Thomas Moule was an English antiquarian, writer on heraldry

Heraldry

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, and map-maker

Cartography

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. He is best known for his popular and highly decorated county

County

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 map

Map

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s of England, steel

Steel

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-engraved

Engraving

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 and first published separately between 1830 and 1832.

Moule was born in Marylebone

Marylebone

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, London

London

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. He sold books in Duke Street, Grosvenor Square, from 1816 to 1822. Later, he became an inspector of 'blind' (illegibly addressed) letters at the General Post Office

General Post Office

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. He died at his residence in St.James's Palace, to which he was entitled as Chamber-keeper in the Lord Chamberlain

Lord Chamberlain

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's Department.

Works

• Bibliotheca heraldica Magnæ Britanniae, 1822
• Westall. Great Britain Illustrated, 1830 (text)
• Westall. The Illustrations of the Work of Walter Scott, 1834 (text)
• Winkles
  Henry Winkles
  Henry Winkles was an English architectural illustrator, engraver and printer, who, together with Karl Ludwig Frommel founded the first studio for steel engraving in Germany....
  
  . Cathedral Churches, 1836 (text)
• Benjamin Winkles. Continental Cathedrals, (Charles Tilt, 1836) - Moule wrote the text.
• The English Counties delineated; or, a topographical description of England, 1837

External links

• samples of Moule's writing:
  • The English Counties Delineated: Cornwall, 1838