The office ofMaster of the Hawks (or Master Falconer) was created on theEnglish Restoration in 1660. During Charles II's reign, the Master's salary was £390 per annum (approximately £42,000 in 2007); inWilliam III's reign, it was increased to £1500 (approximately £161,900 in 2007). The office was abolished on the accession ofAnne in 1702 and the master, theDuke of St Albans, was granted a perpetual pension payable to his heirs. The pension was finally commuted in 1891 by the payment of a lump sum of some £18,000.[citation needed]