. This is a remarkably large and lavishly illuminated Book of Hours, combining French and English styles. The first leaf contains a list of obits members of the royal family and of the 4th, 5th, and 6th Earls of Ormond and their wives, so it was probably made for Anne Boleyn's grandfather, Thomas Butler (1426-1515), 7th Earl of Ormond, or a member of his family. It was given in the early 16th century to a chapel at 'Suthwyke', probably Southwick in Hampshire. The last entry in red on this page is the 'Obitus regis Henrici sexti', the death of King Henry VI (21 May), whose death is also recorde
. This is a remarkably large and lavishly illuminated Book of Hours, combining French and English styles. The first leaf contains a list of obits members of the royal family and of the 4th, 5th, and 6th Earls of Ormond and their wives, so it was probably made for Anne Boleyn's grandfather, Thomas Butler (1426-1515), 7th Earl of Ormond, or a member of his family. It was given in the early 16th century to a chapel at 'Suthwyke', probably Southwick in Hampshire. The last entry in red on this page is the 'Obitus regis Henrici sexti', the death of King Henry VI (21 May), whose death is also recorded in the obits at the start of the volume. Folio 5 recto from a Book of Hours, Calendar for May. 87 BLRoyal2BXVFol005rCalendarMay
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