The genealogy of George Lucy of Charlcote [sic] in the county of Warwick Esquire sometime representative of in Parliament for the Borough Fowey in Cornwall . lineally descended from from the representative of the ancient and knightly family of Lucy seated at Charlcote in the time of King Henry the Third shewing his descent from Edmund Ironsides and William the Conqueror ... Compiled from the records of the College of Arms London parish registers family deeds & other authentic evidences by Francis Martin Windsor Herald and George-Harrison Rogers-Harrison Bluemantle.
Francis Martin (b.1930)
Category
Manuscripts and documents
Date
1836
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Charlecote Park, Warwickshire
NT 3096047
Summary
A spectacular illuminated heraldic manuscript on vellum in giant folio, consisting of lavishly-decorated title page, full-page miniature of the arms of Lucy of Charlecote, and the following pages of pedigree. Only the first 11 leaves have been used.
Bibliographic description
26 leaves . coats of arms, illuminations . fol.. Binding: Nineteenth-century gold-tooled red morocco binding with red silk endpapers; the volume is housed in its own bespoke storage table.
Makers and roles
Francis Martin (b.1930) George Harrison Rogers-Harrison