Mayors and Lord Mayors of York
"The following is the most complete list of Mayors and Lord Mayors yet published. Many of the names of mayors before 1268 have been extracted from original sources, a detailed list of which has been deposited in the City Archives."[1]
1217 Hugh de Selby
c.1219 Thomas Palmer
1222 Adam Flur
c.1224 ‘H. de Ebor’
c.1225 Hendy de Seizevaux or de Sexdecim Vallibus
1226 Hugh de Selby
1229 Hugh de Selby
1230 Hugh de Selby
1235 Hugh de Selby
1236 Hugh de Selby
c.1246 Nicholas Orgar
c.1248 ‘Domino J.’ (John de Selby?)
1249 Nicholas Orgar
1250 ‘Domino J.’ (John de Selby?)
1251 John de Selby
1252 John de Selby
1253 John de Selby
1255 Gacio de Calvo Monte or Chaumont
1256 Gacio de Calvo Monte or Chaumont
1258 Mark de Northfolke
1259 Adam le Cerf
1260 Adam le Cerf
1264 John de Selby
1266 John de Selby
1267 -
1268 John de Selby
1269 Walter de Stokes
1273 John le Specer Snr.
1274 John le Specer
1275 Robert de Bromholme
1276 Robert de Bromholme
1277 Robert de Bromholme
1278 Walter de Stokes (Jun 24) & Sir Gilbert de Luda, Knight
1279 Richard de Romundby, custos. John Sampson
1280 John Sampson
1281 Richard de Romundby, custos. John Sampson
1282 Sir Gilbert de Luda & John Sampson
1283 John Sampson
1284 Sir Gilbert de Luda
1285 John Sampson
1286 Nicholas de Selby
1287 Nicholas de Selby
1288 Nicholas de Selby
1289 Nicholas de Selby
1290 Roger Basy
1293 -
1294 -
1295 Robert de Bromholme
1296 -
1297 Nich. De Langton Snr.
1298 James le Flemyng
1299 John Sampson, Knight
1300 John Sampson, Knight
1301 John le Specer Jnr.
1302 John le Specer
1303 John le Specer
1304 John le Specer
1305 Andrew de Bolingbrok
1306 Nich. De Langon Snr.
1307 John de Askham
1308 John de Askham
1309 Robert le Meke
1310 Andrew de Bolingbrok
1311 Nicholas le Flemyng (son of James)
1312 Nicholas le Flemyng
1313 Nicholas le Flemyng
1314 Nicholas le Flemyng
1315 Nicholas le Flemyng
1316 Nicholas le Flemyng
1317 Robert le Meke
1318 Thomas de Redness
1319 Nicholas le Flemyng
1320 Robert le Meke
1321 Robert le Meke
1322 Nicholas de Langton (son of Nicholas)
1323 Nicholas de Langton
1324 Nicholas de Langton
1325 Nicholas de Langton
1326 Nicholas de Langton
1327 Nicholas de Langton
1328 Nicholas de Langton
1329 Nicholas de Langton
1330 Nicholas de Langton
1331 Nicholas de Langton
1332 Nicholas de Langton
1333 Nicholas de Langton
1334 Henry de Belton
1335 Henry de Belton
1336 Henry de Belton
1337 Henry de Belton
1338 Nicholas de Langton
1339 Nicholas de Langton
1340 Nicholas de Langton
1341 Nicholas de Langton
1342 Nicholas Fouks
1343 John de Shirburn
1344 John de Shirburn
1345 John de Shirburn
1246 Henry le Goldbeter
1347 Henry de Scoreby
1348 Henry de Scoreby
1349 Henry de Scoreby
1350 Henry de Scoreby
1351 Henry de Scoreby
1352 John de Langton
1353 John de Langton
1354 John de Langton
1355 John de Langton
1356 John de Langton
1357 John de Langton
1358 John de Langton
1359 John de Langton
1360 John de Langton
