[f. prec. + -SHIP.] The office of chamberlain.
1495. Act 11 Hen. VII., c. 33 § 25. The Chambeleynshippe of Suthwales.
15423. Act 34 & 35 Hen. VIII., c. 27 § 28. Any office of Stewardships chamberlaineshyppes, chauncellourshippes, or iusticeshippes, within Wales.
1804. G. Rose, Diaries (1860), II. 133. Lord Salisbury to be removed from the Chamberlainship.
1884. B. Scott, Lond. Roll Fame, 209. This Freedom was voted during the Chamberlainship of Sir John Key.