Cofferer of the Household
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The cofferer of the Household was formerly an office in the English and British Royal Household. Next in rank to the Comptroller, the holder paid the wages of some of the servants above and below stai
Henry Pelham-Clinton, 2nd Duke of Newcastle served Cofferer of the Household between 1747 and 1754.
Wardrobe (government)
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The King's Wardrobe, together with the Chamber, made up the personal part of medieval English government known as the King's household. Originally the room where the king's clothes, armour, and treasu
Blue plaque showing the former site of the King's Wardrobe
The Will of King Eadred, AD 951–955, with bequests to hræglðene (robe-keepers) (15th-century copy, British Library Add MS 82931, ff. 22r–23r)
Wardrobe Place in the City of London, built on the site of the Great Wardrobe
The Jewel Tower housed a branch of the King's Privy Wardrobe at the Palace of Westminster