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Cookware during the Reign of Edward Ⅲof England
Pots and pans were once considered to be precious possessions．In the fourteenth century，during the reign of Edward Ⅲof England，the pieces of cookware――iron pots，griddles，spits，and frying pans―were numbered among the king's jewels．They were difficult to come by and，being rare，were extremely valuable；when the monarch went on a journey or made a visit，the pots and pans traveled along in a separate coach．
By the time Henry Ⅴ，Edward's grandson，ascended the throne in the following century，the royal frying pans were made of silver，and so were the roasting spits．
The kettles at Westminster during the early sixteenth century，when Henry Ⅷheld the throne，were “coppergilt”and quite lavishly decorated with chasing．The handles of the cooking ladles were chased with the royal arms，and one of the two-pronged toasting forks is known to have been tipped with an ornate metal ball．
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