
This is a list of mayors and the laterlord mayors of the city ofNorwich.
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 wasawarded the dignity of a lord mayoralty byletters 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".[1] When Norwich became a metropolitan borough in 1974 the honour was reconfirmed by letters patent dated 1 April 1974.[2]
Source (1900–2013): Norwich City Council[3][4]
| Year | Portrait | Name | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1403–04 | William Appleyard | First Mayor of Norwich. MP forNorwich, 1383, 1384, 1385, 1388, 1390, 1395, 1397, 1402, 1416 and 1419 | |
| 1408–09 | Edmund Warner[5] | Merchant. MP forNorwich, 1401 | |
| 1414–15 | John Bixley[6] | Merchant. MP forNorwich, 1413, 1415, 1416, 1419 | |
| 1421–22 | William Sedman[7] | MP forNorwich, 1413, 1414, 1416 | |
| 1424–25 | Robert Baxter[8] | Mercer. MP forNorwich, 1420, 1421 | |
| 1429–30 | Robert Baxter | Mercer. MP forNorwich, 1420, 1421 | |
| 1435, 1440, 1452 and 1458 | Robert Toppes | MP forNorwich | |
| 1481 and 1492 | Robert Aylmer[9] | Grocer, Sheriff of Norwich in 1471, Alderman of Norwich in 1480 | |
| 1511 | Richard Aylmer[10] | Grocer, Sheriff of Norwich in 1501 | |
| 1515–16 | John Clerke[11] | Mercer. MP forNorwich, 1512 | |
| 1520–21 | John Clerke | Mercer. MP forNorwich, 1512 | |
| 1521–22 | Edward Rede[12] | MP forNorwich, 1529 | |
| 1531–32 | Edward Rede[13] | MP forNorwich, 1529 | |
| 1532–33 | Reginald Lytilprowe[14] | MP forNorwich, 1529 | |
| 1534–35 | Augustine Steward[15] | MP forNorwich, 1539, 1547 | |
| 1539–40 | Nicholas Sotherton[16][17] | Alderman and grocer of Norwich[18] | |
| 1542–43 | William Rogers[19] | MP forNorwich, 1542 | |
| 1543–44 | Edward Rede[20] | MP forNorwich, 1529 | |
| 1545–46 | Robert Rugge[21] | MP forNorwich, 1545 | |
| 1546–47 | Augustine Steward[22] | MP forNorwich, 1539, 1547 | |
| 1547-48 | Robert Leech[23] | ||
| 1548-49 | Edmond Wood[23] | Died in office | |
| 1548-49 | William Rogers[23] | ||
| 1549-50 | Thomas Codde[23] | ||
| 1550–51 | Robert Rugge[24] | MP forNorwich, 1545 | |
| 1551-52 | Richard Davy[23] | ||
| 1552-53 | Thomas Cook[23] | ||
| 1553-54 | Henry Crooke[23] | ||
| 1554–55 | Thomas Marsham[25] | MP forNorwich, 1553 | |
| 1555-56 | Felix Puttock[23] | died in office | |
| 1555-56 | Thomas Codde[23] | ||
| 1556–57 | Augustine Steward[26] | MP forNorwich, 1539, 1547 | |
| 1557-58 | Henry Bacon[23] | ||
| 1558–59 | John Aldrich[27] | MP forNorwich, 1555, 1572 | |
| 1559-60 | Richard Fletcher[23] | ||
| 1560–61 | Robert Michell[28] | MP forNorwich, 1563 | |
| 1561-62 | William Mingay[23] | ||
| 1562-63 | William Ferrour[23] | ||
| 1563-64 | Richard Davy[23] | ||
| 1564-65 | Nicholas Norgate[23] | ||
| 1565–66 | Thomas Sotherton[29] | MP forNorwich, 1558, 1559 | |
