1598 - Ralph Clarke nominated 21 April to serve until Michaelmas; possibly then chosen for a further full year

1599 - Godfrey Heathcote

1600 - Thomas Rayneshaw

1602 - Thomas Heathcote

1606 - Godfrey Heathcote

1607 - Thomas Woodward

1608 - Martin Bretland

1610 - Godfrey Heathcote

1611 - Richard Webster

1612 - Ralph Wheeldon

1614 - William Boot

1618 - Godfrey Heathcote

1619 - Ralph Wheeldon

1620 - Godfrey Webster

1622 - William Boot

1623 - Richard Taylor

1624 - Godfrey Heathcote

1626 - Richard Milnes

1627 - Reynold Bretland

1628 - George Dickons

1629 - Ralph Clarke

1630 - Richard Taylor

1631 - Thomas Forth

1632 - Godfrey Heathcote

1633 - William Clarke

1634 - Reynold Bretland

1635 - Ralph Clarke

1636 - Richard Taylor

1645 - Raynold Bretland

1646 - Thomas Forth

1647 - Thomas Bretland

1648 - Ralph Clarke

1649 - Richard Wood

1650 - William Newton

1651 - Samuel Taylor

1652 - Reynold Bretland

1653 - Thomas Forth

1654 - Hercules Clay

1655 - Ralph Clarke

1656 - Richard Wood

1657 - Gabriel Wain, captain

1658 - William Newton

1659 - Thomas Forth

1660 - Thomas Needham

1661 - Hercules Clay – removed 25 September 1662 and John Allwood installed

1662 - John Allwood

1663 - Richard Marchant

1664 - James Milnes

1665 - Thomas Pinder

1666 - Anthony Legate

1667 - Richard Marchant

1668 - John Woodward

1669 - James Milnes

1670 - Richard Clarke

1671 - Thomas Bretland

1672 - Peter Dowker

1673 - Richard Youle

1674 - Richard Marchant

1675 - John Woodward

1676 - James Milnes

1677 - Richard Clarke

1678 - Peter Dowker

1679 - Richard Coupe

1680 - Richard Youle

1681 - Richard Marchant

1682 - John Woodward

1683 - Thomas Dowker

1684 - Robert Stringfellow

1685 - Peter Dowker

1686 - Richard Coupe

1687 - Richard Youle

1688 - Francis Houldsworth

1689 - John Woodward

1690 - Thomas Dowker

1691 - Francis Moore

1692 - John Ashe

1693 - Roger Coates

1694 - John Milnes

1695 - David Seale

1696 - Richard Youle

1697 - Thomas Webster

1698 - Francis Moore

1699 - John Revell

1700 - John Ashe

1701 - Jacob Breilsford

1702 - Thomas Bower

1703 - Richard Wood

1704 - David Seale

1705 - Francis Moore

1706 - John Revell

1707 - John Bright

1708 - Jacob Breilsford

1709 - Thomas Bower

1710 - Richard Wood

1711 - David Seale

1712 - William Woodhouse

1713 - John Revell

1714 - John Bright

1715 - William Clarke

1716 - Christopher Pegge

1717 - Jacob Breilsford

1718 - William Sharshaw

1719 - Job Bradley

1720 - John Revell

1721 - John Bright

1722 - William Clarke

1723 - Christopher Pegge (died 24 January 1724); John Revell

1724 - Samuel Inman

1725 - Job Bradley

1726 - John Bright

1727 - Thomas Bower

1728 - John Revell

1729 - William Clark

1730 - Samuel Inman

1731 - Job Bradley

1732 - John Bright

1733 - Francis Bagshaw

1734 - Richard Milnes

1735 - William Clark

1736 - Samuel Inman

1737 - John Burton

1738 - Job Bradley

1739 - Francis Bagshaw

1740 - Joshua Jebb

1741 - Bernard Lucas

1742 - Job Bradley

1743 - William Clark

1744 - Job Bradley

1745 - Francis Bagshaw

1746 - John Fidler

1747 - Robert Watts

1748 - Joshua Jebb

1749 - William Saunders

1750 - Henry Thornhill

1751 - John Fidler

1752 - Robert Watts

1753 - Joshua Jebb

1754 - William Saunders

1755 - Henry Thornhill

1756 - John Fidler

1757 - Joshua Jebb

1758 - William Saunders

1759 - Henry Thornhill

1760 - Joshua Jebb

1761 - Nicholas Twigg

1762 - Thomas Clark

1763 - Godfrey Webster

1764 - Joshua Jebb

1765 - Nicholas Twigg

1766 - Thomas Clark

1767 - Samuel Townrow

1768 - Charles Staniforth

1769 - Samuel Jebb

1770 - Joshua Jebb

1771 - No Mayor elected; writ of mandamus 8 July 1772 to compel election; Nicholas Twigg elected 15 July

