Angliæ notitia, or The present state of England together with divers reflections upon the antient state thereof.

Of the Kings Court.

THe Court of the King of England is a Monarchy within a Monarchy, consisting of Ecclesiastical, Civil, and Military Persons and Govern∣ment.

For the Ecclesiastical Go∣vernment of the Kings Court

there is first a Dean of the Kings Chappel, who is usually some grave Learned Prelate, chosen by the King, and who as Dean acknowledgeth no Superiour but the King; for as the Kings Palace is exempt from all infe∣riour Temporal Jurisdiction, so is his Chappel from all Spi∣ritual; it is called Capella Do∣menica, the Demean Chappel, is not within the Jurisdiction or Diocess of any Bishop, but as a Regal Peculiar exempt and re∣served to the Visitation and Immediate Government of the King, who is Supreme Ordina∣ry, and as it were Prime Bi∣shop over all the Churches and Bishops of England.

By the Dean are chosen all o∣ther Officers of the Chappel, viz. a Subdean or Praecentor

Capellae, 32 Gentlemen of the Chappel, whereof 12 are Priests, and one of them is Confessor to the Kings Hou∣shold, whose Office is to read Prayers every Morning to the Family, to visit the Sick, to examine and prepare Commu∣nicants, to inform such as de∣sire advice in any Case of Con∣science or Point of Religion, &c.

The other 20 Gentlemen, commonly called Clerks of the Chappel, are with the afore∣said Priests to perform in the Chappel the Office of Divine Service in Praying, Singing, &c. One of these being well skilled in Musick, is chosen Master of the Children, where∣of there are 12 in Ordinary, to instruct them in the Rules

and Art of Musick for the Ser∣vice of the Chappel. Three other of the said Clerks are chosen to be Organists, to whom are joyned upon Sun∣dayes, Collar dayes, and other Holy-dayes, the Saickbuts and Cornets belonging to the Kings Private Musick, to make the Chappel Musick more full and compleat.

There are moreover 4 Offi∣cers called Vergers, from the Silver Rods carried in their hands, also a Sergeant, 2 Yeo∣men; and a Groom of the Chap∣pel.

In the Kings Chappel thrice every day Prayers are read, and Gods Service and Worship performed with great Decency, Order, and Devotion, and should be a Pattern to all o∣ther

Churches and Chappels of England.

Twelve dayes in the year, being high and principal Festi∣vals, His Majesty after Divine Service, attended with his prin∣cipal Nobility, adorned with their Collars of Esses, in a grave solemn manner at the Altar of∣fers a sum of Gold to God, in signum specialis dominii, that by his Grace he is King, and holdeth all of him.

All Offerings made at the Holy Altar by the King and the Queen, did antiently be∣long to the disposal of the Archbishop of Canterbury, if his Grace were present, where∣soever the Court was, but now to the Dean of the Chappel.

Those 12 dayes are first Christmass, Easter, Whitsun∣day,

and All Saints, called Houshold-dayes, upon which the Besant or Gold to be offer∣ed, is delivered to the King by the Lord Steward or some other of the Principal Officers: then New-years-day and Twelf-day, upon the later of which Gold, Frankincense, and Myrrhe, in several Purses are offered by the King: Lastly, Candlemas, Anuntiation, Ascention, Trini∣ty Sunday, St. John Baptist, and Michaelmass day, when on∣ly Gold is offered. Upon Christ∣mass, Easter, and Whitsunday, His Majesty usually receives the Holy Sacrament, none but two or three of the Principal Bi∣shops communicating with Him.

The King hath also (besides many Extraordinary) 48 Chap∣lains

in Ordinary, who are u∣sually eminent Doctors in Di∣vinity; whereof 4 every Mo∣neth wait at Court to preach in the Chappel on Sundayes and other Festivals before the King, and in the Morning ear∣ly on Sundayes before the Hou∣shold, to read Divine Service before the King out of Chap∣pel daily twice in the Kings Pri∣vate Oratory, to give Thanks at Table, in the Clerk of the Closets absence.

In time of Lent, according to antient laudable Custom, the Divine Service and Preach∣ing is performed in a more so∣lemn manner.

Antiently at Court there were Sermons in Lent only, and that in the Afternoon, in the Open Court, and then only

by Bishops, Deans, and prin∣cipal Prebends: Our Ancestors judging that time enough and those persons only fit to teach such an Auditory their duty to God and Man. Antiently al∣so the Lent Preachers were all appointed by the Archbishop of Canterbury. Now on the first Wednesday, called Ashwednesday, in the Morning, begins the Dean of the Chappel to preach, and on each Wednesday after one of his Majesties more elo∣quent Chaplains, and every Friday the Dean of some Ca∣thedral or Collegiat Church, and on the last Friday, called Good Friday, is alwayes to preach the Dean of Westmin∣ster; and on every Sunday in Lent some, Right Reverend Bi∣shop preacheth, and on the last

Sunday of Lent, called Palm-Sunday, is to preach an Arch∣bishop, and upon Easter day the Lord High Almoner, who is u∣sually some principal Bishop, that disposeth of the Kings Almes, and for that use recei∣veth (besides other moneys al∣lowed by the King) all Deo∣dands & Bona Felonum de se, to be that way disposed.

