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Add MS 40078
- Record Id:
- 032-002091787
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002091787
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000051.0x0002ee
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100163537301.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 40078
- Title:
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Parliament roll of arms
- Scope & Content:
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Parliament roll of arms, dated 5 February 6 Hen. VIII (1515). Containing a list of the Lords spiritual and temporal, with 49 coats of arms, in colour. English and Latin. First published in facsimile in 1829 by former owner Thomas Willement (see Publication Note). A similar roll for the year of 1512 is in Add MS 5831.
With a letter from Charles Newton, of Parham Park, Sussex, to William Huyshe, concerning the manuscript’s provenance, 1883.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-002091787", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Add MS 40078: Parliament roll of arms" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002091787
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-002091787
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100163537301.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
Latin - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1515
- End Date:
- 1515
- Date Range:
- 1515
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- User Conditions:
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Letter of introduction required to view this manuscript.
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Parchment.
Dimensions: 410 x 20 cm.
Foliation: 6 membranes.
Script: Gothic.
- Custodial History:
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Origin:
England.
Provenance:
Thomas Willement (1786–1871), writer on heraldry and stained-glass artist: former owner, his initials on the reverse of each membrane, 1828, and his bookplate on inner tin case lid. His sale, 1865 (lot 795).
William Bragge (1823–1884), civil engineer and steel manufacturer: former owner, his sale, 1876 (lot 302).
Sir Thomas Brooke, Baronet (1830-1908) of Armitage Bridge, Huddersfield: former owner.
Sir J.A. Brooke, Baronet (1844-1920) of Fenay Hall, Huddersfield: former owner, his sale, 1921 (lot 1161).
Purchased by the British Museum in 1921.
- Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1921-1925 (London: British Library, 1950), p. 25.
Greenstreet, J., and C. Russell, ‘Reference List of the Rolls of Arms’, The Genealogist, 5 (1888), 173-79.
‘U’ [jointly with a copy of the 1512 roll in Add MS 5831] in Papworth, John W., An alphabetical dictionary of coats of arms belonging to families in Great Britain and Ireland, forming an extensive ordinary of British armorials, ed. by Alfred W. Morant (London: T. Richards, 1874).
Willement, Thomas, ed., Fac Simile of a contemporary roll with the names and arms of the Sovereign and of the spiritual and temporal peers who sat in Parliament held at Westminster A.D. 1515 in the possession of T.W. (London: privately printed, 1829).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)