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Document ReferencePw2 Hy 869
TitleExtracts of several patents 'of the Office of Keeping the Lyons in the Tower'; n.d. [c.1703-1709]
Date1703-1709
Extent2 ff
LevelItem/file
Content DescriptionExtracts 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..

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Termappointments, 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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CodePersonNameDates of existence
NA29642London, Office of Keeping of the Lyons Lyonesses and Leopards within the Tower of
NA29643James I (1566-1625); King of England and Scotland1566-1625
NA7566Charles I (1600-1649); King of England Scotland and Ireland; (succeeded 1625)1600-1649
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