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  • Matthew Paris: Historia Anglorum, Chronica majora, Part III, 1250-1259 English (London, British Library, Royal MS 14 C VII)
    • http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Royal_MS_14_C_VII (not currently available)
  • Matthew Paris: Liber additamentorum, 1250-1259 English (London, British Library, Cotton MS Nero D I)
    • http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Cotton_MS_Nero_D_I (not currently available)
  • The Dering Roll, c 1270-1280 England (London, British Library, Add Roll 77720)
    • http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Add_Roll_77720 (not currently available)
  • The Harleian Roll, c 1314 English (London, British Library, Harley MS 337)
    • http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Harley_MS_337 (not currently available)
    • https://iiif.bl.uk/uv/#?manifest=https://bl.digirati.io/iiif/ark:/81055/vdc_100059910194.0x000001 (alternate site)
  • Powell’s Roll, 1345-1351 English (Oxford, Bodleian Library MS. Ashmole 804 pt. IV)
    • https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/inquire/p/837ed1fe-2365-415a-a739-47326a0dfb87
  • • De Ministerio Armorum al. Libro de Arautos, 15th C English (Cambridge Library UL MS LI.1.8)
    • https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-LL-00001-00018/1
  • Armorial, 1416-1418 English (Manchester University Library Latin MS 28)
    • https://luna.manchester.ac.uk/luna/servlet/detail/Man4MedievalVC~4~4~802015~137659
  • William Bruges’s Garter Book, c. 1430- c. 1440 English (London, British Library, Stowe 594)
    • http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Stowe_MS_594
    • https://archive.org/details/WilliamBrugessGarterBook/
  • Pedigree of the kings of England, c. 1435 English (Bodleian Library MS. Lat. misc. b. 2 (R))
    • https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/inquire/p/f573ae8d-697a-4fee-87d0-37760860d5b0
  • De arte heraldica, c 1440-1450 England (Oxford, Bodleian Library MS. Laud Misc. 733)
    • https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/inquire/p/b6000383-195e-4257-bfda-95fa120a1247
  • Sir Thomas Holme’s Book of Arms: Military Roll of Arms, c 1446 (ff. 9r-40v) (London, British Library, Harley MS 4205)
    • http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Harley_MS_4205 (not currently available)
  • Register of the Honour of Richmond with other items concerning the Honour, 2nd half of the 15th C English (Bodleian Library MS. Lyell 22)
    • https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/inquire/p/024ed398-9a32-41cb-a3cb-4c910799a9bf
  • Barddoniaeth Lewys Glyn Cothi, 1470s Welsh (National Library of Wales, Peniarth MS 109)
    • https://www.library.wales/discover/digital-gallery/manuscripts/the-middle-ages/poetry-by-lewys-glyn-cothi
  • Genealogy of Edward IV, Late 15th C England (Philadelphia, Free Library of Philadelphia, Lewis E 201)
    • http://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0023/html/lewis_e_201.html
  • Sir Thomas Holme’s Book of Arms: Legh’s Men of Arms, last quarter of 15th C to first quarter of 16th C (ff. 41r-112r) English (London, British Library, Harley MS 4205)
    • http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Harley_MS_4205 (not currently available)
  • List of English knights with their blazons, c. 1480 England (New Haven, Yale University, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, MS 617)
    • https://collections.library.yale.edu/catalog/9998574
    • Blazons only
  • Rous Roll, c 1483 England (London, British Library, Add MS 48976)
    • http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Add_MS_48976 (not currently available)
  • Founder’s and benefactors’ book of Tewkesbury abbey, beginning of the 16th C English (Oxford, Bodleian Library MS. Top. Glouc. d. 2)
    • https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/inquire/p/eb63201c-2890-4dab-bdbb-d14a6921f282
    • https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/d3ea83dc-d2aa-4012-aa5b-2f9ba06ef6c1/
  • Thomas Jenyn’s Book, 1500-1525 English (New Haven, Yale University, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Takamiya MS 105)
    • https://brbl-dl.library.yale.edu/vufind/Record/4341825
  • Armorial des chevaliers de l’Ordre de la Jarretière, 16th C English (Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France. Département des Manuscrits. Anglais 107)
    • https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b10532636v/
  • Coats of arms attributed to characters from Britain’s mythical prehistory (Brut, Arthur, etc.), drawn in trick, 16th C English (Oxford, Bodleian Library MS. Top. gen. b. 56)
    • https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/inquire/p/8a5f596c-7030-4243-a03d-8c432b0e4302
    • Multiple views of a single page.
