An ordinary of about 6,000 English arms
MS. Marshall 20
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
An ordinary of about 6,000 English arms
Shelfmark
MS. Marshall 20
Summary
An ordinary of about 6,000 English arms, arranged alphabetically under first letters only, often with sketches in the text of the appropriate charge: beg. Avenell, Acton, Arblaster, Arderne, Abott.
Interleaved for additions with mutilated summonses to owners of property with defective title, as that on fol. 31v (cf. fol. 74v) dated from the Court at Whitehall Jan. 14, 1613/14, and signed by 'H. Northampton, Gilb. Shrewsbury, sir Jul. Caesar, sir Tho. Parry, sir Laur. Tanfilde'. Other examples concern the manor of Maplested, co. Essex (fol. 11v), Redenhall, co. Norfolk (fol. 12v), Hemelhempsted, co. Hertford (fol. 23v), Blofield, Boston (fol. 47v), and Colveston (fol. 66v) in Norfolk.
Date
Written about 1620
Language
English
Physical facet
On paper
Physical extent
78 Leaves
Custodial history
Owned in the 17th cent. by Thomas Knight, Chester Herald, and John Sayer (fol. 1v).
Manuscript (22).
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Collection contents
An ordinary of about 6,000 English arms
