Stowe MS 75

1. EPITOME of English history, from 1066 to the accession of Elizabeth. f. 4.

2. Genealogy of the Saxon kings, from Egbert to Edgar the Ætheling; with arms in colours. f. 18.

3. Genealogy of the royal house of England, from William I. to Philip and Mary; with arms in colours. Continued, in a 17thcent. hand, to 1671. f. 22.

4. "The alliaunce betwext the kingdomes of England and Fraunce. Wherby the tytle of England to the crowne of Fraunce appereth." f. 36. All the articles, except the continuation of art. 3, were written in 1592 by M[organ] Col[man]: see ff. 3, 16. At f. 2 are the arms of Queen Elizabeth; and at f. 3, after the table of contents, is a dedication to Lord [Burghley?]. Colman, who in the latter part of Elizabeth's reign petitioned unsuccessfully for a place in the College of Arms (see Noble's College of Arms, London, 1805, p. 189), was in 1588 in the service of Burghley's oldest son, afterwards 1st Earl of Exeter (see Lansdowne MS. 99, f. 141). Paper and (ff. 2, 22) vellum; ff. 38. Given (see f. 1) to Thomas Astle by Sir R[ichard] W[orsle]y (?), 26 June, 1779. Folio.

Morgan Colman: Heraldic MS. executed by: 1592.

includes:

• f. 4 England General Chronicles and History: Epitome of English history from 1066 to 1558: 1592.
• f. 18 Genealogies: Saxon kings from Egbert to Edgar the Ætheling: 1592.
• ff. 18, 22 England General Chronicles and History: Genealogies of sovereigns, from Egbert to Charles II.: 16th and 17th centt.
• f. 22 Genealogies: Sovereigns of England: to Charles II.
• f. 36 Genealogies: Alliances between English and French royal houses: 1592.