It was only in the mid-16th century that it became common practice to elect the Master annually, and prior to the 19th century it was not uncommon for a Master to serve for more than one year (not necessarily consecutively). Although records are not 100% complete, the list below has the names of nearly 400 known Masters of the Brewers’ Company.
- 2000: John Hayward Wells DL
- 2001: William Richard Lees-Jones TD DL
- 2002: Thomas David Mure Hart
- 2003: Hugh William Whitbread
- 2004: Richard Anthony Spencer Everard DL
- 2005: Christopher Peter Lees-Jones
- 2006: Timothy James Mortimer Turner
- 2007: Martin Duncan Thomas
- 2008: Christopher Michael Brain DL
- 2009: Anthony Christopher Mair
- 2010: Nigel John Bewley Atkinson DL
- 2011: David George Fossett Thompson
- 2012: Mark John Michael Woodhouse
- 2013: Stephen Frederick Goodyear
- 2014: James Rixon Arkell TD DL
- 2015: Miles Anthony Jenner DL
- 2016: Peter Horatio Cecil Furness-Smith
- 2017: Paul Richard Wells
- 2018: Stephen Patrick Spencer-Jones
- 2019: Simon Francis Owen Theakston DL
- 2020: Richard Hamilton Fleetwood Fuller
- 2021: Richard Hamilton Fleetwood Fuller
- 1900: Charles Hagart Babington
- 1901: John Mackenzie Hanbury
- 1902: Charles James Phillips
- 1903: Oswald Pearce Serocold
- 1904: Claude Watney
- 1905: Hubert Frederick Barclay
- 1906: Granville Bevan
- 1907: Francis Pelham Whitbread
- 1908: Malcolm Cosmo Bonsor
- 1909: Douglas Crossman
- 1910: Colonel Francis Charrington CMG
- 1911: Andrew Richard Motion
- 1912: Henry Fowell Buxton
- 1913: Cecil Lubbock
- 1914: Cecil Lubbock
- 1915: Cecil Lubbock
- 1916: Cecil Lubbock
- 1917: Cecil Lubbock
- 1918: Cecil Lubbock
- 1919: Edwyn Frederick Barclay
- 1920: Edwyn Frederick Barclay
- 1921: Edward John Mann
- 1922: Edward Walter Giffard
- 1923: Percy George Gates MP
- 1924: John Bradshaw
- 1925: Horace Rowland Hill
- 1926: Major Arthur Bonsor
- 1927: Captain Guy Nicholas Charrington
- 1928: Charles George Field-Marsham
- 1929: Sydney Oswald Nevile
- 1930: Cecil Ernest Wells Charrington MC
- 1931: Horace Legard Grimston
- 1932: Lieutenant Colonel Edward North Buxton MC
- 1933: Charles Armstrong
- 1934: Oliver Vernon Watney
- 1935: Jack Garton Durrant
- 1936: Colonel George Bluett Winch
- 1937: William Henry Whitbread
- 1938: Edwin John Venner
- 1939: Commander Redmond Walter McGrath
- 1940: Commander Redmond Walter McGrath
- 1941: Commander Redmond Walter McGrath
- 1942: Commander Redmond Walter McGrath
- 1943: Commander Redmond Walter McGrath
- 1944: Commander Redmond Walter McGrath
- 1945: Commander Redmond Walter McGrath
- 1946: John Fowell Buxton
- 1947: Edward Randal Chadwyck-Healey MC
- 1948: Frederick Hugh Bowyer MBE
- 1949: Maurice Vandeleur Courage
- 1950: Douglas Peter Crossman TD
- 1951: Lieutenant Colonel John Hubert Courage
- 1952: John Arthur Pepys Charrington
- 1953: Walter Pearce Serocold DSO TD
- 1954: Simon Harvey Combe MC
- 1955: John Edmund Martineau
- 1956: Peter Pryor
- 1957: Lieutenant Colonel William Henry Kingsmill DSO MC
- 1958: Alan Lewis Wigan
- 1959: Thomas Brian Bunting
- 1960: Francis George Mann DSO MC
- 1961: Sanders Watney
- 1962: Maurice Arthur Pryor
