Mayor of Abingdon-on-Thames

The Mayor of Abingdon-on-Thames is a ceremonial post held by a member of Abingdon-on-Thames Council, elected annually by the council.[1][2]

Mayor of Abingdon-on-Thames
Incumbent
Cllr Andy Foulsham
since 2022
Term lengthOne municipal year
Formation1556
WebsiteOfficial website

In 1556, Mary I of England granted a charter establishing a mayor, two bailiffs, twelve chief burgesses and sixteen secondary burgesses, the mayor to be clerk of the market, coroner and a Justice of the Peace. The charter nominated Richard Mayotte as the first Mayor in 1556.[3][4] Originally, the mayor would be elected on the Feast of St. Michael and Archangel on 29 September.[5]

Historical list of mayors


References

  1. "Your Mayor". Abingdon-on-Thames Town Council. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
  2. "Mayor of Abingdon on Thames". Oxfordshire County Council. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
  3. "List of mayors". Abingdon-on-Thames Town Council. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
  4. Hoiberg, Dale H (2010). Abingdon. Encyclopædia Britannica edition 15. p. 33. ISBN 978-1-59339-837-8.
  5. Townsend, James (1910). A History of Abingdon. Henry Frowde London. pp. 107–109.
  6. "Abingdon". Reading Standard. 16 November 1929. Retrieved 30 November 2022 via British Newspaper Archive.
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