List of mayors of Bath - Misplaced Pages

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Mayor of Bath
Coat of arms of Bath
Incumbent Dine Romero since 2023
Style	The Right Worshipful the Mayor of Bath
Member of	Charter Trustees of the City of Bath
Appointer	Charter Trustees of the City of Bath
Term length	One municipal year
Formation	1189
Deputy	Bharat Pankhania
Website	Official website

The Mayor of Bath is a ceremonial post held by a member of the charter trustees of Bath, elected annually by the trustees of the city.

In 1189, Richard I of England granted a charter to the city of Bath establishing a mayor, with the first recorded mayor being John de Porta in 1230. In 1590 a Royal Charter of Incorporation was issued confirming the city's status of a corporate body of Mayor, Alderman and Citizens. The Municipal Corporations Act 1835, reformed the old closed Corporation and made it a modern elected body. In 1888 Bath became a County Borough. When local government was restructured through the Local Government Act 1972, Bath was restructed as a district council within the County of Avon. Until further local government re-organisation in 1996, the role of mayor was held by the chairman of Bath City Council, since the creation of Bath and North East Somerset Council the role has been held by the chairman of the Charter Trustees of the City of Bath.

The current mayor for the municipal year beginning 3 June 2024 is Michelle O'Doherty, who is the 797th mayor.

13th century

1230: John de Porta
1237: Henry le Tayleur
1249: Walter Falc / Sir Henry Tailor (Cissor)
1262: Henry the Tailor
1277: Henry Tailor
1279: Nicholas Biscop
1280: John de Cumbe / William Scleht / Henry Tailor (Cissor)
1283: Richard Tabernarius / Richard Everard
1284: Thomas Sweyn
1285: William Cook (Cocus) / Roger de Dichegate / Nicholas Clerk (Clerico) / Stephen de Devyses / John de Cumbe / Richard Everard / Gilbert Taylor
1286: Gilbert Cissor
1290: Stephen Baker / Henry Tailor (Cissor)
1291: Stephen de Devyses
1293: John le Taylor / William Scuel / William Cook (Cocus) / Peter le Brevitor
1295: Peter le Brevitor
1296: Thomas Sweyn
1299: William Cook (Cocus)
1300: William Cook / John le Veniur / John Cole

14th century

1302: Peter le Brevitor / William Scuel
1304: William Cook
1307: Peter le Brevitor
1310: William Cook
1311: Walter Falconer
1313: Peter le Brevitor
1314: Richard Wytesone
1316: John Baker (Pistor)
1317: John Baker (Pistor)
1318: Richard Wytesone
1322: John Baker (Pistor)
1323: John Cole
1325: John de Wyk
1328: John de Wyk
1329: Adam Wytesone
1330: William Cook
1331: Alexander Dye (Tinctor)
1332: Roger Cole
1333: William Sweyn
1334: Alexander Dyer (Tinctor)
1335: Adam Wytesone
1336: Roger Cole
1337: Alexander Dyer
1338: Roger Crist
1339: William Cubbel
1340: Adam Wytesone
1341: Alexander Dyer
1342: Roger Crist
1343: John Cole
1344: William Cubbel
1345: Adam Wytesone
1346: Alexander Dyer
1347: William Cubbel
1348: William Cubbel
1349: Roger Crist
1350: Thomas Stote
1351: Roger le Dyer
1352: William Cubbel
1353: Thomas Stote
1354: Walter Carpenter
1355: John Whittokesmede
1356: William Serrel
1357: William Cook
1358: John Sheory
1359: Robert le Dyer
1360: John Whittokesmede
1361: Walter Carpenter
1362: John Gregory
1363: John Gregory
1364: John Whittokesmede
1365: John Whittokesmede
1366: John Gregory
1367: John Gregory
1369: John Whittokesmede
1370: William Drayton
1371: John Gregory
1372: Robert Wattes
1373: John Gregory
1375: John Compe
1376: John Gregory
1377: John Compe
1378: John Natton
1379: Robert Wattes
1380: John Natton
1381: John Gregory
1382: Richard Bedul
1385: John Natton
1388: Robert Waspray
1390: Robert Draper
1391: William Rous
1392: Robert Waspray
1393: William Rous
1394: Robert Waspray
1395: John Waspray
1396: Thomas Swayne
1398: Thomas Plomes
1399: Robert Waspray
1400: Roger Testwode

