Manuscripts
First Calais roll of arms
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[Palmer Family genealogical roll of arms
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Modeled on genealogical rolls of the late medieval kings of England, this roll of arms, signed by Robert Cooke, Clarenceaux King of Arms, claims to display the ancestry of the Palmer family from the eleventh- or twelfth-century progenitor Henry Palmer to the four sons of Edward Palmer (ca. 1550-1624), a wealthy landowner in England and the New World. A crusader and a member of Henry VIII's Troop of Gentlemen number among the sixty-nine men and women identified here. The earlier portions of the genealogy, clearly calculated to show off illustrious ancestors and to highlight important connections through marriage, are difficult to verify. This roll does not provide the dates of birth or death for anyone in the Palmer pedigree, and only a few are linked definitively to a particular monarch's reign or to a specific historic event.
mssHM 83385
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Drawings of coats of arms
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A volume of 69 colored drawings of royal, papal, national, merchant, and military standards, family, and city coats of arms, and the black flag of filibusters.
DE 109
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La jarretiere dramma diviso in tre parti
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A bound manuscript in Italian; a presentation copy bound in olive-colored sheep, the front board is stamped "Lord Nugent" in stylized gilt lettering. This manuscript contains the text of an apparently unrecorded metrical drama; the dedication is addressed to the politician and writer George Nugent Grenville, second Baron Nugent of Carlanstown (1788-1850). The title, "La jarretiere," references the Order of the Garter; the plot, centered on the theme of the upholding of virtue, offers a fictional rendering of the origins of the order.
mssHM 83690
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Shelley family papers
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The collection consists of correspondence and genealogical material relating to the ancestry of English poet Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822). There are letters from the poet's father, Sir Timothy Shelley, and William Ratcliffe, Rouge Croix of the College of Arms, among others. The collection also contains extracts from church and county records, copies of monumental inscriptions, drawings of coats of arms and heraldic devices, and pedigree charts. Most of the material is in a large volume. There is also one contemporary 17th century manuscript.
mssSH
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Shelley family papers
Manuscripts
The collection consists of correspondence and genealogical material relating to the ancestry of English poet Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822). There are letters from the poet's father, Sir Timothy Shelley, and William Ratcliffe, Rouge Croix of the College of Arms, among others. The collection also contains extracts from church and county records, copies of monumental inscriptions, drawings of coats of arms and heraldic devices, and pedigree charts. Most of the material is in a large volume. There is also one contemporary 17th century manuscript.
mssSH
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Engraving of the arms of James, Earl of Waldegrave
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Notes: Hand colored. Not determined if these are the arms of the first earl (1648-1741) or those of his son, also named James (1715-1763)
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