 | Lieutenant Colonel Granville John B Duff | |
1921–22 | Sir Henry Nicholas Holmes | |
1922–23 | Sir George Henry Morse | Brewer |
1923–24 | Ethel Mary Colman | |
1924–25 | George Stevens Pope | Psychiatrist at Heigham Hall |
1925–26 | Thomas Glover | |
1926–27 | Sir Charles Robert Bignold | |
1927–28 | Herbert Witard | |
1928–28 | Herbert P Gowen | |
1929–30 | Harry Harper-Smith | |
1930–31 | Mabel Maria Clarkson | |
1931–32 | Sir George Ernest White | |
1932–33 | Sir Henry Nicholas Holmes | |
1933–34 | Frederick C Jex | |
1934–35 | Percy William Jewson | Businessman and MP for Great Yarmouth (1941–45) |
1935–36 | Walter Alfred Riley | |
1936–37 | Herbert Frazer | |
1937–38 | Charles Frederick Watling | |
1938–39 | Percy Edward Curl | |
1939–40 | James Frederick (Fred) Henderson | Socialist writer |
1940–41 | Bernard James Hanly | |
1941–42 | James Henry Barnes | |
1942–43 | Arthur J Cleveland | |
1943–44 | William James Finch | |
1944–45 | Edward Frank Williamson | |
1945–46 | Sidney Albert Bailey | |
1946–47 | William Oliver Copeman | |
Nov 1947 – May 1949 | Walter Gibbard Cutbush | |
May 1949–50 | Alfred Ernest Baines | |
1950–51 | Ruth Elsie Hardy | |
1951–52 | Eric John Sidney Hinde | |
1952–53 | William Ernest Walker | |
1953–54 | Ralph Hale Mottram | |
1954–55 | Horace Allen | |
1955–56 | Ian Dunbar Dickson | |
1956–57 | Sir Arthur South | |
1957–58 | Thomas Christopher Eaton | |
1958–59 | Norman Reeve Tillett | |
1959–60 | Michael Waldo Boone Bulman | |
1960–61 | Alfred E Nichols | |
1961–62 | Richard Quinton Gurney | |
1962–63 | Andrew Ryrie | |
1963–64 | Leonard Arthur Howes | |
1964–65 | Sydney W W Clapham | |
1965–66 | Charles Boardman Jewson | |
1966–67 | Harry Perry | |
1967–68 | Cecil Harry Sutton | |
1968–69 | Edward Albert Gambling | |
1969–70 | Jessie Ruby Griffiths | |
1970–71 | Herbert John Jarrold | |
1971–72 | Donald M Pratt | |
1972–73 | Richard B. Seabrook | |
1973–74 | Robert J Symonds | |
1974–75 | William A J Spear | |
1975–76 | Joyce L Morgan | |
1976–77 | Raymond C Frostick | |
1977–78 | Ralph W Roe | |
1978–79 | Dr J Peter English | |
1979–80 | Valerie Guttsman | |
1980–89 | Eric Hartley | |
1981–82 | Alan R Driver | |
1982–83 | L George Richards | |
1983–84 | Leonard A Stevenson | |
1984–85 | Stanley B Petersen | |
1985–86 | Barbara E E Stevenson | |
1986–87 | Jill B Miller | |
1987–88 | Garry S Wheatley | |
1988–89 | David Bradford | |
1989–90 | David Fullman | |
1990–91 | Bernard N Smith | |
1991–92 | Philip Moore | |
1992–92 | Arthur V Clare | |
1993–94 | Roy Durrant | |
1994–95 | Brenda Ferris-Rampley | |
1995–96 | Lila D Cooper | |
1996–97 | Rory E N Quinn | |
1997–98 | Harry W Watson | |
1998–99 | Derek F J Wood | |
1999–2000 | Douglas C Underwood | |
2000–01 | Ron Borrett | |
2001–02 | Keith Ratcliffe | |
2002–03 | Derek F J Wood | |
2003–04 | Chris Southgate | |
2004–05 | Joyce Climie Divers | |
2005–06 | Michael John Banham | |
2006–07 | Felicity E Hartley | |
2007–08 | Roy George Blower | |
2008–09 | Jeremy Nigel Hooke | |
2009–10 | Evelyn J Collishaw | |
2010–11 | Tom Dylan | |
2011–12 | Jennifer Susan Lay | |
2012–13 | Ralph Gayton | |
2013–14 | Keith Driver | |
2014–15 | Judith Lubbock | |
2015–16 | Brenda Arthur | |
2016–17 | Marion Maxwell | |
2017–18 | David Fullman[80] | Second term (see 1989) |
2018–19 | Martin Schmierer | |
2019–21 | Vaughan Thomas[81] | Terms extended to two years due to deferred elections (COVID-19) |
2021–23 | Dr Kevin Maguire[81] | |
2023–24 | James Wright[82] |
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