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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.
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; Thomas Egerton, 1st Earl of Wilton (1749–1814) Thomas Egerton, 2nd Earl of Wilton (1799–1882)
The Master Mercers of the Worshipful Company of Mercers have been, ... 1405 Thomas Fawconer ... 1586 Thomas Heaton 1587 Thomas Egerton MP 1588 William Birde
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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Warwick, in order to counteract him, moved into the city and stayed at York's house in Walbrook from 6 October 1549. The city came onto Warwick's side. On 8 October the confederate lords dined together at York's house, and on the following day the common council responded to their summons of aid by promising a contingent of soldiers to support ...
Sir Henry Slingsby (c.1621 – c.1688) was an English Master of the Mint. He was the third son of Sir William Slingsby of Kippax, West Yorkshire and was educated at Exeter College, Oxford . He was appointed Deputy Master of the Mint (based in the Tower of London ) to Sir Ralph Freeman from 1662 to 1667 and sole Master from 1667 to 1680.