Master of the Mercers' Company

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