Defiance Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 Many thing about our game are different than they were historically. Please do not include the name of any NPC or historical person as holding an office unless you are absolutely positive that they do in our game. Here are a list of some of the more important offices and who holds them. Great Offices of State These are the greater offices of running the country. They have varying duties and ceremonial purposes. Lord High Steward - Duke of Ormonde Lord Great Chamberlain - Earl of Lindsey Lord Chancellor - Heneage Finch Lord Finch of Daventry Lord Treasurer - John Ernle, Lord Fosbury Deputy Treasurer - Lord Basildon Lord Privy Seal - Earl Marshall - Duke of Norfolk Lord High Admiral - Duke of Cumberland Aide to the Duke of Cumberland - Lord Beverley Chief Secretary of the Admiralty - Samuel Pepys Esq. Lord Lieutenant of Ireland - Duke of Ormonde Lord Deputy of Ireland - Earl of Brooke Vice-Treasurer of Ireland - Earl of Ranelagh Northern Secretary - Earl of Sunderland (formerly Williamson and before him Arlington) Chancellor of the Exchequer - John Ernle, Lord Fosbury King's Household Great Officers & Officers have access to most areas of the Royal Household, excepting the bedchamber areas/private rooms of the King. Great officers are universally peers and almost always earls, marquesses, or dukes. They have hundreds of servants who fall under their control from noble to gentlemen to commoner. Much of their office is executed by servants, and they are instead great figureheads of court life. Great Officers Lord Steward - Duke of Ormonde Heads Below the Stairs Lord Chamberlain - Earl of Arlington Heads Above the Stairs Master of Horse - Earl of Avon Heads the Exterior Gentlemen of the Bedchamber (the ones we play) Gentlemen of the Bedchamber are a combination of representatives from the most important peerages and His Majesty's closest friends (all hold an English peerage - it is a requirement). The highest ranked follow a rotation of attending the King, using the time to bend his ear on issues of concern to them, not having any real "duties." Those who are His Majesty's friends or more modestly ranked tend to spend more time with him on a day to day basis, or following him out on the town and at his amusements. Gentlemen of the Bedchamber are the only persons allowed to use the "word of the King" without his seal, on his authority, so they are often dispensed in emergencies when there's not time to write things down or, y'know, secret things where you can't write things down. The duties included assisting the King at his dressing, waiting on him when he ate in private, guarding access to him in his bedchamber and closet and providing noble companionship, generally. Duke of Newcastle Duke of Ormonde Duke of Somerset Earl of Rochester Earl of Dorset & Middlesex Earl of Oxford Earl of Ranelagh Earl of Denbigh & Desmond Earl of Sunderland Lord Gerard of Brandon, later Earl of Macclesfield Francis Kirke, Lord Kingston Hon. Capt. Thomas Herbert (in lieu of his crazy elder brother, the Earl of Pembroke & Montgomery) The Most Favourite Groom of the Bedchamber John Ashburnham Esq. Officers of the Household Treasury & Others Treasurer of the Household - Louis Killington, Lord Basildon Cofferer of the Household - Major-General William Ashburnham (most often executed by his great nephew, John Ashburnham) Comptroller of the Household Keeper of the Privy Purse - Master Baptist May His Majesty's Personal Chaplain - Dr. Thomas Sprat Chaplains of the Chapel Royal - Open His Majesty's Gardener (not an actual labor position) - Master Hugh May* Master of the King's Revels -Master Killigrew Sr Master of the King's Music - Nicholas Staggins Grooms in Extraordinary of the Household Master Stephen Murray Young Master Thomas Killigrew Gentlemen Ushers of the Privy Chamber The gentlemen ushers of the privy chamber, have Power of commanding all Officers under them in the Privy Lodgings, (the Bed-Chamber excepted) and the Honour of leading the Queen in the Absence of the Lord Chamberlain. They likewise attend in the Closet at the Chapel, where no other Gentleman-Usher waits. They were four in number Grooms of the Privy Chamber According to the Household Ordinances of Charles II, the grooms of the privy chamber were responsible for manning the doors into the privy chamber. Queen's Household Great Officers & Officers have access to most areas of the Queen's Household, excepting the bedchamber areas/private rooms of the Queen. Great officers are universally peers and almost always at least earls. Much of their office is executed by servants, and they are instead great figureheads of court life. Great Officers Vice Chamberlain - Earl of Feversham Heads Above the Stairs Ladies of the Bedchamber (the ones we play) The duties included assisting the Queen at her dressing, waiting on her when she ate in private, guarding access to her in his bedchamber and closet and providing noble companionship, generally. Mistress of the Robes - Lady Ursula Blount, Margravina Hildebrant of Saxony, sister of the Elector thereof & Marchioness of Mountjoy First Lady of the Bedchamber - Duchess of Newcastle Ladies-in-Waiting Lucy, Duchess of Somerset Viscountess Beverley Maids of Honor Lady Susan Herbert Davina Wellesley Agnes Dundas (Lady Monmouths niece) York's Household Gentlemen Lord Feversham - ? Sir George Legge - Master of Horse Captain John Churchill George Churchill The Hon. Edmund Hamilton Pages Henry (can't recall his last name) (This is a work in progress, so wait until I'm done to use it or comment on it!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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