List of mayors of Norwich


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 mayoralty by letters 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" When Norwich became a metropolitan borough in 1974 the honour was reconfirmed by letters patent dated 1 April 1974.

Mayors of Norwich

Source : Norwich City Council
YearNameNotes
1403–04William AppleyardFirst Mayor of Norwich
1408–09Edmund WarnerMerchant. MP for Norwich, 1401
1414–15John BixleyMerchant. MP for Norwich, 1413, 1415, 1416, 1419
1421–22William SedmanMP for Norwich, 1413, 1414, 1416
1424–25Robert BaxterMercer. MP for Norwich, 1420, 1421
1429–30Robert BaxterMercer. MP for Norwich, 1420, 1421
1435, 1440, 1452 and 1458Robert ToppesMP for Norwich
1515–16John ClerkeMercer. MP for Norwich, 1512
1520–21John ClerkeMercer. MP for Norwich, 1512
1521–22Edward RedeMP for Norwich, 1529
1531–32Edward RedeMP for Norwich, 1529
1532–33Reginald LytilproweMP for Norwich, 1529
1534–35Augustine StewardMP for Norwich, 1539, 1547
1542–43William RogersMP for Norwich, 1542
1543–44Edward RedeMP for Norwich, 1529
1545–46Robert RuggeMP for Norwich, 1545
1546–47Augustine StewardMP for Norwich, 1539, 1547
1547-48Robert Leech
1548-49Edmond WoodDied in office
1548-49William Rogers
1549-50Thomas Codde
1550–51Robert RuggeMP for Norwich, 1545
1551-52Richard Davy
1552-53Thomas Cook
1553-54Henry Crooke
1554–55Thomas MarshamMP for Norwich, 1553
1555-56Felix Puttockdied in office
1555-56Thomas Codde
1556–57Augustine StewardMP for Norwich, 1539, 1547
1557-58Henry Bacon
1558–59John AldrichMP for Norwich, 1555, 1572
1559-60Richard Fletcher
1560–61Robert MichellMP for Norwich, 1563
1561-62William Mingay
1562-63William Ferrour
1563-64Richard Davy
1564-65Nicholas Norgate
1565–66Thomas SothertonMP for Norwich, 1558, 1559
1566-67Henry Bacon
1567-68Thomas Whall
1568–69Thomas ParkerMP for Norwich, 1563
1569-70Robert Wood
1570–71John AldrichMP for Norwich, 1555, 1572
1571-72Thomas Greene
1572–73Robert SucklingMercer. MP for Norwich, 1586
1573-74Christopher Soam
1574-75Thomas Peck
1575-76William Ferrour
1576–77Thomas LayerGrocer. MP for Norwich, 1586
1577-78Thomas Culley
1578-79Sir Robert Wood
1579–80Simon BowdeMP for Norwich, 1584
1580-81Christopher Soam
1581–82Christopher LayerGrocer. MP for Norwich, 1584 and 1597
1582–83Robert SucklingMercer. MP for Norwich, 1586
1583–84Thomas GleaneDraper or mercer. MP for Norwich, 1589
1584-85John Suckling
1585-86Thomas Layer
1586-87Thomas Peck
1587–88Francis RuggeMercer. MP for Norwich, 1589
1588-89Simon Bowde
1589–90Christopher LayerGrocer. MP for Norwich, 1584 and 1597
1590-91Thomas Pettus
1591–92Robert YarhamMP for Norwich, 1593
1592–93Thomas GleaneDraper or mercer. MP for Norwich, 1589
1593-94Clement Hyrne
1594-95Christopher Soam
1595-96Thomas Layer
1596-97Richard Ferrour
1597-98Thomas Pye
1598-99Francis Rugg
1599-1600Roger Weld
1600–01Alexander ThurstonMP for Norwich, 1601
1601-02John Tesmond
