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2 unusual facts about Inventory of Henry VIII of England


Quilt

Henry VIII of England's household inventories record dozens of "quyltes" and "coverpointes" among the bed linen, including a green silk one for his first wedding to Catherine of Aragon quilted with metal threads, linen-backed, and worked with roses and pomegranates.

The More

The royal inventory of 1547 listed 157 items at The More in the care of Richard Hobbes.


Device Forts

In 1547–8, an inventory was made of crown possessions and this details the cannon and hand-arms of each fort.

Inchcolm

An inventory of 8 January 1548 lists the English armaments on the island as; one culverin; one demi-culverin; 3 iron sakers; a brass saker; 2 iron falcons; 3 brass falcons; 4 fowlers; 2 port pieces; 14 bases; 90 arquebuses, 2 chests of bows; 50 pikes; and 40 bills.


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