Henry VIII granting the Royal Charter to the Company of Barbers and the Guild of Surgeons on their merger in 1540. A royal charter is a formal document issued by a monarch and grants a title or status to a person or persons. Henry VIII, 1491 – 1547. King of England. After the painting by Hans Holbein. From Old England: A Pictorial Museum, published 1847.

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