Some Account of Domestic Architecture in England, From Richard Ii. to Henry Viii Pt. 1
Some Account of Domestic Architecture in England, From Richard Ii. to Henry Viii Pt. 1
Parker, John Henry, 1806-1884
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204. Digitized by Google THE CHAMBERS AND OFFICES. 101 In 1465, Sir John Howard engaged a servant who agreed to find himself in bedding \ The sleeping apartments 7 were given in charge of the usher of the bedchamber, whose duty it was to see to the providing of all things necessary for comfort and convenience,- and under his orders, in royal households at least, were usually two grooms and a page. It was the duty of the grooms of the chamber to procure a regular supply of tallwood 1 and fuel fo...r the fire : — " And fuel to chymne nym falles to gete, And strens in cros to seue the hete." They were also to provide clean rushes and straw for the floors and palets. According to the Household Book of Edward iv., the groom of the chamber was to bring daily " rushes and litter for the paylettes all the yere ; of the sergeaunts of the hall and this yeoman or this groom berith up nyghtly stuffe for the kynges bed, and bydeth therby till it be made, and on the mornynge they sette it doun to their office ageyne saufly and clenely that no stranger schall touche it a ." In the sum- mer season they were to gather sweet herbs and flowers * Manners and Household Expenses, are covered with richly embroidered p.
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