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CHAPTER VIII. 



THE HOUSEHOLD BRANCH: JAMES II. (1685-1688). 



Colonel James Graham, Thirteenth Master : March 25, 1685, to September 29, 

 1688 — Expenses of the Pack during the Eeign of James II. 



With the termination of the reign of Charles II. all the 

 interesting details given in the Accounts of the Treasurer of 

 the Chamber from the time of Elizabeth, of the hunt-servants, 

 their several salaries and emoluments, come to an abrupt end. 

 The accounts of this department of the Royal Household are 

 continued (save a few lapses) to July 5, 1782, but the par- 

 ticulars relating to the hunt-servants formerly given are 

 omitted in them from the accession of James II. to the 22nd 

 year of the reign of George III. Instead of finding the name, 

 office, and remuneration of every hunt-servant as heretofore 

 recorded, we now only get the name of the Master for the time 

 being, and the payments to him in a lump sum (apparently) 

 to defray all the ordinary charges incident to the pack. 



The Masters of the Household branch of the Royal Buck- 

 hounds were appointed for life, with the power to them to 

 transfer or otherwise dispose of the office to a sufficient deputy 

 or deputies, subject to the Sovereign's approval, from the time 

 of Edward VI. to the time of Charles II. ; but in the last men- 

 tioned reign the patent salary of the Master was supplemented 

 by an additional grant on the Civil List establishment, the 

 latter to be held during the King's pleasure. When James II. 

 ascended the throne, the patent office of the Master of the 

 Buckhounds was discontinued ; consequently no patent to the 



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