Richard Martin (Lord Mayor of London)

Sir Richard Martin
Warden of the Mint
In office 1560–1595
Preceded by	John Browne
Succeeded by	Thomas Knyvet
Master of the Mint
In office 1582–1617
Preceded by	John Lonyson
Succeeded by	Edward Villiers
Lord Mayor of the City of London
In office 1589–1589
Preceded by	Martin Calthrop
Succeeded by	John Harte
Lord Mayor of the City of London
In office 1593–1594
Preceded by	Cuthbert Buckell
Succeeded by	John Spencer
Personal details
Died	July 1617 London, England
Resting place	Tottenham Church, London, England
Spouse(s)	Dorcas Martin
Children	John Martin

Sir Richard Martin (died July 1617 in London) was an English goldsmith and Master of the Mint who served as Sheriff and twice as Lord Mayor of the City of London during the reign of Elizabeth I.

Martin was elected a liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths, one of the Livery Companies or craft guilds of the City of London, in 1558. He was elected alderman for the wards of Farringdon Within 1578–1598 and Bread Street 1598–1602. He was Sheriff of London in 1581–1582.

Martin was knighted in 1588–1589 and served a partial year as Lord Mayor in 1589, succeeding Sir Martin Calthrop who had died in office. He was Prime Warden or head of the Goldsmiths' Company 1592–1593, chairing the Court of Wardens or governing body of the company, and served a second term as Lord Mayor in 1593–1594, succeeding Sir Cuthbert Buckell. His other municipal offices included President of Christ's Hospital and Comptroller-General of Hospitals 1594–1602.

Martin was Warden of the Royal Mint by 1572, and was responsible for overseeing the workings of the mint and the quality of the coinage. John Stow's Survey of London records Martin's charges against John Lonyson or Lonison, Master of the Mint, in the 1570s, a matter that was finally weighed by a commission of Privy Council members including Nicholas Bacon, the Lord Keeper, William Cecil, Lord Burghley, the Lord Treasurer, and others, which recommended that

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