At the Tudor and Stuart royal courts in Britain it was traditional to give gifts on New Year's Day, on 1 January. Records of these gift exchanges survive, known as "gift rolls", and provide informatio
Maundy at court, attributed to Levina Teerlinc, a similar painting was a gift to Mary I.
Catherine Parr
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Catherine Parr was Queen of England and Ireland as the last of the six wives of King Henry VIII from their marriage on 12 July 1543 until Henry's death on 28 January 1547. Catherine was the final quee
New Year's Day gift (royal courts)
…Hayes to serve as gifts and gave £30 to Susan Clarencieux and her servant Hobbes to purchase other gifts for January 1543. Prince Edward wrote to Catherine Parr from Hatfield on 14 January 1547, thanking her for a New Year's Day gift of a jewel or ring with her image and the King's "expressed to the life". Mary…
Portrait, c. 1545
Snape Castle in North Yorkshire
The "Jersey" portrait of Queen Catherine
Title page of Parr's Prayers or Meditations, published in 1545