Smith family. Arms
Reference code
MSS/0429
Title
Smith family. Arms
Date
early 17th century
Level of description
Item
Extent and format
ff. ii + 36.
Octavo.
Original vellum binding, gilt-tooled, remains of green ties. Armorial bookplate of Sir William Smijth of Hill House, Essex, 7th Bt., fol. i.
Octavo.
Original vellum binding, gilt-tooled, remains of green ties. Armorial bookplate of Sir William Smijth of Hill House, Essex, 7th Bt., fol. i.
Scope and content
Coloured drawings (fols. 11-23v) by William Smith, Rouge Dragon 1597-1618 (see fols. 12v, 30v) of the arms borne by families of Smith; early 17th century. Contains 95 coats. Continental families included (eg. Smith of Nuremberg, fol. 22). See H.S.Grazebrook, The Heraldry of Smith (1870).
Previous reference number(s)
SAL/MS/429