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Add MS 89166
- Record Id:
- 032-003381178
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003381178
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100049280362.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100165152780.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 89166
- Title:
- Grant of arms of Sir Gilbert Dethick (d. 1584) to Jean Belmaine
- Scope & Content:
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A presentation copy of a grant of arms from Sir Gilbert Dethick (b. c. 1510, d. 1584), Garter Principal King of Arms, to Jean Belmaine (fl. 1546–1559), French tutor to King Edward VI (r. 1547–1553) and Queen Elizabeth I (r. 1558–1603), dated 20 November 1552.
The blazon of Belmaine's Arms is as follows: 'Azure, engrailed chevron of ermine argent, between three bezants or, each with a demi-lion rampant gules, the helm with a torse of argent and gules, a griffon's head between two wings, azure with bezants or a mantle gules lined with argent'.
The charter is threaded with two parchment seal ties, but the seals are now lacking.
Decoration:
1 large historiated initial 'O'(mnibus) depicting Sir Gilbert Dethick pointing to Belmaine's Arms in the left-hand margin and the first line of the text. The upper and right-hand margins are decorated with borders filled with flowers and foliage, two gold fleur-de-lys, and a Tudor rose surmounted by a crown.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003381178
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003381178
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
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1 leaf
- Digitised Content:
- https://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100165152780.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- French
Latin - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1552
- End Date:
- 1552
- Date Range:
- 20 Nov 1552
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Dimensions: 310 × 500 mm.
Script: Humanistic cursive.
- Custodial History:
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Origin:
England (London).
Provenance:
An 18th-century owner: an inscription in French on the dorse.
Sotheby’s, 5 December 2000 sale; unsold.
Sold at Bloomsbury Auctions, 9 December 2015, lot 34.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)