In France the Grand Aumos∣nier is principal of all the Ec∣clesiastiques of the Court, and all Officers of the Kings Chappel, he receiveth their Oaths of Al∣legeance, and himself swears only to the King for that Of∣fice; he hath the disposition of all Hospitals, the Charge for delivering Prisoners pardoned by the King at his coming to the Crown, or at his Corona∣tion

or first entrance into any of his Cities.

Under the Lord High Al∣moner there is a Subalmoner, two Yeomen, and two Grooms of the Almonry.

Besides all these, the King hath a Clerk of the Closet or Confessor to His Majesty, who is commonly some reverend dis∣creet Divine, extraordinarily esteemed by His Majesty, whose Office is to attend at the Kings right hand during Divine Service, to resolve all doubts concerning spiritual matters, &c.

The present Dean of the Chappel is Doctor Herbert Crofts Bishop of Hereford, whose Fee is 200 l. yearly and a Table, his Subdean is Doctor Jones, whose Fee is 100 l. year∣ly.

The Fee of each Priest and Clerk of the Chappel is 70 l. yearly.

The Clerk of the Closet is Doctor Blandford Bishop of Oxford, hath no Fee.

The Lord High Almoner is Doctor Henchman Bishop of London, hath no Fee: his Sub-Almoner is Doctor Perinchef, whose Fee is 6 l. 6 s. 10 d.

Of the Civil Govern∣ment of His Ma∣jesties Houshold.

FOr the Civil Government of the Kings Court, the Chief Officer is the Lord Stew∣ard, quasi Stede ward Locum tenens, called also in the time of Henry 8. the Great Master of

the Kings Houshold after the French Mode, but Primo Ma∣riae, and ever since called the Lord Steward of the Kings Houshold.

He hath Authority over all Officers and Servants of the Kings House, except those of His Majesties Chappel, Cham∣ber, and Stable &c.

He judgeth of all disorders committed in the Court, or within the Verge, which is e∣very way within 12 miles of the chief Tunnel of the Court (on∣ly London by Charter is ex∣empted) for the Law having an high esteem of the dignity of the Kings settled Mansion House, laid out such a Plot of ground about his House (as a half-pace or Foot-Carpet spread about the Kings Chair of Estate

that ought to be more cleared and void than other places) to be subject to a special exempt∣ed jurisdiction depending on the Kings Person and Great Offi∣cers, that so, where the King comes, there should come with him Peace and Order, and an Awfulness and Reverence in mens hearts, besides it would have been a kind of eclipsing of the Kings Honour, that where the King was, any Ju∣stice should be sought, but im∣mediately from the Kings own Officers, and therefore from very antient times the Jurisdi∣ction of the Verge hath been executed by the Lord Steward with great Ceremony in the na∣ture of a peculiar Kings Bench, and that not only within but without the Kings Dominions;

for so it is recorded that one Engleam of Nogent in France for stealing Silver dishes out of the House of Edward 1. King of England, then at Paris (after the matter had been debated in the Council of the King of France touching the Jurisdicti∣on, and ordered that the King of England should enjoy this Kingly Prerogative of his Hou∣shold) was condemned by Sir Robert Fitz-John then Stew∣ard to the King of England, and hanged in St. Germans Fields.

The Lord Steward is a White Staffe Officer, for he in the Kings Presence carrieth a White Staffe, and at other times going abroad, it is carried by a Foot-man bare-headed. At the death of the King, over the

Hearse made for the Kings Bo∣dy, he breaketh this Staffe, and thereby dischargeth all the Of∣ficers, whom the succeeding King, out of his meer grace doth re-establish each one in his for∣mer Office.

This eminent Emploiment is now enjoyed by James Duke of Ormond, Lord Lieftenant of Ireland, whose Fee is 100 l. yearly, and 16 Dishes daily each Meal, with Wine, Beer, &c.

The next Officer is the Lord Chamberlain, who hath the over-sight of all Officers be∣longing to the Kings Chamber, except the Precincts of the Kings Bed-Chamber, which is wholy under the Groom of the Stool; and all above Stairs; who are all sworn by him (or

his Warrant to the Gentlemen Ushers) to the King. He hath also the over-sight of the Of∣ficers of the Wardrobes at all his Majesties Houses, and of the removing Wardr. or of Beds, of the Tents, Revels, Musick, Comedians, Hunt∣ing, and of the Messengers, of the Trumpetters, Drummers, of all Handy-Crafts and Ar∣tisans retained in the Kings Service. Moreover he hath the over-sight of the He∣raulds and Pursivants, and Ser∣geants at Arms, of all Physi∣tians, Apothecaries, Surgeons, Barbers, &c. To him also be∣longeth the over-sight of the Chaplains, though himself be a Lay-man; contrary in this particular to the Antient Cu∣stom of England, and Modern

Custom of all other Kingdoms, where Ecclesiastiques are never under the ordering of Lay∣men.

The Fee of the Lord Cham∣berlain of the Kings House is 100 l. yearly, and 16 Dishes each Meal, with all the Appur∣tenances.

This Office is now in the hands of Edward Montague, Lord Montague, and Earl of Manchester.

Most of the above-named Offices and Places are in the Gift and Disposal of the Lord Chamberlain.

The Third Great Officer of the Kings Court is the Master of the Horse, antiently called Co∣mes Stabuli, or Constable, to whom a highe•• Employment

and Power was then given, and this taken from him.

