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 * I "HE Study of Heraldry and Genealogy is beset 
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 The materials existing for the successful prosecution 
 of such pursuits are numerous and scattered; some 
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 by the heavy fees demanded for their production, whilst 
 others, and — we rejoice to say — by far the greater por- 
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INTRODUCTION, 
 
 fJ^HE value of Records deposited in Public Libraries and else- 
 where, as evidence in our Courts of Law, lias been so often a 
 matter of dispute, that a few words respecting them will form an 
 appropriate Introduction to the present work. 
 
 The term "Record" is derived from the Latin recordari, to 
 remember, and signifies an authentic testimony in writing preserved 
 in Courts of Record. Many ancient writers make it necessary that 
 records should be on parchment; but this remark cannot be correct, 
 as many of the Exchequer Records are on paper. 
 
 An act committed to writing in any of the Queen's Courts is, 
 during the terra wherein it is written, alterable — being no record; 
 but that term ended, and the act duly enrolled, it is a record ; and, 
 in our common law, no witness can prevail against it. This being 
 the definition of the word Record, it follows that the term is most 
 incorrectly used when applied to parchment deeds, registers, and 
 miscellaneous manuscripts. 
 
 Records in general will be found to consist of — 
 
 I. Inrolments, which are intended to be official and authentic 
 records of lawful acts made by the proper officer of any 
 Court upon rolls, or, in some cases, in official entry-books 
 of the same Court. 
 II. Memoranda of acts or instruments brought into the proper 
 office of any Court by parties interested therein (or by their 
 agents), either in the form of rolls or otherwise, and pre* 
 served in bundles or on files. 
 III. Books of entries, containing memoranda of acts, etc., entered 
 by officers of the Court. 
 
x INTRODUCTION. 
 
 IV. State Papers. These originally sprung from the Privy Council 
 and Chancery, and now from various branches; the cor- 
 respondence and other records of the Privy Council, Secre- 
 taries of State, and all other public departments. 
 
 The Public Records Act (1 and 2 Vict. c. 94), after vesting in the 
 Master of the Rolls the public records deposited in the several 
 places or offices therein particularly named, and enabling her 
 Majesty in Council to order records deposited in any other office, 
 court, place, or custody, to be transferred to the charge and super- 
 intendence of the Master of the Rolls, provides that the word 
 Records shall be taken to mean all rolls, records, writs, books, pro- 
 ceedings, decrees, bills, warrants, accounts, papers, and documents 
 whatsoever, of a public nature, belonging to her Majesty, or 
 then deposited in any of the offices or places of custody before 
 mentioned. 
 
 Although many of the Public Libraries of this country contain 
 undoubted national records, charters, and registers — even Magna 
 Charta itself, — they are not allowed as evidence in our Courts of 
 Justice ; having been separated from their proper custody, they are 
 rejected and disowned, however valuable. The duplicate Pipe Rolls, 
 deposited in the British Museum, are, perhaps, the only records 
 which have not lost their right of being received as evidence by 
 their removal. 
 
 However valuable, then, and however genuine a document may 
 be, it will not now be received as evidence, unless it be in the pos- 
 session of some person connected with the estate or property to 
 which it refers, or who can satisfactorily account for its possession. 
 Upon a trial at the Stafford assizes in 1810, the Marquis of Stafford 
 offered in evidence an old grant to the Priory of Stone, brought 
 from the Cottonian Manuscripts in the British Museum, and Mr. 
 Justice Lawrence rejected it on the authority of a case in the 
 Exchequer, where a grant to the Abbey of Glastonbury, contained 
 in a curious manuscript book entitled the " Secretum Abbatis;' 
 preserved in the Bodleian Library at Oxford, was rejected as not 
 coming from a proper custody. 
 
INTRODUCTION. xi 
 
 An old grant of common, made by John de Trussell, in 1342, to 
 the Priory of Stone, given by a friend of the plaintiff, not connected 
 with the estate, to the plaintiff, as a curiosity, was rejected for the 
 like reason — the possession of it not being sufficiently accounted 
 for, nor connected with any one who had an interest in the pro- 
 perty it contained. (Swinnerton v. Marquis of Stafford.) In the 
 case of Potts v. Durant, ancient instruments offered in evidence 
 were likewise rejected, as coming out of private hands unconnected 
 with the matter in dispute ; and one of the first questions in our 
 Courts, at the present day, to a witness producing an old grant or 
 document, is, "Where did you obtain it?" 
 
 Although this is the strict rule of legal evidence, there are many 
 cases in which ancient grants and documents, not in satisfactory 
 custody, have been received as good and sufficient proof. In the 
 Mayor of Leicester v. Ruding, extracts from two monastic rentals 
 and registers, in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, were produced by 
 John Caley, Esq., and received as evidence. The defendant's 
 counsel objected to them, as not being the originals; but Mr. Caley 
 explaining that the originals could not be produced, on account of 
 the express direction of the donor that the books should never be 
 taken from the library, the extracts were received as evidence ; and 
 such ancient documents have also often been received as evidence 
 before Commissioners, and before the Attorney or Solicitor General, 
 in investigation of peerages. 
 
 In regard to Public Records, it is not necessary, excepting before 
 the House of Lords, to produce the originals ; but copies made by 
 the clerks in the offices, and signed by them, are received as 
 evidence, on some competent witness proving that he had examined 
 such copies with the originals. It is not absolutely necessary that 
 the copies should have the signatures of the record-keepers ; but 
 the Courts have occasionally, in particular cases, expressed their 
 opinion that it would have been better to have done so. In pro- 
 ducing Latin records or copies, it is the duty of the witness to 
 produce a translation for the judge ; and he should also be prepared 
 with a Latin transcript of the original record, as parties sometimes 
 differ about the meaning of a word or a passage. The charges 
 
xii INTRODUCTION. 
 
 made at the different public offices for such transcripts will be found ' 
 in the Appendix to the present work, No. II. 
 
 The industry of Lord Harley, Sir Thomas Bodley, Sir Robert 
 Cotton, and other antiquaries, obtained a multitude of valuable 
 records from private individuals, to whose estates they related, of 
 which circumstance no memoranda exist, and they are, consequently, 
 not evidence. These documents form collections worthy the boast 
 of this country; but some slight regret is unavoidable in the 
 examination of these valuable instruments, on being compelled to 
 conclude that they ceased to be legal evidence at the moment when 
 some patriot made them national property. 
 
 Of their genealogical utility, however (whether legal evidence or 
 otherwise), there can be no doubt; and our genealogical writers 
 have been much indebted to them for their contents. The valuable 
 collection of charters, etc., at the British Museum is continually 
 increasing ; and we would suggest that the early deeds often en- 
 cumbering the offices of solicitors, after the transfer of old family 
 estates, and too frequently consigned to the hammer of the gold- 
 beater or the size-pot of the gilder, should be forwarded thither. 
 
 The most ancient record which we have in this kingdom is the 
 Domesday Survey, the compilation of which was completed in the 
 year 1086. The date of the next public record is 1130, being the 
 Great Roll of the Exchequer for the thirty-first year of Henry I. ; 
 and, with the exception of a short period immediately subsequent 
 to this date, the records called Pipe Rolls have been continued in 
 regular succession to the present day. 
 
 Our next records are of the reign of Henry II. ; and of this 
 period we have a celebrated record of knights' fees, called the Black 
 Book of the Exchequer ; and another record, being rolls of the 
 widows and children of the King's tenants, showing their ages, 
 lands, and possessions. By means of these documents, and these 
 alone, we can trace the connection from one great man to another, 
 from the Conquest till the year 1189. 
 
 In the reign of Richard I. we find the commencement of the 
 proceedings of our Courts of Justice ; and we are in possession of 
 
INTRODUCTION. xiii 
 
 Placita of the Curia Regis, and of Assize, and of fines levied in his 
 reign, as also the records called the Scotch Rolls; but from the 
 next King's reign (that of John) we may consider we have an 
 unbroken series of records of the principal events and persons in 
 the kingdom. We have rolls of charters; rolls of offerings or gifts, 
 called oblata rolls; rolls of letters patent; rolls of liberate; also 
 close rolls, on the backs of which are the writs of summons to Par- 
 liament, fine rolls, Norman and other rolls. 
 
 It is possible that the next reigns, of Henry III. and of his son 
 Edward I., will include the commencement of all the important 
 remaining records of the kingdom ; for from the first year of this 
 King's reign we have a series of Inquisitions Post Mortem; and 
 from the reign of the last of these Kings we have an uninterrupted 
 series of records of our present Courts of Queen's Bench, Common 
 Pleas, Exchequer, Parliament, and others, to the present time. 
 
 An account of the Public Record Offices, existing or abolished, 
 and of the Public Libraries and other places of deposit mentioned 
 in this volume, will be found in the Appendix No. I. 
 
 The Abbreviations used in ancient records vary with the dif- 
 ferent styles of writing, and present formidable obstructions to the 
 progress of the uninitiated student. To those who are desirous of 
 making themselves acquainted with these characters we would 
 recommend the perusal of the following works : l — 
 
 Lexicon Diplomaticum, J. L. Waltherus. Gotting. 1745. Folio. 
 Nouveau Traitd de Diplomatique. 6 vols. Par. 1750 — 1765, 
 Court-hand Restored, by A.Wright. Lond. 1776 — 2nd ed. 1778. — 3rd ed. 
 
 1815. 4to.— New ed. 1848. 
 Elements de Paleographie, par N. de Wailly. 2 vols. Par. 1838. 4to. 
 Dictionnaire des Abbreviations, par L. A. Chassant. Uvreux, 1846. 8vo. 
 Paleographie des Chartes, par L. A. Chassant. Par. 1847. 8vo. 
 
 Explanations of Ancient Terms continually to be met with in 
 Records may be found in the following works : — 
 
 1 The compiler of the present work has been for some years engaged in collecting 
 materials for a " Manual of Paleography," which he hopes to be enabled shortly to 
 prepare for the press. 
 
xiv INTRODUCTION. 
 
 Glossarium Archaiologicurn, autore Henrico Spelmanno. Lond. 1626 — 1664 
 
 —1687. Folio. 
 The Interpreter, or Book containing the Signification of Words, &c, by John 
 
 Cowell. Camb. 1607. 4to.— Other editions in 1609, 1638, 1658, and 
 
 1672; continued byManley to 1684. Lond. 1701. Folio — Improved 
 
 and augmented, 1708. Folio. — Last edition, Lond. 1737. 4to. 
 Glossarium mediae et iiifimse Latinitatis, par C. Du Fresne, Seign. Du Cange. 
 
 6 vols. Par. 1733—1766. Folio.— Supplements, 1766. 4 vols.— 
 
 Abridged, Halle, 1722—1784. 6 vols. 8vo.— Enlarged by G. A. L. 
 
 Henschel. Far. 1840—1845. 6 vols. 4to. 
 New Law Dictionary, by Giles Jacobs. Lond. 1797. Folio, 11th ed. — New 
 
 ed. by Tomlins. 2 vols. Lond. 1820. 4to. 
 Glossaire de la Langue Romaine, par J. B. B. Eoquefort. 2 vols. Par. 1808,. 
 
 8vo. — Supplement, one vol. 1820. 
 A Glossary of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to Customs, Proverbs, 
 
 etc., by Robert Nares. Lond. 1822. 4to. 
 Archaic Dictionary, by J. O. Halliwell. 2 vols. Lond. 1846. 8vo. — 2nd ed., 
 
 1849.— New ed. 1852. 
 
 A valuable Glossary of the terms used in Domesday Book will be 
 found in Sir Henry Ellis's " Introduction " to that Record, and in 
 Kelham's " Domesday Book Illustrated." 
 
 The Forms of Ancient Charters are given in Madox's " Formulare 
 Anglicanum" Lond. 1702. Folio. 
 
 With respect to the modes of dating ancient records, the student 
 will find all the information he may require in Nicolas's " Chro- 
 nology of History" a useful and portable work, of which the last 
 edition appeared in 1852. Other works containing like informa- 
 tion, but in a more bulky form, are — that splendid monument of 
 learning and labour, entitled " V Art de verifier les Dates" Par. 
 1783—1831, 9 vols, folio j and Wailly's "Elements de Paleographie," 
 Par. 1138, 2 vols. 4to. 
 
 From these works, brief tables of the regnal years of the Kings 
 of England, and of the dates most frequently met with in con- 
 sulting charters and other documents, have been compiled for 
 the student's use, and torm Nos. III., IV., V., and VI., of the 
 Appendix to this work. 
 
INTRODUCTION. xv 
 
 Specimens of many of the more important Public Records, 
 together with proofs of their genealogical utility, are given in 
 Mr. Grimaldi's "Origines Genealogicce" Lond. 1828, 4to. ; and in a 
 little work entitled "A Description of the Contents, fyc, of the various 
 Works printed by authority of the Record Commission" Lond. 1831, 
 8vo. 
 
 Facsimiles of the Records, engraved by Basire, with explanations, 
 will be found in the valuable publications of the Record Commis- 
 sioners. The plates were collected into one volume, folio, in 1819, 
 and form the "Appendix" to the Report for that year. This useful 
 volume can be purchased for about 15s. 1 
 
 1 This, and other Record Publications, as well as most of the printed works men* 
 tioned in this volume, may be obtained from Mr. John Russell Smith, bookseller, 36, 
 Soho Square. 
 
TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
 
 Domesday Books: *agh 
 
 Domesday Book .«.....«• 1 
 
 The Exon Domesday 5 
 
 The Inquisitio Eliensis ib. 
 
 The Winton Domesday 6 
 
 The Boldon Book ib. 
 
 Monastic Recobds: 
 
 The Chartulary , • . 10 
 
 The Leiger Book 12 
 
 The Register ib. 
 
 The Necrology, or Obituary ib. 
 
 The Calendar . . . ib. 
 
 The Chronicle ib. 
 
 Lists of Chartularies 14 
 
 Caetjj Antique 30 
 
 Title Deeds 33 
 
 Inrolments in Chancery ib. 
 
 in the Court of Queen's Bench 34 
 
 Court of Common Pleas ib. 
 
 ■ Court of Exchequer 35 
 
 with Clerks of the Peace ib. 
 
 City and Corporation Inrolments 36 
 
 Fen Registers ib. 
 
 York and Middlesex County Registers . . . * ib. 
 
 Knights' Fees 38 
 
 Black Book of the Exchequer , » 39 
 
 Red Book of the Exchequer » 40 
 
 Testa de Nevil 42 
 
 Scutage Rolls 43 
 
 Marshal's Rolls 44 
 
 Coustable's Rolls 45 
 
 Aid and Subsidy Rolls . ib. 
 
 Nonarum Inquisitiones 46 
 
 Lists of Tenants in Capite, &c 48 
 
.t\iii TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
 
 PAGB 
 
 Placita 52 
 
 of the Curia Regis . is 
 
 of Assize ..*.,.. 54 
 
 of the Forests , , 57 
 
 Placita Coronse . « 58 
 
 of Parliament 59 
 
 De Quo Warranto ib. 
 
 Court of Augmentation 61 
 
 of Chancery 62 
 
 of Chivalry 65 
 
 of Common Pleas 67 
 
 Ecclesiastical Courts 68 
 
 Court of Exchequer 69 
 
 of King's Bench 70 
 
 Marshal's Court 73 
 
 Court of Requests 74 
 
 of Star Chamber 75 
 
 of Survey 76 
 
 of Wards and Liveries tf> t 
 
 Rotuli , , 79 
 
 Charter Rolls %b t 
 
 Close Rolls , 80 
 
 Copyhold Court Rolls, Ancient Demesne Rolls 85 
 
 Coronation Rolls 87 
 
 Coroner's Rolls 95 
 
 Escheat Rolls 96 
 
 Fine Rolls 98 
 
 French Rolls 99 
 
 Gascon Rolls 100 
 
 Norman Rolls 102 
 
 Hundred Rolls 104 
 
 Liberate Rolls 106 
 
 Memoranda Rolls 107 
 
 Oblata Rolls 110 
 
 Originalia Ill 
 
 Patent Rolls. • 4 114 
 
 Pipe Rolls 119 
 
 Redisseisin Rolls 122 
 
 Inquisitiones Post Moetem 123 
 
 Inquisitiones ad Quod Damnum 131 
 
 Fines and Recoveries 138 
 
 Sign Manuals and Signet Bills • • . . 134 
 
TABLE OF CONTENTS. xix 
 
 PAGE 
 
 Privy Seals 138 
 
 EXTRACTA DoNATIONTJM v .... 139 
 
 Records op Attainders UO 
 
 Forfeitures 141 
 
 Pardons 143 
 
 Parliamentary Kecords, 148 
 
 Bolls of Parliament 149 
 
 Writs of Summons and Returns to Parliament . . . . . . 152 
 
 Journals of Parliament 157 
 
 Heraldic Collections 159 
 
 Heralds' Visitations ib. 
 
