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Lansdowne MS 255

Record Id:
040-002074081
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
036-002073521
MDARK:
ark:/81055/vdc_100000001257.0x000134
LARK:
SLARK:
Format:
ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):
Lansdowne MS 255
Title:
Scope & Content:

folio.

A volume relating chiefly to Heraldry but interspersed with many historical matters.

Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Lansdowne Collection
Hierarchy Record Ids:
032-002060013
036-002073521
040-002074081
Is part of:
Lansdowne MS 1-1245 : Lansdowne Manuscripts
Lansdowne MS 207 A-F : Collections of Gervase Holles, esquire, of Grimsby in the county of Lincoln, a colonel in the service of King Charles I. 6 vols.

 

Lansdowne MS 255 : folio.A volume relating chiefly to Heraldry but interspersed with many historical matters.
Contains:
Lansdowne MS 255/1 : 1. Arms of English bishopricks, abbies, monasteries, colleges, cities, Bishops, Abbots and other ecelesiasticks; of the…
Lansdowne MS 255/2 : 2. A list of the Bishops of Winchester compiled by Pet. Blage of the Temple, 1588. fo. 40.
Lansdowne MS 255/3 : 3. Arms of Bishops and colleges, drawn with pen and ink. fo. 42.
Lansdowne MS 255/4 : 4. Complaints of the Gentry of Shropshire against one Daniel Wycharley, touching a false pedigree. fo. 43.
Lansdowne MS 255/5 : 5. Transactions at the Prince of Orange's first coming. In the hand-writing of Saville Marquis of Halifax. fo. 51.
Lansdowne MS 255/6 : 6 An account of arms and crests granted by Sir Gilbert Dethick, Garter, from 1551 to 1568, and by Robert Cooke, Clarencieux,…
Lansdowne MS 255/7 : 7. Counties visited by Sir Edw. Byssh, Clarencieux. fo. 55.
Lansdowne MS 255/8 : 8. Falsification of arms granted by Sir Edw. Byssh. fo. 56.
Lansdowne MS 255/9 : 9. Faults committed by him in the visitation of Essex, Norfolk, Suffolk, Surry, Sussex, and Kent. fo. 58.
Lansdowne MS 255/10 : 10. Inscription on the monument of William Touse, Serjeant at Law. fo. 64.
Lansdowne MS 255/11 : 11. A certificate of the loyalty of Richard Ellsworth a Bristol merchant, 1660. fo. 65.
Lansdowne MS 255/12 : 12. An acknowledgment of the kindred of Richard Wiseman, Esq. one of the King's Surgeons in Ordinary, 1671. fo. 66.
Lansdowne MS 255/13 : 13. Pedigree of the Wentworths. fo. 68.
Lansdowne MS 255/14 : 14. Some account of the family of Scrogges. fo. 70.
Lansdowne MS 255/15 : 15. Proofs that the effigies of the late King on his silver coins had the true posture in showing the right side to the view.…
Lansdowne MS 255/16 : 16. Cursory remembrances of some unnamed person. fo. 73.
Lansdowne MS 255/17 : 17. "Why many of little worth do rome to preferment when some of better parts may not obtaine it" fo. 74.
Lansdowne MS 255/18 : 18. A note of divers creations of Nobility. fo. 79.
Lansdowne MS 255/19 : 19. A receipt for money signed by Francis Sandford, Lancaster herald. fo. 80 b.
Lansdowne MS 255/20 : 20. Doubtful cases concerning the bearing of arms. fo. 81.
Lansdowne MS 255/21 : 21. "The why of duells before the King." fo. 83. See article 25.
Lansdowne MS 255/22 : 22. An extract froth Knyghton the historian concerning the intended duel at Paris between Otho Duke of Brunswick and Henry…
Lansdowne MS 255/23 : 23. The sentende of a council of war against Coll Costilo for challenging Lord Taaffe, 1657. fo. 103.
Lansdowne MS 255/24 : 24. A singular mode of degrading a French soldier for challenging his commander, related by Jo. Beauchamp Portcullis,…
Lansdowne MS 255/25 : 25. A duplicate of article 21. fo. 107.
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Hierarchy:
032-002060013[0154]/036-002073521[0054]/040-002074081
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Record Type (Level):
File
Extent:
140 items
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Languages:
English
Scripts:
Latin
Start Date:
1200
End Date:
1699
Date Range:
13th century-17th century
Era:
CE
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