Presence Chamber: Gentlemen Ushers Quarter Waiters 1660-1837

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

'Presence Chamber: Gentlemen Ushers Quarter Waiters 1660-1837', in Office-Holders in Modern Britain: Volume 11 (Revised), Court Officers, 1660-1837, (London, 2006) pp. 45-50. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/office-holders/vol11/pp45-50 [accessed 8 May 2024]

Gentlemen Ushers Quarter Waiters 1660–1837

The gentlemen ushers quarter waiters (or, later in the period, quarterly waiters), who were eight in number, waited in the presence chamber, giving directions to the servants of the public rooms when the daily waiter was absent. They were appointed by lord chamberlain's warrant. (fn. 1) Their remuneration amounted to £50, consisting of wages of £10 and board wages of £40. In addition, early in the period they were entitled to lodgings when in attendance, riding wages, and fees of honour worth about £30 under Anne. (fn. 2) Extra gentlemen ushers were appointed in 1718 and 1719.

Gentlemen Ushers 1660–1837



1660	7 June	Bagnall, R.
1660	8 June	Levett, N.
1660	11 June	Bowman, E.
1660	11 June	Bowman, F.
1660	11 June	Darrell, N.
1660	11 June	Chamberlain, W.
1660	14 June	Duppa, T.
1660	20 June	French, P.
1661	29 Jan.	Barcroft, R.
1664	29 July	Barcroft, H.
1664	16 Aug.	Whistler, R.
1665	10 Apr.	Stanney, T.
1665	19 May	Bambriggs, T.
1666	20 Aug.	Watson, P.
1669	19 Apr.	Jeyne, H.
1670	16 Dec.	Strode, E.
1672	18 May	Benbowe, T.
1673	29 Sept.	Hammond, N.
1673	4 Nov.	Graves, H.
1674	1 June	Bubb, J.
1675	3 Mar.	Baggalley, R.
1675	4 Mar.	Corney, T.
1676	16 Dec.	Packer, J.
1677	2 Aug.	Chaplin, J.
1677	16 Sept.	Fenn, J.
1679	1 Sept.	Richards, C.
1681	23 Apr.	Granger, T.
1682	20 July	Peterman, R.
1683	19 Sept.	King, C.
1683	14 Dec.	Glover, N.
1684	25 Jan.	Savage, W.
1685	6 Jan.	Abbott, R.
1685	18 May	Hammond, N.
1686	12 May	Austin, J.
1686	24 May	Carney, D.
1686	30 May	Ronkhe, J.
1686	31 May	Wigmore, R.
1686	27 Dec.	Walsh, H.
1687	20 Mar.	Marshall, J.
1687	3 Dec.	Meyrick, J.
1687	3 Dec.	Wyvill, T.
1688	7 July	Jegon, R.
1689	20 Feb.	Coling, H.
1689	7 Mar.	Aston, F.
1689	13 Mar.	Griffith, A.
1689	2 Apr.	Murray, R.
1689	2 Apr.	Smith, W.
1689	18 June	Murray, A.
1690	29 Nov.	Ward, J.
1691	20 Mar.	Awnsham, W.
1691	6 Apr.	Prewett, W.
1692	27 Feb.	Carbonell, D.
1692	2 Mar.	Murray, A.
1692	3 Mar.	Marriott, A.
1692	20 Aug.	Ellis, R.
1693	13 July	King, N.
1693	5 Nov.	Earle, T.
1694	10 Dec.	Pyle, A.
1695	18 Mar.	Godfrey, H.
1695	25 Nov.	Patriarch, E.
1696	6 Nov.	Bird, J.
1697	3 Nov.	Chapman, S.
1698	14 July	Humphreys, T.
1699	12 Feb.	Barry, R.
1699	29 Nov.	Edlyne, J.
1700	3 May	Beling, M.
1700	16 June	Farey, J.
1702	9 July	Dalton, C.
1702	9 July	Bressey, C.
1702	9 July	Gardie, H.
1702	9 July	Pinckney, J.
1706	20 Dec.	Ogle, T.
1707	13 June	Hutton, T.
1710	7 June	Coxeter, F.
1711	26 Feb.	Clerk, Sir C.
1714	23 June	Ede, J.
1715	20 June	Ottway, C.
1719	9 Nov.	Bodens, C.
1720	21 Mar.	Castle, W.
1721	18 Apr.	Phillips, J.
1722	31 July	Edwards, L.
1722	7 Aug.	Tripp, R.
1727	17 May	Eckersall, J.
1727	9 Oct.	Coke, G.
1727	9 Oct.	Didier, I.
1727	9 Oct.	Goodwin, J.
1727	9 Oct.	Buckworth, E.
1731	4 Mar.	Jenkins, J.
1731	1 Oct.	Calthorpe, J.
1736	24 Jan.	Kellet, W.
1736	4 Dec.	Boggest, F.
1738	31 Oct.	Bodens, G.
1741	23 Jan.	Cooke, G.A.
1742	14 Jan.	Hudson, J.
1746	6 Feb.	Maddockes, C.
1747	22 July	Wright, L.
1754	4 Feb.	Cocksedge, M.
1754	21 Feb.	Johnston, L.
1757	7 Feb.	Evans, T.
1757	7 May	Jackson, R.
1757	7 May	Poley, R.
1758	13 May	Wilkinson, W.
1759	9 July	Griffin, R.
1760	9 May	Fremantle, J.
1761	7 Nov.	Cox, T.
1764	24 Nov.	Chapman, F.
1765	5 Feb.	Mainwaring, E.
1765	15 June	Plaxton, W.
1767	21 May	Larpent, J.
1770	8 Feb.	Newton, W.
1771	22 Jan.	Bartlam, F.
1774	23 July	Whitehouse, E.
1776	5 Sept.	Baines, H.
1779	8 Feb.	Welsh, J.
1779	7 June	Armstrong, E.
1782	20 Apr.	Fremantle, J.E.
1782	17 Oct.	Moore, C.
1782	5 Dec.	Dobyns, J.S.
1783	4 Apr.	Meller, J.
1788		Browne, R.
1794	5 Feb.	Chester, R.
1797	6 Apr.	Osmer, T.
1798	29 July	Lewis, W.
1801	6 Mar.	Mash, T.B.
1802	27 July	Burton, J.S.
1805	22 Mar.	Legge, Hon. H.
1806	20 Mar.	Bowdler, J.
1808	20 Aug.	Ash, E.
1815	2 Feb.	Clarke, W.B.
1819	6 Jan.	Randall, S.
1820	4 Mar.	Meynell, H.
1829	11 Mar.	Martins, W.
1829	30 Mar.	Strachan, J.
1831	23 Mar.	Shiffner, T.
1833	23 Apr.	Greville, H.W.
1833	20 May	Green, J.G.
1836	4 Apr.	Lyster, J.
1836	21 Oct.	Fitzgerald de Ros, Hon. W.L.L.
1837	10 Jan.	Diggle, C.

