A privy chamber was the private apartment of a royal residence in England. The Gentlemen of the Privy Chamber were noble-born servants to the Crown who...
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than domestic matters, the "royal purse;" the Chamber, concerned with the Presence Chamber, the Privy chamber, and other more public rooms of the royal palaces...
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Gentleman of the Queen's Privy Chamber, who also appears in the 1557 gift roll. This was William Rice, husband of Barbara Ryce, a chamberer. David and Beatrice...
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Topkapı Palace (section Privy Chamber)
expanded not only the damaged areas, but also the Harem, baths, the Privy Chamber and various shoreline pavilions. By the end of the 16th century, the...
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The Privy Council (formally His Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council) is a formal body of advisers to the sovereign of the United Kingdom. Its members...
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Lady of the Bedchamber (redirect from Lady of the Privy Chamber)
Tudor England, the lady of the Bedchamber was often called Lady of the Privy Chamber. Anne Bourchier, Lady Dacre of the South Margaret Brent (?), Lady Bergavenny...
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Gentleman Usher (redirect from Gentleman Usher of the Privy Chamber)
matts. They waited in the Privy Chamber the door of the King's bedchamber. They were in charge of meals taken in the Privy Chamber. The Usher accompanied...
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First Lady of the Bedchamber (redirect from Chief Gentlewoman of the Privy Chamber)
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...
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Jane Seymour (category Ladies of the Privy Chamber)
Jane Seymour (/ˈsiːmɔːr/; c. 1508 – 24 October 1537) was Queen of England as the third wife of King Henry VIII from their marriage on 30 May 1536 until...
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composition of the Privy Chamber shifted towards the end of 1546 in favour of the reforming faction. In addition, two leading conservative Privy Councillors...
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Mary Boleyn (category Ladies of the Privy Chamber)
Mary Boleyn, also known as Lady Mary, (c. 1499 – July 1543) was the sister of English queen consort Anne Boleyn, whose family enjoyed considerable influence...
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Francis Bryan (category Gentlemen of the Privy Chamber)
diplomat during the reign of Henry VIII. He was Chief Gentleman of the Privy chamber and Lord Justice of Ireland. Unlike many of his contemporaries, Bryan...
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royal service. By 1521 he was a groom of the king's chamber, and from 1524, groom of the privy chamber. This is confirmed in the 1526 Eltham Ordinances where...
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Valet de chambre (redirect from Gentleman of the chamber)
of the Chamber, Groom of the Stool, and Groom of the Robes were used for people with different responsibilities. The "Grooms of the Privy Chamber" and of...
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April 1565 – c. 1647), was an English courtier, a Gentlewoman of the Privy Chamber to Queen Elizabeth I of England. Her secret marriage to Sir Walter Raleigh...
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Catherine Howard (category Ladies of the Privy Chamber)
where she remained throughout the winter of 1541. She was obliged by a Privy Councillor to return the ring previously owned by Anne of Cleves, which...
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of the armoury and Henry eventually made Culpeper a Gentleman of the Privy Chamber, giving him intimate access to the King, as the role involved dressing...
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position was similar to a male groom of the privy chamber. The names of ten women who served Elizabeth I as chamberers are known. They were daughters of landowning...
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Catherine Parr (category Ladies of the Privy Chamber)
Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage, Baronetage, and Knightage, Privy Council, and Order of Preference (hardback) (96th, Coronation Honours ed...
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awarded to court companions of the king who spent time with him in the privy chamber. These were generally the sons of noblemen or important members of the...
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January 1593) of Billingbear House, Berkshire, was a Gentleman of the Privy Chamber to King Henry VIII. Sir Henry Neville's father was Sir Edward Neville...
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courtier and confidant. In 1539 he was appointed a gentleman of the privy chamber and was its most prominent member in King Henry's last years, having...
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a Maid of Honour and secondly, after 1566, as a Gentlewoman of the Privy Chamber. Knollys was the grand-niece of Queen consort Anne Boleyn, which made...
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Jane Boleyn, Viscountess Rochford (category Ladies of the Privy Chamber)
Jane Boleyn, Viscountess Rochford (née Parker; c. 1505 – 13 February 1542) was an English noblewoman. Her husband, George Boleyn, Viscount Rochford, was...
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to the royal person at all hours. They were the senior staff of the privy chamber, and the closest of the king's "Affinity" (i.e., his most intimate daily...
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May 1536) was an English courtier who was Groom of the Stool in the privy chamber of King Henry VIII. While a close servant of the King, he also supported...
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Francis Weston (category Gentlemen of the Privy Chamber)
Sir Francis Weston KB (1511 – 17 May 1536) was a gentleman of the Privy Chamber at the court of King Henry VIII of England. He became a friend of the...
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judges in the court and its honourable proceeding." The Star Chamber was made up of Privy Counsellors, as well as common-law judges, and it supplemented...
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William Carey (courtier) (category Gentlemen of the Privy Chamber)
King Henry VIII of England. He served the king as a Gentleman of the Privy chamber, and Esquire of the Body to the King. His wife, Mary Boleyn, is known...
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English King's Painter in 1536. The portrait was created to adorn the privy chamber of Henry's newly acquired Palace of Whitehall. Henry was spending vast...
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