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This is a list of mayors and the later lord mayors of the city of
Norwich City Council
This is a list of mayors and the later lord mayors of the city of Norwich
Norwich () is a cathedral city and district of Norfolk, England, of which it is the county town. Norwich is by the River Wensum, about north-east of London, north of Ipswich and east of Peterborough. As the seat of the See of Norwich, with ...
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Norwich had elected a mayor since 1403 when a Charter of Henry IV allowed the Freemen of the City to elect Councillors, Aldermen, Sheriffs and a Mayor serving for one year. The city was awarded the dignity of a lord mayoralty by letters patent
Letters patent ( la, litterae patentes) ( always in the plural) are a type of legal instrument in the form of a published written order issued by a monarch, president or other head of state, generally granting an office, right, monopoly, titl ...
in 1910 "in view of the position occupied by that city as the chief city of East Anglia and of its close association with his Majesty" When Norwich became a metropolitan borough in 1974 the honour was reconfirmed by letters patent dated 1 April 1974.
Mayors of Norwich
''Source (1900–2013):'' Norwich City CouncilLord mayors of Norwich
SourceNorwich City Council
References
{{Lists of mayors in the United Kingdom Norwich, Lord Mayors of the City of Lord Mayors Lord Mayors of Norwich