- Master of the Mercers' Company
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The Masters of the Worshipful Company of Mercers are and were:
Richard II of England
- 1390 John Lovey
- 1391 John Organ
- 1392 John Organ
- 1393 John Organ
- 1394 William Parker
- 1395 Richard Whittington (1st term)
- 1396 John Shadworth
- 1397 John Woodcocke
- 1398 William Walderne
- 1399 Walter Cotton
Henry IV of England
- 1400 John Moore
- 1401 Richard Whittington (2nd term)
- 1402 William Parker
- 1403 John Shadworth
- 1404 William Walderne
- 1405 Thomas Fawconer
- 1406 Stephen Spelman
- 1407 John Woodcocke
- 1408 Richard Whittington (3rd term)
- 1409 John Shadworth
- 1410 William Walderne
- 1411 Thomas Fawconer
- 1412 John Lane
Henry V of England
- 1413 Stephyn Spelman
- 1414 Walter Cotton
- 1415 Thomas Aleyn
- 1416 John Coventre
- 1417 Thomas Fawconer
- 1418 William Walderne
- 1419 John Lane
- 1420 John Butler
- 1421 Thomas Aleyn
- 1422 John Coventre
Henry VI of England
- 1423 Thomas Fawconer
- 1424 William Estfeld
- 1425 Henry Frowicke
- 1426 William Melrith
- 1427 John Whatley
- 1428 William Estfeld
- 1429 Henry Frowicke
- 1430 Robert Large
- 1431 William Melreth
- 1432 John Olney
- 1433 William Estfeld
- 1434 Henry Frowicke
- 1435 Robert Large
- 1436 Thomas Wandesford
- 1437 John Olney
- 1438 William Melreth
- 1439 Thomas Chalton
- 1440 William Estfeld
- 1441 Henry Frowicke
- 1442 John Olney
- 1443 William Melreth
- 1444 Thomas Chalton
- 1445 Thomas Wandesford
- 1446 Richard Riche
- 1447 Jeffrey Feldyng
- 1448 Henry Frowicke
- 1449 William Cantlowe
- 1450 Hugh Wiche
- 1451 John Midelton
- 1452 Jeffrey Feldyng
- 1453 Jeffrey Boleyn
- 1454 John Olney
- 1455 William Cantlowe
- 1456 Hugh Wiche
- 1457 John Midelton
- 1458 Raff Verney
- 1459 Hugh Wiche
- 1460 Richard Nedeham
Edward IV of England
- 1461 WILLIAM CANTLOWE
- 1462 JOHN STOCKETON
- 1463 RAFF VERNEY
- 1464 JOHN LAMBERT
- 1465 JOHN TATE
- 1466 JOHN MIDELTON
- 1467 HUGH WICHE
- 1468 JOHN STOCKETON
- 1469 THOMAS MUSCHAMPE
- 1470 RAFF VERNEY
- 1471 JOHN BROWNE
- 1472 RICHARD GARDENER
- 1473 JOHN WARDE
- 1474 JOHN MIDELTON
- 1475 RAFF VERNEY
- 1476 JOHN BROWNE
- 1477 RICHARD RAWSON
- 1478 RICHARD GARDENER
- 1479 HENRY COLET
- 1480 THOMAS ILOM
- 1481 ROBERT TATE
- 1482 JOHN MATHEWE
Edward V of England
Edward V was held in the Tower of London as King for about two months prior to his untimely demise and made no appointments.
