Interestingly, the rulers of both Scotland and Ireland also possessed camels in the early 12th century, according to the Annals of Inisfallen: https://celt.ucc.ie/published/T100004/text066.html …pic.twitter.com/AKlRHrVrri
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Interestingly, the rulers of both Scotland and Ireland also possessed camels in the early 12th century, according to the Annals of Inisfallen: https://celt.ucc.ie/published/T100004/text066.html …pic.twitter.com/AKlRHrVrri
Whether camels ever made an appearance in 11th-century England is uncertain, but William the Conqueror seems to have kept camels in Normandy at least… (Image: Duke William & two Bactrian camels on the 11thC Bayeux Tapestry)pic.twitter.com/2ZIa01FLrq
In 1235 the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II sent a camel to King Henry III of England 'as a token of the continuation of his regard', & Henry's son Edward I kept a camel at Kings Langley Palace, Herts, for the amusement of his children (pic=man riding a camel, 13thC, Kent).pic.twitter.com/rx0Sdh8FHj
Edward II also kept a camel at Kings Langley Palace—his camel-keeper was called Ralph Camyle & the animal's feed included hay, beans, barley & oats, with the area of the royal park responsible for producing the camel's fodder apparently being subsequently known as 'Camylesland'.pic.twitter.com/cZEWRgjr77
In January 1393, Richard II and his wife were gifted a camel and a pelican by the people of London and Richard granted John Wyntirbourne 'the keepership of the king's camel' for life (pic: MS Harley 4751, f. 24, http://www.bl.uk/catalogues/illuminatedmanuscripts/ILLUMIN.ASP?Size=mid&IllID=16576 …).pic.twitter.com/Y8SXXpluPo
In 1443, Henry VI is recorded as having received 'of late three camels and an ostrich from Turkey' from an Italian merchant named Nicholas Jone of Bologna; he rewarded him with a state office (Image: a gold camel on the Erpingham Chasuble, embroidered in 15th-century England).pic.twitter.com/cP9feMhcgI
In 1472, Edward IV sent a camel to Ireland; this may well have been one of the six Bactrian camels and dromedaries brought to England in 1466 by the Patriarch of Antioch 'in honor of the king and queen' (Pic: https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=2nc4AQAAMAAJ&lpg=PA396&pg=PA396#v=onepage&q&f=false …).pic.twitter.com/Q8afBDVU6b
King Arthur riding a camel on a glass roundel of c. 1500: http://www.caitlingreen.org/2018/09/were-there-camels-in-medieval-britain.html …pic.twitter.com/MMPEERFxt7
A miniature of a camel from a manuscript probably made for King Edward IV of England, 1461–83, the king in whose honour six camels were paraded by the Patriarch of Antioch in 1466 (MS Royal 15 E III, f. 200).pic.twitter.com/GEiBJf3F3x
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