Clerks and Beadles of The Right Worshipful Company of the Merchants of the Staple of England
Clerks 1600's
- before 1619 - 1623 George Symcotts
- 1623 Thomas Alkin
- 1626 Lewes Marbury (d 1633) .
- 1633 James Daubney (d 1636)
- 1636 Edward Taylor (d 1660)
- 1660 John Robinson (d 1664)
- 1664 Robert Mickell (d 1665)
- 1665 John Godfrey (retd Dec 1693)
- 1693 Charles Burroughs (d 1694)
- 1694 Benjamin Wild senior (d 1722)
Beadles 1600's
- before 1621 John Bromley
- 1621 John Hardwick (d 1621)
- 1622 Henry Lewes
- 1628 Philip Boughton (d July 1634)
- 1634 Steven Mercer (d 1643)
- 1643 John Hall resigned 1648 - old age
- 1648 Owen Edwards (d 1659)
- 1659 John Mansfeild (d 1706)
Clerks 1700's
- 1722 Benjamin Wild junior (d 1754]
- 1754 Beriah Hill (resigned ill 1768)
- 1768 James Ewer (d 1771)
- 1771 William Drew (resigned ill 1787)
- 1787 Beriah Drew (resigned 1820)
Beadles 1700's
- 1706 Samuel Crayker (d 1713)
- 1713 Mathew Smith (d 1722)
- 1722 Richard Neale (d April 1732)
- 1732 Joseph Byard (d 1733)
- 1733 Samuel Bishop (d 1748)
- 1748 Joshua Lyons (d 1758)
- 1758 Nathaniel Ford (d 1767)
- 1767 Richard Smith (d 1776)
- 1766 John Davenport (d 1799)
Clerks 1800's
- 1820 George Drew (resigned 1870)
- 1870 G Bernard H Drew
- 1887 John Tilleard Freeman (resigned 1921)
- 1921 Godfrey J Freeman [d 1955]
Beadles 1800's
- 1800-1813 Benjamin Bishop (d 1814)
- 1816 John Swain the younger (resigned ill 1826)
- 1826 Joshua James Ponting (senior) [d 1872]
- 1872 Joshua Ponting (junior) [resigned 1879]
No Beadle thereafter.
Upper Clerk
- 1951 Ken Bloor
- 1960 J Allan Clough
- 1960 Pat Womersley DFC
- 1985 Martin Arnold
- 1994 Giles Scott
- 2001 Major Simon Hogge MBE
- 2014 Wg Cdr Anthony Robinson RAF
- 2015 Major Simon Hogge MBE
- 2016 Lt Col David O’Kelly