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Account of arms, armour, and weapons issued from the armouries of the Tower and Westminster,...

Catalogue reference: SP 12/1/53

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This record is about the Account of arms, armour, and weapons issued from the armouries of the Tower and Westminster,... dating from 1558 [Dec] in the series Secretaries of State: State Papers Domestic, Elizabeth I. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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SP 12/1/53
Date
1558 [Dec]
Description

Account of arms, armour, and weapons issued from the armouries of the Tower and Westminster, and the Office of Ordnance, at the time of Sir Thomas Wyat's rebellion; specifying the names of all the parties receiving the same, the several pieces delivered to each, and the quantities lost or embezzled at the time of the battle, February 1554. [On the 6th Dec 1558 Sir Richard Southwell, Master of the Ordnance, was directed by the Council"to make his repayre to the Lordes, and to bringe with him a perfecte declaracon of the state of his offyce" and on the 17th Dec a Committee was appointed to hear his declaration, aud make report thereof accordingly. Privy Council]

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Secretaries of State: State Papers Domestic, Elizabeth I

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