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Stowe MS 696
- Record Id:
- 040-001953526
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001952775
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000534.0x0000e7
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Stowe MS 696
- Title:
- Scope & Content:
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ORDINARY of arms, with drawings of the coats described. French. The arrangement, instead of being alphabetical, is as follows: lion (f. 2), eagle (f. 14 b), bend (f. 16 b), saltire (f. 23), fess (f. 26), vair (f. 39 b), fusil (f. 41), chevron (f. 43), fret (48 b), chief (f. 50 b), cross (f. 54 b), etc. With index of names (f. 105). At f. 1 is a statement, purporting to be signed by William Flower, Norroy King of Arms, and Robert Glover, Somerset Herald, and dated 12 Febr. 1578[9], to the effect that the present MS. is a transcript by Glover, "vetusti cujusdam libri chartacei Armorum olim spectanti (sic) Thomæ Jenyns generoso, de famelia nobilissimi herois Henrici comitis Hontingdoniæ, nunc penes Robertum Gloverum alias Somerset heroaldum ad arma, ex dono et largitione prædicti Thomæ reservati." Another copy (made in 1607) of the " Liber Thome Jennyns" is in Harley MS. 6589, f. 21. Paper; ff. 112. Late XVIth cent. A vellum fly-leaf at the beginning contains part of a 12th cent. copy of St. Augustine's De Civitate Dei, on which is written "Liber Guilielmi Tyllotson, clerici a0 1592." At f.l b is the signature (17th cent.)of T.Stubley. Quarto.
Thomas Jenyns: Ordinary of arms copied from a book of: 1579.
Heraldry: Ordinary of arms: late 16th cent.: Fr.
Robert Glover, Somerset herald: Ordinary of arms transcribed by: 1579.
includes:
- f. 1 William Flower, Norroy King of Arms: Statement signed by: 1579.
- f. 1.* Saint Augustine,; Bishop of Hippo: Fragment of "De Civitate Dei": 12th cent.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Stowe Collection
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001952775
036-001953489
040-001953526 - Is part of:
- Stowe Ms 1-1085 : Stowe Manuscripts
Stowe MS 661-742 : CLASS XVI.ARMS AND HERALDIC COLLECTIONS
Stowe MS 696 : ORDINARY of arms, with drawings of the coats described. French. The arrangement, instead of being alphabetical, is as follows: lion… - Hierarchy:
- 032-001952775[0016]/036-001953489[0035]/040-001953526
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Stowe Ms 1-1085
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
French - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1560
- End Date:
- 1599
- Date Range:
- Late 16th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Custodial History:
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William Tyllotson, clericus: Owned: in 1592.
T- Stubley: Owned: in 17th cent.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Augustine of Hippo, Saint, Bishop of Hippo, 354-430,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000121376443,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/66806872
Flower, William, herald and Norroy King of Arms, c 1497-1588
Glover, Robert, herald, genealogist and antiquarian, 1544-1588
Jenyns, Thomas, of Stowe MS 696
Stubley, T-
Tyllotson, William, clericus