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from its constitution in 1597. He was responsible for the care and maintenance of ordnance stores. The office was abolished in 1855.

Storekeepers of the Ordnance (pre-Restoration)

*bef. 1558: John Leame *12 February 1558:

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*3 February 1574: Richard Bowland *16 January 1589: Thomas Bedwell *15 November 1595:

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*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'')

Storekeepers of the Ordnance (Parliamentary)

*1643: John Falkener

Storekeepers of the Ordnance (post-Restoration)

*1660 Richard Marsh (restored) *17 March 1672 George Marsh *1 December 1673

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*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:

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*9 March 1722: George Gregory *23 April 1746:

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*31 December 1762: Sir Edward Winnington, 1st Baronet *12 September 1765:

*20 June 1778: Benjamin Langlois *16 October 1780: Henry Strachey *13 May 1782: John Clater Aldridge *18 April 1783: Henry Strachey *1 March 1784: John Clater Aldridge *1 July 1795: Mark Singleton *22 February 1806: John McMahon *7 April 1807: Mark Singleton *8 July 1829: Frederick Trench *13 January 1831: Hon. Henry Duncan *30 December 1834:

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*1 May 1835: George Anson *28 June 1841:

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*13 September 1841:

*4 August 1845: Sir Thomas Hastings

References

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