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Papers of co-operator and secularist George Jacob Holyoake, 1831-1985, including correspondence to and from Holyoake regarding various topics at all stages of his career, including press cuttings of correspondence with Dr Kalley and correspondence between Holyoake, Austin Holyoake and Thomas Cooper, 1837-1943; series of engagement diaries kept by Holyoake, including brief handwritten notes on daily events and ephemera, including handbills, press cuttings and letters concerning meetings, lectures and public and political events pasted into pages, 1847-1905; printed material relating to all aspects of Holyoake's career, including handbills for lectures and addresses by Holyoake and meetings of co-operative societies, secularist organisations and other political movements, press cuttings of letters by Holyoake to the national and local press, various articles by Holyoake and others, and reviews of addresses and works, circulars and miscellaneous ephemera produced by Holyoake and supported movements, and various handwritten documents regarding Holyoake's political and personal life, 1831-1978; press cuttings of serialised articles and columns written by Holyoake for various national, local and international newspapers and periodicals, including London Correspondence, Town Talk, Private Correspondence, Our London Letter and other articles produced for the Brighton Guardian, Agricultural Economist, The Sun and the Co-operative News, along with press cuttings regarding the opening of Holyoake House in Manchester and the unveiling of the Holyoake Memorial at Highgate Cemetery, London, 1867-1911; loose press cuttings collected and compiled by Holyoake and relating to his life and work, including cuttings concerning visits to America and Canada, co-operation, co-operative congresses and festivals, co-operative societies, parliamentary reform and other miscellaneous cuttings concerning lectures and letters by Holyoake, secularism, republicanism, atheism and other various topics, 1857-1911; miscellaneous publications and notebooks by Holyoake, including manuscript drafts of works, early notes on lectures and their content, predominantly at the Birmingham Mechanics Institute, log books containing diary notes and thoughts, papers relating to the London Atheistical Society, accounts relating to Fleet Street House, London and press cuttings of letters by Holyoake written under the name `Ion', 1838-1861; miscellaneous manuscripts relating to Holyoake's life and career, co-operation and secularism, along with press cuttings and ephemera, including material relating to mathematics, Brighton, spiritualism, trade unions, grammar, the Newspaper Stamp Abolition Committee, the Social Economist, along with papers relating to Holyoake's arrest in 1842, Fleet Street House, London, the Congress of Social Reformers, Leeds Secular Society, the Thomas Allsop Prize Essay Competition and the Polish Legion, 1839-1978; galley proofs of printed copies of articles by Holyoake on various topics, 1893; press cuttings and extracts from journals concerning biographical details of Holyoake, his life and work, along with articles and obituary material published following his death in 1906, 1875-1917; minute books of the Travelling Tax Abolition Committee, of which Holyoake was Chairman, including handwritten minutes and printed statements, circulars and Committee documents pasted into each volume, along with loose circulars, ephemera and press cuttings concerning the Committee and its work, 1877-1901; minutes and papers of the Garibaldi Special Fund Committee, including Central Committee minutes, muster roll, ephemera, press cuttings and fund certificates recording members of the British Legion of excursionists to Italy, along with more general material relating to Garibaldi, Italian Unification and reaction in England, including cuttings from the Illustrated London News and secondary articles, 1860-1985; circulars, ephemera and press cuttings regarding to the Holyoake Testimonial Fund, including letters to subscribers, fund reports and a programme for a performance by the Victoria Dramatic Club in aid of the Fund, 1853-1889; four photographs of Holyoake taken late in his life, n.d.

Volumes created or collected by Officers of Arms, mostly armorials and heraldic treatises, but also including ceremonials, College of Arms office books, pedigrees, and extracts from records.

L. 1 - Armorial: Alphabet of Arms, early 16th century. 714 pages. Apparently in the hand of Thomas Wall (d 1536 as Garter). Surnames followed by blazon, with skilfully painted arms in the margins. With a few 16th- and 17th-century additions

L. 2 - Armorial: Alphabet of Arms, early 16th century. c 370 folios. On folios 1-289, painted alphabet of arms, early to mid-16th century, probably temp Hen 8, with a few arms assigned to kings' reigns, Ed 1 - Hen 8. Painted arms end on f 289 in letter M. Names written above blank spaces continue to end of alphabet. Some arms in trick as far as letter R - these are all or mostly later additions

L. 3 - Armorial, late 16th century. 375 folios. Each folio engraved with 4 outline shields with helmet and mantling, tricked arms and crests filled in. Many quarterly coats. Each coat named

L. 4 - Indexes, late 16th - early 17th-centuries. 54 folios. On 30 folios, interspersed with blanks, an index of names to L. 3, in hand of Richard Lee (d 1597 as Clarenceux). On 22 folios, interspersed with blanks, another index, probably early 17th century, identified on flyleaf and cover as being an index to L. 4, but that L. 4 is no longer extant. The first two leaves of this second index contains a list of bishoprics, abbeys, and colleges, followed by an index of names

L. 5 - Armorial, late 16th century. Spine marked 'L4 and 5'. 73 folios. On ff 2-53, coats of arms in trick, arranged according to charges, in woodblock printed outlines. On 15 folios, arms in blazon, arranged roughly in alphabetical order, in a probably late 16th-century hand, followed by 3 folios of arms of Gloucestershire families in blazon in the same hand, then 2 folios of arms in blazon for letters A and B, belonging with the 15 folios but bound out of sequence

L. 5bis - Precedents, Ceremonial and Historical Miscellany, 16th century. Bound with vols L. 6 and L. 8. 142 folios. Copies, in more than one hand, of materials relating to knighthood, heraldry, combats, tournaments, and other ceremonies, the officers of arms, the origins of heralds, etc:

ff 6-15 - treatise in French on heraldry and chivalry, especially the origins of the institution of knighthood and of heralds, beginning with a section on the first heroes, with 'herald' derived from 'hero'

ff 18-19v - letters patent of Edward 6, confirming to the officers of arms exemption from taxation

ff 21-22 - inspeximus by Richard 2 of judgement in the cause of arms between Sir Richard le Scrope and Sir Robert Grosvenor, 1390

ff 24-26 - translation into English of narrative in form of letter of Aeneas, Bishop of Sienna (Pope Pius 2 from 1458), containing account of the origins of heralds. Contains items in common with story on ff 6-15, including derivation of heralds from heroes, tale of their establishment by Dionysius and continuance under Alexander and Julius Caesar

ff 28-30 - description in French of the manner of making Knights of the Bath

ff 30v-34v - treatise in French, beginning 'Comment on fait lemperour', adapted from Larbre des batailles, by Honore Bonet or Bonnor, Paris, 1493

f 35 - 'Of the Significacion of tharmer of a knight'

ff 36-38 - 'Les noms des premiere fondeurs de la Jarretierre et assy de ceulx qui les ont suyuis en leurs estalles et lieux'

ff 42-62 - documents relating to English claim to sovereignty over Scotland, mostly temp. Edward 1, and beginning with an English translation of the letter of the barons of England in Parliament to the Pope, 1301

pp 65-67 [there are here a small number of leaves which are paginated rather than foliated] - names of 136 noblemen and knights who accompanied Edward 3 at the siege of Berwick, 1333. Probably a compilation of Robert Cooke (d 1593 as Clarenceux)

ff 66bis-72v [folio numbers 66-68 have been duplicated] - order of the Coronation of Richard 2

ff 73-80v - order of the Coronation of Henry 7

ff 81-84 - 'The Ordynance and forme of fitinges within Lystes', purporting to have been made by Thomas of Woodstock, Duke of Gloucester, Constable of England (d 1397). English version, assigning points and armour left on the ground to the heralds

ff 85-87 - examples of challenges to jousts

ff 87-102 - account of the tournament between Lord Scales and the Bastard of Burgundy, held in Smithfield, June 1467. Including copies of the challenges and a description of the present Lord Scales' challenge to the Bastard in Brussels by John Water, Chester Herald (dismissed 1471)

ff 102v-107 - ordinances of war made by Henry 5 at the Council of Mantes (1419)

ff 108v-109 - rules relating to domestic government of the royal household. Undated

ff 114-121 - appointment for the king and queen to Canterbury, Kent, on to Calais and Guisnes to meet the French king, 1520. Continuing with an account of the meeting with the Emperor at Canterbury and the King of France at Guisnes for the Field of the Cloth of Gold

ff 121v-122 - Unattributed copy of the ordinances of John Tiptoft, Earl of Worcester, Constable of England, for regulation of jousts of peace royal, 1466, with slight differences in the text

ff 122v-124 - ordinances relating to the high marshal in time of war, according to the custom of France, Spain, Portugal, Naples, Sicily and the Levant

ff 124-125 - the authorities and power of the provost marshal in the jurisdiction of the artillery

f 126 - mourning apparel for ladies according to their degree

f 127v - succession of the kingdom of Portugal (this probably an addition)

f 128 - memorandum of a chapter of the kings of arms and heralds in the chapter house at Westminster, 19 Nov 1487, at which it was resolved that all officers of arms should attend at court at every principal feast or great council or other great business, and that at other times one king of arms, one herald and one pursuivant should always be in attendance, with a system of rotation of attendance laid down which represents the basis of the modern system of waiting

ff 129-130 - precedence of the nobility

ff 131-137v - names of archbishops, bishops, dukes and other noblemen of Spain and Portugal, together with a note of their annual revenues; names of Spanish ambassadors and a note of their annual allowances; miscellaneous information on Spain and Portugal

ff 137v-139v - note of the musters in Spain, 1571

ff 140 and 142 - names of English ships which fought against the French, 1513, with names of their captains, number of crew, and tonnage

