Show j monarch fond of puddings I 1 B aff king hal otherwise henry VIII of england was exceedingly fond of puddings at one time he gave a certain mistress cornwallis ls a house in herself and her heirs forever in reward of fine puddings in king henry VIII s private accounts occur again and again entries of his rewards to differ ent housewives tor bringing him pud dings A typical instance runs thus item the same day paid the wife that made the king at hamp ton corte vis this would be about out its value was much greater when the entry was made this love for fine puddings explains much in the familiar rotund figure of king hal |