Handwriting of early heralds
Reference code
LON/05
Title
Handwriting of early heralds
Date
probably 1940s
Level of description
Series
Extent and format
1 box
Scope and content
Contents:
- photographs and photostats illustrating the handwriting of individual early heralds, mounted on card and labelled for display;
- a small empty envelope labelled ‘Photos of MSS in the College of Arms (Church notes, seals, etc). War Exhibition’;
- a separate piece of paper, with pencil note: ‘Mr Kendrick also borrowed (on Sunday Dec 14) exhibition photos on screen, of Heraldic Shields etc. … [to be] labelled and catalogued as ‘PHOTOS OF VISITATIONS in the COLLEGE OF ARMS’ 19 Dec 47’.
The title and location of the exhibition(s) in question are not identified. TD Kendrick was Secretary to the Society of Antiquaries in 1947.
- photographs and photostats illustrating the handwriting of individual early heralds, mounted on card and labelled for display;
- a small empty envelope labelled ‘Photos of MSS in the College of Arms (Church notes, seals, etc). War Exhibition’;
- a separate piece of paper, with pencil note: ‘Mr Kendrick also borrowed (on Sunday Dec 14) exhibition photos on screen, of Heraldic Shields etc. … [to be] labelled and catalogued as ‘PHOTOS OF VISITATIONS in the COLLEGE OF ARMS’ 19 Dec 47’.
The title and location of the exhibition(s) in question are not identified. TD Kendrick was Secretary to the Society of Antiquaries in 1947.
Creator
London, Hugh Stanford (1884-1959), diplomat, herald and antiquary
Previous reference number(s)
SAL/MS/929