The Jewel House: An Account of the Many Romances Connected with the Royal Regalia: Together with Sir Gilbert Talbot's Account of Colonel Blood's PlotYounghusband, G. J. (George John)
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The Jewel House: An Account of the Many Romances Connected with the Royal Regalia: Together with Sir Gilbert Talbot's Account of Colonel Blood's Plot
Younghusband, G. J. (George John)
Crown jewels -- Great Britain
A long rodd of silver gilt, 1 lb. 5 oz., £4 10 8
The foremention’d crownes, since y^e inventorie was taken, are
accordinge to ord^r of parm^t totallie broken and defaced.
_The inventory of that part of the regalia which are now removed from
Westminster Abbey to the Jewel House in the Tower._
Queene Edith’s crowne, formerly £16 0 0
thought to be of massy goulde, but,
upon trial, found to be of silver
gilt; enriched with garnetts, foule
pearle, saphires and some odd
stones, poiz. 50-1/2 oz., valued at
King Alfred’s crowne of goulde wyer £248 10 0
worke, sett with slight stones,
poiz. 79-1/2 oz. at £3 per oz.,
A goulde plate dish, enamelled, etc., £77 11 0
One large glass cupp, wrought in £102 15 0
figures, etc.,
A dove of gould, sett with stones, and £26 0 0
pearle, poiz. 8-1/2 oz., in a box
sett with studs of silver gilt,
The gould and stones belonging to a £18 15 0
collar of crimson and taffaty, etc.,
One staff of black and white ivory, £4 10 0
with a dove on the top, with binding
and foote of goulde,
A large staff with a dove on y^e top, £2 10 0
formerly thought to be all gould,
but upon triall found to be, the
lower part wood within and silver
gilt without,
Two scept^rs one sett with pearles £65 16
and stones, the upper end gould, the 10-1/2
lower end silver. The other silver
gilt with a dove, formerly thought
gould,
One silver spoone gilt, poiz. 3 oz., £0 16 0
The gould of the tassels of the livor £13 0 0
cull’d robe, weighing 4 oz., valued
at £8, and the coat with the neck
button of gould, £2, the robe having
some pearle, valued at £3, in all
One paire of silver gilt spurres, etc., £1 13 4
All these according to order of Parliament are broken and defaced.”
The ancient coronation robes destroyed at the same time are catalogued
and valued as follows:—
“One common taffaty robe, very old, £0 10 0
valued at
One robe, laced with goulde lace, £0 10 0
One livor cull^ed silk robe, very old £0 0 0
and worth nothing,
One robe of crimson taffaty, sarcenett £0 5 0
valued at
One paire of buskins, cloth of silver £0 2 6
and silver stockings, very old, and
valued at
One paire of shoes of cloth of gold, at £0 2 6
One paire of gloves embroid^ed w^th £0 1 0
gould, at
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