Richard III of England
- 1483 Richard Rawson
- 1484 John Browne
- 1485 Richard Gardener
Henry VII of England
- 1486 John Tate
- 1487 Hugh Clopton
- 1488 Henry Colet
- 1489 Robert Tate
- 1490 John Mathewe
- 1491 John Browne
- 1492 John Tate
- 1493 William Purchase
- 1494 Henry Colet
- 1495 Nicholas Alwyn
- 1496 William Browne
- 1497 Robert Tate
- 1498 Thomas Wyndowte
- 1499 Richard Haddon
- 1500 John Tate
- 1501 John Hawe
- 1502 Thomas Bradbury
- 1503 William Browne
- 1504 Henry Colet
- 1505 Cristofre Hawe
- 1506 William Browne
- 1507 Richard Haddon
- 1508 John Tate
Henry VIII of England
- 1509 John Hawe
- 1510 James Yarford
- 1511 Nicholas Shelton
- 1512 Roger Basford
- 1513 William Browne
- 1514 Thomas Baldry
- 1515 John Aleyn
- 1516 John West
- 1517 Thomas Seymer
- 1518 James Yarford
- 1519 Roger Basford
- 1520 Mighell Englissh
- 1521 John Kyme
- 1522 Raff Dodmer
- 1523 Thomas Baldry
- 1524 John Aleyn
- 1525 Thomas Seymer
- 1526 James Yarford
- 1527 Mighell Englissh
- 1528 William Hollis
- 1529 Raff Waryn
- 1530 Mighell Dormer
- 1531 William Dauntese
- 1532 Richard Gresham
- 1533 Richard Reynolde
- 1534 Thomas Kytson
- 1535 Nicholas Leveson
- 1536 John Aleyn
- 1537 John Gresham
- 1538 Richard Gresham
- 1539 William Wilkynson
- 1540 John Fayere
- 1541 Raff Waryn
- 1542 Rowland Hill
- 1543 Richard Jervyes
- 1544 Mighell Dormer
- 1545 John Gresham
- 1546 Robert Chertsey
Edward VI of England
- 1547 William Locke
- 1548 Richard Gresham
- 1549 Rowland Hill
- 1550 Richard Jervyes
- 1551 William Robyns
- 1552 John Gresham
Mary I of England
- 1553 Thomas Leighe
- 1554 Rowland Hill
- 1555 John Gresham
- 1556 Richard Mallore
- 1557 Roger Martyn
- 1558 Thomas Leighe
Elizabeth I of England
- 1559 Humphrey Baskerfelde (Humphrey Baskerville)
- 1560 Rowland Hill
- 1561 Richard Mallore
- 1562 Roger Martin
- 1563 Thomas Leighe
- 1564 Richard Mallore
- 1565 William Allen
- 1566 Lionel Duckett (1511-1587) (1st term)
- 1567 Roger Martin
- 1568 Thomas Leighe
- 1569 Thomas Gresham
- 1570 William Allen
- 1571 Lionel Duckett (1511-1587) (2nd term)
- 1572 Roger Martin
- 1573 Thomas Gresham
- 1574 Vincent Randolle
- 1575 Thomas Ryvette
- 1576 William Allen
- 1577 Lionel Duckett (1511-1587) (3rd term)
- 1578 Richard Barnes
- 1579 Thomas Gresham (obit) / Thomas Ryvette
- 1580 Ambrose Smythe
- 1581 Jophn Haydon
- 1582 William Allen
- 1583 Lionel Duckett (1511-1587) (4th term)
- 1584 Richard Barnes
- 1585 William Elkyn
- 1586 Thomas Heaton
- 1587 Thomas Egerton
- 1588 William Birde
- 1589 Edmond Hogan
- 1590 Thomas Cranfield
- 1591 William Elkyn
- 1592 Henry Rowe
- 1593 Henry Isham
- 1594 Thomas Bennett
- 1595 Thomas Cordell
- 1596 Bauldwin Derham
- 1597 Thomas Owen
- 1598 Henry Rowe
- 1599 Bartholomew Barnes
- 1600 William Quarles
- 1601 Thomas Bennett
- 1602 Henry Rowe
James I of England
- 1604 Thomas Cordell
- 1605 William Walthall
- 1606 William Quarles
- 1607 Henry Rowe
- 1608 William Higges
- 1609 Thomas Bennett
- 1610 Baptist Hickes
