HENRY VIII: (1491-1547) King of England 1509-47. Very fine D.S., Henry R, as King, at the head, o

HENRY VIII: (1491-1547) King of England 1509-47. Very fine D.S., Henry R, as King, at the head, one page, oblong 4to vellum (one membrane), Westminster, 14th December 1533. The manuscript document is addressed to Lord Windsor, Keeper of the Wardrobe, and is a warrant to provide livery for six of the King`s sackbut players, named as Mark Anthony, Peregrine Symon, Nicholas Shakbote, Lewes Vincle, Nicholas Andrewe and Anthony Symon, stating that each of the `shakbotes` is allowed `fowertene yards of chamlet for a gowne price evry yarde iii s iiii d It[em] to evry of them a furre of blak bogy [lamb`s skin] for every of their gownes price every furre four pownde It[em] to every of them eight yards of Damaske for a Jaquet price every yarde viii s....thre yards of velvet for a dublet.` With blind embossed paper impression of the Royal signet seal at the foot. Rare. One small hole in the left margin, not affecting the text or signature, in otherwise remarkably clean and crisp condition. VG. Henry VIII was a renaissance man and his court was a centre of artistic and scholarly innovation and glamorous excess. The King was an accomplished musician and competent performer on the lute and harpsichord who maintained a considerable musical establishment including as many as ten sackbuts, a similar instrument to the modern trombone.