Past Masters
The Master is the senior officer of the Livery, they are elected annually and their term of office runs from the date of their installation at the Annual Robing Ceremony each July.
2000’s
2000-2001 Peter Cook
2001-2002 Alan Turner
2002-2003 Robin Doran
2003-2004 Michael Lepper
2004-2005 David Holliday
2005-2006 Michael Hall
2006-2007 Nicholas Carr
2007-2008 Nicholas Carr
2008-2009 Reginald Denby
2009-2010 Robert Dalrymple
2010-2011 J Hubert Lacey
2011-2012 Peter Baker
2012-2013 Gary Morley
2013-2014 De Bradshaw
2014-2015 Michael Jones
2015-2016 Bill Mahony
2016-2017 Terry Wright
2017-2018 Richard Hanney
2018-2019 Timothy Cooke OBE
2019-2020 Alderman Alison Gowman READ MORE
1900’s
1900-1901 Llewellyn Hammack
1901-1902 Arthur Spurling
1902-1903 Wesley Marshall
1903-1904 Frederick Capron
1904-1905 Edward Nisbet
1905-1906 Cuthbert Spurling
1906-1907 Henry Holt
1907-1908 Arthur Fox
1908-1909 Richard Johns
1909-1910 Henry Phillipps
1910-1911 Frank Griffith
1911-1912 Waiter Payne
1912-1913 Arthur Lacey
1913-1914 Herbert Walker
1914-1916 Frederick Costello
1916-1918 Frederic Hudson
1918-1920 Percy Mott
1920-1921 Francis Goldsmith
1921-1922 Edwin Clark
1922-1923 John Roper
1923-1924 William Stearns
1924-1925 Frank Bishop
1925-1926 Charles Brown
1926-1927 Frank Griffith
1927-1928 William Watson
1928-1929 Arthur Harrison
1929-1930 Arthur Pinney
1930-1931 Percy Edwards
1931-1932 William Costello
1932-1933 William Hepden
1933-1934 Stanley Palmer
1934-1935 George Ells
1935-1936 Geoffrey Mott
1936-1937 William Symmons
1937-1938 Adam Brown
1938-1939 Walter Pollock
1939-1940 John Bellman
1940-1945 Percy Mott
1945-1946 Henry Mott
1946-1947 Rudolph Brunner
1947-1948 Cuthbert Spurling
1948-1949 Ernest Millwood
1949-1950 Ashe Lincoln
1950-1951 Horace Palmer
1951-1952 Aubrey Ells
1952-1953 John de Savary
1953-1954 Douglas Abbott
1954-1955 Terriss Bowler
1955-1956 Archibald Lightman
1956-1957 William Warne
1957-1958 John Harmer
1958-1960 Harry Humber
1960-1961 Thomas Taylor
1961-1962 Richard Kersey
1962-1963 Harold Cadman
1963-1964 Walter Horrocks
1964-1965 Frederick Turner
1965-1966 Walter Forrest
1966-1967 Harold Cowan
1967-1968 William Wylie Harris
1968-1969 Evan Jenkins
1969-1970 John Jeffree
1970-1972 William Bell
1972-1973 Alfred Telling
1973-1974 Albert Powley
1974-1975 Jack Godfrey Gilbert
1975-1976 Andrew Roberts
1976-1977 Peter Schryver
1977-1978 John Fleming
1978-1979 Alfred Castell
1979-1980 David Mott
1980-1981 Gordon Infield
1981-1982 Patrick Wettern
1982-1983 Ralph Vickers
1983-1984 Douglas Tribe
1984-1985 Ronald Hills
1985-1986 Derek Robinson
1986-1987 Norman Goldwater
1987-1988 Trevor Spicer
1988-1989 Roy Beavis
1989-1990 Philip Girle
1990-1991 Julian Dalrymple
1991-1992 Horace Warrell
1992-1993 Ronald Jordan
