ABSTRACT
The Household of Henry VII was the leading royal household in early Tudor England. The evidence relating to Henry VII's grants of livery can be found in warrants and account books. Elizabeth of York met some of the costs of providing livery for her household, as can be seen by the expenditure made from her privy purse. The livery issued by Henry VII to his household falls into two distinct types. First, there was his dynastic livery of green and white. The second type of livery was much less defined in terms of colour or cloth, and was given to members of the king's household, the quantity and quality of the clothing usually dependent on their social standing and position within the household. As infants, the king's children were cared for in the royal nursery before their own households were established for them. As with the king and his immediate family, a limited range of fabrics and colours were used.
