Nicholas Rainton

Sir Nicholas Rainton (died 19 August 1646) was an English merchant who was Lord Mayor of London in 1632.

Rainton was a city of London merchant and a member of the Worshipful Company of Haberdashers. He was elected Sheriff of London in 1617 but did not serve immediately. On 22 June 1621 he was elected an alderman of the City of London for Tower ward. He was Sheriff of London from 1621 to 1622 and Master of the Haberdashers Company from 1622 to 1623. In 1632, he was elected Lord Mayor of London and was Master of the Haberdashers Company again from 1632 to 1633. He was knighted on 5 May 1633 . In 1634 he became alderman for Cornhill and president of St Bartholomew's Hospital until his death.^[1] He was imprisoned in the Tower of London in May 1640 with three other aldermen - John Gayre, Thomas Soame and Thomas Atkins - for refusing list the inhabitants of his ward who were able to contribute £50 or more to a loan for King Charles.^[2]

References

1. ^ 'Chronological list of aldermen: 1601-1650', The Aldermen of the City of London: Temp. Henry III - 1912 (1908), pp. 47-75. Date accessed: 16 July 2011
2. ^ 'Notes on the aldermen, 1502-1700', The Aldermen of the City of London: Temp. Henry III - 1912 (1908), pp. 168-195. Date accessed: 15 July 2011

Civic offices
Preceded by Sir George Whitmore	Lord Mayor of the City of London 1632	Succeeded by Sir Ralph Freeman