List of gifts received by the King and, on the verso, gifts presented by the King. Each list arranged by rank starting with Prince Edward, "the Lady Mariee," "the Lady Elizabeth," and "the Lady Margret Doughtles," followed by Bishops, Dukes and Earls, and lesser Lords. Most gifts given by the King were of gilt, with value of each listed.
Note
Signed by the King on both sides. Year reflects both the first day of the new year reckoned as March 25 ("Lady Day" dating) and as January 1.
Publications about material
Hayward, Maria. "Gift giving at the Court of Henry VIII: the 1539 New Year's Gift Roll in Context." In The Antiquaries Journal, 85, 2005, p. 125-175.
Provenance
Formerly owned by George Holmes (see British Museum, Egerton MS 1041, f. 149b; see Walpole, Horace, Anecdotes of Painting in England, Vol. 1, 1826, p. 169); Cox Macro (see Brotherton Library at University of Leeds, John Wilson of Broomhead Archive MS 295/120, Book 1, p. 18); Rev. Osmund Beauvoir (see British Museum, Stowe MS 769); John Gough Nichols (sold at Sotheby's J.G. Nichols' sale, December 1874, lot 2764); and Rev. Francis Hopkinson (see catalog of the Exhibition of the Royal House of Tudor, p. 223). Acquired by Henry and Emily Folger from Sotheby's sale (lot no. 731) in section of "Old Documents, Chiefly on Vellum The Property of a Lady," 1905-06-01.
Exhibited
London, Society of Antiquaries, 7 October 1736, when owned by George Holmes (cited in: British Museum, Egerton MS 1041, f. 149b; Walpole, Horace, Anecdotes of Painting in England, Vol. 1, 1826, p. 169.) London, The New Gallery, 1890. Exhibition of the Royal House of Tudor (catalog entry 1191, "Lent by the Rev. F. Hopkinson"). Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2002. The Pen's Excellencie: Treasures from the Manuscript Collection of the Folger Shakespeare Library (catalog p. 32-35). New York, Grolier Club, 2009 and Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2010. Vivat Rex! Commemorating the 500th Anniversary of the Accession of Henry VIII (catalog entry 51).
Cited/described in
Ricci, S. de. Census of medieval and renaissance manuscripts in the United States and Canada, 336.2