L. 6 - Heraldic Treatises, before 1527. Bound with vols L. 5bis and L. 8. Possibly in the hand of Sir Thomas Wriothesley (d 1534 as Garter), but owned by William Jenyns (d 1527 as Lancaster Herald):

ff 1-2 - notes on the three most elevated personages of the church and on the three orders given in the world for its regulation, i.e. marriage, priesthood, and chivalry

ff 4-9 - ordinances of Philip 4 of France, regulating trial by combat (Paris, 1306), including order for the ceremonial

ff 11-18v - romance giving account of legendary origins of France and Britain, probably c 1475-1500. Central figure is Brutus. Two episodes: one concerning Dardanus, a rival of Brutus, becoming reconciled to him through the influence of a miraculous banner of the Virgin Mary; the other concerning the 30 sisters of Brutus and the origins of Albion. These episodes followed by a chronicle of pseudo-historical events concerning the origins of kingdom of France. Ends with creation of kings of arms and heralds by Julius Caesar

ff 20-28 - treatise on the foundation of the office of herald, supposedly by Julius Caesar, 'Les dis des philosophes'. Stressing role of heralds as ambassadors and freedom to travel unhampered in times of war as well as peace

ff 32-73 - version of the 'Tractatus de armis' by John de Bado Aureo, late 12th-cent composition, completed c 1394-1395, this version apparently a free adaptation rather than strict translation, and possibly incomplete

ff 74-84 - translation into French of treatise 'De insigniis et armis' of Bartolo di Sasso Ferrato, written c 1354

ff 86-88 - short treatise in French on duties of heralds and certain military officers, containing summary of ideal qualities of a herald

ff 89-98v - treatise in French, beginning 'Comment on doit faire empereur', containing headings substantially as described for L.10 bis ff 8-15

ff 100-104v - manner of making a Knight of the Bath, with later marginal glosses in English

ff 106-129v - series of questions posed and debated on various points of chivalric and martial etiquette, beginning with question of whether a woman as regent can judge a trial by combat

f 130 - letters of Thomas of Lancaster, Duke of Clarence, confirming to the kings of arms and heralds certain fees due to them on the display of banners (Caen, 13 Sept 1417)

ff 131-135 - resolutions of the Chapter of the kings of arms and heralds of England, held at Rouen, 5 Jan 1420, the first recorded Chapter of the English heralds

ff 135v-150v - collection of formal petitions or requests to hold jousts, challenges to potential combatants, etc. Including challenge of Jean de Bourbon, Count of Clermont, to Thomas of Lancaster, Steward of England, to meet him in a tournament before a neutral judge (6 July 1406), and a series of challenges cast in terms of high chivalric romance

L. 6bis - Armorial, mid to late 16th cent. 132 folios. Assembled from various sources, containing arms mostly in trick, predominantly recording grants of arms, whether as contemporary memoranda or historical compilations

L. 7 - Armorial, 16th cent. 73 folios. 1224 shields of arms in trick, mostly of Norfolk and Suffolk families, the arms of the city of Norwich on f 6v, names over the arms added mostly in a late 17th- or early 18th-cent hand

L. 7bis - Lists of Barons, late 16th cent. c 235 folios. Barons in reigns of William 1 - Edward 4, arranged by reign. In the hand of Robert Cooke (d 1593 as Clarenceux)

L. 8a - heraldic and historical miscellany, late 15th - 16th cent. Bound with L. 5bis and L. 6. A collection of miscellaneous compilations, mostly heraldic in character, including precedents, material relating to the heralds, rolls of arms, and some burials and descents. Nearly all, with the exception of the rolls of arms, in the handwriting of John Wrythe (d 1504 as Garter) and of his son, Sir Thomas Wriothesley (d 1534 as Garter). Including:

f 5 - arrangement of seating at a tournament at Westminster (no date)

f 16v - indenture between William, Lord Berkeley, and Edward 4, in which Lord Berkeley relinquishes to the King's second son, Richard, Duke of York, his title to lands reverting to him on the death of John, late Duke of Norfolk. Possibly incomplete at the end

ff 17v-19 - order of proceeding for ceremonies over 3 days on creation of Prince Arthur as Prince of Wales (1489)

ff 33v-38 - memoranda on the office of constable and marshal, and ordinances to be kept in time of war

ff 38v-[39bis] - the first Calais Roll. Apparently a 16th-cent. compilation based on contemporary accounts of wages paid to soldiers present before Calais in 1346 and 1347. This a shorter version containing only the names, arms in trick, and retinues of bannerets.

ff 40-50v - account of the Battle of Harfleur, 1415, written by John Wrythe

ff 52v-54 - ordinances for the reformation of the College of Arms, stated to be issued by Richard, Duke of Gloucester, but the text, after the preamble, is in fact an English version of the text of the ordinances of Thomas, Duke of Clarence, for the government of the Office of Arms

ff 54v-57 - list of equipment to be provided for a lord and his retinue in war

f 57v - a Christmas prayer for the king, in hand of Sir Thomas Wriothesley

ff 58-70 - the Parliamentary Roll, c 1312, version II, incomplete 16th-cent copy in blazon. With Wriothesley's mark 'Ihc' in upper margin of f 62

ff 85v-87 - apparel for the field for a baron in his sovereign's company, or for a banneret

ff 87v-88v - apparel for the field for a knight or esquire with 'faire land' and a retinue

f 88v - description of the entry of the Count of Vallantinois, with his retinue, at Chinon, 19 Dec 1498, written by Wrythe

ff 89-95, 96 - memoranda relating to religious houses, with valuations added probably 17th cent; on f 96v a note on the Charterhouses of London, Sheen (co Surrey), and Kingston-upon-Hull (co Yorks), by Wriothesley

L. 8b - Arms of Bishops, 1675. Arms painted, but many unfinished. 39 folios. A few with biographical notes. Bound into front, notes of consecrations and translations of bishops, 1660-1675

L. 8c - 16th cent copy of roll of arms by Randle Holme, temp Henry 6. 69 folios. Possibly by Robert Cooke (d 1593 as Clarenceux). Also includes notes on functions of officers of arms, pedigree of King Philip and Queen Mary from Edward 3, rough pedigree showing descent of Norreys and Weyman families from Edward 3, 1571, and two staves of music with the words 'Lord healpe the poore that crye', in hand of Richard Lee

L. 9 - Armorial, early 16th cent. 126 folios. Letters I to P from the armory section of the great armory and ordinary of English arms compiled by Sir Thomas Wriothesley (d 1534 as Garter). Very finely painted arms on vellum, arranged on the page in three rows of four shields. Indexes and some part of the names written over the arms are in Wriothesley's hand. Also includes:

f 1bis - two shields of royal arms as Sovereign of the Garter and two shields showing arms of Sir Thomas Wriothesley impaling those of his first and second wives

ff 24-29 - arms and crests, temp Eliz 1, probably a collection of recent grants though not necessarily of Elizabeth's reign

f 81 - letters exemplifying an order in the court of chivalry concerning adoption of the arms of John Warbleton by a nephew, Tibaud [Theobald] Russell, with blazon of the arms, 1346

ff 110-118 - account in French of the coronation and entry into Paris of Claude, daughter of Louis 12 and wife of Francis 1, King of France

f 119 - account of siege of Bamburgh Castle, Northumberland, held by Sir Ralph Grey against the King (1464), and the judgement on Grey

L. 9bis - Baronage, temp Eliz 1. 100 folios. On 68 folios, narrative descents of peers, in alphabetical order from Albemarle to Shrewsbury, in a late 16th cent. hand, with a few continuations in a different hand. Also includes 21 ff of descents of other peers, including Ambrose Dudley, Earl of Warwick; Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester; Ralph Nevill, 1st Earl of Westmoreland; Edward Grey, son of Lord Grey of Ruthin; Sir John Berkeley; Hugh, Lord Spencer; Richard Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick; John Talbot, Earl of Shrewsbury, and Thomas Mowbray, Duke of Norfolk

