Mayors of Oxford during the Tudor period
1485–1603
Mayors were now always elected for one year from Michaelmas Day (29 September, a significant quarter day)
Until 1554, Mayors of Oxford could be chosen only from a group comprising the existing mayor and four other aldermen; but from that date the number eligible was increased to 13, and in future aldermen were recruited only from among the eight assistants.
In 1546 the status of Oxford changed from a town to a city.
Follow the pointer at the top to view each page of this section chronologically. Note that although Mayors served many terms in this period, only the first term of each Mayor comes in this sequence.
- 1485/1486: John Edgecombe (2nd of four terms)
- 1486/1487: John Seman (4th of four terms)
- 1487/1489: Sir Edward Woodward (4th and 5th of six terms)
- 1489/1491: Richard Howes (1st and 2nd of three terms)
- 1491/1492: John Edgecombe (3rd of four terms)
- 1491/1494: Richard Kent (1st and 2nd of seven terms)
- 1494/1496: Sir Edward Woodward (6th of six terms)
- 1495/1496: Richard Howes (3rd of three terms)
- 1496/1497: Richard Kent (3rd of seven terms)
- 1497/1498: John Edgecombe (4th of four terms)
- 1498/1499: John Rogers (1st of two terms)
- 1499/1500: John Head (1st of six terms)
- 1500/1501: John Rogers (2nd of two terms)
- 1501/1503: Richard Kent (4th and 5th of seven terms)
- 1503/1504: William Bulcombe (1st of five terms)
- 1505/1507: John Head (2nd, 3rd, and 4th of six terms)
- 1507/1508: William Bulcombe (second of five terms)
- 1508/1509: Richard Kent (sixth of seven terms)
- 1509/1510: William Bulcombe (3rd of five terms)
- 1510/1511: John Head (5th of six terms)
- 1511/1512: Richard Kent (7th of seven terms)
- 1512/1514: John Broke (1st and 2nd of two terms)
- 1514/1516: John Haynes (1st and 2nd of two terms)
- 1516/1517: William Bulcombe (4th of five terms)
- 1517/1518: John Head (6th of six terms)
- 1518/1519: (1) Richard
Millett (to March 1519);
(2) William Bulcombe (5th of five terms, from March 1519) - 1519/1521: John Traves (1st and 2nd of two terms)
- 1521/1524: Thomas Shelton (1st, 2nd and 3rd of three terms)
- 1524/1525: John Austen
- 1525/1526: Michael Hethe (1st of three terms)
- 1526/1527: Michael Hethe (2nd of three terms)
- 1527/1529: William Fleming (1st and 2nd of two terms)
- 1529/1530: Michael Hethe (3rd of three terms)
- 1530/1533: William Frere (1st and 2nd of seven terms)
- 1532/1534: John Pye (1st and 2nd of three terms)
- 1534/1537: William Frere (3rd, 4th, and 5th of seven terms)
- 1537/1539: William Banister (1st and 2nd of two terms)
- 1539/1541: John Barry (1st and 2nd of two terms)
- 1541/1542: William Frere (6th and 7th of seven terms)
- 1543/1545: Edmund Irish (1st and 2nd of four terms)
- 1545/1547: Richard Gunter (1st and 2nd of two terms)
- 1547/1548: John Pye (3rd of three terms)
- 1548/1550: Richard Atkinson (1st and 2nd of five terms)
- 1550/1551: Edmund Irish (3rd of four terms)
- 1551/1553: Ralph Flexney I (1st and 2nd of four terms)
- 1553/1554: Richard Atkinson (3rd of five terms)
- 1554/1555: Edmund Irish (4th of four terms)
- 1555/1556: John Wayte (1st of two terms)
- 1556/1557: William Tylcock (1st of four terms)
- 1557/1558: Thomas Williams (1st of three terms)
- 1558/1559: Richard Whittington (1st of two terms)
- 1559/1560: Richard Atkinson (4th of five terms)
- 1560/1561: William Tylcock (2nd of four terms)
- 1561/1562: John Wayte (2nd of two terms)
- 1562/1563: Ralph Flexney I (3rd of four terms)
- 1563/1564: Roger Taylor (1st of three terms)
- 1564/1565: (1) William Matthew (died in office);
(2) Richard Williams (1st of three terms) - 1565/1566: Thomas Williams (2nd of three terms)
- 1556/1557: Richard Whittington (2nd of two terms)
- 1567/1568: Richard Atkinson (5th of five terms)
- 1568/1569: William Tylcock (3rd of four terms)
- 1569/1570: Roger Taylor (2nd of three terms)
- 1570/1571: Nicholas Todd
- 1571/1572: Richard Williams (2nd of three terms)
- 1572/1573: William Levins (1st of five terms)
- 1573/1574: Roger Hewett
- 1574/1575: Roger Taylor (3rd of three terms)
- 1575/1576: William Tylcock (4th of four terms)
- 1576/1577: Thomas Williams (3rd of three terms)
- 1577/1578: Ralph Flexney I (4th of four terms)
- 1578/1579: Richard Williams (3rd of three terms); died near end of term of office
- 1579/1580: William Levins (2nd of five terms)
- 1580/1581: John Hartley
- 1581/1582: William Noble
- 1582/1583: Edmund Bennett
- 1583/1584: William Furnesse (1st of three terms)
- 1584/1585: John Barkesdale
- 1585/1586: Thomas Smith I (1st of three terms)
- 1586/1587: William Levins (3rd of five terms)
- 1587/1588: Thomas Rowe (1st of two terms)
- 1588/1589: James Almont
- 1589/1590: William Furnesse (2nd of three terms)
- 1590/1591: Thomas Smith I (2nd of three terms)
- 1591/1592: Richard Browne (1st of three terms)
- 1592/1593: Henry Dodwell
- 1593/1594: Thomas Rowe (2nd of two terms)
- 1595/1595: William Levins (4th of five terms)
- 1595/1596: Thomas Smith I (3rd of three terms)
- 1596/1597: Richard Browne (2nd of three terms)
- 1597/1598: William Furnesse (3rd of three terms)
- 1598/1599: John Williams
- 1599/1600: Isaac Bartholomew
- 1600/1601: (1) Thomas
Smith I (4th of four terms; died
July 1601);
(2) William Levins (5th of five terms, July–September 1601) - 1601/1602: Richard Goode (1st of two terms)
- 1602/1603: Richard Browne (3rd of three terms)
