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A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 4, the City of Gloucester. Originally published by Victoria County History, London, 1988.

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'Gloucester: Aldermen, 1483-1835', in A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 4, the City of Gloucester, ed. N M Herbert( London, 1988), British History Online https://prod.british-history.ac.uk/vch/glos/vol4/pp374-381 [accessed 16 November 2024].

ALDERMEN OF GLOUCESTER 1483–1835

Under its charter of 1483 Gloucester had 12 aldermen, who were to hold office for life and one of whom was to serve each year as mayor. Under the Municipal Corporations Act the existing bench of aldermen retired from office at the end of 1835.

The list is based on G.B.R., B 2/1, ff. 26v.–31, 36–39v., 60–63v.; on the records of elections and the lists of the common council in ibid. B 3/1–14; and on Ripley, 'Glouc. 1660–1740', App. XXV. Other sources are given in the footnotes. There are probably some names missing in the period 1483–1503. An asterisk indicates where the appointment or removal of an alderman was the result of government intervention.

Most of the aldermen served two terms as sheriff before their appointment and one or two terms as mayor after it. For a list of mayors and sheriffs during the period, see Fosbrooke, Glouc. 208–11 (which can be completed up to 1835 from G.B.R., B 3/13–14).



Election (or, in brackets, first occurrence)		Occupation (where known)	Death, Resignation, or Removal
1483 (fn. 1)	John Trye		d. 1485 (fn. 2)
(1484)	John Capel (fn. 3)		d. 1505
(1485)	Wm. Francombe		d. 1488 (fn. 4)
(1486) (fn. 5)	John Hilley	wiredrawer	d. 1494 (fn. 6)
(1486)	John Poole		(by 1503)
(1486)	Ric. Russell		(by 1503)
(1486)	And. Bye		(by 1503)
(1486)	Thos. Long		(by 1503)
(1486)	Thos. Bower		(by 1503)
(1486)	Wm. Cole	mercer (fn. 7)	d. 1517
(1486)	Thos. Fairford		d. 1487 (fn. 8)
(1486)	Rob. Cuff	draper	d. 1496 (fn. 9)
(1486)	Thos. Hart	mercer (fn. 10)	(by 1503)
(1489) (fn. 11)	Rob. Poole		(by 1503)
(1491) (fn. 12)	Wal. Rowden	lawyer (fn. 13)	d. 1513
(1492)	Wm. Cooke		d. 1494 (fn. 14)
(1492)	Phil Pridith		(by 1503)
(1492)	John Elliott	tanner	(d. 1497) (fn. 15)
(1495) (fn. 16)	Rob. Rawlings	draper	d. 1497 (fn. 17)
(1499)	Garet van Eck	merchant (fn. 18)	d. 1506
(1501)	John Cooke	mercer	d. 1528 (fn. 19)
(1503)	Wm. Henshaw	bellfounder (fn. 20)	d. 1522
(1503)	Wm. Marmion		res 1530
(1503)	Thos. Asplyn		res. 1510/11
(1503)	Thos. Tayloe	clothier (fn. 21)	d. 1531
(1503)	Thos. Lane		d. 1504
(1503)	John Natton	mercer (fn. 22)	d. 1519
(1503)	David Vaughan	merchant (fn. 23)	d. 1504
1504	Wm. Goldsmith (or Smith)	goldsmith (fn. 24)	d. 1517
