Manuscript archive of the Talbot family, earls of Shrewsbury

Item date: 16th century
Grant Value: 1,000
Item cost: 390,000
Item date acquired: 1983
Item institution: Lambeth Palace Library
Town/City: London

Lambeth Palace Library acquired 17 volumes of the Talbot Papers in 1696, with this purchase from the College of Arms it was possible to reunite the other portion of the collection, some 15 volumes to make it once again one of the most important Tudor archives in existence

Item Provenance
Given to the College of Arms in 17th century; acquired from them for Lambeth