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ANNALS OF DOVER.
SECTION SIX.
THE MAYORS AND THEIR TIMES.
Vll. FROM rill': TKANSl'KK OV 1111', llAKHOUR.

i6o() TO i()S-:.

'l\u- (r;msltM- dt' the Harbour I'lom tin- CiMpuralion ti)
Harbour Coiiuuissiuncrs by Chaitt-r of James 1. in i(io6
liuulc j;irat cliatigt'S hi Dover, by lU'livniug the Harbour
over to a JMiani on whieh only one burgess ol Dover had a
seat. II (he sealarui}'; eoiuuumilv of Doxim \v(Mt' best
(lualifietl to uianaj'.e llu- llaibnui loi the beiielit oi the Town
antl the Kiuj.Miom, then the Iraiistei was a calauiity ; but it,
as some suggested, the men ot DovcM were not broail inincK'd
enough to use the llaibi>ur and its uinivalled position on (he
coast tur local and national advantage, then the constitution
of a new authoiity oH wiiler inthunce was a blessing, although
it was then in disguise:
i6o6 John Tooke (uo)

(\io) Jt)hn Tooko, Ma.viir iii Kmt), presided o\cr (Ixn (hst
Coumil int'<'tiiii,' [w\{\ in tlm now C-iiurt !lnll, j.-tul Mtiy, \(yoy. I'tio
HailH)iir (Junior of Jntiuvs 1. wiin };>'»'>t('<l '» ll"it MuyniuKy.

1607 I leniv Stt>ede ( 1 .• 1 )

(iji) "lloury ^!ti>i»l('. Mayor in llm yt'iuti i(.o7 and it>.'j, is
iu>t. «>thonvis»> inoiitioiiiHl.

1608 Robert C.arrett i.-.-)

(laj) Kolwrt. (Junott, who wiis Mayor in tlio yotira ifmi;. 1(114
Rml ifiii, kt^pt llui " (5«'ort,'«> 'l"uv«"rn." tn>w tlio " Stiaktispeun* " llotol.
mid ho al.'io itintml St, Nicholas' 'l\)VVor in Immu-Ii Stroi^t fivni tlio
('orpondion, Tliis Miiyor was coiwiuittt^l (ov a short tJnu< to
Mar^tialstia I'rlson, Iiondon. fur not. «rrostin|^ sv foivij^u privatv<'r
whii^li ctnno into l)<)Vor Harbour.

j6oi) Robert Austin (123)

{ii\) IviklxM't Aiistrn was I\1ay<>r in itnn). "«'' t^'I'iistHl to
comply with a niandato to join willi Iho ("onnty «>f K<M>t in raising
a ftnlisidy for kni^;lit in-; l*rin(^i llonry, <'Ulost- son tif Janx's 1.. his
wnmiu lifin^ that. it. wan »'i>ntrary to th<^ (."h!irt«M-s v>f tho Ciniiue
I'orts.

i6ic^ William I eoiKird i(>ii William Leonard

i()i.' I'alward Kempe, i>b. \(m 2 William Warde (1--O

(i.*.)) VVilliani Warxlo was Mayor four tinu's. in tho yonrs i(>ij,
itii?, idiS and idii). Ho was !>«ipnty l.iontonaiit. t>f tho I'astlo, and
on rnch oroasiou that ho was e>l«n-t<Hl Mayor a salnto of thr*<f> j^iins wa«
firtxl from th*> Cantlo.



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1 6 13 William Warde 1614 Robert Garrett

