Add MS 45131

ff. i–204r: Wriothesley heraldic collections, volume I, relating to funerals. Parts of the manuscript are in Wriothesley's hand, notably ff. 13, 36, 50v–51r, 67v–68r, 69v–72r, 79, 137, 151r–154v, and 159r–162r; but the signatures on ff. 143 (‘thomas writhesley’, altered from ‘thomas writhe’), 144 (‘thomas vritheus’) are not autograph and were probably copied from the same exemplar as the text on those pages.

ff. 1r–6r: Blank folios.

ff. 6v–: Descriptions of, and memoranda concerning, funeral ceremonies. Included are the funerals of the following:

f. 6v: Louise of Savoy, mother of Francis I of France, performed at Waltham Abbey, 1531.

f. 10v: Corrupt epitaph on Richard III. In Latin, 16th century. Begins, ‘Hic ecco animoque vano tellus sub marmore claudit.’

f. 11r: Memorandum for funeral rites, relating to a precedent taken from the king’s great wardrobe.

f. 12v: Notes relating to the burial of an earl.

f. 13r: Names of the nobles at Henry VIII’s coronation in 1509.

f. 14r: Questions relating to the funeral of John Welles, Viscount Welles, 1499.

f. 21r: Drawing of the funeral of Henry Beaufort, Cardinal; Bishop of Winchester 1404.

ff. 22r–v: Account of the funeral of Richard Neville, Earl of Salisbury at Bisham in 1463. See Herald and Genealogist, I (1863), pp. 252–254, for a slightly different version. (An incomplete copy is in Arundel MS 26 f. 33r.)

f. 23r: Notes on what is required at the burial of a king.

ff. 23r–v: Memorandum relating to banners for the funeral (1492) of William Berkeley, Viscount Berkeley; Marquess of Berkeley 1489.

ff. 23v–24r: Description of the funeral of Richard Plantagenet, Duke of York, 1476.

ff. 27v–29r: Description of the funeral of Edward IV, 1483. Printed in Archaeologia, 1 (1770), pp. 376–379.

f. 29v: Note relating to the funeral rites of Charles VIII in 1493.

f. 30v: Note relating to the funeral rites of Louis XII in 1514.

ff. 32v–33v: Description of the funeral of Ferdinand V, of Castile and Aragon, King of Spain, 1516, with drawings of his banners.

ff. 34v–36r: Description of the funeral of Emperor Maximilian I, 1519, with drawings of his banners.

ff. 37r–41r: Description of the funeral of Arthur, Prince of Wales, 1502. Printed in J. Leland, Collectanea, v, 1774, pp. 373-381.

ff. 41v–47v: Description of the funeral of Elizabeth of York, wife of Henry VII, 1503 (see Stowe MS 583 ff. 27r–33v), with a drawing (ff. 41v–42r) of her funeral procession.

ff. 48v–54r: Henry VII’s funeral in 1509 (see Egerton MS 2642 ff. 189r–v), with a drawing (f. 54r) of his deathbed.

ff. 60v–61v: Description of the funeral of John Welles, Viscount Welles, 1499.

ff. 67v–68v: Account of the funeral of William Courteney, 9th Earl of Devon, 1511, with painted drawings of banners and standards. (For a slightly different and more complete version, see Egerton MS 2642 ff. 192r–193r.)

f. 69r: Drawing of a kneeling figure, apparently the same as that in Add MS 6113 f. 61v, which is labelled ‘An Erle aunciente.’ The present drawing is accompanied by drawings of various types of coronet.

ff. 69v–71r: Account of the funeral of Lady Muriel Knyvett, widow of Sir Thomas Knyvett, of Buckenham, 1512, with drawings of banners.

f. 72r: Painted drawing of the funeral pennon and achievement of Sir Robert Harcourt of Stanton Harcourt.

f. 72v: An unidentified pennon charged with a fox.

ff. 73v–74r: Drawings of Sir William Compton, of Compton, Warwickshire, d. 1528, with his wife Werburga, daughter of Sir John Brereton, wearing armorial dress (compare stained glass windows) with their arms.

f. 74v: Painted drawings of the funeral pennons and achievements of Sir Robert Southwell, of Barham Hall, Suffolk [d. 1514?]

