The following table is a list of all the mayoral years from 1585 to 1639. This born-digital chart is based on research conducted by Janelle Jenstad in 1997 to 2003 and cross-referenced with the chart in Tracey Hill’s
Power and Pageantry (
[Hill 337-342](BIBL1.xml#HILL5)),
Anne Lancashire’s
Mayors and Sheriffs of London, and Rev. Alfred Beavan’s
The Aldermen of the City of London. Hill’s book is a trove of archival information about artistic collaborations; we have cited her book by page number to direct researchers to further information. Where spellings of names and titles differ between these sources, we use MoEML authority names. For mayors, MoEML’s authority names follow MASL (
[Lancashire](BIBL1.xml#MASL1)). If a mayor had been knighted before his mayoral year began, we include the honorific
Sir
. While it was conventional after 1519 to knight a mayor during his year in office, many Jacobean mayors had already been knighted before taking office (
[Beaven 256-257](BIBL1.xml#BEAV1)). For titles of extant pageant books, we use the modernized titles in the
[MoEML Anthology of Mayoral Shows](mdtlist:mdtPrimarySourceLibraryMayoral). Clicking on the title will take you to the MoEML transcription of the pageant book.
Year |
Company |
Lord Mayor |
Title |
Pageant Writer |
Pageant Artificer |
1585 |
Skinners |
Sir Wolstan Dixie |
[The Device of the Pageant Borne before Wolstan Dixie](DIXI2.xml) |
George Peele |
n/a |
1586 |
Haberdashers |
Sir George Barne |
No extant pageant book. |
George Peele? ([Hill 337](BIBL1.xml#HILL5)) |
n/a |
1587 |
Haberdashers |
Sir George Bonde |
No extant pageant book. |
George Peele? ([Hill 337](BIBL1.xml#HILL5)) |
n/a |
1588 |
Drapers |
Sir Martyn Calthorpe |
No extant pageant book. |
George Peele |
n/a |
1589 |
Grocers |
John Harte |
No extant pageant book. |
n/a |
n/a |
1590 |
Fishmongers |
Sir John Allot |
[The Device of the Pageant](DEVI3.xml) |
Thomas Nelson |
n/a |
1591 |
Salters |
William Webbe |
[Decensus Astraeae](DECE1.xml) |
George Peele |
n/a |
1592 |
Ironmongers |
Sir William Rowe |
No extant pageant book. |
n/a |
n/a |
1593 |
Vintners |
Sir Cuthbert Buckle |
No show because of plague. |
n/a |
n/a |
1594 |
Clothworkers |
John Spencer |
No extant pageant book. |
n/a |
n/a |
1595 |
Skinners |
Stephen Slanye |
No extant pageant book. |
George Peele? ([Hill 338](BIBL1.xml#HILL5)) |
n/a |
1596 |
Clothworkers |
Sir Thomas Skinner |
No extant pageant book. |
n/a |
n/a |
1597 |
Skinners |
Richard Saltonstall |
No extant pageant book. |
Anthony Munday? ([Hill 338](BIBL1.xml#HILL5)) |
n/a |
1598 |
Grocers |
Stephen Soame |
No extant pageant book. |
n/a |
n/a |
1599 |
Clothworkers |
Sir Nicholas Mosley |
No extant pageant book. |
n/a |
n/a |
1600 |
Haberdashers |
William Ryder |
No extant pageant book. |
n/a |
n/a |
1601 |
Haberdashers |
John Garrade |
No extant pageant book. |
n/a |
n/a |
1602 |
Merchant Taylors |
Robert Lee |
No extant pageant book. |
Anthony Munday? ([Hill 339](BIBL1.xml#HILL5)) |
William Hayne, George Hearne ([Hill 339](BIBL1.xml#HILL5)) |
1603 |
Mercers |
Thomas Bennett |
No show because of plague. |
n/a |
n/a |
1604 |
Haberdashers |
Thomas Lowe |
No extant pageant book. |
Ben Jonson? / Anthony Munday? ([Hill 339](BIBL1.xml#HILL5)) |
John Grinkin |
1605 |
Merchant Taylors |
Sir Leonard Halliday |
[The Triumphs of Reunited Britannia](TRIU2.xml) |
Anthony Munday |
John Grinkin |
1606 |
Clothworkers |
Sir John Watts |
No show because of plague. |
n/a |
n/a |
1607 |
Mercers |
Sir Henry Rowe |
No extant pageant book. |
n/a |
n/a |
1608 |
Grocers |
Sir Humphrey Weld |
No extant pageant book. |
n/a |
n/a |
1609 |
Ironmongers |
Sir Thomas Cambell |