1615 John VVaade (125)

(125) John Waade was Mayor in the years 1615, 1623 and
1624. In hib first Mayoralty there was a Select Baud and a General
Uand trained in the town. In his third Mayoralty, in December, 1624,
his Worship was called upon to enforce martial law in Dover, and
to call out the Select and the General Bands for active t>crvico. In
reply to a report, made by the Mayor and the Committeo of Defence,
the Privy Council sent to the Mayor the following letter (No. 743,
fol. 56, of Stowe's MSS., British Museum) : — " Our hearteo com-
iriendacions. Whereas we understand by the accompt which you
give, as well as by your letters to this Boarde, as in particular to
our very good Lord, the Earl of Montgomery, His Majesty's Lieutenant
of that County, how carefully you have laboured to discharge your
ducties both in repressing the disorders and outrages of the soldycrs
and for the prevcncion of the lyke insoloneies, wo have thought it fit
to signifie unto you that we approve of and commend the care and
paines which you have taken herein, and doe withall expect and require
that as you have already given good testimonie of your diligence in
that behalfe, so ye shall carefully continue the same for the good of
His Majesty's service, and for the ease and quiet of Ilis Majesty's
loving subjects, the inhabitants of those parts, and that you may do
this vvilh the more assurance and autoritie, we eend you herewith a
Commission under the Great Seal whereby you have power to pi rform
that service efl'ectually ; and if you shall find requisite you may
increase the number of the Trained Bands which you have ordered
before to draw together, thereby to reduce all to order by punishing
the ofTonders and mayntaining the publiquo peace, and every
particular man in his own private interest, and as in this we are
confident of your tender care not to err in the severe way of sh(<Iding
blood, without great cause; so we rely so farrc upon your wisdom
and justice, that by want of applying the sovraigne rem:-dy of tho
executing of some for example, you will not give way to insoloneies
which may otherwise spread themselves to a general mischicfe, and
for the better facilitating this we have thought good to direct you
to procure that the market may be served at reasonable prices, and
that all nccessarie provisions may be brought in with safety; and
that the Count Mansfeldt be dealt withall so that the C<jlonclR and
Captaincs may be furnishrd with money weekly, so as tho soldyers
may bo now payed at such rates as they shall be continually payed
with; and we do further require you to charge tlic saide Captaines
and OtBcers that they see the soldycrs duely payed, or else duo
payment made to thow with whom thoy lodge, and publiquo notice
given that no man trust any eoldyer more than the value of his
weekly pay. Last, we will and require you to advise with the Count
of Mansfeldt and the Officers how these things may be ordered in the
best manner and withall to reformo the soldyers, and also, if need be.
to constraine them to rest eatisficd with the pay that is allowed thorn
and in all things to be obe^lient to fheir officers. And so we bid you
hoartilv farewell; frrm Whytehall, the last of December, 1624.
Tour loving frier'l< >; " (signed by G. Cantuar and twelve other
members of the Privy Council). Addressed, "To our loving friendes,



304 ANNALS OF DOVER

the Mayor of Dover (John Waade) and the Committee of Defence,
31st December, 1624. Letters of Ye Counsell Commission of Martial
Law att Count Mansfeldt's being att Dovor." Dover at this time
was greatly disturbed by the presence of about 12,000 undisciplined
soldiers, who had been seized by press-gangs throughout England and
marched to Dover under the command of a foreigner. Count Ernefst
Mansfeldt and his officers, to be embarked for the expedition to recover
the Palatinate, which the Austrians had taken from Frederick Palatine,
the son-in-law of James I. These pressed men when they arrived at
the Port of Dover objected to leave the country under the control
of a foreigner, and they, being an undisciplined mob, became mutinous,
and the Mayor had to resort to extrenle measures, which the Royal
Commission under the Great Seal was sent down to cover. The main
effort of the Dover authorities was to get the ragged and mutinous
army shipped off as soon as possible. This was accomplished early
in January, 1625. The men left Dover, packed like herrings in the
little ships, and on arriving at Calais they were not allowed to land.
They sailed up the coast to Holland, and when, after much delay,
they landed there, most of the men deserted, while the remnant,
who followed Count Mansfeldt to the Palatinate, were slaughtered by
superior forces. Count Mansfeldt was so worn by work and worry
that he died the year following his departure from Dover. It is
supposed that Mansfield's Corner, near St. James's Church, was
named after this troublesome adventurer.

1616 Thomas Foord (126)

(126) Thomas Foord was Mayor in the years 1616 and 1625.
In his second Mayoralty, 1625, Charles I. met Henrietta of France
at Dover Castle.

161 7 Nicholas Eaton (127)

(127) Nicholas Eaton, who was Mayor in the years 161 7, 1630
and 1631, was a wealthy merchant.

16 1 8 William Warde 1619 William Warde

1620 John Brounger (128)

(128) John Brounger was Mayor for one year only.

162 1 Robert Garrett 1622 Henry Steede
1623 John Waade 1624 John Waade

1625 Thomas Foord 1626 John Pringle (129)

(129) John Pringle was chosen Mayor in September, 1626, and
at the same time he was a Burgess of Parliament. In the early part
of his Mayoralty there was an invasion " scare," arising out of the
dissatisfaction of the French with the treatment which the Queen
Henrietta received from the English Protestants. At that time, at
Archcliffe Bulwark, the cliff was cut sheer to prevent any passage
up or down. Fortifications were erected at the sluice near the
bottom of Snargate Street, and a watch house was built at Mansfield's
Comer, near St. James's Church, where the great market bell was
ordered to be hung up "until the fear of danger shall be passed."
The French were engaged in other wars at that time, and could not
attend to the affairs of their countrywoman who was then Queen of
England ; so " the fear of danger," on account of which the market
bell was hung up near St. James's Church, passed.



