Some feudal lords and their seals : MCCCJ / with an introduction by Lord Howard de Walden

Thomas Scott-Ellis, 8th Baron Howard de Walden

RA Collection: Book

Record number

14/1370

Author

Imprint

[London]: The De Walden Library, [MCMIIJ

Physical Description

xlvi, 190 pages : including colour frontispiece, illustrations, xxvi colour plates, facsimiles ; 39 cm.

Series Title

The De Walden Library

General Note

The "Papal bull" has Latin and English in parallel columns.

Contents

Barons' seals, "A" series, reduced facsimile -- Dedication -- Introduction -- Papal bull [of Pope Boniface VIII to King Edward I] claiming sovereignty over Scotland -- Barons' reply, "A" series, facsimile -- Barons' reply -- Barons' reply, "B" series, facsimile -- Barons' seals, "B" series, reduced facsimile -- Barons" reply, with seals, "B" series, tricked by Nicholas Charles, Lancaster Herald, 26 October 1611, facsimile -- The wars across the Marches -- Gaveston and the Despencers -- Cords and seals, 1 to 26 -- Names of the Barons who joined in the reply to the Pope

Copy Note

`125 large paper copies for subscribers. Refer to J. Foster, Hon. M.A. Oxon, 21 Boundary Road, London, N.W.' [verso of title page].

Binding Note

Pale blue cloth covers over bevelled boards, lettered in gold on upper cover and spine. Marbled endpapers.

Subject

Seals (Numismatics) - Great Britain

Contributors

Joseph Foster, compiler
The De Walden Library, publisher