New Year’s gift roll. Gifts given to and by Queen Elizabeth I
Reference code
MSS/0537
Title
New Year’s gift roll. Gifts given to and by Queen Elizabeth I
Date
January 1578
Level of description
item
Extent and format
Vellum roll; 4 membranes.
Annotated 'Presented to me by Mr Craven Ord Thos. Astle'.
Annotated 'Presented to me by Mr Craven Ord Thos. Astle'.
Scope and content
Roll of gifts given to and by Queen Elizabeth at Hampton Court; 1 Jan. 1577/8. A detailed description of gifts in order of precedence of donors. Signed at the beginning and end of obverse and dorse by the Queen, and countersigned by John Astley, Master and Treasurer of the Jewels, and others. Published by J. Nichols, The Progresses.. of Queen Elizabeth, II (1823), 65-91.
Previous reference number(s)
SAL/MS/537
Related units of description
A published transcript of this roll is available: https://library.sal.org.uk/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=89807