Roper Family (owners of the manor

Roper Family (owners of the manor of St. Dunstan outside the West Gate of Canterbury) Table genealogique de la tres ancienne noble Maison de Roper Originaire de la Province et Comté de Kent en Angleterre de puis L'an 1230,

manuscript in French, title and 55pp. excluding blanks, 81 hand-coloured coats of arms and 3 portraits (including 2 large coats of arms), most heightened with gold and silver, the majority small coats of arms in margins, borders throughout, presentation inscription on title with date 1856, original gilt panelled calf, corners knocked, edges a little rubbed, g.e., folio, [latest date in text 1792].

***Includes Margaret Roper [née More] (1505-44), scholar and eldest daughter of Sir Thomas More (1478-1535), lord chancellor, humanist and martyr..