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A genealogical account of the kings of England from Ethelbert to Henry VI. Manuscript Roll (England, ca. 1472-c. 1520?) Written on 9 skins, in red and black, marginal border of hair-line stems and heavy bell-like flowers. Size: 21 ft.x1 ft. 5ins. [7560x432mm]. The scroll is divided into seven columns. 1. The year (A.D.) 2. The 'Popes. 3. The kings of England. 4. The archbishops of Canterbury as well as events in English history. 5. The English Christian year. 6. The Dominical Letter. 7. The Golden Number. The first date is 597 and the last
1472, but the record ceases with the year 1435. The last entry in the English column is the death of John, Duke of Bedford. Rather surprisingly for an English Roll the names of the popes were not scored through at the time of the Reformation. The names on the genealogical tree have faded badly so that the majority are unreadable. Records include: 911 Foundation of the monastery of Cluny in Burgundy; 1346 Crecy; 1349 The Great Plague; 1316 Parliament at Nottingham. It would seem that the floral border, the column of dates, and the first few records (which are in Gothic letter) belong to the year 1472 and that the remainder (which is in italic script) was done at the beginning of the 16th
century. [Maggs catalogue 960, item 279]
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[Donor's information] Dark green wax seal (diameter 147mmx10-17mm thickness; 65x15mm portion missing from upper edge with loss of text on both sides) over two vellum tags (250x36mm). Obverse side shows an enthroned figure flanked by two standards held by heraldic lion and unicorn surrounded by Latin text: "[break]DEI GR[ ]TIA MAGNAE BRITANNIA [blank portion] FRANCIAE ET HIBER.REX FIDEI DEFENSO [back at break]." Square hole (2 1/2 mm) in right margin [to test for melting point?] Reverse side shows a knight on a charger flourishing a drawn sword with a greyhound running alongside horse. Coat of arms (undecipherable through wear) in upper left quarter. Text: "[break]FIDEI DEFENSOR MAGNVS BRITANNIAE [illegible portion] HIBERNIAE REX FIDEI [back at break]" Provenance: Antique Shop in Hartingford Bury, U.K.
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16th century illuminated manuscript on vellum, in English. 32 pages of text plus frontispiece and 3 original vellum flyleaves and 20 modern paper flyleaves. 26 lines to a page, ruled in red, written in dark brown ink in a calligraphic secretary hand with some flourishes, forty-seven illuminated initials (one 4-line, three 3-line, the rest 2-line) in gold, red and blue with white tracery, illuminated frontispiece with the arms of the order surrounded by the garter and surmounted by the crown. In a modern binding embroidered with the Arms of the Order. This interesting and attractive complete manuscript was evidently prepared under the direction of Edward VI. The prologue states that "at a solempne convocation at our chapter holden at our palace of Westminster the XVII of Marche in...1552...where the moste parte of the knightes...were presente with us It was enacted and decreed by us with thassent of those knightes of thorder whose names be subscribed in thende herof, that tharticles within wrytten shalbe herby observed as the statutes of the order." In good condition. Some offsetting on the first page of the illuminated frontispiece. [Maggs catalogue 1021, item 76]
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Royal Letters Patent granting to William Babington, Esquire of the Body, the Lordship and Manor of Broadway in Worcestershire. 1 page large oblong folio on vellum, ca. 19 1/2x30 ins. [495x763 mm], 54 lines in Latin in a good departmental hand. Initial letter is a double portrait of Philip and Mary enthroned as King and Queen of England and Spain, ca. 5 1/2x4 ins., in ink and wash within the initial letter "P" of interlacing strapwork. The calligraphic first line is attractively decorated with large strapwork initial letters, and the upper margin is adorned with heraldic emblems. Richmond, 27 July, 5 and 6 Philip and Mary (i.e.1558). The unusual form of dating derives from the fact that Mary had reigned alone for a year before her marriage to Philip. One light brown stain and a small hole in the blank right margin. A good impression of the great seal of Philip and Mary, with on one side the king and queen enthroned, on the other side on horseback, is attached by the original green and white plaited laces. The seal is complete apart from minor peripheral chips, but is scored by heat from a diagonal repair. [Maggs catalogue 1071, item 180a]
