English Roll of Arms (Dering Roll) – ms.
London, BL, Add. Roll 77,720

13th cent. (ca 1270-1280), England (Dover, Kent?)
Roll of parchment, 4 membranes, ca 265 x 21 cm; 324 painted coats-of-arms in 54 rows of 6 shields; legends in English

Presumably commissioned by Stephen of Penchester, constable of Dover Castle, 1268-1299
Owners: Hugh Fitzwilliam of Sprotborough, 16th cent. (?); Thomas Knevett of Ashwellthorpe, Norfolk, c. 1539-1618 (?); Sir Edward Dering, 1598-1644; Sir Thomas Phillipps, 1792-1872 (MS. 31146); Sir Anthony Wagner, 1908-1995 (bought on 6 Feb. 1948)

Auction: Sotheby's (London), 4 Dec. 2007, lot nr. 46. Export-stopped by the Auhority

• http://www.sothebys.com/app/live/lot/LotDetail.jsp?lot_id=159419727
• http://www.bl.uk/news/2008/pressrelease20080902.html

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