Elizabethan Armorial: original
Reference code
LON/15/01
Title
Elizabethan Armorial: original
Date
After 1610
Level of description
File
Extent and format
1 volume: paper; ff. 9-140 (lacks 1-8, 26, 27, 33, 34, 43, 139)
Quarto.
Bound by Birdsall of Northampton, morocco, olive green, with inserted panels of brown morocco, lettered in gilt 'Elizabethan Armorial', with gilt festoons and arms (a boar).
Quarto.
Bound by Birdsall of Northampton, morocco, olive green, with inserted panels of brown morocco, lettered in gilt 'Elizabethan Armorial', with gilt festoons and arms (a boar).
Scope and content
Armorial containing arms of the gentry, including many East Anglian families. Despite the spine title, this dates from the 17th century, after 1610 (fol. 42), after 14 Jas. I (fol. 51), the words 'Baronet 1661' added after Young of Devonish (fol. 106). Apparently a professional collection.
MS, with hand drawn and coloured shields, four to a page; MS index, partly original, partly (L-S) supplied in a modern hand. Slightly imperfect
Many of the arms are not included in Burke's General Armory (1884).
MS, with hand drawn and coloured shields, four to a page; MS index, partly original, partly (L-S) supplied in a modern hand. Slightly imperfect
Many of the arms are not included in Burke's General Armory (1884).
Creator
London, Hugh Stanford (1884-1959), diplomat, herald and antiquary
Edgcumbe, Edward Robert Pearce (1851-1929), Knight and book collector
Edgcumbe, Edward Robert Pearce (1851-1929), Knight and book collector
Previous reference number(s)
SAL/MS/808/1
Archival history
Acquired by Sir Edward Robert Pearce Edgcumbe of Reperry Manor (bookplate), possibly from Maggs Bros, dealers in rare books and manuscripts (see a letter from his son, Aubrey Edgcumbe, to HSL, 5 Dec 1932, with the volume). According to notes by HS London it was then in a dilapidated state; Edgcumbe arranged for repairs and rebinding by Birdsall of Northampton (see LON/15/02).
Acquired by HSL from Thomas Thorp, 30 November 1932 (see cutting). Bookplate of HS and EM London.
Acquired by HSL from Thomas Thorp, 30 November 1932 (see cutting). Bookplate of HS and EM London.