15th century

1401: Roger Testwode
1402: Roger Wasprey
1403: Roger Testwode
1404: Richard Widcombe
1407: Roger Testwode
1408: Ralph Hunt
1409: John Savage
1410: Ralph Hunt
1411: Robert Waspray
1412: John Savage
1414: Ralph Hunt
1416: Walter Rich
1417: Ralph Hunt
1418: Richard Widcombe
1420: Richard Widcombe
1422: Ralph Hunt
1423: William Philipps
1425: John Savage
1426: William Hodgekyns
1427: Richard Widcombe
1428: William Philipps
1429: Ralph Hunt
1433: William Philipps
1434: William Philipps
1435: William Hodgekyns
1437: William Philipps
1438: Walter Rich
1441: William Hodgekyns
1442: William Philipps
1443: Walter Rich
1444: William Philipps
1447: William Hodgekyns
1449: William Cubbel
1452: William Dreyton
1454: Thomas Abell
1455: John Austell
1461: John Thomas
1467: John Steere
1468: William Stanburgh
1471: William Hayne
1473: William Stanburgh
1474: Robert Rogers
1475: Robert Batyn
1476: William Stanburgh
1477: Robert Rogers
1488: William Tyler
1492: Robert Batyn
1497: Lawrence Leche

16th century

1503: Richard Chapman
1530: Thomas Welpley
1533: Henry Covell
1534: William Horsington
1540: Robert Style
1543: John Chapman
1544: Anthony Scrope
1550: John Clement
1551: Edward Ludwell
1553: John Davys
1554: Richard Chapman
1555: Thomas Ash
1567: John Pearman
1568: Robert Frauncys
1569: Robert Fraunces
1572: John Wyatt
1573: William Walley
1574: William Cavell
1575: Thomas Turner
1576: George Pearman
1577: George Pearman
1578: John Wyatt
1579: Thomas Bushe
1580: William Shareston
1581: William Walley
1582: George Pearman
1583: John Chapman
1584: William Shareston
1585: John Walley, Snr
1586: Thomas Fytche
1587: John Sachefild
1588: John Walley, Jnr
1589: William Shareston
1591: Thomas Fytche
1592: John Sachefild
1593: William Chapman
1594: William Heath
1595: William Moreford
1596: John Sachfilde
1597: Thomas Fytche (died in office)
1597: William Heath (elected)
1598: William Shareston
1599: John Chapman
1600: John Sachfeilde

17th century

1601: Thomas Power
1602: William Heath
1603: William Shareston
1604: Christopher Stone
1605: Walter Chapman
1606: John Parker
1607: Thomas Wyatt
1608: William Clifte
1609: John Sherston
1610: John Sachfeild
1611: Christopher Stone
1612: John Wood
1613: Richard Gay
1614: John Cutt
1615: William Shareston
1616: William Chapman
1617: Walter Chapman
1618: William Clift
1619: Richard Gay
1620: Walter Chapman
1621: Thomas Moorford
1622: Robert Fry
1623: William Chapman
1624: Matthewe Rendoll
1625: Richard Gay
1626: George Chapman
1627: Richard Chapman
1628: Robert Fisher
1629: Matthew Clift
1630: William Chapman
1631: Richard Gay
1632: Arthur Sherstone
1633: Arthur Kingston
1634: Matthewe Rendoll
1635: George Chapman
1636: John Bigg
1637: Richard Chapman
1638: Robert Ffisher
1639: William Chapman
1640: Matthew Clift
1641: William Chapman
1642: Thomas Burford
1643: John Parker
1644: Richard Chapman
1645: John Bigg
1646: John Atwood
1647: Walter Chapman
1648: Richard Druce
1649: Matthew Clift
1650: John Pearce
1651: John Bigge
1652: John Atwood
1653: John Parker
1654: Walter Chapman (died in office 1655)
1655: John Bigges (elected 30 April 1655)
1655: John Boys
1656: Matthew Clift
1657: John Masters
1658: John Pearce
1659: John Biggs
1660: John Fford
1661: John Parker
1662: Robert Child
1663: Henry Chapman
1664: Walter Gibbes
1665: John Pearce
1666: John Chapman
1667: Thomas Gibbs
1668: Robert Chapman
1669: William Childe
1670: Edward White
1671: John Masters
1672: Henry Chapman
1673: Henry Parker
1674: John Reed
1675: John Bush
1676: Walter Gibbs
1677: Benjamin Baber
1678: Robert Chapman
1679: John Masters
1680: William Bush
1681: Edward Bushell
1682: Robert Hayward
1683: Walter Hicks
1684: John Bush
1685: John Stibbs
1686: John Pocock
1687: Benjamin Baber
1688: Walter Gibbs
1689: Robert Chapman
1690: John Masters
1691: George Colloby
1692: William Bush
1693: Edward Bushell
1694: Robert Hayward
1695: Walter Hickes
1696: John Axford
1697: John Bush
1698: John Stibs
1699: Thomas Gibbs
1700: Benjamin Baber

