The Royal Almonry is a small office within the Royal Households of the United Kingdom, headed by the Lord High Almoner, an office dating from 1103. The almoner is responsible for distributing alms to the poor. The Lord High Almoner is usually a diocesan bishop or high cleric of the Church of England. The current holder of the office is the Bishop of Worcester, the Right Reverend John Inge. There is also an hereditary Grand Almoner, an office dating from 1685 and vested in the person of the Marquess of Exeter, but this is not an office of the Royal Almonry and he has no role to play. The actual work of the office is undertaken by the Sub-Almoner (currently Paul Wright), who is also the Deputy Clerk of the Closet of the Ecclesiastical Household, Sub-dean of the Chapel Royal, and Domestic Chaplain at Buckingham Palace. There are in addition a Secretary, and Assistant Secretary, both offices of which are shared with other Royal Household appointments. There are also half a dozen wandsmen. The Almonry is responsible to the Keeper of the Privy Purse for the arrangements for the annual Maundy service. Lord High Almoners Henry III (1216) John Leukenor, Knight Templar 1233: Brother John and Brother Geoffrey (to 1239) 1255–unknown: Simon of Offam 1256–unknown: John of Colchester 1257: John the Chaplain Edward I (1272) Friar Ralph c.1280–1307: Master Henry of Blunsdon Edward II (1307) c.1323: Adam de Brome Edward III (1327) c.1340: Philip Weston Thomas Hatfield (Bishop of Durham, 1345) Richard II (1377) 1383: William Walsham Henry IV (1399) 1399: Robert Eslakby ? –1413 Earl of Cambridge Henry V (1413) 1413–unknown: James Tuchet, 5th Baron Audley Henry VI (1422) 142n–unknown: John Snell ?–1432: John De la Bere (later Bishop of St David's, 1447) 1432–1438: Robert Felton 1438–unknown: Henry Sever, Chancellor of St Paul's Cathedral Edward IV (1461) 1461–?1466: Thomas Wilford ?1466–1468: Thomas Bonyfaunt 1468–1476: John Gunthorpe, Dean of Wells and, until 1478, Archdeacon of Essex 1471: Alexander Legh 1476–1483: Thomas Danet 1483: Walter Felde Richard III (1483) 1483-1485 John Taillour Henry VII (1485) 1485–1495: Christopher Urswick 1495-1497: Richard FitzJames 1497–unknown: Richard Mayew, Bishop of Hereford (died 1516) unknown: Christopher Bainbridge 28 January 1507 - 1509: John Ednam (Edenham) unknown–1509: Thomas Hobbes, Dean of Exeter. Henry VIII (1509); Edward VI (1547); Mary I (1553) 1509–1514: Cardinal Thomas Wolsey, Archbishop of York (etc.) 1514–unknown: Richard Rawlins, Archdeacon of Huntingdon (later Bishop