List of mayors of Wells explained
Mayor of Wells, Somerset, England:[1]
- 1590: Leonard Crosse[2]
- 1592: William Watkin[3]
- 15931594: James Godwyn[4]
- 1598: John Ayshe
- 1608: John Ayshe[5]
- 16131614: James Godwyn[4]
- 17501751 John Dorset Long[6]
- 17511752 Thomas Strode[6]
- 17521753 Charles Tudway[6]
- 17531754 John Sutton[6]
- 17541755 Robert Holloway[6]
- 17551756 Charles Tudway[6]
- 17561757 Thomas Miller[6]
- 17571758 William Keate[6]
- 17581759 John Long[6]
- 17591760 John Sutton[6]
- 17601761 William Nicholls[6]
- 17611762 Charles Tudway[6]
- 17621763 Joseph Lovell[6]
- 17631764 Clement Tudway[6]
- 17641765 Thomas Miller[6]
- 17651766 Robert Tudway[6]
- 17661767 William Rood[6]
- 17671768 Charles Tudway[6]
- 17681769 James Flood[6]
- 17691770 Joseph Lovell[6]
- 17701771 Thomas Millard[6]
- 17711772 Robert Tudway[6]
- 17721773 Clement Tudway[6]
- 17731774 William Rood[6]
- 17741775 Joseph Lovell[6]
- 17751776 Clement Tudway[6]
- 17761777 Thomas Millard[6]
- 17771778 Robert Tudway[6]
- 17781779 John Brock[6]
- 17791780 William Rood[6]
- 17801781 Clement Tudway[6]
- 17811782 Joseph Lovell[6]
- 17821783 Thomas Millard[6]
- 17831784 William Rood[6]
- 17841785 Clement Tudway[6]
- 17851786 John Allford[6]
- 17861787 John Brock[6]
- 17871788 Clement Tudway[6]
- 17881789 Thomas Millard[6]
- 17891790 John Lovell[6]
- 17901791 John Allford[6]
- 17911792 Clement Tudway[6]
- 17921793 George Lax[6]
- 17931794 John Brock[6]
- 17941795 Clement Tudway[6]
- 17951796 Thomas Millard[6]
- 17961797 John Lovell[6]
- 17971798 Clement Tudway[6]
- 17981799 George Lax[6]
- 17991800 John Brock[6]
- 18001801 Robert Lax[6]
- 18011802 Edward Goldesborough[6]
- 18021803 George Lax[6]
- 18031804 Clement Tudway[6]
- 18041805 Francis Drake[6]
- 18051806 John Porch[6]
- 18061807 Robert Lax[6]
- 18071808 Edward Goldesborough[6]
- 18081809 Clement Tudway[6]
- 18091810 George Lax[6]
- 18101811 John Paine Tudway[6]
- 18111812 Joseph Teek[6]
- 18121813 Edward Spencer[6]
- 18131814 Maurice Davies[6]
- 18141815 Henry Brookes[6]
- 18151816 Robert Lax[6]
- 18161817 Henry Brookes[6]
- 18171818 Francis Besly[6]
- 18181819 Joseph Teek[6]
- 18191820 Henry Brookes[6]
- 18201821 Stephen Davies[6]
- 18211822 Henry Hope[6]
- 18221823 Robert Brooks[6]
- 18231824 Henry Brookes[6]
- 18241825 Francis Besly[6]
- 18251826 Henry Hope[6]
- 18261827 Henry Brookes[6]
- 18271828 Edward Spencer[6]
- 18281829 Stephen Davies[6]
- 18291830 Robert Welsh[6]
- 18301831 John Lax[6]
- 18311832 John Nicholls[6]
- 18321833 John Lax[6]
- 18331834 Francis Besly[6]
- 18341835 Robert Brooks[6]
- 18351836 Joseph Lovell[6]
- 18361837 Joseph Lovell[6]
- 18371838 John Lax[6]
- 18381839 William Inman Welsh[6]
- 18391840 Joseph Giles[6]
- 18401841 John Fry[6]
- 18411842 William Inman Welsh[6]
- 18421843 John Belfour Plowman[6]
- 18431844 James Garrod[6]
- 18441845 William Perkins[6]
- 18451846 James Garrod[6]
- 18461847 John Belfour Plowman[6]
- 18471848 Henry Bernard[6]
- 18481849 Henry Bernard[6]
- 18491850 Edward Nicklin Wells[6]
- 18501851 Edward Nicklin Wells[6]
- 1855-? (13 times by 1887) John Gifford Everett[7]
- 18901892 Jonathan Slater[7]
- 18971898 James Tate[7]
- 19021904 Sidney Tom Richards (Conservative)[8] [7]
- 19131919 G.W. Wheeler[7]
- 19211922 William Reakes[7]
- 19231924 Edwin Crease[7]
- 1926 Edwin Crease[7]
- 19471949 Ernest Sheldon[7]
- 19541956 Florence (Flooray) Melrose[9]
- 19631965 Lillian M Osmond[7]
- 19701971 Wilhelmina Pinching[9]
- 19741975 David Tudway Quilter
- 19751976 Neil Mitchell
- 19761977 George Algar
- 19771978 Christine Stiles
- 19781979 Harry Parkes
- 19791980 Ernest Wright
- 19801981 Christina Baron
- 19811982 Helen Barrett
- 19821983 Stephen Fowler
- 19831984 Eileen Giles
- 19841985 Graham Livings
- 19851986 Peter Wride
- 19861987 Nan Rennett
- 19871988 Norman Kennedy
- 19881989 Pat Robinson
- 19891990 Josephine Robinson
- 19901991 Harvey Siggs
- 19911992 Sheila Pierce
- 19921993 Alan Hague
- 19931994 Kate Fry
- 19941995 John Howett
- 19951996 Nick Denison
- 19961997 Isobel Marshall
- 19971998 Roy Mackenzie
- 19981999 Rosemary Woods
- 19992000 Maureen Brandon
- 20002001 Desmond Gripper
- 20012002 David Anderson
- 20022003 Jean Hague
- 20032004 Colin Price
- 20042005 Harvey Siggs
- 20052006 Norman Kennedy
- 20062007 Simon Davies
- 20072008 David Anderson
- 20082010 Christina Borastero
- 20102011 Tony Robbins
- 20112012 Danny Unwin
- 20122013 Maureen Brandon
- 20132014 Theo Butt Philip
- 20142015 Chris Briton
- 20152016 Gordon Wilson
- 20162017 Alison Gibson
- 20172018 John North
- 20182019 Celia Wride
- 20192020 John Osman
- 20202022 Philip Welch
- 20222023 Stewart Cursley
- 20232024 Tanys Pullin
- 20242025 Jasmine Browne (650th Mayor of Wells)
Notes and References
- Web site: List of Mayors of Wells . . 16 January 2024.
- Web site: CROSSE, Leonard (d.1610), of Wells, Som.History of Parliament Online. historyofparliamentonline.org.
- Web site: WATKIN, William, of Wells, Som.History of Parliament Online. historyofparliamentonline.org.
- Web site: GODWYN, James (c.1557-1616), of Wells, Som.History of Parliament Online. historyofparliamentonline.org.
- Web site: AYSHE, John, of Wells, Som.History of Parliament Online. historyofparliamentonline.org.
- Web site: Previous Mayors of Wells 17501850. City of Wells. 10 October 2016.
- Web site: Photographs of the Mayors of Wells. Wells City Council. 10 October 2016.
- Election of Mayors . 11 November 1902 . 12 . 36922.
- Web site: Women Mayors of the City of Wells. Wells City Council. 10 October 2016.
