Chief Engraver of the Royal Mint

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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]

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List of chief engravers

PeriodChief EngraverNotesRef.
1060s?Theobald of Lisson GreenCutter of the Dies of All England [2]
1090s–1100sOtto the GoldsmithOfficer of the Dies [2]
1100s–?Otto FitzOtto [2]
?–1160sWilliam FitzOtto [2]
1160s–1194Otto FitzWilliam [2]
1194–1214William FitzOtto [2]
1214–1257Otto FitzWilliam [2]
1257–1265William FitzOtto [2]
1265–1274Thomas FitzOttoSerjeant of the Dies [2]
1274–1282Otto FitzOttoSerjeant of the Dies [2]
1282–1283Guy FerreSerjeant of the Dies [2]
1285–1324 John de Botetourt, 1st Baron Botetourt Serjeant of the Dies [2]
1324–1335William Latimer, 3rd Baron LatimerSerjeant of the Dies [2]
1335–1379 William Latimer, 4th Baron Latimer Serjeant of the Dies [2]
1379–1386William GeytonEngraver of the Tower Mint [2]
1386–1388William PevereEngraver of the Tower Mint [2]
1388–?John EdmundEngraver of the Tower Mint [2]
1421–1431Gilbert of BrandenburgEngraver of the Tower Mint [2]
1431–1445John OrwellEngraver of the Tower Mint [2]
1445–1452Thomas WythialeEngraver of the Tower Mint [2]
1452–1462William WodewardeEngraver 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]
1485–1492Nicholas FlyntEngraver of the Tower Mint [3]
1494–1509Alexander BruchsalEngraver of the Tower Mint [3]
1510–1519John SharpEngraver 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]
1544–1550Henry Bayse [4]
1550–1551Robert Pitt [4]
1552–1596Derek Anthony [4] [5]
1596–1615Charles Anthony [5] [6]
1615–1618Thomas Anthony [4]
1618–1624William Holle [7]
1625–1628John Gilbert and Edward GreenJoint positions [6]
1628–1644Edward Green [6] [8]
1645–1648 Thomas Simon and Edward WadeJoint positions [9]
1645–1649 Thomas Rawlins Appointed by King Charles I [10]
1649–1660 Thomas Simon [9]
1660–1670 Thomas Rawlins [11]
1670–1689John Roettier [4]
1689–1690George 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]
1817–1821Post 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 1960Walter Newman [21]
1970sEric Sewell
1979–1998Hubert Theodore Elsasser
1998-2004Marcel Canioni
2004–2011Matthew Bonnacorsi
2011–presentGordon Summers [22]

References

  1. ↑ Challis, C. E. (1992). A New History of the Royal Mint. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 296. ISBN   9780521240260.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Martin Allen, Mints and Money in Medieval England, pp.117-122
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 C. E. Challis, The Tudor Coinage
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 Leonard Forrer, Biographical Dictionary of Medallists
  5. 1 2 "Tudor Half-Sovereign". The Royal Mint Museum. Archived from the original on 8 September 2019. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
  6. 1 2 3 Challis, C. E. (1992). A New History of the Royal Mint. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 298–299. ISBN   9780521240260.
  7. ↑ "James I, third coinage (1619-25)". Bonhams Auction House. Retrieved 28 April 2017.
  8. ↑ Whetmore 1960, p. 160.
  9. 1 2 Sharples, J. "Thomas Simon, Engraver (1618-1665)". Museums Victoria Collections. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
  10. ↑ Lee, Sidney, ed. (1896). "Rawlins, Thomas"  . Dictionary of National Biography . Vol. 47. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
  11. 1 2 Challis, C. E. (1992). A New History of the Royal Mint. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 364. ISBN   9780521240260.
  12. ↑ Challis, C. E. (1992). A New History of the Royal Mint. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 364, 409. ISBN   9780521240260.
  13. ↑ Warwick William Wroth, 'Croker, John (1670–1741)' in Dictionary of National Biography, vol. 13
  14. ↑ Christopher Edgar Challis, A New History of The Royal Mint (1992), p. 409
  15. ↑ "Yeo, Richard"  . Dictionary of National Biography . London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
  16. ↑ Challis, C. E. (1992). A New History of the Royal Mint. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 477. ISBN   9780521240260.
  17. ↑ "Wyon, Thomas (1792-1817)". Dictionary of National Biography . London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
  18. ↑ Challis, C. E. (1992). A New History of the Royal Mint. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 489. ISBN   9780521240260.
  19. ↑ Milano, Carlo. "The talent and the temperament". The Royal Mint Museum. Archived from the original on 11 May 2018. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
  20. ↑ Tout-Smith, D. "George William de Saulles, Sculptor, Designer & Engraver (1862-1903)". Museums Victoria Collections. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
  21. ↑ Challis, C. E. (1992). A New History of the Royal Mint. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 596. ISBN   9780521240260.
  22. ↑ "Gordon Summers Designer, Sculptor, Engraver, Leader". Linkedin. Retrieved 29 April 2017.

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