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Letter, 'On the body of Sir Reginald Bray, K.G., exhumed in Bury chapel, Windsor (in a suit of armour, temp Henry VII)' from John Corham Huxham

Reference number: L&P/5/270

Date: 18 December 1771

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Subject: Physiology

Read 16 January 1772

Reference number
L&P/5/270
Earliest possible date
18 December 1771
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Ink on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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John Corham Huxham

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John Corham Huxham, Letter, 'On the body of Sir Reginald Bray, K.G., exhumed in Bury chapel, Windsor (in a suit of armour, temp Henry VII)' from John Corham Huxham, 18 December 1771, L&P/5/270, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_5_270/letter-on-the-body-of-sir-reginald-bray-kg-exhumed-in-bury-chapel-windsor-in-a-suit-of-armour-temp-henry-vii-from-john-corham-huxham, accessed on 14 September 2026

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