Detailed Results for William * fitz-Richard

Name	Guild	Held Office
fitz-Richard, William *	Draper ¹	1250-51 Sheriff 1257-58 ² Mayor (replaced Ralph Hardel 13 Feb. 1258) 1259-60 Mayor 1260-61 Mayor 1265-66 Sheriff, Warden³ (from 6 May to 11 Nov. 1266⁴)
Notes Draper: Williams p. 61. Beaven I.372 identifies the 1250-51 sheriff William fitz-Richard and the 1257-58 and 1259-61 mayor, and the 1265-66 warden, as the same individual. See also Annales Londonienses p. 45. 'Le Prestre' (the priest) in Mayors and Sheriffs p. 19. 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. Sheriff and/or Warden. Stow/K II.157 n. 10 states fitz-Richard was sheriff 6 May to 11 Nov. 1266; Hughes p. 201 also lists him as sheriff; Beaven I.372 lists him as warden in 1266. Mayors and Sheriffs pp. 89-90 places fitz-Richard's election--as both warden and sheriff--and Guildhall oath-taking on Ascension Day 1266/ the Feast of "Saint John Port Latin" [6 May] and a St. Paul's presentation to the Exchequer barons on 7 May (pp. 90-91). Note Sources 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. Beaven: Alfred B. Beaven, The Aldermen of the City of London. 2 vols. London: Corporation of London, 1908-13. 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. 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. Hughes: A. Hughes, Public Record Office: Lists and Indexes, #9. London: Public Record Office, 1898; rpt. 1963. (Copy annotated by hand in the former Public Record Office [now National Archives].)

Name

Guild

Held Office

fitz-Richard, William *

Draper ¹

1250-51 Sheriff
1257-58 ² Mayor (replaced Ralph Hardel 13 Feb. 1258)
1259-60 Mayor
1260-61 Mayor
1265-66 Sheriff, Warden³ (from 6 May to 11 Nov. 1266⁴)

Notes

Draper: Williams p. 61. Beaven I.372 identifies the 1250-51 sheriff William fitz-Richard and the 1257-58 and 1259-61 mayor, and the 1265-66 warden, as the same individual. See also Annales Londonienses p. 45. 'Le Prestre' (the priest) in Mayors and Sheriffs p. 19.
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.
Sheriff and/or Warden.
Stow/K II.157 n. 10 states fitz-Richard was sheriff 6 May to 11 Nov. 1266; Hughes p. 201 also lists him as sheriff; Beaven I.372 lists him as warden in 1266. Mayors and Sheriffs pp. 89-90 places fitz-Richard's election--as both warden and sheriff--and Guildhall oath-taking on Ascension Day 1266/ the Feast of "Saint John Port Latin" [6 May] and a St. Paul's presentation to the Exchequer barons on 7 May (pp. 90-91).

Note Sources

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.
Beaven: Alfred B. Beaven, The Aldermen of the City of London. 2 vols. London: Corporation of London, 1908-13.
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.
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.
Hughes: A. Hughes, Public Record Office: Lists and Indexes, #9. London: Public Record Office, 1898; rpt. 1963. (Copy annotated by hand in the former Public Record Office [now National Archives].)

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