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Henry VIII. Inventory of jewels and plate, vol. I

Reference code
MSS/0129/A
Title
Henry VIII. Inventory of jewels and plate, vol. I
Date
1547 - 1551
Level of description
item
Extent and format
Paper; ff. iii + 1-248.
Leather binding, dark blue.
Scope and content
Introductory statement, beginning 'The ffirste parte of the Inventory of the Juelles..', reciting the Letters Patent, 14 Sept. 1547, appointing commissioners to make a fair inventory of jewels, plate, etc., of Henry VIII (fols. 1-2v); inventory of jewels, glass, plate, etc. (fols. 4-222v); entries, 1550, 1551, including new caps made for Edw. VI, May 1550 (fol. 225), transfer of jewels and gold ingots to William, Earl of Wiltshire, Lord Treasurer (fols. 228, 245), receipts of payments from the King of France relating to Boulogne (fols. 234-42v).
Creator
Henry VIII (1491-1547), King of England and Ireland
Previous reference number(s)
SAL/MS/129/A