View source for Manuscript book on heraldry compiled ca.1604 - ca.1615

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John Guillim (1565-1621).<br/> 
Call number: [http://hamnet.folger.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=234631 V.a.447]<br/>

The manuscript contains a modern, typed page entitled "Partial list of contents" tipped in at the back cover. 

== Transcription of typed contents list==

Partial list of contents<br/>
Various customs, mainly concerning women and their status, f.2. <br/>
Who may have a cloth of estate and who may not, f. 5<br/>
Extracts from the records in the Tower of London, f. 7<br/>
The order of proceedence of all estates before his Majesty through London...Mar. 15, 1603/04, f. 11<br/>
Proceeding to the Parliament, Mar. 19, 1603/1604, f. 13<br/>
Various styles of address...f. 13v.<br/>
The names of such noblemen as were called by writ to the Parliament...Sep. 11, 1601, f. 16<br/>
The proceeding to the Church for an earl['s funeral], f. 17<br/>
a countess, f. 18<br/>
baron, f. 19<br/>
baroness, f. 20<br/>
citizen, f. 21<br/>
The nobility placed according to their degrees and after the ancienty of their creations, 1577, f. 22<br/>
Another proceeding at a funeral, f. 23<br/>
The proportion of the funeral hearse of Edmond Bridges, lord Chandos...temp. Eliz., f. 23v<br/>
The office of a king of arms with his authority within his province, f. 24.<br/>
Liveries for noblewomen at the interment of any great estate, f. 24v.<br/>
The definition of an esquier and the several sorts of them according to the custom and usage of England, f. 25.<br/>
Jousts holden at Whitehall the 24 day of March, 1603/04....25v.<br/>
The proceeding to the funeral of a knight in London, f. 26.<br/>
[The order of 5 of the bishops in proceeding to Parliament], f. 26v.<br/>
The diet appointed for the heralds at St. George's feast...<br/>
April 23, 1604, f. 27<br/>
Ditto, 1607, f.27v.<br/>
For the funerals of an earl, f. 28<br/>
The discommodities that may happen to an army for lack of ensignes...f. 28v.<br/>
Fees due to certain of the King's servants of every new dubbe bachelor knight, f. 29.<br/>
Laws for jousts royal in piece, f. 29. Ordinances of John Lord Tiptoft, May 29, 6 Ed. IV<br/>
Names of noblemen before the Conquest of England...f. 30v.<br/>
Illustrations of several sorts of noblemen, f. 31.<br/>
The size of banners, standards, pennons...f. 34<br/>
The making of a knight banneret in the field, f. 35.<br/>
The copy of my oath taken at my creation by the name of Portsmouth pursuivant at arms, f. 36.<br/>
Officers of arms, Mar.26, 1604, f. 36.<br/>
The proportion of the cupboard of plate...at Hampton Court, Dec. 26, 1603, f. 36v.<br/>
Noblemen created by the king, 1 James I, f. 37v.<br/>
Illustrations from church windows...f. 38, and following.<br/>
The arms and names of the 8 barons which belong to the parliament of the county palatine of Chester...f.39v.<br/>
Noblemen admitted to do service at the coronation of Edward VI...f.40v.<br/>
Inscriptions in the church of Knebworth, Herts., f. 44v.<br/>
The fees due to the officers of arms for performance of a funeral...f. 45.<br/>
The proceeding at the funeral of a knight f.45.<br/>
esquier, f. 45v.<br/>
Fees due to his Majesty's officers by every bachelor knight that is made, f. 46.<br/>
For the art of limning [i.e.recipes for making colours], f. 47<br/>
The names of all colours pertaining to limning, f. 47v.<br/>
The disolving of gums, f. 48.<br/>
[Ways to make certain colours...] f. 48v.<br/>
Quotations, f. 52<br/>

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