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typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sir_Stephen_Fox_(1627%E2%80%931716)_by_John_James_Baker.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Sir_Stephen_Fox_%281627%E2%80%931716%29_by_John_James_Baker.jpg/220px-Sir_Stephen_Fox_%281627%E2%80%931716%29_by_John_James_Baker.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="291" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Sir_Stephen_Fox_%281627%E2%80%931716%29_by_John_James_Baker.jpg/330px-Sir_Stephen_Fox_%281627%E2%80%931716%29_by_John_James_Baker.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Sir_Stephen_Fox_%281627%E2%80%931716%29_by_John_James_Baker.jpg/440px-Sir_Stephen_Fox_%281627%E2%80%931716%29_by_John_James_Baker.jpg 2x" data-file-width="907" data-file-height="1200" /></a><figcaption>Sir Stephen Fox worked at the Clerk of the Green Cloth for almost 30 years, his last 18 as First Clerk.</figcaption></figure> <p>The <b>Clerk of the Green Cloth</b> was a position in the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">British</a> <a href="/wiki/Royal_Household" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Household">Royal Household</a>. The clerk acted as secretary of the <a href="/wiki/Board_of_Green_Cloth" title="Board of Green Cloth">Board of Green Cloth</a>, and was therefore responsible for organising royal journeys and assisting in the administration of the Royal Household. From the <a href="/wiki/English_Restoration" class="mw-redirect" title="English Restoration">Restoration</a>, there were four clerks (two clerks and two clerks comptrollers). Two additional clerks comptrollers were added in 1761, but one of these was redesignated a clerk in 1762. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Remuneration">Remuneration</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Clerk_of_the_Green_Cloth&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Remuneration"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Each clerk had a salary of £500, with lodgings, diet, fees on the signing of contracts and ancient rights of 'Wast, Command and Remaines', i.e., leftover provisions, which was replaced with an allowance of £438 in 1701, increased to £518 in 1761 (making a total of £1018). Each clerk had a clerk or writer, who was paid £50 with other fees and allowances, fixed at £150 in 1761 and converted to a salary of £180 in 1769.<sup id="cite_ref-court_officers_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-court_officers-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The offices were all abolished by statute, the <a href="/wiki/Civil_List_and_Secret_Service_Money_Act_1782" title="Civil List and Secret Service Money Act 1782">Civil List and Secret Service Money Act 1782</a> (<a href="/wiki/22_Geo._3" class="mw-redirect" title="22 Geo. 3">22 Geo. 3</a>. c. 82), in 1782. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Duties">Duties</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Clerk_of_the_Green_Cloth&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Duties"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>'All Bills of Comptrolments, &c. relating to the Office, are allotted and allow'd by the Clerks Comptrollers, and summ'd up and Audited by the Clerks of the Green-Cloth'. They also sat with the other officers as part of the board.<sup id="cite_ref-court_officers_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-court_officers-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="List_of_Clerks">List of Clerks</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Clerk_of_the_Green_Cloth&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: List of Clerks"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><small>Data from 'The household below stairs: Clerks of the Green Cloth 1660-1782', <i>Office-Holders in Modern Britain: Volume 11 (revised): Court Officers, 1660-1837</i> (2006), pp. 403–40.<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=43848&strquery=Green_Cloth">British History online</a>.</small> </p><p>The position was held by a number of people<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> including <a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Stonhouse_(Green_Cloth)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="George Stonhouse (Green Cloth) (page does not exist)">George Stonhouse</a> during the 16th century, though it later became disused. