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Peter of Poitiers, Compendium historiae in Genealogica Christi
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Contents: Peter of Poitiers (b. 1193, d. 1205), Compendium historiae in Genealogica Christi, a biblical chronicle in roll form consisting of a series of roundels accompanied by brief biographical entries. The genealogy of Christ from Adam and Eve is depicted in the central line, with series of ...
Genealogical roll chronicle from Noah to King Henry V
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Contents: A genealogical roll chronicle beginning with Noah and tracing the lineage of the Kings of England from Brutus to Henry VI, consisting of a genealogical diagram with a series of roundels accompanied by brief biographical entries. The genealogy of the English kings is depicted in the...
Genealogical roll chronicle of the English kings to Richard II
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Contents: Also known as Lansdowne Charter Rot. 3. Order as Lansdowne Roll 3. A genealogical chronicle, with a commentary in Anglo-Norman French, from the reign of Egbert to Henry III and a continuation to Richard II on the dorse. It is dated to the reign of Edward I (r.1272-1307) Face of the...
Roll chronicle of the kings of England and Scotland to Henry VI and James I
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Contents: A genealogical roll chronicle of: English kings in roll form consisting of a series of roundels accompanied by a commentary. The genealogical diagram has Scottish kings on the left, from Constantine to James Stuart and English kings on the right, from Edward the Elder to Henry VI. ...
Genealogical roll chronicle of English kings to Henry VIII
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Contents: A genealogical diagram of the kings of England consisting of a series of rectangles containing names of monarchs joined by lines of descent. On the left, the genealogy of the Anglo-Saxons begins from Egbertus with the Dukes of Normandy from Rollo to William the Conqueror in the centr...
Genealogical roll chronicle of English kings to Henry VIII and of French kings and dukes
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Contents: A genealogy of the kings of England and France in four columns, produced after 1513. The French and English lines are in the centre, with the dukes of Normandy on the left, and other nobility of France on the right. A commentary on Scottish monarchs accompanies the English genealogy....
Genealogical roll of Helena Snakenborg, Marchioness of Northampton
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This roll contains an illustrated genealogy of Elin Ulfsdotter Snakenborg (b. 1548/9, d. 1635), commonly known as Helena Snakenborg, Marchioness of Northampton. Helena was a Swedish-born noblewoman who travelled to England in 1564 as part of the retinue of Princess Cecilia of Sweden (b. 1540, d....
Roll of New Year's Gifts given and received by Queen Elizabeth I at Richmond, 1 Jan 1589
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Roll of New Year's Gifts given and received by Queen Elizabeth I at Richmond, 1 Jan 31 Elizabeth I [1589]. mm. 1r-5r: The recto contains a list of donors, grouped in order of precedence, with a description of the gifts made by each and a note as to their disposal. The money given at the end com...