Add MS 14410

ORIGINAL PAPERS on Heraldic subjects, collected by Thomas Lloyd. Among them are the following :-

Lists of English Peers created in successive reigns, front James I. to Geo III, f. 1 ;-Papers, in the handwriting of Joseph Edmondson, relating to the institution of the order of St. Patrick, and the first investiture of knights, 1783, f. 10;-Copy of a grant of arms by Sir Edw. Bysshe to John Gorst, 2 Dec. 1652, f. 34;-Questions touching the precedency of a Baronet's daughter, signed by George Owen, York Herald, 1638, f. 35;-Application of John Rule for a grant of arms, f 37;- Memoranda relating to flags and badges, f. 40;-Draft of a memorial of Dr. Sam. Peploe, Dean of Chester, for a confirmation of his arms, f. 38 ;-Copies of Letters from Philip, Viscount Lisle, to his father, Robert [Sidney] Earl of Leicester, 23 Oct. 1649; and from Robert [Sidney] fourth Earl of Leicester to his grandfather, f. 42;-Letters from Henry Rooke, of the Rolls Chapel, to Joseph Edmondson, concerning the creations of different peers, 1766, 1767, ff 47, 59 ;-Letters from W. Y. Ottley and F. Douce to Thomas Lloyd, concerning some coats of arms in a manuscript book of Hours, 1829, f 79; -Three Letters of Matthew Gregson, Henry Lawson, and William Wheatley, 1821-1829, f. 85;-Copy of a roll of arms, alphabetically arranged, apparently of the 14th century, f. 90;-Ordinary of Arms, in alphabetical order, f 94 ;-Transcript, by Mr. Lloyd, of "An Epitaph on our late Queen Mary;" a poem by G. C., written 23 June, 1558, f. 100 ;- Verses to George Wyndham, son of the Earl of Egremont, by W. Hayley, 21 Dec. 1795, f. 103;-Copies, by Sir. Lloyd, of Saxon Charters, f. 106. xviiith and xixth cent. Folio. [14,410.]