Clerks
There is no doubt that the office of the Clerk is of very ancient creation, although the first mention of one only occurs in the Charter of James 1 in 1605. As it is likely there were registers to be kept, apprentices to bind, quarterages to collect, and many other matters relating to the working of the Guild, to receive attention, it is more than probable the office existed from the very earliest conception of the Company.
The Clerk's Badge - Presented on St Paul's Day 1954 by Harold Dix Esq - Master 1953
Clerks 1605 to 1948
1605 – Richard Colson
1686 – John Bell
1701 – 1711 John Bushnell
1712 – Joseph Knapp
1713 – 1721 D Williams
1722 – 1756 John Harwood
1756 – 1769 Charles Lesure
1769 – 1774 William Poell
1774 – 1812 William Brent
1812 – 1838 Charles Martin
1839 – 1861 Nathaniel Martin
1861 – 1890 Octavius Chapman Tryon Eagleton
1890 – 1931 John Eagleton
1933 – 1948 Guy Tryon Eagleton
Clerks 1948 to Present
1948 – 1960 Donald James Methven
1960 – 1967 J Jeremy Moreton
1967 – 1980 David Leslie Hohnen
1980 – 1981 Roger A Hutchinson
1981 – 1985 John Charles Airey
1985 – Pauline Halliday OBE
1986 – 1988 Brigadier Ronald Eccles DSO
1989 – 1996 Commander Michael Tom Harold Styles RN
1996 – 2015 Lt Col Lionel G French
2015 – 2019 Lt Col Philip Brown
2019 - 2021 John Henry Reid Grant
2021 - 2022 Lt Cdr Melville Petrie RN
2022 - 2022 PM John Warner Clerk Pro Tempore
2022 - Present Sarah Murnane
Fruiterers' Fact
John Eagleton was admitted to the Livery in 1883 and was the Clerk of the Fruiterers’ Company for forty one years(1890-1931)