Autograph manuscript of a collection of pedigrees and genealogical charts, accompanied by many small illustrations of "arms in trick." Some of the pedigrees are taken from the Lincolnshire and Gloucestershire visitations of the early 1680s. An alphabe...
Description:
In English.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain. and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Dale, Robert, -1722. and Thoresby, Ralph, 1658-1725.
Manuscript, in several different hands, of a compilation of grants of arms, pedigrees registered by the College of Arms, rules of precedence and orders of ceremonies, and related documents. Thought to have been largely compiled by John Philipot, Somer...
Description:
In English, with a small amount of Latin.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain, Connecticut, and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Philipot, John, 1589?-1645. and College of Arms (Great Britain)
Subject (Topic):
Gentry, Heraldry, Manuscripts, Renaissance, Nobility, Precedence, and Kings and rulers
Manuscript, in a single hand, of a collection of descriptions of residences of English nobility. The author focuses on descriptions of the views from each seat and the landscape in which the house is situated; occasionally he also describes the archi...
Description:
In English.
Subject (Geographic):
England., England, and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Young, Arthur, 1741-1820.
Subject (Topic):
Architecture, Domestic, Gentry, Homes and haunts, Nobility, Social life and customs, Travelers' writings, English, and Description and travel
