Warden of the Mint (Redirected from Warden of the Royal Mint)

Isaac Newton, Warden of the Mint from 1696–1699

Warden of the Mint was a high-ranking position at the Royal Mint in England from 1216 to 1829. The warden was responsible for a variety of minting procedures and acted as the immediate representative of the current monarch inside the mint. The role of warden changed greatly through history with the original task being the receiving, assay and payment for bullion, while later evolving into more of an administerial role.

The office received a yearly emolument of £500. Up until 1685, wardens were given tenure: many of them died while in office. Although technically subordinate to the Master of the Mint whose job was act as a contractor to the crown. many wardens advanced later on to become Master of the Mint with some wardens holding both offices at the same time.

The most illustrious holder of the office of Warden of the Mint was Isaac Newton, who was warranted to this position on the recommendation of his friend, Charles Montagu, Chancellor of the Exchequer in 1698. In 1699 however, Newton undertook the office of Master of the Mint, which was far more lucrative, as well as potentially more technically challenging. After the death in 1829 of the final warden, Sir Walter James, 1st Baronet, the office was abolished having existed for 613 years.

Warden of the Mint

Tenure Notes
1193 Henry de Cornhill
1197 Odo Parvus and others
1202 Hugh Oisel
1203 Wido de Vou
1204 Hugh Oisel
1208 Nigel Ruffus and Odo Varvus
1216–1222 Hubert de Berg
1222 Hger
1224 Alexander
1229 Riehard Reinger London and Canterbury
1243 Otto Fitz William
1245 William Hardel London and Canterbury
1247 Walter de Flemeng
1248 William Hardel

Walter de More

London and Canterbury
1251 J. Silvestre
1252 J. de Somercote
1258 William the King's Goldsmith London and Canterbury
1266 B. de Castell and Richard de Geoffrey
1270–1279 Bartholomew de Castello
1279–1292 Gregory de Rokesley Shared Role
1279–1281 Orlando di Poggio
1292–1296 William of Wymondham
1297–1298 Peter of Leicester
1298–1305 John Sandale
c1319 Augustine le Waleys
1331 Richard de Snowshill
c1337 John de Wyndsore
1343 George Kirkyn, Lotte Nicholyn
1334 William of Wakefield
1334 John of Fleet
1346 George Kirkyn, Lotte Nicholyn
1349 John Donati de Castello, Philip John de Neri, Benedict Isbari (killed 1381)
1375–1376 Richard Lyons Executed on 14 June 1381 during the Peasants' Revolt
1376–1377 Thomas Hervey
1377–1388 John Gurtmonchester
1389–1392 Guy Rocliffe
1392–1399 Andrew Newport
1399–1403 Robert Heathcote
1408–1411 David de Nigarellis of Lucca
1411–1439 Henry Somer
1439–1446 John Somerset
1446–1449 John Lematon
1449–1468 Thomas Montgomery
1468–1470 John Wode
1470–1471 John Langstrother Joint Wardens both

executed Tewkesbury 1471

1471-1471 Sir John Delves
1471 John Wode (re-instated)
1534–1536 Sir Thomas Pope
1536–1544 John Browne
1560–1595 Sir Richard Martin Acted as Master of the Mint from 1581-1617
1599–1609 Thomas Knyvet, 1st Baron Knyvet
1609–1621 Thomas Knyvet, 1st Baron Knyvet and Edmund Doubleday
1621 Henry Tweedy
1623 Sir Edward Villiers Sir William Parkhurst died 1626
1629–1642 Sir William Parkhurst and Sir Anthony St Leger
1642–1645 Holland (appointed by Parliament)
1645 John St John (appointed by Parliament)
1660–1666 Sir William Parkhurst
1660–1680 Sir Anthony St Leger died 1680
1681 Sir Thomas Wharton (died 1684) and son Philip Wharton
1685–1686 Sir Philip Lloyd
1686–1690 Owen Wynne
1690 Benjamin Overton
1696–1699 Sir Isaac Newton Promoted to Master of the Mint in 1699
1700 Sir John Stanley, 1st Baronet
1708–1714 Craven Peyton Appointed in April 1708 and removed from office in December 1714
1714 Sir Richard Sandford, 3rd Baronet
1718 William Thompson
1725 Walter Cary
1727 Sir Andrew Fountaine
1754 Richard Herbert (died 1754)
1754 John Jeffreys
1766 William Whitmore
1771 Sir Robert Pigot, 2nd Baronet
1796–1829 Sir Walter James, 1st Baronet (the last Warden; he died in 1829)
1829 Office abolished

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