# Worshipful Company of Stationers and Newspaper Makers

The Worshipful Company of Stationers and Newspaper Makers (until 1937 the Worshipful Company of Stationers), usually known as the Stationers' Company, is one of the livery companies of the City of London. The Stationers' Company was formed in 1403; it received a royal charter in 1557. It held a monopoly over the publishing industry and was officially responsible for setting and enforcing regulations until the enactment of the Statute of Anne, also known as the Copyright Act 1710. Once the company received its charter, "the company's role was to regulate and discipline the industry, define proper conduct and maintain its own corporate privileges."
The company members, including master, wardens, assistants, liverymen, freemen and apprentices are mostly involved with the modern visual and graphic communications industries that have evolved from the company's original trades. These include printing, paper-making, packaging, office products, engineering, advertising, design, photography, film and video production, publishing of books, newspapers and periodicals and digital media. The company's principal purpose nowadays is to provide an independent forum where its members can advance the interests (strategic, educational, training and charitable) of the industries associated with the company.

## History

In 1403, the Corporation of London approved the formation of a guild of stationers. At this time, the occupations considered stationers for the purposes of the guild were text writers, limners (illuminators), bookbinders or booksellers who worked at a fixed location (stationarius) beside the walls of St Paul's Cathedral. Booksellers sold manuscript books, or copies thereof produced by their respective firms for retail; they also sold writing materials. Illuminators illustrated and decorated manuscripts.
Printing gradually displaced manuscript production so that, by the time the guild received a royal charter of incorporation on 4 May 1557, it had in effect become a printers' guild. In 1559, it became the 47th in city livery company precedence. At the time, it was based at Peter's College, which it bought from St Paul's Cathedral. During the Tudor and Stuart periods, the Stationers were legally empowered to seize "offending books" that violated the standards of content set down by the Church and state; its officers could bring "offenders" before ecclesiastical authorities, usually the Bishop of London or the Archbishop of Canterbury, depending on the severity of the transgression. Thus the Stationers played an important role in the culture of England through the intensely turbulent decades of the Protestant Reformation and toward the English Civil War.
The Stationers' Charter, which codified its monopoly on book production, ensured that once a member had asserted ownership of a text or "copy" by having it approved by the company, no other member was entitled to publish it, that is, no one else had the "right to copy" it. This is the origin of the term "copyright". However, this original "right to copy" in England was different from the modern conception of copyright. The stationers' "copy right" was a protection granted to the printers of a book; "copyright" introduced with the Statute of Anne, or the Copyright Act 1710, was a right granted to the author(s) of a book based on statutory law.
Members of the company could, and mostly did, document their ownership of copyright in a work by entering it in the "entry book of copies" or the Stationers' Company Register. The Register of the Stationers' Company thus became one of the most essential documentary records in the later study of English Renaissance theatre. (In 1606 the Master of the Revels, who was responsible until this time for licensing plays for performance, acquired some overlapping authority over licensing them for publication as well; but the Stationers' Register remained a crucial and authoritative source of information after that date too.) Enforcement of such rules was always a challenge, in this area as in other aspects of the Tudor/Stuart regime. Works were often printed surreptitiously and illegally, and this would remain a subject of interest to both the Company and the government into the modern period.
In 1603, the Stationers formed the English Stock, a joint stock publishing company funded by shares held by members of the company. This profitable venture gave the Company a monopoly on printing certain types of works, including almanacs, prayer-books, and primers, some of the best-selling works of the day. By buying and holding shares in the English Stock (which were limited in number), members of the company received a nearly guaranteed return each year. The English Stock at times employed out-of-work printers, and disbursed some of the profit to the poor and to those reliant on the Company's pensions. When a printer or bookseller who held a share died, it might often pass to another relation, most often his widow.
In 1611, the company bought Abergavenny House in Ave Maria Lane and moved out of Peter's College. The new hall burnt down in the Great Fire of 1666, along with most of its contents, including a great number of books. The Company's clerk, George Tokefeild, is said to have removed a great number of the Company's records to his home in the suburbs—without this act, much of the Company's history before 1666 would have been lost. It was rebuilt by 1674, and its present interior is much as it was when it reopened. The Court Room was added in 1748, and in 1800 the external façade was remodelled to its present form.
In 1695, the monopoly power of the Stationers' Company was diminished by the lapsing of their monopoly on printing, allowing presses to operate more freely outside of London than they had previously. This blow was compounded when in 1710 Parliament passed the Copyright Act 1709, the first such act to establish copyright as the purview of authors, not printers or publishers.
In 1861, the company established the Stationers' Company's School at Bolt Court, Fleet Street for the education of sons of members of the Company. In 1894, the school moved to Hornsey in north London, eventually closing nearly a century later in 1983.
Registration under the Copyright Act 1911 ended in December 1923; the company then established a voluntary register in which copyrights could be recorded to provide printed proof of ownership in case of disputes.
In 1937, a royal charter amalgamated the Stationers' Company and the Newspaper Makers' Company, which had been founded six years earlier (and whose members were predominant in Fleet Street), into the company of the present name.
In March 2012, the company established the "Young Stationers", to provide a forum for young people (under the age of 40) within the company and the civic City of London more broadly. This led to the establishment of the Young Stationers' Prize in 2014, which recognises outstanding achievements within the company's trades. Prize winners have included novelist Angela Clarke, journalist Katie Glass, and professor of journalism Dr Shane Tilton.
The company's motto is Verbum Domini manet in aeternum, Latin for "The Word of the Lord endures forever;" which appears on their heraldic charge.
In November 2020 Stationers' Hall the home of the Stationers' Company were granted approval to redevelop their Grade 1 listed building to bring modern day conference facilities, air-cooling and step free access to its historic rooms. It reopened in July 2022 for live events, weddings, and filming.

## Trades

The modern Stationers' Company represents the "content and communications" industries within the City of London Liveries. This includes the following trades and specialisms:
* Archiving (including librarian, curators, and book conservation)
* Bookselling and distribution
* Communications (including advertising, marketing, and PR)
* Digital media and software
* Newspapers and broadcasting
* Office products and supplies
* Packaging
* Paper
* Print machinery
* Printing
* Publishing (including digital publishing and design)
* Writing (including journalism, broadcasting, and authorship)

## Hall

Stationers' Hall is at Ave Maria Lane near Ludgate Hill. The site of the present hall was formerly the site of Abergavenny House, which was purchased by the Stationers in 1606 for £3,500, but destroyed in the Great Fire of London, 1666. The current building and hall date from circa 1670. The hall was remodelled in 1800 by the architect Robert Mylne and, on 4 January 1950, it was designated a Grade I listed building.
Stationers' Hall hosts the Shine School Media Awards, where students compete in the creation of websites and magazines.
* Stationers' Hall
* Main Hall
* Caxton window
* The Stock Room
* The Court Room

## Notable liverymen

* Edward Allde
* John Cleave
* Thomas Cotes
* George Eld
* Edmund Evans
* George Faulkner
* Richard Field
* Augustine Matthews
* George Mudie (Owenite)
* Rupert Murdoch
* Thomas Cautley Newby
* Nicholas Okes
* Peter Short
* William Stansby
* John Trundle
* Sir Christopher Meyer
* William Hague

## Court

Below are lists of officials who either sat on the Stationer's Company Court of Assistants, or who worked for the Company in another official capacity (Beadle, Treasurer, and Clerk) from the time the Company was first granted a charter in 1556 to the present day. As with most London livery companies, the Master of the Company was elected yearly, along with the Wardens. For the Stationers, this election day always took place in late June, the day before St. Peter's Day (June 29). Thus, a Master's term would run effectively from July to July. The dates below reflect the year a Master was elected and began a term of service. Upper and Under Wardens were elected at the same time, while Renter Wardens (those two wardens charged with collecting dues from members of the Company annually) were chosen for the following year in March, on or around Lady Day. The roles of Beadle and Clerk were likewise elected positions, filled whenever they came open, but were often held by the same members for years or even decades. The Treasurer of the Company/English Stock was elected annually in March along with the Stockeepers, and again, was often held by the same person for years. Any individuals listed below who died, resigned, or were ejected from their offices while serving are indicated with a footnote, which includes who replaced them.
The master oversaw Company courts; meetings of the Assistants and sometimes the Livery and wider membership where Company business was discussed and resolved. These courts were usually held monthly but could be held more or less frequently. Although official company positions were historically always held by men until the twentieth century, women have always participated meaningfully in the life of the Company, at certain times even holding a controlling interest in the Company's joint stock venture, known as the English Stock.
The first woman elected master was Helen Esmonde, who held the position in 2015.

