15th Century To 16th Century
| Dates | Name |
|---|---|
| 1400 | Robert Clifford of Canterbury |
| 1401 | Thomas Ludlow |
| 1402 | John Diggs |
| 1403 | Thomas Hiache |
| 1404–1405 | Richard Clitherow, of Ash in Sandwich |
| 1406 | Valentine Barret of Pery Court |
| 1407 | Henry Horne of Kenardington |
| 1408 | Edward or Edmund Haute |
| 1409 | William Snayth of Addington (died 1409) |
| 1410 | Reginald Pimpe of Nettlested |
| 1411 | John Darell of Cadehill |
| 1412 | William Notebenn of Ash near Sandwich |
| 1413 | William Clifford of Bobbing |
| 1414 | Robert Clifford of Canterbury |
| 1415 | William Langley of Knowlton |
| 1416 | William Darell of Cadehill |
| 1417 | John Darell of Cadehill |
| 1418 | Richard Clitherow of Ash |
| 1419 | John Burge of Eatonbridge |
| 1420–1421 | William Haute of Bourne Place, Hautsbourne, Bishopsbourne. |
| 1422 | John Darell of Cadehill |
| 1423 | William Cheyne of Shurland in Sheppey |
| 1424 | John Rickhill of Frindsbury |
| 1425 | William Clifford of Bobbing |
| 1426 | Sir William Culpeper of Scotshall in Oxen Hoath. |
| 1427 | Thomas Ellis of Kemington |
| 1428 | William Scott of Brabourne |
| 1429 | John Peche of Littington |
| 1430 | John St. Leger of Ulcombe |
| 1431 | Edward Guldeford of Halden in Rolvenden |
| 1432 | William Buriston of Hunton |
| 1433 | Richard Woodvile of Mote Castle in Maidstone |
| 1434 | William Clifford of Bobbin |
| 1435 | William Manston of Manston in Thanet |
| 1436 | James Fiennes, 1st Baron Saye and Sele, of Kemsing and Seal |
| 1437 | Richard Walder of Groombridge in Speldherst |
| 1438 | Edward Guldeford of Halden in Rolvenden |
| 1439 | Sir Gervase Clifton of Bradbourne |
| 1440 | John Yeard of Denton near Eleham |
| 1441 | John Warner of Sheppey |
| 1442 | William Maries of Preston |
| 1443 | Sir Thomas Browne of Beechworth |
| 1444 | William Cromer of Tunstall(killed by Jack Cade) |
| 1445 | John Thorneberry of Feversham |
| 1446 | William Isley of Sundridge |
| 1447 | William Kene of Ospring |
| 1448 | Stephen St. Leger of Ulcomb |
| 1449 | Henry Cromer of Tunstall. |
| 1450 | Sir Gervase Clifton of Bradbourne |
| 1451 | Robert Horne of Kinardington |
| 1452 | Thomas Ballard of Horton |
| 1453 | John Fogge of Repton in Ashford |
| 1454 | John Cheney of Shurland in Sheppey, Kt, |
| 1455 | Philip Belknap of the Mote |
| 1456 | Alexander Iden |
| 1457 | John Guldeford of Halden in Rolvenden |
| 1458 | Sir Gervase Clifton of Canterbury, Kt. |
| 1459 | Sir Thomas Browne of Beechworth |
| 1460 | Sir John Scott of Scot's Hall |
| 1460 | John Isaac of Patricksborne |
| 1461–1462 | Sir William Peach of Lullingstone, Kt. |
| 1463 | John Diggs of Berham |
| 1464 | Alexander Clifford of Bobbing |
| 1465 | Sir William Haut of Bourne Place, Bishopsbourne. |
| 1466 | Sir John Culpeper, Kt. |
| 1467 | Ralph St. Leger of Ulcomb |
| 1468 | Henry Ferrers of Peckham |
| 1469 | John Bramstone of Preston |
| 1470 | Sir Richard Culpeper of Oxonhoath, West Peckham. |
| 1471 | James Peckham of Yaldham in Wrotham |
