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Chart depicting the history and culture of early Britain. The top half features a painting of a Druid figure with arms upraised; behind him is a standing stone structure, and before him, a fire burning on top of two smaller stones. The lower half contains a passage of text on the history of Druidism.

Chart showing the rulers of Britain from c 1300 BC to c 996 AD. To the right are illustrations of a Druid figure in white robes; a warship in the time of Bran; an early Christian preacher; the arms of Devise of the Pendragon, and Stonehenge.

Chart showing the ancient Irish kings, from Ugaine Mor down to Richard 'Strongbow', second Earl of Clare and second Earl of Pembroke. Richly illustrated, with a passage of text on the Legend of the Milesian Kings.

Richly illustrated chart showing the descendants of the first Christian Emperor, Constantine the Great (256-337), down to Llewelyn the Great (1194-1240).

Chart showing the respective descendants of Boadicea and Mark Antony from c 60 to c 481 AD, and the line of British kings descended from the marriage of Boadicea's daughter to Mark Antony's grandson. Illustrated with drawings of Hadrian's Wall; a group of musicians; a battle scene; a king on a throne, and a Roman figure (Mark Antony?), and featuring a narrative passage on the life of Boadicea. The bottom-right corner of the paper bears the pencilled name, 'H. Woodman.'

Chart showing the succession of Pictish rulers from Cruthene down to Drust, c 834 AD. Featuring colour illustrations of an elderly man seated at a desk and writing with a quill pen by candlelight; a Pictish warrior figure with spear and shield, standing at the water's edge; and a passage of text from the Book of Lecain.

Chart showing the succession of rulers of Powys (Central Wales), Gwynedd (North Wales) and Deheubarth (South Wales) from 400 AD to 1100. Featuring illustrations of a castle on a wooded hill; the Arms of Wales, and the Arms of Llewelyn the Great.

Chart featuring a passage of text from the Chronicle of the Scots, with the heading: 'Julius Caesar conquest the warld fra the beginnynd of it - all bot Scotland' [sic]. Illustrated with warrior figures; a figure dressed in green, playing bagpipes; and a king in battle dress, with sword and shield.

Chart showing the descendants of Alfred the Great (849-901), leading down to Helen Tooker's parents, Emily White Perkins and Harry Landon Tooker. Featuring illustrations of a jousting figure on horseback, and a group of warriors seated around a fire as a minstrel plays a harp. There are pencilled annotations on the top right portion of the chart.

Chart describing the history of Alfred the Great, King of England (849-901). Featuring a head-and-shoulders image of Alfred the Great and an image to illustrate the story of the King's scolding by a farmer's wife for allowing her cakes to burn. The bottom-right corner of the paper bears the pencilled name, 'H. Woodman.'

Chart showing the descendants of Geoffrey Plantagenet (1113-1151), leading down to Helen Tooker's parents, Harry Landon Tooker and Emily White Perkins. Featuring an illustration of Geoffrey Plantagenet.

Illustrated chart showing the descendants of the Barons who acted as sureties for the enforcement of the Magna Charta (the Great Charter of the Liberties of England, and of the Liberties of the Forest, created in 1215), down to Helen Tooker's father, Harry L[andon] Tooker.

Illustrated chart showing the descendants of the Barons who acted as sureties for the enforcement of the Magna Charta (the Great Charter of the Liberties of England, and of the Liberties of the Forest, created in 1215), down to Helen Tooker's mother, Emily [White] Perkins.

Chart listing some of the European nobles who participated in the Crusades (1095-1279), illustrated with battle scenes.

Chart showing the descendants of the Crusader Kings of Jerusalem, down to Ralph, 2nd Lord Stafford and his wife, Phillipa Beauchamp. Featuring illustrations of Fulk V, Count of Anjou; the Knights Templar, and the Fall of Jerusalem. The bottom-left corner of the paper bears the pencilled name, 'H. Woodman.'