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DCC - Crewe (Cowper) Collection - 1509-1908
- 3 - Works not included in the Historical Manuscripts Commission Report on the Condover (Cholmondeley) Collection, and probably collected by the Crewe family
  - 1 - Bundle containing the following items - 1754-1893

Repository	Cheshire Record Office
Level	Item
Reference	DCC/33
Title	A manuscript of Heraldrye, probably by Thomas Chaloner of Chester, Vister King of Arms (d. 1598)
Date	c 1590
Description	It includes: Blazons of arms; a list of knights of the Garter from 1348; orders of precedence, households of great officers, coronation offices, titles of sons and heirs apparent; a description of the County of Cheshire; a list of Members of Parliament from 25 Edward I; a list of all the Barons, knights, esquires, gentlemen and other free tenants in the County of Chester 1579 (under hundreds); blazons of arms of the Earls and Barons of Scotland and of nobles and gentlemen of Co. Stafford; a note concerning the offices of the 3 Kings of Arms; an index of names with blazon of arms (A - H); blazons of arms of the nobility of ItalyeFolio, 78 ffParchment coverLoose: Letter from P.M. Barnard, bookseller of Tunbridge Wells, to Lord Crewe, concerning the above. 17.Jan., 1917

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