| 1472 | Sir John Fogge of Repton in Ashford., Kt |
| 1473 | John Isley of Sundridge |
| 1474 | Sir William Haut of Bourne Place, Bishopsbourne. |
| 1475 | John Green of Chesilhurst |
| 1476 | William Cheney of Shurland |
| 1477 | Richard Haut of Ightham Mote |
| 1478 | Richard Lee of Delce |
| 1479 | Sir John Fogge of Repton in Ashford, Kt. |
| 1480 | George Brown of Wickham |
| 1481–1482 | Richard Haut of Ightham Mote |
| 1483 | Sir William Haut of Bourne Place, Bishopsbourne |
| 1484 | John Barrune of the Grange in Gillingham |
| 1485 | Sir R. Brakenberry of the Mote (killed Bosworth, 1485) |
| 1485 | William Cheney of Shurland in Sheppey |
| 1486 | John Pimpe of Nettlested |
| 1487 | Henry Ferrers of Great Peckham |
| 1488 | Walter Roberts of Glastenbury in Cranbrook |
| 1489 | Sir William Boleyn of Hever Castle |
| 1490 | Sir William Scott of Brabourne |
| 1491 | John Darell |
| 1492 | Thomas Kempe of Ollantigh in Wye |
| 1493 | Sir Richard Guldeford of Halden in Rolvenden, Kt. |
| 1494 | John Pech of Lullingstone |
| 1495 | John Diggs of Barham |
| 1496 | Sir James Walsingham of Scadbury Manor, near Chislehurst |
| 1497 | Lewes Clifford of Bobbing |
| 1498 | Robert Wotton of Boughton Place, Boughton Malherbe. |
| 1499 | Sir Alexander Colepepper of Bedgbury. |
| 1500 | Thomas Iden of Westwell. |
| 1501 | Sir William Scott of Brabourne |
| 1502 | Ralph St Leger of Ulcombe. |
| 1503 | William Cromer of Tunstall |
| 1504 | John Langley of Knolton. |
| 1505 | Sir Thomas Kempe KB of Ollantigh. |
| 1506 | Sir Alexander Colepepper of Bedgbury |
| 1507 | Henry Vane of Tunbridge. |
| 1508 | Reginald Peckham of Yaldham |
| 1509 | Sir William Cromer of Tunstall |
| 1510 | James Digge of Digge's Court, Barham. |
| 1511 | Sir Thomas Boleyn of Hever Castle (later Earl of Wiltshire in 1529). |
| 1512 | Thomas Kempe of Ollantigh in Wye |
| 1513 | Sir John Norton of Northwood in Milton, Kt. |
| 1514 | Alexander Colepeper of Bedbury in Goudherst |
| 1515 | Thomas Cheney of Shurland in Sheppey |
| 1516 | Sir William Scott of Brabourne |
| 1517 | Sir Thomas Boleyn of Hever Castle (later Earl of Wiltshire in 1529). |
| 1518 | John Crispe of Quex in Birchington |
| 1519 | Sir John Wilshire of Stone castle in Stone near Dartford |
| 1520 | John Roper of St. Dunstans |
| 1521 | Throwley replaced by Robert Sonds of Towne |
| 1522 | Sir John Fogg of Repton in Ashford |
| 1523 | Sir George Guldeford of Hemsted in Benenden |
| 1524 | Sir William Haut of Bourne Place, Bishopsbourne |
| 1525 | Henry Vane |
| 1526 | William Whetenhall of Peckham |
| 1527 | Sir John Scott |
| 1528 | William Kempe of Ollantigh in Wye |
| 1529 | Sir Edward Wotton of Boughton Place, Boughton Malherbe |
| 1530 | William Waller of Groombridge in Speldherst |
| 1531 | Sir Richard Clement of the Mote in Ightham, Kt. |
| 1532 | Sir William Finch of the Mote near Canterbury, Kt. |
| 1533 | Thomas Roberts of Glastenbury in Cranbrook |
| 1534 | Sir Thomas Poinings of Osten Hanger, in Stanford |
