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This detail from a 1906 postcard of
part of the Docks area of Drogheda shows
the Mayoralty House and the
Whitworth Monument
Mayors of Drogheda 1285 - 1932
The following list is taken from The Drogheda
Independent, 24 December 1932.
No Source is given, but the names up to 1842 are
most likely taken from: John D'Alton, The History of Drogheda with its
Environs, Dublin 1844
Additional information on 15th and 16th century Mayors is taken from: Mac Iomhair, An t-Athair Diarmuid, 'Two Old Drogheda
Chronicles', Journal of the County Louth Archaeological & Historical Society,
Dundalk 1961. A list of the mayors up to 1994 can be found in Aidan P. Robinson,
Ancient Drogheda, Drogheda 1994, pps.77-88.
|
Year |
Name |
Surname |
Title |
Comment |
|
1285 |
Hugo |
Moyne |
|
|
|
1319 |
Robert |
Bryan |
|
|
|
1330 |
William |
de
Roche |
|
|
|
1337 |
William |
de
Roche |
|
|
|
1345 |
Richard |
FitzWilliam |
|
|
|
1346 |
William |
Roche |
|
|
|
1356 |
- |
de
Bathe |
|
|
|
1368 |
William |
Roche |
Junior |
|
|
1375 |
William |
Roche |
|
|
|
1377 |
Walter |
Mills |
|
|
|
1380 |
Richard |
Mole |
|
|
|
1389 |
William |
Roche |
|
|
|
1394 |
Nicholas |
Faunt |
|
|
|
1397 |
William |
Roche |
|
|
|
1398 |
Walter |
Taaffe |
|
|
|
1399 |
William |
White |
|
|
|
1401 |
John |
White |
|
|
|
1405 |
Richard |
White |
|
|
|
1406 |
Richard |
White |
|
|
|
1412 |
William |
Symcock |
|
First
chartered Mayor of the United Corporations |
|
1413 |
Nicholas |
Finglas |
|
|
|
1418 |
Thomas |
Walsh |
|
|
|
1447 |
Robert |
Talbot |
|
|
|
1453 |
Richard |
Hill |
|
|
|
1454 |
Thomas |
Snatchberd |
|
|
|
1456 |
Richard |
Hill |
|
|
|
1467 |
James |
Fowling |
|
|
|
1468 |
Richard |
Gernon |
|
|
|
1470 |
William |
Dawes |
|
|
|
1471 |
William |
Symcock |
|
|
|
1471 |
John |
Fowling |
|
|
|
1472 |
William |
Brown |
|
|
|
1473 |
John |
Delahide |
|
|
|
1474 |
John |
Bath |
|
|
|
1475 |
John |
Clinton |
|
|
|
1476 |
James |
Docwra |
|
|
|
1477 |
James |
Tanner |
|
|
|
1478 |
Thomas |
White |
|
|
|
1505 |
Nicholas |
Palm |
|
|
|
1506 |
John |
Wyrrall |
|
|
|
1512 |
John |
Barnewall |
|
|
|
1515 |
John |
Wyrall |
|
'2d
time Mayor' |
|
1520 |
Thomas |
White |
|
|
|
1524 |
Thomas |
Delahoyde |
|
|
|
1524 |
Henry |
Duff |
|
'2d
time Mayor' |
|
1539 |
Michael |
Coursy |
|
|
|
1541 |
John |
Duffe |
|
|
|
1548 |
John |
Dowding |
|
|
|
1554 |
George |
Elcock |
|
|
|
1555 |
Thomas |
Kelly |
|
|
|
1556 |
George |
Elcock |
|
|
|
1568 |
John |
Elcock |
|
|
|
1569 |
Robert |
Burnell |
|
|
|
1570 |
Thomas |
Peppard |
|
|
|
1577 |
Nicholas |
Bathe |
|
|
|
1578 |
Philip |
Dowdall |
|
|
|
1581 |
Patrick |
Dowdall |
|
|
|
1582 |
George |
Duff |
|
|
|
