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.

List of chief engravers

PeriodChief EngraverNotes
1060s?Theobald of Lisson GreenCutter of the Dies of All England
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
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
1550–1551Robert Pitt
1552–1596Derek Anthony
1596–1615Charles Anthony
1615–1618Thomas Anthony
1618–1624William Holle
1625–1628John Gilbert and Edward GreenJoint positions
1628–1644Edward Green
1645–1648Thomas Simon and Edward WadeJoint positions
1645–1649Thomas RawlinsAppointed by King Charles I
1649–1660Thomas Simon
1660–1670Thomas Rawlins
1670–1689John Roettier
1689–1690George Bowers
1690–1704Henry Harris
1705–1741John Croker
1741–1773John Sigismund Tanner
1773–1779Richard Yeo
1779–1815Lewis Pingo
1815–1817Thomas Wyon
1817–1821Post vacant
1821–1828Benedetto PistrucciSubsequently, became Chief Medallist at the mint
1828–1851William WyonLeonard 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
as of 1960Walter Newman
1970sEric Sewell
1979–1998Hubert Theodore Elsasser
1998-2004Marcel Canioni
2004–2011Matthew Bonnacorsi
2011–presentGordon Summers