| 1566-67 | Henry Bacon[23] | ||
| 1567-68 | Thomas Whall[23] | ||
| 1568–69 | Thomas Parker[30] | MP forNorwich, 1563 | |
| 1569-70 | Robert Wood[23][31] | ||
| 1570–71 | John Aldrich[32] | MP forNorwich, 1555, 1572 | |
| 1571-72 | Thomas Greene[23] | ||
| 1572–73 | Robert Suckling[33] | Mercer. MP forNorwich, 1586 | |
| 1573-74 | Christopher Soam[23] | ||
| 1574-75 | Thomas Peck[23] | ||
| 1575-76 | William Ferrour[23] | ||
| 1576–77 | Thomas Layer[34] | Grocer. MP forNorwich, 1586 | |
| 1577-78 | Thomas Culley[23] | ||
| 1578-79 | Sir Robert Wood[23][31] | ||
| 1579–80 | Simon Bowde[35] | MP forNorwich, 1584 | |
| 1580-81 | Christopher Soam[23] | ||
| 1581–82 | Christopher Layer[36] | Grocer. MP forNorwich, 1584 and 1597 | |
| 1582–83 | Robert Suckling[37] | Mercer. MP forNorwich, 1586 | |
| 1583–84 | Thomas Gleane[38] | Draper or mercer. MP forNorwich, 1589 | |
| 1584-85 | John Suckling[23] | ||
| 1585-86 | Thomas Layer[23] | ||
| 1586-87 | Thomas Peck[23] | ||
| 1587–88 | Francis Rugge[39] | Mercer. MP forNorwich, 1589 | |
| 1588-89 | Simon Bowde[23] | ||
| 1589–90 | Christopher Layer | Grocer. MP forNorwich, 1584 and 1597 | |
| 1590-91 | Thomas Pettus[23] | ||
| 1591–92 | Robert Yarham[40] | MP forNorwich, 1593 | |
| 1592–93 | Thomas Gleane[38] | Draper or mercer. MP forNorwich, 1589 | |
| 1593-94 | Clement Hyrne[23] | ||
| 1594-95 | Christopher Soam[23] | ||
| 1595-96 | Thomas Layer[23] | ||
| 1596-97 | Richard Ferrour[23] | ||
| 1597-98 | Thomas Pye[23] | ||
| 1598-99 | Francis Rugge[23] | ||
| 1599-1600 | Roger Weld[23] | ||
| 1600–01 | Alexander Thurston[41] | MP forNorwich, 1601 | |
| 1601-02 | John Tesmond[23] | ||
| 1602 | Thomas Gleane (disputed)[38] | Gleane was elected in 1602, but the election was disputed.[n1 1][38] | |
| 1602-03 | Francis Rugge[23] | ||
| 1603-04 | Thomas Lane[23] | ||
| 1604–05 | Thomas Hyrne[42] | Grocer. MP forNorwich, 1614, 1624, 1625, 1626 | |
| 1605–06 | Thomas Sotherton[43] | MP forNorwich, 1597 | |
| 1606-07 | Joshua Culley[23] | ||
| 1607-08 | George Downing[23] | ||
| 1608–09 | John Pettus[44] | MP forNorwich, 1601, 1604 | |
| 1609–10 | Thomas Hyrne | Grocer. MP forNorwich, 1614, 1624, 1625, 1626 | |
| 1610–11 | Roger Ramsey | ||
| 1611–12 | Thomas Anguish | ||
| 1612–13 | Thomas Blosse | ||
| 1613–14 | George Cocke | ||
| 1614–15 | Thomas Pettus | ||
| 1615–16 | Peter Gleane[45] | MP forNorwich, 1628 | |
| 1616–17 | Sir Thomas Hyrne | Grocer. MP forNorwich, 1614, 1624, 1625, 1626 | |
| 1618–19 | Richard Rosse[46] | MP forNorwich, 1621 | |
| 1621–22 | George Birch | Grocer and Apothecary | |
| 1624–25 | Robert Debney[47] | MP forNorwich, 1628 | |
| 1652–53 | William Barnham[48] | Hosier. MP forNorwich, 1659, 1660 | |
| 1657–58 | Christopher Jay[49] | MP forNorwich, 1661 | |
