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Warrant and Inventory of Jewels and other stuffs requisitioned for Queen Jane on 14 July 1553
An inventory of jewels and other items brought out of the Royal Wardrobe in the Jewel Tower of Westminster Palace for use by Queen Jane in July 1553. The original spelling, punctuation, and spacing of the original is preserved here as far as is possible.
Lady Jane Grey was proclaimed Queen of England on Monday, 10 July 1553, and took up residence in the Tower of London that evening, as was customary for all new English monarchs. Four days later, on Friday, 14 July 1553, this inventory of jewels and fine fabrics requisitioned out of the stores of the Royal Treasury and the Royal Wardrobe by or in the name of Queen Jane was prepared, together with a second royal warrant, all under the signature ‘Jane the Quene’ [sic], authorizing the transfer of the various items from the Palace of Westminster to the Tower.
The inventory and warrant are both in a secretarial hand, perhaps that of Sir Richard Rich, who in June 1553 was recalled to the Privy Council to support Edward VI’s alteration of the succession. What appear to be his initials mark several places on the two documents as well as the upper lefthand corner of each first page. The handwriting is also similar to that of Sir William Cecil, then secretary to the Council. A contemporary but different hand, perhaps that of Andrew Dudley or Sturton, has added numbers down the left column, probably as an aid to auditing the inventory.
There are approximately 600 individual pieces of jewelry and lengths of fabric listed in the inventory, divided into 139 lots or ‘items.’ Most of the items were no doubt intended to outfit the young queen with accessories suitable to her new regal status. These include carcanets (necklaces), habillaments (jeweled edging for headgear), girdles (belts with long hanging ends), tablets (small jeweled pictures similar to brooches), ‘pairs’ of beads (long strings of large beads worn around the waist and hanging down the front), as well as rings, brooches, and other pieces.
None of the items listed were ever Jane’s personal property. Nor did she bring any of them with her to the Tower on 10 July. As queen, however, she had unlimited access to the contents of the jewels in the Royal Treasury and fabrics in the Royal Wardrobe.
Several of the items listed in the inventory are of particular interest. One is a gold toothpick in the shape of a fish (line 7). Another is a small clock in the shape of a book (line 130). There are also several brooches and ‘tablets’ containing the images of various saints, including St. James, St. Katherine, St. George, and St. David, all of which might seem at odds with Jane’s apparent religious inclinations, given the usual Protestant rejection of the Roman Catholic doctrine of the intercession of saints and the use of their images.
The inventory below is reproduced from Oxford University’s New College Library Manuscript Volume 328/1, folios 38-40.
It is reproduced here first with the original spelling and then in transcription using modern standardized spelling. It is also in the same format, lineation, and idiosyncratic line numbering style as the original manuscript. It is unfortunately not possible to reproduce the exact appearance of the handwriting itself, however. Neither is it possible to reproduce the numbering in exactly the same form as seen in the original. The software used to create this site (WordPress) has significant limitations, and one of those limitations is an inability to format the numbering of ordered lists of the kind seen below. The original document repeats two item numbers (80 and 97). As a result, the last numbered item is designated in the original as 132 though there are actually 134 numbers present. Another limitation of WordPress is its inability to reproduce in their proper place the many marginal notations added after the inventory was compiled and that appear down the left margin. Those marginal notes are here appended to the bottom of the inventories with their original locations provided.
The Inventory:
Jane <the Quene>
A note of certaine Jewelles and
Other thing[es] delyvered vnto the Quenes
Hyghnes by [blank] Sturton Esquier
The xiiij ^th^ day of July 1553 in the
Fyrst yere of her highnes reygne
- First one tablet vi squarre with ij faces and vj perles
- Item one broche with a woman comyng out of a cloude with ij. Chyldren
- Item one other broche of golde with a story in it having
xix tables rubies and ij tables dyamandes and viij rede rubies about - it. Item two pec[es] rubies and iij pec[es] with dyamand[es] and iij
other pecies with ij perles in a pece all serving for byllymantes.
Item one other pece with a dyamant for a girdle. Item one other broche - Of the storie of a Sacrifice having on it ij red rubies and v.
