Volume 1

The antiquary's portfolio, or cabinet selection of historical & literary curiosities, on subjects principally connected with the manners, customs, and morals; civil, military, and ecclesiastical government, &c. &c. of Great Britain, during the Middle and later ages. (With notes.) / By J.S. Forsyth.

  • Forsyth, J. S.
Date:
1825
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The antiquary's portfolio, or cabinet selection of historical & literary curiosities, on subjects principally connected with the manners, customs, and morals; civil, military, and ecclesiastical government, &c. &c. of Great Britain, during the Middle and later ages. (With notes.) / By J.S. Forsyth. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Page State of Scotland „■ *..■........... .... U6 J urisprudence of Scotland. 125 Morals, Manners, Diversions, Banquets, and Dress of the Inhabitants of Britain, about the close of the fifteenth and beginning of the sixteenth Century 128 Morals 128 Manners 129 Exercises and Sports 130 Banquets . 132 Dress . 135 Right to the Crown of England in the line of Edward the Confessor - 137 Extracts from the Northumberland Household-hook...... 140 Royal Prerogative 144 Greyhounds for the King’s Use, &c 144 Account of the Body of Edward the First, as it appeared on opening his tomb in the year 1774 ............. 148' The tomb of King Edward the First 154 The Inscription.. ..... 152 Appearance on opening the tomb 153 Appearance of the face 155 Ornaments of the body, &c.. 155 Unpublished particulars connected with the resignation of the Crown of England to the Pope, by King John 162 Situation of John, King of England, after the year 1212 163 The certainty of his Reconciliation with the Pope facilitated the means, not only of resisting the At- tacks which France was preparing against him, hut of transferring the War himself into the bosom of that kingdom .165, 166