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1627 Stephen Monin (130)

(130) iStephen Moniu was Mayor in the years commencing
September 8th, 1627, 1628, 1629, 1636 and 1637. The first was the
most eventful year. About three months before that Mayoralty
commenced, Charles I., on the advice of the Duke of Buckingham,
then Lord Warden, had sent from Portsmouth an expedition to
Rochelle to relieve the Huguenot Protestants there. Tlie force, which
consisted of one hundred ships and 7,000 land troops, was under the
command of the Duke of Buckingham; but when they arrived at
Rochelle the authorities refused them a landing, but suggested that
they should take possession of the Isle of Rhe, about two miles off
the Port of Rochelle. They landed there but were soon compelled
by the French to return to their ships with great loss, without accom-
plishing anything. Hoping to win some laurels before returning,
the Duke sailed along the Prench coast and summoned Sir John
Hippesley, the Lieutenant of Dover Castle to consider a scheme for
making an attack on Calais with the object of recovering it as an
English possession. Eventually that project was abandoned and the
troops were landed at Dover and the other Cinque Ports, where
they were billeted, pending arrangements to employ them again for
the relief of the Huguenots at Rochelle. The troops became so trouble-
some to the inhabitants that a commission for enforcing Martial
Law was issued to the Mayors of the Cinque Ports. The original
Commission was lecently presented to Dover Corporation by the
Recorder, Mr. Bodkin. The Mayors of the several Ports were not
only authorised, but urged to erect gallows and jibbets in public
places and hang the ringleaders, to over-awe the others. At Dover
this unthankful office, devolved on Mr. Stephen Monin in his first
Mayoralty. Eventually Dover and the other Cinque Ports were
relieved of those undesirable visitors, who were marched away to
Portsmouth, where, in September, 1628, they were to embark again
for Rochelle ; but on the morning of the intended embarkation the
the Duke of Buckingham, the Lord Warden, who was going to lead
the expeflition, was assassinated by John Felton, and the expedition
was abandoned. Sir John Hippesley, the Lieutenant of Dover Castle,
who was standing beside tlie Duke when he was assassinated, was
an M.P. for Dover. His public conduct was attacked in Parlia-
ment and he retired from public life. Under the next Lord Warden,
Stephen Monin, the Mayor, became the Lieutenant of the Castle.

1628 Stephen Monin 1629 Stephen Monin
1630 Nicholas Eaton 1631 Nicholas Eaton
1632 Thomas Teddiraan (131)

(131) Thomas Teddiman was Mayor in the years 1632, 1633
and 1640. He was a Captain in the Navy during the Common-
wealth. After the Restoration he was made what was called the
Dover Admiral, and in 1662 and 1664 he distinguished himself in
naval actions against the Dutch. Of Teddiman, in 1661;, according
to Pepys, "the King and all the world spoke highly"; he was
knighted for valour, his portrait was painted by Lilly for the Duke
of York, and in 1667 he was appointed Port Admiral of Dover. In
May, 1668, he died in London and was honoured with a public
funeral.



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1633 Thomas Teddiman 1634 Luke Pepper (132)

(132) I-Tike Pepper, Mayor in the years 1636 and 1637, was
of the same family as earlier and later Mayors of that name

1635 Luke Pepper 1636 Stephen Monin

1637 Stephen Monin 1638 Thomas Day (133)

(133) Thomas Day, Mayor in the years 1638, 1639 and 1648,
saw gloomy times. lu his first Mayoralty the Plsgue visited Dover,
and in his last he had to proclaim the execution of the King to the
inhabitants.

1639 Thomas Day 1640 Thomas Teddiman

1641 Thomas Cullen (134)

(134) Thomas Cullen was Mayor in the years 1641 and 1642.
It was during his second Mayoralty that Dover Castle was seized
for the Cromwellian party.

1642 Thomas Cullen 1643 Luke Braylsford (135)

(135) Luke Braylsford, Mayor in 1643, ^^ °°t otherwise men-
tioned.

1644 John Colder (136)

(136) John Golder, was Mayor in the years 1644, 1645, 1646,
and 1 66 1. He was a Doctor.

1646 John Colder 1647 Nicholas Robcr*^s (137)

(137) Nicholas Roberts was Mayor only once — in 1649 — and
maxie no figure in hiBtory.

1648 Thomas Day 1649 William Richards (138)

(13S) William -Richards, Mayor in 1649, had a resivhace called
the Green House at the Pier and when Isaac Minct, as a b^-y, made a
Slay of two years in Dover to get a knowledgs of the English
language in 1674-5, ^e then lodged with this William Richards.

1650 John Broome, ob. (139)

(139) John Broome, Mayor in 1650, was a royalist who re-
gai'ding the t'ommonwealth as a eoUlod form or Govrnment, accepted
office under it. He died during hie Mayoralty.

1650 Edward Prescott (140)

(140) Edward Prescott, Mayor in 1650 and 1653, took the
office of Mayor when John Broome died, and he was. Mayor
twice during the Commonwealth. Edward Prescott held tlis Manor
of Guston as his ancestors and his descendants did. The Preecotts
had been Y^omon in the parishes of Guston and Whitfield in the time
of the "".Var? of the Roses.