- lytle dyamandes and a faire Emerall. Item a fyshe of golde being
- a toothe pyk. Item a litle pendau[n]t having one great perle and
- vj lytle perles at it. Item one tablet of the picture of a woman
graven in a stone like a Jacent w[i]th a faire pearle pendau[n]t. - Item one tablet of Agathe garnishing with golde w[i]th a Ball in
it w[i]th a ruby and a dyamand garnished w[i]th small stones - having a perle pendaunt. Item another broche of Agathe w[i]th St
- James heade garnished with golde. Item one Dewbery of golde.
- Item a faire tablet w[i]th Cupides face graven in stone w[i]th a triangle
- Diamonde set in it. Item a tablet boke fashion w[i]th story of
St David on the one side and on thother side iiij blewe saphieres. - Item a Colet w[i]th v perles and a counterset stone. Item a
- flowre w[i]th white Saphier and iij perles pendaunt. Item a
- broche of golde w[i]th a woman mother of perle and a saile over
- her head. Item a newte of silver white. Item a tablet
- w[i]th a white Saphiere and a blewe and ballesse and a perle
- pendaunt. Item a tablet of Christall and Jacind with a
- picture w[i]th in them. Item a tablet of Agathe w[i]th Saint
- Katerin within it. Item a flowre w[i]th a blewe Saphiere
- square and a amatist square. Item the l[et]tre L w[i]th a
- great bales and iij perles pendaunt. Item a flowre of golde
of iiij crosses and a flowre de luse of Diamand[es] and a perle
a pendaunt. Item a pece of golde w[i]th a rede rubie in it for - a girdle. Item a broche with an Agathe engraven w[i]th a story
- enamelled black and white. Item a tablet of golde
- enamelled black w[i]th a clock on it. Item a booke garnished
- w[i]th golde and covered w[i]th black velvet. Item a broche
- of golde w[i]th a face in Agathe. Item two Clasbes
- one w[i]th a flowre de luce of Dyamandes and thother
- w[i]th a blewe Saphiere. Item a tablet of golde iiij
- Square enamelled blacke. Item one other paire of
clasbes one w[i]th an Agathe and thother enamelled black - Item a broche of golde enamelled black w[i]th a face of
- Agathe. Item a nother broche w[i]th a woman holding
- a flowre de luce of Diamandes in her hande. Item a flowre of
- golde w[i]th a great ballesse and ^x^ perles. Item a broche of
- with a story in blewe w[i]thin a Chrystall. Item a
broche of golde with the picture of our Lady of another - broken. Item a broche of a George of mother of perle.
- Item a Crosse of ten dyamandes and iij perles pendaunt.
- Item two clasbes one like a Scalope shell thother w[i]th a
- flowre of rubies. Item a broche of an Agathe w[i]th a
- horse in it. Item a tablet of golde hanged by a chaine
with a Saint James heade and viiij Slot[es] pearles. - Item a litle George of golde the grounde enamelled
- blewe. Item a hole George of golde set with diamand
- w[i]th a rubie in the Dragon Item a flowre w[i]th iij
- rede rubies and v pearles. Item a Sipher w[i]th a
flowre de luce and a crowne set w[i]th diamand[es] and iij - perles pendaunt. Item a tablet of golde on thone
side the Salutac[i]on of our Lady and thother side - the Resurrecc[i]on. Item a Crosse of golde of the
- picture of Crist enamelled white and rede. Item
a broche of golde w[i]th a picture of a man of blewe. - Item a tablet of golde with an Antyk heade
- of Agathe and a pearle hanging at it. Item a small
tablet of a Cornelian w[i]th a picture enamelled white - Item a tablet of a picture of our Lady of pitt in a
- blewe stone. Item an Egle enamelled whit garnished
with vj counterset pearles and a counterset saphier - Item a booke garnished w[i]th Acornes of Golde. Item
- one girdle cont[aining] xxxviij ^te^ pecies w[i]th a pendaunt having
at it sondry small chaynes. the girdle enamelled - blacke. Item another girdle cont[aining] xxxl pec[es] of goldsmithe
worke enamelled red with a pendaunt without tassell. - Item another girdle cont[aining] xxij pecies of goldsmythes
worke enamelled white and blacke with a rounde knobbe - or pendaunt at it. Item a nother girdle cont[aining] lij
pecies of goldesmithes worke enamelled black and white - Item a flagon chayne of golde cont[aining] Dlvj ^te^ lynk[es] /iij q[ua]rte
of a yarde in lenghth. Item a paire of bead[es] of white - purstayin with viij gawdes of golde and xxxviij
beades of white with a tassell of golde and silke. - Item one paire of beades of Lapis Lazarus cont[aining] xlvj
