| Post: | Mayor |
| Body: | Abingdon-on-Thames |
| Insignia: | Blason ville uk Abingdon (Oxfordshire).svg |
| Insigniasize: | 120px |
| Insigniacaption: | Coat of arms of Abingdon-on-Thames |
| Incumbent: | Cllr Andy Foulsham |
| Incumbentsince: | 2022 |
| Termlength: | One municipal year |
| Formation: | 1556 |
The Mayor of Abingdon-on-Thames is a ceremonial post held by a member of Abingdon-on-Thames Council, elected annually by the council.[1] [2]
In 1556, Mary I of England granted a charter establishing a mayor, two bailiffs, twelve chief burgesses and sixteen secondary burgesses, the mayor to be clerk of the market, coroner and a Justice of the Peace. The charter nominated Richard Mayotte as the first Mayor in 1556.[3] [4] Originally, the mayor would be elected on the Feast of St. Michael and Archangel on 29 September.[5]
| width=50 | Year | width=200 | Mayor | width=200 | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1556 | Richard Mayotte | ||||
| 1557 | William Mathewe | ||||
| 1558 | Humfreye Bostocke | ||||
| 1559 | Thomas Tonks | ||||
| 1560 | James Fyssher | ||||
| 1561 | Oliver Hide | ||||
| 1562 | Thomas Orpwoode | ||||
| 1563 | William Braunche | ||||
| 1564 | Richard Smythe | ||||
| 1565 | William Blacknoll | ||||
| 1566 | James Fyssher | ||||
| 1567 | Thomas Smythe | ||||
| 1568 | Richard Mayotte | ||||
| 1569 | Thomas Orpwoode | ||||
| 1570 | Lionell Bostocke | ||||
| 1571 | William Braunche | ||||
| 1572 | William Blacknoll | ||||
| 1573 | Thomas Smythe | ||||
| 1574 | Richard Quelche | ||||
| 1575 | Thomas Orpwoode | ||||
| 1576 | John Chauntrell | ||||
| 1577 | Lionell Bostocke | ||||
| 1578 | Richard Mayotte | ||||
| 1579 | Humfreye Hide/James Fyssher | ||||
| 1580 | John Fyssher | ||||
| 1581 | William Kysbie | ||||
| 1582 | William Braunche | ||||
| 1583 | Thomas Smythe | ||||
| 1584 | Thomas Mayotte | ||||
| 1585 | Pawle Orpwoode | ||||
| 1586 | Lionell Bostocke | ||||
| 1587 | William Kysbie/Henry Ayres | ||||
| 1588 | Humfreye Hide/William Braunche | ||||
| 1589 | Thomas Mayotte | ||||
| 1590 | William Lee | ||||
| 1591 | William Harte | ||||
| 1592 | Francis Brooke alias Little | ||||
| 1593 | Paull Orpwoode | ||||
| 1594 | Lionell Bostocke | ||||
| 1595 | Humfrey Hide | ||||
| 1596 | Robert Payne | ||||
| 1597 | Anthony Tesdale | ||||
| 1598 | Francis Brooke alias Little | ||||
| 1599 | Christopher Tesdale | ||||
| 1600 | Humfrey Hide | ||||
| 1601 | William Lee | ||||
| 1602 | Robert Payne | ||||
| 1603 | John Blacknall | ||||
| 1604 | Thomas Orpwoode | ||||
| 1605 | Thomas Mayott Jr. | ||||
| 1606 | Francis Brooke alias Little | ||||
| 1607 | William Lee | ||||
| 1608 | Lawrence Stevenson | ||||
| 1609 | John Mayott | ||||
| 1610 | John Fraunces | ||||
| 1611 | Robert Payne | ||||
| 1612 | Richard Curtyn | ||||
| 1613 | Richard Chicken | ||||
| 1614 | Christopher Tesdale | ||||
| 1615 | Thomas Orpwood | ||||
| 1616 | Thomas Mayott | ||||
| 1617 | Francis Little | ||||
| 1618 | William Lee | ||||
| 1619 | Lawrence Stevenson | ||||
| 1620 | John Mayott | ||||
| 1621 | Robert Payne | ||||
| 1622 | Richard Curtyn | ||||
| 1623 | Richard Chicken | ||||
| 1624 | Christopher Tesdale | ||||
| 1625 | Thomas Clempson | ||||
| 1626 | Richard Curtyn | ||||
