Mayors and Sheriffs of Bristol 1500 -1599
transcribed from "History & Antiquities of Bristol" by William Barrett (18th Century)
| Year | Mayor |
Sheriff |
Sheriff |
| 1500 | Rich. Vaughan | Hugh Elliot | John Batten |
| 1501 | George Mollins | Thomas Snyg | Thomas Paruaunt |
| 1502 | Hugh Jones alias Brewer | John Collor | John Capell |
| 1503 | Henry Dale | Richard ap Merrick | William Bedford |
| 1504 | David Cogan | William Jefferis | Edward Penson |
| 1505 | Roger Dawes | Thomas Elliott | John Harris |
| 1506 | Philip Ringston | William Edwards | John Attwillis |
| 1507 | John Vaughan | John Edwards | Simon Jarvis |
| 1508 | Richard Hoby | John Matthews | William Neal |
| 1509 | John Capell | John Williams | John Wilkins |
| 1510 | John Poplay | Robert Hutton | Ralph Aprys |
| 1511 | John Rowland | John Hutton | Humphrey Brown |
| 1512 | John Ellyott | Thomas Dale | Thomas Broke |
| 1513 | William Bedford | William Wosley | John Shipman |
| 1514 | Robert Thorn | John Ware | Richard Tonnell |
| 1515 | Roger Dawes | Richard Abyngdon | William Vaughan |
| 1515 | John Vaughan | Thomas Pacy | Edward Prynne |
| 1517 | Richard Hoby | John Drews | John Pepe |
| 1518 | John Edward | John Hall | William Dale |
| 1519 | John Williams | Clement Bays | Robert Sailbrige |
| 1520 | Roger Dawes | William Shipman | Robert Aventry |
| 1521 | John Shipman | Robert Ellyott | Roger Coke |
| 1522 | John Rowland | Gilbert Cogan | William Chester |
| 1523 | John Williams | Robert Chapman | John Davis |
| 1524 | John Hutton | Thomas Jefferis | John Spring |
| 1525 | Richard Abingdon | Henry White | John Jervis |
| 1526 | Thomas Broke | George Bathram | David Lawrence |
| 1527 | John Ware | Thomas Nash | David Hutton |
| 1528 | Richard Tonnell | Nicholas Thorn | John Thorn |
| 1529 | John Shipman | William Kelke | Thomas Silke |
| 1530 | Thomas White | George Hall | Robert Adams |
| 1531 | Thomas Pacy | William Carey | John Mancell |
| 1532 | Clement Bays | John Smith | William Pykes |
| 1533 | William Shipman | William Howell | Anthony Pain |
| 1534 | Roger Cook | John Brampton | Nicholas Woodhouse |
| 1535 | John Hutton | Thomas Hart | John Northall |
| 1536 | Richard Abingdon | Richard Prinn | Thomas Moore |
| 1537 | William Chester | Thomas Winsmore | Rowland Cowper |
| 1538 | Thomas Jeffreys | David Harris | William Jay |
| 1539 | Roger Cook | William Rowley | William Young |
| 1540 | John Springe | William Spratt | Richard Morse |
| 1541 | Robert Elliot | Richard Watley | Robert Saxse |
| 1542 | Henry White | William Ballard | William Pepwall |
| 1543 | Thomas Pacy senr. | Francis Codrington | Thomas Landsdown |
| 1544 | Nicholas Thorn | John Gurney | Roger Jones |
| 1545 | Robert Adams | William Carr | Robert Davis |
| 1546 | William Cary | John A Wellis | Thomas Joackym |
| 1547 | John Smyth | Thomas Harris | William Tindall |
| 1548 | William Pyckes | Edward Tynte | John Mathews |
| 1549 | William Jay | Edward Prynne | John Stone |
| 1550 | David Harris | Roger Milward | Thomas Sheward |
| 1551 | Roger Cook | William Jones | Nicholas Williams |
| 1552 | William Chester | Thomas Tyson | Anthony Standback |
| 1553 | John Northall | John Pikes sen. | Thomas Pikes jun. |
| 1554 | John Smyth | Giles White | John Cutt |
| 1555 | William Young | Thomas Shipman | John Griffiths |
| 1556 | Robert Saxse | George Snigg | William Butler |
| 1557 | William Pepwall | William Tucker | Arthur Richards |
| 1558 | Robert Adams | John Brown | John Prewett |
| 1559 | Roger Jones | Thomas Chester | Thomas Kelke |
| 1560 | William Carr | Michael Sowdelay | George Higgins |
| 1561 | John Reekes | John Wade | Thomas Colston |
| 1562 | John Stone | John Roberts | William Belsher |
| 1563 | Nicholas Williams | Thomas Young | Richard Davis |
| 1564 | Anthony Standback | Edmund Jones | Thomas Slocomb |
| 1565 | John Northall | William Young | John Jones |
| 1566 | John Cutt | Phillip Langley | Thomas Aldworth |
| 1567 | William Pepwall | Dominick Chester | Walter Pykes |
| 1568 | John Stone | Thomas Kyrkland | Robert Smith |
| 1569 | Thomas Chester | Thomas Rowland | Richard Cole |
| 1570 | William Tucker | William Hicks | John Barnes |
| 1571 | John Stone | Thomas Warren | Randolph Hassell |
| 1572 | John Brown | William Gibbons | Robert Kitchen |
| 1573 | Thomas Kelke | Edward Porter | William Bird |
| 1574 | George Snigg | William Salterne | Robert Halton |
| 1575 | John Prewett | Michael Pepwall | Nicholas Blake |
| 1576 | John Wade | John Ash | Richard Ashurst |
| 1577 | Thomas Colston | William Hopkins | Walter Standfast |
| 1578 | John Roberts | William Prewett | Ralph Dole |
| 1579 | Thomas Young | George Bathram | Francis Knight |
| 1580 | Thomas Slocombe | William Parfey | William Yate |
| 1581 | Philip Langley | Bartholomew Cook | Humpry Andrews |
| 1582 | Thomas Aldworth | Thomas Pollington | John Webb |
| 1583 | Walter Pykes | Walter Davis | William Ellis |
| 1584 | Thomas Rowland | Rice Jones | Richard Kelke |
| 1585 | Richard Cole | Henry Gough | John Hart |
| 1586 | William Hicks | Edward Long | John Hopkins |
| 1587 | John Barnes | William Vawer | Ralph Hurt |
| 1588 | Robert Kitchen | Nicholas Hobbs | John Oliver |
| 1589 | William Bird | John Whitson | Christopher Kedgwin |
| 1590 | John Hopkins | George Snow | Hugh Griffith |
| 1591 | Walter Standfast | Thomas James | Walter Williams |
| 1592 | Thomas Aldworth | Richard May | John Young |
| 1593 | Michael Pepwall | John Barker | Richard Smith |
| 1594 | Francis Knight | Matthew Haviland | Thomas Pitcher |
| 1595 | William Parfey | Richard Rogers | John Sly |
| 1596 | William Yate | John Boucher | Robert Aldworth |
| 1597 | John Webb | John Englesfield | Richard George |
| 1598 | William Ellis | William Cary | Abel Kitchen |
| 1599 | John Hart | William Colston | John Harrison |