This is a chronological list of the

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and Lord Mayors of the city of

Exeter Exeter () is a city in Devon, South West England. It is situated on the River Exe, approximately northeast of Plymouth and southwest of Bristol. In Roman Britain, Exeter was established as the base of Legio II Augusta under the personal comm ...

, England. The role of Mayor was granted the dignity and style of Lord Mayor by letters patent dated 1 May 2002 as the result of a competition to celebrate the Golden Jubilee of Elizabeth II.

Mayors of Exeter

*c.1207: William Durling – first known Mayor *1218, 1231, 1239: Walter Gervase. *1385-6, 1397–8, 1407–8, 1411–12: Adam Scut *July 1414 to October 1415: John Lake *1414–15, 1419–20, 1422–3, 1426–7: Thomas Eston *1413–14, 1415–16: Peter Sturt *1425-6: Robert Vessy *1423–24, 1428–30, 1444–5, 1446–8: John Shillingford *1436-7, 1442–3, 1448–9: John Cutler alias Carwithan *1491: Stephen Ridgeway *1502: John Calwoodleigh of Calwoodleigh Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L., (Ed.) The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620, Exeter, 1895, p.132 *1502–03:

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*1506-7, 1513–14:

Richard Hewet Richard Hewet (by 1463 – 1519), of Exeter, Devon, was an English politician. He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Exeter in 1512 and 1515. He was mayor of Exeter This is a chronological list of the Mayors and Lord Mayo ...

*1508: John Calwoodleigh of Calwoodleigh (as 1502) *1512–13 and 1523–24: John Simon *1513–14: Thomas Andrew *1525-6: William Hurst *1529–30: Robert Hooker (died 1537) *1531-2 and 1539-40:

Gilbert Kirk Gilbert Kirk or Kirkeby (by 1484-1546), of Exeter, Devon, was an English Member of Parliament. He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Exeter in 1542. He was Mayor of Exeter This is a chronological list of the Mayors and Lord ...

*1530-1, 1536–7, 1548–9:

John Blackaller John Blackaller (around 1494–January 1563) of Exeter, Devon, was an English politician. He may have been born in Totnes in 1494 and he was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Exeter in 1529. He was Mayor of Exeter This is a ...

:1544-5: Thomas Prestwood *1549–50:

John Tuckfield John Tuckfield ( fl. 1550) of the City of Exeter, Devon, was a merchant, Alderman of Exeter, and member of the Company of Merchant Adventurers of Exeter who was Sheriff of Exeter in 1547 and Mayor of Exeter in 1549–1550. Marriage He married ...

*1553: William SmithThe Blind Devotion of the People: Popular Religion and the English Reformation By Robert Whiting p.169 Cambridge University Press 1989 *1556: Walter Staplehead *1565: John Wolcott *1567-68: John Smythe *1586-87, 1597–98, 1607-09: George Smith *1639–40: Robert Walker, MP for Exeter *1653: Simon Snow, MP for Exeter *1660: Christopher Lethbridge (d.1670) *1870: N. King *1900–02: Albert Edward Dunn *1902-03: C. Rowe (Liberal) *1921–24: Philip Foale Rowsell *1959-61: Charles Woodland *1981-82: Ivy Maud Johns (Exeter's first Labour female Mayor) *1993: Martin Rich

Lord Mayors of Exeter

*2001: Granville Baldwin – first Lord Mayor *2002: Val Dixon *2003: Margaret Danks *2004: Hilda Sterry *2005: Peter Wadham *2006: Norman Shiel *2007: Hazel Slack – runs a nursery shop in the city. *2008: Paul Smith *2009: John Winterbottom – former financial adviser. *2010: Marcel Choules – has been a fairground booth fighter, bouncer and chef. *2011: Stella Brock *2012: Rob Newby *2013: Rachel Lyons – former nurse *2014: Percy Prowse *2015: Olwen Margaret Foggin *2016: Cynthia Thompson *2017: Lesley Robson *2018: Rob Hannaford *2019: Peter Holland - former headteacher and postman. *2021: Trish Oliver *2022: Yolonda Henson

References

External links

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