Sir William Taillour sometimes spelt Taylor or Taylour (1406–1483) was
Lord Mayor of London in 1468 (during the reign of
Henry VI).
He was a wealthy grocer who served as a
Sheriff of London for 1455 and was made an
Alderman in 1458. He was
knighted
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on 21 May 1471, (the same day that
Henry VI of England
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died) and elected
Member of Parliament for the
City of London in 1483 as one of the two aldermanic representatives for the city.
He died in 1483.
[Chamber accounts of the sixteenth century By Corporation of London Records Office, Betty R. Masters. Page 42]
Taylour House, Edenbridge
Taylour House in
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was built for Sir William Taylour, and his coat of arms are in the right
spandrel of the entrance door and that of the Grocers company in the left. Formally known as "The Griffin" it has a Jacobean staircase and a number of Jacobean wall paintings.
See also
*
List of Sheriffs of London
*
List of Lord Mayors of London
*
City of London (elections to the Parliament of England)
References
External links
The Aldermen of the City of London, vol. II*http://www.girders.net/Ta/Taylor,%20Sir%20William,%20(d.1483).doc
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1406 births
1483 deaths
Sheriffs of the City of London
English MPs 1483
Members of the Parliament of England for the City of London
15th-century lord mayors of London