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Letters patent of confirmation concerning Thomas Bede (Twysden), 1538 June? 12 : manuscript signed.

BIB_ID
453567
Accession number
MA 1254.25
Credit line
Purchased before 1920.
Description
1 item (1 page) : vellum ; 9.4 x 34.8 cm
Notes
De Ricci and Pearson list the place of writing as Westminster.
Pearson lists the month of writing as January.
From the collection Autograph Letters and Original Manuscripts of or relative to Members of the Royal House of Tudor. Housed in two bound volumes when purchased from Pearson; subsequently disbound. Some items were removed in 1920, cataloged, and housed in the Rulers of England sequence.
Provenance
Purchased from J. Pearson & Co.
Summary
Letters patent of confirmation (issued under the Great Seal of Henry VIII) concerning dean Thomas Bede, alias Twysden, a former Benedictine monk of the Abbey of Battle, near Chichester. Signed by Vaughan.