List of mayors of Exeter


This is a chronological list of those who have served as Mayor of Exeter, in the city of Exeter, England.

Mayors of Exeter

Year appointedNameTermsMonarch
1200, 1201, 1202, 1203, 1204, 1205, 1206:Henry Rifford7King John
c.1207, 1266William Durling 2King John
c.1207, 1208, 1209, 1210, 1211, 1212John FitzRobert6King John
1213, 1214, 1215William Blondy3King John
1216, 1219, 1220, 1224. 1225, 1227, 1228, 1232, 1236Walter Turbert9Henry III
1217, 1221, 1222, 1226, 1229, 1230, 1235Roger FitzHenry7Henry III
1218, 1223, 1231, 1239Walter Gervase4Henry III
1233, 1255, 1257, 1258Hillary Blondy4Henry III
1234, 1237, 1238, 1240, 1241, 1242, 1243, 1245, 1247, 1249, 1252Martin Roff11Henry III
1244, 1246, 1250, 1251, 1253Adam Rifford5Henry III
1248Walter Hastment1Henry III
1254John Okeston1Henry III
1256, 1259, 1264Philip Dyer3Henry III
1260, 1262, 1265, 1268Walter Okeston4Henry III
1261Hilary White1Henry III
1263, 1267Nicholas Ilchester1Henry III
1269, 1275, 1276, 1278, 1280, 1281, 1283, 1284Alphred Duport - Executed after last period of office due to dereliction of duty8Henry III/Edward I
1270, 1271, 1272, 1274, 1282Martin Dirling4Henry III/Edward I
1273Richard Geythen1Edward I
1277, 1279John Feniton2Edward I
1285, 1286David Tayler2Edward I
1287, 1288, 1290, 1291, 1294, 1295John Zouch6Edward I
1289Richard Allen1Edward I
1292, 1300, 1307, 1312William Gatepath4-
1293, 1296, 1297, 1298Richard Tantifer3Edward I
1299John Horn1Edward I
1301William Tantifer1-
1302, 1305, 1306, 1308, 1309, 1313, 1314, 1317Roger Beynim8Edward I/Edward II
1303, 1304Roger Wheaton2Edward I
1310Walter Tantifer1Edward II
1311Waltor Langdon1Edward II
1315, 1316, 1318, 1319, 1320, 1324, 1325, 1326, 1328, 1329, 1331Philip Lovecock9Edward II
1321William Wotton1Edward II
1322, 1323Robert Wotton2Edward II
1327Richard Soller1Edward III
1330, 1332, 1334Martin Lekenn3Edward III
1333, 1337Thomas Gervis2Edward III
1335, 1336, 1338, 1340, 1341, 1344, 1345, 1347Henry Hughton 8Edward III
1339Thomas Lichfield1Edward III
1342Robert Furbor1Edward III
1343, 1346Thomas Furbor2Edward III
1348Nicholas Halberton1Edward III
1349, 1350, 1351, 1352, 1355Robert Bridport4Edward III
1353, 1354, 1357, 1359, 1360John Spicer5Edward III
1356, 1361, 1362, 1363, 1364, 1372John Gyst 5Edward III
1358Robert Nolle1Edward III
1365Nicholas Taverner1Edward III
1366, 1367Nicholas Brydestow2Edward III
1368Warren Bayliff1Edward III
1369, 1371, 1373Roger Plenty3Edward III
1370Martin Battishill1Edward III
1374, 1375, 1377, 1378, 1379, 1382, 1384, 1386, 1388, 1390, 1392, 1394Robert Wilsford12Edward III/Richard II
1376, 1380, 1399John Grey3Edward III/Richard II
1381John Nymett1Richard II
1383, 1396John Talbot2Richard II
1385, 1397, 1407, 1410Adam Scut4Richard II
1387, 1389, 1391, 1393, 1409Richard Bosom5Richard II
1395, 1398, 1405Simon Grendon3Richard II
1400, 1402, 1404, 1406, 1408, 1411, 1412William Wilsford7Henry IV
1401William Oke1Henry IV
1403Henry Hull1Henry IV
1413, 1415Peter Sturt2King Henry V
1414, 1419, 1422, 1426Thomas Easton4King Henry V
1414John Lake1King Henry V
1415, 1419, 1420, 1422, 1423, 1426, 1427Thomas Eston8King Henry V/Henry VI