1602Thomas Gleane Gleane was elected in 1602, but the election was called into question. The city assembly had decided in 1598 that no one was to be mayor more than twice, and that nine years had to elapse between the two periods of office. Gleane had already been twice mayor of Norwich, in 1583–84 and 1592–93. The validity of the election was referred to the lord chief justice and the learned counsel of the city, but Gleane died later that year.
1602-03Francis Rugg
1603-04Thomas Lane
1604–05Thomas HyrneGrocer. MP for Norwich, 1614, 1624, 1625, 1626
1605–06Thomas SothertonMP for Norwich, 1597
1606-07Joshua Culley
1607-08George Downing
1608–09John PettusMP for Norwich, 1601, 1604
1609–10Thomas HyrneGrocer. MP for Norwich, 1614, 1624, 1625, 1626
1615–16Peter GleaneMP for Norwich, 1628
1616–17Sir Thomas HyrneGrocer. MP for Norwich, 1614, 1624, 1625, 1626
1618–19Richard RosseMP for Norwich, 1621
1621–22George BirchGrocer and Apothecary
1624–25Robert DebneyMP for Norwich, 1628
1652–53William BarnhamHosier. MP for Norwich, 1659, 1660
1657–58Christopher JayMP for Norwich, 1661
1670–71Augustine BriggsMP for Norwich, 1678
1681–82Hugh BokenhamMP for Norwich, 1690
1685–86Francis GardinerMP for Norwich, 1695
1691–92Thomas BlofieldMP for Norwich, 1689
1694–95John WardMP for Norwich, 1694
1700–01Edward ClarkeMP for Norwich, 1701
1710–11Robert BeneMP for Norwich, 1710
1714–24John Normanlocal farmer, landowner and brewer
1735Thomas VereMP for Norwich, 1735
1737John SpurrellSheriff 1728, mayor 1737, alderman of South Conisford Ward for nearly 40 years
1774James Crowesurgeon
1788John PattesonMP for Norwich, 1806
1797James Crowesurgeon
1823John Staniforth Pattesonbrewer
1833–34Sir Samuel BignoldMP for Norwich, 1854
1846–47Jeremiah ColmanMiller. Founder of Colman's Mustard
1848–49Sir Samuel BignoldMP for Norwich, 1854
1853–54Sir Samuel BignoldMP for Norwich, 1854
1859–60Jacob Henry TillettSolicitor. MP for Norwich, 1880
1865-1866W.P. NicholsProminent Norwich surgeon. Liberal
1867–68Jeremiah James ColmanMP for Norwich, 1871
1872–73Sir Samuel BignoldMP for Norwich, 1854
1873–74Samuel Gurney Buxtonof The Hall, Catton, Norfolk
1875–76Jacob Henry TillettSolicitor. MP for Norwich, 1880
1878–80Harry BullardBrewer
1883-84Sir Peter Eade
1885-86John Gurney
1886–87Harry BullardBrewer
1891–92George Moore ChamberlinStore owner. High Sheriff of Norfolk, 1926
1893-94Sir Peter Eade
1894–95Charles Edward Bignold
1895 Sir Peter Eade
1895–96John Moore
1896–97Sir Charles Rackham GilmanKnighted 1897
1897–98Clement Charles Rix Spelman
1898–99George Henry Morse
1899–1900James William Clabburn
1900–01Joseph John Dawson-Paul
1901–02Russell James Colman
1902–03Lieutenant Colonel John Robert Harvey
1903–04Geoffrey Fowell Buxton
1904–05Henry Zachariah Thompson Flowers
1905–06Edward Thomas BoardmanArchitect
1906–07William Robert Crow Howlett
1907–08Edmund Gurney BuxtonHigh Sheriff of Norfolk, 1922
1908–09Walter Rye

