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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....
Board of Green Cloth
Board of Green Cloth. See COUNTING HOUSE OF THE KING'S HOUSEHOLD....
Counting-house of the King's household
Counting-house of the King's household, usually called the Board of Green Cloth, where sit the lord-steward and treasurer of the king's house, the comptroller, master of the household, cofferer, and two clerks of the Green Cloth, for daily taking the accounts of all expenses of the household, making provisions, and ordering payment for the same, 39 Eliz. C. 7. See Jac. Law Dict....
Kendal green
A cloth colored green by dye obtained from the woad waxen formerly used by Flemish weavers at Kendal in Westmoreland England...
Lincoln green
A color of cloth formerly made in Lincoln England the cloth itself...
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