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GB 0377 A SERIES · late 15th century-18th century

Volumes numbered 8, 9, 17, 18, 19, 20 (2 vols and an index), 22, 24, 25, and 31:

A. 8 - Extracts from public records relating to Yorkshire (late 16th - early 17th century)

A. 9 - Arms of Nobility (1585). Includes barons of England from the Conquest onwards, miscellaneous essays on heraldic and military subjects, copies of documents relating to heralds.

A. 17 - Armorial (late 15th - 16th century). Includes painted arms of knights created by Henry VII, and names of persons buried in Westminster Abbey and in churches mostly in the city of London.

A. 18 - Ordinary of Arms in colour (early 16th century). Workshop of Sir Thomas Wriothesley (died 1534).

A. 19 - Flores Historiarum, English version (copy c 1600 of chronicle formerly attributed to the imaginary Matthew of Westminster).

A. 20 [i] - Pedigrees (c 1590). By Robert Cooke (died 1593 when Clarenceux King of Arms), with additions by Richard Lee (died 1597 when Clarenceux King of Arms) and Ralph Brooke (died 1625 when York Herald).

A. 20 [ii] - Pedigrees of Barons (1592). By Robert Cooke (died 1593 when Clarenceux King of Arms).

A. 20 [iii] - Index. Indexes to volumes is series marked A and B, but do not correspond to present series A and B. Last 3 folios have indexes to College of Arms MSS Vincent 423 and 53.

A. 22 - printed book, Thomas Milles, The Catalogue of Honor (1610)

A. 24 - Pedigrees (c 1577-1619). Predominantly of peers and knights, with many of Welsh families. Partly in the hand of Robert Glover (died 1588 when Somerset Herald), continued in the hand of Ralph Brooke (died 1625 when York Herald).

A. 25 - Tenants in Chief (late 16th century). List of names of tenants in chief of the king, time of Henry III to Edward IV.

A. 31 - Funerals (1586-1590). Thought to be in the hand of William Dethick (died 1612 when Garter King of Arms).

Evesham , Alexander Benolt , Thomas Wriothesley , Sir , Thomas , Knight Cooke , Robert Milles , Thomas Glover , Robert Brooke , Ralph Dethick , William