Contents: f. 1r: A full-page coat of arms with crest (quarterly of nine): arms of Jermyn. f. 2r: The ‘Armes of the Balliam’. ff. 3r-17r: Royal arms, from King Malcolm III (‘Malcum Camoir’) to Mary I of Scotland [Mary, Queen of Scots] (r. 1542-1567). ff. 18r-71r: The arms of Scots peerage...
Henry Bratton [Bracton], De Legibus et Consuetudinibus Angliae
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Contents: ff. 3r-212v: Henry Bratton [Bracton] (d. 1268), De Legibus et Consuetudinibus Angliae, imperfect at the end. The manuscript contains a few later additions: ff. 1v-2r: A table of contents, added in the 14th century. f. 2v: Notes about marriages, issue and obits concerning nine fam...
Thomas of Elmham, Historia Monasterii Sancti Augustini Cantauriensis
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Contents: f. 1r*: A note about the manuscript: ‘Ex Codice MS in Biblioth: Aulae Trinit: Cantebrig:’ [probably Cambridge, Trinity Hall, MS 1]. ff. 1r-320r: Thomas of Elmham, Historia Monasterii Sancti Augustini Cantauriensis; containing copies of charters. Decoration: A drawing of a key in ...
Walter of Coventry, Memoriale fratris Walteri de Coventria
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Contents: ff. 1r-684r: Walter of Coventry, Memoriale fratris Walteri de Coventria ['Ex vetusto Codice Bibliothecae Collegij Corporis Christi Cantabrigiae exscriptum'].
Observations of former Parliaments and dockets of patents
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Quarto manuscript volume. Contents: ff. 1-7v: Observations of former Parliaments, concerning the forms and methods of the proceedings of said Parliaments. ff. 8-69v: Dockets of patents granted, 10-16 Charles I, [1634-1640]. The dockets of patents from 16 Charles I [1639-1640] is incomplete.
Copy of the Visitation book of Buckinghamshire 1634
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Copy of the Visitation book of Buckinghamshire 1634, taken by John Philipot, Somerset Herald, and and William Ryley, Blue-mantle, Marshalls and Deputies to Sir Richard St George, Clarenceux, and Sir John Borough, Norroy. Names of the gentlemen subscribing to the pedigrees, and many of the arms a...
Copy of the Visitation book of Huntingdonshire 1613
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Fair copy of the Visitation book of Huntingdonshire as taken and made 1613 by Nicholas Charles, Lancaster Herald, Marshall and Deputy to William Camden, Clarenceux. Includes: f. 1*: Title ‘The Visitacon of Huntindon’ ff. 2*-3*: Name index of surnames of families who descents are registered at ...
Copy of the Visitation book of Leicestershire 1619
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Copy of the Visitation book of Leicestershire 1619, as made by Sampson Lennard, Bluemantle and Augustine Vincent, Rouge Rose, Marshalls and Deputies to William Camden, Clarenceux. Copy in the hand of Jacob Chaloner (1586-1631), arms painter, with some later additions to the pedigrees. Excludes t...
Brief descriptions of papers preserved in the Paper Office. Contents: f. 1: Title page: ‘An Abstract of remarkable things lying in the Paper Office’. Dated 7 February 1697. ff. 2-24: Letter describing the papers, under the following headings: Admiralty; goods brought from a friendly count...
