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, formation = 1570-1830 , website= The Clerk of the Deliveries of the Ordnance was a subordinate of the

and a member of the

from its constitution in 1597. He was responsible for keeping record of the number and kind of stores issued from the stocks of ordnance. The office was abolished in 1830.

Clerks of the Deliveries of the Ordnance (pre-Restoration)

*28 November 1570:

(d. bef. 1595) *18 August 1578: George Hogg (''joint'') *8 May 1595: John Linewray (''joint'') *20 July 1602: Sir Robert Johnson *12 December 1604: Robert Johnson junior (d. bef. 1606) (''joint'') *6 May 1618: Edward Johnson and Henry Johnson (''joint'') *17 July 1640 Thomas Eastbrooke and George Clark (''joint'')

Clerks of the Deliveries of the Ordnance (Parliamentary)

*March 1643: Stephen Darnelly *December 1644: Thomas Heselrig *September 1646: William Billers

Clerks of the Deliveries of the Ordnance (post-Restoration)

*1660 George Clark (restored) *15 April 1670: George Wharton *25 November 1670:

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*2 February 1682:

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*2 December 1685: Philip Musgrave *27 July 1689: Christopher Musgrave *15 May 1696: James Lowther *15 February 1701:

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*18 June 1703: James Craggs *1 March 1711:

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*17 May 1802: Joseph Hunt *10 January 1804: Cropley Ashley *12 March 1806:

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*7 April 1807: Cropley Ashley *29 July 1807:

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*31 October 1812:

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References

*http://www.history.ac.uk/office/ordnance.html Military history of the United Kingdom Deliveries of the Ordnance 1597 establishments in England Senior appointments of the British Army War Office