This chronology is mostly invented and presents a background of who was Mayor in the Shire from just before the Fell Winter until the Ring War. It contains a few notes on things happening in the Shire and of major events outside. The green row is the approximate timeframe in which the various stories of the Shire Series take place.
Year | Mayor | Bilbo's Age | Notes |
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1273 | Mungo Baggins | -17 | |
1280 | Mungo Baggins | -10 | |
1287 | Saragrim Sackville | -3 | |
1294 | Addlegar Longhole | 4 | |
1301 | Addlegar Longhole | 11 | Ithilien deserted. Henneth Annûn built. |
1308 | Addlegar Longhole | 18 | Fell Winter strikes in this mayorality. |
1315 | Bungo Baggins | 25 | Bungo is acting mayor, while Addelgar retains title. |
1322 | Bungo Baggins | 32 | Bungo dies in 1326. |
1329 | Manny Underhill | 32 | Takes over from Bungo, completes next term. Arathorn weds Gilraen. |
1336 | Carlo Banks | 32 | Aragorn now living in Rivendell, renamed Estel. |
1343 | Halfred Headstrong | 53 | Bilbo just back from his adventures. |
1350 | Halfred Headstrong | 60 | Finduilas of Dol Amroth born. |
1357 | Wilton Grubb | 67 | Aragorn enters Thengel's service. |
1364 | Wilton Grubb | 74 | Wilton dies in 1371, just before the Free Fair |
1371 | Gundred Bolger | 81 | Baggins cousin, grandson of Pansy Baggins; Aragorn is serving Ecthelion. |
1378 | Pasco Goodbody | 88 | Baggins cousin, grandson of Lily Baggins; Boromir born. |
1385 | Pasco Goodbody | 95 | Bilbo considers running for mayor; Denethor is Lord Steward of Gondor; Timeframe of Shire Stories. |
1392 | Pasco Goodbody | 102 | Frodo is Bilbo's heir; Finduilas has died. |
1399 | Will Whitfoot | 109 | Bilbo is planning his Farewell Feast. |
1406 | Will Whitfoot | 116 | Frodo has the Ring; Bilbo now living in Rivendell, Gandalf and Aragorn seek Gollum. |