A Catalogue
of the Household, and Family of the Right Honourable RICHARD, EARL of DORSET, in the year of our Lord 1613; and so continued until the year 1624, at Knole, in Kent.
At My Lord’s Table
My Lord
My Lady
My Lady Margaret
My Lady Isabella
Mr. Sackville
Mr. Frost
John Musgrave
Thomas Garret
At the Parlour Table
Mrs. Field
Mrs. Willoughby
Mrs. Grimsditch
Mrs. Stewkly
Mrs. Fletcher
Mrs. Wood
Mr. Dupper, Chaplain
Mr. Matthew Caldicott, my Lord’s favourite
Mr. Edward Legge, Steward
Mr. Peter Basket, Gentleman of the Horse
Mr. Marsh, Attendant on my Lady
Mr. Wooldridge
Mr. Cheyney
Mr. Duck, Page
Mr. Josiah Cooper, a Frenchman, Page
Mr. John Belgrave, Page
Mr. Billingsley
Mr. Graverner, Gentleman Usher
Mr. Marshall, Auditor
Mr. Edwards, Secretary
Mr. Drake, Attendant
At the Clerks’ Table in the Hall
Edward Fulks and John Edwards, Clerks of the Kitchen
Edward Care, Master Cook
William Smith, Yeoman of the Buttery
Henry Keble, Yeoman of the Pantry
John Mitchell, Pastryman
Thomas Vinson, Cook
John Elnor, Cook
Ralph Hussie, Cook
John Avery, Usher of the Hall
Robert Elnor, Slaughterman
Benjamin Staples, Groom of the Great Chamber
Thomas Petley, Brewer
William Turner, Baker
Francis Steeling, Gardener
Richard Wicking, Gardener
Thomas Clements, Under Brewer
Samuel Vans, Caterer
Edward Small, Groom of the Wardrobe
Samuel Southern, Under Baker
Lowry, a French boy
The Nursery
Nurse Carpenter
Widow Ben
Jane Sisley
Dorothy Pickenden
At the Long Table in the Hall
Robert Care, Attendant on my Lord
Mr. Gray, Attendant likewise
Mr. Roger Cook, Attendant on my Lady Margaret
Mr. Adam Bradford, Barber
Mr. John Guy, Groom of my Lord’s Bedchamber
Walter Comestone, Attendant on my Lady
Edward Lane, Scrivener
Mr. Thomas Poor, Yeoman of the Wardrobe
Mr. Thomas Leonard, Master Huntsman
Mr. Woodgate, Yeoman of the Great Chamber
John Hall, Falconer
James Flennel, Yeoman of the Granary
Rawlinson, Armourer
Moses Shonk, Coachman
Anthony Ashly, Groom of the Great Horse
Griffin Edwards, Groom of my Lady’s Horse
Francis Turner, Groom of the Great Horse
William Grynes, Groom of the Great Horse
Acton Curvett, Chief Footman
James Loveall, Footman
Sampson Ashley, Footman
William Petley, Footman
Nicholas James, Footman
Paschal Beard, Footman
Elias Thomas, Footman
Henry Spencer, Farrier
Edward Goodsall
John Sant, the Steward’s Man
Ralph Wise, Groom of the Stables
Thomas Petley, Under Farrier
John Stephens, the Chaplain’s Man
John Haite, Groom for the Stranger’s Horse
Thomas Giles, Groom of the Stables
Richard Thomas, Groom of the Hall
Christopher Wood, Groom of the Pantry
George Owen, Huntsman
George Vigeon, Huntsman
Thomas Grittan, Groom of the Buttery
Solomon, the Bird-Catcher
Richard Thornton, the Coachman’s Man
Richard Pickenden, Postillion
William Roberts, Groom
The Armourer’s Man
Ralph Wise, his Servant
John Swift, the Porter’s Man
John Atkins, Men to carry wood
Clement Doory, Men to carry wood
The Laundry-Maids’ Table
Mrs. Judith Simpton
Mrs. Grace Simpton
Penelope Tutty, the Lady Margaret’s Maid
Anne Mills, Dairy-Maid
Prudence Bucher
Anne Howse
Faith Husband
Elinor Thompson
Goodwife Burton
Grace Robinson, a Blackamoor
Goodwife Small
William Lewis, Porter
Kitchen and Scullery
Diggory Dyer
Marfidy Snipt
John Watson
Thomas Harman
Thomas Johnson
John Morockoe, a Blackamoor