The union of honour.. Containing the armes, matches and issues of the kings, dukes, marquesses and earles of England from the Conquest, untill this present yeere, 1640. With the armes of the English viscounts and barons now being: and of the gentry of Lincolnshire. Whereunto is annexed, a briefe of all the battels which have beene fought and maintained by the English since the Conquest, till the yeere 1602. Collected out of the most approved authours, former or moderne, by James Yorke, black-smith.
James Yorke (fl.1640)
Category
Books
Date
1640
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Gunby Hall Estate, Lincolnshire
NT 3191936
Summary
Bibliographic description
[16],331,[1];52,[4];76p.. ill.. (woodcuts), coats of arms. fol.. Errata leaf at end, extra-to pagination. Marker inserted for Massingbeard armorial. Provenance: Nineteenth-century garter bookplate: Charles Langton Massingberd [i.e. Charles Langton Massingberd (1815-1887)]. Inscribed in ink: Charles Langton Massingberd / Gunby – Oct 1873’ Binding: Mottled calf, red and black spine-panels, gold-lettered. Boards detached.
Makers and roles
James Yorke (fl.1640) Thomas Rawlins (1620-1670)