1.0a genealogist's sketchbookhttps://nltaylor.net/sketchbookNat Taylorhttps://nltaylor.net/sketchbook/archives/author/natan early private English grant of arms: Mackworth - a genealogist's sketchbookrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="lQLt3S4Itz"><a href="https://nltaylor.net/sketchbook/archives/146">an early private English grant of arms: Mackworth</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://nltaylor.net/sketchbook/archives/146/embed#?secret=lQLt3S4Itz" width="600" height="338" title="“an early private English grant of arms: Mackworth” — a genealogist's sketchbook" data-secret="lQLt3S4Itz" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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I am researching the Mackworth family of Rutland and Shropshire, who descend from Thomas Mackworth of Derby, who with his brother John (a canon of Lincoln cathedral) was granted arms privately by John Touchet, lord Audley, in 1404. I was curious about the phenomenon of early private grants of arms until I found the excellent […]https://nltaylor.net/sketchbook/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/mackworth.jpg