L. 10 - Armorial, early 16th cent. 112 folios. Very finely painted arms, including several sections from the armory and ordinary of English arms compiled under the direction of Sir Thomas Wriothesley. Includes:

f 1 - shields of arms of legendary and Anglo-Saxon kings

ff 1v-45v, 50v-57v, 60v-62, 72v-86 - section for letters A-D from Wriothesley's armory

f 67 - arms of Thomas Wolsey as a cardinal and with his personal arms impaled by those of his various ecclesiastical offices

f 68 - six painted shields of arms of bishops of Winchester as prelates of the Order of the Garter

ff 68v-72 and 96v-97 - arms of bishops, abbots, and priors, with some clerics and jurists and a small number of institutions, mostly temp. Hen 7 - Hen 8, with a few Elizabeth additions

ff 94v and 95v - arms of knights, temp Henry 7, finely painted

L. 10bis - Heraldic Treatises, mid 16th cent. Bound with L. 12a, L. 13 and M. 15. All but the first treatise in French. Includes:

ff 2-4v - fragment of treatise for instruction of pursuivants, translated from French into English by Martin Marroffe, York Herald (d 1564)

ff 5-7v - preliminaries of a combat between Hote de [Grantson], Seigneur d'Aubonne, and Raoul de Grive, 20 Sept 1391

ff 15-20v - ordinances for regulating combats within lists or trials by battle, purporting to have been made by Thomas of Woodstock, Duke of Gloucester, Constable of England (d 1397)

ff 22v-24 - instructions for officers of arms on the conduct of funerals

ff 24-26 - oath to be sworn by a new herald

ff 26-32 - treatise entitled 'Les ditz de[s] philosophes'

ff 32v-33 - specimen proclamation of a tournament, including summary of entry requirements, rules of combats, and prizes

ff 33-36 - the manner of holding a tournament

ff 45-46 - an opening paragraph, perhaps the beginning of an heraldic treatise, citing the authority of Hungary King of Arms, introducing a list of the heraldic tinctures with their equivalent stones and 'vertus' or human qualities.

Also includes, on f 51v, a copy of a royal warrant to Sir Edward Waldegrave, Master of the Great Wardrobe, to deliver 8 yds of blue damask and 2 yds of red velvet to Chester Herald (William Flower, d 1588 as Norroy) and 8 yds of blue chamblet and 2 yds of red velvet to Portcullis (John Cocke, d 1586 as Lancaster) for their livery attending on William, Earl of Pembroke, dated 13 July 1557, in English and in different handwriting from rest of manuscript

L. 11 - Armorial and Catalogue of Manuscripts, 16th cent and 1618. Comprises two distinct parts with separate numeration, originally separate manuscripts:

Part 1 - armorial, early to mid 16th cent, probably temp Hen 8

Part 2 - catalogue of the books in the College of Arms, 1 Feb 1618 (1619), thought to be in the hand of Samson Lennard (d 1633 as Bluemantle). The oldest extant catalogue of the College of Arms library

L. 12a - First Calais Roll, probably mid 16th cent. Bound with L. 10bis, L. 13 and M. 15:

ff 1-11 - a copy of the First Calais Roll, a 'spurious' 16th cent roll of arms based on accounts of Walter de Wetewang, Treasurer of the Household, of wages paid to soldiers present before Calais in 1346 and 1347. In the handwriting of Richard Lee (d 1597 as Clarenceux), this copy without the arms of the bannerets

ff 12-14 - a shortened version of the First Calais Roll, with some aberrant features, also without arms and in the hand of Richard Lee

ff 14-16 - copy of the charter of Richard 3 to the kings, heralds and pursuivants of arms, making them a corporation and giving them a house called Coldharbour in the parish of All Saints, 2 March 1 Ric 3 (1484). In the hand of Richard Lee

ff 16-17v - copy of the charter of Philip and Mary to the kings, heralds and pursuivants of arms, restoring them to corporate status and giving them Derby House, on the site of the present College of Arms, 18 July 1 and 3 Philip and Mary (1555). In the hand of Richard Lee

L. 12b - Precedents and historical miscellany, 16th cent. Predominantly relating to ceremonial and military events in the reign of Henry 8, nearly all written by Sir Thomas Wriothesley. The core relates to the Siege of Thérouanne, 1513, on which Wriothesley accompanied King Henry. With some additional material on the later Tudors. Includes:

p 5, f 6 - letters patent creating Charles Brandon, Viscount Lisle (afterwards Duke of Suffolk), Marshal of the King's Army in France, followed by a Latin summary of the contents, 28 May 1513

f 8v - order of Thomas, Earl of Derby, Constable of England, regulating fees due to the officers of arms for the first displaying of banners, 8 Nov 1487

ff 10-11 - names of the Challengers and Answerers at jousts held at Greenwich, 23 May - 3 June 1510, the King being the leading Challenger

ff 14v-15 - publication of the peace between Henry 7 and the Emperor Maximilian [1502]

ff 36v-37v - account of the arrival of Henry 8 in Calais, June-July 1513

ff 39v-40v - certificate of Francis 1, King of France, that he had received the Order of the Garter, 10 Nov 1527

f 41v - list of French prisoners sent from the field to Aire, in the keeping of Sir Thomas Wriothesley, Garter King of Arms, no date [but 1513]

ff 42v-43 - presentation of the keys of the city of Tournai, Flanders, to Henry 8, after its surrender [Sept 1513]

ff 44-45 - patent of creation of Thomas Howard, Earl of Surrey, as Duke of Norfolk, 1 Feb 1514

ff 46v-47v - account of the delivery of the sword and cap of maintenance sent to Henry 8 by Pope Leo 10, received 19 May and presented at St Paul's Cathedral, 21 May 1514

ff 49v-70v, 79-83, 90-92v, 95v-96 - 'Le Romant de Prudence', a commentary on the virtues and vices, as described by various classical and biblical authorities, in French, with a verse prologue. In hand of Sir Thomas Wriothesley

ff 72-75 - treatise on battle array, etc

ff 83v-85 - order of receiving the Cardinal Legate, Aug 1518

ff 88v-89 - letters patent of Henry 4 granting the lordship of the Isle of Man to Henry de Percy, Earl of Northumberland, 19 Oct 1399

f 108v - fees payable to officers of arms and others by the Chamber of London at any solemn proclamation and at the entry of a king or queen into the City of London

f 110 - publication of peace between Henry 8 and Louis 12 of France, 1514

ff 114v-121v - reception of Catherine, daughter of Ferdinand, King of Aragon, and Isabella, Queen of Castile, on her marriage with Arthur, Prince of Wales, 1501

ff 126-135v - patents of creation of: Sir John Dudley as Viscount Lisle (12 Mar 1542), Anthony Browne as Viscount Montagu (2 Sept 1554), Thomas Percy as Baron Percy (30 Apr 1557), Thomas Percy as Earl of Northumberland (1 May 1557), Edward Hastings as Baron Hastings of Loughborough (19 Jan 1558), John Brydges as Baron Chandos of Sudeley (8 Apr 1554), Edward Courtenay as Earl of Devon (3 Sept 1553)

ff 136v-138 - orders relating to the duties of an admiral, undated, probably in the hand of Sir Thomas Wriothesley

f 141v - proclamation for a herald, in French, demanding the surrender within 10 days of 'sa ville de N', undated, but probably one of the declarations used by Sir Thomas Wriothesley, who attended Henry 8 on the campaign of 1513; following this, a poem or song in French, relating to the siege of Thérouanne, 1513

f 142 - order of the king and queen's riding from York Place in London to Greenwich, on the Friday before Christmas, 1536

L.12c - Medieval Roll of Arms and Treatise on animals, late 14th - 15th cent. Called 'Mowbray's Book' after the Mowbray inferred to have been an early owner of the ms from the painting of his arms on f 65v. Contains two elements: the late 14th century roll of arms of French provenance, and the 15th century treatise in French written on the blank and partially blank pages scattered throughout the roll. The two elements are known as 'Mowbray's Roll' and 'Mowbray's French Treatise':

'Mowbray's Roll' - a general roll of 2'098 painted arms, displayed on banners shown in continuous strips of six banners to a line. The arms boldly and rather crudely painted, many without names, those names there are having been added later. [Note - the banners on f 66, which are Scottish, are described in A R Wagner's A Catalogue of English Medieval Rolls of Arms (Oxford, 1950), and called by him the 'Bruce Roll']

'Mowbray's French Treatise' - treatise in French, in a mid to late 15th century hand, contents of the treatise falling into three major divisions: discussions of the properties of beasts; French translation of a moralising tract on the institution of knighthood known as the 'Book of the Order of Chivalry', written by the Spaniard Ramón Lull, c 1280; the rights, dues and largess belonging by ancient customs to the officers of arms, according to the English usage. Note - the published catalogue of 1988 describes the treatise and beasts discussed in it as 'heraldic', following its description as such in Rodney Dennys' The Heraldic Imagination, but Dr Lisa Barber notes (April 2015) that this is not the case

