The mayor of the
Calais Staple was the head of the merchants of English-occupied
Calais
Calais ( , , traditionally , ) is a port city in the Pas-de-Calais department, of which it is a subprefecture. Although Calais is by far the largest city in Pas-de-Calais, the department's prefecture is its third-largest city of Arras. Th ...
from 1363 to 1558. The actual rule over Calais was in the hands of the
captains, lieutenants and lords deputies. Among the mayors of the Calais Staple we find:
*Mid-14th century:
John Curteys
*1394:
Robert Savage
*1407:
Dick Whittington
Richard Whittington (c. 1354–1423) of the parish of St Michael Paternoster Royal, City of London, was an English merchant and a politician of the late medieval period. He is also the real-life inspiration for the English folk tale ''Dick ...
*1434:
Hamon Sutton
Hamon Sutton (ca. 1392 – 1461/1462), of Lincoln, was an English politician.
Family
Sutton was the son of MP Robert Sutton of Lincoln. He married Margaret Vavasour, from Yorkshire, who was a member of the influential Skipwith family through he ...
*Unknown date, second half 14th century: John Torngold
*
Sir Thomas Seymour, MP for
City of London,
Lord Mayor of London and Mayor of the Calais Staple in 1523.
[http://historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1509-1558/member/seymour-sir-thomas-i-1476-153536]
References
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History of Calais
Merchants of the Staple