Armorial bindings; Bookplates, English; Heraldry -- Great Britain
_Arms._--Quarterly, France and England, as used by Henry VIII. (q.v.).
_Badges._--Tudor roses, gu. and arg., and portcullis arg., chained or.
_Initials._--M. S. (Mary Suffolk).
_Note._--The book bears the arms of Henry VIII., and the initials have
been added. It is one of the earliest gold-tooled English bindings in
existence, and was probably made by John Taverner for an earlier inside
than that which it now covers.
[_Herbarum Imagines._ Francofurti, 1535.]
Mary Tudor (born 1497, died 23rd June 1534) was the youngest
daughter of Henry VII. At an early age she was enamoured of
Charles Brandon, afterwards Duke of Suffolk. Henry VIII.,
however, decided that her marriage with Louis XII. of France
was more expedient, and in 1514 she became his Queen. Next
year she was left a widow, and almost immediately she married
the Duke of Suffolk abroad, and the marriage was afterwards
re-solemnised in England.
[Illustration]
MATTHEW, TOBIAS, ARCHBISHOP OF YORK
_Arms._--Impaled.
Dexter: Gu., two keys in saltire arg., in chief a Royal Crown
or. _See of York, after 1515._
Sinister: Quarterly.
1st and 4th; sa., a lion rampant arg.
2nd and 3rd; gu., 3 chevrons arg. _Matthew._
[_Novum Testamentum._ 1580.]
Tobias Matthew (born circ. 1546, died 29th March 1628) was the
son of John Matthew of Ross in Herefordshire. He was educated
at Oxford and ordained in 1566. He preached before Queen
Elizabeth at St. Mary's Church in the High Street at Oxford,
and attracted Her Majesty's attention by his eloquence and
his handsome appearance. He was made a Canon of Christchurch
Cathedral in 1570, and Dean in 1576. In 1583 he was Dean of
Durham. In 1595 he was consecrated Bishop of Durham, and in
1606 Archbishop of York. Archbishop Matthew took a prominent
part in the political as well as the theological affairs of his
time. Lady Arabella Stuart was imprisoned in his house, and she
escaped from it in 1611.
[Illustration]
MONCK, CHRISTOPHER, SECOND DUKE OF ALBEMARLE
_Arms._--Within the Garter. Gu., a chevron between 3 lions' heads
erased arg. _Monck._
_Coronet._--That of a Duke.
[HEYLYN. _Ecclesia Restaurata._ London, 1674.]
Christopher Monck (born circ. 1653, died 6th October 1688) was
the son of General George Monck, who, in recognition of his
services concerning the restoration of Charles II., was by
that monarch created Duke of Albemarle in 1660. Christopher
Monck succeeded his father in the Dukedom in 1669. He was made
a Knight of the Garter in the same year, and in 1687 he was
appointed Governor of Jamaica.
[Illustration]
MONTAGU, JOHN, SECOND DUKE OF MONTAGU
_Arms._--Within the Garter. Quarterly.
1st and 4th; arg., 3 lozenges conjoined in fess gu., within a
bordure sa. _Montagu._
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