Heraldry.- Brooke (John Charles herald and antiquary, 1748-94) Autograph Letter signed to George Townshend Earl of Leicester, sm. 4to, 2½pp., [London], Herald's College, 5th August 1791, promising to visit him at Balls Park in Hertfordshire as soon as he may, thanking him for his explanation "of the badge at Chartley... the Ball in chief, & the singular manner of tying up the upper part of the mantle, gives it so much the appearance of what we call an ancient Barons Cap", and some other antiquarian news, "...Lord Howard... tells me he is erecting a magnificent monument in the church of St John Madder Market, Norwich, for Margt. Audley, Dutchess of Norfolk, who was burd. 1563... he is also engraving the Portrait of her, painted by Lucas de Heare, mention'd by Walpole, wch. the late Lord Sackville gave him from Drayton", folds, browned. ⁂ George Townshend second Marquess Townshend (1753-1811), known as The Lord Ferrers of Chartley from 1770 to 1784 and as The Earl of Leicester from 1784 to 1807; peer and politician.
Heraldry.- Brooke (John Charles herald and antiquary, 1748-94) Autograph Letter signed to George Townshend Earl of Leicester, sm. 4to, 2½pp., [London], Herald's College, 5th August 1791, promising to visit him at Balls Park in Hertfordshire as soon as he may, thanking him for his explanation "of the badge at Chartley... the Ball in chief, & the singular manner of tying up the upper part of the mantle, gives it so much the appearance of what we call an ancient Barons Cap", and some other antiquarian news, "...Lord Howard... tells me he is erecting a magnificent monument in the church of St John Madder Market, Norwich, for Margt. Audley, Dutchess of Norfolk, who was burd. 1563... he is also engraving the Portrait of her, painted by Lucas de Heare, mention'd by Walpole, wch. the late Lord Sackville gave him from Drayton", folds, browned. ⁂ George Townshend second Marquess Townshend (1753-1811), known as The Lord Ferrers of Chartley from 1770 to 1784 and as The Earl of Leicester from 1784 to 1807; peer and politician.
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