Arms of the Smith family
Reference code
MSS/0429
Title
Arms of the Smith family
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. 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