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]
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]
Name | Entered office | Left office | Notes | Reference |
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Roger Repington | In office during the reign of Empress Matilda in the 12th century | [5] | ||
William Louth | 1274 | 1280 | [6] | |
William March | 1280 | 1284 | [6] | |
Henry Wheatley | 1284 | 1287 | [6] | |
Walter Langton | 1287 | 1290 | Keeper of the Wardrobe, 1290 | [6] |
John Droxford | 1290 | 1290 | Keeper of the Wardrobe, 1295 | [6] |
Philip Everdon | 1290 | 1295 | [6] | |
Walter Barton | 1295 | 1297 | [6] | |
Ralph Manton | 1297 | 1303 | [6] | |
Walter Bedwyn | 1303 | 1307 | [6] | |
Peter Collingbourn | 1307 | 1308 | Keeper of the Wardrobe, 1312 | [6] |
John Ockham | 1308 | 1309 | [6] | |
Robert Wodehouse | 1309 | 1311 | Controller of the Wardrobe, 1314 | [6] |
John Ockham | 1311 | 1314 | [6] | |
Nicholas Huggate | 1314 | 1315 | Controller of the Wardrobe, 1326 | [6] |
Henry Hale | 1316 | 1316 | [6] | |
Robert Wodehouse | 1317 | 1318 | [6] | |
Unknown | (1318–1320) | [6] | ||
Richard Ferriby | 1320 | 1323 | Controller of the Wardrobe, 1331 | [6] |
Unknown | (1323–1327) | [6] | ||
Richard Bury | 1327 | 1328 | Keeper of the Wardrobe, 1328 | [6] |
John Houton | 1328 | 1331 | [6] | |
William Norwell | 1331 | 1334 | Keeper of the Wardrobe, 1335 | [6] |
John Cokham | 1334 | 1335 | [6] | |
John Houton | 1335 | 1337 | [6] | |
Richard Nateby | 1337 | 1338 | Controller of the Wardrobe, 1338 | [6] |
William Dalton | 1338 | 1344 | Controller of the Wardrobe, 1344 | [6] |
Richard Eccleshall | 1334 | 1349 or 1350 | [6] | |
Unknown | (1350–1359) | [6] | ||
Thomas Brantingham | 1359 | 1361 | Keeper of the Wardrobe, 1368 | [6] |
Unknown | (1361–1369) | [6] | ||
Richard Beverley | 1369 | 1376 | Keeper of the Wardrobe, 1376 | [6] |
John Carp | 1376 | 1390 | Keeper of the Wardrobe, 1390 | [6] |
John Stacy | 1390 | 1395 | [6] | |
Thomas More | 1395 | 1399 | Keeper of the Wardrobe, 1401 | [6] |
Unknown | ||||
John Spencer | 1413 | 1413 | Keeper of the Great Wardrobe, 1413 | [7] [8] |
William Kinwolmarsh | In office during the reign of Henry V | [9] | ||
Unknown | ||||
John Kendale | 1461 | 1470 | [10] | |
John Elrington | 1471 | 1474 | Keeper of the Wardrobe, 1474 | [10] |
Richard Jeny | 1479 | [10] | ||
James Blundell | 1479 | 1481 | [10] | |
John Belle | 1483 | 1485 | [10] | |
Laurence Warham | In office in 1485 | [11] | ||
John Payne | 1486 | 1492 | [11] | |
William Fisher | 1492 | 1494 | [11] | |
William Cope | 1494 | 1505 | [11] | |
Edward Cheseman | by 1508 | [11] | ||
John Shurley | 1509 | 1527 | [11] | |
Sir Edmund Peckham | 1524 or 1527 | 1547 | [11] [12] | |
John Ryther | 1547 | 1552 | [11] [13] | |
Thomas Weldon | 1552 | 1553 | [11] [14] | |
Sir Richard Freeston | 1553 | 1557 | [11] | |
Michael Wentworth | 1558 | 1558 | [11] [15] | |
Thomas Weldon and Richard Ward | 1558 | 1559 | [11] [14] [16] | |
Thomas Weldon | 1559 | 1567 | [11] [14] | |
Richard Ward | 1567 | 1578 | [11] [16] | |
Anthony Crane | 1578 | 1580 | [11] | |
John Abingdon | 1580 | 1582 | [11] | |
Gregory Lovell | 1582 | 1597 | [11] | |
Sir Henry Cocke | 1597 | 1610 | [11] [17] | |
Sir Robert Vernon | 1610 | 1615 | [11] [17] | |
Sir Arthur Ingram | 1615 | 1615 | Suspended | [11] [17] |
Sir Marmaduke Dayrell | 1615 | cont. | [11] [17] | |
Sir Marmaduke Dayrell and Sir Henry Vane | 1625 | 1632 | [11] [17] | |
Sir Henry Vane and Sir Roger Palmer | 1632 | 1632 | [11] [17] | |
Sir Roger Palmer | 1632 | 1643 | [11] | |
William Ashburnham | 1642 | 1646 | [3] [18] | |
Commonwealth | (1649–1660) | [18] | ||
William Ashburnham | 1660 | 1679 | [4] | |
Lord Brouncker, from 1684 The Viscount Brouncker | 1679 | 1685 | [4] | |
Sir Peter Apsley | 1685 | 1689 | [4] | |
The Viscount Newport, from 1694 The Earl of Bradford | 1689 | 1702 | [4] | |
Sir Benjamin Bathurst | 1702 | 1704 | [4] | |
Francis Godolphin, from 1706 Viscount Rialton | 1704 | 1711 | First period in office; succeeded as The Earl of Godolphin in 1712 | [4] |
Samuel Masham, from 1712 The Lord Masham | 1711 | 1714 | [4] | |
The Earl of Godolphin | 1714 | 1723 | Second period in office | [4] |
William Pulteney | 1723 | 1725 | Created The Earl of Bath in 1742 | [4] |
The 7th Earl of Lincoln | 1725 | 1728 | [4] | |
Vacant | (1728–1730) | [4] | ||
Horatio Walpole | 1730 | 1741 | Created The Lord Walpole in 1756 | [4] |
Thomas Winnington | 1741 | 1744 | [4] | |
The Lord Sandys | 1744 | 1744 | [4] | |
Edmund Waller | 1744 | 1747 | [4] | |
The 9th Earl of Lincoln | 1747 | 1754 | Succeeded as The Duke of Newcastle in 1768 | [4] |
Sir George Lyttelton, 5th Baronet | 1754 | 1756 | Created The Lord Lyttelton in 1756 | [4] |
The Duke of Leeds | 1756 | 1761 | [4] | |
James Grenville | 1761 | 1761 | [4] | |
The Earl of Thomond | 1761 | 1765 | [4] | |
The Earl of Scarbrough | 1765 | 1766 | [4] | |
Hans Stanley | 1766 | 1774 | [4] | |
Jeremiah Dyson | 1774 | 1776 | [4] | |
Hans Stanley | 1776 | 1780 | [4] | |
Viscount Beauchamp | 1780 | 1782 | Succeeded as The Marquess of Hertford in 1794 | [4] |
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