18th century

1701: Richard Masters
1702: William Chapman
1703: John Bush
1704: William Bush
1705: Walter Hicks
1706: Edward Woolmer
1707: John Stibbs
1708: Edward Bushell
1709: Charles Child
1710: Walter Gibbes
1711: Thomas Gibbes
1712: Richard Morgan
1713: Richard Ford
1714: Thomas Bigges
1715: William Long
1716: John Saunder
1717: Richard Masters
1718: Thomas Bushell
1719: William Collibee
1720: Edward Woolmer
1721: George Tryme
1722: William Bush
1723: John Hicks
1724: Thomas Atwood
1725: Rosewell Gibbs
1726: Walter Chapman
1727: William Chapman
1728: John Billing
1729: Francis Bave
1730: Richard Ford
1731: William Horton
1732: Milo Smith
1733: Richard Morgan
1734: Thomas Short
1735: Thomas Atwood
1736: Richard Matravers
1737: James Atwood
1738: John Saunders
1739: William Bush
1740: Charles Stone
1741: Henry Atwood
1742: Ralph Allen
1743: Ambrose Bishop
1744: John Chapman
1745: John Cogswell
1746: Thomas Atwood
1747: Thursby Robinson
1748: James Atwood
1749: Charles Stone
1750: Henry Atwood
1751: Francis Hales
1752: Thomas Atwood, Snr
1753: Thomas Atwood, Jnr
1754: John Chapman
1755: Samuel Bush
1756: Edward B Collibee
1757: William Chapman
1758: Henry Atwood
1759: Francis Hales
1760: Thomas Attwood
1761: John Chapman
1762: Francis Hales
1763: Samuel Bush
1764: John Horton
1765: Edward B Collibee
1766: Henry Wright
1767: William Chapman
1768: Charles Biggs
1769: Thomas Warr Attwood
1770: John Chapman
1771: John Horton
1772: Walter Wiltshire
1773: Francis Bennet
1774: Philip Ditcher
1775: Edward B Collibee
1776: Henry Wright
1777: John Chapman
1778: Simon Crook
1779: John Chapman
1780: Walter Wiltshire
1781: Francis Bennet
1782: Leonard Coward
1783: James Leake
1784: William Street (died in office 26 May 1785) (father of Ann Street Barry)
1785: Edward B Collibee
1786: William Anderdon
1787: Leonard Coward
1788: Jacob Smith
1789: Leonard Coward
1790: John Horton
1791: Walter Wiltshire
1792: Abel Moysey
1793: Henry Harington
1794: William Anderdon
1795: John Symons
1796: John Palmer
1797: Charles Phillott
1798: George Chapman
1799: John Horton
1800: Harry Atwood

