BOARD OF GREEN CLOTH

Board of Green Cloth.Hist. A group of persons responsible for governing the royal-household staff, esp. in financial matters such as accounting for expenses and paying servants’ wages. • The Board consisted of the Lord Steward and inferior officers, and its name derived from the green cloth that covered the table used by the Board to conduct its duties. In more ancient times, it kept the peace and maintained courts of justice within the area around the royal household (i.e., the verge). — Also termed Counting House of the King’s Household; Green Cloth.[Blacks Law 8th]