Also some short additions to the Treatise

L. 13 - Draft Baronage, late 16th cent. Bound with L. 10bis, L. 12, and M. 15. Rough notes for a baronage of England, including notes of holders of earldoms and dukedoms under kings from Harold to Edward 1, lists of noblemen extending to temp. Elizabeth 1, lists of witnesses to charters, etc. All in hand of Robert Cooke (d 1593 as Clarenceux)

L.14 - Armorial and Heraldic Miscellany, end 16th-17th cent. 2 vols, labelled on spines 'Miscellanea Curiosa' parts 1 and 2

Painted and tricked arms, including copies of several medieval rolls of arms, pedigrees and genealogical notes, a few precedents relating to the heralds, some historical notes, etc. Including a substantial portion written by Sir William Segar (d 1633 as Garter) and the MS as a whole perhaps collected together by him. Including:

Vol 1 ff 26-31 and 52v-61 - copies of 'Segar's Roll' (c 1282), painted and in trick

Vol 1 ff 38-42 - copy of 'Glover's Roll' (c 1255) in blazon

Vol 1 ff 62-70 - copy of the 'Camden Roll' (c 1280) in trick and blazon

Vol 1 ff 71-78v - incomplete copy in trick by Richard Scarlett of 'Cooke's Ordinary' (c 1340)

Vol 2 f 215 - resolution of chapter of the Order of the Garter, establishing an annuity for Garter King of Arms

Vol 2 f 226 - the gammon of bacon custom at Little Dunmow Priory, co Essex

Vol 2 ff 229-254v - copy in trick of 'Fenwick's Roll' (temp Henry 5 and 6)

Vol 2 ff 307-342 - funeral arms in trick, early 17th cent, some with date of death, place of burial, and names of officers of arms who attended

Vol 2 ff 362-384 - series of painted arms attributed to Brutus and other British and Welsh kings, to Saxon kings, and to William the Conqueror, Stephen and Henry 2, followed by arms and badges of sovereigns from Edw 3 to James 1 and on f 378, badges of Edward, the Black Prince

L. 14bis - List of barons, late 16th cent. c 230 folios. Almost all in hand of Robert Cooke. Mainly list of peers, temp. William 1 - Edward 4, with some more extensive notes interspersed, rough and possibly in part preliminary drafts for the similar lists in L. 7bis

L. 15 - Pedigrees and heraldic and historical miscellany, late 16th cent. 160 folios. A significant amount of material in hand of Robert Cooke, but with some 17th cent additions. Comprising pedigrees, historical and genealogical notes, some arms, precedents, a few lists of names of medieval knights and others. Including:

ff 1v-6v - narrative descent of Elizabeth 1 from Rollo, first Duke of Normandy, f 1v being an address of dedication to the Queen

ff 9-12 - names of noblemen, knights and other gentlemen who came to England with William the Conqueror in 1066, as mentioned in the chronicles of Normandy

f 18 - apparel to be worn on the heads of gentlewomen

ff 33bis-34 - account of the degradation of Sir Andrew de Harcla, Earl of Carlisle, 31 October 1322, in the handwriting of Robert Glover

ff 36-38v - rules for the quartering of arms

ff 40-41 - decree of the Earl Marshal for ending the controversy between Garter, Clarenceux and Norroy relating to the burials of noblemen and others, 12 June 1563. A draft with amendments

ff 42-43 - description of a hearse for an earl, the painter's work, fees due to the officers of arms, persons entitled to mourning

ff 44-51 - homage and oath of the kings of Scotland to those of England (f 51), with precedents for the same (ff 44-50). In hand of Robert Cooke

ff 55-57 - account of the coronation of Eleanor of Provence, wife of Henry 3, 1236, in the handwriting of Robert Glover (d 1588 as Somerset)

ff 61-62 - genealogical notes and pedigree of the descendants of Richard Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick, d 1439

ff 66-79 - narrative pedigrees, with painted arms in the margins, late 16th or early 17th cent: Ambrose Dudley, Earl of Warwick; John Payne of Dudley (described as Earl of Somery); David, Baron Malpas; Sir Edward Grey, Viscount Lisle; John, Lord Hastings and Earl of Pembroke; David, King of Scotland and Earl of Huntingdon; descendants of Siward, Earl of Northumberland temp King Harold; Hugh Boham, Earl of Chester; Alanus, Duke of Brittany; Hugh Lupus, Earl of Chester; William de Valence, Earl of Pembroke; Warin de Munchensy, Earl of Pembroke; William Marshal, Earl of Pembroke

ff 80-90 - tabular pedigrees with painted arms, mostly descents of Ambrose and Robert Dudley, but with collateral lines. Descents shown from: Reginald, Lord Grey of Ruthin, and Edward Grey, his second son; John, Lord Talbot, Earl of Shrewsbury; Richard Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick; Lord Verdon; Robert Blanchemains, Earl of Leicester; Richard Strongbow, Earl of Pembroke; John Sutton, Baron of Dudley; Gilbert de Clare, Earl of Gloucester

ff 91-105 - painted arms, with genealogical notes compiled in 1571, relating to Candor, Earl of Cornwall, Elvicia his daughter and heir, and the sons of sovereigns from Henry 2 to Henry 6 who were created Dukes of Earls of Cornwall, Earls of Chester or Dukes or Earls of Lancaster; Dukes or Earls of Somerset from William de Mohun in 1067 to Edward Seymour, Lord Protector under Edward 6; Dukes or Earls of Chester from Hugh Lupus in 1066 to John Scott in 1232l Earls of Leicester from Symonde, a Norman, in 1066 to Robert Dudley in 1564

ff 109-128v - pedigrees in the hand of Robert Cooke: Gilbert de Clare, Earl of Gloucester and Hertford (d 1314) and his grandchildren, from temp. King Ethelred; Anselm Marshal, Earl of Pembroke (d 1245) and his grandchildren, from John the King's Marshal; descendants of Robert, Lord de Quincy and Roger de Quincy, Earl of Winchester (d 1564), from Robert 1, Lord Quyncy of Groby, Leics., temp Henry 1 and Stephen; Aymer de Valence, Earl of Pembroke (d 1324) from Isabel, daughter and heir of the Earl of Angouleme (she d 1246); children of William Hastings of Hastings, temp Henry 2, from 1066; Aumarie de Montfort, Count of Evreux and Earl of Gloucester (d 1213), from Richard, Duke of Normandy; John Scott, Earl of Chester (d 1237); Margaret, daughter and heir of William Longashe; three generations pedigree of descendants of Hubert de Burgh, Earl of Kent (d 1243); descendants of William, Earl of Gloucester (d 1183); descendants of Waltheof, Earl of Northumberland (d 1076); descendants of Simon de Montfort, Earl of Montfort (d 1182), and Robert, Earl of Leicester (1190); descendants of William d'Aubigny, Earl of Arundel (d 1221); descendants of Gilbert de Clare, Earl of Gloucester and Hertford (d 1295), and Ralph, Lord Monthermer (d 1325); descendants of William le Grosse, Earl of Aubemarle (d 1181); descendants of Waleran, Earl of Warwick (d 1203); descendants of William de Warenne, Earl of Surrey (d 1148); descendants of Miles, Earl of Herford (d 1143); descendants of Thomas Montagu, Earl of Salisbury (d 1428); descendants of Henry, Earl of Lancaster and Derby (d 1361); descendants of Humphrey de Bohun, Earl of Hereford and Essex (d 1322); descendants of Gilbert Strongbow, Earl of Pembroke (d 1448 or 9); descendants of Edmund of Woodstock, Earl of Kent (d 1330); descendants of Aubrey de Vere (d 1141); descendants of Geoffrey de Mandeville, Earl of Essex (d 1144); descendants of William, Lord Bourchier, Earl of Eu (d 1420)

f 130 - memoranda relating to some Parliaments held between 3 Nov 1529 and 1 Mar 1553, in hand of Robert Glover

ff 144-145r - names of nobles of household and retinue, in fees, wages and pensions under John, Duke of Bedford, Regent of France, c 1422. Copy in hand of Robert Glover

f 145v - names of knights and men at arms in the time of John, Duke of Bedford, Regent of France, in the Duchy of Guienne, 1-15 Hen 6 (1422-1436), in hand of Robert Glover

L. 16 - Burial Fees and Waiting Book, 1565-1610:

ff 15-28v - list of funerals attended by officers of arms, 1565-post 1576

f 31 - original signed minutes of a chapter of the Office of Arms, 15 Jan 1581 (1582), confirming sums to be paid into the common chest by officers for their turns at funerals

ff 46v-76r and 77-80v - Waiting Book, Nov 1597 - June 1602, Feb-July 1610 and May 1612

f 76v - original signed minutes of a chapter of the Office of Arms, 14 Feb 1609 (1610), regulating monthly waiting by two officers together in rotation

ff 132v-133 - list of fines, forfeits and 'restes' or balances in the common chest, c 14 Eliz (1566-67)

ff 140v-143 - sums paid out of the burial money for repairs, dinners, and miscellaneous expenses, 1566-75

