William Hardell was a Mayor of London and a Magna Carta surety.

William Hardnell
4th Lord Mayor of London
In office
1215–1216
Preceded bySerlo le Mercer
Succeeded byJacob Alderman
Personal details
Born1175
Died1226
Arms of William Hardell, Lord Mayor of London

He was appointed Sheriff of the City of London in 1207 and elected Mayor of London (a century later known as Lord Mayor of London) in 1215.

After the sealing of Magna Carta by King John in 1215, he was appointed to be one of the Enforcers, sometimes called Sureties, of Magna Carta. The list of enforcers does not appear on Magna Carta itself and the first surviving list of these was by Matthew Paris the chronicler of St Albans.

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