 Pedigrees of Nobility 177 
 
 Baronets 190 
 
 Knights 192 
 
 Gentry 196 
 
 County Histories 229 
 
 Family Histories 242 
 
 Funeral Certificates 279, 284 
 
 Monumental Inscriptions, &o 280, 286 
 
 Coats of Arms 294,300 
 
 Seals 297 
 
 American Genealogies 309 
 
 Miscellanea Geenalogica 318 
 
 Nomina Villarum ib. 
 
 Crown Surveys, Ministers' Accounts ib. 
 
 Year Books 322 
 
 Entries in Bibles ib. 
 
 Poll-Books, Sheriffs' Books 323 
 
 Lists of Gentry 325 
 
 Magazines, Directories, &c 840 
 
 Wills . 843 
 
 Parochial Registers 351 
 
 Non-Parochial Registers .365 
 
 Foreign Protestant Churches in England 367 
 
 Presbyterian, Independent, and Baptist 868 
 
 Wesleyan and others • • • . • 870 
 
 Quakers 371 
 
 At the Heralds' College ib, 
 
 Bunhill Fields 372 
 
 Cemeteries • • • • • #• 
 
xx TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
 
 PAQB 
 
 Non-Parochial Registers (continued) : 
 
 East India Company's Servants 372 
 
 English Ambassadors and Consuls 873 
 
 Private Chapels in or near London 376 
 
 Fleet Marriage Registers 878 
 
 King's Bench Prison and Mint 380 
 
 May-Fair Chapel ib. 
 
 Roman Catholics 381 
 
 At Dr. Williams's Library 384 
 
 Guilds, Fraternities, and Corporations 385 
 
 Churchwardens' Accounts 888 
 
 Soldiers ib. 
 
 University Registers 390 
 
 Public School Registers 398 
 
 Counties Palatine Records 401 
 
 Scotch Records 404 
 
 Irish Records 410 
 
 Welsh Records 413 
 
 Miscellaneous Records 416 
 
 Records of Clergymen ib. 
 
 • Jews 427 
 
 . Lawyers 428 
 
 . Members of the Medical Profession 432 
 
 Soldiers 433 
 
 Sailors 439 
 
 Appendix. 
 
 I. Notices of the Record Repositories 443 
 
 II. Rules and Regulations 469 
 
 III. Roman and Church Calendar 472 
 
 IV. Regnal Years of English Sovereigns 484 
 
 V. Dates and Terms met with in Records 493 
 
 VI. Calendar of Saints' Days, &c. . , t % % 504 
 
 Udbx 513 
 
THE 
 
 GENEALOGISTS MANUAL. 
 
 Bomesoap Books. 
 
 THE records bearing the title of The Domesday Books are five 
 in number, and are the most valuable in this kingdom. They 
 
 are : — 
 
 The Domesday Book, 
 The Exon Domesday, 
 The Inquisitio Eliensis, 
 The Winton Domesday, and 
 The Boldon Book. 
 
 The Domesday Book. — This venerable volume, which is the 
 most ancient and one of the most important records in the king- 
 dom, affords highly valuable antiquarian and historical information. 
 It contains a survey of all the lands in England, with few exceptions, 
 made by the order of William the Conqueror ; and was the register 
 from which judgment was to be given upon the value, tenure, and 
 service of the lands described therein. 
 
 The survey was probably commenced about 1085, and completed 
 about 1086. Eor this survey certain commissioners were appointed ; 
 and some notion of the contents of the book may be formed from 
 the following statement : — The inquisitors were to inquire into the 
 name of every place ; who held it in the time of King Edward the 
 Confessor ; who was the present possessor ; how many hides in the 
 manor; how many carucates in demesne; how many homagers; 
 how many villeins ; how many cotarii ; how many servi ; what 
 free men ; how many tenants in socage ; what quantity of wood ; 
 how much meadow and pasture; what mills and fishponds; how 
 much added or taken away; what the gross value was in King 
 Edward's time ; what was the present value ; how much each free- 
 man or soch-man had or has. All this was to be triply estimated. 
 
 1 
 
2 DOMESDAY BOOKS. 
 
 First, as the estate was held in the time of the Confessor ; then as 
 it was bestowed by King William ; thirdly, as its value stood at the 
 formation of the survey ; and to state whether any advance could 
 be made in the value. 
 
 The inquisitions having been taken, were sent to Winchester, and 
 were there methodized and entered in a register, such as we now 
 see it. 
 
 Northumberland, Cumberland, Westmoreland, and Durham, are 
 not described in the survey, nor Lancashire under its proper name ; 
 but Furness, and the northern part of the county, as well as the 
 south of Westmoreland, with part of Cumberland, are included 
 within the West Riding of Yorkshire. That part of Lancashire 
 which lies between the rivers Ribble and Mersey, and which at the 
 time of the survey comprehended 6 hundreds and 188 manors, is 
 subjoined to Cheshire ; and part of Rutlandshire is described in the 
 counties of Northampton and Lincoln, &c. 
 
 The authority of this book is never permitted to be called in 
 question — there is no appeal from it; hence some suppose its 
 name ; others from its place of preservation, the Chapter House of 
 the church (Domus Dei) at Westminster. In questions relative 
 to tenure, the Conqueror himself often submitted to it ; and for a 
 long time after, none was permitted to make claim or title to lands 
 beyond the Conquest. 
 
 Domesday Book consists of two volumes, written in Latin, on 
 parchment, and is now in excellent preservation in the Chapter 
 House at Westminster, where it was deposited in 1696, An abridg- 
 ment, in one volume — a very beautiful manuscript, apparently 
 compiled early in the reign of Edward I. — is in the same custody. 
 
 The original returns of the commissioners, from which these 
 books were compiled, have not been discovered ; but there exist in 
 the British Museum transcripts of part of them, with lists of the 
 jurors before whom some of the inquisitions were taken. 1 
 
 Domesday Book was published in 1783, in two volumes. In 
 1811, a third volume, containing the " Indices," and a very valuable 
 Introduction, was printed by the Record Commission. The 
 " Indices" consist — First, of an Index Locorum, according to the 
 order in which the counties occur in the original; secondly, a 
 general Index Locorum, with the nature of the land, the county, 
 the hundred or wapentake, and the name of the possessor ; thirdly, 
 an Index Nominum of tenants in capite ; and lastly, a general Index 
 
 1 See Cotton. MS. Tiberius A. vi. f. 38. 
 
DOMESDAY BOOKS. 3 
 
 Rerum Pracipuarum ; but unfortunately there is no general Index 
 Nominum. In the same year, a fourth or supplementary volume 
 was published under the same authority, containing — 1. The Ex on 
 Domesday; 2. The Inquisitio Eliensis ; 3. The Winton Domesday; 
 and 4. The Boldon Book. 
 
 A General Introduction to Domesday Book, by Sir Henry Ellis, 
 was published in 1833, in two volumes, royal 8vo ; the first volume 
 of which contains a valuable Glossary of the terms used in the 
 record. The price of this work was £1. Is. It is now out of print. 
 
 The present price of the four volumes above mentioned is 
 £10. 10*. 
 
 Translations of the surveys of many of the counties have been 
 made by private individuals, and published at various periods; 
 and copies of, or extracts from, the surveys of nearly every county 
 may be seen in the respective County Histories. 
 
 The separate publications are : — 
 
 Domesday; or an Actual Survey of South Britain by the Commissioners 
 of William the Conqueror. By Samuel Henshall and John Wilkinson. 
 Lond. 1799. 4to. [Comprehending Kent, Sussex, and Surrey.] 
 
 Hampshire; extracted from Domesday Book. Lond. 1784. 4to. 
 
 A Translation of Domesday, so far as relates to the Counties of Middlesex, 
 Hertford, Buckingham, Oxford, and Gloucestershire. By 
 W. Bawdwen. Doncaster, 1812. 4to. 
 
 Domesday Book for the County of Warwick. Translated by William Reader. 
 Coventry, 1835. 4to. 
 
 Wiltshire ; extracted from Domesday Book ; with an English Translation 
 by H. P. Wyndham. Salisbury, 1788. 8vo. 
 
 A Translation of Domesday, so far as relates to the County of York ; 
 including also Amounderness, Lonsdale, and Furness, in Lancashire, 
 and such parts of Westmoreland and Cumberland as are included 
 in the Survey. Also, the Counties of Derby, Nottingham, Rutland, 
 and Lincoln. By W. Bawdwen. Doncaster, 1809. 4to. 
 
 These translations are works of great utility, as the contractions 
 and unusual words, found in the survey, render it at first no less 
 difficult to be perused by the scholar than by the miscellaneous 
 reader. A very valuable Glossary of these terms will be found in 
 vol. i. of Sir Henry Ellis's Introduction before mentioned, and in 
 Domesday Book Illustrated, published by Kelham in 1788. 
 
4 DOMESDAY BOOKS. 
 
 Transcripts from Domesday may be found in all the principal 
 public libraries of the kingdom. 
 
 The following are some of the more important manuscripts 
 relating to this survey : — 
 
 An Abstract of Domesday, omitting the villeins, borderers, and stock; 
 Carlton Ride. 
 
 Epitome libri Censualis, vulgo Doomsday Book ; Brit. Mus. Cotton. MS. 
 Julius, C. i. p. 3. 
 
 Exemplar libri Censualis, vulgo Domesday ; Brit. Mus. Cotton. MS. Faus- 
 tina, C. xi. 
 
 Original Returns of the Domesday Commissioners ; Brit. Mus. Cotton. MS. 
 Tiberius, A. \i. f. 38. 
 
 The following manuscripts contain extracts from, and copies of, 
 Domesday Book for various Counties : — 
 
 Bedfordshire: Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 6016, f. 80. 
 
 Berkshire: Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 6016, f. 22. 
 
 Buckinghamshire: Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 6016, f. 52. 
 
 Cambridgeshire : Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 6016, f. 75. 
 
 Cheshire: Brit. Mus. Harl. MSS. 139, f. 126; 1178, f. 130 5.; 1424, 
 
 f. 5; 6428. 
 Cornwall: Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 6015, f. 16; 6016, f. 45; Exeter Cath. 
 
 Lib. MS. No. 39. 
 Derbyshire: Brit. Mus. Lansd. MS. 207 D. f. 235. 
 Devonshire: Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 6015, f. 9]; 6016, f. 41; Exeter Cath. 
 
 Lib. MS. No. 39. 
 Dorsetshire: Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 6015, f. 45 ; 6016, f. 32. 
 Essex: Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 5167. 
 Gloucestershire: Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 1903; 6016, f. 60; Lincoln's 
 
 Inn Lib. Hale MS. 115. 
 Hampshire : Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 1904 ; 6016, f. 15. 
 Herefordshire: Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 6856; Balliol Coll. Oxp. MSS. 
 
 No. ccclxii, ccclxiii ; Lincoln's Inn Lib. Hale MS. 115. 
 Hertfordshire: Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 6016, f. 49. 
 Huntingdonshire: Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 6016, f. 78. 
 Kent : Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 1905 ; 6015, f. 18 ; 6016, f. 1. 
 Leicestershire: Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 6016, f. 89. 
 Lincolnshire: Brit. Mus. Lansd. MS. 207 D. f. 25; Harl. MS. 6016, 
 
 f. 116. 
 Middlesex: Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 6016, f. 47. 
 
 Norfolk : Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 1906 ; 5167 ; Lanm. MS. 207 D. f. 153. 
 Northamptonshire : Coll. of Arms, Fmoeat MS. 83. 
 
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 Nottinghamshire: Brit. Mus. Lansd. MS. 207 D. f. 189. 
 
 Oxfordshire: Brit. Mus. Earl. MS. 6016, f. 56. 
 
 Eutlandshire : Coll. of Arms, Vincent MS. 83. 
 
 Shropshire: Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 6016, f. 97. 
 
 Somersetshire: Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 6015, f. 1;. 6016, f. 37 • Kxeter 
 
 Cath. Lib. MS. No. 39. 
 Staffordshire: Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 1985, f. 208 b. 
 Suffolk: Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 88, f. 149; 5167. 
 Surrey : Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 6015, f. 37 ; 6016, f. 12 ; 6025, f. 239. 
 Sussex : Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 1907 ; 6015, f. 29 ; 6016, f. 9. 
 Warwickshire: Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 6016, f. 92. 
 Wiltshire: Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 6015, f. 40; 6016, f. 27. 
 Worcestershire: Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 1908 ; 6016, f. 67. 
 Yorkshire: Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 1415, f. 2; 4953; 6016, f. 113. 
 
 The charge made for consulting this valuable manuscript is the 
 same with other records, as given in the " Scale of Fees" in the 
 Appendix to this volume. If consulted for strictly literary purposes, 
 no fee is taken. Persons prompted by mere curiosity can only be 
 allowed to see it through an order from the Master of the Rolls. 
 
 The Exon Domesday. — This volume comprises the counties of 
 Wilts, Dorset, Somerset, Devon, and Cornwall, and is supposed, so 
 far as it extends, to contain an exact transcript of the original rolls 
 or returns made by the Conqueror's commissioners, from which the 
 Great Domesday was compiled. It is preserved in Exeter Cathe- 
 dral. Many variations occur between this record and the Exchequer 
 Domesday. The names of tenants in King Edward's time are far 
 more numerously preserved in the Exon Domesday. In the sys- 
 tematic arrangement of the subject matter, the Exchequer Domesday 
 bears unquestionably a decided preference over the Exon Domesday. 
 It is printed, with Indices Locorum et Nominum, in the fourth or 
 supplementary volume of the Record Commissioners' publication 
 above referred to. Extracts are given in Lansd. MS. 320, in the 
 British Museum. 
 
 The Inquisitio Eliensis. — This is a document of the same kind 
 as the preceding volume, and relates to lands and property in 
 Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire, Essex, Norfolk, Suffolk, and Hunt- 
 ingdonshire, belonging to the monastery of Ely, recorded after- 
 wards in the two volumes of the Domesday Survey. It has the 
 names of the jurors in the different hundreds in Cambridge and 
 Hertfordshire. 
 
6 DOMESDAY BOOKS. 
 
 It is preserved in a register of the monastery remaining amongst 
 the Cottonian Manuscripts in the British Museum [Tiberius A. vi], 
 and is, at least, as old as the twelfth century. Another copy of 
 this Inquisition is contained in the chartulary of Ely monastery, 
 preserved at Trinity College, Cambridge. It has been printed by 
 the Record Commissioners, in the fourth or supplemental volume 
 of the Domesday Survey, with good Indices Locorum et Nominum. 
 
 The Winton Domesday. — This is a survey of the lands belong- 
 ing to Edward the Confessor in Winchester, made on the oath of 
 eighty-six burgesses in the time of Henry I. It consists of two 
 distinct parts or records, both written upon vellum. The first is 
 entitled, "A Book of the King's Lands in Winchester, rendering 
 Land-gable as they were used to render in the time of King 
 Edward." The second record begins at fol. 13 b : — " This is the 
 Inquisition of the Lands of Winchester, taken by command of 
 Bishop Henry, in the year of our Lord 1148." The most remark- 
 able circumstance in this book is the quantity of sirnames among 
 the tenants of King Edward the Confessor. 
 
 This MS. was formerly the property of James West, Esq., and is 
 now in the possession of the Society of Antiquaries of London. 
 
