Scullery / Laundry Servants

Scullery & Laundry Maids/Manservants:
Considered the lowest in the hierarchy, scullery maid and laundry maids/manservants did the most difficult and painful work. The only cleansing agents at the time were harsh abrasives like sand and lye. With lavish multi-course dinner parties all the fashion during the Regency, scullery maids often worked long hours cleaning the hundreds of dirty dishes generated during such an affair. Scullery Servants, specifically, work in the kitchen, under the Cook’s direction. Scrub benches, tables, pots and keep things clean, also may be called upon to cut up food and help with other prep work.

Physical Description

Apparel & Accessories

When becoming a maid of any sort—whether kitchen or chambermaid— the individual had to provide her own uniforms. A black dress and white apron for formal occasions when she was seen by the public, and a simpler dress to wear when she was doing the hard work. This would cost between £4-5(gp) (equivalent to £228-285 today, or $354-442.) (In 1900, with a yearly wage of only £22 pounds (£1255/ $1948) she had to spend nearly 20% of her first year’s wage on her uniforms.)

Wealth & Financial state

Whether kitchenmaid or chambermaid, they earned a yearly wage of about £20 (gp) a year (=£1255/ $1948 today).

Aligned Organization

House Sterling

Anna - Laundry Maid

Human / 20 yrs old

Beatrice - Scullery Maid

Human / 15 yrs old

Gladys - Scullery Maid

Human / 25 yrs old