View source for John Philipot ca.1589-1645

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===[[name::John]] [[name::PHILIPOT]] or [[name::PHILIPOTT]] ca.[[date of birth::1589]]-[[date of death::1645]]===

====Biographical Note====
Born at [[place of birth::Folkestone, Kent]], son of [[family::Henry Philpot]] (1543/4–1603). [[apprentice::Apprenticed]] to [[associates::Edmund Houghton]] in the [[organisations::Drapers' Company]] and made free in 1611. In 1613 he became [[occupation::Blanch Lyon pursuivant-extraordinary]] and [[occupation::Rouge Dragon pursuivant in ordinary]] in 1618. Appointed [[occupation::land and water bailiff]] of [[location::Sandwich, Kent]] in 1623 and [[occupation::Somerset herald]] the following year. [[occupation::MP]] for [[location::Sandwich]] in 1628 and appointed [[occupation::steward]] of the royal manors of Gillingham and Grain in [[location::Kent]] in 1630. Admitted a member of [[organisations::Lincoln's Inn]] in 1635 and appointed [[occupation::registrar]] of the [[organisations::College of Arms]] in 1637. In 1642 he accompanied [[associates::Charles I]] to [[location::Oxford]] and at the siege of Gloucester in 1643. On his return to [[location::Oxford]] in 1645 he was captured by parliamentarian soldiers and his estates were sequestrated. 

====Books====

[[file:P1320826(1).JPG|thumb|886px|Philipot's inscription from the head of the titlepage of State Library of Victoria RAREEMM 222/18, A. Vincent, ''A discoverie of errours'', London, 1622]]

A collector of [[subject::heraldry|heraldic]] [[format::manuscript|manuscripts]] and charters, Philipot [[bequest::bequeathed]] some of his books to his [[beneficiary::son]] [[family::Thomas Philipot|Thomas]], but by 1648 many were acquired by [[subsequent owner::Onslow Gardiner]] and later by [[crossreference::Arthur Annesley 1614-1686|Arthur Annesley]], earl of Anglesey. Many of his [[subject::heraldry|heraldic]] [[format::manuscript|manuscripts]] were bought by the [[present repository::College of Arms]] in the late 17th century for [[monetary value::£50]], where ca.130 now survive. 108 of Philipot's charters were copied into Sir Christopher Hatton's ''Book of Seals'', and some of these are now in the [[present repository::British Library]] Harley and Cotton collections. Examples: State Library of Victoria RAREEMM 222/18.

====Sources====
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*[https://armorial.library.utoronto.ca/stamp-owners/PHI001 British Armorial Bindings]. 
*Woodcock, Thomas. [https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/22108 "Philipot <nowiki>[Philpot]</nowiki>, John (c. 1589–1645), herald."] ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography''. 
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