L29/110

'A list of H.M. officers sworn by the Lord Chamberlain of H.M. household or his order': fo. vol., paper cover (40 ff.): with offices, names of holders, sometimes dates of appointment of new officers to 1709, usually salaries; and occasional notes on procedure in facing page; on f. 15 sums to be paid on a royal progress to officers. Note that Hen., Earl of Kent, was sworn 24 April 1704. NOTE: The list is exhaustive, and contains (e.g.) Master of the Revels, Historiographer, Watchmaker, Master of the Tennis Court, Master of the Musick, Organ Maker, Herb Strewer, Rat Killer, Mathematicall Instrument Maker, Comedians, Operator for Teeth. (Cf. the Elizabethan list at Hinwick.)

1703-1709

From: 1703 To: 1709

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Lucas,
Kent, Henry Grey, 1st Duke of

Lord Chamberlain, household personnel, royal household, paper, wages/conditions, employment, Master of the Revels, general entertainment, historiographer, watchmaker, tennis, general music, organ maker, herbs, ratcatcher, mathematics, instrument maker, scientific instruments, comedian, dental surgeon