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Office-Holders in Modern Britain: Volume 11 (Revised), Court Officers, 1660-1837. Originally published by University of London, London, 2006.

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'The Chapel Royal at St James's', in Office-Holders in Modern Britain: Volume 11 (Revised), Court Officers, 1660-1837, ed. R O Bucholz( London, 2006), British History Online https://prod.british-history.ac.uk/office-holders/vol11/pp304-315 [accessed 26 November 2024].

Chapel Royal at St. James's (from 1704, Whitehall) 1689–1829; 1837

The chapel royal at St. James's was established in 1689. By January 1704, in the aftermath of the burning of Whitehall, it was removed to the Banqueting House of that palace. (fn. 1) Its officers were appointed by warrant from the dean of the chapel royal to the sub-dean. There were two reading chaplains attached to the chapel `whose duty is to read Prayers twice a day in their respective waitings, on Sundays more particularly at Eight of the Clock in the morning, when the Sacrament is always administred throughout the whole Year; and after it at Ten of the Clock' at £10 in wages and £70 per annum apiece. (fn. 2) In addition, there were six preaching chaplains, appointed by the dean of the chapel royal, in attendance for two months at a time between at least 1692 and 1724. Early editions of Chamberlayne list a salary of £80 per annum, apiece, but by the reign of George I they received no salary. (fn. 3) Late in the reign of William III these six chaplains were designated `The Princess's Chaplains'. (fn. 4)

From 1724 the six preaching chaplains were increased to twenty-four, `being Fellows of Colleges in the two Universities' at £30 per annum apiece `for preaching one Month in the Year.' (fn. 5) These positions ceased in 1829 when the Whitehall chapel was closed for renovations. When it was reopened in April 1837 it was staffed by just two preachers. (fn. 6)

The closet keeper at St. James's, transferred to Whitehall about 1704, made £50 per annum plus £40 as chapel keeper. The chapel keeper at St. James's (later Whitehall), sometimes called the yeoman of the chapel (and therefore not to be confused with the yeoman of the vestry: see RK [1797], p. 94), was paid £50 plus £50 per annum for providing surplices. Under George I, his wages were reduced to £41 10s but he made an additional £31 5s by providing table-linnen for the chaplains. This was in addition to the £50 for surplices. (fn. 7)

Reading Chaplains at St. James's (from c. 1704, Whitehall)1689–1837



1689	4 Oct.	Smith, J.
1689	4 Oct.	Pullein, J.
1691	23 Dec.	Harper, T.
1697	29 Sept.	Palmer, B.
1708	28 Oct.	Case, T.
1710	6 Mar.	Key, F.
1715	8 Aug.	Mingy, T.
1719	9 July	Flintoft, L.
1727	8 Nov.	Carleton, G.
1732	29 Dec.	Richardson, J.
1748	6 June	Evans, J.
1761	23 Feb.	Cowley, F.L.
1777	6 Nov.	Evans, D.
1778	3 Dec.	Este, C.
1781	28 Apr.	Morel, W.
1808	24 Nov.	Howlett, J.H.
1813	23 Oct.	Jones, T.

Afternoon Reader c. 1805–1837



By 1805		Clark, J.
1805	2 Dec.	Caddick, R.
By 1816		Hesketh, T.
By 1827		Owen, W.

