The XII. worshipfull Companies, or Misteries of London
MS. Top. Gen. e. 29
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
The XII. worshipfull Companies, or Misteries of London
Shelfmark
MS. Top. Gen. e. 29
Summary
'The XII. worshipfull Companies, or Misteries of London. With the Armes of all them that have bin L. Mayors ... Also most part of the Sheriffes, and Aldermen. An° 1605.' The arms of the companies and officers are in colours, and a short account is given of each officer, and three short poems at fol. 65. There are indexes at fols. 2, 66. The Epistle dedicatory to the rt. hon. Sir Thomas Low, then lord mayor, is dated July 24, 1605, and signed 'Wm Smith, Rouge dragon.'.
Date
written in A.D. 1605 by W. Smith
Language
English
Physical facet
On paper, with coloured arms
Physical extent
77 Leaves
Custodial history
'B. Longmate, 1795': owned also by T. Willement (T. Moule's Bivlio-theca Heraldica, 1822, p. 104).
Lot 1821 in the Gough Nichols sale, 1874.
Gough Nichols coll. vol. no. 25 (from 1874 to about 1884).
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Collection contents
John Gough Nichols Manuscripts
The XII. worshipfull Companies, or Misteries of London
