• Full-page miniatures of Sir John de Lisle, on the left, facing Sir John Beauchamp, each wearing a blue Garter mantle over plate armour and surcoat displaying his arms. A framed tablet displays painted arms of successors in their Garter stalls at St. George's Chapel, Windsor., Pictorial book of arms of the Order of the Garter ('William Bruges's Garter Book')

of Ashburnham, of Ashburnham Place, Sussex.Bertram Ashburnham (b. 1840, d. 1913), 5th earl of Ashburnham: purchased by the British Museum from him together with 1084 other Stowe manuscripts in 1883. de Lisle and Beauchamp London England, S. E. (probably London)

• Full page miniatures of Sir Hugh Courteney and Sir John Gray (unfinished), of the Order of the Garter, each wearing a blue Garter mantle over plate armour and surcoat displaying his arms. A framed tablet displays painted arms of successors in their Garter stalls at St. George's Chapel, Windsor., Pictorial book of arms of the Order of the Garter ('William Bruges's Garter Book')

earl of Ashburnham, of Ashburnham Place, Sussex.Bertram Ashburnham (b. 1840, d. 1913), 5th earl of Ashburnham: purchased by the British Museum from him together with 1084 other Stowe manuscripts in 1883. Courtney and Grey London England, S. E. (probably London)

• Full page miniatures of Sir Miles Stapleton and Sir Hugh Wrottesley, of the Order of the Garter, each wearing a blue Garter mantle over plate armour and surcoat displaying his arms. A framed tablet displays painted arms of successors in their Garter stalls at St. George's Chapel, Windsor., Pictorial book of arms of the Order of the Garter ('William Bruges's Garter Book')

earl of Ashburnham, of Ashburnham Place, Sussex.Bertram Ashburnham (b. 1840, d. 1913), 5th earl of Ashburnham: purchased by the British Museum from him together with 1084 other Stowe manuscripts in 1883. Stapleton and Wrottesley London England, S. E. (probably London)

• Full page miniatures of Sir John Chandos and Sir Otes Holland (unfinished), of the Order of the Garter, each wearing a blue Garter mantle over plate armour and surcoat displaying his arms. A framed tablet displays painted arms of successors in their Garter stalls at St. George's Chapel, Windsor., Pictorial book of arms of the Order of the Garter ('William Bruges's Garter Book')

earl of Ashburnham, of Ashburnham Place, Sussex.Bertram Ashburnham (b. 1840, d. 1913), 5th earl of Ashburnham: purchased by the British Museum from him together with 1084 other Stowe manuscripts in 1883. Chandos and Holland London England, S. E. (probably London)

• Full page miniatures of Sir Sanset Dabrichecourt and Prince Edward of Woodstock, of the Order of the Garter, each wearing a blue Garter mantle over plate armour and surcoat displaying his arms. A framed tablet displays painted arms of successors in their Garter stalls at St. George's Chapel, Windsor., Pictorial book of arms of the Order of the Garter ('William Bruges's Garter Book')

Ashburnham, of Ashburnham Place, Sussex.Bertram Ashburnham (b. 1840, d. 1913), 5th earl of Ashburnham: purchased by the British Museum from him together with 1084 other Stowe manuscripts in 1883. Sanset Dabrichecourt and Prince Edward London England, S. E. (probably London)

• Full page miniatures of Thomas, Earl of Warwick and Ralph, Lord Stafford, of the Order of the Garter, each wearing a blue Garter mantle over plate armour and surcoat displaying his arms. A framed tablet displays painted arms of successors in their Garter stall at St. George's Chapel, Windsor., Pictorial book of arms of the Order of the Garter ('William Bruges's Garter Book')

of Ashburnham Place, Sussex.Bertram Ashburnham (b. 1840, d. 1913), 5th earl of Ashburnham: purchased by the British Museum from him together with 1084 other Stowe manuscripts in 1883. Earl of Warwick and Lord Stafford London England, S. E. (probably London)

