List of lord mayors of York

The Lord Mayor of York is the chairman of City of York Council, first citizen and civic head of York. The appointment is made by the council each year in May, at the same time appointing a sheriff, the city's other civic head. York's lord mayor is second only to the Lord Mayor of London in precedence.^[1] The office of mayor dates back to at least 1217 and was upgraded by Richard II to that of Lord Mayor in 1389.^[2]

Lord Mayor of York
Coat of arms of the City of York
Incumbent Margaret Wells since 23 May 2024
Style	The Right Honourable ex officio
Residence	Mansion House
Appointer	City of York Council
Term length	One year
Inaugural holder	Hugh de Selby (as Mayor) William de Selby (as Lord Mayor)
Formation	1217 (as Mayor) 1389 (as Lord Mayor)
Website	york.gov.uk

The Mansion House, York, is the Lord Mayor's home during his or her term of office.^[1]

The use of the prefix "right honourable" appears to have been used since the creation of the lord mayoralty. It was confirmed by letters patent dated 1 April 1974, when York became a non-metropolitan district^[3] and reconfirmed by letters patent dated 1 April 1996, when it became a unitary authority.^[4]

Wall plaque in Holy Trinity Church commemorating past lord mayors Thomas Mosley 1687, Robert Fairfax 1715, James Rowe 1749 & 1768 and Richard Garland 1767

In 1212, King John granted York the right to collect its own taxes, hold courts and conduct its own affairs and thereby the right to elect a mayor. These rights were temporarily forfeited in 1280–1282 for altering a royal charter, in 1292–1297 for failing to pay taxes and in 1405–1406 for supporting Archbishop Richard Scrope. In 1389, King Richard II elevated the mayor to the status of lord mayor and supposedly gave his sword to be carried point upwards before him.

List of Mayors of York

Source: "Eboracum"^[5]

Before 1300

Year	Name	Notes
1217	Hugh de Selby
c.1219	Thomas Palmer [6]
1222	Adam Flur
c.1224	H. de Ebor
c.1225	Hendy de Seizevaux [6]	or de Sexdecim Vallibus
1226	Hugh de Selby
1229–1230	Hugh de Selby [6]
1235–1236	Hugh de Selby
c.1246	Nicholas Orgar
c.1248	‘Domino J.’	(John de Selby?)
1249	Nicholas Orgar [6]
1250	‘Domino J.’	(John de Selby?)
1251–1253	John de Selby	[6]
1255–1256	Gacio de Calvo Monte [6]	or Chaumont
1258	Mark de Northfolke
1259–1260	Adam le Cerf [6]
1260	Adam le Cerf [6]
1264	John de Selby
1266	John de Selby
1267	-
1268	John de Selby
1271	Walter de Stokes[7] or Adam le Cerf[8]
1273	John le Specer Snr [6]
1274	John le Specer
1274–1277	Robert de Bromholme [9]
1278	Walter de Stokes (24 June) & Sir Gilbert de Luda
1279	Richard de Romundby
1280	John Sampson
1281	City governed by the King's men
1282	Sir Gilbert de Luda & John Sampson
1283	John Sampson [9]
1284	Sir Gilbert de Luda [9]
1285	John Sampson [9]
1286–1289	Nicholas de Selby [9]	MP for York, 1294
1290	Roger Basy [9]	MP for York, 1294
1293–1294	City governed by the King's men [9]
1295	Robert de Bromholme
1296	City governed by the King's men [9]
1297	Nicholas De Langton Snr [9]
1298	James le Flemyng [9]
1299	John Sampson [9]

14th century

Year	Name	Notes
1300	John Sampson [9]
1301–1304	John le Specer Jnr [9]
1305	Andrew de Bolingbroke [9]	MP for York, 1299
1306	Nicholas de Langton Snr [9]
1307–1308	John de Askham [9]
1309	Robert le Meke [9]
1310	Andrew de Bolingbrok [9]
1311–1316	Nicholas le Flemyng [9]	son of James le Flemyng, killed at the Battle of Myton
1317	Robert le Meke [9]
1318	Thomas de Redness [9]
1319	Nicholas le Flemyng [9]
1320–1321	Robert le Meke [9]
1322–1333	Nicholas de Langton [9]	son of Nicholas de Langton Snr
1334–1337	Henry de Belton [10]
1338	Nicholas de Langton [11]
1339	Henry de Belton [11]
1340–1342	Nicholas de Langton [11]
1343	Nicholas Foukes [11]
1344–1346	John de Shirburn [11]
1347	Henry le Goldbeter [11]
1348–1352	Henry de Scoreby [11]
1353–1361	John de Langton [11]
1364	John de Acastre [11]
1365	Richard de Wateby [11]
1366	Roger de Hovingham [11]
1367	William Graa [11]
1368	Robert de Howme [11]
1369	William Savage [11]
1370	Roger de Selby [11]
1371–1372	John de Gisburn [11]
1373	Roger de Moreton Jnr [11]
1374	Thomas de Howme [11]
1375	Thomas Graa	MP for York, 1377–1397
1376	Ralphe de Hornby
1377	John de Sancton [11]
1378	John de Barden [11]
1379	John de Acastre [11]
1380	John de Gisburn [11]	Forcibly deposed
1381–1383	Simon de Quixley [11]
1384	Robert Savage	MP for York, 1383,1386
1385	William de Selby	MP for York, 1383–1397
1386	John de Howden	MP for York, 1384–1391
1387	John de Selby
1388	William de Selby [11]	MP for York, 1383–1397

