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Edward VI of England (12 Oct 1537 - 6 Jul 1553)

King of England and Ireland from 28 January 1547 until his death in 1553 Other biography: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_VI Relevant locations: Title (royalty or holy order) England, Europe
Title (royalty or holy order) Ireland, Ireland [duplicate]
Relationships: Edward VI of England was a brother of Elizabeth I of England (1533-1603)

References in Documents:
Consolidated catalogue of 1695: The Book of the Vice-Chancellor (MacGregor, ed.) King Edward VI, King of England, France and Ireland.
Consolidated catalogue of 1695: The Book of the Vice-Chancellor (MacGregor, ed.) Edward VI, King of England, France and Ireland. City of York.
Consolidated catalogue of 1695: The Book of the Vice-Chancellor (MacGregor, ed.) Replacing the lost coin is another of the same King Edward VI. Given by George Huddesford, Professor of Sacred Theology, Fellow and President of Trinity College and keeper of this Museum; 1746.
Thomas Platter's travel diary (1599)

In another room we were shown a bed where the queen's brother was born, against her will. And on the wall tapestries the history of Pompey was embroidered after the life. Another chamber showed the history of Tobias worked and embossed in gold relief on the tapestry.

A Catalogue of the Benefactors to the Anatomy Schoole in Oxon. (Rawlinson Q.e. 36) Mr Robt. Claverling, A. M & Fellow of University College gave (April 7th 1710) A shilling of King Edward VIth. Three silver pieces of Edw. II A silver Medall of Edw Confessr Est ???rior al rerens. A silver coyn of Q. Eliz.
Inventory of Ornamental Plate, &c formerly at Oxnead Hall (1844)

Among the articles in the catalogue is "A shell standing upon three dolphins;” most probably an object of great beauty and taste. The ornaments of dolphins which prevailed about the reign of Henry VIII, and Edward VI. are often very graceful, and are frequently seen in arabesque work.

Thoresby, Musaeum Thoresbyanum (1713) The New Testament in 4to. dedicated to K. Edw. 6. by Rychard Jugge, prynted with the Kynge hys most gracious priviledge. St. Hierome's Lives of the Evangelists with their Pictures and other Cuts, Map of the Land of Promise, Carte Cosmographie of the Peregrination of St. Paul placed before the order of tymes; at the End of the 2d booke of St. Luke called the Acts of the Apostles. This Edition is the first wherein I have observed the Lessons (and those the 2d only) added to each Day in the Kalendar. Don. D. Tho. Cornforth.
Thoresby, Musaeum Thoresbyanum (1713)

27. An Inventory of all the Jewels, Plates, Copes and Vestments, and other Ornaments, as well within the Revestry of the Cathedral Church at Yorke, as appertaining to the high Altar there, taken in K. Edw. the 6th's Reign. The Names and Characters of the Archbishops, from Paulinus to Archbishop Hutton; the Names and Valuations of the Monasteries, &c. (which according to this Rentall amount to 19440.) The Houses of Religion, Churches, &c. in the City of Yorke. Sheriffs of the County from 1 Hen. 7. to 10 Car. 1. with the Majors, Bailiffes, and Sheriffs of the City, from 1273 to 1640. Don. Rev. Jo. Frogget Rect. Kirk-Deighton.

Thoresby, Musaeum Thoresbyanum (1713)

41. Miscellanies. 1. De Attornatis & Apprentitiis Legis. Querela contra Johanem Regem Scotiæ. 2. K. Edward VIth's Grant of Chantrys in the North. Thomaso Campanello's Discourse of Spain's universal Monarchy. An Oath imposed upon the Protestants in the Palatinate, and other Parts of Germany. The Jesuits Exposition of the 1st and 2d Psalms. A Waggish Description of Scotland. 3. Memorable Proceedings in Parliament 1611. K. James's Speeches to several Parliaments, with the Duke of Buckingham's, Lord-Keeper Williams, Sir Hen. Yelverton's, &c. both the Petitions to the King, with his Majesty's Answer to that called the Apologetick Petition. 4. Considerations upon the Treaty of the Marriage with Spain; the Spanish Inquisition, and Hostilities between England and Spain, from 1558 to 1588. Gerard de Malines Spanish Mercury. 5. Inconveniences by the Heralds giving of Arms. An Answer to the Reasons for that Usurpation. Discommodities that may come into an Army for want of Ensigns and Banners. 6. A Discourse of the Jurisdiction of the High Court of Parliament: Protestation of the House of Commons 1621. Notes of divers Speeches in the said Parliament: Remonstrances. A Kalendar of Ships taken by the Enemy. The Archbishop of Canterbury's Letter to K. James concerning a Toleration. Petition in Parliament concerning Religion. 7. K. Charles Ist's. Speech, 18 June 1625. A Petition for a Fast; the Commons Remonstrance 1628. The Lord's Propositions; An Answer to the Grievances: Petition of Right: Last Remonstrance for Tunaage and Poundage, with several Speeches of both Parties. An Abstract of the Earl of Northumberland's Commission. The Earl of Castlehaven's Speech at his Execution.

