In 1595 Marazion obtained a charter from Queen Elizabeth, vesting its government in a mayor, 8 aldermen, and 12 capital burgesses.
A board mounted in the town’s council chamber lists its mayors from 1595 to 1886.

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» Place: Marazion [Parish Circuit Or Chapel], Marazion, Cornwall
1595 Charter Mayor, “Our beloved John Wolcocke”
Burgesses :-Peter Penrose Gentleman, John Asye John Richard, William Mable,
Richard Hayman, John Barnes, John Davy, and Robert Weaver,
Capital Inhabitants .. Peter Millet, William Bowden, John Christopher,
Thomas Allen, William James, William Garland, Thomas Smith, John Sulte
Richard Every, John Smith, Robert Barnacott, and John Lutye .
In 1595 Marazion obtained a charter from Queen Elizabeth, vesting its government in a mayor, 8 aldermen, and 12 capital burgesses.
A board mounted in the town’s council chamber lists its mayors from 1595 to 1886.

Mayors of Marazion; 1595 Marazion obtained charter from Queen Elizabeth, vesting its government in a mayor, 8 aldermen, and 12 capital burgesses; board mounted in council chamber lists mayors 1595-1886.
Mayors of Marazion
In 1595 Marazion obtained a charter from Queen Elizabeth, vesting its government in a mayor, 8 aldermen, and 12 capital burgesses.
A board mounted in the town’s council chamber lists its mayors from 1595 to 1886.
| Owner of original | Milletts.net |
| Date | 1595-1886 |
| File name | vMN.Mayoral-List-in-Marazion-741x1024.jpg |
| File Size | 219.97k |
| Dimensions | 741 x 1024 |
| Linked to | [Office] Mayor of Marazion, Marazion, Cornwall; Marazion, Cornwall; Marazion, St Hilary, Cornwall; Marazion; Marazion [Parish Circuit Or Chapel], Marazion, Cornwall; Richard Rooke Michell, mines proprietor; principal behind the formation of the English Arsenic Company; Elizabeth I Queen Elizabeth I |
» Place: Marazion [Parish Circuit Or Chapel], Marazion, Cornwall
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