1504	Thos. Studley		d. 1511/12 (fn. 25)
1505	Nic. Elliott		d. 1517
1506	Ric. Rowden	mercer (fn. 26)	d. 1517
1510/11	Ralph Sankey	capper (fn. 27)	d. 1524
1511/12	Rob. Plavis		d. 1519
1513	John Hawkins	brewer (fn. 28)	d. 1523
1517	Thos. Porter (or Hartland) (fn. 29)	draper (fn. 30)	d. 1522
1517	Wm. Jordan	cutler (fn. 31)	d. 1545
1517	Ralph Halsey		d. 1519
1517	John Allen	tanner (fn. 32)	d. 1524
1519	John Falconer	capper (fn. 33)	d. 1545
1519	John Rawlings	draper (fn. 34)	d. 1532
1519	Wm. Hazard	dyer (fn. 35)	d. 1543
1522	Thos. Osborne	mercer (fn. 36)	d. 1541
1522	John Chapman		res. 1527/8
1523	John Semys		d. 1540
1524	John Rastell		d. 1533
1524	Thos. Massinger		d. 1534
1527/8	Wm. Matthews	tanner (fn. 37)	d. 1539
1528	Adam ap Howel		d. 1546
1530	Hen. Marmion		d. 1542
1531	Thos. Bell (later Kt.)	capper (fn. 38)	d. 1566
1532	Lewis ap Rice		d. 1533
1533	Thos. Payne	draper (fn. 39)	d. 1560
1533	Rob. Poole	merchant (fn. 40)	d. 1545
1534	Thos. a Morgan		d. 1534
1534	Phil. Redvern	mercer (fn. 41)	d. 1549
1539	Thos. Loveday		d. 1558
1540	Thos. Bell		d. 1560/1 (fn. 42)
1541	Maur. Vaughan	mercer (fn. 43)	d. 1542
1542	John Huggins	capper (fn. 44)	d. 1544
1542	Ralph Rawlings		d. 1548
1543	David Lewis	draper (fn. 45)	d. 1545
1544	Thos. Clutterbuck	merchant (fn. 46)	res. 1557
1545	John Rastell	draper (fn. 47)	d. 1558
1545	John Sandford	clothier (fn. 48)	res. 1554
1545	Wm. Traherne		d. 1549
1545	Wm. Mitchell	draper (fn. 49)	d. 1555
1546	Thos. Pury	mercer	d. 1579
1548	Wm. Hazard	draper (fn. 50)	res. 1555
1549	Rob. Moreton	vintner (fn. 51)	d. 1571
1549	Wm. Jenkins		d.1566/7
1554	John ap Richard		d. 1558
1555	Wm. Bond	goldsmith (fn. 52)	d. 1565
1555	Hen. Machen		d. 1567
1557	Thos. Massinger		d. 1565
1558	Thos. Hyde	tanner	d. 1574
1558	Lawr. Singleton	draper	res. 1593
1558	John Woodward	mercer	d. 1575
1560/1 (fn. 53)	Hen. King	mercer	d. 1571
1560	Thos. Semys	clothier	d. 1603
1565	Wm. Massinger		d. 1594
1565	John Kirby	clothier	d. 1578
1566/7	Hen. ap Rice	vintner	d. 1569
1566	Luke Garnons	draper	d. 1615
1567	Thos. Wicks		d. 1572
1569	Wm. Sandford	clothier	d. 1570
1570	Peter Romney	clothier	d. 1577
1571	Ric. Cugley	baker	d. 1586
1571	Thos. Francombe	merchant	d. 1579
1572	Jas. Morse	tanner	d. 1578
1574	Thos. Machen	mercer	d. 1614
1575	Thos. Lane	maltster	d. 1584
1577	John Smith	brewer	d. 1586
1578	Lawr. Holliday	mercer	d. 1587
1578	John Webley	dyer	d. 1588
1579	Thos. Best		d. 1587
1579	John Cowdale	tanner, later maltster	d. 1607
1584	John Browne	mercer	d.1593
1586	Ric. Coxe	maltster	d. 1605
1586	Rob. Walkeley	mercer, later brewer	rem. 1604
1587	Ric. Webb	baker, later brewer	d. 1598
1587	John Rastell		d. 1587
1587	Ric. Ward	upholsterer	d. 1593
1588	John Taylor	maltster	rem. 1615