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1660–1761"><span id="1660.E2.80.931761"></span>1660–1761</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Clerk_of_the_Green_Cloth&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 1660–1761"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Date</th> <th>First Clerk</th> <th>Second Clerk</th> <th>First Clerk Comptroller</th> <th>Second Clerk Comptroller </th></tr> <tr> <td>25 June 1660</td> <td>Sir Robert Fenn</td> <td>John Crane</td> <td><a 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href="/w/index.php?title=John_Charlton_(courtier)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="John Charlton (courtier) (page does not exist)">John Charlton</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Robert_Wroth_(Guildford_MP)" title="Robert Wroth (Guildford MP)">Robert Wroth</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/William_Feilding_(MP)" class="mw-redirect" title="William Feilding (MP)">William Feilding</a></td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/William_Coventry,_5th_Earl_of_Coventry" title="William Coventry, 5th Earl of Coventry">William Coventry</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>20 February 1720</td> <td><a href="/wiki/William_Feilding_(MP)" class="mw-redirect" title="William Feilding (MP)">William Feilding</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sir_Robert_Corbet,_4th_Baronet" title="Sir Robert Corbet, 4th Baronet">Sir Robert Corbet</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>17 March 1720</td> <td><a href="/wiki/William_Feilding_(MP)" class="mw-redirect" title="William Feilding (MP)">William Feilding</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sir_Robert_Corbet,_4th_Baronet" title="Sir Robert Corbet, 4th Baronet">Sir Robert Corbet</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Giles_Earle_(MP)" class="mw-redirect" title="Giles Earle (MP)">Giles Earle</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Robert_Bristow_(1687%E2%80%931737)" class="mw-redirect" title="Robert Bristow (1687–1737)">Robert Bristow</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>10 April 1724</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sir_Robert_Corbet,_4th_Baronet" title="Sir Robert Corbet, 4th Baronet">Sir Robert Corbet</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Giles_Earle_(MP)" class="mw-redirect" title="Giles Earle (MP)">Giles Earle</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Robert_Bristow_(1687%E2%80%931737)" class="mw-redirect" title="Robert Bristow (1687–1737)">Robert Bristow</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Richard_Sutton_(soldier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Richard Sutton (soldier)">Richard Sutton</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>26 July 1727</td> <td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Sir_Thomas_Reade,_4th_Baronet" title="Sir Thomas Reade, 4th Baronet">Sir Thomas Reade</a></td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Sir_Thomas_Wynn,_1st_Baronet" title="Sir Thomas Wynn, 1st Baronet">Sir Thomas Wynn</a></td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Sir_Thomas_Hales,_3rd_Baronet" title="Sir Thomas Hales, 3rd Baronet">Sir Thomas Hales</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Robert_Bristow_(1687%E2%80%931737)" class="mw-redirect" title="Robert Bristow (1687–1737)">Robert Bristow</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1738</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Robert_Bristow_(1712%E2%80%931776)" title="Robert Bristow (1712–1776)">Robert Bristow jnr</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1740</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Walter_Carey_(politician)" title="Walter Carey (politician)">Walter Carey</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>8 June 1749</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sir_Thomas_Hales,_3rd_Baronet" title="Sir Thomas Hales, 3rd Baronet">Sir Thomas Hales</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Walter_Carey_(politician)" title="Walter Carey (politician)">Walter Carey</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sir_Richard_Wrottesley,_7th_Baronet" title="Sir Richard Wrottesley, 7th Baronet">Sir Richard Wrottesley</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>20 November 1752</td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Sir_Thomas_Hales,_3rd_Baronet" title="Sir Thomas Hales, 3rd Baronet">Sir Thomas Hales</a></td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Walter_Carey_(politician)" title="Walter Carey (politician)">Walter Carey</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sir_Richard_Wrottesley,_7th_Baronet" title="Sir Richard Wrottesley, 7th Baronet">Sir Richard Wrottesley</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sir_Francis_Henry_Drake,_5th_Baronet" title="Sir Francis Henry Drake, 5th Baronet">Sir Francis Henry Drake</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2 April 1754</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sir_Francis_Henry_Drake,_5th_Baronet" title="Sir Francis Henry Drake, 5th Baronet">Sir Francis Henry Drake</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Grey_(died_1777)" class="mw-redirect" title="John Grey (died 1777)">John Grey</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>6 May 1757</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sir_Francis_Henry_Drake,_5th_Baronet" title="Sir Francis Henry Drake, 5th Baronet">Sir Francis Henry Drake</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Grey_(died_1777)" class="mw-redirect" title="John Grey (died 1777)">John Grey</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Humphry_Morice_(MP_for_Launceston)" title="Humphry Morice (MP