Stowe MS 668

COLLECTION relating to heraldry, etc.:-

1. "Mémoir de ce que le t[re]sexcellent et tresuictorieux Roy [Hen. VII.] dangleterre ara a faire quant il sera mande venir aux chapitres generaulx de lordre de la toison dor, dont il est frere et compaignon," consisting of forms of procuration, etc. ff. 2, 5 b.

2. Letter from Eneas [Sylvius Piccolomini], Bishop of Siena [Pope Pius II., 1458], to "Dominus Johannes Hynderbachius, Secretarius Regius" [Bishop of Trent 1465-86], on the origin of the name and office of herald; Cologne, n. d. Lat. Copy. f. 3. Printed (with date Vienna, kal. Jun. 1451) in the writer's 0pera, Bâle, 1551, p. 652.

3. Statutes of the Order of the Golden Fleece; Lille, 27 Nov. 1431. Fr. f. 11 b. Preceded (f. 7) by an analysis "faicte . . . par [Jean Germain] leuesque de Neuers, Chancelier de lordre de la toison dor, lan mil cccc. xxxiii. au lieu de Diion." Printed, with subsequent additions, in an undated edition (Antwerp, 1560?).

4. Letter from [Philip] Duke of Burgundy [to his vassals in Picardy and Artois], summoning them to arm for the defence of Hainault; Dijon, 20 Dec. [1424]. Followed by three letters between him and Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, concerning the invasion of Hainault by the latter; 12 Jan., 13 Mar., 26 Mar., 1424 [5]. Fr. Copies. f. 32 b. The last three letters are printed in Monstrelet, Chronique, Liv. ii., chapp. xxv.-xxvii., ed. Douët d'Arcq, vol. ii., 1860, pp. 213-222; in Wavrin, Croniques, ed. Hardy, Rolls Series, 1879, pp. 139-157; and in St. Remy, Chronique, vol. ii., ed. Morand, 1881, pp. 96-105.

5. Certificate by Charles, Duke of Burgundy, of his having received the Garter; Gand, 4 Feb. 1469 [70]. With the commission to Galiard [de Durfort], Seigneur de Duras, and others to present it to him; Westminster, 10 Jan. 1469 [70]. Fr. Copies. f. 36 b. The former is in Rymer, Foedera, vol. v. (Hague, 1741), p. 173.

6. "Cest le double de lespitre que sainct Bernard envoia au seigneur du chastel ambroise." f. 38. A French translation of the "Epistola ad Raymundum de regimine domus" once ascribed to St. Bernard of Clairvaux, but now generally agreed to be by Bernard of Chartres (see Hist. Litt. de la France, vol. xii., pp. 265-7).

7. Explanation of the symbolical meanings of the metals and colours in heraldry, beg. "Primo aurum quod in arte blasonandi." Lat. f. 41. Headed by a rubric, relating to the appointment of marshals, and totally unconnected with this article.

8. Oaths taken by pursuivants, heralds and kings of arms on their appointment. Engl. f. 42 b.

9. Translation, in French, of the "Tractatus de insigniis et armis" of Bartolo of Sassoferrato, the Latin original of which was printed at the end of Feschius, De Insignibus, Altorf, 1727. f. 45.

10. "[C]y, commence la traictie de maistre Jehan de Bado Aureo auec Francisque des Fosses": a French translation of the Tractatus de Armis of Johannes de Bado Aureo and Franciscus de Foviis, the Latin text of which was edited by Sir E. Bysshe, with N. Upton's De Studio Militari and Spelman's Aspilogia, 1654. f. 52 b.

11. Cases in which duels are allowed by "la loy lombarde." Fr. f. 74 b.

12. "Des heraulx et de leur office, etc.," beg. "Heraulx par mon aduys," etc. f. 79 b.

