The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700

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Prince Henry Stuart, Duke of Gloucester (8 Jul 1640 - 13 Sep 1660)

Other biography: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Stuart,_Duke_of_Gloucester Relationships: Prince Henry Stuart was a son of Charles I of England (1600-1649)
Prince Henry Stuart was a son of Henrietta Maria (1609-1669)

 References in Documents:
MS Book of the dean of Christ Church (MacGregor, ed.) 706 Pictura illustrissimi Henrici Ducis Glocestrensis Car.1 filij natu minimi. 139 Picture of the illustrious Henry, Duke of Gloucester, youngest son of Charles I. MacGregor 1983, no. 279.
British Curiosities in Nature and Art (1713) 4. The Grand Store-House. Where among many other Curiosities they shew you, 1. A Mortar that shoots 9 several Shells at a time. 2. An Engine for shooting several Musket Balls at once. 3. Six very large Mortars, each of which they say throws a Bomb of 200 Weight 2 Miles. 4. Pontons. 5. A Rack to Extort Confession. 6. A curious Canon made for Prince Henry, the Workmanship is said to have cost 200 Pound. 7. An Engine of small Mortars, that shoots 30 Shells at a time. 8. A Smiths Forge to work with on a March, or when encamped. 9. Cheveaux de Frieze, to keep off Horse, &c. with a vast number of Canon and other Instruments, and Materials for War.