ewerer

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• Ewerer — The servant responsible for taking water to guests at table for the washing of hands. He was also responsible for drying the king s clothes if they got wet while hunting or travelling, and for the king s bath. Whenever the king took a bath, the… …   Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases

• Surrey, Henry Howard, Earl of — (1517? 1547)    Poet, s. of Thomas H., 3rd Duke of Norfolk, was ed. by John Clerke, a learned and travelled scholar, and sec. to his f. He became attached to the Court, was cup bearer to the King (Henry VIII.), ewerer at the Coronation, and Earl… …   Short biographical dictionary of English literature