Mayors of Canterbury (Kent)

Canterbury was granted a City Charter in 1448 which gave it the right to have a mayor and a sheriff. The city's web site records that

King Henry VI decreed that the City should be "of one Mayor and one commonalty, wholly corporate for ever". The first Mayor elected under Royal Charter was John Lynde.

The responsibilities of Mayors have diminished over the years. They were once in charge of keeping the peace, serving as Chief Magistrate and presiding over the local lawcourt. This caused problems as the Mayor could be asked to chair sessions without experience or knowledge of law. The Justices of the Peace Act of 1968 decreed that Mayors were no longer entitled to sit as magistrates by virtue of their office alone.^[1]

The dignity and title of Lord Mayor was granted on 13 July 1988 whilst the 12th Lambeth Conference of the Anglican Church was being held in the city.

A complete chronological list of Bailiffs (1380–1447) and Mayors (1448-1800) is given in Edward Hasted, The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent, vol. 12 (1801) pp. 603–611, available online from British History Online, page 63714.
Names not otherwise referenced in the list below are taken from this source.

Mayors of Canterbury

15th century

2

16th century

2

17th century

2

18th century

2

19th century

2

20th century

2

Lord Mayors of Canterbury

2

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 www.canterbury.gov.uk, 'The History of Office of Mayor', consulted 10 January 2010.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 ^2.5 ^2.6 ^2.7 ^2.8 www.canterbury.gov.uk, 'The past Lord Mayors', consulted 10 January 2010.
↑ ODNB entry for William Boolde, Benedictine Monk.
↑ ODNB entry for Mowbray, John (VII), fourth duke of Norfolk
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 J.M. Cowper, The Roll of the Freemen of the City of Canterbury, From A.D. 1392 to 1800, Canterbury, 1903.
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↑ http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1509-1558/member/crump-%28crompe%29-william-1479-1516-or-later
↑ ^8.0 ^8.1 ^8.2 http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1509-1558/member/bridges-%28brigges-bregges%29-john-1488-1537
↑ ODNB article on Richard Hooker.
↑ ODNB entry.
↑ ^11.0 ^11.1 ^11.2 Walter Worthington Bowie, The Bowies and their Kindred: A Genealogical and Biographical History, Washington: Press of Cromwell Bros., 1899.
↑ ODNB entry for Isaac Colfe.
↑ ODNB entry for John Durant.
↑ ODNB article for Stephen Gray.
↑ ODNB entry for Edward Jacob (1713–1788)
↑ ^16.0 ^16.1 ^16.2 Frank Panton, Canterbury's Tycoon: James Simmons – Reshaper of his city, Canterbury: The Canterbury Society, 1990, 40pp.
↑ ^17.0 ^17.1 ODNB entry for Sir William Jackson Hooker
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[CCC-1] 1.0 ^1.1 www.canterbury.gov.uk, 'The History of Office of Mayor', consulted 10 January 2010.

[CCC2-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 ^2.5 ^2.6 ^2.7 ^2.8 www.canterbury.gov.uk, 'The past Lord Mayors', consulted 10 January 2010.

[3] ODNB entry for William Boolde, Benedictine Monk.

[4] ODNB entry for Mowbray, John (VII), fourth duke of Norfolk

[Freemen-5] 5.0 ^5.1 J.M. Cowper, The Roll of the Freemen of the City of Canterbury, From A.D. 1392 to 1800, Canterbury, 1903.

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[7] ttp://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1509-1558/member/crump-%28crompe%29-william-1479-1516-or-later

[historyofparliamentonline.org-8] 8.0 ^8.1 ^8.2 http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1509-1558/member/bridges-%28brigges-bregges%29-john-1488-1537

[9] ODNB article on Richard Hooker.

[10] ODNB entry.

[Bowies-11] 11.0 ^11.1 ^11.2 Walter Worthington Bowie, The Bowies and their Kindred: A Genealogical and Biographical History, Washington: Press of Cromwell Bros., 1899.

[12] ODNB entry for Isaac Colfe.

[13] ODNB entry for John Durant.

[14] ODNB article for Stephen Gray.

[15] ODNB entry for Edward Jacob (1713–1788)

[Simmons-16] 16.0 ^16.1 ^16.2 Frank Panton, Canterbury's Tycoon: James Simmons – Reshaper of his city, Canterbury: The Canterbury Society, 1990, 40pp.

[ReferenceA-17] 17.0 ^17.1 ODNB entry for Sir William Jackson Hooker

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[19] ODNB entry for Maxwell Tylden Masters (1833–1907)

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