Description of a pedigree of the Griffith family
Reference code
LON/18
Title
Description of a pedigree of the Griffith family
Date
1948
Level of description
item
Extent and format
Paper; ff. 8.
Folio.
Brown card covers, with black tape spine.
Folio.
Brown card covers, with black tape spine.
Scope and content
Description by Hugh Stanford London of an illuminated pedigree of the Griffith family of Burton Agnes, East Yorks., with a note by Francis Thynne, Lancaster Herald, dated 1 Aug. 1604; 10 Jan. 1948 (fol. 5v). The pedigree was lent by Capt. Marcus Wickham-Boynton, descendant of the Griffiths of Wicknor, Staffs., and Burton Agnes, for exhibition at SA, 8 Jan. 1948 (A.J., 28 (1948), 113). The original is illustrated by painted figures of knights, shields, drawings of seals on charters. The present description is accompanied by three photographs of sections of the pedigree. See also LON/07/02, LON/12.
Creator
Thynne, Francis (? 1545-1608), antiquary and Lancaster herald
London, Hugh Stanford (1884-1959), antiquary
London, Hugh Stanford (1884-1959), antiquary
Previous reference number(s)
SAL/MS/774
MS 774
MS 774