1772 - Robert Jennings

1773 - William Barker

1774 - Samuel Townrow

1775 - John Willot

1776 - Thomas Short

1777 - Robert Jennings

1778 - Samuel Townrow

1779 - John Elam

1780 - Thomas Short

1781 - Robert Marsden

1782 - John Elam

1783 - John Bale

1784 - John Elam

1785 - Thomas Dutton

1786 - John Bale

1787 - Thomas Dutton

1788 - Mark Hewitt

1789 - John Bale

1790 - Thomas Dutton

1791 - Job Bradley

1792 - Thomas Dutton

1793 - John Elam

1794 - Job Bradley

1795 - John Elam

1796 - John Bower

1797 - Thomas Dutton

1798 - John Bower

1799 - John Saxton

1800 - Thomas Dutton

1801 - John Bower

1802 - Thomas Dutton

1803 - John Bower

1804 - John Elam

1805 - Thomas Dutton

1806 - John Bower

1807 - John Elam

1809 - John Bower

1810 - George Fletcher

1811 - John Elam

1812 - Thomas Dutton

1813 - John Bower

1814 - John Elam

1815 - Joseph Graham

1816 - John Muggleston

1817 - John Elam

1818 - Samuel Dutton

1819 - Joseph Graham

1820 - Samuel Dutton

1821 - John Elam

1822 - John Muggleston

1823 - Gilbert Crompton

1824 - Samuel Dutton

1825 - John Elam

1826 - George Fletcher

1827 - John Muggleston

1828 - Thomas Wilcockson

1829 - William Battison

1830 - Samuel Dutton

1831 - John Muggleston

1832 - William Battison

1833 - Samuel Dutton

1834 - Thomas Wilcockson

1835 - Thomas Wilcockson (to November) Gilbert Crompton

1836 - John Charge

1837 - Gilbert Crompton

1838 - Samuel Dutton

1839 - Edmund Gilling Maynard

1840 - Robert Daniel

1841 - Gilbert Crompton

1842 - Samuel Dutton

1843 - Thomas Clarke

1844 - John Gregory Cottingham

1845 - Samuel Dutton

1846 - Edmund Gilling Maynard

1847 - John Gilbert Crompton

1848 - John Gregory Cottingham

1849 - John Walker

1850 - Godfrey Heathcote

1851 - Edmund Gilling Maynard

1852 - John Walker

1853 - William Drabble

1854 - William Drabble

1855 - William Hewitt

1857 - William Hewitt

1858 - Charles Stanhope Burke Busby

1859 - Joseph Shipton

1860 - Joseph Shipton

1861 - William Drabble

1862 - Thomas Jones

1863 - Cornelius Black

1864 - James Ball White

1865 - James Wright

1866 - Charles Stanhope Burke Busby

1867 - Charles Stanhope Burke Busby

1868 - James Ball White

1869 - James Wright

1870 - James Wright

1871 - John Marsden

1872 - John Marsden

1873 - Thomas Philpot Wood

1874 - George Albert Rooth

1875 - James Wright; George Albert Rooth

1876 - John Marsden

1877 - John Drabble

1878 - Theophilus Pearson

1879 - John Brown

1880 - John Brown

1881 - John Brown (to May); John Higginbottom

1882 - John Higginbottom

1883 - George Edward Gee

1884 - George Edward Gee

1885 - Thomas Philpot Wood

1886 - Thomas Philpot Wood

1887 - George Booth

1888 - Bowery Douglas

1889 - Edward Woodhead

1890 - John Morton Clayton

1891 - John Morton Clayton

1892 - John Morton Clayton

1893 - William Bradbury Robinson

1894 - William Bradbury Robinson

1895 - Adam Clarke Locke

1896 - Charles Paxton Markham

1897 - James Pearson

1898 - Bowery Douglas

1899 - William Spooner

1900 - William Spooner

1901 - William Spooner

1902 - Charles Portland Robinson

1903 - James Pearson

1904 - Arthur Ernest Hopkins