1416, 1417, 1418, 1420, 1423John Batten5King Henry V/Henry VI
1417, 1421, 1424John Cook3King Henry V/Henry VI
1425Robert Vessy 1Henry VI
1427, 1430, 1437, 1445John Hull4Henry VI
1428, 1429, 1444, 1446John Shillingford4Henry VI
1430, 1434, 1439William Cook3Henry VI
1432, 1435, 1441Thomas Cook3Henry VI
1433John Salter1Henry VI
1436, 1442, 1448John Cutler alias Carwithan3Henry VI
1438Bennet Drew1Henry VI
1440William Upton1Henry VI
1443, 1449, 1451, 1453, 1455, 1462, 1464, 1466, 1470, 1474Hugh Germin10Henry VI
1450William Crymell1Henry VI
1452Walter Pope1Henry VI
1454Richard Oreng1Henry VI
1456, 1460William Duke2Henry VI
1457, 1461, 1477John Kelly3Henry VI
1458, 1463, 1465, 1481Richard Druell4Henry VI/Edward IV
1459John Betty1Henry VI
1467, 1480, 1486Thomas Calwoodley3Edward IV
1468John Hamlyn1Edward IV
1469Robert Smith1Edward IV
1471Richard Jeffery1Edward IV
1472, 1488Richard Clerk2Edward IV
1473Richard Rumwell1Edward IV
1475John Oreng1Edward IV
1476, 1479, 1483, 1492, 1496John Atwill5Edward IV/Richard III
1478, 1494William Obleigh2Edward IV
1482Roger Worth1Edward IV
1484Matthew Jubb1Richard III
1485Robert Russell1Henry VII
1487, 1503Robert Newton2Henry VII
1489Stephen Rudgway or Ridgeway1Henry VII
1490John Hooker1Henry VII
1491Robert Chubb1Henry VII
1493John Colshill1Henry VII
1495, 1501, 1507John Calwoodleigh of Calwoodleigh3Henry VII
1497William Frost1Henry VII
1498Richard Undy1Henry VII
1499Nicholas Hamlyn1Henry VII
1500Walter York1Henry VII
1502Walter Champneys1Henry VII
1504, 1510Thomas Andrew1Henry VII
1505, 1515, 1518William Crudg1Henry VII/Henry VIII
1506, 1513Richard Hewet 2Henry VII/Henry VIII
1508John Limpenny1Henry VII
1509, 1516John Buckenam2Henry VIII
1510Thomas Andrew1Henry VIII
1511William Wilsford1Henry VIII
1512Richard Symons1Henry VIII
1514John Moor1Henry VIII
1517, 1523, 1537Thomas Hunt2Henry VIII
1519Jeffery Lewes1Henry VIII
1520John Broadmere1Henry VIII
1521John Noseworthy 1Henry VIII
1522Richard Duke1Henry VIII
1523John Simon - died shortly after his election, with Thomas Hunt taking on interim duties1Henry VIII
1523-4, 1535, 1545, 1551, 1561William Hurst6Henry VIII
1525William Bennet1Henry VIII
1526, 1538Henry Hamlyn2Henry VIII
1527, 1534, 1546John Britnall3Henry VIII
1528Robert Buller1Henry VIII
1529Robert Hooker 1Henry VIII
1530, 1536, 1548John Blackaller3Henry VIII
1531, 1539Gilbert Kirk2Henry VIII
1532William Peryam1Henry VIII
1533Richard Martin1Henry VIII
1540Thomas Spurway1Henry VIII
1541William Buckenam1Henry VIII
1542, 1558John Buller2Henry VIII
1543Robert Tooker1Henry VIII
1544, 1550Thomas Prestwood2Henry VIII
1547, 1554John Midwinter2Edward VI
1549John Tuckfield1Edward VI
1552William Tothill1Edward VI
1553William Smith1Mary I
1555, 1564Moris Levermore2Mary I
1556Walter Staplehead 1Mary I
1557, 1562, 1575John Peter3Mary I/Elizabeth I
1559Robert Midwinteo1Elizabeth I
1560John Blackall1Elizabeth I
1563, 1572, 1587, 1598John Peryam4Elizabeth I
1565John Wolcott 1Elizabeth I
1566Thomas Richardson1Elizabeth I
1567John Smythe 1Elizabeth I
1568Robert Chaff1Elizabeth I
1569, 1579William Chappel2Elizabeth I
1570Simon Knight1Elizabeth I
1571, 1580Thomas Bruerton2Elizabeth I
