From The BBC:
A portrait of a young Henry VIII has gone on display. The picture of the monarch appears in a charter granted to King's Lynn, Norfolk in 1524. He is depicted as a young, slim and dashing king on the eve of his 33rd birthday. The charter is on show to mark its 500th anniversary in the town which was known as Bishop's Lynn in 1524. The charter gives the town the right to appoint a mayor, 12 aldermen and 18 members of the "common council", according to the Local Democracy Reporting Service. At the time, the town was known as Bishop's Lynn because it had a connection to the Bishop of Norwich. It was renamed King's Lynn in another charter of 1537, which severed the connection with the Bishop. (Read more.)
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