John Skelton: Henry VIII's Tutor

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Today we’re looking at John Skelton, the tutor of King Henry VIII in his boyhood…

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Images (from Wikimedia Commons, unless otherwise stated):

Engraving of John Skelton, published by William Richardson (1797). Held by the National Portrait Gallery.

Portrait of King Henry VII by an unknown Netherlandish artist (1505). Held by the National Portrait Gallery.

Portrait of Arthur, Prince of Wales by an unknown artist of the Anglo-Flemish school (c.1500). Held by the National Portrait Gallery.

Described as Henry VIII as a young boy (?) by Guido Mazzoni (c.1498). Held by the Royal Collection. Image from Flickr.

Screenshot form: https://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/Viewer....

Relief map of England (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:En...)

Portrait of Henry VIII of England by Meynnart Wewyck (c.1509). Held by the Denver Art Museum.

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Portrait of Thomas Wolsey by Sampson Strong (1585-1596). Held by Trinity College, Cambridge.


Quoted texts:

John Scattergood, ODNB entry on John Skelton.

William Caxton on John Skelton.

Mary C. Flannery, ‘The English Laureate in Time: John Skelton’s Garland of Laurel‘, in Medieval Into Renaissance: Essays for Helen Cooper, ed. by Andrew King and Matthew Woodcock (D. S. Brewer, 2016).


Also consulted, were:

John Skelton's "Magnificence", edited by Paula Neuss (1980)

"John Skelton: The Critical Heritage", edited by Anthony Edwards (2013)

https://www.gutenberg.org/files/59997...

F. M. Salter, "Skelton's Speculum Principis" in Speculum, Jan., 1934, Vol. 9, No. 1 (Jan., 1934), pp. 25-37.

David R. Carlson and John Skelton, "The Latin Writings of John Skelton" in Studies in Philology, Autumn, 1991, Vol. 88, No. 4, Texts and Studies, 1991. The Latin Writings of John Skelton (Autumn, 1991), pp. 1-125.

"A Critical Companion to John Skelton" edited by Sebastian I. Sobecki, V. J. Scattergood (2018).

Other relevant entries from The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Online.

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