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SION COLLEGE: BLAZONRY OF ARMS
Catalogue reference: Sion L40.2/E85
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This record is a file about the SION COLLEGE: BLAZONRY OF ARMS dating from 1909.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- Sion L40.2/E85
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Title (The name of the record)
- SION COLLEGE: BLAZONRY OF ARMS
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1909
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Description (What the record is about)
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R. P. Ellis, 'Blazonry of arms in the windows of the outer hall of Sion College, Victoria Embankment, E.C. April MCMIX'. A description of the eighty coats of arms portrayed in six windows in the hall of Sion College at 56, Victoria Embankment, London. The College opened its new buildings on this site in 1886. The arms are those of the founders of the College and its Library (Thomas White and John Simson), Bishops of London from William Laud (1628) to Robert Lowth (1777), and Presidents of Sion College 1709-1886, mainly those of the 19th century. With pen and ink drawings showing the layout of the coats of arms in each window. At f. 7v is a watercolour of the arms of Tyndal Thompson Walmsley, President of Sion College in 1823. At f. 91v. is a note that the original windows were destroyed by enemy action in the Second World War, and that new windows were installed in 1952.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Lambeth Palace Library
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Sion College
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 92 ff.
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Open
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
- Transferred from Sion College to Lambeth Palace Library, 1996.
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- Notebook, 155 x 100 mm., 92 ff. Paper leaves.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/408afa11-7946-47af-8cb1-0d2ef8c3402a/
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This record is held at Lambeth Palace Library
Within the fonds: Sion L40.2
SION COLLEGE MANUSCRIPTS COLLECTION
Within the sub-fonds: Sion L40.2/E
SION COLLEGE: ENGLISH MANUSCRIPTS
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