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]

21st century

• 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

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. http://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.