verge"), and Paymaster of the Household, and the officers of the Royal Almonry. Other offices in the department were those of the Cofferer of the Household, the Treasurer of the Chamber, and the Paymaster of Pensions, but these, with six clerks of the Board of Green Cloth, were abolished in 1782. The Lord Steward had formerly three courts besides the Board of Green Cloth under him—the Lord Steward's Court, superseded in 1541 by the Marshalsea Court, and the Palace Court. The Lord Steward or his deputies formerly administered the oaths to the members of the House of Commons. In certain cases (messages from the sovereign under the sign-manual) the lords with white staves are the proper persons to bear communications between the Sovereign and the Houses of Parliament. Lord Stewards 15th century Sir Thomas Rempston 1399–1401 Thomas Percy, 1st Earl of Worcester 1401–1402 William Heron, Lord Say 1402–1404 Sir Thomas Erpingham 1404 Sir John Stanley 1405–1412 Sir Thomas Erpingham 1413–1417 Sir Walter Hungerford 1413–1421 Robert Babthorp 1421–1424 Sir Walter Hungerford 1424–1426 Sir John Tiptoft 1426–1432 Robert Babthorp 1432–1433 William de la Pole, 1st Marquess of Suffolk 1433–1446 Ralph Boteler, 1st Baron Sudeley 1447–1457 John Beauchamp, 1st Baron Beauchamp 1457–1461 William Neville, 1st Earl of Kent 1461–1463 John Tiptoft, 1st Earl of Worcester 1463–1467 Henry Bourchier, 1st Earl of Essex 1467–1471 Thomas Stanley, 2nd Baron Stanley 1471–1483 Thomas Howard, Earl of Surrey 1483–1485 John Radcliffe, Baron FitzWalter 1486–1496 Robert Willoughby, 1st Baron Willoughby de Broke 1496–1502 16th century George Talbot, 4th Earl of Shrewsbury 1502–1538 Robert Radcliffe, 1st Earl of Sussex 1538–1540 Office of Lord Steward discontinued and replaced by the Lord Great Master Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk 1540–1545 William Paulet, Lord St John 1545–1550 John Dudley, 1st Earl of Warwick 1550–1553 Office of Lord Steward restored Henry Fitzalan, 12th Earl of Arundel 1553–1564 Vacant 1564–1567 William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke 1567–1570 Vacant 1570–1572 Edward Fiennes, Earl of Lincoln 1572–1584 Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester 1584–1588 Henry Stanley, Earl of Derby 1588–1593 Vacant 1593–1597 17th century The Earl of Nottingham 1603–1618 The Duke of Richmond 1618–1623 The Marquess of Hamilton 1623–1625 The Earl of Pembroke 1625–1630 Vacant 1630–1640 The Earl of Arundel and Surrey 1640–1644 The Duke of Richmond 1644–1655 Vacant 1655–1660 The Duke of Ormonde 1660–1688 The Duke of Devonshire 1689–1707 18th century The Duke of Devonshire 1707–1710 The Duke of Buckingham and Normanby 1710–1711 The