Gentleman Usher, Quarter Waiters in Ordinary w/o fee [or Supernumerary] 1664–?



1664	14 Sept.	Mercer, J.
1665	10 Mar.	Price, S.
1666	23 Mar.	Burghill, F.
1669	16 Mar.	Batterlee, W.
1671	10 July	Harris, F.
1671	17 July	Sanderson, G.
1673	23 July	Skarlett, T.

Gentlemen Usher Quarter Waiter in Extraordinary 1660–?1685; 1718–1722



1660	14 July	Cleeland, J.
1660	21 Dec.	Webb, T.
1661	14 Feb.	Wakerfield, W.
1661	6 May	Harris, F.
1662	14 Feb.	Norrice, S.
1662	2 July	Bridgman, J.
1662	30 Aug.	Gouldsmyth, C.
1662	30 Sept.	Page, I.
1663	2 Feb.	Mercer, W.
1663	27 Feb.	Rowe, J.
1663	28 Feb.	Trott, M.
1663	9 Mar.	Taylor, J.
1663	2 Apr.	Coleburne, N.
1663	3 Apr.	Achley, A.
1663	6 July	Colemore, J.
1663	29 July	Rattrey, W.
1663	10 Dec.	Jenever, J.
1664	27 Jan.	Babbington, U.
1664	20 Aug.	Boys, J.
1664	20 Aug.	Backhouse, J.
1664	12 Nov.	Skarlett, T.
1665	6 Feb.	Meriton, J.
1665	24 June	Bedill, E.
1665	9 Dec.	Pate, H.
1666	19 Jan.	Marriell, R.
1666	1 Mar.	Cowse, E.
1666	6 Mar.	Skymer, D.
1718	5 May	Bodens, C.
1719	11 Dec.	Tripp, R.