# Master of the Mercers' Company

The Master Mercers of the Worshipful Company of Mercers have been, by reign:

## 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 Frowick
    1426 William Melrith
    1427 John Whatley
    1428 William Estfeld
    1429 Henry Frowick
    1430 Robert Large
    1431 William Melreth
    1432 John Olney
    1433 William Estfeld
    1434 Henry Frowick
    1435 Robert Large
    1436 Thomas Wandesford
    1437 John Olney
    1438 William Melreth
    1439 Thomas Chalton
    1440 William Estfeld
    1441 Henry Frowick
    1442 John Olney
    1443 William Melreth
    1444 Thomas Chalton
    1445 Thomas Wandesford
    1446 Richard Riche
    1447 Jeffrey Feldyng
    1448 Henry Frowick
    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 Cranfield, 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

    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

    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

    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 (1st term)
    1911 Horace Cullen
    1912 Edmund Stuart Palmer
    1913 Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell
    1914 Ralph Charlton Palmer
    1915 Herbert Watney (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 (1868-1956)
    1923 Frederick Paget Lane
    1924 John Hunt Clayton
    1925 William Byam Lane
    1926 Arthur Edward Rayden
    1927 Arthur Norman Watney (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 (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 (1887-1972)
    1946 Harold Godfrey Palmer
    1947 Humphrey Charles Gilbert Watney (1881-1973)
    1948 Roundell Palmer, 3rd Earl of Selborne
    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 (1908-1991)
    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 (1936-2019)
    1987 David Charles Watney (b. 1932)
    1988 Bernard Martyn Watney (1922-1998)
    1989 John Palmer, 4th Earl of Selborne (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
    2010 Sir David Clementi
    2011 Thomas Clifford Sheldon
    2012 Timothy John Palmer
    2013 Simon Walter Julian Wathen
    2014 Miss Deborah Clare Ounsted
    2015 Timothy Christopher Ashley Haywood
    2016 John Manwaring Robertson
    2017 John Roderick Graham
    2018 Xenia Violet Dennen
    2019 Mark Christopher Leonard Aspinall