Master of the Mercers' Company

Richard II of England

1390 John Lovey1391 John Organ1392 John Organ1393 John Organ1394 William Parker1395 Sir Richard Whittington (1st term)1396 John Shadworth1397 John Woodcocke1398 William Walderne1399 Walter Cotton

Henry IV of England

1400 John Moore1401 Sir Richard Whittington (2nd term)1402 William Parker1403 John Shadworth1404 William Walderne1405 Thomas Fawconer1406 Stephen Spelman1407 John Woodcocke1408 Sir Richard Whittington (3rd term)1409 John Shadworth1410 William Walderne1411 Thomas Fawconer1412 John Lane

Henry V of England

1413 Stephyn Spelman1414 Walter Cotton1415 Thomas Aleyn1416 John Coventre1417 Thomas Fawconer1418 William Walderne1419 John Lane1420 John Butler1421 Thomas Aleyn1422 John Coventre

Henry VI of England

1423 Thomas Fawconer1424 William Estfeld1425 Henry Frowicke1426 William Melrith1427 John Whatley1428 William Estfeld1429 Henry Frowicke1430 Robert Large1431 William Melreth1432 John Olney1433 William Estfeld1434 Henry Frowicke1435 Robert Large1436 Thomas Wandesford1437 John Olney1438 William Melreth1439 Thomas Chalton1440 William Estfeld1441 Henry Frowicke1442 John Olney1443 William Melreth1444 Thomas Chalton1445 Thomas Wandesford1446 Richard Riche1447 Jeffrey Feldyng1448 Henry Frowicke1449 William Cantlowe1450 Hugh Wiche1451 John Midelton1452 Jeffrey Feldyng1453 Jeffrey Boleyn1454 John Olney1455 William Cantlowe1456 Hugh Wiche1457 John Midelton1458 Raff Verney1459 Hugh Wiche1460 Richard Nedeham

Edward IV of England

1461 William Cantlowe1462 John Stocketon1463 Ralph Verney1464 John Lambert1465 John Tate1466 John Midleton1467 Hugh Wiche1468 John Stocketon1469 Thomas Muschampe1470 Ralph Verney1471 John Browne1472 Richard Gardener1473 John Warde1474 John Midleton1475 Ralph Verney1476 John Browne1477 Richard Rawson1478 Richard Gardener1479 Henry Colet1480 Thomas Ilom1481 Robert Tate1482 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 Rawson1484 John Browne1485 Richard Gardener

Henry VII of England

1486 John Tate1487 Hugh Clopton1488 Henry Colet1489 Robert Tate1490 John Mathewe1491 John Browne1492 John Tate1493 William Purchase1494 Henry Colet1495 Nicholas Alwyn1496 William Browne1497 Robert Tate1498 Thomas Wyndowte1499 Richard Haddon1500 John Tate1501 John Hawe1502 Thomas Bradbury1503 William Browne1504 Henry Colet1505 Cristofre Hawe1506 William Browne1507 Richard Haddon1508 John Tate

Henry VIII of England

1509 John Hawe1510 James Yarford1511 Nicholas Shelton1512 Roger Basford1513 William Browne1514 Thomas Baldry1515 John Aleyn1516 John West1517 Thomas Seymer1518 James Yarford1519 Roger Basford1520 Mighell Englissh1521 John Kyme1522 Raff Dodmer1523 Thomas Baldry1524 John Aleyn1525 Thomas Seymer1526 James Yarford1527 Mighell Englissh1528 William Holles1529 Raff Waryn1530 Mighell Dormer1531 William Dauntese1532 Sir Richard Gresham1533 Richard Reynolde1534 Thomas Kytson1535 Nicholas Leveson1536 John Aleyn1537 Sir John Gresham1538 Sir Richard Gresham1539 William Wilkynson1540 John Fayere1541 Raff Waryn1542 Sir Rowland Hill (1st term)1543 Richard Jervyes1544 Mighell Dormer1545 Sir John Gresham1546 Robert Chertsey

Edward VI of England

1547 William Locke1548 Richard Gresham1549 Sir Rowland Hill (2nd term)1550 Richard Jervyes1551 William Robyns1552 Sir John Gresham

Mary I of England

1553 Sir Thomas Leigh1554 Sir Rowland Hill (3rd term)1555 Sir John Gresham1556 Richard Mallore1557 Roger Martyn1558 Sir Thomas Leigh