- 1611 Thomas Cordell (Obit.), Thomas Walthall
- 1612 Thomas Edwardes
- 1613 Thomas Bennett
- 1614 Edward Barnes
- 1615 Lionel Cranfield
- 1616 William Halliday
- 1617 William Quarles
- 1618 Thomas Bennett
- 1619 John Poole
- 1620 William Ferrers
- 1621 Baptist Hickes
- 1622 Lionel Cranfield Earl Of Middlesex
- 1623 William Halliday (Obit.), Thomas Bennett
- 1624 William Russell
Charles I of England
- 1625 John Poole
- 1626 Raph Stint
- 1627 Rowland Backhouse
- 1628 Frauncis Fuller
- 1629 Henry Rowe
- 1630 John Bankes (Obit.), Nicholas Askwith
- 1631 John Cordell
- 1632 Hugh Perry
- 1633 Edward Cropley
- 1634 Raph Stint
- 1635 William Russell
- 1636 Rowland Backhouse
- 1637 Thomas Atkin
- 1638 Henry Rowe
- 1639 William Honywood
- 1640 Francis Flyer
- 1641 Robert Gardner
- 1642 John Cordell
- 1643 Edward Cropley
- 1644 Thomas Atkin
- 1645 Henry Rowe
- 1646 William Honywood
- 1647 Francis Flyer
- 1648 John Cordell
Commonwealth of England
- 1649 John Dethick
- 1650 Richard Clutterbuck
- 1651 Anthony Bedingfield
- 1652 George Wynne
- 1653 Samuel Moyer
- 1654 Edmund Sleigh
- 1655 Samuel Mico
- 1656 William Barker
- 1657 Isaack Lee
- 1658 Richard King
- 1659 William Cowper
Charles II of England
- 1660 Thomas Chambrelan
- 1661 Richard Ford
- 1662 Rowland Wynn
- 1663 James Hawley
- 1664 Henry Spurstowe
- 1665 Thomas Culling
- 1666 John Godden
- 1667 Thomas Carleton
- 1668 John Dethick
- 1669 Richard Clutterbuck
- 1670 John Dogett
- 1671 Samuel Moyer
- 1672 William Barker
- 1673 Thomas Papillon
- 1674 Richard Ford
- 1675 Rowland Wynn
- 1676 John Peake
- 1677 John Dogett
- 1678 John Chapman
- 1679 George Sitwell
- 1680 Nicholas Cooke
- 1681 Edward Bouverie
- 1682 Thomas Papillon
- 1683 Dudley North
- 1684 Benjamin Thorowgood
James II of England
- 1685 William Gostlyn
- 1686 John Peake
- 1687 William Ivatt (removed by Order in Council), George Sitwell
- 1688 William Hedges
William III of England and Mary II of England
- 1689 William Ivatt
- 1690 Edward Des Bouverie
- 1691 William Gore
- 1692 Thomas Papillon
- 1693 Benjamin Thorowgood
- 1694 Thomas Langham
- 1695 William Ivatt
- 1696 John Wolfe
- 1697 William Gore
- 1698 Thomas Papillon
- 1699 Edmond Harrison
- 1700 William Hedges
- 1701 Samuel Moyer
Anne, Queen of Great Britain
- 1702 John Morine
- 1703 Joseph Wolfe
- 1704 John Brand
- 1705 William Hurt
- 1706 Nathaniell Houlton
- 1707 Jasper Clotterbooke
- 1708 Thomas Blackmore (Obit.), Edward Carleton
- 1709 Edward Carleton
- 1710 William Bridges
- 1711 John Terry
- 1712 Richard Bowater
- 1713 Samuell Mayne
George I of Great Britain
- 1714 Benjamin Smith
- 1715 Thomas Serocold
- 1716 Charles Cooke
- 1717 Richard Chauncy
- 1718 George Banister
- 1719 Isaac Grevill
- 1720 Nicholas Hillyard
- 1721 John Spillett
- 1722 Richard Levett
- 1723 John Williams
- 1724 Francis Porten
- 1725 James Colebrooke
- 1726 John Lock
George II of Great Britain
- 1727 Thomas Lombe
- 1728 Eleazer Hassell
- 1729 John Jones
- 1730 William Jolliff
- 1731 John Wallis