- the stones. And a tassell of golde. Item another
paire of beades of the same perele fashion cont[aining] xlij stones viij gawdes of goldes and betwene every of - them a litle beade of golde. Item a paire of bead[es]
of rede currall cont[aining] xlviij stones viij gawdes set
w[i]th small garnet[es] and betwene every stone a litle - pece of golde. Item a paire of bead[es] of Jacnick[es] cont[aining]
xxxvj^te^ stones viij gawdes and betwen ev[er]y stone a
lytle pece of golde having a knope with a tasell. - paire of beades of Jeate cont[aining] vij gawdes
and a knoppe enamelled black w[i]th smale chaynes - and litle pecies of golde between ev[er]y stone. Item
a paire of beades of currall acorne fashion cont[aining] xlviij
stones and viij gawdes enamelled black w[i]th small
bead stones betwen them having a tassell silke and - golde. Item a paire of beades of golde cont[aining]xlvj
pec[es] of goldesmythes worke enamelled white and
blacke w[i]th vj gawdes like estroche fethers w[i]th
litle pec[es] betwene ^to the nombr[e] of L^ and a tassell of golde and silver - Item a paire of beades of Jacnick[es] cont[aining] lxj stones w[i]th
viij gawdes of golde and betwen ev[er]y stone a litle - beade of golde & a tassell of golde. Item a paire
w[i]th viij gawdes of golde w[i]th perles & a tassell of - venice golde. Item a paire of beades of golde cont[aining] lxvj beades and viij gawdes and a tassell of venice
- golde. Item a paire of bead[es] cont[aining] lxiiij stones of
Ebony w[i]th lxiij pec[es] of golde betwen the stones w[i]th - A tassell of black silke. Item a girdle of
Golde like fryer[es] knot[es] cont[aining] xliij pec[es] w[i]th a
knoppe of golde w[i]th small chaines & bell[es] - at it. Item a paire of beades of blewe stones
garnished w[i]th golde flagon[n] fashion cont[aining] xlviij
stones w[i]th vj gawdes of golde enamelled black
w[i]th a knoppe of Chaynes of golde and - silver. Item a paire of bead[es] like turkesis
cont[aining] lx blewe stones. Item a paire of bead[es] cont[aining] - Lviij bead[es] of golde crymery worke w[i]th vj gawdes
- of the same worke & a small tassell. It[e]m a paire
of beades of golde cont[aining] Dij small beades of crymery - worke. Item a chaine of golde cont[aining] Diiij m[an]y lynck[es]
wrothed & playne. It[e]m iij smale Chaynes of
golde every of them being half a yarde long - laking almoste one maile. It[e]m lxviij faire
one aglet to spare pair of Aglet[es] of golde & one od aglet enamelled
ij paire to spare - white & blacke. It[e]m xviij paire of Aglet[es] of gold one aglet to spare
- enamelled russett. It[e]m xix paire of aglet[es] of
golde w[i]th crosses enamelled blacke & white & one - od aglet. It[e]m xiiij paire of small aglett[es] of
- golde enamelled blacke. Item xxxvij paire
of Aglett[es] of golde of sondry sorte gret & smale - & one broken pece of an aglett. Item xxviij aglet[es]
- of golde acorne fashion enamelled blacke. It[e]m xij
- bead stones of golde vppon a white threade. Item
xxiiij od pec[es] of goldesmithes worke of soundry sort[es] - for billyment[es] enamelled blacke. It[e]m xj pec[es] of
goldesmithes worke for a girdle enamelled blacke
w[i]th a pendaunt like a piller belonging to the same - It[e]m xvj pec[es] of goldesmithes worke for billement[es]
- enamelled white & blewe It[e]m xv buttons of golde of
Crymery worke enamelled black & white of - soundrey sorteie. It[e]m ij pursses hangeres of silver
- and gilt. It[e]m v small bottons set w[i]th table
- rubies. It[e]m two pec[es] for a billyment of goldsmithes
worke w[i]th flowre perles in a pece & a rose in the - mid[s]t. It[e]m v small Agathes w[i]th fac[es] graven in
- them. It[e]m a Car^ca^nett w[i]th xv dyamand[es] set in golde
& betwene ev[er]y of them some smale pec[es] of - golde & perles. It[e]m a carcanet w[i]th xx rubies
sett in golde w[i]th xxxv pearles in Rondell[es] of golde
enamelled blacke with a flowre at the same set w[i]th
iij table rubies & a rede rubye w[i]th a perle - pendaunt. Item another carcanett w[i]th a perle
Diamand[es] set in golde and Dxxxv pearles
& other smalle perles ^to the nombr[e] of xx ^te^^ w[i]th a flowre of golde
at the same set w[i]th a crosse of dyamande[es] & iij table dyamand[es] & iij perles pendaunt. - Item xxj pearles smale & great on a threade.
