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Pw2Hy - Papers of the Harley Family, 1602-1738, in the Portland (Welbeck) Collection
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
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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
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