 Statham had been admitted to the Mercers' Company in 1512 as an apprentice of Robert Imber.He served as one of the four wardens of the company in 1532, as Second House Warden.In 1535 he is recorded as having shipped, together with his son-in-law Vincent Randall, 349 Kerseys to Sinxen Mart as part of a company of 114 cloth shippers.