Arthur P Purey-Cust, Dean of York The Collar of S S. Dedicated By Permission to the Right Hon. Lord Alverstone Lord Chief Justice of England , Leeds, UK: Richard Jackson, 1910.

Illustrated by Plates & Illustrations. Limited Numbered Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No DJ. Sm 4to Number 114 of 200 limited edition. Blue cloth with bright embossed gilt titling and illustration on upper cover, very slightly dulled embossed gilt title on spine. No ownership inscription. Tissue guarded colour frontis plate. 98 pages, including index, clean and tight."Introduction. FEW words of introduction may not be out of place to explain how my attention was first drawn to the Collar of S S, and why I now publish the result of my enquiries. On Assize Sunday, November 1887, the late Lord Chief Justice Coleridge attended the Assize Service at York Minster, and I was most struck with the magnificent Collar on his shoulder. He kindly allowed me the following day to take it to a local Jeweller, who expressed great admiration for it; after some examination pronouncing it to be of the date of Henry VII. As I was returning home, I was accosted by a neighbour with a request that I would give a Lecture during the ensuing winter, and on consenting to do so, he further enquired whether I could tell him the subject, to which I answered " Yes, the Collar of S S." "`What is that ? " he said. "I don't know," I replied, " but I mean to find out, and if you will come to the Lecture you shall hear." The Lecture in due course of time was prepared and delivered, and reported in the local Press. I sent copies to the Lord Chief Justice who expressed himself most pleased, and asked for several more. In March 1897, Lord Russell of killowen came to York, as Lord Chief Justice, and at once applied to me for some information as to the Collar of S S. I endeavoured to recapitulate to him all that I knew of the subject. In December 1906, Lord Alverstone, the present Lord Chief Justice, came and expressed great curiosity to know something of the history of the "Bauble" which it was his privilege to wear. I told him that I was very sorry but that I had lost the Lecture and quite forgotten all about the subject. At his request, I endeavoured to obtain a report from the files at the Printing Office, but failed, and could only express my regret that I was unable to comply with his wishes. Sometime after, however, I suddenly discovered the missing documents and thereupon wrote to his Lordship and said that I would have it printed, and as a Lawyer's son, would be much pleased if he would accept the dedication as the Head of the Bar. He at once consented, but the many claims on my time prevented my carrying this into effect until last month, when a bad cold confined me to the house, and gave me the opportunity which I had long desired. I found, however, on reading the Lecture that it only imperfectly dealt with the subject, for the additional information which 1 had since acquired was not mentioned therein, and I therefore determined to re-write it and to publish it with the many illustrations which I had obtained." Illustrates an epoch in English History, and to throw some light upon the dark shadows of a very troublous time. Book deals with Collars and Neckchains, Collar of S S. Collars - Plantagenet Family. John of Gaunt. Duke of York. Richard II. Lancastrian Collar. Yorkist Collar. Tudor Collar. Consisting of Portcullis. Knots. Rose. Conferred on Lord Chief Jusice. Lord Mayor and Mayors. The Heralds. / The Author: - Arthur Percival Purey-Cust (21 February 1828/23 December 1916) was a Church of England priest who served as Dean of York for over 30 years in the 19th and 20th centuries. Purey-Cust was born into a distinguished family as the son of the Honourable William Cust, younger son of Brownlow Cust, 1st Baron Brownlow. His mother was Sophia, daughter of Thomas Newnham.[1] He was educated at Brasenose College,[2] and later became a fellow of All Souls' College, Oxford. He was ordained deacon 1851 and priest 1852. His first ecclesiastical post was a curacy at Northchurch, Hertfordshire; followed by Rector of Cheddington, Buckinghamshire from 1853 to 1861; then became the Incumbent of St. Mary's, Reading, which lead to him being appointed an honorary Canon of Christ Church, Oxford. He was appointed Rural Dean of Oxford in 1858. He became the Archdeacon of Buckingham in June 1875, and installed Vicar of Aylesbury in the same year.[3] His final appointed was as Dean of York from 1880 to 1916.[4] For the next 36 years he meticulously catalogued York Minster's heritage[5] and died in harness in his 88th year.[6] His portrait hangs in the National Portrait Gallery.[7] (Book ref. 129795)  £95.00

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