Foreign arms
Reference code
MSS/0398
Title
Foreign arms
Date
1829-1858
Level of description
Item
Extent and format
ff. v + 272.
Folio.
Cloth binding, purple, initials of Thomas Willement on the spine. Bookplate of Thomas Willement, FSA, fol. i.
Folio.
Cloth binding, purple, initials of Thomas Willement on the spine. Bookplate of Thomas Willement, FSA, fol. i.
Scope and content
‘A Collection of Foreign Arms: arranged in the manner of an Ordinary', by Thomas Willement, FSA (1786-1871); Davington Priory, Kent, 1829-58 (fol. iii). Calligraphic title page by Willement, fol. iii. List of sources, fols. iv,v. Blazons, compiled from le P.Anselme (continued by M. du Fourny), Histoire Généalogique ... de la Maison Royale de France (3rd ed., 1726-33); J.B.Maurice, Le Blason des Armoiries ... de l'ordre de la Toison d'Or (1667); P.Palliot, La vraye et parfaite science des Armoiries ... (1661). Note by Willement, fol. iii, relating to the number of coats included. Subject index, dated at the end 24 Feb. 1859, fols. 222-35; index of names, dated at the end 6 May 1859, fols. 238-72v.
Creator
Willement, Thomas (1786-1871), stained glass and heraldic artist and antiquary
Previous reference number(s)
SAL/MS/398