| 1535 | Sir Edward Wotton of Boughton Place, Boughton Malherbe |
| 1536 | Sir Thomas Wyatt of Alington Castle, Kt |
| 1537 | Sir William Haut of Bourne Place, Bishopsbourne |
| 1538 | Sir William Sidney of Pensherst. Kt |
| 1539 | Sir Anthony St. Leger of Ulcombe. |
| 1540 | Anthony Sonds of Throwley |
| 1541 | Sir Reginald Scott of Scot's Hall |
| 1542 | Sir Henry Isley of Sundridge, Kt. |
| 1543 | Sir Humphrey Stile of Langley Parke in Beckenham, Kt. |
| 1544 | Sir John Fogg of Repton in Ashford, Kt. |
| 1545 | Sir Percivall Hart of Lullingstone, Kt. |
| 1546 | Henry Crispe of Quex in Birchington |
| 1546 | William Sidley of Scadbury, Southfleet |
| 1547 | Sir George Harper of Sutton Valence |
| 1548 | Thomas Culpeper of Bedgbury |
| 1549 | Sir Thomas Wyatt of Allington Castle |
| 1550 | Sir Henry Isley of Sundridge. |
| 1551 | Sir John Guildford of Hemsted |
| 1553 | Sir Robert Southwell |
| 1554 | William Roper of Welhall |
| 1555 | Sir Thomas Kempe of Ollantigh in Wye |
| 1556 | Sir Thomas Moyle |
| 1557 | George Vane of Badsell in Capel |
| 1558 | Thomas Wotton of Boughton Place, Boughton Malherbe |
| 1559 | Nicholas Crispe |
| 1560 | Warham St Leger of Ulcombe |
| 1561 | John Tufton |
| 1562 | Richard Baker of Sissinghurst Castle. |
| 1563 | Sir Thomas Walsingham of Scadbury Manor, near Chislehurst |
| 1564 | Sir Thomas Kempe, Kt. of Ollantigh in Wye |
| 1565 | John Mainey (died May, 1566) |
| 1566 | William Isley of Sundridge |
| 1566 | John Sedley of Southfleet |
| 1567 | Willam Cromer of Tunstall |
| 1568 | John Browne of Horton |
| 1569 | Edward Isaac |
| 1570 | John Leonard of Chevening |
| 1571 | Walter Mainey the elder, of Stapleherst |
| 1572 | Thomas Fane |
| 1573 | Thomas Willoughby of Boreplace in Chidingstone |
| 1574 | Sir James Hales, Kt., of the Dungeon near Canterbury |
| 1575 | John Tufton, of Hothfield |
| 1576 | Sir Thomas Scott of Scot's Hall |
| 1577 | Edward Boys of Fredvile in Nonington |
| 1578 | Thomas Wotton of Boughton Place, Boughton Malherbe |
| 1579 | Thomas Coppinger |
| 1580 | Thomas Fane and Thomas Sonds of Throwley |
| 1581 | Sir George Heart of Lullingstone |
| 1582 | Sir Richard Baker of Sissinghurst Castle |
| 1583 | Justinian Champneyes of Bexley |
| 1584 | Michael Sonds of Throwley |
| 1585 | Willam Cromer of Tunstall |
| 1586 | James Hales of the Dungeon near Canterbury |
| 1587 | John Fineux of Herne |
| 1588 | Richard Hardres, of Great Hardres |
| 1589 | William Sedley of Southfleet |
| 1590 | Thomas Willoughby of Boreplace in Chidingstone |
| 1591 | Sampson Lennard of Chepening |
| 1592 | Robert Binge of Wrotham |
| 1593 | Michael Sonds of Throwley |
| 1594 | Sir Edward Wotton of Boughton Place, Boughton Malherbe, (Baron Wotton from 1603) |
| 1595 | Thomas Palmer of Hougham |
| 1596 | Sir Moyle Finch of Eastwell, Kt. (later Baronet Finch) |
| 1597 | Thomas Kemp of Ollantigh in Wye |
| 1598 | Martin Barnham, of Holingborne |
| 1599 | Roger Twysden of Roydon Hall, East Peckham |
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