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VIII. Ordnance and the King's Fortifications in 1547–48: Society of Antiquaries MS. 129, Folios 250–374r1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 April 2011

J. R. Kenyon
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Abstract

The value of MS. 129 in the library of the Society of Antiquaries of London, bought by the Society in 17902 has already been brought to the attention of scholars and students by H. A. Dillon, who published in an earlier volume of Archaeologia the inventories of the ordnance, arms and armour at the Tower of London, Westminster and Greenwich (Dillon, 1888). The manuscript is an inventory of the effects of Henry VIII compiled in the reign of his successor, Edward VI. A large section (ff. 250–374r) is concerned with details of the ordnance and other munitions in castles and towns, and the artillery fortifications built by Henry VIII in response to the threat of an invasion by Emperor Charles V and Francis I of France in 1538–39. The English possessions in France are also included. It was originally planned to omit the inventory of the Tower of London from this article, but for the sake of completeness and as there are a few errors in Dillon's transcription it seemed fit to include it.

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Archaeologia , Volume 107 , 1982 , pp. 165 - 213
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Copyright © The Society of Antiquaries of London 1982

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