Source: The Annuls of Dover.
Transcribed by Dorothy Holden
1606 John TOOKE
1607 Henry STEEDE
1608 Robert GARRETT
1609 Robert AUSTIN
1610 William LEONARD
1611 William LEONARD
1612 Edward KEMPE
1612 William WARDE William Warde was Mayor 4 times
1613
1614 ?
1615 ?
1616 Thomas FOORD Thomas was Mayor twice (1625)
1617 Nicholas EATON Nicholas was Mayor in 1617,1630,1631. He was a wealthy merchant
1618 William WARDE
1619 William WARDE
1620 John BROUNGER
1621 Robert GARRETT
1622 Henry STEEDE
1623 John WAADE
1624 John WAADE
1625 Thomas FOORD
1626 John PRINGLE John Pringle was chosen Mayor in September 1626 and at the same time
he was a burgess of Parliament
1627 Stephen MONIN Stephen Monin was chosen Mayor 5 times in all
1628 Stephen MONIN
1629 Stephen MONIN
1630 Nicholas EATON
1631 Nicholas EATON
1632 Thomas TEDDIMAN Thomas Teddiman was Mayor in 1632,1633 and 1640.
He was a Captain in the Navy during the Commonwealth. After the Restoration
he was made what was called the Dover Admiral and in 1662 and 1664 he
distinguished himself in naval actions against the Dutch. He was knighted
for his valour and his picture was painted by Lilly for the Duke of York.
In 1667 he was appointed Port Admiral of Dover. In May 1668 he died in
London and was honoured with a public funeral.
1633 Thomas TEDDIMAN
1634 Luke PEPPER Luke Pepper was of the same family as earlier and later Mayors of that name.
1635 Luke PEPPER
1636 Stephen MONIN
1637 Stephen MONIN
1638 Thomas DAY Thomas Day saw a gloomy time. In his first year the Plague visited
Dover and in his last ( 1648) he had to proclaim the execution of the
King to the inhabitants
1639 Thomas DAY
1640 Thomas TEDDIMAN
1641 Thomas CULLEN Thomas Cullen was Mayor in 1641 and 1642. During his second year
Dover Castle was seized for the Cromwellian party
1642 Thomas CULLEN
1643 Luke BRAYLSFORD
1644 John GOLDER John Golder was Mayor 4 times, he was a Doctor
1645 John GOLDER
1646 John GOLDER
1647 Nicholas ROBERTS
1648 Thomas DAY
1649 William RICHARDS William Richards had a residence named the Green House at the Pier.
Isaac MINET as a boy made a stay of two years in Dover and resided there in 1674-75
1650 John BROOME John Broome was a Royalist who regarding the Commonwealth as a settled
form of Government accepted office under it.
He died during his year of office.
1650 Edward PRESCOTT Edward Prescott took on the role of Mayor when John Broome died.
He held the Manor of Guston as his ancestors and descendents did.
The Prescotts have been Yeoman in the parish of Guston and
of Whitfield in the time of the War of the Roses.
1651 William CULLEN William Cullen was Mayor 4 times. He caused the Royal Arms to be taken
down from the front of the court hall, and the Arms of the Commonwealth
put in their place.
1652 William CULLEN
1653 Edward PRESCOTT
1654 Valentine TATNELL Valentine Tatnell was very active in promoting good order.
1655 Thomas WHITE Thomas White asked the Common Council to order that the 3 small maces
should be sold and one large one obtained instead. The small maces were
sold but a larger one not obtained until after the Restoration.
1656 Thomas WHITE
1657 Nathaniel SMITH Nathaniel Smith died on the 23rd August, a fortnight before his
Mayoralty would have closed.
1657 William CULLEN
1658 William CULLEN
1659 Thomas BROOME Thomas Broome was a Sergeant at Law. At the time there was some
expectation of the Restoration. On the landing of Charles II at Dover
Thomas Broome Esq. made a speech to his Majesty on his knees. Mr John
READING Minister of the Gospel presented his Majesty with a Bible.
1660 John LOOME John Loome, the first Chief Magistrate, was a Royalist and had been
on the Register of Suspected Persons during the Commonwealth.
1661 John GOLDER
1662 Richard JACOB Richard Jacob was chosen 3 times - 1662, 1672 and 1673.
He was a French Huguenot.
1663 William EATON William Eaton was a Notary connected with the Custom House
1664 Nicholas EATON Brother to William
1665 George WEST Mayor in 1665, 1683 and 1687.
He was a Malster and had also been on the Register of Suspected Persons.
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