Vol. IX. (ff. 85). MISCELLANEOUS NOTES frOM Cotton MSS., Cartæ Antiquæ, and on heraldry. The latter part (ff. 54-82) contains two indices, one of names of persons, from various ancient authors, the other of matters, partly from various authors and partly from these collections, but very incomple...
Vol. X. (ff. 122). MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS, including:-(a) Extracts from Domesday for the following counties, Bucks, Gloucester, Worcester, Hereford, Huntingdon, Bedford, Suffolk, Essex, York, Wilts, Dorset, Somerset, Salop, and Northampton. f. 21;-(b) Index of "nobiles" mentioned in Domesday,...
Vol. Xl. (ff. 137). (a) EXTRACTS from Close Rolls, 1-36 Hen. VI., Fines, 3 Hen. VI.-17 Edw. IV., Close and French Rolls, 1-22 Edw. IV. f. 1;-(b) Notes on the genealogy of the Harcourt family. ff. 80, 102, 135b;-(c) Fines, 1-14 Hen. IV. f. 96;- (d) Close Rolls, 1-10 Hen. V. f. 103;-(e) Fines, 4...
Vol. XII. (ff. 98). NOTES chiefly concerning offices of state, including;-(a) Heraldic miscellanea. f. 1;-(b) List of Admirals, 21 Hen. IV.-14 Edw. IV. f. 10;-(c) Constables of Dover and Wardens of the Cinque Ports, 1 Hen. V.-21 Edw. IV. f. 16;-(d) Constables of the Tower, tempp. Hen. II.-Edw. I...
Vol. XIII. (ff. 232). MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTION, including:- (a) Elaborate notes on the powers and duties of Executors. f. 2;- (b) Treatise on Vicarages, in 8 chapters. f. 43;- (c) Copies of the correspondence of William Camden with various persons. f. 69;- (d) Extracts from Patent and Clos...
Vol. XIV. (ff. 243). COLLECTIONS on the subject of Judicature in Parliament, including;-(a) Treatise on that subject, quoting authorities. f 3;-(b) Remarks on the Receivers and Triers of Petitions in Parliament. f. 31;-(c) Examples of methods of expressing the assent of Parliament. f. 36;-(d) Mo...
Vol. XV. (ff. 312). COLLECTION of papers dealing mostly with questions of ceremonial and precedence, preceded by a "syllabus contentorum." The principal subjects are:-(a) Notes from Cotton MSS. on points of ceremonial, precedence, and ancient offices of state. f. 4;-(b) On surnames in the royal ...
1. "AN ANSWERE to the questions proposed by Sir Alexander Hay, Kt, touching the office of Constables, done by Sir Francis Bacon, Knight, his Maiesties Solicitor Generall, anno domini 1608": Chapp. xix., xx. of Cases of Treason, published under Bacon's name, London, 1641 (see his Works, ed. Spedd...
1. COLLECTIONS by Francis Tate, Secretary to the Society of Antiquaries [temp. Eliz.], with reference to various subjects proposed for discussion at the meetings of the Society, 1590-1600. The subjects include the antiquity, etymology, etc., of the various titles of honour in England, of cities,...
MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS, mostly antiquarian, viz.:- 1. "Origo feodorum," a short treatise on the origin, nature, and value of a knight's fee in England, and on fines for dispensation of knighthood; 17th cent. There are marginal references in another hand to Sprott, Spelman, Selden, etc. f. 1. 2...