| John Syclyng | 1505 - 1506 | 1st Master |
| Richard Wyatt | 1506-1508 | 2nd Master |
| Thomas Thompson | 1508-1517 | 3rd Master |
| John Watson | 1517-1531 | 4th Master |
| Henry Lockwood | 1531-1548 | 5th Master |
| Richard Wilkes | 1548-1553 | 6th Master |
| Cuthbert Scot | 1553-1556 | 7th Master |
| William Tayler | 1556-1559 | 8th Master |
| Edward Hawford | 1559-1582 | 9th Master |
| Edmund Barwell | 1582-1609 | 10th Master |
| Valentine Cary | 1609-1622 | 11th Master |
| Thomas Bainbridge | 1622-1646 | 12th Master |
| Samuel Bolton | 1646-1654 | 13th Master |
| Ralph Cudworth | 1654-1688 | 14th Master |
| John Covel | 1688-1723 | 15th Master |
| William Towers | 1723-1745 | 16th Master |
| George Rooke | 1745-1754 | 17th Master |
| Hugh Thomas | 1754-1780 | 18th Master |
| John Barker | 1780-1808 | 19th Master |
| Thomas Browne | 1808-1814 | 20th Master |
| John Kaye | 1814-1830 | 21st Master |
| John Graham | 1830-1849 | 22nd Master |
| Joseph Shaw | 1849 | 23rd Master |
| James Cartmell | 1849-1881 | 24th Master |
| Charles Swainson | 1881-1887 | 25th Master |
| John Peile | 1887-1910 | 26th Master |
| Sir Arthur Shipley | 1910-1927 | 27th Master |
| Norman McLean | 1927-1936 | 28th Master |
| Sir Charles Darwin | 1936-1939 | 29th Master |
| Charles Raven | 1939-1950 | 30th Master |
| Brian Downs | 1950-1963 | 31st Master |
| The Lord Todd | 1963-1978 | 32nd Master |
| Sir John Plumb | 1978-1982 | 33rd Master |
| Sir Hans Kornberg | 1982-1995 | 34th Master |
| Alan Munro | 1995-2002 | 35th Master |
| Malcolm Bowie | 2002-2006 | 36th Master |