 The contents, with Indices Locorum et Nominum, are printed in 
 the fourth or supplementary volume of the Domesday Survey, 
 published by the Record Commissioners. Extracts are given in 
 Lansd. MS. 321, in the British Museum. 
 
 The Boldon Book. — This is a survey of the county palatine of 
 Durham, made by order of Hugh Pudsey, nephew of King Stephen, 
 in the year 1183 ; so called (it is presumed) from Boldon, in Durham, 
 where it was compiled. The original manuscript is lost, but three 
 different copies of it, possessing different degrees of perfection, 
 remain: one in the Bishop's Office, Durham; another in the 
 Dean and Chapter's Library there; and a third in the Bodleian 
 Library at Oxford. 
 
 It is a particularly valuable supplement to Domesday, as that has 
 not any notice of this county. It is moreover of great importance 
 to the see and palatinate of Durham, as it is frequently appealed to, 
 and has been admitted as evidence in trials at law, on the part of 
 succeeding bishops, to ascertain their property and seignorial rights. 
 
 This survey has also been printed by the Record Commissioners, 
 and will be found in the fourth or supplementary volume of the 
 
DOMESDAY BOOKS. 7 
 
 Domesday Survey. Good Indices Locorum et Norninum, are given 
 at the end of the volume. 
 
 Copper-plate facsimile engravings of these records will be found 
 in portions of the Record publications above referred to, and in many 
 County Histories, more especially in that of Surrey, 1 where thirteen 
 folio engravings are given— each sheet being of the same size, and 
 containing the same quantity, as the corresponding page in the 
 original record. 
 
 There is another record preserved in the Chapter House, West- 
 minster, called Kirby's or Kirkby's Quest or Inquest, which is said 
 to be of the nature of Domesday. In 35 Edward I, Adam Kirkeby 
 or Kirby, then Treasurer, and his fellows, made inquiry, according 
 to the ancient custom, by inquests or verdicts of juries, concerning 
 the tenures in capite throughout several of the shires of England; 
 and the result of these verdicts, or inquests, was a scheme which in 
 some respects is analogous to Domesday, inasmuch as it com- 
 prehends all the immediate military tenants of the crown. This, 
 and numerous other documents of the same class and description, 
 furnish the materials for a connected history of the land, and also 
 of the occupiers of the land in their several classes, from the 
 Conquest to the abolition of the feudal tenures; and, although 
 specially relating to England, they nevertheless greatly elucidate 
 the general history of the progress of society. 
 
 The first portion of the Record of Caernarvon, or Extents Wallice, 
 printed by the Record Commissioners in 1838, from the Harleian 
 MS. 696, contains a collection of extents of manors, taken chiefly 
 26 Edward III, in the counties of Caernarvon and Anglesey, 
 seemingly in imitation of the Great Survey by the Conqueror. A 
 second portion contains other extents of commots and manors, 
 including the lands of the bishopric of Bangor. A third portion 
 contains records under the title, u Leges et Consuetudines Wallise. " 
 A fourth portion is a collection of inquisitions and pleadings in quo 
 warranto, before the justices itinerant in North Wales, petitions, 
 &c. The next portion contains particulars of the taxation of the 
 spiritual and temporal possessions of the clergy of the diocese of 
 Bangor, followed by an extent of the temporalities of the see, 
 22 Richard II. After which follows a collection of smaller records. 
 The publication bears for its title : — " Registrum vulgariter nun- 
 cupatum, ' The Record of Caernarvon/ e codice MS. Harleiano 696, 
 
 1 Manning and Bray's, 1814. 
 
8 DOMESDAY BOOKS. 
 
 dcscriptum." 1 vol. fol. 1838. The present price of this volume 
 is £1. Us. 6d. 
 
 William the Conqueror divided such parts of England as did not 
 belong to the church, and were not reserved for himself, into 700 
 baronies or great fiefs, which he bestowed on his particular friends, 
 and those who had signalized themselves in his service; these 
 baronies were subdivided into 60,215 knights' fees. No Englishman 
 had any of the first, and few only were fortunate enough to obtain 
 any of the latter. Sir Matthew Hale states, that several generations 
 elapsed after the Conquest, before one family of Saxon pedigree was 
 raised to any considerable honours, or could so much as obtain the 
 rank of a baron of the realm. At present there are few English 
 families who pretend to higher antiquity than the Norman invasion ; 
 and it is probable that not many of these can authenticate their 
 pretensions. On making an abstract of the English printed peerage, 
 it appears that out of 249 noblemen, the number of thirty-five laid 
 claim to having traced their descent beyond the Conquest; forty-nine, 
 prior to the year 1100 ; twenty-nine, prior to the year 1200; thirty- 
 two, prior to the year 1300; twenty-six, prior to the year 1400; 
 seventeen, prior to the year 1500; twenty-six, prior to the year 
 1600; and thirty, but little prior to the year 1700. The number of 
 peers entered in that peerage is 294, exclusive of the Royal Family ; 
 but of that list no satisfactory conclusion could be drawn as to the 
 commencement of the pedigrees of forty-five noblemen. 
 
 Among all the noble Scotch families, the house of Marre seems 
 to be that which can at once carry its nobility to the remotest 
 period, and authenticate it by the best evidence. 
 
 The only case (if any) at the present day, in which legal proof 
 of a genealogy, for 700 years and upwards, can by possibility be 
 necessary, is in the instance of some claimant to a barony or 
 earldom by tenure — the very existence of which species of title is 
 now generally denied. To the descent of property, however, Domes- 
 day is more valuable. The proof of ancient demesne still rests 
 with Domesday Survey; its evidence is also appealed to, in our 
 courts of law, in proving the antiquity of mills, and in setting up 
 prescriptions in non decimando ; and it is frequently the only evidence 
 which can be adduced of the discharge of abbey lands from tithes, 
 and places from toll. 
 
 But though the legal utility of Domesday, as confined to pedi- 
 grees, is small, the antiquary, as well as the family or national 
 historian, will find much assistance and gratification in consulting a 
 
DOMESDAY BOOKS. 9 
 
 record containing the name and title of every person of importance 
 in this kingdom nearly eight centuries back ; the situation, nature, 
 and extent of all their estates, and in some instances the names of 
 their fathers, wives, and children. Almost every page of Dugdale's 
 Baronage may be referred to as evidence of the importance of this 
 census to the genealogist. 
 
 In cases where the evidence of Domesday is required, a copy is 
 usually made from the printed volumes, which are remarkably 
 accurate. This copy is then examined with the original, and 
 should be certified by the keeper of the record as correct ; and the 
 party examining it is sufficient witness of the contents of the 
 original volume ; for wherever such original is of a public nature, 
 though not a record, an authenticated copy is good evidence. An 
 exception exists in the House of Lords, who allow none but original 
 documents and records to be produced to them, provided such 
 documents be in England. 
 
10 
 
 Jtflonastic &ecortis. 
 
 ^T^HERE are no records in the kingdom of more antient data 
 -*- than those which belonged to the religious houses ; for it is 
 quite evident that the inhabitants of these institutions were never 
 so absorbed in spiritual matters as to neglect any opportunity of 
 preserving their secular estates. In what proportion (with re- 
 ference to the number of religious houses) these their records exist, 
 cannot well be ascertained ; but two centuries ago this lament was 
 made on the destruction of some of them : — " Polydore Virgil, an 
 Italian, did our nation that deplorable injurie in the time of 
 K. Henrie the Eight; for that his own historie might passe for 
 currant, he burned and embezzled the best and most antient 
 records and monuments of our abbeies, priories, and cathedrall 
 churches, under colour (having a large commission under the great 
 seale) of making search for all monuments, manuscripts, records, 
 legier-bookes, &c, as might make for his purpose ; yet, for all this, 
 he hathe the ill lucke to write nothing wel, save the life of Henrie 
 the Seventh." 
 
 John Bale, writing in 1549, says, "The library books of monas- 
 teries were reserved by the purchasers of those houses, to serve 
 their jakes, to scour their candlesticks, and to rub their boots; 
 some were sold to grocers, sopesellers, and some sent over the sea 
 to the bookbinders ; not in small numbers, but at times whole ships 
 full. A merchant bought two noble libraries for forty shillings." 
 Fuller says, that " the owners of the monastic libraries burnt and 
 threw them away, reserving however the leiger-books and terriers, 
 to find such straggling acres belonging unto them." 
 
 It is worthy of remark, that, whereas examples are daily occur- 
 ring of the wanton mutilation of noble manuscripts by the earlier 
 bookbinders, for the binding and fly-leaves of books, few if any 
 records, properly so called, appear to have been used for that purpose. 
 
 Monastic records may be divided into the following heads: — 
 Chahtularies — Leiger-Books — Registers — Obituaries — Ne- 
 crologies — Calendars — and Chronicles. 
 
 The Chartulary. — The Chartulary is a parchment or vellum 
 book, containing copies of all charters relating to the property of 
 
MONASTIC RECORDS. 11 
 
 the religious house, entered therein, at the various periods when the 
 charters themselves were executed. Most religious houses in the 
 kingdom, in possession of lands, had a Chartulary ; and some few 
 of such records are still in existence, which formerly belonged to 
 individuals of large possessions. 1 The charters are of gift, exchange, 
 lease, and other descriptions. Many of the chartularies now exist- 
 ing contain entries (in Saxon) for several centuries prior to the 
 Norman Conquest. The Evesham Chartulary commences with a 
 deed of gift of Ethelred, a.d. 701 (in Saxon). This record very 
 generally commences with a history of the foundation, and an 
 account of the founder's family ; after which follow, in order of 
 time, copies of the charters granted by them and the other patrons 
 of the house, and the Archbishop's confirmation of them; of the 
 Pope's bulls, and their definitive sentences, concerning the disputes 
 arising about their lands and tithes. 
 
 These valuable records are scattered amongst the public and 
 some of the private libraries of the kingdom; but the British 
 Museum is in possession of the greatest number, which are chiefly 
 to be found in the Harleian and Cottonian Collections. The 
 libraries of Oxford and Cambridge are also rich in these docu- 
 ments, and several volumes will be found at Carlton Ride, and 
 in the Augmentation Office, 2 the most appropriate repository for 
 them, that establishment having been formed for the custody 
 of the records concerning property belonging to the monks at 
 the Dissolution of Monasteries. Of the monastic Chartularies 
 in private collections, those in the valuable library formed by 
 Sir Thomas Phillipps, Bart., of Middle Hill, more particularly 
 deserve notice. 
 
 Several Lists of these records have been printed ; the earliest, 
 and most copious, by the gentleman above named, in 1839. 
 Having been printed for private circulation, its existence is not so 
 well known as it deserves to be; a copy will be found in the 
 Library of the British Museum, and entered in the Catalogue 
 under the head of " Phillipps/' Other lists are given in Nichols's 
 Collectanea Topographica et Genealogica, vol. i, pp.74, 197, 399, 102; 
 and in Sims's Handbook to the Library of the British Museum. 
 
 A List of Chartularies deposited in public Libraries only, is given 
 at the end of the present Chapter. 
 
 1 A list of some of these is given at the end of the present Section. 
 
 2 A calendar of part of these is printed in the Deputy Keeper's Eighth Eeport, 
 Appx. ii, pp. 135-166. 
 
12 MONASTIC RECORDS. 
 
 The Leiger Book. — The Leiger-Book is nearly if not exactly the 
 same as the Chartulary, excepting that it seems to have been for 
 more familiar use, and to have been, in the first instance, compiled 
 at one time, by one person. 
 
 The Register. — The Register is a vellum or parchment book, 
 containing a variety of entries relating to the religious house in 
 which it was preserved; such as its members, revenues, possessions, 
 patrons, their genealogies, and other subjects. Sometimes it has 
 the names of persons buried in the precincts of the religious house, 
 and of others who have been married there ; some have portraits 
 of their patrons, but doubtless ideal ; and some have the names of 
 natives or inhabitants of property under their jurisdiction. 
 
 The Necrology, or Obituary. — This is a parchment or vellum 
 record of the time of the death of benefactors, kings, archbishops, 
 bishops, abbots, priests, monks, benefactors, and others, inter- 
 spersed at times with biographical notices. 
 
 The Calendar is what its name at this day imports, an Almanac, 
 containing an additional column, in which was inserted, against 
 certain days, the names of those benefactors or great persons, 
 whose births, deaths, or benefactions, were, on those days, to be 
 commemorated. 
 
 The Chronicle. — This record was kept by some (but not by all) 
 heads of monasteries and priories, relating principally to historical 
 events, which, though commencing " ab initio mundi," " ab orbe 
 condito," and other equally unsatisfactory periods, contains, never- 
 theless, much important matter relative to English families of note, 
 and worthy of credit, when the chronicler is narrating the events 
 of his day; thus, the chronicles of the monastery of Tewkesbury, 
 contain the names of the noblemen and other worshipful slain at 
 that battle, and of others who were taken and beheaded. 
 
 Another class of records, often found amongst the documents 
 belonging to the dissolved religious houses, are rolls of names of 
 illustrious men, kings, nobles, warriors, and others, who were 
 present at some religious, joyous, or warlike ceremony, or as in 
 some other way entitled to be remembered. Of these the most 
 notorious and curious is the Battle Abbey Roll, in which were 
 recorded the names of the principal soldiers who attended William 
 the Conqueror at the battle of Hastings. Genealogists have been 
 
MONASTIC RECORDS. 13 
 
 accustomed to refer to this roll in proof of the Norman descent of 
 a family ; but it became so falsified in the course of years, by the 
 insertions and forgeries of the monks, that its authority is of little 
 value, — an assertion first made by Camden above two centuries 
 ago, who said, that "whosoever considereth it well, shall find it 
 always to be forged, and those names to be inserted which the time 
 in every age favoured, and were never mentioned in the notable 
 Record of Domesday." The publication of Domesday Books 
 diminishes, however, the regret which would otherwise have been 
 felt at the want of truth in the Battle Abbey Roll. 1 
 
 Two ancient manuscript copies of this roll are in the British 
 Museum, viz., in Lansdowne MSS. 255, fol. 117; 446, fol. 15 ; and 
 in 882. Printed copies may be seen at the end of Duchesne's 
 Normannici Scriptores, in Leland's Collectanea, in Grafton's 
 Chronicle, in Holinshed's and Stowe's Chronicles, in Fuller's Church 
 History, in Banks's Dormant Peerage, and in the Censura Lite- 
 raria, vol. i, pp. 4-42. The Roll of Battle Abbey, annotated by 
 Sir J. B. Burke, was published in 1848. 
 
 There are several other rolls of the Conqueror's companions, 
 besides those bearing the names of Battle Abbey. The oldest of 
 them is a list in Wace's Chronicle of the Dukes of Normandy, in 
 the British Museum {Roy. MS. 4, C. xi, f. 246). There is another 
 roll of William's followers in the same Collection, written in 1436 
 (Roy. MS. 14, B. i), and a third in the Harleian Collection, 
 No. 293. Another of these lists is to be found amongst the Norfolk 
 MSS. (No. ix.) in the College of Arms. 
 
 Another roll of great notoriety is the Tournament Roll, pre- 
 served in the College of Arms, representing the tournament of 
 Henry VIII., with portraits of himself, his family, and court, in 
 number very considerable. Another may be mentioned, formerly 
 the property of the Derings, now in the possession of Stacey 
 Grimaldi, Esq., being a Crusade Roll of the time of Henry III., 
 containing the Christian and sirname, or Christian name and title, 
 with highly emblazoned shields of nearly two hundred eminent 
 persons then flourishing, who undertook the last Crusade. 
 
 The rolls of arms of the knights at the tournaments held at 
 Stepney and Dunstable, in the reigns of Edward II. and III., are 
 printed in Nichols's Collectanea Topographica et Genealogica, vol. iv, 
 pp. 61, 389. 
 
 1 See a critical examination of the (so called) Eoll of Battle Abbey, by the Eev. 
 Joseph Hunter, in vol. vi. of The Sussex Archaeological Collections. 
 
14 
 
 MONASTIC RECORDS. 
 
 LIST OF ENGLISH CHARTULARIES. 
 
