Transcripts of rolls of arms, English and continental, with related notes
Reference code
LON/01
Title
Transcripts of rolls of arms, English and continental, with related notes
Date
1940s-1950s
Level of description
Series
Extent and format
Six boxes (LON/01 and LON/02 are spread between three boxes)
Scope and content
Mostly transcripts, both manuscript and typescript, some with drawings of shields, and in many cases accompanied by related notes, correspondence and photostatic or photographic images.
Most of HS London’s detailed work on individual rolls of arms was undertaken in the 1940s and 1950s, after his retirement.
Most of HS London’s detailed work on individual rolls of arms was undertaken in the 1940s and 1950s, after his retirement.
Creator
London, Hugh Stanford (1884-1959), diplomat, herald and antiquary
Previous reference number(s)
SAL/MS/925/1-5
System of arrangement
It is likely that the present arrangement by boxes was the work of John A Goodall, FSA, who provided the descriptions of HS London’s papers for Pamela Willetts, Catalogue of the Manuscripts in the Society of Antiquaries of London (2000).
Contents
- LON/01/01 - Transcripts of rolls of arms, English and continental, with related notes
- LON/01/02 - Transcripts of rolls of arms, English and continental, with related notes
- LON/01/03 - Transcripts of rolls of arms, English and continental, with related notes
- LON/01/04 - Transcripts of rolls of arms, English and continental, with related notes
- LON/01/05 - Mowbray's book (College of Arms MS 2nd L.12)