Mayors and Sheriffs of Bristol 1700 -1799
Transcribed from 'Annals of Bristol Vol. 2' by John Latimer
| Year | Mayor |
Occupation |
Sheriff |
Sheriff |
| 1700 | Sir William Daines | Merchant | Robert Bound | Isaac Davies |
| 1701 | John Hawkins | Brewer (Knighted) | Samuel Bayly | Richard Bayly |
| 1702 | William Lewis | Soap Boiler | Abraham Elton | Christopher Shuter |
| 1703 | Peter Saunders | Merchant | Thomas Hort | Henry Whithead |
| 1704 | Francis Whitchurch | Grocer | Anthony Swymmer | Henry Walter |
| 1705 | Nathaniel Day | Soap Boiler | Morgan Smith | Nathaniel Webb |
| 1706 | George Stephens | Draper | Abraham Hooke | Nicholas Hicks |
| 1707 | William Whithead | Distiller | Onesiphorus Tyndall | Thomas Tyler |
| 1708 | James Holledge | Merchant | Philip Freke | John Day |
| 1709 | Robert Bound | Shipwright | James Haynes | Thomas Clement |
| 1710 | Abraham Elton | Merchant | Edmund Mountjoy | Ab. Elton jun. |
| 1711 | Christopher Shuter | Grocer | William Bayly | Poole Stokes |
| 1712 | Thomas Hort | Richard Gravett | Henry Watts | |
| 1713 | Anthony Swymmer | Merchant | John Becher | Henry Swymmer |
| 1714 | Henry Whithead | Salt Maker | William Whithead | Richard Taylor |
| 1715 | Henry Walter | Woollen Draper | James Donning | Joseph Jefferis |
| 1716 | Nicholas Hicks | Mercer | Robert Earle | Peter Day |
| 1717 | John Day | Merchant | Henry Nash | John Price |
| Thomas Clement | Shipwright | |||
| 1718 | Edmund Mountjoy | Soap Maker | Samuel Stokes | Edward Foy |
| 1719 | Abraham Elton jun. | Merchant | Arthur Taylor | John King |
| 1720 | Henry Watts | Merchant | Robert Addison | Jacob Elton |
| Sir Abraham Elton bart. | ||||
| 1721 | John Becher | Merchant | John Rich | Noblet Ruddock |
| 1722 | Henry Swymmer | Merchant | Robert Smith | Lionel Lyde |
| 1723 | James Donning | Merchant | John Blackwell | Nathaniel Wraxall |
| 1724 | Joseph Jefferis | Merchant | Nathaniel Day | William Jefferis |
| 1725 | Robert Earle | Merchant | Stephen Clutterbuck | Michael Puxton |
| 1726 | Peter Day | Merchant | Ezekial Longman | Henry Combe |
| 1727 | Henry Nash | Distiller | Richard Bayley | John Bartlett |
| 1728 | John Price | Merchant | Henry Lloyd | Abraham Elton |
| 1729 | Samuel Stokes | Soapboiler | John Berrow | John Day |
| 1730 | Edward Foy | Merchant | Edward Buckler | William Barnsdale |
| 1731 | Arthur Taylor | Distiller | Edward Cooper | William Barnes |
| 1732 | John King | Merchant | John Foy | Buckler Weekes |
| 1733 | Jacob Elton | Merchant | Michael Pope | Benjamin Glisson |
| 1734 | John Rich | Merchant | Thomas Curtis | James Laroche |
| 1735 | Lionel Lyde | Merchant | David Peloquin | John Clements |
| 1736 | John Blackwell | Merchant | Morgan Smith | Abraham Elton |
| 1737 | Nathaniel Day | Merchant | Joseph Iles | Henry Dampier |
| 1738 | William Jefferis | Merchant | John Combe | Giles Bayly |
| 1739 | Stephen Clutterbuck | Tobacconist | Michael Becher | David Dehany |
| 1740 | Henry Combe | Linen Draper | Walter Jenkins | William Martin |
| 1741 | Richard Bayley | John Chamberlayne | Henry Mugleworth | |
| 1742 | Sir Abraham Elton Bart. | William Cossley | Jeremiah Ames | |
| 1743 | John Berrow | Isaac Elton | John Durbin | |
| 1744 | John Day | Merchant | John Foy | Buckler Weekes |
| 1745 | William Barnes | Sugar-baker | Thomas Marsh | John Noble |
| 1746 | Edward Cooper | Merchant | Henry Swymmer | Richard Farr jun. |
| 1747 | John Foy | Merchant | John Berrow | Giles Bayly |
| 1748 | Buckler Weekes | Draper | John Daltera | Isaac Baugh |
