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A general catalogue of all the names and arms of all the Lord Chancellors and Keepers of the great seal of England [manuscript], 1617-ca. 1650.

Holship, Thomas, former owner.; Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872, former owner.
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Title
A general catalogue of all the names and arms of all the Lord Chancellors and Keepers of the great seal of England [manuscript], 1617-ca. 1650.
Description
126 leaves : col. coats of arms ; 9 x 10 cm
Associated name
Holship, Thomas, former owner.
Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872, former owner.
Material base
MS on vellum.
Scope and content
Catalog covers 1066-1617. Majority of the arms are in color. A few additions in a later hand up through ca. 1650.
Note
Signature: A-M¹² [E² and L¹¹ lacking]

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Provenance
Belonged to Thomas Holship, painter of Oxford.
Exhibited
Washington, D.C. Folger Shakespeare Library 2015. The Age of Lawyers. Opening: Bacon's Arms.
Cited/described in
Ricci, S. de. Census of medieval and Renaissance manuscripts in the United States and Canada, 1673.1
Phillipps, T. Phillipps manuscripts, 7417
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Genre/form
Manuscripts (documents)
Coats of arms.
Armorials.
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England.

Call number
V.a.279
Folger accession
cs1673