| 1627 | John Mayott | ||||
| 1628 | John Bradford | ||||
| 1629 | William Lee | ||||
| 1630 | John Payne | ||||
| 1631 | Richard Chicken | ||||
| 1632 | John Teasdale | ||||
| 1633 | John Hawe | ||||
| 1634 | Benjamin Tesdale | ||||
| 1635 | Richard Barton | ||||
| 1636 | Edmund Franklyn | ||||
| 1637 | Benjamin Tesdale | ||||
| 1638 | William Castell | ||||
| 1639 | John Mayott | ||||
| 1640 | Robert Mayott | ||||
| 1641 | Edmund Franklyn | ||||
| 1642 | Joshua Tesdale | ||||
| 1643 | Edmund Franklyn/John Mayott | ||||
| 1644 | Richard Barton | ||||
| 1645 | Henry Langlie/William Castell/Thomas Steede | ||||
| 1646 | James Curten | ||||
| 1647 | Richard Cheyney | ||||
| 1648 | John Tesdale | ||||
| 1649 | William Wicks | ||||
| 1650 | Francis Payne | ||||
| 1651 | John Mayott | ||||
| 1652 | John Boulter | ||||
| 1653 | Henry Langlie | ||||
| 1654 | John Hanson | ||||
| 1655 | John Hanson | ||||
| 1656 | John Bolter | ||||
| 1657 | James Curten | ||||
| 1658 | Francis Paine | ||||
| 1659 | John Mayott | ||||
| 1660 | Thomas Paine | ||||
| 1661 | Edmond Franklyn | ||||
| 1662 | Edward Bond | ||||
| 1663 | William Cheyney | ||||
| 1664 | Jonathan Hawe | ||||
| 1665 | James Curten | ||||
| 1666 | William Cheyney | ||||
| 1667 | John Wichlowe | ||||
| 1668 | Thomas Hulcotts | ||||
| 1669 | Simon Hawkins | ||||
| 1670 | William Cheyney | ||||
| 1671 | James Curten | ||||
| 1672 | John Claxon | ||||
| 1673 | Simon Hawkins | ||||
| 1674 | William Cheyney Jr. | ||||
| 1675 | John Payne | ||||
| 1676 | William Cheyney | ||||
| 1677 | Robert Sellwood | ||||
| 1678 | John Payne | ||||
| 1679 | Robert Blackaller | ||||
| 1680 | Robert Sellwood | ||||
| 1681 | George Winchurst | ||||
| 1682 | William Foster | ||||
| 1683 | William Hawkins | ||||
| 1684 | Thomas Hulcotts | ||||
| 1685 | William Foster | ||||
| 1686 | John Saunders | ||||
| 1687 | William Foster/James Corderoy | ||||
| 1688 | William Foster/William Hawkins | ||||
| 1689 | James Corderoy | ||||
| 1690 | Robert Sellwood | ||||
| 1691 | William Hawkins | ||||
| 1692 | Robert Blackaller | ||||
| 1693 | George Drew | ||||
| 1694 | James Curten | ||||
| 1695 | John Payne | ||||
| 1696 | Robert Blackaller | ||||
| 1697 | John Sellwood | ||||
| 1698 | James Curten | ||||
| 1699 | James Curten | ||||
| 1700 | John Sellwood | ||||
| 1701 | John Spinage | ||||
| 1702 | Robert Sellwood | ||||
| 1703 | John Sellwood | ||||
| 1704 | Joseph Spinage | ||||
| 1705 | Michael Rawlins | ||||
| 1706 | Richard Ely | ||||
| 1707 | John Sellwood | ||||
| 1708 | John Spinage | ||||
| 1709 | Thomas King | ||||
| 1710 | Michael Rawlins | ||||
| 1711 | John Spinage | ||||
| 1712 | Mark Hawkins | ||||
| 1713 | William Dunn | ||||
| 1714 | Clement Sexton | ||||
| 1715 | Thomas Simes | ||||
| 1716 | Matthew Hart | ||||
| 1717 | William Philipson | ||||
| 1718 | Thomas Prince | ||||
| 1719 | William Tudor | ||||
| 1720 | William Philipson | ||||
| 1721 | Clement Sexton | ||||
| 1722 | John Fludyer | ||||
| 1723 | William Philipson | ||||
| 1724 | Clement Sexton | ||||
| 1725 | James Saunders | ||||
| 1726 | William Wells | ||||
| 1727 | James Saunders/William Philipson/John Fludyer | ||||
| 1728 | Matthew Anderson | ||||
| 1729 | William Dunn | ||||
