IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0117 MS/61
Held at: Royal Society
Title: Manual of court ceremonial precedence etc
Date(s): 16th century
Level of description: sub-fonds
Extent: 1 volume
Name of creator(s): Unknown
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CONTENT
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A sixteenth century manuscript which includes:
1. The order for the king's suite
2. The order of the kinges going to the chappell on Sherethursdaie, and from thence into the hall
3. The book showing what appertains to the offices of the king's chamberlains, vice chamberlains, and ushers
4. The order for the banquet at Greenwich on St Thomas's day, 9 Henry VIII, and other similar matters. Includes a diagram.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
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Open
Conditions governing reproduction:
No publication without written permission. Apply to Archivist in the first instance.
Physical characteristics:
Paper, leather binding, 57 ff, size 13 x 8 inches.
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DESCRIPTION NOTES
Note:
Archivist's note: Copied from the Royal Society catalogue by Sarah Drewery.
Rules or conventions: General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal Place and Corporate Names 1997.
Date(s) of descriptions: Feb 2009.