- 1732 Barrington Eaton
- 1733 Michael Willersdon
- 1734 Wight Woolley
- 1735 David Petty
- 1736 Nathaniel Newnham
- 1737 Richard Chiswell
- 1738 Benjamin Moyer
- 1739 Nathaniel Garland
- 1740 John Eaton
- 1741 William Payne
- 1742 John Nodes
- 1743 Robert Atkyns
- 1744 John Rogers
- 1745 John Sadleir
- 1746 John Daye
- 1747 William Dunster
- 1748 John Brice
- 1749 John Purcas (Obit.), John Daye
- 1750 Thomas Morson
- 1751 Stevens Totton
- 1752 Stevens Totton
- 1753 Joseph South
- 1754 Timothy Helmsley
- 1755 William Tennant
- 1756 George Major
- 1757 Thomas Godfrey
- 1758 Rowland Winn
- 1759 Thomas Howes
- 1760 Thomas Howes
George III of the United Kingdom
- 1761 Edward Neale (Obit.), Joseph South
- 1762 William Knight
- 1763 John Grubb
- 1764 Joseph Godfrey (Obit.), Joseph South
- 1765 Jeremiah Gardiner
- 1766 John Hookham
- 1767 Samuel Mason
- 1768 Charles Buxton
- 1769 James Townsend
- 1770 Stephen Hervey
- 1771 Nathaniel Newnham
- 1772 Thomas King
- 1773 Thomas Palmer
- 1774 Richard Windsor
- 1775 Nathaniel Newnham
- 1776 Robert Lathropp
- 1777 Nathaniel Hillier
- 1778 Charles Newsham Pigott
- 1779 Benjamin Porter
- 1780 Philip Chauncey
- 1781 Samuel Totton
- 1782 Gurdelston Rolfe
- 1783 Peregrine Cust
- 1784 Stevens Totton
- 1785 Edward Forster
- 1786 Thomas Furley Forster
- 1787 Joseph Crick (Obit.), William Clarke
- 1788 Roby Bishop
- 1789 Joseph Waugh
- 1790 William George Sibley
- 1791 George Sibley
- 1792 William Holmes
- 1793 John Watney (1747-1814)
- 1794 Thomas Palmer
- 1795 William Palmer
- 1796 Nathaniel Hillier
- 1797 Thomas Newnham
- 1798 Robert Thatcher
- 1799 Edmund Green
- 1800 Robert Johnson
- 1801 Henry Westear
- 1802 William Edward Ward
- 1803 William Lane
- 1804 John Paterson
- 1805 Randolph Stracey
- 1806 Joseph Knight
- 1807 Charles Buxton
- 1808 Thomas Marsham
- 1809 Nathaniel Newnham (Obit.), Edward Forster
- 1810 Edward Forster
- 1811 William Clarke
- 1812 William Holmes
- 1813 Robert Markland Barnard
- 1814 Thomas Charles Waugh
- 1815 Archdale Palmer
- 1816 Daniel Watney (1771-1831)
- 1817 Robert Sutton
- 1818 Joseph Yellowley
- 1819 Stevens Dineley Totton
George IV of the United Kingdom
- 1820 George Palmer
- 1821 James Park Holmes
- 1822 Baden Powell
- 1823 James Barnes
- 1824 Edmund Francis Green
- 1825 Nathaniel Newnham
- 1826 John Horsley Palmer (1779-1858)
- 1827 George Lewis Newnham Collingwood
- 1828 Thomas Osborne
- 1829 Charles Frederick Johnson
William IV of the United Kingdom
- 1830 William Henry Holmes
- 1831 Thomas Watney (1785-1867)
- 1832 George Bicknell
- 1833 John Roberts Delafosse
- 1834 John Day
- 1835 Lestock Peach Wilson
- 1836 Adolphus Pugh Johnson
Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom
- 1837 Robert Sutton
- 1838 Robert Bicknell
- 1839 Nathaniel Clark
- 1840 Octavius Errington Johnson
- 1841 Joseph Thomas Pooley
- 1842 Robert Sutton
- 1843 Daniel Watney (1799-1874)
- 1844 George Aston
- 1845 George Palmer
- 1846 James Watney (1800-1884)
- 1847 James Sutton