1905 - George Albert Eastwood

1906 - George Albert Eastwood

1907 - George Albert Eastwood

1908 - Samuel Edward Short

1909 - Charles Paxton Markham

1910 - Charles Paxton Markham

1911 - His Grace the Duke of Devonshire

1912 - William Bradbury Robinson

1913 - Ernest Shentall

1914 - Ernest Shentall

1915 - Ernest Shentall

1916 - Ernest Shentall

1917 - Ernest Shentall

1918 - Ernest Shentall

1919 - Wilfred Hawksley Edmunds

1920 - Wilfred Hawksley Edmunds

1921 - William Rhodes

1922 - George Clark

1923 - William Edmund Wakerley

1924 - William Edmund Wakerley

1925 - Harry Cropper

1926 - Harry Cropper

1927 - Violet Rosa Markham

1928 - Philip Moffat Robinson

1929 - Herbert Jowett Watson

1930 - Herbert Jowett Watson

1931 - Thomas Dennis Sims

1932 - Arthur Whiteley Swale

1933 - Robert Anderson McCrea

1934 - Harry Varley

1935 - Harry Pearson Short

1936 - George Frank Kirk

1937 - Harry Hatton

1938 - Samuel Thomas Rodgers

1939 - James William Thompson

1940 - Walter Wicks

1941 - Sydney Ashton Syddall

1942 - William Baines

1943 - Edgar Thomas Styler

1944 - William Edwin Taylor

1945 - Thomas Joseph Mitchell

1946 - Florence Robinson

1947 - Edgar Smith

1948 - Edgar Smith

1949 - John Eaton Bird

1950 - William Porter

1951 - George William Heathcote

1952 - Frank Hadfield

1953 - Edwin Swale

1954 - Leonard Wilkinson

1955 - Henry Charles Day

1956 - William Weston

1957 - Hiram Tagg

1958 - Levi Heath

1959 - John Leslie Hadfield

1960 - Harold Charles Mullett

1961 - Harry Cantrell Martin

1962 - Ernest Bradbury Robinson

1963 - James Anderson

1964 - Edward Cyril Hancock

1965 - Tom Bucknall

1966 - Annie Collishaw

1967 - George Albert Wigfield

1968 - George Henry Rees

1969 - Victor Stuart Allen

1970 - Elizabeth Mary Turner

1971 - Basil Crosbie Willett

1972 - John Ford

1973 - Lois Tideswell

1974 - Harold Barber Fisher

1975 - John Wickins

1976 - Walter Everett

1977 - William Gorman

1978 - Patrick Edward Kelly

1979 - Margaret Wyper Anderson

1980 - Stanley Meakin

1981 - Cissie Sargeant

1982 - Donald Arthur Wain

1983 - Ronald Jepson

1984 - Michael Gabriel Caulfield

1985 - Thomas Edmund Whyatt

1986 - William Smith

1987 - Edwin Harold Barker

1988 - John Smith

1989 - Leslie McCulloch

1990 - Arthur Webber

1991 - William Jepson

1992 - Terence Kendellen

1993 - George Arthur Wright

1994 - Richard Albert Matthews

1995 - David Stone

1996 - Geoffrey Waddoups

1997 - Margaret Ann Higgins

1998 - Michael Lancelot Fanshawe

1999 - Terence Frank Gilby

2000 - Michael Leverton

2001 - James McManus

2002 - Paul Najid Al Rahman Barry

2003 - June Isabel Beckingham

2004 - Asad Shafi Qazi

2005 - Keith Falconer

2006 - Trudi Mulcaster

2007 - Christine Ludlow

2008 - Fred Quayle

2009 - Adrian Kitch

2010 - Keith P Morgan

2011 - Peter I Barr

2012 - Donald Parsons

2013 - Paul Christopher Stone

2014 - Alexis Saliou Diouf

2015 - Barry Bingham

2016 - Steve Brunt

2017 - Maureen Davenport

2018 - Stuart Brittain

2019 - Gordon Simmons

2020 - Glenys Falconer

2021 - Glenys Falconer

2022 - Tony Rogers

2023 - Mick Brady

2024 - Jenny Flood