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]
21st century
edit- 2005–06 John Dunk
- 2006–07 John Gooders
- 2007–08 Alan McKinna
- 2008–09 Anthony Moore
- 2009–10 Graham Alexander
- 2010–11 Mike Melvin
- 2012–13 Roger Neaves
- 2014–15 Stephen Turner
- 2015–16 John Spencer
- 2016–17 John Spencer
- 2017–18 Cynthia Feast
- 2018–19 John Rodley
- 2019–20 John Rodley
References
edit- ^ "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.
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