1993-1994 George Grover
1994-1995 Hugh Kersey
1995-1996 Raymond Wakeham
1996-1997 Bryan Lincoln
1997-1998 Robert Faulkner
1998-1999 Ernest Pilgrim
1999-2000 Christopher Towlson
1800’s
1800-1801 John Dawson
1801-1802 Thomas Palmer
1802-1803 John George
1803-1804 William Bickerton
1804-1805 William Bates
1805-1806 Samuel Bostock
1806-1807 William Roberts, Jnr
1807-1808 Edward Halsey
1807-1808 Bockett
1808-1809 Ralph Hall
1809-1810 Thomas Creser
1810-1811 John Brotherton
1811-1812 Henry Flower
1812-1813 John Wyett
1813-1814 James Mayor
1814-1815 Richard Delannoy, Jnr
1815-1816 Thomas Jackson
1816-1817 George Dowse
1817-1818 John Watts
1818-1819 John Bell
1818-1819 Francis Bernascom
1819-1820 James Johnson
1820-1821 Samuel Hough
1821-1822 Thomas Daplyn
1822-1823 Olive Hall
1823-1824 Peter Mitchell
1824-1825 Benjamin Willats
1825-1826 John Allnatt
1826-1827 Thomas Palmer
1827-1828 Thomas Pritchard
1828-1829 John Pirie
1829-1830 John Spurling
1830-1831 William Willats
1831-1832 Thomas Kelly
1832-1833 John Williams
1833-1834 John Stayner
1834-1835 William Little
1835-1836 Thomas Skinner
1836-1837 John Tanner
1837-1838 James Hoole
1838-1839 John Cooper
1839-1840 John Charrington
1840-1841 Grantham Gace
1841-1842 Richard Mott
1842-1843 William Tozer
1843-1844 Alexander Thomson
1844-1845 Michael Hall
1845-1846 William Butterfield
1846-1847 William Shott
1847-1848 Edward Lacey
1848-1849 Daniel Norton
1849-1850 Henry Walmsley
1850-1851 James Smallbone
1851-1852 Thomas Evans
1852-1854 Joseph Stayner
1854-1855 William Hopkinson
1855-1856 John Furze
1856-1857 James Hoole
1857-1858 Samuel Little
1858-1859 Arthur Longley
1859-1860 Thomas Brewer
1860-1861 Henry Hammack
1861-1862 George Roffey
1862-1863 Samuel Hubert
1863-1864 Percival Spurling
1864-1865 James Vining
1865-1866 John Walker
1866-1867 Arthur Cawthorn
1867-1868 Henry Phillipps
1868-1869 Christopher Ellerby
1869-1870 William Hagell
1870-1871 Edward Bacon
1871-1872 James Hammack
1872-1873 William Alexander
1873-1874 Joseph Surr
1874-1875 Henry Wild
1875-1876 Charles Wild
1876-1877 Frederick Carritt
1877-1878 William Brook
1878-1879 George Summers
1879-1880 Frederic Hall
1880-1881 Thomas Burrowes
1881-1882 James Howes
1882-1883 Robert Ransom
1883-1884 Percy Spurling
1884-1885 Robert Durham
1885-1886 James Harrison
1886-1887 John Billinghurst
1887-1888 George Pepler
1888-1889 Henry Urquhart
1889-1890 Samuel Messiter
1890-1891 Robert Taylor
1891-1892 William Stoner
1892-1893 Rufus Workman
1893-1894 William Connell
1894-1895 Arthur Hammack
1895-1896 George Mee
1896-1897 Henry Wild
1897-1898 Aubrey Spurling
1898-1899 Samuel Stacey
1899-1900 Samuel Walker
1700’s
1700-1701 Henry Doegood
1701-1702 John Combes
1702-1704 John Tooley
1704-1705 John Edmondson
1705-1706 Thomas Walker