| 1730 | Edward Saxton | ||||
| 1731 | Thomas Read | ||||
| 1732 | Edward Spinage | ||||
| 1733 | Josepeh Stockwell | ||||
| 1734 | Thomas Cullerne | ||||
| 1735 | Matthew Anderson | ||||
| 1736 | John Spinage | ||||
| 1737 | William Yateman | ||||
| 1738 | Thomas Cullerne | ||||
| 1739 | James Saunders | ||||
| 1740 | Edward Spinage | ||||
| 1741 | John Spinage | ||||
| 1742 | Richard Rose | ||||
| 1743 | Charles Cox | ||||
| 1744 | John Eldridge | ||||
| 1745 | Richard Rose | ||||
| 1746 | Matthew Anderson | ||||
| 1747 | John Eldridge | ||||
| 1748 | John Crossley | ||||
| 1749 | Richard Rose | ||||
| 1750 | Bernard Bedwell | ||||
| 1751 | Richard Beasley | ||||
| 1752 | Richard Rose | ||||
| 1753 | Thomas Justice | ||||
| 1754 | Henry Harding | ||||
| 1755 | Richard Rose | ||||
| 1756 | John Eldridge | ||||
| 1757 | Thomas Cullerne | ||||
| 1758 | Henry Harding | ||||
| 1759 | George Knapp Sr. | ||||
| 1760 | Henry Harding | ||||
| 1761 | John Nash | ||||
| 1762 | Thomas Prince | ||||
| 1763 | William Hawkins | ||||
| 1764 | Richard Rose | ||||
| 1765 | Joseph Penn | ||||
| 1766 | William Hawkins | ||||
| 1767 | George Knapp Sr. | ||||
| 1768 | Richard Rose | ||||
| 1769 | Edward Bagger | ||||
| 1770 | Richard Beesley | ||||
| 1771 | Richard Saunders | ||||
| 1772 | Richard Rose | ||||
| 1773 | William Stevens | ||||
| 1774 | John Payne | ||||
| 1775 | Richard Rose | ||||
| 1776 | Richard Saunders | ||||
| 1777 | William Hawkins | ||||
| 1778 | William Eldridge | ||||
| 1779 | John Harding | ||||
| 1780 | James Powell | ||||
| 1781 | William Allder | ||||
| 1782 | James Penn | ||||
| 1783 | John Bedwell | ||||
| 1784 | James Penn | ||||
| 1785 | George Hawkins | ||||
| 1786 | William Bowles | ||||
| 1787 | Edward Yates | ||||
| 1788 | Bartholomew Bradfield | ||||
| 1789 | James Powell | ||||
| 1790 | John Bedwell | ||||
| 1791 | Edward Child | ||||
| 1792 | George Knapp Jr. | ||||
| 1793 | James Smallbone | ||||
| 1794 | Henry Knapp/William Allder | ||||
| 1795 | William Eldridge | ||||
| 1796 | Edward Child | ||||
| 1797 | George Knapp Jr. | ||||
| 1798 | William Allder | ||||
| 1799 | George Knapp Jr. |
| width=50 | Year | width=200 | Mayor | width=200 | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1800 | Thomas Knight | ||||
| 1801 | Edward Child | ||||
| 1802 | William Allder | ||||
| 1803 | Thomas Knight Jr. | ||||
| 1804 | Henry Harding | ||||
| 1805 | Henry Knapp | ||||
| 1806 | Thomas Knight | ||||
| 1807 | George Knapp Jr. | ||||
| 1808 | Thomas Knight | ||||
| 1809 | Thomas Goodall | ||||
| 1810 | Thomas Knight | ||||
| 1811 | John Francis Spenlove | ||||
| 1812 | Thomas Knight | ||||
| 1813 | Henry Knapp | ||||
| 1814 | Samuel Cripps | ||||
| 1815 | Thomas Knight | ||||
| 1816 | James Cole | ||||
| 1817 | Thomas West | ||||
| 1818 | James Cole | ||||
| 1819 | Thomas Knight | ||||
| 1820 | Thomas Baker | ||||
| 1821 | John Francis Spenlove | ||||
| 1822 | James Cole | ||||
| 1823 | Thomas Knight | ||||
| 1824 | William Bowles | ||||
| 1825 | James Cole | ||||
| 1826 | William Doe Belcher | ||||
| 1827 | Thomas Knight | ||||
| 1828 | Charles King | ||||
| 1829 | James Cole | ||||
| 1830 | John Vindin Collingwood | ||||
| 1831 | Thomas Knight | ||||