This great Officer hath now the ordering and disposal of all the Kings Stables and Races of Horses, and had heretofore of all the Posts of England. He hath also the power over Escui∣ries and Pages, over the Foot∣men, Grooms, Riders of the Great Horses, Farriers, Smiths, Coach-men, Sadlers, and all other Trades working to the Kings Stables, to all whom he (or by his Warrant the Ave∣ner) giveth an Oath to be true and faithful.

He hath the Charge of all Lands and Revenues appointed for the Kings breed of Horses, and for Charges of the Stable, and for Litters, Coaches, Sum∣pter Horses, &c.

Also for the Charges of Coronations, Marriages, En∣tries, Cavalcades, Funerals, &c.

He only hath the Priviledge to make use of any Horses, Pa∣ges, Foot-men belonging to the Kings Stable.

At any Solemn Cavalcade he rides next behind the King, and leads a Lear Horse of State.

This great honour is now en∣joyed by George Monk Duke of Albemarle, in consideration of his unparalleld Services to the King, to his Crown and Digni∣ty at a juncture of time when his Affairs and Friends were in a very desperate condition.

His yearly Fee is 666 l. 16 s. 4 d.

Under these Three Principal Officers of His Majesties Hou∣shold are almost all the other Officers and Servants.

First under the Lord Steward in the Compting-House is the Treasurer of the Houshold.

Comptroller.

Cofferer.

Master of the Houshold.

Two Clerks of the Green-Cloth.

Two Clerks Comptrollers.

One Sergeant.

Two Yeomen.

The Cofferers Clerk.

The Groom.

Two Messengers.

It is called the Compting-House, because the Accompts for all Expences of the Kings Houshold are there taken daily

by the Lord Steward, the Treasurer, the Comptroller, the Cofferer, the Master of the Houshold, the two Clerks of the Green Cloth, and the two Clerks Comptrollers, who al∣so there make Provisions for the Houshold, according to the Law of the Land, and make Payments and Orders for the well governing of the Servants of the Houshold.

In the Compting-House is the Green-Cloth, which is a Court of Justice continually sitting in the Kings House, composed of the Persons last mentioned; whereof the three first are usu∣ally of the Kings Privy Council. To this Court, being the first and most ancient Court of Eng∣land, is committed the charge and oversight of the Kings

Court Royal for matters of Ju∣stice and Government, with Authority for maintaining the Peace within 12 miles distance, wheresoever the Court shall be; and within the Kings House the power of correcting all the Ser∣vants therein that shall any way offend.

It is called the Green Cloth, of a Green Cloth whereat they sit, over whom are the Arms of the Compting House, bear∣ing Vert a Key and a Rod Or, a Staffe Argent Saultier, signi∣fying their Power to reward and correct, as Persons for their great wisdom and expe∣rience thought fit by His Ma∣jesty to exercise both these Functions in his Royal House.

The Treasurer of the Kings House is alwayes of the Privy Council, and in absence of the Lord Steward hath power with the Comptroller and Steward of the Marshalsea to hear and de∣termine Treasons, Felonies, and other inferiour Crimes commit∣ted within the Kings Palace, and that by Verdict of the Kings Houshold.

Houshold Servants within the Check Roll, if any be found guilty of Felony, no benefit of Glergy is to be allowed him. Antiently this Court might have held Pleas of Freehold also.

His yearly Fee 124 l. 14 s. 8 d. and a Table of 16 Dishes each Meal. He bears a white Staffe, and is at present Sir Tho∣mas Clifford.

The Comptrollers Office is to controul the Accounts and Reckonings of the Green Cloth.

His yearly Fee is 107 l. 12 s. 4 d. a Table of 16 Dishes each Meal. He bears a white Staffe, and is at present the Lord Newport.

The Cofferer is also a Princi∣pal Officer, hath a special charge and oversight of other Officers of the House, for their good Demeanour and Carriage in their Offices, and is to pay the Wages to the Kings Servants below Stairs.

His yearly Fee is 100 l. a Table of 7 Dishes daily, and is now Colonel Will. Ashburn∣bam.

The next is the Master of the Houshold, whose Office is to survey the Accounts of the House.

His Fee 100 Marks and 7 Dishes daily, enjoyed by Sir Herbert Price.

The Two Clerks of the Green Cloth are Sir Henry Wood and Sir Stephen Fox, and the two Clerks Comptrollers Sir William Boreman and Sir Win∣ston Churchill.

The yearly Fee to each of these four, is 48 l. 13 s. 4 d. and between them 2 Tables of 7 Dishes to each Table.

The rest of the Compting-House being less considerable, shall for brevity be past over, and for other Officers below

stairs, onely their Names and Number shall be noted, their Fees being not considerable, ex∣cept the Sergeants Fee of each Office.

In the Bake-House, A Ser∣geant, a Clerk, divers Yeo∣men, a Garnitor, divers Pur∣veyors, Grooms and Conducts, in all 17 Persons.

In the Pantry, A Sergeant, Yeomen, Grooms, Pages, &c. in all 11.

In the Cellar, A Sergeant, a Gentleman, Yeomen, Grooms, Purveyors, Pages, in all 12.

In the Buttry, A Gentleman, Yeoman, Grooms, Pages, Pur∣veyors, in all 11.

In the Pitcher-House, A Yeo∣man, Grooms, Page, and Clerk, in all 5 persons.

In the Spicery, Three Clerks and a Grocer.

In the Chandlery, A Serge∣ant, 2 Yeomen, 2 Grooms, and a Page, in all 6 persons.

In the Wafery, A Yeoman and a Groom.

In the Confectionary, A Ser∣geant, 2 Yeomen, a Groom, and a Page.

In the Ewry, A Sergeant, a Gentleman, 2 Yeomen, a Groom, and 2 Pages.

In the Landry, A Yeoman, a Groom, 3 Pages, and a Dra∣per.

In the Kitchin, Six Clerks, a Master Cook to the King, a Master Cook to the Hou∣shold, 6 Yeomen, 7 Grooms, 5 Children, in all 26 persons.

In the Larder, A Sergeant, a Clerk, 3 Yeomen, 3 Grooms, 2 Pages.

In the 〈◊〉〈◊〉 or the Cate∣rers Office, a Sergeant, a Clerk, Purveyors for Flesh and Fish, Yeomen, in all 12 per∣sons.

In the Boyling-House, a Yeo∣man, 2 Grooms.

In the Poultry, A Sergeant, a Clerk, Yeomen, Grooms, Purveyors, in all 10 persons.

In the Scalding-House, Yeo∣men, Grooms, and Pages, in all 6.

In the Pastry, A Sergeant, a Clerk, Yeomen, Grooms, and Children, in all 11 persons.

In the Scullery, A Sergeant, a Clerk, Yeomen, Grooms, and Pages, in all 12 persons.

In the Wood-Yard, A Serge∣ant, a Clerk, Yeomen, Groom, and Pages, in all 8 persons.

Harbingers, 2 Gentlemen, 6 Yeomen.

In the Almonry, Sub-Almo∣ner, 2 Yeomen, Grooms.

Porters at Gate, A Sergeant Sir Edward Bret, 2 Yeomen, 4 Grooms.

Cart-Takers, 6 in number.

Surveyors of the Dresser, 2 persons.

Marshals of the Hall, 4.

Sewers of the Hall, 5.

Wayters of the Hall, 12.

Messenger of the Compting-House, 1.

Bell-Ringer, 1.

Long-Cart-Takers, 4.

Wine-Porters, 8.

Wood-Bearer, 1.

The Cock, 1.

Supernumerary Servants to the last King, viz. In the Poul∣try 2, in the Almonry 1, and in the Pastry 1.

Besides the fore-named Offi∣cers below Stairs, there are also under the said Lord Steward all the Officers belonging to the Queens Kitchin, Cellar, Pantry, &c. and to the Kings Privy Kitchin, and to the Lords Kit∣chin, together with Children, Scowrers, Turn-broaches, &c. in all 68.

A List of His Ma∣jesties Servants in Ordinary above Stairs.

GEntlemen of the Bed Cham∣ber, whereof the first is called Groom of the Stole, that is (according to the signification

of the word in Greek, from whence first the Latines, and thence the Italian & French de∣rive it) Groom or Servant of the Robe or Vestment: He having the Office and Honour to pre∣sent and put on His Majesties first Garment or Shirt every morning, and to order the things of the Bed-Chamber.

The Gentlemen of the Bed-Chamber consist usually of the Prime Nobility of England. Their Office in general is each one in his turn to wait a Week in every Quarter in the Kings Bed-Chamber, there to lie by the King on a Pallet-Bed all Night, and in the absence of the Groom of the Stole to sup∣ply his place.

The yearly Fee to each is 1000 l.

Their Names follow accord∣ing to their Order.

• John Earl of Bath, Groom of the Stole and first Gentleman of the Bed-Chamber.
• George Duke of Buckingham.
• Charles Duke of Richmond.
• William Duke of Newcastle.
• George Duke of Albemarle.
• James Duke of Ormond.
• Earl of Suffolk.
• The Earl of Newport.
• Earl of Ossory.
• Earl of Ogle.
• Lord Gerrard.
• Lord Crofts.
• Lord Lauderdale.
• Lord Mandevil.
• Mr. May Privy Purse.
• Sir George Carteret Vice-Chamberlain.
• George Lord Viscount Gran∣dison Captain of the Guard.
• ...

• Sir Edward Griffin Knight, Treasurer of the Chamber.
• Sir John Denham Knight of the Bath, Surveyor to His Ma∣jesty.

Grooms of the Bed-Chamber.

• Henry Seymour, Esquire.
• John Ashburnham, Esquire.
• Thomas Elliot, Esquire.
• David Walter, Esquire.
• William Legg, Esquire.
• Sylvius Tytus, Esquire.
• Thomas Killegrew, Esquire.
• Robert Philips, Esquire.
• Edward Progers, Esquire.
• Richard Lane, Esquire.
• Henry Coventry. Esquire.

These are not to be above the degree of Gentlemen, Their Office is to attend in the

Kings Bed-Chamber to dress and undress the King in private, &c.

The yearly Fee to each is 500 l.

Pages of the Bed-Chamber 6 in number, whereof one is Keeper of his Majesties Closet.

Gentlemen Ʋshers of the Privy-Chamber.

• Sir William Flemming.
• Marmaduke Darcy.
• Sir Paul Neale.
• Sir Robert Stapleton.

