The household below stairs: Keeper of the Butter and Eggs 1761-1814

Office-Holders in Modern Britain: Volume 11 (Revised), Court Officers, 1660-1837. Originally published by University of London, London, 2006.

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'The household below stairs: Keeper of the Butter and Eggs 1761-1814', in Office-Holders in Modern Britain: Volume 11 (Revised), Court Officers, 1660-1837, ed. R O Bucholz( London, 2006), British History Online https://prod.british-history.ac.uk/office-holders/vol11/p585 [accessed 26 November 2024].

'The household below stairs: Keeper of the Butter and Eggs 1761-1814', in Office-Holders in Modern Britain: Volume 11 (Revised), Court Officers, 1660-1837. Edited by R O Bucholz( London, 2006), British History Online, accessed November 26, 2024, https://prod.british-history.ac.uk/office-holders/vol11/p585.

"The household below stairs: Keeper of the Butter and Eggs 1761-1814". Office-Holders in Modern Britain: Volume 11 (Revised), Court Officers, 1660-1837. Ed. R O Bucholz(London, 2006), , British History Online. Web. 26 November 2024. https://prod.british-history.ac.uk/office-holders/vol11/p585.

Keeper of the Butter and Eggs 1761–1814

The keeper of butter and eggs was established as part of the kitchen at £85 per annum in 1761. (fn. 1) The office was abolished at the death of the last incumbent in 1814.

1761 1 July Vassar, J.
1762 11 Feb. Watson, C.
1768 13 July Willis, E.
1776 14 May Dyer, E.

Footnotes

  • 1. LS 13/55. CCR [1763], p. 92 gives £60.