"A briefe discourse of the right use of giuinge armes, with the late abusis aboute that mattere and the beste meane by which they maie be reformid orderly;" being a treatise, in six chapters, against the right of heralds to grant arms on their own authority, late 16th century
File
MS. Rawl. B. 56
Held at the Weston Library
Written upon the appointment of the earl of Essex as marshal in 1597 (fols. 36, 35b, 44), by a grandson of Thomas Howard, fourth duke of Norfolk, who was restored to the office of earl marshal by Q. Mary in 1553, (fol. 16b), and apparently addressed to the former nobleman (fols. 42, 44b, 45).
Written very neatly, by an amanuensis, with corrections and marginal notes apparently in the handwriting of the author. Frequent reference is made to the MSS. of Bluemantle pursuivant, temp. Edw. IV.
Tit. chap. 1. "Of the institution and function of heralds, and the proues that make for them." and Tit. chap. vi. "The best meanes of reforming errors and abuses in this office and to cutt of the possibilitie of bringing in the like corruption hereafter."
Written very neatly, by an amanuensis, with corrections and marginal notes apparently in the handwriting of the author. Frequent reference is made to the MSS. of Bluemantle pursuivant, temp. Edw. IV.
Tit. chap. 1. "Of the institution and function of heralds, and the proues that make for them." and Tit. chap. vi. "The best meanes of reforming errors and abuses in this office and to cutt of the possibilitie of bringing in the like corruption hereafter."
Dates
- late 16th century
Extent
45 Leaves
Language of Materials
- English
Shelfmark
MS. Rawl. B. 56
Other Finding Aids
William D. Macray, Catalogi codicum manuscriptorum Bibliothecae Bodleianae partis quintae fasciculus primus viri munificentissimi Ricardi Rawlinson, J.C.D., codicum classes duas priores, ad rem historicam praecipue et topographicam spectantes, complectens (Oxford, 1862), no. B. 56.
Falconer Madan, et al., A summary catalogue of western manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford which have not hitherto been catalogued in the Quarto series (7 vols. in 8 [vol. II in 2 parts], Oxford, 1895-1953; reprinted, with corrections in vols. I and VII, Munich, 1980), vol. III, no. 11427.
Falconer Madan, et al., A summary catalogue of western manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford which have not hitherto been catalogued in the Quarto series (7 vols. in 8 [vol. II in 2 parts], Oxford, 1895-1953; reprinted, with corrections in vols. I and VII, Munich, 1980), vol. III, no. 11427.
Physical Facet
On paper, in folio
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
Contact:
Weston Library
Broad Street
Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Weston Library
Broad Street
Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk