[1] Born circa 1502 to John Curtis of Enfield, Middlesex,[2] Thomas Curtis was one of the most important pewterers of his time, and served as warden of the Worshipful Company of Pewterers in 1524 and master of the company in 1538, 1539, 1545, and 1546.
[3] His touch mark appears on much of the pewter later found on the Mary Rose, as well as about thirty percent of the pewter found in a shipwreck near Punta Cana, lost en route to the Americas.
[2] At that time, he was still a member of the Pewterer's Company, which brought him into conflict with the customary requirement for aldermen of London to be members of one of the Great Twelve City Livery Companies.
The only other pewterer to become mayor of London, John Fryer, likewise became a fishmonger.
[7] Curtis was buried at St Dionis Backchurch on 6 December 1559.