Groom of the Stool

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court office position in the English royal household royal household official

The Groom of the Stool was a powerful and intimate court official in the English royal household, responsible for attending to the monarch’s private needs and often serving as a close personal confidant.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Groom of the Bedchamber	1
Groom of the Stool canonical	1

Statements (154)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	court office ⓘ position in the English royal household ⓘ royal household official ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Groom of the King’s Stool NERFINISHED ⓘ Groom of the Privy Stool NERFINISHED ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	English monarchy NERFINISHED ⓘ Tudor court NERFINISHED ⓘ early Stuart court ⓘ
country	Kingdom of England ⓘ
duty	act as personal attendant to the monarch ⓘ advise the king informally on political matters ⓘ assist the king in dressing and undressing ⓘ attend to the monarch’s bodily functions ⓘ control access to the king’s private chambers ⓘ convey petitions and papers to the king in private ⓘ manage certain aspects of royal finances under some monarchs ⓘ manage the royal commode or stool ⓘ oversee the king’s private apartments ⓘ serve as intimate personal servant of the king ⓘ supervise the Privy Chamber staff ⓘ
hasQuality	highly trusted ⓘ intimate access to the monarch ⓘ politically influential ⓘ socially prestigious ⓘ
inception	late medieval period ⓘ
languageOfName	English ⓘ
partOf	Privy Chamber NERFINISHED ⓘ Royal Household of England NERFINISHED ⓘ
positionHeldBy	Alan Lascelles NERFINISHED ⓘ Alexander Hardinge, 2nd Baron Hardinge of Penshurst NERFINISHED ⓘ Anthony Denny NERFINISHED ⓘ Arnold Joost van Keppel, 1st Earl of Albemarle NERFINISHED ⓘ Arthur Bigge, 1st Baron Stamfordham NERFINISHED ⓘ Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington NERFINISHED ⓘ Baptist May NERFINISHED ⓘ Baptist May (Charles II’s reign) NERFINISHED ⓘ Charles Canning, 1st Earl Canning NERFINISHED ⓘ Charles Paulet, 2nd Duke of Bolton NERFINISHED ⓘ Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl of Sunderland NERFINISHED ⓘ Christopher Geidt, Baron Geidt NERFINISHED ⓘ Clive Alderton NERFINISHED ⓘ Edward Young, Baron Young of Old Windsor NERFINISHED ⓘ Francis Knollys, 1st Viscount Knollys NERFINISHED ⓘ Francis Seymour-Conway, 1st Marquess of Hertford NERFINISHED ⓘ Frederick Ponsonby, 1st Baron Sysonby NERFINISHED ⓘ George Nugent-Temple-Grenville, 1st Marquess of Buckingham NERFINISHED ⓘ George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham NERFINISHED ⓘ George Villiers, 4th Earl of Clarendon NERFINISHED ⓘ George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham NERFINISHED ⓘ Henry Norris NERFINISHED ⓘ Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey NERFINISHED ⓘ Henry Ponsonby NERFINISHED ⓘ Hugh Percy, 1st Duke of Northumberland NERFINISHED ⓘ James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde NERFINISHED ⓘ James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton NERFINISHED ⓘ James Hamilton, 1st Marquess of Abercorn NERFINISHED ⓘ James Hamilton, 3rd Marquess of Hamilton NERFINISHED ⓘ James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Hamilton NERFINISHED ⓘ James Livingston, 1st Earl of Callendar NERFINISHED ⓘ James Murray of Kilbaberton NERFINISHED ⓘ John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford NERFINISHED ⓘ Lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset NERFINISHED ⓘ Martin Charteris NERFINISHED ⓘ Michael Adeane