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Brooke, Ralph, 1553-1625,. Detections and abusesse of William Derike of some called Garter Kinge of Armes [manuscript], ca. 1595.

Title: Detections and abusesse of William Derike of some called Garter Kinge of Armes [manuscript], ca. 1595.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (2 leaves)

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St. George, Richard, d. 1635. Heraldic papers [manuscript], ca. 1575-ca. 1625.

Title: Heraldic papers [manuscript], ca. 1575-ca. 1625.

Miscellaneous collection in different hands, including, most likely, William Camden (eg. p. 7, 58) and William Dethick (eg. p. 14-16). On p. 35 is a draft copy of a confirmation by William Segar and Camden of the pedigree of Henry Constable; on p. 38 and 84 are two exemplifications of pedigrees of the families of Bolle of Lincolnshire and of Henbury of Denbigh by William Segar, 1601 and undated; on p. 76 are scales of precedence; on p. 78 is a list of the fees due to the king's officers on the creation of an earl and a baron. Some arms in trick.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. : coats of arms.

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Dethick, William, Sir, 1543-1612. Autograph letter signed : [London], to James I and his Privy Councillors, 1605 May 30.

Title: Autograph letter signed : [London], to James I and his Privy Councillors, 1605 May 30.

Being a petition for the restoration of his office of Garter king-of-arms.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (2 p.) ; (oblong 8vo)

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Mellynton, Thomas,. Forty chess problems, circa 1450.

Title: Forty chess problems, circa 1450.

Manuscript collection of forty chess problems, including diagrams and text. The manuscript was copied circa 1450 by John Porter, M.P. of Worcester, England. Diagrams and text are written in pen and dark brown ink, in Porter's hand throughout. The section on chess occupies five leaves (ff. 56r-60v) in a larger volume of collected manuscript texts. There are four diagrams on each page. Diagrams 1, 2 and 18 have no texts; the remainder have explanatory texts of up to ten lines in length. The present manuscript has the distinction of being the older of only two known problem manuscripts with texts in Middle English; the other is Bodleian Ashmole MS. 344, probably written circa 1470. The problems in the two manuscripts are substantially the same and are believed to derive from an earlier collection with texts in Anglo-Norman, of which two manuscripts survive, both in the British Library. According to H.J.R. Murray (in his History of Chess, 1913), "the workmanship [of the problems] is of an early stage of European chess, but it is European, not Muslim." Of the diagrams in the present manuscript, Murray notes, "These have been copied very negligently; the diagrams are often incorrect, and the solutions to Nos. 7 and 8 have been transposed. In seven of the positions (Nos. 1, 2, 11, 12, 18, 19, 20--all of which are exercises) the men are denoted by numerals, and the text, if any, is in Latin. In the remainder, the text is in English and the names of the pieces are written on the diagrams, and the squares mentioned in the solution bear letters for the purpose of identification. This is the ordinary rule of the mediaeval problem mss." On the matter of a source text, Murray notes, "Both MSS. [Porter and Ashmole] are written in a Northern dialect, and there is good reason to believe that an older English text lies behind them, and between them and the Latin text from which Cott. and K are other selections."

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (10 p.) : ill. ; 23 cm.

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Dethick, William, Sir, 1543-1612. Arms of the Knights of the Garter in the reign of Henry VII : manuscript, 1593.

Title: Arms of the Knights of the Garter in the reign of Henry VII : manuscript, 1593.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (38 leaves) : vellum ; 24 cm.

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Porter, John, fl. 1445-1485. John Porter manuscript, circa 1450.

Title: John Porter manuscript, circa 1450.

