Grants of arms. 'Genealogies & Copies of original Grants Confirmations of Arms Visitations &c'
Reference code
MSS/0668
Title
Grants of arms. 'Genealogies & Copies of original Grants Confirmations of Arms Visitations &c'
Date
1720-1740
Level of description
item
Extent and format
Paper; pp. v + 171. Folio. Vellum, lettered 'B' on the spine. 'B 665 coats', p. v.
Scope and content
Genealogies & Copies of original Grants Confirmations of Arms Visitations &c' (p. ii); compiled by Joseph Barrett, 1720-40. Finely executed, with tricks of arms. Many items signed and some dated by Barrett, who gives his sources (original grants, etc.). Includes pedigrees of the Hanoverian succession from Henry the Proud (pp. 2-5), George Monck, Duke of Albemarle, and many notable familes, e.g. Caesar, Danvers. Copy of a grant of supporters by John Anstis, Garter, 18 June 1741, added by a different hand, pp. 159-60. List of pedigrees, p. 1. Contents, pp. 163-71.
Previous reference number(s)
SAL/MS/668
Archival history
Owned by Sir Thomas Phillipps (acquired from Thomas Thorpe, cf. A. N. L. Munby, Phillipps Studies, III (1954), 152). Phillipps MS 3557 (remains of label on spine; pp. i, v with crest). Notes by Ralph Griffin, FSA, p. v (signature, 5 June 1935; reference to Quaritch cat. no. 498, item 23 A) and his book plate, p. iii.