for Launceston)">Humphry Morice</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1761–1782"><span id="1761.E2.80.931782"></span>1761–1782</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Clerk_of_the_Green_Cloth&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 1761–1782"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Date</th> <th>First Clerk</th> <th>Second Clerk</th> <th>First Clerk Comptroller</th> <th>Second Clerk Comptroller</th> <th>Third Clerk Comptroller</th> <th>Fourth Clerk Comptroller </th></tr> <tr> <td>17 March 1761</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Townshend,_1st_Viscount_Sydney" title="Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney">Thomas Townshend</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sir_John_Evelyn,_2nd_Baronet" title="Sir John Evelyn, 2nd Baronet">John Evelyn</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Henry_Bridgeman,_1st_Baron_Bradford" title="Henry Bridgeman, 1st Baron Bradford">Henry Bridgeman</a></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Simon_Fanshawe_(MP)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Simon Fanshawe (MP) (page does not exist)">Simon Fanshawe</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sir_Francis_Henry_Drake,_5th_Baronet" title="Sir Francis Henry Drake, 5th Baronet">Sir Francis Henry Drake</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Grey_(died_1777)" class="mw-redirect" title="John Grey (died 1777)">John Grey</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>Date</th> <th>First Clerk</th> <th>Second Clerk</th> <th>Third Clerk</th> <th>First Clerk Comptroller</th> <th>Second Clerk Comptroller</th> <th>Third Clerk Comptroller </th></tr> <tr> <td>24 December 1762</td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Sir_John_Evelyn,_2nd_Baronet" title="Sir John Evelyn, 2nd Baronet">Sir John Evelyn</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Henry_Bridgeman,_1st_Baron_Bradford" title="Henry Bridgeman, 1st Baron Bradford">Henry Bridgeman</a></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Simon_Fanshawe_(MP)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Simon Fanshawe (MP) (page does not exist)">Simon Fanshawe</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sir_Francis_Henry_Drake,_5th_Baronet" title="Sir Francis Henry Drake, 5th Baronet">Sir Francis Henry Drake</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Grey_(died_1777)" class="mw-redirect" title="John Grey (died 1777)">John Grey</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Henry_Carteret,_1st_Baron_Carteret" title="Henry Carteret, 1st Baron Carteret">Henry Frederick Thynne</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>18 April 1764</td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Simon_Fanshawe_(MP)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Simon Fanshawe (MP) (page does not exist)">Simon Fanshawe</a></td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Sir_Francis_Henry_Drake,_5th_Baronet" title="Sir Francis Henry Drake, 5th Baronet">Sir Francis Henry Drake</a></td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/John_Grey_(died_1777)" class="mw-redirect" title="John Grey (died 1777)">John Grey</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Henry_Carteret,_1st_Baron_Carteret" title="Henry Carteret, 1st Baron Carteret">Henry Frederick Thynne</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Richard_Vernon_(MP)" title="Richard Vernon (MP)">Richard Vernon</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1 August 1765</td> <td><a href="/wiki/George_Bridges_Brudenell" title="George Bridges Brudenell">George Bridges Brudenell</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sir_Alexander_Gilmour,_3rd_Baronet" title="Sir Alexander Gilmour, 3rd Baronet">Sir Alexander Gilmour</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>13 August 1767</td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Simon_Fanshawe_(MP)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Simon Fanshawe (MP) (page does not exist)">Simon Fanshawe</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sir_Francis_Henry_Drake,_5th_Baronet" title="Sir Francis Henry Drake, 5th Baronet">Sir Francis Henry Drake</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Grey_(died_1777)" class="mw-redirect" title="John Grey (died 1777)">John Grey</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/George_Bridges_Brudenell" title="George Bridges Brudenell">George Bridges Brudenell</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sir_Alexander_Gilmour,_3rd_Baronet" title="Sir Alexander Gilmour, 3rd Baronet">Sir Alexander Gilmour</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Richard_Hopkins_(died_1799)" title="Richard Hopkins (died 1799)">Richard Hopkins</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>15 January 1768</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sir_Francis_Henry_Drake,_5th_Baronet" title="Sir Francis Henry Drake, 5th Baronet">Sir Francis Henry Drake</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Grey_(died_1777)" class="mw-redirect" title="John