Richard Lyons (Warden of the Mint)

Sir Richard Lyons MP (1310 – 14 June 1381) was a City of London merchant, financier, and landowner who held a monopoly on the sale of sweet wine in London until he was impeached by the Good Parliament in 1376. He was an alderman, a member of the Worshipful Company of Vintners, and served as both as sheriff of London and member of parliament for Essex. He was killed by Wat Tyler during the Peasants' Revolt.

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