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Lot Essay
This silver-gilt cup and cover is recorded in the royal Jewel House accounts among the "Coronation Claimes" allocated to George I as gifts to the various office-holders at his Coronation in 1714.
In October 1714, the order for this cup is described:
Delivd to the Chiefe Cup bearer as his Claime at His Majt Coronation
One Small Gilt Cupp & Cover 42=05:0
The Delivery Books at the Jewel House also record the receipt of the finished cup, and this cup is described as follows:
Chief Cupp bearer Ld. Allington
Recd one Small Cup & Cover gilt wt 42=05
The Barons Alington were hereditary cup bearers, an office that allowed them to present the first cup at the coronations of the monarchs of England. This cup was given to Hildebrand, 5th Baron Alington.
The title Baron Alington has been created three times in British history. The first creation came in 1642, when William Alington was created Baron Alington of Killard, in the County of Cork, in the Peerage of Ireland. He married Elizabeth, only daughter and heiress of John de Argentine, and acquired by her the manor of Wymondley, held in grand serjeanty, with the privilege of handing to the King his first drink at the coronation. The de Argentine family held this honor since the 13th century. The service was first provided by the Alingtons at the coronation of James II in 1685. (Extinct Peerage)
CAPTION 1: Jewel House Accounts Book, Courtesy of the National Archives Image Library, London
CAPTION 2: Jewel House Delivery Book detailing Lord Alington's cup, Courtesy of the National Archives Image Library, London
In October 1714, the order for this cup is described:
Delivd to the Chiefe Cup bearer as his Claime at His Majt Coronation
One Small Gilt Cupp & Cover 42=05:0
The Delivery Books at the Jewel House also record the receipt of the finished cup, and this cup is described as follows:
Chief Cupp bearer Ld. Allington
Recd one Small Cup & Cover gilt wt 42=05
The Barons Alington were hereditary cup bearers, an office that allowed them to present the first cup at the coronations of the monarchs of England. This cup was given to Hildebrand, 5th Baron Alington.
The title Baron Alington has been created three times in British history. The first creation came in 1642, when William Alington was created Baron Alington of Killard, in the County of Cork, in the Peerage of Ireland. He married Elizabeth, only daughter and heiress of John de Argentine, and acquired by her the manor of Wymondley, held in grand serjeanty, with the privilege of handing to the King his first drink at the coronation. The de Argentine family held this honor since the 13th century. The service was first provided by the Alingtons at the coronation of James II in 1685. (Extinct Peerage)
CAPTION 1: Jewel House Accounts Book, Courtesy of the National Archives Image Library, London
CAPTION 2: Jewel House Delivery Book detailing Lord Alington's cup, Courtesy of the National Archives Image Library, London