Roll of Masters
Masters are listed where their name is known
Richard II (1377-1399)
1392 Martin Seman / John Cossier
Henry VI (1422-1461)
1446 John Stodley / Thomas Froddesham <br> <br>
1450 John Grove / Robert Bale
Edward IV (1471-1483)
1450 John Grove / Robert Bale
1478 John Morekok / Henry Wodecok
Henry VII (1485-1509)
1490 Henry Wodecok / Edmund Tasburgh
1497 Henry Woodecock
Henry VIII (1509-1547)
1517 William Carkeke / Richard Staverton
1518 John Worsop / John Lee
1530 John Devereux / John Rutter
1535 John Reve / William Swane
1540 John Stanning / Christopher Griggs
1541 John Lee / Edward Barboure
1543 John Worsop / John Lee
1544 John Rutter / William Blackwall
1546 William Blackwall / William Garard
Edward VI (1547-1553)
1547 William Swane / William Carkeke
1551 Thomas Went / William Pierson
1552 John Melsham / John Hulson
Mary I (1553-1558)
1553 William Blackwell, William Garard
1554 John Melsham, Stephen Alexander
1555 Richard Maunsell, Thomas Pierson
1557 Thomas Godfraye, John Stubberde
Elizabeth I (1558-1603)
1559 Thomas Went / William Pyreson
1561 John Nordon / Bartholomew Brokysbie
1562 John Hulson / Thomas Wytton
1564 Thomas Pierson / Thomas Atkynson
1565 William Peyrsone / Stephen Alexsanndre
1567 Thomas Wytton / Anthony Bonde
1569 Thomas Godfrey / Peter Baker
1573 Thomas Went(e) / John Dalton
1575 John Norden / Thomas Brende
1576 John Dalton / Humfrey Broke
1577 Peter Baker / Anthony Higgons
1580 Thomas Brende (Snr) / Francis Kydd
1583 Anthony Higgons / Paul Pope / John Dalton
1585 Paul Pope
1587 Paul Pope
1588 William Squyer
1589 George Kevall
1591 George Kevall
1593 William Onslowe
1594 John Langham
1596 Bernard Garter
1597 John Taylor
1598 Thomas Hulson
1599 Thomas Chapman
1601 John Cowper
James I (1603-1625)
1603 William Benedick
1606 George Samwell
1607 Thomas Fitch
1609 William Bonner
1610 William Bonner
1611 Andrew Turnor
1613 Edward Ledsham
1615 William Dodd
1616 William Dodd
1618 John Partridge, Geoffrey Place
1619 Henry Best
1620 Robert Morgan
1621 Francis Kempe
1622 Peter Blore (or Blower)
1623 Edward White
1624 Godfrey Rayner
Charles I (1625-1649)
1625 Charles Bostock
1626 Richard Wootton
1627 no entry
1628 John Woodward
1629 John Warren
1630 John Maye
1631 Roland Squier
1632 Francis Mosse
1633 Thomas Hill
1634 Charles Yeomans
1635 John Macro
1636 Bartholomew Gilman
1637 John Smither
1638 John Smith
1639 William Audley
1640 William Alexander
1641 Abraham Church, John Pridgeon
1642 Thomas Wannerton
1643 Michael Holeman
1644 no entry
1645 Thomas Wannerton
1646 Thomas Wannerton
1647 Thomas Wannerton, Francis Kemp
1648 Henry Shelbery
The Commonwealth (1649-1660)
1649 James Noell
1650 Ralph Hartley
1651 Humphrey Shallcrosse
1652 Walter Smith
1653 Nicholas Bacon, Henry Coleborne, Mark Bradley
1654 Nicholas Bacon, Humfrey Hayward
1655 Thomas Colwell
1656 Richard Shelbery
1657 Richard Holeman
1658 John Halliwell
1659 Martin Noell, Daniel Woogate
Charles II (1660-1685)
1660 John Robinson
1661 Thomas Bostock
1662 Edward Perry
1663 Joseph Alport
1664 Henry Mosse
1665 Richard Andrews (d), Henry Owen
1666 Richard Duke
1667 John Underwood
1668 John Alsop
1669 James Windus
1670 John Morris
1671 Sir Robert Clayton
1672 Solomon Seabright
1673 Thomas Colwall
1674 George Perryer
1675 Joseph Cooke
1676 Thomas Goodwin
1677 William Bower
1678 Leonard Bates
