Shelfmark
MS 192
Main entry--corporate name
England and Wales Sovereign (1558-1603 : Elizabeth I)
Title
New yers guift giuen by her ma[jes]tie at her palloyce of Westm[inster] to thise persons whose names do hereafter ensue the ffirst day of January the yere aforesaid. Anno regni regine Elizabeth. xxiij. manuscript.
Varying form of title
Other title: New Year's gift roll.
Publication, distribution, etc.
Westminster, England, 1581.
Physical description
1 roll : parchment ; approximately 407 x 40 cm.
Note
Title, date and place of production taken from caption title at head of roll.
Note
Roll recording gifts given by and to Elizabeth I at New Year. A transcription of this roll, and other surviving New Year's gift rolls, has been published in 'The Elizabethan New Year's gift exchanges, 1559-1603', ed. Jane A. Lawson, and published in the Records of Social and Economic History series by the British Academy and Oxford University Press, 2013.
Note
Written in a professional hand.
Note
Signed by Elizabeth I. Also signed by John Astley, Master of the Jewel House, and three witnesses.
Note
Booklabel of John Reynolds, recording donation to Eton College in 1751.
Note
Previous shelfmarks: Bl.5, Bl6 horizontal.
Note
Stored in 20th century red morocco and green marbled paper box together with MS 191, Chronicon Angliae inrotulatum.
Citation/references note
M.R. James, 192
Subject
Royal households England Early works to 1800.
Subject
Great Britain Social life and customs 16th century Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Elizabeth, 1533 - 1603 I, Queen of England, signer.
Added entry--place
England Westminster
Language code
eng
Identifier
B46662