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It is normally held by a <a href="/wiki/Diocesan_bishop" title="Diocesan bishop">diocesan bishop</a>, who may, however, remain in office after leaving his see. The current Clerk is <a href="/wiki/Richard_Jackson_(bishop)" title="Richard Jackson (bishop)">Richard Jackson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Hereford" title="Bishop of Hereford">Bishop of Hereford</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Clerk of the Closet is responsible for advising the <a href="/wiki/Private_Secretary_to_the_Sovereign" title="Private Secretary to the Sovereign">Private Secretary to the Sovereign</a> on the names for candidates to fill vacancies in the Roll of Chaplains to the Sovereign. He presents bishops for <a href="/wiki/Homage_(feudal)" title="Homage (feudal)">homage</a> to the Sovereign, examines any theological books to be presented to the Sovereign, and preaches annually in the Chapel Royal, <a href="/wiki/St_James%27s_Palace" title="St James's Palace">St James's Palace</a>. He receives a salary of £7 a year. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Deputy_Clerk_of_the_Closet" title="Deputy Clerk of the Closet">Deputy Clerk of the Closet</a>, an office dating from 1677, is the Domestic Chaplain to the Sovereign, and Sub-<a href="/wiki/Dean_of_the_Chapel_Royal" title="Dean of the Chapel Royal">Dean of the Chapel Royal</a>, and is the sole full-time clerical member of the Household. </p><p>Other members of the royal family may also have their own Clerk of the Closet. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="List_of_Clerks_of_the_Closet_of_the_Sovereign's_Household"><span id="List_of_Clerks_of_the_Closet_of_the_Sovereign.27s_Household"></span>List of Clerks of the Closet of the Sovereign's Household</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Clerk_of_the_Closet&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: List of Clerks of the Closet of the Sovereign's Household"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Jackson_(bishop)" title="Richard Jackson (bishop)">Richard Jackson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Hereford" title="Bishop of Hereford">Bishop of Hereford</a>, 2023–<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Newcome" title="James Newcome">James Newcome</a>, <a href="/wiki/Royal_Victorian_Order" title="Royal Victorian Order">KCVO</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Carlisle" title="Bishop of Carlisle">Bishop of Carlisle</a> 2014–2023</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christopher_Hill_(bishop)" title="Christopher Hill (bishop)">Christopher Hill</a>, <a href="/wiki/Royal_Victorian_Order" title="Royal Victorian Order">KCVO</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Guildford" title="Bishop of Guildford">Bishop of Guildford</a> 2005–2014</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Bailey_(bishop)" title="Jonathan Bailey (bishop)">Jonathan Bailey</a>, <a href="/wiki/Royal_Victorian_Order" title="Royal Victorian Order">KCVO</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Derby" title="Bishop of Derby">Bishop of Derby</a> 1997–2005</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Waine" title="John Waine">John Waine</a>, <a href="/wiki/Royal_Victorian_Order" title="Royal Victorian Order">KCVO</a> <a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Chelmsford" title="Bishop of Chelmsford">Bishop of Chelmsford</a> 1989–1997</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Bickersteth" title="John Bickersteth">John Bickersteth</a>, <a href="/wiki/Royal_Victorian_Order" title="Royal Victorian Order">KCVO</a> <a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Bath_and_Wells" title="Bishop of Bath and Wells">Bishop of Bath and Wells</a> 1979–1989</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gordon_Fallows" title="Gordon Fallows">Gordon Fallows</a>, <a 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Worcester">Bishop of Worcester</a> 1781–1808<sup id="cite_ref-BHO_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BHO-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Buller_(bishop)" title="William Buller (bishop)">William Buller</a> 1763–1773 (later <a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Exeter" title="Bishop of Exeter">Bishop of Exeter</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Thomas_(bishop_of_Winchester)" title="John Thomas (bishop of Winchester)">John Thomas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Salisbury" title="Bishop of Salisbury">Bishop of Salisbury</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Winchester" title="Bishop of Winchester">Bishop of Winchester</a> 1757–1763<sup id="cite_ref-BHO_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BHO-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Gilbert_(archbishop)" class="mw-redirect" title="John Gilbert (archbishop)">John Gilbert</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Salisbury" title="Bishop of Salisbury">Bishop of Salisbury</a> 1752–1757<sup id="cite_ref-BHO_4-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BHO-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Butler" title="Joseph Butler">Joseph Butler</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Bristol" title="Bishop of Bristol">Bishop of Bristol</a> 1746–1752<sup id="cite_ref-BHO_4-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BHO-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Egerton" title="Henry Egerton">Henry Egerton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Hereford" title="Bishop of Hereford">Bishop of Hereford</a> 1735–1746<sup id="cite_ref-BHO_4-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BHO-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Willis_(bishop)" title="Richard Willis (bishop)">Richard Willis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Winchester" title="Bishop of Winchester">Bishop of Winchester</a> 1723–1734<sup id="cite_ref-BHO_4-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BHO-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Trimnell" title="Charles Trimnell">Charles Trimnell</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Norwich" title="Bishop of Norwich">Bishop of Norwich</a> 1714–1723<sup id="cite_ref-BHO_4-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BHO-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Grahme" title="William Grahme">William