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Francis Sandford (herald)

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called this book the most important descriptive book of the late seventeenth century: "James's exalted notions of his kingly office caused him to go minutely into the records of the past. He appointed a Commission for the right ordering of the ceremony in all its details and to draw up a kind of code
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to Gregory King, Rouge Dragon pursuivant, who paid him £220 for his office. He then retired to Bloomsbury or its vicinity. He died on 17 January 1694, "advanced in years, neglected, and poor", in the prison of Newgate, where he had been confined for debt, and was buried in St. Bride's upper
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churchyard. By his wife Margaret, daughter of William Jokes of Bottington, Montgomeryshire, and widow of William Kerry, he had several children.
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The Order of Ceremonies used for, and at, the Solemn Interment of the Most High, Mighty and Most Noble Prince George Duke of Albemarle
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A Genealogical History of the Kings of England and Monarchs of Great Britain … from the Conquest, anno 1066, to the year 1677
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of precedents to serve for future coronations. Sandford's book was the record upon which all coronations were to be based".
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so the authors barely covered their expenses, despite James's gift of £300. Ifan K. Fletcher in
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The History of the Coronation of … James II … and of his Royal Consort, Queen Mary
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Sandford escaped to Sandford in England, although afterwards he graduated BA at
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Heralds of England: A History of the Office and College of Arms
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and his wife, Elizabeth, daughter of Chalcot Chambre of
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The Literature of Splendid Occasions in English History
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The Literature of Splendid Occasions in English History
159:(1677; reissued 1683; 2nd edn with continuations by 56:, the third son of Francis Sandford of Sandford, 306: 145:A Genealogical History of the Kings of Portugal 246:. Vol. 50. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 91:on 6 June 1661. In 1666, when attending King 260:(online ed.). Oxford University Press. 122:Sandford refused to attend the new monarchs 254:(2004). "Sandford, Francis (1630–1694)". 27:The History of the Coronation of James II 250: 20: 257:Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 202:Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 108:coronation of James II and VII and Mary 307: 189: 187: 185: 237:"Sandford, Francis (1630-1694)"  230: 182: 13: 281: 18:Anglo-Irish herald and genealogist 14: 341: 289:A History of the College of Arms 243:Dictionary of National Biography 217:(Oxford University Press, 1947). 198:Sandford, Francis (1630–1694) 207: 1: 224: 95:at Oxford, he studied in the 274:UK public library membership 7: 10: 346: 291:(1804), pp. 322–324. 25:Title page of Sandford's 330:English officers of arms 175: 138: 85:Rouge Dragon Pursuivant 83:Sandford was appointed 78:Trinity College, Dublin 74:Irish Rebellion of 1641 39: 266:10.1093/ref:odnb/24633 72:, England. During the 30: 24: 325:English genealogists 112:Glorious Revolution 213:Ifan K. Fletcher, 31: 272:(Subscription or 337: 277: 269: 247: 239: 218: 211: 205: 191: 132:Lancaster Herald 97:Bodleian Library 34:Francis Sandford 345: 344: 340: 339: 338: 336: 335: 334: 305: 304: 284: 282:Further reading 271: 252:Sherlock, Peter 227: 222: 221: 212: 208: 192: 183: 178: 161:Samuel Stebbing 141: 89:College of Arms 44:He was born at 42: 19: 12: 11: 5: 343: 333: 332: 327: 322: 317: 303: 302: 295:Anthony Wagner 292: 283: 280: 279: 278: 248: 234:, ed. (1897). 226: 223: 220: 219: 206: 194:Peter Sherlock 180: 179: 177: 174: 173: 172: 164: 154: 148: 140: 137: 50:County Wicklow 41: 38: 17: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 342: 331: 328: 326: 323: 321: 318: 316: 313: 312: 310: 300: 296: 293: 290: 286: 285: 275: 267: 263: 259: 258: 253: 249: 245: 244: 238: 233: 229: 228: 216: 210: 203: 199: 195: 190: 188: 186: 181: 170: 169: 165: 162: 158: 155: 152: 149: 146: 143: 142: 136: 133: 129: 125: 120: 117: 113: 109: 105: 100: 98: 94: 90: 86: 81: 79: 75: 71: 67: 63: 59: 55: 51: 47: 37: 35: 28: 23: 16: 298: 288: 255: 241: 214: 209: 201: 166: 156: 150: 144: 121: 115: 104:Gregory King 101: 82: 43: 33: 32: 26: 15: 320:1694 deaths 315:1630 births 232:Lee, Sidney 70:Oxfordshire 66:Williamscot 309:Categories 287:M. Noble, 276:required.) 225:References 93:Charles II 58:Shropshire 163:, 1707). 48:Castle, 301:(1967). 171:(1687). 153:(1670). 124:William 87:in the 62:England 54:Ireland 270: 46:Carnew 29:, 1687 176:Notes 139:Works 102:With 128:Mary 126:and 40:Life 262:doi 200:’, 196:, ‘ 311:: 297:, 240:. 184:^ 80:. 68:, 60:, 52:, 268:. 264::

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Carnew
County Wicklow
Ireland
Shropshire
England
Williamscot
Oxfordshire
Irish Rebellion of 1641
Trinity College, Dublin
Rouge Dragon Pursuivant
College of Arms
Charles II
Bodleian Library
Gregory King
coronation of James II and VII and Mary
Glorious Revolution
William
Mary
Lancaster Herald
Samuel Stebbing
The History of the Coronation of … James II … and of his Royal Consort, Queen Mary



Peter Sherlock
Sandford, Francis (1630–1694)
Lee, Sidney
"Sandford, Francis (1630-1694)" 
Dictionary of National Biography

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