Mayors and Sheriffs of Bristol 1600 -1699
Transcribed from 'Annals of Bristol Vol. 1' by John Latimer
| Year | Mayor |
Occupation |
Sheriff |
Sheriff |
| 1600 | John Hopkins | Merchant | John Boulton | Thomas Hopkins |
| 1601 | William Vawer | Cardmaker | William Hopkins | John Fowens |
| 1602 | Ralph Horte | Grocer | John Aldworth | Thomas Farmer |
| 1603 | John Whitson | Merchant | William Barnes | George Richards |
| 1604 | Christ. Kedgwin | Grocer | William Cole | George Harrington |
| 1605 | Thomas James | Merchant | John Rowberowe | John Guy |
| 1606 | John Barker | Merchant | Thomas Packer | John Doughty |
| Richard Smith | Tanner | |||
| 1607 | Matthew Haviland | Merchant | Robert Rogers | Arthurs Needes |
| 1608 | John Butcher | Draper | Thomas Moore | William Young |
| 1609 | Robert Aldworth | Merchant | Thomas Aldworth | Wm. Challoner |
| 1610 | John Eaglesfield | Mercer | Thomas Whithead | William Pytte |
| 1611 | William Cary | Draper | William Burrus | Henry Gibbes |
| 1612 | Abel Kitchen | Merchant | Christoper Cary | John Barker |
| 1613 | Francis Knight | Christopher Whitson | John Gonning | |
| 1614 | Thomas James | Merchant | John Langton | Humphrey Hooke |
| 1615 | John Whitson | Merchant | William Baldwyne | John Tomlinson |
| 1616 | Thomas Farmer | Henry Yate | Henry Hobson | |
| 1617 | George Harrington | Brewer | Matthew Warren | William Turner |
| 1618 | John Guy | Merchant | Thomas Cecil | Thomas Wright |
| 1619 | Thomas Packer | Humphrey Browne | William Lyssett | |
| 1620 | John Doughty | Mercer | Andrew Charlton | Peter Miller |
| 1621 | Robert Rogers | Soapmaker | Richard Holworthy | Richard Long |
| 1622 | William Young | Draper | Edward Coxe | William Jones |
| 1623 | William Pitt | Draper | Oliver Snell | Ezekiel Wallis |
| 1624 | Henry Gibbes | Brewer | Wm Pitt jun. (died) | Nath. Butcher |
| Thos. Clements | ||||
| 1625 | John Barker | Merchant | George Knight | John Taylor |
| 1626 | Chris. Whitson | Sugar Refiner | John Lock | Walter Ellis |
| 1627 | John Gonning | Merchant | Richard Plea | Richard Aldworth |
| 1628 | John Langton | Merchant | Alex. James | Francis Creswick |
| 1629 | Humphrey Hooke | Merchant | Giles Elbridge | Thomas Colston |
| 1630 | John Tomlinson | Merchant | Derrick Popley | Gabriel Sherman |
| 1631 | Henry Yate | Soapmaker | John Gonning jun. | Miles Jackson |
| 1632 | Henry Hobson | Innkeeper | Thomas Jackson | Wm. Fitzherbert |
| 1633 | Matthew Warren | Clothier | Robert Elliott | Thomas Lloyd |
| 1634 | Andrew Charlton | Merchant | John Langton | Thomas Hook |
| 1635 | Rich. Holworthy | Merchant | William Cann | William Hobson |
| 1636 | Richard Long | Merchant | Richard Vickris | Thos.Woodward |
| 1637 | William Jones | Grocer | Edw. Peters (died) | Wm. Wyat |
| Ab. Edwards | ||||
| 1638 | Ezekiel Wallis | Draper | Luke Hodges | George Hellier |
| 1639 | George Knight | Draper | Matthew Warren | Walter Deyos |
| 1640 | John Taylor | Merchant | Henry Gibbes | Edward Pitt |
| 1641 | John Lock | Merchant | Richard Balman | Robert Yeamans |
| 1642 | Richard Aldworth | Mercer | Joseph Jackson | Hugh Browne |
| 1643 | Humph. Hooke | Merchant | Henry Creswick | William Colston |
| 1644 | Alex. James | Merchant | Nathaniel Cale | William Bevan |
| 1645 | Francis Creswick | Merchant | John Young | Walter Stevens |
| John Gonning | Merchant | |||
| 1646 | Richard Vickris | Merchant | Walter Sandy | Edward Tyson |
| 1647 | Gabriel Sherman | Merchant | Arthur Farmer | George White |
| 1648 | William Cann | Merchant | Robert Challoner | Robert Yate |
| 1649 | Miles Jackson | Merchant | William Dale | William Yeamans |
