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A VOLUME of Heraldic and Historical treatises, chiefly from the reign of James I. to the reign of Charles II, comprising the following articles. " An Analysis of a certeyne discourse concerning the distribution of his Majesties [Charles I.] Honours;" referred by the king to the consideration of the Lord Keeper and others, 2 Dec. 1639 ;-Warrant from Charles I. to the Earl of Arundel, to take measures for the preservation of game in the county of Surrey, dat. 20 Oct. a. r. 1. [1625.]; -Note respecting Esquires and Gentlemen ;-Collections relative to Nobility, Baronets, and Knighthood;-Writ [of Richard II.] for the non-election of S. de B. as a knight of Parliament, on account of his being occupied about the affairs of Thomas [Plantagenet], Earl of Buckingham;-Portion of a Treatise on Nobility;-A discors of Dovor harbor since the tyme that Julius Ceaser first entred this realme untille the raigne of our late Soveraigne Queene Elizabeth; collected by John Tooke, one of the Jurattes of the towne of Dovor, 1604 ;-Other papers relating to the same ;-Notes touching the authority of Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports "for my Lorde of Northamptone [Henry Howard];"-Account of the Constables of Dover Castle and Wardens of the Five Portes, from A. D. 1066, with notes in the handwriting of Francis Thynne, Lancaster Herald, who was probably the composer [imperf.];-Lives of the Lords Cobham, of Cobham, Randalle, and Starborough, by Fr. Thynne; the original draft [imperf.];-Nomina Constabulorum castri Dovoriæ et Custodum Quinque Portuum, a regno Edwardi et Willielimi Conquestoris usque ad annum 2 Regis Jacobi [1604] ;-Designes of augmentations of armes, for the E. of Artington(?);-Names of the Governors, Lieutenants, Lord Justices and Deputies of Ireland, since the conquest by king Henry II. to 4 James 1. [1606] ;-Annals of England, from about A.D. 926 tO A.D. 1017, in the hand of F. Thynne [imperf.];-List of the principal families and nobility of Ireland ;-Note relative to the Wardens of the Cinque Ports; -Memorandum concerning the origin of the Flemish family of Noyelle, in the writing of the Comte de Noyelle;-Articuli matrimonialis conventus habiti inter Walliæ Principem [afterwards Charles I et Infantem [1623] ;-Original Letter from Sir Francis Bacon to Queen Elizabeth, begging for a grant of lands to the amount of 80 and odd pounds, 12 March, 1599 ;-Original Letter from Henry [Cavendish] Duke of Newcastle to Sir Edward Walker, Garter, relative to his father's [William Cavendish] interment, 13 Jan. 1676 ;-

Letter from Sir E. Walker to the Duke of Newcastle, with a copy of his father's funeral certificate, 6 Feb. 167-6/7 ;-Grant of a coat of arms by Sir William Segar, Garter, to Randolph Bull, chief horologer to the King, 17 July, 13 James 1. [1615.];-Letters patent of Henry VIII. for viewing the Castle and Chase of Rising, co. Norf. with the Return of the Jury, 54-35 Hen. VIII. [1543.];-Lists of the Bishops, Deans and Prebendaries of Norwich, from 1536 to 1706. (printed sheet) ;-Brief notes on A.-Saxon gram-nar ;-Office copy from the Close Rolls, of the claim of John de Hastynges, son and heir of the Earl of Pembroke, a minor, to carry the golden spurs before the king, at his coronation, 1 Ric. 11. m. 45, Lat. ;-Charter of Edward III. to the town of Gulford [Guildford, co. Surr.] 1 Oct. a. r. 40 [1866], Lat. ;-Papers relating to tilts held by the Prince of Wales and his Companions, 1619, 1620, 1621 ;-The antiquitie, use and seremonyes of lawfull combates in Englande, written by Mr. Francis Tate of the Midle Temple, IS Feb. 1600;-Challenge of Melyodus, Lord of the Isles;-Jousts holden at Westminster, 12 Feb. 2. H. the 8. by Cueur loyall, hon voulloir, vaillant desir, and joyeulx penser ; an attested copy, signed by William Le Neve, York, 1632 ;-Notes concerning the Earls of Clare, Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk, Cambridge and Huntingdon ;-" The description of [Robert Devereux] the Earle of Essex and Mr. H. Howard, [third son to the Earl of Suffolk] sent to the Governours of Callice and Gravelinge;" with orders from the Earl of Northampton for their apprehension ;-Copy of a Letter from Thomas, Lord Windesore to [Edward Somerset] the Earl of Worcester, excusing himself from a tilting match, 10 Feb. 1617 ;-How Prizes should be delivered after Triumphs ;-Orders to be observed by the Tylters ;-Original Letter from Ralph, Lord Eure, to [Henry Howard] the Earl of Northampton, relative to a challenge sent to the former's son by one Lawrence Warton, of Hatfield, co. York. [8 Dec. 1609.]; -Address of René d'Anjou, [titular king of Naples] to his brother Charles d'Anjou, Comte de Maine, prefixed to his Traité des Tournois, Fr. ;-Form of a writ sent by Richard 1. to the Archbishop of Canterbury, for granting a Tourney, [A.D. 1194.];-Justes of Sondaye, 1598, the daye after the Queen's daye;-Orders and Statutes for justing at tilt, tournay and barriers, by John, Earl of Worcester, 6 Edw. IV. [1466.];-Copy, on vellum, of the inscription placed on a tablet near the monument of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, in old St. Paul's ;-A particular of things sold, used at the funeral] of [George Monk] the Duke of Albemarle, [1670];-List of " gentylmen dysseased, and the tyme of the proving of their wylles," Jan. 1571-Feb. 157 5/6;-" Paper delivered mee [Sir Edw. Walker, Garter] by Mr. Dethick, touchinge the distribution of money for rebuilding the Office of Arms, 167 1/2 ;--Receipts of Robert Chaloner, [Lancaster Herald], and Sir Thomas St. George, [Somerset Herald], for attending [Jolin Seymour] the Duke of Somerset's funeral, 1675 ; -Noblemen and their wives, that have died since the 29th of May 1661, to the l0th of Nov. 1661 ; in Sir Edw. Walker's writing ;-

