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

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