New Year's gift roll of Elizabeth I, Queen of England [manuscript], 1578/9 January 1.
England and Wales. Sovereign (1558-1603 : Elizabeth I); Holmes, George, 1662-1749, former owner.; West, James, 1703-1772, former owner.; Brander, Gustavus, 1720-1787, former owner.; Nichols, John, 1745-1826, former owner.; Nichols, John Gough, 1806-1873, former owner.; Hopkinson, Francis, 1810-1898, former owner.; Hodgkin, John Eliot, former owner.; Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603, signer.
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New Year's gift roll of Elizabeth I, Queen of England [manuscript], 1578/9 January 1.
Description
1 roll (4 membranes) ; 328 x 40 cm
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Associated name
Holmes, George, 1662-1749, former owner.
West, James, 1703-1772, former owner.
Brander, Gustavus, 1720-1787, former owner.
Nichols, John, 1745-1826, former owner.
Nichols, John Gough, 1806-1873, former owner.
Hopkinson, Francis, 1810-1898, former owner.
Hodgkin, John Eliot, former owner.
Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603, signer.
West, James, 1703-1772, former owner.
Brander, Gustavus, 1720-1787, former owner.
Nichols, John, 1745-1826, former owner.
Nichols, John Gough, 1806-1873, former owner.
Hopkinson, Francis, 1810-1898, former owner.
Hodgkin, John Eliot, former owner.
Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603, signer.
Material base
Manuscript on vellum.
Scope and content
List of gifts given and, on the verso, received by the Queen. Each list ordered by rank.
Note
Signed by the Queen.
Transcription of Z.d.15 by John Nichols in The progresses, and public processions, of Queen Elizabeth.
Sotheby's June 1, 1905, lot no. 732, to Maggs.
Transcription of Z.d.15 by John Nichols in The progresses, and public processions, of Queen Elizabeth.
Sotheby's June 1, 1905, lot no. 732, to Maggs.
Publications about material
Transcription in The Elizabethan new year's gift exchanges, 1559-1603 / edited by Jane A. Lawson. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013, p. 246-267.
Provenance
George Holmes (1736) -- James West -- Gustavus Brander (acquired March 3, 1733, lot 52 from West sale) -- John Nichols (acquired February 13, 1790, lot 1077 from Brander sale) -- J.G. Nichols (sold by Sotheby's December 1874, lot 2767) -- Rev. Francis Hopkinson (1890) -- J.E. Hodgkin.
Source of acquisition
Acquired from Sotheby's May 12-19, 1914, lot 462.
Exhibited
Exhibited: Society of Antiquaries on 7 October 1736, by Holmes; Exhibition of the Royal House of Tudor, The New Gallery, Regent Street, London, 1890, no. 1191, lent by Hopkinson.
Cited/described in
Ricci, S. de. Census of medieval and Renaissance manuscripts in the United States and Canada, 630.1
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Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England.
Item Details
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Z.d.15
Folger accession
cs630.1