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.

'The stables: Bottlegrooms c. 1669-1782', in Office-Holders in Modern Britain: Volume 11 (Revised), Court Officers, 1660-1837, (London, 2006) pp. 666-667. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/office-holders/vol11/pp666-667 [accessed 20 April 2024]

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.