| 1832 | John Francis Spenlove | ||||
| 1833 | James Cole | ||||
| 1834 | Benjamin Collingwood | ||||
| 1835 | William Doe Belcher | ||||
| 1836 | Charles King | ||||
| 1837 | John Harris | ||||
| 1838 | William Graham | ||||
| 1839 | William Doe Belcher | ||||
| 1840 | John Tomkins | ||||
| 1841 | Richard Badcock | ||||
| 1842 | John Hyde Jr. | ||||
| 1843 | John Harris | ||||
| 1844 | William Doe Belcher | ||||
| 1845 | Edwin James Trendell | ||||
| 1846 | Benjamin Collingwood | ||||
| 1847 | Charles Payne | ||||
| 1848 | William Graham | ||||
| 1849 | John Tomkins | ||||
| 1850 | John Hyde Jr. | ||||
| 1851 | Edwin James Trendell | ||||
| 1852 | Edwin James Trendell | ||||
| 1853 | William Doe Belcher | ||||
| 1854 | John Tomkins | ||||
| 1855 | William Doe Belcher | ||||
| 1856 | William Pemberton/John Tomkins | ||||
| 1857 | William Ballard | ||||
| 1858 | Edwin James Trendell | ||||
| 1859 | Edwin James Trendell | ||||
| 1860 | Edwin Payne | ||||
| 1861 | John Hyde Jr. | ||||
| 1862 | Richard Badcock | ||||
| 1863 | Bromley Challenor | ||||
| 1864 | Charles Payne | ||||
| 1865 | John Hyde Jr. | ||||
| 1866 | William Ballard | ||||
| 1867 | Edwin Payne | ||||
| 1868 | Edwin Payne | ||||
| 1869 | |||||
| 1870 | William Ballard | ||||
| 1871 | John Tomkins | ||||
| 1872 | John Tomkins | ||||
| 1873 | John Kent | ||||
| 1874 | John Thornhill Morland | ||||
| 1875 | John Thornhill Morland | ||||
| 1876 | Edwin Payne | ||||
| 1877 | John Tomkins | ||||
| 1878 | William Ballard | ||||
| 1879 | William Ballard | ||||
| 1880 | John Townsend | ||||
| 1881 | Edward Leader Shepherd | ||||
| 1882 | Edwin Payne | ||||
| 1883 | William Ballard | ||||
| 1884 | John Heber Clarke | ||||
| 1885 | John Thornhill Morland | ||||
| 1886 | John Tomkins | ||||
| 1887 | Edward Leader Shepherd | ||||
| 1888 | Edward Leader Shepherd | ||||
| 1889 | Thomas Townsend | ||||
| 1890 | John Tomkins | ||||
| 1891 | John Heber Clarke | ||||
| 1892 | Edward Morland | ||||
| 1893 | Edward Morland | ||||
| 1894 | Edward John Harris/John Heber Clarke | ||||
| 1895 | Edward John Harris | ||||
| 1896 | Charles Alfred Pryce | ||||
| 1897 | Thomas Townsend | ||||
| 1898 | Alfred Henry Simpson | ||||
| 1899 | John Thornhill Morland | ||||
| 1900 | John Thornhill Morland | ||||
| 1901 | John Thornhill Morland | ||||
| 1902 | Edward John Harris | ||||
| 1903 | John George Timothy West | ||||
| 1904 | Edward Leader Shepherd | ||||
| 1905 | William Brewer | ||||
| 1906 | John Ernest Alfred Cottrell | ||||
| 1907 | Edward John Harris | ||||
| 1908 | Harry Septimus Challenor | ||||
| 1909 | Arthur Edwin Preston | ||||
| 1910 | |||||
| 1911 | |||||
| 1912 | William Legge | ||||
| 1913 | Alex Walter Morland | ||||
| 1914 | Alex Walter Morland | ||||
| 1915 | Harry Thomas Clarke | ||||
| 1916 | Harry Thomas Clarke | ||||
| 1917 | Harry Septimus Challenor | ||||
| 1918 | Harry Septimus Challenor | ||||
| 1919 | Robert West Langford | ||||
| 1920 | Robert West Langford | ||||
| 1921 | Claude Rippon | ||||
| 1922 | Claude Rippon | ||||
| 1923 | Claude Rippon | ||||
| 1924 | John Dennis Godfrey | ||||
| 1925 | John Dennis Godfrey | ||||
| 1926 | John Dennis Godfrey | ||||
| 1927 | Archibald Bradfield Woodley | ||||
