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William Ballard (?) — c. 1465; England

Smith newsb. d. 19

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Title

William Ballard (?) — c. 1465; England

Shelfmark

Smith newsb. d. 19

Place of origin

England

Date

c. 1465

Language

Middle English (1100-1500)

Contents

William Ballard (?) Account of the Coronation of Elizabeth Woodville (Wydeville), 25 May 1465

Form

codex

Support

Paper, folded in quarto. Watermark (fols. 2, 4) type Piccard Krone I.327 (1453-62)

Physical extent

i (unfoliated endleaf, conjoint with pastedown) + i (modern paper) + 6 + vii (modern paper) + i (endleaf conjoint with pastedown)

Hands

Cursive: mixed secretary/anglicana; one hand.

Decoration

None.

Binding

19th-century (?) calf over pasteboards.

Acquisition

Given by him as part of his collection of printed newbooks in 1954 (see Bodleian Library Record 4 (1952-3) 290).

Provenance

Edward Lloyd When, fol. 6v following the end of the text.

Mostyn Library (Mostyn Hall, Flintshire), MS. 226: 'MS. no. 226' (18th century (?)) on the first (unfoliated) endleaf, and cf. Historical Manuscripts Commission, Fourth report (1874), App. p. 359. Shelfmark H/4c on the unfoliated endleaf.

Bookplate of Edward Lloyd-Mostyn, 2nd baron Mostyn: with with shield, helm, crest, and mantling, and the motto 'a domino - Auxilium meum'.

Mostyn sale, Sotheby's, 13 July 1920, lot. 64 (second part)

George Smith, of Great Bedwyn, 1871-1963

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  • Ballard, William, herald, -approximately 1490

  • Lloyd-Mostyn, Edward, 2nd Baron Mostyn (d. 1884)

  • Smith, George, of Great Bedwyn, 1871–1963

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