Detailed Results for Ralph * Hardel

Name	Guild	Held Office
Hardel, Ralph * ¹	Draper (possibly) ² Vintner (possibly) ²	1249-50 ³ Sheriff 1254-55 ⁴ Mayor 1255-56 ⁵ Mayor 1256-57 Mayor 1257-58 ⁶ Mayor (until 1 Feb. 1258)
Notes Possibly the son of William Hardel, sheriff 1207-08 and mayor 1215-16 (see Reynolds pp. 356-57). Draper: Beaven I.372; Vintner: Williams p. 209. In this year, 18-24 May 1250, the city was in the king's hands: see Mayors and Sheriffs pp. 17-18. Ralph Hardel, according to Mayors and Sheriffs pp. 22-23, did not immediately become mayor, because the city was taken into the king's hands (under John Gisors) until 19 Nov. Sheriffs William Eswy and Robert de Linton, temporarily out of office also with Hardel (Mayors and Sheriffs pp. 22-23), were removed in Feb. 1255 for neglect involving the gaols and were replaced by Henry de Walemunt and Stephen de Oystergate: see Stow/K II.156 n. 10, and Mayors and Sheriffs pp. 23-24. The city was briefly in the king's hands in Nov.: see Mayors and Sheriffs pp. 24-25. For the details of removals and replacements, and one death, during 1257-58, see Stow/K II.157 n. 1. An appointed warden served between mayors Ralph Hardel and William fitz-Richard. Beaven II.xxxix, however, gives sheriff Robert de Cateloigne's death as in Dec. 1257, and Mayors and Sheriffs p. 31 gives 14 Dec., while Stow/K gives 19 Oct. 1257 as the date upon which Matthew Bukerel succeeded Cateloigne. Beaven I.373 lists Thomas fitz-Thomas as sheriff only in 1258. See also Mayors and Sheriffs pp. 33-39. Note Sources Mayors and Sheriffs: Chronicles of the Mayors and Sheriffs of London A.D. 1188 to A.D. 1274, ed. and trans. Henry Thomas Riley. London: Trubner, 1863. Beaven: Alfred B. Beaven, The Aldermen of the City of London. 2 vols. London: Corporation of London, 1908-13. Williams: Gwyn A. Williams, Medieval London: From Commune to Capital. London: University of London, Athlone Press, 1963. Stow/K: John Stow, A Survey of London, ed. Charles Lethbridge Kingsford. 2 vols. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1908. Reynolds: Susan Reynolds, "The Rulers of London in the Twelfth Century", History 57 (Feb. 1972), 337-57.

Name

Guild

Held Office

Hardel, Ralph * ¹

Draper (possibly) ²
Vintner (possibly) ²

1249-50 ³ Sheriff
1254-55 ⁴ Mayor
1255-56 ⁵ Mayor
1256-57 Mayor
1257-58 ⁶ Mayor (until 1 Feb. 1258)

Notes

Possibly the son of William Hardel, sheriff 1207-08 and mayor 1215-16 (see Reynolds pp. 356-57).
Draper: Beaven I.372; Vintner: Williams p. 209.
In this year, 18-24 May 1250, the city was in the king's hands: see Mayors and Sheriffs pp. 17-18.
Ralph Hardel, according to Mayors and Sheriffs pp. 22-23, did not immediately become mayor, because the city was taken into the king's hands (under John Gisors) until 19 Nov. Sheriffs William Eswy and Robert de Linton, temporarily out of office also with Hardel (Mayors and Sheriffs pp. 22-23), were removed in Feb. 1255 for neglect involving the gaols and were replaced by Henry de Walemunt and Stephen de Oystergate: see Stow/K II.156 n. 10, and Mayors and Sheriffs pp. 23-24.
The city was briefly in the king's hands in Nov.: see Mayors and Sheriffs pp. 24-25.
For the details of removals and replacements, and one death, during 1257-58, see Stow/K II.157 n. 1. An appointed warden served between mayors Ralph Hardel and William fitz-Richard. Beaven II.xxxix, however, gives sheriff Robert de Cateloigne's death as in Dec. 1257, and Mayors and Sheriffs p. 31 gives 14 Dec., while Stow/K gives 19 Oct. 1257 as the date upon which Matthew Bukerel succeeded Cateloigne. Beaven I.373 lists Thomas fitz-Thomas as sheriff only in 1258. See also Mayors and Sheriffs pp. 33-39.

Note Sources

Mayors and Sheriffs: Chronicles of the Mayors and Sheriffs of London A.D. 1188 to A.D. 1274, ed. and trans. Henry Thomas Riley. London: Trubner, 1863.
Beaven: Alfred B. Beaven, The Aldermen of the City of London. 2 vols. London: Corporation of London, 1908-13.
Williams: Gwyn A. Williams, Medieval London: From Commune to Capital. London: University of London, Athlone Press, 1963.
Stow/K: John Stow, A Survey of London, ed. Charles Lethbridge Kingsford. 2 vols. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1908.
Reynolds: Susan Reynolds, "The Rulers of London in the Twelfth Century", History 57 (Feb. 1972), 337-57.

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