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Royal Almonry

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.

Duties
In the 13th century, the Lord High Almoner was responsible for giving alms from the royal household to the poor. Today, the Almonry is responsible for the arrangements for the Royal Maundy service, which is held annually every Maundy Thursday. The royal service was traditionally given at Westminster Abbey until the reign of Queen Elizabeth II, when the service rotated among various British cathedrals. Until 1737, the Lord High Almoner personally washed the feet of Maundy recipients. == Lord High Almoners ==
Lord High Almoners
;Henry III (1216) • John Leukenor, Knight Templar • 1233: Brother John and Brother Geoffrey (to 1239) • 1255–unknown: Simon of Offam ;Edward I (1272) • Friar Ralph • 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 • ?–1432: John De la Bere (later Bishop of St David's, 1447) • 1432–1438: Robert Felton ;Edward IV (1461) • 1461–?1466: Thomas Wilford • ?1466–1468: Thomas Bonyfaunt • 1476–1483: Thomas Danet • 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 of St David's), 1523) (died 1528) • 1521–unknown: John Longland, Bishop of Lincoln (died 1547) • 1523–unknown: Edward Lee (later Archbishop of York, 1531) • 1530–unknown: John Stokesley, Bishop of London (died 1539) • c.1532–1537: Edward Foxe, Bishop of Hereford, 1535 • 1537–>1555: Nicholas Heath, Bishop of Rochester (died 1578) ;Elizabeth I (1558) • 1559–1561: William Bill, Master of Trinity • 1561–1572: Edmund Guest, Bishop of Rochester. • 1576–unknown: John Piers, Bishop of Salisbury, later Archbishop of York. {died 1594) • 29 March 1572 – 1591: Edmund Freke, Bishop of Worcester • 1591–1594: Richard Fletcher, Bishop of Bristol • 1595–unknown: Anthony Watson, Bishop of Chichester (died 1605) ;James I (1603) • 1605–1626: Lancelot Andrewes, Bishop of Chichester, then of Ely • 1619–unknown: George Montaigne (or Mountain), Bishop of London (etc.) (died 1628) ;Charles I (1625) • 1626: Francis White, Bishop of Carlisle, then Bishop of Norwich and Bishop of Ely Bishop of Gloucester • 1723–1743: Lancelot Blackburne, Archbishop of York • 1743–1748: Thomas Sherlock, Bishop of Salisbury • 1748–1757: Matthew Hutton, Archbishop of York • 1757–1761: John Gilbert, Archbishop of York ;George III (1760); George IV (1820); William IV (1830); Victoria (1837) • 1761–1777: Robert Hay Drummond, Archbishop of York • 1777–1808: William Markham, Archbishop of York • 1808–1847: Edward Venables-Vernon-Harcourt, Archbishop of York • 1847–1870: Samuel Wilberforce, Bishop of Oxford, then of Winchester • 1870–1882: Gerald Wellesley, Dean of Windsor • 1882–1906: Lord Alwyne Compton, Bishop of Ely ;Edward VII (1901); George V (1910) • 1906–1933: Joseph Armitage Robinson, Dean of Westminster, then of Wells ;Edward VIII (1936); George VI (1936); Elizabeth II (1952); Charles III (2022) • 1933–1945: Cosmo Gordon Lang, Archbishop of Canterbury • 1946–1953: Edward Woods, Bishop of Lichfield • 1953–1970: Michael Gresford Jones, Bishop of St Albans • 1970–1988: David Say, Bishop of Rochester • 1988–1997: John Taylor, Bishop of St Albans • 1997–2013: Nigel McCulloch, Bishop of Manchester • 2013–2024: John Inge, Bishop of Worcester • 2024–present: Graham Usher, Bishop of Norwich ==References==
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