1583 |
James |
Wotton |
|
|
|
1589 |
William |
Brett |
|
|
|
1592 |
Nicholas |
Elcock |
|
|
|
1600 |
Patrick |
Laundy |
|
|
|
1610 |
Christopher |
Worrall |
|
|
|
1622 |
Richard |
Byrne |
|
|
|
1623 |
Thomas |
Nugent |
|
|
|
1624 |
Henry |
Franklin |
|
|
|
1626 |
Thomas |
Oxford |
|
|
|
1627 |
Henry |
Franklin |
|
|
|
1635 |
Henry |
Franklin |
|
|
|
1636 |
James |
Bolton |
|
|
|
1644 |
John |
Jebb |
|
|
|
1645 |
George |
Gregory |
|
|
|
1649 |
William |
Elwood |
|
|
|
1650 |
William |
Toxteth |
|
|
|
1652 |
Samuel |
Stanbridge |
|
|
|
1656 |
Samuel |
Stanbridge |
|
|
|
1657 |
Thomas |
Dixon |
|
|
|
1658 |
Thomas |
Stubber |
|
|
|
1659 |
Richard |
Edmonds |
|
Displaced for neglect of duty. |
|
1659 |
Edward |
Martin |
|
|
|
1660 |
Edward |
Martin |
|
|
|
1661 |
James |
Elwood |
|
|
|
1662 |
John |
Greene |
|
|
|
1663 |
John |
Metcalf |
|
|
|
1664 |
John |
Towers |
|
|
|
1665 |
John |
Towers |
|
|
|
1667 |
Gabriel |
Meade |
|
|
|
1671 |
James |
Graham |
Sir |
|
|
1672 |
William |
Tichbourne |
Sir |
|
|
1673 |
E. |
Nicholls |
|
|
|
1674 |
Thomas |
Newton |
|
|
|
1675 |
George |
Richardson |
|
|
|
1676 |
Edward |
Singleton |
|
|
|
1677 |
John |
Tomlinson |
|
|
|
1678 |
Richard |
Jackson |
|
|
|
1679 |
John |
Sandiford |
|
|
|
1680 |
Thomas |
Percival |
|
|
|
1681 |
John |
Osborne |
|
|
|
1682 |
William |
Elwood |
|
|
|
1683 |
Henry |
Nichols |
|
|
|
1684 |
William |
Barron |
|
|
|
1685 |
John |
Sandiford |
|
|
|
1686 |
James |
Van
Bobbert |
|
|
|
1687 |
George |
Richardson |
|
|
|
1688 |
Ignatius |
Peppard |
|
Under
James the Second's Charter |
|
1690 |
William |
Elwood |
|
|
|
1691 |
Thomas |
Newton |
|
|
|
1692 |
Richard |
Pitts |
|
|
|
1693 |
John |
Graham |
|
|
|
1694 |
Henry |
Tichborne |
Sir |
|
|
1695 |
Joseph |
Tomlinson |
|
|
|
1696 |
William |
Newton |
|
|
|
1697 |
James |
Meade |
|
|
|
1698 |
Henry |
Ogle |
|
|
|
1699 |
George |
Hardman |
|
|
|
1700 |
John |
Leigh |
|
|
|
1701 |
Henry |
Meade |
|
|
|
1702 |
Richard |
Smith |
|
|
|
1703 |
Thomas |
Stoker |
|
|
|
1704 |
John |
Shore |
|
|
|
1705 |
John |
Cope |
|
|
|
1706 |
John |
Cope |
|
|
|
1707 |
Henry |
Meade |
|
|
|
1708 |
William |
Patten |
|
|
|
1709 |
William |
Norman |
|
|
|
1710 |
John |
Johnston |
|
|
|
1711 |
Edmond |
Singleton |
|
|
|
1712 |
Timothy |
Armitage |
|
|
|
1713 |
Henry |
Smith |
|
|
|
1714 |
John |
Byrne |
|
|
|
1715 |
John |
Shepheard |
|
|
|
1716 |
George |
Blacker |
|
|
|
1717 |
Thomas |
Sandiford |
|
|
|
1718 |
Edmond |
Scholes |
|
|
|
1719 |
John |
Gilbert |
|
|
|
1720 |
Charles |
Byrne |
|
|
|
1721 |
Thomas |
Gerrard |
|
|
|
1722 |
Oliver |
Fairclough |
|
["Fairtlough"
in D'Alton] |
|
1723 |
John |
Sankitt |
|
|
|
1724 |
John |
Rencher |
|
|
|
1725 |
