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Sixteenth-century laid paper; lozenge-shaped watermark composed of circles, most visible on front flyleaf v
The inscription on the coat of arms reads both "ICH DIEN" (German for "I serve") and "HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE" (French for "Shame on him who thinks ill of it").
79r-80v lists coast of arms numbers 15-26
There is a discrepancy between the name under the shield, Thomas West, and the name by the shield, William West. William West, 1st Baron de la Warr, was attained for poisoning his uncle. Thomas West, 2nd Baron de la Warr, was part of Elizabeth I's Privy Council.
Initially rebound in the eighteenth-century (somewhat out of order); current binding created in England, in mid-twentieth century; red leather with gilded crest of the current English monarchy on the upper cover; tooled decoration with gilt lettering on spine: "BRITISH COATS OF ARMS."