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1291. Stowe MS 583

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Stowe MS 583
Title:
Heraldic manuscript, with the order of the christenings of Prince Arthur (1486–1502) and Prince Edward (1537–1553), and pen and ink drawings of processions
Scope & Content:
ff. 1r–41r: Heraldic manuscript, with the order of the christenings of Prince Arthur (1486–1502) and Prince Edward (1537–1553), and pen and ink drawings of processions. f. 1r: Contents list in a modern hand, with the note ‘given to me by Mr Bennet. 1768.’ f. 2v: Fragment of a 16th-century rece...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Late 16th century
Extent:
1 volume

1292. Stowe MS 584

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Stowe MS 584
Title:
Complainte sur la mort d'Anne de Bretagne; Discours des Ceremonies du Sacre et mariage d'Anne de Foix avec Ladislaus Roy de Hongrie
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains two French works attributed to Pierre Choque (b. c. 1450, d. 1530), herald and king of arms at the court of Anne of Brittany (b. 1477, d. 1514), Queen of France. The first text is the Complainte sur la mort d'Anne de Bretagne, beginning with a dedication to the 'Sire de ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
1514
Extent:
1 volume

1293. Stowe MS 585

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 585
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Scope & Content:
1. "THE ORDER and Proceedings at the Funerall of . . . Elizabeth, Queene of England . . . the 28th of April, 1603." By Henry Chettle. f.1. Printed at the end of Chettle's Englandes Mourning Garment, 1603, and in Somers Tracts, 1809, vol. i. p. 248. 2. Prolegomena prefixed to Coverdale's transl...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century-18th century
Extent:
1 item

1294. Stowe MS 586

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 586
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Scope & Content:
1. DESCRIPTIONS of funerals served by the College of Arms, 1565-1594; with arms in trick. ff. 8, 103b, 110. The writer, as appears by a statement at f. 46, was Nicholas Dethick, Blue-Mantle Pursuivant (1565), Windsor Herald (1583, ob. 1596). At ff. 2-7 b he gives a list of "Funeralls sarvid to m...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16th century-17th century
Extent:
1 item

1295. Stowe MS 587

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Stowe MS 587
Title:
Scope & Content:
NOTES of funerals, with the arms (in trick) of the deceased, the earliest and latest dates given being 1597 and 1655. With later index. Paper; ff. 97. XVIth-XVIIth centt. With the signature, 18th cent., "John Holland, no. 8." Folio. Ceremonials: Notes of funerals: 16th-17th centt.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16th century-17th century
Extent:
1 item

1296. Stowe MS 588

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Stowe MS 588
Title:
Scope & Content:
NOTES of funerals, with arms (in trick) of the deceased, the earliest and latest dates given being 1614 and 1659. The first hand ends (f. 32 b) with 1630. With a more modern index at the beginning. Paper; ff. 50. XVIIth cent. With the signature, 18th cent., "John Holland, no. 9." Folio. Ceremon...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

1297. Stowe MS 589

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 589
Title:
Scope & Content:
"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...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century-18th century
Extent:
1 item

1298. Stowe MS 589-597

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 589-597
Title:
CLASS XIV. PEERAGE, ORDER OF THE GARTER, ETC.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16th century-18th century
Extent:
9 items

1299. Stowe MS 590

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Stowe MS 590
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Scope & Content:
"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...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16th century-17th century
Extent:
1 item

1300. Stowe MS 591

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 591
Title:
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Late 16th century-Late 17th century
Extent:
1 item

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