The stables: Bottlegrooms c. 1669-1782

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

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Bottlegrooms c. 1669–1782

There were two bottlegrooms (also known as `Grooms of the Bottle Horses') on the Household Establishment of 1664. They each received £24 6s 10d per annum. Later in the reign of Charles II they each received £18 5s. Their number was reduced to one on the Establishment of 1685, at £54 per annum in wages. This servant's wages were reduced to £36 per annum under Queen Anne, but were raised to £82 on the Establishment of George II in order to pay for two horses. Prior to abolition in 1782 as a sinecure, this servant received £82 in salary and £36 per annum for livery. (fn. 1)

By 1669 Hill, T.
By 1669 Johnson, R.
By 1682 Chapman, T.
By 1682 Stafferton, T.
1685 31 Mar. Caplin, J.
1685 31 Mar. Peach, J.
1689 23 May Vausant, T.
1693 21 Mar. Surrell, P.
1694 2 Jan. LaTour, R.
1702 6 July Peach, J.
1737 20 June Elliot, J.
1737 31 Dec. Cape, T.
1757 13 May Quin, J.
1772 2 July Wilkinson, J.

Footnotes

  • 1. LS 13/34, f. 17; Dartmouth MSS ox D (w) 1778/v/132; LS 13/38, f. 16v; LS 13/43, f. 21v; LS 13/49, p. 50; MOH PB 1, pp. 135–36, 161, 168–69.