Henry VII's first act of parliament with an initial portrait of the king, late 1480s. Artist: Unknown

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Henry VII's first act of parliament with an initial portrait of the king, late 1480s. With a border illuminated with depictions of flora and fauna. Henry (1457-1509), the first Tudor king of England, was crowned in 1485. From Thomas Pigot's Book of Statutes, Bodleian Library, Oxford.

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