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Lansdowne Roll 4
- Record Id:
- 040-003472854
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003313209
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100093571223.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Lansdowne Roll 4
- Title:
- Roll chronicle of the kings of England and Scotland to Henry VI and James I
- Scope & Content:
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Contents:
A genealogical roll chronicle of: English kings in roll form consisting of a series of roundels accompanied by a commentary. The genealogical diagram has Scottish kings on the left, from Constantine to James Stuart and English kings on the right, from Edward the Elder to Henry VI.
Membranes 1-4: The accompanying commentary in English begins with the rubric, 'Cronicles betwene England and Sco[t]land sithen the com[m]yng of Brut' (membrane 1). It is similar in content to Hardyng's Chronicle (see Egerton MS 1992), in that particular note is made of the English kings who conquered Scotland and of Scottish kings who paid homage to the English. The commentary ends with James I of Scotland paying homage to King Henry VI and marrying the daughter of the Earl of Somerset (membrane 4).
Decoration:
A decorated initial, 'T'(he), in gold on a green ground with a Tudor rose divided into quadrants, two red and two black, at the beginning of the commentary; a partial scatter border on the left in colours on a light brown ground with Tudor roses, berries and birds (membrane 1). The English royal arms supported by a dragon and greyhound (membrane 4). A genealogical diagram consisting of roundels and lines of descent in gold (for English kings) and blue (for Scottish kings). Trompe l'oeil initials in gold on alternating rose or blue grounds. Rubric in red.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Lansdowne Collection
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003313209
040-003472854 - Is part of:
- Lansdowne Ch : Lansdowne Charters and Rolls
Lansdowne Roll 4 : Roll chronicle of the kings of England and Scotland to Henry VI and James I - Hierarchy:
- 032-003313209[0008]/040-003472854
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Lansdowne Ch
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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1 roll
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1423
- End Date:
- 1460
- Date Range:
- Between 1423 and 1460
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Parchment.
Dimensions: 2550 x 365 mm.
Arrangement: 4 membranes joined together end-to-end to form a roll, with a short modern parchment membrane attached to form a wrapper.
Script: Gothic cursive.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: England.
Provenance:
Perhaps made for Henry VII by his librarian, Quentin Poulet, as the script is similar to Royal MS 19 c viii (according to Kennedy, Chronicles, 1989).
William Petty (formerly Fitzmaurice) (b. 1737, d. 1805), 2nd earl of Shelburne and 1st marquess of Lansdowne, prime minister, in his collection: the number '1118' and 'Cronicles of Englond and Scotland 1422' written on membrane 1d in an early modern hand; purchased by the British Museum with his collection of manuscripts, charters and rolls in 1807.
- Publications:
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'Catalogue of the Topham charters and the Lansdowne rolls and charters, part II: Rolls and charters belonging to the Lansdowne collection of manuscripts purchased in 1807' (British Museum, handwritten catalogue).
Thomas Wright, Feudal Manuals of English History (London, 1872), pp. xii, 154-70.
Edward Donald Kennedy, Chronicles and other historical writing, A Manual of the Writings in Middle English, 1050-1500, 8 vols (New Haven, Connecticut: Archon Books, 1989), VIII, pp. 2678-79.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Places:
- England