Master
Master is in Royal Household.
In 1528 William Holles Lord Mayor 1471-1542 (57) was appointed Master of the Company of Mercers.
In 1620 Robert Bateman 1561-1644 (58) was elected Master of the Worshipful Company of Skinners.
From 1622 to 1623 Edward Barkham Lord Mayor 1570-1634 (53) was Master of the Worshipful Company of Drapers.
On 08 Feb 1635 Bishop John Cosins 1594-1672 (40) was appointed Master of Peterhouse College.
In 1642 Thomas Lawley 1st Baronet Lawley 1581-1646 (61) was elected Master of the Worshipful Company of Drapers.
In 1654 John Frederick Lord Mayor 1601-1685 (52) was elected Master of the Worshipful Company of Barber Surgeons.
In 1655 Alderman Richard Hill of Lime Street -1660 was appointed Master of the Worshipful Company of Cordwainers.
In 1656 Alderman William Barker was elected Master of the Worshipful Company of Mercers.
In 1658 John Frederick Lord Mayor 1601-1685 (56) was elected Master of the Worshipful Company of Barber Surgeons.
In 1658 Anthony Bateman Lord Mayor of London 1616-1687 (42) was elected Master of the Worshipful Company of Skinners.
In 1662 Alderman William Crow Upholster 1617-1668 (45) was elected Master of the Worshipful Company of Skinners.
In 1665 Arthur Ingram Merchant 1617-1681 (48) was appointed Master of the Worshipful Company of Haberdashers.
In 1672 Alderman William Barker was elected Master of the Worshipful Company of Mercers.
In 1679 Alderman William Hooker 1612-1697 (67) was elected Master of the Worshipful Company of Grocers.
In 1683 Alderman William Hooker 1612-1697 (71) was elected Master of St Thomas' Hospital.
Before 1693 John Cutler 1st Baronet Cutler of London 1603-1693 was appointed Master of the Worshipful Company of Grocers four times.
In 1709 Thomas Stayner Sculptor 1665-1733 (44) was elected Master of the Worshipful Company of Masons.
In 1710 Samuel Garrard 4th Baronet 1650-1724 (60) was elected Master of the Worshipful Company of Grocers.
On 19 Jun 1716 John Eyles 2nd Baronet Eyles 1683-1745 (33) was appointed Master of the Worshipful Company of Haberdashers and Alderman of Vintry.
In 1717 Joseph Eyles 1690-1740 (27) was elected Master of the Worshipful Company of Haberdashers which position he held until 1721.
In 1719 Edward Stanton Mason 1681-1734 (38) was appointed Master of the Worshipful Company of Masons.
Master of the Buckhounds
My Recollections by Adeline Horsey Countess Cardigan 1824 1915 Chapter IX: Deene and its History. The wicked Countess and her lover lived at Clieveden — "the bower of wanton Shrewsbury and of love " — and her spirit is supposed to haunt the beautiful riverside retreat, but I am thankful to say she has never appeared in the old home of her innocent girlhood. Her portrait by Sir Peter Lely hangs in the White Hall at Deene, and is a fine example of the artist's well-known very décolleté style of " robes loosely flowing, hair as free", with the usual mise en scène of a beauty of Charles II's time. The third Earl of Cardigan was Master of the Buckhounds to Queen Anne; he married a daughter of the Earl of Ailesbury, and their fourth son inherited the Ailesbury title and estates. Lord Cardigan's eldest son married the heiress of the Duke of Montagu in 1766 [Note. Married on 07 Jul 1730. He was created Duke in 1766]. He was a friend of Horace Walpole, the influence of whose pseudo-Gothic tastes may still be seen in the south front of Deene, built at this time, and which now incorporates the great ball-room built for me by my dear husband.
The Gazette 26321. Master of the Horse's Office, Royal Mews, Pimlico, August 25, 1892.
