Date: 13 Oct 2016 07:27 am (UTC)
What fabulously anachronistic underpants! :D

Exotic menageries were very much a thing across mediaeval Europe, and monkeys were particularly popular, probably because they're clearly adorable, and little ones can be fairly easily trained. Mediaeval writings speak of "apes" fairly frequently, entertained by their similarities to humans. Mediaeval art depicts them a lot too (although mediaeval art being what it is, they look more like hairy children with tails). A monkey in the court of Henry VII certainly isn't beyond the bounds of possibility. Whether he actually had one is a different question! (But then I doubt that he was a very tall, russet-haired American, either, so... ;) ).

If I could send you more energy, I would. Best wishes.
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