Account of the English nobility from before the Norman Conquest to Queen Elizabeth I; tracts regarding English and French arms and titles of peerage
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1*recto: A title-page for the manuscript: ‘[1] Creaton of Nobility; [2] The Ordenances and Statutes whiche were made by the right High and puissante Prince Thomas of Lancaster son and Brother to right Noble Kings of England and of France, Duke of Clarence, Counte D’Aumarle, Great S...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 16th century-1st quarter of the 17th century
Pedigrees and coats of arms of Herefordshire families
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1*verso-33v: Pedigrees and coats of arms of Herefordshire families, some with their crests. ff. 34r-35r: An alphabetical index of families included in this manuscript. Decoration: Coats of arms and crests, tricked, drawn in brown ink throughout the manuscript.
Peter Le Neve, Pedigrees of Knights made by King Charles II to Queen Anne (Volume 1)
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1v-201r: Peter Le Neve, Pedigrees of Knights made by King Charles II to Queen Anne (Volume 1), entitled on f. 6r: 'A Catalogue of the Knights made from the first year of the reign of King Charles the 2nd during all his reign those of James the 2nd, King William and Queen Mary with...
Peter Le Neve, Pedigrees of Knights made by King Charles II to Queen Anne (Volume 2)
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1r-93r: Peter Le Neve, Pedigrees of Knights made by English Kings and Queens (Charles II-Anne), entitled: ‘The 2nd Volume of Pedigrees of Knights made by King Charles the 2nd beginning with the Year 1683 Aprill 12th collected by Peter Le Neve Rouge Croix Pursuivant of Arms Anno Do...
Contents: f. 2*recto: A table of contents for the manuscript, entitled: ‘This Book of Syng[l]e Cotes gathered and here set downe Anno 1609 And devyen [sic] By Roger Kemys’. ff. 1r-268r: English coats of arms (16 per page), organised according to their Ordinaries and charges, organised alphabe...
Contents: ff. 1v-182v: Composite collection of English coats of arms, mostly drawn and tricked in brown ink, and described in English and French heraldic terms with Latin mottoes. The following items can be identified: ff. 1v, 3r-3v, 5r-5v, 7r-7v, 9r-10v, 12r-12v, 14r-14v, 16r-16v: Alphabetic...
Contents: f. 1r: A title-page by John Philipot: ‘The Book of Coates & Creasts – Promptuarium Armorum – Begonne the 28 of may 1602 Per William Smith Rougdragon’. f. 2r: 22 printed coats of arms from the windows of a college or church, entitled: ‘In Orientali Fenestra’, ‘In prima fenestra ex...