| 1749 | Thomas Curtis | Merchant | William Barnes jun. | John Curtis |
| 1750 | James Laroche | Merchant | George Weare | Joseph Love |
| 1751 | David Peloquin | Merchant | Henry Dampier | Isaac Baugh |
| 1752 | John Clements | Shipwright | Daniel Woodward | Edward Whatley |
| 1753 | Abraham Elton | Merchant | Henry Bright | Thomas Harris |
| 1754 | Morgan Smith | Sugar-baker | Thomas Knox | Thomas Deane |
| 1755 | Henry Dampier | Merchant | Henry Weare | James Hilhouse |
| 1756 | Giles Baily | Druggist | Nathaniel Foy | Austin Goodwin |
| 1757 | William Martin | Tobaccoist | Robert Gordon | Isaac Piguenit |
| 1758 | Henry Mugleworth | Upholder | Samuel Webb | John Berrow |
| 1759 | Jeremiah Ames | Sugar-baker | Charles Hotchkin | John Noble |
| 1760 | John Durbin | Drysalter | Isaac Piguenit | Samuel Sedgley |
| 1761 | Isaac Elton | Merchant | Joseph Daltera | William Barnes jun. |
| 1762 | John Noble | Merchant | William Weare | Thomas Farr |
| 1763 | Richard Farr | Merchant | Andrew Pope | John Durbin jun. |
| 1764 | Henry Swymmer | Merchant | James Laroche jun. | John Bull |
| 1765 | Isaac Baugh | Gentleman | Isaac Elton jun. | Michael Miller jun. |
| 1766 | William Barnes jun. | Sugar-baker | William Miles | Henry Cruger |
| 1767 | George Weare | Grocer | Edward Brice | Alexander Edgar |
| 1768 | Edward Whatley | Sugar-baker | John Crofts | Henry Lippincott |
| 1769 | Thomas Harris | Merchant | John Merlott | George Daubeny |
| 1770 | Thomas Deane | Merchant | Isaac Elton jun. | Henry Lippincott |
| 1771 | Henry Bright | Merchant | Levi Ames | Jeremy Baker |
| 1772 | Nathaniel Foy | Brewer | John Noble | John Anderson |
| 1773 | Robert Gordon | Merchant | Andrew Pope | Thomas Pierce |
| 1774 | Charles Hotchkin | Gentleman | John Durbin jun. | James Hill |
| 1775 | Thomas Farr | Merchant | Edward Brice | John Noble |
| 1776 | Andrew Pope | Sugar-baker | John Farr | John Harris |
| 1777 | John Durbin jun. | Gentleman | John Fisher Weare | Philip Protheroe |
| 1778 | Sir John Durbin | Benjamin Loscombe | James Morgan jun. | |
| 1779 | Michael Miller jun. | Merchant | Edward Brice | John Harford |
| John Bull | ||||
| 1780 | William Miles | Merchant | Samuel Span | Joseph Smith |
| 1781 | Henry Cruger | Merchant | Robert Colman | John Collard |
| 1782 | Edward Brice | Sugar-baker | Rowland Williams | William Blake |
| 1783 | John Anderson | Merchant | John Garnett | Anthony Henderson |
| 1784 | John Farr | Rope Maker | John Fisher Weare | John Harvey |
| 1785 | John Crofts | Esquire | Joseph Harford | Stephen Nash |
| 1786 | George Daubeny | Sugar-baker | Evan Baillie | Thomas Daniel jun. |
| 1787 | Alexander Edgar | Esquire | John Morgan | Robert Claxton |
| 1788 | Levi Ames | Drysalter | James Hill | John Harris |
| 1789 | James Hill | Linen Draper | Henry Bengough | John Gordon jun. |
| 1790 | John Harris | Hosier | James Morgan | Rowland Williams |
| 1791 | John Noble | Merchant | Joseph Harford | Samuel Span |
| 1792 | Henry Bengough | Attorney | Wm Gibbons | Joseph Gregory Harris |
| 1793 | James Morgan | Druggist | Charles Young | John Page |
| 1794 | Joseph Smith | Merchant | Robert Castle | Joseph Edye |
| 1795 | James Harvey | Iron Merchant | David Evans | John Wilcox |
| 1796 | James Harvey | Iron Merchant | John Foy Edgar | Azariah Pinney |
| 1797 | Thomas Daniel | Merchant | Edward Protheroe | John Span |
| 1798 | Robert Claxton | Merchant | Daniel Wait | William Fripp |
| 1799 | John Morgan | Druggist | Henry Bright | Worthington Brice |