Armorial binding stamps of Archbishop Abbot
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Binding stamps with the arms of Archbishop George Abbot (1562–1633)
 Stamp A, 50 x 44 mm BAB Laud stamp 4 |
 Stamp B, 67 x 54 mm BAB Laud stamp 3 |
 Stamp C, 99 x 80 mm BAB Laud stamp 1 |
Arms of Archbishopric of Canterbury, impaled with arms of Abbot
(Gules, a chevron between three pears or)
The books with these arms were duplicates from the library at Lambeth Palace, given to the Cathedral Library by Archbishop William Sancroft c. 1680 (Benefactors' Book CCA Lit.MS.E40, ff.108v and 115r).