1593	Hen. Hazard	maltster	res. 1616
1593	Ric. Hands	diocesan registrar	d. 1593
1593	Grimbald Hutchins	draper	rem. 1602
1593	Wal. Nourse	mercer	rem. c. 1606
1594	John Jones	diocesan registrar	d. 1630
1598	Chris. Capel	mercer	d. 1626 (fn. 54)
1602	Thos. Rich	mercer	d. 1607
1603	John Payne	innkeeper	d. 1605
1604	Hen. Darby	baker	d. 1614
1605	Lawr. Wilshire	clothier (fn. 55)	d. 1612
1605	John Baugh	mercer	d. 1621
c. 1606	John Brewster	furrier	d. 1610
1607	John Thorne	brewer	d. 1618 (fn. 56)
1607	John Browne	brewer	d. 1638
1610	Wm. Hill	mercer	d. 1636
1612	Thos. Adams	clothier	d. 1621
1614	Edm. Clements	mercer	d. 1633 (fn. 57)
1614	Ric. Smith	tanner	d. 1637
1615	Mat. Price	tanner	d. 1635
1615	Geof. Beale	mercer	res. 1635
1616 (2nd term)	John Taylor	maltster	d. 1626
1618 (fn. 58) (2nd term)	Hen. Hazard	maltster	d. 1625 (fn. 59)
1621	Ric. Beard	mercer	d. 1638
1621	John Walton	goldsmith	d. 1626
1625	Wm. Price	mercer (fn. 60)	d. 1640
1625	Hen. Browne		d. 1637
1626	Ant. Robinson		d. 1641
1626	Toby Bullock		d. 1641
1630	John Brewster	maltster (fn. 61)	d. 1649
1633	John Webb		d. 1643
1635	Wm. Lugg	tanner (fn. 62)	d. 1646
1635	Wm. Singleton	draper (fn. 63)	rem. 1662*
1636	Wm. Capel		rem. 1662*
1637	Jas. Powell		d. 1646
1637	John Hayward		d. 1640
1638	Thos. Hill		d. 1652
1638	Thos. Pury	attorney (fn. 64)	res. 1662
1640	John Scriven	ironmonger (fn. 65)	d. 1645
1640	Dennis Wise	mercer (fn. 66)	rem. 1662*
1641	Nic. Webb		d. 1647
1641	Leon. Tarne	vintner (fn. 67)	d. 1642
1642	Luke Nourse		rem. 1662*
1643	Lawr. Singleton	draper (fn. 68)	rem. 1662*
1645	Jasper Clutterbuck		d. 1659 (fn. 69)
1646	Jas. Wood		d. 1646
1646	John Madock		d. 1657/8
1646	Hen. Cugley		d. 1669
1647	Jas. Stephens	tanner, later maltster (fn. 70)	rem. 1672*
1649	Ant. Edwards		d. 1660
1652	Edm. Collett	tanner (fn. 71)	res. 1658
1657/8	Rob. Tyther	tanner (fn. 72)	d. 1660 (fn. 73)
1658	Toby Jordan	bookseller	rem. 1663*
1659	Rob. Payne		rem. 1662*
1660	Thos. Pierce		rem. 1663*
1660	Thos. Lugg	mercer	rem. 1662*
1661/2	Wm. Clarke		rem. 1662*
1662*	Wm. Russell	furrier	d. 1682
1662*	John Powell		d. 1666
1662*	Thos. Yate	apothecary	d. 1668
1662*	Thos. Price		d. 1679
1662*	John Woodward		d. 1667
1662*	Ant. Arnold	attorney (fn. 74)	rem. 1672
1662	Rob. Fielding	physician	rem. 1671
1662	Nic. Webb		rem. 1663*
1663*	Hen. Ockhold	d. 1669
1663*	John Wagstaffe		res. 1689
1663*	Hen. Fowler	physician	d. 1685
1666/7	Wm. Bubb		rem. 1672*
1666/7	Ric. Massinger	brewer (fn. 75)	d. 1668
1668	Wm. Scudamore		rem. 1672*
1668	Toby Langford	bookseller	rem. 1672*
1669	Wm. Hodges		rem. 1672*
1669	Rob. Longden		rem. 1672*
1672*	Hen. Norwood	landowner (fn. 76)	d. 1689
1672*	Wm. Cooke	landowner (fn. 77)	d. 1703
