Heraldry.- Cooke (Robert, herald, d. 1593) The Armes of the Nobility of England R. Cooke Clarencieusx 1572 XIIII Eliz., manuscript, title and 167pp. excluding blanks, 6pp. index, main body of the work in a fine Elizabethan hand, interpolations in a later hand, probably late 18th century, section at end recording coats of arms from the reign of James I, numerous pen and ink drawings of coats of arms with embellishments, ruled in red throughout, 18pp. of printed blank shields (19 shields filled in with pen and ink coats of arms) loosely inserted, [late 17th century], slightly browned, edges chipped, most Nicolas Lebe watermark and later paper United Provinces watermark, modern bookplate on front pastedown, 18th century vellum, yellowed, soiled and marked, spine split with loss, but cords still holding strong, modern box, folio, 1572-[1800].

⁂ "As well as heraldic compilations, visitations, precedencies, heraldry treatises, and ordinaries of arms, Cooke wrote 'The armorie of nobiliti' on the English baronage with Robert Glover of Somerset and Thomas Lant... ." - Oxford DNB.