L. 17 - Genealogical, Heraldic and Historical Miscellany, 16th cent. A collection of materials, including schedules of fees due to heralds, genealogical notes, arms in trick, lists of names from the medieval period, etc, some material relating to religious houses. In several mostly late 16th cent hands but a substantial portion written by Robert Cooke (d 1593 as Clarenceux). Including:

ff 12-17v - armed men in the rape of Hastings, Sussex, 13 Edw 3 (1339), taken out of the 'Booke of the Abbey of Battell'

ff 18-21v - abstracts of charters relating to Battle Abbey

f 22 and continuation on ff 176-182v - list of documents relating to Scottish affairs temp Edw 1 - Edw 3

f 36 - charge given by Lorraine Herald to Prince Charles, Duke of Burgundy [Charles 1, Duke of Burgundy, ruled 1467-77], with the Duke's reply, undated

f 38 - renewal of peace between Henry 2 and his sons Richard [later Richard 2] and Geoffrey, undated but before 1186

ff 45v, 51-57, 68-73v, 113-114v, 138-39 - extracts from charters and / or notes relating to abbeys including: Evesham, Battle, Quarr, Dore, Waltham, Kenilworth, and Peterborough

ff 82-85 - evidences from a book of Lord Stafford, re his claim to be heir to Lord Grey of Powys, 1584

ff 86-90 - evidences from Sir James Harington for the compilation of his pedigree, 1582

ff 106-109v - rough extracts from Mr Harris' book, who had 'the kypyng of the Records of the tower', by Robert Cooke, 1580

ff 129-133v, 135 - transcript of charter, 1172, of William Humes of Stamford, co Lincs; grant relating to the parishes of Fiskerton, co Lincs, Fletton, co Hunts, and Burghley, co Northants, temp Edward the Confessor; notes about holders of lands: all taken from the records of Peterborough Abbey

ff 141-156v - benefactions to the Knights Templar in England

ff 159-161 - names of benefactors to the church of Clerkenwell

ff 170bis-175 - chronicle of precedents for English claims that Scottish kings owed homage to the King of England, extending from Brutus of Troy to 1424. [Dr Campbell, author of the Catalogue of which this is an abridged version, notes that they: 'are evidently drawn in part from a source similar to the returns made by monasteries to writs of Edw 1 ordering them to search their records for information bearing on his claim to receive homage of the King of Scotland']

ff 197-208 - arms in trick, including arms found in churches or houses at Lingfield, co Surrey; Nether Thorpe, county unknown; Martley, county unknown; Inkberrow, Kidderminster, and Dodderhill, co Worcs; Tewkesbury, Elmore and Berkeley, co Glos; Bristol and Gloucester cathedrals, and Shrewsbury, co Salop; also the arms of Thomas Becket's murderers

ff 213-214 - treatise on the origins of the office of herald, beginning with the institution of heralds by Dionysius and referring also to Hercules, Kings Saul, David and Solomon of Judah, Julius Caesar etc. Claims the origins of the tournament are in 'the play of Olympias' held at Mount Olympus

ff 215-216v - account of the droits belonging to officers of arms in tournaments, and their fees and privileges on various occasions including the making of a squire and of a knight, for the display of banners, at coronations, marriages, Christenings, funerals, etc.

ff 217-219 - fees, largesse, rights and dues belonging by custom to the officers of arms

ff 220-221 - account of the birth and baptism of Edmund, third son of Henry 7, 1499

L. 18 - Ceremonial, 17th cent. Bound with M. 4 and M. 17. Contains:

ff 1-10 - provisions to be made against the queen's delivery and for the Christening of the prince, gathered out of former precedents, 24 May - 27 June 1630

f 11 - copy of an order in council concerning the nobility of Scotland and Ireland above the degree of baron, having no possessions or livelihood in those kingdoms, not being nominated as commissioners without special directions from the king, 28 June 1629

ff 15-21v - brief notes concerning the usual form of the coronations of kings and queens of England, and of such necessaries as were to be provided for that solemnity

ff 22-24v - proceeding of King James 1 through London, 15 Mar 1603 (1604), with a note of those in the procession

ff 32-34v - account of his embassy given by Sir William Segar (d 1633 as Garter), joined in commission with Lord Carleton, Ambassador to Henry, Prince of Orange, for presenting that prince with the Order of the Garter, 1626

L. 19 - Coronations and Royal Marriages, end 17th-18th cent. Contains:

pp 1-48 - provisions for and proceeding to the Coronation of King James 2 and Queen Mary, 23 April 1685, in the hand of Gregory King (d 1712 as Lancaster)

pp 53-117 - Coronation of King William 3 and Queen Mary 2, 11 April 1689, with proclamation, etc, in hand of Gregory King

pp 119-138 - Coronation of Queen Anne, 23 April 1702

pp 141-145 - Coronation of King George 1, 20 Oct 1714

pp 167-188 - Coronation of King George 2 and Queen Caroline, 11 Oct 1727

pp 189-195 - marriage of William, Prince of Orange and Anne, daughter of George 2, 14 Mar 1734

pp 196-199 - the espousals between Prince Frederick of Hesse-Cassel and Mary, daughter of George 2, 8 May 1740

pp 200-205 - marriage of George 3 and Princess Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, 8 Sept 1761

pp 206-226 - Coronation of King George 3 and Queen Charlotte, 22 Sept 1761

pp 227-230 - marriage of George, Prince of Wales, and Princess Caroline of Brunswick, 8 Apr 1795

pp 231-235 - marriage of Frederick Charles William, Prince of Württemberg, and Charlotte Augusta Matilda, daughter of George 3, 18 May 1797.

Papers of Jean Nicholas Marjolin and his son René Marjolin, 1849-1894, including notes of Jean Nicolas Marjolin's lectures, by a medical student; letters from René Marjolin to his friend Edmond Dascols relating mainly to personal affairs, and the health of the Dascols family (with advice on cholera and other maladies) and letters from Paris at the time of the siege and the Commune, 1870-1871, when René Marjolin was active in treating the wounded prior to his arrest as a Bonapartist agent.

The collection covers both Pettigrew's medical and antiquarian activities, which are intermingled in the material's arrangement. The medical items include correspondence with many medical figures, medical jurisprudence (an Anniversary Oration delivered to the Medical Society of London), corpulence, hydrophobia, medical observations by army officers in India, and an autobiographical memoir of the philanthropist and prison-reformer James Neild (1744-1814), transcribed by Pettigrew and incorporated into his life of John Coakley Lettsom M.D. The antiquarian items include material on Kett's Rebellion, Hindu deities, the library of the Duke of Sussex and correspondence with the Italian antiquary Giovanni Spano (1803-1878) and Gaetano Cara, as part of Pettigrew's role as Vice-President of the British Archaeological Society. Types of material held include notebooks, loose papers, correspondence and diplomas.

Papers of Lt Col Robert Malcolm Parker, 1945-1946, relating to his career in the Royal Engineers, comprising account of the operations of 8 Corps in North West Europe, Mar-May 1945, entitled 'The River Rhine to the Baltic Sea: a narrative account of the pursuit and final defeat of the German Armed Forces, March-May 1945', with a foreword by Lt Gen Evelyn Hugh Barker, as Commanding Officer, 8 Corps; account of the Finkenwärder U Boat pen, Hamburg, Germany, with site plan, and description of the intended method of demolition, by 224 Field Coy, Royal Engineers, and 8 Corps Troops, Royal Engineers, [1945]; papers relating to Exercise SWANSONG, Germany, Mar 1946, including Royal Engineer commands and staff planning for the assault crossing of wide rivers, accounts of exercise operations, situation reports, printed maps and sketch maps; uncaptioned official Army photograph of the construction of a large bridge, [Germany, 1945]; telegram announcing German surrender, 4 May 1945 and chart of Allied formation badges, in colour, 8 May 1945.

