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Egerton MS
544, f.158 – Ferdinand to Bernard de Mesa, Bishop of Trinopoli; Medina del Campo, 24 July 1514.
616, article 5 – Two letters in Latin from Prince Arthur to Katherine of Aragon, Ludlow Castle, October and November 1499.
——f.29
v
– 30 – Katherine of Aragon to Ferdinand of Spain, London, 22 April 1506.
——f.43 – Henry VIII to Ferdinand of Spain; Greenwich, 26 July 1509.
616, article 5 f.45 – Queen Katherine to Ferdinand of Spain; Greenwich, 29 July 1509.
985, f.61v – Christening of Henry, son of the Duke of Suffolk and Mary his wife; 11 March 1515.
1,651, f.1 – Presentation letter from Erasmus to Henry, Duke of York, 1499.
1,991 –
Confessio amantis
, a poem by John Gower, owned by Elizabeth Blount.
2,014, f.2 – Henry VIII to Maximilian Sforza, Duke of Milan; the English camp before Tournai, 16 September 1513.
2,341 – Instructions for making images in stained glass of Henry VII, Elizabeth of York, their daughter Margaret and of Lady Margaret Beaufort, to be inserted into the windows of the church of the Greyfriars Observant at Greenwich.
2,642, ff.174v – Description of funeral of Arthur, Prince of Wales, 1502.
——f.185v – Description of funeral of Princess Elizabeth, second daughter of Henry VII and Elizabeth of York, 1495.
——ff.189 – 189v – Description of funeral of Henry VII, 1509.
Harley MS
283, f.70 – Confession of Robert Gilbert, Chancellor to the Duke of Buckingham; May 1521.
——f.75 – Circular letter (addressed to Lord Cobham, Queen Anne’s Chamberlain) announcing the birth of a daughter to the queen; Greenwich Palace, 7 September 1533.
442, f.97 – Proclamation by Sheriffs of London banning tennis, dice ‘and other unlawful games’ contrary to the statutes for the maintenance of archery; London, 4 December 1528.
787, f.58 – Henry VIII to James IV of Scotland; camp before Thérouanne, 12 August 1513.
965, f.41v – Transcript of later inscription on Prince Arthur’s tomb in Worcester Cathedral by Capt. Richmond Symonds, a royalist officer, in 1644.
2,252, f.41 – Henry VIII’s answer to James IV’s ultimatum; camp before Thérouanne, 11 August 1513.
3,462, f.142v – Henry VIII to Pope Leo X, announcing peace treaty with France; Greenwich, 12 August 1514.
——f.142 – Symbolic consummation of the marriage of Princess Mary with Louis XII of France; Greenwich, 13 August 1514.
3,504, f.232 – Christening of Princess Mary at Greenwich; Wednesday 20 February 1515.
——f.264v – ‘Manner of bringing Henry VII’s corpse from Richmond’.
6,074, f.54 – Description of the creation of Henry Lord Stafford as Earl of Wiltshire; Westminster, 3 February 1510.
6,079, f.21v – Narrative account of the Coronation of Henry VIII, 23 [
sic
] June 1509.
——f.31 – Narrative account of the burial of Henry VII.
——f.36v – Account of celebratory jousts on 12/13 February 1511 and marks obtained by contestants.
7,039, f.34 – Henry VII to his mother, Lady Margaret Beaufort, Greenwich, 17 July ?1507.
Charters 83 H.1 – Record of courses run at the tournament in January 1511 to celebrate the birth of Prince Henry.
King’s MS
9, ff.66, 231v – Messages between Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn about their love, written in a
Book of Hour
.
Lansdowne MS
818, f.2v – Order of battle of the king’s army on departure from Calais, end of June 1513.
Royal MS
1 E. IV – Thirteenth-century copy of the
Book of Leviticus
from St Augustine’s Priory, Canterbury, Kent.
2 A. XVIII – Lady Margaret Beaufort’s
Book of Hours.
12 B. VI – William Parron’s
Liber de optimo fato nobilissimi domini Henrici Eboraci ducis ac optimorum parentum.
14 B. XXXIX – Wardrobe accounts of the royal household, including the costs of escorting Katherine of Aragon from Exeter to London and her wedding with Prince Arthur at St Paul’s and eight days of entertainment ‘of the Spanish lords at Canon Row’.
Stowe MS
146, f.3 – Exchequer Declarations, year ended Michaelmas (29 September) 24 Henry VII.
——f.24 – Order for 3,000 harnesses for the king’s army from Robert Bolt, mercer of London, for delivery at The Tower by 30 April; January 1513.
163, f.3 – Account of the trial of Sir Edward Stafford, third Duke of Buckingham, 13/16 May 1521.
583, ff.27 – 33v – Description of funeral of Elizabeth of York, 1503, with pen-and-ink drawings of the processions at articles 1, 2 and 4.
692, f.12 – ‘The order of the King’s army into France’ 1513, with names of the commanders of the three divisions.
LAMBETH PALACE LIBRARY
CM 51/115 – Archbishop William Warham’s draft licence for the marriage of Henry VIII and Katherine of Aragon in ‘any chapel or church’, 8 June 1509.
MSS 247, ff.58 – 60 – Instructions for musters issued inland shires, 6 June – 24 October 1513, when Queen Katherine was Regent of England.
MSS 602, p.50 – Richard Pace to Wolsey; Greenwich, 7 April 1521.
MSS 2341 – 2 – Legal opinions on the validity of Henry VIII’s marriage to Katherine of Aragon; probably part of Cardinal Campeggio’s file on the case.
MSS OF THE MARQUIS OF SALISBURY
Cecil Papers
CP 147/1 – Henry VIII to William Knight; Dover, 29 June 1513.
