The household below stairs: Surveyor of the Dresser

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

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Surveyor of the Dresser ?1660–?1685; 1689–?

Originally two in number, reduced to one in waiting from 1664, this officer is not listed as salaried on contemporary establishments, but the supernumerary made £11 8s 1 1/2d in wages, £18 5s in boardwages. (fn. 1)

Surveyor of the Dresser ?1660–?1685

By 1661 Smith, A.
1662 16 June Hite, J.

Supernumerary Surveyor of the Dresser 1664–?; 1689–?

1662 1 Dec. [?} (fn. 2)
1664 1 Oct. Smith, A.
1689 Hite, J.

Footnotes

  • 1. LS 13/31, f. 17.
  • 2. The Establishment of 1 Dec. 1662 lists, but does not name, a supernumerary: LS 13/31, f. 17.