Heraldry Manuscript. St George (Sir Henry, Garter King of Arms, 1625-1715

Heraldry Manuscript. St George (Sir Henry, Garter King of Arms, 1625-1715 & Sir Richard, Clarenceux King of Arms, d. 1635). Heraldry Manuscript. St George (Sir Henry, Garter King of Arms, 1625-1715 & Sir Richard, Clarenceux King of Arms, d. 1635). A collection of historical and heraldic manuscript papers, 16th-17th century, folio (380mm x 252mm), approx. 170 pp, plus blanks, 6 leaves partly eaten away at lower outer corner (text affected), Sotheby's lot description and newspaper clipping from 1971 on ffep (and a small modern book label), variable age-toning and dust-soiling, earl calf-backed boards, rather worn, upper joint split but just holding (very weak). Thomas Phillipps MS 13789; Sotheby's Bibliotheca Phillippica pt. 7, June 1971, lot 1638. 'Among the many pieces in this volume are: orders of proceeding to Parliament in 1614 and to the funerals of William Cecil, Lord Keeper Coventry and others; allowances and Fees of Honour temp. Henry VIII to Elizabeth; summons to Parliament; disputes of arms; a fine description of the coronation of Charles I; and a long account of the celebrated case of Ralph Brooke (d. 1625), York Herald, and Robert Treswell (d. 1630/1), Somerset Herald, against the College of Arms and the Earl Marshal in 1621.', 16th-17th century, folio (380mm x 252mm), approx. 170 pp, plus blanks, 6 leaves partly eaten away at lower outer corner (text affected), Sotheby's lot description and newspaper clipping from 1971 on ffep (and a small modern book label), variable age-toning and dust-soiling, earl calf-backed boards, rather worn, upper joint split but just holding (very weak). 'Among the many pieces in this volume are: orders of proceeding to Parliament in 1614 and to the funerals of William Cecil, Lord Keeper Coventry and others; allowances and Fees of Honour temp. Henry VIII to Elizabeth; summons to Parliament; disputes of arms; a fine description of the coronation of Charles I; and a long account of the celebrated case of Ralph Brooke (d. 1625), York Herald, and Robert Treswell (d. 1630/1), Somerset Herald, against the College of Arms and the Earl Marshal in 1621.'

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