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Collection	Great Wardrobe Papers
Reference	GEO/MAIN/79070-82519
Title	Great Wardrobe Accounts
Date	April 1672 - January 1865, September 1688 - July 1750
Description	Accounts are arranged in three parallel series of warrants, bills and receipts, relate to the purchase of furniture and furnishings for royal residences, royal liveries and ceremonial robes. 1. Volumes of bills covering April 1672 - January 1865, September 1688 - July 1750 This collection will be added to as the digitisation work progresses
Language	English
Language	Latin
Extent	20 volumes
Admin History	This collection of Great Wardrobe accounts covering 1660 to 1749 were presented to George V in 1914 by the Duke of Buccleuch, whose ancestors (the Dukes of Montagu) kept these records in their role as Masters of the Great Wardrobe.
Related Material	Another set of Great Wadrobe accounts are held by The National Archives at Kew
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