Record

Document Reference	Pw2 Hy 869
Title	Extracts of several patents 'of the Office of Keeping the Lyons in the Tower'; n.d. [c.1703-1709]
Date	1703-1709
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Extracts of several patents 'of the Office of Keeping the Lyons in the Tower'; concerns the granting of the office to various individuals for stated periods of time, by King James I and King Charles I; concerns increases in the size of the menagerie, allowances for greater sustenance for the animals etc.. This document is undated; the date provided is based on that of related documents.
Term	appointments, royal
	royalty, authority
	zoos, Tower of London
	government business, Office of Keeping of the Lyons Lyonesses and Leopards within the Tower of London

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA29642	London, Office of Keeping of the Lyons Lyonesses and Leopards within the Tower of
NA29643	James I (1566-1625); King of England and Scotland	1566-1625
NA7566	Charles I (1600-1649); King of England Scotland and Ireland; (succeeded 1625)	1600-1649