Today’s Claire Chats talk was inspired by my recent "on this day in Tudor history" video on rebel Sir William Pickering. In his will, Pickering left instructions for a jewel worth 200 marks to be given to Queen Elizabeth I by his executors, and I just became curious as to how much 200 marks was. This sent me on a research journey which also involved looking at the spending of Henry VII and Henry VIII.
You may also be interested in my talk on Tudor money - click here - and the Tudor Money Quiz.
Notes, Sources and Further Reading
- The Court Festivals of Henry VII: A study based upon the account books of John Heron, Treasurer of the Chamber by Sydney Anglo - https://www.escholar.manchester.ac.uk/api/datastream?publicationPid=uk-ac-man-scw:1m2839&datastreamId=POST-PEER-REVIEW-PUBLISHERS-DOCUMENT.PDF
- http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/currency-converter/
- Tudor Chamber Books - https://www.tudorchamberbooks.org/
- "How did Henry VII spend his money" - https://www.historyextra.com/period/tudor/how-did-henry-vii-spend-his-money/
- "Henry VIII spent 'almost entire year's tax' on Christmas" - https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-42429199
- Calendar of State Papers, Milan, 1385-1618, pp. 556-565 - https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-state-papers/milan/1385-1618/pp556-565
- Renaissance Rome 1500-1559: A Portrait of a Society by Peter Partner