Office-Holders in Modern Britain: Volume 11 (Revised), Court Officers, 1660-1837

Provides career details of every remunerated officer and servant of the English royal household. It covers the bedchamber and the public rooms; the medical, artistic and religious establishments; the household below stairs and the stables. Officers are also indexed by name. This is a revised edition of volumes 11 and 12 of the series, first published in 1997-8.

Office-Holders in Modern Britain.

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'Office-Holders in Modern Britain', in Office-Holders in Modern Britain: Volume 11 (Revised), Court Officers, 1660-1837, (London, 2006). British History Online https://prod.british-history.ac.uk/office-holders/vol11 [accessed 24 June 2024].

"Office-Holders in Modern Britain", in Office-Holders in Modern Britain: Volume 11 (Revised), Court Officers, 1660-1837, (London, 2006). British History Online, accessed June 24, 2024, https://prod.british-history.ac.uk/office-holders/vol11.

"Office-Holders in Modern Britain", in Office-Holders in Modern Britain: Volume 11 (Revised), Court Officers, 1660-1837, (London, 2006), British History Online. Web. 24 June 2024, https://prod.british-history.ac.uk/office-holders/vol11.

Table of Contents

Title Page(s)
The household below stairs: Clerks of the Debentures 1761-82 407
The household below stairs: Paymaster 1782-1837 407-408
The household below stairs: Clerks of the Household 1782-1815 408-409
The household below stairs: Secretariat of the Board of Green Cloth 1813-37 409-411
The household below stairs: Accompting House 1660-1782 411-414
The household below stairs: Necessary Woman to the Household 414
The household below stairs: Acatry 1660-1761 415-418
The household below stairs: Almonry 1660-1837 418-420
The household below stairs: Bakehouse 1660-1761 420-426
The household below stairs: Boiling House 1660-80 426
The household below stairs: Buttery 1660-1821 427-431
The household below stairs: Cartakers 1660-c. 1829 431-435
The household below stairs: Cellar 1660-1837 435-446
The household below stairs: Chandry 1660-1702 446-449
The household below stairs: Confectionary 1660-1837 449-453
The household below stairs: Ewry 1660-1837 453-458
The household below stairs: Marshals of the Hall 1660-1716 458-459
The household below stairs: Waiters and Servitors in Hall 460-462
The household below stairs: Harbingers 1660-1782 462-468
The household below stairs: Kitchen 1660-1837 469-473
The household below stairs: King's Kitchen 1660-1837 473-496
The household below stairs: Queen's Kitchen 1663-1737 496-502
The household below stairs: Household Kitchen 502-509
The household below stairs: Larder 1660-1761 510-513
The household below stairs: Laundry 1660-89 513-518
The household below stairs: Knight Marshal 1660-1837 518-521
The household below stairs: Pantry 1660-1821 521-527
The household below stairs: Pastry 1660-c. 1805 527-534
The household below stairs: Pitcher House 1660-85 534-536
The household below stairs: Porters at Gate 1660-1837 538-548
The household below stairs: Gentlemen Porters at Carlton House 1812-1837 548-550
The household below stairs: Porters at Buckingham House 1820-1830 550-551
The household below stairs: Porters at Windsor Castle and Kew 1821-1837 551-552
The household below stairs: Assistant, Night and Under Porters 1816-1837 552-553
The household below stairs: Porters at Somerset House 554-555
The household below stairs: Porters at the Queen's House ?1768-1812 555-556
The household below stairs: Porters at the Pavilion at Brighton and St James's Park 557
The household below stairs: Poultry 1660-1761 558-561
The household below stairs: Scalding House 1660-1761 561-564
The household below stairs: Scullery 1660-1837 564-574
The household below stairs: Spicery 1660-1818 574-576
The household below stairs: Verge c. 1673-1837 576-577
The household below stairs: Wafery 1660-80 577-578
The household below stairs: Woodyard and Coalyard 1660-1837 578-584
The household below stairs: Keeper of the Greens Office 1761-1815 584-585
The household below stairs: Keeper of the Butter and Eggs 1761-1814 585
The household below stairs: Coffee Room Women 1764-1837 585-586
The household below stairs: Surveyor of the Dresser 586-587
The household below stairs: Table-Deckers 1713-1837 587-590
The household below stairs: Firemakers and lamplighters 590-591
The household below stairs: Chamber-Keepers to Various Tables 592
The household below stairs: Watchmen 1702-1837 592-595
The household below stairs: Other offices 595-601
The stables: Master of the Horse 1660-1837 603-604
The stables: Gentleman of the Horse 605
The stables: Avenor, Chief Equerry and Clerk Martial 1660-1837 605-606
The stables: Equerries 1660-1837 607-611
The stables: Pages of Honour 1660-1837 611-615
The stables: Clerks of the Avery c. 1661-1782 615-616
The stables: Clerk of the Stables c. 1669-1837 616-618
The stables: Surveyor of the Highways 1660-1782 618-619
The stables: Surveyors of the Stables and Riding Surveyor 619-620
The stables: Veterinary Surgeons and Inspectors of the Stables 620
The stables: Stable (or Mews) Keepers c. 1669-1837 621-624
The stables: Page of the Backstairs (to the Mews) 624-625
The stables: The Carriages c. 1669-1782 625-628
The stables: Riders c. 1669-1702; 1714-1837 628-631
The stables: Yeoman of the Stirrup c. 1675-1702 631-632
The stables: Sadlers c. 1669-?1812 632-633
The stables: Muleteer c. 1664-1685 634
The stables: Yeoman Packman and of the Male 634
The stables: Farriers c. 1669-1791 635-638
The stables: Footmen c. 1669-1837 638-645
The stables: Grooms c. 1665-1837 645-655
The stables: Coachmen 1662-1837 655-658
The stables: Chairmen [Groom Littermen], c. 1669-1812 658-659
The stables: Helpers in the Stables c. 1704-1837 660-663
The stables: Chaiseman 1763-1812 663
The stables: Postilions in the Stables c. 1705-1837 664-666
The stables: Bottlegrooms c. 1669-1782 666-667
The stables: Messenger of the Avery (or Stables) c. 1682-1837 668
The stables: Porters, doorkeepers, watchmen and office-keepers 668-672
The stables: Pumpers and heaters of water 672
The stables: Gentleman Armourer 672-673
The stables: Storekeeper of the Stables 1702-1837 673-674
The stables: Riding Purveyors, Purveyors and Granitors 672-676
The stables: Coachmakers 676-677
The stables: The Stud 1661-1728 677-680
The stables: Keeper of the Racehorses 1693-1782 681
The stables: Hunting Positions 1783-1837 681-684
Index of officers: Introduction 684
Index of officers: A 684-715
Index of officers: Ba - Be 715-758
Index of officers: Bi - Bo 758-783
Index of officers: Br - By 783-822
Index of officers: Ca - Ch 822-855
Index of officers: Ci - Co 855-900
Index of officers: Cr - Cu 900-912
Index of officers: D 912-956
Index of officers: E 956-976