NERFINISHED ⓘ Philip Moore, Baron Moore of Wolvercote NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Fellowes, Baron Fellowes NERFINISHED ⓘ Robin Janvrin, Baron Janvrin NERFINISHED ⓘ Scroop Egerton, 1st Duke of Bridgewater NERFINISHED ⓘ Sir Anthony Browne NERFINISHED ⓘ Sir Anthony Wingfield NERFINISHED ⓘ Sir Christopher Hatton NERFINISHED ⓘ Sir David Murray NERFINISHED ⓘ Sir Edward Hastings NERFINISHED ⓘ Sir Edward Hyde NERFINISHED ⓘ Sir Edward Waldegrave NERFINISHED ⓘ Sir Francis Knollys NERFINISHED ⓘ Sir George Carew NERFINISHED ⓘ Sir Henry Bedingfeld NERFINISHED ⓘ Sir Henry Guildford NERFINISHED ⓘ Sir Henry Jerningham NERFINISHED ⓘ Sir Henry Lee NERFINISHED ⓘ Sir Henry Marney NERFINISHED ⓘ Sir Hugh Evans NERFINISHED ⓘ Sir James Fullerton NERFINISHED ⓘ Sir James Fullerton of Dromore NERFINISHED ⓘ Sir James Maxwell NERFINISHED ⓘ Sir John Brydges NERFINISHED ⓘ Sir John Cheke NERFINISHED ⓘ Sir John Digby NERFINISHED ⓘ Sir John Fortescue NERFINISHED ⓘ Sir John Gage NERFINISHED ⓘ Sir John Gates NERFINISHED ⓘ Sir John Murray of Lochmaben NERFINISHED ⓘ Sir John Norreys NERFINISHED ⓘ Sir John Russell NERFINISHED ⓘ Sir John Stanhope NERFINISHED ⓘ Sir John Stanhope of Harrington NERFINISHED ⓘ Sir John Suckling NERFINISHED ⓘ Sir John Young NERFINISHED ⓘ Sir Michael Stanhope NERFINISHED ⓘ Sir Philip Hoby NERFINISHED ⓘ Sir Richard Weston NERFINISHED ⓘ Sir Robert Carey NERFINISHED ⓘ Sir Robert Carr NERFINISHED ⓘ Sir Robert Carr, Viscount Rochester NERFINISHED ⓘ Sir Robert Dudley NERFINISHED ⓘ Sir Thomas Brandon NERFINISHED ⓘ Sir Thomas Bryan NERFINISHED ⓘ Sir Thomas Cheney NERFINISHED ⓘ Sir Thomas Darcy NERFINISHED ⓘ Sir Thomas Erskine NERFINISHED ⓘ Sir Thomas Erskine of Gogar NERFINISHED ⓘ Sir Thomas Heneage NERFINISHED ⓘ Sir Thomas Heneage (Elizabeth I’s reign) NERFINISHED ⓘ Sir Thomas Heneage of Copt Hall NERFINISHED ⓘ Sir Thomas Knyvet NERFINISHED ⓘ Sir Thomas Knyvett of Ashwellthorpe NERFINISHED ⓘ Sir Thomas Lake NERFINISHED ⓘ Sir Thomas Lovell NERFINISHED ⓘ Sir Thomas Parry NERFINISHED ⓘ Sir Thomas Somerset NERFINISHED ⓘ Sir Thomas Wriothesley NERFINISHED ⓘ Sir Walter Raleigh NERFINISHED ⓘ Sir William Brereton NERFINISHED ⓘ Sir William Chiffinch NERFINISHED ⓘ Sir William Compton NERFINISHED ⓘ Sir William Kingston NERFINISHED ⓘ Sir William Sandys NERFINISHED ⓘ Sir William Sandys of the Vine NERFINISHED ⓘ Sir William Thomas NERFINISHED ⓘ Sir William Tyler NERFINISHED ⓘ Sir William Uvedale NERFINISHED ⓘ Spencer Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire NERFINISHED ⓘ Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington NERFINISHED ⓘ Thomas Herbert NERFINISHED ⓘ Thomas Herbert (James II’s reign) NERFINISHED ⓘ William Bentinck, 1st Earl of Portland NERFINISHED ⓘ William Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Devonshire NERFINISHED ⓘ William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire NERFINISHED ⓘ William Cavendish, 7th Duke of Devonshire NERFINISHED ⓘ William Chiffinch NERFINISHED ⓘ William Chiffinch (Charles II’s reign) NERFINISHED ⓘ William Heseltine NERFINISHED ⓘ
replacedBy	First Gentleman of the Bedchamber NERFINISHED ⓘ Groom of the Stole NERFINISHED ⓘ
significantFor	close personal access to the monarch ⓘ control of patronage and court appointments ⓘ informal political influence at court ⓘ role in the development of the Privy Chamber ⓘ symbol of intimate royal service ⓘ
timePeriod	Stuart period NERFINISHED ⓘ Tudor period NERFINISHED ⓘ early modern England ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Household of Charles II of England → employs → Groom of the Stool ⓘ

this entity surface form: Groom of the Bedchamber