- 1848 Michael Lock (Obit.), George Palmer
- 1849 William Palmer
- 1850 Hulbert Wathen
- 1851 William Barnes
- 1852 John Watney (1804-1875)
- 1853 Charles Powell
- 1854 Charles Frederick Johnson
- 1855 Thomas Lane
- 1856 Thomas Barker
- 1857 Edward Howley Palmer (1811-1901)
- 1858 Wadham Locke Sutton
- 1859 William Henry Harton
- 1860 William Farington
- 1861 Charlton Lane
- 1862 Markland Barnard
- 1863 John Shuttleworth Shuttleworth
- 1864 Joseph Williams Blakesley
- 1865 George Palmer
- 1866 John Williams Watson
- 1867 Thomas John Watney (1821-1906)
- 1868 Richard Whiteman Fall
- 1869 James Parke Holmes
- 1870 John Carrington Palmer (1815-1874)
- 1871 Daniel Watney (1824-1893)
- 1872 Morell Dorrington Longden
- 1873 John Watney (1828-1904)
- 1874 Markland Barnard
- 1875 Roundell Palmer (1812-1895) (1st Earl of Selborne)
- 1876 Philip Blundell Bicknell
- 1877 George Fenn Aston
- 1878 Frederick Palmer
- 1879 James Watney MP (1832-1886)
- 1880 Norman Watney JP DL (1834-1911)
- 1881 George Palmer
- 1882 Charles Powell
- 1883 Archdale Villiers Palmer
- 1884 William Wallis Aston
- 1885 Daniel Watney (1835-1923)
- 1886 Percy Lee Holmes
- 1887 Herbert Clementi Smith
- 1888 Edward Howley Palmer
- 1889 Charlton George Lane
- 1890 Rev. James Watney MA (1836-1891) (Obit), Edward Howley Palmer
- 1891 Ralph Charlton Palmer
- 1892 Montague Clementi
- 1893 Charles Thomas Lane
- 1894 James Baden Powell
- 1895 Meyrick John Sutton
- 1896 Thomas John Watney (2nd Term In Office)(1821-1906)
- 1897 Cecil Clementi Smith (1840-1916)
- 1898 Greville Horsley Palmer
- 1899 William Ward Lane-Claypon
- 1900 George Holmes Blakesley
Edward VII of the United Kingdom
- 1901 John Horsley Palmer
- 1902 Thomas Holmes Blakesley
- 1903 John Williams Watson
- 1904 Percival Clementi Smith
- 1905 Frederick Graham Thompson
- 1906 Charles Watson Powell
- 1907 John Holmes Blakesley
- 1908 Robert Henry Bicknell
- 1909 Walter Scarborough
George V of the United Kingdom
- 1910 William Palmer (1859-1942) (2nd Earl of Selborne)(1st Term)
- 1911 Horace Cullen
- 1912 Edmund Stuart Palmer
- 1913 Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell
- 1914 Ralph Charlton Palmer
- 1915 Dr. Herbert Watney MA MD FRCP (1843-1932)
- 1916 Lawrence Peel Yates
- 1917 Baden Fletcher Smyth Baden-Powell
- 1918 Archdale Palmer
- 1919 Thomas Savile Watney (1867-1951)
- 1920 Stephen Cecil Watney (b. 1868)
- 1921 Charles Tillotson Watney (1869-1945)
- 1922 Charles Norman Watney Cie TD (1868-1956)
- 1923 Frederick Paget Lane
- 1924 John Hunt Clayton
- 1925 William Byam Lane
- 1926 Arthur Edward Rayden
- 1927 Arthur Norman Watney JP (1871-1945)
- 1928 Edmund Holmes Blakesley
- 1929 Gerard Norman Watney (1872-1966)
- 1930 Robert Charlton Lane
- 1931 Reginald Stuart Palmer
- 1932 Vincent Sutherland Hodson
- 1933 Gerard Anstruther Wathen and William Palmer (1859-1942) (2nd Earl of Selborne)(2nd Term)
- 1934 William Arthur Powlett Lane
- 1935 Bertram Walter Archibald Watney (B 1877)
Edward VIII of the United Kingdom