List of Lord Mayors of York

Year	Name	Notes
1389	William de Selby [11]	First to use ceremonial sword.[11]
1390–1391	Thomas Smyth [12]
1392–1393	Robert Savage [13]	1393 first to use ceremonial mace. [13] MP for York, 1383, 1386
1394	Thomas de Stayveley [13]
1395	William de Helmsley [13]	MP for York, 1393
1396	Thomas de Stayveley [13]
1397	Sir William Frost [13]	MP for York, 1399
1398	Thomas Graa [13]	MP for York, 1377–1397
1399	Robert de Talkan [13]	MP for York, 1402,1407

15th century

Year	Name	Notes
1400–1404	Sir Willam Frost [13]	MP for York, 1399
1405	Adam del Bank [13]
1406	Sir William Frost [13]	MP for York, 1399
1407–1409	Henry Wyman [13]
1410	John de Bolton [13]	MP for York, 1399,1407
1411	John de Craven [13]
1412	Robert Howme [13]	Merchant.
1413	Nicholas Blackburn Snr [13]	Mercer.
1414	Thomas de Sancton [13]	MP for York, 1413,1417
1415	William de Alne [13]	Merchant.
1416	John de Northeby [13]	Merchant.
1417	William Bowes Snr [13]	Merchant, and MP for York, 1413,1417
1418	John de Moreton [13]	MP for York, 1415, 1421
1419	John de Bedale [13]
1420	Thomas del Gare [13]	MP for York, 1419,1421
1421	Richard Russell[13]	Merchant, and MP for York, 1415,1422,1425
1422	Henry Preston [13]	MP for York, 1420
1423	Thomas Esingwald [13]	Merchant.
1424	Thomas Bracebridge [13]	Merchant.
1425	William Ormeshede [13]	Merchant, and MP for York, 1421,1426,1431
1426	Peter Buckey [13]
1427	John Alstonmore [13]	Merchant.
1428	William Bowes Snr [13]	MP for York, 1413,1417
1429	Nicholas Blackburn Jnr [13]
1430	Richard Russell [13]	MP for York, 1415,1422,1425
1431	John Bolton [13]	Merchant.
1432	Thomas Snawden [13]	Pewterer.
1433	William Ormeshede [13]	MP for York, 1421,1426,1431
1434	Thomas del Gare Jnr [13]
1435	Thomas Kirkham [13]
1436	Richard Wartre [13]	Merchant.
1437	William Bedale [13]	Merchant.
1438	William Useflete [13]	Merchant.
1439	Thomas Ridelay [13]
1440	William Girlington [13]	Draper.
1441	Thomas Kirke [13]	Mercer.
1442	John Thriske [13]	Merchant, mayor of the staple.
1443	William Bowes [13]	Merchant.
1444	Richard Buckden [13]	Merchant.
1445	Thomas Crathorne [13]
1446	William Stockton [13]
1447	John Crosyer [13]
1448	John Carre [13]
1449	William Holbeek [13]	Merchant of the staple.
1450	Thomas Barton [13]	Grocer.
1451	Richard Wartre [14]	First year of the reign of Henry VI.[14]
1452	Thomas Danby [14]	Merchant.
1453	John Catryk [14]
1454	Thomas Neleson [14]	Merchant.
1455	Richard Lematon [14]
1456	John Carre [14]
1457	Robert Collinson [14]	Merchant.
1458	William Holbeck [14]
1459	Nicholas Holgate [14]
1460	Thomas Beverley [14]	Merchant of the Staple
1461	William Stockton [14]	First year of the reign of Edward IV.
1462	John Thrisk [14]
1463	Thomas Scawsby [14]
1464	John Gilliot [14]	Knight of the Bath.
1465	Thomas Neleson [14]
1466	John Kent [14]	Merchant.
1467	John Marshall [14]	Merchant.
1468	William Snawsnell [14]	Goldsmith
1469	Sir Richard Yorke [14]	Merchant of the Staple.
1470	William Holbeck [14]
1471	Thomas Beverley [14]
1472	William Holbeck [14]
1473	Christopher Marshall [14]
1474	Sir John Gilliot [14]
1475	William Lame [14]
1476	Thomas Wrangwish [14]
1477	John Tong [14]
1478	John Ferriby [14]	Merchant.
1479	William Welles [14]
1480	John Marshall [14]
1481	Robert Amyas [14]
1482	Richard Yorke [14]	Mayor of the Staple
1483	John Newton	Dyer. First year of the reign of Richard III
1484	Thomas Wrangwith [14]	Merchant.
1485	Nicholas Lancaster [14]	LL. D. First year of the reign of Henry VII
1486	William Chimney [14]	Draper.
1487	Sir William Todd [14]	Merchant.
1488	Robert Hancock [14]	Grocer.
1489	John Harper [14]	Merchant.
1490	Sir John Gilliot [14]	Merchant.
1491	John Ferriby died and replaced by William White [14]
1492	Thomas Scotton [14]	Merchant.
1493	Nicholas Lancaster [14]	Merchant.
1494	Michael White [14]	dyer
1495	George Kirke [14]	Merchant.
1496	Robert Johnson [14]	Grocer.
1497	Thomas Gray [14]	Goldsmith.
1498	John Metcalfe [14]	Merchant.
1499	John Elwald [14]	Merchant.