| 1660 | Sir Joseph Payne[50][51] | Monument in St Gregory Pottergate, Norwich | |
| 1670–71 | Augustine Briggs[52] | MP forNorwich, 1678 | |
| 1681–82 | Hugh Bokenham[53] | MP forNorwich, 1690 | |
| 1685–86 | Francis Gardiner[54] | MP forNorwich, 1695 | |
| 1691–92 | Thomas Blofield[55] | MP forNorwich, 1689 | |
| 1694–95 | John Ward[56] | MP forNorwich, 1694 | |
| 1700–01 | Edward Clarke[57] | MP forNorwich, 1701 | |
| John Hall | |||
| John Atkinson | |||
| John Freeman | |||
| 1704 | William Blyth | ||
| Peter Thacker | |||
| William Cooke | |||
| Peter Seaman | |||
| Thomas Havers | |||
| Matthew Nall | |||
| 1710–11 | Robert Bene[58] | MP forNorwich, 1710 | |
| William Cockman | |||
| John Goose | |||
| Nicholas Helwys | |||
| 1714–15 | John Norman | Local farmer, landowner and brewer | |
| 1727 | John Harvey[59] | ||
| 1734 | Philip Meadows | Worsted manufacturer[60][61] | |
| 1735 | Thomas Vere[62] | MP forNorwich, 1735 | |
| 1737 | John Spurrell[63] | Sheriff 1728, mayor 1737, alderman of South Conisford Ward for nearly 40 years | |
| 1759 | Nockold Tompson[64] | Brewer | |
| 1774 | James Crowe | surgeon[65] | |
| 1781 | John Morse | Brewer, Sheriff of Norwich 1779 | |
| 1788 | John Patteson[66] | MP forNorwich, 1806 | |
| 1797 | James Crowe | Surgeon[65] | |
| 1803 | John Morse | Brewer, Sheriff of Norwich 1779 | |
| 1819-20 | Nathaniel Bolingbroke | Founder of Bolingbroke & Co | |
| 1823 | John Staniforth Patteson | Brewer | |
| 1824 | Thomas Thurtell[67] | Father ofJohn Thurtell | |
| 1828–29 | Thomas Thurtell[68] | ||
| 1833–34 | SirSamuel Bignold | MP forNorwich, 1854 | |
| 1838-39 | John Marshall | Dry salter, oil and gum dealer. Sheriff of Norwich 1834-35[69] | |
| 1846–47 | Jeremiah Colman | Miller. Founder of Colman's Mustard | |
| 1848–49 | SirSamuel Bignold | MP forNorwich, 1854 | |
| 1849–50 | Henry Woodcock | Dental Surgeon, Sheriff of Norwich 1838-39[70] | |
| 1850–51 | Henry Woodcock | Dental Surgeon, Sheriff of Norwich 1838-39[71] | |
| 1853–54 | SirSamuel Bignold | MP forNorwich, 1854 | |
| 1859–60 | Jacob Henry Tillett | Solicitor. MP forNorwich, 1880 | |
| 1860–61 | W. J. Utten Browne | ||
| 1861–62 | John Oddin Taylor | ||
| 1862–63 | Henry Stanley Patteson | ||
| 1863–64 | Osborn Springfield | ||
| 1864–65 | Charles Edward Tuck | ||
| 1865-66 | W.P. Nichols | Prominent Norwich surgeon. Liberal | |
| 1866–67 | Frederick Elwin Watson[72] | ||
| 1867–68 | Jeremiah James Colman | MP forNorwich, 1871 | |
| 1868–69 | Edward Kerrison Harvey | ||
| 1869–1870 | Augustus Frederick Coke Bollingbroke[73] | ||
| 1870–71 | Frederick Elwin Watson[74] | ||
| 1872–73 | SirSamuel Bignold | MP forNorwich, 1854 | |
| 1873–74 | Samuel Gurney Buxton | of The Hall, Catton, Norfolk | |
| 1875–76 | Jacob Henry Tillett | Solicitor. MP forNorwich, 1880 | |
