MORLEY. Armorial bookplate of the Earl of Morley

MORLEY. An attractive bookplate with the earl’s arms of a stag’s head beneath an earl’s coronet and his crest named Earl of Morley, a little soiled and chipped at the edges, 116 x 75 mm. The Earl of Morley, of Morley in the County of Devon, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1815 for John Parker, 2nd Baron Boringdon.. At the same time he was created Viscount Boringdon, of North Molton in the County of Devon, which is used as a courtesy title by the heir apparent to the earldom. mar10/2