The household below stairs: Clerks of the Household 1782-1815

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

Citation:

'The household below stairs: Clerks of the Household 1782-1815', 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/pp408-409 [accessed 1 February 2025].

Clerks of the Household 1782–1815

On the abolition of the clerks of the green cloth in 1782 provision was made for two clerks of the household appointed by royal warrant and three assistant clerks of the household appointed by lord steward's warrant. These offices were replaced by the clerks to the board of green cloth in 1815. (fn. 1)

The salary of the first clerk, originally £800, was reduced to £500 in 1783; that of the second clerk, originally £400, was raised to £500 in 1812. The salaries of the assistant clerks were fixed at £210 in 1782. Clark, appointed in 1814, was designated `junior clerk' at £200 a year. (fn. 2)

Clerks 1782–1815



1782	1 July	Secker, J.
1782	1 July	Fanshawe, J.
1785	27 July	Hillman, W.
1793	9 Feb.	Stone, G.
1800	11 Oct.	Willis, H.N.
1813	19 May	Bicknell, C.

Assistant Clerks 1782–1815



1782	1 July	Boulton, H.
1782	1 July	Bray, W.
1782	1 July	Stephenson, J.
1782	9 Oct.	Lavie, J.
1785	6 July	Dyson, J.
1790	24 Dec.	Jenkinson, J.
1810	6 Apr.	Stone, R.

Junior Clerk 1814–1815



1814	6 Jan.	Clark, C.G.H.