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- 1563 - Purchases Hyde Manor in Abbots Langley, Hertfordshire from family of Ellis Ibgrave, deceased
1579 - His father John Webb was mayor of Reading
1581 - listed as sheriff of London (23rd year in the reign of Queen Mary)
1591-1592 - Lord-Mayor of London, salter profession (33rd year in the reign of Queen Mary)
1592 - Knighted.
4 Jul 1599 - Died. From "The Aldermen of the City of London, Temp. Henry III.-1908" Volume 1 by Alfred Beaven Beaven.
From "Analytical index to ... the Remembrancia, preserved among the archives of the city of London [compiled by W.H. and H.C. Overall]." Corp. of Lond., libr. comm, William Henry Overall, Henry Charles Overall, 1878. "William Webbe Salter elected Alderman of Queenhithe June 6th 1581 Sheriff Lord Mayor 1591-92 removed to Cordwainer February 13th 1593 President of and Bethlem Hospitals 1594 till his death July 4th 1599 He was buried at St Dunstan's in the East He was the Son of John Webbe of Reading Berks Clothier where family was seated for many years His sister Lucy by her second marriage with William Clothier of the same town was the mother of Archbishop Laud His Wife Bennet a daughter of Sir Christopher Draper Lord Mayor 1566."
1612 - Hyde Manor sold to Lawrence Greene, grocer of London
Similar details are here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Webbe_(mayor)
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