On 3rd July 1631 John Roettiers was born to Philip Roettiers.
In 1661 Charles II of England [aged 30] invited John Roettiers [aged 29] and his brother Joseph (and subsequently a third brother Philip) to join the British Royal Mint.
In 1666 John Roettiers [aged 34] created a new Great Seal.
Samuel Pepys' Diary. 26th March 1666. Our [meeting] being done, my Lord Bruncker [aged 46] and I to the Tower [Map], to see the famous engraver [aged 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 [aged 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 [aged 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 [aged 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 [aged 48] statue, to be cast in silver, of a yard high. I dined with Mr. Slingsby [aged 57], Master of the Mint.
In 1703 John Roettiers [aged 71] died and was buried in the Tower of London [Map].