List of mayors of Northampton
Appearance
This is a list of notable Mayors of Northampton, the county town of the county of Northamptonshire, England, since the first recorded mayoralty in 1215.
Pre-21st century
[edit]- 1215: William Tilly (1st recorded mayor of Northampton) [1]
- 1349 (prior to): Adam le Garlekmongere [2]
- 1401-02: John Loudham (MP for Northampton, 1401) [3]
- 1403-04: Thomas Overton (MP for Northampton, 1397)[4]
- 1404-05: John Sywell (MP for Northampton, 1390)[5]
- 1410-11: John Spring (MP for Northampton, 1399)
- 1414-15: John Spring
- 1416-17: John Loudham
- 1430-31: William Rushden (MP for Northampton, 1411)[6]
- 1514: Thomas Chipsey (founder of Northampton Grammar School) [7]
- 1525-26: Lawrence Manley (MP for Northampton, 1529 and 1553)[8]
- 1527: Thomas Chipsey [7]
- 1532: Lawrence Washington (ancestor of George Washington) [7]
- 1536-37: Lawrence Manley
- 1545: Lawrence Washington[7]
- 1547-48: Lawrence Manley
- 1550: Ralph Freeman (MP for Northampton, 1554)[9]
- 1557: Lawrence Manley
- 1558: Thomas Chipsey [7]
- 1559-60: Edward Manley (MP for Northampton, 1558) [10]
- 1566-67: Edward Manley
- 1574-75: Edward Manley
- 1640: John Fisher[11]
- 1641: Lawrence Ball
- 1642: John Gifford (NB Reference to "Mayor Fisher" in letter to Parliament may indicate some local issue) [12]
- 1643: Francis Rushworth
- 1644: Joseph Sergeant
- 1645: Samuel Martin
- 1646: Peter Whalley (MP for Northampton, 1654) [13]
- 1647: John Spicer
- 1648: Thomas Pindleton
- 1649: Matthew Silsbie
- 1650: Benoni Coldwell
- 1651: Thomas Maynard
- 1652: Lawrence Woolaston
- 1653: Henry Sprigg
- 1654: Edward Collis
- 1655: Peter Whalley / John Spicer
- 1656: Joseph Sergeant
- 1873: Richard Turner
- 1883: Sir Philip Manfield (MP for Northampton, 1891)
- 1902-03: Alderman Thomas Purser (Liberal)[14]
- 1941-45: Walter William O'Donnell
21st century
[edit]Source:[7]
- 2000/01: Vivienne Patricia Dams
- 2001/02: Timothy John Hadland
- 2002/03: Michael Geoffrey Boss
- 2003/04: Terence George Wire
- 2004/05: Barry William Massey
- 2005/06: Sally Beardsworth
- 2006/07: Colin Lill
- 2007/08: Lee Mason
- 2008/09: Brian Markham
- 2009/10: Michael Hill
- 2010–11: Marianne Taylor
- 2011/12: Jamie Lane
- 2012/13: Roger Conroy
- 2013/14: Les Marriott
- 2014/15: John Caswell
- 2015/16: Penelope Flavell
- 2016/17: Christopher Malpas
- 2017/18: Gareth Eales
- 2018/19: Tony Ansell
- 2019/20: Nazim Choudary
- 2020/21: Brian Sargeant[15]
- 2021/22: Rufia Ashraf[16][17]
- 2022/23: Dennis Meredith
- 2023/24: Stephen Hibbert
References
[edit]- ^ "The Borough of Northampton". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
- ^ Plea Rolls of the Court of Common Pleas: 1349; CP 40/358; http://aalt.law.uh.edu/E3/CP40no358/aCP40no358mm1toEnd/IMG_8120.htm ; first complete entry, line 4
- ^ "LOUDHAM, John, of Northampton". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
- ^ "OVERTON, Thomas, of Northampton". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
- ^ "SYWELL, John, of Northampton". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
- ^ "RUSHDEN, William, of Northampton". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
- ^ a b c d e f Northampton Mayors Booklet
- ^ "MANLEY, Lawrence (by 1500-57), of Northampton". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
- ^ "FREEMAN, Ralph (by 1509-58/59), of Northampton". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
- ^ "MANLEY, Edward (by 1527-80), of Northampton". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
- ^ The records of the borough of Northampton, Volume II. 1898. pp. 549–555.
- ^ "This day came Letters from Mr. Fisher Maior of Northampton ...", A Perfect Diurnall of the Proceedings in Parliament, 5–12 September 1642. London, printed for William Cooke. British Library, TT E.239[17], p.5.
- ^ Ford, Gillian (2009). "Where's Whalley? The Search for Sir Samuel Uncovers a Whalley-Cartwright Alliance in Northamptonshire" (PDF). Northamptonshire Past and Present (62). Northamptonshire Record Society: 33. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
- ^ "Election of Mayors". The Times. No. 36922. London. 11 November 1902. p. 12.
- ^ "The Mayor for 2020-21". Northampton Borough Council. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
- ^ "Northampton's first female Bangladeshi mayor 'to inspire' others". BBC News. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
- ^ "Councillors". Northampton Town Council. Retrieved 28 July 2021.