1573William Tryvett1Elizabeth I
1574Nicholas Martin1Elizabeth I
1576Thomas Prestwood1Elizabeth I
1577George Peryman1Elizabeth I
1578, 1589Richard Prowse2Elizabeth I
1581, 1618Thomas Martin2Elizabeth I
1582, 1591Michael Germin2Elizabeth I
1583Jeffery Thomas1Elizabeth I
1584, 1594, 1604John Davy3Elizabeth I
1585, 1631Nicholas Martin2Elizabeth I
1586, 1597, 1607George Smith3Elizabeth I
1588Thomas Chappell1Elizabeth I
1590, 1600Wiliam Martin2Elizabeth I
1592, 1603, 1619, 1644Nicholas Spicer4Elizabeth I
1593Thomas Spicer1Elizabeth I
1595John Chappell1Elizabeth I
1597John Levermore1Elizabeth I
1599John Howell1Elizabeth I
1601, 1614, 1625, 1667Thomas Walker4Elizabeth I/James I
1602Richard Beavis1Elizabeth I
1605Henry Hull1James I
1606Richard Dorchester1James I
1608, 1619John Prowse2James I
1609, 1620Hugh Crossing2James I
1610, 1621Walter Borough2James I
1611John Lant1James I
1612William Newcomb1James I
1613Jeffery Waltham1James I
1615John Marshall1James I
1616John Sheer1James I
1617Ignatius Jourden1James I
1622John Modyford1James I
1623John Gupwill1James I
1624, 1637Thomas Crossing2James I/Charles I
1626John Tayler1Charles I
1627John Acland1Charles I
1628John Lynn1Charles I
1630Thomes Flay1Charles I
1632John Hakewill1Charles I
1633Gilbert Sweet1Charles I
1634Francis Crossing1Charles I
1635, 1647, 1649 Adam Bennet2Charles I
1636Roger Mallock1Charles I
1638James Tucker1Charles I
1639Robert Walker, MP for Exeter1Charles I
1640John Penny1Charles I
1641Richard Saunders1Charles I
1642Christopher Clark1Charles I
1643Sir Hugh Crocker1Charles I
1645John Cupper1Charles I
1646Walter White1Charles I
1648James Gould1Charles I
1649, 1654Richard Crossing was elected but refused to serve in 1649 due to the overthrow of the King, with Adam Bennet deputising2Interregnum
1650Richard Evans1Interregnum
1651Richard Sweet1Interregnum
1652Ralph Hermn1Interregnum
1653Simon Snow, MP for Exeter1Interregnum
1655Nicholas Brooking1Interregnum
1656Thomas Ford1Interregnum
1657James Pearse1Interregnum
1658James Marshall1Interregnum
1659Christopher Clark Junior1Interregnum
1660Christopher Lethbridge 1Charles II
1661, 1672Henry Gandy2Charles II
1662John Martin initially refused to serve, but did so after instructed by the King1Charles II
1663John Butler1Charles II
1664Alan Penny1Charles II
1665Nicholas Isacke1Charles II
1666John Acland1Charles II
1668George Tuthill1Charles II
1669Peter Hagedot1Charles II
1670Sir Benjamin Oliver1Charles II
1671William Sanford1Charles II
1673, 1681Isaac Mawditt2Charles II
1674Christopher Brodridge1Charles II
1675John Par1Charles II
1676William Glyde1Charles II
1677George Tuthill1Charles II
1678William Sandford1Charles II
1679John Collyns1Charles II
1680Henry Smyth1Charles II
1682Endymion Walker Esq1Charles II
1683Christopher Broadridge 1Charles II
1684James Walker1Charles II
1685, 1694Robert Dabynott2James II/William III & Mary II
1686George Saffin1James II
1687, 1689, 1700John Snell3James II/William III & Mary II
1688Sir Thomas Jefford1James II
1690Edward Cross1William III & Mary II
1691Edward Seward, knight. His portrait was painted by William Gandy.1William III & Mary II
1692Christopher Coke1William III & Mary II