f. 75r: Painted drawings of the funeral pennons and achievements of Sir Edward Darell, of Littlecote, Wiltshire, d. 1529.

f. 76v: Notes relating to the interment of Agnes Blount, née de Vanegas, 2nd wife of William, 4th Baron Mountjoy, c. 1514.

f. 78r: Portion of a copy of a letter in Latin from Henry VII to Cardinal Francesco Nanni Tedeschini- Piccolomini, afterwards Pope Pius III, relating to the poet Johannes Michael Nagonius. See F. Wormald, ‘An Italian Poet at the Court of Henry VII’, Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes, 14 (1951), 118–119.

f. 78v: Notes on the interment of a royal officer.

f. 79r: Account of the funeral of Sir Giles Daubeney, Baron Daubeney (1508).

f. 80v: Drawing of the funeral standard, etc. of Sir Gervase Clyfton, alias Clifton.

ff. 81r–82v: Drawing partially in colour of the effigy and funeral banner of Richard Beauchamp, d. 1508, Lord Saint Amand, followed by a drawing of him in armorial dress.

f. 83r: Drawing in colour of Anne Wrottesley in armorial dress, d. 1511, wife of Richard Beauchamp and afterwards (1509) of Sir John Hussey. See The Genealogist, New Series, 17, (1901), p. 240.

f. 83v: Drawing of Elizabeth Peyton, née Clere, wife of Sir Robert Peyton of Isleham.

f. 84r: Portrait of Elizabeth Somerset, née West; 2nd wife of Charles, 1st Earl of Worcester.

f. 84v: Heraldic drawing of Joan Wriothesley, née Hall, 1st wife of Sir Thomas Wriothesley.

f. 85r: Heraldic drawing of the effigy of Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk, d. 1524.

f. 86r: Heraldic drawing of the effigy of Sir Stephen Jenyns, Lord Mayor of London 1508, d. 1524.

f. 87v: Account of the funeral (1521) of Lady Margaret Jenyns, wife of Sir Stephen Jenyns.

f. 88v: Drawing of the effigy of William Beaumont, 2nd Viscount Beaumont, d. 1507.

f. 89r: Notes relating to burials, including the fees appertaining to the office of arms giving attendance at the interment of any noblemen or noblewomen according to the custom of England.

f. 89v: Heraldic drawing of the effigy of Henry Percy, 5th Earl of Northumberland, d. 1527, and his wife Catherine Spencer, d. 1542.

f. 90r: Heraldic drawing of the effigy of Charles Somerset, 1st Earl of Worcester, d. 1526.

f. 90v: Unfinished drawing of the crest of the Bishop of Durham, and a drawing of Thomas Ruthall’s crest as Bishop of Durham (d. 1523).

f. 91r: Memoranda relating to Henry VII’s funeral in 1509.

f. 91v: Heraldic drawing of the effigy of Mary Sacheverell, née Hungerford, Baroness Botreaux, d. before 1533 (wife of Sir Richard Sacheverell, of Ratcliffe-upon-Soar, Nottinghamshire).

f. 92r: Heraldic drawings of the effigy of Edward Dudley (or Sutton), 2nd Baron Dudley, d. 1531.

f. 92v: Requirements for the funeral of a knight.

f. 93v: Accounts relating to the funeral of Henry Marny, Baron Marny, 1523.

ff. 94v, 95r: Heraldic drawings of Sir John Norton, of Norton Conyers, and of his wife Margaret Ward.

ff. 95v–96r: Blank folios.

ff. 96v–108v, 110v–136r: Account, partly in verse, of the funeral ceremonies of Anne of Brittany, wife of Louis XII, of France, by Bretaigne Herald, Pierre Cheque, 9 January–1 June 1514. In French. Printed by L. Morlet and Max de Combert, Recit des Funerailles d'Anne de Bretagne, 1858. Other copies are in Add MS 6277, Cotton MS Vespasian B III, and Stowe MS 584.

f. 109v: Heraldic drawing of the tomb of Sir Thomas Parr, d. 1517, and his wife Maud Green.

f. 137r: Note relating to the funeral of Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk, d. 1524.

ff. 137v–141r: Blank folios.

ff. 141v–142r: ‘Her begynnyth the kalendar off woll in englonde’, a register of dues payable on wool.

