Storekeeper of the Ordnance

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The Principal Storekeeper of the Ordnance was a subordinate of the Master-General of the Ordnance and a member of the Board of Ordnance from its constitution in 1597. He was responsible for the care and maintenance of ordnance stores. The office was abolished in 1855.

Contents 1 Storekeepers of the Ordnance (pre-Restoration) 2 Storekeepers of the Ordnance (Parliamentary) 3 Storekeepers of the Ordnance (post-Restoration) 4 References

[edit] Storekeepers of the Ordnance (pre-Restoration)

• bef. 1558: John Leame
• 12 February 1558: William Watson
• 3 February 1574: Richard Bowland
• 16 January 1589: Thomas Bedwell
• 15 November 1595: John Lee
• 22 December 1603: Sir Amyas Preston
• 16 July 1609: Sir Roger Ayscough
• 1 June 1612: Samuel Hales and John Hamond (joint)
• 2 June 1614: Nedtracey Smart and Shakerley Tracy (d. bef. 1620) (joint)
• 26 November 1620: Thomas Powell and John Gooding (joint)
• 19 June 1627: Thomas Powell (d. 1635) and Richard Marsh (joint)
• 2 January 1643: Richard Marsh and Thomas Withins (d. bef. 1649) (joint)

[edit] Storekeepers of the Ordnance (Parliamentary)

• 1643: John Falkener

[edit] Storekeepers of the Ordnance (post-Restoration)

• 1660 Richard Marsh (restored)
• 17 March 1672 George Marsh
• 1 December 1673 Edward Conyers
• 1 August 1683: William Bridges
• 2 April 1685: Thomas Gardiner
• 27 March 1691: William Meesters
• 15 February 1701: James Lowther
• 27 September 1708: Robert Lowther
• 26 April 1710: Edward Ashe
• 28 June 1712: Dixie Windsor
• 8 March 1717: Sir Thomas Wheate, 1st Baronet
• 9 March 1722: George Gregory
• 23 April 1746: Andrew Wilkinson
• 31 December 1762: Sir Edward Winnington, 1st Baronet
• 12 September 1765: Andrew Wilkinson
• 20 June 1778: Benjamin Langlois
• 16 October 1780: Henry Strachey
• 13 May 1782: John Aldridge
• 18 April 1783: Henry Strachey
• 1 March 1784: John Aldridge
• 1 July 1795: Mark Singleton
• 22 February 1806: John McMahon
• 7 April 1807: Mark Singleton
• 8 July 1829: William Frederick Trench
• 13 January 1831: Henry Duncan
• 30 December 1834: Francis Robert Bonham
• 1 May 1835: George Anson
• 28 June 1841: James Hanway Plumridge
• 13 September 1841: Francis Robert Bonham
• 4 August 1845: Sir Thomas Hastings

[edit] References

• http://www.history.ac.uk/office/ordnance.html