Collection of manuscript texts on a range of secular topics, predominantly copied about 1450 by John Porter, member of Parliament for the city of Worcester. It includes important early manuscript texts on hunting, heraldry, and chess, along with interesting texts on miscellaneous historical, biblical, and culinary subjects. Leaves 1r-36v, titled Tractatus de armis, comprise a treatise on heraldry, in Latin, by Johannes de Bado Aureo (i.e. John Trevor?), with blazons in French and nearly 200 colored shields. This is one of the earliest writings on heraldry to be composed in England, of which this is one of two surviving copies. According to the other known copy (British Library, Additional MS 28791), the work was compiled in 1449, being derived partly from a similar work written at the instance of Queen Anne (1366-1394). To view a detailed catalog record for this portion of the manuscript, follow the link to Johannes de Bado Aureo's Tractatus de armis, offered herewith. Leaves 37r-40r, titled The craft of venery, comprise a treatise on hunting. This short text is one of two known Middle English translations (with alterations) of William Twiti's L'art de vénerie. As huntsman for King Edward II, Twiti wrote his treatise originally in Anglo-Norman French in the early 14th century. It is considered the first work on hunting to be written in England and an important source for later writers (parts of it appear in The boke of St. Albans, 1486). To view a detailed catalog record for this portion of the manuscript, follow the link to William Twiti's The craft of venery, offered herewith.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (72 leaves) ; 23 cm.

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Dethick, William, 1543-1612,. The excellencie of man, his nobilitie, praise, glory, honour, and dignitie [manuscript], ca. 1610.

Title: The excellencie of man, his nobilitie, praise, glory, honour, and dignitie [manuscript], ca. 1610.

In praise of honor and virtue. Includes roll or order of procession for James I's progress through London in 1603 (leaf 90). Also includes Of heralds and heraldry (leaf 98v). Dethick is not named in the manuscript: De Ricci, following bookseller description, makes the attribution.

ArchivalResource: 111 leaves ; 32 x 20 cm.

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Cooke, Robert, d. 1592. Alphabet of arms [manuscript], ca. 1600.

Title: Alphabet of arms [manuscript], ca. 1600.

Amalgamation of several collection of arms. On first page is a copy of a 1579 grant of arms by Robert Cooke, Clarenceux, to George Fulwood, with copied signatures of Cooke and of Dethick, Garter. Hence the rest of the manuscript has been ascribed to them. One alphabet in blotchy color, one fuller, one in trick, another with verbal descriptions of arms. More arms in a fourth hand at end.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. ; coats of arms (some col.)

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Brooke, Ralph, 1553-1625. Copy of A note of some coats and crests lately come to my hands given by William Dethick when he was York herald ..., ca. 1600 [manuscript], ca. 1700.

Title: Copy of A note of some coats and crests lately come to my hands given by William Dethick when he was York herald ..., ca. 1600 [manuscript], ca. 1700.

A fair copy. The majority of the coats of arms are in Ralph Brooke's copy of those granted by William Dethick (Folger MS V.a.156) and were drawn up during Brooke's dispute with Dethick as to the validity of Dethick's grants, ca. 1600. On p. 28 is the grant to Shakespeare the player. Includes some annotations by Peter Le Neve.

ArchivalResource: [2], 30 p. : coats of arms.

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Brooke, Ralph, 1553-1625,. Coats of arms granted by William Dethick as York herald and Garter king of arms, 1570-1595 [manuscript], compiled ca. 1595-ca. 1600.

Title: Coats of arms granted by William Dethick as York herald and Garter king of arms, 1570-1595 [manuscript], compiled ca. 1595-ca. 1600.

Written, with annotations probably in Brooke's hand, in the course of the dispute in which Brooke questioned the validity of Dethick's grants in around 1600. The name of Shakespeare appears on the first leaf. Also includes a note that "William Harebrowne" became a freeman of Great Yarmouth, March 6, 1572 (before leaf 8).

ArchivalResource: 17 leaves : coats of arms (mostly col.) ; 21 x 15 cm.

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College of Arms (England and Wales). Garter King of Arms. Grant of arms from the Garter King of Arms to Stephen Powle, gent., citizen of London [manuscript], 1588 March 15.

Title: Grant of arms from the Garter King of Arms to Stephen Powle, gent., citizen of London [manuscript], 1588 March 15.

Signed by Sir William Detheck, principal Garter King of Arms.

ArchivalResource: 1 leaf : illuminated ; 30 x 51 cm.

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