Papers comprising printed or typescript reports and supporting publications, on the 1 Army, North Africa, Civil Affairs Staff Centre (CASC), and on the administration of civilians in occupied territory including the Control Commission Germany (CCG), 1885-1947; notably comprising printed and typescript instructions, orders and reports issued by the Provost Marshal's Office, 1 Army, North Africa, including on traffic control, stores, planning, lessons learnt from the operations, intelligence summaries, 1 Army newsletters, 'Crusade', with an air raid precautions poster from Algeria, 1939-1943; reports and typescript summaries relating to the Civil Affairs Staff Centre (CASC), on 'captivity neurosis', the economics and finance of wartime Europe, fire and civil defence, road transport, military writing, the welfare of occupied populations, Nazi doctrines, files of information on national temperaments and characteristics of various occupied countries including Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany and Italy, 1943-1944; appointments diary compiled by Paton Walsh (1945), memoranda, correspondence and papers on aspects of the German penal system under the Nazis and Allied occupation, notably the police, procedures, juvenile courts, penal statistics from Nazi Germany, 1929-1947, including copies of British Zone Review, Nov 1945-Dec 1946; papers on the Control Commission Germany including confidential reports on police trainees, lectures given by Paton Walsh, the purging of Nazis from office, training and planning for post-Nazi administration, training and organisation of the penal system in Allied occupied Germany with observations on the regulation of the system under the Weimar Republic and the National Socialists, precautions against sabotage directed against occupying forces, 1943-1946; witnesses' depositions in the Nuremberg trials, account of Brendonk Concentration Camp, defence positions of the Gestapo, Sturm Abteilung (SA), 1945-1946; papers on Cologne Prison, including an autobiographical account and journal of Rudolf Kirsch, prisoner, and correspondence, 1939-1944, papers on executions at Cologne Prison with copies of the last letters of the condemned, 1941-1944; publications in English on military law, police and transport, mainly manuals, regulations and information notes on Imperial policing, traffic patrols, military law, inspection and care of vehicles, 1917-1945; publications on the Allied occupation of Germany, consisting of notes on the military government of occupied territory, internment camps, contact lists for civil administrators, Who's who in occupied Europe, chart of the Nazi administrative structure, re-education programmes, maps and gazetteers of Germany, Austria and Denmark, 1943-1945; American publications, namely civil affairs information guides, fileld manual of military government, an entertainment guide for American soldiers entitled, 'What's Cooking in Berlin', copies of The Stars and Stripes and the New York Herald Tribune, 1940-1946; general military handbooks including guidance for officers on allowances, the training of Army tradesmen, training manuals on air support of infantry and the use of parachute troops, catering, defence of aerodromes against attack, the disposition of unit records, signals, mine clearance, anti-malarial precautions, 1939-1943; Army Education booklets in a series entitled 'The British Way and Purpose', 1942-1943; German language publications on law, crime and prisons especially regulations, criminal biology, youth crime, 1885-1942; German National Socialist publications on topics ranging from flying schools, the SA in Berlin to the beginnings of radio broadcasting,1926-1946; maps, mainly Ordnance Survey and Stanfords, of United Kingdom cities and counties, including Wolverhampton, Winchester, Dover, East Sussex and Suffolk, 1913-1940; maps of Germany, central and eastern Europe, 1936-[1945]; maps of Algeria, French North Africa, Tunisia, 1942; propaganda cartoon and other posters published by the Evening Standard, Stationery Office and Army Bureau of Current Affairs, 1944; 1 file of telegrams, commission of 1918 and details of the various promotions of Paton Walsh, 1916-1947.

Correspondence and papers on the history and development of German Studies in the United Kingdom and Ireland, 1909-1995, including:
Modern Language Association: Papers on Oxford Meeting, 1909;
University of London: Minutes and marks books of UL Internal Board of Examiners in German, 1932-1970; Agendas, minutes and correspondence of UL Board of Studies in Germanic Languages and Literatures, 1963-1979; Examination papers for finals in German, 1943-1952;
Conference of University Teachers of German: Correspondence and papers on the administration of CUTG, 1963-1979; Bulletins 1981-1991, 1994; Minutes of meetings 1981-1986; Lists of teachers of German in British and Irish Universities, 1980-87; Correspondence and papers of sub-committee convened by Hugh D Sacher on History of German Studies in the UK and Ireland, 1965-1967, including replies from the Universities of Aberdeen, UCNW, Bangor, Birmingham, Cambridge, Trinity College Dublin, Durham, Edinburgh, Leeds, Manchester, Reading, St Andrews, Sheffield, Glasgow, King's College London, University College London, Liverpool, Birkbeck College London, Royal Holloway College London, Queen Mary College London, Keele; transcripts of tape recordings of personal accounts on history of German Studies, subjects include Professor Frederick Norman, Oliver Edwards, F H Sandbach (on his father F E Sandbach, Professor of German, University of Birmingham) and L W Forster;
Correspondence of Professor L A Willoughby on the history of German Studies, 1946-1961;
Correspondence of Professor John Flood on the history of German Studies, 1957-1994.

Correspondence and papers of Bela Ivanyi-Grunwald, comprising:
notes and typescripts on Lajos Kossuth, an exile from the 1848-1849 Hungarian War of Independence, c 1939-1965; notes and typescripts of biography of Count Istvan Szechenyi, notes on Szechenyi's Anglo-Hungarian literary connections, c 1936-1965; writings, correspondence and papers on nineteenth and twentieth century Hungarian history and politics, c 1939-1965; writings, correspondence and papers on eighteenth and nineteenth century British history, particularly eighteenth century dissenters, c 1939-1965; draft typescripts and manuscripts on nineteenth century European history

Papers of Robert Gerard Allen, 1919-1940, comprising:
notebook of poetry presumably by Allan, c.1930-1940; photographs and postcards of interwar Prague, the Sokal gymnastics movement and T G Masaryk c 1919-1939; prints of Prague; maps of Czechoslovakia, 1930, 1937; collection of Six linocuts by a Czechoslovak soldier - somewhere in England 1940. The artist was probably Dr V Vanderlik; collection of ten linocuts Cesta (the trail), depicting various scenes from Europe and the middle east by Dr V Vanderlik "a Czechoslovak soldier"; typescript entitled Repetitorium ceske literatury v otazkachi i odpovedich by Prof J Maly, 1936; typescript Czech-English dictionary of engineering terms, probably by Allan

Papers of George Henry Bolsover on Eastern Europe, 1928-1985, comprising:
Bolsover's writings and related papers on Russia, the Soviet Union and European history, 1928-1985 including his BA and MA theses, lecture notes, texts of broadcasts, book reviews and reports and papers issued by the British Government; reports on study trips and delegations, made by Bolsover and others, mainly by staff of the British Embassy in Moscow, the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, 1954-1982; papers on the School of Slavonic and East European Studies (SSEES), including notes on Robert William Seton-Watson, letter on the composition of SSEES Council and drafts of articles by Bolsover on SSEES, 1947-1969; notes on Russian history and the Soviet Union taken from original documents and secondary sources, 1933-1985.

Draft chapters 2 and 3 for a SSEES Ph.D thesis by Anne Branfoot entitled A critical survey of the Russian Narodnik movement 1861-1881, 1926

D.Phil thesis submitted by D E Budgen to the University of Oxford entitled The world of F A Emin (1735-1770): literary and intellectual transition in eighteenth-century Russia

Draft of SSEES MA thesis by J G F Druce entitled "The role of Czech men of science in the national revival movement", 1942.

Photographs of Russian silver, porcelain, glass, ikons, paintings and other objets d'art; also offprint of Russian silver by R G Hare (in Ramsay, L G G "The Connoisseur Complete Encyclopedia of antiques" (New York, 1962, pp 60-65).

Typescript by Martti Julkunen entitled "Tukikohta itään vai puolueeton pohjoismma? Kansallissosialistnen Saksa ja Suomi 1933-1939" [A base against the East or a neutral Scandinavian country? National Socialist Germany and Finland 1933-1939] (Turku, 1984).

Copies of documents relating to Romanian foreign policy, c 1932-1936 made in the archives of the Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. These papers were used by Dov Lungu in preparing his Ph.D thesis, presented to Queen Mary College, London in 1976 entitled "The problem of Soviet-Romanian relations in Romanian foreign policy under Nicolae Titulescu, 1932-1936".

Manuscript draft of parts of George, Earl Macartney's work "An account of Russia MDCCLXVII" [1767] The order of the sections differs considerably from the published version which also includes chapters on history and arts and sciences as well as tables of exports and imports. There are various textual differences, usually minor.

Articles by Prince Dmitry Petrovich Svyatopolk-Mirsky, entitled "Jane Ellen Harrison (died 15 April 1928)" and "Tolstoy Centenary Edition", 1929

Typescripts entitled "The Yugoslav History" and "A history of Yugoslav Letters", written by Paul Mitrovich at Sarajevo, 1965, and a letter from Mitrovich's daughter Milica Kirk Mitrovic to Hugh Seton Watson, which she sent him with the typescripts.

Papers of Gjenco Demetre Naçi, comprising:
Drafts of "From the Illyrians to the Shqiptars: an historical insight" in the form of both complete drafts and individual chapters; other articles by Naçi on Albania; other papers used in writing of "From the Illyrians..."; correspondence re proposed publication of "From the Illyrians...", 1945-1990; papers on other works by Naçi, including drafts of a work on King Zog's experiences during the Second World War up to 1944; Naçi's autobiography of his early life; draft for works on Albania's problems; articles on Albanian politics and affairs and Albania's international relations; Albanian émigré newspapers and other newscuttings and papers used in writing the works, 1932-1986; correspondence, 1940-1983, including correspondence received and copies of correspondence sent by Naçi as private secretary to King Zog and personal correspondence concerning his work and family; photographs of the Albanian royal family, the Naçi family and friends, 1922-1990; Naçi family memorabilia and certificates, 1923-1990; presscuttings, the majority of which are in date order and are from British newspapers, the subject matter is almost entirely Albania and international relations relating to Albania; Albanian émigré newspapers, 1942-1988 (mainly 1942-1947)

Typescript by K A Papmehl entitled "Selected Works by Matthew Guthrie", 1974.