| 1650 | Hugh Browne | Merchant | James Croft | George Hart |
| 1651 | Jos. Jackson | Merchant | George Lane | Robert Cann |
| 1652 | Henry Gibbes | Draper | Jonathan Blackwell | Thos. Amory |
| 1653 | George Hellier | Ironmonger | John Pope | Thomas Bubb |
| 1654 | John Gonning | Merchant | Christopher Griffith | John Lawford |
| 1655 | Walter Deyos | Merchant | Thomas Harris | John Bowen |
| 1656 | Richard Balman | Brewer | Robert Vickris | John Harper |
| 1657 | Arthur Farmer | Brewer | John Willoughby | Henry Appleton |
| 1658 | Walter Sandy | Ironmonger | Edward Morgan | Nehemiah Collins |
| 1659 | Edward Tyson | Merchant | Francis Gleed | Timothy Parker |
| 1660 | Henry Creswick | Merchant | Richard Gregson | Thomas Langton |
| 1661 | Nathaniel Cale | Chandler | Thomas Stevens | John Hickes |
| 1662 | Sir Robt. Cann, Bart. | Merchant | John Wright | Robert Yeamans |
| 1663 | Sir John Knight (I) | Merchant | John Bradway | Richard Streamer |
| 1664 | John Lawford | Grocer | John Knight, jun. | Ralph Olliffe |
| 1665 | John Willoughby | Grocer | William Crabb | Richard Crump |
| 1666 | Sir Thos. Langton | Merchant | John Lloyd | Joseph Creswick |
| 1667 | Edward Morgan | Upholster | John Aldworth (died) | Hy. Gough |
| Wm. Willett | ||||
| 1668 | Thomas Stevens | Grocer | Hum. Little | Rich. Hart |
| 1669 | Sir Robt. Yeamans Bt. | Charles Powell | Edward Hurne | |
| 1670 | John Knight jun. | Sugar Baker | Thomas Day | Thomas Eston |
| 1671 | John Hicks | Mercer | Richard Stubbs | Thomas Earle |
| 1672 | Chris. Griffithe | Merchant | Edward Young | John Cooke |
| 1673 | Richard Streamer | Merchant | John Dymer (died) | John Cecil |
| Wm. Hasell | ||||
| 1674 | Ralph Olliffe | Innkeeper | Samuel Wharton | Edward Fielding |
| 1675 | Sir Robert Cann Bart. | Charles Williams | George Lane | |
| 1676 | William Crabb | Merchant | Henry Gleson | Henry Merret |
| 1677 | Sir Richard Crumpe | Chandler | William Donning | John Moore |
| 1678 | Sir John Lloyd | Brewer | Wm. Jackson | Wm. Clutterbuck |
| 1679 | Joseph Creswick | Merchant | Wm. Hayman | Wm. Swymmer |
| 1680 | Sir Richard Hart | Abraham Saunders | Arthur Hart | |
| 1681 | Sir Thos. Earl | Merchant | Sir John Knight (II) | Richd. Lane |
| 1682 | Thomas Eston | Merchant | George Hart | John Combes |
| 1683 | Ralph Olliffe | Innkeeper | Nathaniel Driver | Edmond Arundell |
| Sir wm. Clutterbuck | ||||
| 1684 | Sir Will. Hayman | Merchant | Giles Merricke | James Twyford |
| 1685 | Abraham Saunders | Soapmaker | William Merricke | Robert Yate |
| 1686 | Wm. Swymmer | Merchant | George Morgan | Edward Tocknell |
| 1687 | Richard Lane | Sugar Baker | John Sandford | Samuel Wallis |
| Thomas Day | Merchant | Thomas Saunders | John Hine | |
| 1688 | William Jackson | Merchant | Thomas Liston | Joseph Jackson |
| William Jackson | Merchant | Thomas Cole | George White | |
| 1689 | Arthur Hart | Merchant | John Bubb | John Blackwell |
| 1690 | Sir John Knight (II) | Robert Dowding | John Yeamans | |
| 1691 | Richard Lane | Sugar Baker | John Bradway | William Opie |
| 1692 | Edmond Arundell | Merchant | James Pope | Henry Combe |
| 1693 | Robert Yate | Merchant | Marmaduke Bowdler | John Bacheler |
| 1694 | Sir Thomas Day | Merchant | John Hawkins | Sir Wm. Daines |
| 1695 | Samuel Wallis | Ironmonger | William Lewis | William French |
| 1696 | John Hine | Suger Baker | Francis Whitchurch | Peter Saunders |
| 1697 | John Bubb | Draper | Nathaniel Day | Joh Day |
| 1698 | John Blackwell | Vintner | George Stephens | John Swymmer |
| 1699 | John Bacheler | Draper | William Whithead | James Hollidge |