ff. 142v, 143r, 144r: A similar list for the Staple at Calais.

ff. 143r–v: A memorandum concerning weights and measures.

f. 144v: Note concerning the value in shillings and pence of various gold coins; a copy of memoranda by Wriothesley.

ff. 145v–146r: Account of the funeral of Sir Thomas Bourchier, Knight 1478; Constable of Leeds Castle, Kent, d. 1510.

ff. 147v–150v: Account of the funeral of Thomas Ruthall, Bishop of Durham, 1523 (for a drawing of the funeral procession see Add MS 46354, ff. 169v–170r).

ff. 151r–152v: Account of the funeral of Thomas Bradbury, Lord Mayor of London, 1510, with painted coats of arms.

ff. 153v–154v: Account of the funeral of Sir Thomas Brandon, diplomat and Knight of the Garter, 1510. With drawings of banners and coats of arms.

f. 155r: Blank.

f. 155v: List of funeral expenses.

f. 156r: Account of the funeral of Sir John Dawtrey, 1520.

f. 156v, 158r–v: Drawings of pennons for the funeral of Margaret Rede, 1510, followed by expenses in Latin.

f. 159r: Blank.

ff. 159v–160r: Account of the funeral of Anthoine de Pierrepont, Sieur D’Avizoles, French Ambassador, in 1512.

ff. 160v–161r: Description of the funeral of Edith Darcy, wife of Thomas Darcy, Baron Darcy, 1529 (See Plumpton Correspondence, ed. T. Stapleton, 1839, pp. 268–269).

f. 161r: Copy of the herald painter’s bill for the funeral of Elizabeth Brandon, widow of Sir Thomas Brandon, 1516.

ff. 161v–162r: Account of the funeral of William Browne, Lord Mayor of London (d. 1514), with painted coats of arms.

ff. 162v–163r: Blank.

f. 163v: Notes concerning the interment of Agnes Blount, née de Vanegas, 2nd wife of William, 4th Baron Mountjoy, c. 1514.

ff. 164r–165r: Blank.

f. 165v: Two unfinished drawings of Sir John Danvers's coats of arms.

f. 166v: Notes relating to Sir John Tate.

f. 167v: Description of the funeral of Sir William Capell, 1515, with painted crest and coats of arms.

f. 168r: Blank.

f. 168v: Three blank shields with ‘Sir Richard Haddon’ written next to it.

f. 169r: Three drawings of the coat of arms of Sir Rauf Chamberlain.

f. 169v: Accounts for a painter’s expenses for a funeral.

f. 170r: Blank.

f. 170v: Two drawings of the coat of arms of Bishop Richard FitzJames (d. 1522).

ff. 171r–172r: Blank folios.

ff. 172v–173v: Account of the funeral of Anne Vaughan, wife of Sir Hugh Vaughan; daughter of Henry, 3rd Earl of Northumberland. It includes drawings of Mary and Anne, and of banners and standards.

ff. 174r–181v: Blank folios.

f. 182r: Drawing of a lady bearing the Stafford and Bohun arms.

ff. 182v–189r: Blank folios.

f. 189v: Drawing of a face and eight shields, one of which is partially coloured [identified in the printed catalogue as Henry, son of Henry Courtenay, 10th Earl of Devon, d. young before 1539; see G.E.C., The Complete Peerage, iv, p. 331).

ff. 190r–195r: Blank folios.

ff. 195v–196r: Notes relating to an interment.

f. 197r: Form of the oath given to the Lord Mayor of London.

ff. 197v–199r: Blank folios.

f. 199v: Drawings of castles.

f. 200r: Blank.

f. 200v: Notes relating to the Garter.

ff. 201r–202r: Account of the funeral of Sir Thomas Bourghser, knight.

f. 202v: Blank folio.

ff. 203r–v: Account in French of the funeral of Richard Hill, Bishop of London, in 1496.

f. 204r: Account of the funeral of John Grey, 8th Baron Grey of Wilton, in 1499.

The paper has a watermark of a crown, similar to Briquet, Les Filigranes, no. 4645.

The letters A-R, in a 16th-century hand, occur as headings between ff. 37 and 107. Paginated 1–437a (wants 23, 24, 35–38, 380–388, 406–414, 430–434) by William Smith, a former owner.