Graham</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dean_of_Carlisle" title="Dean of Carlisle">Dean of Carlisle</a> 1702–1714 (jointly)<sup id="cite_ref-BHO_4-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BHO-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Younger_(priest)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="John Younger (priest) (page does not exist)">John Younger</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dean_of_Salisbury" title="Dean of Salisbury">Dean of Salisbury</a> 1702–1714 (jointly)<sup id="cite_ref-BHO_4-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BHO-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Pratt_(priest)" title="Samuel Pratt (priest)">Samuel Pratt</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dean_of_Rochester" title="Dean of Rochester">Dean of Rochester</a> 1702–1714 (jointly)<sup id="cite_ref-BHO_4-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BHO-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Montagu_(Trinity)" title="John Montagu (Trinity)">Hon. John Montagu</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dean_of_Durham" title="Dean of Durham">Dean of Durham</a> 1695–1702<sup id="cite_ref-BHO_4-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BHO-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Burnet_(theologian)" title="Thomas Burnet (theologian)">Thomas Burnet</a> 1691–1695<sup id="cite_ref-BHO_4-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BHO-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>James Canaries 1691–1692 (representing Scottish Episcopalian Church)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Tillotson" title="John Tillotson">John Tillotson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dean_of_St_Paul%27s" title="Dean of St Paul's">Dean of St Paul's</a> 1689–1691<sup id="cite_ref-BHO_4-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BHO-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Sir <a href="/wiki/Sir_Edward_Petre,_3rd_Baronet" title="Sir Edward Petre, 3rd Baronet">Edward Petre</a> S.J. 1687–1693 (after 1689 in exile with <a href="/wiki/James_II_of_England" title="James II of England">James II</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-BHO_4-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BHO-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Sprat" title="Thomas Sprat">Thomas Sprat</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Rochester" title="Bishop of Rochester">Bishop of Rochester</a> 1685–1687<sup id="cite_ref-BHO_4-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BHO-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nathaniel_Crew,_3rd_Baron_Crew" title="Nathaniel Crew, 3rd Baron Crew">Hon. Nathaniel Crew</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dean_of_Chichester" title="Dean of Chichester">Dean of Chichester</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Oxford" title="Bishop of Oxford">Bishop of Oxford</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Durham" title="Bishop of Durham">Bishop of Durham</a> 1669–1685<sup id="cite_ref-BHO_4-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BHO-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walter_Blandford" title="Walter Blandford">Walter Blandford</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Worcester" title="Bishop of Worcester">Bishop of Worcester</a> 1668–1669<sup id="cite_ref-BHO_4-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BHO-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Dolben" title="John Dolben">John Dolben</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dean_of_Westminster" title="Dean of Westminster">Dean of Westminster</a> 1664–1668<sup id="cite_ref-BHO_4-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BHO-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Earle_(bishop)" title="John Earle (bishop)">John Earle</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Salisbury" title="Bishop of Salisbury">Bishop of Salisbury</a> 1651–1664<sup id="cite_ref-BHO_4-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BHO-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (1651–1660 in exile with <a href="/wiki/Charles_II_of_England" title="Charles II of England">Charles II</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gilbert_Sheldon" title="Gilbert Sheldon">Gilbert Sheldon</a> 1646–1651 later <a href="/wiki/Archbishop_of_Canterbury" title="Archbishop of Canterbury">Archbishop of Canterbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Steward" title="Richard Steward">Richard Steward</a> 1636–1646 designated <a href="/wiki/Dean_of_St_Paul%27s" title="Dean of St Paul's">Dean of St Paul's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matthew_Wren" title="Matthew Wren">Matthew Wren</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Hereford" title="Bishop of Hereford">Bishop of Hereford</a> 1633–1636</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Juxon" title="William Juxon">William Juxon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dean_of_Worcester" title="Dean of Worcester">Dean of Worcester</a> 1632–1633</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walter_Balcanquhall" title="Walter Balcanquhall">Walter Balcanquhall</a> 1617–1621 (represented the <a href="/wiki/Church_of_Scotland" title="Church of Scotland">Church of Scotland</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Synod_of_Dort" title="Synod of Dort">Synod of Dort</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Neile" title="Richard Neile">Richard Neile</a>, <a href="/wiki/Archbishop_of_York" title="Archbishop of York">Archbishop of York</a> 1603–1632</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Thornborough" title="John Thornborough">John Thornborough</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Limerick" title="Bishop of Limerick">Bishop of Limerick</a> 1588–1603<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>John Rycarde c.1556</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Rudd_(cartographer)" title="John Rudd (cartographer)">John Rudd</a> 1540s</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Layton_(priest)" title="Edward Layton (priest)">Edward Layton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Archdeacon_of_Sarum" title="Archdeacon of Sarum">Archdeacon of Sarum</a> by 1538–after 1544<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Higgins" title="Edward Higgins">Edward