### 1555–1599

Sixteenth Century Court Officials, 1556–1599 :
| Year elected | Master | Upper Warden | Under Warden | Renter Wardens | Clerk | Beadle | Treasurer |
| 1555 | Thomas Dockwray | John Cawood | Henry Cooke | John Walley; Anthony Smythe | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| 1556 | Thomas Dockwray | John Cawood | Henry Cooke | John Walley | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
| 1557 | Thomas Dockwray | John Cawood | John Walley | John Walley | Unknown | John Ffayreberne | Unknown |
| 1558 | Richard Waye | John Jaques | John Turke | Unknown | Unknown | John Ffayreberne | Unknown |
| 1559 | Reginald (Reyner) Wolfe | Michael Loble | Thomas Duxwell | Unknown | Unknown | John Ffayreberne | Unknown |
| 1560 | Stephen Kevall | Richard Jugge | John Judson | Unknown | Unknown | John Ffayreberne | Unknown |
| 1561 | John Cawood | William Seres | Richard Tottell | Unknown | Unknown | John Ffayreberne | Unknown |
| 1562 | John Cawood | Michael Loble | Richard Harrison | Unknown | Unknown | John Ffayreberne | Unknown |
| 1563 | Richard Waye | Richard Jugge | Roger Ireland | Unknown | Unknown | John Ffayreberne | Unknown |
| 1564 | Reginald (Reyner) Wolfe | John Walley | John Day | Unknown | Unknown | John Ffayreberne | Unknown |
| 1565 | Stephen Kevall | William Seres | James Gonneld | Unknown | Unknown | John Ffayreberne | Unknown |
| 1566 | John Cawood | Richard Jugge | John Day | Unknown | Unknown | John Ffayreberne | Unknown |
| 1567 | Reginald (Reyner) Wolfe | Richard Tottell | James Gonneld | Unknown | Unknown | John Ffayreberne | Unknown |
| 1568 | Richard Jugge | Richard Tottell | Roger Ireland | Unknown | Unknown | John Ffayreberne | Unknown |
| 1569 | Richard Jugge | John Walley | William Norton | Unknown | Unknown | John Ffayreberne | Unknown |
| 1570 | William Seres | John Judson | William Norton | Unknown | Unknown | John Ffayreberne | Unknown |
| 1571 | William Seres | John Day | Humphrey Toy | Unknown | George Wapull | Unknown | Unknown |
| 1572 | Reginald (Reyner) Wolfe | James Gonneld | Humphrey Toy | Unknown | George Wapull | Unknown | Unknown |
| 1573 | Richard Jugge | William Norton | John Harrison Sr. | Unknown | George Wapull | Unknown | Unknown |
| 1574 | Richard Jugge | Richard Tottell | William Cooke | Unknown | George Wapull | Unknown | Unknown |
| 1575 | William Seres | John Day | Thomas Marsh | Unknown | Richard Collins | Unknown | Unknown |
| 1576 | William Seres | James Gonneld | Richard Watkins | Unknown | Richard Collins | Unknown | Unknown |
| 1577 | William Seres | William Norton | Richard Watkins | Unknown | Richard Collins | Unknown | Unknown |
| 1578 | Richard Tottel | John Harrison Sr. | George Bishop | Unknown | Richard Collins | Unknown | Unknown |
| 1579 | James Gonneld | John Harrison Sr. | George Bishop | Unknown | Richard Collins | Unknown | Unknown |
| 1580 | John Day | Richard Watkins | Francis Coldock | Unknown | Richard Collins | Timothy Rider | Unknown |
| 1581 | William Norton | Thomas Marsh | Garrat Dewce | Unknown | Richard Collins | Timothy Rider | Unknown |
| 1582 | James Gonneld | Christopher Barker | Francis Coldock | Unknown | Richard Collins | Timothy Rider | Unknown |
| 1583 | John Harrison Sr. | Richard Watkins | Ralph Newbery | Unknown | Richard Collins | Timothy Rider | Unknown |
| 1584 | Richard Tottel | George Bishop | Ralph Newbery | Unknown | Richard Collins | Timothy Rider | Unknown |
| 1585 | James Gonneld | Christopher Barker | Henry Conway | Unknown | Richard Collins | Timothy Rider | Unknown |
| 1586 | William Norton | George Bishop | Henry Denham | Unknown | Richard Collins | Timothy Rider | Unknown |
| 1587 | John Judson | Francis Coldock | Henry Middleton | Unknown | Richard Collins | John Wolfe | Unknown |
| 1588 | John Harrison Sr. | Francis Coldock | Henry Denham | Unknown | Richard Collins | John Wolfe | Unknown |
| 1589 | Richard Watkins | Ralph Newbery | Gabriel Cawood | Unknown | Richard Collins | John Wolfe | Unknown |
| 1590 | George Bishop | Ralph Newbery | Gabriel Cawood | Unknown | Richard Collins | John Wolfe | Unknown |
| 1591 | Francis Coldock | Henry Conway | George Allen | Unknown | Richard Collins | John Wolfe | Unknown |
| 1592 | George Bishop | Henry Conway | Thomas Stirrop | Unknown | Richard Collins | John Wolfe | Unknown |
| 1593 | William Norton | Gabriel Cawood | Thomas Woodcock | Unknown | Richard Collins | John Wolfe | Unknown |
| 1594 | Richard Watkins | Gabriel Cawood | Isaac Binge | Unknown | Richard Collins | John Wolfe | Unknown |
| 1595 | Francis Coldock | Isaac Binge | Thomas Dawson | Unknown | Richard Collins | John Wolfe | Unknown |
| 1596 | John Harrison Sr. | Thomas Stirrop | Thomas Dawson | Unknown | Richard Collins | John Wolfe | Unknown |
| 1597 | Gabriel Cawood | Thomas Stirrop | Thomas Man | Unknown | Richard Collins | John Wolfe | Unknown |
| 1598 | Ralph Newbery | Isaac Binge | William Ponsonby | Unknown | Richard Collins | Toby Cooke | Unknown |
| 1599 | Gabriel Cawood | Thomas Man | John Windet | Unknown | Richard Collins | Toby Cooke | Unknown |

