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On 3rd July 1631 John Roettiers was born to Philip Roettiers.
In 1661 Charles II of England (age 30) invited John Roettiers (age 29) and his brother Joseph (and subsequently a third brother Philip) to join the British Royal Mint.
In 1666 John Roettiers (age 34) created a new Great Seal.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 26th March 1666. Our [meeting] being done, my Lord Bruncker (age 46) and I to the Tower [Map], to see the famous engraver (age 34), to get him to grave a seale for the office. And did see some of the finest pieces of work in embossed work, that ever I did see in my life, for fineness and smallness of the images thereon, and I will carry my wife thither to shew them her. Here I also did see bars of gold melting, which was a fine sight.
In August 1672 John Roettiers (age 41) created new coins using dies that had the image of Brittania reported to have been modelled on Frances Teresa Stewart Duchess Lennox and Richmond (age 25). See Samuel Pepys' Diary 1667 February 25.
John Evelyn's Diary. 20th July 1678. I went to the Tower [Map] to try a metal at the Assay-master's, which only proved sulphur; then saw Monsieur Rotière (age 47), that excellent graver belonging to the Mint, who emulates even the ancients, in both metal and stone; he was now molding a horse for the King's (age 48) statue, to be cast in silver, of a yard high. I dined with Mr. Slingsby (age 57), Master of the Mint.
In 1703 John Roettiers (age 71) died and was buried in the Tower of London [Map].