16th century

Year	Name	Notes
1500–1501	William Nelson [14]	Merchant, and MP for York, 1504,1510,1512,1515
1501–1502	John Stockdale [14]	Merchant.
1502–1503	Richard Thornton [14]	Grocer.
1503–1504	Sir John Gilliot [14]	Merchant.
1504–1505	Thomas Jameson [14]	Merchant.
1505–1506	William White [citation needed] died and replaced by Michael White [14]
1506–1507	Allan Stavely [14]	Merchant.
1507–1508	John Birkhead [14]	Merchant.
1508–1509	Sir John Petty died and replaced by[14] John Dodgson
1509–1510	George Essex [15]	Apothecary. First year or the reign of Henry VIII.
1510–1511	John Shawe [15]	Merchant.
1511–1512	Bertram Dawson [15]	Merchant.
1512–1513	George Kirke [15]
1513–1514	William Wilson [15]	Goldsmith.
1514–1515	John Thornton [15]	Merchant.
1515–1516	Thomas Drawsword [15]	MP for York, 1512
1516–1517	John Hall [15]	Tanner.
1517–1518	John Dodgson [15]
1518–1519	William Wright [15]	MP for York, 1515
1519–1520	Alan Staveley [15]
1520–1521	Thomas Parker [15]
1521–1522	Thomas Bankhouse died and replaced by Simon Vicars [15]
1522–1523	Paulyn Gillow died and replaced by Thomas Burton [15]	Gillow was a merchant. Burton was MP for York, 1523
1523–1524	Thomas Drawsword [15]	MP for York, 1512
1524–1525	John Norman [15]	MP for York, 1523
1525–1526	William Barker [15]
1526–1527	Peter Jackson [15]	MP for York, 1529
1527–1528	Robert Wilde [15]	Merchant.
1528–1529	Thomas Mason [15]
1529–1530	Robert Whitfield [15]
1530–1531	Sir George Lawson [15]	MP for York, 1529, 1536
1531–1532	Henry Dawson [15]
1532–1533	William Barker [15]
1533–1534	John Hodgson [15]	MP for York, 1539, 1542
1534–1535	George Gale [15]	Goldsmith and MP for York, 1529, 1536, 1542
1535–1536	William Wright [15]	MP for York, 1515
1536–1537	William Harrington [15]	Merchant. Great-grandfather of Guy Fawkes
1537–1538	Ralph Pulleyn [15]	Goldsmith.
1538–1539	John Shawe died and replaced by John North [15]	North was MP for York, 1545,1553
1539–1540	Robert Elward [15]	Merchant.
1540–1541	William Dodgson [15]	Merchant.
1541–1542	Robert Hall [15]	Merchant and MP for York, 1545, 1553
1542–1543	John Shadlock [15]
1543–1544	Robert Heckleton [15]	Fishmonger.
1544–1545	Peter Robinson [15]	Merchant.
1545–1546	John Bean [15]	MP for York, 1554
1546–1547	William Holme [15]	MP for York, 1547, 1553
1547–1548	William Watson [15]	Merchant. MP for York, 1553, 1559, 1563. First year or the reign of Edward VI
1548–1549	Robert Peacock [15]	Merchant, and MP for York, 1558
1549–1550	George Gale [15]	Goldsmith, and MP for York, 1529, 1536, 1542
1550–1551	John Lewis [15]	Draper.
1551–1552	Thomas Appleyard [15]
1552–1553	Richard White [15]	Draper, and MP for York, 1554
1553–1554	William Coupland [15]	MP for York, 1554. First Year of the reign of Mary I
1554–1555	John North [15]	MP for York, 1545,1553
1555–1556	William Beckwith [15]	Merchant.
1556–1557	Richard Goldthorpe [15]	MP for York, 1559
1557–1558	Robert Hall [15]	Merchant. MP for York, 1545, 1553
1558–1559	Ralph Hall [15]	Merchant, and MP for York, 1553, 1571. First year of the reign of Elizabeth I
1559–1560	Thomas Standevyn [15]
1560–1561	James Harrington [15]
1561–1562	Percival Crawforth [15]
1562–1563	Thomas Lawson [15]
1563–1564	Thomas Appleyard [15]
1564–1565	James Simson [15]
1565–1566	John Bean [15]	MP for York, 1554
1566–1567	William Watson [15]	Merchant. MP for York, 1553, 1559, 1563
1567–1568	Robert Peacock [16]	Merchant, and MP for York, 1558
1568–1569	William Coupland [16]	MP for York, 1554
1569–1570	William Beckwith [16]
1570–1571	Richard Calame [16]	Draper.
1571–1572	Gregory Peacock [16]	Merchant, and MP for York, 1572
1572–1573	William Alleyn [16]	Mercer.
1573–1574	Christopher Herbert [16]	Merchant.
1574–1575	Robert Maskewe [16]	Merchant.
1575–1576	Thomas Harrison [16]	Innholder.[17]
1576–1577	Edmund Richardson died and replaced by Ralph Hall [16]	Richardson was a Pewterer. Hall was MP for York, 1553, 1571
1577–1578	John Dyneley [16]	Draper.
1578–1579	Hugh Graves [16]	Merchant, and MP for York, 1571,1572
1579–1580	Robert Cripling [16]
1580–1581	Robert Askwith [16]	Draper, and MP for York, 1572, 1589
1581–1582	William Robinson [16]	Merchant, and MP for York, 1584, 1589
1582–1583	Robert Brooke [16]	Merchant, and MP for York, 1584, 1586
1583–1584	Christopher Maltby [16]	Draper.
1584–1585	Thomas Appleyard [16]
1585–1586	Andrew Trene [16]	Merchant, and MP for York, 1593
1586–1587	Henry Maye [16]	Innholder.
1587–1588	Ralph Richardson [16]	Merchant.
1588–1589	James Birkbie [16]	Council attorney.
1589–1590	Thomas Jackson [16]	Council attorney.
1590–1591	Thomas Mosley [16]	Merchant, and MP for York, 1597
1591–1592	Robert Watter [16]	Haberdasher.
1592–1593	Thomas Harrison [16]
1593–1594	Robert Askwith [16]	MP for York, 1572, 1589
1594–1595	William Robinson [16]	MP for York, 1584, 1589
1595–1596	Robert Brooke [16]	MP for York, 1584, 1586
1596–1597	James Birkbie [16]
1597–1598	Christopher Beckwith [16]
1598–1599	Edward Fawcett [16]
1599–1600	Christopher Concett [16]	Apothecary.

