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A ] (or ''armorial'') is a collection of ], usually consisting of rows of painted pictures of shields, each shield accompanied by the name of the person bearing the arms. A roll may also consist of ]s (verbal descriptions) rather than illustrations. The following is a list of known historical examples of rolls of arms. A ] (or ''armorial'') is a collection of ], usually consisting of rows of painted pictures of shields, each shield accompanied by the name of the person bearing the arms. A roll may also consist of ]s (verbal descriptions) rather than illustrations. The following is a list of known historical examples of rolls of arms.


== 13th century rolls ==
==Mediaeval examples==
⚫ *''Glover's Roll'' is an ] roll of arms from c. 1240–1245, as dated by ],<ref>Planché, J.R. ''The Pursuivant of Arms; or Heraldry founded upon facts'', London, 1873, pp.31</ref> containing 55 coats of arms. The manuscript was made by ] (d.1588), ], in 1586 from a now-lost roll of arms made during the reign of ] (1216–1272). The arms are not drawn but only blazoned. ] states it to be the earliest source of heraldic information and was the first to name it after Glover.<ref>Planché, J.R. ''The Pursuivant of Arms; or Heraldry founded upon facts'', London, 1873, pp.30–31</ref>
===English mediaeval rolls===
⚫ *''The ] Shields'' is a roll dating from c. 1244-59, during the reign of Henry III, containing drawings of shields with Latin annotations.<ref>Rolls of Arms Henry III: The Matthew Paris Shields (c. 1244-59); Glover's Roll (c. 1253-58) and Walford's Roll (c. 1273); Additions and Corrections to A Catalogue of English Mediaeval Rolls of Arms. Edited by Thomas Daniel Tremlett
⚫ *'''Glover's Roll''', c. 1240–1245 as dated by ],<ref>Planché, J.R. ''The Pursuivant of Arms; or Heraldry founded upon facts'', London, 1873, pp.31</ref> 55 coats. British Museum Add MS 29796. Made by ](d.1588), ], in 1586 from a now lost roll of arms of the reign of ] (1216–1272). The arms are not drawn but only blazoned. ] states it to be the earliest source of heraldic information and was the first to name it after Glover.<ref>Planché, J.R. ''The Pursuivant of Arms; or Heraldry founded upon facts'', London, 1873, pp.30–31</ref>
⚫ *'''The ] Shields''', drawings of shields c. 1244-59, ''temp.'' Henry III, with Latin annotations.<ref>Rolls of Arms Henry III: The Matthew Paris Shields (c. 1244-59); Glover's Roll (c. 1253-58) and Walford's Roll (c. 1273); Additions and Corrections to A Catalogue of English Mediaeval Rolls of Arms. Edited by Thomas Daniel Tremlett
Edited by Hugh Stanford London. Rolls of Arms Henry III. Published in 1958 in series "Aspilogia" by Boydell Press</ref> Edited by Hugh Stanford London. Rolls of Arms Henry III. Published in 1958 in series "Aspilogia" by Boydell Press</ref>
⚫ *''The Bigot Roll'' is a French roll dating from 1254, containing 300 coats.
*'''The ]''',<ref></ref> late 13th century, the earliest surviving English original roll of arms. 324 coats, painted. Parchment, 8{{frac|1|4}}" wide by 8ft 8" long. British Library. Provenance: Sir Richard Dering (1598–1644).
*'']'', dating from the late 13th century, is the earliest surviving English original roll of arms. It contains 324 coats of arms, painted on parchment. It is {{convert|8+1/4|in|mm}} wide by {{convert|8|ft|8|in|m}} long. It currently resides in the ].<ref></ref>
*'''Walford's Roll''', c. 1275, 185 coats with blazons. British Museum MS Harl 6589,f.12,12b.
⚫ *''Armorial Wijnbergen'' is a French roll published in two parts (Part 1, c. 1265–1270; Part 2, c. 1270–1285), containing 1,312 painted coats. It currently resides at the Royal Dutch Association of Genealogy & Heraldry, ].
