Appendix VIII: Officers of the King's Household
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Officers of the King’s Household with seats in the Commons
The following lists include only those officers under the immediate authority of the lord steward or lord chamberlain. Other royal officials, such as those employed under the master of the horse, are excluded. Details of offices held are given in brief, as also are dates of election where a Member was elected after the Parliament began. Where a Member was dismissed, ennobled, unseated or died before the end of a Parliament of which he was a Member, this too is indicated.
The Parliament of 1604-10
Not included in the following list are the Hastings-based Richard Lyffe, a purveyor to the Household by 1603; Sir John Grey, who probably lost office as a gentleman of the privy chamber on James’s accession; and Sir Henry Helmes, returned in 1610, who seems to have ceased being a gentleman pensioner in 1609.
Aston, Sir Roger (gent. of the bedchamber; master huntsman and master falconer; from 1606 also master of the great wardrobe)
Bokenham, Sir Henry (gent. pens.)
Bromley, Sir Henry (gent. privy chamber)
Browne, Sir Richard (clerk of the Greencloth; d.1604)
Carey, Sir Henry I (master of jewel house and gent. privy chamber)
Chaloner, Sir Thomas (gent. privy chamber)
?Clinton, Thomas Lord (gent. pens. by 1599)
Cope, Sir Walter (gent. privy chamber by 1607)
Cornwallis, Sir William (gent. privy chamber to 1605)
Cromwell, Sir Oliver (gent. privy chamber)
Digby, Sir John (carver; sat only in 1610)
Drury, Sir Robert (gent. privy chamber by 1605)
Fleetwood, Sir George (gent. pens.)
Fraunceys, Edward (paymaster of the gent. pens. to 1608)
?Godolphin, Sir William (gent. privy chamber at death in 1613)
Goodyer, Sir Henry (gent. privy chamber)
Herbert, Sir Philip (gent. of privy chamber in May 1603; ennobled 4 May 1605)
Hervey, Sir William I (standard bearer; perhaps also still a gent. pens.)
Heyricke, Sir William (jeweller to the king; elected Oct. 1605)
Holles, Sir John (gent. privy chamber)
?Howard, Sir Charles (gent. pens. by 1598 to at least 1603)
Howard, Sir Edward (cupbearer)
Howard, Sir Francis (gent. pens.; sat only in 1610)
Howard, Sir Theophilus (lt. band of gent. pens. from 1606; sat 1605-10)
Jermyn, Sir Thomas (gent. privy chamber in May 1603)
Kay, Sir John (gent. privy chamber; sat only in 1610)
?Knollys, Sir Robert I (esq. of the body by 1596 until at least 1603)
Knyvett, Sir Thomas (kpr. of both Whitehall and Westminster palaces; ennobled 3 July 1607)
Leigh, Sir John (carver of the chamber)
Leveson, Sir Richard (gent. privy chamber)
Lewknor, Sir Lewis (master of ceremonies)
Lovelace, Sir Richard (gent. pens. to at least 1607)
Mansell, Sir Robert (gent. pens.)
May, Humphrey (groom of privy chamber; sat from Oct. 1605)
?Maynard, Sir William (a gentleman usher quarter waiter in 1604, but not clear whether he still held this office on entering the Commons in 1610)
Monson, Sir Thomas (gent. usher privy chamber)
More, Sir Robert (gent. pens.; elected Oct. 1605)
Morice, Sir John (gent. pens.)
Paddy, Sir William (king’s physician)
Parker, Sir John (gent. pens.)
Percy, Allen (lt. of band of gent. pens. to 1606)
Perrot, Sir James (gent. pens. in 1608)
Rice, Sir Walter (esq. of the body by 1603; reputedly also a gent. pens.)
St. John, Sir Oliver (gent. pens to 1605; ennobled 1606)
Stanhope, Sir John I (treasurer of the chamber and vice chamberlain of the Household; ennobled 1605)
Stanhope, Sir Michael (gent. of the privy chamber)
Trevor, Sir John (gent. privy chamber)
?Vavasour, Sir Thomas (possibly a gent. pens.; sat only in 1610)
Warburton, Sir Richard (gent. pens.)
Woodhouse, Sir William (gent. privy chamber)
?Wroth, Sir Robert II (gent. pens. by 1601 to at least 1603)
The 1614 Parliament
?Astley, Sir John (gent. pens. by 1598 to at least 1612; dep. master of revels 1622, master 1623)
?Brett, Sir Robert (gent. usher of the privy chamber by 1607 to at least 1609)
?Brooke, Sir John (esq. of the body by 1599 until at least 1603)
Button, Sir William (asst. master of the ceremonies)
Chute, Sir Walter (carver)
Cope, Sir Walter (gent. privy chamber)
Cromwell, Sir Oliver (gent. privy chamber)
?Drury, Sir Robert (gent. privy chamber by 1605)
Eyre, Sir John (gent. privy chamber)
Fitzwilliam, Walter (cupbearer)
Gerrard, Sir Thomas, 1st bt. (gent. privy chamber)
?Herbert, Arnold (gent. pens. by 1615)
?Hickman, Walter (gent. usher quarter waiter in 1603)
Hoby, Sir Edward (gent. privy chamber by 1613 to at least 1615)
Howard, Sir Edward I (cupbearer)
Mansell, Sir Robert (gent. pens.)
