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.
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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)
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 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