 County. 
 
 Monastery. 
 
 Where Deposited. 
 
 Berks. 
 
 Abingdon (Saxon) . . . 
 
 ! Brit. Mus. Cott. MS. Claud. B. vi. 
 
 
 — — • 
 
 — — — C.ix. 
 
 
 — — . . . . 
 
 — — Jul. A. ix. 
 
 
 — 
 
 1 Corp. Chr. Coll. Camb. No. cxi. 
 
 
 — 
 
 I Christ's Hospital. 
 
 
 — " Chronicon " . . 
 
 Public Lib. Camb. Park.MS.ccxxx.vii 
 
 Heref. 
 
 Acornbury 1 
 
 Augmentation Office. 
 
 Salop. 
 
 Alberbury . (carta) . . 
 
 All Souls' Coll. Oxford. 
 
 Line. 
 
 Alvingham 
 
 Bodl. Lib. No. 1156. 
 
 
 — 
 
 College of Arms. 
 
 Herts. 
 
 Ashridge . (2 volumes) . 
 
 Ashridge Library. 
 
 Line. 
 
 Bardney 
 
 Brit. Mus. Cott. MS. Vesp. E. xx. 
 
 
 Barlings 
 
 — — Faust. B. i. 
 
 Camb. 
 
 Barnwell ...*.. 
 
 — Harl.MS. 3601. 
 
 
 — 
 
 Bodl. Lib. Gough MS. 
 
 Som. 
 
 Bath, "Holloway" . . . 
 
 Brit. Mus. Harl.MS. 3970. 
 
 
 — "St. Peter's" . . 
 
 Corp. Chr. Coll. Camb. No. cxi. 
 
 
 — 
 
 Lincoln's Inn Lib. No. xliv. 
 
 Sussex 
 
 Battle 
 
 Brit. Mus. Cott. MS. Dora. A ii. 
 — Add. MS. 6348. 
 
 
 — ! .' .' .' [tale "2 
 
 Lincoln's Inn Lib. Hale MS. 87. 
 
 
 — " Consuetud. etKen- 
 
 Augmentation Office. 
 
 
 — . (fragment) . . 
 
 Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 3586. 
 
 Southt. 
 
 Beaulieu 
 
 — Cott. MS. Nero A. xii. 
 
 
 — 
 
 — Harl. MS. 6603. 
 
 
 — 
 
 Augmentation Office. 
 
 Nott. 
 
 Beauvale, or Greseley . . 
 
 Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 6060. 
 
 Sussex 
 
 Beigham 
 
 — Cott. MS. Otho A. ii. 
 
 
 — . (transcript) . . 
 
 — Add. MS. 6037, 2. 
 
 Line. 
 
 Belvoir . (excerpta) . . 
 
 — — 
 
 
 — . . (carta) . . . 
 
 Ashmolean Lib. Wood MS. 
 
 Essex 
 
 Berking 
 
 Brit. Mus. Cott. MS. Faust, lxxxii. 
 
 
 — . (excerpta) . . 
 
 — — Vesp. B. xv. 
 
 Surrey 
 
 Bermondsey " Annales " . 
 
 — Harl. MS. 231. 
 
 York 
 
 Beverley 
 
 — — 4292. 
 
 
 — 
 
 Dean and Chapter, York. 
 
 
 — 
 
 University Coll. Oxf., No. lxxxii. 
 
 Norfolk 
 
 Binham 
 
 Brit. Mus. Cott. MS. Claud. D. xiii. 
 
 Buck. 
 
 Bittlesden 
 
 — Harl. MS. 4714. 
 
 Nott. 
 
 Blyth, or Blida . . . . 
 
 — — 3759. 
 
 Wore. 
 
 Bordesley (carta orig.) . 
 
 Augmentation Office. 
 
 Line. 
 
 Boston Gilda 
 
 Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 4795. 
 
 Sussex 
 
 Boxgrave 
 
 — Cott. MS. Claud. A. vi. 
 
 North 11 . 
 
 Brackley 
 
 j rxu: i 1...1 : • .±„.i : 
 
 Magdalen Coll. Oxford. 
 
 _ ii.„ t» v ».. oil, t> A :: .. loe 
 
 1 A calendar of this chartulary is printed in the Dep. Keeper's 8th Rep. App. ii, p. 135. 
 
 2 Ibid. p. 139. 
 
MONASTIC RECORDS. 
 
 15 
 
 English Chartulabies. 
 County. ! Monastery. 
 
 Wilts. | Brandenstoke . . 
 York. | Bretton .... 
 
 . {transcript) 
 
 Wore. 
 Glouc. 
 
 Norfolk 
 
 Oxford 
 
 Norfolk 
 
 Lane. 
 
 Leic. 
 
 Suffolk 
 
 Bridon . . (carta) . . 
 Bris+ol 
 
 York 
 
 Camb. 
 Devon 
 Kent 
 
 Bromholm 
 
 Bruerne ...*.. 
 Buckenliam . (survey) . . 
 
 Burscough 
 
 Burton-Lazar's Hospital . 
 
 Bury St. Edmund, "Aston " 
 
 — . "Cellararii" . 
 
 — . "Cratfield" . 
 
 — . "Croftis" . . 
 
 — ."Cousuetudinar." 
 
 — . . " Curteys " . 
 
 — . "DomusDei" . 
 
 — . " Extenta terrarum " 
 
 — . *' Ick worth " . 
 
 — . "Kempe" . 
 
 — . " Lakynhethe " . 
 —"Leases"temp.H. Fill. 
 
 — . " Liber Albus " 
 
 — . "Liber Niger" . 
 
 — . " Liber Rubeus " 
 
 — . "Pyncebeck" . 
 
 — . "Rentale" . 
 
 — . "Sacristae" . 
 
 — . "ThomseAbbatis" 
 
 — . . '* Vestiarii " . 
 
 — . "Werketone" . 
 Byland 
 
 — . . (carta) . . . 
 
 Cambridge"StJohn'sHosp." 
 
 Canon's Legh 
 
 Canterbury, * ' St . A ugustine ' ' 
 
 Christ Church " 
 
 Where Deposited. 
 
 Brit. Mus. Cott. MS. Vitell. A. xi. 
 
 — Lansd. MS. 405. 
 College op Arms. 
 
 Brit. Mvs.Cott. MS. Nero E. i, f. 387. 
 Dean and Chapter of Bristol. 
 Public Lib. Camb. Mm. ii. 20. 
 
 Brazennose Coll. Oxford. 
 Augmentation Office. 
 Duchy of Lancaster Office. 
 Brit. Mus. Cott. MS. Nero C. xii. 
 
 — — Claud. A. xii. 
 Public Lib. Camb. Gg. iv. 4 (Pars i. 
 
 to letter C.) 
 Duchy of Lancaster Office. 
 Brit. Mus. Cott. MS. Tib. B. ix. 
 
 — Harl. MS. 27. 
 
 — — 3977. 
 
 — Add. MS. 7096. 
 
 — — 14,848. 
 
 — Arund. MS. 1. 
 
 — Add. MS. 14,849. 
 
 — Lansd. MS. 416. 
 
 — Harl. MS. 645. 
 
 — — 743. 
 
 — — 308. 
 
 — — 1005. 
 
 — Add. MS. 14,847. 
 Public Lib. Camb. Mm. iv. 19. 
 
 — Ff. ii. 29 ; Ff. iv. 35. 
 
 — Ee. iii. 60. 
 Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 14,850. 
 
 — Harl. MS.W. 
 Public Lib. Camb. Ff. ii. 23. 
 Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 230. 
 Public Lib. Camb. Ee. iii. GO. 
 Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 638. 
 
 — Add. MS. 18,388. 
 St. Mary's Tower, York. 
 Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 18,388. 
 
 St. John's Coll. Cambridge. 
 
 — Harl. MS. 3660. 
 
 — Cott. MS. Jul. D. ii. 
 
 — — Tib. A. ix. 
 
 — Arund. MS. 310. 
 Trin. Hall, Camb. 
 
 Queen's Remembrancer's Office. 
 Brit. Mus. Cott. MS. Claud. A. iii. 
 
 — — Galba E. iv. 
 
16 
 
 MONASTIC RECORDS. 
 
 English Chabttjlaeies. 
 County. I Monastery. 
 
 Kent Canterbury, "ChristChurch 
 
 (abstract) 
 
 Southt. 
 Norfolk 
 
 Dorset 
 North 11 . 
 
 Camb. 
 Surrey 
 
 Chesh. 
 
 Sussex 
 Southt. 
 Glouc. 
 
 Suffolk 
 
 Midd. 
 
 Essex 
 Oxon. 
 Essex 
 
 "Rentale" 
 "Molash" 
 " St. Gregory" 
 "St. Saviour" 
 " St. Sepulchre 
 " Holy Trinity ' 
 "Liber Niger" 
 
 — (fragment) 
 " Liber Rubeus ' 
 
 Carisbrooke, (part transcr 
 Castle Acre .... 
 
 Cerne 
 
 Chacombe . (excerpta) 
 
 — "Terrarium" 
 Chateriz .... 
 Chertsey .... 
 
 — "Rutherwick" 
 Chester, " Irrotulatorium " 
 
 — "LitterseetBrevia' 
 
 — " Prisca Sanctorum ' 
 
 — "St.Werburgh" 
 Chichester Cathedral 
 Christ Church, Twinham 
 Cirencester .... 
 
 — " St. Mary's Chapel' 
 Clare (Stoke) .... 
 
 — . . (abstract) 
 
 — " St. Austin " , 
 
 — . — (transcript) 
 Clerkenwell .... 
 
 Colchester, " St. John's 
 Cold Norton . . . 
 Colne 
 
 Where Deposited. 
 
 Brit. Mds. Arund. MS. 68. 
 
 — Add. MS. 6159. 
 Dean and Chapter, Canterbury. 
 Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 6037. 
 
 — — 5506. 
 Public Library Camb. Ee. v. 31. 
 Corp. Christi Coll. Oxf. No. cclvi. 
 Lambeth Palace, TenisonMS. 814. 
 Bodl. Lib. Tanner MS. 165. 
 Public Library Camb. LI. ii. 15. 
 Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 1006. 
 
 — Add. MS. 5516. 
 Gresham College, Norfolk MS. 67. 
 Brit. Mus. Cott. MS. Faust. A. i. 
 
 — Arund. MS. 300. 
 Queen's Remembrancer's Off. D. 
 Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 337. 
 
 — Cott. MS. Claud. D. x. 
 
 — — Otho B. xv. 
 
 — — Vitell. A. ii. 
 
 — — — D. x. 
 Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 2110. 
 
 Queen's Remembrancer's Office. 
 Public Lib. Camb. LI. i. 3. 
 Coll. of Arms, Arund. MS. No. xlix, 
 Augmentation Office. 
 Brit. Mus. Cott. MS. Jul. A. i. 
 
 — — Vitell. A. xiii. 
 
 — Lansd. MS. 434. 
 Queen's Remembrancer's Office. 
 Brit. Mus. Lansd. MS. 435. 
 
 — Harl. MS. 1965. 
 
 — — 2148. 
 
 — - 2062. 
 Dean and Chapter, Chester. 
 
 — Chichester. 
 
 Brit. Mus. Cott. MS. Tib. D. vi. 
 Bodl. Lib. Rawlinson MS. 
 Ashmolean Lib. Dugdale MS. 42. 
 Brit. Mus. Cott. MS. Vitell. D. xiii. 
 
 — — Append, xxi. 
 
 — Add. MS. 8190. 
 
 — Harl. MS. 4835. 
 
 — Add. MS. 8189. 
 
 — Cott. MS. Faust. B. ii. 
 Bodl. Lib. No. 3844. 
 
 Brit. Mus. Arund. MS. 145. 
 Brazen-nose College, Oxford. 
 Burr. Mus. Add. MS. 5857. 
 
MONASTIC RECORDS. 
 
 17 
 
 English Chaetulabies. 
 County. I Monastery. 
 
 Warw. (Combe .... 
 
 Combermere 
 Coventry . 
 
 — ... {imperfect) 
 
 — "Rentale" . . 
 Crabhouse, or Wigenhall 
 Creyk South, Burnham . 
 
 — . . {transcript) 
 
 — . . {fragment) 
 
 Crich 
 
 Croyland 
 
 — . . {transcript) 
 
 Dale, al. de Parco Stanley 
 Darley, al. Little Darby. 
 
 — — {transcript) 
 
 Dartford 
 
 Daventry 
 
 Deeping 
 
 Dover, " St. Bartholomew" 
 
 — "St. Martin" . . 
 
 — " St. Eadegund " . 
 
 Dunmow 
 
 Dunstable 
 
 Dureford 
 Durham 
 
 {excerpta) 
 
 Edingdon 
 Ely . . 
 
 . (2 vols.) 
 . (2 vols.) 
 
 — "Historia". . 
 Eton College . . . - 
 Evesham 
 
 — . . {transcript) 
 
 Where Deposited. 
 
 Brit. Mus. Cott. MS. Vitell. A. i. 
 
 — — — D.xvii. 
 
 — — Eaust. B. viii. 
 Queen's Remembrancer's Office. 
 Augmentation Office. 
 Archives of Coventry. 
 
 Brit. Mus. Lansd. MS. 400. 
 
 — Add. MS. 4733. 
 Corp. Christ. Coll. Camb. 
 Bodl. Lib. Tanner MS. 
 Public Lib. Camb. 
 
 Brit. Mus. Earl. MS. 3669. 
 All Souls' Coll. Oxf. No. xxxii. 
 Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 5842. 
 
 — Cott. MS. Vesp. E. xxvi. 
 
 — — Titus C. ix. 
 
 — Add. MS. 5819. 
 Bodl. Lib. Gough MS. 
 Brit. Mus. Arund. MS. 61. 
 
 — Cott. MS. Claud. D. xii. 
 Duchy of Lancaster Office. 
 Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 3658. 
 Bodl. Lib. Rawlinson MS. B. 335. 
 Lambeth Pal. No. 241. 
 
 Bodl. Lib. Rawlinson MS. B. 236. 
 Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 662. 
 
 — Cott. MS. Tib. A. x. 
 
 — Harl. MS. 1885. 
 Cathedral Lib. Durham. 
 Lambeth Pal. No. 277. 
 
 Brit. Mus. Cott. MS. Vesp. E. xxiii, 
 Dean and Chapter, Durham. 
 Durham Palace, London. 
 
 Brit. Mus. Lansd. MS. 442. 
 
 — Cott. MS. Tib. A. vi. 
 
 — — Claud. C. xi. 
 
 — — Vesp. A. vi. 
 
 — — Titus A. i. 
 
 — — Domit. xv. 
 
 — Add. MS. 9822. 
 Caius Coll. Camb. 
 
 Public Lib. Camb. Moore MS. 170. 
 Dean and Chapter, Ely. 
 Ashmolean Lib. No. 801. 
 Jesus Coll. Oxford, No. lxxvi. 
 Eton College Library. 
 Brit. Mus. Cott. MS. Vesp. B. xxiv. 
 
 — Lansd. MS. 411. 
 
 2 
 
18 
 
 MONASTIC RECORDS. 
 
 English Chaetulaeies. 
 
 County. 
 
 Monastery. 
 
 Where Deposited. 
 
 Wore. 
 
 Evesham, " Bremesgrave " . 
 
 Brit. Mus. Cott. MS. Titus, C. ix. 
 
 
 — 
 
 — Earl. MS. 3763. 
 
 Devon. 
 
 Exeter, " St. John's " . . 
 
 Dean and Chapter, Exeter. 
 Corporation Archives, Exeter. 
 
 Suffolk 
 
 Eye, " Danoun " {transcript) 
 
 Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 8178. 
 — Jrund. MS. 921. 
 
 Oxon. 
 
 Eynsham . . . (2 vols.) 
 
 Christ Ch. Coll. Oxf. Nos. 26, 27 
 
 York 
 
 Fountains, v. i. (lett. A — C) 
 
 Brit. Mus. Cott. MS. Tib. C. xii. 
 
 
 — 
 
 — Add. MS. 18,276. 
 