Glass plate negatives of maps relating to the Russo-Turkish Wars of 1736-1739, 1768-1774 and 1787-1792, including plans of the towns of Azov, 1736, Otzakov, 1737-1740 and Hockzin, 1739

Papers on Hugh Seton-Watson's interests as an academic including papers on Bulgaria, Romania and Yugoslavia and correspondence on the future of SSEES, 1945-1975; papers re Seton-Watson family history, including books and pamphlets by George Seton, HSW's great-grandfather and papers on HSW's father R W Seton-Watson

M.Phil thesis submitted to Nottingham University by Garth M Terry entitled "The origins and development of the Macedonian revolutionary movement with particular reference to the Tayna Makedonsko-Odrinska Revolutsionerna Organizatsiia from its conception in 1893 to the Ilinden Uprising of 1903", 1974.

Correspondence relating to Lucien Wolf's editorship of "Darkest Russia" , 1911-1928. The correspondence is concerned with the financing, circulation and influence of the paper as well as to the gathering of articles; correspondence, pamphlets and press cuttings relating to the murder of the imperial family. This correspondence is concerned principally with the issue of the involvement of Jews in the murder and includes letters between Wolf and Reuben Blank and the British Government.

Papers of Alfons Barb, c 1924-1979, including working papers, collection of casts of gemstones, correspondence and offprints. Topics covered include: Magic, Folklore and Amulets; Medieval Magic; Gnosis; Gemstones; Mystery, Myth and Magic; Greco-Roman Numismatics and Archaeology and 'History of Popular Belief and Superstition from Ancient Times to the Present Day'.

Papers of Herbert Horne, architect and art historian, c 1883-1886, including correspondence with Grace Parkinson and some correspondence with Aby Warburg. Topics covered include: Italian Renaissance Art: Botticelli, Uccello and Piero di Cosimo.

Papers of Robert Eisler, c 1902-1949, including working papers and correspondence. Topics covered include: 'Das Rätsel des Johannesevangeliums'; The Fourth Gospel; Money; Jesous Basileus ou Basileusas; Slavonic Joseph Manuscript; The Alphabet; Dürer; Conventional Titles and True Meaning; Inscriptions; Zeus Olympios; Orpheus; Moses; Christ Vision; Aesthetics; Mythology; Magic and Science; Vanity of Vanities; Palaeoethnography; Greek Civilization and 'Die Landschaftsmalerei in der antiken Kunst'.

Bibliography of Ancient Peru, principally of works in Spanish, French, English and Latin, compiled by Francis J Hambly [after 1930], entitled 'Peru: the Cradle of South America'. This bibliography was intended to be the first of a series of works of reference on the subject of Ancient Peru.

Diaries and notebooks of James Theodore and Mabel Virginia Anna Bent, 1883-1898, comprising:
Mabel Bent's diaries of visits to the Greek Islands, 1883-1884; Greece and Egypt, 1885; Constantinople [Istanbul] and the Greek Islands, 1886; Greece, 1887; Turkey and Russia, 1888; India and Persia [Iran], 1889 (3 volumes); Cilicia, Turkey, 1890; Central Africa (Mashonaland), 1891 (2 volumes); Hadramout, 1893-1895 (3 volumes); Suez, Kourbat and Athens, 1895-1896; Socotra, Yemen, 1896-1897; Greece and Egypt, 1898;
Theodore Bent's diary of visits to Hadramout, Yemen, 1893-94; Muscat, Dec 1894; Socotra, Yemen, Dec 1896-Mar 1897; notebook, containing Greek inscriptions, 1888; notebook on language in Socotra [1896-1897].

Diaries and sketch books of Robert Wood, James Dawkins, John Bouverie and Giovanni Battista Borra of a tour of the Levant, 1750-1751, comprising:
Transcript (8 volumes) of the diaries of the archaeologist, James Dawkins, 5 May 1750-8 June 1751, describing the tour from Naples, Italy to Porto Leone, via Smyrna [Izmir], Sardis, Thyatira [Akhisar], Pergamum [Bergama], Sinus Eleaticus, Constantinople [Istanbul], Boursa, Cyzicus [Belkis], Troy, Tenedos, Phocaea [Foça], Teos [Sigacik], Ephesus, Magnesia ad Meander, Laodicea, Hierapolis [Pamukkale], Antioch, Mytilene [Mitilíni], Lesbos, Scio [Chíos, Nísos], Neomene, Samos, Mylassa, Halicarnassus [Bodrum], Cos [Kos], Cnidus Nova, Rhodes [Ródhos], Alexandria [Al-Iskandariyah], Cairo, The Pyramids, Acre [Akko], Mount Carmel [Har Hakarmel], Nazareth, Capernaum [Kefar Nahum], Tiberias [Teverya], Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Rama, Sidon [Sayda], Beirut, Damascus, Baalbek [Balabakk], Tripoli, Delos [Dhílos], Athens, Marathon, Thermopylae, Chalcis [Khalkís], Thebes, Delphi [Dhelfoi] and Megara.
Diary (1 volume) of John Bouverie, 25 May-8 June 1750, 25 July-3 Aug 1750, and 7 Sep 1750, covering the tour from Smyrna to Meander, as described above.
Papers of Robert Wood, comprising diaries (3 volumes), 25 May-19 Aug, 22 Sep - 8 Oct 1750, 16 May-1 June 1751; pocket books (2 volumes), containing copies of inscriptions made during the tour, including Athens, Baalbek, Palmyra, and other sites in Turkey, Greece and Egypt; extracts (made by Wood's daughter) from his tour manuscripts, including some that are not in the collection; manuscript A universal history by Wood, almost certainly pre-dating the tour; notebook, containing extracts from Wood's journals from his 1742-1743 visit to the Levant, itineraries from his 1745 visit to Italy, preparatory plans for the 1750-1751 tour and notes on Homer; notebook conntaining copy of an extended letter from Wood to James Dawkins, [c1755], Remarks on Homer's plan of Troy, in effect an early draft of his Essay on the Original Genius of Homer [see printed books below].
Sketch books of Giovanni Battista Borra, containing ink and pencil sketches made on the tour, mainly of architectural details, but also including landscapes, of Naples and Mount Vesuvius, Palmyra and Damascus.
Printed books: Robert Wood: An Essay on the Original Genius and Writings of Homer, London, H Hughs for T Payne and P Emsley, 1775, including engravings after Borra of ruins near Troy, and a map of Troas; The ruins of Palmyra and Baalbek, London, W Pickering, 1827 and Les ruines de Palmyre, autrement dite Tedmor au desert, Paris, Firmin Didot, 1819; Homer: Operum omnium quae exstant. Tomus prior sive Ilias Grece et Latine.Juxta editionem emendatissimam et accuratissimam Samuelis Clarke Amsterdam, J Wetstenium, 1743 [Wood's interleaved copy, containing notes and transcripts of inscriptions]; l'Abbe Barthelemy Reflexions sur l'alphabet et sur la langue dont on se servot autrefois a Palmyre, Paris, 1754; Giacomo Barozzi [Il Vignola] Regola delli cinque ordini d'architecttura, Rome, [1620].

Papers of Ordinary German women, [1938-1944], comprise copies of diary entries praising the Führer and written by a German woman whilst expecting her child and after his birth, at and near Bielefeld, Westfalia, 1938-1939, and a manuscript collection of essays in praise of Hitler and the German Volk by Frau E Hennig, [1944].

Papers of the Central-Verein deutscher Staatsbürger jüdischen Glaubens, 1903-1938, relate to the central organisation including the constitution and notably comprise management and committee minutes, reports and plans regarding the organisation's aims and objectives and finance records; files on the activities of the state and regional level sub-groups; files concerning women's organisations, youth organisations, members and officers, publication and propaganda, activities of other Jewish organisations, Zionism, emigration to Palestine, training for Jewish youth, Anti-Semitism, political, economic and legal situation for Jews in Germany, CV's relationship to religion and religious organisations, and the attitudes of writers and politicians to Jews.

Personal and family papers, 1900-1939, ranging from First World War army records to correspondence and passports of several hundred Jews, handed over to the Reichsvereinigung der Juden in Deutschland whilst the individuals were waiting in collection centres, having been rounded up by the Nazis prior to deportation to Eastern Europe. Includes index.

Papers of Caspar von Voght, 1823, comprise three letters to William Jacob. Topics covered include: Jacob's travels through Europe, including his book Travels in the south of Spain (1811); and the state of agriculture in Denmark and Germany, including statistics.

