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A Display of Heraldry
Perhaps Guillim's draft of the Display, published in 1611. Manuscript starts at about chapter 5 of section II of the printed edition, and follows the same order of subjects, but the text varies, and there are many more arms illustrated; some sentences are identical. Note on last page suggests manuscript is a draft for publication: ". . . these following which I will expresse with as fewe examples as I possibly maye because of the huge charge of cutting." The printed book does have fewer examples of arms. Arms in trick, color very rarely used, notable on leaf 76.
Shakespeare's Gloucestershire Connections
Shakespeares -- and Guillims -- in Gloucestershire? That is the question. This search for Shakespeare connections with Gloucestershire grew out of the 1581 will of Alexander Houghton of Houghton Tower, Lancashire, that named two men, Fulke Guillim and William Shakeshafte, who were probably members of Houghton's private acting group. It seemed probable that identifying Fulke Guillim could help determine if William Shakeshafte was actually William Shakespeare, as proposed by E.A.J. Honigmann and many subsequent authors. Might Guillim be related to John Guillim, the herald, of Minsterworth, Gloucestershire, author of The Display of Heraldry of 1610? Upon learning that John Guillim was descended...
Transactions of the Devonshire Association for the Advancement of Science, Literature and Art
List of members in each volume.