1693, 1702, 1714John Gandy3William III & Mary II/Anne/George I
1695Christopher Bale1William III & Mary II
1697John Curson1William III & Mary II
1698, 1718John Burell2William III & Mary II/George I
1699, 1711Joshua Hickman2William III & Mary II
1701John Cholwill1William III & Mary II
1703John Newcombe1Anne
1704Gilbert Wood1Anne
1705Thomas Baron1Anne
1706Nicholas Wood1Anne
1707Edward Daly1Anne
1708Edward Spicer1Anne
1709Edward Collins1Anne
1710Thomas Salter1Anne
1712Jacob Rowe1Anne
1715William Sandford1George I
1716, 1730Nathaniel Dewdney2George I/George II
1717Philip Pear1George I
1719Thomas Coplestone1George I
1720William Gandy1George I
1721John Phillips1George I
1722Thomas Salter1George I
1723Philip Russell1George I
1724Humphrey Bawden1George I
1725Anthony Tripe1George I
1726Emanuel Hole1George I
1727John Elston1George II
1728Robert Lydston1George II
1729William Stabback1George II
1731Ethelred Davy1George II
1732Richard Vivian1George II
1733, 1736Samuel Symons2George II
1734John Newcombe1George II
1735, 1746Matthew Spry2George II
1737Arthur Culme1George II
1738, 1749Thomas Heath2George II
1739Nicholas Blake1George II
1740, 1751, 1752 Nicholas Lee - took over from Robert Dodge for remainder of 1752 term2 George II
1741William Newcombe1George II
1742Nicholas Medland1George II
1743Philip Elston1George II
1744John Hawker1George II
1745, 1761 Francis Brayne1 George II
1747John Manley1George II
1748, 1755Lewis Portbury2George II
1750, 1756William Trosse2George II
1752Robert Dodge - September to November 1George II
1753John Luckett1George II
1754Nicholas Arthur1George II
1757Joseph Elliot1George II
1758Richard Densham1George II
1759Richard Jackson1George II
1760Samuel Pearce1George III
1761Samuel Dix - Until Jan 1762, replaced by Francis Brayne1George III
1762, 1767 James Crossing1 George III
1763Edward Walker1George III
1764Jacob Fowe1George III
1765, 1782John Bussell2George III
1766Humphry Hill1George III
1767William Jollin - until Feb 1768, replaced by James Crossing1George III
1768Philip Dacie1George III
1769, 1777Thomas Dodge2George III
1770John Flound1George III
1771Thomas Coffon1George III
1772Gregory Jackson1George III
1773Henry Kitson1George III
1774John Dennis1George III
1775John Eiles Pier1George III
1776Charles Edwards1George III
1778James Grant1George III
1779Charles Furlong1George III
1780Samuel Moore1George III
1783William Ibert1George III
1784Benjamin Horyce Walker1George III
1785George Westlake1George III
1786Nicholas Elias Cosserat1George III
1787Richard Jenkin1George III
1788Jonathan Burnett1George III
1789William Pate1George III
1790Edward Raguener1George III
1791Reuben Phillips1George III
1792, 1803John Pinhey2George III
1793Richard Chamberlain1George III
1794Richard Hart1George III
1795John Balle1George III
1796Charles Upham1George III
1797John Brake1George III
1798, 1808Joseph Gattey2George III
1799Jonathan Worthy1George III
1800Richard Jenkin1George III
1801, 1818Thomas Flound2George III
1802, 1807Charles Collyns2George III
1804Joseph Greenway1George III
1805John Thomas Wright1George III
1806, 1816Samuel White2George III
1809Edward Upham1George III
