KING HENRY VIIIth's HOUSEHOLD BOOK, beingan Account of the Privy Purse expenses of Henry VIII. fromNovember, 1529, to December 1532; now first printed from theoriginal MS.; with Notes and Illustrations by Nicholas HarrisNicolas, Esq. F.S.A. 8vo. price 1l. 1s.
This volume abounds in curious particulars, illustrative not onlyof the Manners, Customs, and Expenses of the time, but, to someextent, of the personal character of Henry the Eighth. From itmay be traced where the King was on each day during the aboveperiod, his occupations, and amusements, together with the namesof the persons composing his household, their wages, and thecost of their dresses, &c. It likewise contains numerous entriesrelative to Ann Boleyn, and the information which they affordrespecting her are both new and important. Among other items arethe sums paid for jewels, books, furniture, clothes, &c.; the chargesof the King's Fools and Jester; and the expenses attendant on hisMajesty's interview with Francis I at Calais, in October, 1532. Eachmonth's account is examined and signed by the King. The followingpersons are particularly mentioned: Cardinal Wolsey; Cromwell,Earl of Essex; the Marquess of Exeter; the Princess, afterwardsQueen Mary; Thomas Boleyn, Earl of Wiltshire; his son, LordRochford; the first Earl and Countess of Bedford; the Earl ofDerby; the Protector Somerset; Bishop Latimer; the Duke ofNorfolk; Sir Richard Gresham; Sir Anthony Browne; Sir FrancisBryan; Sir Francis Weston; Sir Henry Norris; Brereton; andthe notorious Mark Smeton; Domingo; Sexton, the Fool, &c. &c.
⁂ The original MS. of this curious Volume, containing 40 Autographsof King Henry VIII. is now in the possession of the Publisher, forSale.
UNIFORMLY PRINTED WITH THE ABOVE,
The NORTHUMBERLAND HOUSEHOLD BOOK.
The Regulations and Establishment of the Household of HenryAlgernon Percy, the fifth Earl of Northumberland, at his Castlesof Wresill and Lekinfield, in Yorkshire, begun A.D. 1512.Edited by Bishop Percy, 8vo. price 1l. 1s.
A very limited impression of this interesting Work has beenreprinted. Copies of the former edition having become veryscarce, at the sale of Mr. Dent's Library, a few days before thepublication of this edition, a copy produced 8l. 12s. 6d.
WILLIAM PICKERING, PUBLISHER, CHANCERY LANE, LONDON.
THE
PRIVY PURSE EXPENCES
OF
King Henry the Eighth.
FROMnovember MDXXIX, to december MDXXXII.
THE
PRIVY PURSE EXPENCES
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.
LONDON:
WILLIAM PICKERING, CHANCERY LANE.
MDCCCXXVII....