Monson, Sir Thomas (gent. usher privy chamber)
More, Sir Robert (gent. pens.)
Penruddock, Sir Thomas (sewer)
?Reynell, Sir Carew (possibly a gent. usher privy chamber, which post he held at death in 1624; perhaps also a gent. pens., as he held this office by 1593 to at least 1608)
?Roe, Sir Thomas (gent. privy chamber, possibly in extraordinary, by 1615)
Thorpe, George (gent. pens.)
Trevor, Sir John (gent. privy chamber)
Twysden, Sir William (gent. usher privy chamber)
Tyringham, Arthur (gent. pens.)
Uvedale, Sir William (gent. privy chamber)
Vane, Sir Henry (carver)
Vavasour, Sir Thomas (knight marshal)
Woodhouse, Sir William (gent. pens.)
The 1621 Parliament
Angell, John (gent. pens.)
Carey, Sir Henry I (comptroller)
Chaworth, Sir George (gent. privy chamber)
Cotterell, Sir Clement (groom porter)
Edmondes, Sir Thomas (treasurer)
Featherstonhaugh, Francis (gent. pens.)
Gerrard, Sir Thomas, 1st bt. (gent. privy chamber)
Goring, Sir George (lt. band of gent. pens.)
Greville, Sir Fulke (gent. of bedchamber)
Hassard, Robert (chief clerk Jewel House)
Herbert, Sir William (gent. privy chamber)
Heyricke, Sir William (jeweller to the king)
Houghton, Sir Gilbert (carver)
Hyde, Sir Robert (gent. pens.)
Jones, Inigo (surveyor of the king’s works; elected 16 Feb. 1621)
?Kynaston, Sir Francis (possibly a cupbearer; possibly an esq. of the body, an office he held from at least 1624)
Leedes, Sir John (gent. usher privy chamber)
Mildmay, Sir Henry (master of the jewel house)
More, Sir Robert (gent. pens.)
Murray, John (groom of the bedchamber and kpr. of privy purse)
?Reynell, Sir Carew (possibly a gent. usher privy chamber, which post he held at death in 1624; perhaps also a gent. pens., an office he is known to have held by 1593 until at least 1608)
?Roe, Sir Thomas (gent. privy chamber, possibly in extraordinary, by 1615; held position in 1632)
Trevor, Sir John (gent. privy chamber)
Uvedale, Sir William (treasurer of the chamber)
The 1624 Parliament
The following list excludes Sir William Hewett, receiver-general composition money as, not being elected until September 1624, he never sat in this assembly.
Angell, John (gent. pens.)
?Borough, John (gent. privy chamber by 1622 to at least 1623; herald and clerk of PC in extraordinary from 1623)
Capell, Sir Arthur (gent. pens.)
?Carr, Edward (gent. pens. by 1623; but identity of MP uncertain)
Cotterell, Sir Clement (groom porter)
Cromwell, Sir Oliver (gent. privy chamber)
Drake, Francis (gent. privy chamber extraordinary by 1625; perhaps also a gent. pens., having held this position from about 1607 to at least 1618)
Edmondes, Sir Thomas (treasurer)
Featherstonhaugh, Francis (gent. pens.)
Goring, Sir George (lt. band of gent. pens.)
Hassard, Robert (chief clerk of the jewel house)
Herbert, Sir William (gent. privy chamber)
Mainwaring, Philip (cupbearer)
Maynard, John (gent. privy chamber)
Mildmay, Sir Henry (master of the jewel house)
More, Sir Robert (gent. pens.)
Morgan, Thomas (gent. privy chamber)
Mytton, Henry (gent. privy chamber)
Steward, Walter (gent. privy chamber)
Suckling, Sir John (comptroller)
Trevor, Sir John (gent. privy chamber)
Uvedale, Sir William (treasurer of the chamber)
Wake, Sir Isaac (gent. privy chamber)
The 1625 Parliament
Bagehott, Sir Thomas (master of the harriers)
?Borough, John (gent. privy chamber by 1622 to at least 1623; herald and clerk of PC in extraordinary from 1623)
Carey, Thomas (groom of bedchamber)
Carew, Francis I (gent. usher, quarter waiter)
Clare, Ralph (gent. privy chamber)
Cromwell, Sir Oliver (gent. privy chamber)
Drake, Francis (gent. privy chamber extraordinary by 1625; perhaps also a gent. pens., having held this position from about 1607 until at least 1618)
Edmondes, Sir Thomas (treasurer)
Fairfax, Sir Thomas I (gent. privy chamber)
Fisher, John (gent. pens.)
Fullerton, Sir James (groom of the stole)
Glemham, Charles (master of the Household)
Godolphin, Sir Francis (gent. privy chamber, extraordinary)
Goring, Sir George (lt. band of gent. pens.)
