OFFICERS OF THE GARTER.
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USHERS OF THE BLACK ROD.
[Those names to which this mark * is prefixed, do not occur in Ashmole’s List of Registrars, which
ends with Sir Edward Carteret.
William Whitehorse. Appointed 13th April 1361.John Cray.
Thomas Sye. Appointed in 1402.
* John Sheffield, Esquire. Appointed 26th Novem-
ber 1410 (Foedera, viii. 657).
John Atholbrigg. Appointed in 1413.
* William Hardegrove. Died before September 1418.
* John Clifford, Esquire. Appointed 17th September
1418, vice William Hardegrove (Foedera, ix. 621).
William Evington. Appointed 20th July 1471, andon the 24th May 1483, the Office was granted tohim and to EdwardHardgyll, Esquire (Foedera,xii. 183).
Robert Marleton.
Ralph Ashton and Hugh Dennys.
Sir William Compton, Knight. Appointed 4th Fe-bruary 1513, and held the Office in 1519 (Videp. 125, antea). Died in 1528.
Henry Norris, Esq. The Office became Void by hisAttainder. Beheaded in 1536.
AnthonyKnyvet, Esq. Appointed9thDecemberl536,but surrendered his Patent, and
Sir Philip Hoby, Knight, was appointed 3rd Novem-ber 1543 (Foedera, xv. 9). He also surrenderedhis Patent, and
John Norris and William Norris, Esquires, wereAppointed 1st May 1554 (Foedera, xv. 386).
* Simon Bowyer.1 Appointed 14th July 1493. (Foe-
dera, xvi. 210).
Anthony Wingfield, Esq. Admitted as Usher 23rdApril 1591. Patentdated 28th May 1591 (Foedera,xvi. 97); Died 1593.
SirRichardConingsbye,Knight. AdmittedasUsiiER23rd April 1598. On the 17th October 1605, theOffice was granted Jointly to the said Sir RichardConingsby and George Pollard, Esq. Pollarddied before 29th April 1617 (Foedera, xvn. 14).
James Maxwell, Esq. Obtained a reversionary grantof the Office 29th April 1617 (Foedera, xvri. 14).Admitted as Usher in 1620, and held the Office in1631 and 1642. Removed 2nd March 1645.
Peter Newton, Esq. Appointed 17th January 1641.Admitted 2nd March 1645. Died before 1660.
Sir John Ayton, Knight. Admitted as Usher 14thJanuary 1660. Resigned in 1671.
Sir Edward Carteret, Knight. Appointed Assist-ant to Sir John Ayton 16th September 1661, andwas admitted as Usher 28th May 1671.
Sir Thomas Duppa. Knighted and Admitted as Usher6th May 1683. Died 25th April 1694.
Sir Fleetwood Shepherd, Knight. Admitted asUsher 6th January 1696. Died November 1697.
Sir David Mitchell, Knight (a Vice Admiral). Ad-mitted as Usher 30th May 1698. Died 1st June1710.
Sir William Oldes, Knight. Admitted as Usher25th October 1712. Died 5th November 1718.
Sir William Sanderson, Knight and Baronet. Ad-mitted as Usher 29th April 1719. Died 17th May1727.
Sir Charles Dalton, Knight. Admitted as Usher18th May 1730. Died 18th August 1747.
Sir Henry Bellenden, Knight. Admitted as Usherand Knighted 22nd June 1749. Died 7th April1761.
Sir Septimus Robinson, Knight. Admitted as Usher27th May 1762. Died September 1765.
Sir Francis Molyneux, Knight and Baronet.Admitted as Usher 26th December 1765. Died9th June 1812.
Robert Quarme, Esq. Admitted as Deputy 17thJanuary 1805.
Sir Thomas Tyrwiiitt, Knight. Admitted as Usher12th June 1812. Surrendered the Office in July1832.
Sir Augustus William James Clifford, C. B.Knight and Baronet (a Captain in the RoyalNavy). Appointed 25th July 1832. Admitted asUsher 13th August 1834. The Present Gentle-man Usher of the Black Rod.
t In Nichols’ Progresses of Queen Elizabeth (I. 385), Bowyer is said to have been Usher of the Black Rod in 1573; but hewas then, probably, only one of the Queen’s Ushers.