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741. Stowe MS 711

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 711
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A HERALD-PAINTER'S book of arms, drawn in trick, for the purpose of funerals; 1691-1694. The collector's name does not appear, but he seems, from an entry at the foot of f. 10 b, to have been in partnership with "Mr. Wiseman, sen.": cf. Harley MS. 1461, f. 111. At ff. 2-8 is an index; and at f. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1691-1694
Extent:
1 item

742. Stowe MS 712

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 712
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ARMS of English families, in trick. With an index (ff. 3-8 b). Preceded (f 1b) by a copy of the grant of arms to Sir Cloudesley Shovel, with the Earl Marshal's warrant, 1691-2. Paper; ff. 71. XVIIth cent. Belonged to John Pincke, and, 18th cent., to John Holland, no. 41. Folio. Heraldry: Englis...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

743. Stowe MS 713

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 713
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ENGLISH COATS-OF-ARMS, in colours, with a few in trick, 17th cent. With an index of names (f. 155 b). The volume also contains:- (a) Account of the tempest on 26 Nov. 1703, with a list of Her Majesty's ships lost in it, from the Monthly Mercury. f 1 b;- (b) List of the Commissioners, April, ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

744. Stowe MS 714

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 714
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ARMS of English families, in trick; with copies of grants of arms made at various dates from 1473 to 1715, and a few pedigrees. Followed (f. 187) by drawings of English crests. With indexes at beginning and end. Paper; ff. 206. XVIIth-XVIIIth centt. In the centre of each cover is an almost oblit...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century-18th century
Extent:
1 item

745. Stowe MS 715

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 715
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ROUGH DRAWINGS of arms, for the most part coloured, viz.:- (1) English (with a few Welsh and Irish), of various counties. ff. 1, 47 ;-(2) Surrey (with index at f. 44 b). f. 49 ;-(3) London (with index at f. 56), partly (f. 66) "taken out of the windows in Clothworkers' Hall in ao 1636." f. 60;...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century-18th century
Extent:
1 item

746. Stowe MS 716

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 716
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COLLECTIONS of arms, in trick, with a few in colours, viz.:- (1) Arms of families in various counties of England. f. 2;-(2) A few grants of arms made in various years from 1634 to 1691. f. 51;- (3) Arms of Scotch families. f. 53;-(4) Arms and crests granted by Richard St. George, Norroy King...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century-18th century
Extent:
1 item

747. Stowe MS 717

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 717
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ALPHABET of English arms. On the inside of the cover is a note by John Gibbon, Blue-mantle Pursuivant (ob. 1718), to - Parker, "This booke is worth the copying out faire," etc. Paper; ff. 38. XVIIth-XVIIIth centt. Folio. Heraldry: Alphabet of English arms: 16th-18th centt. includes: f. 1 * Jo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17th century-18th century
Extent:
1 item

748. Stowe MS 718

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 718
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COLLECTION of arms, in trick, viz.:-(1) Drawings of various coats, mostly in pencil. f. 1;-(2) Arms of English sees, abbeys, priories, universities and colleges, inns of court, hospitals, municipalities, trade-guilds, and private persons. f. 8;-(3) Scotch arms, in alphabetical order; two collect...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Early 18th century
Extent:
1 item

749. Stowe MS 719

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 719
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COLLECTION of arms, in trick, viz.:-(1) English and Welsh arms, arranged according to counties alphabetically. f. 2;-(2) Alphabet of Scotch arms. f. 238;-(3) Irish arms. f. 265. With indexes at the end. Paper; ff. 310. XVIIIth cent. Belonged, 18th cent., to John Holland, no. 17. Folio. Heraldry...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

750. Stowe MS 720

Reference (shelfmark):
Stowe MS 720
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BOOK OF ARMS collected by Alexander Forsyth, herald-painter, 1770-1796. With index. Paper; ff. 166. Quarto. Heraldry: Herald painters' work-books: 1770-96. Alexander Forsyth, Herald-Painter: Book of arms: 1770-1796.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1770-1796
Extent:
1 item