Thomas Skinner (Lord Mayor of London, 1596) he had been elected 28 September, master of the Clothworkers Company, 1584. Shortly after the month of November, 1588, Alderman Skinner was detained in custody for disobedience to an Order of the Queen-in-Council, and was suspected to be one of those that upon retirement out of the City of London, or some other cause, refused to contribute what was allotted him towards Her Majesty's loan from the City. In 1596 Queen Elizabeth interfered with the ordinary course of election of the Lord Mayor as will be seen by a "Letter (dated 1st Sept., 1596) from the Aldermen to Mr. Alderman
Sir Roger Martyn (Lord Mayor of London 1567) Sir Roger Martyn (Lord Mayor of London 1567) Sir Roger Martyn (or Martin) was a mercer and Lord Mayor of London in 1567; he was also Sheriff of London in 1559. Due to his position as Lord Mayor of London in 1567, Sir Roger Martyn was present in his role as a high commissioner in the examination of a group of Puritans who had been accused of holding a conventicle in the Plumbers' Hall in June 1567. Also present at the examination were the Bishop of London, and Dean of Westminster. Also notably present at the examination was Edmund Bonner,