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1. Add MS 45131-45133

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 45131-45133
Title:
WRIOTHESLEY HERALDIC COLLECTIONS 45131-45133. WRIOTHESLEY HERALDIC COLLECTIONS, comprising heraldic, historical and genealogical material from the collections of Sir Thomas Wriothesley, Garter King of Arms 1505-1534. Some sections of the manuscripts are in his own hand, as noted below. A further volume from his collections is Add. MS. 46354. It seems likely that the present manuscripts passed after Wriothesley's death to his successors as Garter, but it is doubtful if 45131 may be identifie...
Scope & Content:
Sir Thomas Wriothesley, Garter King of Arms: Heraldic collections: 15th-16th centt.: Partly autogr. Heraldry: Heraldic collections of Sir T. Wriothesley d. 1534.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1505-1719
Extent:
3 items

2. Egerton MS 3142

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 3142
Title:
CHRONICLES, ETC., OF ENGLAND, compiled mainly at the Benedictine Abbey of St Benet at Hulme, co. Norf.; late 13th cent. (after 1294). Latin. The MS. is described, and artt. 2-4 printed, in Chronica Johannis de Oxenedes, ed. Sir Henry Ellis, Rolls ser., 1859, pp. xxxvi-xxxviii, 403-439. See also Brit. Mus. Quart., xii, 1937-1938, pp. 80-81. Contents:- (1) Historia Regum Britanniae, by Geoffrey of Monmouth. Headed 'Incipit liber de gestis bruti editus a magistro Waltero Oxi[ne]f[ordensi] arc...
Scope & Content:
Bookplates and Book-stamps: Pelham-Clinton (Henry Pelham), 4th Duke of Newcastle, K.G.; d. 1851. Bindings ENGLISH: Brown morocco, blind-tooled, by F. Bedford: 19th cent. Francis Bedford, bookbinder, of London: Bound. Hulme Abbey; Norfolk: Chronicles, Annals, etc.: late 13th cent.: Lat. inclu...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
Late 13th century
Extent:
1 item

3. Egerton MS 3143

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton MS 3143
Title:
ST ROBERT OF KNARESBOROUGH: prose and verse material in Latin and English mostly relating to the life and cult of the hermit, Robert Flower (d. 24 Sept. 1218), compiled late 15th cent. For a complete list of contents see The Metrical Life of St Robert of Knaresborough, ed. J. Bazire (Early English Text Society, orig. ser. no. 228, 1953), in which all the English, and much of the Latin, material is printed with introduction, and which includes (in Appendix B) the Latin prose life preserved in...
Scope & Content:
Bindings ENGLISH: Brown calf, by C. Lewis: early 19th cent. Saint Robert, of Knaresborough: Collections rel. to his life and cult: 15th cent.: Lat. and Engl. Poetry TWO OR MORE LANGUAGES: Metrical life of St Robert of Knaresborough: 15th cent.: Lat. and Engl. Charles Lewis, d 1836 bookbinder:...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
Late 15th century
Extent:
1 item