### 1600–1699

Seventeenth-century Court Officials, 1600–1699 :
| Year elected | Master | Upper Warden | Under Warden | Senior Renter Warden | Junior Renter Warden | Clerk | Beadle | Treasurer |
| 1600 | George Bishop | Thomas Dawson | Richard White | Unknown | Unknown | Richard Collins | John Hardy | Unknown |
| 1601 | Ralph Newbery | Robert Barker | Gregory Seton | Unknown | Unknown | Richard Collins | John Hardy | Unknown |
| 1602 | George Bishop | Thomas Man | Simon Waterson | Unknown | Unknown | Richard Collins | John Hardy | Unknown |
| 1603 | Isaac Binge | Thomas Dawson | Humphrey Hooper | Unknown | Unknown | Richard Collins | John Hardy | Unknown |
| 1604 | Thomas Man | John Norton | William Leake | Unknown | Unknown | Richard Collins | John Hardy | Unknown |
| 1605 | Robert Barker | John Norton | Richard Feild | Unknown | Unknown | Richard Collins | John Hardy | Nathaniel Butter |
| 1606 | Robert Barker | Edward White | William Leake | Unknown | Unknown | Richard Collins | John Hardy | William Cotton |
| 1607 | John Norton | Gregory Seton | John Standish | William Newton | Unknown | Richard Collins | John Hardy | William Cotton |
| 1608 | George Bishop | Humphrey Hooper | Humphrey Lownes | Unknown | Unknown | Richard Collins | John Hardy | William Cotton |
| 1609 | Thomas Dawson | Simon Waterson | John Standish | Unknown | Unknown | Richard Collins | John Hardy | Edmund Weaver |
| 1610 | Thomas Man | William Leake | Thomas Adams | Anthony Gilman | Unknown | Richard Collins | John Hardy | Edmund Weaver |
| 1611 | John Norton | Richard Feild | Humphrey Lownes | Unknown | Unknown | Richard Collins | John Hardy | Edmund Weaver |
| 1612 | John Norton | Humphrey Hooper | John Harrison Jr. | Unknown | Unknown | Richard Collins | John Hardy | Edmund Weaver |
| 1613 | Bonham Norton | Richard Field | Richard Ockould | Unknown | Unknown | Thomas Mountfort | Thomas Bushell | Edmund Weaver |
| 1614 | Thomas Man | William Leake | Thomas Adams | Felix Kingston | Unknown | Thomas Mountfort | Thomas Bushell | Edmund Weaver |
| 1615 | Thomas Dawson | Humphrey Lownes, senior | George Swinhowe | Unknown | Unknown | Thomas Mountfort | Thomas Bushell | Edmund Weaver |
| 1616 | Thomas Man | Thomas Adams | Matthew Lownes | Matthew Law | Unknown | Thomas Mountfort | Thomas Bushell | Edmund Weaver |
| 1617 | Simon Waterson | Humphrey Lownes, senior | George Swinhowe | Robert Bolton | Unknown | Thomas Mountfort | Richard Badger | Edmund Weaver |
| 1618 | William Leake | Thomas Adams | Anthony Gilman | Leonard Kempe | Unknown | Thomas Mountfort | Richard Badger | Edmund Weaver |
| 1619 | Richard Field | George Swinhowe | John Jaggard | Thomas Purfoote | John Harrison | Thomas Mountfort | Richard Badger | Edmund Weaver |
| 1620 | Humphrey Lownes | Matthew Lownes | George Cole | John Harrison | John Jaggard | Thomas Mountfort | Richard Badger | Edmund Weaver |
| 1621 | Simon Waterson | George Swinhowe | Clement Knight | Richard Tombes | Unknown | Thomas Mountfort | Richard Badger | Edmund Weaver |
| 1622 | Richard Field | Anthony Gilman | Thomas Pavier | Richard Tombes | John Browne | Thomas Mountfort | Richard Badger | Edmund Weaver |
| 1623 | George Swinhowe | George Cole | John Bill | John Browne | Unknown | Thomas Mountfort | Richard Badger | Edmund Weaver |
| 1624 | Humphrey Lownes | Matthew Lownes | Henry Cooke | Unknown | Unknown | Thomas Mountfort | Richard Badger | Edmund Weaver |
| 1625 | George Swinhowe | Anthony Gilman | Adam Islip | William Aspley | Roger Jackson | Thomas Mountfort | Richard Badger | Edmund Weaver |
| 1626 | Bonham Norton | Clement Knight | Felix Kingston | John Rothwell | Henry Fetherstone | Thomas Mountfort | Richard Badger | Edmund Weaver |
| 1627 | George Cole | Clement Knight | Edmund Weaver | Henry Featherstone | Nathaniel Butter | Thomas Mountfort | Richard Badger | Edmund Weaver |
| 1628 | George Cole | Adam Islip | Edmund Weaver | Unknown | Unknown | Thomas Mountfort | Richard Badger | Edmund Weaver |
| 1629 | Bonham Norton | John Bill | Thomas Purfoote | John Busby | Emanuel Exoll | Thomas Mountfort | Richard Badger | Edmund Weaver |
| 1630 | George Swinhowe | Felix Kingston | John Harrison | Emanuel Exoll | Thomas Downes | Thomas Mountfort | Richard Badger | Edmund Weaver |
| 1631 | George Cole | Adam Islip | John Smethwick | Thomas Downes | Richard Moore | Henry Walley | Richard Badger | Edmund Weaver |
| 1632 | George Cole | Edmund Weaver | William Aspley | John Beale | Richard Higganbotham | Henry Walley | Richard Badger | Edmund Weaver |
| 1633 | Adam Islip | Edmund Weaver | William Aspley | John Hoth | John Parker | Henry Walley | Richard Badger | Edmund Weaver |
| 1634 | Adam Islip | Thomas Purfoote | John Rothwell | John Parker | Francis Constable | Henry Walley | Richard Badger | Edmund Weaver |
| 1635 | Felix Kingston | John Smethwick | Henry Featherstone | Richard Whitaker | George Latham | Henry Walley | John Badger | Edmund Weaver |
| 1636 | Felix Kingston | John Harrison | Thomas Downes | George Latham | Jonas Wellings | Henry Walley | John Badger | Edmund Weaver |
| 1637 | Edmund Weaver | William Aspley | Nicholas Bourne | Jonas Wellings | Ephraim Dawson | Henry Walley | John Badger | Edmund Weaver |
| 1638 | John Harrison Jr. | John Rothwell | Robert Mead | George Miller | Edward Brewster | Henry Walley | John Badger | Unknown |
| 1639 | John Smethwick | Henry Featherstone | Nicholas Bourne | Jonas Wellings | Ephraim Dawson | Henry Walley | John Badger | Edward Brewster |
| 1640 | William Aspley | Thomas Downes | Samuel Mann | Jacob Bloome | John Bellamy | Henry Walley | Joseph Hunscott | Edward Brewster |
| 1641 | Henry Fetherstone | Nicholas Bourne | John Parker | Robert Bird | John Bartlett | Henry Walley | Joseph Hunscott | Edward Brewster |
| 1642 | Thomas Downes | Robert Meade | George Edwards | Nicholas Fussell | Christopher Meredith | Henry Walley | Joseph Hunscott | Edward Brewster |
| 1643 | Nicholas Bourne | Samuel Mann | Richard Whitaker | Christopher Meredith | Robert Dawlman | Henry Walley | Joseph Hunscott | Edward Brewster |
| 1644 | Robert Mead | John Parker | Richard Whitaker | Robert Dawlman | William Crawley | Henry Walley | Joseph Hunscott | Edward Brewster |
| 1645 | Robert Mead | John Parker | George Miller | William Crawley | John Marriott | Henry Walley | Joseph Hunscott | Edward Brewster |
| 1646 | Samuel Mann | Richard Whitaker | Henry Seile | John Marriott | Richard Coates | Henry Walley | Joseph Hunscott | Edward Brewster |
| 1647 | John Parker | George Latham | John Bellamy | Richard Coates | Samuel Cartwright | Henry Walley | Joseph Hunscott | Edward Brewster |
| 1648 | Thomas Downes | Ephraim Dawson | William Lee | Samuel Cartwright | Humphrey Moseley | Henry Walley | Joseph Hunscott | George Sawbridge |
| 1649 | Robert Mead | Miles Flesher | John Chappell | Humphrey Moseley | Thomas Dainty | Henry Walley | Joseph Hunscott | George Sawbridge |
| 1650 | George Latham | Miles Flesher | Philemon Stephens | Thomas Dainty | Roger Norton | Henry Walley | Joseph Hunscott | George Sawbridge |
| 1651 | Nicholas Bourne | John Legate | Humphrey Robinson | Roger Norton | George Thomason | Henry Walley | Joseph Hunscott | George Sawbridge |
