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Shepard Papers. Notes and papers relating to heraldry and Northamptonshire

Reference code
SHP
Title
Shepard Papers. Notes and papers relating to heraldry and Northamptonshire
Date
1899-1930s
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and format
Paper. In three red boxes (SHP/004; SHP/005-007, 014-016; SHP/010, 011), one black box (SHP/003) and six separate volumes (SHP/001, 002, 012, 013, 018, 019).
Scope and content
Collections of Maj. Thomas Shepard, FSA (d. 1937), relating to heraldry and to Northants.; Major Shepard was appointed by SA to collect and collate material for the revised edition of Papworth (A.J., 12 (1932), 349). See also A.J., 17 (1937), 369-70 (obituary).
Creator
Shepard, Thomas (1860-1937), army officer and antiquary
Previous reference number(s)
SAL/MS/729/1-19
Archival history
Probably incorporated from papers left by Major Shepard.
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