Chief Engraver of the Royal Mint explained

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

PeriodChief EngraverNotes
1060s?Theobald of Lisson GreenCutter of the Dies of All England[2]
1090s–1100sOtto the GoldsmithOfficer of the Dies
1100s–?Otto FitzOtto
?–1160sWilliam FitzOtto
1160s–1194Otto FitzWilliam
1194–1214William FitzOtto
1214–1257Otto FitzWilliam
1257–1265William FitzOtto
1265–1274Thomas FitzOttoSerjeant of the Dies
1274–1282Otto FitzOttoSerjeant of the Dies
1282–1283Guy FerreSerjeant of the Dies
1285–1324John de Botetourt, 1st Baron BotetourtSerjeant of the Dies
1324–1335William Latimer, 3rd Baron LatimerSerjeant of the Dies
1335–1379William Latimer, 4th Baron LatimerSerjeant of the Dies
1379–1386William GeytonEngraver of the Tower Mint
1386–1388William PevereEngraver of the Tower Mint
1388–?John EdmundEngraver of the Tower Mint
1421–1431Gilbert of BrandenburgEngraver of the Tower Mint
1431–1445John OrwellEngraver of the Tower Mint
1445–1452Thomas WythialeEngraver of the Tower Mint
1452–1462William WodewardeEngraver of the Tower Mint
1462–1483Edmund ShaaEngraver of the Tower Mint[3]
1483–1485John ShaaEngraver of the Tower Mint
1485–1492Nicholas FlyntEngraver of the Tower Mint
1494–1509Alexander BruchsalEngraver of the Tower Mint
1510–1519John SharpEngraver of the Tower Mint
1519–1536Henry NorrisEngraver of the Tower Mint
1536–1544Thomas WriotheselyEngraver of the Tower Mint
1544–1550Henry Bayse[4]
1550–1551Robert Pitt
1552–1596Derek Anthony[5]
1596–1615Charles Anthony[6]
1615–1618Thomas Anthony
1618–1624William Holle[7]
1625–1628John Gilbert and Edward GreenJoint positions
1628–1644Edward Green
1645–1648Thomas Simon and Edward WadeJoint positions[8]
1645–1649Thomas RawlinsAppointed by King Charles I[9]
1649–1660
1660–1670Thomas Rawlins[10]
1670–1689John Roettier
1689–1690George Bowers
1690–1704Henry Harris[11]
1705–1741John Croker[12]
1741–1773John Sigismund Tanner[13]
1773–1779Richard Yeo[14]
1779–1815Lewis Pingo[15]
1815–1817Thomas Wyon
1817–1821Post vacant[16]
1821–1828Benedetto PistrucciSubsequently, became Chief Medallist at the mint[17]
1828–1851Leonard Charles Wyon appointed Second Engraver at the mint in 1843.
1851–1891Leonard Charles WyonModeler and Engraver of the Royal Mint
1892–1903George William de SaullesEngraver of the Royal Mint[18]
as of 1960Walter Newman[19]
1970sEric Sewell
1979–1998Hubert Theodore Elsasser OBE
1998-2004Marcel Canioni
2004–2011Matthew Bonnacorsi
2011–presentGordon Summers[20]

Bibliography

Notes and References

  1. Book: Challis. C. E.. A New History of the Royal Mint. 1992. Cambridge University Press. Cambridge. 9780521240260. 296.
  2. Martin Allen, Mints and Money in Medieval England, pp.117-122
  3. C. E. Challis, The Tudor Coinage
  4. Leonard Forrer, Biographical Dictionary of Medallists
  5. Web site: Tudor Half-Sovereign. The Royal Mint Museum. 1 June 2017. 8 September 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190908105614/http://www.royalmintmuseum.org.uk/coins/british-coinage/old-denominations/tudor-half-sovereign/index.html. dead.
  6. Book: Challis. C. E.. A New History of the Royal Mint. 1992. Cambridge University Press. Cambridge. 9780521240260. 298–299.
  7. Web site: James I, third coinage (1619-25). Bonhams Auction House. 28 April 2017.
  8. Web site: Thomas Simon, Engraver (1618-1665). Sharples. J. Museums Victoria Collections. 29 April 2017.
  9. Rawlins, Thomas. 47.
  10. Book: Challis. C. E.. A New History of the Royal Mint. 1992. Cambridge University Press. Cambridge. 9780521240260. 364.
  11. Book: Challis. C. E.. A New History of the Royal Mint. 1992. Cambridge University Press. Cambridge. 9780521240260. 364, 409.
  12. Warwick William Wroth, 'Croker, John (1670–1741)' in Dictionary of National Biography, vol. 13
  13. Christopher Edgar Challis, A New History of The Royal Mint (1992), p. 409
  14. Yeo, Richard.
  15. Book: Challis. C. E.. A New History of the Royal Mint. 1992. Cambridge University Press. Cambridge. 9780521240260. 477.
  16. Book: Challis. C. E.. A New History of the Royal Mint. 1992. Cambridge University Press. Cambridge. 9780521240260. 489.
  17. Web site: Milano. Carlo. The talent and the temperament. The Royal Mint Museum. 1 June 2017. 11 May 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180511215105/http://www.royalmintmuseum.org.uk/history/people/artists/benedetto-pistrucci/the-talent-and-the-temperament/index.html. dead.
  18. Web site: George William de Saulles, Sculptor, Designer & Engraver (1862-1903). Tout-Smith. D. Museums Victoria Collections. 29 April 2017.
  19. Book: Challis. C. E.. A New History of the Royal Mint. 1992. Cambridge University Press. Cambridge. 9780521240260. 596.
  20. Web site: Gordon Summers Designer, Sculptor, Engraver, Leader. Linkedin. 29 April 2017.

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