Elizabeth I of England

1559 Humphrey Baskerfelde (Humphrey Baskerville)1560 Sir Rowland Hill (4th term)1561 Richard Mallore1562 Roger Martin1563 Sir Thomas Leigh1564 Richard Mallore1565 William Allen1566 Lionel Duckett (1511-1587) (1st term)1567 Roger Martin1568 Sir Thomas Leigh1569 Sir Thomas Gresham (1st term)1570 William Allen1571 Lionel Duckett (1511-1587) (2nd term)1572 Roger Martin1573 Sir Thomas Gresham (2nd term)1574 Vincent Randolle1575 Thomas Ryvette1576 William Allen1577 Lionel Duckett (1511-1587) (3rd term)1578 Richard Barnes1579 Sir Thomas Gresham (3rd term) (Obit.) / Thomas Ryvette1580 Ambrose Smythe1581 Jophn Haydon1582 William Allen1583 Lionel Duckett (1511-1587) (4th term)1584 Richard Barnes1585 William Elkyn1586 Thomas Heaton1587 Thomas Egerton MP1588 William Birde1589 Edmond Hogan1590 Thomas Cranfield1591 William Elkyn1592 Henry Rowe1593 Henry Isham1594 Thomas Bennett1595 Thomas Cordell1596 Bauldwin Derham1597 Thomas Owen1598 Henry Rowe1599 Bartholomew Barnes1600 William Quarles1601 Thomas Bennett1602 Henry Rowe

James VI and I

1604 Thomas Cordell1605 William Walthall1606 William Quarles1607 Henry Rowe1608 William Higges1609 Thomas Bennett1610 Baptist Hickes1611 Thomas Cordell (Obit.), Thomas Walthall1612 Thomas Edwardes1613 Thomas Bennett1614 Edward Barnes1615 Lionel Cranfield1616 William Halliday1617 William Quarles1618 Thomas Bennett1619 John Poole1620 William Ferrers1621 Baptist Hickes1622 Lionel, Baron Cranfield (later Earl of Middlesex)1623 William Halliday (Obit.), Thomas Bennett1624 William Russell

Charles I of England

1625 John Poole1626 Raph Stint1627 Rowland Backhouse1628 Frauncis Fuller1629 Henry Rowe1630 John Bankes (Obit.), Nicholas Asquith1631 John Cordell1632 Hugh Perry1633 Edward Cropley1634 Raph Stint1635 William Russell1636 Rowland Backhouse1637 Thomas Atkin1638 Henry Rowe1639 William Honywood1640 Francis Flyer1641 Robert Gardner1642 John Cordell1643 Edward Cropley1644 Thomas Atkin1645 Henry Rowe1646 William Honywood1647 Francis Flyer1648 John Cordell

Commonwealth of England

1649 John Dethick1650 Richard Clutterbuck1651 Anthony Bedingfield1652 George Wynne1653 Samuel Moyer1654 Edmund Sleigh1655 Samuel Mico1656 William Barker1657 Isaack Lee1658 Richard King1659 William Cowper

Charles II of England

1660 Thomas Chambrelan1661 Richard Ford1662 Rowland Wynn1663 James Hawley1664 Henry Spurstowe1665 Thomas Culling1666 John Godden1667 Thomas Carleton1668 John Dethick1669 Richard Clutterbuck1670 John Dogett1671 Samuel Moyer1672 William Barker1673 Thomas Papillon1674 Richard Ford1675 Rowland Wynn1676 John Peake1677 John Dogett1678 John Chapman1679 George Sitwell1680 Nicholas Cooke1681 Edward Bouverie1682 Thomas Papillon1683 Dudley North1684 Benjamin Thorowgood

James II of England

1685 William Gostlyn1686 John Peake1687 William Ivatt (removed by Order in Council), George Sitwell1688 William Hedges

William III of England and Mary II of England

1689 William Ivatt1690 Edward de Bouverie1691 Sir William Gore1692 Thomas Papillon1693 Benjamin Thorowgood1694 Thomas Langham1695 William Ivatt1696 John Wolfe1697 Sir William Gore1698 Thomas Papillon1699 Edmond Harrison1700 William Hedges1701 Samuel Moyer

Anne, Queen of Great Britain

1702 John Morine1703 Joseph Wolfe1704 John Brand1705 William Hurt1706 Nathaniell Houlton1707 Jasper Clotterbooke1708 Thomas Blackmore (Obit.), Edward Carleton1709 Edward Carleton1710 William Bridges1711 John Terry1712 Richard Bowater1713 Samuell Mayne

George I of Great Britain

1714 Benjamin Smith1715 Thomas Serocold1716 Charles Cooke MP1717 Richard Chauncy1718 George Banister1719 Isaac Grevill1720 Nicholas Hillyard1721 John Spillett1722 Sir Richard Levett1723 John Williams1724 Francis Porten1725 James Colebrooke1726 John Lock

