For today’s Advent treat, I’m sharing this Teasel’s Tudor Trivia video from a few years ago. It’s about Henry VIII and what he used to help him read as his eyesight worsened with age.
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2 December – Henry VIII’s spectacles
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Henry VIII’s inventory and his spectacles
I’m finding research and writing a challenge at the moment as I’m having issues with my eyesight, which is very frustrating. It got me thinking about a Facebook Live talk I did on the Tudor Society Facebook page at Christmas on Henry VIII’s inventory and the mentions of magnifying glasses and spectacles that the king owned. He owned quite a few!
I thought I’d share this video with you today, along with a list of what I found in the inventory taken at Henry VIII’s death in 1547. I have changed the spelling to modern English.
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