Jenyn's Ordinary circa 1360, illuminated manuscript
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William Jenyns' Ordinary, c. 1360, London, Society of Antiquaries Ms.664/9 roll 26, 25v/26r, nos. 765–796 (ed. Steen Clemmensen)
The second manuscript, London, Society of Antiquaries, Ms.664/9 roll 26 fo.1r-49r, is a Hatton-Dugdale facsimile, omitting ff.7-8 and has many unfinished and confounded legends, but otherwise excellent concordance with the principal manuscript.
Page spread showing roundels and annulets, the latter including arms of Westmoreland families composed of annulets derived form their Vipont overlords, whose arms are shown on a banner rather than a shield Arms. The left-most two columns show the arms of Courtenay, Earls of Devon and junior branches.
The manuscript is now dated to c. 1360, with additions made in c.1380: see Fox, Paul A. (2009). "Fourteenth-century ordinaries of arms: Part 2: William Jenyns' Ordinary". Coat of Arms 5: 55–64.
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