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Civic History

Please find below the Civic History of the Stratford upon Avon Town Council in chronological order.

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Bayliffs - 1553 to 1620

1553 - 54 Thomas Gilbert
1554 - 55 William Whateley
1555 - 56 John Burbage
1556 - 57 Ralph Cawdrey
1557 - 58 Francis Burbage
1558 - 59 Robert Perrot
1559 - 60 Adrian Quiney
1560 - 61 Roger Sadler
1561 - 62 Lewis A P Williams
1562 - 63 Humphrey Plumley
1563 - 64 George Whateley
1564 - 65 Richard Hill
1565 - 66 John Whelar
1566 - 67 William Tyler
1567 - 68 Ralph Cawdrey
1568 - 69 John Shakespeare
1569 - 70 Robert Salisburye
1570 - 71 John Sadler
1571 - 72 Adrian Quiney
1572 - 73 Roger Sadler
1573 - 74 Lewis A P Williams
1574 - 75 Humphrey Plumley
1575 - 76 Richard Hill
1576 - 77 John Wheeler
1577 - 78 William Tyler
1578 - 79 Thomas Barber
1579 - 80 Nicholas Barnehurst
1580 - 81 Robert Salisburye
1581 - 82 Ralph Cawdrey
1582 - 83 Adrian Quiney
1583 - 84 George Whateley
1584 - 85 Richard Hill
1585 - 86 William Tyler
1586 - 87 Thomas Barber
 
1587 - 88 Robert Salisburye
1588 - 89 William Wilson
1589 - 90 Thomas Rogers
1590 - 91 William Parsons
1591 - 92 John Cybbes
1592 - 93 Richard Quyney
1593 - 94 Henry Wilson
1594 - 95 Thomas Barber
1595 - 96 Abraham Sturley
1597 - 98 John Cybbes
1598 - 99 John Smythe
1599 - 1600 John Sadler
1600 - 01 Henry Wilson
1601 - 02 Richard Quyney
1602 - John Cybbes
1602 - 03 Daniell Baker
1603 - 04 Francis Smythe (snr)
1604 - 05 John Smthye
1605 - 06 William Wyatte
1606 - 07 John Cybbes
1607 - 08 Henry Walker
1608 - 09 Francis Smythe (jnr)
1609 - 10 Henry Wilson
1610 - 11 William Walford
1611 - 12 William Parsons
1612 - 13 John Sadler
1613 - 14 Daniell Baker
1614 - 15 Francis Smythe (snr)
1615 - 16 Julius Shaw
1616 - 17 Henry Smythe
1617 - 18 William Chandler
1618 - 19 John Wilmore
1619 - 20 William Wyat
1620 - 21 William Walford

Mayors - 1621 to 1699

1621 - 22 Robert Butler
1622 - 23 Francis Ainge
1623 - 24 Francis Smythe
1624 - 25 Henry Walker
1625 - 26 Arthur Cawdrey
1626 - 27 Richard Hathaway
1627 - 28 Julius Shaw
1628 - 29 Henry Smyth
1629 - 30 Thomas Greene
1630 - 31 Anthony Smithe
1631 - 32 Daniell Baker
1632 - 33 Richard Castell
1633 - 34 William Shawe
1634 - 35 Francis Ainge
1635 - 36 Henry Walker
1636 - 37 Richard Tyler
1637 - 38 Richard Mounteford
1638 - 39 Thomas Walker
1639 - 40 Nathaniel Duppa
1640 - 41 Baldwin Brookes
1641 - 42 John Wolmer (jnr)
1642 - 43 Thomas Greene
1643 - 44 Richard Smarte
1644 - 45 Richard Castell
1645 - 46 Thomas Home
1646 - 47 John Smythe
1647 - 48 John Eston
1648 - 49 John Brookes
1649 - 50 William Walker
1650 - 51 William Lyndon
1651 - 52 Thomas Taylor
1652 - 53 Nicholas Riland
1653 - 54 Richard Hunt
1654 - 55 William Greene
1655 - 56 William Hiccox
1656 - 57 Francic Smith
1657 - 58 William Green (jnr)
1658 - 59 Michael Johnson
1659 - 60 William Caudwell
1660 - 61 Richard Mountford
1661 Thomas Greene (snr)
1661 - 62 Richard Jacksons
 
