Kentish pedigrees

FAU/02

Kentish pedigrees

18th century

Series

ff. ii + 230 + pp. 3 + pp. 11.
Folio.
Reversed leather binding (rebacked). Armorial bookplate of Bryan Faussett, fol. ii. Armorial bookplate, 1919, of Sir Bryan G. Godfrey Faussett, KCVO (GCVO 1932), CMG, fol. ii.

Copy by the Rev. Bryan Faussett of the visitations of Kent by John Philipot, Rouge Dragon, 1619-21, and Sir Edward Bysshe, Clarenceux, 1663-8, with additions from Faussett's own collections (see titlepage before fol. 1); mid 18th century, with later additions to 1795. Many coloured coats of arms. Pedigrees, fols. 1-208 (numbered as double spreads). Several references to College of Arms MSS C. 16 (Philipot) and D. 18 (Bysshe); for these see also Harl. Soc., 42 (1898), 54 (1906).

Other contents:-

(1) Three items, fol. 209:-
(a) Letter to ?H. G. Faussett from Sir Isaac Heard, Garter, 29 Nov. 1785, conc. Arthur Franklyn of Wye;-
(b) Letter to --? 3 Sept. n.y., conc. the family of Clarke alias Woodchurch, etc;-
(c) Note conc. the parties in a conveyance, Aug. 1795;-

(2) Transcript of the Tabula Eliensis from printed sources, mainly J. Bentham, History.. of Ely (1771), fols. 226-7;-

(3) Alphabet of arms, Adye-Wiseman, fols. 228-9;-

(4) List of disclaimers at Bysshe's visitation, 1663-8 (from College of Arms MS D. 18), fol. 230.

Index Genealogiarum, pp. 1-3; Index Nominum, pp. 1-11, at the end of the volume.

Godfrey-Faussett family, formerly of Heppington
Faussett, Bryan (1720-1776), antiquary

SAL/MS/921