John Tate (Lord Mayor of London)
Sir John Tate was twice Lord Mayor of London and a Member of Parliament.
He was born the son of Thomas Tate of Coventry and became a mercer of the City of London, initially apprenticed to his uncle, John Tate, a former Mayor of London.
John Tate junior was made an Alderman of London in 1463, appointed Sheriff of London for 1485 and elected Lord Mayor for 1496-97 and 1514–15. He was twice elected, in 1504 and 1510, as a Member of Parliament for the City of London. He was knighted in 1497.
He was a generous benefactor to St. Anthony's Hospital, St Benet Fink in the City of London in which connection John Stow in his Survey of London wrote of him as follows:
He had married Magdalen and had 3 sons, of which the youngest, Bartholomew, was made his heir.
