Heraldic collections of Thomas St. George, Somerset herald (afterwards sir Thos. St. George, Garter), bulk: 17th century
With a table of contents at the end.
Amongst the miscellaneous contents (which are severally entered in the general index to this collection) the following articles may be specially noticed:
- (p. 2) The rights of Garter king at arms;
- (pp. 6–26, 96) The fees payable to the King's servants, at the creations of peers, baronets and knights;
- (pp. 28, 32, 128) Notes of royal and funeral processions, 1603–1661;
- (pp. 45, 50, 108) Notes on precedency;
- (p. 52) Treatise on baronies by writ; by sir Henry St. George;
- (p. 88) The King of Denmark's reception in 1606;
- (p. 90) Ceremonies used at the creation of Henry, prince of Wales, in 1610;
- (p. 104) "Briefe rehersall of the causes of the disorders in the office of armes; by Rob. Glover;"
- (p. 106) "A discouerye of abuses offred unto the office of armes, by whom theise errors hath bene committed, and the meanes to preuente and reforme them;" by sir Richard and Henry St. George; 1618;
- (pp. 122–124) Arms granted by Garter;
- (p. 138) Attendance on the King in chapel on Easter-day, 1662.
Marginal and other notes are interspersed in the handwriting of Peter Le Neve, who has written on the outside of the cover, "Perlect: 1713. per P. L."
Dates
- Creation: Majority of material found within 17th century
Extent
73 Leaves
Language of Materials
- English
Shelfmark
MS. Rawl. B. 58
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. 58.
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. 11429.
Custodial History
Olim liber P. Le Neve: in catalogo codd. ejus (in octavo. Lond. 1731), 925.
Physical Facet
On paper, in folio
Creator
- From the Collection: Rawlinson | Richard | 1690-1755 | Antiquary and Nonjuror (Person)
- From the Collection: Pepys | Samuel | 1633-1703 | MP, Diarist, Public Servant, Antiquary (Person)
- From the Collection: Thurloe | John | 1616-1668 | Secretary to the Council of State (Person)
- From the Collection: Wilkinson | Thomas | fl 1600-1699 | Anglican clergyman (Person)
- From the Collection: Bracton | Henry de | c 1210-1268 | Judge, Chancellor of Exeter Cathedral (Person)
- From the Collection: Gunning | Peter | 1614-1684 | Bishop of Ely (Person)
- From the Collection: Lewis | John | c 1700-1799 | Minister of Margate (Person)
- From the Collection: Robinson | John | 1650-1723 | Bishop of London (Person)
- From the Collection: Fitzwilliams | John | fl 1600-1699 | Nonjuror (Person)
- From the Collection: Grenville | Denis | 1637-1703 | Jacobite Archbishop of York | also known as Denis Granville (Person)
- From the Collection: Locke | John | 1632-1704 | philospher (Person)
- From the Collection: Mandeville | Sir | John | d 1372 | travel writer (Person)
- From the Collection: Nedam | James | fl 1532-1543 | Royal Surveyor of Works (Person)
- From the Collection: Roach | Richard | 1662-1730 | Anglican clergyman (Person)
- From the Collection: Beaumont | fl 1688-1730 | Nonconformist (Person)
- From the Collection: Fleming | Robert | ? 1660-1716 | Presbyterian Minister (Person)
- From the Collection: Hawes | Samuel | fl 1694-1700 | Nonjuror (Person)
- From the Collection: Price | Daniel | fl 1685-1706 | Dean of St Asaph (Person)
- From the Collection: Stanton | William | fl 1697-1704 (Person)
- From the Collection: Swadlin | Thomas | 1600-1670 | Royalist divine (Person)
- From the Collection: Turner | Francis | ? 1638-1700 | Bishop of Ely (Person)
- From the Collection: Turner | Thomas | 1645-1714 | President of Corpus Christi College Oxford (Person)
- From the Collection: Samber | Robert | fl 1710-1729 | Poet (Person)
- From the Collection: Williams | John | fl 1709-1726 | Poet (Person)
- From the Collection: Hearne | Thomas | 1678-1735 | Antiquary and Nonjuror (Person)
- From the Collection: Wharton | Philip | 1613-1696 | 4th Baron Wharton (Person)
- From the Collection: Zamboni | Giovanni Giacomo | fl 1723-1751 | resident in England for Duke of Modena (Person)
- From the Collection: Sancroft | William | 1617-1693 | Archbishop of Canterbury (Person)
- From the Collection: Neve | John Le | 1679-1741 | Antiquary (Person)
- From the Collection: L'Estrange | Hamon | 1605-1660 | theologian and historian (Person)
- From the Collection: Gronovius | Jacobus | 1645-1716 | classical scholar (Person)
- From the Collection: Smith | Thomas | 1638-1710 | Nonjuror Historian and Librarian (Person)
- From the Collection: Holman | William | d 1730 | Essex Antiquary Congregational Minister (Person)
Repository Details
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