Hello All, Yesterday I was invited to the Mayors Parlour at the Council Offices in Basingstoke, for coffee with the Mayor and Mayoress along with about 50 other people, I asked the Mayors secretary for a List of Past Mayors, and it arrived today. This List goes back to 1641 to 1642 the reign of the first Mayor of Basingstoke. The Mayor takes office here in Basingstoke from the 1st May for 1 year, some of the Mayors have been re-elected as Mayors for more that 1 term of office. Here are a few of the surnames that I recognise from the Kingsclere rootsweb. 1648/49 Andrew BUTLER 1650/51 James WYTHER 1658/59 William HAWKINS 1667/68 Richard BUTLER 1675/76 William HAWKINS - 2nd term 1683/84 William BLUNDEN 1691/92 William BLUNDEN - 2nd term 1700/01 William BLUNDEN - 3rd term 1705/06 Robert BLUNDEN * 1707/08 Edmund BUTLER 1711/12 Charles MAY 1717/18 William HAWKINS 1720/21 Robert BLUNDEN - 1st term * may be a son 1725/26 William HAWKINS - 2nd term 1730/31 Robert BLUNDEN - 2nd term 1732/33 William HAWLINS - 3rd term 1758/59 James COOPER 1764/65 James COOPER - 2nd term 1776/77 James COOPER - 3rd term 1796/97 Thomas MAY 1802/02 Thomas MAY - 2nd term 1805/06 Thomas MAY - 3rd term 1811/12 Charles MAY 1814/15 Thomas MAY - 4th term 1820/21 Thomas MAY - 5th term 1823/24 Thomas MAY - 6th term 1826/27 Thomas MAY - 7th term 1829/30 Thomas MAY - 8th term 1830/31 William Anthony LEWIS 1832/33 Thomas MAY - 9th term 1839/40 Charles MAY 1860/61 William SEYMOUR 1861/62 Frederick BLUNDEN To be cont'd Regards Barbara Mallyon Basingstoke, Hants, UK BarbaraMallyon@lewmal.co.uk