An ordinary of arms, containing a collection, in trick, of upwards of 6000 of such English coats as bear animals or parts of animals; with frequent genealogical notes, bulk: c. 1601

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MS. Rawl. B. 90

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From various entries (at fols. 92, 177, 224, etc.) which speak of persons as "now living, 1601," it appears that the book was written in that year. A few coats are added by a second hand.

Dates

Majority of material found within c. 1601

Extent

384 Leaves

Language of Materials

English

Shelfmark

MS. Rawl. B. 90

Additional Description

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. 90.

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. 11461.

Custodial History

In folio rejectaneo est hæc nota: "19 March, 1733/4, bought this book for 5s. 8d. at the sale by auction of the MSS. of Thomas Rawlinson, esq. deced. Vide catalogue 16th, pa. 84., no. 970. Oliver Acton."