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.
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Clerk of the House |
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Paul Jodrell 1683-1727 |
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Clerk Assistant |
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Culverwell Needler 1689-1710 |
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Edward Stables 1710-1727 |
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Under-clerks |
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Hicks Burrough 1689-1733 |
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George Cole 1689- 1720 |
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James Courthope 1689-1720 |
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John Hookes 1689-c.1718 |
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Sergeant at Arms |
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Sir William Bishop 1675-93 |
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Samuel Powell 1693-1709 |
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Thomas Wybergh 1709-1717 |
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Housekeeper |
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Anne Ryall to 1704 |
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Thomas Smith 1704-aft. 17181Cal. Treas. Bks. xix. 557; xxxii. 292. Cf. CSP Dom. 1703-4, p. 328. |
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Speaker’s secretary |
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Clement Kirke ?1705-1708 |
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Speaker’s chaplain |
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Thomas Manningham 1690-1694 |
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Maurice Vaughan 1694-?1695 (appointed by Sir John Trevor) |
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Samuel Barton ?1695-?1697 (appointed by Paul Foley ) |
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William Hallifax ?1697-1698 |
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William Galloway 1698-1700 |
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John Herne 1701 |
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Francis Gastrell 1701-2 |
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William Stratford 1702-5 |
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Thomas Goddard 1705-8 |
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Laurence Brodrick 1708-10 |
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Jonathan Kimberley 1710-1713 |
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John Pelling 1713-1714 |
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- 1. Cal. Treas. Bks. xix. 557; xxxii. 292. Cf. CSP Dom. 1703-4, p. 328.