Talk:Ralph Brooke

Big giant block quote
If there is a justification for the large blockquote, it perhaps should be prefaced by, Rockett says: or something. I'm not sure why the cut and paste is justified here. Fotoguzzi (talk) 02:00, 3 December 2011 (UTC)


 * The edited block quote doesn't belong and isn’t needed. It’s just stuck into the article with no explanation except for the footnote.  The ellipsis doesn’t help, since the omission confuses the slightly complicated story the quote contains.   I'll remove the block quote and paste it here, but I’ll leave the reference, which supports what preceded the quote.


 * Here’s the quote from Rockett: “The fourth edition of Britannia (1594) contained a marked increase in the representation of the propertied classes ... Camden's authority in heraldry of which the 1594 Britannia provided convincing evidence, together with his association with the advocates of armorial reform (Fulke Greville, Sir Edward Hoby, and Baron Burghley as well as the queen) made him a logical choice, over Ralph Brooke, for elevation to Clarenceux King of Arms in October 1597. Brooke's quarrel with Camden was part and parcel of the College's troubles and was seen at the time as an instance of the jealous animosity for which Brooke was notorious. One of the ironies of Brooke's attack is that it was symptomatic of the conditions—rivalries and jurisdictional disputes among the heralds, for instance—that advocates of reform were attempting to remedy.” Ashenderflickin (talk) 10:24, 8 October 2014 (UTC)