Lansdowne Roll 6

Contents:

A genealogy of the kings of England and France in four columns, produced after 1513. The French and English lines are in the centre, with the dukes of Normandy on the left, and other nobility of France on the right. A commentary on Scottish monarchs accompanies the English genealogy. A fifth line, of the Mortimers, begins on the left of membrane 2; while the Angevin line crosses to England with Henry II. Henry IV's descent from Edmund Crouchback, son of Henry III, is shown through his mother Blanche of Lancaster. Edward IV takes over the Mortimer line through his father Richard, Duke of York, and Richard III is depicted as a usurper. Henry VII appears as the son of Margaret, daughter of John Beaufort, and Edmund, Earl of Richmond whose descent is not shown nor is that of his Welsh forbears. Henry VIII's name concludes the roll; his marriage to Katharine of Aragon in 1503 is mentioned. It is also said that he made war, in the quarrels of the Church, against Louis XII of France. The notes end with mention of his victory at Flodden Field in 1513 (see Anglo, 'Early Tudor Propaganda' (1961).

A scroll at the top of membrane 1 contains the following inscription: 'The many fouled Errores dayly used amonges such as imprint Bookes, makkng diverse abstractis with abridged history is larding their workis with divers new inventions to th'intent that such may have gayness and sekenogt the secrete of the Cronicles that is to say the lyniale descents, maryages, and affinities, with combinacions of yeris. Wherefore in excluding all such abusions here following you shall see the veritie and original accorde of divers Descents, hat is to say how the Dukes of Normandy, of Gascoine and Guyen, Anjou, Maigne, Turayne, Pontus, Tholouse, and Fraunce have byneannexd to the Crowne of Englande with dyvers other Duchiese and Counties of England in lyke maner joined , by the which you may perceive closely theffect. Begynning at the yeres of Our Lord VIII^c&XL (840) and so contyniud unto the raigne of our soverayne Lord King Henry the VIII^th .'

The verso or dorse of the roll is blank.

Decoration:

A tree diagram consisting of roundels or heraldic shields joined by lines of descent. On membrane 1 some roundels are accompanied by heraldic shields in colours and gold (membrane 1). From William the Conqueror to Henry VIII (membranes 2-4), kings of England are represented by two or three heraldic shields in colours and gold side by side, topped by crowns shaded in gold with jewels in red and white, accompanied by scrolls. Lines of descent are in blue, yellow, pink or brown, and some are in striped combinations of two colours. Scrolls highlighted in yellow. Rubrics in red.