State Papers, Cornwall and Devonshire to show their cunning (1534)

29th July 1534:

“On Sunday next the peace between England and Scotland will be proclaimed at Guildford, with such a wrestling as has never before been seen; for which purpose some have come out of Cornwall and Devonshire to show their cunning. Sent two caps and a purse.”

‘Henry VIII: July 1534, 26-31’, in Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII, Volume 7, 1534, ed. James Gairdner (London, 1883), pp. 385-401. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/letters-papers-hen8/vol7/pp385-401 [accessed 17 September 2021]. Shared via Stephen Curtin.