HER Majesty has been graciously pleased to appoint the Right Honourable Thomas, Baron Ribblesdale (37), to be Master of Her Majesty's Buckhounds, in the room of the Right Honourable George William, Earl of Coventry (54), resigned.
The Gazette 27243. Master of the Horse's Office, Royal Mews, Buckingham Palace, November 1, 1900.
HER Majesty has been preciously pleased to appoint Honorary Colonel the Right Honourable Charles Compton William, Baron Chesham, to be the Master of Her Majesty's Buckhounds, in the room of the Right Honourable George William, Earl of Coventry (62), resigned.
Her Majesty has also been graciously pleased to appoint, provisionally, the Right Honourable Victor Albert Francis Charles, Baron Churchill (36), to act as Master of Her Majesty's Buckhounds during the absence in South Africa of Honorary Colonel the Right Honourable Baron Chesham.
Master Carver
On 28 Jul 1608 Maximilian Colt Sculptor 1575-1641 (33) was nominated the king's Master Carver.
Master of the Household
John Evelyn's Diary 12 February 1683. 12 Feb 1683. He gave to the Trinity Corporation that land in Deptford on which are built those almshouses for twenty-four widows of emerited seamen. He was born the famous year of the Gunpowder Treason, in 1605, and being the last [male] of his family, left my wife (48), his only daughter, heir. His grandfather, Sir Richard Browne, was the great instrument under the great Earl of Leicester (favorite to Queen Elizabeth) in his government of the Netherland. He was Master of the Household to King James, and Cofferer; I think was the first who regulated the compositions through England for the King's (52) household, provisions, progresses,49 etc., which was so high a service, and so grateful to the whole nation, that he had acknowledgments and public thanks sent him from all the counties; he died by the rupture of a vein in a vehement speech he made about the compositions in a Parliament of King James. By his mother's side he was a Gunson, Treasurer of the Navy in the reigns of Henry VIII., Queen Mary, and Queen Elizabeth, and, as by his large pedigree appears, related to divers of the English nobility. Thus ended this honorable person, after so many changes and tossings to and fro, in the same house where he was born. "Lord teach us so to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom!".
Master of the Great Wardrobe
In 1622 William Feilding 1st Earl Denbigh 1587-1643 (35) was appointed Master of the Great Wardrobe to King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland 1566-1625 (55).
Master of the Hawks
In 1726 Charles Beauclerk 2nd Duke St Albans 1696-1751 (29) was appointed Master of the Hawks.
Master of the Hounds
In 1516 Edward Neville 1471-1538 (45) was appointed Master of the Hounds to King Henry VIII of England and Ireland 1491-1547 (24).
Master of the Jewel Office
In Apr 1620 Henry Mildmay 1593-1668 (27) was appointed Master of the Jewel Office.
Jewels
Master of the Jewels
In 1538 John Williams 1st Baron Williams 1500-1559 (38) was appointed Master of the Jewels which position he held until 1544.
On 21 Jun 1603 Edward Carey 1540-1618 (63) and his son Henry Carey 1st Viscount Falkland 1575-1633 (28) were appointed jointly Master of the Jewels.
Master of the Jewel House
In Dec 1558 John Astley Master of the Jewel House 1507-1595 (51) was appointed Master of the Jewel House. Katherine "Kat" Champernowne 1502-1565 (56) was appointed Chief Lady of the Bedchamber to .
In 1660 Gilbert Talbot Master of the Jewel House 1606-1695 (54) was appointed Master of the Jewel House.
John Evelyn's Diary 21 August 1662. 21 Aug 1662. I was admitted and then sworn one of the Council of the Royal Society, being nominated in his Majesty's (32) original grant to be of this Council for the regulation of the Society, and making laws and statutes conducible to its establishment and progress, for which we now set apart every Wednesday morning till they were all finished. Lord Viscount Brouncker (51) (that excellent mathematician) was also by his Majesty (32), our founder, nominated our first President. The King (32) gave us the arms of England to be borne in a canton in our arms, and sent us a mace of silver gilt, of the same fashion and size as those carried before his Majesty (32), to be borne before our president on meeting days. It was brought by Sir Gilbert Talbot (56), master of his Majesty's jewel house.
