List of mayors of Reading
Memorial to Frank Atwells, who died in office in 1892
The following were Mayors of the town of Reading, in the English county of Berkshire.
Fourteenth century[]
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- 1379 Richard Bedull[1]
- 1382 David atte Hacche[2]
- 1391 John Kent[3]
- 1393 John Kent[3]
- 1399 Robert Hay[4]
- 1400 Robert Hay[4]
Fifteenth century[]
- 1401 John Huntingford[4] or John Kent[3]
- 1402 Robert Markham[4]
- 1403 William Kennet[4]
- 1404 John Hunt[4][5]
- 1405 John Hunt[4] or John Kent[3]
- 1406 John Hunt[4] (dubious)[5]
- 1407 Robert Markham[4][5]
- 1408 John Hunt[4] (dubious)[5]
- 1409 William Winton[4] or John Kent[3]
- 1410 Robert Levington[4]
- 1411 John Huntingford[4]
- 1412 Robert Hay[4]
- 1413 William Huntingford[4]
- 1414 John Clarke[4]
- 1415 William Kennet[4]
- 1416 John White[4]
- 1417 John Hunt[4] (dubious)[5]
- 1418 Robert Morris[4][5]
- 1419 William Winton[4]
- 1420 William Winton[4]
- 1421 William Huntingford[4]
- 1422 Robert Morris Junior[4] or John Hunt[5]
- 1423 Thomas Levington[4]
- 1424 Simon Porter[4]
- 1425 John Burton[4]
- 1426 Thomas Levington[4]
- 1427 John Kirkby[4]
- 1428 Simon Porter[4]
- 1429 John Kirkby[4]
- 1430 Simon Kent[4]
- 1431 Simon Ladbrook[4]
- 1432 John Kirkby[4]
- 1433 Robert Morris[4]
- 1434 John Kirkby[4]
- 1435 Thomas Swayne[4]
- 1436 William Hunt[4]
- 1437 William Hunt[4]
- 1438 William Bryssely[4]
- 1439 William Selham[4]
- 1440 John Vere[4]
- 1441 Robert Morris[4]
- 1442 Simon Porter[4]
- 1443 William Selham[4]
- 1444 Edward Lynacre[4]
- 1445 William Bryssely[4]
- 1446 William Hunt[4]
- 1447 John West[4]
- 1448 John Sayer[4]
- 1449 Thomas Clarke[4]
- 1450 John Chamberlain[4]
- 1451 Simon Porter[4]
- 1452 Edward Lynacre[4]
- 1453 William Reade[4]
- 1454 William Reade[4]
- 1455 William Reade[4]
- 1456 William Reade[4]
- 1457 John Chamberlain[4]
- 1458 Thomas Beke[4]
- 1459 Thomas Beke[4]
- 1460 Thomas Clarke[4]
- 1461 Thomas Clarke[4]
- 1462 Thomas Beke[4]
- 1463 William Lynacre[4]
- 1464 William Reade[4]
- 1465 Thomas Clarke[4]
- 1466
- 1467 William Reade
- 1468 William Lynacre
- 1469 William Reade
- 1470
- 1471
- 1472 William Lynacre
- 1473
- 1474
- 1475
- 1476
- 1477 William Lynacre
- 1478 John Baxter
- 1479 John Baxter
- 1480 William Lynacre
- 1481
- 1482
- 1483 John Baxter
- 1484 John Langham
- 1485 John Langham
- 1486 John Langham
- 1487 John Langham or Richard Cleche[6]
- 1488 John Langham
- 1489 John Langham
- 1490 John Baxter
- 1491 Christian Nicholas
- 1492 Christian Nicholas
- 1493 Christian Nicholas
- 1494 Christian Nicholas
- 1495 John Baxter
- 1496 John Baxter
- 1497 Christian Nicholas
- 1498 Richard Cleche[6]
- 1499 Christian Nicholas
- 1500
Sixteenth century[]
- 1501
- 1502 Richard Cleche[4] (dubious)[6]
- 1503 John Turner
- 1504 Thomas Carpenter
- 1505 Richard Cleche[6]
- 1506 Thomas Carpenter
- 1507 Christian Nicholas
- 1508 Thomas Carpenter
- 1509 Thomas Carpenter
- 1510
- 1511 William Gifford, (or Giffard, Jeffard)[7]
- 1512 William Watts
- 1513 William Justice[4][8]
- 1514
- 1515 John Hopton
- 1516
- 1516 William Justice[4][8]
- 1517 William Watts
- 1518 William Watts
- 1519 John Hopton
- 1520 William Gifford[7]
- 1521 Thomas Everard
- 1522 Nicholas Hyde, MP for Reading, 1523
- 1523 Richard Turner
- 1524 William Gifford[7]