- It[e]m a Carcanet of golde fetterlocke fashion enamelled
blacke in ^one^ plac broken cont[aining] xliij pec[es] & - xlvj pearles. It[e]m a carcanet cont[aining] xxxviij great perles
- It[e]m another Carcanet cont[aining] xxv knot[es] of perle
in ev[er]y knott iiij perles & betwen them xxxvj
iij perles & one pipe 98. pipes of golde. Item a faire flowre of golde
to spare enamelled white & blacke set in it on emerall - & a ruby & a perle pendau[n]t. Item xviij perles
small & great & vij small pipes of golde together - in a paper. Item a paire of brasselet[es] of xx ^te^
- blewe & rede stones & ij Jacinck[es]. Item a paire
of brassellet[es] of xiiij pec[es] of golde enamelled
black & white w[i]th rubies & diamandes set in - them. It[e]m another paire of brasselet[es] of golde
- of xxij pec[es] enamelled black & rede. It[e]m a
paire of brasselet[es] of flagon chayne w[i]th - Jacnick[es]. It[e]m xxvj buttons of golde crymery work
- in ev[er]y buttou[n] vj perles. Item five other buttons
of a bigger sorte enamelled black w[i]th vj perles - in ev[er]y of buttou[n]. Item a george of golde w[i]thin a
- garter hanging at a black lace. It[e]m xj pec[es] of
goldesmithes worke for a billament enamelled white & - rede. It[e]m xxx^te^ small turkesis litle worthe. Item
- viiij table diamond[es] set in collett[es] of golde. It[e]m a
- Spone of golde w[i]th a Cuphid on the knoppe
- It[e]m an older garter w[i]th the buckill pendaunt & l[ett]res
- of golde enamelled black. It[e]m a touche stone set
- in golde. It[e]m vj rounde buttons enamelled rede set
- in ev[er]y of them five counterset stones. It[e]m a pece
of a brasselet cont[aining] vij pec[es] w[i]th counterset stones - & ij pec[es] w[i]th estriche fethers. It[e]m five rings of
golde iij of them rubies, one amatist & thother - an Agathe. It[e]m certen small garnet[es] in a paper
- It[e]m one abillyment of Goldesmithes worke cont[aining] xxj
rubies set in gold & xxij pec[es] set w[i]th ij perles
in a pece. It[e]m another Abillyam[en]t w[i]th xij table - Diamondes set in golde & xiij ^tey^ peces of goldesmithes
- worke w[i]th ij perles in a pece. It[e]m another abillement w[i]th
xvj rede rubies set in golde & xvij pec[es] of goldsmithe - worke w[i]th ij perles in a pece. It[e]m another abillem[en]t
w[i]th xvj pec[es] of Goldesmithes work w[i]th vj perles
in a pece & xv pec[es] of goldesmithes work betwen them - <D>enamelled black. It[e]m another billiment cont[aining] xxv pec[es] of goldesmithes work enamelled black
- It[e]m another Abillement cont[aining] xxv pec[es] of goldsmithes
- abilliment cont[aining] xxxj pec[es] of goldesmithes work
- enamelled white. It[e]m another abillm[en]t cont[aining] xl
pec[es] of goldesmithes work ball fashion enamelled - black & white. It[e]m another Abillm[en]t cont[aining] xx^te^ long pec[es] of goldesmithes work enamelled
- black & white. It[e]m xlix paire of great aglet[es]
- of golde crymery work. It[e]m xx triangle buttou[n]s
- of golde enamelled black. It[e]m xviij damaskin
- buttons. It[e]m a coller of S[ain]t michells cont[aining] xliiij
knott[es] and xlvij Skallopp shell & a mighell hanging - at it. It[e]m two Glasses w[i]th estriche fethers
ther set in golde garnished w[i]th soundry smale
stones & an Antik face the handle being
Christall & thother of silver garnished w[i]th
five rede rubies set in golde the handle - christall. It[e]m a Clock of Damasked work
- booke fashion. It[e]m a Chest of silver wicker
fashion w[i]th a litle pot & a boule of golde - w[i]th a p[e]n in it. It[e]m a litle Square boxe
cov[er]ed w[i]th purple velvit garnished w[i]th copper
gilte having in it ten diamond[es] set in ring[es] whereof iij faire table Diamond[es] ij pointed
Diamands .7. the rest of a smaller sorte. It[e]m
Foure ^.11.^ rubies ^.11.^ two of iiij faire tables set in
one but a garnet ring[es] ^.4.^ It[e]m iij ^.9.^ turkesis set in ring & ^.10.^ two table
emeralles set in ring[es]. It[e]m ij ring[es] like
Sarpent[es] .3. one w[i]th a diamand & thother
w[i]th ^.8.^ a perle. ^.1.^ It[e]m a litle ring w[i]th iij
Diamond[es] & foure small rubyes .3. It[e]m
A hart enamelled rede.