 
 — 
 
 Dean and Chapter, York. 
 
 
 — ~~ ....•«. 
 
 Tower of St. Mary's, York. 
 
 
 — 
 
 Bodl. Lib. Oxf. Rawlinson JK&B.447 
 University Coll. Oxf. clxvii ; clxx 
 
 Lane. 
 
 Furness ... (2 vols.) 
 
 Duchy of Lancaster Office. 
 
 Leie. 
 
 Gerondon 
 
 Brit. Mus. Lansd. MS. 415. 
 
 York 
 
 Gisburn 
 
 — Cott. MS. Cleop. D. ii. 
 
 Som. 
 
 Glastonbury, " Chronicle " . 
 
 Bodl. Lib. No. 2613. 
 
 
 — " Moniton " . . 
 
 Brit. Mus. Arund. MS. 2. 
 
 
 — "Rentale" . . 
 
 — Add.MS.11,^0', 17,451 
 
 
 — " Secretum Abbatis " 
 
 Bodl. Lib. Wood MS. 1. 
 
 
 — ... {abstract) . 
 
 — Tanner MS. 
 
 Glouc. 
 
 Gloucester Abbey . . . 
 
 Queen's Coll. Oxf. ccclxvii. 
 
 
 — "Frocester" . . 
 
 Dean and Chapter, Gloucester. 
 
 
 — "Historia" . . . 
 
 Brit. Mus. Cott. MS. Dom. viii. 
 
 
 — " Malvern "... 
 
 Dean and Chapter, Gloucester. 
 
 
 — "Cathedral" (fundatio) 
 
 Brit. Mus. Cott. MS. Appendix, ix. 
 
 Southt. 
 
 Godesfeld . . . , . 
 
 — Earl. MS. 6603. 
 
 Oxford 
 
 Godstowe 
 
 Queen's Rememb. Office, No. 11. 
 
 
 — . . (in English) . 
 
 Bodl. Lib. Rawlinson MS. B. 408. 
 
 
 — . . (abstract) . . 
 
 Queen's CoLL.OxF.No.lxxxviii.f.261 
 
 Monm. 
 
 Goldcliff, " Cartas" . . . 
 Greseley, v. Beauvale . . 
 
 Eton College. 
 
 
 Greystey 
 
 Coll. of Arm s, Vincent MS. 3 1 , p . 1 7 3 
 
 Salop. 
 
 Haghmon. . (excerpta) . 
 
 Brit. Mus. Earl. MS. 2188. 
 
 
 — . . (fragmenta) . 
 
 — — 446. 
 
 Bedf. 
 
 Harewood . (abridgment) . 
 
 — Lansd. MS. 391. 
 
 Gloue. 
 
 Hayles 
 
 Queen's Remembrancer's Office 
 
 
 — 
 
 Brit. Mus. Royal MS. 12, E. xiv. 
 
 
 — . "Chronicle". . 
 
 — Earl. MS. 3725. 
 
 York 
 
 HelaghPark, "Lieudayl" . 
 
 — Cott. MS. Vesp. A. iv. 
 
 Norfolk 
 
 Hempton, " Accompts " 
 
 — Add. MS. 10,621. 
 
 Kent 
 
 Herbaldoun Hospital . . 
 
 Master and Wardens. 
 
 
 — — ... 
 
 Lambeth Library. 
 
 Heref. 
 
 Hereford Cathedral . . . 
 
 Pub. Lib. Camb. More MS.No. 141 
 
 
 — — ■ 
 
 Bodl. Lib. Rawlinson MS. B. b29. 
 
 
 — (fragment) 
 
 Bodl. Lib. Jones MS. 21. 
 
 
 — " St. Guthlac " . 
 
 Balliol Coll. Oxf. MS. eclxxi. 
 
MONASTIC RECORDS, 
 
 19 
 
 English Charttjlaeies. 
 
 County. 
 
 Norths 
 Cumb. 
 
 Norfolk 
 
 Kent 
 
 Norfolk 
 
 Hunt. 
 Southt. 
 
 York 
 
 Warw. 
 
 York 
 
 Line. 
 Warw. 
 
 Wilts. 
 
 Lane. 
 
 Kent 
 Norfolk 
 
 Cornw. 
 
 Kent 
 
 Leic. 
 
 Suffolk 
 
 Northl d 
 Heref. 
 
 Sussex 
 
 Staff, 
 
 Monastery. 
 
 Holm, juxta Alnwick . . 
 
 — Cultram . . . . 
 
 — — (excerpta) . 
 
 — — (transcript) . 
 
 Horsham (extenta terrarum). 
 Horton . . {fragment) . 
 Hulme, " St. Bennet" . . 
 
 — (rotulus cartarum) 
 Huntingdon, " St. Mary " . 
 Hyde," St. Peter " (lib. aur.) 
 
 Keling, alias Nunkeling 
 Kenilworth .... 
 Kirkby Hill Hospital . 
 Kirkham 
 
 — " Leiger Book " 
 
 Kirkstali 
 
 Kirksted 
 
 Knoll . . (transcript) 
 Kyngton, " Obituarium " 
 
 — . . (transcript) 
 
 Lacock . . . 
 Lancaster . . . 
 — " Duchy 
 Langdon (West) . 
 Langley . . . 
 
 Launceston .... 
 Ledes . (carta et rentale) 
 Leicester, " Charite " . 
 
 Leiston 
 
 — . . (transcript) 
 
 Lenton 
 
 Leominster (carta p lures) 
 Lewes . . (fragment) 
 
 — ... (rentale) . 
 Lichfield Cathedral (pt. i.) 
 
 — . . . . (/ri.iii.) 
 
 " Liber Albus" . 
 — (carta) . 
 
 Where Deposited. 
 
 Brit. Mus. Harl.MS. 3897. 
 
 — — 3911. 
 
 — — 294. 
 
 — — 1881. 
 Carlisle Cath. No. 2. 
 Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 6164. 
 
 — — 5516. 
 
 — Cott. MS. Galba E. ii. 
 Dean and Chapter, Norwich. 
 Brit. Mus. Cott. Rolls xvi. 51-53. 
 
 — - Cott. MS. Faust. C. i. 
 
 — — Vesp. A. viii. 
 
 — — Dom. xiv. 
 
 — Harl. MS. 1761, 
 Archives of Winchester Cath. 
 
 Brit. Mus. Cott. MS. Otho C. viii. 
 
 — Harl. MS. 3650. 
 Master and Wardens. 
 
 St. Mary's Tower, York. 
 
 Bodl. Lib. No. 3887. 
 
 Duchy of Lancaster Off. No. 7. 
 
 Brit. Mus. Cott. MS. Vesp. E. xviii. 
 
 AsHM.LiB.OxF.Z%c?.it/#.No.l2,F.2. 
 
 Pub. Lib. Camb. Dd. viii. 2, art. 4. 
 
 Bodl. Lib. Tanner MS. 
 
 Queen's Remembrancer's Office. 
 Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 3764. 
 
 — Cott. MS. Cleop. D. vi. 
 Queen's Remembrancer's Office. 
 Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 5948. 
 Bodl. Lib. No. 242. 
 
 — Tanner MS. 196. 
 Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 19,772. 
 
 — Cott. MS. Vitell. F. xvii. 
 Bodl. Lib. Laud MS. K. 72. 
 Brit. Mus. Cott. MS. Vesp. E. xiv. 
 
 — Add. MS. 8171. 
 
 — Cott. MS. Otho B. xiv. 
 
 — — Domit. iii. 
 
 — — Vesp. E. ii. 
 
 — — — F. xv. 
 Chapter House, Westminster. 
 Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 8930. 
 
 — Harl. MS. 4799. 
 
 — — 3688. 
 Ashmolean Lib. No. 1527. 
 
 — — 827. 
 
 — — 864. 
 
20 
 
 MONASTIC RECORDS. 
 
 English Chaettjlaeies. 
 
 County. 
 
 Staff. 
 
 Salop. 
 
 Line. 
 
 Midd. 
 
 Salop. 
 North 11 . 
 
 Wilts. 
 
 York 
 
 Lane. 
 
 York 
 
 Warvv. 
 
 York 
 
 Surrey 
 
 Dorset. 
 Bucks. 
 
 Monastery. / 
 
 Lichfield Cathedral . . 
 Lilleshull . . {excerpta) 
 Lincoln Cathedral . . 
 
 London, " Christ Church " . 
 
 — " Halliwell" {excerpta) 
 
 — "St.Barthmw,Smthfd. 
 
 — "St. Giles"! ! ! 
 — "St.Martin's le Grand" 
 
 — " St. Paul's " ! ! ! 
 
 — -"St. Thomas D' Aeon" 
 
 Ludlow, "S*. JohnBapt.". 
 Luffield 
 
 Malinsbury 1 . . {Saxon) 
 — ... {transcript). 
 
 — ... {excerpta) 
 
 — " Leiger Book " 
 
 Malton ; 
 
 Manchester .... 
 Marham . . {excerpta) 
 
 Maxtoke 
 
 Melsa, al. Meaux . . 
 
 — . . {abbreviatio) 
 
 — . . {transcript) 
 
 — . " Annales " . 
 Merton 
 
 — "Rentale" . . 
 Middleton 
 
 Missenden, M Abbey " 
 
 Where Deposited. 
 
 Dean and Chapter, Lichfield. 
 Brit. Mus. Sari. MS. 2060. 
 
 — Cott. MS. Vesp. E. xvi. 
 Bugden Palace Library. 
 Brit. Mus. Lansd. MS. 448. 
 Chapter House, Westminster. 
 Bodl. Lib. Dodesworth MS. vol. cii. 
 Brit. Mus. Cott. MS. Vesp. B. ix. 
 Bodl. Lib. Rawllnson MS. 356. 
 Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 4015. 
 
 — — 4080. 
 Dean and Chapter, Westminster. 
 Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 4345. 
 Ashmolean Lib. No. 801, p. 50. 
 Dean and Chapter, St. Paul's. 
 Pub. Lib. Camb. MS. Ee. v. 21. 
 Brit. Mus. Cott. MS. Tib. C. v. 
 Mercer's Hall. 
 
 Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 6276. 
 
 Dean and Chapter, Westminster. 
 
 Bodl. Lib. Wood MS. No. 5. 
 Queen's Remembrancer's Office. 
 Brit. Mus. Cott. MS. Faust. B. viii. 
 
 — Lansd. MS. 417 . 
 
 — Add. MS. 15,667. 
 Bodl. Lib. No. 3860. 
 
 — James MS. No. 8. 
 
 — Wood MS. No. 5. 
 Brit. Mus. Cott. MS. Claud. D. xi. 
 Dean and Chapter, Manchester. 
 Brit. Mus. Earl. MS. 294. 
 Trinity Coll. Oxford, MS. lxxxiv. 
 Brit. Mus. Lansd. MS. 424. 
 
 — Harl. MS. 6974. 
 Dean and Chapter, York. 
 St. Mary's Tower, York. 
 Brit. Mus. Cott. MS. Vitell. C. vi. 
 
 — Lansd. MS. 207. 
 Bodl. Lib. Dodesworth MS. vol. lxix. 
 Brit. Mus. Eg. MS. 1141. 
 
 — Cott. MS. Cleop. C. vii. 
 Bodl. Lib. Laud MS. E. 34. 
 Coll. of Arms, Norfolk MS. xxviii. 
 Queen's Remembrancer's Office. 
 Bodl. Lib. No. 3860. 
 
 Brit. Mus. Shane MS. 747. 
 
 1 " Cartularium Saxonicum Malmesburiense," Medio- Montanis. 1829. folio. Pri- 
 vately printed by Sir T. Phillipps, Bart. 
 
MONASTIC RECORDS. 
 
 21 
 
 English Chabtttlaries. 
 Monastery. 
 
 Missenden, " Welwes 
 
 Mottisfont . 
 
 Newburgh . 
 Newenham 
 
 Newent 
 
 NewentonLongueville(2fc'ofo) 
 
 Newplace 1 
 
 Newport Pagnel (excerpta) . 
 Newport Pond .... 
 New stead 
 
 — "LeigerBook". 
 Northampton," St. Andrew" 
 
 — "St. James" . . 
 
 — . . . "Rentale". 
 
 — ... {excerpta) . 
 
 Norwich',"HolvTrin."(7rok) 
 
 — "St. Giles" . . 
 
 — "Analecta" . . 
 Nostell 
 
 — . . (excerpta) . 
 Notley . . (in rotulo) . 
 Nun A^leton (transcripta) . 
 Nuneaton . (in rotulo) . 
 Nunkeling, v. Keling . . 
 
 Oseney 
 
 — . • (fragment) . 
 
 — . . (in English) . 
 
 — "Rentale" . . 
 Osulveston, " Eentale " . . 
 Oxford, "All Souls" . . 
 
 — "Balliol" . . . 
 
 — "Brazen-nose". . 
 
 — " ChristChurch,"or 
 
 St. Frideswide . 
 
 — — "Rentale" 
 
 — " Corpus Christi" . 
 
 — "Exeter" . . . 
 
 — "Lincoln" . . . 
 
 — "Magdalen" . . 
 
 — "Merton" . . . 
 
 Where Deposited. 
 
 Beit. Mus. Karl. MS. 3688. 
 Queen's Remembrancer's Office. 
 
 St. Mary's Tower, York. 
 Brit. Mus. Earl. MS. 3956. 
 
 — Arund.MS.W. 
 
 — Add. MS. 15,668. 
 
 — — 18,461. 
 New College, Oxford. 
 
 Coll. of Arms. Norfolk MS. No. lx. 
 Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 2188. 
 Dean and Chapter, Westminster. 
 Queen's Remembrancer's Office. 
 Coll. of Arms, Norfolk MS. 54, 60. 
 Brit. Mus. Cott. MS. Vesp. E. xvii. 
 
 — — Tib. E. v. 
 
 — Add. Chart. 6117. 
 Coll. of Arms, No. 218. 
 Brit. Mus. Royal MS. 2, B. ix. 
 Dean and Chapter, Norwich. 
 Archives of the City of Norwich. 
 Bodl. Lib. Tanner MS. 
 
 Brit. Mus. Cott. MS. Vesp. E. xix. % 
 Boi>L.hiB.I>odesworthMS.vo\.\xxiL\m. 
 Christ Church Coll. Oxford. 
 BoDL.LiB.Dorfw.if^.vols.8,9,49,89. 
 Dean and Chapter, Lichfield. 
 
 Brtt. Mus. Cott. MS. Vitell. E. xv. 
 Christ Church Coll. Oxford. 
 Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 4783. 
 Queen's Remembrancer's Office. 
 Bodl. Lib. Wood MSS. 10, 15. 
 Public Lib. Camb. JDd. iii. 87. 
 All Souls' College. 
 Balliol College. 
 Brazen-nose College. 
 
 Corpus Christi College, No. clx. 
 Chapter House, Westminster. 
 Corpus Christi College. 
 Exeter College. 
 Lincoln College. 
 Magdalen College. 
 Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 4240. 
 Merton College. 
 
 1 " Registrum Cartarum Prioratus de Novo Loco," privately printed by Sir Charles 
 Young, Garter. This tract gives the titles of the instruments contained in Norfolk 
 MS. 60, at the College of Arms. 
 
22 
 
 MONASTIC RECORDS. 
 
 English Chartularies. 
 
 County. 
 Oxford 
 
 Staff. 
 
 Wore. 
 
 North 11 . 
 
 Monastery. 
 
 Oxford, " Oriel" . . . 
 
 — " Queen's " . . 
 
 — "St. John's" . 
 
 — " St. Frideswide v. 
 
 Christ Church 
 
 Hunt. 
 
 Berks. 
 
 York 
 
 Penkridge . 
 Pershore . 
 Peterborough 
 
 . [2 vols 
 " Consuetudinarium ' 
 " Liber Niger " 
 "Maldone" 
 " Mare " . 
 
 — "Rentale" 
 Pipewell 
 
 Ramsay 
 
 Dodeford " . 
 (Feodarium) 
 
 Reading 
 
 Qua 
 
 Rievaux 
 Ripon . 
 Kent i Rochester 
 
 (fragment) 
 
 plode " (fragmf) 
 . (abstract) 
 
 — " Textus Roffensis 
 
 — . — (transcript) 
 
 Stan. 
 Nott. 
 