*'''The Camden Roll''', c. 1280, 270 coats painted, 185 with blazons. British Museum, Cotton Roll, 8.
*''Walford's Roll'' is a British roll dating from c. 1275, containing 185 coats with blazons.
⚫ *'''St George's Roll''', c. 1285, 677 coats, painted. College of Arms, London, MS Vincent 164 ff.1–21b.
*''The Camden Roll'' is a British roll dating from c. 1280, containing 270 painted coats, 185 with blazons.
⚫ *'''Charles' Roll''', c. 1285, 486 coats, painted. Society of Antiquaries, London, MS517 (Copy, c. 15th century). Planché however names as "Charles's Roll" a copy of a mid-13th-century roll containing nearly 700 coats drawn in pen and ink (i.e. "tricked") by ](d.1613), ], in 1607 (British Museum, Harley MS 6589). Charles stated that the original had been lent to him by the ].<ref>Planché, J.R. The Pursuivant of Arms; or Heraldry founded upon facts, London, 1873, pp.31</ref>
*''The Heralds' Roll'' is an English roll dating from c. 1280, containing 697 painted coats.
⚫ *'''The Galloway Roll''', 1300, 259 coats with blazons. College of Arms, London, MS M.14, ff.168–75 (copy by Sir ], ], d1534).
⚫ *''St George's Roll'' is an English roll dating from c. 1285, containing 677 painted coats.
⚫ *'''The Falkirk Roll''', c. 1298, 115 coats with blazons. Lists the knights with King Edward I at ](1298). Various copies exist. The British Museum copy (MS Harl 6589, f.9–9b) was formerly in the Treasury Chamber in Paris in 1576.<ref>Planché, J.R. The Pursuivant of Arms; or Heraldry founded upon facts, London, 1873, pp.32</ref>
⚫ *''Charles' Roll'' is an English roll dating from c. 1285, containing 486 painted coats. Planché however names as "Charles's Roll" a copy of a mid-13th-century roll containing nearly 700 coats drawn in pen and ink (i.e. ]) by ] (d.1613), ], in 1607. Charles stated that the original had been lent to him by the ].<ref>Planché, J.R. The Pursuivant of Arms; or Heraldry founded upon facts, London, 1873, pp.31</ref>
*'''The Heralds' Roll''', c. 1280, 697 coats, painted. FitzWilliam Museum, Cambridge MS297 (Copy, 15th century)
⚫ *''The Chifflet-Prinet Roll'' is a French roll dating from c. 1285–1298, containing 147 coats with blazons.
⚫ *'''Roll of Caerlaverock''' or '''Poem of Caerlaverock''', 1300, 110 poetry blazons, no images. Near contemporary copy, vellum: British Museum, Cotton Caligula A XVIII, ff.23b–30b. Two other copies exist, made by Glover from a now lost different original source, one at College of Arms, London, the other at the Office of the Ulster King of Arms, Dublin. Made in 1300 by English heralds during Edward I's siege of ], Scotland. Text: see ]. Commentary by Nicholas Harris Nicolas: "The siege of Carlaverock in the XXVIII Edward I. A.D. MCCC; with the arms of the earls, barons, and knights, who were present on the occasion; with a translation, a history of the castle, and memoirs of the personages commemorated by the poet", London, 1828. <ref>http://archive.org/stream/siegeofcarlavero00nicouoft/siegeofcarlavero00nicouoft_djvu.txt</ref>
*''Armorial du Hérault Vermandois'' <nowiki>], MS.français 2249 (15th century copy)<nowiki>]</nowiki> is a ] roll of arms dating from c. 1285–1300, containing 1,076 blazons.
⚫ *''The Lord Marshal's Roll'' is an English roll dating from 1295, containing 565 painted coats.
⚫ *''Collins' Roll'' is a roll dating from 1296, containing 598 painted coats. It currently resides at the ] in London.
⚫ *''The Falkirk Roll'' is a English occasional roll dating from c. 1298, containing 115 coats with blazons, listing the knights with King Edward I at ] in 1298. Various copies exist. The British Museum copy (MS Harl 6589, f.9–9b) was formerly in the Treasury Chamber in Paris in 1576.<ref>Planché, J.R. The Pursuivant of Arms; or Heraldry founded upon facts, London, 1873, pp.32</ref>