Master of the King's Jewels
In 1465 Thomas Vaughan Master 1410-1483 (55) was appointed Master of the King's Jewels.
Master of the King's Mews and Falcons
Patent Rolls Edward IV 1461. 07 May 1461. Middleham Castle. The like (Grant for life) to the said earl (32) of the office of Master of the King's Mews and Falcons and a messuage called 'le Mewehous' at Charryng by Westminster, co Middlesex, with all houses and other profits pertaining to the same, in the same manner as John, duke of Bedford (71), deceased; and appointment of him to take the king's right prises of falcons, goshawks, sakers, sakrets, lanners, lannerets and ger-falcons sold within the realm, paying the accustomed price viz 20s for each tercel of goshawk, saker, lanner or lanneret. By other latters patent.
Master of The King's Posts
John Stanhope 1st Baron Stanhope 1549-1621 was appointed Master of The King's Posts.
Master of the Posts
In 1545 John Mason 1503-1566 (42) was appointed Master of the Posts.
Master of Requests
In 1514 Thomas More Chancellor Speaker 1478-1535 (35) was appointed Master of Requests.
In 1536 Robert Southwell 1506-1559 (30) was appointed Master of Requests.
In 1548 William Cecil 1st Baron Burghley 1520-1598 (27) was appointed Master of Requests.
In 1550 John Cock Master of Requests 1506-1557 (44) was appointed Master of Requests which position he held until 1553.
Around 1551 John Mason 1503-1566 (48) was appointed Master of Requests which position he held until 1558.
In 1618 Ralph Freeman Judge MP 1589-1667 (28) was appointed Master of Requests.
In 1622 John Coke 1563-1644 (58) was appointed Master of Requests.
John Evelyn's Diary 28 February 1676. 28 Feb 1676. [Note. Date adjusted to 28 Feb since original entry stated 29 Feb when it isn't a leap year.] I dined with Mr. Povey (62), one of the Masters of Requests, a nice contriver of all elegancies, and exceedingly formal. Supped with Sir J. Williamson, where were of our Society Mr. Robert Boyle (49), Sir Christopher Wren (52), Sir William Petty (52), Dr. Holden, subdean of his Majesty's (45) Chapel, Sir James Shaen, Dr. Whistler, and our Secretary, Mr. Oldenburg (57).
Master of the Robes
John Evelyn's Diary 23 July 1678. 23 Jul 1678. Went to see Mr. Elias Ashmole's (61) library and curiosities, at Lambeth. He had divers MSS., but most of them astrological, to which study he is addicted, though I believe not learned, but very industrious, as his History of the order of the Garter proves. He showed me a toad included in amber. The prospect from a turret is very fine, it being so near London, and yet not discovering any house about the country. The famous John Tradescant bequeathed his Repository to this gentleman, who has given them to the University of Oxford, and erected a lecture on them, over the laboratory, in imitation of the Royal Society.
Mr. Godolphin (33) was made Master of the Robes to the King (48).
In 1695 Arnold Keppel 1st Earl Albermarle 1670-1718 (24) was appointed Gentlemen of the Bedchamber and Master of the Robes.
In 1714 William Cadogan 1st Earl Cadogan 1672-1726 (42) was appointed Master of the Robes.
In 1758 James Brudenell 5th Earl Cardigan 1725-1811 (32) was appointed Master of the Robes.
In 1791 James Peachey 1st Baron Selsey 1723-1808 (67) was appointed Master of the Robes which position he held until his death.
Spencer Compton 2nd Earl of Northampton 1601-1643 was appointed Master of the Robes to the Prince of Wales.
