Notable Clerks of Works
- Geoffrey Chaucer (1343–1400) was an English author, poet, philosopher, bureaucrat, courtier, diplomat and Clerk of the King's Works.
- John Louth was appointed first Clerk of Works of the Board of Ordnance by Henry V in 1414 along with Nicholas Merbury, Master of Ordnance (the Royal Artillery, Royal Engineers & Royal Army Ordnance Corps can all trace their origins to this date).
- William of Wykeham, Lord Chancellor and Bishop of Winchester (1323–1404) was Clerk of the King's Works.
- William Dickinson, Clerk of the King's works 1660 to his death in 1702 and Controller Clerk at Windsor Castle. His son, William Dickinson, was architect and Deputy Surveyor of Westminster Abbey under Sir Christopher Wren.
- James Needham, was appointed Clerk of the King's Works on 30 April 1530, and during that and the two following years was engaged in devising and superintending the building alterations which were carried out at Esher, York Place, and Westminster Palace. In September 1532 he was engaged in the ‘re-edifying’ of St. Thomas's tower within the Tower of London, and was occupied on that and other works in the Tower during the next three years. In April 1533 he was appointed by grant Clerk and Overseer of the King's Works in England.
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