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A volume entitled 'Armorial Bearings of the Bailif[f]s & Mayors of Shrewsbury From Anno Dom. MCCCLXXII', comprising 786 coats of arms, almost all painted, of the bailiffs and mayors of the town of Shrewsbury, arranged chronologically from 1372 to 1861 (the shields of the mayors from 1853 to 1861 are empty), together with notes recording historical events in Shrewsbury written on the facing pages and an index of personal names on ff. 2-3 verso. The autographs of many of the mayors, especially from the second half of the eighteenth century onwards, are supplied by cut signatures pasted alongside their respective coats of arms.
The volume was in the possession of the Shropshire antiquary Thomas Farmer Dukes (d. 1850); he was mayor of Shrewsbury in 1831 and his signature occurs here alongside his coat of arms (f. 50). The shields for the years 1851 to 1861 were added after his death. Pasted on f. 50 verso is a letter, [1852x1860], from the Shrewsbury genealogist Joseph Morris to William Ormsby-Gore, listing the names of the mayors of Shrewsbury from 1848 to 1852, with descriptions of their coats of arms; another hand has added in pencil the names of the mayors from 1853 to 1862.

A file of miscellaneous papers including letters addressed to Evan Lloyd by John Carne, Cowbridge, 1771, and J. Curre; an incomplete letter by E. Lloyd; a letter by J. Davies to Miss Lloyd at Vrondderw, Bala, with an account of Prince Eugene and a verse 'on seeing Mr. Vaughan and his retinue in their way to Nanney'; a letter by Richard Fenton, 1817, to John Watton, Shrewsbury, with copies of letters by Evan Lloyd to Pugh 'the jeweller in Cockspur Street', 1774, to David Garrick, 1772, and to Roger Jones, Cefn Rug, 1774; verses entitled 'Address written for Mrs. ----- Benefit', beginning 'As some lone miser, visiting his store'; an incomplete typescript of George Cumberland: An Attempt to describe Hafod', 1796; abstracts of Shrewsbury charity accounts, 1756, and papers relating to a lawsuit touching the administration of certain charities by the Mayor and burgesses of Shrewsbury.

An album of documents relating to the inauguration at Shrewsbury on 18 January 1860 of the statue in memory of Robert Clive, 1st baron Clive of Plassey. The volume contains a photographic copy of a print of baron Clive; a resolution of thanks of the council of the borough of Shrewsbury to William Burr, mayor, 13 February 1860, for his 'munificent hospitality, and for the good taste, courtesy, and liberality evinced by him on this occasion'; holograph letters to William Burr, etc., from J. J. Peele, town clerk, 1860, [Baron Carlo] Marochetti [the sculptor], 1860, W. Clive, The Vicarage, Welsh Pool, 1860, Rowland Hill, viscount Hill, 1860, Philip Henry Stanhope, 5th earl Stanhope, 1860, J. Wm. Kaye, honorary secretary, undated, and Benj. H. Kennedy, [Shrewsbury] School, 1860; a holograph letter from [Robert Clive], Shrewsbury, to his father Richd. Clive, 1768 (personal, health matters) (autograph cut away); photographs of the statue, of Shrewsbury Corporation plate, etc.; printed order of procession, list of toasts and songs at the mayor's dinner, invitation cards, menus, and programmes of performances at the Music Hall and the Theatre-Royal, Shrewsbury; and cuttings from the Shrewsbury Chronicle recording the event. The upper cover is lettered 'Inauguration of the Clive Statue'. On the fly-leaf is a cutting of the arms of the Burr family.