MAWSON (Richard, Portcullis Pursuivant) and SHEPHERD (Arthur, c. 1683-1755, from 1721 Rouge Dragon Pursuivant)

Signatures on verso of fragment of an Order, in Latin with transcription, signed by George Montagu (d. 1739, from 1714 Auditor of the Receipt of the Exchequer, from 1715 1st Earl of Halifax), for £13 6s 8d for their salaries (for the half year to Michaelmas 1731), recorded in the Exchequer 19th November

For good stories of this period, see Sir George Wagner's 'The Heralds of England'. At one point Shepherd tried to sell his place at the College of Arms, but the Duke of Newcastle said there was to be no more selling, and that Shepherd had anyway not bought his in the first place.

Item Date:  1731

Stock No:  51670      £45

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