1662 - 63 John Woolmer (snr)
1663 - 64 John Woolmer (jnr) Aug - Oct
1664 John Woolmer (jnr)
1664 - 65 Symon Cale
1665 - 66 Francis Oldfield
1666 - 67 Thomas Hill
1667 - 68 Thomas Taylor
1668 - 69 William Lyndon
1669 - 70 Benjamin Jones
1670 - 71 Thomas Horne
1671 - 72 Francis Haddocke
1672 - 73 Lawrence Horwood
1673 - 74 Richard Jacksons
1674 - 75 Thomas Hiccox
1675 - 76 John Woolmer (snr)
1676 - 77 Mathew Blackford
1677 - 78 John Woolmer (jnr)
1678 - 79 Symon Cale
1679 - 80 Thomas Wooten
1680 Thomas Horne
1680 - 81 William Hiccox
1681 - 82 Daniel Mason
1682 - 83 George Sowtherne
1683 - 84 William Hickes
1684 - 85 William Baker
1685 - 86 Foulk Sellers
1686 - 87 Robert Fawdon
1687 - 88 Henry Tomlins
1688 - 89 Edward Elderton
1689 - 90 John Smith
1690 - 91 John Taylor
1691 - 92 John Hunt
1692 - 93 Thomas Hiccox
1693 - 94 Samuel Case
1694 - 95 John Woolmer (snr)
1695 - 96 Samuel Holtam
1696 - 97 William Baker
1697 Joseph Woolmer
1697 - 98 Joseph Woolmer
1698 - 99 Matthew Collett
1699 - 1700 John Burman

Mayors - 1700 to 1799
1700 - 01 Foulke Sellers
1701 - 02 Robert Fawdon
1702 - 03 George Hands
1703 - 04 Edward Elderton
1704 - 05 John Taylor
1705 - 06 Thomas Sowtham
1706 - 07 William Wright
1707 - 08 Henry Churchill
1708 - 09 John Hunt
1709 - 10 Joshua Smith
1710 - 11 William Cale
1711 - 12 Thomas Taylor
1712 - 13 Samuel Holtam
1713 - 14 John Huckell
1714 - 15 Thomas Hiccox
1715 Joseph Woolmer
1715 - 16 Thomas Badger
1716 - 17 Joseph Smith
1717 - 18 John Halford
1718 - 19 Thomas Sowtham
1719 - 20 William Wright
1720 - 21 John Cookes
1721 - 22 John Capp
1722 - 23 Daniel Hurdisse
1723 - 24 Richard Burman
1724 - 25 Philip Hattan
1725 - 26 Richard Bartlett
1726 - 27 Henry Churchill
1727 - 28 John Hunt
1728 - 29 John Huckett
1729 - 30 William Walford
1730 - 31 Thomas Badger
1731 - 32 John Halford
1732 - 33 Richard Newcomb
1733 - 34 John Cookes
1734 - 35 Thomas Bott
1735 - 36 Thomas Huckett
1736 - 37 William Davis
1737 - 38 Samuel Wolford
1738 - 39 Richard Goode
1739 - 40 Benjamin Haynes
1740 - 41 John Taylor
1741 - 42 Henry Turbitt
1742 - 43 William Dyde
1743 - 44 Robert Hicks
1744 - 45 Hugh Burman
1745 - 46 Richard Bartlett
1746 - 47 Richard Hitchcocks
1747 - 48 John Smith
1748 - 49 John Halford
1749 - 50 Samuel Tissell
 
1750 - 51 Thomas Bott
1751 - 52 William Miles
1752 - 53 Harvey Preston
1753 - 53 Samuel Jarvis
1753 - 54 Nathaniel Cookes
1754 - 55 Richard Smith
1755 - 56 Richard Allen
1756 - 57 Robert Bruce
1757 - 58 William Bayliss
1758 - 59 Samuel Price
1759 - 60 William Evetts
1760 - 61 William Evetts
1761 - 62 William Bolton
1762 - 63 Richard Lord
1763 - 64 John Baylis
1764 - 65 John Halford
1765 - 66 John Hitchcocks
1766 - 67 William Lees
1767 - 68 Samuel Jarvis
1768 - 69 John Meacham
1769 - 70 Nathaniel Cookes
1770 - 71 William Eaves
1771 - 72 Thomas Nott
1772 - 73 Richard Stevens
1773 - 74 Isaac Gardner
1774 - 75 Richard Allen
1775 - 76 William Evetts
1776 - 77 Charles Ingram
1777 - 78 William Bolton
1778 - 79 William Manison
1779 - 80 Thomas Sheldon
1780 - 81 John Payton
1781 - 82 William Allen
1782 - 83 Samuel Smith
1783 - 84 John Preston
1784 - 85 Thomas Ashford
1785 - 86 Samuel Jarvis
1786 - 87 William Bache
1787 - 88 John Lord
1788 - 89 William Eaves
1789 - 90 Charles Pestell
1790 - 91 Thomas Nott
1791 - 92 Charles Ingram
1792 - 93 Thomas Sheldon
1793 - 94 William Tompkins
1794 - 95 Thomas Taylor
1795 - 96 John Payton
1796 - 97 John Edwards
1797 - 98 Jonathan Izod
1798 - 99 Robert Mander
1799 - 1800 Richard Allen