13. Statutes of the Order of the Garter, ordained by Edw. III. Engl. transl. f. 82.

14. Ceremonies to be observed at the burial of a king. An addition written on the fly-leaf. f. 89. Vellum; ff. 89. Late xvth cent. Belonged to Robert Glover, Somerset Herald (ob. 1588). Bound in oak boards covered witli stamped leather. Quarto.

Bindings ENGLISH: Oak boards, covered with stamped leather: 15th cent.

Heraldry: Collection relating to: late 15th cent.: Lat., Fr. and Engl.

includes:

• ff. 2, 5 b Henry VII of England: Forms of procuration for, as Knight of the Golden Fleece: late 15th cent.
• ff. 2, 5 b Orders Military. Golden Fleece: Forms of procuration, etc.: late 15th cent.: Fr.
• f. 3 Eneas Sylvius Piccolomini, Bishop of Siena, Pope Pius II. (1458): Letter to J. Hynderbachius: 1451.: Lat.: Copy.
• f. 3 Johannes Hynderbachius, 'Secretarius Regius', Bishop of Trent (1465): Letter to, from Æneas Sylvius: 1451.: Lat.
• f. 7 Jean Germain, Bishop of Nevers, Chancellor of the Golden Fleece: Statutes of the Golden Fleece analysed by: 1433.: Fr.
• f. 11 b Orders Military. Golden Fleece: Statutes: 1431.: Fr.
• f. 32 b Picardy, France: Summons to the inhabitants to arm: 1424.: Fr.
• f. 32 b Artois, France: Summoned to arm for the defence of Hainault: 1424.: Fr.
• ff. 32 b-36 Philip III; Duke of Burgundy; the Good: Letters conc. the invasion of Hainault: 1424-5.: Fr.: Copies.
• ff. 32 b-36 Province of Hainault: Letter conc. the invasion of: 1424-5.: Fr.
• ff. 33-36 Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester: Correspondence with the Duke of Burgundy: 1425.: Fr.: Copies.
• f. 36 John Smert, Garter King of Arms: Commission to, to present the Garter to the Duke of Burgundy: 1470.: Fr.
• f. 36 b Sir John Scott, Comptroller of the Household: Commission to, to present the Garter to the Duke of Burgundy: 1470.: Fr.
• f. 36 b Charles the Bold; Duke of Burgundy: Certificate of receipt of the Garter: 1470.: Fr.: Copy.
• f. 36 b Galiard de Durfort, Seigneur de Duras; KG: Commission to, to present the Garter to the Duke of Burgundy: 1470.: Fr.
• f. 36 b John Russell, LLD, Archdeacon of Berks, Bishop of Rochester (1476): Commission to, to present the Garter to the Duke of Burgundy: 1470.: Fr.
• f. 36 b Thomas Vaughan, Treasurer of the Chamber: Commission to, to present the Garter to the Duke of Burgundy: 1470.: Fr.
• f. 36 b Orders Military. Garter: Commission to present the Garter to the Duke of Burgundy: 1470.: Fr.
• f. 38 Raymund, Seigneur du Chastel Ambroise: Letter to, on household discipline: 15th cent.: Fr. transl.
• f. 38 Bernardus, Sylvester, of Chartres: Epistola ad Raymundum: late 15th cent.: Fr. transl.
• f. 38 Saint Bernard,; Abbot of Clairvaux: Epistola ad Raymundum, ascribed to: late 15th cent.: Fr. transl.
• f. 45 Bartolo of Sassoferrato: Tractatus de insigniis: late 15th cent.: Fr. transl.
• f. 52 b Francis de Foveis: Tractatus de armis: late 15th cent.
• f. 52 b John de Bado Aureo: Tractatus de armis: late 15th cent.: Fr. transl.
• f. 74 b Duels: Cases of combat "de la loy lombarde": late 15th cent.
• f. 82 Orders Military. Garter: Statutes of Edward III.: 15th cent.
• f. 89 Ceremonials: Funeral of a king: late 15th cent.