The Incorporation of Weavers, Fullers & Shearmen

Past Beadles of the Company

1577 Nicholas Lovell

1612 Henry Glandfield, weaver

1636 William Moore, tucker

1638 William Moxsey (Macey)

1653 James Rackley or Radcliffe, tucker

1668 Crispin Wyatt or Wyott, tucker

1674 Peter Reynolds

1680 Thomas Gutteridge

1694 John Pitts, weaver

1714 Jonas Coles

1729 Thomas Drier or Dryer, weaver

1757 Benjamin Bowring, fuller

1775 Edward Turner, weaver

1783 John Bowring, fuller

1823 Benjamin Howe, fuller

1828 Robert Ellard, fuller

1836 George Back, fuller

1838 William Doeg, fuller

1850 Robert Saunders Gannicleft, fuller

1878 William Norman, fuller

1894 William Bowden

1907 James George Hyde

1911 Francis Eveleigh

1913 Arthur Parkhouse

1922 Luke Harding

1932 Alfred John Abrahams

1945 Sidney Carr

1958 J G Draper

1960 C S Hooper

1965 Thomas Leigh

1971 Mr Eckley

1979 I D G Southcombe

1993 Peter Wale

2008 Gordon Reid

2020 Davy Johnston

A FORCE FOR GOOD IN EXETER
THE INCORPORATION OF
WEAVERS FULLERS AND SHEARMEN
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