- 1525 Thomas Everard
- 1526
- 1527 Richard Turner
- 1528
- 1529 Thomas Everard
- 1530
- 1531 Richard Turner
- 1532 William Style
- 1533 John Reade
- 1534 Thomas Everard
- 1534 Richard Turner
- 1535
- 1536 John White
- 1537 Richard Turner
- 1538
- 1539 Richard Justice[9]
- 1540 William Edmunds
- 1541 Richard Turner
- 1542 John White
- 1543 Richard Turner
- 1544 John White[4] or John Bourne[10]
- 1545 Richard Justice[9]
- 1546 John Bourne[4] (dubious)[10]
- 1547 John Bourne[4] (dubious)[10]
- 1548
- 1549 John Buckland
- 1550 William Edmunds
- 1551 Thomas Aldworth[4][11]
- 1552 John Bourne[10][4]
- 1553
- 1554 Edward Butler
- 1555
- 1556
- 1557 Thomas Aldworth[4][11]
- 1558 [4] or John Bourne[10]
- 1559 Edward Butler
- 1560
- 1561 Thomas Conyers[4] or Thomas Aldworth[11]
- 1562
- 1563 John Buckland
- 1564
- 1565 [12]
- 1566
- 1567
- 1568 Humphrey Jackson
- 1569 Richard Johnson
- 1570
- 1571 Thomas Aldworth[4][11]
- 1572
- 1573
- 1574
- 1575 Edward Butler
- 1576 Richard Aldworth
- 1577
- 1578 Richard Johnson
- 1579 John Webb
- 1580 Thomas Kendrick
- 1581 Edward Butler
- 1584
- 1583
- 1584 Richard Aldworth
- 1585 Richard Turner
- 1586
- 1587 Richard Johnson
- 1588
- 1539
- 1590 Robert Harris
- 1591 Thomas Deane
- 1592
- 1593 Richard Aldworth
- 1593
- 1594 Richard Turner
- 1595
- 1596
- 1597
- 1598 Robert Harris
- 1599 Thomas Deane
- 1600
Seventeenth century[]
- 1601
- 1602 John Webb
- 1603
- 1604 John Thorne
- 1605 Bernard Harrison
- 1606
- 1607
- 1608 Thomas Deane
- 1609
- 1610
- 1611 [13]
- 1612 Richard Turner
- 1613 Robert Reeve
- 1614
- 1615 Robert Knight
- 1616 Christopher Turner
- 1617
- 1618
- 1619 Walter Bateman
- 1620 [13]
- 1621 Anthony Knight
- 1622 Robert Malthus
- 1623 Robert Knight
- 1624 Christopher Turner
- 1625
- 1626
- 1627
- 1628
- 1629 Walter Bateman
- 1630 [13]
- 1631
- 1632
- 1633
- 1634
- 1635
- 1636 George Thorne
- 1637
- 1638
- 1639
- 1640 Thomas Harrison
- 1641
- 1642
- 1643
- 1644 Simon Dee
- 1645 George Wooldridge
- 1646 Richard Holloway
- 1647 John Harrison
- 1648 Thomas Bateman
- 1649
- 1650
- 1651 William Wilder
- 1652 John Webb
- 1653
- 1654
- 1655 Thomas Cope
- 1656
- 1657 Richard Holloway
- 1658
- 1659
- 1660
- 1661
- 1662 George Thorne[13]
- 1663
- 1664
- 1665
- 1666
- 1667
- 1668
- 1669
- 1670
- 1671 John Blake
- 1672 Richard Johnson
- 1673
- 1674
- 1675
- 1676
- 1677
- 1678 Thomas Harrison
- 1679 David Webb
- 1680
- 1681
- 1682 John Thorne
- 1683 John Blake
- 1684
- 1685 Richard Johnson
- 1686
- 1687
- 1688
- 1688 Charles Calverley
- 1689
- 1690 John Thorne
- 1691
- 1692
- 1693
- 1694
- 1695 Samuel Watlington[14][15]
- 1696
- 1697 Thomas Oates
- 1698 Francis Browne
- 1699
- 1700
Eighteenth century[]
- 1701
- 1702
- 1703 William Wilder
- 1704 Moses Gill
- 1705
- 1706
- 1707 Francis Bristow
- 1708 Thomas Piercy
- 1709
- 1710 Robert Blake
- 1711 Samuel Watlington[14][15]
- 1712
- 1713
- 1714 William Wilder
- 1715 Moses Gill
- 1716
- 1717
- 1718 Thomas Piercy
- 1719
- 1720 Robert Blake
- 1721 Richard Richards
- 1722 John Watts [16]
- 1723 William Everett
- 1724
- 1725
- 1726 Thomas Piercy
- 1727 Richard Richards
- 1728 John Watts [16]
- 1729 William Everett
- 1730
- 1731 John Thorne
- 1732
- 1733
- 1734
- 1735
- 1736 John Spicer
- 1737 Thomas Piercy
- 1738 Richard Richards
- 1739 William Everett
