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XX. The Ceremonial of making the King's Bed. Communicated by Mr. Brooke, of the Herald's College, F.S.A.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 July 2012

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I have sent you the old ceremony of making the king's bed in the time of Henry the 8th; with a view, as it has something singular in it, of affording some little entertainment to you, and the Society, if you shall think proper to communicate it to them.

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Archaeologia , Volume 4 , 1777 , pp. 311 - 314
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Copyright © The Society of Antiquaries of London 1777

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page 312 note (a) Stroak, from the Saxon, , Lævigare.

page 313 note (b) Sparver, a camp or turn up bed, from , Obdere, to shut or close up.