
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 Episcopal see, See of ...
.
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, t ...
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 Council
Lord mayors of Norwich
Source
Norwich City Council
References
{{Lists of mayors in the United Kingdom
Norwich, Lord Mayors of the City of
Lord Mayors
Lord Mayors of Norwich