1361 John de Langton
1362 John de Langton
1363 John de Langton
1364 John de Acastre
1365 Richard de Wateby
1366 Roger de Hovingham
1367 William Graa
1368 Robert de Howme
1369 William Sauvage
1370 Roger de Selby
1371 John de Gisburn
1372 John de Gisburn
1373 Roger de Moreton Jnr.
1374 Thomas de Howme
1375 Thomas Gra
1376 Ralphe de Hornby
1377 John de Sancton
1378 John de Barden
1379 John de Acastre
1380 John de Gisburn
1381 Simon de Quixley
1382 Simon de Quixley
1383 Simon de Quixley
1384 Robert Sauvage
1385 William de Selby
1386 John de Howden
1387 John de Selby
1388 William de Selby
1389 Thomas Smyth
1390 Thomas Smyth
1391 Robert Sauvage
1392 Robert Sauvage
1393 John de Brathwayte
1395 William de Helmsley
1395 Thomas de Staynley
1396 William Frost
1397 William Frost
1398 Thomas Graa
1399 Robert de Talkan
1400 William Frost
1401 William Frost
1402 William Frost
1403 William Frost
1404 William Frost
1405 Adam del Bank
1406 William Frost
1407 Henry Wyman
1408 Henry Wyman
1409 Henry Wyman
1410 John de Bolton
1411 John de Craven
1412 Nich. Blackburn Snr.
1413 Robert Holme (v. Howme)
1414 Thomas de Sancton
1415 William de Alne
1416 John de Northeby
1417 William Bowes Snr.
1418 John de Moreton
1419 Johnde Bedale
1420 Thomas del Gare
1421 Richard Russell
1422 Henry Preston
1423 Thomas Esingwald
1424 Thomas Bracebridge
1425 William Ormeshede
1426 Peter Bukey
1427 John Alstonmore
1429 Nich. Blackburn Jnr.
1430 Richard Russell
1431 John Bolton
1432 Thomas Snawden
1433 William Ormeshede
1434 Thomas del Gare Jnr.
1435 Thomas Kirkham
1436 Richard Wartre
1437 William Bedale
1438 William Useflete
1439 Thomas Ridelay
1440 William Girlington
1441 Thomas Kirke
1442 John Thriske
1443 William Bowes
1444 Richard Buckden
1445 Thomas Crathorne
1446 William Stockton
1447 John Crosyer (v. Croser)
1448 John Carre (v. Karre)
1449 William Holbeek
1450 Thomas Barton
1451 Richard Wartre
1452 Thomas Danby
1453 John Catryk
1454 Thomas Neleson
1455 Richard Lematon
1456 John Carre
1457 Robert Collinson
1458 William Holbeck
1459 Nicholas Holgate
1460 Thomas Beverley
1461 William Stockton
1462 John Thrisk
1463 Thomas Scawsby
1464 John Gilliot
1465 Thomas Neleson
1466 John Kent
1467 John Marshall
1468 William Snawsnell
1469 Richard Yorke
1470 William Holbeck
1471 William Holbeck
1472 Thomas Beverley
1473 Christopher Marshall
1474 John Gilliot
1475 William Lame
1476 Thomas Wrangwish
1477 John Tong
1478 John Ferriby
1479 William Welles
1480 John Marshall
1481 Robert Amyas
1482 Richard Yorke
1483 John Newton
1484 Thomas Wrangwish
1485 Nich. Lancastre
1486 William Chimney
1487 Sir William Todd
1488 Robert Hancock
1489 John Harper
1490 Sir John Gilliot
1491 John Ferriby 2 (died) & William White
1492 Thomas Scotton
1493 Nich. Lancastre
1494 Michael White
1495 George Kirke
1496 Robert Johnson
1497 Thomas Gray
1498 John Metcalfe
1499 John Elwald
1500 William Nelson
1501 John Stockdale
1502 Richard Thornton
1503 Sir John Gilliot
