Armorial bindings; Bookplates, English; Heraldry -- Great Britain
[LE MIRE. _Geographia Ecclesiastica._ Lugd., 1620.]
Books bearing this crest probably belonged to a member of the
family of Brudenell, of Stanton Wyvile in Leicestershire.
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BULLINGHAM
_Arms._--Az., an eagle displayed arg., in the beak a sprig vert, on a
chief or, a rose between two crosses crosslet gu. _Bullingham._
[_Hardwick Papers_, Vol. 766.]
The book belonged to a member of the Lincolnshire family of
Bullingham, in the seventeenth century.
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BURRELL, SIR WILLIAM, BART.
_Arms._--Vert, 3 shields arg., 2 and 1, each charged with a bordure
engrailed or. In the chief point on an escutcheon arg., the Ulster hand
gu.
_Crest._--A naked arm embowed holding a branch of laurel, all ppr.
_Motto._--SVB LIBERTATE QVIETEM.
[COLLINSON. _The History and Antiquities of the
County of Summerset._ Bath, 1791.]
William Burrell (born 10th October 1732, died 20th January
1796) was the son of Peter Burrell of Beckenham, Kent, and was
educated at St. John's College, Cambridge, where he graduated
LL.D.
In 1789 Burrell succeeded, by special remainder, to the
Baronetcy of his father-in-law, Sir Charles Raymond. Sir
William Burrell was Member of Parliament for Haslemere; a
Commissioner of Excise; a Fellow of the Royal Society and of
the Society of Antiquaries. He was especially interested in the
antiquities of Sussex, both architectural and genealogical. He
made a large collection of prints, drawings, and manuscripts
relating to Sussex, which he bequeathed to the British Museum,
and which are now in the Department of Manuscripts. He died at
Deepdene in Surrey.
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BYNG
_Crest._--An heraldic antelope statant erm., armed, crined, and unguled
or. _Byng._
[RHODES. _Book of Nurture._ 1577.]
Mr. Byng's Library, largely composed of Shakespeare literature,
was mostly bound in a straight-grain green morocco. He was
probably a member of the family of the Earl of Strafford.
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CAMPBELL, HUGH, THIRD EARL OF LOUDOUN
_Arms._--Gyronny of eight, erm. and gu. _Campbell_ of Auchmannoch.
_Crest._--A double-headed eagle, on the dexter side a sun in glory ppr.
_Coronet._--That of an Earl.
_Helmet._--That of a Peer.
_Motto._--NEMO ME IMPVNE LACESSIT, being the motto of the Order of the
Thistle.
[SETTLE. _Irene Triumphaus._ London, 1713.]
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