CP 227/1 f. 1 –
The Famous Victory of our Invincible King Henry VIII over the French and Scots
, verses by Bernard André, ‘Royal Poet’.
CP 245/5 ff.3v – 4r – Robert Thorne to Dr Edward Lee, English ambassador to the court of Charles V; Seville, 1527.
——ff. 9v – 14r – Robert Thorne’s proposal to Henry VIII for a voyage to the North Pole, 1527.
THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Court of Chancery records
C 82/335/6 – List of exemptions from the general pardon of 25 April 1509, signed by Henry VIII; Tower of London, 30 April 1509.
Exchequer records
E 23/3 – Last will and testament of King Henry VII; Richmond, 31 March 1509.
E 36/209, f.8v and f.12v – Purchases of clothing for Prince Henry, 6/16 November 1498.
E 26/215/257ff – John Heron, Treasurer of the Chamber’s books of payments 1 – 9 Henry VIII.
E 36/217 f.41 – Revels Account of Richard Gibson for the celebratory joust at Westminster, 12/13 February 1511.
E 36/228 f.7 –
Lawde & Prayse for Our Sovereigne Lord the Kyng
, by John Skelton, 1509.
E 101/403/2, ff.1 – 4 – Cash delivered on day to John Heron, Treasurer of the Chamber.
E 101/414/6 f.25v – Henry VII’s book of payments, by John Heron, Treasurer of the Chamber. Four shillings compensation for a farmyard cock shot by the king’s crossbow.
E 101/415/7 no. 15 – Payment for livery for John Williams, footman to Duke of York, 11 October 1511.
——no. 76 – Payment for coat and other clothing to John Goor, ‘fool with Duke of York’, 26 October 1501.
——no. 83 – Payment for livery to Richard Wiggins, footman to Duke of York, 17 May 1502.
E 404/81/1 – Payment to Anne Oxenbridge as Henry’s wet nurse, 31 December 1491.
E 404/81/3 – Payments to the nursery staff for Lord Henry and Princesses Margaret and Elizabeth, 17 September 1493.
E 404/81/4 – Writs for attendance ‘upon our dearest second son the Lord Henry to take with and under him the noble order of Knight of the Bath’, 2 October 1494.
E 404/82 – Warrant dated 26 October 1495 for funeral expenses of Princess Elizabeth.
E 404/86/1 – Records of Exchequer of Receipt, warrants for issue.
E 404/86/3 – Loan by Henry VII to Sir Roland de Velville, his reputed bastard.
Court of King’s Bench records
KB 8/5 – Roll file of the court of the Lord High Steward trying Sir Edward Stafford, third Duke of Buckingham, 13/16 May 1521.
KB 27/1024 – Chief Justice Roll, with illumination showing Henry VIII young and clean shaven; 1518.
Lord Chamberlain’s records
LC 2/1/1 ff.4 – 4v – Allowances for black mourning cloth for Prince Henry’s household for the funeral of his brother Edmund.
——f.73 – 73v – List of members of household of Prince Henry, 1503.
State Papers
SP 1/1/3 – General pardon issued by Henry VIII, 25 April 1509.
SP 1/1/11 – File of warrants for payments by John Heron, Treasurer of the Chamber for black cloth and other expenses for the funeral of Henry VII; Westminster, 11 May 1509.
SP 1/1/18 – King Ferdinand of Spain to Henry VIII; Valladolid, 11 May 1509.
SP 1/1/28 – Appointment of George Talbot, Earl of Shrewsbury, as Chamberlain of the Exchequer, 13 May 1509.
SP 1/11/33 – Appointment of Sir Henry Marney as Captain of Guard and Vice-Chamberlain, 12 May, 1509.
SP 1/1/43 – Ferdinand of Spain to Katherine, Princess of Wales; 18 May 1509.
SP 1/1/45 – Formal words pronounced at wedding of Henry VIII and Katherine of Aragon; Greenwich, 11 June 1509.
SP 1/1/100 – Estimates for the cost of construction of the tomb of Henry VII and Elizabeth of York in Westminster Abbey; endorsed by Henry VIII, December 1509.
SP 1/2/40 – Lord Chancellor Warham to Lord Darcy before his departure to Spain; 24 March 1511.
SP 1/2/40
v
– Henry VIII’s instructions to Lord Darcy before his expedition against the Moors sailed for Spain; March 1511.
SP 1/2/119 – Thomas, Lord Howard, captain of the army, to Wolsey; 8 July 1512.
SP 1/2/146 – Commission of array to Sir Edward Poynings to muster forces against ‘the expected invasion of the French’; Otford, Kent, 28 August 1512.
SP 41/3/75 – Account of William Brown of receipts and payments of artillery made at Malines by Hans Poppenruyter, naming the guns, December 1512.
SP 1/5/230, f.266 – Bills witnessing payments by Sir John Daunce for Princess Mary’s trousseau; October 1514.
SP 1/7/80 – Thomas Lord Darcy to Wolsey about his military service; Templehurst, 15 January 1514.
SP 1/66/30 – List of jewels delivered to Henry VIII, undated but probably August 1527 – May 1528.
SP 1/82/151 – Seditious remarks by the monk John Frances; 22 January 1533.
BIBLIOTECA APOSTOLICA VATICANO
ASV A.A. Arm. I-XVIII, 4098A – Address of the peers of England to Pope Clement VII seeking the annulment of Henry VIII’s marriage with Katherine of Aragon.
Vat. Lat. 3731A f.5 – Henry VIII to Anne Boleyn; undated but probably January 1527.
WORCESTERSHIRE RECORD OFFICE
261.4/BA1006/31b/319 – Purchase of bows and arrows by Droitwich, Worcestershire, to arm troops sent when Prince Arthur went into Wales, 1496.
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