Pedigree showing descent of Lord and Lady Pomfret from King Edward I, circa 1750.

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Pedigree showing descent of Lord and Lady Pomfret from King Edward I, circa 1750.

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Manuscript on vellum, in a single hand, of 21 elaborately illuminated pages, each with a unique decorative boarder, illustrating the ancestry of Lady Henrietta Pomfret and Thomas Fermor, 1st Earl Pomfret as descended from King Edward I. The genealogy appears on each recto; on the facing-page verso is painted a sprouting pineapple plant decorated with coats of arms. On the first page, opposite a portrait of Edward I, are letters illuminated with gold leaf.

1 v. (11 leaves) : 21 ill. ; 31 cm.

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Yale University Library

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Pomfret, Henrietta Louisa Jeffreys Fermor, Countess of, 1698-1761

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Edward I, King of England, 1239-1307

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Pomfret, Thomas Fermor, Earl 1698-1753.

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