Lord mayors of Norwich

Source:
YearNameNotes-
1909–10Ernest Egbert Blyth-
1910–11Sir Eustace Gurneyof Sprowston Hall-
1911–12Henry John Copeman-
1912–13Arthur Michael SamuelBaron Mancroft-
1913–14James Arthur Porter-
1914–15Dr John Gordon Gordon-MunnPsychiatrist at Heigham Hall-
1915–16Edwin Batterbee Southwell-
1916–17George Moore ChamberlinStore owner. High Sheriff of Norfolk, 1926-
1917–18Richard Jewson-
1918–19Sir George Moore ChamberlinStore owner. High Sheriff of Norfolk, 1926-
1919–20George Green-
1920–21Lieutenant Colonel Granville John B Duff-
1921–22Sir Henry Nicholas Holmes-
1922–23Sir George Henry MorseBrewer-
1923–24Ethel M Colman-
1924–25George Stevens PopePsychiatrist at Heigham Hall-
1925–26Thomas GloverCBE-
1926–27Sir Charles Robert Bignold-
1927–28Herbert Witard-
1928–28Herbert P Gowen-
1929–30Harry Harper-Smith-
1930–31Mabel Maria ClarksonCBE-
1931–32Sir George Ernest White-
1932–33Sir Henry Nicholas Holmes-
1933–34Frederick C Jex-
1934–35Percy William JewsonBusinessman and MP for Great Yarmouth -
1935–36Walter Alfred Riley-
1936–37Herbert Frazer-
1937–38Charles Frederick Watling-
1938–39Percy Edward Curl-
1939–40James Frederick HendersonSocialist writer-
1940–41Bernard James Hanly-
1941–42James Henry Barnes-
1942–43Arthur J ClevelandOBE-
1943–44William James Finch-
1944–45Edward Frank Williamson-
1945–46Sidney Albert Bailey-
1946–47William Oliver CopemanCBE-
Nov 1947 – May 1949Walter Gibbard Cutbush-
May 1949–50Alfred Ernest Baines-
1950–51Ruth Elsie Hardy-
1951–52Eric John Sidney Hinde-
1952–53William Ernest Walker-
1953–54Ralph Hale Mottram-
1954–55Horace Allen-
1955–56Ian Dunbar Dickson-
1956–57Sir Arthur South-
1957–58Thomas Christopher EatonOBE-
1958–59Norman Reeve Tillett-
1959–60Michael Waldo Boone Bulman-
1960–61Alfred E Nichols-
1961–62Richard Quinton Gurney-
1962–63Andrew Ryrie-
1963–64Leonard Arthur Howes-
1964–65Sydney W W Clapham-
1965–66Charles Boardman Jewson-
1966–67Harry Perry-
1967–68Cecil Harry Sutton-
1968–69Edward Albert Gambling-
1969–70Jessie Ruby Griffiths-
1970–71Herbert John JarroldCBE-
1971–72Donald M Pratt-
1972–73Richard B. Seabrook-
1973–74Robert J Symonds-
1974–75William A J Spear-
1975–76Joyce L Morgan-
1976–77Raymond C Frostick-
1977–78Ralph W Roe-
1978–79Dr J Peter English-
1979–80Valerie Guttsman-
1980–89Eric Hartley-
1981–82Alan R Driver-
1982–83L George Richards-
1983–84Leonard A Stevenson-
1984–85Stanley B Petersen-
1985–86Barbara E E Stevenson-
1986–87Jill B Miller-
1987–88Garry S Wheatley-
1988–89David Bradford-
1989–90David Fullman-
1990–91Bernard N Smith-
1991–92Philip Moore-
1992–92Arthur V Clare-
1993–94Roy Durrant-
1994–95Brenda Ferris-Rampley-
1995–96Lila D Cooper-
1996–97Rory E N Quinn-
1997–98Harry W Watson-
1998–99Derek F J Wood-
1999–2000Douglas C Underwood-
2000–01Ron Borrett-
2001–02Keith Ratcliffe-
2002–03Derek F J Wood-
2003–04Chris Southgate-
2004–05Joyce Climie Divers-
2005–06Michael John Banham-
2006–07Felicity E Hartley-
2007–08Roy George Blower-
2008–09Jeremy Nigel Hooke-
2009–10Evelyn J Collishaw-
2010–11Tom Dylan-
2011–12Jennifer Susan Lay-
2012–13Ralph Gayton-
2013–14Keith Driver-
2014–15Judith Lubbock-
2015–16Brenda Arthur-
2016–17Marion Maxwell-
2017–18David FullmanSecond term -
2018-19Martin Schmierer-
2019-20Vaughan Thomas