George II of Great Britain

1727 Thomas Lombe1728 Eleazer Hassell1729 John Jones1730 William Jolliff1731 John Wallis1732 Barrington Eaton1733 Michael Willersdon1734 Wight Woolley1735 David Petty1736 Nathaniel Newnham1737 Richard Chiswell1738 Benjamin Moyer1739 Nathaniel Garland1740 John Eaton1741 William Payne1742 John Nodes1743 Robert Atkyns1744 John Rogers1745 John Sadleir1746 John Daye1747 William Dunster1748 John Brice1749 John Purcas (Obit.), John Daye1750 Thomas Morson1751 Stevens Totton1752 Stevens Totton1753 Joseph South1754 Timothy Helmsley1755 William Tennant1756 George Major1757 Thomas Godfrey1758 Rowland Winn1759 Thomas Howes1760 Thomas Howes

George III of the United Kingdom

1761 Edward Neale (Obit.), Joseph South1762 William Knight1763 John Grubb1764 Joseph Godfrey (Obit.), Joseph South1765 Jeremiah Gardiner1766 John Hookham1767 Samuel Mason1768 Charles Buxton1769 James Townsend1770 Stephen Hervey1771 Nathaniel Newnham1772 Thomas King1773 Thomas Palmer1774 Richard Windsor1775 Nathaniel Newnham1776 Robert Lathropp1777 Nathaniel Hillier1778 Charles Newsham Pigott1779 Benjamin Porter1780 Philip Chauncey1781 Samuel Totton1782 Gurdelston Rolfe1783 Peregrine Cust1784 Stevens Totton1785 Edward Forster1786 Thomas Furley Forster1787 Joseph Crick (Obit.), William Clarke1788 Roby Bishop1789 Joseph Waugh1790 William George Sibley1791 George Sibley1792 William Holmes1793 John Watney (1747-1814)1794 Thomas Palmer1795 William Palmer1796 Nathaniel Hillier1797 Thomas Newnham1798 Robert Thatcher1799 Edmund Green1800 Robert Johnson1801 Henry Westear1802 William Edward Ward1803 William Lane1804 John Paterson1805 Randolph Stracey1806 Joseph Knight1807 Charles Buxton1808 Thomas Marsham1809 Nathaniel Newnham (Obit.), Edward Forster1810 Edward Forster1811 William Clarke1812 William Holmes1813 Robert Markland Barnard1814 Thomas Charles Waugh1815 Archdale Palmer1816 Daniel Watney (1771-1831)1817 Robert Sutton1818 Joseph Yellowley1819 Stevens Dineley Totton

George IV of the United Kingdom

1820 George Palmer1821 James Park Holmes1822 Baden Powell1823 James Barnes1824 Edmund Francis Green1825 Nathaniel Newnham1826 John Horsley Palmer (1779-1858)1827 George Lewis Newnham Collingwood1828 Thomas Osborne1829 Charles Frederick Johnson

William IV of the United Kingdom

1830 William Henry Holmes1831 Thomas Watney (1785-1867)1832 George Bicknell1833 John Roberts Delafosse1834 John Day1835 Lestock Peach Wilson1836 Adolphus Pugh Johnson

Queen Victoria

1837 Robert Sutton1838 Robert Bicknell1839 Nathaniel Clark1840 Octavius Errington Johnson1841 Joseph Thomas Pooley1842 Robert Sutton1843 Daniel Watney (1799-1874)1844 George Aston1845 George Palmer1846 James Watney (1800-1884)1847 James Sutton1848 Michael Lock (Obit.), George Palmer1849 William Palmer1850 Hulbert Wathen1851 William Barnes1852 John Watney (1804-1875)1853 Charles Powell1854 Charles Frederick Johnson1855 Thomas Lane1856 Thomas Barker1857 Edward Howley Palmer (1811-1901)1858 Wadham Locke Sutton1859 William Henry Harton1860 William Farington1861 Charlton Lane1862 Markland Barnard1863 John Shuttleworth Shuttleworth1864 Joseph Williams Blakesley1865 George Palmer1866 John Williams Watson1867 Thomas John Watney (1821-1906)1868 Richard Whiteman Fall1869 James Parke Holmes1870 John Carrington Palmer (1815-1874)1871 Daniel Watney (1824-1893)1872 Morell Dorrington Longden1873 John Watney (1828-1904)1874 Markland Barnard1875 Roundell Palmer, 1st Earl of Selborne1876 Philip Blundell Bicknell1877 George Fenn Aston1878 Frederick Palmer1879 James Watney MP (1832-1886)1880 Norman Watney JP DL (1834-1911)1881 George Palmer1882 Charles Powell1883 Archdale Villiers Palmer1884 William Wallis Aston1885 Daniel Watney (1835-1923)1886 Percy Lee Holmes1887 Herbert Clementi Smith1888 Edward Howley Palmer1889 Charlton George Lane1890 Rev. James Watney MA (1836-1891) (Obit.), Edward Howley Palmer1891 Ralph Charlton Palmer1892 Montague Clementi1893 Charles Thomas Lane1894 James Baden Powell1895 Meyrick John Sutton1896 Thomas John Watney (2nd term) (1821-1906)1897 Cecil Clementi Smith (1840-1916)1898 Greville Horsley Palmer1899 William Ward Lane-Claypon (1845–1939)1900 George Holmes Blakesley