| 1652 | Miles Flesher | John Legate | Richard Thrale | George Thomason | Octavian Pulleyn | John Burroughs | Joseph Hunscott | George Sawbridge |
| 1653 | Miles Flesher | Henry Seile | Humphrey Robinson | Octavian Pulleyn | Andrew Crooke | John Burroughs | Joseph Hunscott | George Sawbridge |
| 1654 | Samuel Mann | William Lee | Roger Norton | Andrew Crooke | Luke Fawne | John Burroughs | Joseph Hunscott | George Sawbridge |
| 1655 | Henry Walley | Philemon Stephens | Roger Norton | Luke Fawne | Thomas Gold | John Burroughs | Joseph Hunscott | George Sawbridge |
| 1656 | Robert Mead | Humphrey Robinson | Richard Thrale | Evan Tiler | Ralph Rounthwaite | John Burroughs | Joseph Hunscott | George Sawbridge |
| 1657 | Henry Seile | William Lee | George Thomason | Alexander Fifield | Ralph Smith | John Burroughs | Joseph Hunscott | George Sawbridge |
| 1658 | Samuel Mann | Philemon Stephens | Octavian Pulleyn | Francis Leach | Thomas Hunt | John Burroughs | Joseph Hunscott | George Sawbridge |
| 1659 | William Lee | Richard Thrale | Humphrey Moseley | Joshua Kirton | Abel Roper | John Burroughs | Joseph Hunscott | George Sawbridge |
| 1660 | Philemon Stephens | Roger Norton | Andrew Crooke | Abel Roper | Giles Calvert | John Burroughs | Nicholas Fussell | George Sawbridge |
| 1661 | Humphrey Robinson | George Thomason | William Leake | Robert White | Richard Best | John Burroughs | Nicholas Fussell | George Sawbridge |
| 1662 | Miles Flesher | Octavian Pulleyn | Daniel Pakeman | Richard Best | Abraham Miller | John Burroughs | Nicholas Fussell | George Sawbridge |
| 1663 | Miles Flesher | Andrew Crooke | Luke Fawne | Humphrey Tuckey | Edmund Paxton | George Tokefeild | Nicholas Fussell | George Sawbridge |
| 1664 | Richard Thrale | Octavian Pulleyn | Evan Tyler | Joseph Surbutt | Richard Tomlyns | George Tokefeild | Nicholas Fussell | George Sawbridge |
| 1665 | Andrew Crooke | William Leake | Ralph Smith | Richard Tomlyns | Samuel Gellibrand | George Tokefeild | Nicholas Fussell | George Sawbridge |
| 1666 | Andrew Crooke | Evan Tyler | Richard Royston | Samuel Gellibrand | John Macocke | George Tokefeild | John Cleaver | George Sawbridge |
| 1667 | Humphrey Robinson | Evan Tyler | Richard Royston | John Macocke | Richard Clarke | George Tokefeild | John Cleaver | George Sawbridge |
| 1668 | Thomas Davies | Ralph Smith | Thomas Hunt | Richard Clarke | Henry Twyford | George Tokefeild | John Cleaver | George Sawbridge |
| 1669 | Thomas Davies | Ralph Smith | Thomas White | Henry Twyford | John Clarke, Jr. | George Tokefeild | John Cleaver | George Sawbridge |
| 1670 | William Leake | Francis Coles | Abell Roger | John Clarke | George Calvert | George Tokefeild | John Cleaver | George Sawbridge |
| 1671 | Evan Tyler | Richard Royston | Roger Norton | George Calvert | Thomas Vere | George Tokefeild | John Cleaver | George Sawbridge |
| 1672 | Ralph Smith | Abell Roper | Samuel Mearne | Major Brook | George Eversden | George Tokefeild | John Cleaver | George Sawbridge |
| 1673 | Richard Royston | Robert White | Samuel Mearne | Thomas Williams | Andrew Nicholson | John Lilly | John Cleaver | George Sawbridge |
| 1674 | Richard Royston | Robert White | Thomas Roycroft | Henry Leigh | Henry Herringman | John Lilly | Randall Taylor | George Sawbridge |
| 1675 | George Sawbridge | Roger Norton | Samuel Gellibrand | William Miller | Henry Lee | John Lilly | Randall Taylor | George Sawbridge |
| 1676 | Abel Roper | Samuel Mearne | Richard Clarke | Henry Lee | John Wright | John Lilly | Randall Taylor | George Sawbridge |
| 1677 | Robert White | Thomas Roycroft | Thomas Vere | Christopher Wall | Thomas Raw | John Lilly | Randall Taylor | George Sawbridge |
| 1678 | Roger Norton | John Macocke | John Martin | William Fisher | John Haies | John Lilly | Randall Taylor | John Leigh |
| 1679 | Samuel Mearne | Thomas Vere | Thomas Newcomb | John Sims | Robert Clavell | John Lilly | Randall Taylor | John Leigh |
| 1680 | John Macock | Richard CLarke | Francis Tyton | Thomas Goreing | Godfrey Head | John Lilly | Randall Taylor | John Leigh |
| 1681 | Thomas Vere | Thomas Newcomb, Sr. | John Towse | Nathaniel Ranew | Dorman Newman | John Garrett | Randall Taylor | John Leigh |
| 1682 | Samuel Mearne | Francis Tyton | Henry Hills | Thomas Spicer/Helder | Samuel Herrick | John Garrett | Randall Taylor | John Leigh |
| 1683 | Roger Norton | John Towse | Henry Hills | Samuel Hoyle | Adam Felton | John Garrett | Randall Taylor | John Leigh |
| 1684 | Roger Norton | Henry Hills | James Cotterell | Christopher Wall | Nathaniel Ponder | John Garrett | Randall Taylor | John Leigh |
| 1685 | Henry Herringman | John Bellinger | Ambrose Isted | Bennett Griffin | Adiel Mill | John Garrett | Randall Taylor | John Leigh |
| 1686 | John Bellinger | John Baker | Robert Clavell | Daniel Peacock | Thomas Sawbridge | John Garrett | Randall Taylor | John Leigh |
| 1687, June to October | Roger Norton | John Baker | Thomas Bassett | John Penn | George Wells | John Garrett | Randall Taylor | Benjamin Tooke |
| 1687, October to 1688, June | Henry Hills | Edward Brewster | Christopher Wilkinson | John Penn | Gabriel Cox | John Garrett | Randall Taylor | Benjamin Tooke |
| 1688, July to November | Henry Hills | John Simms | Benjamin Tooke | Thomas Hodgkins | Robert Roberts | John Garrett | Randall Taylor | Benjamin Tooke |
| 1688, November to 1689, June | John Towse | Major John Baker | Robert Clavell | Thomas Hodgkins | Robert Roberts | John Garrett | Randall Taylor | Benjamin Tooke |
| 1689 | Edward Brewster | Ambrose Isted | Thomas Parkhurst | Thomas Snodham | Thomas Minshull | John Garrett | Randall Taylor | Benjamin Tooke |
| 1690 | Ambrose Isted | Henry Clarke | Henry Mortlock | John Harding | James Oades | John Garrett | Randall Taylor | Benjamin Tooke |
| 1691 | Ambrose Isted | Thomas Bassett | Henry Mortlock | Freeman Collins | William Baker | John Garrett | Randall Taylor | Benjamin Tooke |
| 1692 | Edward Brewster | John Simms | William Phillipps | John Miller | Edward Jones | John Garrett | Randall Taylor | Benjamin Tooke |
| 1693 | John Bellinger | Thomas Bassett | William Phillipps | Richard Sare | James Damson | Christopher Grandorge | Nicholas Hooper | Benjamin Tooke |
| 1694 | John Sims | Henry Mortlock | Samuel Lowndes | John Williams | John Darby | Christopher Grandorge | Nicholas Hooper | Benjamin Tooke |
| 1695 | John Sims | William Rawlins | Samuel Lowndes | William Horton | John Heptinstall | Christopher Grandorge | Nicholas Hooper | Benjamin Tooke |
| 1696 | Henry Mortlock | Samuel Heyrick | John Richardson | Oliver Elliston | John Baskett | Christopher Grandorge | Nicholas Hooper | Benjamin Tooke |
| 1697 | Henry Mortlock | Samuel Lowndes | Bennett Griffin | William Wyld | Nicholas Boddington | Christopher Grandorge | Nicholas Hooper | Benjamin Tooke |
| 1698 | Robert Clavell | Samuel Lowndes | Richard Simpson | John Leake | Luke Meredith | Simon Beckley | Nicholas Hooper | Benjamin Tooke |
| 1699 | Robert Clavell | Samuel Heyrick | Charles Harper | Edward Limpany | Benjamin Bound | Simon Beckley | Nicholas Hooper | Benjamin Tooke |

