An English baronage [manuscript], 1572.

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An English baronage [manuscript], 1572.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/630116176

Names and arms (in color) of nobles of England, by creation, from the Conquest to 1572.

159 p. : col. coats of arms ; 30 x 20 cm.

Folger Shakespeare Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7882716

Folger Shakespeare Library

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Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872

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