[Preaching] Chaplains at St. James's (From 1704, Whitehall)1692–1829



By 1692		Newton, -
By 1692		Athur, -
By 1692		Chettwood, -
By 1692		Doughty, -
By 1692		Appleford, -
By 1692		Green, -
By 1694		Penton, S.
By 1694		Felstead, T.
By 1694		Bedford, -
By 1694		Atterbury, L.
By 1700		Groves, W.
By 1700		Swinfin, J.
By 1704		Ovington, J.
By 1704		Brown, F.
By 1707		Marshall, T.
By 1715		Marshall, [?T], jun.
By 1715		Willis, -
By 1715		Ramsey, -
By 1718		Bridger, -
By 1718		Hill, -
By 1718		Worcester, -
By 1720		Flintoff, L.
By 1723		Richardson, J.
By 1723		Carleton, G.
By 1727		Speke, P.
By 1727		Wilcox, J.
By 1727		Cary, J.
By 1727		Nicholls, W.
By 1727		Holmes, G.
By 1727		Allen, F.
By 1727		Meadowcourt, R.
By 1727		Castle, E.
By 1727		Cartwright, T.
1727	1 Jan.	Reynolds, -
1727	15 Jan.	Haynes, -
1727	5 Feb.	Stillingfleet, -
1727	19 Feb.	Hildesley, M.
1727	6 Mar.	Williams, P.
1727	19 Mar.	Peisley, -
1727	2 Apr.	Reynell,
C.1727	16 Apr.	Fortin, -
1727	7 May	Streat, -
1727	21 May	Adams, J.
1727	4 June	Washington, G.
1727	18 June	Thomas, J.
1727	2 July	Vernon, E.
1728	21 Jan.	Sedgewick, W.
1728	4 Feb.	Conybeare, J.
1728	17 Mar.	Brown, J.
1728	21 Apr.	Le Hunt, A.
1728	16 June	Ratcliff, J.
1728	7 July	Greene, S.
1728	16 Nov.	Clarkson, C.
1729	21 Sept.	Prescott, K.
1730	1 Mar.	Low, W.
1730	19 Apr.	Marriott, R.
1730	7 June	Brotherton, T.
1730	21 June	Lawson, J.
1730	1 Nov.	Edgecumbe, J.
1730	20 Dec.	Bradshaw, W.
1731	16 May	Heyrick, N.
1731	18 July	Chapman, J.
1732	2 Jan.	Thornborough, E.
1732	20 Feb.	Trevigar, L.
1732	16 Apr.	Bernard, J.
1732	2 July	Wightwick, W.
1732	20 July	Johnson, T.
1732	17 Sept.	Garnett, J.
1732	5 Nov.	Rooke, G. H.
1732	3 Dec.	Tilson, R.
1733	20 May	Cannon, C.
1733	17 June	Smyth, T.
1734	15 Dec.	Tottie, J.
1735	18 May	Stedman, S.
1736	4 Feb.	Jackson, L.
1736	1 Aug.	Bentham, E.
1736	15 Aug.	Caryl, L.
1737	18 Sept.	Prescott, K.
1737	23 Oct.	Hole, W.
1737	20 Nov.	Burton, D.
1738	19 Mar.	Wolley, S.
1738	4 June	Keene, E.
1738	20 Aug.	Plumptre, C.
1738	19 Nov.	Green, J.
1739	22 July	Woodward, J.
1739	17 Aug.	Payne, G.
1739	21 Oct.	Aylmer, F.
1740	20 July	Thicknesse, T.
1740	17 Aug.	Goddard, P.
1740	2 Nov.	Brown, R.
1740	14 Dec.	Gilbert, W.
1741	4 Jan.	Higgate, J.
1741	18 Oct.	Nourse, P.
1742	17 Jan.	Berdmore, T.
1742	20 June	Forster, T.
1742	18 July	Bennet, P.
1742	19 Sept.	Heaton, H.
1742	19 Dec.	Costard, G.
1743	5 June	Yonge, P.
1743	3 July	Fothergill, W.
1743	20 Nov.	Thomson, J.
1743	4 Dec.	Belham, E.
