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Pardon for Sir Henry St George Norroy & John Philipott Somerset

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Image ID
V-0641
Device
Warrant
Class
Medium
Manuscript
Location
Bodleian
Citation
MS. Bankes 37/49
Date Subject
1640
Notes

Royal Warrant for a Pardon for Sir Henry St. George and John Philipot, authorizing Sir John Bankes, the Attorney General, to draw up a pardon for Sir Henry St. George, Norroy KoA, and John Philipot, Somerset,who had been found guilty of 'corruptly devising' a coat of arms for one William Peere, and had been sentenced by the Court of Chivalry to be fined and deprived of their offices.

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