165 1 William Cullen (141)

(141) William Cullen, Mayor in 1651, and three years later.
He cause<l the Royal Arms to be taken down from the front of the
Court Hall, and the Arms of the Commonwealth were put in their
place.

1652 William Cullen 1653 Edward Prescott
1654 Valentine Tatnell (142)

Ct4:0 Valentine Tatnell, Mayor in 16^4, was very active in
promoiing good order, especially on Sunday's, it being decreed by



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the Common Assembly "That the Mayor, one Jurat, two Common
Councilmen, two Constables and a Churchwarden, shall every Lord's
Day, forenoon and afternoon, in turn walk through the town, visit
Inns, Ale houses, and other houses, and take notice of disorders."

1655 Thomas White (143)

(143) Thomas White, asked the Common Council to order that
the three small maces should be sold and one large one obtained
instead. The small maces were sold, but the new large one was not
bought until after the Restoration.

1656 Thomas White 1657 Nathaniel Smith (144)

(144) Nathaniel Smith died on the 23rd August, a fortnight
before the date when his Mayoralty would have closed. The death
is recorded in the minutes thus : — " Memorandum, that on Monday
the three and twentieth day of August, 1658 it pleased God to take
unto Himself, Nathaniel Smith, Mayor of this town — that good
Magistrate."

1657 William Cullen 1658 William Cullen

1659 Thomas Broome (145)

(145) Thomas Broome was a Sergeant at Law. At the time
of his election there was some expectation of the restoration of the
Monarchy and it is understood that this Mayor saw the coming event.
On the landing of Charles II. at Dover, on the 25th of May, 1660,
it is recorded in the Corporation minutes : " That on coming ashore,
the Mayor of this town, Thomas Broome, Esq., made a speech to his
MajCiCy on his knees, and that Mr. John Reading, Minister of the
Gospel, presented His Majesty with the Holy Bible, as a gift from
the town, and his gracious Majesty, laying his hand upon his breast,
told the Mayor, nothing should be more dear to him than the
Bible."

1660 John Loome (146)

(146) John Loome, the first Chief Magistrate, chosen after the
Re?!tr:at;ct:, was a royalist, and had been on the Register of Sus-
pected xCiions in Dover during the Interregnum.

1661 John Colder 1662 Richard Jacob (147)

(147) Richard Jacob, chosen Mayor in 1662 and again in the
years 1672 and 1673, was a French Huguenot. During his last two
Mayoralties the Corporation farmed from the Warden and Assist>-
ants the Harbour Droits and Ballastage at a rent of £60 a year.

1663 William Eaton

(148) William Eaton, Mayor in 1663 was a Notary connected
with the Custom House.

1664 Nicholas Eaton (149)

(149) Nicholas Eaton, Mayor in 1664 was the last Mayor's
brother.

1665 George West (150)

(if;o) G€orge West, Mayor in the years 1665, 1683 and 1687,
was a Maltster, and during the Commonwealth had been " a suspected
person."



3o8 ANNALS OF DOVER

1666 William Stokes (151)

(151) William Stokes, chosen Mayor in 1666, was subsequently
elected to the ofl&ce six times. He was a Captain in the Fleet and
had charge of the ship in which the King came to Dover at the
Restoration. In his last Mayoralty the Charter of Charles II. was
abrocated by proclamation.

1667 William Stokes 1668 John Matson (152)

(152) John Matson, Mayor in 1668, was elected to the oflSce
twice afterwards, but his last election in 1670 was declared void
owing to an informality in the nomination.

1669 John Matson 1670 John Carlisle (153)

(153) John Carlisle, Mayor in September 1670, held the
oflSce only a few weeks, his election also being informal. He was
the Clerk of the Passage.

1670 Richard Barley (154)

(154) Richard Barley, who was Mayor in 1670 and 1672, had
hia election in 1670 disputed, but in a second election the same year
he gained the office. In 1678 he attempted to upset the established
mode of election by an unauthorized blowing of the town horn, for
which he was fined £200.

167 1 Richard Barley 1672 Richard Jacob
1673 Richard Jacob 1674 John Bullack (155)

(155) John Bullack was Mayor twice in the Stuart Period and
once in the reign of William III. In his second Mayoralty the
Mayor and Jurats were appointed to remove the Harbour Bar, the
money being granted by the Crown.

1675 John Bullack 1676 WilHam Stokes

1677 William Stokes 1678 WilUam Stokes

1679 Nicholas Cullen (156)

(156) Nicholas Cullen, Mayor, ordered the seats of the Corpor-
ation to be re-erected in the east end of St. Mary's Church. He was
Mayor four times.

1680 Nicholas Cullen 1681 Nicholas Cullen
1682 Nicholas Cullen



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