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on 29 September, excepting those years when it fell on the Sabbath) and office is not actually entered until the second week of November. Therefore, the years 'Elected' below do not represent the main calendar year of service. In 2006 the title ''Lord Mayor of the City of London'' was devised, for the most part, to avoid confusion with the office of

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remains Lord Mayor of London.

Mayors

before 1300

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14th century

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Lord mayors

14th century

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15th century

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16th century

17th century

18th century

19th century

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20th century

21st century

Notes

References

Lord Mayors of the City of London from 1189
* John Noorthouck (1773
'Addenda: The Mayors and Sheriffs of London'
''A New History of London: Including Westminster and Southwark'', pp. 889–893. * Caroline M. Barron (n.d.) 'London in the Later Middle Ages: Government and People 1200–1500' * CNL Brooke & G Keir (n.d.) 'London 800–1216:The Shaping of a City', p254 * James Clark Holt (n.d.) "Magna Carta", p56
'Chronicles of the mayors and sheriffs of London, A.D. 1188 to A.D. 1274'
translated from the original Latin and Anglo-Norman of the "Liber de antiquis legibus", in the possession of the corporation of the city of London *

External links

A List of the MAYORS and SHERIFFS of London from the earliest Accounts.
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: Pages 889–893 of ''A New History of London Including Westminster and Southwark''. Originally published by R Baldwin, London, 1773.
The Mayors and Sheriffs of London database
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{{Lists of Lord Mayors in the United Kingdom London, Lord Mayors of the City of Lord Mayors Lord Mayors

Mayors

before 1300

14th century

Lord mayors

14th century

15th century

16th century

17th century

18th century

19th century

20th century

21st century

See also

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References

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