The Master of the Household

Manages the House, does not interact outside the house like the Lord Chamberlain. Generally does not get involved with the daily operation of the house, instead speaks personally to the Emperor and their family about matters of the house, then coordinates any needed changes.

Lord Chamberlain of the Household

the role of the Lord Chamberlain, as senior member of the Household, is to oversee the conduct and general business of the Royal Household and to be a source and focal point for important matters which have implications for the Household as a whole. channel of communication between the Emperor and the senate when the Emperor is not available personally. is given a white staff and a key, which are carried on ceremonial occasions. The staff is symbolically broken over the grave of a deceased Emperor or former Emperor which signifies that the Household is dissolved. While an Emperor is alive the staff is given to them and is placed next to their chair in the Senate area for the Imperial Privy Council organising ceremonial events with Imperial associations. censoring the tabloid, the Department oraganized State Visits by overseas Heads of State each year manages, Investitures, Garden Parties, State Opening of the Senate, Garter ceremonial and royal weddings and funerals. handles all matters of protocol and certain Household appointments. co-ordinates with the master of the horse on road transport for The Emperor and other members of the Imperial Family both by horse-drawn carriage at major State ceremonial and other occasions, as well as the more routine journeys by car. Imperial Warrants (granted to companies whose goods or services are used by some Imperial households) and with commercial use of photographs and emblems.

Cheif Bulter

Duties of the chief butler the arrangement of lodgings for the court, the daily account in the wardrobethe exclusion from the household of undesirable persons twenty-four squires are on duty in the hall, to carry out the commands of the high officials.

chamberlain

a knight and three squires

usher of the hall

manages all imperial house resources

Clerk of the Spicery

The clerk of the spicery receives from the clerk purveyor of the great wardrobe the wax, napery, linen, cloth, canvas, spices, and the other things of all sorts that pertain to his office, by indenture expressly mentioning price, yardage, weight, and cost. Weighs wax which the chandler is to have worked, and shall reweigh it after it has been worked. And he shall oversee and cause to be recorded by his under-clerk the liveries of chandlery made each day in the wardrobe, and on the next day he shall supervise the putting away of the torches, the great candles, and the Mortars. Each day he shall record the parcels of all sorts of things delivered and dispensed from his office, as counted since the day before, and he shall answer concerning them at the account of the household. And he shall oversee the carriages belonging to the wardrobe, as well for the coffers and other things of his office as for the beds of the wardrobe clerks which ought to be carried. And he shall make allowance in his roll for the carriage and transportation reasonably used in connection with the Emperor's journeys

=Imperial serjeant chandler= receives the wax and candlewicks by weight from the clerk of the spicery, and shall have them worked according to the assize contained in the statute

Imperial House serjeant naperer

Receives the napery from the clerk of the spicery and shall be responsible for it at the account whenever he is asked

Comptroller of the Emperors Household

Ladies-in-waiting

Appointed personally by The Emperor or Emperors spouse and other female members of the Imperial Family to accompany them on public engagements, including Imperial occasions and State Visits abroad. They handle flowers, cards and presents which Emperor and other members of the Imperial Family receive during their visits and walkabouts. They also deal with The Emperor's private correspondence and reply to letters from the public, especially those from children. Usually these are intelligence officers that have been lictors.

House pages of honour

Youths aged from twelve to sixteen, selected by the emporer, for state ceremonies at Coronation they assisted the groom of the stole in carrying the royal train.

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