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Pages in category "Ladies of the Privy Chamber" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
The privy chamber was the most influential department in an English royal household. [1] It contained the king's "privy lodging", consisting of bedroom, library, study, and lavatory. What was known as the chamber was later divided into a privy chamber (distinguished from bedchamber in 1559), and outer chamber (often styled presence chamber).
Women holding the position of chamberer at the royal court of England. The role differed from that of gentlewomen of the chamber or privy chamber.
Some chamberers, like Joan Russell and Elizabeth Marbery, continued their service as gentlewomen of the privy chamber or bed chamber, enjoying a higher status and salary. [12] Other women present in the queen's privy chamber included the Maids of Honour , who frequently received lavish gifts of clothing, [ 13 ] and gentlewomen in attendance who ...
Mark Smeaton (c. 1512 – 17 May 1536) was a musician at the court of Henry VIII of England, in the household of Queen Anne Boleyn.Smeaton – together with the Queen's brother George Boleyn, Viscount Rochford; Henry Norris, Francis Weston, and William Brereton – was executed for treason and adultery with Queen Anne.
During the Tudor dynasty (1485–1603), the First Lady of the Bedchamber was called Chief Gentlewoman of the Privy Chamber. She had the highest rank among the Ladies of the bedchamber , and their role was to act as the attendants and companions of the royal woman.
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