England and Wales. Lord Chamberlain's Office. Warrants and orders from Lord Chamberlain of the Royal Household, to Master of the Great Wardrobe

Folger bibliographic ID: 235928
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Folger holdings ID: 309967

Warrants and orders mainly pertaining to the upkeep of the royal household including: warrants for the provision of furnishings or fabrics for the royal household, specifically Whitehall, Somerset House and St. James'; orders for cleaning furnishings and hangings; warrants for fabrics for the liveries of royal servants, particularly musicians, watermen and gamekeepers. Detail given for the precise fabrics required (in one case prices are quoted), names of servants involved and incidental items of information: a 'suite of Hangings' to be purchased from John Evelyn; a bible, prayer books and chapel furnishings to be provided for the use of Laurence Hyde (later Earl of Rochester) on his embassy to the congress of Nijmegen; the altar cloths of the Chapel Royal to be refurbished 'as the Chappell is now new wainscoted.'

General notes

Signed: Arlington. Except X.d.679 (27) signed: Manchester 27 bifolia Formerly Folger MS Add 934 Acquired from John Wilson, 1982

Extended title: Warrants and orders from Lord Chamberlain of the Royal Household, to Master of the Great Wardrobe 1669, 1676-1677

Rochester, Laurence Hyde, Earl of, 1641-1711

author: England and Wales. Lord Chamberlain's Office
subject: Rochester, Laurence Hyde, Earl of, 1641-1711
associated with: England and Wales. Great Wardrobe
signer: Arlington, Henry Bennet, Earl of, 1618-1685
correspondent: Montagu, Ralph Montagu, Duke of, 1638?-1709
signer: Manchester, Edward Montagu, Earl of, 1602-1671
correspondent: Sandwich, Edward Montagu, Earl of, 1625-1672