 Hcrtf. 
 
 Rounton 
 
 Rufford . . (transcript) 
 
 St. Alban's 
 
 . (Saxon) . 
 
 Where Deposited. 
 
 Brit. Mus. Lansd. MS. 380 f 
 Queen's College. 
 Public Lib. CaM3. 
 
 Archiepiscopal Archives,Dubl:n. 
 
 Augmentation Office. 
 
 Brit. Mus. Cott. MS. Otho A. xvii. 
 
 — — Cleop. C. i. ii. 
 
 — — Faust. B. iii. 
 Lambeth Library. 
 
 Soc.of Antiquaries, 38,60,126,13 1. 
 Brit. Mus. Cott. MS. Vesp. E. xxi. 
 
 — — — E.xxii. 
 Dean andChapter, Peterborough. 
 Brit. Mus. Cott. MS. Nero, C. vii. 
 
 — — Jul. A. i. 
 
 — -- Calig. A. xii. 
 
 — — — A. xiii. 
 
 — — Otho B. xiv. 
 Soc of Antiquaries, No. 33. 
 
 Brit. Mus. Cott. MS. Otho B. xiv. 
 
 — Earl. MS. 445. 
 
 — — 5071. 
 Bodl. Lib. Rawlinson MS.B. 333. 
 Brit. Mus. Cott. MS. Vesp. E. ii. 
 
 — — Galba, E. x. 
 Queen's Remembrancer's Office. 
 Brit. Mus. Cott. MS. Vesp. E. v. 
 
 — — — E. xxv. 
 
 — — Domit. iii. 
 
 — Harl. MS. 1708. 
 
 — — 82. 
 Bodl. Lib. Tanner MS. 
 Brit. Mus. Cott. MS. Jul. D. i. 
 Dean and Chapter, York. 
 Brit. Mus. Cott. MS. Vesp. A. xxii. 
 
 — — Domit. x. 
 
 — — Faust. B. v. 
 __ __ __ C. v. 
 
 Dean and Chapter, Rochester. 
 Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 6523. 
 Soc. of Antiquaries, No. 177. 
 Brit. Mus. Cott. MS. Vesp. C xv. 
 
 — Harl. MS. 1063. 
 
 Brit. Mus. Cott. MS. Nero, D. l. 
 
 — — Jul. D. iii. 
 
MONASTIC RECORDS. 
 
 23 
 
 ENGLisn Chabtttlaries. 
 
 Monastery. 
 
 St. Alban's 
 
 — " Cat.Benefactorum " 
 *— N Almoner "... 
 
 — "Moot". . . . 
 
 — "Whethamstede,"»oZ.i. 
 
 — . — . (vol. ii.) 
 
 — . — . (vol. iii.) 
 
 — " Wintershulle " . . 
 
 — " Hosp. St. Julian " . 
 St. Bees 
 
 — ... (in rotulo) 
 
 St. Berian 
 
 St. Denis 
 
 St. John of Jerusalem . . 
 
 — . (transcript of part) 
 
 — "Botiller" . . . 
 
 St. Neots 
 
 St. Sepulchre (carta orig.) 
 St. Wolstan . (excerpta) . 
 
 — ... (carta orig.) 
 
 Salisbury Cathedral . . . 
 
 — . . (abridgment) . 
 
 Salley 
 
 Saltrey . . . (carta) . 
 Sandford 
 
 — . "Rentale" . . 
 
 Selborne 
 
 Selby 
 
 — . "Historia" '. '. 
 
 Sele 
 
 Sempringham. . (carta) . 
 
 Shaftesbury 
 
 Shene . "Rentale" . . 
 
 — . (index cartarum) 
 Shepy " Calendarium " . 
 Sherburn 
 
 — ... (in rotulo) . 
 
 Where Deposited. 
 
 Brit. Mus. Cott. MS. Tib. E. v?„ 
 
 — — Claud. E. iv. 
 
 — — Otho D. iii. 
 Public Lib. Camb. Ee. iv. 20. 
 Brit. Mus. Cott. MS. Nero D. vii. 
 
 — Lansd. MS. $1$. 
 
 — Harl. MS. 602. 
 
 — Cott. MS. Claud. D. i. 
 Coll. of Arms, Norfolk MS. 3. 
 Brit. Mus. Arund. MS. 34. 
 Public Lib. Camb. More MS. 59. 
 Bodl. Lib. Rawlinson MS. B. 332. 
 Furnival's Inn, GwynneMS. 
 Brit. Mus. Cott. MS. Claud. D. i. 
 
 — Harl. MS. 434. 
 
 — Cott. Chart, xiii. 21. 
 Public Lib. Camb. More MS. 267. 
 Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 15,314. 
 
 — Cott. MS. Claud. E. vi. 
 
 — — Nero C. ix. 
 
 — Lansd. MS. 200. 
 Bodl. Lib. Rawlinson MS. 
 Ashmolean Lib. Dugdale MS. 39. 
 Brit. Mus. Cott. MS. Nero E. vi. 
 
 — — Faust. A. iv. 
 Ashmolean Lib. Dugdale MS. F. 2. 
 Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 1087. 
 
 — — 3648. 
 
 — — 5804. 
 Ashmolean Lib. Wood MS. 127. 
 Christ Church Coll. Oxford. 
 Inner Temple Lib. No. 511. v. 18. 
 Lambeth Library. 
 
 Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 112. 
 
 Harleian Charters. 
 
 Bodl. Lib. Wood MS. 8598. 
 
 Corp. Christi Coll. Oxf. MS. cccxx. 
 
 Magdalen Coll. Oxford. 
 
 Brit. Mus. Cott. MS. Vitell. E. xvi. 
 
 — — Cleop. D. iii. 6. 
 Duchy of Lancaster Office, No. 8. 
 Printed in L Abbe's Bibl. Nova Manu- 
 Magdalen Coll. Oxf. [scriptorum. 
 Bodl. LiB.Laud MS. (In registro Abb. 
 BRiT.Mvs.Harl.MSM. [Alvingham. 
 
 — Cott. MS. Jul. C. ii. 
 
 — — Otho, B. xiv. 
 
 — — Faust. B. vi. 
 Brit. Mus. Cott. MS. Faust. A. ii. 
 Augmentation Office. 
 
24 
 
 MONASTIC RECORDS. 
 
 English Chartulabies. 
 County. Monastery. 
 
 Salop. 
 Suffolk 
 
 Surrey 
 
 Nott. 
 
 Southt. 
 
 Line. 
 
 Essex 
 Chesh. 
 
 Wilts. 
 ,Staff. 
 Warw. 
 Essex 
 Kent 
 Berks. 
 Gamb. 
 
 Glouc. 
 
 Oxford 
 
 Warw. 
 
 Norfolk 
 
 Camb. 
 
 Line. 
 
 Nott. 
 
 Southt. 
 
 Bucks. 
 
 Northl d 
 
 Monm. 
 
 Essex 
 Devon. 
 
 Kent 
 
 Kent 
 
 Shrewsbury,"S.Pet." (carta) 
 
 Sibton 
 
 — . . {transcript) . 
 
 Southwark 
 
 Southwell, "Liber Albus " . 
 South wick . (fragment) . 
 Spalding . (partes iv. v.) 
 
 — . . (transcript) . 
 Stanesgate . (carta orig.) . 
 Stanlaw orWh.a\izy (excerpta) 
 
 — — . (transcript) 
 
 Stanley 
 
 Stone 
 
 Stoneleigh . (excerpta) . 
 
 Strafford 
 
 Strode . . . (carta) . 
 Sunning, " Custumale " 
 Swaffham . . (excerpta) . 
 
 — "Liber Niger" . 
 Swavesey . . (carta orig.) 
 
 — . . (transcripta) 
 
 Tewkesbury 
 
 — " Cat. Eundatorum " 
 Thame . . . (excerpta) . 
 
 — . . (fragmenta) . 
 Thelesford,"S. Trin."(w»^/.) 
 Thetford . . (carta) . 
 Thorney 
 
 — "LiberRuber' ' (excerpt) 
 Thornton, " Historia " . 
 Thurgarton .... 
 Tichfield . . (abstract) . 
 Tickford . (carta orig.) . 
 Tinmouth . . (exceipta) . 
 Tintern 
 
 — ... (excerpta) . 
 Tiptree . (carta orig) . 
 Torre 
 
 — ... (excerpta) . 
 
 Trewleigh 
 
 Trim, v. Westbury . . . 
 Tunbridge . (carta orig.) . 
 
 Where Deposited. 
 
 Public Library Camb. Dd. ix. 62. 
 Brit. Mus. Arund. MS. 221. 
 
 — Add. MS. 8172. 
 Bodl. Lib. Rawlinson MS. B. 419. 
 Brit. Mus. Cott. MS. Eaust. A. iii. 
 
 — Add. MS. 6040. 
 College Chapter Library. 
 Brit. Mus. Harl.MS. 317. 
 
 _ _ 1742. 
 
 Caius Coll. Camb. MS. C. 18. 
 Public Lib. Camb. More MS. D. 117. 
 Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 5846. 
 Ashmolean Lib. Wood MS. 
 Brit. Mus. Harl. MSS. 2060, 2061, 
 Bodl. Lib. Dodesworth, MSS. clix.clxi. 
 Trinity College, Dublin. 
 Brit. Mus. Cott. MS. Vesp. E. xxiv. 
 Ashmolean Lib. Dugdale MS. F. 2. 
 Trinity College, Dublin. 
 Dean and Chapter, Rochester. 
 University Coll. Oxford. 
 Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 5019. 
 Public Lib. Camb. More MS. 445. 
 Inter Munimenta Epi. Eliensis. 
 Bodl. Lib. Tanned' MS. 
 
 Brtt. Mus. Cott. MS. Cleop. A. vii. 
 College of Arms. 
 Brit. Mus. Cott. MS. Otho, D. 1. 
 _ __ j u i. C. vii. 
 
 Bodl. Lib. Dodesworth MS. vol. cxli. 
 Christ Church Coll. Oxford. 
 St. Mary's, Warwick, No. 30. 
 Ashmolean Lib. Wood MS. 127. 
 Brit. Mus. Cott. MS. Yitell. D. v. 
 
 — Lansd. MSS. 964, 994. 
 Bodl. Lib. Tanner MS. No. 166. 
 Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 972. 
 
 _ — 1602, 1603. 
 
 Ashmolean Lib. Wood MS. 127. 
 Brit. Mus. Cott. MS. Vitell. E. v. 
 
 — Arund. MS. 19. 
 
 — Harl.MSS.lOSl ; 3648; 5804. 
 Ashmolean Lib. Wood MS. 127. 
 Queen's Remembrancer's Office. 
 Trinity College, Dublin. 
 Public Library, St. Omer. 
 
 Ashmolean Lib. Wood MS. 127. 
 
MONASTIC RECORDS. 
 
 25 
 
 English Chartttlaries. 
 
 Monastery. 
 
 Tutbury 
 
 Vale Royal . 
 Vaudry . . 
 
 . {transcript) 
 
 .{transcript) 
 . {carta;) 
 
 Walden 
 
 — " Historia " . . . 
 
 — " Pentelowe " . 
 Wallingford College {carta). 
 
 — Priory 
 Walshall . . 
 Walsingham . 
 Waltham . . 
 
 — "Fuller 
 Walton . . {excerpta) 
 Wardon . . {imperfect) 
 Wartre, " Lieger Book " 
 Warwick, M St. Mary " . 
 Wedon Bee. . . {carta) 
 Welbeck 
 
 — . . {excerpta) 
 
 Wells 
 
 Westbury, or Trim . . 
 Westminster, " St. Peter's " 
 
 " Liber Pilosus " 
 
 — "St. Stephen's" 
 Westwood 
 
 — . . {transcript) 
 Wetherell , . {transcript) 
 
 Whalley 
 
 — v. Stanlaw 
 Wherwell . . {excerpta) 
 
 Whitby 
 
 Wigenhall, v. Crabhouse 
 Wigmore, " Liber Niger : 
 W T ifiingham . . . . 
 
 Where Deposited. 
 
 Coll.of &RM.s,Norf.MS.^so. lix.[xli.?] 
 Trinity Coll. Camb. 
 Duchy of Lancaster Office, No. 4. 
 Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 6714. 
 
 — Earl. MS. 2064. 
 
 — Harleian Charters. 
 
 — Arund. MS. 29. 
 
 — Cott. MS. Vesp. E. vi. 
 
 — Harl. MS. 3697. 
 Corp. Archives, Bicester, Oxon. 
 Ashmolean Lib. Wood MS. 127. 
 Brit. Mus. Cott. MS. Nero, C. xii. 
 
 — — — E. vii. 
 
 — — Tib. C. ix. 
 
 — Harl. MS. 391. 
 
 — — 4809. 
 
 — — 3739. 
 BoDL.LiB.DodesworthMS. v. cii.f.134. 
 Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 4765. 
 Bodl. Library, No. 3889. 
 Queen's Remembrancer's Office. 
 Eton College. 
 
 Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 3640. 
 
 — Lansd. MS. 207. 
 Episcopal Palace, Wells. 
 Brit. Mus. Cott. MS. Nero E. i. 
 
 — — Faust. A. iii. 
 
 — — Claud. A. viii. 
 Dean and Chapter, Westminster. 
 Pub. Lib. Camb Jfore MSS. 214, 223. 
 Brit. Mus. Cott. MS. Faust. B. viii. 
 
 — — Vesp. E. ix.. , 
 
 — Lansd. MS. 227. 
 
 — Harl. MS. 1881. 
 Carlisle Cath. No. 1. 
 Brit. Mus. Lansd. MS. 973. 
 
 — Add. MS. 10,374. 
 
 Bodl. Lib. Gough MS. 
 Brit. Mus. James MS. No. 8. 
 
 — Add. MS. 4715. 
 
 — Harl. MS. 1240. 
 
 — Cotton. MS. Nero, C. ix. 
 
 1 " Eegistrum Cartarum Prioratus Tutteburiensis," Royal Svo. Privately printed 
 by Sir Charles Young, Garter. This tract gives the titles of the instruments 
 contained in Norfolk MS. 49, in the College or Aems 
 
.26 
 
 MONASTIC RECORDS. 
 
 English Chartttlaries. 
 
 County. 
 
 Monastery. 
 
 Where Deposited. 
 
 Wilts. 
 
 Wilton 1 . . .{Saxon). 
 
 Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 436. 
 
 Southt. 
 
 Winchester College . . . 
 
 Custos et Socii. 
 
 
 — " St. Cross" . . . 
 
 Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 1616. 
 
 
 — "St.Swithin''(feow) 
 
 — Add. MS. 15,350. 
 
 
 — — .... 
 
 Dean and Chapter, Winchester. 
 
 
 — "Historia" . . . 
 
 All Souls' Coll. Oxf. MS. cxiv. 
 
 
 — "Chronicon" . . 
 
 Bodl. Lib. MS. N. E. A. 3, 19. 
 
 
 — — .... 
 
 Corp.Chr.Coll.Camb. ParkerMS.cn. 
 
 Berks. 
 
 Windsor College .... 
 
 Dean and Chapter, Windsor. 
 
 
 — .... (excerpta) 
 
 Brit. Mus. Lansd. MS. 939. 
 
 Wore. 
 
 Worcester 2 "Heming " (Sax.) 
 
 — Cott. MS. Tib. A. xiii. 
 
 
 — " Liber Albus" . . 
 
 Dean and Chapter, Worcester. 
 
 
 — (transcripta cartarum) 
 
 Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 460. 
 
 
 — ... (excerpta) . 
 
 — Cott. MS. Vitell. C. ix. 
 
 
 — ... (fragmenta). 
 
 — — Nero, E. i. 
 
 Heref. 
 
 Wormesley 
 
 — Harl. MS. 3586. 
 
 
 — 
 
 Lambeth Palace. 
 
 Warw. 
 
 Wotton Waven (carta orig.) 
 