- 1963: Frederick Onslow Alexander Godwyn Bennett
- 1964: Michael George Thomas Webster
- 1965: Edward Raymond Courage CBE
- 1966: Alan Michael Tritton DSC
- 1967: Archibald Graham Neale TD
- 1968: Captain (Ret’d) Mason Hogarth Scott RN
- 1969: Richard Hubert Courage
- 1970: Major Alistair Giles Mann
- 1971: Roger Derek Wise
- 1972: Edward Hamilton Fleetwood Fuller
- 1973: Robert Harold Soames
- 1974: Sir Gerald Bowers Thorley TD
- 1975: Christopher John Mytton Downes
- 1976: Major Lewis John Turner TD
- 1977: Cecil Edward Guinness
- 1978: Benjamin John Hanbury
- 1979: Henry Charles Whitbread
- 1980: Roderick Pryor
- 1981: Sir Keith Stanley Showering
- 1982: David John Simonds
- 1983: Stanley Gordon Grinstead
- 1984: Bernard Crook Kilkenny
- 1985: John Staley Fox
- 1986: Anthony Gerard Fleetwood Fuller
- 1987: Sir Derrick Holden-Brown
- 1988: Sir Charles Henderson Tidbury
- 1989: Michael Noel Francis Cottrell
- 1990: Peter Woodgate Lipscomb
- 1991: Thomas fflorance Barrow Young
- 1992: Michael Garwood Delahooke
- 1993: John Henry Morgan
- 1994: Michael John Griffiths
- 1995: Robert Ian Turner
- 1996: Michael Rodney Mordaunt Foster
- 1997: Stephen Hatton Wingfield Digby
- 1998: Christopher John Rolph Pope TD DL
- 1999: Robert Harry Beale Neame CBE DL
- 1800: Joseph Hale
- 1801: Thomas Smith
- 1802: William Whitmore
-
1803: Joseph Kirkman (Died)
Joseph Hale -
1804: Alderman Harvey
Christian Combe - 1805: James Pulleine
- 1806: John Martineau
- 1807: Daniel Bell
- 1808: Robert Calvert
- 1809: Sampson Hanbury
- 1810: Robert Kilby Cox
- 1811: John Beardmore
- 1812: Harry Charrington
- 1813: Robert Barclay
- 1814: John Bittleston
- 1815: Joseph Delafield
- 1816: George Hale
- 1817: Timothy Brown
- 1818: Charles Calvert
- 1819: Henry Perkins
- 1820: Nicholas Charrington
- 1821: Charles Cole
- 1822: Joseph Tickell
- 1823: John Vickris Taylor
- 1824: Thomas Fowell Buxton
- 1825: John Forster
- 1826: Charles Barclay
- 1827: Frederick Perkins
- 1828: Nicholas Charrington
- 1829: Thomas Butts Aveling
- 1830: Michael Bland
- 1831: Joseph Martineau
- 1832: Harvey Combe
- 1833: John Donaldson
- 1834: James Goding
- 1835: Joseph Delafield
- 1836: Robert Pryor
- 1837: Robert Hanbury
- 1838: George Matthew Hoare
- 1839: Edmund Sexton Percy Calvert
- 1840: Arthur Kett Barclay
- 1841: Richard Martineau
- 1842: Alfred Head
- 1843: William Delafield
- 1844: Frederick Woodbridge
- 1845: Charles Allen Young
- 1846: Samuel Charles Whitbread
- 1847: Samuel Charles Whitbread
- 1848: Charles Charrington
- 1849: John Lettsom Elliot
- 1850: Sir Edward North Buxton, Bt
- 1851: Henry James Hoare
- 1852: John Manning Needham
- 1853: Hedworth David Barclay
- 1854: Edward Charrington
- 1855: Robert Hanbury, Jnr
- 1856: Charles Hugh Hoare
- 1857: Charles Addington Hanbury
- 1858: Philip Worsley
- 1859: Charles Buxton, M.P
- 1860: Charles Buxton, M.P
- 1861: Algernon Perkins
- 1862: James Watney, Jnr
- 1863: Thomas George Barclay
- 1864: John Samuel Tanqueray
- 1865: Joseph Bonsor
- 1866: Norman Watney
- 1867: Edward Courage
- 1868: Richard Henry Combe
- 1869: William Whitbread
- 1870: Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton Bt
