James Yarford, Mayor of London

- 1527

• Name	James Yarford
  Suffix	Mayor of London
  Gender	Male
  Death	1527  [1, 2]
  Burial	St. Michael Bassishaw, London, England   [1]
  Person ID	I43155	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others
  Last Modified	12 Sep 2025

  
  

  Father	William Yarford,   b. of Kidwelly, Carmarthenshire, Wales
  Mother	Joan
  Family ID	F25215	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Wolston   d. 18 Aug 1548
  Family ID	F25214	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	12 Sep 2025

  
  

• Notes

  He was the second husband of Elizabeth Wolston/Welstone. He was a mercer and stapler of London, and mayor in 1519-20.

  
  

• Sources

  [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. [S8544] Will of Anne Sapcote (d. 14 Mar 1559), modern spelling transcript by Nina Green..