These wait one at a time in the Privy Lodgings.

Gentlemen of the Privy-Chamber in Ordinary.

• Sir Edward Griffin.
• Sir Francis Cobb.
• Sir John Boys.
• Sir John Talbot.
• Sir Robert Bindlos.
• Sir Thomas Sandys, &c.

in number forty eight, all Knights or Esquires of note.

Their Office is 12 every Quarter, to wait on the Kings Person within doors and with∣out, so long as His majesty is on foot, and when the King eats in the Privy Chamber, they wait at the Table and bring in his Meat. They wait also at the reception of Embassadours, and every Night two of them lie in the Kings Privy-Cham∣ber.

A Gentleman of the Privy-Chamber by the Kings Com∣mandment onely, without any written Commission is sufficient to arrest any Peer of England.

Grooms of the Privy Cham∣ber in Ordinary, in number 6, all Gentlemen of Quality; these (as all Grooms) wait with∣out Sword, Cloak, or Hat: whereas the Gentlemen wear al∣wayes Cloak and Sword.

In the Presence Chamber, Gentlemen-Ushers, daily Wait∣ers in Ordinary are 4, whereof the first hath the Office of Black Rod, and in time of Parliament is to attend every day the Lords House, and is also Usher of the Honourable Order of the Garter. They are now

• Sir John Ayton,
• Sir Edward Carteret,
• Richard March,
• Sir James Mercer.
• Tho. Duppa, Assistant Daily Waiter.

Their Office is to wait in the Presence Chamber, and to attend next the Kings Person, and after the Lord Chancel∣lour and the Vice-Chamberlain to order all affairs, and to obey these are all Under-Officers a∣bove Stairs.

Gentlemen Ushers Quarter Waiters in Ordinary, in number 8; these wait also in the Pre∣sence Chamber, and are to give directions to the Grooms and Pages and other under Of∣ficers; who are to attend in

all servile Offices next to the Grooms.

The Grooms of the Great Chamber are 12, the Pages of the Presence Chamber 4.

Cup-Bearers in Ordinary.

• James Halsal,
• Charles Littleton,
• Sir William Fleetwood,
• Sir Philip Palmer,
• Mr. Ayrskyn.
• Carvers in Ordinary, 4.
• Sewers in Ordinary, 4.

Esquires of the Body in Ordi∣nary, 4.

Their Office to guard the Kings Person by Night, to set the Watch and give the Word, and keep good Order in the whole House by Night, as the

Lord Chamberlain and his o∣ther Officers are to do by Day.

Groom Porter, Col. Offley.

His Office to see the Kings Lodgings furnisht with Tables, Chairs, Stools, Firing, to furnish Cards, Dice, &c. to decide disputes arising at Cards, Dice, Bowlings, &c.

Sergeants at Arms, 16, all Gentlemen.

Chaplains in Ordinary, 4 for every Moneth, as followeth:

• January.
  • Dr. Sandcroft,
  • Dr. Brideock.
  • Dr. Jos. Beaumont,
  • Dr. Colebrand.
• February.
  • Dr. Peirce,
  • Dr. Shute,
  • Dr. Duport.
  • Dr. Cradock.

• March.
  • Dr. Crofts,
  • Dr. Reeves,
  • Dr. Brough,
  • Dr. Bell.
• April.
  • Dr. Maine.
  • Dr. Gullston,
  • Dr. Stillingfleet,
  • Dr. Creighton.
• May.
  • Dr. Fell,
  • Dr. Sudbury,
  • Dr. Crey,
  • Dr. Bathurst.
• June.
  • Dr. Wood,
  • Dr. Carlton,
  • Dr. Basire,
  • Dr. Neale.
• July.
  • Dr. Cartwright,
  • Dr. Castillian,
  • Dr. Smith,
  • Dr. John Loyd.
• August.
  • Dr. Fleetwood,
  • Dr. Gunning,
  • Dr. Thorne,
  • Dr. Offly.

• September.
  • Dr. Pearson,
  • Dr. Bolton,
  • Dr. Perinchief,
  • Dr. Tillotson.
• October.
  • Dr. Ovtram,
  • Dr. Meuse,
  • Dr. Tho. Tulley,
  • Dr. Smallwood.
• November.
  • Dr. Allestree,
  • Dr. Benson,
  • Dr. Geo. Beaumont,
  • Dr. Will. Loyd.
• December.
  • Dr. Hodges,
  • Dr. Hardye.
  • Dr. Ball,
  • Dr. Lamplagh.

These 48 Chaplains in Or∣dinary are usually Doctors in Divinity, and for the most part Deans or Prebends, and all prin∣cipal Predicators.

Messengers of the Chamber in Ordinary, first 2 Clerks of the Check, then 40 more, in all 42.

Musitians in Ordinary, 62.

Trumpeters in Ordinary and Kettle Drummers are in all 15.

Drummers and Fifes, 7.

Of Wardrobes the King hath (besides the Great Wardrobe now in the Savoy, whereof Edward Earl of Sandwich is Master) divers standing Ward∣robes at Whitehall, Windsor, Hampton-Court, the Tower of London, Greenwich, &c. whereof there are divers Offi∣cers. Lastly, removing Ward∣robes, whereof there is one Yeoman, 2 Grooms, and 2 Pa∣ges.