== 14th century rolls ==
⚫ *''The Galloway Roll'' (copy by Sir ], ], d. 1534) is an English roll dating from 1300, containing 259 coats with blazons.
⚫ *''Roll of Caerlaverock'' or ''Poem of Caerlaverock'' is a roll dating from 1300, containing 110 poetical blazons without images. Two other copies exist, made by Glover from a now-lost different original source, one at the College of Arms in London, the other at the Office of the Ulster King of Arms in Dublin. The original was made in 1300 by English heralds during Edward I's siege of ], Scotland. Commentary by Nicholas Harris Nicolas: "The siege of Carlaverock in the XXVIII Edward I. A.D. MCCC; with the arms of the earls, barons, and knights, who were present on the occasion; with a translation, a history of the castle, and memoirs of the personages commemorated by the poet," London, 1828. <ref>http://archive.org/stream/siegeofcarlavero00nicouoft/siegeofcarlavero00nicouoft_djvu.txt</ref>
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⚫ * ''Stirling Roll'' is an English roll from 1304, containing 102 coats.
⚫ *'''The Lord Marshal's Roll''', 1295, 565 coats, painted. Society of Antiquaries, London, MS 664, vol.1, ff.19–25. Collin's Roll (Q)
*''Stepney Roll'' is an English occasional roll listing the knights present at Stepney Tournament in 1308.
⚫ *'''Collins' Roll''', 1296, 598 coats, painted. Queen's College, Oxford, MS 158, pp.&nbsp;366–402 (Copy c1640). College of Arms, London
*''Dunstable Roll'' is an English occasional roll listing knights present at Dunstable Tournament in 1334.
⚫ * '''Stirling Roll''', 1304, 102 coats. College of Arms, London MS M.14, ff.269–272 (Copy by Sir Thomas Wriothesley, Garter King of Arms, d1534).
⚫ *''Calais Roll'' is an English roll dating from 1346-7, containing 116 shields in brown ink, ] to denote tinctures. This roll was probably made in the late 16th century from transcripts of accounts kept by Walter Wetewang, Treasurer of the Household 1346–7, showing wages paid to participants at the ]. Extant in the form of about twenty 16th-century manuscripts, this roll was classed as spurious by Wagner (1950), but as "one of the documentary pillars of fourteenth-century military studies" by Ayton (1994).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.textmanuscripts.com/manuscript_description.php?id=2930&+cat=all& |title=First Calais Roll |publisher=Textmanuscripts.com |accessdate=2013-07-15}}</ref>
*'''Stepney Roll''', 1308. Lists knights present at Stepney Tournament, 1308. Published in Collectanea Topographica et Genealogica, vol. 4, p.&nbsp;63.
⚫ *''Powell's Roll'' is an English roll dating from c. 1345-1351.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://bodley30.bodley.ox.ac.uk:8180/luna/servlet/detail/ODLodl~1~1~31397~108871:Roll-of-arms--Powell-s-Roll-- |title=Powell's Roll |accessdate=2013-07-15}}</ref>
*'''Dunstable Roll''', 1334. Lists knights present at Dunstable Tournament, 1334. Published in Collectanea Topographica et Genealogica, vol. 4, p.&nbsp;389.
⚫ *'']'' is a Dutch roll of arms dating from c. 1370–1414, containing about 1,700 coats of arms. It currently resides at the ].
⚫ *'''Calais Roll''', 1346/7. 116 shields in brown ink, shaded & lettered to denote tinctures. Made probably in late 16th century from transcripts of accounts kept by Walter Wetewang, treasurer of the household 1346–7 showing wages paid to participants at the ]. Extant only in form of about 20 16th-century manuscripts. Classed as spurious by Wagner (1950), but as “one of the documentary pillars of fourteenth-century military studies,” by Ayton (1994).
⚫ *'''Powell's Roll''' c. 1345-1351, English, MS. Ashmole 804, Bodleian Library, Oxford.<ref>http://bodley30.bodley.ox.ac.uk:8180/luna/servlet/detail/ODLodl~1~1~31397~108871:Roll-of-arms--Powell-s-Roll--</ref>
⚫ *'''Salisbury Roll''' (c. 1463), English.<ref>England in the Fifteenth Century: Proceedings of the 1986 Harlaxton Symposium, ed. by Daniel Williams (Woodbridge: Boydell Press, 1987)</ref>