| 1876–77 | Richard Coller[75] | ||
| 1877–78 | Joseph De Carle Smith[76] | ||
| 1878–80 | Harry Bullard | Brewer | |
| 1883-84 | Sir Peter Eade | ||
| 1885-86 | John Gurney | [77] | |
| 1886–87 | Harry Bullard | Brewer | |
| 1891–92 | George Moore Chamberlin | Store owner.High Sheriff of Norfolk, 1926 | |
| 1893-94 | Sir Peter Eade | ||
| 1894–95 | Charles Edward Bignold[78] | ||
| 1895 (May-Nov) | Sir Peter Eade | ||
| 1895–96 | John Moore | ||
| 1896–97 | Sir Charles Rackham Gilman | Knighted 1897 | |
| 1897–98 | Clement Charles Rix Spelman | ||
| 1898–99 | George Henry Morse | ||
| 1899–1900 | James William Clabburn | ||
| 1900–01 | Joseph John Dawson-Paul | ||
| 1901–02 | Russell James Colman | ||
| 1902–03[79] | Lieutenant Colonel John Robert Harvey | ||
| 1903–04 | Geoffrey Fowell Buxton | ||
| 1904–05 | Henry Zachariah Thompson Flowers | ||
| 1905–06 | Edward Thomas Boardman | Architect[80] | |
| 1906–07 | William Robert Crow Howlett | ||
| 1907–08 | Edmund Gurney Buxton | High Sheriff of Norfolk, 1922 | |
| 1908–09 | Walter Rye |
Source: Norwich City Council
| Year | Portrait | Name | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1909–10 | Ernest Egbert Blyth | ||
| 1910–11 | Sir Eustace Gurney | of Sprowston Hall | |
| 1911–12 | Henry John Copeman | ||
| 1912–13 | Arthur Michael Samuel | createdBaron Mancroft 1937 | |
| 1913–14 | James Arthur Porter | ||
| 1914–15 | DrJohn Gordon Gordon-Munn | Psychiatrist at Heigham Hall | |
| 1915–16 | Edwin Batterbee Southwell | ||
| 1916–17 | George Moore Chamberlin | Store owner.High Sheriff of Norfolk, 1926 | |
| 1917–18 | Richard Jewson | ||
| 1918–19 | Sir George Moore Chamberlin | Store owner.High Sheriff of Norfolk, 1926 | |
| 1919–20 | George Green | ||
| 1920–21 | Lieutenant Colonel Granville John B Duff | ||
| 1921–22 | Sir Henry Nicholas Holmes | ||
| 1922–23 | Sir George Henry Morse | Brewer | |
| 1923–24 | Ethel Mary Colman | ||
| 1924–25 | George Stevens Pope | Psychiatrist at Heigham Hall | |
| 1925–26 | Thomas Glover | ||
| 1926–27 | Sir Charles Robert Bignold | ||
| 1927–28 | Herbert Witard | ||
| 1928–28 | Herbert P Gowen | ||
| 1929–30 | Harry Harper-Smith | ||
| 1930–31 | Mabel Maria Clarkson | ||
| 1931–32 | Sir George Ernest White | ||
| 1932–33 | Sir Henry Nicholas Holmes | ||
| 1933–34 | Frederick C Jex | ||
| 1934–35 | Percy William Jewson | Businessman and MP forGreat Yarmouth (1941–45) | |
| 1935–36 | Walter Alfred Riley | ||
| 1936–37 | Herbert Frazer | ||
| 1937–38 | Charles Frederick Watling | ||
| 1938–39 | Percy Edward Curl | ||
| 1939–40 | James Frederick (Fred) Henderson | Socialist writer | |
| 1940–41 | Bernard James Hanly | ||
| 1941–42 | James Henry Barnes | ||
| 1942–43 | Arthur J Cleveland | ||
| 1943–44 | William James Finch | ||
| 1944–45 | Edward Frank Williamson | ||