The Warrant:
Trustie and welbeloved we grete you well
and where ye have by o[u]r order & com[m]aund
ement given vnto you by worde of mouth
deliv[er]ed vnto o[u]r owne handes those Jewell[es]
& other thing[es] before mentioned. We minding
yo[u]r dyschardge in this behalf and that
yo[u]r conformitie in the delivery of the said
Jewell[es] w[i]thout warrant shall not be any
waies p[re]iudicall vnto you do by these
p[ate]nt[es] acknowledge the receyt of the said
Jewell[es] & other thing[es] before written
A clerely acquite & dyscharge you
of the same for w[hi]ch purpose these shalbe
yo[u]r sufficient warraunt. Yeoven
at o[u]r Towre of london the xiiij ^th^
of July in the first yere of o[u]r reigne
Endorsed: To our trustie and welbeloved
vncle S[i]r Andrewe Dudley knight
of the ordre [1]
Transcription:
The Inventory:
Jane <the Quene>
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A note of certain Jewels and
Other things delivered unto the Queen’s
Highness by [blank] Sturton, Esquire,
The 14th day of July 1553 in the
First year of Her Highness’ reign.-
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- First, one tablet 6 square [i.e., hexagonal] with 2 faces and 6 pearls
- Item, one brooch with a woman coming out of a cloud with 2
- Children. Item, one other brooch of gold with a story [i.e., picture] in it having
19 table rubies and 2 table diamonds and 8 red rubies about [i.e., around] - it. Item, two pieces [with] rubies and 3 pieces with diamonds and 3
other pieces with 2 pearls in a piece all serving for billaments.
Item, one other piece with a diamond for a girdle. Item, one other brooch - Of the story of a Sacrifice having on it 2 red rubies and 5
- little diamonds and a fair Emerald. Item, a fish of gold being
- a toothpick. Item, a little pendant having one great pearl and
- 6 little pearls at it. Item, one tablet of the picture of a woman
[en]graven in a stone like a Jacent with a fair pearl pendant. - Item, one tablet of Agate garnished with gold with a Ball in
it with a ruby and a diamond garnished with small stones - having a pearl pendant. Item, another brooch of Agate with St
- James’s head garnished with gold. Item, one Dewberry of gold.
- Item, a fair tablet with Cupid’s face [en]graven in stone with a triangle
- Diamond set in it. Item, a tablet book fashion[ed] with [the] story of
St David on the one side and on the other side 4 blue sapphires. - Item, a Colet with 5 pearls and a counterset stone. Item, a
- flower with white Sapphirr and 3 pearls pendant. Item, a
- brooch of gold with a woman [carved in] mother of pearl and a sail [i.e., ribbon] over
- her head. Item, a newt of silver white. Item, a tablet
- with a white Sapphire and a blue and balas and a pearl
- pendant. Item, a tablet of Crystal and Jacind with a
- picture within them. Item, a tablet of Agate with Saint
- Katherine within it. Item, a flower with a blue Sapphire
- square and an amethyst square. Item, the letter ‘L’ with a
- great balas and 3 pearls pendant. Item, a flower of gold
of 4 crosses and a fleur-de-lis of Diamonds and a pearl
pendant. Item, a piece of gold with a red ruby in it for - a girdle. Item, a brooch with an Agate engraved with a story
- enameled black and white. Item, a tablet of gold
- enameled black with a clock on it. Item, a book garnished
- with gold and covered with black velvet. Item, a brooch
- of gold with a face in Agate. Item, two Clasps
- one with a fleur-de-lis of Diamonds and the other
- with a bluee Sapphire. Item, a tablet of gold 4
- Square enameled black. Item, one other pair of
clasps, one with an Agate and the other enameled black. - Item, a brooch of gold enameled black with a face of
- Agate. Item, another brooch with a woman holding
- a fleur-de-lis of Diamonds in her hand. Item, a flower of
- gold with a great balas and 10<2> pearls. Item, a brooch of
- with a story in blue within a Crystal. Item, a
brooch of gold with the picture of Our Lady, of another - broken. Item, a brooch of a [St] George of mother of pearl.
