[MR] BBC: Henry VIII Letter and Jane Seymour Proclamation Found

[Stefan li Rous]

<<< I do not know about English Monarch's using a signature as such,  
but Charlemagne used a "mark" as his signature:

http://etc.usf.edu/clipart/14200/14246/char-sig_14246.htm

Lucien >>>

I didn't find the use of a symbol or mark to be different, that was  
often done when the individual or perhaps the receiver couldn't read  
or write. What I saw as unique with Henry was that it was an imitation  
signature rather than a mark or seal.

If I remember correctly, Charlegmagne could read, which was unusual  
for rulers of his time, but he couldn't write.

Stefan

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