Nicholas Robertson, Mayor of Boston, Lincolnshire

- 1552

• Name	Nicholas Robertson  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Suffix	Mayor of Boston, Lincolnshire
  Gender	Male
  Death	Between 27 Mar 1552 and 5 Jul 1552  [5]
  Alternate death	Bef 5 Jul 1552  [6]
  Person ID	I41245	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others
  Last Modified	12 Sep 2025

  
  

  Father	Thomas Robertson,   b. of Algarkirk, Lincolnshire, England d. 27 May 1531, Boston, Lincolnshire, England
  Mother	Isabella Gooding   d. 25 Apr 1495
  Family ID	F25219	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Florence Stile
  Children	+ 1. Brian Robertson,   b. of Sutterton, Lincolnshire, England d. Bef 6 Nov 1592 + 2. Nicholas Robertson   d. 2 Sep 1560, Boston, Lincolnshire, England
  Family ID	F24131	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	12 Sep 2025

  
  

• Notes

  Merchant of the Staple of Calais. In 1545, when Boston granted Boston its charter as a city, Nicholas Robertson, Alderman of St. Mary's Guild, became the city's first mayor. According to The History and Antiquities of Boston by Pishey Thompson (1856), he took the oath of office on 1 Jun 1545 "in the presence of the recorder, the twelve aldermen, and the inhabitants of the borough."

  
  

• Sources

  [S142] Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families by Douglas Richardson. Salt Lake City, 2013. [S1415] The Visitation of London in the year 1568, taken by Robert Cooke, Clarenceux King of Arms ed. Joseph Jackson Howard and George John Armytage. London: The Harleian Society, 1869., surname and "de Boston" only. [S8538] Anne F. Sutton, "London Mercers from Suffolk c. 1200 to 1570: Benefactors, Pirates and Merchant Adventurers, Part II." Suffolk Archaeology & History 42:162, 2010. [S59] Maddison's Lincolnshire Pedigrees ed. A. R. Maddison, based on the work of Arthur Staunton Larken. London, 1902-06. [S50] Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families by Douglas Richardson. Second edition, 2011. [S8540] Will of Nicholas Robertson, Merchant of the Staple at Callais of Boston, Lincolnshire at the National Archives.