List of mayors of Winchelsea

Winchelsea is an historic town in East Sussex, England. There has been a Mayor of Winchelsea since Edward I granted the town the right to its own Mayor and Corporation around 1292. Records of the Mayors exist since 1295. Since^{[clarification needed]} the Mayor has been elected annually on Easter Monday by the Freemen of the Town at an "Hundred".^[1]

The corporation lost its remaining civil and judicial powers in 1886 but was preserved as a charity by an Act of Parliament in order to maintain the membership of the Cinque Port Confederation. The mayor and corporation in Winchelsea now have a largely ceremonial role, together with responsibility for the ongoing care and maintenance of the main listed ancient monuments in the town and the Winchelsea museum.

Past Mayors of Winchelsea include:

John Salerne 1407-09 MP for Winchelsea, 1402 and 1407 and Romney, 1386, 1388 and 1391.
Robert Sparrow 1501, 1511, 1517 and 1524 MP for Winchelsea, 1510, ?1512, ?1515 and 1523^[2]
Thomas Ashburnham 1509-10 and 1521-2.^[3]
George Lowys 1525, 1531, 1536, 1537, 1551 MP for Winchelsea, 1529 and ?1536^[4]
William Oxenbridge 1549-50.^[5]
John Bell 1535 and 1541 MP for Winchelsea, 1541^[6]
Frederick Andrew Inderwick 1892-93, 1902-03^[7]
Robert Curteis Stileman 1901-02^[8]

^ "The Mayor and Corporation of Winchelsea". Winchester Corporation. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
^ Robert Sparrow (by 1459–1528)
^ Members Constituencies Parliaments Surveys (5 September 2012). "ASHBURNHAM, Thomas (by 1462-1523), of Guestling and Winchelsea, Suss. and London". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 11 September 2012.
^ "LOWYS, George (By 1500-53/54), of Winchelsea, Suss. | History of Parliament Online".
^ http://historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1509-1558/member/oxenbridge-%28oxbridge-uxbridge%29-william-1498-1550 ^{[bare URL]}
^ "BELL, John II (By 1514-43 or later), of Winchelsea, Suss. | History of Parliament Online".
^ "Court Circular". The Times. No. 36730. London. 1 April 1902. p. 7.
^ "Court Circular". The Times. No. 36424. London. 9 April 1901. p. 3.

[1] "The Mayor and Corporation of Winchelsea". Winchester Corporation. Retrieved 5 August 2014.

[2] Robert Sparrow (by 1459–1528)

[3] Members Constituencies Parliaments Surveys (5 September 2012). "ASHBURNHAM, Thomas (by 1462-1523), of Guestling and Winchelsea, Suss. and London". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 11 September 2012.

[4] "LOWYS, George (By 1500-53/54), of Winchelsea, Suss. | History of Parliament Online".

[5] ttp://historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1509-1558/member/oxenbridge-%28oxbridge-uxbridge%29-william-1498-1550 ^{[bare URL]}

[6] "BELL, John II (By 1514-43 or later), of Winchelsea, Suss. | History of Parliament Online".

[7] "Court Circular". The Times. No. 36730. London. 1 April 1902. p. 7.

[8] "Court Circular". The Times. No. 36424. London. 9 April 1901. p. 3.

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