[Camp-Bell, or the Ironmongersʼ Fair Field](CAMP3.xml) |
Anthony Munday |
John Grinkin |
1610 |
Merchant Taylors |
Sir William Craven |
No extant pageant book. |
Anthony Munday |
John Grinkin |
1611 |
Goldsmiths |
Sir James Pemberton |
[Chrusothriambos](CHRU1.xml) |
Anthony Munday |
John Grinkin |
1612 |
Merchant Taylors |
Sir John Swynnerton |
[Troia-Nova Triumphans, or London Triumphing](TROI1.xml) |
Thomas Dekker |
John Heminges ([Hill 93](BIBL1.xml#HILL5)) |
1613 |
Grocers |
Sir Thomas Middleton |
[The Triumph of Truth](TRIU1.xml) |
Thomas Middleton |
Richard Munday / John Grinkin ([Hill 114](BIBL1.xml#HILL5)) |
1614 |
Drapers |
Sir Thomas Hayes |
[Himatia-Poleos: The Triumphs of Old Drapery, or the Rich Clothing of England](HIMA1.xml) |
Anthony Munday |
John Grinkin |
1615 |
Drapers |
Sir John Jolles |
[Metropolis Coronata](METR1.xml) |
Anthony Munday |
John Grinkin |
1616 |
Fishmongers |
John Leman |
[Chrysanaleia](CHRY1.xml) |
Anthony Munday |
John Grinkin |
1617 |
Grocers |
George Bolles |
[The Triumphs of Honor and Industry](INTE1.xml) |
Thomas Middleton |
Rowland Bucket |
1618 |
Ironmongers |
Sir Sebastian Harvey |
[Sidero-Thriambos. Or Steele and iron triumphing](SIDE1.xml) |
Anthony Munday |
John Grinkin |
1619 |
Skinners |
Sir William Cokayne |
[The Triumphs of Love and Antiquity](LOVE8.xml) |
Thomas Middleton |
Gerard Christmas / Robert Norman |
1620 |
Haberdashers |
Sir Francis Jones |
[Tes Irenes Trophæa, or the Triumphs of Peace](TESI1.xml) |
John Squire |
Francis Tipsley |
1621 |
Drapers |
Edward Barkham |
[The Sun in Aries](ARIE1.xml) |
Thomas Middleton |
Gerard Christmas |
1622 |
Grocers |
Sir Peter Probie |
[The Triumphs of Honour and Virtue](VERT2.xml) |
Thomas Middleton |
Gerard Christmas |
1623 |
Drapers |
Sir Martin Lumley |
[The Triumphs of Integrity](INTE1.xml) |
Thomas Middleton |
|
1623 |
Drapers |
Sir Martin Lumley |
[The Triumphs of the Golden Fleece](GOLD4.xml) |
Anthony Munday, Thomas Middleton |
|
1624 |
Merchant Taylors |
Sir John Gore |
[Monuments of Honour](MONU1.xml) |
John Webster |
|
1625 |
Drapers |
Sir Allan Cotton |
No extant pageant book. |
n/a |
|
1626 |
Drapers |
Sir Cuthbert Hacket |
[Triumphs of Health and Prosperity](HEAL2.xml) |
Thomas Middleton |
|
1627 |
Haberdashers |
Hugh Hammersley |
No book extant. |
Thomas Dekker |
|
1628 |
Skinners |
Sir Richard Deane |
[Britannia’s Honor](BRIT4.xml) |
Thomas Dekker |
|
1629 |
Ironmongers |
Sir James Cambell |
[London’s Tempe](TEMP3.xml) |
Thomas Dekker |
|
1630 |
Merchant Taylors |
Robert Ducye |
No extant pageant book. |
n/a |
|
1631 |
Haberdashers |
George Whitmore |
[Londonʼs Jus Honorarium](JUSH1.xml) |
Thomas Heywood |
|
1632 |
Haberdashers |
Sir Nicholas Rainton |
[Londini Artium & Scientiarum: or, London’s Fountaine of Arts and Science](SCAT1.xml) |
Thomas Heywood |
|
1633 |
Clothworkers |
Ralph Freeman |
[Londini Emporia or Londons Mercatura](EMPO1.xml) |
Thomas Heywood |
|
1634 |
Clothworkers |
Sir Robert Parkhurst |
[The Triumphs of Fame and Honour](FAME2.xml) |
John Taylor |
|
1635 |
Ironmongers |
Sir Christopher Clitherow |
[Sinus Salutis, or, London’s Harbour of Health, and Happinesse](SINU1.xml) |
Thomas Heywood |
|
1636 |
Fishmongers |
Edward Bromfield |
No extant pageant book. |
n/a |
|
1637 |
Haberdasher |
Richard Venn |
[Londini Speculum: or, London’s Mirror](SPEC1.xml) |
Thomas Heywood |
|
1638 |
Drapers |
Sir Morris Abbot, Kt. |
[Pietatis, or the Port and Harbour of Piety](PIET2.xml) |
Thomas Heywood |
|
1639 |
Drapers |
Henry Garraway |
[Londini Status Pacatus: or, London’s Peacable Estate](PECA1.xml) |
Thomas Heywood |
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