17th century

Stephen Watson was Lord Mayor of York twice, in 1646 and 1656.

Year	Name	Notes
1600–1601	Henry Hall [16]	Merchant, and MP for York, 1601
1601–1602	Robert Peacock [16]
1602–1603	Thomas Mosley [16]	MP for York, 1597.
1603–1604	Sir Robert Walter [16]	Haberdasher. First year of the reign of James I
1604–1605	Thomas Herbert [16]	Merchant.
1605–1606	William Greenbury [16]	Draper.
1606–1607	Robert Askwith [16]	Draper, and MP for York, 1604, 1614, 1621
1607–1608	Robert Harrison [16]	Merchant.
1608–1609	Robert Myers [16]	Mercer.
1609–1610	Christopher Concett [16]	Apothecary.
1610–1611	Henry Hall [16]	Merchant, and MP for York, 1601
1611–1612	William Brearey [16]	Merchant.
1612–1613	John Harrison [16]	Merchant.
1613–1614	Thomas Marshall [16]	Mercer.
1614–1615	Leonard Besson [16]	Saddler.
1615–1616	Elias Micklethwaite [16]	Merchant.
1616–1617	William Greenbury [16]	Draper
1617–1618	Sir Robert Askwith [16]	Draper, and MP for York, 1604, 1614, 1621
1618–1619	Thomas Agar [16]	Tanner.
1619–1620	William Morrison [16]	Merchant.
1620–1621	William Watter [16]	Saddler.
1621–1622	Christopher Dickenson [16]	Merchant.
1622–1623	William Brearey [16]
1623–1624	Robert Myers [16]
1624–1625	Matthew Topham [16]	Merchant
1625–1626	Thomas Lawne [16]	First year of the reign of Charles I
1626–1627	Leonard Besson [16]	Saddler
1627–1628	Elias Micklethwaite [16]
1628–1629	Robert Belt [16]	Merchant.
1629–1630	Christopher Croft [16]	Mercer.
1630–1631	Edmund Cowper [18]	Merchant.
1631–1632	Robert Hemsworth [18]	Draper.
1632–1633	Thomas Hoyle [18]	Merchant. MP for York, 1628–29 and 1640–50. Committed suicide, 1650.
1633–1634	Sir William Allenson [18]	Draper, and MP for York, 1654
1634–1635	James Hutchenson [18]	Merchant.
1635–1636	Thomas Hodgson [18]	Mercer.
1636–1637	Henry Thompson [18]	Merchant.
1637–1638	John Vaux [18]	Prothonotary.
1638–1639	William Scott [18]	Merchant.
1639–1640	Sir Roger Jacques [18]	Merchant, and MP for York, 1640
1640–1641	Sir Robert Belt [18]	Merchant
1641–1642	Sir Christopher Croft [18]	Mercer
1642–1644	Sir Edmund Cooper [18]	Merchant. Start of the English Civil War. York was initially held by the Royalists (Cavaliers).[19][20]
1644–1645	Sir Edmund Cooper displaced and replaced by Thomas Hoyle [18]	Hoyle was MP for York, 1654. Parliamentarians (Roundheads) take control from now to the restoration under Lord Mayors sympathetic to (or willing to accommodate), the Parliamentary cause.[21][20]
1645–1646	John Geldart [18]	Merchant, and MP for York, 1656
1646–1647	Stephen Watson [18]	Grocer.
1647–1648	Thomas Dickenson [18]	Merchant, and MP for York, 1654, 1656, 1659
1648–1649	Robert Horner[18]	Merchant
1649–1650	Leonard Thompson [18]	Merchant
1650–1651	William Tayler [18]	Merchant
1651–1652	James Brooke	Merchant
1652–1653	William Metcalfe	Draper
1653–1654	Henry Thompson	Merchant
1654–1655	John Geldart	Merchant, and MP for York, 1656
1655–1656	Sir William Allenson	Draper, and MP for York, 1640
1656–1957	Stephen Watson
1657–1658	Sir Thomas Dickenson [18]	Merchant, and MP for York, 1654, 1656, 1659
1658–1659	Robert Horner	Merchant
1659–1660	Leonard Thompson	Merchant
1660–1661	Christopher Topham	Merchant, and MP for York, 1659
1661–1662	James Brooke	By the Kings mandate.
1662–1663	George Lamplugh	Merchant
1663–1664	Henry Thompson	Merchant
1664–1665	Edward Elwicke	Apothecary
1665–1666	Richard Hewitt	Merchant
1666–1667	George Mancklins	Skinner
1667–1668	Cressye Burnett	Merchant
1668–1669	Henry Tireman	Draper
1669–1670	Christopher Brearey	Merchant
1670–1671	Thomas Bawtry	Merchant
1671–1672	William Richardson	Draper
1672–1673	Sir Henry Thompson	Wine merchant, and MP for York, 1673
1673–1674	Thomas Williamson	Merchant
1674–1675	Richard Metcalfe	Merchant
1675–1676	William Ramsden	Merchant
1676–1677	Yorke Horner	Merchant
1677–1678	Francis Elcock	Grocer
1678–1679	Philip Herbert	Merchant
1679–1680	Richard Shaw	Butcher
1680–1681	John Constable	Grocer
1681–1682	Thomas Carter	Merchant
1682–1683	John Wood
1683–1684	Edward Thompson	MP for York, 1689, 1695, 1701
1684–1685	Robert Waller	Attorney
1685–1686	John Thompson	Goldsmith
1686–1687	Leonard Wilberfoss
1687–1688	Thomas Mosley	Apothecary
1688–1689	Thomas Rayne displaced and replaced by Robert Waller	Both attorneys
1689–1690	John Foster	Haberdasher
1690–1691	Samuel Dawson	Merchant
1691–1692	George Stockton	Silk Weaver
1692–1693	Joshua Earnshaw	Merchant
1693–1994	Andrew Perrott	Merchant
1694–1695	Robert Davy	Hosier
1695–1696	Sir Gilbert Metcalfe	Merchant
1696-1696	John Constable	Grocer
1697–1698	Mark Gill	Goldsmith
1698–1699	Roger Shackleton
1699–1700	Henry Thompson	MP for York, 1690

