Westminster tournament roll
Reference code
MSS/0547
Title
Westminster tournament roll
Date
engraving 1726 after an original of 1511
Level of description
item
Extent and format
Two paper rolls.
Scope and content
Reproductions of the Great Tournament Roll of 1510/11 joined to form a roll. Coloured. The original roll in the College of Arms was made to commemorate the jousts held at Westminster, 12 and 13 Feb. 1510/11 in honour of Queen Catherine upon the birth of a son, Henry, Duke of Cornwall. The original roll was exhibited to SA by Peter Le Neve, PSA, 15 Apr. 1719. Minute Book I, p. 23. Engraved for SA, 1726, and published in Vetusta Monumenta, I (1747), plates 21-6.
The second roll likely the copy backed on silk mentioned in Proc., 2nd ser., 15 (1893-5), 214.
The second roll likely the copy backed on silk mentioned in Proc., 2nd ser., 15 (1893-5), 214.
Previous reference number(s)
SAL/MS/547