The bedchamber: Barbers 1660-?1837

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 bedchamber: Barbers 1660-?1837', in Office-Holders in Modern Britain: Volume 11 (Revised), Court Officers, 1660-1837, (London, 2006) pp. 30-31. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/office-holders/vol11/pp30-31 [accessed 25 March 2024]

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Barbers 1660–?1837

The barbers were appointed by the groom of the stole, who wrote to the lord chamberlain for a warrant for swearing in to the gentlemen ushers daily waiters. (fn. 1) Under Charles II, two barbers to the person made £200 in wages, £141 in fees and £46 16s 4d in livery apiece. Under James II three barbers received £200 apiece from the cofferer. From 1689 each barber received £170 from the treasurer of the Chamber, £200 from the cofferer and £46 16s 4d in livery money). The position lapsed under Queen Anne but was revived in a single holder by the Hanoverians. The above total of £370 remained the remuneration until at least 1784. (fn. 2)

Barbers to the Person 1660–1702; 1716–?1837

1660 7 June Folliard, R.
1660 7 June Lisle, T.
1660 30 Dec. Mortimer, B. (to the Household)
1685 22 June Bedingfield, M.
1685 22 June Folliard, R.
1685 22 June Frasier, T.
1689 16 Mar. Fremyn, W.
1689 23 May de Brienne, S.
1694 22 Apr. Longbotham, R.
1716 19 Mar. Amyand, C.
1727 21 Apr. Ranby, J.
1761 19 Jan. Vincent, T.
1798 6 June Brown, R.
1804 22 May Cooper, H
1825 7 Jan. Holmes, W. R.

Barber in Reversion 1673–1685

1673 9 Jan. Folliard, R.

Bagnio-Man 1685–1688

1685 13 May Jennings, Sir W.

Footnotes

  • 1. LC 3/30, p. 34; LC 3/56.
  • 2. LC 3/24, f. 20v; LC 3/30, p. 34; LS 13/38; LC 3/3, f. 2: from 1697 Fremyn received £103 worth of provisions in reward for his constant attendance on the King at Kensington; AO1/427/2.