- Creator:
- Joan of Navarre, Queen, consort of Henry IV, King of England, 1370?-1437.
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1402]
- Call Number:
- Takamiya MS 118
- Image Count:
- 4
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Abstract:
- Manuscript letter, on parchment, in a Chancery hand, containing a petition by Joan of Navarre to her husband, King Henry IV of England, for the right of the Aurum Reginae, revenues alloted to the queen of England out of fees for offices or franchises paid to the king.
- Description:
- Accompanied by: transcript, on paper, in a 17th century italic hand., From the collection of Toshiyuki Takamiya, 2013-., Layout: single column of 10 lines., Script: Chancery hand., and Two endorsements, on verso, in a different contemporary hand, one of which notes the grant of the Aurum Reginae to Joan at Eltham on the Tuesday after Epiphany, 13 Henry IV (1412).
- Subject (Name):
- Henry--IV,--King of England,--1367-1413. and Joan of Navarre,--Queen, consort of Henry IV,--King of England,--1370?-1437.
- Subject (Topic):
- Kings and rulers., Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven., Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library., and Taxation--England--Early works to 1800.
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Letter, undated, to Henry IV, King of England.
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- Published / Created:
- [between 1500 and 1525]
- Call Number:
- Takamiya MS 105
- Image Count:
- 224
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Abstract:
- Manuscript copy, on parchment, in several scribal hands, of this English ordinary of arms, containing approximately 1600 coats of arms in full color, with descriptive annotations. The manuscript also contains approximately 300 shields outlined but left blank. This manuscript is the oldest recorded copy of the Queen Margaret version of this text.
- Description:
- Autograph and notes by Sir Syndey Cockerell on front flyleaf; autograph of Brian S. Cron on front flyleaf., Binding: contemporary binding of reversed white leather over wooden boards., Contemporary foliation omits ff. 11-12, 78-79, Decoration: coats of arms in full color; some initials in red or blue., Ex libris Sir Sydney Cockerell; ex libris Brian S. Cron., Layout: coats of arms arranged in three rows of four on each page, with descriptive notes above each., and Script: cursive bookhand.
- Subject (Name):
- Cockerell, Sydney Carlyle,--Sir,--1867-1962--Autograph. and Cron, B. S.--Autograph.
- Subject (Topic):
- Heraldry--Dictionaries., Heraldry--England., Heraldry--England--Early works to 1800., Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven., Manuscripts, Renaissance--Connecticut--New Haven., and Medieval and Re
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Ordinary of arms : Thomas Jenyns book.
- Published / Created:
- [between 1300 and 1350]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 60
- Image Count:
- 5
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on parchment of 1-2) Registrum brevium. 3) Novae narrationes (in Anglo-Norman). 4) Part of an article of indenture (13 lines; 18th-century hand), in English, concerning William Jenninges of Birmingham.
- Description:
- Binding: 15th-16th centuries. Original sewing on four double, tawed cords laced into flush wooden boards. The covering extends over the endbands and is sewn around them. Traces of a secondary embroidery. Spine lined with tawed skin extending to outside of boards. Covered with tawed, cream-colored skin. A brass catch on the lower cover and traces of a clasp attachment on the first few leaves. Lower board detached, upper board and most of the spine covering wanting, probably for some time., In Latin and Anglo-Norman., Lower half of ff. 33, 78 torn; large portions of text stained and illegible., Script: Written in small, cramped anglicana by one scribe., and Twelve illuminated initials (crudely drawn and much rubbed), in dark red, blue, gold, green, and orange, with simple borders extending the length of the folio. Paragraph marks in blue or gold throughout.
- Subject (Topic):
- Anglo-Norman literature, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Law--Great Britain, Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven, and Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Registrum brevium and Novae narrationes.
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1427]
- Call Number:
- Takamiya MS 41
- Image Count:
- 549
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Abstract:
- Manuscript, on parchment, in multiple hands, of a complete set of the statutes of England from 1327 to 1427. In Law French with Latin headings.
- Description:
- Binding: early flexible binding, designed to accomodate further additions of leaves, with stiff leather covers stitched on with leather thongs; original bands and sewing visible. "Edw. Bennett" cut into upper cover in a later hand., Decoration: blue initials with red penwork., Foliation provided by cataloger., Formerly owned by William Elwys; Edward Bennett; T. Butler; Colin Franklin. From the collection of Toshiyuki Takamiya, 2013-., Layout: single columns of 30-36 lines., Numerous contemporary marginal annotations in a number of hands., Ownership inscription: "T. Butler 1759" on first leaf (1r)., Ownership inscription: "Wilelmo Elwys" on first leaf (1r) and final leaf (269v)., and Script: several secretary scripts.
- Subject (Name):
- Elwys, William--Autograph., England.--Parliament., and Franklin, Colin--Ownership.
- Subject (Topic):
- Feudal law--England--Early works to 1800., Law--England--Early works to 1800., Law--Great Britain--Early works to 1800., Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven., and Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library.
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Statutes of England from 1 Edward III to 4 Henry VI.