- 1936 Frederick Blunt Wathen
George VI of the United Kingdom
- 1937 Joseph Charlton Lane-Claypon
- 1938 Hubert Clementi Smith
- 1939 Hubert Clementi Smith
- 1940 Cecil Clementi (1875-1947)
- 1941 Herbert Andrew Watney (1882-1971)
- 1942 Eustace Clementi Smith
- 1943 Walter Howard Scarborough
- 1944 Herbert Drayton Clementi Smith
- 1945 Dr. Martyn Herbert Watney Ma Mb Bchir (1887-1972)
- 1946 Harold Godfrey Palmer
- 1947 Humphrey Charles Gilbert Watney (1881-1973)
- 1948 Roundell Palmer (1887-1971) (3rd Earl of Selborne)
- 1949 Frederick Percy Harton
- 1950 William Jocelyn Lewis Palmer (1894-1971)(1st Term)
- 1951 Humphrey Kenrick Totton
Elizabeth II
- 1952 Lionel Grahame Rayden
- 1953 Cecil Curtis Harold Smith
- 1954 Charlton Adelbert Gustavus Lane
- 1955 Edgar William Edmond Lane
- 1956 William Jocelyn Lewis Palmer (1894-1971)(2nd Term)
- 1957 Norman Charles Watney (1901-1998)
- 1958 John Lewis Watney
- 1959 Archibald Sands Clayton
- 1960 Dennis Montagu Clementi
- 1961 Peter Winckworth
- 1962 Mark William Gerard Wathen
- 1963 Rowland Roberts Blades, 2nd Baron Ebbisham
- 1964 Henry Vincent Hodson (1906-1999)
- 1965 Robert Jocelyn Palmer (1919-1991)
- 1966 John Douglas Watney (1916-1983)
- 1967 Francis Herbert Tate
- 1968 George Cummings Walton
- 1969 John Philip Carrington Palmer (1916-2006)
- 1970 Geoffrey Acworth Rimbault
- 1971 Henry Redvers Greville Howard
- 1972 Struan Manwaring Robertson
- 1973 John Grahame Barker
- 1974 Charles Roger Tyssen Lane
- 1975 Martin Arthur O’brien Ffrench Blake
- 1976 James Walter Scott, 2nd Baronet
- 1977 Cresswell Clementi (1918-1981)
- 1978 Derrick Ide-Smith (1920-2008)
- 1979 Robert Brook Bridges
- 1980 Martin Arthur O’brien Ffrench Blake
- 1981 David Neville Vermont
- 1982 Stuart Kaye Machattie Powell
- 1983 Alexander Michael Graham
- 1984 Julian Philip Gerard Wathen
- 1985 Christopher Sands Clayton (b.1938)(1st Term)
- 1986 Michael James Harwood Harrison, 2nd Baronet (b.1936)
- 1987 David Charles Watney (b.1932)
- 1988 Bernard Martyn Watney (1922-1998)
- 1989 John Palmer (b.1940) (4th Earl of Selborne)
- 1990 John Adrian Watney (b.1943)
- 1991 John James Fenwick (b.1932)
- 1992 Henry William Palmer (b.1941)
- 1993 Francis Robert Baden-Powell
- 1994 Duncan Martyn Watney (b.1931)
- 1995 William Oliver Clarke (b.1943)
- 1996 John Drayton Hedges (b.1943)
- 1997 David Anthony Tate (b. 1941)
- 1998 Richard Kelso Westmacott (b.1934)
- 1999 Philip Richard Withers Green (b.1942)
- 2000 Richard Cawton Cunis (b.1943)
- 2001 Anthony Edward Hodson (b.1937)
- 2002 Michael Greville Dudgeon (b.1943)
- 2003 John Christopher Calthorpe Blofeld (b.1932)
- 2004 Charles Clive Scott (b.1954)
- 2005 Anthony Roderick Charlton Lane (b.1939)
- 2006 Christopher Sands Clayton (b.1938)(2nd Term)
- 2007 Frederick Christopher Gerald Hohler (b.1943)
- 2008 Daniel Houghton Hodson (b.1944)
- 2009 F. W. Scarborough
- 2010 Sir David Clementi
References
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