EXTRACTS
FROM THE
LIBER NIGER.
The Liber Niger Domûs Regis Angliæ[149] [i. e. Edward IV.] contains Orders for his said Majesty's Household, anno 1478; and relates to the following Officers:
A Chamberlain.
Bannerets, or Bachelor Knights, to be Carvers and Cup-bearers (four).
Knights of Household (twelve) to do the Office of Ewerers.
A Secretary.
Chaplains (four).
Esquires for the Body (four).
A Sewer for the King.
Surveyor for the King, i. e. of the Dresser.
Wardrobe.
Gentlemen Ushers of Chamber (four).
Yeomen of the Crown (twenty-four).
Yeomen of Chamber (four).
Wardrobe of Robes.
Wardrobe of Beds.
Grooms of Chamber (ten).
Pages of Chamber (four).
Jewel-house.
Doctor of Physic.
Master Surgeon.
Apothecary.
Barber.
Henxmen. Six Infants.
Master of the Henchmen.
Squires of Household.
Kings of Arms, Heralds, and Pursuivants.
Serjeants at Arms (four).
Minstrels (thirteen).
A Wayte. N. B. This Yeoman (for such
was his rank) waiteth (i. e. playeth; I
suppose) at the making of Knights of
the Bath, watching upon them by night-time
in the Chapel. Wherefore he hath
of fee all the watching cloathing that
the Knights should wear upon [them.]
Messagers (four).
Dean of the Chapel.
Chaplains, and Clerks of the Chapel (twenty-six).
Yeomen of the Chapel (two).
Children of the Chapel (eight).
Clerk of the Closet.
Master of Grammar, to teach the Henxmen and Children of the Chapel.
Office of Vestiary, i. e. Vestry.
Clerk of Crown in Chancery.
Clerk of the Market.
Clerk of the Works.
Marriage of Wards.
Steward of Household.
Treasurer of Household.
Controller of Household.
Cofferer.
Clerks of Green Cloth.
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EXTRACTS FROM THE LIBER NIGER.
Knights and Esquires of the Body.
Item, that all Knights for the Body, Cup-Bearers, and Knight Carvers, Squires for the Body, &c. be put to their attendance, and a book thereof delivered from the King's Highness into the compting-house, for a quarter of a year; the quarters to begin at October, January, April, and July.
Among the provisions, it is said