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Henry the 7th/ 1483.

After the Success of Arms at Bosworth the joy of the Soldiers was so great that they immediately bestowed the Title of Kg Henry the 7th. upon him, deletion Sir William Stanley put /deletion the Earl of Richmond, & Sr William Stanley put the Crown of Ornament upon His Head which deletion was former /deletion the late Kg wore & was found in the Field of battle.

Henry deletion found /deletion addition was under /addition great difficulty to prove His Title to the Crown. He was the only heir of the Somerset Family, but the the Duke of Lancaster's Children had been legitimated by Parliament, deletion they were /deletion the line of Somerset was excluded deletion to /deletion the Succession of the Kingdom. & As The Countess