===European mediaeval rolls=== == 15th century rolls ==
*'']'' is an ] roll of arms made around 1447–1455 in ]. It currently resides at the ] in ].
⚫ *''']''', Dutch, c. 1370–1414, 1,700 coats. Royal Library, Belgium.
⚫ *''Salisbury Roll'' is an English roll dating from c. 1463.<ref>''England in the Fifteenth Century'': Proceedings of the 1986 Harlaxton Symposium, ed. by Daniel Williams. Woodbridge: Boydell Press, 1987.</ref>
*'''Armorial du Hérault Vermandois''', c. 1285–1300. 1,076 blasons. Bibliothèque Nationale de France, MS.français 2249 (Copy, 15th century)
⚫ *''Stemmario Trivulziano'' is an ] roll from c. 1470–1480, containing approximately 2,000 coats.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.orsinidemarzo.com/en/index.php?m0=pubblicazioni_dettaglio&articolo_id=1&articolo_tipo=ODM |title=Stemmario Trivulziano |publisher=Edizioni Orsini de Marzo: Sankt Moritz Press |accessdate=3013-07-15}}</ref> It currently resides at Biblioteca Trivulziana, ], Italy. Possibly the most renowned of the Italian Renaissance armorials, this roll was probably the work of ] and was formerly the property of the Princes ]. This codex dates back to the early years of the condottiere ] as Duke of Milan (1450–66). It blazons the ducal arms and those of linked families such as Brandolini, Savelli, Colonna, Orsini, Scaligeri, Este and Gonzaga. Also included are the arms of the German merchant-bankers Fugger.
⚫ *'''Armorial Wijnbergen''', French. Part 1, c. 1265–1270; Part 2, c. 1270–1285. 1,312 coats, painted. Royal Dutch Association of Genealogy & Heraldry, The Hague.
*'']'' is a ]n roll of arms from around 1486–1492, containing 524 pages, 477 of which are illustrated with anywhere from one to thirty coats of arms (most of these have four coats of arms each).
⚫ *'''The Bigot Roll''', 1254, French. 300 coats. Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, fonds français no 18648 fo 32 – 39.
⚫ *'''The Chifflet-Prinet Roll''', c. 1285–1298, 147 coats with blasons. Bibliothèque Municipale, Besançon, Collection Chifflet, MS 186, pp.&nbsp;145–154.


== 17th century rolls ==
==Renaissance examples==
*'']'' is a general roll of arms of the ], compiled by Johann Siebmacher around 1605.
⚫ *'''Stemmario Trivulziano''', Italian, c. 1470–1480, 2,000 coats.<ref></ref> Biblioteca Trivulziana, Milan, Italy. Possibly the most renowned of the Italian Renaissance armorials, probably a work by Gian Antonio da Tradate, formerly the property of the Princes ]. This codex dates back to the early years of the condottiere ] as Duke of Milan (1450–66). It blazons the ducal arms and those of linked families such as Brandolini, Savelli, Colonna, Orsini, Scaligeri, Este and Gonzaga. Also the arms of the German merchant-bankers Fugger.
*'']'' is a ] roll of arms of uncertain date, containing 139 coats of arms.


