Mary Evans Henry VIII demands one hundred pounds from the Abbot 11033356

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Picture No	11033356
Date	c. 1540
Description	Henry VIII demands one hundred pounds from the Abbot
Details	King Henry VIII pictured with the Abbott of Reading Abbey who had been imprisoned in the Tower of London. Upon hunting in Windsor Forest Henry had disguised himself as a Royal Guard as a means to trick the abbot. He sat with the abbot whilst he ate his meal of sirloin steak. The Abbott mistakenly mocked the king's own greedy tendencies, claiming he "would give a 100 pound that I could eat as lustily" as the king. The abbot soon was held under arrest in the tower whereby the king later visited to claim his one hundred pounds.
Source	Illustration by Fortunino Matania in Britannia and Eve, November 1932
Credit	© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
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