John |
Godfrey |
|
|
|
1726 |
William |
Lucas |
|
|
|
1727 |
John |
Haden |
|
|
|
1728 |
Samuel |
Pendleton |
|
|
|
1729 |
Henry |
Ogle |
|
|
|
1730 |
Edward |
Hardman |
|
|
|
1731 |
William |
Exham |
|
|
|
1732 |
Francis |
Leigh |
|
|
|
1733 |
Edward |
Leigh |
|
|
|
1734 |
William |
Ogle |
|
|
|
1735 |
John |
Broughton |
|
|
|
1736 |
Henry |
Ackland |
|
|
|
1737 |
William |
Shepheard |
|
|
|
1738 |
James |
Barlow |
|
|
|
1739 |
Thomas |
Wye |
|
|
|
1740 |
Johathan |
Nichols |
|
|
|
1741 |
Townley |
Patten |
|
|
|
1742 |
John |
Graham |
|
|
|
1743 |
Henry |
Sheils |
|
|
|
1744 |
William |
Graves |
|
|
|
1745 |
Robert |
Ford |
|
|
|
1746 |
George |
Rencher |
|
|
|
1747 |
George |
Scholes |
|
|
|
1748 |
Edward |
Cheshire |
|
["Chesshire,
Junr." in D'Alton] |
|
1749 |
Richard |
Jebb |
|
|
|
1750 |
Oliver |
Fairtlough |
|
|
|
1751 |
Francis |
Donagh |
|
|
|
1752 |
John |
Graham |
Junr. |
|
|
1753 |
Jeremiah |
Smith |
|
|
|
1754 |
Philp |
Pendleton |
|
|
|
1755 |
William |
Howard |
|
|
|
1756 |
Henry |
Gartside |
|
|
|
1757 |
George |
Ackland |
|
|
|
1758 |
William |
Fairtlough |
|
|
|
1759 |
Edward |
Norman |
|
|
|
1760 |
John |
Ogle |
|
|
|
1761 |
Edward |
Cheshire |
Junr. |
["Chesshire,
Junr." in D'Alton] |
|
1762 |
William |
Ogle |
Junr. |
|
|
1763 |
Roger |
Ford |
|
|
|
1764 |
John |
Jebb |
|
|
|
1765 |
John |
Ogle |
|
|
|
1766 |
Robert |
Ball |
|
|
|
1767 |
John |
Marshall |
|
|
|
1768 |
Edward |
Hardman |
|
|
|
1769 |
Henry |
Leland |
|
|
|
1770 |
William |
Norman |
|
|
|
1771 |
James |
Ford |
|
|
|
1772 |
Anthony |
Marshall |
|
|
|
1773 |
Philip |
Donagh |
|
|
|
1774 |
Alderman [sic] |
Fairtlough |
|
|
|
1775 |
William |
Coddington |
|
|
|
1776 |
William |
Holmes |
|
|
|
1777 |
Oliver |
Fairtlough |
|
|
|
1778 |
Hugh
Montgomery |
Lyons |
|
|
|
1779 |
William |
Gibbons |
|
|
|
1780 |
John |
Ackland |
|
|
|
1781 |
John |
Jones |
|
|
|
1782 |
William |
Cheshire |
|
["Chesshire,
Junr." in D'Alton] |
|
1783 |
John |
Van
Homrigh |
|
|
|
1784 |
Henry |
Smith |
|
|
|
1785 |
Edward |
Cheshire |
|
["Chesshire,
Junr." in D'Alton] |
|
1786 |
George |
Armstrong |
|
|
|
1787 |
Maurice |
Barlow |
|
|
|
1788 |
William |
O'Doherty |
Sir |
|
|
1789 |
Graves |
Chamney |
|
|
|
1790 |
Joseph |
Holmes |
|
|
|
1791 |
William |
Fairclough |
|
["Fairtlough"
in D'Alton] |
|
1792 |
James |
Schoales |
|
|
|
1793 |
Ralph |
Smith |
|
|
|
1794 |
Ralph |
Smith |
|
|
|
1795 |
George |
Evans |
|
|
|
1796 |
William |
Jones |
|
|
|
1797 |
Anthony |
Sillery |
|
|
|
1798 |
Bartholomew P |
Van
Homrigh |
|
|
|
1799 |
George |
McIntaggart |
|
|
|
1800 |
Burton |
Tandy |
|
|
|
1801 |
Edward |
Fairclough |
|
["Fairtlough"
in D'Alton] |
|
1802 |
James |
Metcalfe |
|
|
|
1803 |
|