Hatton, Sir Robert (gent. privy chamber extraordinary by 1625)
Herbert, Arnold (gent. pens.; elected 19 July)
Herbert, Sir William (gent. privy chamber)
Hewett, Sir William (receiver-general, composition money)
Howard, Charles (gent. privy chamber by 1625)
Hyde, Sir Robert (gent. pens)
Kerr, Sir Robert (kpr. of privy purse)
Mainwaring, Philip (cupbearer)
Maynard, John (gent. privy chamber)
Mildmay, Sir Henry (master of the jewel house)
More, Sir Robert (gent. pens.)
?Morgan, Thomas (gent. privy chamber)
Reynell, Thomas (sewer)
Steward, Walter (gent. privy chamber)
Suckling, Sir John (comptroller)
Trevor, Sir John (gent. privy chamber)
Uvedale, Sir William (treasurer of the chamber)
Vane, Sir Henry (cofferer)
Verney, Sir Edmund (gent. privy chamber)
Villiers, Sir Edward (gent. privy chamber by 1625)
?Wotton, Sir Henry (gent. privy chamber by 1629)
Wynn, Richard (gent. privy chamber)
The 1626 Parliament
?Ashton, William I (gent. of the privy chamber by 1628)
Bagehott, Sir Thomas (master of the harriers)
?Bludder, Sir Thomas (gent. of privy chamber by 1627)
?Borough, John (gent. privy chamber by 1622 to at least 1623; herald and clerk of PC in extraordinary from 1623)
Carew, Francis I (gent. usher, quarter waiter)
Carey, Thomas (groom of bedchamber)
Carleton, Dudley (vice chamberlain of the Household; ennobled 22 Mar.)
Clare, Ralph (gent. privy chamber)
Croft, William (gent. privy chamber)
Drake, Francis (gent. privy chamber extraordinary by 1625; perhaps also a gent. pens., having held this position from about 1607 until at least 1618)
Edmondes, Sir Thomas (treasurer; unseated 17 Mar.)
Eyre, Sir John (gent. privy chamber)
Fullerton, Sir James (groom of the stole)
Godolphin, Sir Francis (gent. privy chamber, extraordinary)
Goring, Sir George (lt. band of gent. pens.)
?Goring, Sir Edward (gent. pens. by 1617 to at least 1625)
Herbert, Sir Henry (gent. privy chamber)
Herbert, Sir William (gent. privy chamber)
Hopton, Thomas (gent. pens.)
Houghton, Sir Gilbert (carver)
Howard, Charles (gent. privy chamber by 1625)
Hyde, Sir Robert (gent. pens.)
Kirke, George (groom of bedchamber; unseated 18 Feb.)
Mainwaring, Sir Arthur (gent. privy chamber)
Mainwaring, Philip (cupbearer)
?Morgan, Thomas (gent. privy chamber)
Murray, William (groom of bedchamber)
Palmer, Roger (master of the Household)
Reynell, Thomas (sewer)
Spencer, Richard (gent. privy chamber)
Stewart, Sir Francis (gent. privy chamber)
Suckling, Sir John (comptroller)
Uvedale, Sir William (treasurer of the chamber)
Vane, Sir Henry (cofferer)
The Parliament of 1628-9
Ashburnham, John (gent. of privy chamber in 1629 session)
Ashton, William I (gent. of the privy chamber extraordinary before 1628)
Bagehott, Sir Thomas (master of the harriers)
?Barwis, Richard (gent. waiter to Charles I; date uncertain)
Bludder, Sir Thomas (gent. privy chamber)
Carey, Thomas (groom of bedchamber)
Clare, Ralph (gent. Privy Chamber; dismissed, and did not hold this office in the 1629 session)
Drake, Francis (gent. privy chamber extraordinary by 1625; perhaps also a gent. pens., having held this position from c.1607 to at least 1618; unseated 22 Apr.)
Edmondes, Sir Thomas (treasurer)
Eyre, Sir John (gent. privy chamber)
Farnefold, Sir Thomas (gent. pens.)
Goring, Sir George (lt. band of gent. pens.)
Herbert, Sir William (gent. privy chamber)
Howard, Charles (gent. privy chamber by 1625; elected 26 Mar.)
Kerr, Sir Robert (kpr. of privy purse)
Lowe, George (esq. of the body extraordinary)
Mainwaring, Philip (cupbearer)
Maynard, John (gent. privy chamber)
Mildmay, Sir Henry (master of the jewel house)
?Morgan, Thomas (gent. privy chamber)
Murray, William (groom of bedchamber)
Palmer, Roger (master of the Household)
Reynell, Thomas (sewer)
Stewart, Sir Francis (gent. privy chamber)
Trevor, Sir John II (gent. privy chamber)
Uvedale, Sir William (treasurer of the chamber)
Vane, Sir Henry (cofferer)
Verney, Sir Edmund (knight marshal and gent. privy chamber)
