Crowns, Coronets, Circlets and Caps
Reference code
SIT/01/01/A
Title
Crowns, Coronets, Circlets and Caps
Date
c. 1966
Level of description
item
Extent and format
One file.
Scope and content
Typescript draft text written for an unpublished book on royal regalia, with handwritten annotations throughout. This details various types of ornate headwear used as a part of royal regalia, with a full history of the use of a variety of types in English coronations, including arched crowns, caps of estate and circlets, along with the resetting of frames over time. There are detailed descriptions given for the crowns discussed, with weights, costs and as full of a history as is possible given for the individual pieces.
Creator
Sitwell, Hervey Degge Wilmot (1896-1973), Major General and Keeper of the Jewel House, Tower of London
Previous reference number(s)
SAL/MS/950/1/A