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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: Henry VIII Gate. Engraving by T. Higham after himself, 1816.

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.

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.

Love-Letters from King Henry Viii. to Anne Boleyn: some in French, and some in English. To which are added, translations of those written in French. With an appendix, containing Two Letters from Anne Boleyn, To Cardinal Wolsey; With Her Last to Henry the Viiith.

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].

Assertio septem sacramentorum: or, a defence of the seven sacraments, against Martin Luther. By Henry the Eighth, King of England, France, and Ireland. To which are adjoined, his epistle to the Pope. The oration of Mr. John Clark, (orator to his Majesty) on the Delivery of this Book to his Holiness. And The Pope's answer to the oration. As also, the Pope's Bull, by which his Holiness was pleased to bestow upon that king (for composing this Book) that most illustrious, splendid, and most Christian-Like title of Defender of the faith. Faithfully translated into English from the original Latin edition, by T. W. gent.

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.

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Henry VIII, King of England, 1491-1547

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Love-Letters from King Henry Viii. to Anne Boleyn: some in French, and some in English. To which are added, translations of those written in French. With an appendix, containing Two Letters from Anne Boleyn, To Cardinal Wolsey; With Her Last to Henry the Viiith.

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].