18th century

Year	Name	Notes
1700–1701	Sir William Robinson	MP for Northallerton,1689 and for York,1698
1701–1702	Tobias Jenkins[22]	MP for York, 1695,1701,1715
1702–1703	John Peckitt[22]	Merchant
1703–1704	Thomas Dawson[22]	Merchant
1704–1705	Elias Pawson[22]	Merchant
1705–1706	Charles Redman[22]	Toyman
1706–1707	Emanuel Justice[22]	Merchant
1707–1708	Robert Benson[22]	MP for York, 1705
1708–1709	Richard Thompson[22]	Merchant
1709–1710	William Pickering[22]
1710–1711	Charles Perrott[22]	Merchant
1711–1712	Thomas Pickering[22]	Attorney
1712–1713	William Cornwell [22]	Brewer
1713–1714	Christopher Hutton[22]	Glover
1714-1715	William Redman[23]	Pinner
1715–1716	Robert Fairfax[22]	MP for York, 1713
1716–1717	Richard Towne[22]	Mercer
1717–1718	Henry Baines[22]	Toyman
1718–1719	Tancred Robinson[22]	Rear-admiral
1719–1720	John Read[22]	Toyman
1720–1721	Tobias Jenkins[22]	MP for York, 1695,1701,1715
1721–1722	Richard Thompson[22]	Merchant
1722–1723	Charles Redman[22]	Toyman
1723–1724	Charles Perrott[22]	Merchant
1724–1725	Thomas Agar[22]	Woollen-draper
1725–1726	William Cornwell [22]	Brewer
1726–1727	Samuel Clarke[22]	Haberdasher
1727–1728	Richard Baine[22]	Grocer
1728–1729	Peter Whitton[22]	Grocer
1729–1730	William Dobson[22]	Apothecary
1730–1731	John Stainforth[22]	Receiver of Land Tax
1731–1732	Jonas Thompson[22]	Attorney
1732–1733	Henry Baines[22]	Toyman
1733–1734	James Dodsworth[22]	Apothecary & Grocer
1734–1735	William Whytehead[22]	Attorney at Law
1735-1736	James Barnard[22]	Mercer
1736–1737	Samuel Clark[22]	Haberdasher
1737–1738	Sir John Lister Kaye[22]	MP for York, 1734
1738–1739	George Benson died and replaced by Sir Tancred Robinson, Bt[22]	Robinson was a Rear-admiral
1739–1740	George Escricke[22]	Hatter
1740–1741	George Skelton[22]	Merchant
1741–1742	Richard Lawson[22]	Wine Merchant
1742–1743	John Mayer[22]	Attorney
1743–1744	William Stephenson[22]	Merchant
1744–1745	Thomas Agar[22]	Merchant
1745–1746	John Raper[22]	Merchant
1746–1757	John Read[22]	Toyman
1747–1748	George Escricke[22]	Hatter
1748–1749	Francis Jefferson[22]	Merchant
1749–1750	James Rowe[22]	Druggist
1750–1751	Matthew Lister[22]	Timber-merchant
1751–1752	George Skelton[22]	Merchant
1752–1753	James Barnard[22]	Mercer
1753–1754	William Coates[22]	Glover
1754–1755	Richard Lawson[22]	Wine Merchant
1755–1756	Thomas Matthews[22]	Brewer
1756–1757	Richard Farrer[22]	Upholsterer
1757–1758	George Fox Lane[22]	MP for York, 1742–1761
1758–1759	John Allanson[22]	Merchant
1759–1760	Godfrey Wentworth[22]	MP for York, 1741
1760–1761	Francis Stephenson[22]	Merchant
1761–1762	Thomas Bowes[22]	Apothecary
1762–1763	John Mayer[22]	Attorney
1763–1764	Anby Taylor[22]	Apothecary
1764–1765	Francis Bacon[22]	Apothecary
1765–1766	Henry Raper[22]	Merchant
1766–1767	John Wakefield[22]	Merchant
1767–1768	Richard Garland[22]	Factor
1768–1769	James Rowe[22]	Druggist
1769–1770	Richard Farrer[22]	Upholsterer
1770–1771	John Carr[22]	Architect
1771–1772	Edward Wallis[22]	Apothecary
1772–1773	Charles Turner[22]	MP for York, 1768–1783
1773–1774	Henry Jubb[22]	Apothecary
1774–1775	Hugh Robinson[22]	Merchant
1775-1775	John Allanson[22]	Merchant
1776–1777	Francis Stephenson[22]	Merchant
1777–1778	Thomas Bowes died and replaced by Francis Bacon[22]	Both were apothecaries
1778–1779	Thomas Barstow[22]	Esquire
1779–1780	Edward Stabler[22]	Merchant
1780–1781	Thomas Cordley[22]	Wine-merchant
1781–1782	Henry Myers[22]	Merchant
1782–1783	Henry Raper[22]	Merchant
1783–1784	William Siddall[22]	Woollen-draper
1784–1785	Thomas Kilby[22]	Brewer
1785-1785	James Woodhouse died and replaced by John Carr[22]	Carr was an architect
1786–1787	Thomas Smith[22]	Merchant
1787–1788	Sir William Milner[22]	MP for York, 1790
1788–1789	William Bluitt[22]	Esquire
1789–1790	Thomas Hartley[22]	Brewer
1790–1791	Joshua Oldfield[22]	Wine-merchant
1791–1792	Thomas Wilson[22]	Bookseller
1792–1793	Ralph Dodsworth[22]	Merchant
1793–1794	William Siddall died and replaced by Thomas Smith[22]	Siddall was a woollen-merchant Smith was a merchant.
1794–1795	John Hay[22]	Woollen-draper
1795–1796	Richard Metcalfe[22]	Merchant-tailor
1796–1797	Theophilus de Garencières[22]	Apothecary
1797–1798	Richard Hobson[22]	Woollen-draper
1798–1799	Sir William Milner[22]	MP for York, 1790
1799–1800	William Ellis[22]	Merchant

