Henry Fitz Ailwin

Also known as: Henrie Fitz Alwin · Family: London · Role: mayor of London · First appears: King John 14

Life events

c. 1208 · Henry Fitz Ailwin became mayor, while Peter Duke and Thomas Nele became sheriffs of London.(King John 14 · 📍 London)
- With: Peter Duke Thomas Nele
- “they chose for their maior Henrie Fitz Alwin, who was sworne and charged at that present maior of that citie, vpon the day of saint Michaell the archangell, in the said tenth yeare of king John his reigne. On the same day and yeare, were Peter Duke & Thomas Nele sworne for shiriffes.”
1213 · Henry Fitz Ailwin died after serving as mayor of London for twenty-four years.(King John 14)
- “till he departed this life, which chanced in the yeare 1213, and fiftéenth of king Johns reigne”

sworn: King John (King John is the sovereign during Henry Fitz Ailwin's office as mayor.) “After which grant vnto them confirmed, they chose for their maior Henrie Fitz Alwin, who was sworne and charged at that present maior of that citie, vpon the day of saint Michaell the archangell, in the said tenth yeare of king John his reigne.”
sworn: Richard I (Henry Fitz Ailwin held the office of mayor during Richard I's reign.) “But here yée haue to vnderstand, that this Henrie Fitz Alwin had béene maior of London long before this time, euen from the first yeare of king Richard”

Extracted from the original text of Holinshed's Chronicles — the reigns Shakespeare dramatized. Made with Rho MD.