### 1700–1799

Eighteenth Century Court Officials, 1700–1799 :
| Year elected | Master | Upper Warden | Under Warden | Senior Renter Warden | Junior Renter Warden | Clerk | Beadle | Treasurer |
| 1700 | William Phillips | Richard Simpson | Samuel Sprint | Awnsham Churchill | Robert Vincent | Simon Beckley | Nicholas Hooper | Benjamin Tooke |
| 1701 | William Phillips | Richard Simpson | Samuel Sprint | John Lawrence | Thomas Bennett | Simon Beckley | Nicholas Hooper | Benjamin Tooke |
| 1702 | William Phillips | Walter Kettleby | Robert Andrews | Matthew Wootton | Christopher Bateman | Simon Beckley | Nicholas Hooper | Benjamin Tooke |
| 1703 | Thomas Parkhurst | Walter Kettleby | Robert Andrews | John Taylor | Richard Mount | Simon Beckley | Henry Million | Joseph Collyer |
| 1704 | Richard Simpson | Samuel Sprint | Thomas Hodgkin | Ralph Simpson | Joshua Phillips | Simon Beckley | Henry Million | Joseph Collyer |
| 1705 | Richard Simpson | Samuel Sprint | Thomas Hodgkin | George Mortimer | Samuel Manship | Simon Beckley | Henry Million | Joseph Collyer |
| 1706 | Walter Kettleby | Robert Andrews | Israel Harrison | John Gerrard | George Littlebury | Simon Beckley | Henry Million | Joseph Collyer |
| 1707 | Edward Darrel | Robert Andrews | Freeman Collins | Christopher Browne | John Williams | Simon Beckley | Henry Million | Joseph Collyer |
| 1708 | Charles Harper | Samuel Roycroft | Freeman Collins | Henry Rhodes | John Clarke | Simon Beckley | Henry Million | Joseph Collyer |
| 1709 | William Phillips | Thomas Hodgkin | John Baskett | George Grafton | Abel Roper | Simon Beckley | Henry Million | Joseph Collyer |
| 1710 | William Phillips | Freeman Collins | John Baskett | Samuel Crouch | James Knapton | Simon Beckley | Henry Million | Joseph Collyer |
| 1711 | William Phillips | Israel Harrison | Daniel Browne | John Mayos | John Mathews | Simon Beckley | Henry Million | Joseph Collyer |
| 1712 | William Phillips | Freeman Collins | William Freeman | Henry Parsons | Andrew Bell | Simon Beckley | Henry Million | Joseph Collyer |
| 1713 | Daniel Browne | Nicholas Boddington | John Lawrence | Jonah Bowyer | Joseph Downing | Simon Beckley | Henry Million | Joseph Collyer |
| 1714 | John Baskett | Nicholas Boddington | Richard Mount | John Wyatt | James Holland | Simon Beckley | Henry Million | Joseph Collyer |
| 1715 | John Baskett | Richard Mount | John Sprint | Thomas Varnum | Bernard Lintot | Simon Beckley | Henry Million | Joseph Collyer |
| 1716 | Nicholas Boddington | John Sprint | Robert Knaplock | Thomas Norris | Samuel Clarke | Simon Beckley | Henry Million | Joseph Collyer |
| 1717 | Nicholas Boddington | John Sprint | Robert Knaplock | Richard Harris | John Buchanan | Simon Beckley | Henry Million | Joseph Collyer |
| 1718 | Richard Mount | John Sprint | Robert Knaplock | William Mears | Samuel Welshman | Simon Beckley | Henry Million | Joseph Collyer |
| 1719 | Richard Mount | Robert Knaplock | John Taylor | John Pickard | John Buchanan | Simon Beckley | Henry Million | Joseph Collyer |
| 1720 | John Sprint | Robert Knaplock | Daniel Midwinter | Benjamin Brown | John Bradshaw | Simon Beckley | Henry Million | Joseph Collyer |
| 1721 | John Sprint | John Walthoe | James Knapton | Robert Gosling | Samuel Ballard | Simon Beckley | Thomas Lingard | Joseph Collyer |
| 1722 | John Knaplock | John Walthoe | James Knapton | Thomas Wood | John Walthoe, Jr. | Simon Beckley | Thomas Lingard | Joseph Collyer |
| 1723 | John Knaplock | Daniel Midwinter | James Roberts | John Knapton | Samuel Tooke | Simon Beckley | Thomas Lingard | Joseph Collyer |
| 1724 | John Knaplock | Daniel Midwinter | James Roberts | Samuel Palmer | Jeremiah Batley | Nathaniel Cole | Thomas Lingard | Joseph Collyer |
| 1725 | John Walthoe | James Knapton | Richard Wilkin | John Marriott | Nathan Firth | Nathaniel Cole | Thomas Lingard | Thomas Simpson Sr. |
| 1726 | John Walthoe | James Knapton | Richard Wilkin | William Wilkin | John Peele | Nathaniel Cole | Thomas Lingard | Thomas Simpson Sr. |
| 1727 | James Knapton | James Roberts | William Mount | Phillip Gwillim | John Hooke | Nathaniel Cole | Thomas Lingard | Thomas Simpson Sr. |
| 1728 | James Knapton | James Roberts | William Mount | Aaron Ward | John March | Nathaniel Cole | Thomas Lingard | Thomas Simpson Sr. |
| 1729 | James Roberts | John Darby | Bernard Lintot | John Clark | Allington Wilde | Nathaniel Cole | Thomas Lingard | Thomas Simpson Sr. |
| 1730 | James Roberts | John Darby | Bernard Lintot | Samuel Birt | John Clarke | Nathaniel Cole | Thomas Lingard | Thomas Simpson Sr. |
| 1731 | James Roberts | William Mount | John Osborn | William Herbert | John Coles | Nathaniel Cole | Thomas Lingard | Thomas Simpson Sr. |
| 1732 | James Roberts | William Mount | John Osborn | Richard Hyat | William Burton | Nathaniel Cole | Thomas Lingard | Thomas Simpson Sr. |
| 1733 | William Mount | Samuel Ashhurst | Arthur Bettesworth | James Bettenham | John Bateman | Nathaniel Cole | Thomas Lingard | Thomas Simpson Sr. |
| 1734 | William Mount | Samuel Ashhurst | Arthur Bettesworth | Samuel Aris | Edward Say | Nathaniel Cole | Thomas Lingard | Thomas Simpson Jr. |
| 1735 | William Mount | Samuel Buckley | John Knapton | Philip Overton | Joel Stephens | Nathaniel Cole | Thomas Lingard | Thomas Simpson Jr. |
| 1736 | Samuel Ashurst | Samuel Buckley | John Knapton | Francis Jefferies | Henry Plowman | Nathaniel Cole | Thomas Lingard | Thomas Simpson Jr. |
| 1737 | Samuel Ashurst | Edmund Parker | Thomas Brewer | Lawton Gilliver | Thomas Waples | Nathaniel Cole | Thomas Lingard | Thomas Simpson Jr. |
| 1738 | Samuel Buckley | James Round | Thomas Brewer | John Loveday | Charles Ackers | Nathaniel Cole | Joseph Hazard | Thomas Simpson Jr. |
| 1739 | Samuel Buckley | John Knapton | William Innys | John Oswald | William Botham Jr. | Nathaniel Cole | Joseph Hazard | Thomas Simpson Jr. |
| 1740 | James Round | John Knapton | William Innys | John Cope | Richard Reily | Nathaniel Cole | Joseph Hazard | Thomas Simpson Jr. |
| 1741 | James Round | Thomas Brewer | Thomas Ward | Henry Woodfall Jr. | John Wilson | Nathaniel Cole | Joseph Hazard | Thomas Simpson Jr. |
| 1742 | John Knapton | Thomas Brewer | Thomas Ridge | John Hughes | Matthew Jenour | Nathaniel Cole | Joseph Hazard | Thomas Simpson Jr. |
| 1743 | John Knapton | William Innys | Thomas Ridge | James Mynde | Andrew Millar | Nathaniel Cole | Joseph Hazard | Thomas Simpson Jr. |
| 1744 | John Knapton | William Innys | Thomas Page | Joshua Jenour | John Beecroft | Nathaniel Cole | Joseph Hazard | Thomas Simpson Jr. |
| 1745 | Thomas Brewer | Thomas Ridge | Thomas Page | Jacob Ilive | Joseph Boddington | Nathaniel Cole | Joseph Hazard | Thomas Simpson Jr. |
| 1746 | Thomas Brewer | Thomas Ridge | Stephen Theodore Janssen | Richard Walkden | Thomas White | Nathaniel Cole | Joseph Hazard | Thomas Simpson Jr. |
| 1747 | William Innys | Thomas Page | Stephen Theodore Janssen | John Moore | George Woodfall | Nathaniel Cole | Joseph Hazard | Thomas Simpson Jr. |
| 1748 | William Innys | Thomas Page | Thomas Longman | Robert Browne | William Strahan | Nathaniel Cole | Joseph Hazard | Thomas Simpson Jr. |