 King's Coll. Cambridge. 
 
 Norfolk 
 
 Wymondham 
 
 Brit. Mus. Cott. MS. Tit. C. viii. 
 
 
 — 
 
 — — Otl.o, B. iv. 
 
 Southt. 
 
 Wynteney, " Calendarium ". 
 
 — — Claud. D. iii. 
 
 Norfolk 
 
 Yarmouth Hospital . . . 
 
 Corporation Archives,Yarmouth 
 
 York 
 
 York, " Archiepiscop." . . 
 
 Brit. Mus. Lansd. MS. 492. 
 
 
 — " Consuetudinarium". 
 
 St. John's Coll. Camb. MS. D. 127 
 
 
 — — ... 
 
 St. Mary's Tower, York. 
 
 
 — — (fragmenta) 
 
 Bodl. Lib. HattonMS. 
 
 
 — — — . . 
 
 — Bodesworth MS. vol. lxxvi 
 
 
 —"Corpus Christi Guild" 
 
 Brit. Mus. Lansd. MS. 403. 
 
 
 — "Grenefeld" . . 
 
 — Arund. MS. 17. 
 
 
 — — .... 
 
 Dean and Chapter, York. 
 
 
 — " St.Leonard's Hosp." 
 
 Brit. Mus. Cott. MS. Nero, D. iii. 
 
 
 — — .... 
 
 Bodl. Lib. Rawlinson MS. B. 455. 
 
 
 — — .... 
 
 St. Mary's Tower, York. 
 
 
 — " Registrum Album " 
 
 Dean and Chapter, York. 
 
 
 — " St. Mary's " . . 
 
 Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 236. 
 
 
 — — (transcript). 
 
 Bodl. Lib. MS. 5018, f. 55. 
 
 
 — — .... 
 
 Dean and Chapter, York. 
 
 
 — "St. Peter's" . . 
 
 Brit. Mus. Cott. MS. Claud. B. iii. 
 
 
 — .... 
 
 — — Galba, E. x. 
 
 
 — — .... 
 
 — — Vitell. A. ii. 
 
 
 — "Warwick". . . 
 
 Bodl. Lib. MS. N.E.A. 3, 20. 
 
 1 "Eegistrum Wiltunense Saxonicum et Latinum, in Museo Britannico asser- 
 vatum ; Lond. 1827. fol. Sumptibus R. C. Hoare." Only 100 copies printed. 
 
 a " Hemingi Chartularium Ecclesioe Wigorniensie, ed. Thos. Hearnius." Oxon. 172$. 
 2 vols. 8vo. 
 
MONASTIC RECORDS. 
 
 27 
 
 LIST OF WELSH CHARTULARIES. 
 
 Monastery. 
 
 Aberconway 
 
 Alba Landa{excerpt. cartar.) 
 Baugor . . . {carta) . 
 
 Bardsey 
 
 Basingwerk {excerpt, cartar.) 
 Carmarthen," St. John " . . 
 
 — — {collectanea). 
 Clynnock Vaur .{confirmat.). 
 Kymmer . . . {carta) . 
 Llandaff, " Chronicon " . . 
 
 — "Annales" . . 
 
 — "Registra" . . 
 
 — {cartarum transcripta) 
 • — ... {excerpta). 
 
 Llandewi Brewi . {carta) . 
 Llangenith . . . {carta) . 
 Llanrust . {collectanea) . 
 Margam . . . {carta) . 
 
 — ... {excerpta). 
 
 St. Asaph 
 
 — . . {transcripta) . 
 St David's . . {carta) . 
 
 St. Dogmaels 
 
 Strata Florida . . {carta) . 
 
 Stratmarcell 
 
 Swansea . . . {carta) . 
 
 Where Deposited. 
 
 Brit. Mus. Earl MS. 3725. 
 
 — — 2101. 
 Dean and Chapter. 
 
 Pat. 8, E. iv. p. 3. m. 10. 
 Pat. 9, E. ii. et 8, R. ii. 
 BRiT,Mus. J ffarZJtoS'.2060;2079;2099. 
 Pat. 14, H. vi. p. 1. m. 14. 
 Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 1549 
 
 — — 696 
 
 — — 696. 
 
 — Cott. MS. Tit. D. xxii. 
 
 — Harl. MS. 838. 
 Dean and Chapter, Llandaff. 
 Corp. Chr. Coll.Camb.110 and 101. 
 
 — Oxf. vol. iii. n. 9. 
 Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 1249. 
 
 All Souls' Coll. Oxford. 
 Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 67. 
 
 — Harleian Charters. 
 
 — Harl. MS. 2273. 
 Ashmolean Lib. No. 844. 
 Dean and Chapter, St. Asaph. 
 Jesus College, Oxford. 
 Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 1294. 
 Dean and Chapter, St. David's. 
 Pat. 20, R. ii. 
 
 Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 6068. 
 
 Pat. 28, H. vi. 
 
 Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 1249. 
 
 LIST OF IRISH CHARTULARIES. 
 
 Monastery. 
 
 ' St. John of Jerusalem , . 
 Dublin, " St. Mary's" . . 
 
 — " St. Thomas " . ! 
 
 — -" St. Trinity" {excerpt.) 
 
 Tristernagh . {transcripta) 
 
 Where Deposited. 
 Bodl. Lib. Rawlinson MS. 
 
 Brit. Mus. Cott. MS. Tib. A. xi. 
 Bodl. Lib. Rawlinson MS. 
 
28 
 
 MONASTIC RECORDS. 
 
 LIST OF SCOTTISH CHART C/L ARIES. 1 
 
 Monastery. 
 
 Abroath 
 
 Balmerino 
 
 Cambuskeneth . . . 
 Coldingham .... 
 Crail ...... 
 
 Dryburgh 
 
 Dunblane 
 
 Dunfermline 3 .... 
 Edinburgh, 2 " St. Cross " 
 
 Elgin 
 
 Kelso 3 ...... 
 
 Kynlos, 3 "Historia" . 
 Lanercost, 2 a Chronicon " 
 
 Lindores 
 
 Melrose 3 
 
 Moray 3 
 
 Newbottle 
 
 Paisley 3 
 
 St. Andrew 2 . . . . 
 St. Anthony .... 
 
 Scone 3 
 
 Soltre 
 
 Stirling Chapel Royal . 
 
 Where Deposited. 
 Advocates' Library, Edinburgh. 
 
 Dean and Chapter, Durham. 
 Advocates' Library, Edinburgh. 
 
 Lambeth Library. 
 
 Advocates' Library, Edinburgh. 
 
 Advocates' Library, Edinburgh. 
 British Museum, Harl. MS. 3960. 
 Advocates' Library, Edinburgh. 
 
 LIST OF FAMILY CHARTUL ARIES, ETC. 
 Arundell : Rentale terrarum Ricardi comitis Arundeliae, temp. Ric. II. » 
 
 Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 10,013. 
 Babington : Rental of lands of Mr. Babington of Dethick, 1565; Brit. 
 
 Mus. Add. MS. 17,449. 
 Beauchamp : Eeodarium Familiae de Bello Campo de Hacche ; Augm. Off. 
 Berkley : Chartulary of the Family of Berkley of Wymondham, co. Norf. ; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 265. 
 Bohun : Registrum Cartarum de terris Edmundi Bohun de Trefyngfelde in 
 
 com. Suff., 22 Edw. IV. ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 2201. 
 Bourstall : Leiger Book of the Lords of Bourstall, co. Bucks. ; Coll. of 
 
 Arms, Vincent MS. 85. 
 Boyne : Cartularium ad Baroniam de Boyne spectans, Sec. xvi. ; Univ. 
 
 Coll. Oxford, MS. cviii. 
 Bray : Register of Henry de Bray, of Harleston, co. Northampton, a.d. 1322 ; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Lansd. MS. 761. 
 Bray brooke : Cartularium sive transcripta Cartarum Roberti de Braibroc, 
 
 Sec. xiv. ; Brit. Mus. Shane il/#. 986. 
 
 1 For a further account of the Scottish Chartularies, see TurnbulTs Fragmenta 
 Scoto-Monastica. Fdinb. 1842, 8vo. 
 1 Printed by the Bannatyne Club. 3 Printed by the Maitland Club, 1832. 
 
MONASTIC RECORDS. 29 
 
 Family Chaetularies. 
 Castlemaine, Eakl of. See Palmer. 
 Cheddre : Chartulary of the Family of Cheddre., of Chedder, co. Somerset ; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Earl. MS. 316. 
 Darcy : Rentale terrarum Thomas Darcy mil., 20 Hen. VIII. ; Chapter 
 
 House, Westminster. 
 Fitz-Gerald : The Rental of Gerald Fitz-Gerald, Earl of Kildare, 1518 ; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Earl. MS. 3756. 
 Foun : Chartulary of the Family of Foun of Holinton, co. Derby ; Record 
 
 Office, Carlton Ride. 
 Gaynesford : Chartulary of theFam.of Gaynesford; BmTMvs.Earl.MS.S92. 
 Goldtngham : Chartulary of the Family of Goldingham ; Brit. Mus. Lansd. 
 
 MS. 860. 
 Hill: Chartulary of the Family of Hill of Spaxton, co. Somerset; Augm. Off. 
 Kildare, Earl of. See Fitz-Gerald. 
 Langley : Cartas de terris per Familiam de Langley occupatis ; Brit. Mus. 
 
 Earl. MS. 7. 
 Lennox : " Cartularium com. de Levenax, ad ann. 1498 ;" Edinb. 1833, 4to. 
 
 (Printed by the Maitland Club, from the MS. in the Advocates' Library, 
 
 Edinburgh.) 
 Lovell : Rental-Book of the Estates of Sir Thomas Lovell, K.G., ] 5 Hen. 
 
 VIII. ; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 12,463. 
 March, Earl of. See Mortimer. 
 Montague : Transcripta Cartarum, etc. domui de Monte-acuto pertinentium : 
 
 Trin. Coll. Oxf. MS. lxxxv. 
 Mortimer : " Liber Niger de Wigmore," containing transcripts of deeds 
 
 and evidences relating to the estate of the Earls of March ; Brit. Mus. 
 
 Earl. MS. 1240. 
 Register of muniments of Edmund Mortimer, Earl of March ; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 6041. 
 Okeover : Cartularium Familias de Okeover, in com. Staffordise ; Bodl. 
 
 Lib. Oxf. Wood MS. No. 6. 
 Ormonde : Rental of Thomas, afterwards Earl of Ormonde, 1473 to 1523 ; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 15,761. 
 Palmer : Accounts of the debts, rental, etc. of Roger Palmer, Earl of 
 
 Castlemaine, Aug. 1666; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 12,516. 
 Pedewardyn : Transcripts of the Chartulary of the Family of Pedevvardyn ; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Lansd. MS. 207, C. 
 Percy: Extracts from a Chartulary of the Family of Percy; Bodl. Lib. 
 
 MS. 5016 ; {Bodesworth MS. lxxiv.) 
 Vere : Chartulary of the Family of Vere; Bodl. Lib. Rawlinson MS. 248. 
 Warwick, Earl of : Schedule of Records relating to the Estates of the 
 
 Earl of Warwick, &c. a.d. 1662 ; Brit. Mus. Earl. MS. 3959. 
 Woodford : Chartulary of the Family of Woodford, of Ashby Folville, 
 
 co. Leicester ; Brit. Mus. Cotton. MS. Claudius, A. xiii. (Printed in 
 
 Nichols's Leicestershire.) 
 
30 
 
 Carta* gnttciuae* 
 
 f"p H E term " Cartse Antiquse," or " Charter/' is usually applied 
 -■- to all ancient deeds and writings, from the Saxon period down 
 to the reign of Henry VIII. In many of the public libraries this 
 term is applied to these documents, to the period of the Revolution 
 of 1649. They are very numerous, and their nature and contents 
 are so thoroughly and universally known, that any lengthened 
 description of them is needless. They consist chiefly of founda- 
 tion charters of abbeys ; endowments of religious houses ; grants 
 to secular establishments, and to individuals; appropriations of 
 churches; deeds of bargains and sale; compositions, feoffments, 
 exchanges, and all manner of contracts ; releases and quit claims ; 
 letters of attorney and proxy ; grants and manumissions of villeins, 
 &c. &c, of all dates. 
 
 The value of charters and deeds is very great, as they may be 
 classed among the surest proofs of a genealogy, either from the 
 description of the party making the charter — some recital relating 
 to his father, mother, wife, children, or other branches of his 
 family — from his seal of arms, or the names mentioned as witnesses. 
 
 A reference to the pedigree of the Percys, one of the most full 
 and complete genealogies in the kingdom, or a reference to the 
 descent of any ancient family, as printed in Dugdale's Baronage, 
 will show the great assistance to be derived from the "Cartse 
 Antiquse." It may almost be doubted if some of the most ancient 
 families could prove their pedigrees without having recourse to 
 them. 
 
 The " Cartse Antiquse" are the most ancient of the public 
 records at the Tower. They consist of forty-one rolls, containing 
 transcripts made apparently in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, 
 for the purpose of obtaining confirmations, of a miscellaneous col- 
 lection of charters granted by various sovereigns, from Ethelbert, 
 King of Kent, at the close of the sixth century, to Henry III. 
 inclusive. There is a manuscript calendar to these rolls in the 
 office, with Indices Nominum et Locorum. Its references, being 
 sometimes merely numerical, render it occasionally obscure, but 
 none of the instruments appear to be unnoticed. It was printed 
 
CART^E ANTIQUE. 31 
 
 by Sir Joseph Ayloffe in 1774, under the title of, A Calendar of 
 Antient Charters, and of the Scotch and Welsh Rolls, now in the 
 Tower of London, §c. 4to. 
 Abstracts of these records are to be found as follows : — 
 
 Apographs Cartarum A^tiquarum in Arch. Arcis Lond. conservatarum, 
 
 A— Z ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 84. 
 
 AA— RR; Beit. Mus. Harl. MS. 85. 
 
 Transcripta Cartarum Antiquarum; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 311, f. 14 h. 
 Extracts of Charters out of the Records of the Tower ; Brit. Mus. Harl. 
 
 MS. 6748. 
 Abstracts of the Cartae Antiquae remaining in the Tower ; Brit. Mus. Lansd. 
 
 MS. 319. 
 " Miscellanea e palea Cartarum Thomae Rymer, vol. iv," containing Historical 
 
 Tracts, xviith Cent. ; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 18,911. 
 Cartae Antiquae, tempp. Hen. I — Hen. Ill; Bodl. Lib. MS. 4167 (Dodstc. 
 
 MS. vol. 25). 
 Transcripts from the Cartae Antiquae in the Tower, from Ric. I — Hen. Ill ; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 6711. 
 Extracts of the Cartae Antiquae, tempp. John and Hen. Ill ; Coll. op Arms, 
 
 MS. B. 4. 
 
 At the Augmentation Office is a great quantity of "Cartae 
 Antiquae," of a very miscellaneous kind, consisting of appropria- 
 tions to religious houses; endowments and ordinations of vicar- 
 ages, &c. ; inrolments of grants of bailiwicks; bonds and other 
 writings obligatory; some few chartularies of monasteries; royal 
 and private deeds of exchange and purchase; feoffments of all 
 sorts ; many deeds of frankalmoigne, or free alms to monasteries 
 and other religious houses, &c. &c. Although most of the lands 
 taken from religious houses were granted away as soon as seized, 
 yet the charters or title-deeds, and other records of such houses 
 and lands, do not generally appear to have accompanied the grants ; 
 and there remain in this office a great variety of important and 
 valuable deeds, some nearly as ancient as the Conquest. Occa- 
 sionally some of these private title-deeds have been, by virtue of a 
 warrant from the Crown, delivered to the owners of the lands they 
 concern. 
 
 At the Duchy of Lancaster Office are ninety-six boxes of 
 ancient and original charters, deeds, and grants, by and from the 
 kings and queens of England, and divers great personages, as well 
 as private individuals, with confirmations and exchanges, affecting 
 manors, lands, and estates, liberties, privileges, rights, and emolu- 
 
32 CARTM ANTIQUE. 
 
 ments of various descriptions. The earliest record amongst them 
 is a deed of confirmation by William Rufus, and the latest in the 
 collection is in the reign of Queen Elizabeth. 
 
