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Unbound manuscripts, mostly patents of arms and pedigree rolls, arranged into 34 series:

Schedule 1 - Grants of Arms and Supporters, 1561-1815 (26 items)

Schedule 2 - Miscellaneous papers, 1509-1904, and some undated. Includes funeral papers and Sir William Dugdale's papers, including on disputes between Officers of Arms and herald painters. Also includes: proclamations issued during the Scottish Campaign, 1547-48, by William Lord Grey of Wilton; creations of Knights of the Bath; account of wedding journey of Princess Margaret of Scotland, 1503; papers in the case of the College of Arms v Warburton; papers relating to abuses in the College of Arms, and proposals for reform, 18th century (474 items)

Schedule 3 - Manuscripts from the collection of Augustine Vincent (c1584-1626, Windsor Herald), including pedigrees, c 1286-17th century. Includes roll of the Lords of Clare, 1456, described by Wagner in A Catalogue of English Medieval Rolls of Arms (108 items)

Schedule 4 - Commissions and deputations: commissions to heralds to undertake visitations, and from heralds to others to act as their deputies. Also includes licences to arms painters, bonds, appointments of and protections of watermen, and disputes and agreements between the College of Arms and the Dean and Chapter of Westminster. c1530-1850 (90 items)

Schedule 5 - Rolls of Arms, c14th century - c18th century. Includes: the 'Fife Roll', a 14th-century copy of a lost original created in the time of Edward I; two 16th-century copies of versions of the 'Heralds' Roll' (c1270-80), and a 16th century copy of the Dering Roll (c1275) (31 items)

Schedule 6 - Rolls of processions, nobility, Parliament, etc. Includes: coronation and funeral processions; Lant's Roll of the Officers of Arms; Parliament rolls time of Henry VIII; c15th-century chronicle of the lordship of Bourne and Deeping, Lincolnshire, and of the monastery of Bourne (51 items)

Schedule 7 - Miscellaneous papers, c16th century-1927. Including: Earl Marshal's Warrants (Scotland), 1806-1815; tickets for Coronations of George III and George IV; manuscript of Segar's Baronage (93 items)

Schedule 8 - Pedigree rolls, c 1410-19th century. Includes: royal pedigree from William I to Edward IV; a group of 26 rolls by John Charles Brooke, Somerset Herald, c 1775-1794; royal genealogy, 1526, and a biblical genealogy, 1410 (90 items)

Schedule 9 - Pedigree rolls, c 14th century-1843, with some miscellaneous items. Includes royal genealogy from Henry III to Edward IV; genealogy of the Popes, Emperors and Kings of England and France, 12 July 1439; pedigree of Christ from Adam, c 14th century. Also includes plans of St Paul's Cathedral for the General Thanksgiving, 1789, and a coloured drawing of the Hanoverian Electorial Bonnet (108 items)

Schedule 10 - Papers of the Court of Chivalry [Curia Militaris], 1634-40 and 1687-1702 (1085 items)

Schedule 11 - Grants of Arms, 1494-1815 (52 items)

Schedule 12 - Pedigree rolls and some related material, c1290-19th century. Including: royal pedigree from King Harold to Edward I, c1290, 2 patents of baronetcy and the compotus roll of the Lord of Dacre, 29-30 Henry VIII (189 items)

Schedule 13 - Pedigree rolls, 1509-19th century (56 items)

Schedule 14 - Pedigree rolls, c 1620-20th century (66 items)

Schedule 15 - Pedigree rolls, c 16th century-1940 (51 items)

Schedule 16 - Pedigree rolls, c 1553-19th century (18 items)

Schedule 17 - Pedigree rolls, c 1604-1843 (23 items)

Schedule 18 - Pedigree rolls, c 1390-19th century (majority 17th century-19th century). Includes the 'Evesham World Map' (c 1390) and pedigree of Legh by Robert Glover, Somerset Herald, c 1570-1580 (30 items)

Schedule 19 - Pedigree rolls and some miscellaneous, including grants of arms and supporters, and patents of baronetcy. 1595-20th century (59 items)

Schedule 20 - Royal pedigree rolls, c 14th century - c 17th century (28 items)

Schedule 21 - Miscellaneous rolls, 1642-1920. Including: charts of the Baronetage, illustrating the work of William Playfair; plans of Westminster Abbey for the funeral of William Gladstone; plans of elements of the College of Arms, 1871 (56 items)

Schedule 22 - Grants of Arms and Supporters, 1723-1950 (87 items)

Schedule 23 - Warrants for changes of name, 1775-1914 (26 items)

Schedule 24 - Pedigree rolls, c 1623-20th century (53 items)

Schedule 25 - Pedigree rolls, 1714-1918 (18 items)

Schedule 26 - Pedigree rolls, c 17th century-1950 (95 items)

Schedule 27 - Pedigree rolls, c late 17th century-20th century (49 items)

Schedule 28 - Pedigree rolls, c 16th century-c early 20th century (49 items)

Schedule 29 - Pedigree rolls, c 18th century-c 20th century (131 items)

Schedule 30 - Pedigree rolls and some miscellaneous, including Bath Banners of John Gambier, First Baron Gambier, and Sir Robert Le Poer Trench, and illustrations of Garter Stall Plates of King Frederick VI of Denmark, King George IV, and Frederic Augustus, King of Saxony. 1692-c 1952 (36 items)

Schedule 31 - Grants of Arms, exemplifications of arms following changes of name, certificates of matriculation in the Office of Lord Lyon, etc, 1803-1938 (53 items)

Schedule 32 - Grants of Arms and Supporters, exemplifications of arms following changes of name, and a pedigree roll, 1802-1904 (37 items)

Schedule 33 - Grants of Arms, exemplifications of arms following changes of name, certificates of matriculation in the Office of Lord Lyon, etc 1797-1886 (42 items)

Schedule 34 - Grants of Arms, exemplifications of arms following changes of name, certificates of matriculation in the Office of Lord Lyon, etc 1808-1916 (39 items)