Manuscript of Heraldry, bulk: 16th century

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Shelfmark: MS. Rawl. B. 61

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Dates

Creation: Majority of material found within 16th century

Extent

150 Leaves

Language of Materials

English

Shelfmark

MS. Rawl. B. 61

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. 61.

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. 11439.

Custodial History

The book appears to have belonged to the Monck family, dukes of Albemarle. The armorial stamp impressed on the cover (a chevron between three lions' heads erased, encircled with the garter and motto, and surmounted by a ducal coronet) is probably that of Christopher Monck, 2nd Duke of Albemarle (1653-1688).