Winchelsea is an historic town in East Sussex, England. There has been a Mayor of Winchelsea since Edward I granted the town the right to its own Mayor and Corporation around 1292. Records of the Mayors exist since 1295. Since^{[clarification needed]} the Mayor has been elected annually on Easter Monday by the Freemen of the Town at an "Hundred".^[1]

The corporation lost its remaining civil and judicial powers in 1886 but was preserved as a charity by an Act of Parliament in order to maintain the membership of the Cinque Port Confederation. The mayor and corporation in Winchelsea now have a largely ceremonial role, together with responsibility for the ongoing care and maintenance of the main listed ancient monuments in the town and the Winchelsea museum.

Past Mayors of Winchelsea include:

• John Salerne 1407-09 MP for Winchelsea, 1402 and 1407 and Romney, 1386, 1388 and 1391.
• Robert Sparrow 1501, 1511, 1517 and 1524 MP for Winchelsea, 1510, ?1512, ?1515 and 1523^[2]
• Thomas Ashburnham 1509-10 and 1521-2.^[3]
• George Lowys 1525, 1531, 1536, 1537, 1551 MP for Winchelsea, 1529 and ?1536^[4]
• William Oxenbridge 1549-50.^[5]
• John Bell 1535 and 1541 MP for Winchelsea, 1541^[6]
• Frederick Andrew Inderwick 1892-93, 1902-03^[7]
• Robert Curteis Stileman 1901-02^[8]

21st century

• 2005–06 John Dunk
• 2006–07 John Gooders
• 2007–08 Alan McKinna
• 2008–09 Anthony Moore
• 2009–10 Graham Alexander
• 2010–11 Mike Melvin
• 2012–13 Roger Neaves
• 2014–15 Stephen Turner
• 2015–16 John Spencer
• 2016–17 John Spencer
• 2017–18 Cynthia Feast
• 2018–19 John Rodley
• 2019–20 John Rodley