The Royal Progress through London
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The Royal Progress through London
Queen Elizabeths Pocket Pistol, Dover Caste, Dover, Kent. " Load me well and keep me clean, I ll carry my ball to Calais Green.". This artillery piece is a cannon built in 1544 in Utrecht by Jan Tolhuys, before Elizabeth I came to the throne. The gun was presented to Henry VIII by Maximiliaan van Egmond, Count of Buren and Stadtholder of Friesland as a gift for his young daughter Elizabeth. In 1644, the gun saw action at the siege of Hull and the Siege of Sheffield (having been recaptured by the Roundheads). Date: 1911
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