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Stowe MS 731
- Record Id:
- 040-001953562
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001952775
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000534.0x00010a
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Stowe MS 731
- Title:
- Scope & Content:
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MISCELLANEOUS HERALDIC NOTES, containing a large number of drawings (a few coloured) and descriptions of arms, especially of Essex families. Included also are:-(a) Suffolk arms, in blazon. f. 15;-(b) Arms copied in 1726 from "the hall window of a very ancient house in Kentish-Town Midelsex" and from "an old house belonging to Mr. Jackson, at Crayford in Kent." ff. 26, 27;-
(c) Alphabet of English arms, in blazon. ff. 35 b, 46;-(d) Arms of some of the English bishoprics. f. 68 b;-(e) "Armes of the ancient gentry of Kent." f. 69b;-(f) "Knights of the Bath made by King George on the 27 May, 1725." f.72b;-(g) Satirical coat of arms, in blazon, for"the Puritan," and another for "the usurer." f. 74. At f. 1 is a statement that "one [Henry] Jenkins, born at Craven, was 15 years old when King Henry ye 8th died, lived 167 years, and was an evidence in a cause in the reign of King William ye 3d" (See Dict. Nat. Biogr. vol. xxix., 1892, P. 300). Paper; ff. 80. Late XVIIth-XVIIIth centt. Duodecimo.
Heraldry: Heraldic collections: 16th-18th centt.
County of Essex: Heraldic notes relating to: 17th-18th centt.
includes:
- f. 2 Henry Jenkins: Note concerning his great age: 18th cent.
- f. 15 County of Suffolk: Arms of Suffolk families: 17th-18th centt.
- f. 27 Jackson, of Crayford, county Kent: Drawing of arms in the house of: 1726.
- f. 69 b County of Kent: Arms of families: 17th-18th centt.
- f. 72 b Orders Military. Bath: Knights made by George I.: 1725.
- f. 74 Usurers: Satirical arms for: 17th cent.
- f. 74 Puritans: Satirical arms for: 17th cent.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Stowe Collection
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001952775
036-001953489
040-001953562 - Is part of:
- Stowe Ms 1-1085 : Stowe Manuscripts
Stowe MS 661-742 : CLASS XVI.ARMS AND HERALDIC COLLECTIONS
Stowe MS 731 : MISCELLANEOUS HERALDIC NOTES, containing a large number of drawings (a few coloured) and descriptions of arms, especially of… - Hierarchy:
- 032-001952775[0016]/036-001953489[0067]/040-001953562
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Stowe Ms 1-1085
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1660
- End Date:
- 1799
- Date Range:
- Late 17th century-18th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Jackson, of Crayford, county Kent
Jenkins, Henry, of Stowe MS 731 - Places:
- Essex, England
Kent, England
Suffolk, England