List of mayors of Devizes explained

The following persons have been mayors of the town of Devizes, Wiltshire, England.

Medieval

• 1302 John Cray (the first Mayor of Devizes)
• 1376–77 Richard Cardmaker^[1]
  • 1379–81 Richard Cardmaker 1377–79 William Spicer.^[2]
• 1381–82 William Spicer
• 1388–89 William Coventre I^[3]
  • 1391–92 Richard Cardmaker 1410 Simon Skinner^[4]

16th & 17th centuries

• 1547-51 Richard Batt
• 1554–55 Thomas Hull^[5]
• 1568 Henry Grube^[6]
• 1573 Henry Grube
• 1595 John Batt (Also known as John Whittock)
  • 1602–03 John Kent 1642 Richard Pierce
• 1694–96 John Child^[7]

20th century

• 1902-03 William Rose (Conservative)^[8]
• 1907–08 Edward Simpson
• 1988-89 Arthur John Perrett
• 1991–92 Ludmilia Barnett
• 1993–94 Margaret Taylor^[9]
• 1994-95 Charles Winchcombe
• 1995–96 I Hopkins^[10]
• 1997–98 Ray Taylor^[9]
• 1998–99 Jim Thorpe
• 1999–2000 Noel Woolrych

21st century

• 2000–01 Timothy Price^[11]
• 2001-02 Ray Parsons
• 2002–03 Catherine Brown
• 2003–04 Paula Winchcombe
• 2004–05 Margaret Taylor^[9]
• 2005–06 Peter Evans^[10]
• 2006–07 Donald Jones
• 2007–08 Julian Beinhorn
• 2008–09 Jane Burton^[9]
• 2009–10 John Leighton
• 2010–11 Peter Smith^[10]
• 2011–12 Sue Evans^[10]
• 2012–13 Kelvin Nash^[10]
• 2013–14 Peter Smith^[10]
• 2014–15 Sarah Bridewell
• 2015–16 Roger Giraud-Saunders^[12]
• 2016–17 Jane Burton
• 2017–18 Nigel Carter
• 2019–20 Judy Rose^[13]
• 2020–21 Andy Johnson (died in office, May 2020);^[14] subsequently Christine Gay as acting mayor^[15]
• 2021–22 Christine (Chris) Gay

Notes and References

1. Web site: CARDMAKER, Richard, of Devizes, Wilts. – History of Parliament Online. 6 August 2016.
2. Web site: SPICER, William, of Devizes, Wilts. – History of Parliament Online. 6 August 2016.
3. Web site: COVENTRE, William I, of Devizes, Wilts. – History of Parliament Online. 6 August 2016.
4. Web site: SKINNER, Simon (d.1417), of Chew Magna, Som. and Devizes, Wilts. – History of Parliament Online. 6 August 2016.
5. Web site: HULL, Thomas (by 1528-75/76), of Devizes, Wilts. – History of Parliament Online. 6 August 2016.
6. Web site: GRUBE, Henry (d.1582), of Devizes, Wilts. – History of Parliament Online. 6 August 2016.
7. Web site: Devizes – History of Parliament Online. 6 August 2016.
8. Election of Mayors . 11 November 1902 . 12 . 36922.
9. Web site: Past Mayors of Devizes Town. Devizes Town Council. https://web.archive.org/web/20141118113153/http://www.devizes-tc.gov.uk/civic/PastMayors/index.htm. 18 November 2014.
10. Web site: Contact a Devizes Town Councillor. Devizes Town Council. 6 August 2016.
11. Web site: Riddle. Joe. GUILTY: Disgraced former mayor dying of cancer convicted of historic child sex crimes. Swindon Advertiser. 22 January 2015. 4 August 2016.
12. Web site: New Devizes mayor picks his chosen charities. Gazette and Herald. Joanne. Moore. 19 May 2015. 15 December 2015.
13. Web site: Devizes woman hits 100 years of age. Garg. Isaac. 18 December 2019. Wiltshire Times. en. 2020-05-28.
14. Web site: Shock as newly elected Devizes Mayor dies. Moore. Joanne. 26 May 2020. Wiltshire Times. en. 2020-05-28.
15. Web site: Robertson. Kirsten. 21 May 2021. Mayor elected in Devizes - as in-person meetings return. 2021-05-23. The Wiltshire Gazette and Herald. en.