HR [king]

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CKM367

Senior Member

Russian

C. J. Sansom writes in his 'Lamentation':

Servants in the king's livery of green and white, HR engraved on their doublets, mingled with the throng

Can you guess what HR might mean? It can me hardly Human Resources of House of Representatives as they were the king's servants. The king was Henry Tudor. Why HR?

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Copyright

Member Emeritus

Penang

American English

HR = Henry Rex, Rex being Latin for King.

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bennymix

Senior Member

Now, Ontario, Canada. California; Princeton, NJ.

English (American).

Henry Rex. [Henry the King] I believe he signed himself HR sometimes.

crossposted with Copy.

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velisarius

Senior Member

Greece

British English (Sussex)

It would have been "Henricus Rex" (King Henry) in Latin. It's the custom. Queen Victoria was "Victoria Regina".

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CKM367

Senior Member

Russian

Thank you, I got it.

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