Add MS 38174

BOOK of English Court Ceremonies, temp. Henry VII; with marginal notes by Peter Le Neve, Norroy King of Arms (d. 1729). Rubric title: "Her begynnythe a ryalle book off the crownacion of the King and Quene and the creacioun of a prince and making knyghtes of the Gartere and off the Bathe and the maryinge of a princesse, and burynge of a King or a Quene or duke or erle and all oþer seruis longynge to the Kynge and Quene beinge in estat rialle." The following is a summary of the principal contents : (a) For the day of estate. ff. 2, 30 b: (b) For Candlemas Day. f. 5; (c) For the making of the King's bed. Printed by J. H. Pollen, Ancient and Modern Furniture and Woodwork in the South Kensington Museum, Introd. p. clxvii, where the manuscript itself is incorrectly ascribed to Le Neve. f. 6b; (d) For the reception and coronation of a Queen. f. 8; (e) For the christening of a prince or princess. ff. 11, 41 ; (f) For the burying of a prince of the blood royal. f. 14; (g) For the creation of a Prince of Wales. ff. 16, 45; (h) De exsequiis regis. Lat. f. 17 ; (i) For the sitting of dukes, earls and barons. f. 18; (k) For the burying of an earl, exemplified by that of the Earl of Salisbury [Richard Neville, father of the king-maker, d. 1460] at Bisham. f. 21; (1) For the coronation of a King. f. 25 b; (m) For the marriage of a prince's daughter. f. 27 b; (n) For making Knights of the Bath. f. 33 b; (o) For Twelfth Day. f. 34 b; (p) For New Year's Day. ff. 35 b, 36 b; (q) For the College of Windsor [of the Knights of the Garter] for St. George's Feast. f. 37; (r) For the Queen's bed. f. 42 ; (s) For doing homage. f. 46. The date of composition is indicated by the allusions to "our souerene lord Kynge, Herry the vii Kinge of Englond and off Fraunce and Lord of Irlond" and to his Queen (m. 1486, d. 1503) on f. 47, and must therefore be between 1486 and 1503. Paper; ff. v + 47. 11 ¹/₂ in. x 8 in. Early XVI cent. Sec. fol. "For asmyche." Phillipps MS. 7327 (sale-cat. 1893, lot 272). Afterwards belonged to Sir Arthur Vicars, Ulster King of Arms (1893- 1908, bookplate, 1896, f. i), and Edward Almack (book-label, f. ii). Again sold at Sotheby's, 26 May 1911, lot 653.