  • Genealogy of the Kings of England , from Edward I to Henry VIII, 16th C English (Oxford, Bodleian Library MS. Ashmole 845)
    • https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/inquire/p/8acc4e8b-e019-4dbf-94cb-94f571903470
  • Llyfr Edward ap Roger, 16th C Welsh (National Library of Wales, Peniarth MS 128)
    • http://hdl.handle.net/10107/4620701
  • Recueil de généalogies anglaises, accompagnées d’armoiries, 16th C English (Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France. Département des Manuscrits. Anglais 33)
    • https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b10867319q/
  • Scottish Armorial, 16th C Scottish (University of Manchester, English MS 4)
    • https://luna.manchester.ac.uk/luna/servlet/detail/Manchester~91~1~430010~201255
  • Parliament roll of arms, 1515 England (London, British Library, Add MS 40078)
    • http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Add_MS_40078 (not currently available)
  • Pedigree of Hungerford, c. 1520-1530 England (Oxford, Bodleian Library MS. Top. Glouc. a. 3 (R))
    • https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/inquire/p/6eed5ecb-c389-4a3c-b2ee-59231199bd65
    • Just a single page.
  • Wriothesley heraldic collections, volume II, c. 1530 English (London, British Library, Add MS 45132)
    • http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Add_MS_45132 (not currently available)
  • Insignia Anglica, 1540-1560 English (München, BSB Cod.icon. 291)
    • https://daten.digitale-sammlungen.de/~db/bsb00001647/images/
    • https://www.wdl.org/en/item/8931/
  • Knights of the Bath, 1553 English (Oxford, Bodleian Library MS. Rylands d. 20)
    • https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/inquire/p/bdeb9dc0-18a3-4d84-8117-ea675fac615c
    • Just a single page.
  • Arfbeisiau teuluoedd Cymru, c 1560-1575 Welsh (National Library of Wales, Peniarth MS 149)
    • http://hdl.handle.net/10107/6102805
  • Scottish Armorial, c 1560-1625 Scottish (London, Lambeth Palace Library, MS316)
    • http://images.lambethpalacelibrary.org.uk/luna/servlet/detail/LPLIBLPL~17~17~179079~125635
  • Dering Roll (copy), 1563 England (Oxford, Bodleian Library MS. Ashmole 1120)
    • https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/inquire/p/dc358c03-7490-4ca5-959c-988871ef9473
  • William Flower: Tricks of Arms, 1563 English (Oxford, Bodleian Library MS. Ashmole 834, pt III)
    • https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/inquire/p/7ccfc5cd-0702-4b7f-8aaa-3a64e76034cf
  • Gilbert Dethick: Book of arms, 1564 English (New Haven, Yale University, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, MS 97)
    • https://brbl-dl.library.yale.edu/vufind/Record/4759402
  • Dineley/Dyneley, 1564-1633 English (London, Wellcome Library MS.244)
    • https://wellcomecollection.org/works/zztf5pre
  • Heroica Eulogia, 1567 English (Huntington Library, mssHM 160)
    • https://hdl.huntington.org/digital/collection/p15150coll7/id/44666/rec/1
  • Visitation of the City and Suburbs of London, 1568 English (Oxford, Queen’s College MS 72)
    • https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/dadd8516-d5de-4e67-b791-53e671e65b96/
  • Genelogies of the Erles of Lecestre and Chester, c. 1572-1573 English (UPenn Ms. Codex 1070)
    • http://dla.library.upenn.edu/dla/medren/pageturn.html?id=MEDREN_9942186163503681
  • La liste des seigneurs, barons, chevaliers et gentilshommes, envoyez en France par Elizabeth, c 1572 English
    • https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b84702080 (Paris, BnF, ms. Français 5785)
    • https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b53196528n (Paris, BnF, ms. Français 32881)
    • 8 items.
