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Excerpt from Fac-Simile of a Heraldic Ms. Entitled: The Names and Armes of Them That Hath Beene Alldermen of the Warde of Alldersgate Since the Tyme of King Henry 6, Beginning at the 30 Yeeare of His Reigne Vntil This Present Yeeare of Our Lord 1616
If civic history remains unillustrated by artat the Mansion House, literature may be said to be little regarded by civic dignitaries. But for the industry and enthusiasm of john stow, the medieval history of the city, obscure as it is, would be gleaned only from manuscript accounts mostly performed by those painstaking and earnest scholars, the officers of the College of Arms. Interesting and valuable as these heraldic records um doubtedly are, heraldry, pure and simple in its embellished briefness, is necessarily the standpoint taken by the realistic chronicler of arms. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
