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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==
[[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==
[[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==
[[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==
[[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 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==
[[Richard III of England]]
:1483 Richard Rawson :1484 John Browne :1485 Richard Gardener ==Henry VII of England==
[[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==
[[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==
[[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==
[[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==
[[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==
[[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==
[[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==
[[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==
[[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==
[[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==
[[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==
[[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==
[[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==
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