Royal Household and Wardrobe

This page summarises records created by this Organisation

The summary includes a brief description of the collection(s) (usually including the covering dates of the collection), the name of the archive where they are held, and reference information to help you find the collection.

Date:	1277-1900
Functions, occupations and activities:	Government (central) > Royal Household
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/C78091 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/O49261 )

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	1277-19th cent: accounts, warrants, inventories etc	British Library, Manuscript Collections		See Index to MSS, under England, Royal Household
2	1299-1317: daily wardrobe expenses	Society of Antiquaries of London	MSS 119-20	NRA 27819
3	c1300: inventory of plate and jewels	Society of Antiquaries of London	MS 545	NRA 27819
4	c1405: account of sums "pardoned" to officers	Royal Berkshire Archives	D/ED/Z1	NRA 7580 Hill
5	1305-06, 1308-09: Household accounts, Edward II	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MSS Lat hist c 4-5	See Bulletin of the IHR xxi 1946-48
6	1325: household of Queen Isabella, account roll	Society of Antiquaries of London	543	NRA 27819
7	1351-52: Queen Philippa: wardrobe accounts of Sir Robert de Whitbergh	Society of Antiquaries of London	208	NRA 27819
8	16th cent: accounts	Hatfield House Library and Archives	HMC	NRA 32925
9	early 16th cent: account roll of royal household at Greenwich	Cheshire Archives and Local Studies	DCH/M/32/1	NRA 38142 Cholmondeley
10	1521-1525: Wardrobe accounts (James Worsley)	Lincolnshire Archives	YARB, WORSLEY	NRA 5950 Pelham See HMC Principal family and estate collections A-K, 1996 [1a]
11	1552-53: account roll of Sir Ralph Sadler, Master of the Wardrobe	East Riding of Yorkshire Archives and Local Studies Service	DDCC/140/65	NRA 6491 Chichester-Constable
12	1552-59: accounts of Sir Ralph Sadler anD Sir Edward Waldegrave, keeper and master of the Great Wardrobe	Somerset Heritage Centre (South West Heritage Trust)	DD/WG	NRA 28621
13	1557: schedule of appurtenances and allowances at Windsor Castle	Collection held privately: enquiries to Bangor University, Archives and Special Collections		NRA 10 Paget See NRA 3rd stage list p11, no 48
14	1574: wardrobe accounts (John Fortescue)	Lincolnshire Archives	BNL	NRA 7193 Cust
15	1578-79: Wardrobe account	Nottingham University Library, Department of Manuscripts and Special Collections	1/1/26	NRA 7428
16	1597-1601: accounts (Anne of Denmark, consort of James I) 1597, 1601	National Records of Scotland (formerly National Archives of Scotland)	GD 16	NRA 29181 Ogilvy See HMC Principal family and estate collections L-W, 1999 [76a]
17	17th cent: misc admin papers	Somerset Heritage Centre (South West Heritage Trust)	DD\MI	NRA 21219
18	1605-25: Ambrose Thelwall, Yeoman of the Robes, memoranda of accounts	National Library of Wales: Department of Collection Services		See Annual Report 1946-47 p37
19	1611: inventory of Queen's wardrobe	Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives	Dd 1 26	See Catalogue of MSS I
20	c1603-25: household ordinances	Society of Antiquaries of London	118	NRA 27819
21	1611-13: accounts of Sir George More as receiver-general to Prince Henry	Surrey History Centre	Loseley MSS	NRA 9475 More-Molyneux
22	1626-27: expenses journal	London University: Senate House Library	MS 195
23	1626-1630: accounts of 2nd Earl of Northampton as Master of the Robes	Castle Ashby		NRA 21088 Compton See HMC Principal family and estate collections A-K, 1996 [24a]
24	1627: inventory of royal wardrobe at Denmark House	Society of Antiquaries of London	137	NRA 27819
25	1627-49: Sir Richard Wynn, Treasurer to Queen Henrietta Maria, account rolls and books	National Library of Wales: Department of Collection Services		See Annual Report 1940-41 p29
26	1628-42: scullery accounts, Whitehall	Edinburgh University Library, Heritage Collections	La III 501
27	1639-40: household account book, Queen Henrietta Maria	Dorset History Centre	D/WLC	NRA 9928 Weld of Lulworth
28	c1660-89: accounts, Charles II and James II	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MS Eng misc b 31
