Sir Humphrey Hayford, Lord Mayor of London

Lord Mayor of London in 1477-8

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From The Aldermen of the City of London, vol. II by the Rev. Alfred B. Beaven, Eden Fisher & Co., Ltd., London, 1913.

Sheriff 1467-8. Mayor 1477-8. Auditor 1471-3; Prime Warden Goldsmiths 1462, 1467, 1475; Comptroller and Assay Master Mint 1451-9.

He was charged with treason and deprived of his Aldermanry of Langbourn in 1468 on account of his Lancastrian sympathies but afterwards returned to the Court of Aldermen, being elected for Cripplegate.

• Gilda Aurifabrorum: A History of English Goldsmiths and Plateworkers, and ... By William Chaffers. Page 36. Son of Roger Hayford, of Stratford le Bow.
• The History of the Worthies of England, Volume 2 By Thomas Fuller. Page 45. Lord mayor of London in 1477
• Alfred P Beaven, 'Chronological list of aldermen: 1400-1500', in The Aldermen of the City of London Temp. Henry III - 1912 (London, 1908), pp. 1-20 http://www.british-history.ac.uk/no-series/london-aldermen/hen3-191... [accessed 1 September 2015].
  • 1464, July 18 (Aug. 4) Humphrey Hayford, Goldsmith Langbourn, 1464-8, Cripplegate, 1470-3, Lime Street, 1473-80 S. 1467-8, M. 1477-8 vice Stokker. Auditor 1471-3; Prime Warden Goldsmiths 1462, 1467, 1475; Comptroller and Assay Master Mint 1451-9.
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  • At a Common Council held 23 May, 17 Edward IV. [a.d. 1477], -De mumfac'oe ordinance by Ralph Josselyn, Knt. and Mayor, Humphrey Starky the Recorder, William Edward, Robert Drope, Robert Basset, Humphrey Hayford, Richard Gardyner, Bartholomew James, Knt., William Heriot, William Stokker, Knt., John Broune, Robert Billesdone, Edmund Shaa, Thomas Hille, Robert Colwiche, Hugh Brice, and Henry Colet, Aldermen, that a sum of 5 pence should be levied on all householders in the City for payment of a man [in each Ward] to clean the City's ditches; and that two Commoners in each Ward should be elected to receive the money, and pay the labourers' wages by the week, special consideration being given to the poor. Form of precept to the Aldermen on the above.
• The Dictionary of Biographical Reference Containing One Hundred Thousand ... By Lawrence Barnet Phillips. Page 497
• girders.net He married Agnes, daughter of John Admond, mercer.
• Bob Wolfe genealogy Joan, widow of Humfrey Hayford, was married to Robert Bassett, Lord Mayor of London.