Jewel House, Sir Gilbert Talbot Master, and three Under Officers called Yeoman and Grooms.

Whose Office is to take Charge of all Vessels of Gold or Silver gilt for the King and Queens Table, of all Plate in the Tower, of Chains and loose Jewels, not fixt to any Gar∣ment.

Physitians in Ordinary to His Majesties Person are▪

• Sir Alexander Fraser,
• Sir John Baber.
• Doctor Clark,
• Doctor Hinton.

Physitians in Ordinary to the Houshold.

• Doctor Waldron.
• Doctor Scarborough for the Tower of London.

• Apothecaries, 2, one for the Kings Person and one for the Houshold.
• Chirurgeons, 6.
• Barbers, 2.
• Printers, 2.
• Bookbinder, 1.
• Taylers, 2.
• Hydrographer, 1.
• Stationer, 1.

• In the Office of the Tents, Toyles, Hales, and Pavilions, 2 Masters, 4 Yeomen, 1 Groom, 1 Clerk, Comptroller, 1 Clerk of the Tents.
• A Master of the Revels, Of∣fice to order all things concern∣ing Comedies, &c.
• Engraver, Sculptor, 1 in each Office.
• In the Office of the Robes, 1 Master, 4 Grooms, a Pur∣veyor,

• Clerk, Tayler, and Page, and a Dyer.
• In the Matter of Ceremonies, A Master Sir Charles Cotterel, and one Marshal.
• A Master of the Game of Cock-fighting.
• Two Sergeant Skinners.
• Three Embroiderers.
• Two Keepers of the Privy Lodgings.
• Two Gentlemen and one Yeomen of the Bows.
• One Crossbow-Maker, one Fletcher.
• One Mrs Sempstress, and one Laundress.
• One Perspective Maker.
• One Master Fencer.
• One Haberdasher of Hatts.
• One Comb-Maker.
• One Coffee-Maker.
• ...

• Shoo-maker, Joyner, Co∣pier of Pictures, Watch-ma∣ker, Cabinet-maker, Lock-Smith, Library-Keeper, Rat-Killer, of each one.
• Game of the Bears and Bulls, 1 Master, 1 Sergeant, 1 Yeo∣man.
• Operators for the Teeth, 2.
• Coffer-Bearers to the Back-Stairs, 2.
• Falconers, Sir Allen Aspley Master of the Hawks, and o∣ther Officers under him about London and other places, be∣longing to the King, in all 33.
• Huntsmen for the Buck∣hounds in Ordinary, John Carey Esquire, Master of the Buck∣hounds, and under him a Serge∣ant and 34 other persons.
• Otter-hounds, Smith Esquire, Master of the Otter-hounds,

• and 4 more under him.
• Huntsmen for the Harriers, Master of the Harriers, Mr. Elliot and 5 under him.
• One Yeoman of the Leash.
• Watermen 55.
• Silkmen 2.
• Perfumer, Feather-maker, Milliner, Mercer, Hosier, Dra∣per, Upholster, Letter-carrier, Forreign Post, of each one.
• Officers belonging to Gar∣dens, Bowling-Greens, Ten∣nis-Courts, Pall-Mall, 10 per∣sons.
• Culter, Spurrier, Girdler, Corn-Cutter, Button-maker, one of each.
• Embosser, Enameler, of each one.
• Armory at the Tower, Master of the Ordinance now in several Commissioners, William Legg

• Lieutenant of the Ordnance and Master Armorer, and 17 under Officers.
• Heraulds, 3 Kings at Arms.
• Sir Edward Walker, Garter.
• Sir Edward Bish, Clarenceux.
• William Dugdale, Norroy.
• Also 4 Heraulds and 4 Pur∣suivants.
• Comedians, 17 Men and 8 Women Actors.
• Gunner, Gilder, Cleanser of Pictures, Scene-Keeper, Cof∣fer-Maker, Wax-Chandler, Mole-Taker, Publick Notary, one of each.
• Keeper of Birds and Fowle in St. James's Park, 1.
• Keeper of the Volery, Goffe-Club-maker, Sergeant Painter, one for each.

A List of His Ma∣jesties Servants un∣der the Master of the Horse.

There are,

FIrst 14 Queryes, so called from the French word Es∣cuyers, derived from Escuyrie a Stable; their Office is to attend the King on Hunting, on Pro∣gress, or on any occasion of ri∣ding abroad, to help His Ma∣jesty up and down from his Horse, &c.

The yearly Fee to each is 20 l.

2. The Chief Avener (which place with all the following, are

in the Gift of the Master of the Horse) so called from Avena, Oates; whose Office is to pro∣vide Provender, and yearly Fee is 40 l.

There are 2 Clerks of the Avery or Avenry.

One Clerk of the Stable.

Three Surveyors, 2 Gentle∣men Riders, 4 Yeomen Riders, 4 Coachmen, 8 Littermen, a Sergeant of the Carriage, 2 Sadlers, a Squire Sadler and a Yeoman Sadler, a Yeoman of the Stirrup, 4 Yeomen Purvey∣ors, 4 Yeomen Granators, a Sergeant Farrier, 4 Yeomen Farriers, a Yeoman of the Male, a Yeoman Peckman, a Yeo∣man Bilmaker, a Yeoman of the Close Cart, Sixty four Grooms of the Stable, 26 Foot∣men in Liveries to run by the Kings Horse.

