Detailed Results for Serlo (*) le Mercer

Name	Guild	Held Office
le Mercer, Serlo (*)	Mercer ¹	1206-07 Sheriff 1214-15 Mayor² 1217-18 Mayor³ 1218-19 Mayor 1219-20 Mayor 1220-21 Mayor 1221-22 Mayor
Notes Beaven I.337 n. identifies as a Mercer the mayor 1215 and later (listed in this database for 1214-15, 1217-22), who is the same individual as the 1206-07 sheriff Serlo le Mercer (see Reynolds p. 356). Mayor in 1215 [not 1214-15], 1216-22, according to Beaven I.337 n. A.H. Thomas and I.D. Thornley, eds., The Great Chronicle of London (London: Corporation of London, 1938) p. 5, have Roger fitz-Alan mayor for part of this year and Serlo le Mercer mayor for part, as does A Chronicle p. 8; Annales Londonienses p. 17 dates fitz-Alan's removal in May 1215. Brooke with Keir, p. 376, however, lists Serlo le Mercer as mayor 1214-15. Beaven I.337 begins Serlo le Mercer's second mayoralty (his first was in 1214-15 or just 1215) in 1216. Note Sources Beaven: Alfred B. Beaven, The Aldermen of the City of London. 2 vols. London: Corporation of London, 1908-13. Reynolds: Susan Reynolds, "The Rulers of London in the Twelfth Century", History 57 (Feb. 1972), 337-57. A Chronicle: A Chronicle of London from 1089 to 1483[, eds. Nicholas Nicolas and Edward Tyrrell]. London: Longman et al., 1827. Annales Londonienses: Annales Londonienses, in Chronicles of the Reigns of Edward I. and Edward II., ed. William Stubbs. Rolls Series #76, vol. 1. London: HMSO, 1882. Pp. 1-251. Brooke with Keir: Christopher N.L. Brooke with Gillian Keir, London 800-1216: The Shaping of a City. London: Secker and Warburg, 1975.

Name

Guild

Held Office

le Mercer, Serlo (*)

Mercer ¹

1206-07 Sheriff
1214-15 Mayor²
1217-18 Mayor³
1218-19 Mayor
1219-20 Mayor
1220-21 Mayor
1221-22 Mayor

Notes

Beaven I.337 n. identifies as a Mercer the mayor 1215 and later (listed in this database for 1214-15, 1217-22), who is the same individual as the 1206-07 sheriff Serlo le Mercer (see Reynolds p. 356).
Mayor in 1215 [not 1214-15], 1216-22, according to Beaven I.337 n. A.H. Thomas and I.D. Thornley, eds., The Great Chronicle of London (London: Corporation of London, 1938) p. 5, have Roger fitz-Alan mayor for part of this year and Serlo le Mercer mayor for part, as does A Chronicle p. 8; Annales Londonienses p. 17 dates fitz-Alan's removal in May 1215. Brooke with Keir, p. 376, however, lists Serlo le Mercer as mayor 1214-15.
Beaven I.337 begins Serlo le Mercer's second mayoralty (his first was in 1214-15 or just 1215) in 1216.

Note Sources

Beaven: Alfred B. Beaven, The Aldermen of the City of London. 2 vols. London: Corporation of London, 1908-13.
Reynolds: Susan Reynolds, "The Rulers of London in the Twelfth Century", History 57 (Feb. 1972), 337-57.
A Chronicle: A Chronicle of London from 1089 to 1483[, eds. Nicholas Nicolas and Edward Tyrrell]. London: Longman et al., 1827.
Annales Londonienses: Annales Londonienses, in Chronicles of the Reigns of Edward I. and Edward II., ed. William Stubbs. Rolls Series #76, vol. 1. London: HMSO, 1882. Pp. 1-251.
Brooke with Keir: Christopher N.L. Brooke with Gillian Keir, London 800-1216: The Shaping of a City. London: Secker and Warburg, 1975.

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