Dove Cottage : Lowther.114

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	Print, engraving, coat of arms and description of Appleby, Westmorland, 17th century? Blazon 'gules three lions passant guardant in pale crowned or'. Pasted in the Lowther scrapbook, vol.4; on a page of scraps after p.540.
	inscription:-	printed below APPLEBY (anciently Aballaba) was a City in the time of the Romans, and the chief Town in Westmerland (as it remains still) at and before the Norman Conquest; insomuch that the County took Name from it, and was sometimes called the County of Appilby. It is traditionally reported concerning this place, That it was under the Jurisdiction of a Mayor, when London was only govern'd by a Bailiff; which how true it is, I shall not concern myself; but the beginning of the Majoralty of London (formerly governed by Portgraves) is commonly reckoned from the first year of Richard the First : and Appleby had a Charter from Henry the First (who was son to the Conqueror) of very great Priviledges confirm'd by King John (as is yet to be seen) and all the kings of England successively. It continued a place of great account till 1176. (the 22 of Hen.2.) at which time it was utterly destroyed by the incursion of the Scots under William their King, as appears from a Stone in the School-Garden-House. And it should seem then, in regard of its Loyalty and Sufferings, this King took compassion upon it, and (in all probability) builded their Church dedicated to St. Lawrence; and for their Arms gave them his own Coat, with an honorary distinction, Gules, three Lions passant guardant in Pale, crowned, Or, with this Inscription on their Seals, SIGILLUM COMMUNITATIS BURGII DE APPILBY; and on the Reverse St. Lawrence on the Grid-Iron, kept down by force, and burning in the Flames, from which ariseth a Flag or Standard with three Lions (as before) and the Devise this, HIC JACET LAURENTIUS IN CRATICULA POSITUS, to shew it resisted even unto []
	wxh, print:-	91x204mm
	from:- Scrapbook, 4 volumes, History of Westmorland and Cumberland Illustrated, of descriptive texts, maps, and prints of views and coats of arms, for Westmorland and Cumberland, assembled by a member of the Lowther Family, late 18th early 19th century. The volumes are quarter bound, with marbled paper on the covers; each has a bookplate inside the front cover. The pages cut from various sources are nicely mounted, two sided pieces set neatly in a window in the scrapbook page. The main content is the whole of the two volumes of The History and Antiquities of the Counties of Westmorland and Cumberland, by Joseph Nicolson and Richard Burn, published London, 1777. Nicolson and Burn volume 1 is in scrapbook volumes 1 and 2, volume 2 in scrapbook volumes 3 and 4. Maps and prints are interspersed to make an illustrated version of the history. Some of the sources of maps and prints have been recognised:- Maps - coast of Cumberland etc by Andrew Dury, 1764; Westmorland and Cumberland by Richard Blome, 1673; sheets from Britannia Depicta, Emanuel Bowen, 1720; Cumberland by John Speed, Henry Overton edn 1695; Cumberland by John Cary 1787. Prints from the Set of prints, 20 engravings, Views of the Lakes etc in Cumberland and Westmorland, drawn by Joseph Farington, published by William Byrne, London, 1789. Note that plate numbers vary from edition to edition of this set. Prints from the Antiquities of Great Britain, drawings by Thomas Hearne, engraved by William Byrne, published by Hearne and Byrne, London, 1786-1807. Prints from Britannia Illustrata, drawings by Leonard Knyff, engraved by John Kip, published London, 1707-1740. Print from A Tour in England and Scotland, by Thomas Newte, published by G G J and J Robinson, Paternoster Row, London, 1788.. Some of the coat of arms are cut from A Display of Heraldrie by John Guillim late Pursuivant at Armes, published London, about 1610-11 to 1755. Coats of arms probably from The Baronetage of England, by Edward Kimber and Richard Johnson, published London? 1771. Pages from The Antiquarian Repertory, by Francis Grose, Thomas Astle, et al, published London, 1775-1809. Text from the Baronetage of England by Collins? Scraps cut from an unidentified gazetteer. At the end is the title page and pp.7-51 from A General View of the Agriculture of the County of Cumberland, by John Bailey and George Culley, published by C Macrae, London, 1794. Individual maps and prints are documented separately; with a note of their position in the scrapbooks. inscription:- : embossed: label on spine: (tatty remains): HI[ ] / [ ]/WEST[ ]M[ ] / [ ] / CUM[ ]M[ ] / ILLUS[ ]T[E ] inscription:- : printed & embossed: bookplate: gold on grey; crest, 6 annulets from the coat of arms, flowers, thistles: LOWTHER

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