Mayor of South Molton

In the Middle Ages the town of South Molton was incorporated by royal charter into a borough governed by a mayor and Corporation.

Typical mayoral duties include opening a local fete, judging floats at the South Molton Carnival, attending ceremonial church services, and visiting a parishioner on their 100th birthday.

[3] The Mayor has exclusive and unrestricted use of the Mayor's Parlour within the Town Hall, a grand room designed for business and personal entertaining, built and decorated with fittings formerly within Stowe House, Kilkhampton, Cornwall, the mansion built by John Grenville, 1st Earl of Bath (1628–1701) and demolished in 1739.

The ceremonial dress of the Mayor includes a crimson fur lined robe, a cocked hat, white gloves, and the Mayor's Chain of Office, made in 1893, from which hangs a miniature portrait of Hugh Squier (died 1710), the town's "great benefactor".

[1] Kelly's Directory of Devon reported in 1902:[4] Each Mayor holds a Dinner Dance or similar event in the Town Hall for the purpose of raising funds for his chosen charity.

Councillor David Goodman, Mayor of South Molton in 2015–16, in the Mayor's Parlour
Mayoral Pew, St Mary Magdalene Church, South Molton
Mayor's Chain of Office, Mayor of South Molton, made in 1893, from which hangs a miniature portrait of Hugh Squier (died 1710), the town's "great benefactor". [ 1 ] Above is an enamelled coat of arms of the Borough of South Molton: Azure, a bishop's mitre in chief a sheep's fleece or