29	1650-51: household books	National Records of Scotland (formerly National Archives of Scotland)	GD 150/2949-50	NRA 32338 Douglas See HMC Principal family and estate collections A-K, 1996 [29a]
30	mid 17th cent: household papers	Dorset History Centre	D/FSI (formerly D 124)	See HMC Principal family and estate collections A-K, 1996 [40a]
31	1654-1655: accounts of Charles II	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 51318-36 passim	See HMC Principal family and estate collections A-K, 1996 [40c]
32	c1657-60: accounts of Sir Richard Foster as treasurer to Charles Ii in France	Lambeth Palace Library	MSS 882-83
33	1671-1672: accounts of William Sharp, cash keeper to Charles II	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections	MSS 7001-12, 14401-827; Ch 7566-93	NRA 13563 Hay See HMC Principal family and estate collections A-K, 1996 [47e]
34	1662-73: household book of James II as Duke of York	Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives	Add 7091
35	1667-78: Earl of Rochester's accounts as master and gentleman of the robes	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 8103-24
36	1674-91: papers	The National Archives	T 48
37	1681-82: original Wardrobe accounts	Blackburn Central Library		NRA 1145 Blackburn L coll
38	1682, 1684-85: household establishment of James, Duke of York	British Library, Manuscript Collections	D	NRA 10410 Spencer
39	1684-85: Earl of Clarendon's accounts as treasurer to Catherine, Queen Dowager	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 8125
40	1696-1712: account rolls of royal spicer, butler, cellarer and stable	Keele University Library Special Collections and Archives	N20-22	NRA 1085 Richards
41	1711-13: Robes, accounts	Collection held privately: enquiries to West Sussex Record Office	PHA	NRA 15719 Wyndham (Petworth)
42	1711-13: quietus rolls of Lord Masham as keeper of the Great Wardrobe	Royal Berkshire Archives	D/EE/O4-5	NRA 879 Palmer
43	1714-1762: Windsor Castle governorship bills 1762 and misc appointments, etc 1714-52	Northamptonshire Archives Service	Acc 1956/46b, YZ 1481-1521	NRA 4039 Northants RO misc See HMC Principal family and estate collections A-K, 1996 [11b]
44	1716: account of supplies for the Prince of Wales's household	City of Westminster Archives Centre	Acc 1049	See HMC Principal family and estate collections A-K, 1996 [46e]
45	1749-60: Lord Grantham, keeper of the Great Wardrobe, accounts	West Yorkshire Archive Service, Leeds	5710	NRA 6160
46	1752-1790: papers of the Duke of Montagu rel to constableship of Windsor Castle	Northamptonshire Archives Service	BRU	NRA 34693 Brudenell See HMC Principal family and estate collections A-K, 1996 [11a]
47	1754-55: Great Wardrobe minute book	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Dep9389	NRA 30623
48	1757-60: accounts of Lord Bathurst as controller of the household of the Prince of Wales	Royal Berkshire Archives	D/EE O7	NRA 879 Palmer
49	c1767-1821: accounts and papers	Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre	9/34/38-44	NRA 30725 Brudenell-Bruce
50	1770-1771: accounts	East Sussex and Brighton and Hove Record Office (ESBHRO)	ASH	NRA 1000 Ashburnham See HMC Principal family and estate collections A-K, 1996 [3a]
51	1785-86: Sir Francis Henry Drake quit roll as Master of the Household	Devon Archives and Local Studies Service (South West Heritage Trust)	346M/O13	NRA 6713 Drake
52	1790-91: quit roll of the Earl of Cardigan as Master of the Robes	Northamptonshire Archives Service	BRU	NRA 34693 Brudenell See HMC Principal family and estate collections A-K, 1996 [11a]
53	1792-1807: accounts rendered by Sir James Peachey as Master of the Robes	West Sussex Record Office	Add Mss 5751-5921	NRA 941 West Dean
54	1807-12: accounts of Earl Harcourt as Master of the Rolls	Derbyshire Record Office	D410/29A	NRA 34691
55	1792-1807: Duke of Clarence (William IV) household accounts	Special Collections, The Mitchell Library		See The Mitchell Library 1877-1977, p28
56	1811-20: accounts	Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland, Record Office for	DG7	NRA 9845 Finch
57	1830-44: papers of Sir George Francis Seymour, Master of the Robes	Warwickshire County Record Office	CR114A	NRA 8482 Seymour