Chief Engraver of the Royal Mint
Chief Engraver of the Royal Mint is a senior position at the British Royal Mint who is responsible for overseeing the preparation of coin dies.[1]
List of chief engravers
Period | Chief Engraver | Notes | Ref. |
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1060s? | Theobald of Lisson Green | Cutter of the Dies of All England | [2] |
1090s–1100s | Otto the Goldsmith | Officer of the Dies | [2] |
1100s–? | Otto FitzOtto | [2] | |
?–1160s | William FitzOtto | [2] | |
1160s–1194 | Otto FitzWilliam | [2] | |
1194–1214 | William FitzOtto | [2] | |
1214–1257 | Otto FitzWilliam | [2] | |
1257–1265 | William FitzOtto | [2] | |
1265–1274 | Thomas FitzOtto | Serjeant of the Dies | [2] |
1274–1282 | Otto FitzOtto | Serjeant of the Dies | [2] |
1282–1283 | Guy Ferre | Serjeant of the Dies | [2] |
1285–1324 | John de Botetourt, 1st Baron Botetourt | Serjeant of the Dies | [2] |
1324–1335 | William Latimer, 3rd Baron Latimer | Serjeant of the Dies | [2] |
1335–1379 | William Latimer, 4th Baron Latimer | Serjeant of the Dies | [2] |
1379–1386 | William Geyton | Engraver of the Tower Mint | [2] |
1386–1388 | William Pevere | Engraver of the Tower Mint | [2] |
1388–? | John Edmund | Engraver of the Tower Mint | [2] |
1421–1431 | Gilbert of Brandenburg | Engraver of the Tower Mint | [2] |
1431–1445 | John Orwell | Engraver of the Tower Mint | [2] |
1445–1452 | Thomas Wythiale | Engraver of the Tower Mint | [2] |
1452–1462 | William Wodewarde | Engraver of the Tower Mint | [2] |
1462–1483 | Edmund Shaa | Engraver of the Tower Mint | [3] |
1483–1485 | John Shaa | Engraver of the Tower Mint | [3] |
1485–1492 | Nicholas Flynt | Engraver of the Tower Mint | [3] |
1494–1509 | Alexander Bruchsal | Engraver of the Tower Mint | [3] |
1510–1519 | John Sharp | Engraver of the Tower Mint | [3] |
1519–1536 | Henry Norris | Engraver of the Tower Mint | [3] |
1536–1544 | Thomas Wriothesely | Engraver of the Tower Mint | [3] |
1544–1550 | Henry Bayse | [4] | |
1550–1551 | Robert Pitt | [4] | |
1552–1596 | Derek Anthony | [4][5] | |
1596–1615 | Charles Anthony | [5][6] | |
1615–1618 | Thomas Anthony | [4] | |
1618–1624 | William Holle | [7] | |
1625–1628 | John Gilbert and Edward Green | Joint positions | [6] |
1628–1644 | Edward Green | [6][8] | |
1645–1648 | Thomas Simon and Edward Wade | Joint positions | [9] |
1645–1649 | Thomas Rawlins | Appointed by King Charles I | [10] |
1649–1660 | Thomas Simon | [9] | |
1660–1670 | Thomas Rawlins | [11] | |
1670–1689 | John Roettier | [4] | |
1689–1690 | George Bowers | [11] | |
1690–1704 | Henry Harris | [12] | |
1705–1741 | John Croker | [13] | |
1741–1773 | John Sigismund Tanner | [14] | |
1773–1779 | Richard Yeo | [15] | |
1779–1815 | Lewis Pingo | [16] | |
1815–1817 | Thomas Wyon | [17] | |
1817–1821 | Post vacant | [18] | |
1821–1828 | Benedetto Pistrucci | Subsequently, became Chief Medallist at the mint | [19] |
1828–1851 | William Wyon | Leonard Charles Wyon appointed Second Engraver at the mint in 1843. | |
1851–1891 | Leonard Charles Wyon | Modeler and Engraver of the Royal Mint | |
1892–1903 | George William de Saulles | Engraver of the Royal Mint | [20] |
as of 1960 | Walter Newman | [21] | |
1970s | Eric Sewell | ||
1979–1998 | Hubert Theodore Elsasser OBE | ||
1998-2004 | Marcel Canioni | ||
2004–2011 | Matthew Bonnacorsi | ||
2011–present | Gordon Summers | [22] |
References
- ^ Challis, C. E. (1992). A New History of the Royal Mint. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 296. ISBN 9780521240260.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u Martin Allen, Mints and Money in Medieval England, pp.117-122
- ^ a b c d e f g C. E. Challis, The Tudor Coinage
- ^ a b c d e Leonard Forrer, Biographical Dictionary of Medallists
- ^ a b "Tudor Half-Sovereign". The Royal Mint Museum. Archived from the original on 8 September 2019. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
- ^ a b c Challis, C. E. (1992). A New History of the Royal Mint. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 298–299. ISBN 9780521240260.
- ^ "James I, third coinage (1619-25)". Bonhams Auction House. Retrieved 28 April 2017.
- ^ Whetmore 1960, p. 160.
- ^ a b Sharples, J. "Thomas Simon, Engraver (1618-1665)". Museums Victoria Collections. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
- ^ Lee, Sidney, ed. (1896). "Rawlins, Thomas" . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 47. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- ^ a b Challis, C. E. (1992). A New History of the Royal Mint. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 364. ISBN 9780521240260.
- ^ Challis, C. E. (1992). A New History of the Royal Mint. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 364, 409. ISBN 9780521240260.
- ^ Warwick William Wroth, 'Croker, John (1670–1741)' in Dictionary of National Biography, vol. 13
- ^ Christopher Edgar Challis, A New History of The Royal Mint (1992), p. 409
- ^ "Yeo, Richard" . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
- ^ Challis, C. E. (1992). A New History of the Royal Mint. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 477. ISBN 9780521240260.
- ^ "Wyon, Thomas (1792-1817)". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
- ^ Challis, C. E. (1992). A New History of the Royal Mint. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 489. ISBN 9780521240260.
- ^ Milano, Carlo. "The talent and the temperament". The Royal Mint Museum. Archived from the original on 11 May 2018. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
- ^ Tout-Smith, D. "George William de Saulles, Sculptor, Designer & Engraver (1862-1903)". Museums Victoria Collections. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
- ^ Challis, C. E. (1992). A New History of the Royal Mint. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 596. ISBN 9780521240260.
- ^ "Gordon Summers Designer, Sculptor, Engraver, Leader". Linkedin. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
Bibliography
- Challis, C. E. (1992). A New History of the Royal Mint. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0521240260.
- Whetmore, S. A. H. (1960). Some Further Notes On Thomas Simon (PDF). British Numismatic Society.
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