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Henry VIII,the Reign
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Letters & Papers Volume I

5/8 November 1509

No.227, Grant No 31

Title: Appointment of Wolsey as Kings Almoner
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Master Thomas Wolsey, the King's almoner. Grant, in augmentation of Royal alms, of all the goods of felons de se, and all deodands in England. Greenwich, 5 Nov. 
Explanatory note 
Deodand is a thing forfeited or given to God, specifically, in law, an object or instrument which becomes forfeit because it has caused a person's death.
Henry VIII, the Reign.
Henry VIII, the Reign.