Series
Lord Chamberlain's Department: Miscellaneous Records
Catalogue reference: LC 5
What's it about?
LC 5
This series contains disparate material relating to the royal household. Many of the records are original or copy warrants, or entry books of warrants (some indexed), for appointments or payments; unless otherwise stated at piece level, warrants...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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LC 5
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Title (The name of the record)
- Lord Chamberlain's Department: Miscellaneous Records
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Date (When the record was created)
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1516-1920
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains disparate material relating to the royal household. Many of the records are original or copy warrants, or entry books of warrants (some indexed), for appointments or payments; unless otherwise stated at piece level, warrants are from the Lord Chamberlain.
The records consist of Master of the Ceremonies papers, Treasurer of the Chamber warrant books, Comptroller of the Accounts of the Treasurer of the Chamber warrant books, Great Wardrobe records (mainly copies of warrants, warrant books and receipt books), Jewel Office warrant books, original warrants, warrant books, general and various, petitions, extracts from newspapers, household appointments, tradesmen's appointments, garter and bath ceremony papers, programmes, forms, notes and memoranda.
Among the remaining miscellany there are household regulations, precedent books, a variety of orders, and records pertaining to the Lord Chamberlain's jurisdiction over theatres.
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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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260 volume(s)
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Unpublished finding aids (A note of unpublished indexes, lists or guides to the record)
- There is an index, in the reading rooms at The National Archives, Kew , to persons for LC 5/39-48, 52-54, 56-59, 61-77, 79-83, 86, 88-89, 104-106, 168 and 194; this is known as the Glencross Index. For an index to some of the theatrical material in this series, see 'Lord Chamberlain Theatrical References' available in the in the reading rooms.
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- A register of English Theatrical Documents, 1660-1737, compiled and edited by J Milhous and R D Hume, (Southern Illinois University Press, 1991), details some of this material.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C10230/
Catalogue hierarchy
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
Within the department: LC
Records of the Lord Chamberlain and other officers of the Royal Household
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Lord Chamberlain's Department: Miscellaneous Records