Manuscript volume of notes, 1850, containing notes made by Sir Edwin Arnold whilst studying at King's College London including comprising a summary and analysis compiled from notes of Drakenborch, Gronovius, Lipsius, Hermannus and some others of Titus Livy's History of Rome from its foundation, Books XXII and XXIII; word list of the derivation and meaning of words in Homer's Iliad, , books XII, XII and XIV and word list of the derivation and meaning of words in Aeschylus' Eumenides.

Papers of Enk, mainly comprising notebooks, relating to his work in school and college on classical texts and Latin literature, (predominantly 1894-1907), including notes on and partial translations into Dutch of the Annals of Publius Cornelius Tacitus, the Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidius Naso, the works of Marcus Tullius Cicero, the Elegiae of Sextus Propertius, the Carmina of Giovanni Pascoli; working papers, 1876-1923, of Enk's former teacher, Professor Jacobus Johannes Hartman of Leiden (1851-1924), mainly comprising notebooks and partial translations into Dutch, of the Adelphoe, Andria, and Hecyra of Publius Terentius Afer, the Epistulae Ex Ponto of Publius Ovidius Naso, the Aeneid of Publius Vergilius Maro, the Seven against Thebes of Aeschylus; notebook by Hartman entitled 'Adversaria Lucianen', 1876; manuscript topographical notebook by Hartman entitled 'Romeinsche Antiquiteiten', 1905; press cuttings and obituaries of Hartman (predominantly 1924); correspondence of Enk and Hartman with Dutch, English and German scholars of Latin, [1920s and 1930s]; photographs and illustrations of classical sculpture and architectural sites; typescript inventories of Enk's library of classical texts and pamphlets as at 1 Jun 1960. With bound manuscript of the Thebais by Publius Papinius Statius, in an Italian humanistic script of the late 15th century.

Papers of John F Lavery, consisting chiefly of photographs of Ancient Greek sites. Including photographs, glass slides and negatives of Ancient Greek sites, Greek landscapes and modern Greek buildings. Notebooks containing notes, diary entries and sketches, interspersed with items of correspondence and poems. Typescript bound draft volume: Agamemnon, Choephoria and Eumenides, edited and translated by Lavery. Draft articles and academic notes by Lavery. Lavery's PhD thesis, 1985; personal correspondence [1985-1995]. Sketches, press cuttings, maps, and poems.

Transcriptions of source material and notes by Douglas on Elizabethan and Stuart journalism, [1935-1954], mainly comprising typed transcriptions of newspapers, pamphlets and similar sources of news, 1566-1622, with associated notes and references by Collins, and including typescript of 'Elizabethan journalism, 1590-1610' by Collins; manuscript and typescript introduction, table of contents and bibliography of A Handlist of News Pamphlets, 1590-1610 (Walthamstow South-West Essex Technical College and School of Art, London, 1943) by Collins; file of correspondence with archivists (mainly at Essex Country Record Office, the Bodleian Library and Chester City Record Office), concerning sources of Elizabethan and Stuart journalism and pamphlets, 1948-1954, with a manuscript copy of an interim report on the subject, [1949]; notebook containing research on the early modern postal service; manuscript notes on Sixteenth Century French news pamphlets and related material, including research undertaken on Collins' behalf by Robert J North, with covering letters from North to Collins, 1934.

Draft and notes, [1914-1938], for a history of English public finance from the later medieval period to the Stuarts, mostly abstracted from sources at the Public Record Office, London. Notes, [1914-1938], on various topics, notably economic aspects of New Zealand, 1836-1845, Senegal and Gambia, 1737-1804, trade on the Gold Coast, Africa, 1750-1800, and the functions of the Board of Trade, 1744-1807.

Papers of John Robert Hilton 1934-1941, comprising:
correspondence and papers on his appointment as Director of Antiquities, Cyprus, 1934 and his dismissal in 1935; correspondence with Sir George Hill, Director, British Museum, 1935; press cuttings and printed reports on the Cyprus Committee and the Department of Antiquities, 1935-1941; personal correspondence, 1934-1935; photographs of Cypriot antiquities, colleagues and family, 1934-1935; unpublished memoir A Camel Load of Woad

Manuscript notes (attributed to F P Pickering, [1962]) on Johannes Rathofer, Der Heliand: theologischer Sinn als tektonische Form (Koln, 1962).

Letters, press cuttings, manifestos, constitutions, resolutions and pamphlets issued by the Bangladesh Scheduled Castes' Federation and the Commission for Justice and Peace, reflecting the interests of Bangladesh political pressure groups.

Constitutions, membership lists, newsletters, pamphlets and posters, 1952-1989, issued by the Central Organization of Trade Unions (Kenya), the Committee for the Release of Political Prisoners in Kenya, the Institute for Education in Democracy (Kenya), the Kenya Citizens' Association, the Kenya Pressure Group, the Nairobi African Advisory Council and the Voice of Kenya.

Elemens de Finances collection, [1690-1710], comprises an anonymous handwritten treatise dealing with the earnings and expenses of the kingdom - inferred to be France - ("cinq grosses fermes") and its administration. It also deals with financial administration in general.

Parliamentary speeches and copies of letters by Francis Bacon, Sir Robert Cotton, Robert Earl of Salisbury, Oliver St. John, Sir John Eliott, Sir Francis Seymour, Sir Benjamin Rudiard and Sir Philip Sidney, 1607-1640, containing the following: ff 1-29. A Declaration how Kinges of England have from tyme to tyme supported and repared their estates. Collected out of the records remaining in the Tower of London by Sir Robert Cotton Knight and Baronett 9[superscript zero] Jacobi Regis [March 1611-March 1612] ff 30-52. Consideracions uppon his Majesties estate, by Roberte late Earle of Salisburye [1610], with the Proposicions made by his Majestie To the Lordes of his Councell, And the Councells humble Annswere and Advise Thereunto. ff 55-72. The Coppye of a Letter written to the Lower House of Parliamente Touchinge dyvers Inconveniencyes and grievaunces of State, etc. ff 73-76. A letter of Oliver St. Johns touching and against the Benevolence demaunded [by James I in 1615] after dissolving of Parliament. ff 77-87. Sir John Eliott his speech in the Commons house of Parliament Jaun [i.e. June] 3, 1628. ff 88-93. To the Kings most Excellent Majestie The Humble peticion of Sir John Eliott Knight, Prisoner in the Gatehouse London 1627. ff 95-180. Divers speeches in Parliament Anno 1640. ff 183-202. A Speeche Delivered by Sir Frauncis Bacon in the Lower House of Parliamente, Quinto Jacobi [March 1607-1608]. The speech was in fact delivered on Feb. 17, 1607] Concerninge the Article of generall Naturalizacion of the Scottishe Nation. ff 204-206. Sir Frauncis Seymors Speeche [in the House of Commons, November 1640]. ff 208-214. Sir Beniamin Rudiardes speech in the house of Commons the 21 January 1640. [And another in April 1640]. ff 216-227. The Polliticke Survey of A Kingdome. ff 230-243. The Coppye of a Letter written by Sir Phillipp Sidnye to Queene Elizabeth Touchinge hir Marryage with Mounsieur [i.e. Francois de France, duc d'Anjou]. ff 245-249. A submissive and Petitionary Letter subscribed To the Right honourable the Lordes of the Parliament in the upper house of Parlieament Assembled, and Intituled The humble submission and suplication of the Lord Chancellor of England. [Bacon's general admission of the charges made against him, and resignation from the Chancellor-ship. 22 April, 1621]. ff 251-254. The State of a Secretaryes Place and the Perill, wrytten by the Right honnorable Roberte late Earle of Salisburye. ff 254b-256. A Relation of the manner of the Proceedinge, with Sir Thomas Mouson, uppon the Pleadinge of his Pardon, in the Courte of the Kinges Bench, the xii[superscript zero] of Februarii 1616. ff 260-271. An Unhappie viewe of the whole behaviour of my Lord Duke of Buckingham att the French Island [Ile de Re, off La Rochelle. The expedition of 1627] Secretlie discovered by W.F. an unfortunate Comnader in that untoward service. ff 273-281. A Relation of The Proceedings against Ambassadors whoe have miscaried themselvs and exceeded their Commission ... written by Sir Robert Cotton 27 April 1624 by expresse Comaund from the Duke of Buckingham.

Letters patent of Charles II of Spain declaring the nobility of Francisco Sanz de Vellidas, 21 Nov 1668.

A certification of the nobility of Don Joseph Maltes y Negron, issued by Sebastian Munoz Castblanque, King of Arms, to Philip V of Spain.

Volume contains "Historia del Duende de Madrid" (77 pages) and "Papeles Curiosos, y Politicos, y Poeticos, Ynutulados el Criticos..." (196 pages). El Duende was also known as Manuel de San Jose.

Accounts of the fraternity of shoemakers (apparently the same organisation as reference MS336) for October 1729 and February 1818-March 1854.