1504 Thomas Jameson
1505 William White (died) & Mich. White
1506 Alan Stavely
1507 John Birkhead
1508 John Petty (died) & John Dodgson
1509 George Essex
1510 John Shawe
1511 Bertram Dawson
1512 George Kirke
1513 William Wilson
1514 John Thornton
1515 Thomas Drawsword
1516 John Hall
1517 John Dodgson
1518 William Wright
1519 Alan Staveley
1520 Thomas Parker
1521 Thos. Bankhouse (died) & Simon Vicars
1522 Paul Gillour (died) & Thomas Burton
1523 Thomas Drawsword
1524 John Norman
1525 William Barker
1526 Peter Jackson
1527 Robert Wilde
1528 Thomas Mason
1529 Robert Whitfield
1530 Sir George Lawson
1531 Henry Dawson (v. Dayson)
1532 William Barker
1533 John Hodgson
1534 George Gale
1535 William Wright
1536 William Harrington
1537 Ralph Pulleyn
1538 John Shawe (died) & John North
1539 Robert Elward
1540 William Dodgson
1541 Robert Hall
1542 John Shadlock
1543 Robert Hecklton
1544 Peter Robinson
1545 John Bean
1546 William Holme
1547 William Watson
1548 Robert Peacock (v. Paycock)
1549 George Gale
1550 John Lewis
1551 Thomas Appleyard
1552 Richard White
1553 Thomas Coupland
1554 John North
1555 William Beckwith
1556 Richard Goldthorpe
1557 Robert Hall
1558 Ralph Hall
1559 Thomas Standevyn
1560 James Harrington
1561 Percival Crawforth
1562 Thomas Lawson
1563 Thomas Appleyard
1564 James Simson
1565 John Bean
1566 William Watson
1567 Robert Peacock
1568 William Coupland
1569 William Beckwith
1570 Richard Calame
1571 Gregory Peacock
1572 William Alleyn
1573 Christopher Herbert
1574 Robert Maskewe
1575 Thomas Harrison
1576 Edmnd. Richardson (died) & Ralph Hall
1577 John Dyneley
1578 Hugh Graves
1579 Robert Cripling
1580 Robert Askwith
1581 William Robinson
1582 Robert Brooke
1583 Christopher Maltby
1585 Thomas Appleyard
1586 Henry Maye
1587 Ralph Richardson
1588 James Birkbie
1589 Thomas Jackson
1590 Thomas Mosley
1591 Robert Watter
1592 Thomas Harrison
1593 Robert Askwith
1594 William Robinson
1595 Robert Brooke
1596 James Birkbie
1597 Christopher Beckwith
1598 Edward Fawcett
1599 Christopher Concett
1600 Henry Hall
1601 Robert Peacock
1602 Thomas Mosley
1603 Sir Robert Watter
1604 Thomas Herbert
1605 William Greenbury
1606 Robert Askwith
1607 Robert Harrison
1608 Robert Myers
1609 Christopher Concett
1610 Henry Hall
1611 Willam Brearey
1612 John Harrison
1613 Thomas Marshall
1614 Leonard Besson
1615 Elias Micklethwaite
1616 William Greenbury
1617 Sir Robert Askwith
1618 Thomas Agar
1619 William Robinson
1620 William Water
1621 Christopher Dickenson
1622 William Brearey
1623 Robert Myers
1624 Matthew Tophan
1625 Thomas Lawne
1626 Leonard Besson
1627 Elias Micklethwaite
1628 Robert Belt
1629 Christopher Croft
1630 Edmund Cowper
1631 Robert Hemsworth
1632 Thomas Hoyle
1633 Sir William Allenson
1634 James Hutchenson
1635 Thomas Hodgson
1636 Henry Thompson
1637 John Vaux
1638 Willam Scott
1639 Sir Roger Jacques
1640 Sir Robert Belt
1641 Sir Christopher Croft
1642 Sir Edmund Cowper
1643 Sir Edmund Cowper