Edward VII

1901 John Horsley Palmer1902 Thomas Holmes Blakesley1903 John Williams Watson1904 Percival Clementi Smith1905 Frederick Graham Thompson1906 Charles Watson Powell1907 John Holmes Blakesley1908 Robert Henry Bicknell1909 Walter Scarborough

George V

1910 William Palmer, 2nd Earl of Selborne KG (1st term)1911 Horace Cullen1912 Edmund Stuart Palmer1913 Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell1914 Ralph Charlton Palmer1915 Herbert Watney MD FRCP (1843-1932)1916 Lawrence Peel Yates1917 Baden Fletcher Smyth Baden-Powell1918 Archdale Palmer1919 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 Lane1924 John Hunt Clayton1925 William Byam Lane1926 Arthur Edward Rayden1927 Arthur Norman Watney JP (1871-1945)1928 Edmund Holmes Blakesley1929 Gerard Norman Watney (1872-1966)1930 Robert Charlton Lane1931 Reginald Stuart Palmer1932 Vincent Sutherland Hodson1933 Gerard Anstruther Wathen and William Palmer, 2nd Earl of Selborne KG (2nd term)1934 William Arthur Powlett Lane1935 Bertram Walter Archibald Watney (b. 1877)

Edward VIII

1936 Frederick Blunt Wathen

George VI

1937 Joseph Charlton Lane-Claypon1938 Hubert Clementi Smith1939 Hubert Clementi Smith1940 Cecil Clementi (1875-1947)1941 Herbert Andrew Watney (1882-1971)1942 Eustace Clementi Smith1943 Walter Howard Scarborough1944 Herbert Drayton Clementi Smith1945 Dr. Martyn Herbert Watney MA MB BChir (1887-1972)1946 Harold Godfrey Palmer1947 Humphrey Charles Gilbert Watney (1881-1973)1948 Roundell Palmer, 3rd Earl of Selborne CH1949 Frederick Percy Harton1950 William Jocelyn Lewis Palmer (1st term) (1894-1971)1951 Humphrey Kenrick Totton

Elizabeth II

1952 Lionel Grahame Rayden1953 Cecil Curtis Harold Smith1954 Charlton Adelbert Gustavus Lane1955 Edgar William Edmond Lane1956 William Jocelyn Lewis Palmer (1894-1971) (2nd term)1957 Norman Charles Watney (1901-1998)1958 John Lewis Watney1959 Archibald Sands Clayton1960 Dennis Montagu Clementi1961 Peter Winckworth1962 Mark William Gerard Wathen (1912-2011)1963 Rowland Roberts Blades, 2nd Baron Ebbisham1964 Henry Vincent Hodson (1906-1999)1965 Robert Jocelyn Palmer (1919-1991)1966 John Douglas Watney (1916-1983)1967 Francis Herbert Tate1968 George Cummings Walton1969 John Philip Carrington Palmer (1916-2006)1970 Geoffrey Acworth Rimbault1971 Henry Redvers Greville Howard1972 Struan Manwaring Robertson1973 John Grahame Barker1974 Charles Roger Tyssen Lane1975 Martin Arthur O’brien Ffrench Blake1976 Sir James Walter Scott, 2nd Baronet1977 Cresswell Clementi (1918-1981)1978 Derrick Ide-Smith (1920-2008)1979 Robert Brook Bridges1980 Martin Arthur O’brien Ffrench Blake1981 David Neville Vermont1982 Stuart Kaye Machattie Powell1983 Alexander Michael Graham1984 Julian Philip Gerard Wathen1985 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-Powell1994 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 RA2010 Sir David Clementi2011 Thomas Clifford Sheldon2012 The Hon. Timothy John Palmer2013 Simon Walter Julian Wathen2014 Miss Deborah Clare Ounsted CBE2015 Timothy Christopher Ashley Haywood