A treatise of the origin and office of heralds, of knighthood and nobility; in two parts or books
MS. Rawl. B. 120, fol. 195
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Title
A treatise of the origin and office of heralds, of knighthood and nobility; in two parts or books
Shelfmark
MS. Rawl. B. 120, fol. 195
Summary
Tit. chap. i. book. i. "Who were the first Heroes, accordinge to the meaning of Thucidides a Greatian, and who first ordayned them."
Tit. chap. i. book ii. "The second treatise of nobility, shewing how, and in what maner, the same should be understood." The last section is headed, "against them which geue arms, and haue not authority to enoblish."
Date
Date not recorded at time of cataloguing
Language
English
Physical extent
1 item
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Collection contents
Rawlinson B: English History
Various heraldic tracts and miscellanies, collected by William Smith, Rouge Dragon pursuivant
A treatise of the origin and office of heralds, of knighthood and nobility; in two parts or books