- 1871: Robert Barclay
- 1872: Frederick Manning Needham
- 1873: Barclay Field
- 1874: Alfred Henry Bevan
- 1875: Edward North Buxton
- 1876: Augustus Frederick Perkins
- 1877: Charles Combe
- 1878: Spencer Charrington
- 1879: Frederick Lincoln Bevan
- 1880: James Hiscutt Crossman
- 1881: Henry Cosmo Orme Bonsor
- 1882: Richard Worsley
- 1883: John Bagot Scriven
- 1884: Walter Motimer Allfrey
- 1885: George Alexander Bonsor
- 1886: Edgar Lubbock
- 1887: William Hoare
- 1888: Edmund Smith Hanbury
- 1889: Spencer Calmeyer Charrington
- 1890: John Henry Buxton
- 1891: William Musgrave Wroughton
- 1892: Alfred Money Wigram
- 1893: Vernon James Watney
- 1894: Richard Combe
- 1895: George Crafter Croft
- 1896: William Thomas Paulin
- 1897: Gerald Buxton
- 1898: Robert Milburn
- 1899: Edward Mann
- 1700: Timothy Lanoy
- 1701: John England
- 1702: Edward Godfrey
- 1703: Anthony Bond
- 1704:
- 1705: Thomas Malyn
- 1706: John Cholmley
- 1707: Benjamin Green, Sheriff
- 1708: Charles Cox
- 1709: John Clark
- 1710: George Meggott
- 1711: Charles Feltham
- 1712: Thomas Cole
- 1713: Thomas Cole
- 1714: Sir Robert Breedon, Kt, Sheriff
- 1715: Edmund Halsey
- 1716: Felix Feast
- 1717: Felix Feast
- 1718: Samuel Mayo
- 1719: Joseph Townsend
- 1720: Joseph Townsend
- 1721: Captain Joseph Bird
- 1722: Thomas Cole
-
1723: Sir Felix Feast, Sheriff (Died)
Samuel Mayo - 1724: Joseph Helby
- 1725: Joseph Raymond
- 1726: Rivers Dickinson
- 1727: William Tayleure
- 1728: Joseph Nutt
- 1729: Andrew Crosse
- 1730: Alderman Humphrey Parsons, Lord Mayor
- 1731: Henry Johnson
- 1732: Henry Johnson
- 1733: John Kroger
- 1734: John Wightman
- 1735: John Whiteman
- 1736: Robert Pycroft
- 1737: Starkey Mayo
- 1738: Starkey Mayo
- 1739: Samuel How
- 1740: William Pearce
- 1741: Alderman William Calvert
- 1742: William Fuller
- 1743: Andrew Hope
- 1744: Andrew Hope
- 1745: Charles Osborn
- 1746: Alderman Crispe Gascoyne
- 1747: William Hagger
- 1748: John Scott
- 1749: John Raymond
- 1750: Shardlow Wightman
- 1751: Samuel Dickinson
- 1752: Matthew Dove
- 1753: Joseph Foster
- 1754: Henry Willoughby
- 1755: Henry Willoughby
- 1756: John Stubbs
- 1757: Daniel Booth
- 1758: Peter Greene
- 1759: Richard Hare
- 1760: Nathaniel Scott
- 1761: William Mason
- 1762: William Raper
- 1763: Charles Hoyle
- 1764: William Seward
- 1765: William Seward
- 1766: Joseph Dickinson
- 1767: Henry Mason
- 1768: Thomas Curteis
- 1769: John Smith
- 1770: Samuel Hawley
- 1771: Samuel Hawley
- 1772: Felix Calvert
- 1773: Samuel, Lord Hawley
- 1774: Samuel, Lord Hawley
- 1775: Andrews Pankeman
- 1776: William Feast
- 1777: Peter Hamond
- 1778: Samuel, Lord Hawley
- 1779: John Curteis
- 1780: Edward Bond
- 1781: Leonard Hammond
- 1782: John Thornton
- 1783: John Baker
- 1784: Richard Kinnersley
- 1785: John Charrington
- 1786: Edward Barnes
- 1787: Edward Bond
- 1788: Richard Hare
- 1789: Benjamin Smith
- 1790: Joseph Gascoyne
- 1791: Thomas Richardson
- 1792: Samuel Waring
- 1793: William Truman Read
- 1794: Samuel Waring
- 1795: Samuel Waring
- 1796: Samuel Waring
- 1797: Gideon Combrune
- 1798: Oliver Dickinson
- 1799: Richard Walford
- 1600:
- 1601: Francis Snellinge