• Full page miniature of Roger, Earl of March, and Sir Bartholomew Burghersh (unfinished), of the Order of the Garter, each wearing a blue Garter mantle over plate armour and surcoat displaying his arms. A framed tablet displays painted arms of successors in their Garter stall at St. George's Chapel, Windsor., Pictorial book of arms of the Order of the Garter ('William Bruges's Garter Book')

Ashburnham, of Ashburnham Place, Sussex.Bertram Ashburnham (b. 1840, d. 1913), 5th earl of Ashburnham: purchased by the British Museum from him together with 1084 other Stowe manuscripts in 1883. Earl of March and Burghersh London England, S. E. (probably London)

• Full page miniature of John, Lord Mohun (unfinished), and Sir Thomas Holland (unfinished), of the Order of the Garter, each unfinished and wearing a blue Garter mantle over plate armour and surcoat displaying his arms. A framed tablet displays painted arms of successors in their Garter stall at St. George's Chapel, Windsor., Pictorial book of arms of the Order of the Garter ('William Bruges's Garter Book')

of Ashburnham, of Ashburnham Place, Sussex.Bertram Ashburnham (b. 1840, d. 1913), 5th earl of Ashburnham: purchased by the British Museum from him together with 1084 other Stowe manuscripts in 1883. Lord Mohun and Holland London England, S. E. (probably London)

• Full page miniatures of Sir Richard FitzSimon and Sir Thomas Walle, of the Order of the Garter, each wearing a blue Garter mantle over plate armour and surcoat displaying his arms. A framed tablet displays painted arms of successors in their Garter stall at St. George's Chapel, Windsor., Pictorial book of arms of the Order of the Garter ('William Bruges's Garter Book')

earl of Ashburnham, of Ashburnham Place, Sussex.Bertram Ashburnham (b. 1840, d. 1913), 5th earl of Ashburnham: purchased by the British Museum from him together with 1084 other Stowe manuscripts in 1883. FitzSimon and Walle London England, S. E. (probably London)

• Full page miniature of Sir Niel Lorying and Sir James Dandele, of the Order of the Garter, each wearing a blue Garter mantle over plate armour and surcoat displaying his arms. A framed tablet displays painted arms of successors in their Garter stall at St. George's Chapel, Windsor., Pictorial book of arms of the Order of the Garter ('William Bruges's Garter Book')

earl of Ashburnham, of Ashburnham Place, Sussex.Bertram Ashburnham (b. 1840, d. 1913), 5th earl of Ashburnham: purchased by the British Museum from him together with 1084 other Stowe manuscripts in 1883. Lorying and Dandele London England, S. E. (probably London)

• Full page miniature of Sir Harry Eam (unfinished) and Sir Walter Paveley (unfinished), of the Order of the Garter, wearing a blue Garter mantle over plate armour and surcoat displaying his arms. A framed tablet displays painted arms of successors in his Garter stall at St. George's Chapel, Windsor., Pictorial book of arms of the Order of the Garter ('William Bruges's Garter Book')

earl of Ashburnham, of Ashburnham Place, Sussex.Bertram Ashburnham (b. 1840, d. 1913), 5th earl of Ashburnham: purchased by the British Museum from him together with 1084 other Stowe manuscripts in 1883. Eam and Paveley London England, S. E. (probably London)

• Tinted drawing of Book 2, Emblem II: Sic pacem habemus (Thus, we have peace), represented by two rampant lions (the heraldic lions of England and Scotland) supporting a gold crown., Three books of emblems, prefaced by a letter from Henry Peacham addressed to Henry Frederick, prince of Wales, and based on the Basilikon Doron (Royal Gift), James I's book of advice to his son and heir

Library.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Book 2, Emblem II [labelled 'primum' in error]: Sic pacem habemus Henry Peacham Henry Peacham Henry Peacham Henry Peacham England, S. E. (London)