1706-1707 Robert Powell
1707-1708 James Tucker
1708-1709 Richard Flye
1709-1710 Francis Handley
1710-1711 Robert Shann
1711-1712 John Cordey
1712-1713 Nicholas Roberts
1713-1714 John Grinsell
1714-1715 William Hayes
1715-1716 John Crouch
1716-1717 Robert Mabbs
1717-1718 Henry Beale
1718-1719 John Bunce
1719-1720 Thomas Combes
1720-1721 William Pope
1721-1722 John Winterburne
1722-1723 Robert Greene
1723-1724 Chrisostome Wilkins
1724-1725 John Silver
1724-1725 Nathaniell Hunton
1725-1726 Richard Peak
1726-1727 James Ellis
1727-1728 Richard West
1728-1729 Randal Stanley
1729-1730 Richard Burgiss
1730-1731 William Clarke
1731-1732 John Gregory
1732-1733 John Withers
1733-1734 William Tooley
1734-1735 William Lord
1735-1736 Thomas Wise
1736-1737 William Smith
1737-1738 Joseph Turner
1738-1739 William Bayly
1739-1740 John Simons
1740-1741 Thomas Bridge
1741-1742 Thomas Baker
1742-1743 William Willats
1743-1744 Richard Scarr
1744-1745 Andrew Eales
1745-1746 Edward Holloway
1746-1747 Edward Jones
1747-1748 Joseph Lister
1748-1749 Thomas Meekes
1749-1750 Henry Gartrup
1750-1751 Edward Everard
1750-1751 William Harrison
1751-1752 Benjamin Glanvill
1752-1753 Thomas Cogan
1753-1754 Arthur Stanley
1754-1755 Thomas Fletcher
1755-1756 Thomas Seagood
1756-1757 William Cutter
1757-1758 Charles Rogers
1758-1759 Richard Wingfield
1759-1760 Thomas Wise
1759-1760 Thomas Chooke
1760-1761 George Fewkes
1761-1762 John Pratt
1762-1763 John Meelery
1763-1764 John Laban
1764-1765 James North
1765-1766 James Wise
1765-1766 Jabez Reed
1766-1767 Walter Scott
1767-1768 William Willat
1768-1769 Thomas Palmer
1769-1770 John Baker
1770-1771 George Wellings
1771-1772 James Palmer
1772-1773 Humphrey Wilmott
1773-1774 Thomas Brooks
1774-1775 Euclid Harrison
1775-1776 Joseph Rose
1776-1777 Joseph Cooper
1777-1778 John Cloudes
1778-1779 John Cheek
1779-1780 Francis Edwin
1780-1781 Euclid Harrison, Jnr
1781-1782 John Davis
1782-1783 Thomas Cogan
1783-1784 William Wamsley
1784-1785 John Simmons
1785-1786 William Green
1786-1787 William Sydenham
1787-1788 Edward Stroud
1788-1789 Thomas Cope
1789-1790 William Roberts
1790-1791 Joseph Pope
1791-1792 John Brown
1792-1793 Thomas Clarke
1793-1794 Richard Delannoy
1794-1795 John Vincy
1765-1766 James Palmer
1795-1796 John Wilmot
1796-1797 Thomas Willats
1797-1798 Edward Rogers
1798-1799 William Dyer
1799-1800 John Jackson
1600’s
1600-1601 Hugh Cappe
1601-1602 Richard Dongan
1602-1603 Jackson Guest
1603-1604 Hugh Cappe
1604-1605 Richard Dongan
1605-1606 Edward Essex
1606-1607 Richard Dongan
1607-1608 Richard Ratcliffe
1608-1609 Richard Browne
1609-1610 Raphe Guest
1610-1611 Henry Standly
1611-1612 Hugh Cappe
1612-1613 Richard Browne
1613-1614 Raphe Guest
1613-1614 Richard Ratcliffe
1614-1615 Henry Stanley
