List of mayors of Cambridge explained

The office of the mayor of Cambridge was created following the granting of a charter by King John in 1207 to the town of Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England. The charter gave the burgesses of the town the right to elect their own mayors in place of the provosts previously appointed by the crown. The first recorded mayor was Hervey FitzEustace who served in the year 1213.

Mayors of Cambridge

The following have been mayors of Cambridge :

• 1213: Hervey FitzEustace, 1st recorded mayor
• 1376–78: John Cotton, MP for Cambridge 6 times between 1379 and 1388^[1]
• Sept. 1378-9, 1386–8, 1393–4, 1396–9, 1405–6: Robert Brigham^[2]
• 1391–92: John Marshall^[3]
• 1432–33: John Knapton^[4]
• 1586–87: John Edmonds, MP for Cambridge, 1586 ^[5]
• 1596–98: Robert Wallis, MP for Cambridge, 1597–1611
• 1599–1600: John Yaxley, MP for Cambridge, 1597–1611 ^[6]
• 1605–06: John Edmonds
• 1619–21: Richard Foxton, MP for Cambridge, 1621
• c.1780: John Mortlock, MP for Cambridge, 1784^[7]
• 1794: John Whittred, magistrate (1697–1778)

Further reading

• Book: Cambridge Visitor's Guide . William White . Metcalfe & Co. . Cambridge . 8th ed. of the 'Railway Traveller's Walk Through Cambridge' . List of the Mayors for the Town of Cambridge . 1895 . https://books.google.com/books?id=zdZCAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA241 .

Notes and References

1. Web site: COTTON, John, of Cambridge. – History of Parliament Online. www.historyofparliamentonline.org.
2. Web site: BRIGHAM, Robert, of Cambridge. | History of Parliament Online.
3. Web site: MARSHALL, John I, of Cambridge. – History of Parliament Online. www.historyofparliamentonline.org.
4. Web site: KNAPTON, John, of Cambridge. – History of Parliament Online. www.historyofparliamentonline.org.
5. Web site: EDMONDS, John (d.1606), of Cambridge. – History of Parliament Online. www.historyofparliamentonline.org.
6. Web site: YAXLEY, John (-d. by.1626), of The Rose, St. Michael's, Cambridge, Cambs. and Waterbeach, Cambs.. History of Parliament Trust. 24 March 2019.
7. Web site: Archived copy . 5 August 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141029005506/https://www.cambridge.gov.uk/sites/www.cambridge.gov.uk/files/documents/Cambridge_Mayors_1835-onwards.pdf . 29 October 2014 . dead .