| 1749 | Stephen Theodore Janssen | Thomas Longman | John Peele | Charles Greensay | Stephen Baylis | Nathaniel Cole | Joseph Hazard | Thomas Simpson Jr. |
| 1750 | Stephen Theodore Janssen | Thomas Longman | John March | Thomas Gardiner | Benjamin Stichall | Nathaniel Cole | Joseph Hazard | Thomas Simpson Jr. |
| 1751 | Thomas Ridge | William Wilkins | John March | George Flower | Thomas Wright | Nathaniel Cole | Richard Howard | Thomas Simpson Jr. |
| 1752 | Thomas Ridge | William Wilkins | Samuel Birt | Daniel Richards | William Farlow | Nathaniel Cole | Edward Littleton | Thomas Simpson Jr. |
| 1753 | Thomas Page | Samuel Richardson | Samuel Birt | Richard Baldwin Jr. | Thomas Simpson Jr. | Nathaniel Cole | Edward Littleton | Thomas Simpson Jr. |
| 1754 | Samuel Richardson | John March | Thomas Wotton | Thomas Parker | William Reeve | Nathaniel Cole | Edward Littleton | Thomas Simpson Jr. |
| 1755 | John March | Samuel Birt | Charles Hitch | John Hawys | Robert Jones | Nathaniel Cole | Edward Littleton | Richard Hett |
| 1756 | Francis Gosling | Thomas Wotton | Charles Hitch | Edward Nicholson | Marshall Sheepey | Nathaniel Cole | Edward Littleton | Richard Hett |
| 1757 | Thomas Wotton | Jacob Tonson | Dep. John Clarke | Thomas Longman | William Fenner | Nathaniel Cole | Edward Littleton | Richard Hett |
| 1758 | Charles Hitch | John Clarke | Allington Wilde | Robert Stevens | Paul Stevens | Nathaniel Cole | Edward Littleton | Richard Hett |
| 1759 | Jacob Tonson | Allington Wilde | Daniel Browne | Thomas Hooke | Bedwell Law | John Partridge | Edward Littleton | Richard Hett |
| 1760 | John Clarke | Daniel Browne | John Coles | Thomas Field | Charles Rivington | John Partridge | Edward Littleton | Richard Hett |
| 1761 | Allington Wilde | John Coles | Edward Say | John Gurr | John Johnson | John Partridge | Edward Littleton | Richard Hett |
| 1762 | John Coles | Edward Say | Richard Brooke | Thomas Pote | James Harrison | John Partridge | Edward Littleton | Richard Hett |
| 1763 | Edward Say | Richard Brooke | Richard Manby | Charles Corbett | William Richardson | John Partridge | Edward Littleton | Richard Hett |
| 1764 | Richard Brooke | Richard Manby | Henry Woodfall | James Fletcher | William Edwards | John Partridge | Edward Littleton | Richard Hett |
| 1765 | Richard Manby | Henry Woodfall | John Vowell | Edward Gilberd | John Curtis | John Partridge | Edward Littleton | Richard Hett |
| 1766 | Henry Woodfall | John Vowell | James Bailey | Edward Hasker | William Griffin | John Partridge | Edward Littleton | George Hawkins |
| 1767 | John Vowell | James Bailey | Matthew Jenour | Thomas Curtis | James Bate | John Partridge | Edward Littleton | George Hawkins |
| 1768 | James Bailey | Matthew Jenour | Paul Vaillant | John Payne | Archibald Hamilton | John Partridge | Edward Littleton | George Hawkins |
| 1769 | Matthew Jenour | Paul Vaillant | Thomas Gamull | William Davenhill | William Anderson | John Partridge | Edward Littleton | George Hawkins |
| 1770 | Paul Vaillant | Thomas Gamull | Joshua Jenour | Joseph Ellis | Humphrey Simmons | John Partridge | Edward Littleton | George Hawkins |
| 1771 | Thomas Gamull | Joshua Jenour | John Beecroft | John Nichols | Thomas Wright | John Partridge | Edward Littleton | George Hawkins |
| 1772 | Joshua Jenour | John Beecroft | Richard Walkden | Mathew Bloxam | Robert Marsh | John Partridge | Edward Littleton | George Hawkins |
| 1773 | John Beecroft | Richard Walkden | William Strahan | Matthew Brown | Samuel Simmons | John Partridge | Edward Littleton | George Hawkins |
| 1774 | William Strahan | John Rivington | Robert Brown | Francis Newberry | Samuel Brooke | John Partridge | Edward Littleton | George Hawkins |
| 1775 | John Rivington | Robert Brown | George Flower | Joseph Smith | John Henry Brown | John Partridge | Marshall Sheepey | George Hawkins |
| 1776 | Robert Brown | John Hinton | Daniel Richards | John Noorthouck | Samuel Hawksworth | Joseph Baldwin | Marshall Sheepey | George Hawkins |
| 1777 | Thomas Wright | George Flower | Lockyer Davis | John Crickitt | John French | Joseph Baldwin | Marshall Sheepey | George Hawkins |
| 1778 | Daniel Richards | Lockyer Davis | William Gill | Joseph Cooper | James Wallis Street | Joseph Baldwin | Marshall Sheepey | George Hawkins |
| 1779 | Lockyer Davis | William Gill | Robert Horsfield | Joseph Collyer | Thomas Ryder | Joseph Baldwin | Marshall Sheepey | George Hawkins |
| 1780 | William Gill | William Owen | Thomas Caslon | Nathaniel Wilkinson | John Smith | Joseph Baldwin | Marshall Sheepey | John Wilkie |
| 1781 | William Owen | Thomas Caslon | Thomas Harrison | James Neatby | George Mochell | Joseph Baldwin | Marshall Sheepey | John Wilkie |
| 1782 | Thomas Caslon | Thomas Harrison | Richard Hett | John Barnes | John William Galabin | Joseph Baldwin | Marshall Sheepey | John Wilkie |
| 1783 | John Boydell | Richard Hett | Robert Gyfford | John Rivington | William Lowndes | Joseph Baldwin | Marshall Sheepey | John Wilkie |
| 1784 | Thomas Harrison | Robert Gyfford | William Fenner | Daniel Constable | William Lane | Joseph Baldwin | Marshall Sheepey | John Wilkie |
| 1785 | Robert Gyfford | William Fenner | Thomas Greenhill | William Farlow | William Whitherby | Joseph Baldwin | Marshall Sheepey | Robert Horsfield |
| 1786 | William Fenner | Thomas Greenhill | Thomas Hooke | John Boydell | James Chapman | Joseph Baldwin | Thomas Millet | Robert Horsfield |
| 1787 | Thomas Greenhill | Thomas Hooke | Thomas Field | John Judge | Humphrey Gregory Pridden | Joseph Baldwin | Thomas Millet | Robert Horsfield |
| 1788 | Thomas Hooke | Thomas Field | Charles Rivington | Thomas Bensley | John Crickitt Jr. | Joseph Baldwin | Thomas Millet | Robert Horsfield |
| 1789 | Thomas Field | John March | Thomas Pote | James Shenton | Robert Bassam | Joseph Baldwin | Thomas Millet | Robert Horsfield |
| 1790 | John March | Thomas Pote | Henry Baldwin | Thomas Edwards | James Fox | Joseph Baldwin | Thomas Millet | Robert Horsfield |
| 1791 | Thomas Pote | Henry Baldwin | John Townsend | Wilford Tiffin | Charles Smith | Joseph Baldwin | Thomas Millet | Robert Horsfield |
| 1792 | Henry Baldwin | John Townsend | Henry Clarke | Charles Knight | Thomas Turner | Joseph Baldwin | Thomas Millet | Robert Horsfield |
| 1793 | Henry Clarke | William Chapman | Richard Welles | John Skirven | Henry Foudrinier | Joseph Baldwin | Thomas Millet | Robert Horsfield |
| 1794 | Henry Clarke | William Chapman | Richard Welles | John Lovejoy | Charles Lawrence | Joseph Baldwin | Thomas Millet | Robert Horsfield |
| 1795 | William Chapman | Richard Welles | Henry Sampson Woodfall | John Key | Henry Law | Joseph Baldwin | Thomas Millet | Robert Horsfield |
| 1796 | Richard Welles | Henry Sampson Woodfall | Thomas Curtis | James Black | Henry Lewis Galabin | Joseph Baldwin | Thomas Millet | Robert Horsfield |
| 1797 | Henry Sampson Woodfall | Thomas Curtis | James Bate | William Spilsbury | Charles Law | Joseph Baldwin | Thomas Millet | Robert Horsfield |
| 1798 | Thomas Cadell | James Bate | William Stephens | William Ginger | William Barron | Joseph Baldwin | Thomas Millet | George Greenhill |
| 1799 | James Bate | William Stephens | Henry Parker | William Francis Chapman | John Rider | Joseph Baldwin | Thomas Millet | George Greenhill |

