Indiana University Bloomington, Ricketts 259
Metadata
- DS ID:
- DS596
- Shelfmark:
- Ricketts 259
- Title:
- Royal Writ
- Author:
- Henry VIII
- Place:
- England
- Date:
- 1535/March/02; s. XVI(2/4); 1525-1550
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- Binding: Not bound.
Number of scribes, One item: Two.
Script, One item: Court hand.
Layout, One item: Face: 18 long lines, written in dark brown ink. Dorse: blank. - Former Owner(s):
- Alfred Morrison (1821-1897), his by 1882; his sale, Sotheby’s, 10 December 1917, lot 500; C. L. Ricketts, bought from P. M. Barnard, cat. 122 (1921), no. 245; acquired by the Lilly Library with the Ricketts Collection in 1961.
Alfred Morrison (1821-1897), his by 1882; his sale, Sotheby’s, 10 December 1917, lot 500; C. L. Ricketts, bought from P. M. Barnard, cat. 122 (1921), no. 245; acquired by the Lilly Library with the Ricketts Collection in 1961.
- Associated Agent(s):
- Andrew, Lord Windsor, Keeper of the Great Wardrobe (c. 1466-1520) recipient of letter
Thomas Heneage, Thomas Alward, Anne Boleyn.
Thomas Heneage, Thomas Alward, Anne Boleyn.
Thomas Heneage, Thomas Alward, Anne Boleyn.
- Note:
- Manuscript note: In a paper folder of the Morrison Collection.
Bibliography: Thibaudeau 1885, II, p. 257, no. 5; De Ricci 1935, p. 658.
One item: "Henry. R", signature in upper left.
One item: Latin.
One item: Letter written by Henry VIII to Andrew, Lord Windsor from Hampton Court on 2 March 1535. The king commands Lord Windsor, immediately on sight of this document, to make payment for a Cloth of State in tissue and three cushions of the same material which had already been sent from the king’s store by Thomas Heneage and the king’s late servant Thomas Alward, which Cloth of State and... - Institutional Record:
- https://archive.org/details/Ricketts259_40
- IIIF Manifest:
- https://iiif.archivelab.org/iiif/images_Ricketts259_40/manifest.json
- Holding Institution:
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