Janus: Dictionary of Arms

Manuscripts contains:
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MS Add.3070	John Ellys: Day book, containing notes, a diary, and accounts
MS Add.3071	Prescription book of an apothecary
MS Add.3072	Notes on logic and rhetoric
MS Add.3073	John Ellys: Accounts, some concerning Sturbridge Fair
MS Add.3074	Memoranda, notes, and religious meditations
MS Add.3078	Dictionary of Arms
MS Add.3079	De Valore Episcopatus Norwiciensis, a summary of the revenues of the see of Norwich, with first fruits and tenths
MS Add.3080	Transcript of Aristotle's Historia Animalium in Greek and Latin
MS Add.3081	Translation of Aristotle's Historia Animalium into English
MS Add.3082	Poems, chiefly on Philip O'Reilly
MS Add.3083	Transcription of Míchél Ó Cléirigh's Focloir no Seanasan Nua (Irish Glossary)
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Dictionary of Arms

Title	Dictionary of Arms
Reference	GBR/0012/MS Add.3078
Creator	Bokenham, Joseph
Covering Dates	1711
Extent and Medium	1 volume; paper
Repository	Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives

Content and context

Includes alphabetical list of nobility and gentry of the United Kingdom, with descriptions of their arms, arms of episcopal sees, abbots, some Norfolk religious houses, Cambridge colleges, Oxford colleges, Inns of Court, and notes on mottoes. With lists of contents and authorities.

Purchased at Sotheby's, 17 Mar. 1893, lot 1820, for 4 guineas. Rustat Fund.

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Please cite as Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives, Dictionary of Arms, MS Add.3078

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Coats of Arms

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