1644 Sir Edmund Cowper
1645 John Geldart
1646 Stephen Watson
1647 Thomas Dickenson
1648 Robert Horner
1649 Leonard Thompson
1650 William Tayler
1651 James Brooke
1652 William Metcalfe
1653 Henry Thompson
1654 John Geldart
1655 Sir Wm. Allenson
1656 Stephen Watson
1657 Sir Thomas Dickenson
1658 Robert Horner
1659 Leonard Thompson
1660 Christopher Tophan
1661 James Brooke
1662 George Lamplugh
1663 Henry Thompson
1664 Edward Elwicke
1665 Richard Hewitt
1666 George Mancklins
1667 Cressye Burnett
1668 Henry Tireman
1669 Christopher Brearey
1670 Thomas Bawtry
1671 William Richardson
1672 Sir Henry Thompson
1673 Thomas Williamson
1674 Richard Metcalfe
1675 William Ramsden
1676 Yorke Horner
1677 Francis Elcock
1678 Philip Herbert
1679 Richard Shaw
1680 John Constable
1681 Thomas Carter
1682 John Wood
1683 Edward Thompson
1684 Robert Waller
1685 John Thompson
1686 Leonard Wilberfoss
1687 Thomas Mosley
1688 Thomas Rayne (displaced) & Robert Waller
1689 John Foster
1690 Samuel Dawson
1691 George Stockton
1692 Joshua Earnshaw
1693 Andrew Perrott
1694 Robert Davye
1695 Sir Gilbert Metcalfe
1696 John Constable
1697 Mark Gill
1698 Roger Shackleton
1699 Henry Thompson
1700 Sir William Robinson
1701 Tobias Jenkins, M.P.
1702 John Peckitt
1703 Thomas Dawson
1704 Elias Pawson
1705 Charles Redman
1706 Emanuel Justice
1707 Robert Benson, M.P.
1708 Richard Thompson
1709 William Pickering
1710 Charles Perrott
1711 Thomas Pickering
1712 William Cornwell
1713 Christopher Hutton
1715 Robert Fairfax
1716 Richard Towne
1717 Henry Baines
1718 Tancred Robinson
1719 John Read
1720 Tobia Jenkins
1721 Richard Thompson
1722 Charles Redman
1723 Charles Perrott
1724 Thomas Agar
1725 William Cornwell
1726 Samuel Clarke
1727 Richard Baine
1728 Peter Whitton
1729 William Dobson
1730 John Stainforth
1731 Jonas Thompson
1732 Henry Baines
1733 James Dodsworth
1734 William Whytehead
1735 James Barnard
1736 Samuel Clark
1737 Sir John Lister Kaye, M.P.
1738 George Benson (died) & Sir Tancred Robinson
1739 George Escricke
1740 George Skelton
1741 Richard Lawson
1742 John Mayer
1743 William Stephenson
1744 Thomas Agar
1745 John Raper
1746 John Read
1747 George Escricke
1748 Francis Jefferson
1749 James Rowe
1750 Matthew Lister
1751 George Skelton
1752 James Barnard
1753 William Coates
1754 Richard Lawson
1755 Thomas Matthews
1756 Richard Farrer
1757 George Fox Lane, M.P.
1758 John Allanson
1759 Godfrey Wentworth
1760 Francis Stephenson
1761 Thomas Bowes
1762 John Mayer
1763 Anby Taylor
1764 Francis Bacon
1765 Henry Raper
1766 John Wakefield
1767 Richard Garland
1768 James Rowe
1769 Richard Farrer
1770 John Carr
1771 Edward Wallis
1772 Charles Turner, M.P.
1773 Henry Jubb
1774 Hugh Robinson
1775 John Allanson
1776 Francis Stephenson
1777 Thomas Bowes (died) & Francis Bacon
1778 Thomas Barstow
1779 Edward Stabler
1780 Thomas Cordley
1781 Henry Myers
1782 Henry Raper
1783 William Siddall
1784 Thomas Kilby
1785 James Woodhous (died) & John Carr