1615-1616 Richard Terrey
1616-1617 Randall Clarkson
1617-1618 Ellis Piggin
1618-1619 John Longforth
1619-1620 John Allen
1620-1621 Henrie Briggs
1621-1622 Thomas Atkinson
1622-1623 Richard Browne
1623-1624 John Allen
1624-1625 Richard Fisher
1625-1626 Thomas Widmore
1626-1627 Robert Whiting
1627-1628 Edward White
1628-1629 Thomas Atkinson
1629-1630 Richard Rawlidge
1630-1631 John Allen
1631-1632 William Wichnore
1632-1633 Edmond Lake
1633-1634 Edmond Waite
1634-1635 Martyn Eastbrand
1635-1636 William Whiting
1636-1637 Edmond Lake
1637-1638 Williant Walters
1638-1639 George Eatchell
1639-1640 John Taylor
1640-1641 William Willingham
1641-1642 Robert Langley
1642-1643 Edward Lucas
1643-1644 William Betaugh
1644-1645 John Hubberd
1645-1646 John Walters
1646-1647 George Ubancke
1647-1648 William Shute
1648-1649 John Smith
1649-1650 Bartholomew Clarke
1650-1651 Edmund Perwich
1651-1652 Martyn Eastborne
1652-1653 Henry Chippine
1653-1654 Charles Daves
1654-1655 Miles Steede
1655-1656 Joseph Kinsman
1656-1657 Edward Goodenough
1657-1659 Abraham Stanyon
1659-1660 Thomas Lycense
1660-1661 William Hollins
1661-1662 Edmund Perwich
1662-1663 Arthure Toogood
1663-1664 William Musgrove
1664-1665 John Smith
1665-1666 Robert Doegood
1666-1667 Daniell Morris
1667-1668 John Martyn
1668-1670 Henry Strode
1670-1671 John Blunt
1671-1672 Richard Watle
1672-1673 Stephen Clay
1673-1674
1674-1675 Daniel Morris
1675-1676 Thomas Griffith
1676-1677 John Stevenson
1677-1678 Edward Langley
1678-1679 William Floyder
1679-1680 Stephen Clay
1680-1681 Henry Gardiner
1681-1682 Henry Hodsdon
1682-1683 John Dolphen
1683-1684 Christopher Tompson
1684-1685 Samuel Smith
1685-1686 Thomas Townerow
1686-1687 John Combes
1687-1688 Andrew Hatt
1688-1689 John Stevenson
1689-1690 Thomas Newburn
1690-1691 Stephen Cowford
1691-1694 Andrew Hatt
1694-1695 Henry Gardiner
1695-1696 Edward Hollingshead
1695-1696 Thomas Buttler
1696-1697 John Willeye
1697-1698 Abraham Crisp
1698-1699 Henry Cromwell
1699-1700 Edward Martin
1500’s
1570-1571 Simon Bedaugh
1571-1572 Cornelys Hand
1572-1573 Raffe Bettes
1573-1574 Thomas Kelley
1574-1575 Cornelys Hand
1575-1576 Raffe Bettes
1576-1577 Thomas Kelley
1577-1578 John Bettes
1577-1578 Raffe Bettes
1578-1579 Simon Bedaugh
1579-1580 Thomas Kelley
1580-1581 Cornelys Hand
1581-1582 Thomas Warbishe
1582-1583 Raffe Bettes
1583-1584 Thomas Warbishe
1584-1585 Simon Bedaugh
1585-1586 John Laycock
1586-1587 Raffe Bettes
1587-1588 Thomas Kelley
1588-1589 Thomas Warbishe
1589-1590 Richard Barfeild
1590-1591 Raffe Bettes
1591-1592 William Bottom
1592-1593 Edmund Essex
1593-1594 Robert Burton
1594-1595 Henry Willis
1595-1596 Richard Barfeild
1596-1597 John Jackson
1597-1598 John Jackson
1598-1599 Robert Button
1599-1600 Henry Willis