History GCSE
cooks
What cooks means in History GCSE, as defined for OCR.
Definition of cooks
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Reference: OCR
Kitchen staff who fed the household so that the castle functioned.
Topics that use cooks
Related terms
- Castle as palace and residence
- Changing owners of Kenilworth Castle
- Continuity and change over time
- Evidence
- Status, wealth and display
- Bills and accounts
- blacksmiths
- Inventories
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