HenryVIIdeathbed

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Drawn by Sir Thomas Wriothesley(d.1534), Garter King of Arms

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Scene at the death of King Henry VII at Richmond Palace, 1509. (British Library Additional MS 45131, folio 54. (From www.bl.uk/onlinegallery)). Drawn by Sir Thomas Wriothesley(d.1534), Garter King of Arms, a courtier who though not present on the day, shortly thereafter wrote an account of the proceedings, from discussions with those present. Attendees, clockwise from the King's left-hand:

• (1)Richard Foxe, Bp. of Winchester(d.1528). Arms: See of Winchester impaling Foxe: Gules, two keys indorsed in bend the uppermost argent the other or a sword interposed between (Winchester); Azure, a pelican in her piety or vulned proper a canton ermine (Foxe).
• (2)Tonsured cleric;
• (3)Tonsured cleric.
• (4)en:George Hastings, 1st Earl of Huntingdon(d.1544). Arms: Argent, a maunch sable.
• (5)Sir Richard Weston of Sutton Place, Surrey(d.1541). Arms: Quarterly 1st. & 4th. Ermine, on a chief azure five bezants; 2nd. & 3rd: Argent, three camels sable (Camell of Shapwick, Dorset). With a crescent for difference of a second son.
• (6)Richard Clement (d.1538) of Ightham, Kent, a Gentleman of the Household. Born in East Sussex; pre-1520 he purchased Ightham Mote in Kent, where he performed much building work, including stained glass windows and painted ceiling in the guest suite.[1] Monumental brass survives in Ightham Church, with unusual depiction of his arms upright but in an inverted shield, to denote his death (usually whole image was inverted to denote death, as for example frequently painted by Matthew Paris). Arms, as drawn, and as on brass in Ightham Church: Argent, two bendlets wavy sable on a chief gules three leopard's faces or a bordure gobonée or and azure. However Arms of Clement, per Burke's General Armory, 1884, p.202[2], bordure gobonée argent and azure. But a bordure argent and azure is the bordure of the House of Beaufort, mother of King Henry VII, which would surely be lèse-majesté to display at court by a non-royal)
• (7)Matthew Baker(d.1513);
• (8)John Sharpe (d.1518/19), of Coggeshall, Essex, a gentleman usher, Gauger of the Port of Bristol, in which office he was replaced by Roger Chaloner (Letters & Papers, H VIII, Richmond Palace 25 Nov 13 H VIII). Arms: Argent, three rook's heads erased sable a border azure bezantée.
• (9)Physician holding urine bottle;
• (10)William Tyler, served as Captain of Berwick Castle.[3] Arms: Sable, on a fess or between three tigers passant guardant erminois a cross pattée between 2 crescents gules.
• (11)Hugh Denys of Osterley(d.1511). Arms: Quarterly 1st. & 4th: Gules, three leopard's faces or jessant-de-lis azure over all a bend engrailed of the last (Denys of Siston, Glos.). 3rd. & 4th: Argent, a raven proper a bordure sable bezantee (Corbet of Siston);
• (12)Physician holding urine bottle;
• (13)?William FitzWilliam?(poss. too young, as born c. 1490, d.1542)(holds staff & closes King's eyes). Arms: Quarterly 1st. quarter, Lozengy argent & gules (FitzWilliam); 2nd quarter: Neville quartering 1st & 4th: Montagu, 2nd & 3rd: Monthermer, overall an inescutcheon of pretence; 3rd quarter (?); 4th quarter (?).
• (14)Physician holding urine bottle.

The armorials depicted for each attendee have allowed the above names to be assigned, using for reference Burke's Armorials (1884) together with Wriothesley's own text in the manuscript. The armorials are likely to be accurately depicted in view of Wriothesley's standing as a herald and his personal acqaintanceship with all the parties concerned.

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British Library Additional MS 45131, folio 54. [4]

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