BIB_ID
80848
Accession number
MA 961
Display Date
16th cent.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr., 1919.
Description
1 v. (ca. 309 p.), bound ; 33.9 cm
Notes
Page 1 provides only full-page coat of arms; it is labeled "Roger Portington[n] of Barmbie sup[er] Don[n]e Esqu[ire] / seconde brother of the house of Portington[n] wh[o]s[e] / Ancestor ca[m]e forth [of] the same house in Ed[war]d / the ffourth his dayes. He bea[r]eth Portingt[onn,] Passelewe, B[arm]bye and kydalle [i.e., Kiddal]."
An old partial index (N-Z) of coats of arms is preserved on the back pastedown; a modern, typed index (A-Z) is also available.
With 1 leaf tipped in between p. 112-113 detailing the opening of the Court of Honour on March 14, 1731.
Written primarily in secretary hand by several hands.
An old partial index (N-Z) of coats of arms is preserved on the back pastedown; a modern, typed index (A-Z) is also available.
With 1 leaf tipped in between p. 112-113 detailing the opening of the Court of Honour on March 14, 1731.
Written primarily in secretary hand by several hands.
Provenance
James Colquhoun; purchased by J.P. Morgan Jr. in 1919.
Summary
Coats of arms (with brief descriptions or mottoes) of English families, most pages with four entries, but some with nine. Several coats of arms have been painted, but some are only outlined. Also with two sections of several leaves devoted to manuscript texts of genealogical or heraldic interest throughout (p. 108-119; 234-242).
Housed in
Blue cloth drop-spine box (37.4 cm)
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