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Lists of grants of arms compiled by Joseph Foster

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Title: Lists of grants of arms compiled by Joseph Foster
Date: 19th-20th century
Description: Lists of grants of arms before 1730 compiled by Joseph Foster (1844-1905), with additions by S. A. Grundy Newman, FSA Scot. Foster's lists (pp. 1-80) are arranged alphabetically under the respective Kings of Arms. The entries are crossed through in red and are probably early drafts of Foster's alphabetical lists in BL Add. MSS 37147, 37149, later published by W. Harry Rylands, FSA, in Grantees of Arms, Harl. Soc., 66-68 (1915-17). Additions (pp. 83-101) by S. A. Grundy Newman, letters A-C only, to Rylands, Grantees.
Held by: Society of Antiquaries of London
Former department reference: SAL/MS/742
Creator(s): Foster, Joseph (1844-1905), genealogist
Physical description: pp. iii + 101.
Dimensions: Folio.
Immediate source of acquisition: Signature of Willoughby Aston Littledale, VPSA, who bequeathed it (see LIW).
Physical condition: Half leather binding, olive green. Bookplates of Joseph Foster, fol. i, and Samuel Alfred Grundy Newman (designed as a seal on a seal tag by 'G. W.'), fol. ii.
Unpublished finding aids: Society of Antiquaries online catalogue: https://collections.sal.org.uk/fos
Record URL: https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/035789cc-6bd3-4597-8750-0e3565993fd6/