- 1602: Thomas Draper
- 1603:
- 1604: Thomas Hadden
- 1605: James Eynion
- 1606: Henry Draper
- 1607: Thomas Scoles
-
1608: John Hall (Ill)
Henry Draper - 1609: Roger Bellowe
- 1610: Francis Snellinge
- 1611: John Yorke
- 1612: John Willand
- 1613: Thomas Brickwood
- 1614: Peter Browne
- 1615: Jeffrey Spencer
- 1616: Thomas Cutts
- 1617: Thomas Sakry
- 1618: William Harrison
- 1619: John Watts
- 1620: William Stevens
- 1621: Edward Emmerson
- 1622: James Desmeistres
- 1623: George Brookeshawe
- 1624: Thomas Blisse
- 1625: Edmounde Morgan
- 1626: Henrie Hodge
- 1627: James Desmeistres
- 1628: William Carpenter
- 1629: William Hobby
- 1630: John Heylyn
- 1631: Samuell Cranmer
- 1632: Francis Zachary
- 1633: John Ridgway
- 1634: Richard Rochdale
- 1635: James Browne
- 1636: Bartholomew Parker
- 1637: Robert Draper
- 1638: Alderman Samuel Cranmer
- 1639: Henry Leake
- 1640: Richard Harford
- 1641: John Greate
- 1642: Edward Buckley
- 1643: John Bide
- 1644: Joseph Jaques
- 1645: John Parsons
- 1646: John Gwalter
- 1647: Leonard Hamond
- 1648: Stephen Sedgwick
- 1649: Henry Greene
- 1650: Robert Houghton
- 1651: John James
- 1652: Robert Jaques
- 1653: John Box
- 1654: John Parsons
- 1655: Samuel Sternell
- 1656: William Hiccocks
- 1657: John Davis
-
1658: Edward Lawrence (Died)
Samuell Sternell, Snr - 1659: Richard Loton
- 1660: William Carpenter
- 1661: Alderman and Sheriff Samuell Starling (formerly Sternell)
- 1662: William Greene
- 1663: Emery Hill
- 1664: Henry Kettle
- 1665: James Walker
- 1666: Thomas Grimshaw
- 1667: Alderman William Dashwood
- 1668: Alderman and Sheriff John Foorth
- 1669:
- 1670: Alderman and Sheriff Dannet Foorth
- 1671: Tristram May
- 1672: James Reading
- 1673: Richard Lowe
- 1674: John Collins
- 1675: John Wilcocks
- 1676: Henry Sell
- 1677: Ralph Bowes
- 1678: James Reading
- 1679: Sir Jonathan Raymond, Kt, Sheriff
- 1680: John Freeman
- 1681: John Freind
- 1682: Joseph Laurence
- 1683:
- 1684: William Curtis
- 1685: William Carpenter
- 1686: William Carpenter
- 1687: Captain John Pery
- 1688: John Raymond
- 1689: Alderman Sir John Parsons, Kt
- 1690: Robert Breedon
- 1691: John Crosse
- 1692: Thomas Ayres
- 1693: James Child
- 1694: John Raymond
- 1695: Matthew Walraven
- 1696: Abraham Chitty
- 1697: Abraham Chitty
- 1698: Major William Woodruff
- 1699: Thomas Freeman
- 1563: William Beswicke
- 1564: William Beswicke
- 1565: John Dauldron
- 1567: Robert Wood
- 1568: Roger Bellowe
- 1569: Roger Pynder
- 1571: Thomas Etheridge
- 1572: Thomas Hasilwood
- 1573: Robert Shawe
- 1574: John Harrisson
- 1575: Richard Eskridge
- 1576: Richard Platt
- 1577: William Beswicke
- 1578: William Beswicke
- 1579: Thomas Hasillwood
- 1580: Humfrey Revell
- 1581: Richard Platt
- 1582: Richard Eskridge
- 1583: Mathew Merten
- 1584: John Stevens
- 1585: John Trene
- 1586: John Braytofte
- 1587: John Hill
- 1588: Christopher Butler
- 1589: William Freman
- 1590: John Newnam
- 1591: Robert Allesson
- 1592: Thomas Veary
-
1593: William Maskall (Died)
John Newnam - 1594: Mathew Merten
- 1595: Robert Allesson
- 1596: Syracke Rose
- 1597: John Newnam
- 1598: Allen Downer
- 1599: William Stratton