19th century

Handel Cossham, Mayor of Bath 1882 & 1884

1801: Sir William Watson
1802: Henry Parry
1803: John Symons
1804: William Anderdon
1805: Charles Phillott
1806: John Horton
1807: Harry Atwood
1808: Henry Parry
1809: John Palmer
1810: Abel Moysey
1811: Joseph Phillott
1812: Charles Crook
1813: William Anderdon
1814: Charloes Phillott
1815: Morgan Nicols
1816: Edmund Anderdon
1817: George Tugwell
1818: John Kitson
1819: George Edward Allen
1820: John Wiltshire
1821: William Clark
1822: Charles Crook
1823: Charles Phillott
1824: Edmund Anderdon
1825: George Edward Allen
1826: Eleazer Pickwick
1827: George H Tugwell
1828: William Tudor
1829: Joseph Hume Spry
1830: John Ford Davis
1831: George Kitson
1832: William Clark
1833: Johnson Phillott
1834: George Norman
1835: William Thomas Blair
1836: William Thomas Blair (until 9 November 1837)
1837: Simon Barrow
1838: Henry Gordon
1839: Richard Shuttleworth Cruttwell
1840: William Hunt
1841: George Norman
1842: George Edridge
1843: George Moger
1844: Henry Gordon
1845: Samuel Batchellor
1846: Augustus George Barrette
1847: William Hunt
1848: William Sutcliffe
1849: Frederick Dowding
1850: Frederick Dowding
1851: William Long
1852: Francis Allen
1853: Thomas Gill
1854: William Hunt
1855: William Bush
1856: Robert Cook
1857: Randle Wilbraham Falconer
1858: Randle Wilbraham Falconer
1859: Thomas Barrett
1860: Thomas Jolly
1861: Thomas Fuller
1862: Thomas Barter
1863: Jerom Murch
1864: Jerom Murch
1865: George Moger
1866: William Thompson
1867: Edward Francis Slack (died in office 29 November 1867)
1867: William Hunt (elected 5 December 1867)
1868: Thomas Jolly
1869: Thomas Washbourne Gibbs
1870: John Hulbert
1871: John Hulbert
1872: Robert Stickney Blaine
1873: William Hunt
1874: James Aylmer Paynter
1875: James Aylmer Paynter
1876: Jerom Murch
1877: Jerom Murch
1878: James Chaffin
1879: James Chaffin
1880: James Chaffin
1881: John Stothert Bartrum
1882: Handel Cossham
1883: Thomas Wilton
1884: Handel Cossham
1885: Anthony Hammond
1886: Jerom Murch
1887: Anthony Hammond
1888: Herny William Freeman
1889: John Stothert Bartrum
1890: Jerom Murch
1891: John Sylvanus Turner
1892: Jerom Murch
1893: Reginald Quintin Mainwaring
1894: William Crucknell Jolly
1895: John Rubie
1896: George Woodiwiss
1897: Charles Henry Simpson, Major
1898: John Ricketts (died in office 13 July 1899)
1899: George Woodiwiss (elected 1 August 1899)
1899: Robert Edmund Dickinson
1900: Thomas Ball Silcock

