Master of the Mercers' Company

Mercers' Arms

The Master Mercers have been:

Richard II of England

1390 John Lovey

1391 John Organ

1392 John Organ

1393 John Organ

1394 William Parker

1395 Sir Richard Whittington (1st term)

1396 John Shadworth

1397 John Woodcocke

1398 William Walderne

1399 Walter Cotton

Henry IV of England

1400 John Moore

1401 Sir Richard Whittington (2nd term)

1402 William Parker

1403 John Shadworth

1404 William Walderne

1405 Thomas Fawconer

1406 Stephen Spelman

1407 John Woodcocke

1408 Sir 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 Ralph Verney

1464 John Lambert

1465 John Tate

1466 John Midleton

1467 Hugh Wiche

1468 John Stocketon

1469 Thomas Muschampe

1470 Ralph Verney

1471 John Browne

1472 Richard Gardener

1473 John Warde

1474 John Midleton

1475 Ralph 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 Holles

1529 Raff Waryn

1530 Mighell Dormer

1531 William Dauntese

1532 Sir Richard Gresham

1533 Richard Reynolde

1534 Thomas Kytson

1535 Nicholas Leveson

1536 John Aleyn

1537 Sir John Gresham

1538 Sir Richard Gresham

1539 William Wilkynson

1540 John Fayere

1541 Raff Waryn

1542 Sir Rowland Hill (1st term)

1543 Richard Jervyes

1544 Mighell Dormer

1545 Sir John Gresham

1546 Robert Chertsey

Edward VI of England

1547 William Locke

1548 Richard Gresham

1549 Sir Rowland Hill (2nd term)

1550 Richard Jervyes

1551 William Robyns

1552 Sir John Gresham

Mary I of England

1553 Sir Thomas Leigh

1554 Sir Rowland Hill (3rd term)

1555 Sir John Gresham

1556 Richard Mallore

1557 Roger Martyn

1558 Sir Thomas Leigh

Elizabeth I of England

1559 Humphrey Baskerfelde (Humphrey Baskerville)

1560 Sir Rowland Hill (4th term)

1561 Richard Mallore

1562 Roger Martin

1563 Sir Thomas Leigh

1564 Richard Mallore

1565 William Allen

1566 Lionel Duckett (1511-1587) (1st term)

1567 Roger Martin

1568 Sir Thomas Leigh

1569 Sir Thomas Gresham (1st term)

1570 William Allen

1571 Lionel Duckett (1511-1587) (2nd term)

1572 Roger Martin

1573 Sir Thomas Gresham (2nd term)

1574 Vincent Randolle

1575 Thomas Ryvette

1576 William Allen

1577 Lionel Duckett (1511-1587) (3rd term)

1578 Richard Barnes

1579 Sir Thomas Gresham (3rd term) (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 MP

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 VI and I

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, Baron Cranfield (later 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 Asquith

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 de Bouverie

1691 Sir William Gore

1692 Thomas Papillon

1693 Benjamin Thorowgood

1694 Thomas Langham

1695 William Ivatt

1696 John Wolfe

1697 Sir 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 MP

1717 Richard Chauncy

1718 George Banister

1719 Isaac Grevill

1720 Nicholas Hillyard

1721 John Spillett

1722 Sir 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

Queen Victoria

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, 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) (1821-1906)

1897 Cecil Clementi Smith (1840-1916)

1898 Greville Horsley Palmer

1899 William Ward Lane-Claypon (1845–1939)

1900 George Holmes Blakesley

Edward VII

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

1910 William Palmer, 2nd Earl of Selborne KG (1st term)

1911 Horace Cullen

1912 Edmund Stuart Palmer

1913 Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell

1914 Ralph Charlton Palmer

1915 Herbert Watney 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, 2nd Earl of Selborne KG (2nd term)

1934 William Arthur Powlett Lane

1935 Bertram Walter Archibald Watney (b. 1877)

Edward VIII

1936 Frederick Blunt Wathen

George VI

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, 3rd Earl of Selborne CH

1949 Frederick Percy Harton

1950 William Jocelyn Lewis Palmer (1st term) (1894-1971)

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 (1912-2011)

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 Sir 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 Sir Michael James Harwood Harrison, 2nd Baronet (b. 1936)

1987 David Charles Watney (b. 1932)

1988 Bernard Martyn Watney (1922-1998)

1989 John Palmer, 4th Earl of Selborne GBE (b. 1940)

1990 John Adrian Watney (b. 1943)

1991 John James Fenwick (b. 1932)

1992 Henry William Palmer (1941-2010)

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 Frederick W. Scarborough RA

2010 Sir David Clementi

2011 Thomas Clifford Sheldon

2012 The Hon. Timothy John Palmer

2013 Simon Walter Julian Wathen

2014 Miss Deborah Clare Ounsted CBE

2015 Timothy Christopher Ashley Haywood

See also

• List of Lord Mayors of London
• Livery Company

References

• "Mercers' Company website list of Masters".