W2/X-6-2

Shelfmark W2/X-6-2

Sigebertus Haverkamp. Medailles de grand et moyen bronze du cabinet de la reine Christine, ... gravées ... par ... Pietro Santes Bartolo, ... expliquées par un commentaire traduit du Latin de Sigebert Havercamp, ... The Hague: 1742.

Armorial bookplate [Franks 32378] on front pastedown with motto 'Bon Accord': Henry Wood.
Binding stamp on front board showing an arm embowed holding a spear broken in three pieces one in pale two in saltire, with initials: H W

British Armorial Bindings database, stamp WOO001

Inscription on second title page: W. Bennett.
Inscription on verso of first title page: The Gift of the Revd. W. Bennett one of the Minor Canons to the Library of Christ Church Cathedral Canterbury Sept. 17th 1840.

First owned by Henry Wood (fl. c. 1800?), whose arms were originally granted to Edward Wood of Sandwich in 1574.^[1]

Next owned by the Rev. William Bennett (1766-1852), a minor canon of the Cathedral,^[2] who presented the book to the Chapter Library in 1840.

References

↑ Bernard Burke, The General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales, p. 1130: "Wood (Sandwich, co. Kent; arms confirmed and crest granted 20 Nov. 1574 by Cooke, Clarenceaux, to Edward Wood, of Sandwich). Sa. on a ch. betw. three oak trees eradicated or, as many martlets of the field. Crest -- An arm embowed habited in green leaves, the hand and elbow ppr. holding a broken spear in three pieces, one in pale and two in saltire ppr."
↑ CCED PersonID 99570

[1] Bernard Burke, The General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales, p. 1130: "Wood (Sandwich, co. Kent; arms confirmed and crest granted 20 Nov. 1574 by Cooke, Clarenceaux, to Edward Wood, of Sandwich). Sa. on a ch. betw. three oak trees eradicated or, as many martlets of the field. Crest -- An arm embowed habited in green leaves, the hand and elbow ppr. holding a broken spear in three pieces, one in pale and two in saltire ppr."

[2] CCED PersonID 99570

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