Cofferer of the Household

Cofferer of the Household

The Cofferer of the Household was formerly an office in the English and British Royal Household.

The holder had special charge over other officers of the household and was an officer of state and a member of the Privy Council and the Board of Green Cloth.

The office was suppressed in 1782.

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Notes

  1. ^ Lobel, Mary D. (ed.) (1959). Victoria County History: A History of the County of Oxford, Volume 6. pp. 312–323. 
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z Bucholz, p. 7.

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