Mayors - 1800 to 1899
1800 - 01 William George Morris
1801 - 02 John Payton
1802 - 03 John Hitchman
1803 - 04 John Lord
1804 - 05 Charles Pestell
1805 - 06 Thomas Hemings
1806 - 07 Joseph Walker
1807 - 08 John Tasker
1808 - 09 William Chattaway
1809 - 10 John Edwards
1810 - 11 Jonathan Izod
1811 - 12 Austin Warrilow
1812 - 13 John Lord
1813 - 14 Robert Mander
1814 - 15 John Hitchman
1815 - 16 Thomas Sanders
1816 - 17 Thomas Sanders
1817 - 18 John Andrew Holmes
1818 - 19 Thomas Mills
1819 - 20 William Burman
1820 - 21 William George Morris
1821 - 22 Thomas Sanders
1822 - 23 James Sanders
1823 - 24 Benjamin Townsend
1824 - 25 John Tasker
1825 - 26 John Connolly
1826 - 27 John Mills
1827 - 28 John Higgins
1828 - 29 William Chattaway
1829 - 30 Thomas Ashwin
1830 - 31 William Smith
1831 - 32 James Pritchard
1832 - 33 Thomas Mills
1833 - 34 William Burman
1834 - 35

Benjamin Townsend

MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS ACT

1835 - 36
David Rice
1836 - 37
Thomas Ashwin
1837 - 38
Edward Field
1838 - 39
Charles Lucy
1839 - 40
Thomas Thomson
1840 - 41
Edward Getley
1841 - 42
Edmund Darby Ford
1842 - 43
Edmund Darby Ford
1843 - 44
John Branston Freer
1844 - 45
Thomas Thomson
1845 - 46
Thomas Ashwin
1846 - 47
William Sheldon
1847 - 48
William Sheldon
1848 - 49
Thomas Deacle Gill
1849 - 50
Thomas Thomson
 
1850 - 51 Edward Fordham Flower
1851 - 52 Edward Fordham Flower
1852 - 53 Frederic Kendall
1853 - 54 Frederic Kendall
1854 - 55 John Warden
1855 - 56 David Rice
1856 - 57 David Rice
1857 - 58 John Branston Freer
1858 - 59 John Branston Freer
1859 - 60 Robert Walker
1860 - 61 Frederick Kendall
1861 - 62 Henry Lane
1862 - 63 Edward Fordham Flower
1863 - 64 Edward Fordham Flower
1864 - 65 James Cox (snr)
1865 - 66 Charles Frederick Loggin
1866 - 67 Charles Frederick Loggin
1867 - 68 Henry Kingsley
1868 - 69 Henry Kingsley
1869 - 70 Richard Martin Bird
1870 - 71 Edward Gibbs
1871 - 72 Robert Gibbs
1872 - 73 William Stephenson
1873 - 74 William Stephenson
1874 - 75 John James Nason
1875 - 76 John James Nason
1876 - 77 John James Nason
1877 - 78 Henry Walter Newton
1878 - 79 Charles Edward Flower
1879 - 80 Charles Edward Flower
1880 - 81 James Cox (jnr)
1881 - 82 William Gardner Colbourne
1882 - 83 William Gardner Colbourne
1883 - 84 Arthur Hodgson
1884 - 85 Arthur Hodgson
1885 - 86 Sir Arthur Hodgson
1886 - 87 Sir Arthur Hodgson
1887 - 88 Sir Arthur Hodgson
1888 - 89 Richard Hawkes
1889 - 90 John Archer
1890 - 91 John Archer
1891 - 92 Reginald Latimer Greene
1892 - 93 Reginald Latimer Greene
1893 - 94 Reginald Latimer Greene
1894 - 95 John Smallwood
1895 - 96 John Smallwood
1896 - 97 William Hutchings
1897 - 98 William Pearce
1898 - 99 William Pearce
1899- 1900 William Pearce

