Carriages & coaches : their history & their evolution (1912)
Straus, Ralph, 1882-1950 · London : Martin Secker · leaf 84
say. The merit of actually introducingthe coach is given by Stowe to Henry Manners, secondEarl of Rutland, who caused one Walter Rippon tobuild him a carriage from some foreign, most probablyDutch, pattern. This Earl of Rutland had borne theSpurs at the coronation of Edward VI, and in 1547had been… … oo <3 5N Oh INTRODUCTION OF THE COACH 71 nor in the family account-books preserved at Belvoiris there mention of either Rippon or his coach. Thereis, indeed, the Book of John Leek of riding chargescarriages [carts] and forrene paymentes in 1550, andanother book compiled by Leeks successor,…
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