Privy Chamber: Grooms of the Privy Chamber 1660-1837

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

'Privy Chamber: Grooms of the Privy Chamber 1660-1837', in Office-Holders in Modern Britain: Volume 11 (Revised), Court Officers, 1660-1837, (London, 2006) pp. 38-42. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/office-holders/vol11/pp38-42 [accessed 25 April 2024]

Grooms of the Privy Chamber 1660–1837

According to the Household Ordinances of Charles II, the grooms of the privy chamber were responsible for manning the doors into the privy chamber. However, by 1720 they had largely lost their attendance `but on extraordinary Occasions, as Coronations, &c. and on Ambassadores'. (fn. 1) They were appointed by lord chamberlain's warrant. During the reign of Charles II their number was six; during that of James II it was reduced to two; from 1689 it was fixed at four. (fn. 2) They received salaries of £73 consisting of wages of £20 and board wages of £53. (fn. 3) Early in the period, they were also entitled to diet and lodging when in attendance, candle ends, livery worth £40, riding wages and fees of honor which averaged about £30–40 per annum early in the eighteenth century. (fn. 3)

Under Charles II, assistant grooms, also known as `grooms of the privy chamber in ordinary standing supernumerary' were appointed at £20 per annum. (fn. 4) Between 1731 and 1740 an extra groom was occasionally appointed.

Grooms 1660–1837



1660	6 June	Wynn, M.
1660	6 June	Elliott, J.
1660	6 June	Thompson, R.
1660	7 June	Hill, A.
1660	10 June	May, A.
1660	12 June	Progers, J.
1661	17 May	Burgess, R.
1669	27 Jan.	Ross, T.
1670	30 Apr.	Ingram, A.
1671	15 May	Cooke, T.
1672	15 May	French, P.
1673	17 May	Lowther, J.
1673	25 June	Jeffreys, C.
1676	8 July	Bellingham, J.
1676	18 Dec.	Graves, H.
1677	11 Oct.	Binns, R.
1678	20 May	Peyton, Y.
1680	23 Oct.	Lloyd, E.
1683	20 Aug.	Radcliffe, J.
1689	28 Mar.	Duppa, T.
1689	28 Mar.	Graves, H.
1694	12 Jan.	Carbonell, D.
1695	29 July	Wallis, W.
1695	30 Nov.	Whitmore, W.
1699	22 Dec.	Barkham, R.
1700	19 May	Wallis, R.
1701	25 Oct.	Tilburgh, C.
1702	9 July	Bonning, J.
1702	9 July	Hemmington, R.
1711	26 Mar.	Tilburgh, C.
1715	28 May	Ashley, J.
1719	3 Feb.	Trymmer, J.
1719	12 Aug.	Parsons, E.
1720	25 Nov.	Parsons, J.
1728	10 Dec.	Edwards, L.
1729	11 May	Odiarne, W.
1740	2 June	Collins, C.
1745	7 June	Capel, E.
1750	24 Feb.	Collins, C.H.
1762	3 June	Pegge, S.
1762	8 Oct.	Pegge, S.
1774	5 July	Larpent, J.
1774	6 July	Collins, T.
1778	24 Oct.	Fordice, W.
1781	24 Feb.	Trail, J.
1781	18 Nov.	Hawkins, J.
1785	7 Mar.	Wortham, H.Y.
1788	Mar.	Byron, R.
1794	5 Feb.	Armstrong, E.
1797	19 Oct.	Chester, R.
1798	29 July	Meller, J.
1799		Whitshed, J.
1800	23 May	Hunter, J.
1802	18 May	Fowle, W.C.
1808	19 Aug.	Chapman, F.
1812	3 June	Scott, W.F.
1814	6 July	Powell, R.
1818	12 Aug.	Beresford, W.M.J.
1823	12 Dec.	Dashwood, C.
1832	21 Apr.	Boyle, C.E.W.
1833	23 Apr.	Shiffner, T.
1836	6 May	Blackwood, A.J.

Assistant Grooms of the Privy Chamber 1662–1685



1662	16 Mar.	Ross, T.
1662	16 Mar.	Ingram, A.
1669	27 Jan.	Davyes, J.
1670	30 Apr.	Bray, G.
1672	12 Feb.	Molms, J.
1673	13 June	Purcell, F.
1677	10 Nov.	Mitton, Sir J.

Supernumerary Assistant Grooms of the Privy Chamber

(`in Ordinary Standing Supernumerary') with Wages and Liveries 1660–?1685



[1660]		Greene, T.
1660	6 June	Cooke, T.
1660	8 June	Davyes, T.
1660	9 June	Lisle, T.
1660	9 June	Binns, R.
1660	9 June	Nicholls, -
[1660]	9 June	Bray, G.
1660	14 June	Baghott, T.
1660	14 June	Elwes, J.
1660	14 June	Ross, T.
1660	14 July	Ingram, A.
1660	19 June	Burgess, R.
1660	24 Aug.	Hooker, G.
1661	27 Sept.	Goughaquin, J.
1661	26 Dec.	Davys, J.
1663	25 Mar.	Thompson, R.
1664	8 Oct.	Stepney, G.
1665	2 Jan.	George, J.
1666	14 May	Swynfen, J.
1666	4 Oct.	Purefoy, P.
1667	8 May	Thorpe, I.
1667	20 Dec.	Cressett, F.
1668	27 Feb.	Clarke, J.
1668	25 Apr.	Luntley, J.
1669	31 Mar.	Cressett, J.
1669	29 July	Trethewy, J.
1670	4 Mar.	Pilson, R.
1670	18 Apr.	Molms, J.
1671	7 Mar.	Curcellis, N.
1671	27 May	Bolen, J.
1671	26 Dec.	Browne, J.
1675	17 Apr.	Mitton, Sir J.

Grooms of the Privy Chamber in Extraordinary 1660–1685; 1731–1740



[1660]		Terry, W.
[1660]		Corbett, F.
[1660]		Trym, G.
[1660]		Purefoy, P.
1660	28 June	Geery, W.
1660	8 Aug.	Cressett, F.
1660	6 Sept.	Price, J.
1661	31 Jan.	Church, B.
1661	23 Feb.	Bohn, J.
1661	18 June	Rogers, H.
1661	26 June	Tooley, E.
1661	15 July	Sabbs, P.
1662	26 May	Ward, R.
1662	19 June	Rowse, D.
1662	21 June	Duffey, P.
1662	22 Oct.	Hooke, J.
1662	29 Nov.	Stoughton, T.
1663	24 Jan.	Ireland, A.
1663	27 Jan.	Plodwell, C.
1663	2 Aug.	Drawater, J.
1663	26 Aug.	Hurden, P.
1663	15 Oct.	Austen, R.
1667	22 Aug.	Abrahamson, I.
1668	24 Feb.	Bray, L.
1670	3 Mar.	Hext, A.
1673	14 Mar.	Swynfen, F.
1731	3 Dec.	Cullum, F.
1737	18 June	Collins, C.
1740	2 June	Perry, --