==Modern examples== == Modern rolls ==
*'''Burke's General Armory''': "The General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales; Comprising a Registry of Armorial Bearings from the Earliest to the Present Time". By Sir ], C.B., LL.D., Ulster King of Arms. London 1884. May be considered a Roll of Arms in the widest sense of the term. A listing of every known armorial ever used in the British Isles, still not superseded in usefulness. Not always reliable. *''Burke's General Armory'': "The General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales; Comprising a Registry of Armorial Bearings from the Earliest to the Present Time," by Sir ], ] was published in London in 1884. This roll comprises a listing of all known armory ever used in the British Isles.


==References== ==References==

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A roll of arms (or armorial) is a collection of coats of arms, usually consisting of rows of painted pictures of shields, each shield accompanied by the name of the person bearing the arms. A roll may also consist of blazons (verbal descriptions) rather than illustrations. The following is a list of known historical examples of rolls of arms.

13th century rolls

  • Glover's Roll is an English roll of arms from c. 1240–1245, as dated by Sir Harris Nicolas, containing 55 coats of arms. The manuscript was made by Robert Glover (d.1588), Somerset Herald, in 1586 from a now-lost roll of arms made during the reign of King Henry III (1216–1272). The arms are not drawn but only blazoned. Planché states it to be the earliest source of heraldic information and was the first to name it after Glover.
  • The Matthew Paris Shields is a roll dating from c. 1244-59, during the reign of Henry III, containing drawings of shields with Latin annotations.
  • The Bigot Roll is a French roll dating from 1254, containing 300 coats.
  • Dering Roll, dating from the late 13th century, is the earliest surviving English original roll of arms. It contains 324 coats of arms, painted on parchment. It is 8+1⁄4 inches (210 mm) wide by 8 feet 8 inches (2.64 m) long. It currently resides in the British Library.
  • Armorial Wijnbergen is a French roll published in two parts (Part 1, c. 1265–1270; Part 2, c. 1270–1285), containing 1,312 painted coats. It currently resides at the Royal Dutch Association of Genealogy & Heraldry, The Hague.
  • Walford's Roll is a British roll dating from c. 1275, containing 185 coats with blazons.
  • The Camden Roll is a British roll dating from c. 1280, containing 270 painted coats, 185 with blazons.
  • The Heralds' Roll is an English roll dating from c. 1280, containing 697 painted coats.
  • St George's Roll is an English roll dating from c. 1285, containing 677 painted coats.
  • Charles' Roll is an English roll dating from c. 1285, containing 486 painted coats. Planché however names as "Charles's Roll" a copy of a mid-13th-century roll containing nearly 700 coats drawn in pen and ink (i.e. tricked) by Nicholas Charles (d.1613), Lancaster Herald, in 1607. Charles stated that the original had been lent to him by the Norroy King of Arms.
  • The Chifflet-Prinet Roll is a French roll dating from c. 1285–1298, containing 147 coats with blazons.
  • Armorial du Hérault Vermandois is a French roll of arms dating from c. 1285–1300, containing 1,076 blazons.
  • The Lord Marshal's Roll is an English roll dating from 1295, containing 565 painted coats.
  • Collins' Roll is a roll dating from 1296, containing 598 painted coats. It currently resides at the College of Arms in London.
  • The Falkirk Roll is a English occasional roll dating from c. 1298, containing 115 coats with blazons, listing the knights with King Edward I at Battle of Falkirk in 1298. Various copies exist. The British Museum copy (MS Harl 6589, f.9–9b) was formerly in the Treasury Chamber in Paris in 1576.

