The TEMPORAL GOVERNMENT. [Maiors and Sheriffs.]130

The TEMPORAL GOVERNMENT. [Maiors and Sheriffs.]


A.D. 1524.}{ Raphe Dodmer.
16 Hen' VIII. } Sheriffs, { William Roche.
  [ Click here to view Image of coat of arms, Sir William Baily   ]
MAIOR, Sir William Baily, Draper,
Son to John Baily of Thacksted in Essex.


A.D. 1525.}{ John Caunton. *
17 Hen' VIII. } Sheriffs,{ Christopher Askew.
  [ Click here to view Image of coat of arms, Sir John Allen   ]
MAIOR, Sir John Allen, Mercer,
Son to Richard Allen of Thacksted in Essex.

*Calton, Summ.


A.D. 1526.}{ Stephen Peacock.
18 Hen' VIII. } Sheriffs,{ Nicolas Lambert.
  [ Click here to view Image of coat of arms, Sir Thomas Seymer   ]
MAIOR, Sir Thomas Seymer, Mercer,
Son to John Seymer of London, Fishmonger, who was Son to Robert Seymer of Walden in Essex.


A.D. 1527.}{ John Hardy.
19 Hen' VIII. } Sheriffs,{ William Holles.
  [ Click here to view Image of coat of arms, Sir James Spencer   ]
MAIOR, Sir James Spencer, Vintner,
Son to Robert Spencer of Congleton in Cheshire.

This Year was the great Sweating Sickness.


A.D. 1528.}{ Raphe Warren.
20 Hen' VIII. } Sheriffs,{ John Long.
  [ Click here to view Image of coat of arms, Sir John Rudstone   ]
MAIOR, Sir John Rudstone, Draper,
Son to Robert Rudstone of Hatton in Yorkshire.

Testament in English translated by by William Tindall.


A.D. 1529.}{ Michael Dormer.
21 Hen' VIII. } Sheriffs,{ Walter Champion.
  [ Click here to view Image of coat of arms, Sir Raphe Dodmer   ]
MAIOR, Sir Raphe Dodmer, Mercer,
Son to Henry Dodmer of Pickering-Leigh in Yorkshire.

This Maior was translated from the Brewers to the Mercers.

This Year it was decreed that no man should be Maior of London more than one Year.


A.D. 1530.}{ William Dauntesey. *
22 Hen' VIII. } Sheriffs,{ Richard Champion. †
  [ Click here to view Image of coat of arms, Sir Thomas Pargiter   ]
MAIOR, Sir Thomas Pargitor, Salter,
Son to John Pargitor of Chippingnorton in Oxfordshire

*Dancy, Sum.

†John Choping, Sum.

The King first called Supream Head.


A.D. 1531.}{ Richard Gresham.
23 Hen' VIII. } Sheriffs,{ Edward Altham.
  [ Click here to view Image of coat of arms, Sir Nicolas Lambard   ]
MAIOR, Sir Nicolas Lambard, Grocer,
Son to Edward Lambard of Wilton in Wiltshire.


A.D. 1532.}{ Richard Reynolds.
 }{ Nicolas Pinchon.
 } Sheriffs, { John Martyn
24 Hen' VIII.}{ John Priest.
  [ Click here to view Image of coat of arms, Sir Thomas Peacock   ]
MAIOR, Sir Stephen Peacock, Haberdasher,
Son to Stephen Peacock of the City of Dublin in Ireland.


A.D. 1533.}{ William Forman.
25 Hen' VIII. } Sheriffs,{ Sir Thomas Kitson.
  [ Click here to view Image of coat of arms, Sir Christopher Askew   ]
MAIOR, Sir Christopher Askew, Draper,
Son to John Askew of Edmonton in Middlesex.

This Year was Queen Elizabeth born at Greenwich, Sept. 7. 1533.

Oath taken to the Succession of the King's Issue by Q. Anne.

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