"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...
"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...
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...
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...
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...
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-...
TRANSCRIPT of the Liber Niger of the Order of the Garter, containing the register of the Order from its foundation to 6 Edw. VI. [1552]. Latin. Edited by Anstis, Register of the Order of the Garter, 1724, vol. ii., pp. 1-469. The writing on ff. 9-59 appears to be that of Anstis himself. The tran...
COLLECTION Of extracts, copies of deeds, reports, counsels' opinions, etc., relating to fees and offices, crown grants, legal cases, and other matters. The contents are:- 1. Scale of fees, gratuities, etc., on the election and instalment of a Knight of the Garter. "Extracted from Ashmole." f. ...
PEDIGREE Of Jupiter and other gods of Roman mythology, in the hand of Thomas Astle. Paper roll. XVIIIth cent. Mythology: Pedigree of the Roman gods: 18th cent. Thomas Astle, ob. 1803: Pedigree of gods of Roman mythology: 18th cent.