the whole of a family considered collectively, including the mistrels, children, and servants. But the household of a sovereign prince includes only the officers and domestics belonging to his palace.

The principal officers of his majesty's household are, the lord steward, lord chamberlain of the household, the groom of the stole, the master of the great wardrobe, and the master of the horie.

The civil government of the king's house is under the care of the lord steward of the king's household; who, being the chief officer, all his commands are observed and obeyed. His authority extends over all the other officers and servants, except those of his majesty's chapel, chamber, and stable, and he is the judge of all crimes committed either within the court or the verge.

Under him are the treasurer of the household, the comptroller, cofferer, the master of the household, the clerks of the green-cloth, and the officers and servants belonging to the accounting-house, the marthalfae, the verge, the king's kitchen, the household kitchen, the acatery, bake-houfe, pantry, buttery, cellar, paftry, &c. Next to the lord steward is the lord-chamberlain of the household, who has under him the vice-chamberlain, the treasurer, and comptroller of the chamber; 48 gentlemen of the privy chamber, 12 of whom wait quarterly, and two of them lie every night in the privy-chamber; the pages of the prefence-chamber; the mace-bearers, cup-bearers, carvers, musicians, &c. See Lord Chamberlain of the Household.

The groom of the stole has under him the 11 other lords of the bed-chamber, who wait weekly in the bed-chamber, and by turns lie there a nights on a pallet-bed; and also the grooms of the bed-chamber, the pages of the bed-chamber and back-stairs, &c. See Groom of the STOLE.

The master or keeper of the great wardrobe has un- Household der him a deputy, comptroller, clerk of the robes, brusher, &c. and a number of tradefmen and artificers, who are all sworn servants to the king.

The matter of the horse has under his command the equeeries, pages, footmen, grooms, coachmen, farriers, saddlers, and all the other officers and tradefmen employed in his majesty's stables.

Next to the civil lift of the king's court, is the military, consisting of the band of gentlemen pensioners, the yeomen of the guards, and the troops of the household; of which the two first guard the king above stairs.

When the king dines in public, he is waited upon at table by his majesty's cup-bearers, carvers, and gentlemen fewers; the musicians playing all the time. The dinner is brought up by the yeomen of the guard, and the gentlemen fewers set the dishes in order. The carvers cut for the king, and the cup-bearer serves him the drink with one knee on the ground, after he has first tasted it in the cover.