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Expense account of Claude de Merles

The Merles family sent at least six members to be Knights in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, and at least one daughter became Hospitaller nun. It was expensive to become a Knight. Claude spent more than 1000 francs on his equipment.

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Object type: Manuscripts
Date: Production: 1513
Author: Claude de Merles (d.1518)
Subject(s): Knights Hospitaller
Dimensions: Height x width: 300 x 430mm
Materials and technique: Ink on paper
Related place(s): Rhodes
Exhibition history: 1565 - The Great Siege of Malta, Heritage Malta, 5 September 2015-6 December 2015
Catalogue number: K24.4.1