1744	15 Jan.	Wigley, J.
1744	4 Mar.	Wilson, C.
1744	17 June	Lowth, R.
1744	16 Sept.	Ibbetson, J.
1745	2 June	Stebbing, H.
1745	20 Oct.	Saunders, E.
1745	17 Nov.	Hughes, D.
1746	20 Apr.	Rothery, W.
1746	15 June	Wells, C.
1747	16 Aug.	Barnard, T.
1748	17 Apr.	Buxton, J.
1748	1 May	Parker, W.
1748	19 June	Hind, R.
1749	5 Nov.	Green, R.
1750	7 Jan.	Amphlett, J.
1750	3 June	Ross, J.
1751	3 Mar.	Hurd, R.
1751	21 Apr.	Newton, B.
1751	2 June	Duquesne, V.R.
1751	16 June	Teritt, J.
1751	15 sept.	Barton, H.
1751	6 Oct.	Hobson, T.
1751	15 Dec.	Sharp, W.
1752	19 Jan.	Hall, C.
1752	17 Dec.	Twynihoe, C.
1753	18 Feb.	Thorpe, J.
1753	18 Mar.	Neve, T.
1753	15 July	Davy, J.
1754	2 June	Backhouse, J.
1754	16 June	Kennecott, B.
1754	1 Sept.	Eliot, L.
1755	6 July	Fothergill, T.
1755	7 Sept.	E. Betham
1755	4 May	Blencowe, W.
1755	3 Aug.	Nash, T.
1756	3 Oct.	Cotes, R.
1756	7 Nov.	Tutté, F.
1758	5 Mar.	Porteus, B.
1758	4 June	Richardson, R.
1758	15 Oct.	Longmire, D.
1759	16 Sept.	Holwall, W.
By 1760		Hitchcock, T.
1760	1 June	Barford, W.
1760	21 Sept.	Lynch, J.
1760	5 Oct.	Newcome, W.
1761	1 Feb.	Edwards, E.
1761	19 Apr.	Halifax, S.
1761	17 May	Gunning, S.
1762	3 Jan.	Hubbard, H.
1763	16 Jan.	Smallwell, E.
1763	20 Mar.	Rowden, F.
1763	3 Apr.	Rotherham, J.
1763	18 Sept.	Kent, A.
1764	4 Mar.	Beadon, R.
1764	17 June	Mortimer, C.
By 1765		Easton, T.
1765	5 May	Shinton, G.
1765	4 Aug.	Evens, -
1765	17 Aug.	Backhouse, W.
1765	17 Nov.	Talbot, W.
1766	3 Aug.	Ellison, N.
1766	5 Oct.	Wheeler, B.
1767	5 Apr.	Thomson, S.
1767	3 May	Cleaver, J.
1767	17 May	Colman, W.
1767	20 Sept.	Nicholls, J.
1767	15 Nov.	Berdmore, S.
1768	3 Jan.	Hay, J.
1768	3 July	Nicolson, T.
1769	19 Nov.	Farmor, R.
1770	1 Apr.	Blaney, B.
1770	6 May	Chelsum, J.
1770	3 June	Thackeray, E.
1770	15 July	Wright, B.
1770	18 Nov.	Lort, M.
1770	2 Dec.	Purkiss, W.
1770	16 Dec.	Griffith, T.
1771	21 Apr.	Paley, W.
1771	4 Aug.	Saintsbury, T.
1772	19 Jan.	Lucas, J.
1772	16 Aug.	Collier, W.
1772	22 Nov.	Pearce, W.
1773	18 July	Stevens, T.
1773	19 Sept.	Campbell, C.
1773	7 Dec.	Bond, W.
1773	5 Dec.	Arnald, W.
1773	19 Dec.	Hele, R.
1774	7 Aug.	Turner, G.
1775		Stinton, T.
1775	3 Sept.	Yates, L.
1775	16 July	Boyce, T.
1775	19 Nov.	Norris, C.
1775	17 Dec.	Burrough, J.
1775	3 Dec.	Blackhall, S.
1777	16 Mar.	White, J.
1777	20 Apr.	Tyson, M.
1777	1 June	Stephenson, M. A.
1777	20 July	Hayter, T.
1777	7 Sept.	Borlase, G.
1777	15 Oct.	Randolph, H.
1777	19 Oct.	Mapletoft, E.
1780	16 Apr.	Kipling, T.
1780	21 May	Walsby, E.
