"Historicall discourses, written upon severall occasions by Sir Edward Walker, knight, Garter principall King of Armes", late 17th century
At the end of the volume, reversed, is a transcript, on three leaves, of a diary from 27 March, 1633, to 18 Nov., 1635, noting proceedings at Court, duels, punishments in the Star-Chamber, etc. It begins, "I writt to my brother Methold, President of the East Indies, unto the Downes, 27 March, 1633, of the committment of Mr. Maurice Drummond."
This MS. does not contain the proceedings at the treaty at Newport, in 1648; but the papers in MS. Rawl. D. 392, pp. 350, 351, 352, 354 and 356 are added which are not in the printed book.
Dates
- Creation: late 17th century
Extent
185 leaves, besides many blank
Language of Materials
- English
Shelfmark
MS. Rawl. D. 392
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. D. 392.
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. 13168.
Bibliography
- Printed, fol. Lond. 1705.
Physical Facet
On paper, in folio
Repository Details
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