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THE MASTER-GUNNERS OP ENGLAND. 
SUCCESSION LIST OF THE MASTER-GUNNERS OF ENGLAND. 
Reign. 
Date of 
Appt. 
Name. 
War Services, &c. 
Edward VI. 
( Contd.) 
1546 
or 1547 
Christopher 
Cowld (or - 
Gould.) 
Hhe time). The pay and allowances, during 
peace, appear to have been equivalent to about 
£190 per annum. 
(Sir Francis Flemynge, Kt., was Master of 
the Ordnance at this time; and in 1548 was 
succeeded by Sir Philip Hobey). 
Rebellion in Norfolk quelled (1549) by the 
^Earl of Warwick’s army and artillery. 
Queen Mary 
1553-1558 
1553 to 
1570 
Richard 
Webb. 
f 1553. Richard Webb, Master-Gunner of 
England. Sir Edward Blair, Master of the 
Ordnance. The latter was replaced in 1555 
by Sir Richard Southwell. 
1557. The Lord Robert Dudley, Earl of 
Leicester, appointed Master of the Ordnance, 
and with the Master-Gunner of England 
embarked for the Netherlands with the army 
<{ and artillery of the Earl of Pembroke to join 
the Spanish army commanded by the Duke of 
Savoy, taking part in the siege of St. Quintins. 
1558. The Master-Gunner of Calais , 
named Horslie, was killed in defending the 
bridge (against the French). Sir W. Pelham, 
Master of the Ordnance. 
1559. Earl of Warwick, Master-General 
of the Ordnance , with Sir Wm. Pelham as his 
^Lieutenant. 
Queen 
Elizabeth. 
1558-1603 
1570 
Anthony 
Fenrutter. 
^ Fenrutter had served as a Gunner and as a 
Master-Gunner under Edward VI. and Queen 
Mary—vide also The Master-Gunner of Eng¬ 
land , “ Proceedings,” R.A.I., Yol. XIV., 
No. 3. 
The Cleaveland MSS. are incorrect in stat- 
j ing (on authority of Hollinshead) that the 
Robert Thomas, who was killed in 1565, was 
Master-Gunner of England. The Royal War¬ 
rant of 13th, Queen Elizabeth, recapitulates 
the Master-Gunners of England since Ed. YI. 
as successively—Christopher Gould, Richard 
^Webb, and Anthony Fenrutter. 
... 
1578 
Stephen Bull 
f 1578. Pay of the Master-Gunner of Eng- 
| land recorded as £66 13s. 4d. per annum. 
j (Eliz. codice MSS.); but the Royal Warrant 
prescribed 2s. per diem, and allowances— vide 
“ Proceedings ” R.A. Institution, Yol. XIV., 
JNIo. 3. 
