THE MASTER-GUNNERS OF ENGLAND. 
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SUCCESSION LIST OE THE MASTER-GUNNERS OF ENGLAND. 
Reign. 
Date of 
Appt. 
Name. 
War Services 
, &c. 
Ed. IV. 
1461-1483 
(Coidd.) 
f 1474. The artillery, with artificers and 
I laborers, accompanied the army in the expedi- 
| tion against France. 
1482. Invasion of Scotland and capture 
| of Berwick. One thousand men of the army 
I were on this occasion appointed to attend the 
^ordnance. 
Richd. III. 
1483-1485. 
1483 
Patrick de xS 
Meyte 
Vibrellator magister. . . infra Turrim 
nostrum Londonii , infra regnum nostrum 
Angliae ac alibi. . . ; but the Cleaveland 
MSS. incorrectly localise his commission to 
j the Tower — ( vide also note 4, p. 10 of “The 
J Master-Gunner of England ”—“Proceedings” 
R.A. Institution, Vol. XIV., No. 3). Raufe 
By gaud was at same time appointed Master 
of the Ordnance ; and the Master-Gunner of 
Calais (deputy or “mate” of the M.G. of E.) 
was Richard Warrington. 
^ 1485. Battle of Bos worth. 
Hen. VII. 
1485-1509. 
1485 
Richd. Faw- 
coner. 
f 1485. Sir Richard Guilsford, Knight, 
Master of the Ordnance. 
1491. Sir Ed. Poynyngs, Kt., with bold 
soldiers and sufficient artillery embarked for 
Flanders; and besieged Sluys, which capitu¬ 
lated. The King embarked with his army 
and artillery for Calais and besieged Boulogne. 
After breaking the walls and sore defacing 
them with his battering pieces, peace was 
concluded. 
-<{ 1496. His Majesty, with a populous army 
and plenty of Artillery, marched out of the 
city of London for the attack of the Cornish 
rebels on Blackheath, whom he defeated. 
1497. The Earl of Surrey, with an army 
and artillery, marched into Scotland in pur¬ 
suit of the Scotch; besieged Haiton Castle, 
which surrendered in a few liours. The Earl 
caused his miners to raise and overthrow the 
^fortress to the plain ground. 
Hen. VIII. 
1509-1547 
S 1509. Richard Fawconer and his 12 ser- 
vitour gunners petitioned the King (Henry 
VIII.) in the first year of his Majesty’s reign 
for payment of their wages. 
