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611. Stowe MS 586

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Stowe MS 586
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Scope & Content:
1. DESCRIPTIONS of funerals served by the College of Arms, 1565-1594; with arms in trick. ff. 8, 103b, 110. The writer, as appears by a statement at f. 46, was Nicholas Dethick, Blue-Mantle Pursuivant (1565), Windsor Herald (1583, ob. 1596). At ff. 2-7 b he gives a list of "Funeralls sarvid to m...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16th century-17th century
Extent:
1 item

612. Stowe MS 587

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 587
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NOTES of funerals, with the arms (in trick) of the deceased, the earliest and latest dates given being 1597 and 1655. With later index. Paper; ff. 97. XVIth-XVIIth centt. With the signature, 18th cent., "John Holland, no. 8." Folio. Ceremonials: Notes of funerals: 16th-17th centt.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16th century-17th century
Extent:
1 item

613. Stowe MS 588

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 588
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Scope & Content:
NOTES of funerals, with arms (in trick) of the deceased, the earliest and latest dates given being 1614 and 1659. The first hand ends (f. 32 b) with 1630. With a more modern index at the beginning. Paper; ff. 50. XVIIth cent. With the signature, 18th cent., "John Holland, no. 9." Folio. Ceremon...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

614. Stowe MS 589

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 589
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"A TREATICE concerning the Nobilitie according to the lawes of Englande." Followed (f. 61) by "A treatise of knights and matters incident to the degree of knighthoode according to the lawes of England," imperfect at the end. The original treatises seem to have been composed in the early years of...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century-18th century
Extent:
1 item

615. Stowe MS 589-597

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 589-597
Title:
CLASS XIV. PEERAGE, ORDER OF THE GARTER, ETC.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16th century-18th century
Extent:
9 items

616. Stowe MS 590

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 590
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"BARONAGIUM ANGLIÆ, magnatum scilicet illius regni stemmata recentiora ad consanguinitates affinitatesque per intermixta connubiæ (sic) discernendas delineata, 1597." f. 10. A more perfect copy, with arms in trick, is in Harley MS. 1160; cf. also Harley MSS.806,4754. Preceded by an index (18thee...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16th century-17th century
Extent:
1 item

617. Stowe MS 591

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 591
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Scope & Content:
CREATIONS of Nobility, from the time of Edward the Confessor to that of Elizabeth. Preceded (f. 2) by the names of "ye five conquerours of this Islande," and of "Saxons that devided this Island into seaven kingdoms"; and followed (f. 54b) by some coats-of-arms, and (f. 56 b) by the grant of arms...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Late 16th century-Late 17th century
Extent:
1 item

618. Stowe MS 592

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 592
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Scope & Content:
HISTORY of the Barons of Westmoreland, from Robert de Vetere Ponte (Vipont), to whom the title was granted by King John, to Anne, Countess of Pembroke, who claimed the title by right of her father, George Clifford, 3rd Earl of Cumberland. Paper; ff. 45. Written after the death (in 1643) of Henry...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
between 1643-1676
Extent:
1 item

619. Stowe MS 593

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 593
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PROMOTIONS, births, marriages, and deaths of the English nobility and gentry, in alphabetical order of names. The greater number of the events recorded are dated 1765-1776, but there are several earlier, and one or two of 1777, added in different ink. At f. 41 b is an index to English peers, wit...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1776-1777
Extent:
1 item

620. Stowe MS 595

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 595
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Scope & Content:
COLLECTIONS relative to the Order of the Garter, viz.:- 1. Clauses touching Garter King of Arms in the statutes of 14 Hen. VIII.; from the Liber Niger or "Blacke Booke" (Anstis, Register of the Order of the Garter, 1724, vol. ii., pp. 342, 350-4). Latin. f. 3. 2. Register of the Order, 1603-...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item