The Balliol Roll is painted on the dorse of the last membrane of Cooke’s Ordinary. It contains the arms of Edward Balliol (d. 1364), claimant to the Scottish throne, followed by the shields of thirty-five of his chief supporters, arranged in five rows of seven, together with the name of each bearer of arms. Cooke's Ordinary and the Balliol Roll. England, c.1340. Cooke’s Ordinary is reputedly the oldest European ordinary of arms in existence; England, c 1340. Latin. It comprises seven membranes (the first of which is fragmentary), containing 589 shields arranged by charge in eighty-eight rows, with accompanying names, to allow the user to identify the holders of particular arms. Source: Add. Roll. 77242. Language: Latin.

The Balliol Roll is painted on the dorse of the last membrane of Cooke’s Ordinary. It contains the arms of Edward Balliol (d. 1364), claimant to the Scottish throne, followed by the shields of thirty-five of his chief supporters, arranged in five rows of seven, together with the name of each bearer of arms. Cooke's Ordinary and the Balliol Roll. England, c.1340. Cooke’s Ordinary is reputedly the oldest European ordinary of arms in existence; England, c 1340. Latin. It comprises seven membranes (the first of which is fragmentary), containing 589 shields arranged by charge in eighty-eight rows, with accompanying names, to allow the user to identify the holders of particular arms. Source: Add. Roll. 77242. Language: Latin.

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