1672*	Duncombe Colchester (later Kt.)	landowner (fn. 78)	d. 1694
1672*	Hen. Brett	landowner (fn. 79)	d. 1674
1672*	Wm. Selwyn	landowner (fn. 80)	d. 1679
1672*	John Gythins	draper	d. 1690
1672*	Thos. Aram	mercer	d. 1679
1672*	John Rogers	baker	d. 1694
1674	John Webb	mercer (fn. 81)	d. 1686
1679	Rob. Halford		d. 1683
1679	Francis Singleton	ironmonger (fn. 82)	d. 1682
1679	John Price		d. 1687
1682	Wm. Lambe	chapter registrar	res. 1691
1682	Wm. Jordan	apothecary	rem. 1687*
1683	John Hill		res. 1689
1685	Benj. Hyett	attorney (fn. 83)	rem. 1687*
1686	John Smallwood		rem. 1687*
1687*	Anselm Fowler	landowner (fn. 84)	res. 1688
1687*	John Essington	landowner (fn. 85)	rem. 1689
1687*	Thos. Browne		res. 1712
1687*	Thos. Snell		rem. 1690
1689	Wm. Hodges		d. 1703
1689	Rob. Payne	mercer	d. 1713
1689	John Ewens	draper	d. 1696
1689	Wm. Nicholls	tanner	d. 1693
1690	Sir John Guise, Bt.	landowner (fn. 86)	d. 1695
1690	Wm. Corsley	goldsmith	d. 1691
1690	Wm. Taylor	ironmonger	d. 1706
1691	John Hyett	mercer	d. 1711
1691	Thos. Longden	ironmonger	d. 1702
1693	Wm. Scudamore	draper (fn. 87)	d. 1695
1694	Giles Rodway	mercer	d. 1729
1694	Thos. Willcocks		d. 1699
1695 (2nd term)	Thos. Snell		d. 1706
1695	Thos. Webb	mercer	d. 1734
1696	Nic. Webb		d. 1712
1699	Sam. Eckley (later Kt.)	landowner (fn. 88)	rem. 1705
1702	Nic. Lane	apothecary	d. 1718
1703	Sam. Palmer		rem. 1707
1703	Sam. Lye	grocer	d. 1712
1705	John Bell	mercer	d. 1719
1706	Capel Payne	mercer	d. 1743
1706	Wm. Nicholls		d. 1721
1707	Edm. Gregory	furrier	d. 1720
1711	Sam. Hayward	grocer	d. 1715
1712	Jas. Furney	ironmonger	d. 1737
1712	Ric. Green	maltster	d. 1729
1712	Sam. Browne	maltster	d. 1738
1713	Thos. Ludlow	draper	d. 1734
1715	Thos. Nicholls	plumber	d. 1719
1719	Ric. Corsley	goldsmith	d. 1742
1719	John King	dyer	d. 1730
1719	Gabriel Harris	bookseller	d. 1744
1720	Dan. Washbourne	maltster	res. 1727
1721	John Rodway	mercer	d. 1736
1727	John Selwyn	landowner (fn. 89)	d. 1751
1729	Thos. Carill	hosier	d. 1736
1729	John Small	landowner (fn. 90)	d. 1739
1730	Wm. Bell	landowner, tax collector (fn. 91)	d. 1768
1734	John Hayward	mercer	d. 1758
1734	Ric. Lewis	goldsmith	d. 1745
1736	Thos. Hill	apothecary	d. 1760
1736	Chas. Selwyn	landowner (fn. 92)	res. 1740
1737	Wm. Nicholls	postmaster (fn. 93)	d. 1769
1738	Edw. Machen		d. 1740
1739	Sam. Worrall	proctor (fn. 94)	d. 1745
1740	Ric. Finch		res. 1749
1740	Thos. Hayward		d. 1781
1742	Lawr. Crump	upholder (fn. 95)	d. 1776
1744	John Blackwell		d. 1760
1745	Benj. Saunders	wine merchant, former innkeeper (fn. 96)	d. 1763
1745	Gabriel Harris	bookseller (fn. 97)	d. 1786
1747	Mic. Bailey		d. 1749
1749	Sam. Farmer	apothecary (fn. 98)	d. 1778
1749	Ric. Roberts		d. 1757
1751	Jas. Herbert		d. 1758
1757	Geo. Augustus Selwyn	landowner (fn. 99)	d. 1791