• Tinted drawing of Book 2, Emblem IX: Severus vere securus (He who is strict is truly secure) represented by the spear of Romulus from which buds sprout., Three books of emblems, prefaced by a letter from Henry Peacham addressed to Henry Frederick, prince of Wales, and based on the Basilikon Doron (Royal Gift), James I's book of advice to his son and heir

part of the Royal Library.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Book 2, Emblem IX: Severus vere securus Henry Peacham Henry Peacham Henry Peacham Henry Peacham England, S. E. (London)

• Tinted drawing of Book 2, Emblem X: Cum severitate lenitas (Severity with Mercy) represented by a storm cloud and a rainbow., Three books of emblems, prefaced by a letter from Henry Peacham addressed to Henry Frederick, prince of Wales, and based on the Basilikon Doron (Royal Gift), James I's book of advice to his son and heir

the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Book 2, Emblem X: Cum severitate lenitas (Even in harashness [there is] mercy) Henry Peacham Henry Peacham Henry Peacham Henry Peacham England, S. E. (London)

• Tinted drawing of Book 2, Emblem XII: Me nemo impune lacessit (No one attacks me with impunity) represented by a crown flanked by serpents entwined around pyramids., Three books of emblems, prefaced by a letter from Henry Peacham addressed to Henry Frederick, prince of Wales, and based on the Basilikon Doron (Royal Gift), James I's book of advice to his son and heir

of the Royal Library.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Book 2, Emblem XI: Me nemo impune lacessit Henry Peacham Henry Peacham Henry Peacham Henry Peacham England, S. E. (London)

• Tinted drawing of Book 2, Emblem XIII: Iustitia Symbolum (A Symbol of Justice) represented by three Thebans: one blind and two with amputated hands., Three books of emblems, prefaced by a letter from Henry Peacham addressed to Henry Frederick, prince of Wales, and based on the Basilikon Doron (Royal Gift), James I's book of advice to his son and heir

became part of the Royal Library.Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. Book 2, Emblem XIII: Iustitia Symbolum Henry Peacham Henry Peacham Henry Peacham Henry Peacham England, S. E. (London)

• Pedigree of the Grimshaw of Claiton (index Clayton), with their coat of arms., 'The Visitacion of Lancashire' (index Visitation of Lancashire) (unfinished)

of Lancashire) (unfinished) William Smith (b. c. 1550, d. 1618), herald, playwright and topographer, c. 1575 citizen and Haberdasher of London, Rouge Dragon Pursuivant in 1597: written by him in 1598 following a visitation in 1467 (f. 2*), notes probably

• Historiated initial 'P'(ost) depicting Quintilian(?) writing; with a three-sided border incorporating putti supporting heraldic arms., Institutiones

A finding list of uncatalogued or incompletely catalogued humanistic manuscripts of the Renaissance in Italian and other libraries~, 7 vols (London: Warburg Institute, 1963; repr. 1977-1997) IV (Alia Itinera II): ~Great Britain to Spain~ (1989), p. 45).Anthony Askew (bap. 1722,

• Illuminated white vine initial 'C'(um), at the beginning of Book 9 of Quintilian's Institutiones., Institutiones

A finding list of uncatalogued or incompletely catalogued humanistic manuscripts of the Renaissance in Italian and other libraries~, 7 vols (London: Warburg Institute, 1963; repr. 1977-1997) IV (Alia Itinera II): ~Great Britain to Spain~ (1989), p. 45).Anthony Askew (bap. 1722,

• Illuminated white vine initia 'V'(entum), at the beginning of Book 12 of Quintilian's Institutiones., Institutiones

A finding list of uncatalogued or incompletely catalogued humanistic manuscripts of the Renaissance in Italian and other libraries~, 7 vols (London: Warburg Institute, 1963; repr. 1977-1997) IV (Alia Itinera II): ~Great Britain to Spain~ (1989), p. 45).Anthony Askew (bap. 1722,