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GENEALOGIA HENRICI VII ET ELIZABETHAE
after Unknown artist
line engraving, probably 17th century
7 in. x 5 3/8 in. (177 mm x 138 mm) paper size
Given by the daughter of compiler William Fleming MD, Mary Elizabeth Stopford, 1931
NPG D23854© National Portrait Gallery, London
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Scene at the death of King Henry VII at Richmond Palace 1509.
Drawn by Sir Thomas Wriothesley (d.1534)
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Henry VII (center), with his advisers Sir Richard Empson and Sir Edmund Dudley
L-R: Richard Empson (d. 1510); Henry VII of England (1457-1509); Edmund Dudley (1462-1510)
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Today in History:
1485 — Henry Tudor wins The Battle of Bosworth Field becoming Henry VII.
1545 — Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk dies.
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Coram Rege Roll of Henry VII, 1500.
The roll records court proceedings that were supposed to be carried out before the king in person (coram rege), although that was rarely true. The rolls often include a portrait of the monarch as if to suggest this presence but here the red rose of Lancaster stands in for King Henry VII.
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An Account of the Life of Henry VII:
He [Henry VII] well knew how to maintain his royal majesty and all which appertains to kingship at every time and in every place. He was most fortunate in war, although he was constitutionally more inclined to peace than to war. He cherished justice above all things; as a result he vigorously punished violence, manslaughter and every other kind of wickedness whatsoever. Consequently he was greatly regretted on that account by all his subjects, who had been able to conduct their lives peaceably, far removed from the assaults and evil doings of scoundrels. He was the most ardent supporter of our faith and daily participated with great piety in religious services….
But all these virtues were obscured latterly by avarice, from which he suffered. This avarice is surely a bad enough vice in a private individual, whom it forever torments; in a monarch indeed it may be considered the worst vice since it is harmful to everyone and distorts those qualities of trustfulness, justice and integrity by which the State must be governed.
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Today in Tudor History:
1509 - Henry VIII becomes king upon the death of his father Henry VII.
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Lady Margaret Beaufort at Prayer. Margaret Beaufort was the mother of Henry VII and the grandmother of Henry VIII.
She took an active part in the insurrections of 1484 and 1485 and in planning the marriage of her son Henry to Elizabeth of York. The book that she holds is likely to symbolise her piety but may also refer to her patronage. Beaufort instituted the foundations bearing the name of ‘the Lady Margaret’ at both Oxford and Cambridge and was an early patron of Caxton and Wynkyn de Worde (via NPG London).
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Today in Tudor History:
- 1547 - Henry VIII dies at Whitehall. His son Edward succeeds as King Edward VI.
- 1457 - Henry Tudor (later Henry VII) is born at Pembroke Castle in Wales.
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