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The Privy Purse Expenses of King Henry VIII from November MDXXIX, to December MDXXXII — John Shaqi

The Privy Purse Expenses of King Henry VIII from November MDXXIX, to December MDXXXIINicolas, Nicholas Harris, Sir

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The Privy Purse Expenses of King Henry VIII from November MDXXIX, to December MDXXXII

Name: The Privy Purse Expenses of King Henry VIII from November MDXXIX, to December MDXXXII
Author: Nicolas, Nicholas Harris, Sir

Nicolas, Nicholas Harris, Sir

Henry VIII, King of England, 1491-1547; Prices -- Great Britain; Royal households -- Great Britain

OF
                        King Henry the Eighth.

                                 FROM
                 NOVEMBER MDXXIX, TO DECEMBER MDXXXII:

                                 WITH
             INTRODUCTORY REMARKS AND ILLUSTRATIVE NOTES,


                                  BY
                     NICHOLAS HARRIS NICOLAS, ESQ.
                 FELLOW OF THE SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES.

                            [Illustration]

                                LONDON:
                   WILLIAM PICKERING, CHANCERY LANE.
                              MDCCCXXVII.

                        Thomas White, Printer,
                             Crane Court.

                           TO THE MOST NOBLE

                     HENRY PELHAM PELHAM CLINTON,

                DUKE OF NEWCASTLE AND EARL OF LINCOLN,

                                KNIGHT
                OF THE MOST NOBLE ORDER OF THE GARTER,

              LORD LIEUTENANT AND CUSTOS ROTULORUM OF THE
                         COUNTY OF NOTTINGHAM,

                            THIS VOLUME IS,

                     WITH HIS GRACE'S PERMISSION,

                                                 RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED.




PREFACE.


The following pages present an account of the sums paid out of the
Privy Purse of King Henry VIII. from the 17th of November, 1529, to
the end of December, 1532; and as every payment, whether for the daily
expenses of the Royal establishments, or for the gratification of His
Majesty's wishes, is minutely noticed, it must be evident that they
afford interesting information, not merely on the general customs and
manners of the times, but on the personal character of that monarch,
his occupations, amusements, and places of residence.

Among the materials for History, private Letters have, long since,
been deemed of the utmost value; but the curious facts contained in
records like those now introduced to the notice of the public, have not
obtained the attention which they deserve: hence it will not perhaps
be irrelevant to give a brief account of the few works of this nature
which have been printed, as well as of some which still remain in
Manuscript.

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The Privy Purse Expenses of King Henry VIII from November MDXXIX, to December MDXXXII

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