- Item, a Cross of ten diamonds and 3 pearls pendant.
- Item, two clasps, one like a Scallop shell, the other with a
- flower of rubies. Item, a brooch of an Agate with a
- horse in it. Item, a tablet of gold hanged by a chain
with a Saint James’s head and 9 Slots pearls. - Item, a little [St] George of gold the [back]ground enameled
- blue. Item, a whole [St] George of gold set with diamond
- with a ruby in the Dragon. Item, a flower with 3
- red rubies and 5 pearls. Item, a Cypher with a
fleur-de-lis and a crown set with diamonds and 3 - pearls pendant. Item, a tablet of gold, on the one
side the Salutation of Our Lady and the other side - the Resurrection. Item, a Cross of gold of the
- picture of Christ enameled white and red. Item,
a brooch of gold with a picture of a man of blue - Stone. Item, a tablet of gold with an Antique head
- of Agate and a pearl hanging at it. Item, a small
tablet of a Carnelian with a picture enameled white. - Item, a tablet of a picture of Our Lady of Pity in a
- blue stone. Item, an Eagle enameled white garnished
with 6 counterset pearls and a counterset sapphire. - Item, a book garnished with Acorns of Gold. Item,
- one girdle containing 38 pieces with a pendant having
at it sundry small chains, the girdle enameled - black. Item, another girdle containing 80 pieces of goldsmith’s
work enameled red with a pendant without tassel. - Item, another girdle containing 22 pieces of goldsmith’s
work enameled white and black with a round knob - or pendant at it. Item, another girdle containing 52
pieces of goldsmith’s work enameled black and white. - Item, a flagon chain of gold containing 156 links three-quarters
of a yard in length. Item, a pair of beads of white - purstain with 8 gauds of gold and 38
beads of white with a tassel of gold and silk. - Item, one pair of beads of Lapis Lazuli containing 46
stones. 8 gauds and small pieces of gold between - the stones. And a tassel of gold. Item, another
pair of beads of the same pearl fashion containing
42 stones 8 gauds of gold and between every of - them a little bead of gold. Item, a pair of beads
of red coral containing 48 stones 8 gauds set
with small garnets and between every stone a little - piece of gold. Item, a pair of beads of Jacnicks containing
36 stones 8 gauds and between every stone a
little piece of gold having a knot with a tassel. - A pair of beads of Jet containing 7 gauds
and a knot enameled black with small chains - and little pieces of gold between every stone. Item,
a pair of beads of coral, acorn fashion, containing 48
stones and 8 gauds enameled black with small
bead stones betwen them having a tassel silk and - gold. Item, a pair of beads of gold containing 46
pieces of goldsmith’s work enameled white and
black with 6 gauds like ostrich feathers with
little pieces between to the number of 50 and a tassel of gold and silver - Item, a pair of beads of Jacnicks containing 61 stones with
8 gauds of gold and between every stone a little - bead of gold & a tassel of gold. Item, a pair
with 8 gauds of gold with pearls & a tassel of - Venice gold. Item, a pair of beads of gold containing
66 beads and 8 gauds and a tassel of Venice - gold. Item, a pair of beads containing 64 stones of
Ebony with 63 pieces of gold between the stones with - A tassel of black silk. Item, a girdle of
gold like friar’s knots containing 43 pieces with a
knot of gold with small chains & bells - at it. Item, a pair of beads of blue stones
garnished with gold flagon fashion containing 48
stones with 6 gauds of gold enameled black
with a knot of Chains of gold and - silver. Item, a pair of beads like turquoises