### 1800–1899

Nineteenth Century Masters, 1800–1899 :
| Year elected | Name | Trade |
| 1800 | William Stephens | Law Stationer |
| 1801 | Henry Parker | Printer, Bookseller, Print-seller, Stationer |
| 1802 | Charles Dilly | Publisher, Bookseller |
| 1803 | William Domville | Bookseller, Stationer |
| 1804 | John Nichols | Printer |
| 1805 | Francis Rivington | Bookseller |
| 1806 | Mathew Bloxham | Stationer |
| 1807 | Thomas Vallance | Paper maker; Wholesale Stationer |
| 1808 | Henry Woolsey Byfield | Printer; Bookseller; Stationer |
| 1809 | Samuel Hawksworth | Printer, Bookseller, Stationer |
| 1810 | John Crickitt | Stationer; Marshall of the High Court of Admiralty |
| 1811 | Josiah Boydell | Publisher, Painter |
| 1812 | Thomas Smith | Bookbinder, Stock Broker |
| 1813 | John Barker | Printer |
| 1814 | James Wallis Street | Bookseller, Stationer |
| 1815 | Joseph Collyer | Engraver |
| 1816 | Christopher Magnay | Wholesale Stationer |
| 1817 | Thomas Payne | Bookseller |
| 1818 | Joseph Gardiner | Wholesale Stationer |
| 1819 | Charles Rivington | Publisher |
| 1820 | William Walker | Stationer, Tea-dealer |
| 1821 | William Witherby | Printer, Law Stationer |
| 1822 | Robert Davidson | Pocket-book-maker |
| 1823 | George Wilkie | Bookseller |
| 1824 | William Venables | Wholesale Stationer |
| 1825 | Thomas Bensley | Printer; Lithographer |
| 1826 | Richard Marsh | Fancy Stationer |
| 1827 | Thomas Turner | Paper-maker; Paper-hanging Manufacturer; Stationer |
| 1828 | James Harrison | Printer |
| 1829 | John Crowder | Printer |
| 1830 | John Key | Wholesale Stationer |
| 1831 | Roger Pettiward | Businessman; Antiquarian |
| 1832 | Joseph Baker | Map engraver |
| 1833 | George Woodfall | Printer |
| 1834 | Charles Fourdrinier | Wholesale Stationer |
| 1835 | Edward London Witts | Stationer |
| 1836 | Thomas Chapman | Printer; Bookseller |
| 1837 | William Barron | Stationer |
| 1838 | William Francis Chapman | Bookseller; Wholesale Stationer |
| 1839 | George Rowe | Fancy Stationer |
| 1840 | Thomas Steel | Law Stationer |
| 1841 | William Barron | Stationer |
| 1842 | Charles Baldwin | Printer |
| 1843 | Charles Baldwin | Printer |
| 1844 | Richard Bate | Merchant, Stationer |
| 1845 | William Carpenter | Printer |
| 1846 | John Walter | Printer; Proprietor of The Times |
| 1847 | William Magnay | Stationer |
| 1848 | John Lewis Cox | Printer to the East India Company |
| 1849 | Benjamin Gibbons | Wholesale Stationer |
| 1850 | John Bowyer Nichols | Printer |
| 1851 | Thomas Gardiner | Wholesale Stationer |
| 1852 | Thomas Taylor | Printer; Stationer; Coal-merchant |
| 1853 | William Farlow | Law Stationer |
| 1854 | Samuel Gyfford | Stationer |
| 1855 | Francis Graham Moon | Printseller; Publisher |
| 1856 | Nathaniel Graham | Bookseller; Grocer; Upholsterer |
| 1857 | John Dickinson | Paper-maker; Stationer |
| 1858 | John Dickinson | Paper-maker; Stationer |
| 1859 | John Saddington | Copperplate-printer; Stationer; Slop-seller |
| 1860 | Henry Foss | Bookseller |
| 1861 | James William Adlard | Printer |
| 1862 | Henry Foss | Bookseller |
| 1863 | John Simpson | Music publisher; Musical-instrument-maker; Music-seller |
| 1864 | James Daikers | Stationer |
| 1865 | Thomas Jones | Painter; Paper-hanger; Paper-maker; Stationer |
| 1866 | Edmund Hodgson | Book auctioneer; Stationer |
| 1867 | Edmund Hodgson | Book auctioneer; Stationer |
| 1868 | Henry Adlard | Printer; Engraver |
| 1869 | Henry Good | Stationer |
| 1870 | Henry George Brown | Stationer |
| 1871 | William Tyler | Wholesale Stationer |
| 1872 | Sydney Hedley Waterlow | Politician |
| 1873 | Francis Rivington | Bookseller |
| 1874 | William Watson | Printer; Bookbinder; Stationer |
| 1875 | William Good | Stationer |
| 1876 | Charles Rivington [died in office, succeeded by Henry George Brown] | |
| 1876 | Henry George Brown [succeeded Charles Rivington] | Stationer |
| 1877 | William Rivington | Printer; Bookseller |
| 1878 | George Chater | Wholesale Stationer |
| 1879 | Francis Wyatt Truscott | Wholesale Stationer |
| 1880 | James Figgins | Type-founder; Sheriff of London; Conservative MP |
| 1881 | Richard William Starkey | Wholesale Stationer |
| 1882 | Joseph Johnson Miles | |
| 1883 | John Miles | |
| 1884 | Charles Layton | |
| 1885 | Edmund Waller | |
| 1886 | Thomas Curson Hansard | Printer |
| 1887 | Francis Wyatt Truscott | Wholesale Stationer |
| 1888 | William Hawksworth | |
| 1889 | James George Alexander Diggens | |
| 1890 | James Evan Adlard [joint with Joseph Greenhill] | |
| 1890 | Joseph Greenhill [joint with James Evan Adlard] | |
| 1891 | George Singer | |
| 1892 | Guildford Barker Richardson | |
| 1893 | George Robert Tyler | Paper-maker |
| 1894 | Joshua Whitehead Butterworth [joint with Sir George Tyler] | |
| 1894 | George Robert Tyler [joint with Joshua Whitehead Butterworth] | Paper-maker |
| 1895 | Henry Sotheran | Bookseller |
| 1896 | William Richard Stephens | |
| 1897 | Charles John Clay | |
| 1898 | William Rider | Publisher |
| 1899 | Joseph Hunt | |

