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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), 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). 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). For titles of extant pageant books, we use the modernized titles in the MoEML Anthology of Mayoral Shows. 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 George Peele n/a
1586 Haberdashers Sir George Barne No extant pageant book. George Peele? (Hill 337) n/a
1587 Haberdashers Sir George Bonde No extant pageant book. George Peele? (Hill 337) 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 Thomas Nelson n/a
1591 Salters William Webbe Decensus Astraeae 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) 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) 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) William Hayne, George Hearne (Hill 339)
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) John Grinkin
1605 Merchant Taylors Sir Leonard Halliday The Triumphs of Reunited Britannia 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 Anthony Munday John Grinkin
1610 Merchant Taylors Sir William Craven No extant pageant book. Anthony Munday John Grinkin
1611 Goldsmiths Sir James Pemberton Chrusothriambos Anthony Munday John Grinkin
1612 Merchant Taylors Sir John Swynnerton Troia-Nova Triumphans, or London Triumphing Thomas Dekker John Heminges (Hill 93)
1613 Grocers Sir Thomas Middleton The Triumph of Truth Thomas Middleton Richard Munday / John Grinkin (Hill 114)
1614 Drapers Sir Thomas Hayes Himatia-Poleos: The Triumphs of Old Drapery, or the Rich Clothing of England Anthony Munday John Grinkin
1615 Drapers Sir John Jolles Metropolis Coronata Anthony Munday John Grinkin
1616 Fishmongers John Leman Chrysanaleia Anthony Munday John Grinkin
1617 Grocers George Bolles The Triumphs of Honor and Industry Thomas Middleton Rowland Bucket
1618 Ironmongers Sir Sebastian Harvey Sidero-Thriambos. Or Steele and iron triumphing Anthony Munday John Grinkin
1619 Skinners Sir William Cokayne The Triumphs of Love and Antiquity Thomas Middleton Gerard Christmas / Robert Norman
1620 Haberdashers Sir Francis Jones Tes Irenes Trophæa, or the Triumphs of Peace John Squire Francis Tipsley
1621 Drapers Edward Barkham The Sun in Aries Thomas Middleton Gerard Christmas
1622 Grocers Sir Peter Probie The Triumphs of Honour and Virtue Thomas Middleton Gerard Christmas
1623 Drapers Sir Martin Lumley The Triumphs of Integrity Thomas Middleton
1623 Drapers Sir Martin Lumley The Triumphs of the Golden Fleece Anthony Munday, Thomas Middleton
1624 Merchant Taylors Sir John Gore Monuments of Honour John Webster
1625 Drapers Sir Allan Cotton No extant pageant book. n/a
1626 Drapers Sir Cuthbert Hacket Triumphs of Health and Prosperity Thomas Middleton
1627 Haberdashers Hugh Hammersley No book extant. Thomas Dekker
1628 Skinners Sir Richard Deane Britannia’s Honor Thomas Dekker
1629 Ironmongers Sir James Cambell London’s Tempe Thomas Dekker
1630 Merchant Taylors Robert Ducye No extant pageant book. n/a
1631 Haberdashers George Whitmore Londonʼs Jus Honorarium Thomas Heywood
1632 Haberdashers Sir Nicholas Rainton Londini Artium & Scientiarum: or, London’s Fountaine of Arts and Science Thomas Heywood
1633 Clothworkers Ralph Freeman Londini Emporia or Londons Mercatura Thomas Heywood
1634 Clothworkers Sir Robert Parkhurst The Triumphs of Fame and Honour John Taylor
1635 Ironmongers Sir Christopher Clitherow Sinus Salutis, or, London’s Harbour of Health, and Happinesse Thomas Heywood
1636 Fishmongers Edward Bromfield No extant pageant book. n/a
1637 Haberdashers Richard Venn Londini Speculum: or, London’s Mirror Thomas Heywood
1638 Drapers Sir Morris Abbot, Kt. Pietatis, or the Port and Harbour of Piety Thomas Heywood
1639 Drapers Henry Garraway Londini Status Pacatus: or, London’s Peacable Estate Thomas Heywood

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2020. Mayoral Shows: A Chronology. In J. Jenstad (Ed), The Map of Early Modern London. Victoria: University of Victoria. Retrieved from https://mapoflondon.uvic.ca/mayoral_shows_chronology.htm. Draft.

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