September 2nd was charter day.
On this date in 1483 King Richard III granted the city of Gloucester a charter which gave us certain rights, including setting out how Mayors were elected.
Richard III was a friend to Gloucester since his time as Duke of Gloucester, and visited the city during his summer progress in 1483, the year he became King.
In previous years we have celebrated this anniversary as a group of current and former civics, including on the occasion pictured below in 2016 when my immediate successor Neil Hampson was the Mayor.
Obviously we cannot meet this year but hopefully we can commemorate the date and King Richard’s legacy on some future occasion.