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Series
Lord Chamberlain's Department: Various Registers
Catalogue reference: LC 3
What's it about?
LC 3
Many of these records in this series are those of the Great Wardrobe rather than the Lord Chamberlain's Department, and pertain mostly to appointments of servants, officials and trades people.The records consist of establishment books, admissions...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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LC 3
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Title (The name of the record)
- Lord Chamberlain's Department: Various Registers
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Date (When the record was created)
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1641-1902
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Description (What the record is about)
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Many of these records in this series are those of the Great Wardrobe rather than the Lord Chamberlain's Department, and pertain mostly to appointments of servants, officials and trades people.
The records consist of establishment books, admissions to appointment, salary, livery and pension books, sign manual warrants, appointment books and registers of letters.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Great Wardrobe, 1782-1782
- Lord Chamberlain
- Lord Chamberlain's Department, 1782-1782
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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118 volume(s)
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- Pay and pensions
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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The Lord Chamberlain had responsibilities for appointments of servants and officials of the royal household, and trades people, within the above stairs domain.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C10228/
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Lord Chamberlain's Department: Various Registers
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