"Golde on a Cheueron thre starres of the felde betwene thre demy Lions coppe[r] geules langued and armed asur vpon the healme on a Tork gold and gules a dragones hedd ... geules and vert about his nek a Crownall golde langued asur dented siluer manteled geules dobled siluer." Granted by Sir Gilbert Dethick, Garter King of Arms
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Formerly Folger MS Add 803
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Acquired from Hofmann & Freeman in 1982 as a 50th Anniversary gift from Mrs. David K.E. Bruce
Exhibited
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library. The Collector and the Dream, 1982-1983
Also known as
Extended title: Grant of arms from Garter King of Arms to Thomas Lyfeld, of Stoke d'Abernon, Surrey, Gent 1560 May 5
Related names
author: College of Arms (England and Wales). Garter King of Arms
associated with: Lyfield, Thomas, 1519-
signer: Dethick, Gilbert, 1499 or 1500-1584
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