| 1945–46 | Sidney Albert Bailey | ||
| 1946–47 | William Oliver Copeman | ||
| Nov 1947 – May 1949 | Walter Gibbard Cutbush | ||
| May 1949–50 | Alfred Ernest Baines | ||
| 1950–51 | Ruth Elsie Hardy | ||
| 1951–52 | Eric John Sidney Hinde | ||
| 1952–53 | William Ernest Walker | ||
| 1953–54 | Ralph Hale Mottram | ||
| 1954–55 | Horace Allen | ||
| 1955–56 | Ian Dunbar Dickson | ||
| 1956–57 | Sir Arthur South | ||
| 1957–58 | Thomas Christopher Eaton | ||
| 1958–59 | Norman Reeve Tillett | ||
| 1959–60 | Michael Waldo Boone Bulman | ||
| 1960–61 | Alfred E Nichols | ||
| 1961–62 | Richard Quinton Gurney | ||
| 1962–63 | Andrew Ryrie | ||
| 1963–64 | Leonard Arthur Howes | ||
| 1964–65 | Sydney W W Clapham | ||
| 1965–66 | Charles Boardman Jewson | ||
| 1966–67 | Harry Perry | ||
| 1967–68 | Cecil Harry Sutton | ||
| 1968–69 | Edward Albert Gambling | ||
| 1969–70 | Jessie Ruby Griffiths | ||
| 1970–71 | Herbert John Jarrold | ||
| 1971–72 | Donald M Pratt | ||
| 1972–73 | Richard B. Seabrook | ||
| 1973–74 | Robert J Symonds | ||
| 1974–75 | William A J Spear | ||
| 1975–76 | Joyce L Morgan | ||
| 1976–77 | Raymond C Frostick | ||
| 1977–78 | Ralph W Roe | ||
| 1978–79 | Dr J Peter English | ||
| 1979–80 | Valerie Guttsman | ||
| 1980–89 | Eric Hartley | ||
| 1981–82 | Alan R Driver | ||
| 1982–83 | L George Richards | ||
| 1983–84 | Leonard A Stevenson | ||
| 1984–85 | Stanley B Petersen | ||
| 1985–86 | Barbara E E Stevenson | ||
| 1986–87 | Jill B Miller | ||
| 1987–88 | Garry S Wheatley | ||
| 1988–89 | David Bradford | ||
| 1989–90 | David Fullman | ||
| 1990–91 | Bernard N Smith | ||
| 1991–92 | Philip Moore | ||
| 1992–92 | Arthur V Clare | ||
| 1993–94 | Roy Durrant | ||
| 1994–95 | Brenda Ferris-Rampley | ||
| 1995–96 | Lila D Cooper | ||
| 1996–97 | Rory E N Quinn | ||
| 1997–98 | Harry W Watson | ||
| 1998–99 | Derek F J Wood | ||
| 1999–2000 | Douglas C Underwood | ||
| 2000–01 | Ron Borrett | ||
| 2001–02 | Keith Ratcliffe | ||
| 2002–03 | Derek F J Wood | ||
| 2003–04 | Chris Southgate | ||
| 2004–05 | Joyce Climie Divers | ||
| 2005–06 | Michael John Banham | ||
| 2006–07 | Felicity E Hartley | ||
| 2007–08 | Roy George Blower | ||
| 2008–09 | Jeremy Nigel Hooke | ||
| 2009–10 | Evelyn J Collishaw | ||
| 2010–11 | Tom Dylan | ||
| 2011–12 | Jennifer Susan Lay | ||
| 2012–13 | Ralph Gayton | ||
| 2013–14 | Keith Driver | ||
| 2014–15 | Judith Lubbock | ||
| 2015–16 | Brenda Arthur | ||
| 2016–17 | Marion Maxwell | ||
| 2017–18 | David Fullman[81] | Second term (see 1989) | |
| 2018–19 | Martin Schmierer | ||
| 2019–21 | Vaughan Thomas[82] | Terms extended to two years due to deferred elections(COVID-19) | |
| 2021–23 | Dr Kevin Maguire[82] | ||
| 2023–24 | James Wright[83] |
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