- 1740
- 1741 John Thorp
- 1742
- 1743
- 1744 John Spicer
- 1745
- 1746
- 1747
- 1748 John Harrison
- 1749
- 1750 John Richards
- 1751
- 1752
- 1753
- 1754 Richard Fisher
- 1755
- 1756 John Spicer
- 1757
- 1758
- 1759
- 1760 John Richards
- 1761
- 1762 Richard Fisher
- 1763 Richard Westbrook
- 1764
- 1765
- 1766
- 1767 Adam Smith
- 1768
- 1769
- 1770 John Richards
- 1771 Richard Fisher
- 1772 Richard Westbrook
- 1773
- 1774
- 1775
- 1776 John Everett
- 1777
- 1778 William Knapp
- 1779 Thomas Deane
- 1780 Robert Micklem
- 1781
- 1782 Henry Deane
- 1783
- 1784
- 1785
- 1786
- 1787
- 1788
- 1789
- 1790 William Knapp
- 1791 Thomas Deane
- 1792 Robert Micklem
- 1793 Henry Deane
- 1794
- 1795
- 1796
- 1797
- 1798
- 1799
- 1800
Nineteenth century[]
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- 1801 Richard Westbrook[4]
- 1802 Richard Richards[4]
- 1803 Lancelot Austwick[4]
- 1804 George Gilbertson[4]
- 1805 John Stevens[4]
- 1806 Martin Annesley[4]
- 1807 Richard Maul[4]
- 1808 Thomas Gleed[4]
- 1809 Charles Poulton[4]
- 1810 William Blandy[4]
- 1811 Richard Westbrook[4]
- 1812 Lancelot Austwick[4]
- 1813 George Gilbertson[4]
- 1814 William Andrews Senior[4]
- 1815 John Blandy[4]
- 1816 William Blackall Simonds[4]
- 1817 Thomas Sowdon[4]
- 1818 Robert Harris[4]
- 1819 Thomas Ward[4]
- 1820 William Stephens[4]
- 1821 Henry Deane[4]
- 1822 Thomas Garrard[4]
- 1823 William Andrews Senior[4]
- 1824 Henry Simonds[4]
- 1825 Herbert Lewis[4]
- 1826 George Higgs[4]
- 1827 William Quelch[4]
- 1828 Musgrave Lamb[4]
- 1829 Thomas Grint Curties[4]
- 1830 John Jackson Blandy[4][17][18]
- 1831 William Blandy[4]
- 1832 John Lamball Dewe[4]
- 1833 Thomas Lawrence[4]
- 1834 John Neale[4]
- 1835 Henry Hawkes[4]
- 1836 William Tuppen[4]
- 1837 Richard Billing[4]
- 1857 George Palmer[19]
- 1883–1887 Arthur Hill[20]
- 1892 Frank Atwells (died in office)[21]
- 1892 D Heelas, former deputy mayor.[22]
- 1892 John Wessley Martin [23]
- 1893 Charles Gyningham Field [24]
- 1899–1900 W. Poulton[25]
Twentieth century[]
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- 1900–03: Councillor A. Holland Bull, JP (Liberal Unionist) (three terms)[26][27]
- 1903: Arthur Sutton[28]
- 1919: George Stewart Abram[29]
- 1931: Edward Oliver Farrer[30]
- 1933: Edith Sutton[31]
- 1934: Mr Allwright (died in office)[30]
- 1946: Phoebe Cusden[32]
- 1956: Arthur Lockwood[33]
- 1972: Sylvia Blagrove, who also served on the former Reading County Borough Council from 1959 – 62 and Reading Borough Council from 1963 – 72[34]
- 1974: Reginald (Joe) Bristow[35]
- 1975: Geoffrey Salisbury, who was employed by Sigmund Pulsometer Pumps, Oxford Road, Reading.
- 1985: Brian Fowles[31]
- 2000: Bob Green[36]
Twenty-first century[]
- 2001: Tony Jones[37]
- 2002: Liz Winfield-Chislett[38]
- 2003: Jeanette Skeats[38]
- 2004: Richard Stainthorp[39]
- 2005: Riaz Chaudhri[40]
- 2007: Chris Maskell[41]
- 2008: Peter Beard[42]
- 2009: Fred Pugh[43]
- 2010: Gul Khan[44]
- 2011: Deborah Edwards[45][46]
- 2012: Jenny Rynn[47]
- 2013: Marion Livingston[48]
- 2014: Tony Jones[37]
- 2015: Sarah Hacker[49]
- 2016: Mohammed Ayub[50]
- 2017: Rose Williams[51]
- 2018: Deborah Edwards[45]
- 2019: Paul Woodward[52]
- 2020: David Stevens[citation needed]
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