containing 60 blue stones. Item, a pair of beads containing - 58 beads of gold crimery work with 6 gauds
- of the same work & a small tassel. Item, a pair
of beads of gold containing 102 small beads of crimery - work. Item, a chain of gold containing 104 many links
wrought & plain. Item, 3 small Chains of
gold every of them being half a yard long - lacking almost one mail. Item, 68 fair
pair of Aiglettes of gold & one odd aiglett enameled - white & black. Item, 18 pair of Aiglettes of gold
- enameled russett. Item, 19 pair of aiglettes of
gold with crosses enameled black& white & one - odd aiglett. Item, 14 pair of small aiglettes of
- gold enameled black. Item, 37 pair
of Aiglettes of gold of sundry sort great & small - & one broken piece of an aiglett. Item, 28 aiglettes
- of gold acorn fashion enameled black. Item, 12
- bead stones of gold upon a white thread. Item,
24 odd pieces of goldsmith’s work of sundry sorts - for billaments, enameled black. Item, 11 pieces of
goldsmith’s work for a girdle enameled black
with a pendant like a pillar belonging to the same - Item, 16 pieces of goldsmith’s work for billaments
- enameled white & blue. Item, 15 buttons of gold of
Crimery work enameled black & white of - sundrey sorts. Item, 2 purses hanger of silver
- and gilt. Item, 5 small buttons set with table
- rubies. Item, two pieces for a billament of goldsmith’s
work with flower pearls in a piece & a rose in the - midst. Item, 5 small Agates with faces [en]graven in
- them. Item, a Carcanet with 15 diamonds set in gold
& between every of them some small pieces of - gold & pearls. Item, a carcanet with 20 rubies
set in gold with 25 pearls in Rondels of gold
enameled black with a flower at the same set with
3 table rubies & a red ruby with a pearl - pendant. Item, another carcanet with a pearl
<rubies> Diamonds set in gold and 135 pearls
& other small pearls ^to the number of 20^ with a flower of gold
at the same set with a cross of diamonds
& 3 table diamonds & 3 pearls pendant. - Item, 21 pearls small & great on a thread.
- Item, a Carcanet of gold fetterlock fashion enameled
black in ^one^ place broken containing 43 pieces & - 46 pearls. Item, a carcanet containing 38 great pearls
- Item, another Carcanet containing 25 knots of pearl
in every knot 4 pearls & between them 36 - pipes of gold. Item, a fair flower of gold
enameled white & black set in it on emerald - & a ruby & a pearl pendant. Item, 18 pearls
small & great & 7 small pipes of gold together - in a paper. Item, a pair of bracelets of 20
- blue & red stones & 2 Jacinckes. Item, a pair
of bracelets of 14 pieces of gold enameled
black & white with rubies & diamonds set in - them. Item, another pair of bracelets of gold
- of 22 pieces enameled black & red. Item, a
pair of bracelets of flagon chain with - Jacnickes. Item, 26 buttons of gold crimery work
- in every button 6 pearls. Item, five other buttons
of a bigger sort enameled black with 6 pearls - in every of button. Item, a [St] George of gold within a
- Garter hanging at a black lace. Item, 11 pieces of
goldsmith’s work for a billament enameled white & - red. Item, 30 small turquoises [of] little worthe. Item,
- 9 table diamonds set in collets of gold. Item, a
- Spoon of gold with a Cupid on the knot
- Item, an older Garter with the buckle pendant & letters
- of gold enameled black. Item, a touchstone set
- in gold. Item, 6 round buttons enameled red set
- in every of them five counterset stones. Item, a piece
of a bracelet containing 7 pieces with counterset stones - & 2 pieces with ostrich feathers. Item, five rings of
gold 3 of them rubies, one amethyst& the other - an Agate. Item, certain small garnets in a paper.