19th century

Year	Name	Notes
1800–1801	James Robson[22]	Linen-draper
1801–1802	John Wilkinson[24]	Druggist
1802–1803	William Hotham[24]	Barrister-at-Law
1803-1804	Thomas Hartley[24]	Esquire
1804–1805	John Kilby[24]	Brewer
1805–1806	Robert Stockton[24]	Druggist
1806–1807	Thomas Wilson[24]	Bookseller
1807–1808	William Ellis[24]	Merchant
1808–1809	Robert Rhodes[24]	Merchant tailor
1809–1810	Samuel Wormald[24]	Tanner
1810–1811	George Peacock[24]	Esquire
1811–1812	Hon. Lawrence Dundas[24]	MP for Richmond,1790,1808 MP for York, 1802,1811
1812–1813	Isaac Spencer[24]	Druggist
1813–1814	Thomas Smith[24]	Merchant
1814–1815	William Dunsley[24]	Brewer
1815–1816	William Hutchenson Hearon[24]	Tea Dealer
1816–1817	John Dales[24]	Druggist
1817–1818	Robert Chaloner[24]	FRS, MP for Richmond, 1810 and MP for York, 1820
1818–1819	James Saunders[24]
1819–1820	William Hotham[24]
1820–1821	George Peacock[24]
1821–1822	Rt. Hon. Lord Dundas[24]	MP for Richmond,1790,1808 MP for York, 1802,1811
1822–1823	Isaac Spencer[24]
1823–1824	Thomas Smith[24]
1824–1825	William Dunsley[24]
1825–1826	William Oldfield[24]
1826–1827	William Cooper[24]
1827–1828	William Hutchenson Hearon[24]	Tea Dealer
1828–1829	George Champney[24]
1829–1830	John Dales[24]
1830–1831	Hon. Edward Robert Petre[24]
1831–1832	Rt. Hon. Lord Dundas[24]	MP for Richmond,1790,1808 MP for York, 1802,1811
1832–1833	William Oldfield[24]
1833–1834	James Barber[24]
1834–1835	William Cooper[24]
1835–1836	Thomas Wood Wilson[24]
1836-1836	Sir Sir John Simpson[24]	Corn merchant
1836–1837	James Meek Snr[24]	Glassmaker and banker
1837–1839	George Hudson[24]	"The Railway King" and MP for Sunderland, 1845–1859
1839–1840	William Stephenson Clark[24]	Medical doctor
1840–1841	Robert Cattle[24]
1841–1842	William Matterson[24]	Surgeon
1842–1844	Joseph Buckle[24]
1844–1845	William Gray[24]	Solicitor
1845–1846	William Richardson[24]	Solicitor
1846–1847	George Hudson[24]	"The Railway King" and MP for Sunderland, 1845–1859
1847–1848	James Richardson[24]
1848–1849	Edward Richard Anderson[24]
1849–1850	George Hicks Seymour[24]	Solicitor
1850–1851	James Meek Snr[24]	Glassmaker and banker
1851–1852	Henry Cooper[24]	Wine merchant
1852–1853	Richard Evers[24]	Tailor
1853–1854	George Leeman[24]	Solicitor, railway entrepreneur, and MP for York, 1865,1871
1854–1855	George Wilson[24]
1855–1856	James Meek Jnr[24]	Banker
1856–1857	Edward Richard Anderson[24]	Solicitor
1857–1858	John Wood[24]	Solicitor and Yorkshire Coroner.
1858–1859	William Dalla Husband[24]	Surgeon, FRCS
1859–1860	Richard Evers[24]	Tailor
1860–1861	George Leeman[24]	Solicitor, railway entrepreneur, and MP for York, 1865,1871
1861–1863	William Fox Clark[24]	Solicitor
1863–1864	Richard Welch Hollon[24]	Druggist
1864–1865	Edwin Wade[24]	Dental surgeon
1865–1867	James Meek Jnr[24]	Banker
1867–1868	Ralph Weatherley[24]	Owner of building company.
1868–1869	Alfred Ely Hargrove[24]
1869–1870	John Colburn[24]	Silversmith and jeweller
1870–1871	George Leeman[24]	Solicitor, railway entrepreneur, and MP for York, 1865,1871
1871–1872	William Walker[24]	Solicitor
1872–1873	Henry Steward[24]
1873–1874	John March[24]	Brewer
1874–1875	Joseph Terry[24]	Chocolate maker.
1875–1876	Edward Rooke[24]	Wine and spirit merchant
1876–1877	James Melrose[24]	Land agent and brewer
1877–1878	William Varey[24]	Bacon factor
1878–1879	George Brown[24]	Solicitor
1879–1880	Thomas Samuel Watkinson died and replaced by William Wilkinson Wilberforce[24]	Watkinson owned iron- and steelworks. Wilberforce was a company director
1880–1881	John Stephenson Rowntree[24]	Chocolate maker.
1881–1882	Joseph Agar[24]	Tannery owner
1882–1883	Thomas Varey[24]	Bacon Factor. Son of Wm. Varey (Mayor,1877)
1883–1884	William Benson Richardson[24]
1884–1885	John Close[24]	Businessman
1885–1887	Joseph Terry[24]	Chocolate maker.
1887–1888	Joseph Sykes Rymer[24]	Company director
1888–1890	Joseph Agar[24]	Tannery owner
1890–1891	Philip Matthews died and replaced by Sir Joseph Terry[24]	Matthews was an Innkeeper. Died of Typhoid. Terry was chocolate maker.
1891–1893	John Close[24]	Businessman
1893–1894	Thomas Clayton[24]
1894–1895	William McKay[24]
1895–1897	Christopher Annakin-Milward[24]	Hatter, hosier and shirtmaker. Knighted 1897
1897–1898	Edwin Gray[24]	Son of Wm Gray (Mayor, 1844). Solicitor. His married suffragist and social reformer Almyra Vickers in 1882. His brother was the composer Alan Gray.
1898–1899	Samuel Border[24]	Grocer
1899–1900	Joseph Sykes Rymer[24]	Company director