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Letter (in Spanish) signed "Yo El Rey", to the Marques de Ayamonte, Governor of Milan. 1 page folio [283x207 mm] countersigned by Philip's Secretary of State Antonio Perez, and with address, contemporary endorsements and paper seal on the verso [as well as two modern ink stamps by an Italian dealer]. San Lorenco el Real, xxij de Septiembre MDLXXVij. A few small holes caused by ink corrosion, in clear and legible condition with good signatures. Antonio Perez was for many years Philip's closest counsellor and chief minister. He fell from favour and incurred the king's deadly enmity when he fell in love with Philip's mistress the Princess of Eboli, and was forced to flee abroad. He was given asylum in England, where as 'Don Antonio' he became a well-known figure at court and a close friend of Francis Bacon and the Earl of Essex. His relationship with Queen Elizabeth's Jewish physician Roderigo Lopez is believed to have suggested to Shakespeare the character of Shylock's enemy Antonio in 'The Merchant of Venice.' [Maggs catalogue 988, item 193]
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Privy Council Letter of her reign, addressed to the High Sheriff and Commissioners for the Musters of the County of Norfolk, ordering them to levy a force of 100 men to serve in Ireland because of "the contynuance of the troubles there." 2 pages folio with integral address leaf [336x463 mm, folded once, letter on the two sides of one of the resulting leaves, the address on one side of the other leaf] (seal tear professionally repaired), Richmond, 15 Jan. 1599. Signed by Sir Thomas Egerton, later Lord Ellesmere, Master of the Rolls; Thomas Sackville, Lord Buckhurst, the poet, Lord Treasurer; Charles Howard, Earl of Nottingham, who had held chief command against the Armada, Lord High Admiral; George Carey, Lord Hunsdon, Elizabeth's cousin, Lord Chamberlain; Roger North, Treasurer of the Queen's Household; William Knollys, Comptroller of the Queen's Household; Robert Cecil, later Earl of Salisbury, Secretary of State; Sir John Fortescue, Chancellor of the Exchequer and Sir John Popham, Lord Chief Justice. [Maggs catalogue 1021, item 65]
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[Information from label affixed to mat.] Matted and framed between two sheets of glass, area visible: 290x203 mm. 20 worm holes, some evidence of repairs with Scotch tape at upper corners and outside edge. Recto: "Missa sponsalium Fo. xlij" printed in red and black as is the rest of the text in blocks of black or red. Column one: 9 lines of text followed by an illuminated picture (c. 127x83mm) 14 lines of text including the illuminated initial B (43x45mm). Column two: 42 lines of text. Verso: Column one: 11 lines of text followed by an illuminated biblical picture (c. 48x68mm), then 23 lines of text. Column two: 44 lines of text.
Provenance: Adelphi Bookshop, Victoria.
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"The Names and [...] of most of the nobilitie from Wm Conquerours tyme till ye yeare 1580. With ther severall Armes etc." Attractive illuminated late sixteenth- century manuscript in ink, with many coloured armorial illustrations within shields. 272 leaves, quarto [180x133mm], bound in later red morocco gilt. This lengthy and interesting colourful manuscript, in several sections, includes the names of the principal nobles, by reign, from William the Conqueror to Elizabeth, with an illustration of their arms; a list of nobles created since the Conquest, arranged according to rank; an account of the Order of the Garter and a list of all the Knights from the foundation of the Order by Edward III; an account of the Order of the Golden Fleece; and illustrations of armorial bearings arranged according to the heraldic devices chosen, so that, for example, all the shields with Lions Rampant are grouped together, as are all the shields with birds or fleurs de lys. [Several index sections.] Some shields [and pages] left blank, and first line of title and some page headings cropped. In fine condition. [Maggs catalogue]
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Document signed by William Cecil, Lord Burghley ("W Burghley") , Lord Treasurer of England, and by John Fortescue, Chancellor of the Exchequer, "for and behalf of our soveraigne Lady the Queen", a counterpart indenture by which the Queen mortgages the manors of Whitwood in the West Riding of Yorkshire and Finningly Grange in Nottinghamshire to the great navigator Sir Martin Frobisher. 1 page large oblong folio on vellum, in English, c.11 1/2x22 1/2" [i.e. 23 1/4"; 295x590 mm], signed at the foot by Burgley and Fortescue. Fortescue's seal is attached by the original vellum tag; Burghley's seal is lacking although the seal tag is present. [Maggs catalogue]
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Paris ca. 1500. Vellum, 160x110 mm. Latin Gothic script with burnished gold initials and panel border. Framed.
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France ca. 1500. Paper, 130x85 mm. Latin - 8 four-lined noted staves. Mounted.