Alphabet or blazon of arms [manuscript], 1597.

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Alphabet or blazon of arms [manuscript], 1597.

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List of family names in alphabetical order, with descriptions of the arms, sometimes with the county. Some crests are drawn, in watercolor or in trick. William Smith states he began the manuscript October 20, 1594, and finished it October 30, 1597. At end: Order of procession for the Queen's progress from Somerset Place to St. Pauls, 1598.

158 leaves : coats of arms.

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