Office-Holders in Modern Britain: Volume 1, Treasury Officials 1660-1870. Originally published by University of London, London, 1972.
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'Clerks 1660-c. 1689', in Office-Holders in Modern Britain: Volume 1, Treasury Officials 1660-1870, (London, 1972) pp. 33. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/office-holders/vol1/p33 [accessed 19 April 2024]
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Clerks 1660-c. 1689
The state of the evidence is such that it is impossible to discern the principles governing the clerical structure of the Treasury before 1689. (fn. 1) The following list notes the names of those persons who occur as Clerks before that date. Such evidence as there is suggests that until 1679 it was unusual for Clerks to remain in the service of the Treasury after their patrons, whether they were Treasurers, Commissioners or Secretaries, had left office. Thereafter they established themselves on a more permanent footing. A significant number of Clerks whose names occur for the first time during Guy's first secretaryship (1679-89) remained in office until their deaths. (fn. 2)
While there is evidence that salaries were paid to Clerks as early as 1676, (fn. 3) it seems probable that for the most part they were dependent on personal fees for their remuneration at least until the funding of the fees which had occurred by 1685.