An English baronage [manuscript], 1609.

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An English baronage [manuscript], 1609.

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Fuller accounts of each noble than in other versions of Cooke's work. This manuscript does not get beyond the year 1300 in its chronological order. Note on leaf 55 that an Astley descendant was "now living 1609" provides date of manuscript. No color in arms. Ascribed to Augustine Vincent on modern binding.

63 leaves : coats of arms ; 34 x 21.

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Vincent, Augustine, approximately 1584-1626

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Augustine Vincent was Rough Croix when he wrote this manuscript, an office he held from 1621 until he became Windsor Herald in 1624. From the description of Precedents collected to prove that a barony ... by writ ... is descendable to the heirs general [manuscript], ca. 1623. (Folger Shakespeare Library). WorldCat record id: 631915497 ...

Cooke, Robert, -1592

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Robert Cooke was Clarenceux King of Arms. From the description of Pedigrees of the nobility [manuscript], ca. 1575? (Folger Shakespeare Library). WorldCat record id: 630130694 Robert Dudley, the celebrated favorite of Elizabeth I. In 1564 the Queen created him the Earl of Leicester and proposed as a husband to Mary Queen of Scots. Robert Cooke was appointed Chester Herald to the College of Arms, through the Earl's influence. From the description of Pedigree of Ro...