Christopher Villiers 1st Earl Anglesey 1593-1630 was appointed Master of the Robes to King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland 1566-1625.
Master of the Staghounds
In 1738 Evelyn Pierrepoint 2nd Duke Kingston upon Hull 1711-1773 (27) was appointed Master of the Staghounds.
In 1744 Robert Manners-Sutton 1722-1762 (21) was appointed Master of the Staghounds.
In 1763 William Byron 5th Baron Byron 1722-1798 (40) was appointed Master of the Staghounds.
In 1765 William Monckton aka Monckton-Arundell 2nd Viscount Galway 1725-1772 (40) was appointed Master of the Staghounds.
In 1770 William Anne Capell 4th Earl Essex 1732-1799 (37) was appointed Master of the Staghounds.
In 1782 position of Master of the Staghounds was abolished.
Master of the Royal Stables
From 1574 Richard Montpesson -1627 was appointed Master of the Royal Stables.
Master of the Wild Beasts
On 04 Feb 1600 John Leigh 1568-1624 (31) had a grant of the office of Keeper of Home Park in Kent and Master of the Wild Beasts.
Master of the Wardrobe
Diary of Samuel Pepys 06 June 1660. 06 Jun 1660. In the morning I had letters come, that told me among other things, that my Lord's place of Clerk of the Signet was fallen to him, which he did most lovingly tell me that I should execute, in case he could not get a better employment for me at the end of the year. Because he thought that the Duke of York would command all, but he hoped that the Duke would not remove me but to my advantage.
I had a great deal of talk about my uncle Robert, and he told me that he could not tell how his mind stood as to his estate, but he would do all that lay in his power for me. After dinner came Mr. Gooke from London, who told me that my wife he left well at Huntsmore, though her health not altogether so constant as it used to be, which my heart is troubled for. Mr. Moore's letters tell me that he thinks my Lord will be suddenly sent for up to London, and so I got myself in readiness to go.
My letters tell me, that Mr. Calamy1 had preached before the King in a surplice (this I heard afterwards to be false); that my Lord, Gen. Monk (51), and three more Lords, are made Commissioners for the Treasury1; that my Lord had some great place conferred on him, and they say Master of the Wardrobe3; that the two Dukes [Duke of York and Duke of Gloucester.] do haunt the Park much, and that they were at a play, Madam Epicene,—["Epicene, or the Silent Woman", a comedy, by Ben Jonson.] the other day; that Sir. Ant. Cooper (38), Mr. Hollis (60), and Mr. Annesly (45), & late President of the Council of State, are made Privy Councillors to the King. At night very busy sending Mr. Donne away to London, and wrote to my father for a coat to be made me against I come to London, which I think will not be long. At night Mr. Edward Montagu came on board and staid long up with my Lord. I to bed and about one in the morning,
Note 1. Edmund Calamy, D.D., the celebrated Nonconformist divine, born February, 1600, appointed Chaplain to Charles II., 1660. He refused the bishopric of Lichfield which was offered to him. Died October 29th, 1666.
Note 2. The names of the Commissioners were Sir Edward Hyde (51), afterwards Earl of Clarendon, General Monk (51), Thomas, Earl of Southampton (53), John, Lord Robartes (54), Thomas, Lord Colepeper (60), Sir Edward Montagu, with Sir Edward Nicholas (67) and Sir William Morrice (57) as principal Secretaries of State. The patents are dated June 19th, 1660.
Note 3. The duty of the Master of the Wardrobe was to provide "proper furniture for coronations, marriages, and funerals" of the sovereign and royal family, "cloaths of state, beds, hangings, and other necessaries for the houses of foreign ambassadors, cloaths of state for Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Prince of Wales, and ambassadors abroad", as also to provide robes for Ministers of State, Knights of the Garter, &c. The last Master of the Wardrobe was Ralph, Duke of Montague (21), who died 1709.
