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  1. #1
    Laura-Jen
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    Can anyone help, i have an ancestor who was a page in the presence in the mid 1700's.
    What exactly would his job have enatiled??
    Was it a prestigious role?
    How would he have become on?

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    hughar
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    It's a Royal Household post still in existence today. See https://www.royal.gov.uk/TheRoyalHous...tureClerk.aspx
    where it is mentioned in the third paragraph of the middle column.

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    hughar
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    Also if you do a search in Google Books for "page of the presence" (with the quote marks) you will find lots of references in early books.

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    Are you refering to John Collyer? The National Archives can provide copies of his appointments and his livery warrants - providing him with cloth for his livery. His job wasn't so glamorous! The pages of the presence lit the fires and candles in the presence chamber. As a supplement to their wages they were entitled to the candle ends!

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