There is (besides some other Officers not here named) an Antient Officer in the Kings Houshold, called Clerk of the Mercat, who within the Verge of the Kings Houshold is to keep a Standard of all Weights and Measures, and to burn all false Weights and Measures; and from the Pattern of this Standard are to be taken all the Weights and Measures of the Kingdom.

There are divers other Offi∣ces belonging to the King of great importance, which are not subordinate to any of the 3 fore-mentioned Great Offi∣cers, as Master of the Great Wardrobe, Master of the Ord∣nance, Warden of the Mint, &c. and above all for profit is the

Office of Post-Master settled by Act of Parliament on the Duke of York, and worth about 20000 l. yearly, but managed by the order and oversight of His Majesties Principal Secre∣taries of State; who also are Principal Domestiques of the King: of whom a farther ac∣count shall be given in the Chapter of the Kings Privy Council.

Master of the Robes is Lau∣rence Hyde Esquire, second Son to the late Lord Chancellour; whose Office is to have in Cu∣stody all His Majesties Robes, as those of Coronation, of St. Georges Feast, and of Parlia∣ment; also the Custody of all His Majesties Wearing Appa∣rel, and of his Collar of Esses,

Georges, and Garters, beset with Diamonds, Pearls, &c. Of this Office there is one Ma∣ster, 2 Yeomen, 4 Grooms, 3 Pages, &c.

In the Court of King James there were many more Offices, and to many Offices there be∣longed many more persons, which King Charles the first much lessened, and the present King now raigning hath yet les∣sened much more.

Of the Military Go∣vernment in the Kings Court.

AS in a Kingdome, be∣cause Civil Governours proposing Temporal and Ec∣clesiastical Governours Eter∣nal Rewards and Punishments are not sufficient to secure Peace; therefore a Military force is alwayes in readiness: so in the Kings Court, besides Civil and Ecclesiastical Offi∣cers, it is thought necessary al∣wayes to have in readiness Mi∣litary Officers and Souldiers, to preserve the Kings Person; whereupon depends the Peace

and Safety of all his Subjects.

Belonging peculiarly to the Kings Court (besides above 4000 Foot, and above 500 Horse, who are alwayes in Pay and readiness to assist upon any occasion) there are Guards of Horse and Foot.

The Horse Guard, which the French call Garde du Corps, the Germans Lieb Guardy, we corruptly. Life Gard, that is, the Gard of the Kings Body, hath consisted of 500 Horsemen, all or most Gentlemen and old Of∣ficers, commanded by the Captain of the Guard, now James Duke of Monmouth, whose Pay is 30 s. a day, and each Horseman 4 s. a day. These Horse have been divided into Three Parts, whereof 200 under the immediate Com∣mand

of the Captain of the Guard, 150 under Monsieur le Marquis de Blancfort, and 150 under Sir Philip Howard, whose Pay to each is 20 s. a day.

Under the Captain of the Guard are four Lieutenants, Sir Thomas Sandis, Sir Gilbert Gerard, Major General Eger∣ton, and Sir George Hambleton, the Cornet is Mr. Stanly, Bro∣ther to the Earl of Derby; also four Brigadeers.

The Office of the Captain of the Life Guard is at all times of War or Peace to wait upon the Kings Person (as oft as he rides abroad) with a considera∣ble number of Horsemen well armed and prepared against all dangers whatsoever.

At home within the Kings House it is thought fit that the Kings Person should have a Guard both above and below Stairs.

In the Presence Chamber therefore wait the Gentlemen Pensioners carrying Pole-axes, there are 50 who are usually Knights or Gentlemen of good Quality and Families; their Office is to attend the Kings Person to and from his Chappel only as far as the Privy Cham∣ber; also in all other Solemni∣ties: their yearly Fee is 100 l. to each. Over these there is a Captain, usually some Noble∣man, at present the Lord Bellas∣sis, whose Fee is 200 l. yearly; a Lieutenant Sir John Bennet, his Fee 66 l. 13 s. 4 d. a Standard-Bearer, Fee 100 l. a

Pay-masters Fee 50 l. and a Clerk of the Check.

Again in the first Room a∣bove Stairs, called the Guard-Chamber, attend the Yeomen of the Guard, whereof there are 250 men of the best quality under Gentry, and of larger Stature, wearing Red Coats, after an Antient Mode, bearing Halberds at home and Half-Pikes in Progress, and alwayes wearing a large Sword.

Their Pay is daily 2 s. 6 d.

Their Captain the Lord, Grandison.

The Kings Palace Royal (ratione Regiae Dignitatis) is ex∣empted from all Jurisdiction of any Court Civil or Ecclesiasti∣cal, but only to the Lord Steward, and in his absence to

the Treasurer and Comptroller of the Kings Houshold, with the Steward of the Marshalsey, who may by vertue of their Of∣fice, without Commission hear and determine all Treasons, Felonies, Breaches of the Peace, committed within the Kings Court or Palace.

The Kings Court or House where the King resideth, is ac∣counted a place so sacred, that if any man presume to strike a∣nother within the Palace where the Kings Royal Person resi∣deth, and by such stroke only draw blood, his right hand shall be stricken off, and he committed to perpetual prison and fined. By the Antient Laws of England only striking in the Kings Court was punisht with death and loss of goods.