Higgins</a> c.1520</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geoffrey_Wren" title="Geoffrey Wren">Geoffrey Wren</a> 1510- >1515</li> <li>Edward Atherton</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Clerks_of_the_Closet_in_other_Royal_Households">Clerks of the Closet in other Royal Households</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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href="/wiki/Isaac_Maddox" title="Isaac Maddox">Isaac Maddox</a>, Clerk of the Closet to <a href="/wiki/Caroline_of_Ansbach" title="Caroline of Ansbach">Caroline of Ansbach</a> 1729–1736</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Butler" title="Joseph Butler">Joseph Butler</a>, Clerk of the Closet to <a href="/wiki/Caroline_of_Ansbach" title="Caroline of Ansbach">Caroline of Ansbach</a> 1736–37</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francis_Ayscough" title="Francis Ayscough">Francis Ayscough</a>, Clerk of the Closet to <a href="/wiki/Frederick,_Prince_of_Wales" title="Frederick, Prince of Wales">Frederick, Prince of Wales</a> 1736–51<sup id="cite_ref-hist1_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hist1-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Samuel Squire, Clerk of the Closet to <a href="/wiki/George_III_of_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="George III of the United Kingdom">the Prince of Wales</a> 1756-</li> <li>Rev Dr Lockman, Clerk of the Closet to <a href="/wiki/George_IV_of_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="George IV of the United Kingdom">the Prince of Wales</a> 1787–1808<sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceA_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceA-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Frederick William Blomberg, Clerk of the Closet to <a href="/wiki/George_IV_of_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="George IV of the United Kingdom">the Prince of Wales</a> 1808-<sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceA_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceA-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Young" title="Edward Young">Edward Young</a>, Clerk of the Closet to <a href="/wiki/Princess_Augusta_of_Saxe-Gotha" title="Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha">Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha</a> 1761–1765</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 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Royal">Master of the Children of the Chapel Royal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Honorary_Chaplain_to_the_King" title="Honorary Chaplain to the King">Honorary Chaplain to the King</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Royal_Archives" title="Royal Archives">Royal Archives</a> and <a href="/wiki/Royal_Collection" title="Royal Collection">Royal Collection</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Keeper_of_the_Royal_Archives" title="Keeper of the Royal Archives">Keeper of the Royal Archives</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Librarian_(United_Kingdom)" title="Royal Librarian (United Kingdom)">Royal Librarian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Surveyor_of_the_King%27s_Pictures" title="Surveyor of the King's Pictures">Surveyor of the King's Pictures</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Surveyor_of_the_King%27s_Works_of_Art" class="mw-redirect" title="Surveyor of the King's Works of Art">Surveyor of the King's Works of Art</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Master_of_the_Jewel_Office" title="Master of the Jewel Office">Master of the Jewel Office</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Treasurer_of_the_Chamber" title="Treasurer of the Chamber">Treasurer of the Chamber</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crown_Jeweller" title="Crown Jeweller">Crown Jeweller</a></li> <li>Historiographer Royal <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Historiographer_Royal_(England)" title="Historiographer Royal (England)">England</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Historiographer_Royal_(Scotland)" title="Historiographer Royal (Scotland)">Scotland</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Wardrobe_(government)" title="Wardrobe (government)">Wardrobe</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span 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keepers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Master_of_the_Staghounds" title="Master of the Staghounds">Master of the Staghounds</a> (1738–1782)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Master_of_the_Hawks" title="Master of the Hawks">Master of the Hawks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Master_of_the_Harriers" title="Master of the Harriers">Master of the Harriers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keeper_of_the_Queen%27s_Swans" title="Keeper of the Queen's Swans">Keeper of the Queen's Swans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warden_of_the_Swans" title="Warden of the Swans">Warden of the Swans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marker_of_the_Swans" title="Marker of the Swans">Marker of the Swans</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Arts and entertainment</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" 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href="/wiki/Principal_Painter_in_Ordinary" title="Principal Painter in Ordinary">Principal Painter in Ordinary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Painter_and_Limner" title="Painter and Limner">Painter and Limner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flower_Painter_in_Ordinary" title="Flower Painter in Ordinary">Flower Painter in Ordinary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sculptor_in_Ordinary_for_Scotland" title="Sculptor in Ordinary for Scotland">Sculptor in Ordinary for Scotland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grand_Carver_of_England" title="Grand Carver of England">Grand Carver of England</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Master_Carver" title="Master Carver">Master Carver</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pantler_of_Scotland" title="Pantler of Scotland">Pantler of Scotland</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other positions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a 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