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The Tudors Artifacts
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  Above is the locket ring which belonged to Queen Elizabeth I. The ring bears the initial 'E' in table-cut diamonds and contains miniature busts of Elizabeth herself and the other of her mother, Anne Boleyn (to the right) |   Miniature portrait of Anne Boleyn - inside the ring that her Daughter Elizabeth I constantly wore and was removed from her finger after her death and sent to James VI of Scotland as evidence of her death showing how important the ring and her mother was to Elizabeth. |
 Actual letter from Henry to Anne, written in French before their marriage and now housed in The Vatican |  A piece of music written by Henry's hand |
 Royal Desk with Henry & Katherine of Aragon's arms |  Anne Boleyn's prayer book that she carried to her execution. |
 at Hever Castle |  Ornate Clock a Gift from Henry to Anne |  One of Henry's locks which was moved to each residence he went to & this one is at Hever Castle |
 |  Boleyn cup with the london hallmark 1535-6, this cup has a finial of the Boleyn falcon in the form borne by Queen Anne herself |  |
 A miniature whistle pendant in the form of a pistol, chased with scrolling foliage and containingcosmetic tools within the barrel. According to tradition, this little gift was Henry VIII’s first gift to Anne Boleyn. Such little trinkets were often sewn onto the king’s masque costumes.They could be given away as gifts, easily lost or even stolen. For example in September 1510 the goldsmith was paid £266 to make new trinkets including small hearts and roses in gold because so many former charms had been stolen or ‘given away at his [Henry’s] pleasure’ |  The Boleyn falcon – from a lace canopy said to have been made by Anne Boleyn for the christening of Elizabeth I. The lace canopy is housed at Sudeley Castle. How the canopy ended up there is debatable, although it may have been brought there by Catherine Parr, whose husband, Thomas Seymour, Baron Seymour of Sudeley, owned the castle. Katherine went to Sudeley Castle for the birth of her child, Mary Seymour in the summer of 1548 and may have brought the canopy for the baby’s christening. |  It begins, "Master Coulpeper, I hertely recomend me unto youe praying you to sende me worde how that you doo.... ytt makes my harte to dye to thynke what fortune I have that I cannot be always yn your company.... I wode you was wythe me now that yoo maitte se what pane I take yn wryte[n]g to you. Yours as long as lyffe endures Katheryn" |
 A bust said to be that of King Henry VIII as a child. |  Elizabeth I's christening robe, now at Sudeley Castle |  |
 Design of a golden cup meant for Jane Seymour. Her motto 'bound to obey and serve' is repeated on the lid. The King's and Queen's initials are intwined with love knots at the base. |  Jewellery designed by Holbein of Henry's and Jane's (Ioanna) initials intwined with love knots. |  Funeral Effigy of Mary I. It is currently displayed in the museum of Westminster Abbey. |
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 | A description of Anne Boleyn’s coronation was set down in pamphlet form shortly after the festivities by the London printer Wynkin de Worde. Entitled The Noble Tryumphaunt Coronacyon of Quene Anne - Wyfe unto the Noble Kynge Henry the VIII it consisted of 11 typeset pages with a rather crude woodcut of a courtly scene on the front cover. Left: The Noble Tryumphaunt Coronacyon of Quene Anne - Wyfe unto the Noble Kynge Henry the VIII (printed by Wynkyn de Worde in 1533) |
 Edward VI's 'Devise for the Sucession' Edward removed his two sisters, Mary and Elizabeth, from the succession and instead made his cousin, Lady Jane Grey his successor. Edward made a mistake on the fourth line, and crossed out 'heires masles', as he realised that Jane would not have any sons before he died and so changed it to 'L Jane and her heires masles'. | |
 Marital capitulations of Katherine of Aragon and Arthur, Prince of Wales. | |
 A lock of hair believed to belong to Catherine. The inscription reads "Hair of Queen Catherine Parr, last consort of Henry, the night she dyed September 5th 1548 was in the Chapel of Sudeley Castle, near Winchcombe." | |
 A document bearing the signature ‘Anne the Quenen’, written by Anne of Cleves during her short time as Queen of England |  A letter written by Princess Margaret Tudor to her father, Henry VII. The letter is made up mostly of Margaret asking her father to thank her servants and people of the Tudor court who tended to her whilst she was in England and those who accompanied her to Scotland. |
| |  Letter from Katherine of Aragon to the Pope. In the letter, written in spanish, Katherine pleads to the Pope to save her marriage. She signed it "Katherina the Queene". The letter recently sold for 80,000 pounds. |
 Thomas More's actual writing preserved in the Museum of London. | |
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