The Worshipful Company of Brewers is a City livery company, ranking 14th in the Corporation of London's order of precedence. Its origins can be traced back with certainty to 1292, although it probably existed in some form up to a century earlier as the Guild of Our Lady and St Thomas Becket. Its successor, the Mystery of Free Brewers, was granted the right by the Lord Mayor and Aldermen of London to appoint a Master and Wardens in 1406. Henry VI granted the Brewers' Company its first Royal Charter in 1437/38. Until the last century, the Company admitted non-brewers to represent the livery company externally. [1] From the mid-16th century, its Masters have been elected annually; all of those whose names are known are listed below. [2]
Below is a complete list of those who have served as Master Brewer since the early 18th century, with most since 1563 being known : [3]