Mayors - 1900 to 1999
1900 - 01 Archibald Dennis Flower
1901 - 02 Archibald Dennis Flower
1902 - 03 George Martin Bird
1903 - 04 George Martin Bird
1904 - 05 George Martin Bird
1905 - 06 William Pearce
1906 - 07 John Alfred Priest
1907 - 08 John Alfred Priest
1908 - 09 John Alfred Priest
1909 - 10 Edward Deer
1910 - 11 Edward Deer
1911 - 12 Frederick Ballance
1912 - 13 Frederick Ballance
1913 - 14 Fred Winter
1914 - 15 Fred Winter
1915 - 16 Archibald Dennis Flower
1916 - 17 Archibald Dennis Flower
1917 - 18 Archibald Dennis Flower
1918 - 19 Archibald Dennis Flower
1919 - 20 Edward Fox
1920 - 21 Edward Fox
1921 - 22 John Mansell Smith
1922 - 23 Trevor Matthews
1923 - 24 Robert Cort Cox
1924 - 25 Willie Porter Bullard
1925 - 26 Willie Porter Bullard
1926 - 27 Edgar Raymond Thompson
1927 - 28 Edgar Raymond Thompson
1928 - 29 Annie Justins
1929 - 30 Annie Justins
1930 - 31 Robert Mansell Smith
1931 - 32 Sir Archibald Dennis
1932 - 33 Joseph Hunter Rowe
1933 - 34 Joseph Hunter Rowe
1934 - 35 George Albert Lea
1935 - 36 George Albert Lea
1936 - 37 Ernest Percy Ray
1937 - 38 Thomas Noden Waldron
1938 - 39 Thomas Noden Waldron
1939 - 40 Thomas Noden Waldron
1940 - 41 John Herbert Knight
1941 - 42 John Herbert Knight
1942 - 43 John Roderick Horton Baker
1943 - 44 John Roderick Horton Baker
1944 - 45 John Roderick Horton Baker
1945 - 46 Harold Victor White
1946 - 47 Eric Baildham
1947 - 49 Fordham Flower
1949 - 50 Bertram Shenton Cooper
1950 - 51 Trevor Matthews
1951 - 52 Robert John Knight
 
1952 - 53 Ralph Augustus Lane
1953 - 54 Muriel Gwendoline Mary Phillips
1954 - 55 Alan Foster Brownlow
1955 - 56 Dudley Ernest Woodman
1956 - 57 Eleanore Florys Waldron
1957 - 58 Percy Robert Worth
1958 - 59 Hubert William Guyver
1959 - 60 Frederick William Parrott
1960 - 61 Leigh Dingley
1961 - 62 Stanley Charles Rosser
1962 - 63 Walter Harry Huxley
1963 - 64 Cyril George Kemp
1964 - 65 Percy Walter Wheeler
1965 - 66 Geoffrey Derek Inns
1966 - 67 Patrick Miall Dare
1967 - 68 Philip Whitehead Walker
1968 - 69 David Robert Bruce
1969 - 70 Peter Malcolm Ray
1970 - 71 Muriel Mary Pogmore
1971 - 72 Paul Barling Pomroy Sainsbury
1972 - 73 Henry Francis Yates
1973 - 74 Eric Paul Rudd
1974 April Eric Paul Rudd
May  
1974 - 75 Trevor James Cleaver
1975 - 76 John Robert Curnock
1976 - 77 Sarah Ann Wheeler
1977 - 78 Leslie Vernon Rouch
1978 - 79 Geoffrey Lees
1979 - 80 John Carl Duckett
1980 - 81 George Kenneth Boyden
1981 - 82 Horace Sedgwick
1982 - 83 Guy Berrett Pilbeam
1983 - 84 Percy Walter Wheeler
1984 - 85 John Robert Curnock
1985 - 86 Victor Joseph Henry Sandel
1986 - 87 Leslie Vernon Rouch
1987 - 88 Charles Henry Bates
1988 - 89 Geoffrey Lees
1989 - 90 Edward Joseph Lloyd
1990 - 91 Edward Ernest Riley
1991 - 92 Kenneth Charles Kennett
1992 - 93 Alfred William Michael Love
1993 - 94 Fred Earnshaw
1994 - 95 Stephen John Turner
1995 - 96 Joan Ailsa Florence McFarlane
1996 - 97 Charles Henry Bates
1997 - 98 Cyril Alphonsus Bennis
1998 - 99 Maureen Lesley Beckett
1999 - 2000 Angela Colbeck

Mayors - 2000 to Present
2000 - 01 Juliet Dorothy Short
2001 - 02 Sheila Alice Edith Price
2002 - 03 Vincent Graham Seaman
2003 - 04 Clive Thomas
2004 - 05 Michael Raymond Crutchley
2005 - 06 William Arthur Lowe
2006 - 07 Roy Frederick Lodge  MBE
2007 - 08 Donna Christobel Barker
2008 - 09 Joyce Mary Taylor
2009 - 10 Jenny Fradgley
2010 - 11 Shelagh Sandle
2011 - 12 William John Dowling
 		    

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