  • Arms of the Knights of the Garter, 1573 England (New Haven, Yale University, Lewis Walpole Library 49 2551)
    • https://collections.library.yale.edu/catalog/16649549
  • Coats of arms of Scottish nobility, 4th quarter of the 16th C English (London, British Library, Harley MS 115)
    • http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Harley_MS_115 (not currently available)
  • Armorial Manuscript, c. 1580 English (University of Victoria Library, Ms.Brown.Eng.2)
    • https://vault.library.uvic.ca/concern/generic_works/235199e3-3ee5-4a62-845f-93153fc13bf6
  • The Baronage and Peerage of England, 1580-1599 English (Paris, BnF, ms. Anglais 32)
    • https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b10527890t
  • Welsh armorial, 1585 Welsh (National Library of Wales, Peniarth MS 148)
    • http://hdl.handle.net/10107/6095343
  • An English Baronage, 1586 (LUNA: Folger Digital Image Collection, V.b.78)
    • https://digitalcollections.folger.edu/bib233070-281751
  • Funeral Entries, Vol. 1, Irish 1588-1617 (Genealogical Office Manuscripts Collection, National Library of Ireland, Department of Manuscripts, GO MS 64)
    • https://catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000540672
  • Guillim’s Roll, 1589 English (Oxford, Bodleian Library MS. Laud Misc. 649)
    • https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/inquire/p/ce24dc84-67b0-440b-8014-f2c91112fa0d
    • Copy of an original dating from c. 1295-1305. Just a single page.
  • Spencer Family Book of English Heraldry, 1589 English (Baltimore, Walters Art Museum, Walters Ms. W.847)
    • http://www.thedigitalwalters.org/Data/WaltersManuscripts/html/W847/description.html
  • Arms, part II: English and Scottish nobility, c. 1590-1620 English (Genealogical Office Manuscripts Collection, National Library of Ireland, Department of Manuscripts, GO MS 57)
    • http://catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000536714
  • English Arms A, c. 1590-1620 English (Genealogical Office Manuscripts Collection, National Library of Ireland, Department of Manuscripts, GO MS 38)
    • http://catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000531082
  • English Arms B, c. 1590-1620 English (Genealogical Office Manuscripts Collection, National Library of Ireland, Department of Manuscripts, GO MS 39)
    • http://catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000531094
  • Genealogies of the kings of England, 1592 English (New Haven, Yale University, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Osborn fa56)
    • https://brbl-dl.library.yale.edu/vufind/Record/3901087
  • Coats of arms granted by William Dethick, c. 1595-1600 (LUNA: Folger Digital Image Collection, V.a.156)
    • https://digitalcollections.folger.edu/bib232783-281251
  • The armes of all the cheife corporatons [sic] of England, 1596 English (LUNA: Folger Digital Image Collection, STC 26018)
    • https://digitalcollections.folger.edu/img6335
  • The names and armes of all the nobilitie who were in England at the tyme of K[ing] W[illia]m the Conqueror, 1597 English (Upenn Ms. Codex 1071)
    • http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/9942208683503681
  • Funeral Entries Vol 2, Irish 1597-1603 (Genealogical Office Manuscripts Collection, National Library of Ireland, Department of Manuscripts, GO MS 65)
    • https://catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000540683
  • Scottish Armorial, 16th-17th C Scottish (Manchester University Library, English MS 15)
    • https://luna.manchester.ac.uk/luna/servlet/view/search?q=reference_number=%22English%20MS%2015%22
  • English armorial, 1603 English
    • https://archive.org/details/englisharmorialm00bern
  • Scottish Nobility E2, post-1603, Scottish (Genealogical Office Manuscripts Collection, National Library of Ireland, Department of Manuscripts, GO MS 36)
    • http://catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000531063
  • Funeral Entries Vol 3, Irish 1604-1622 (Genealogical Office Manuscripts Collection, National Library of Ireland, Department of Manuscripts, GO MS 66)
    • http://catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000529284
  • Registered Pedigrees Vol. 12, c. 1614-1618 (Genealogical Office Manuscripts Collection, National Library of Ireland, Department of Manuscripts, GO MS 166)
    • http://catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000530371

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