1681 William Braxton (Clerk)
Anne (1702-1714)
1702 Richard Manlove
1703 Richard Manlove
1712 Edward Dawgs
George I (1714-1727)
1716 Samuel Dunkling
1717 Joseph Rondelet
1720 Ebenezer Jones
1725 Jeremiah I Bentham
George II (1727-1760)
1731 Jeremiah I Bentham (Clerk)
1732 Mudd Fuller
1733 Philip Jennings
1734 William Gwinnell
1735 Nathanial Gibbon
1736 John Ellis
1737 John Tuff
1738 John Humphries
1739 James Ravens
1740 Robert Dunbar
1741 James Fletcher
1742 Edward Dawgs
1743 Gilbert Pond
1744 John Lewis Bonnet
1745 William Vaughan
1746 William Hussey
1747 George Farr
1748 Edmund Chauntrell
1749 George Jennings
1750 Josiah Bacon Lone
1751 Thomas Welch
1752 Gideon Guichenet
1753 William Martyn
1754 Robert Wigston
1755 William Brady
1756 Edward Roberts
1757 William Gines
1758 Robert Willock
1759 George Woodward Grove
George III (1760-1820)
1760 Benjamin Bonnet
1761 Adam Barber
1762 William Campbell
1763 James Price
1764 William Osbourn(e)
1765 Richard Richardson
1766 William Brown(e)
1767 William Hopkins
1768 Abraham Ogier
1769 Benjamin Vaughan
1770 Gyles Lone
1771 Samuel Vaughan
1772 James Jefferson
1773 Richard Payne
1774 Robert Shank
1775 Benjamin Vaughan
1776 Edward Cahill
1777 Jeremiah Bentham
1778 William Gines
1779 Jeremiah Hargraves
1780 Joseph Cooper (Snr)
1781 William Seager (alias Parsons)
1782 John Hicks
1783 William Michel Sale
1784 Samuel Glaister
1785 John Mitchell
1786 Thomas Chauntrell
1787 Silas Palmer
1788 Benjamin Macy Burton
1789 Joseph Winder
1790 Thomas Hubbert
1791 Tobias Atkinson
1792 Thomas Bonnet
1793 John Brown
1794 Samuel Glaister
1795 John Alexander
1796 Reverend George Neal
1797 William Glaister
1798 Samuel Bradford
1799 Joshua Ogier
1800 John Stokes
1801 Joseph Cooper (Jnr)
1802 Robert Robson
1803 Thomas Stokes
1804 Robert Tomlinson Moore
1805 Thomas Lumley
1806 James Shaw
1807 William Duff
1808 John Beard
1809 John Iggulden
1810 Archibald Duff
1811 John Venn
1812 John Withers
1813 Tobias Atkinson
1814 Benjamin Newton
1815 John Newton
1816 Alexander Lamb
1817 John Hayward Spenceley
1818 John William Nelson
1819 George Braine
George IV (1820-1830)
1820 Joshua Ogier
1821 Joseph Cooper (Jnr)
1822 Robert Tomlinson Moore
1823 John Beard
1824 John Venn
1825 Thomas Stokes
1826 Benjamin Newton
1827 John Newton
1828 John Venn
1829 George Braine
William IV (1830-1837)
1830 John Robert Sherman
1831 John Robert Sherman
1832 Alexander Lamb
1833 George Guillonneau
1834 William Duff
1835 William Scorer
1836 Lewis Stride
Victoria (1837-1901)
1837 Edward Cureton
1838 John Wright Snow
1839 William Nichols
1840 William À Beckett
1841 John Sise Venn
1842 Charles Robert Forrester
1843 James Comerford
1844 John Donnison
1845 Thomas Samuel Girdler
1846 John Matthey
1847 John Matthey
1848 James Anderton
1849 Timothy Surr
1850 John Field
1851 John Harrison
1852 Frederick Clarkson
1853 John Preedy
1854 John Newton
1855 William Webb Venn
1856 Charles Winter
1857 John Mitchell
1858 James Bentley
1859 William Grain
1860 Alexander Ridgway
1861 Salem Constable Harris
1862 George Hooton Downes
1863 John Edward Johnson
1864 John Henry Grain
1865 Thomas Edward Newton
1866 William Gribble
1867 Lewis Crombie
1868 James William Comerford
1869 Charles Matthey
1870 William Webb Venn
1871 James Comerford
1872 John Venn
1873 Richard Moss
1874 George Thomason Peevor
1875 Charles Collier Jones