1758	Jos. Cheston	apothecary (fn. 100)	d. 1779
1758	Ric. Webb	grocer (fn. 101)	d. 1772
1760	John Baylis	woolstapler (fn. 102)	d. 1772
1760	Edw. Baylis	woolstapler (fn. 103)	d. 1775
1764	Thos. Branch		d. 1784
1768	John Jefferies	pinmaker (fn. 104)	d. 1778
1769	John Webb	grocer (fn. 105)	d. 1785
1772	Benj. Baylis	woolstapler (fn. 106)	d. 1777
1772	Abraham Saunders	wine merchant (fn. 107)	d. 1793
1775	Wm. Crump	surgeon (fn. 108)	d. 1784
1776	John Box	pinmaker (fn. 109)	res. 1783
1777	Jas. Sadler	woolstapler (fn. 110)	d. 1779
1778	Wm. Lane	attorney (fn. 111)	d. 1789
1778	John Bush	woolstaper (fn. 112)	d. 1781
1779	Thos. Weaver	pinmaker (fn. 113)	d. 1805
1779	Wm. Cowcher	pinmaker (fn. 114)	d. 1785
1781	Ric. Webb		d. 1787
1781	Chas. Howard, earl of Surrey (later duke of Norfolk)	landowner (fn. 115)	d. 1815
1783	Sam. Colborne	apothecary	apothecary (fn. 116)	d. 1813
1784	Edwin Jeynes (later Kt.)	mercer, later banker (fn. 117)	d. 1810
1784	Sir John Guise, Bt.	landowner (fn. 118)	d. 1794
1785	John Webb	landowner (fn. 119)	d. 1795
1785	John Jefferies	pinmaker (fn. 120)	d. 1818
1786	Sam. Woodcock	Post Office surveyor (fn. 121)	d. 1829
1787	Jas. Sadler	mercer (fn. 122)	d. 1810
1789	Giles Greenaway	landowner, former innkeeper (fn. 123)	d. 1815
1791	Wm. Middleton		d. 1793
1793	Thos. Mee	landowner (fn. 124)	d. 1812
1793	John Turner	banker (fn. 125)	res. 1812
1794	John Ready		res. 1806
1795	John Cooke	wine merchant (fn. 126)	res. 1808
1805	Ric. Nayler	surgeon (fn. 127)	d. 1816
1806	Dan. Willey	landowner (fn. 128)	d. 1817
1808	David Arthur Saunders	wine merchant	d. 1828
1810	Sir Berkeley Wm. Guise, Bt.	landowner (fn. 129)	d. 1834
1810	Thos. Commeline	former attorney (fn. 130)	d. 1830
1812	John Pleydell Wilton	surgeon	(1835)
1812	Edw. Weaver	pinmaker	res. 1819
1813	Jas. Jelf (later Kt.)	banker	res. 1815
1815	Sam. Ricketts	attorney	d. 1820
1815	Thos. Washbourne	druggist, later banker (fn. 131)	d. 1824
1815	David Walker	printer	res. 1829
1816	Chas. Weaver	pinmaker	res. 1818
1817	Ralph Fletcher	surgeon	(1835)
1818	John Phillpotts	barrister	res. 1823
1818	John Baron	physician	res. 1821
1819	Sam. Jones	brushmaker	(1835)
1820	Jas. Wood	banker, mercer	(1835)
1821	Hen. Wilton	attorney	d. 1822
1822	Wm. Price	timber merchant	(1835)
1823	Thos. Smith	attorney	res. 1825
1824	John Cooke	attorney	res. 1829
1825	Shadrach Charleton	grocer (fn. 132)	res. 1831
1828	David Mowbray Walker	printer	(1835)
1829	Alex. Walker	printer	(1835)
1829	Wm. Hen. Hyett	landowner (fn. 133)	res. 1834
1829	Edw. Bower	currier	(1835)
1830	John Wm. Wilton	surgeon	(1835)
1831	Wm. Morgan Meyler	surgeon	(1835)
1834	Thos. Russell	banker (fn. 134)	(1835)
1834	Elisha Farmer Sadler	land surveyor (fn. 135)	(1835)