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Preferred Citation:

College of William and Mary Coat of Arms Collection, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Acquisition Information:

Acc. 1980.100

Scope and Contents

This 1929 copy of the 1694/1698 Granting of Arms to the College of William and Mary from the College of Arms in London is enclosed in a plexiglass mount. At the top of the document are four arms: the College of William and Mary, an unknown one, the King's, and the College of Arms.

Related Material

"Coat of Arms," University Archives Subject File Collection (UA 9);  a red wax impression of the seal of the College of Arms in a round brass box was seperated from this collection and added to the University Archives Artifact Collection (UA 13) on 6/9/2010.

Separated Material

A red wax impression of the seal of the College of Arms, originally part of Acc. 1980.100, was seperated from this collection and added to the University Archives Artifact Collection (UA 13) on 6/9/2010.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Coat-of-Arms
• College of William and Mary--History--17th century