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When looking for information about a residence associated with the ill-fated Sir Simon Burley (executed by the Lords Appellant in 1388) I had cause to investigate the properties around London’s Leadenhall Market. It seems Leadenhall stems from a mansion on the site, owned at the beginning of the 14th century by Sir Hugh Neville, which…
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THE PRIVY PURSE ACCOUNTS OF HENRY VII 1491 to 1505
“Perkin”, armour, birds, burials, dancing, Edward of Warwick, Elizabeth of York, Excerpta Historica, executions, fair play, fashion, greyhounds, Henry VII, household accounts, jewellery, John Vandelft, Lambeth, Leicester Greyfriars, loans, music, parsimony, pets, pike wall, Privy Purse, Reynold Bray, Richard III, Sir Robert Clifford, Sir William Stanley, SyonUPDATED POST AT sparkypus.com A Medieval Potpourri https://sparkypus.com/2020/05/14/the-privy-purse-accounts-of-henry-vii-1491-to-1505-2/ Is there anyone else like me who enjoys a good nosy around someone’s privy purse accounts. They can tell us so much about that person. For example, Henry VII’s Privy Purse Accounts. From them we can glean, for example, how did Henry spend his time relaxing ,…
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