Lord Mayor of London The ceremony is known as the "Silent Ceremony" because, aside from a short declaration by the incoming Lord Mayor, no speeches are made. At Guildhall, the outgoing Lord Mayor transfers the mayoral insignia — the seal, the purse, the sword and the mace — to the incoming Lord Mayor. The Lord Mayor to be elected in November 2017 was known in April of that year. The day after being sworn into office, the Lord Mayor leads a procession from the City of London to the Royal Courts of Justice in the City of Westminster, where the Lord Mayor swears allegiance
Thomas Myddelton (Lord Mayor of London) in the creation of the New River which supplied London with fresh water from 1613. He married four times. By his first wife Hester, a daughter of Sir Richard Saltonstall, he was the father of Thomas Myddelton of Chirk Castle. His younger son, Timothy, inherited his estates in Essex. By his third marriage he gained a stepson, Miles Hobart. Along with Rowland Heylyn, Myddelton financed the publication of a Welsh language Bible suitable for everyday use. Thomas Myddelton (Lord Mayor of London) Sir Thomas Myddelton (1550 – 12 August 1631) was the fourth son of Richard Myddelton, Governor of Denbigh,