Copy of A briefe discourse of the right use of gevinge armes, with the late abusis about that matter and the beste meane by which they may be reformid orderly, ca. 1598 [manuscript], ca. 1605 / written by Henry Howard, Earl of Northampton.

Copy of A briefe discourse of the right use of gevinge armes, with the late abusis about that matter and the beste meane by which they may be reformid orderly, ca. 1598 [manuscript], ca. 1605 / written by Henry Howard, Earl of Northampton.

[2], 98 p. ; 33 x 21 cm

Treatise on Heralds and the Office of Earl Marshal. Concludes by asking "your lordship . . . to make one feu de ioy of all the Patent[es] that haue bestowed w[i]thin thirty yeares by p[er]sons that were insufficient to grant . . ." (leaf 97).

Title derived from title page: A briefe discourse of [th]e right use of gevinge armes, w[i]th the late abusis about that matter and [th]e beste meane by w[hi]ch they may be reformid orderly / written by Henry Howard Earl of Northampton.

See also Folger MS V.b.195 which is a shortened version of chapters 3 and 4 (p. 34-69) of Folger MS V.b.7.

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Bound in limp vellum.

Watermark: eagle with cornucopia.
Formerly Folger MS Add 40.

Great Britain -- England.

V.b.7

MS Add 40