Municipal and Public Records

Crown on shield with post-horn, device below with S(?) and A
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Crown on shield with post-horn, device below with S(?) and A

Watermark Crown on shield with post-horn, device below with S(?) and A
Date December 1624
Location of use Dublin, Ireland
Dimensions 118 mm x 55 mm
Chain-lines edge 4]-27-24-24-25-25-25-24-24-[22 fold
Position between lines 5 and 7, centred on 6
Process Canon EOS, backlighting, Photoshop
Source Youghal Corporation Records; Lord Deputy to Mayor of Youghal, December 1624. Letter on folio: YTR I/30
Repository Cork City and County Archives
fleur-de-lis on shield with three internal fleurs de lis
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fleur-de-lis on shield with three internal fleurs de lis

Watermark fleur-de-lis on shield with three internal fleurs de lis
Date May 1625
Location of use Dublin, Ireland
Dimensions 42 mm x 25 mm
Chain-lines edge 8]-8 sic-17-18-18-18-18-17-18-19-19-[14 fold
Position centred between lines 5 and 6
Process Canon EOS, backlighting
Source Youghal Corporation Records; Lord Deputy to Mayor of Youghal, May 1625. Letter on folio: YTR I/29
Repository Cork City and County Archives
Shield, fleur-de-lis over Basel Crozier over post-horn; letters R B
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Shield, fleur-de-lis over Basel Crozier over post-horn; letters R B

Watermark Shield, fleur-de-lis over Basel Crozier over post-horn; letters R B
Date April 1625
Location of use Dublin, Ireland
Dimensions 67 mm x 50 mm
Chain-lines edge 7]-20-20-20-20-20-19-20-20-20-[4 fold
Position centred between lines 5 and 6
Process Canon EOS, backlighting
Source Youghal Corporation Records; Lord Deputy to Mayor of Youghal, April 1625. Letter on folio: YTR I/28
Repository Cork City and County Archives
Shield, fleur-de-lis over Basel Crozier over post-horn; letter R
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Shield, fleur-de-lis over Basel Crozier over post-horn; letter R

Watermark Shield, fleur-de-lis over Basel Crozier over post-horn; letter R
Date May and July 1620
Location of use [Limerick?] Ireland
Dimensions 56 mm x 44 mm
Chain-lines fold 17]-20-20-19-20-18-22-18-19-[17 edge
Position centred between lines 4 and 5
Process Canon EOS, backlighting
Source Youghal Corporation Records; President of Munster to Mayor of Youghal, April and May 1620. Two letters on folios: YTR I/26 and 27
Repository Cork City and County Archives
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Hand with five-petal flower, on stem, above; ‘B3A’ over fleur de lis in lower half of hand.

 
Watermark Hand with five-petal flower, on stem, above; ‘B3A’ over fleur de lis in lower half of hand.
Date 1556
Location of use Dublin, Ireland
Dimensions 84 mm x 35 mm
Chain-lines gutter 25]-27-27-28-27-27-28-[7 foredge
Position centred between lines 2 and 3
Process Canon EOS, backlighting
Source RIA MS 24 F 16, f. 114; Irish Privy Council Book 1556–71; single watermark through 343 folios. Identical to watermark in Book of Common Prayer and Aibidil Gaoidheilge & Caiticiosma
Repository Royal Irish Academy, Dublin
Bunch of grapes on ornamental base between two pillars
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Bunch of grapes on ornamental base between two pillars

 
Watermark Bunch of grapes on ornamental base between two pillars
Date 1655
Location of use Dublin, Ireland
Dimensions 62 mm x 47 mm
Chain-lines gutter 5]-24-25-23-23-23-25-[20 foredge
Position between lines 4 and 5
Process Canon EOS, backlighting
Source RIA MS 12 O 3, pp 203–4 ; ‘Whyte Booke’ of the Guild of St Anne, Dublin, 1655–87; single watermark through 322 pages
Repository Royal Irish Academy