Genealogical and heraldic collections of James Strangman, including extracts from the Close, Charter and Plea Rolls temp. King John, pedigrees of the ancient Earls and Barons of England, pedigrees from the 1563 visitation of Norfolk, an armorial of English families (indexed by St. George), and extracts of Philip Tylney, annotated and foliated by St. George.
There are similar collections of Sir Henry St. George, 17th century, which include extracts from monastic cartularies and Hundred and Originalia Rolls. MS. Top. gen. c. 90 also contains pen and ink drawings of knights and castles, and a setting of the ballad 'Rowland' in lute tablature.
Dates
- Creation: 16th-17th century
Extent
0.22 Linear metres (2 boxes)
Language of Materials
- English
- Latin
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MSS. Top. gen. c. 90].
Full range of shelfmarks:
MSS. Top. gen. c. 90-91
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 13366
Abstract
Genealogical and heraldic collections of James Strangman.
Biographical / Historical
James Strangman (?1555-1596) was an Essex antiquary.
Other Finding Aids
M. Clapinson and T.D. Rogers, Summary Catalogue of Post-Medieval Western Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library Oxford. Acquisitions 1916-1975. (Oxford, 1991), vol. II, nos. 54164-54165.
Custodial History
Collections of the Essex antiquary James Strangman, 16th century. Owned by Sir Richard St. George and Sir Henry St. George the younger; Phillipps MSS. 13173, 13094; Sotheby's, 15 June 1971, lots 1645-6.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Bought by the Library from Theodore Hoffman, 1972.
- Title
- James Strangman Collection
- Status
- Published
- Author
- Collection Level Description by Susan Thomas; EAD version 2019 by Pauline Soum-Paris
- Date
- EAD version 2019
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
Weston Library
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