Thoresby, Musaeum Thoresbyanum (1713) 70. A Terrier of such Land and Houses in the Soake of Horn-Castle, as belong to the Bishop of Carlisle, taken 1639, attested upon Oath, by Mr. Tho. Gibson Vicar of Horn-castle, &c. An Account of certain Chantries in the Cathedral of Yorke, that seems to be Part of a Visitation in the Reign of K. Hen. 8. or Edw. 6.
Thoresby, Musaeum Thoresbyanum (1713)

95. His Grace my Lord Archbishop of Yorke's most accurate Treatise, I. Of the Silver Coins of England; wherein, 1. Of the several Pieces; 2. Of the Fineness of our English Coins: 3. Of the different Weight of our Coins of the same Denomination in the several Reigns, arising from the Increase of the Price or Value of Silver. 4. Of the Impresses or Stamps upon our Coins. 5. Of the Inscriptions. 6. How to distinguish the Coins of the several Kings of the same Name (as two Williams, eight Henrys, six Edwards, and three Richards.) II. Observations on the Golden Coins of England; 1. Of their Fineness, which we call the Standard; 2. Of the Proportions between Gold and Silver, with Respect to their Values; 3. Of the several Pieces from the first Coining of Gold to the Reign of K. Henry VIII. 4. Of the Stamps and Inscriptions of the foregoing Pieces. 5. Of the several Pieces from the first of Hen. VIII. to this Time: 6. A farther Account of those Pieces as to the Impresses and Inscriptions. 7. A Table of the present Rates of Gold for the more easily finding the Value of the old Pieces. III. Observations on the Scots Money; 1. Of the Scots Weights and Standards: 2. Of the Scots Sums compared with the English, and the different Proportions they bore to one another in the several Reigns; 3. Of the several Scots Pieces. IIII. Of the Irish Coins, to K. James IId's inclusive. Don. R. R. DD. Archiepiscopi Ebor. To this may be added what I had the Honour to receive from another Noble Lord, the Right Honourable Thomas Earl of Pembroke, viz. An Account of the fourteen distinct Sorts of the Silver Monies of England, from a Farthing to the Twenty Shillings Piece; and who are said by our Historians to coin the first of each Sort; with what particular Exceptions are in his Lordships inestimable Musæum: For Example, whereas K. Edw. Ist. 3d. and 6th. are said to Coin the first Silver Farthings, Groats and Crowns, his Lordship hath a round Farthing (not the 4th Part of a Penny broken, as had been usually currant before) of K. Hen. 3d's. A Groat of Edw. I. and an English Crown of Henry VIII.

Thoresby, Musaeum Thoresbyanum (1713)

This reminds me of another Branch of the Curiosities that I begun to collect of late Years, viz. Original Letters, and other Matters of the proper Hand Writing of Persons of all Ranks, eminent in their Generations. It begins with the Kings of England, and contains the Signs Manual of K. Hen. 5, Hen. 6, Edw. 4, Rich. 3, and Hen. 7. K. Henry the 8th, Queen Katharine Par's Letter to the Admiral, K. Edw. the 6th's to the said Queen; the entire Letter of his own Writing, so one of his Sister the Lady Elizabeth's, both delicately writ: Qu. Elizabeth's Original Instructions for the Lord Evre, Warden of the middle Marshes. Mary Queen of Scots, when Prisoner in Yorkeshire; K. James the 6th of Scotland, the same when King of England; his Daughter Elizabeth Queen of Bohemia: K. Charles the Ist's Letter to the said Queen; the Commeatus for Sir John Burrough, Garter: K. Charles II. when in Exile (to the Provost of Edinburgh); and after his Restoration: His Order for erecting a Monument in Westminster-Abbey for K. Edw. 5, and his Brother, whose murdered Corps were then discovered at the Tower. Prince Rupert, James Duke of Yorke, the same when King of England; William-Henry Prince of Orange, King Will. 3. Qu. Mary 2. and her present Majesty Qu. Anne, whom God long preserve; Prince George, Duke of Glocester, and Princess Sophia, to the Bishop of Sarum.

Sale Catalogue of Musaeum Thoresbyanum (1764) 96 A Half sovereign of Edward VI. and an Angel of Queen Mary, no. 284, and 293 2
Sale Catalogue of Musaeum Thoresbyanum (1764) 183 Edward VI. 2 Shillings side faced, one of which is the Timor Demini, with a Half Groat, side faced, rare 3
Sale Catalogue of Musaeum Thoresbyanum (1764) 184 Edward VI. a Crown 1551, and a Half Crown, 6 Shillings, 2 Sixpences, and one Threepence of fine Silver, No. 281. 283 10
Sale Catalogue of Musaeum Thoresbyanum (1764) 186 Ditto 3 Shillings, and a Crown 1553, and a base Penny Edward VI. with some others, No. 281. 287, 288, &c. 9
Sale Catalogue of Musaeum Thoresbyanum (1764) 81 One of Queen Katherine Parr, 2 of King Edward VI. 1 of of Queen Mary, and 2 of Mary Queen of Scots to the Countess of Shrewbury