The booke of Henrye Earl of Arundell Lord Chamberlaine to the Kinges Matie, . copied oute of a booke of Sir Gyles Dawbney knighte, Chamberlaine to Kinge Henrye the seventhe. [Manuscript].
King Henry VIII (1491-1547)
Category
Manuscripts and documents
Date
1526
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Belton House, Lincolnshire
NT 3122855
Summary
Bibliographic description
[4],146,[4]p. . 4to.. First of two items in 19th-century wooden box, vellum-covered and with marbled paper edges and interior, with spine lettered: 'M.S.S. / Temp. Hen:7 Car:1'. Inside box is letter signed 'Peregrine F. Cust' and dated from Belton House, 1860, explaining that the two MSS in the box had been removed from no. 30 Hill Street London after the death of the Hon. Elizabeth Cust, and purchased by the guardians of [2nd] Earl Brownlow for the Belton Library. This item has pencil annotations (19th-century hand) indicating 'Printed' or 'Not printed' against various sections. Scribbles in 17th-century hand on final page. Provenance: Bookplate: Belton House (earl's coronet & crests). Old Belton pressmark on pastedown: 117. Binding: Sewn on 4 cords in vellum wrapper, gilt panels and centre-pieces with acorns (worn, buckled and dirty).
Makers and roles
King Henry VIII (1491-1547) Henry Fitzalan, 12th Earl of Arundel (1512 - 1580) Giles Daubeney, 1st Baron Daubeney (1451/2 - 1508)