Tilney, Edmund. The descriptions regiments and policies as well general, as particularly of Italy, France, Germany, Spain, England and Scotland, etc. by the several particularities whereof the perfect estate of each one of them may generally be discovered

Ricci, S. de. Census of medieval and Renaissance manuscripts in the United States and Canada: 1300.1
Folger bibliographic ID: 234864
Folger call number: V.b.182
Folger holdings ID: 288338
Accession Number: cs1300

Order of precedence at Elizabeth's going to St. Paul's (Poole), 1588 (leaf 252); particulars of the ships in the Royal Navy, of different kinds of ordnance and of the public charges of the crown temp. Edward VI (leaf 333). A description of Turkey starts on the last leaf

General notes

[5], 2, [1], 4-74, 76, 78-79, 38-42, [1], 43-78, 80-85, 90-127, 130-134, 134-143, [1], 144-167, [1], 168-202, [1], 203-257, 259-277, 279-297, 299, [1], 300-304, 307-308, 310-322, 324-328, 330-331, 333-334, 337-348, [1], 349 leaves Incomplete, parts of the text are missing and other parts are made up of notes and documents used as the basis for the revisions of a final copy. In four scribal hands, with corrections in hand of author. There are also 572 additions to the English coats of arms which record creations of peers and their deaths between 1776 and 1782, made by Thomas Willement, ca. 1825 Ninety-eight leaves have printed rules for emblazoning coats of arms; many left blank Thumbnail maps cut from a pack of geographical playing cards T. Willement MS This work was probably intended as a kind of diplomatic encyclopedia for Queen Elizabeth. There is a fair copy of this manuscript, dedicated to King James I, ca. 1603, at the Library of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, "The topographical descriptions regiments and policies of Italy, France, Germany, England, Spain, Scotland and Ireland whereby in some sort the particular estates of everyone of those countries my be discovered" (Pre-1650 MS 0109) For a full description and comparison of the Folger copy and the copy at the University of Illinois see W.R. Streitberger's 1986 work See also The papers of the bibliographical society of America, 69, no. 4 (1975), p. 449; The Library, XXVIII, nos. 2 & 4, (June and December 1973); Imago mundi, 27 (1975) Bound in late 18th or early 19th century brown calf (repaired by Folger staff), stamped with a fusil at center, the points of which terminate in fleur-de-lis; two double border rules form squares in each corner within which are coats of arms (a saltire) Acquired from Maggs Brothers, September 1924 Also available as a digital reproduction

Publications

Streitberger, W. R. Edmond Tyllney: Master of the Revels and Censor of Plays: A Descriptive Index to His Diplomatic Manual on Europe. AMS Studies in the Renaissance, 15. New York: AMS Press, 1986 Streitberger, W. R. "Edmond Tyllney's 'Topographical descriptions, regiments, and policies' of England and Wales: A critical edition." Ph. D. diss. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1973

Exhibited

Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2006-2007. Technologies of Writing in the Age of Print

Uniform title: Topographical descriptions, regiments, and policies
Extended title: The descriptions regiments and policies as well general, as particularly of Italy, France, Germany, Spain, England and Scotland, etc. by the several particularities whereof the perfect estate of each one of them may generally be discovered ca. 1597-ca. 1601

Europe England and Wales. Royal Navy Armada, 1588 Processions Turkey

author: Tilney, Edmund, -1610
subject: England and Wales. Royal Navy
associated with: Willement, Thomas, 1786-1871
associated name: Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603