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.