The household below stairs: Clerks of the Household 1782-1815

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 household below stairs: Clerks of the Household 1782-1815', in Office-Holders in Modern Britain: Volume 11 (Revised), Court Officers, 1660-1837, (London, 2006) pp. 408-409. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/office-holders/vol11/pp408-409 [accessed 26 April 2024]

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Clerks of the Household 1782–1815

On the abolition of the clerks of the green cloth in 1782 provision was made for two clerks of the household appointed by royal warrant and three assistant clerks of the household appointed by lord steward's warrant. These offices were replaced by the clerks to the board of green cloth in 1815. (fn. 1)

The salary of the first clerk, originally £800, was reduced to £500 in 1783; that of the second clerk, originally £400, was raised to £500 in 1812. The salaries of the assistant clerks were fixed at £210 in 1782. Clark, appointed in 1814, was designated `junior clerk' at £200 a year. (fn. 2)

Clerks 1782–1815

1782 1 July Secker, J.
1782 1 July Fanshawe, J.
1785 27 July Hillman, W.
1793 9 Feb. Stone, G.
1800 11 Oct. Willis, H.N.
1813 19 May Bicknell, C.

Assistant Clerks 1782–1815

1782 1 July Boulton, H.
1782 1 July Bray, W.
1782 1 July Stephenson, J.
1782 9 Oct. Lavie, J.
1785 6 July Dyson, J.
1790 24 Dec. Jenkinson, J.
1810 6 Apr. Stone, R.

Junior Clerk 1814–1815

1814 6 Jan. Clark, C.G.H.

Footnotes

  • 1. LS 13/60; LS 2/41.
  • 2. LS 13/60, 62; LS 13/184, p. 150; LS 13/267, f. 73v.