Grey (died 1777)">John Grey</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/George_Bridges_Brudenell" title="George Bridges Brudenell">George Bridges Brudenell</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sir_Alexander_Gilmour,_3rd_Baronet" title="Sir Alexander Gilmour, 3rd Baronet">Sir Alexander Gilmour</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Richard_Hopkins_(died_1799)" title="Richard Hopkins (died 1799)">Richard Hopkins</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Richard_Vernon_(MP)" title="Richard Vernon (MP)">Richard Vernon</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>20 January 1771</td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Grey_(died_1777)" class="mw-redirect" title="John Grey (died 1777)">John Grey</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/George_Bridges_Brudenell" title="George Bridges Brudenell">George Bridges Brudenell</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sir_Alexander_Gilmour,_3rd_Baronet" title="Sir Alexander Gilmour, 3rd Baronet">Sir Alexander Gilmour</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Richard_Hopkins_(died_1799)" title="Richard Hopkins (died 1799)">Richard Hopkins</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Richard_Vernon_(MP)" title="Richard Vernon (MP)">Richard Vernon</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Richard_Savage_Nassau" title="Richard Savage Nassau">Richard Savage Nassau</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>6 June 1777</td> <td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/George_Bridges_Brudenell" title="George Bridges Brudenell">George Bridges Brudenell</a></td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Sir_Alexander_Gilmour,_3rd_Baronet" title="Sir Alexander Gilmour, 3rd Baronet">Sir Alexander Gilmour</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Richard_Hopkins_(died_1799)" title="Richard Hopkins (died 1799)">Richard Hopkins</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Richard_Vernon_(MP)" title="Richard Vernon (MP)">Richard Vernon</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Richard_Savage_Nassau" title="Richard Savage Nassau">Richard Savage Nassau</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Payne,_1st_Baron_Lavington" title="Ralph Payne, 1st Baron Lavington">Sir Ralph Payne</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>10 December 1777</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Richard_Vernon_(MP)" title="Richard Vernon (MP)">Richard Vernon</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Richard_Savage_Nassau" title="Richard Savage Nassau">Richard Savage Nassau</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Payne,_1st_Baron_Lavington" title="Ralph Payne, 1st Baron Lavington">Sir Ralph Payne</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sir_Richard_Worsley,_7th_Baronet" title="Sir Richard Worsley, 7th Baronet">Sir Richard Worsley</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1 July 1779</td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Richard_Vernon_(MP)" title="Richard Vernon (MP)">Richard Vernon</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Richard_Savage_Nassau" title="Richard Savage Nassau">Richard Savage Nassau</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Payne,_1st_Baron_Lavington" title="Ralph Payne, 1st Baron Lavington">Sir Ralph Payne</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sir_Richard_Worsley,_7th_Baronet" title="Sir Richard Worsley, 7th Baronet">Sir Richard Worsley</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sir_William_Cunynghame,_4th_Baronet" title="Sir William Cunynghame, 4th Baronet">Sir William Cunynghame</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>5 September 1780</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Payne,_1st_Baron_Lavington" title="Ralph Payne, 1st Baron Lavington">Sir Ralph Payne</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sir_William_Cunynghame,_4th_Baronet" title="Sir William Cunynghame, 4th Baronet">Sir William Cunynghame</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/William_Gordon_(diplomat)" title="William Gordon (diplomat)">Sir William Gordon</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lovell_Stanhope" title="Lovell Stanhope">Lovell Stanhope</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>In addition, several supernumerary clerks comptrollers were appointed in the 17th century: </p> <ul><li>31 August 1660: William Boreman</li> <li>22 November 1670: John Trethewy</li> <li>23 March 1674: <a href="/wiki/Sir_Henry_Firebrace" class="mw-redirect" title="Sir Henry Firebrace">Henry Firebrace</a></li> <li>11 April 1688: John Fox</li> <li>28 April 1691: Charles Isaac</li></ul> <p>In 1988, David Becket of <a href="/wiki/Radley" title="Radley">Radley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oxfordshire" title="Oxfordshire">Oxfordshire</a> obtained Royal consent to revive the title as an honorary post.<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> </p> <div class="mw-heading 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