William Clerk was the clerk to the Privy Chamber of

Henry VIII of England Henry VIII (28 June 149128 January 1547) was King of England from 22 April 1509 until his death in 1547. Henry is best known for his six marriages, and for his efforts to have his first marriage (to Catherine of Aragon) annulled. His disa ...

. He was a clerk to the

Privy Seal A privy seal refers to the personal seal of a reigning monarch, used for the purpose of authenticating official documents of a much more personal nature. This is in contrast with that of a great seal, which is used for documents of greater impor ...

from 1542 to 1548 and had permission to use the dry stamp bearing the King's signature from September 1545.''The Last Days of Henry VIII'' by Robert Hutchinson, p.335

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