1810John Hore1George III
1811William Lee1George III
1812Benjamin Wm Johnson1George III
1813Burnet Patch1George III
1814, 1826John Hart2George III/George IV
1815John William Williams1George III
1817Charles Brake1George III
1819, 1827, 1832Henry Blackall3George III/George IV/William IV
1820, 1829Robert Rogers Sanders2George IV
1821George Galloway1George IV
1822John Harris1George IV
1823William Crockett1George IV
1824Humphry Hill Pinhey1George IV
1825William Payne1George IV
1828John Haddy Jones1George IV
1830Paul Measor1William IV
1831, 1836William Kennaway1William IV
1833, 1845Edward Woolmer2William IV/Queen Victoria
1834, 1835Philip Chilwell de la Garde - Sep-Dec when Chamber replaced with Council, then elected Jan-Nov 18352William IV
1835Samuel Kingdon Junior1William IV
1837, 1838William John Players Wilkinson2Queen Victoria
1839Edward MacGowan1Queen Victoria
1840William Drewe1Queen Victoria
1841John Crew Carew1Queen Victoria
1842Charles Henry Turner1Queen Victoria
1843William Page Kingdon1Queen Victoria
1844, 1858Henry Hooper2Queen Victoria
1846Charles Brutton1Queen Victoria
1847William Denis Moore1Queen Victoria
1848Thomas Shapter1Queen Victoria
1849Christopher Arden1Queen Victoria
1850Edward Andrew Sanders1Queen Victoria
1851, 1852William Wills Hooper2Queen Victoria
1853Robert Stribling Cornish1Queen Victoria
1854, 1855John Daw2Queen Victoria
1856Thomas G Norris1Queen Victoria
1857William Buckingham1Queen Victoria
1859Thomas Tanner1Queen Victoria
1860Thomas E Drake1Queen Victoria
1861William Kendall1Queen Victoria
1862William Barnes1Queen Victoria
1863Thomas Maitland Snow1Queen Victoria
1864, 1865, 1866Robert Thomas Head3Queen Victoria
1867John Trehane1Queen Victoria
1868Henry Samuel Ellis1Queen Victoria
1869Richard James Norman King1Queen Victoria
1870Bartholomew Charles Gidley1Queen Victoria
1871Joseph Handing1Queen Victoria
1872, 1873Charles John Follett2Queen Victoria
1874Horace Charles Lloyd1Queen Victoria
1875Henry Wilcocks1Queen Victoria
1876William Cuthbertson1Queen Victoria
1877Henry Drew Thomas1Queen Victoria
1878, 1879William Horton Ellis1Queen Victoria
1880Walter Pring1Queen Victoria
1881Thomas Andrew1Queen Victoria
1882Samuel Jones1Queen Victoria
1883Robert Carne Wilkinson1Queen Victoria
1884William Brown1Queen Victoria
1885Richard Rendle Miller Daw1Queen Victoria
1886Arthur Burch1Queen Victoria
1887Charles Tanner Kingdon Roberts1Queen Victoria
1888William Peters1Queen Victoria
1889Thomas Snow1Queen Victoria
1890Charles Edwin Ware1Queen Victoria
1891Edward Holroyd Houlditch1Queen Victoria
1892Henry Frederick Willey1Queen Victoria
1893Edward James Domville1Queen Victoria
1894Alfred Robert Steele1Queen Victoria
1895, 1896, 1897Robert Pople3Queen Victoria
1898Samuel Ward1Queen Victoria
1899Hubert Palmer Osborne Hamlin1Queen Victoria
1900, 1901Albert Edward Dunn2Queen Victoria/Edward VII
1902Charles Edward Rowe 1Edward VII
1903Frederick John Widgery1Edward VII
1904Edwin Charles Perry1Edward VII
1905Thomas Linscott1Edward VII
1906William Henry Reed1Edward VII
1907Henry Gadd1Edward VII
1908James George Commin1Edward VII
1909Henry Hugh Wippell1Edward VII
1910Alfred Thomas Loram1George V