| 1928 | Archibald Bradfield Woodley | ||||
| 1929 | Frederick Gibson | [6] | |||
| 1930 | Frederick Gibson | ||||
| 1931 | Frederick Gibson | ||||
| 1932 | Albert Ernest Tombs | ||||
| 1933 | Albert Ernest Tombs | ||||
| 1934 | Albert Ernest Tombs | ||||
| 1935 | Albert Ernest Tombs | ||||
| 1936 | Albert Ernest Tombs | ||||
| 1937 | Arthur Meredith Wilson-Green | ||||
| 1938 | Arthur Meredith Wilson-Green | ||||
| 1939 | Arthur Meredith Wilson-Green | ||||
| 1940 | John Lacey West | ||||
| 1941 | John Lacey West | ||||
| 1942 | John Lyttleton Etty | ||||
| 1943 | John Lyttleton Etty | ||||
| 1944 | John Lyttleton Etty | ||||
| 1945 | Fred Stimpson | ||||
| 1946 | Fred Stimpson | ||||
| 1947 | Fred Stimpson | ||||
| 1948 | Fred Stimpson | ||||
| 1949 | Henry Booth | ||||
| 1950 | Agnes Leonora Challenor | ||||
| 1951 | Herbert George Mullard | ||||
| 1952 | Herbert George Mullard | ||||
| 1953 | Percy Holmes | ||||
| 1954 | Gerald Fitzgerald O'Connor | ||||
| 1955 | Harry James Polley | ||||
| 1956 | Cyril Gordon Stowe | ||||
| 1957 | Clement George Barber | ||||
| 1958 | Charles Edwin Gostling | ||||
| 1959 | Ernest Edward Sparkes | ||||
| 1960 | Constance May Cox | ||||
| 1961 | Bertram George Burrett | ||||
| 1962 | James Stewart Candy | ||||
| 1963 | Joseph Henry Stanley | ||||
| 1964 | Arthur Williams | ||||
| 1965 | Percy Lambert | ||||
| 1966 | John Jones | ||||
| 1967 | Reginald Alfred Rogers | ||||
| 1968 | Leslie Reginald Steggles | ||||
| 1969 | Samuel Jones | ||||
| 1970 | Harold Joseph Paxton | ||||
| 1971 | Joan Gladys Harcourt-Norris | ||||
| 1972 | Michael William Matthews | ||||
| 1973 | Harold Peter Merritt | ||||
| 1974 | Edward Raymond Staniland | ||||
| 1975 | William Liversidge | ||||
| 1976 | Ronald Riegelhult | ||||
| 1977 | Peter Thatcher | ||||
| 1978 | Ewart Hemmings | ||||
| 1979 | Pamela Walker | ||||
| 1980 | Nigel Trippett | ||||
| 1981 | Ada Dyson | ||||
| 1982 | Brian Jones | ||||
| 1983 | George Lewis | ||||
| 1984 | Wng Cdr James Blyth | ||||
| 1985 | Judith Vause | ||||
| 1986 | George Aird | ||||
| 1987 | Peter Spooner | ||||
| 1988 | Janet Morgan | ||||
| 1989 | Marilyn Badcock | ||||
| 1990 | Charles Michael Badcock | ||||
| 1991 | Maureen Varju | ||||
| 1992 | William Wivell | ||||
| 1993 | Rhoda 'Sue' Crane | ||||
| 1994 | Dr Colin Kemp | ||||
| 1995 | Dr James Alastair Halliday | ||||
| 1996 | Dr Vernon Spencer Butt | ||||
| 1997 | Julie Mayhew-Archer | ||||
| 1998 | Jeanette Rickus-Prosser | ||||
| 1999 | Audrey Mary Hasnip | ||||
| 2000 | Lesley Legge | ||||
| 2001 | David Allinson | ||||
| 2002 | Audrey Tamplin | ||||
| 2003 | Hilary Green | ||||
| 2004 | Keith George Hasnip | ||||
| 2005 | Alison Rooke | ||||
| 2006 | Peter Green | ||||
| 2007 | Lorraine Oates | ||||
| 2008 | Patrick Lonergan | ||||
| 2009 | Patricia Mary Hobby | ||||
| 2010 | Duncan Brown | ||||
| 2011 | Charles Michael Badcock | ||||
| 2012 | Monica Mary Lovatt | ||||
| 2013 | Samantha Bowring | ||||
| 2014 | Angela Lawrence | ||||
| 2015 | Helen Pighills | ||||
| 2016 | Alice Badcock | ||||
| 2017 | Janet Morter | ||||
| 2018 | Margaret Crick | ||||
| 2019 | Charlie Birks | ||||
| 2020 | Charlie Birks | ||||
| 2021 | Cheryl Briggs | ||||
| 2022 | Andy Foulsham |