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MAYORS AND LORD MAYORS
PLYMOUTH 1550 to 1599
The names that follow have been transcribed
from C W Bracken's "A History of Plymouth", Doctor William Yonge's
"Plymouth Memoirs" and more modern sources.
In
the Reign of King Edward VI (continued) |
| 1550-51 |
John Keynsam |
| 1551-52 |
Thomas Clowter |
| 1552-53 |
John Thomas |
| 1553-54 |
Lucas Cocke |
In
the Reign of Queen Mary |
| 1554-55 |
John Ilcomb |
| 1555-56 |
John Ford |
| 1556-57 |
Thomas Clowter |
| 1557-58 |
John Derry |
| 1558-59 |
William Wiks |
In
the Reign of Queen Elizabeth |
| 1559-60 |
Lucas Cocke |
| 1560-61 |
John Eliott |
| 1561-62 |
William Lake (died November 10th) |
| 1561-62 |
Edward Whyte |
| 1562-63 |
John Forde |
| 1563-64 |
John Derry |
| 1564-65 |
Nicholas Slannyng |
| 1565-66 |
Nicholas Bickford |
| 1566-67 |
John Ilcombe |
| 1567-68 |
William Hawkyns |
| 1568-69 |
Lucas Cocke |
| 1569-70 |
John Martyn |
| 1570-71 |
Gregory Cocke |
| 1571-72 |
William Hollowaye |
| 1572-73 |
John Blythman |
| 1573-74 |
William Brookynge |
| 1574-75 |
John Amadas |
| 1575-76 |
Walter Peperell |
| 1576-77 |
John Ilcombe senior |
| 1577-78 |
George Maynarde |
| 1578-79 |
William Hawkyns |
| 1579-80 |
Gregory Cocke |
| 1580-81 |
John Blythman |
| 1581-82 |
Sir Francis Drake |
| 1582-83 |
Thomas Edmonds
The first Mayor to wear a scarlet gown |
| 1583-84 |
John Sparke |
| 1584-85 |
Christopher Broking |
| 1585-86 |
Thomas Ford |
| 1586-87 |
George Maynarde |
| 1587-88 |
William Hawkyns |
| 1588-89 |
Humphry Fownes
Mayor at the time of the Spanish Armada |
| 1589-90 |
John Blythman |
| 1590-91 |
Walter Peperell |
| 1591-92 |
John Sparke |
| 1592-93 |
John Gayre |
| 1593-94 |
John Phillips |
| 1594-95 |
George Barons |
| 1595-96 |
James Bagg |
| 1596-97 |
Humphry Fownes |
| 1597-98 |
Sir John Trelawney |
| 1598-99 |
Martin White, who died |
| 1598-99 |
John Blythman |
| 1599-1600 |
Richard Hitchens |
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