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Vol. II. M to Z. Netherlands General: Arms and pedigrees: 17th-18th centt. Genealogies: Dutch and Belgian pedigrees and arms: 17th-18th centt. includes: f. 319 Etienne Le Pez, Benedictine monk: Généalogie des Comtes de Guines: 18th cent.: Extr. f. 319 Counts of Guisnes; family: Genealogy of:...
COLLECTION relating to heraldry, etc.:- 1. "Mémoir de ce que le t[re]sexcellent et tresuictorieux Roy [Hen. VII.] dangleterre ara a faire quant il sera mande venir aux chapitres generaulx de lordre de la toison dor, dont il est frere et compaignon," consisting of forms of procuration, etc. ff....
ORDINARY of arms, with drawings of the coats described. French. The arrangement, instead of being alphabetical, is as follows: lion (f. 2), eagle (f. 14 b), bend (f. 16 b), saltire (f. 23), fess (f. 26), vair (f. 39 b), fusil (f. 41), chevron (f. 43), fret (48 b), chief (f. 50 b), cross (f. 54 b...
ORIGINAL LETTERS addressed to John Anstis, Garter King of Arms (ob. 1745), on antiquarian subjects, principally heraldic or genealogical; 21 Oct. 1700-19 Mar. 1741/2. The last letter, dated 12 Apr. 1746, must be to John Anstis jun. The names of the writers are given in the index. Among them are:...
MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE LETTERS, etc., English and foreign; 1613- 1818:- 1. [Richard Butler, 3rd Viscount] Mountgarrett, to Sir Williain Andrewes, Knt., with a present of a goshawk, etc.; Ballyne, 12 Sept. 1613. f 1. 2. [Henry Percy, 9th Earl of] Northumberland (ob. 1632), to Sir Thomas Fairfa...
1. "ABREGÉ de la Geographie"; apparently compiled between 1742 and 1763 (see ff. 136, 137). Not the same work as No. 788, and much less full. 2. "Principes de la langue françoise": a short treatise on French grammar. f. 186. Paper; ff. 197. XVIIIth cent. Quarto. includes: f. 1 Geography: Abr...
PERAMBULATIONS of Royal Forests in cos. Huntingdon and Gloucester and several other counties, made tempp. Hen. III.- Edw. I. Lat. and Fr. At the end are copies of :-(a) Charter of Edward the Confessor concerning the endowment of Westminster Abbey, 5 Kal. Jan. 1066, [28 Dec. 1065]. Lat. f. 39. Pr...
"REGISTRUM Magistri Johannis Blauncharde, Archidiaconi Wvgornie, de cartis, literis et aliis evidenciis concernentibus manerium suum de Bereforde Sci. Martini juxta Wyltoun in comit. Wiltes." Latin and French. Blaunchard, who was Archdeacon of Worcester 1371-1383, obtained the manor of Barford S...
Vol. I. (ff. 632). GENERALITÉ de Paris; by [Jean] Phélypeaux, Intendant. Preceded (ff. 2-36 b) by the "Mémoire pour Messieurs les maitres des requestes commissaires departis dans les provinces," conveying the king's instructions.This "Mémoire," which is printed in extenso by Boulainvilliers at t...
Vol. II. (ff. 254). PROVINCES de Picardie (f. 2) et Artois (f. 133); by [Jérôme] Bignon, Intendant, 1698. Jérôme Bignon, Intendant of Picardy and Artois: Mémoires sur Picardie et Artois: 1698.: Copies. includes: f. 2 Picardy, France: Memoir on: 1698.: Fr. f. 133 Artois, France: Memoir on: 169...