Cofferer of the Household

The Cofferer of the Household was formerly an office in the English and British Royal Household. Next in rank to the Comptroller, the holder paid the wages of some of the servants above and below stairs, was a member of the Board of Green Cloth, and sat with the Lord Steward in the Court of the Verge.[1][2] The cofferer was usually of political rank and always a member of the Privy Council.[3]

Henry Pelham-Clinton, 2nd Duke of Newcastle served Cofferer of the Household between 1747 and 1754.

The office dates from the Middle Ages, and the position of Cofferer of the Wardrobe. It was abolished by the Civil List and Secret Service Money Act 1782.[4]

List of incumbents
NameEntered officeLeft officeNotesReference
Roger RepingtonIn office during the reign of Empress Matilda in the 12th century[5]
William Louth12741280[6]
William March12801284[6]
Henry Wheatley12841287[6]
Walter Langton12871290Keeper of the Wardrobe, 1290[6]
John Droxford12901290Keeper of the Wardrobe, 1295[6]
Philip Everdon12901295[6]
Walter Barton12951297[6]
Ralph Manton12971303[6]
Walter Bedwyn13031307[6]
Peter Collingbourn13071308Keeper of the Wardrobe, 1312[6]
John Ockham13081309[6]
Robert Wodehouse13091311Controller of the Wardrobe, 1314[6]
John Ockham13111314[6]
Nicholas Huggate13141315Controller of the Wardrobe, 1326[6]
Henry Hale13161316[6]
Robert Wodehouse13171318[6]
Unknown(1318–1320)[6]
Richard Ferriby13201323Controller of the Wardrobe, 1331[6]
Unknown(1323–1327)[6]
Richard Bury13271328Keeper of the Wardrobe, 1328[6]
John Houton13281331[6]
William Norwell13311334Keeper of the Wardrobe, 1335[6]
John Cokham13341335[6]
John Houton13351337[6]
Richard Nateby13371338Controller of the Wardrobe, 1338[6]
William Dalton13381344Controller of the Wardrobe, 1344[6]
Richard Eccleshall13341349 or 1350[6]
Unknown(1350–1359)[6]
Thomas Brantingham13591361Keeper of the Wardrobe, 1368[6]
Unknown(1361–1369)[6]
Richard Beverley13691376Keeper of the Wardrobe, 1376[6]
John Carp13761390Keeper of the Wardrobe, 1390[6]
John Stacy13901395[6]
Thomas More13951399Keeper of the Wardrobe, 1401[6]
Unknown
John Spencer14131413Keeper of the Great Wardrobe, 1413[7][8]
William KinwolmarshIn office during the reign of Henry V[9]
Unknown
John Kendale14611470[10]
John Elrington14711474Keeper of the Wardrobe, 1474[10]
Richard Jeny1479[10]
James Blundell14791481[10]
John Belle14831485[10]
Laurence WarhamIn office in 1485[11]
John Payne14861492[11]
William Fisher14921494[11]
William Cope14941505[11]
Edward Chesemanby 1508[11]
John Shurley15091527[11]
Sir Edmund Peckham1524 or 15271547[11][12]
John Ryther15471552[11][13]
Thomas Weldon15521553[11][14]
Sir Richard Freeston15531557[11]
Michael Wentworth15581558[11][15]
Thomas Weldon and Richard Ward15581559[11][14][16]
Thomas Weldon15591567[11][14]
Richard Ward15671578[11][16]
Anthony Crane15781580[11]
John Abingdon15801582[11]
Gregory Lovell15821597[11]
Sir Henry Cocke15971610[11][17]
Sir Robert Vernon16101615[11][17]
Sir Arthur Ingram16151615Suspended[11][17]
Sir Marmaduke Dayrell1615cont.[11][17]
Sir Marmaduke Dayrell and Sir Henry Vane16251632[11][17]
Sir Henry Vane and Sir Roger Palmer16321632[11][17]
Sir Roger Palmer16321643[11]
William Ashburnham16421646[3][18]
Commonwealth(1649–1660)[18]
William Ashburnham16601679[4]
Lord Brouncker, from 1684 The Viscount Brouncker16791685[4]
Sir Peter Apsley16851689[4]
The Viscount Newport, from 1694 The Earl of Bradford16891702[4]
Sir Benjamin Bathurst17021704[4]
Francis Godolphin, from 1706 Viscount Rialton17041711First period in office; succeeded as The Earl of Godolphin in 1712[4]
Samuel Masham, from 1712 The Lord Masham17111714[4]
The Earl of Godolphin17141723Second period in office[4]
William Pulteney17231725Created The Earl of Bath in 1742[4]
The 7th Earl of Lincoln17251728[4]
Vacant(1728–1730)[4]
Horatio Walpole17301741Created The Lord Walpole in 1756[4]
Thomas Winnington17411744[4]
The Lord Sandys17441744[4]
Edmund Waller17441747[4]
The 9th Earl of Lincoln17471754Succeeded as The Duke of Newcastle in 1768[4]
Sir George Lyttelton, 5th Baronet17541756Created The Lord Lyttelton in 1756[4]
The Duke of Leeds17561761[4]
James Grenville17611761[4]
The Earl of Thomond17611765[4]
The Earl of Scarbrough17651766[4]
Hans Stanley17661774[4]
Jeremiah Dyson17741776[4]
Hans Stanley17761780[4]
Viscount Beauchamp17801782Succeeded as The Marquess of Hertford in 1794[4]

References
  1. The Present State of the British Court, or, an Account of the Civil and Military Establishment of England. London: printed for A. Bell. W. Taylor; and J. Osborn. 1720. p. 7.
  2. Rogers, R. (2012). Who Goes Home: A Parliamentary Miscellany. Biteback Publishing. p. 33–34. ISBN 978-1-84954-480-1. Retrieved 30 April 2019. The Board of Green Cloth audited the accounts of the Royal Household and sat as a court on offences committed on ... for premises controlled by the Royal Palaces, and did not finally disappear until 2004, following the Licensing Act 2004.
  3. Haydn, Joseph (1851). The Book of Dignities. London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. pp. 213–214. OL 7005826M.
  4. Bucholz, Robert (1782). "Household Below Stairs: Cofferer of the Household 1660" (PDF). Database of Court Officers. Department of History, Loyola University of Chicago. pp. 4–5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 March 2009. Retrieved 24 December 2012.
  5. Burke, John (1835). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland, Enjoying Territorial Possessions or High Official Rank: But Uninvested with Heritable Honours, Volume 2. London: R. Bentley. p. 473.
  6. Tout, T. F. (1933). Chapters in the Administrative History of Medieval England: The Wardrobe, the Chamber, and the Small Seals. Vol. 6. Manchester: University Press. pp. 30–32. OL 7212073M.
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