20th century

Year	Name	Notes
1900–1901	Edward William Purnell[25]	Tobacconist
1901–1902	Lancelot Foster[25]	Agricultural merchant and Company Director
1902–1903	Edwin Gray[25][26]	Solicitor. Conservative party. Second term (see 1897-8).
1903–1906	Robert Horton Vernon Wragge[25]	Tour operator
1906–1907	William Bentley	Bentley was a bookseller. He died in office and replaced by Samuel Border.
1907-1907	Samuel Border[25]	Border was a grocer.
1907–1908	Sir Joseph Sykes Rymer[25]	Coal, lime and sand merchant
1908–1910	James Birch[25]	Plumber and Glazier
1910–1911	Thomas Carter[25]	Butcher
1911–1912	Norman Green[25]
1912–1913	Sir Joseph Sykes Rymer[25]	Coal, lime and sand merchant
1913–1914	Henry Rhodes Brown[25]	Founder of Browns department store
1914–1915	John Bowes Morrell[25]	Company director, publisher and writer
1915–1918	William Alexander Forster Todd[25]
1918–1919	Sir William Alexander Forster Todd[25]
1919–1921	Edward Walker[25]
1921–1922	William Henry Birch[25]	Builder
1922–1923	James Brown Inglis[25]	Jeweller and silversmith
1923–1924	William Dobbie[25]	Railwayman and MP for Rotherham, 1933
1924–1925	Sir Robert Newbald Kay[25]	Solicitor and MP for Elland, 1903
1925–1926	William Wright[25]
1926–1927	Oscar Frederick Rowntree[25]
1927–1928	Arthur Richmond Fox[25]
1928–1929	Edwin John Leetham Rymer[25]	Coal merchant. Son of Sir Joseph Sykes Rymer, Mayor 1907,1912
1929–1930	Charles William Shipley[25]	Railwayman
1930–1931	Sir William Alexander Forster-Todd[25]
1931–1932	Robert Horton Vernon Wragge[25]	Tour operator
1932–1933	Henry Rhodes Brown[25]
1933–1935	Herbert Edward Harrowell[25]	Solicitor
1935–1936	William Henry Shaw[25]	Railwayman
1936–1937	Thomas Morris[25]	Builder
1937–1938	Charles Thornburn Hutchinson[25]	Grocer
1938–1939	William Cooper[25]
1939–1940	Robert James Pulleyn[25]	Builder
1940–1941	William Horsman[25]	Overseer at Rowntrees
1941–1942	Edna Annie Crichton[25][27][28]	First woman to be Lord Mayor
1942–1943	Edward Lacy[25]	Painter and Decorator
1943–1944	William Thompson[25]
1944–1945	Harold de Bourg Chapman de Bourg[25]	Estate agent and Surveyor
1945–1947	Fred Gaines[25]
1947–1948	William Dobbie[25]	Railwayman and MP for Rotherham, 1933
1949–1950	John Bowes Morrell[25]	Company Director, publisher and writer
1950–1951	Ernest Harwood[25]
1951–1952	John Harold Kaye[25]
1952–1953	Cecil Walter Wright[25]
1953–1954	Charles Oliver[25]	Chairman, Furniture Company
1954–1955	Frank Wright[25]
1955–1956	Fred Brown[25]
1956–1957	Vincent Albert Bosworth[25]
1957–1958	Eric Lawson Keld[25]
1958–1959	Albert Leslie Philipson[25]
1959–1960	Robert Stavers Oloman[25]
1960–1961	Wilfred Ward[25]
1961–1962	Ivy Gladys Wightman[25]
1962–1963	Robert Alexander Cattle[25]
1963–1964	Archibald Kirk[25]
