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MAYORS AND LORD MAYORS

PRĘPOSITI AND MAYORS OF SUTTON PRIOR AND PLYMOUTH

1310 TO 1439

Updated:  10 September 2011 

The names that follow have been transcribed from C W Bracken's "A History of Plymouth".

Before the Charter of Incorporation in 1439 the leading citizen was known as either the Mayor or the Prępositus.

In the Reign of King Edward II
1310 Richard the Tanner, Prępositus of Sutton
1313 William Berd, Prępositus
1318 Richard Tannere, Prępositus of Sutton
1325 Edward of Northcote, Prior's Prępositus

In the Reign of King Edward III
1370 Maurice Berd, Mayor of Sutton Priors

In the Reign of King Richard II
1377 John Venour, Mayor of Sutton Priors
1381 William Honyton, Mayor of Plymouth
1383 Humphrey Passour, Mayor of Sutton Priors
1384 John Sampson, Prępositus
1395 Walter Crocker, Mayor of Sutton Priors
1397 Richard Row, Mayor
1397 Henry Boon, Mayor of Plymouth
1398 Walter Dymcock, Prępositus of Sutton Priors

In the Reign of King Henry IV
1399-1403 (?) William Pollard, Mayor
1408 William Bentley, Mayor of Plymouth
1412 William Rogherewe, Mayor of Plymouth

In the Reign of King Henry V
1413 William Bentley, Mayor of Plymouth
1414 William Boon, Mayor of Plymouth
1418 William Bentley, Mayor of Sutton Priors

In the Reign of King Henry VI
1439 William Totwell, Prior's Porteeve of Sutton

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