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King Henry VIII granting a Royal Charter to the Barber-Surgeons company. Engraving by B. Baron, 1736, after H. Holbein, 1542.

Twenty kings and queens of England. Engraving by J.W. Cook, 1825.

St Bartholomew's Hospital, London: bird's-eye view of the Henry VIII Gate and courtyard. Engraving by B. Cole, 1720.

King Henry VIII granting a Royal charter to the Barber-Surgeons Company. Wood engraving by H.D. Linton after H. Holbein.

St Bartholomew's Hospital, London: the courtyard, with several people. Coloured engraving, 1752.

St Bartholomew's Hospital, London: a stained-glass window showing Henry VIII. Stipple etching by W. P. Sherlock after himself.

King Henry VIII granting a Royal Charter to the Barber-Surgeons company. Coloured engraving by W.P. Sherlock, 1817, after H. Holbein, 1542.

The Order of the hospitalls of K. Henry the viiith and K. Edward the vith, viz. St. Bartholomew's, Christ's, Bridewell, St. Thomas's : by the major, cominaltie, and citizens of London, governours of the possessions, revenues and goods of the sayd hospitalls, 1557.

Thomas Berthelet : royal printer and bookbinder to Henry VIII, king of England : with special reference to his bookbindings / by Cyril Davenport.

Fit to rule : how royal illness changed medical history. Part 1.Tudors to Stuarts: From Gods to Men.

An historical account of the origin, progress, and present state of Bethlem Hospital. Founded by Henry the eighth, for the cure of lunatics, and enlarged ... for the reception and maintenance of incurables / [Thomas Bowen].

Extracts from a MS. dated 'apud Eltham, mense Jan. 22 Hen. VIII' / Communicated by Owen Salusbury Brereton.

A translation of the charter from the latin, granted by King Henry VIII to the Company of Barbers of London; whereby they were made a corporation; also transcripts of the letters patent ... with acts of Parliament and bye-laws relative to the ... Company; rules and articles of the Association of Peruke-Makers, Hair-Dressers, &c.

The chronicle of Calais, in the reigns of Henry VII and Henry VIII. To the year 1540. [By R. Turpyn?] Ed. from MSS. in the British Museum / by John Gough Nichols.

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Extracts from a MS. dated 'apud Eltham, mense Jan. 22 Hen. VIII' / Communicated by Owen Salusbury Brereton.

An historical account of the origin, progress, and present state of Bethlem Hospital. Founded by Henry the eighth, for the cure of lunatics, and enlarged ... for the reception and maintenance of incurables / [Thomas Bowen].

The chronicle of Calais, in the reigns of Henry VII and Henry VIII. To the year 1540. [By R. Turpyn?] Ed. from MSS. in the British Museum / by John Gough Nichols.