List of contemporary personages and description of arms
Overview
Book of achievements in arms, principally British.
Dates
- Creation: 1705 with additions up to 1714
Creator
- Trew, William (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
None
Conditions Governing Use
Spencer Library staff may determine use restrictions dependent on the physical condition of manuscript materials.
Extent
1 volume : Binding: Vellum over boards. Pagination: [1-11] 1-170. Material: Paper. ; 37.3 cm x 15 cm.
Language of Materials
English
Scope and Contents
List of contemporary personages and desc. of arms:
Countries and sovereigns: pages 1-3.
Nobility of England: pages 4-15 (Dukes pages 4-6; Earls pages 6-10; Viscounts 10; Barons pages 11-15)
Archbishops and bishops of England: p 10.
A list of the Baronets of England, created 1611-[1705], arranged chronologicallyt pages 15-52.
Knights and Gentry, alphabetically: pages 54-136.
Colleges & Houses of Law: pages 137-138.
Mitred abbots: p 139.
Appendix: pages 140-15
Appendix to the Nobility: pages 151-153
Nobility of Scotland: pages 153-157 Addenda: p 162
Nobility of Ireland: pages 157-161
Archbishops and bishops of Ireland (no arms given): p 161
Physical Location
MS G11
Custodial History
Phillipps MS 4234 (Phillipps Studies indicates bought from London bookseller Rodd) "William Trew on this Book 171[6?];" "C. Capon 1792;""John Stark" [or S[l]ark];"V. W. Tot;"[Sold by Sotheby June 10th 1896]
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Malmesbury, 1976
- Title
- Guide to the Book of heraldic achievements, principally British.
- Subtitle
- List of contemporary personages and description of arms
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by alh, 1964; revised by ksc, 2006. Finding aid encoded by skt, 2006.
- Date
- 2006
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Finding aid written in<language encodinganalog="language">English.</language>
- Finding aid permalink
- http://hdl.handle.net/10407/7030716769
- Preferred citation
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Book of heraldic achievements, Department of Special Collections, MS G11, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas Libraries
Repository Details
Part of the University of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research Library Repository