Titled Elizabethans A Directory of Elizabethan Court, State, and Church Officers, 1558-1603

by Kinney, Arthur F.; Lawson, Jane A.

• ISBN13: 9781137461476
• ISBN10: 1137461470
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2014-10-23
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

Published over forty years ago, the original edition of Titled Elizabethans provided a ready reference source to Elizabethan court, state, and household. This long-awaited revised edition expands considerably upon the original, adding new categories and a host of previously overlooked figures, including the women of Elizabeth's privy chamber and the spouses of the peers. The section on church officers now includes deans as well as bishops, chaplains, and almoners, and new sections provide information on ambassadors and other sixteenth-century world rulers, placing the Elizabethan court in a broader geopolitical context. The book also features a name index containing over 2,000 individuals, cross-referenced from married names and alternate spellings. The product of rigorous and impressively thorough research, this is an indispensable resource for students and scholars across disciplines dealing with all aspects of the Elizabethan world.

Author Biography

Arthur F. Kinney is Thomas W. Copeland Professor of Literary History and Director of the Center for Renaissance Studies at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA. He is the author or editor of more than thirty books.
 
Jane Lawson is the editor of The Elizabethan New Year's Gift Exchanges, 1558-1603 (Oxford University Press). She is a Coordinator at Emory University's Vaccine Center, USA.

Table of Contents

Abbreviations
Preface
Preface to Revised Edition
PART I: PRINCIPLE OFFICERS OF ELIZABETH I'S STATE
1. Lord Chancellor/Lord Keeper
2. Lord Treasurer
3. Lord Privy Seal
4. Privy Council
5. Privy Councillors
6. Clerks of the Privy Council
7. Clerks of the Signet
8. State Officers
9. Principal Secretary
10. Secretary for the French Tongue
11. Secretary for the Latin Tongue
12. Chancellor of the Exchequer
13. Clerk of the Hanaper
14. Lord High Admiral
15. Treasurer of the Navy
16. Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
17. Captain of the Isle of Wight
18. Governor (Captain) of Guernsey
19. Governor of the Isle of Man
20. Lieutenant of the Ordnance
21. Lieutenant of the Tower
22. Lord President of the Council in the North
23. Lord President of the Council in Wales
24. Keeper of the Records in the Tower
25. Standing Offices
26. Master of the Armoury
27. Master of the Mint
28. Master of the Ordnance
29. Master of the Posts
30. Master of the Revels
31. Master of the Tents, Hales, and Pavilions; Master of the Toils
32. Surveyor of the Royal Stables, Garners and Barns
33. Surveyor/Comptroller of the Works
34. Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports
PART II: PRINCIPLE OFFICERS OF ELIZABETH I'S HOUSEHOLD
35. Lord Chamberlain
36. Vice-Chamberlain
37. Lord Steward
38. Master of the Horse
39. Comptroller of the Household
40. Captain of the Guard
41. Captain of the Gentlemen Pensioners
42. Lieutenant of the Gentlemen Pensioners
43. Gentlemen of the Black Rod
44. Gentlemen Ushers of the Chamber
45. Cofferer of the Household
46. Board of Green Cloth
47. Keeper of Fleet Prison
48. Keeper of the Great Wardrobe
49. Keeper of Hampton Court
50. Keeper of the Privy Chamber Door
51. Keeper of the Privy Purse
52. Keeper of Whitehall Palace
53. Master of the Jewel House
54. Jewel House Officers
55. Knight Harbinger
56. Knight Marshal of the Household
57. Master of the Harriers
58. Master of the Harthounds
59. Master of the Henchmen
60. Schoolmaster to the Henchmen
61. Sergeant at Arms
62. Sergeant of the Cellar
63. Sergeant Porter of Whitehall Palace
64. Treasurer of the Household
65. Treasurer of the Chamber
PART III: ELIZABETH'S PRIVY CHAMBER
66. Chief Gentlewomen of the Privy Chamber
67. Esquire for the Body
68. Gentlemen (Gent), Gentlemen Ushers (Usher), & Grooms (Groom) of the Privy Chamber
69. Gentlewomen of the Bedchamber (Chamberer) & Privy Chamber (PC)
70. Keeper of the Queen's Jewels
71. Maids of Honor
72. Mother of the Maids
PART IV: ELIZABETH'S OFFICERS OF LAW AND COURTS
73. Attorney-General
74. Solicitor-General
75. Chief Justice of the Queen's Bench
76. Chief Justice of the Common Pleas
77. Chief Baron of the Exchequer
78. Master of the Rolls
79. Court of Star Chamber
80. Court of Requests
81. Masters of Requests
82. Master of the Court of Wards
83.Court of Admiralty
84. Ecclesiastical Courts
85. Court of Arches
86. Prerogative Court of Canterbury
87. Queen's Sergeants
88. Sergeants at Law
PART V: ELIZABETH'S PARLIAMENTS
89. Speakers of the House of Commons
PART VI: CITY OF LONDON AND COUNTY PRINCIPAL OFFICERS
90. Lord Mayors of London, 1558-1603
91. Chief Corporate Officers of London
92. Recorder of London
93. Remembrancer of London
94. Constable of the Tower
95. County Officers
96. Custos Rotulorum
97. Lord Lieutenants
PART VII: PRINCIPAL OFFICERS OF IRELAND
98. Lord Lieutenant/Lord Deputy
99. Chief Secretaries of Ireland
100. Chief Baron of the Exchequer (I)
101. Chancellor of the Exchequer (I)
102. Chief Justice of the Queen's Bench (I)
103. Chief Justice of the Common Pleas (I)
PART VIII: PRINCIPAL OFFICERS OF SCOTLAND
104. Chancellor (S)
105. Chamberlain (S)
106. Treasurer (S)
107. Comptroller (S)
108. Secretary (S)
109. Privy Councillors (S)
PART IX: PRINCIPAL OFFICERS OF ELIZABETH'S CHURCH
110. Archbishop of Canterbury
111. Archbishop of York
112. Bishops and Deans
113. Queen's Almoner
114. Queen's Chaplains
115. Clerk of the Closet
116. Dean of the Chapel Royal
117. Master of the Savoy
PART X: BRITISH PEERS DURING ELIZABETH'S REIGN
118. English Peers
119. Scottish Peers
120. Irish Peers
121. Peers Who Judged Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots
PART XI: KNIGHTS 
122. Order of the Garter
123. Knights of the Bath
124. Knights Bachelors, Dubbed Prior to Accession of Elizabeth
125. Knights Bachelors, Dubbed During Elizabeth's reign
PART XII: AMBASSADORS
126. English Ambassador Resident to the Holy Roman Emperor and Imperial Diets
127. English Ambassador Resident in France
128. English Agents in German States
129. English Ambassador Resident/Agent in Low Countries (United Provinces/Dutch Republic)
130. English Special Ambassador/Agent to Poland (no Resident Ambassador)
131. English Special Ambassador/Agent to Russia (no Resident Ambassador)
132. English Ambassador or Agent Resident in Scotland
133. English Ambassador Resident in Spain
134. English Special Ambassador/Agent to Sweden (no Resident Ambassador)
135. English Ambassador Resident in Turkey
PART XIII: RULERS OF OTHER COUNTRIES DURING REIGN OF ELIZABETH I
PART XIV: OFFICE AND COLLEGE OF ARMS
136. Earl Marshal of England
137. King at Arms
138. Herald
139. Pursuivant
PART XV: SPECIAL OFFICES AT CORONATION AND FUNERAL
PART XVI: REGNAL YEARS
Sources
Place Index
Name Index