1780	20 Aug.	Cranke, J.
1780	1 Oct.	Holmes, R.
1780	5 Nov.	Pettingal, T.
1781	18 Feb.	Cooke, W.
1782		Berkely, J.
1782	5 May	Sergrove, W.
1782	2 June	Waterhouse, J.
1782	16 June	Wintour, T.
1782	7 July	Fisher, P.
1783	21 Sept.	Collinson, S.
1784	18 Jan.	Bentham, T.
1784	15 Aug.	Atkinson,C.
1784	3 Oct.	White, J.
1785		Sarraude, J.
1785	17 Apr.	Bennet, W.
1785	21 Aug.	Seale, J. B.
1785	6 Oct.	Parkinson, T.
1785	11 Dec.	Plampin, J.
By 1786		Hamanacke, -
1786	19 Feb.	Cockshute, T.
1786	2 Apr.	Flamank, W.
1786	4 June	Buckland, J.
1786	20 Aug.	Hodson, W.
1787		Richards, H.
1787	4 Nov.	Griffin, -
1787	9 Dec.	Warburton, W.
1788		Pett, P.
1788	16 Mar.	Inge, W.
1788	19 Oct.	Parke, B.
1788		Churton, R.
1789	20 Dec.	Griffith, G.
1790	7 Mar.	Fawcett, J.
1790	15 Mar.	Prosser, R.
1790	18 Apr.	Kerrick, F.
1790		Coulthorst, W.H.
1790	15 Aug.	Webster, R.
1790	5 Sept.	Cooper, W.
1791		Riley, R.
1791	2 Jan.	Hopkins, J.
1791	4 Sept.	Douglas, P.
1791	20 Nov.	Cautley, T.
1791		Veysie, D.
1792		Metcalfe, J.
1792	18 Mar.	Pye, H.A..
1792	4 Nov.	Harpur, G.
1794	16 Feb.	Brown, T.
1794	16 Mar.	Barker, C.
1794	6 July	Demainbray, S.
1794	21 Sept.	Simpson, F.
1794	3 Oct.	Morel, W.
1795	15 Feb.	Vickers, J.
1795	23 Aug.	Hardy, R.
1795	6 Sept.	Mitford Peacock, D.
1795	15 Nov.	Creswell, F.
1796		Illingworth, G. S.
1796	24 Jan.	Wintle, H.
1796	3 Apr.	Kett, H.
1796	17 July	Curry, J.
1796	4 Sept.	Cannon, E.
1796	18 Dec.	Neve, E R.
1797	3 Sept.	Mitchell, J.H.
1798	11 Feb.	Parsons, G.
1798	4 Mar.	Bridge, B.
1798	3 June	Guard, J.
1798	5 Aug.	Sawkins, C.
1798	23 Sept.	Davis, H.
1799	21 Apr.	Farish, W.
1799	7 July	Heyes, J. L.
1799	19 Aug.	Polhill, J. B.
1799	4 Oct.	Mayo, C.
1800	21 Dec.	Vaughan, P.
By 1801		Carey, W.
1801	18 Jan.	Hooper, W.
1801	9 Aug.	Porteus, -
1801	20 Sept.	Vincicomb, J.
1801	1 Nov.	Cholmondeley, H.
1802	17 Feb.	Wood, W.
1802	16 May	Chapman, B.
1802	18 Apr.	Holden, J.
1802	1 Aug.	Pearson, T.
1802	15 Aug.	Scott, E.
1802	22 Aug.	Agutter, W.
1802	29 Aug.	Pearce, T.
1803	3 Sept.	Hodgson, E.
1803	26 Sept.	Wheeler, W.
1803	20 Mar.	Thomas, V.
1803	5 June	Michell, R.
1803	21 Aug.	Blackhall, S.
1803	3 Sept.	Hodgson, E.
1804	4 Mar.	Brown, G. A.
1804	19 Aug.	Butler, W.
1804	2 Sept.	Doncaster, J.
1804	16 Sept.	Warrington, W.
1804	18 Nov.	Jackson, T.
1804	2 Dec.	Hornbuckle, T. W.
1805	20 Jan.	Shepherd, G.
1805	4 Aug.	Dickenson, R.
1805	18 Aug.	Walker, J.
1806	22 Mar.	Darnell, W. N.
1806	17 Aug.	Chevalier, C.
1806	19 Oct.	Rogers, E.
1806	9 Nov.	Barnes, F.
