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Green cloth. The counting-house of the king's household was commonly called the Green Cloth in respect of the green cloth upon the table whereat the lord steward, the treasurer of the king's house, and other inferior officers sat:-(1) For daily taking the accounts for all expenses of the house-hold. (2) For making provisions for the household, according to the laws and statutes of the realm. (3) For making of payments for the same. (4) For the good government of the king's servants. (5) For payment of the wages of the king's servants. The officers of the counting-house never held plea of anything, 4 Inst. 131.