- Item, one billament of Goldsmith’s work containing 21
rubies set in gold & 22 pieces set with 2 pearls
in a piece. Item, another billament with 12 table - Diamonds set in gold & 13 pieces of goldsmith’s
- work with 2 pearls in a piece. Item, another billament with
16 red rubies set in gold & 17 pieces of goldsmith - work with 2 pearls in a piece. Item, another billament
with 16 pieces of Goldsmith’s work with 6 pearls
in a piece & 15 pieces of goldsmith’s work between them - <D> enameled black. Item, another billament containing
25 pieces of goldsmith’s work enameled black. - Item, another billament containing 25 pieces of goldsmith’s
- a billament containing 31 pieces of goldsmith’s work
- enameled white. Item, another billament containing 40
pieces of goldsmith’s work ball fashion enameled - black & white. Item, another billament containing
20 long pieces of goldsmith’s work enameled - black & white. Item, 49 pair of great aiglettes
- of gold crimery work. Item, 20 triangle buttons
- of gold enameled black. Item, 18 damascene
- buttons. Item, a collar of S[ain]t Micheal containing 44
knots and 47 Scallop shells & a mighell hanging - at it. Item, two Glasses [i.e., mirrors] with ostrich feathers
there set in gold garnished with sundry small
stones & an Antique face, the handle being
Crystal; & the other of silver garnished with
five red rubies set in gold, the handle - crystal. Item, a Clock of Damascene work
- book fashion. Item, a Chest of silver wicker
fashion with a little pot & a bowl of gold - with a pen in it. Item, a little Square box
covered with purple velvet garnished with copper
gilt having in it ten diamonds set in rings
whereof 3 fair table Diamonds 2 pointed
Diamonds .7. the rest of a smaller sort. Item,
Four ^.11.^ rubies ^.11.^ two of 4 fair tables <illegible> set in
rings ^.4.^ Item, 3 ^.9.^ turquoises set in ring & ^.10.^ two table
emeralds set in rings. Item, 2 rings like
Serpents .3. one with a diamond & the other
with ^.8.^ a pearl. ^.1.^ Item, a little ring with 3
Diamonds & four small rubies .3. Item,
A heart enameled red.
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The Warrant:
Trusty and well-beloved, we greet you well
and where you have by our order & command-
ment given unto you by word of mouth
delivered unto our own hands those Jewels
& other things before mentioned. We minding
your discharge [i.e., release from any accusation of wrongdoing] in this behalf and that
your conformity in the delivery of the said
Jewels without warrant shall not be any
way preudicial unto you do by these
patents acknowledge the receipt of the said
Jewels& other things before written
A<blot> clearly acquit & discharge you
of the same for which purpose these shall be
your sufficient warrant. Given
at our Tower of London the 14th
of July in the first year of our reign.
To our trusty and well-beloved
uncle Sir Andrew Dudley, Knight
of the Order [of the Garter][2]
NOTES :
- Andrew Dudley was the younger brother of John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland. King Edward VI had earlier appointed Andrew Keeper of the Palace of Westminster, which housed both the Royal Wardrobe and the Royal Jewels.
KEY :
Letters included between brackets, [ ], are indicated in the original by standard sixteenth-century abbreviations similar to shorthand.
Words or letters enclosed within < > are scratched through in the original.
Words or letters enclosed within ^ ^ appear as additional superscript (above the line) in the original.
GLOSSARY :
Aiglette : Pronounced ‘eyelet’, an ornamental end-cap to a string, cord, or lace; often made of gold and heavily embellished, they were used as tips on the laces that held pieces of sixteenth-century clothing together
Antique head : A cameo
Balas : A red or orange spinel, sometimes confused with ruby
Billament : The jeweled decoration and edging of female headgear
Carcanet : A jeweled necklace or collar
Crymery work : Uncertain, though undoubtedly some specific pattern of carving or embossing of gold, similar to Venice work and Spanish work
Flower : In sixteenth-century jewelry, a type of figured or carved brooch or pin
Gaud : An ornamental bead, usually embossed or carved.
Girdle : A chain worn around the waist
Jacnick : A stone similar to jasper
Pair of beads : Two strands of beads worn suspended from the waist, often attached to a ‘girdle’ (see above)
Pearl pendant : Usually refers to a pearl suspended from the bottom edge of a larger piece of jewelry
Pipe : A small tube thread onto a cord
Pointed (in reference to stones) : Cut with a pyramid-shaped top. Stone cutting was crude in the 16th century, with most stones having but a bare minimum of facets
Table (in reference to stones) : Cut with a large flat top. Stone cutting was crude in the 16th century, with most stones having but a bare minimum of facets
Tablet : A carved, figured, or enameled pinor brooch depicting some person or scene
Venice gold (or ‘work’) : gold that has been worked with a specific pattern of embossing and tracery, similar to but distinct from ‘Spanish work’
An Annotated Secondary Source Bibliography for Use in Historical Research on Lady Jane Grey
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Primary and Secondary Sources in Historical Research: What Is The Difference?
Provides a clear, simple explanation of what a ‘primary’ source is and what a ‘secondary’ source is, with easy guidelines for distinguishing between the two.