1806	7 Dec.	Ellis, F.
1807	6 Sept.	Hoskins, T.
By 1808		Bandinel, B.
1808	1 May	Rowley, G.
By 1811		Wintle, T.
1811		Hollingsworth, J. B.
1811	17 Mar.	Griffith, E.
1811	21 Apr.	D'Oyley, G.
1811	22 Sept.	Tench, J.
1811	3 Nov.	Goldesborough, J.
1811	1 Dec.	Cumming, J.
1811	22 Dec.	Jenkyns, R.
1812	9 Feb.	Chafey, W.
1812	5 May	Webber, J.
1812	7 June	Copplestone, E.
1812	19 July	Monk, J. H.
1812	18 Oct.	Dickes, T.
1812		Gardiner, R.B.
1813	2 Aug.	Pemberton, W.A.
1813	19 Sept.	Bridges, T. E.
1813	3 Oct.	Spencer, J.
1814	2 Jan.	Kaye, J.
1814	6 Feb.	Corne, W.
1814	1 May	Tarpley, K.M.R.
1815	1 Jan.	Jephson, S.T.
1815	16 July	French, W.
1815	20 Aug.	Jefferson, R.
1815	3 Sept.	Markby, W.H.
1815	1 Oct.	Phillips, C.
1815	5 Nov.	Davison, J.
1815	19 Nov.	Vince, S. B.
1815	17 Dec.	Parker, C. F.
By 1817		Hughes, T.J.S.
1817	2 Nov.	Shuttleworth, P.N.
1818	1 Feb.	Page, J.
1818	7 June	Goodenough, E.
1819	18 Apr.	Calvert, T.
1819	2 May	Lloyd, C.
1819	3 Oct.	Cardwell, E.
1820	6 Aug.	Russell, W.
1820	3 Dec.	Turton, T.
1821	9 July	Benson, C.
1821	5 Aug.	Short, T.V.
1821	17 Sept.	Stevens, R.S.
1822	2 Sept.	Bridge, B.
1822	2 Feb.	Bull, J.
1821	4 Nov.	Beale, J.
1822	3 Nov.	Keble, J.
1822	1 Dec.	Hustler, J.D.
1823		Symons, B.P.
1823	20 Apr.	Graham, J.
1823	8 June	Knatchbull, W.
1823	3 Aug.	Dixson, R.
1823	7 Sept.	Musgrave, T.
1823	2 Nov.	Lipscomb, C.
1824		Lonsdale, J.
1824	6 Jan.	Ellison, N. T.
1824	18 July	Robinson, H.
1824	19 Sept.	Rose, C.
1824	7 Nov.	Watts, J.
1825	8 May	Tyler, J. E.
1825	18 Dec.	Streatfield, W.
By 1825		Griffith, J.
1825	15 Oct.	Shelford, T.
1826	2 July	Ogilvie, C. A.
1827	6 May	Longley, C. T.
1827	5 Aug.	Jackson, W.
1827	19 Aug.	Byam, R.B.
1827	2 Sept.	Skinner, G.
1827	4 Nov.	Hawkins, E.
1827	18 Nov.	Kirby, H.
1828	5 Oct.	Churton, T.T.
1828	2 Nov.	Richards, J.L.
1828	21 Dec.	Newman, J.H.
1829	4 Jan.	Crick, T.
1829	3 May	Tilbrooke, S.
1829	2 July	Crawley, R.
1837	Apr.	Oakely, F.
1837	Apr.	Philpot, H.

Closet Keeper at St. James's [from c. 1704 at Whitehall] 1685–1837



1685	29 Dec.	Booth, D.
1690	12 Feb.	Phipps, N.
1704	28 Jan.	Farmer, D.
1718	12 June	Bennett, P.
1768	15 Mar.	Richardson, T.
1785	2 Dec.	Miles, J.
1829	Feb.	Lingard, F.
1830	6 Jan.	Style, W.

Chapel Keeper [later Yeoman] at St. James's [later Whitehall] 1685–1837



1685	29 Dec.	Richardson, J.
1743	30 Mar.	Martin, J.
1772	16 July	Chamberlain, B.
1803	20 Jan.	Provis, T.
1821	Dec.	Filor, J.
1829	26 Dec.	Lingard, F.

Cleaner 1830–?



1830	6 May	Filor, M.
1832	3 July	Lingard, F.