1786 Thomas Smith
1787 Sir Wm. M. Milner
1788 William Bluitt
1789 Thomas Hartley
1790 Joshua Oldfield
1791 Thomas Wilson
1792 Ralph Dowdworth
1793 William Siddall (died) & Thomas Smith
1794 John Hay
1795 Richard Metcalfe
1796 Theophs. D. Garencieres
1797 Richard Hobson
1798 Sir Wm. M. Milner
1799 William Ellis
1800 James Robson
1801 John Wilkinson
1802 William Hotham
1803 Thomas Hartley
1804 John Kilby
1805 Robert Stockton
1806 Thomas Wilson
1807 William Ellis
1808 Robert Rhodes
1809 Samuel Wormald
1810 George Peacock
1811 Hon. Lawrence Dundas
1812 Isaac Spencer
1813 Thomas Smith
1814 William Dunsley
1815 Wm. H. Hearon
1816 John Dales
1817 Robert Chaloner
1818 James Saunders
1819 William Hotham
1820 George Peacock
1821 Rt. Hon. Lord Dundas
1822 Isaac Spencer
1823 Thomas Smith
1824 William Dunsley
1825 William Oldfield
1826 William Cooper
1827 Wm. H. Hearon
1828 George Champney
1829 John Dales
1830 Hon. Edwd. Robt. Petre
1831 Rt. Hon. Lord Dundas
1832 William Oldfield
1833 James Barber
1834 William Cooper
1835 Thomas Wood Wilson
1836 Sir John Simpson
1836-7 James Meek
1837-8 George Hudson
1838-9 George Hudson
1839-40 Wm. Stephenson Clark
1840-1 Robert Cattle
1841-2 William Matterson
1842-3 Joseph Buckle
1843-4 Joseph Buckle
1844-5 William Gray
1845-6 William Richardson
1846-7 George Hudson
1847-8 James Richardson
1848-9 Edward Richard Anderson
1849-50 George Hicks Seymour
1850-1 James Meek
1851-2 Henry Cooper
1852-3 Richard Evers
1853-4 George Leeman
1854-5 George Wilson
1855-6 James Meek Jnr.
1856-7 Edward Richard Anderson
1857-8 John Wood
1858-9 William Dalla Husband
1859-60 Richard Evers
1860-1 George Leeman
1861-2 William Fox Clark
1862-3 William Fox Clark
1863-4 Richard Welch Hollon
1864-5 Edwin Wade
1865-6 James Meek
1866-7 James Meek
1867-8 Ralph Weatherley
1868-9 Alfred Ely Hargrove
1869-70 John Colburn
1870-1 George Leeman
1871-2 William Walker
1872-3 Henry Steward
1873-4 John March
1874-5 Joseph Terry
1875-6 Edward Rooke
1876-7 James Melrose
1877-8 William Varey
1878-9 George Brown
1879-80 Thos. S. Watkinson (died) & W.W. Wilberforce
1880-1 John Stephenson Rowntree
1881-2 Joseph Agar
1882-3 Thomas Varey
1883-4 William Benson Richardson
1884-5 John Close
1885-6 Joseph Terry
1886-7 Joseph Terry
1887-8 Joseph Sykes Rymer
1888-9 Joseph Agar
1889-90 Jospeh Agar
1890-1 Philip Matthews (died) & Sir Joseph Terry
1891-2 John Close
1892-3 John Close
1893-4 Thomas Clayton
1894-5 William McKay
1895-6 Chris. Annakin-Milward
1896-7 Chris. Annakin-Milward
1897-8 Edwin Gray
1898-9 Samuel Border
1899-1900 Joseph Sykes Rymer
1900-1 Edward William Purnell
1901-2 Lancelot Foster
1902-3 Edwin Gray
1903-4 R. H. Edwin Wragge
1904-5 R. H. Edwin Wragge
1905-6 R. H. Edwin Wragge
1906-7 William Bentley (died) & Samuel Border
1907-8 Sir Joseph Sykes Rymer
1908-9 James Birch
1909-10 James Birch
1910-1 Thomas Carter
1911-2 Norman Green
1912-3 Sir Joseph Sykes Rymer
1913-4 Henry Rhodes Brown
