Thomas Hayes (Lord Mayor)
Sir Thomas Hayes (1548 – 27 September 1617) was an English merchant, who served as Lord Mayor of London for 1614/15.
Life
Born at Little Leigh to minor Cheshire gentry, Hayes prospered as a merchant in the City of London becoming Master of the Worshipful Company of Drapers.[1]
Knighted on 26 July 1603 Hayes was elected on 22 December 1603 as Alderman of Bishopsgate Ward and served as Sheriff of London for 1604/05. In 1613 he was elected Alderman of Cornhill Ward before serving as Lord Mayor of London for 1614/15.[2]
Family
Hayes married twice, having by his first wife Margaret, daughter of Robert Hulse, Sheriff of London for 1586/87, a daughter Margaret who married Peter Egerton, younger son of Sir John Egerton.[3]
Sir Thomas married secondly in 1609, Mary Milward, having another daughter, Mary Hayes, wife of Sir Henry Boothby, 1st Baronet.
References
- ^ www.thedrapers.co.uk
- ^ 'Chronological list of aldermen: 1601–1650', The Aldermen of the City of London: Temp. Henry III – 1912 (1908), pp. 47–75. Date accessed: 16 July 2011
- ^ 'Notes on the aldermen, 1502–1700', The Aldermen of the City of London: Temp. Henry III – 1912 (1908), pp. 168–195. Date accessed: 15 July 2011