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Tudor Jewelery
Note: Portions of this page are still under contruction
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Crown Jewels
Sadly, few of the jewels used in the Tudor era have remained. Most of the crown jewels were destroied by Oliver Cromwell when England became a Commonwealth. However, a few have survived and are now part of the present set of Crown Jewels.
The main pieces of the Crown Jewels in Tudor times consisted of:
1) Crown of St. Edward the Confessor
2) State Crown of Henry VII
3) Golden Ampulla and Spoon
4) State Sword
The surviving jewels from pre-Commonwealth England are in the present State Crown:
1) St. Edward the Confessor's Sapphire (from a ring he once wore)
2) The Central Red Ruby (from the crown Henry V wore at the Battle of Agincourt, Richard III at the Battle of Bosworth, and used to crown Henry VII after his victory).
3) Pearls (worn by Elizabeth I)
There are several portrait showing what the Tudor Crown Jewels probably looked like, such as the portrait of Henry VIII and the Barbers Surgeon (showing a crown and royal robe) and the Coronation Portrait of Elizabeth I (also showing a crown, royal robe, scepter, and orb. There is a great resemblance between the two robes. |
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"Henry VII Crown" worn by Charles I as well as an orb and scepter. |
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Another portrait of Elizabeth with royal regalia |
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Personal Jewels of the Queens of England
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Necklaces |
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Pendants |
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Jane Seymour's "J and H" pendent |
"La Pelegrina" Pendant, a gift to Mary I from Phillip of Spain. The large pearl is now owned by Elizabeth Taylor. |
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Initialed Jewelry was very popular, especially with Henry VIII and his wives. |
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Katheryn Howard wearing the same necklace |
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Jane Seymour |
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Necklace worn by several of Henry VIII's wives |
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Necklace and Pendant worn by Katherine of Aragon |
Pendant worn by Mary Tudor/Suffolk |
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Anne Boleyn's "B" Necklace |
Elizabeth I is famous for her pearls |
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Earrings |
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Rings |
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Earrings became much more fashionable in the Elizabethan Period when headdresses no longer covered the ears. |
Rings were extremely popular in Tudor England. It was quite common to wear at least one ring on nearly every finger. |
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Ring belonging to Elizabeth I. Inside contained a portrait of herself and her mother, Anne Boleyn. |
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Portraits showing Elizabeth I wearing earrings |
Richard III's rings |
Jane Seymour's rings |
Catherine Parr's rings |
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Chains of State |
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Two chains belonging to Henry VIII |
Chain of Edward VI. It looks similar to the first portrait of Henry VIII.
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To the left: A chain belonging to Edward Seymour, Lord Protector |
Sir Thomas More's famous "S" chain with a Tudor Rose handing from it. |
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Chain of Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk |
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Richard III's chain |
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Clothing Adornment/Billaments |
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Clothing adornments (or "billaments") were popular throughout the Tudor Dynasty. Not only did they serve a decorative purpose (such as displaying wealth) but they also could serve as clasps (such as on the sleeves). |
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Jane Seymour's sleeve billaments. These probably served as clasps or aided in shaping the sleeve. |
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Henry VIII billaments |
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Elizabeth I took billaments to the next level by covering her clothing in them. |
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