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- Herb_Strewer abstract "The post of Herb Strewer is an obsolete position in the United Kingdom dating back to the late 17th century. The primary duty of the Herb Strewer was to distribute herbs and flowers throughout the royal apartments in order to mask less pleasant aromas (such as those from the Thames which at that time, before the construction of London's network of sewers, was particularly unhygienic).The earliest recorded Herb Strewer was Bridget Rumney, who held the post from 1660 to 1671 and received an annual salary of £24, as well as two yards of superfine scarlet cloth for livery, as did all of her successors. The last full-time Herb Strewer was Mary Rayner, who served George III and two of his sons for a total of 43 years.For his coronation in 1820, George IV appointed an old friend, Anne Fellowes, to the post, and she and her six attendants scattered flowers and herbs along the carpet of Westminster Abbey. She wore a traditional dress of white satin with a scarlet mantle trimmed with gold, a head dress of gold wheat intermixed with laurel and oak leaves, and bore a gold badge and chain.Fellowes applied for the job again on the occasion of the coronation of William IV but, owing to cutbacks in the ceremony, her services were not required. Neither Queen Victoria nor any subsequent British monarchs have appointed a Herb Strewer for their coronations; however the Fellowes to this day claim this position for the eldest unmarried daughter of the family.Thomas Tusser, a regular at the court of Henry VIII, lists twenty-one strewing herbs in his 1557 instructional poem, Five Hundred Points of Good Husbandrie: basil, lemon balm, chamomile, costmary, cowslips, daisies, fennel, germander, hyssop, lavender, spike lavender, cotton lavender, marjoram, maudeline (sweet yarrow), pennyroyal, roses, red mints, sage, tansy, violets, and winter savory.".
- Herb_Strewer thumbnail The_Coronation_Procession_of_King_James_II_and_Queen_Mary_of_Modena_(c._1685).jpg?width=300.
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- Herb_Strewer wikiPageRevisionID "674684008".
- Herb_Strewer wikiPageWikiLink Achillea.
- Herb_Strewer wikiPageWikiLink Asteraceae.
- Herb_Strewer wikiPageWikiLink Basil.
- Herb_Strewer wikiPageWikiLink Category:Herbs.
- Herb_Strewer wikiPageWikiLink Category:Obsolete_occupations.
- Herb_Strewer wikiPageWikiLink Chamomile.
- Herb_Strewer wikiPageWikiLink Cloth.
- Herb_Strewer wikiPageWikiLink Coronation.
- Herb_Strewer wikiPageWikiLink Costmary.
- Herb_Strewer wikiPageWikiLink Fennel.
- Herb_Strewer wikiPageWikiLink George_III_of_the_United_Kingdom.
- Herb_Strewer wikiPageWikiLink George_IV_of_the_United_Kingdom.
- Herb_Strewer wikiPageWikiLink Germander.
- Herb_Strewer wikiPageWikiLink Henry_VIII.
- Herb_Strewer wikiPageWikiLink Henry_VIII_of_England.
- Herb_Strewer wikiPageWikiLink Hyssop.
- Herb_Strewer wikiPageWikiLink Hyssopus_officinalis.
- Herb_Strewer wikiPageWikiLink Lamiaceae.
- Herb_Strewer wikiPageWikiLink Lavandula.
- Herb_Strewer wikiPageWikiLink Lavandula_latifolia.
- Herb_Strewer wikiPageWikiLink Lavender.
- Herb_Strewer wikiPageWikiLink Lemon_balm.
- Herb_Strewer wikiPageWikiLink Livery.
- Herb_Strewer wikiPageWikiLink London.
- Herb_Strewer wikiPageWikiLink Marjoram.
- Herb_Strewer wikiPageWikiLink Melissa_officinalis.
- Herb_Strewer wikiPageWikiLink Mentha_pulegium.
- Herb_Strewer wikiPageWikiLink Monarch.
- Herb_Strewer wikiPageWikiLink Monarchs.
- Herb_Strewer wikiPageWikiLink Primula_veris.
- Herb_Strewer wikiPageWikiLink Queen_Victoria.
- Herb_Strewer wikiPageWikiLink River_Thames.
- Herb_Strewer wikiPageWikiLink Rose.
- Herb_Strewer wikiPageWikiLink Salvia_officinalis.
- Herb_Strewer wikiPageWikiLink Santolina_chamaecyparissus.
- Herb_Strewer wikiPageWikiLink Scarlet_(cloth).
- Herb_Strewer wikiPageWikiLink Spike_lavender.
- Herb_Strewer wikiPageWikiLink Tanacetum_balsamita.
- Herb_Strewer wikiPageWikiLink Tansy.
- Herb_Strewer wikiPageWikiLink Teucrium.
- Herb_Strewer wikiPageWikiLink Textile.
- Herb_Strewer wikiPageWikiLink Thames.
- Herb_Strewer wikiPageWikiLink Thomas_Tusser.
- Herb_Strewer wikiPageWikiLink United_Kingdom.
- Herb_Strewer wikiPageWikiLink Viola_(plant).
- Herb_Strewer wikiPageWikiLink Violet_(plant).
- Herb_Strewer wikiPageWikiLink Westminster_Abbey.
- Herb_Strewer wikiPageWikiLink William_IV_of_the_United_Kingdom.
- Herb_Strewer wikiPageWikiLink Winter_savory.
- Herb_Strewer wikiPageWikiLink File:The_Coronation_Procession_of_King_James_II_and_Queen_Mary_of_Modena_(c._1685).jpg.
- Herb_Strewer wikiPageWikiLinkText "Royal Herb Strewer".
- Herb_Strewer hasPhotoCollection Herb_Strewer.
- Herb_Strewer subject Category:Herbs.
- Herb_Strewer subject Category:Obsolete_occupations.
- Herb_Strewer hypernym Position.
- Herb_Strewer type Person.
- Herb_Strewer type Occupation.
- Herb_Strewer comment "The post of Herb Strewer is an obsolete position in the United Kingdom dating back to the late 17th century.".
- Herb_Strewer label "Herb Strewer".
- Herb_Strewer sameAs Streukraut.
- Herb_Strewer sameAs m.02r5l75.
- Herb_Strewer sameAs Q1771815.
- Herb_Strewer sameAs Q1771815.
- Herb_Strewer wasDerivedFrom Herb_Strewer?oldid=674684008.
- Herb_Strewer depiction The_Coronation_Procession_of_King_James_II_and_Queen_Mary_of_Modena_(c._1685).jpg.
- Herb_Strewer isPrimaryTopicOf Herb_Strewer.