Appendix VII: Officials of the House of Commons
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Officials of the House of Commons
Unless otherwise stated, information has been drawn from the following sources: D. Gray, Chaplain to Mr Speaker (H.C. Lib. Doc. 19), 59-62; W.R. McKay, Secretaries to Mr Speaker (H.C. Lib. Doc. 14), 37; P. Thorne and M. Cummins, Serjeant for the Commons (H.C. Lib. Doc. 13, 2nd edn., 1994), 37; and O.C. Williams, The Clerical Organization of the House of Commons 1661-1850 (1954), 281-3. Dates refer to tenure of office.
Clerk of the House | |
Paul Jodrell 1683-1727 | |
Clerk Assistant | |
Culverwell Needler 1689-1710 | |
Edward Stables 1710-1727 | |
Under-clerks | |
Hicks Burrough 1689-1733 | |
George Cole 1689- 1720 | |
James Courthope 1689-1720 | |
John Hookes 1689-c.1718 | |
Sergeant at Arms | |
Sir William Bishop 1675-93 | |
Samuel Powell 1693-1709 | |
Thomas Wybergh 1709-1717 | |
Housekeeper | |
Anne Ryall to 1704 | |
Thomas Smith 1704-aft. 17181 | |
Speaker’s secretary | |
Clement Kirke ?1705-1708 | |
Speaker’s chaplain | |
Thomas Manningham 1690-1694 | |
Maurice Vaughan 1694-?1695 (appointed by Sir John Trevor) | |
Samuel Barton ?1695-?1697 (appointed by Paul Foley ) | |
William Hallifax ?1697-1698 | |
William Galloway 1698-1700 | |
John Herne 1701 | |
Francis Gastrell 1701-2 | |
William Stratford 1702-5 | |
Thomas Goddard 1705-8 | |
Laurence Brodrick 1708-10 | |
Jonathan Kimberley 1710-1713 | |
John Pelling 1713-1714 | |
Ref Volumes: 1690-1715
Author: D. W. Hayton
End Notes
- 1. Cal. Treas. Bks. xix. 557; xxxii. 292. Cf. CSP Dom. 1703-4, p. 328.