14th century rolls

  • The Galloway Roll (copy by Sir Thomas Wriothesley, Garter King of Arms, d. 1534) is an English roll dating from 1300, containing 259 coats with blazons.
  • Roll of Caerlaverock or Poem of Caerlaverock is a roll dating from 1300, containing 110 poetical blazons without images. Two other copies exist, made by Glover from a now-lost different original source, one at the College of Arms in London, the other at the Office of the Ulster King of Arms in Dublin. The original was made in 1300 by English heralds during Edward I's siege of Caerlaverock Castle, Scotland. Commentary by Nicholas Harris Nicolas: "The siege of Carlaverock in the XXVIII Edward I. A.D. MCCC; with the arms of the earls, barons, and knights, who were present on the occasion; with a translation, a history of the castle, and memoirs of the personages commemorated by the poet," London, 1828.
  • Stirling Roll is an English roll from 1304, containing 102 coats.
  • Stepney Roll is an English occasional roll listing the knights present at Stepney Tournament in 1308.
  • Dunstable Roll is an English occasional roll listing knights present at Dunstable Tournament in 1334.
  • Calais Roll is an English roll dating from 1346-7, containing 116 shields in brown ink, tricked to denote tinctures. This roll was probably made in the late 16th century from transcripts of accounts kept by Walter Wetewang, Treasurer of the Household 1346–7, showing wages paid to participants at the Siege of Calais. Extant in the form of about twenty 16th-century manuscripts, this roll was classed as spurious by Wagner (1950), but as "one of the documentary pillars of fourteenth-century military studies" by Ayton (1994).
  • Powell's Roll is an English roll dating from c. 1345-1351.
  • Gelre Armorial is a Dutch roll of arms dating from c. 1370–1414, containing about 1,700 coats of arms. It currently resides at the Royal Library of Belgium.

15th century rolls

  • Hyghalmen Roll is an Imperial roll of arms made around 1447–1455 in Cologne. It currently resides at the College of Arms in London.
  • Salisbury Roll is an English roll dating from c. 1463.
  • Stemmario Trivulziano is an Italian roll from c. 1470–1480, containing approximately 2,000 coats. It currently resides at Biblioteca Trivulziana, Milan, Italy. Possibly the most renowned of the Italian Renaissance armorials, this roll was probably the work of Gian Antonio da Tradate and was formerly the property of the Princes Trivulzio. This codex dates back to the early years of the condottiere Francesco I Sforza as Duke of Milan (1450–66). It blazons the ducal arms and those of linked families such as Brandolini, Savelli, Colonna, Orsini, Scaligeri, Este and Gonzaga. Also included are the arms of the German merchant-bankers Fugger.
  • Wernigerode Armorial is a Bavarian roll of arms from around 1486–1492, containing 524 pages, 477 of which are illustrated with anywhere from one to thirty coats of arms (most of these have four coats of arms each).

17th century rolls

Modern rolls

  • Burke's General Armory: "The General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales; Comprising a Registry of Armorial Bearings from the Earliest to the Present Time," by Sir Bernard Burke, Ulster King of Arms was published in London in 1884. This roll comprises a listing of all known armory ever used in the British Isles.

References

  1. Planché, J.R. The Pursuivant of Arms; or Heraldry founded upon facts, London, 1873, pp.31
  2. Planché, J.R. The Pursuivant of Arms; or Heraldry founded upon facts, London, 1873, pp.30–31
  3. Rolls of Arms Henry III: The Matthew Paris Shields (c. 1244-59); Glover's Roll (c. 1253-58) and Walford's Roll (c. 1273); Additions and Corrections to A Catalogue of English Mediaeval Rolls of Arms. Edited by Thomas Daniel Tremlett Edited by Hugh Stanford London. Rolls of Arms Henry III. Published in 1958 in series "Aspilogia" by Boydell Press
  5. Planché, J.R. The Pursuivant of Arms; or Heraldry founded upon facts, London, 1873, pp.31
  6. Planché, J.R. The Pursuivant of Arms; or Heraldry founded upon facts, London, 1873, pp.32
  7. http://archive.org/stream/siegeofcarlavero00nicouoft/siegeofcarlavero00nicouoft_djvu.txt
  8. "First Calais Roll". Textmanuscripts.com. Retrieved 2013-07-15.
  9. "Powell's Roll". Retrieved 2013-07-15.
  10. England in the Fifteenth Century: Proceedings of the 1986 Harlaxton Symposium, ed. by Daniel Williams. Woodbridge: Boydell Press, 1987.
  11. "Stemmario Trivulziano". Edizioni Orsini de Marzo: Sankt Moritz Press. Retrieved 3013-07-15. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
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