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- c. 1656-c. 1661 (Creation)
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350 pp. 199 x 156 mm. Calf
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Bookplate of Alex. Deuchar, seal engraver, Edinburgh; formerly in the collection of Sir Thomas Phillipps
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A volume, c. 1656-c. 1661, containing a catalogue of the Knights of the Bath made by Henry VIII in 1509, also of the Knights Bannerets and other nobility and gentry together with their coats of arms, etc. Also included in the volume are a table of all surnames mentioned with their heraldic insignia; an account of the arms in the Parlor Window at Newnham Padox in Warwickshire and at Coughton and Chesterton; an account of Kenilworth, Tamworth, Warwick and Maxstoke Castles; epitaphs from the church of Stratford, including those to Susanna Hall and Shakespeare; tomb inscriptions from various locations; a treatise on the right of bearing arms; and a list of gentry of Nottingham, with their coats of arms. With NLW MS 104B.
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- English
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English
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See also NLW MS 104B
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Creator ref. no.: Williams MS 308; Phillipps MS 20841
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Preferred citation: NLW MS 103B
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- Newnham Padox (Estate: Warwickshire, England) (1656-c. 1661), NLW MS 103B -- Heraldry (Subject)
- Coughton Court (Estate: Warwickshire, England) (1656-c. 1661), NLW MS 103B -- Heraldry (Subject)
- Chesterton Mansion (Estate: Warwickshire, England) (1656-c. 1661), NLW MS 103B -- Heraldry. (Subject)
- Kenilworth Castle (Kenilworth, England) Account of (1656-c. 1661), NLW MS 103B (Subject)
- Tamworth Castle (Staffordshire, England) Account of (1656-c. 1661), NLW MS 103B (Subject)
- Warwick Castle (Warwick, England) Account of (1656-c. 1661), NLW MS 103B (Subject)
- Maxstoke Castle (Warwickshire, England) Account of (1656-c. 1661), NLW MS 103B (Subject)
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Epitaph, transcript (1656-c. 1661), NLW MS 103B (Subject)
- Shakespeare, Susanna Epitaph, transcript (1656-c. 1661), NLW MS 103B (Subject)