Warrant of [Robert Montagu] the Earl of Manchester for mourning at the interment of Charles [Stuart] Duke of Cambridge, 6 May, 1661 ;-Numerous papers in the handwriting of Sir Edw. Walker, Garter, or indorsed by him, relative to the fees and expenses, the ceremonials, depositums, and other proceedings at the funerals of Edgar [Stuart] Duke of Cambridge, June, 1671 ; Charles Maccarty, Viscount Muskerry, June, 1665 ; [Christian] Countess Dowager of Devonshire, April, 1675, Elizabeth, titular Queen of Bohemia, Feb. 1661 ; James [Stuart] Duke of Cambridge, June, 1667 ; Charles [Stuart] Duke of Kendalle, May, 1667 ; the Archbishop of Yorke [Accepted Frewen] 1664 ; Henrietta [Stuart], third daughter of James, Duke of York, Nov. 1669;-Charles [Stuart] Duke of Richmond, Sept. 1673; James [Ley] Earl of Alarleborough, June 1, 1665 ; Charles [Berkeley] Earl of Falmouth, June, 1665 ; Viscount Fanshaw, June, 1665 ; [Robert Dudley] Earl of Leicester, 1588 ; William [Somerset] Earl of Worcester, 1509; George [Talbot] Earl of Shrewsbury, 1590 ; Ambrose [Dudley] Earl of Warwick, 1590; Anne, Duchess of York, April, 1671 ; Edward [Montagu] Earl of Sandwich, June, 1672; General [Robert] Blake [August, 1657]; George [Monk] Duke of Albemarle, [ 1 670] ; Catherine [Stuart] fourth daughter of James, Duke of York, Dec. 1671 ; Catherine Laura, eldest daughter of James, Duke of York, by his second marriage, Oct. 1675 ; Margaret, Duchess of Newcastle, Jan. 167 3/4 the Princess Anne [third daughter of Princess Anne of Denmark 1686.] Mary, Princess of Orange, daughter of Charles 1. Dec. 1660; the Duke of Gloucester, Charles [Stuart] Duke of Cambridge, May, 1661 ; [William Juxon] the Archbishop of Canterbury, July, 1663; and [Thomas Wriothesley] Earl of Southampton, Lord Treasurer, 1667 ;-Funerals of the Nobility entered, from 1660 to 1673 ;-

Knights that have been buried with attendance of Officers of Arms, and have had but a standard and one pennon carryed at their funeralls, 1591-1639.;-Brief Memoranda of the places for Mourners at the funerals of Queen Elizabeth, Richard, Duke of York, father of Edward IV. Ferdinand, king of Arragon, William Courtney, Earl of Devon, the Bishop of Durham, Lord Privy Seal, Lady Anne Hungerford, Sir Tho. Brandon, K.G. the Countess of Kent, Sir William Bowyer, Lord Mayor, and the Earl of Derby;-Original Letter from Sir Thomas Clarges to Sir Edward Walker, relative to the funeral of [Anne] Duchess of Albemarle, [Feb. 1699];-Order of the proceeding to the funerall of the Lady Alice, Dutchesse Dudley, 16 Martii, 1668, in the handwriting of Sir Will. Dugdale;-The quality of persons -at divers funeralls of the Nobility and of a Knight of the Garter. An imperfect list of contents is prefixed in the writing of John Anstis, Garter. Folio. [12,514.]