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This idea is made clear in Robert Grosseteste’s Rules. The Rules were written for Margaret de Lacy, the countess of Lincoln, in the 1240s. It is a treatise written in French describing how Margaret should manage her estate and household. The sixteenth rule in the section on household management reads as follows: Since people believed that the plague traveled in the air, there were many preventatives that actually used BAD smells instead of good smells in their houses. Forget the sweet smelling rushes. Doctors also instructed their patients to fart into jars and then release it when the plague came near their house.

Parlour maid: they cleaned and tidied reception rooms and living areas by morning, and often served refreshments at afternoon tea, and sometimes also dinner. They tidied studies and libraries, and (with footmen) answered bells calling for service. [13] The cooking staff in a medieval castle was responsible for meals and worked in a large kitchen under the charge of a head cook. The head cook was also responsible for purchasing various food items and overlooked the storage and preservation of food in pantries.

Lancaster - Old English name that is habitational for the people who resided in Lancaster in northwestern England. It was also an English royal family surname. It was also not only Isabella who was dressed in stunning attire, but her entire entourage as well. Isabella’s servants and officials were given new robes to wear that were in line with their rank, surrounding the new empress and enhancing the splendor of her arrival in Germany. In the contemporary Western world, comparatively few households can afford live-in domestic help, usually relying on cleaners, employed directly or through an agency ( maid service).

Lachaud, Frédérique. “Liveries of Robes in England, c. 1200-c.1330.” English Historical Review 111, no. 441 (April 1996): 279-298.

Medieval Castle Staff – Cooks and Service Staff

The duties and responsibilities of medieval castle staff varied depending on the size of the castle and the inhabitants. During medieval times, the castles were large and sometimes housed hundreds of inhabitants. This section does not cite any sources. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( October 2022) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Finally, the royal household differed from most noble households in the size of their military element. If a king was able to muster a substantial force of household knights, this would reduce his dependence on the military service of his subjects. This was the case with Richard II of England, whose one-sided dependence on his household knights – mostly recruited from the county of Cheshire– made him unpopular with his nobility and eventually contributed to his downfall. [25]