Spurs
Reference code
SIT/01/08
Title
Spurs
Level of description
file
Scope and content
Handwritten notes on the golden spurs used as part of State Regalia by the monarch since circa 1660. There is also some correspondence discussing the possibility of spurs being kept for ceremonial purposes during the reign of Henry IV, along with a printed copy of an article entitled 'The Spurs of Casimir III'.
Creator
Sitwell, Hervey Degge Wilmot (1896-1973), Major General and Keeper of the Jewel House, Tower of London