Nichols, John Gough, 1806-1873 · London : John Bowyer Nichols and Sons · leaf 121
lls firstpage (of which a fac-simile is an-nexed) there can be no question isalso his personal device. It com-prises the pierced mullets from hisarms, and, besides a great letter forBossewell, contains the letter I,which may be regarded as the initialof his Christian name, and also theletters N and… … 114 bossewells workes of armorie. sibly combined the art of a herald-painter with his own pro-fession. A contemporary herald, of no less eminence than SirWilliam Segar, who rose to the head of the College of Arms,was originally a scrivener. We know, from the parish registersof Saint Dunstans in the…
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