TheArundel Manuscripts are the manuscripts collected byThomas Howard (1585–1646),earl ofArundel and courtier during the reigns ofJames I andCharles I ofEngland. Following theGreat Fire of London in 1666, his grandsonHenry Howard permitted theRoyal Society to convene at Arundel House and allowed its fellows to access his library.[1] By 1669, he had agreed toJohn Evelyn's request that the works be given to the Society[2] but they remained at Arundel House until after he succeeded to theDuchy of Norfolk, by which point he had also been madeEarl Marshal ofEngland.[3] He allowed Evelyn to begin removing books for the Society to be held byGresham College in 1678[4] but set apart a large number of manuscripts to be kept by theCollege of Arms overseen by the Earl Marshal.[5]
The part of the collection held by the Royal Society were purchased by theBritish Museum in 1831. They were later transferred to theBritish Library, where they form part of its manuscript collection.[6]
Notable manuscripts in the British Library's Arundel collection include:
The part of the collection that still remains with the College of Arms is sometimes distinguished as theNorfolk Manuscripts after Henry Howard's elevation toduke ofNorfolk uponhis brother's death in 1677.
Notable manuscripts in the College of Arms's Arundel collection include:
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