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I. Copy of the Inventory of Archbishop Parker's Goods at the time of his Death; communicated by William Sandys, Esq. F.S.A., in a Letter to Sir Henry Ellis, K.H., F.R.S. Secretary

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2012

William Sandys Esq.
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I beg to lay before the Society of Antiquaries a copy of the Inventory of the Goods of Archbishop Parker, exhibited by his son, John Parker, esq., as executor, in 1577. The original is on a roll of parchment (consisting of nine pieces) seventeen feet and a quarter in length, by seven inches and a quarter in breadth, and is in a state of complete preservation.

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Archaeologia , Volume 30 , 1844 , pp. 1 - 30
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Copyright © The Society of Antiquaries of London 1844

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page 2 note a By the 21st Henry VIII. c. 5, executors are directed to exhibit to the ordinary an inventory of the goods and chattels of their testator.

page 2 note b Strype's Life of Archbp. Parker, 8vo. vol. i. p. 49.

page 3 note a Baldekinum, baudekyn, a rich and precious stuff, composed of silk with threads of gold. According to Spelman; Pannus auro rigidus, plumatoque opere intertextus.

page 5 note a Archæologia, vol. XV. p. 353.

page 5 note b Amongst other things, he gave to Bene't College, in 1571, thirteen spoons gilt, with knops of Christ and his twelve Apostles, for the use of the master and twelve fellows. (Strype's Life of Parker, vol. ii. p. 90.)

page 5 note c Shaw, in his representations of Ancient Furniture and Dresses, gives one of an hourglass richly enamelled and set with jewels.

page 6 note a Strype's Life, i. 544.