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Thomas Egerton (by 1521 – 1590/97) was a London merchant and member of the Worshipful Company of Mercers. He served as Under-Treasurer of the Royal Mint at the Tower of London from 1552 to 1555. In this capacity, he and John Godsalve issued the double-faced shillings of Philip and Mary. However he was held to have unduly profited from a ...
Master of the Mint is a title within the Royal Mint given to the most senior person responsible for its operation. It was an office in the governments of Scotland and England, and later Great Britain and then the United Kingdom, between the 16th and 19th centuries. Until 1699, the appointment was usually for life.
The Master Mercers of the Worshipful Company of Mercers have been, ... 1542 Sir Rowland Hill (1st term) ... 1586 Thomas Heaton 1587 Thomas Egerton MP 1588 William Birde
Thomas Egerton may refer to: . Thomas Egerton (mercer) (by 1521–c. 1597), Under-Treasurer of the Royal Mint Thomas Egerton (killed 1599) (1574–1599), MP for Cheshire Thomas Egerton, 1st Viscount Brackley (1540–1617), Lord Keeper 1596–1616
Another general restructuring of the Mint in the spring of 1552 resulted in the appointment of Thomas Egerton as Under-Treasurer and Stanley's promotion to Comptroller. [7] Egerton was dismissed from office by Mary I's government in 1555, and from that time until 1571 control of the Tower Mint was essentially in the hands of Thomas Stanley. On ...
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Sir Thomas Markenfield was appointed High Sheriff of Yorkshire for 1484 and fought on the side of Richard III at the Battle of Bosworth. In 1569 Thomas de Markenfield was involved in the pro-Catholic Rising of the North and fled to the Continent. [11] Markenfield was confiscated and granted to Thomas Egerton, Master of the Rolls.