1876 John Cardy Wootton
1877 Douglas John Newton
1878 Joseph Girdler Walker
1879 William English Harrison
1880 John Robinson Adams
1881 Francis Jourdan
1882 Thomas Samuel Girdler
1883 Edward Freston Bunton
1884 Frederick William Lawrence
1885 Edwin Freshfield
1886 Edwin Freshfield
1887 John Bridges
1888 Wilmer Matthews Harris
1889 William Grain
1890 George Holman
1891 William Eustace Venn
1892 Alan Charles Comerford
1893 George Holland Milford
1894 Robert Homfray Comerford
1895 John Snow Moss
1896 Henry Golding Freeman
1897 William Grain
1898 John Dalton Venn
1899 Henry Weatherall
1900 Horatio de Pinna
Edward VII (1901-1910)
1901 James Comerford
1902 Edwin H Freshfield
1903 Charles Watts
1904 John Donnison
1905 John Jauralde
1906 George A King
1907 Richard Phillips
1908 Nicasio Jauralde
1909 William Crawley
George V (1910-1936)
1910 Frederick Lawrence
1911 Edwin C Walker
1912 Henry Woodbridge
1913 Joshua Watts
1914 Russell Freeman
1915 Edwin Freshfield
1916 Alan Comerford
1917 Robert Comerford
1918 Harry Venn
1919 John Watt
1920 John Broad
1921 Arthur Shuter
1922 James Weatherall
1923 George Porter
1924 Noel Brady
1925 John D Venn
1926 Edwin H Freshfield
1927 Thomas Wootton
1928 Edwin C Walker
1929 Joseph Crawley
1930 John Newton
1931 Henry Woodbridge
1932 Joshua Watts
1933 Anthony King
1934 John Venn
1935 Kenneth Steward
Edward VIII (1936)
1936 John Broad
George VI (1936-1952)
1937 Edgar Blockley
1938 Russell Freeman
1939 Reginald Broad
1940 Walter Murly
1941 Felix Grain
1942 George Porter
1943 Athro Knight
1944 Noel Vyner-Brady
1945 Joseph Crawley
1946 John Newton
1947 Anthony King
1948 John Venn
1949 Kenneth Steward
1950 Wilfrid Phillips
1951 Alan Ricketts
1952 Philip Dwyer
Elizabeth II (1952 - 2022)
1953 John Chamberlain
1954 Herbert Syrett
1955 Patrick Freeman
1956 Gerald Henderson
1957 Frederick Giles
1958 Charles Crowther-Smith
1959 Edwin B Walker
1960 Frederick Wood
1961 David Floyd-Ewin
1962 John Campbell-Macklin
1963 Brian Brooks
1964 Alan Walmsley
1965 Thomas Rogers
1966 Douglas Gabriel
1967 John Lazarus-Barlow
1968 Derek Julian
1969 Anthony Burgess
1970 Frank Lawton
1971 Joseph Jenkins
1972 Hugo Trotter
1973 Adrian Orchard
1974 John Woodward
1975 Mervyn Temple-Richards
1976 John Heal
1977 Keith Baker
1978 A Colin Cole
1979 George Squibb
1980 Leonard Harman
1981 William Camp
1982 John Phillips
1983 Robert (Joe) Urquhart
1984 Nicholas Smith
1985 John Brooke-Little
1986 Martin Scanall
1987 Robert Swan
1988 Michael Maclagan
1989 Christopher Malim
1990 Ronald Kinsey of Kinsey
1991 Gilbert Clements
1992 Alan Cope
1993 Bernard Ducker
1994 Albert Hamilton-Hopkins
1995 James Harman
1996 Barry O'Meara
1997 Donald Jackson
1998 Oliver Kinsey
1999 Neil Grimston
2000 Peter Grove
2001 David Scott
2002 Nigel Ready
2003 Giles Cole
2004 Robert Millett
2005 Robert Reeve
2006 Jessica Reeve
2007 Sylvia Tutt
2008 William Kennair
2009 Lee Brace
2010 Ruth Campbell
2011 William Kennair
2012 Henry Paston-Bedingfeld
2013 John Tunesi of Liongam
2014 Revd Michael Lovegrove
2015 Jeremy Burgess
2016 Julia Hett
2017 David Philip
2018 Edward Gardiner
2019 Edward Gardiner
2020 David Philip
2021 Barry Theobald-Hicks of Danbury
Charles III (Accession 2022)
2022 Professor Mark Watson-Gandy OBE
2023 D John Hammond
2024 Paul Williams
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