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2 unusual facts about List of Lord Mayors of London


Castle Camps

The castle remained in the de Vere family until 1584 when it was sold by Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, to Thomas Skinner (d.1596), Lord Mayor of London.

Malcolm Miller

Malcolm Miller was built in 1967, half of the construction cost being donated by Sir James Miller, a former Lord Mayor of London and Lord Provost of Edinburgh.


Robert Poynings

By his father's second marriage to Margaret Squery (d. 3 November 1448), widow of Sir William Cromer (d. January 1434), Lord Mayor of London, elder daughter of Thomas Squery of Westerham, Kent, Robert Poynings had a half sister, Eleanor Poynings, who married Thomas Palmer.

St. Mary Magdalen, Milk Street

He lists a number of important Londoners who had been buried in the church, including Sir William Cantilo, knight and Mercer (died 1462) and several Lord Mayors of London: John Olney (Mayor in 1446, died 1475), Sir John Browne (mayor in 1480; d. 1497), Sir William Browne (Mayor in 1513, died during his term of office), Sir Thomas Exmewe (Mayor in 1517, d. 1528), and Thomas Skinner (Mayor in 1596).

William Clopton

William Clopton, born in 1538, was the great-great-great-nephew of Hugh Clopton (d.1496), Lord Mayor of London, builder of both New Place and the bridge at Stratford upon Avon.


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