1914-5 John Bowes Morrell
1915-6 Wm. Alex. Forster Todd
1916-7 Wm. Alex. Forster Todd
1917-8 Wm. Alex. Forster Todd
1918-9 Sir Wm. Alex. Forster Todd
1919-20 Edward Walker
1920-1 Edward Walker
1921-2 Wm. Hy. Birch
1922-3 Jas. Brown Inglis
1923-4 William Dobbie
1924-5 Sir Robt. Newbald Kay
1925-6 William Wright
1926-7 Oscar Fred. Rowntree
1927-8 Arthur Richmond Fox
1928-9 Edwin John Leetham Rymer
1929-30 Charles Wm. Shipley
1930-1 Sir Wm. Alex Forster-Todd
1931-2 R. H. Vernon Wragge
1932-3 Henry Rhodes Brown
1933-4 Herbert Edwd. Harrowell
1934-5 Herbert Edwd. Harrowell
1935-6 William Henry Shaw
1936-7 Thomas Morris
1937-8 Chas. Thornburn Hutchinson
1938-9 William Cooper
1939-40 Robert James Pulleyn
1940-1 William Horsman
1941-2 Edna Annie Chrichton
1942-3 Edward Lacey
1943-4 William Thompson
1944-5 Harold de Bourg Chapman de Bourg
1945-6 Fred Gaines
1946-7 Fred Gaines
1947-9 [2] William Dobbie
1949-50 John Bowes Morrell
1950-1 Ernest Harwood
1951-2 John Harold Kaye
1952-3 Cecil Walter Wright
1953-4 Charles Oliver
1954-5 Frank Wright
1955-6 Fred Brown
1956-7 Vincent Albert Bosworth
1957-8 Eric Lawson Keld
1958-9 Albert Leslie Philipson
1959-60 Robert Stavers Oloman
1960-1 Wilfred Ward
1961-2 Ivy Gladys Wrightman
1962-3 Robert Alexander Cattle
1963-4 Archibald Kirk
1964-5 Stanley Palphramand
1965-6 William Bridge
1966-7 Walter Elliott Milburn
1967-8 William Edwin Hargrave
1968-9 Mona May Armitage
1969-70 Ronald Scobey
1970-1 Arthur Joseph Hardcastle
1971-2 Richard Scruton
1972-3 Harry Victor Boulton
1973-4 Jack Milnes Wood
1974-5 William Thomas Burke
1975-6 Jack Penty Birch
1976-7 Jack Archer
1977-8 Thomas Hibbert
1979-9 Samuel Edwin Brearley
1979-80 William Richardson
1980-1 Clive B. Kay
1981-2 Charles William Fairclough
1982-3 Philip Booth
1983-4 Stephen Fred Galloway
1984-5 Kenneth Cooper
1985-6 Marjorie Seward Bwye
1986-7 Cyril Arthur Waite
1987-8 Malcolm James Heppell
1988-9 Reginald Pulleyn
1989-90 Jack Archer
1990-1 Keith Simpson Wood
1991-2 Albert Cowen
1992-3 Bernard Alfred Bell
1993-4 Ann Reid
1994-5 David Wilde
1995-6 John Boardman
1996-7 Kenneth William King
1997-8 Michael John Bradley
1998-9 Derek Wilbraham Smallwood
1999-2000 Peter Vaughan
2000-1 Shân Edryd Braund
2001-2 Irene Mary Waudby
2002-3 David Anthony Horton J.P.
2003-4 Charles Hall
2004-5 Janet Looker
2005-6 Janet Greenwood
2006-7 Janet Hopton M.B.E
2007-8 Irene Mary Waudby
2008-9 Brian Watson
2009-10 John Galvin
2010-11 Sue Galloway
2011-12 David Anthony Horton J.P.
2012-13 Keith Hyman
2013-14 Julie Gunnell
2014-15 Ian Gillies
2015-16 Sonja Crisp
2016-17 Dave Taylor
2017-18 Barbara Boyce
2018-19 Keith Orrell
[1] List up to 1980-1 taken from Kightly, C. & Semlyen, R. (1980). Lords of the City. York City Council: York.
[2] November 1947- May 1949, consequent on revisions of the Local Governmant Act 1948. From this date the years in office run from May to May, instead of (since 1836) from November to November.