### 1900–1999

Twentieth Century Masters, 1900–1999 :
| Year elected | Name |
| 1900 | James William Harrison |
| 1901 | George Wyatt Truscott |
| 1902 | Matthew Thomas Roe [joint with John Miles] |
| 1902 | John Miles [joint with Matthew Thomas Roe] |
| 1903 | Thomas Vezey Strong |
| 1904 | George North-Cox |
| 1905 | John Ion |
| 1906 | Richard Stevens |
| 1907 | Henry Hill Hodgson |
| 1908 | Richard Webster Cox |
| 1909 | William Charles Knight Clowes |
| 1910 | George Chater |
| 1911 | Daniel Greenaway |
| 1912 | George Edward Briscoe Eyre |
| 1913 | Henry Hill |
| 1914 | Henry Good |
| 1915 | Herbert Jameson Waterlow |
| 1916 | Edward Hanslope Cox |
| 1917 | Horace Brooks Marshall |
| 1918 | John Bruce Nichols |
| 1919 | Edwin James Layton |
| 1920 | Edward Unwin |
| 1921 | Charles Robert Rivington |
| 1922 | Herbert Fitch |
| 1923 | Edward Pinney Vacher |
| 1924 | Richard Bentley |
| 1925 | Frederick Harris Miles |
| 1926 | George Rowland Blades |
| 1927 | Arthur William Rivington |
| 1928 | Cecil Reeves Harrison |
| 1929 | William Alfred Waterlow |
| 1930 | Edgar Erat Harrison |
| 1931 | John Henry Williams |
| 1932 | Percy Walter Greenaway |
| 1933 | Percy Walter Greenaway |
| 1934 | HRH The Prince of Wales [ Ralph David Blumenfeld, deputy] |
| 1935 | HRH The Prince of Wales [John William Davy, deputy] |
| 1936 | Robert Evan Adlard [joint with Sidney John Sandle] |
| 1936 | Sidney John Sandle [joint with Robert Evan Adlard] |
| 1937 | John William Baddeley [joint with Edward Manger Iliffe] |
| 1937 | Edward Manger Iliffe [joint with John William Baddeley] |
| 1938 | Henry Dexter Truscott [joint with Charles Felix Clay] |
| 1938 | Charles Felix Clay [joint with Henry Dexter Truscott] |
| 1939 | Edward Chenivix Austen-Leigh [joint with Edward Unwin] |
| 1939 | Edward Unwin [joint with Edward Chenivix Austen-Leigh] |
| 1940 | Edgar Lutwyche Waterlow [joint with Stanley Low] |
| 1940 | Stanley Low [joint with Edgar Lutwyche Waterlow] |
| 1941 | George Henry Wilkinson |
| 1942 | John Jacob Astor |
| 1943 | Herbert Arthur Cox |
| 1944 | Charles John Watts |
| 1945 | Robert Kingston Burt |
| 1946 | Herbert William Jordan |
| 1947 | Victor Bobardt Harrison |
| 1948 | Bernard Guy Harrison |
| 1949 | Sidney Hodgson |
| 1950 | Reginald Thurston Rivington |
| 1951 | Arthur George Fowler |
| 1952 | Charles Clifton Tollit |
| 1953 | William Will |
| 1954 | Richard Arthur Austen-Leigh |
| 1955 | William Penman |
| 1956 | Cuthbert Grasemann |
| 1957 | Victor Robert Penman |
| 1958 | George Percival Simon |
| 1959 | Denis Henry Truscott |
| 1960 | James Edward Ousey |
| 1961 | William Henry Young |
| 1962 | John Betts |
| 1963 | John Mylne Rivington |
| 1964 | James Alexander Bailey |
| 1965 | Henry Arthur Johnson |
| 1966 | Donald Fores Kellie |
| 1967 | Henry Frank Thompson |
| 1968 | Charles Arthur Rivington |
| 1969 | John Hubbard |
| 1970 | Eric Burt |
| 1971 | Philip Soundy Unwin |
| 1972 | George Low Riddell |
| 1973 | Alan Pearce Greenaway |
| 1974 | Derek Burdick Greenaway |
| 1975 | Leonard Entwisle Kenyon |
| 1976 | Jack Matson |
| 1977 | Edward Glanvill Benn |
| 1978 | Brian Trevena Coulton |
| 1979 | Wilfrid Becket Hodgson |
| 1980 | Kenneth Buckingham Robinson |
| 1981 | David Wyndham Smith |
| 1982 | Peter Cox |
| 1983 | Christopher Rivington |
| 1984 | Laurence Viney |
| 1985 | Ray Tindle |
| 1986 | Allen Thompson |
| 1987 | Mark Tollit |
| 1988 | John Leighton |
| 1989 | Desmond Ryman |
| 1990 | Thomas Corrigan |
| 1991 | William Young |
| 1992 | George Mandl |
| 1993 | Peter Rippon |
| 1994 | Richard Haselden |
| 1995 | Alan Brooker |
| 1996 | Roy Fullick |
| 1997 | Clive Martin |
| 1998 | Vernon Sullivan |
| 1999 | Richard Harrison |

### 2000–present

Twenty-first Century Masters, 2000– :
| Year elected | Name |
| 2000 | Henry Frank Chappell |
| 2001 | Robert J Russell |
| 2002 | Michael A Pelham |
| 2003 | Jonathan Straker |
| 2004 | James Benn |
| 2005 | Patrick Shorten |
| 2006 | Neville Cusworth |
| 2007 | John W Waterlow |
| 2008 | Noel Osborne |
| 2009 | Richard Brewster |
| 2010 | Christopher McKane |
| 2011 | Nigel Stapleton |
| 2012 | Kevin Dewey |
| 2013 | Tom Hempenstall |
| 2014 | Ian Locks |
| 2015 | Helen Esmonde |
| 2016 | Ian Bennett |
| 2017 | Nick Steidl |
| 2018 | David Allan |
| 2019 | Trevor Fenwick |
| 2020 | Stephen Platten |
| 2021 | Robert Flather |
| 2022 | Moira Sleight |
| 2023 | Anthony Mash |
| 2024 | Paul Wilson |

## Young Stationers' Prize

The "Young Stationers' Prize" is an annual prize awarded by the Young Stationers' Committee to a young person under 40 years of age who has distinguished themself within the company's trades. Launched in 2014, the prize is a pewter plate (donated by the Worshipful Company of Pewterers) onto which each winner's name is engraved.

### List of Young Stationers' Prize winners

As of December 2019 there have been seven winners of the Young Stationers' Prize: Katie Glass, journalist, 2014; Angela Clarke, novelist, playwright, and columnist, 2015; Ella Kahn and Bryony Woods, founders of Diamond Kahn & Woods Literary Agency (awarded jointly), 2016; Ian Buckley, managing director of Prima Software, 2017; Shane Tilton, academic and professor of multimedia journalism, 2018; Amy Hutchinson, CEO of the BOSS Federation, 2019.

## Arms

Coat of arms of Worshipful Company of Stationers and Newspaper Makers :
* CrestOn a wreath of the colours, An eagle, wings expanded, with a diadem above its head, perched on a book fessewise, all Or.
* EscutcheonAzure, on a chevron between three books with clasps, all Or an eagle volant gules with a nimbus Or, between two roses gules leaved vert, in chief issuing out of a cloud proper radiated Or a Holy Spirit, wings displayed, argent with a nimbus Or.
* SupportersOn either side an angel proper, vested argent, mantled azure, winged and blowing a trumpet Or.
* Motto'Verbum Dei manet in aetemum'