20th century

1901: Edward England Phillips
1902: James Edward Henshaw
1903: Charles Henry Simpson, Major
1904: Benjamin John
1905: Charles Bryan Oliver
1906: Sydney William Bush
1907: Thomas Hodgson Miller
1908: John William Knight
1909: Charles Henry Simpson, Major
1910: Thomas Ball Silcock
1911: Thomas Forder Plowman
1912: George Thomas Cooke
1913: Preston King
1914: Frederick William Spear
1915: Harry Thomas Hatt
1916: Charles Henry Long
1917: Preston King
1918: Alfred William Wills
1919: Percy Jackman
1920: James Henry Colmer
1921: Ernest John White
1922: Cedric Chivers
1923: Charles Henry Hacker
1924: Cedric Chivers
1925: Cedric Chivers
1926: Cedric Chivers
1927: Cedric Chivers
1928: Cedric Chivers (died in office 30 January 1929)
1929: Aubrey Bateman (elected 26 February 1929)
1930: Thomas Sturge Cotterell
1931: Herbert Chivers
1932: Rhodes G Cook
1933: Lieutenant Colonel Horace Scott Davey
1934: Aubrey Bateman
1935: James Sidney Carpenter
1936: Walter Farley Long
1937: Leonard Graham Abraham Adams (resigned 6 December 1937)
1937: Adrian Edmund Hopkins (elected 23 December 1937)
1938: Adrian Edmund Hopkins
1939: James Sidney Carpenter
1940: Aubrey Bateman
1941: Aubrey Bateman
1942: Aubrey Bateman
1943: Joseph Plowman
1944: Edgard Clements
1945: Herbert Chivers (died in office 23 June 1946)
1946: Edgar Clements (elected 5 July 1946)
1946: Edward Taylor
1947: Sam Day
1948: Sam Day
1949: Leslie Newby Punter
1950: Kathleen Agnes Mabel Harper
1951: Reginald Wilfrid Pearson
1952: Alleyne William Steward Berry (father of Mary Berry)
1953: Adrian Edmund Hopkins
1954: William Henry Gallop
1955: Alfred Norman Dix
1956: Sydney Arthur Smith
1957: Tom Jones
1958: Hugh Duckworth Roberts
1959: Edward William Arthur Mortimer
1960: Arthur Cecil Knight
1961: William Henry Jordan Shepherd
1962: Gulielma Maw
1963: Royston Ernest Tucker
1964: George Emanuel de Chazal Mayer
1965: Ada Elsie May Hanna
1966: Ronald Harry Purdie
1967: Ronald Fred Emmerson
1968: Roy Gordon Hiscocks
1969: Alexander Stewart Polson
1970: Walter Gower Huggett
1971: Mabel Mary Grosvenor
1972: Alec Louis Ricketts
1973: Thomas John Cornish
1974: William Percy Johns
1975: Cicely Margaret Edmunds
1976: Mary Elizabeth Rawlings
1977: Raymond Charles Rosewarn
1978: Kenneth John Holloway (died in office 10 December 1978)
1979: George Durant Kersley (elected 2 January 1979)
1979: John Humphrey Lyons, Major
1980: Brian James Hamlen
1981: Leslie Albert William Ridd
1982: Laurence John Harris Coombs
1983: Elgar Spencer Jenkins
1984: Anthony John Rhymes
1985: Jeannette Farley Hole
1986: Samuel Leslie Jane
1987: Ian Charles Dewey
1988: John James Malloy, Commander
1989: Anne Maureen McDonagh
1990: Jeffrey William Higgins
1991: Denis Reginald Lovelace
1992: Eric Jack Trevor Snook
1993: Edwina Harding Bradley
1994: Howard William Routledge
1995: Jeffrey Stephen Manning
1996: Margaret Mary Feeny
1997: Marian Frances Hammond
1998: Ray David Cliffe
1999: John Anthony Bailey
2000: Angela Godfrey

21st century

2001: Marian McNeir
2002: Loraine Morgan-Brinkhurst
2003: David James Hawkins
2004: Roger Alan Symonds
2005: Peter John Metcalfe
2006: Carol Ann Paradise
2007: Sharon Grace Ball
2008: Tim Mark Ball
2009: Colin Vincent Barrett
2010: Shaun McGall
2011: Bryan Chalker
2012: Andrew Furse
2013: Malcolm John Henry Lees
2014: Cherry Beath
2015: William Alexander Sandry
2016: Paul Crossley
2017: Ian Gilchrist
2018: Patrick Anketell-Jones
2019: Gerry Curran
2020: Manda Rigby
2021: June Player
2022: Rob Appleyard
2023: Dine Romero
2024: Michelle O'Doherty

References

General

A History of the Mayors of Bath (2nd ed.). Bath: The Charter Trustees of the City of Bath. 2015.

Specific

The Right Worshipful The Mayor of Bath
"DRAPER, Robert, of Bath, Som". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
^ "WIDCOMBE (WYDECOMBE), Richard, of Bath, Som". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
^ "RICH, Walter (d.1446/7), of Bath, Som". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
"WELPLEY, Thomas (c.1483-1534 or later), of Bath, Som. | History of Parliament Online".
"CLEMENT, John (by 1502-51/56), of Bath, Som. | History of Parliament Online".
"LUDWELL, Edward (by 1523-63/66), of Bath, Som". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
"CHAPMAN, Richard (c.1504-80), of Bath, Som. | History of Parliament Online".
^ "WALLEY, John (d.1615), of Bath, Som. | History of Parliament Online".
"TURNER, Thomas II (d.c.1586), of Bath, Som". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
^ "PEARMAN, George (d.1604), of Bath, Som". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
^ "SHARESTON, William (d.1621), of Bath, Som". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
"WALLEY, John (d.1615), of Bath, Som". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
^ "HEATH, William (d.1607), of Bath, Som. | History of Parliament Online".
^ "STONE, Christopher (c.1556-1614), of Bath, Som. | History of Parliament Online".
^ "GAY, Richard (by 1559–1641), of Walcott Street and Westgate Street, Bath and Claverton, Som". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
"JOHN BOYS (MAYOR OF BATH 1656)" (PDF). Retrieved 6 December 2015.

External links

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