The arms of the earls, viscounts, and barons of England
MS. Bodl. 176
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
The arms of the earls, viscounts, and barons of England
Shelfmark
MS. Bodl. 176
Summary
The arms of the earls, viscounts, and barons of England
Date
Written chiefly in the second half of the 16th century
Language
English
Physical facet
On paper
Physical extent
154 pages
Custodial history
This was no. 28 among the MSS. collected by Thomas Jekyll of Bocking, which descended to his grandson Nicholas Jekyll of Castle Hedingham and most of which were 'in the custody' of William Holman in 1715. Several similar MSS. are among Holman's Essex MSS. which came to the Library in 1756 in the Rawlinson Collection (see nos. 15988-16018), and this may have been among them. In fact a small batch of Rawlinson MSS. (see nos. 30430-1) seem to have been detached from the rest of the collection and to have been inserted in the Bodley collection about A.D. 1800 or a little earlier.
Acquisition
Perhaps a Rawlinson volume, see above.
Subject
16th century
History
Arms