1964–1965	Stanley Palphramand[25]	Organbuilder
1965–1966	William Bridge[25]
1966–1967	Walter Elliott Milburn[25]
1967–1968	William Edwin Hargrave[25]
1968–1969	Mona May Armitage[25]
1969–1970	Ronald Scobey[25]
1970–1971	Arthur Joseph Hardcastle[25]
1971–1972	Richard Scruton[25]
1972–1973	Harry Victor Boulton[25]
1973–1974	Jack Milnes Wood[25]
1974–1975	William Thomas Burke[25]
1975–1976	Jack Penty Birch[25][29]	Builder
1976–1977	Jack Archer[25][30]	Railwayman
1977–1978	Thomas Hibbert[25]
1978–1979	Samuel Edwin Brearley[25]
1979–1980	William Richardson[25]
1980–1981	Clive Bushell Kay[25]	Company Director
1981–1982	Charles William Fairclough[25][31]
1982–1983	Philip Booth[25]
1983–1984	Stephen Fred Galloway[25]
1984–1985	Kenneth Cooper[25][32]	Also a Deputy Lord Lieutenant of North Yorkshire
1985–1986	Marjorie Seward Bwye[25][33]
1986–1987	Cyril Arthur Waite[25][34]
1987–1988	Malcolm James Heppell[25][35]	Railwayman
1988–1989	Reginald Pulleyn[25][36]	Railwayman
1989–1990	Jack Archer[25][30]
1990–1991	Keith Simpson Wood[25]
1991–1992	Albert Cowen[25]
1992–1993	Bernard Alfred Bell [25][37]	Railwayman
1993–1994	Ann Reid[25]
1994–1995	David Wilde[25][38]	Teacher
1995–1996	John Boardman [25][39]	Teacher, bus driver
1996–1997	Kenneth William King[25]	Postman
1997–1998	Michael John Bradley[25]
1998–1999	Derek Wilbraham Smallwood [25][40][41]	Retired bus driver
1999–2000	Peter Vaughan [25]

21st century

Year	Name	Notes
2000–2001	Shân Edryd Braund [42][43]
2001–2002	Irene Mary Waudby [42][44]
2002–2003	David Anthony Horton [42][45]	Retired Railway Engineer, JP, MBE
2003–2004	Charles Hall [42][46]
2004–2005	Janet Looker [42][47]	retired Solicitor
2005–2006	Janet Greenwood [42][48]
2006–2007	Janet Hopton [42][49]
2007–2008	Irene Mary Waudby [42][50]
2008–2009	Brian Walter Joseph Edward Watson [42][51]
2009–2010	John Galvin [42][52]
2010–2011	Sue Galloway [42][53]
2011–2012	David Anthony Horton [42][54]
2012–2013	Keith Hyman [42][55]
2013–2014	Julie Gunnell[42][56]	Charity worker
2014–2015	Ian Gillies[57][58]	Former police officer, sales manager, businessman
2015–2016	Sonja Crisp[59]
2016–2017	Dave Taylor[60][61]	Former local government worker
2017–2018	Barbara Boyce[62][63]	Former local government worker and teacher
2018–2019	Keith Orrell[64]
2019–2021	Janet Looker[65]	Served two years due to the coronavirus pandemic
2021–2022	Chris Cullwick[66]	Ordained in the Church of England
2022–2023	David Carr[67]
2023–2024	Chris Cullwick[68]	Ordained in the Church of England
2024–2025	Margaret Wells[69]

See also

• List of lord mayoralties and lord provostships in the United Kingdom

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External links

• York Mansion House website, which contains a page on the history and lists past Lord Mayors