1911Charles James Vlieland1George V
1912, 1931Henry William Michelmore2George V
1913William Kendall King1George V
1914, 1915, 1916, 1917James George Owen4George V
1918Sir James George Owen1George V
1919Thomas Bradley Rowe1George V
1920Arthur Charles Roper1George V
1921, 1922, 1923Philip Foale Rowsell--
1924Arthur Northcote Pitts1George V
1925William Brock1George V
1926Ransom Pickard1George V
1927Arthur Ernest Brock1George V
1928John Shirley Steele-Perkins1George V
1929Harold Charles Rowe1George V
1930Charles Warren1George V
1932Kenneth Gatey1George V
1933Thomas John Wembridge Templeman1George V
1934James William Ackroyd1George V
1935Percy Rufus Gayton1George V
1936Alfred Anstey1Edward VIII
1937Reginald John Rew1George VI
1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943Rowland Glave Saunders6George VI
1944Vincent Thompson1George VI
1945Francis Henry Tarr1George VI
1946William Outon Wills1George VI
1947, 1948William "Potato Pete" Slader2George VI
1949William Godwin Michelmore1George VI
1950John Geoffrey Rowe Orchard1George VI
1951Frederick Peter Cottey1George VI
1952Richard Wayland Smith1Elizabeth II
1953Alfred James Bovey1Elizabeth II
1954Charles William Holcombe Hill1Elizabeth II
1955Gilbert John Greenslade1Elizabeth II
1956Clifford James Fuller1Elizabeth II
1957Ronald Hay Creasy1Elizabeth II
1958Charles Rew1Elizabeth II
1959Charles Woodland1Elizabeth II
1960Philip Francis Brooks1Elizabeth II
1961Alfred Peter Steele-Perkins1Elizabeth II
1962Kenneth Charles Harold Rowe1Elizabeth II
1963Walter George Daw1Elizabeth II
1964Patrick Allan Spoerer1Elizabeth II
1965James Lethley Smeall1Elizabeth II
1966Minnie Nichols - first female mayor1Elizabeth II
1967Ronald Edward Charles Board1Elizabeth II
1968John Belsey Martin1Elizabeth II
1969William James Hallett1Elizabeth II
1970Percy Hilton1Elizabeth II
1971Herbert Samuel Sargent1Elizabeth II
1972Gordon Anthony Joy1Elizabeth II
1973Ernest Charles Lovelace Tozer until 30 March 1974- last Mayor of the City and County of Exeter1Elizabeth II
1974Walter George Daw - from 1 April to 2 April1Elizabeth II
1974Samuel Honeywill - from 2 April1Elizabeth II
1975William Peter Hutchings1Elizabeth II
1976John Frederick Landers1Elizabeth II
1977Roger John Keast1Elizabeth II
1978Norman William Francis Long1Elizabeth II
1979Richard John Van Oppen1Elizabeth II
1980Joan Margaret Richardson1Elizabeth II
1981Ivy Maud Johns1Elizabeth II
1982Patricia Spencer1Elizabeth II
1983Raymond Edward Robert Long1Elizabeth II
1984James Pollitt1Elizabeth II
1985Roy Slack1Elizabeth II
1986Alan Williamson1Elizabeth II
1987William Henry John Rowe1Elizabeth II
1988Michael James O'Callaghan1Elizabeth II
1989Diana Winifred Pamela Sutton Bess1Elizabeth II
1990George Clark1Elizabeth II
1991Anthony Fry1Elizabeth II
1992Yolanda Henson1Elizabeth II
1993Martin Rich1Elizabeth II
1994Ramon Yeo1Elizabeth II
1995Margaret Midgeley1Elizabeth II
1996Ian Mitchell1Elizabeth II
1997John Holman1Elizabeth II
1998Barry McNamara1Elizabeth II
1999Roy Hill1Elizabeth II
2000Mary Evans1Elizabeth II
2001Granville Baldwin1Elizabeth II

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
  • 2023: Kevin Mitchell