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King Henry VIII granting a Royal Charter to the Barber-Surgeons company. Engraving by B. Baron, 1736, after H. Holbein, 1542.

St Bartholomew's Hospital, London: Henry VIII Gate. Engraving by T. Higham after himself, 1816.

Twenty kings and queens of England. Engraving by J.W. Cook, 1825.

St Bartholomew's Hospital, London: bird's-eye view of the Henry VIII Gate and courtyard. Engraving by B. Cole, 1720.

King Henry VIII granting a Royal charter to the Barber-Surgeons Company. Wood engraving by H.D. Linton after H. Holbein.

1 print : engraving, with watercolour ; image 9.6 x 16.2 cm

King Henry VIII granting a Royal Charter to the Barber-Surgeons company. Coloured engraving by W.P. Sherlock, 1817, after H. Holbein, 1542.

Early English books online

6 unnumbered pages, 109 pages, 6 unnumbered pages

The Order of the hospitalls of K. Henry the viiith and K. Edward the vith, viz. St. Bartholomew's, Christ's, Bridewell, St. Thomas's : by the major, cominaltie, and citizens of London, governours of the possessions, revenues and goods of the sayd hospitalls, 1557.

102 pages, 18 leaves of plates : illustrations (some color, part mounted) ; 32 cm

Thomas Berthelet : royal printer and bookbinder to Henry VIII, king of England : with special reference to his bookbindings / by Cyril Davenport.

<p>The first in a trilogy of programmes presented by the historian Lucy Worsley which studies the medical problems of monarchs with the premise that by looking at their belongings and letters we can tell their intimate secrets - and these are what defined their actions. Worsley's first artefact is a pisspot excavated from Henry VIII's privy garden at Hampton Court. She considers the many ways that the king may have tried to boost his sperm count when it was clear that his first wife, Catherine of Aragon, was unlikely to bear him further children after she reached the age of 40. Several wives later, he had his desired son - Edward. Edward was the first monarch to write an intimate diary; he wrote about the injustices of being a child monarch and complained about his guardian and uncle (Somerset). He died at 15 after contracting a fever (probably tuberculosis). His elder sister Mary became queen and 3 months after she was married, she became pregnant. As was the custom she retired from public view. However, despite all appearances, she never had a baby. A text about childbirth at the time by Eucharius Rösslin (The Birth of Mankind) was available in English but there were no diagnostic tests for pregnancy and Mary would not have been examined so no one knows whether this was a phantom pregnancy  She died 3 years later, probably of cancer. Elizabeth I is side-stepped. Next Worsley looks at the Stuart dynasty; King James and his heir. From contemporary accounts it was clear that James preferred the company of young men which changed the nature of court-life; his favourite was Buckingham. James' heir, Henry was a robust youth but he contracted typhoid and died. The next in line, Charles I had a problem walking as a child and he had orthopaedic boots made for him (attributed to rickets). By accounts he was very introverted as a person, growing up in the shadow of his preferred elder brother; he had a stammer. Political unrest and the civil war put a temporary end to the British monarchy.</p>

Fit to rule : how royal illness changed medical history. Part 1.Tudors to Stuarts: From Gods to Men.

1 print : engraving ; image and border 20.3 x 32.4 cm

An historical account of the origin, progress, and present state of Bethlem Hospital. Founded by Henry the eighth, for the cure of lunatics, and enlarged ... for the reception and maintenance of incurables / [Thomas Bowen].

Extracts from a MS. dated 'apud Eltham, mense Jan. 22 Hen. VIII' / Communicated by Owen Salusbury Brereton.

2 unnumbered leaves, 16 pages : frontispiece ; (4to)

A translation of the charter from the latin, granted by King Henry VIII to the Company of Barbers of London; whereby they were made a corporation; also transcripts of the letters patent ... with acts of Parliament and bye-laws relative to the ... Company; rules and articles of the Association of Peruke-Makers, Hair-Dressers, &c.

Camden Society publications

xlii pages, 1 unnumbered leaf, 227, 16 page, double plate : double map ; (8vo)

The chronicle of Calais, in the reigns of Henry VII and Henry VIII. To the year 1540. [By R. Turpyn?] Ed. from MSS. in the British Museum / by John Gough Nichols.

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Henry VIII, King of England, 1491-1547

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Extracts from a MS. dated 'apud Eltham, mense Jan. 22 Hen. VIII' / Communicated by Owen Salusbury Brereton.

An historical account of the origin, progress, and present state of Bethlem Hospital. Founded by Henry the eighth, for the cure of lunatics, and enlarged ... for the reception and maintenance of incurables / [Thomas Bowen].

The chronicle of Calais, in the reigns of Henry VII and Henry VIII. To the year 1540. [By R. Turpyn?] Ed. from MSS. in the British Museum / by John Gough Nichols.

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Henry VIII, King of England, 1491-1547

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Extracts from a MS. dated 'apud Eltham, mense Jan. 22 Hen. VIII' / Communicated by Owen Salusbury Brereton.

An historical account of the origin, progress, and present state of Bethlem Hospital. Founded by Henry the eighth, for the cure of lunatics, and enlarged ... for the reception and maintenance of incurables / [Thomas Bowen].

The chronicle of Calais, in the reigns of Henry VII and Henry VIII. To the year 1540. [By R. Turpyn?] Ed. from MSS. in the British Museum / by John Gough Nichols.

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