To make the deeper impres∣sion and terrour into mens minds for striking in the Kings Court, it hath been or∣dered that the Punishment for striking should be executed with great Solemnity and Ceremony, in brief thus:

The Sergeant of the Kings Woodyard brings to the place of execution a square Block, a Beetle, Staple, and Cords to fasten the hand thereto, the Yeoman of the Scullery pro∣vides a great fire of Coals by the Block, wherein the Searing Irons brought by the Chief Farrier, are to be ready for the Chief Surgeon to use. Vinegar and Cold Water brought by the Groom of the Saucery; the Chief Officers also of the Cel∣lar and Pantry are to be ready,

one with a Cup of Red Wine, and the other with a Manchet, to offer the Criminal after the Hand cut off and the Stump seared. The Sergeant of the Ewry is to bring linnen to wind about and wrap the Arm. The Yeoman of the Poultry a Cock to lay to it, the Yeoman of the Chandry seared Clothes, the Master Cook a sharp Dresser Knife, which at the place of Execution is to be held upright by the Sergeant of the Larder, till Execution be performed by an Officer appointed thereto, &c.

In the Kings Court not on∣ly striking is forbidden but also all occasions of Striking, and therefore the Law saith, Nullas Citationes aut summonitiones li∣cet facere infra Palatium Regis

apud Westm, vel alibi ubi Rex residet.

The Court of the King of England for Magnificence, for Order, for Number and Qua∣lity of Officers, for rich Furni∣ture, for Entertainment and Ci∣vility to Strangers, for plenti∣ful Tables, might compare with the best Court of Christendom, and far excel the most Courts abroad; of one whereof, see the Description made by an in∣genious Person beyond Sea, writing to a Friend of his at Court there, Annon in Inferno es Amice, qui es in Aula ubi Daemonum habitatio est, qui il∣lic suis artibus (humanâ licet ef∣figie) regnant, atque ubi Scele∣rum Schola est, & Animarum jactura ingens, ac quicquid us∣piam est perfidiae ac doli, quic∣quid

crudelitatis ac inclementiae, quicquid effraenatae superbiae & rapacis avaritiae, quicquid ob∣scaenae libidinis ac faedissimae im∣pudicitiae, quicquid nefandae impietatis & morum pessimorum, totum illic acervatur cumulatis∣simè, ubi stupra, raptus, in∣cestus adulteria ubi inebriari jurare pejerare Atheismum profi∣teri palam principum & nobili∣um ludi sunt, ubi fastus & tu∣mor, ira Liver faedaque cupido cum sociis suis imperare videtur, ubi criminum omnium procellae, virtutumque omnium inerrabile naufragium, &c.

But the Court of England on the contrary hath been (and is hoped ever will be) accoun∣ted (as King James adviseth in his Basilicon Doron) a Pattern of Godliness and all Honesty and

Vertue, and the properest School of Prowess and Heroick Demeanour, and the fittest Place of Education for the No∣bility and Centry.

The Court of England hath for a long time been a Pattern of Hospitality to the Nobility and Gentry of England. All Noblemen or Gentlemen, Sub∣jects or Strangers that came ac∣cidently to Court, were freely entertained at the plentiful Ta∣bles of His Majesties Officers. Divers Services or Messes of Meat were every day provided Extraordinary for the Kings ho∣nour. Two hundred and forty Gallons a day were at the But∣try Barr allowed for the Poor, besides all the broken Meat, Bread, &c. gathered into Bas∣kets and given to the Poor at

the Court Gates by 2 Grooms and 2 Yeomen of the Almon∣ry, who have Salaries of His Majesty for that Service.

Moreover the Court is an eminent Pattern of Charity and Humility to all that shall see the performance of that Antient Custom by the King and the Queen on the Thursday before Easter, called Maundy Thursday, wherein the King in a solemn manner doth wash the Feet, cloth and feed as many poor Old Men as His Majesty is years old, bestowing on every one Cloth for a Gown, Linnen for a Shirt, Shooes, and Stock∣ings, a Joul of Salmon, a Pol of Ling, 30 Red and 30 White Herrings, all in clean Wooden Dishes, 4 Six Penny Loaves of

Bread, and a Purse with a 20 s. Piece of Gold.

The Magnificence and abun∣dant plenty of the Kings Ta∣bles hath caused amazement in all Forreigners, when they have been informed that yearly was spent of gross Meat 1500 Ox∣en, 7000 Sheep, 1200 Veals, 300 Porkers, 400 Sturks or young Biefes, 6800 Lambs 300 Flitches of Bacon, and 26 Boares. Also 140 Dozen of Geese, 250 Dozen of Capons, 470 Dozen of Hens, 750 Do∣zen of Pullets, 1470 Dozen of Chicken. For Bread 36400 Bushels of Wheat, and for Drink 600 Tun of Wine and 1700 Tun of Beer. Moreo∣ver of Butter 46640 Pounds, together with Fish and Fowl, Venison, Fruit, Spice, pro∣portionable.

This prodigious plenty caused Forreigners to put a higher value upon the King, and caused the Natives who were there freely welcome, to encrease their affection to the King, it being found as ne∣cessary for the King of Eng∣land this way to endear the English, who ever delighted in Feasting; as for the Italian Princes by Sights and Shews to endear their subjects, who as much delight therein.