 At Carlton Ride is a large collection of ancient charters and 
 confirmations of charters of foundation, and of privileges granted to 
 monasteries and priories from the Saxon kings downwards; and a 
 variety of ancient charters and deeds relating to private property, and 
 made between private persons, from the reign of Henry I. downwards. 1 
 
 The collections of " Cartse Antiquse," both originals and tran- 
 scripts, in the public libraries of the kingdom, are very numerous 
 and valuable. 
 
 The present number of these records at the British Museum 
 amounts to no less than 25,771 separate instruments. They are 
 divided into eleven collections, chiefly named after the original 
 collector. Of these the Harleian Collection alone numbers 13,285 
 charters and 948 rolls. They consist of royal charters of the 
 kings of England from Cornwulf, king of Mercia, down to the reign 
 of Charles I. ; numerous ecclesiastical charters, and private deeds 
 almost without number. These collections will be found more 
 fully described in Sims's Handbook to the Library of the British 
 Museum, pp. 145-156. 
 
 In the Bodleian Library at Oxford are also most ancient 
 royal charters and grants, as well as private deeds and charters, 
 beginning in the Saxon times, and many relating to the numerous 
 possessions of the Knights Templars and of St. John of Jerusalem. 
 
 In the Archiepiscopal Library at Lambeth are thirteen 
 folio volumes of curious documents, called "Cartse Antiquae," 
 containing church grants of offices and lands, leases, dispensations, 
 elections, licenses, ordinations, appropriations, wills, taxations, 
 visitations, inquisitions post mortem, inquisitions of lands, bonds, 
 lists of recusants, miscellaneous charters, awards, sales, exchanges, 
 letters, sentences of the Prerogative Court, surveys, valuations, 
 papal indulgences, lists of clergy, terriers, rentals, &c. &c. 
 
 The Public Library at Cambridge is also possessed of ancient 
 books of charters. 
 
 In the Library of All Souls' College, Oxford, is a MS. con- 
 taining a collection of charters, copied from different sources, from 
 the time of Edward I. to that of Henry VI. (No. ccxxvii). 
 
 In private families, long possessed of landed property, the " Cartse 
 Antiquai" are sometimes numerous beyond calculation. It is 
 1 See forward, p. 35. 
 
CART^E ANTIQUE. 33 
 
 known that the Howard, Percy, Cavendish, Temple, Scudamore, 
 and other noble repositories, contain thousands of these documents. 
 
 Title Deeds. — The exact division of time when these records 
 ceased to be called "Carta? Antiquae," and assumed the more 
 modern term of " Title Deeds," is not only optional but unimportant. 
 Mr. Grimaldi, in his Origines Genealogicce, p. 18, fixes the date 
 in the year 1535, and gives as his reason for so doing, that " there 
 is, perhaps, no title to lands which, at the present day, can have 
 occasion to be traced further back than to the dissolution of the 
 monasteries; and that there are many of such titles which must 
 commence with a grant of the dissolved monastery's lands from 
 Henry VIII. or his immediate successor." 
 
 What has been already said with respect to the "Cartse 
 Antiquae " relates so materially to the modern Title Deeds, that it 
 will only be necessary to point out the repositories where the deeds 
 or transcripts of them, should be searched for. 
 
 Inrolments in Chancery. — Inrolment of deeds is, in most cases, 
 by statute. Deeds between private individuals were inrolled in 
 Chancery as early as the reign of Edward II., and are still extant 
 upon the various rolls of that court, preserved at the Tower of 
 London, and at the Rolls. It is probable that the multitude of 
 deeds required to be inrolled, and the irregularity of the clerks in 
 Chancery, who inrolled the deeds on rolls of different descriptions, 
 gave rise to the establishment of the Inrolment Office of the 
 Court of Chancery. This office was constituted by letters patent, 
 16 Eliz., for inrolment of recognizances, deeds, &c. in Chancery. 
 The following are the records therein preserved : — 
 
 1. Close Rolls subsequent to those at the Public Record Office. — 
 There are indexes to the Close Rolls, from the establishment of 
 the office to the present time, remaining in the Inrolment Office. 
 They do not pass on the indexes with the records to the Public 
 Record Office. 
 
 The following are entered on the Close Rolls : — 
 
 Bargains and sales of lands, pursuant to stat. 27 Hen. VIII. and 16 Eliz. 
 
 by Commissioners of Forfeited Estates, 4 Geo. I. 
 
 by Trustees of South Sea Directors, 7 Geo. I. 
 
 Conveyances and wills of Papists. 
 Conveyances of bankrupts' estates, &c. 
 Conveyances to charitable uses, 9 Geo. II. 
 
84 CART^E ANTIQUE. 
 
 Deeds of exchange of lands, &c. for charitable purposes, 1 and 2 Geo. IV, c. 92. 
 Deeds under 10 Anne, for building churches. 
 
 43 Geo. III. churches. 
 
 1 Geo. I. augmentation of livings (called Queen Anne's Bounty). 
 
 the Act relating to fines and recoveries, 3 and 4 Will. IV, c. 74. 
 
 From 1574 to 1784, these Close Rolls are at the Rolls Chapel; 
 cancelled deeds will also be found among the miscellaneous records 
 in the same repository. From 1784 to the present time, the Close 
 Rolls are deposited at the Inrolment Office. 
 
 2. Memorials of Deeds and other Securities for Annuities. — 'They 
 were entered on the Close Rolls by authority of 17 Geo. III., which 
 was repealed by 53 Geo. III., by which latter statute they are 
 ntered or inrolled in books kept at this office. The memorials 
 from 53 Geo. III. (from which the entries are made in books in 
 the Inrolment Office) are passed on with the Close Rolls to the 
 Public Record Office. Thus, as many years of the Close Rolls as 
 are retained at the Inrolment Office, so many years also of the 
 memorials remain with them ; the books in which they are entered 
 or inrolled are always kept at the Inrolment Office. 
 
 Inrolments in the Court of Queen's Bench. — The rolls of the 
 Court of Queen's Bench commence in 1422 (1 Hen. VI), and 
 contain, in addition to the judgments and proceedings of the court, 
 such instruments, deeds, and writings, as the court orders to be 
 inrolled of record. 
 
 The rolls are preserved in the Record Office, Carlton Ride. 
 
 Those, prior to 1422, are at the Chapter House, Westminster, 
 an account of which will be found under the head of " Placita," 
 in the present work. 
 
 The indexes commence in 1656, and are kept at the Clerk of the 
 Dockets, in the Queen's Bench Office. Some imperfect earlier 
 calendars remain ; but it is supposed the greater part were destroyed 
 at the tire of London in 1666. 
 
 Inrolments in the Court of Common Pleas. — The records of 
 the court commence in 1272; l and the books of entry of inrolments, 
 formerly kept by the Clerk of the Warrants, inrolments, and extracts 
 (commencing in 1554), are kept at the Master's Office, in Mitre- 
 court-buildings. 
 
 1 See under the head of w Placita." 
 
CART^E ANTIQUE. 35 
 
 For a printed Inventory of these books: see 3d Rep. of Dep. 
 Keeper of Records, App. ii, p. 130. 
 
 Such deeds as the court orders to be inrolled are at the Record 
 Office, Carlton Ride. 
 
 Deeds are inrolled on the " Placita Terrse," which are fastened up 
 with the Common Rolls till 25 Eliz., when they form distinct rolls. 
 
 There are various separate deeds which were indexed by Mr. 
 Hewlett, and will be found in the " Appendix to Report of the 
 Commissioners on Records, 1837," pp. 142-145. 
 
 Pursuant to statute 3 & 4 Will. IV. c. 74, " An Act for the 
 Abolition of Fines and Recoveries, and for the Substitution of more 
 simple Modes of Assurance," an officer of the Common Pleas, 
 under the name of Registrar, has been appointed, who has the 
 custody of the certificates of the acknowledgments of deeds by 
 married women, taken before the commissioners appointed under 
 the said statute. The office is at 9, Serjeants' Inn, Fleet Street. 
 
 Inrolments in the Court of Exchequer. — The Memoranda 
 Rolls, or Remembrances, which commence in 1220, contain inrol- 
 ments of deeds and conveyances of estates by private persons. 
 Therein are also entered deeds and instruments acknowledged 
 before one of the barons of the Exchequer, or a commissioner for 
 taking acknowledgments of deeds in the country. 1 These docu- 
 ments are now at Carlton Ride. 
 
 In the same repository are preserved : — 
 
 Deeds of exchange and purchase. 
 
 Deeds of surrenders of monasteries and other religious foundations, temp. 
 
 Hen. VIII. and Edw. VI. (There is an Inventory of these printed in 
 
 the Dep. Keeper's 8th Rep., App. ii, p. 1.) 
 Deeds inrolled on Judgment Rolls. 
 Deeds of sales of lands, gifts, purchase, and exchange, from Edward I. 
 
 The ancient Rolls have been transferred from Westminster to 
 the Rolls House. 
 
 Inrolments with Clerks of the Peace. — By virtue of various 
 Acts of Parliament, some title-deeds are inrolled with Clerks of the 
 Peace. They generally relate to newly inclosed lands, to canals, to 
 deeds of annuity granted subsequently to the act of 3 George III. ; 
 or to the wills and conveyances of Roman Catholics, under the 
 Act 3 George I. c. 18. By statute 27 Henry VIII. c. 16, bargains 
 
 See the " Memokanda Rolls." ' 
 
m CARTiE ANTIQUE. 
 
 and sales of lands are to be inrolled in one of the courts of West- 
 minster ; or else within the county where the lands lie, before the 
 custos rotulorum, and two justices of the peace, and the clerk of 
 the peace, of the same county or counties. It is believed there are 
 no records with the majority of clerks of the peace of more ancient 
 date than the commencement of the eighteenth century, though it 
 is evident deeds were anciently inrolled with them ; but the county 
 records for the clerk of the peace of Middlesex, which are the 
 earliest in existence, commence in 1547. 
 
 City and Corporation Inrolments. — From a very early period, 
 the head officers of certain cities and corporate towns, have had power 
 to inrol deeds relating to lands, or to persons, within their juris- 
 diction, and which inrolment is necessary to their validity. By 
 statute 34 and 35 Henry VIII. c. 22, it was enacted, that all 
 recoveries, . deeds inrolled, and releases acknowledged, and taken 
 before the mayors, aldermen, recorders, chamberlains, or other head 
 officers of London, or any other city, borough, or town corporate, 
 having authority to take and receive the same according to the 
 laudable ways and customs of the said cities, boroughs, and towns, 
 shall stand and remain in like force as tLey were before the statute 
 of 32 Henry VIII. c. 28. 
 
 The Fen Registers. — The fen lands lie in the counties of 
 Northampton, Norfolk, Suffolk, Lincoln, Cambridge, and Hunt- 
 ingdon, and the Isle of Ely. In the year 1663 (15 Chas. II.) an 
 act was passed " for settling the drainage of the Great Level of the 
 Fens, called Bedford Level;" and as this great work of drainage 
 was undertaken by Francis, Earl of Bedford, at his private costs, he 
 had a grant of 95,000 acres, and the earl and his participants were 
 made a corporation. It was enacted, that no lease, grant, or 
 conveyance, or charge out of or upon the said 95,000 acres (except 
 leases for seven years or under, in possession), should be of force, 
 but from the time it should be entered with the registers, in a book 
 to be provided for that purpose. 
 
 The Decrees or Awards of the commissioners for settling and 
 draining are at the Petty Bag Office. 
 
 York and Middlesex County Registers. — There are two 
 register counties in England, containing in the whole four registries, 
 all of which have been created by Acts of Parliament :— 
 
CART^E ANTIQUE. 37 
 
 1. For the West Riding of Yorkshire, commencing in 1704. 
 
 2. For the East Riding and Hull, commencing in 1708. 
 
 3. For Middlesex, which commenced in 1709. 
 
 4. For the North Riding of Yorkshire, which commenced in 1736. 
 
 These offices were established for registering memorials of all 
 deeds and conveyances, wills, and devises in writing, concerning 
 and whereby any honours, manors, lands, tenements, or heredita- 
 ments, in their respective counties or districts, may be any way 
 affected in law or equity; and any deed or conveyance, not so 
 registered after the passing of the act, to be adjudged fraudulent 
 and void against any subsequent purchaser or mortgagee for valuable 
 consideration. 
 
 As the registration of deeds is thus necessary to their validity, it 
 is presumed that very few in these counties remain unregistered. 
 
 The Register Office for the West Riding of Yorkshire is at 
 Wakefield; for the East Riding, at Beverley; for the North 
 Riding, at Northallerton; and for Middlesex, in Bell- Yard, 
 Temple -Bar. 
 
 Without viewing these offices in the light for which they have 
 been instituted, viz., that of preventing frauds and preserving titles, 
 it will easily be perceived that such repositories are very valuable 
 to the genealogist, for the information which such records as settle- 
 ments and family deeds must afford him in his searches after those 
 families, who have at any period within the last century possessed 
 estates in register counties. 
 
38 
 
 Unisfjts' ffim. 
 
 TX7HEN the lands of the conquered English were divided 
 * » amongst the vassals of the Norman Invader, he imposed 
 upon them the obligation of supplying the crown with a certain 
 number of Knights, specified in the infeoffment. These knights 
 had allotments of land from the king's immediate tenants, and held 
 of their several lords by homage, fealty, and so forth. Their lands 
 were called fees, and composed the barony of the king's vassals. 
 
 The number of Knights' Fees throughout the kingdom was 60,215; 
 and of these the clergy had 28,015. In erecting and laying forth 
 the knights' fees, the Normans ordinarily assigned two carucates 
 (about 100 acres) of land to each Knight's fee, the value of which 
 in Selden's time was five pounds, but in the reign of William III. 
 it was raised by statute to fifty pounds per annum. 
 
 As in time it became often doubtful whether lands were held by 
 knight's service, or by some other tenure, or (if held by knight's 
 service) whether immediately of the king, or of some other lord, or 
 by how many knights' fees, and the like, it became necessary to 
 take account from time to time, as well by inquisition as otherwise, 
 concerning them. 
 
 Inquisitions were accordingly held, and the barons returned to 
 the king accounts of what they held. These accounts are of great 
 value to the genealogist ; they commence earlier than the generality 
 of our national records, and relate to all the great men of the times 
 in which they were compiled, showing their estates, and often how 
 they became possessed of them, such as by what ancestor, or from 
 what king ; and from a series of these documents may be traced the 
 succession of the families who have owned the estates burdened 
 with the Knights' service. Their authenticity is not their least 
 value. 
 
 The documents containing information of this description are, — 
 The Black Book of the Exchequer — The Red Book of the 
 Exchequer — The Testa de Nevil — The Scutage Rolls — The 
 Marshals' Rolls — The Constable's Roll — The Aid and Sub- 
 sidy Rolls — Lists of Tenants in capite, &c. &c. 
 
KNIGHTS' FEES. 39 
 
 The Black Book, or Liber Niger, 1 of the Exchequer, is the 
 most ancient of these records. It contains a list of knights' fees of 
 the time of Henry II., being copies of the returns of many of the 
 immediate tenants of the crown to the king's writs, certified to the 
 king in consequence of a survey ordered by the monarch preparatory 
 to his levying an aid for the marriage of his eldest daughter, such 
 being one of the only three cases in which the king might require 
 aid of his subjects, without the public consent of the kingdom. 
 These aids could only be levied of knights' fees, and of such as held 
 their lands by that tenure : and the uttermost that could be required 
 was forty shillings upon each knight's fee. The returns show that a 
 very large proportion of the landed property in the country was in 
 the hands of the sub-tenants of the immediate tenants of the crown, 
 who must have formed an important part of the population of the 
 kingdom. The tenants-in-chief appear to have been required to 
 certify how many knights' fees they respectively had of old feoffment 
 of the time of Henry I. ; how many of new feoffment after the time 
 of that king; and how many upon their respective demesne lands. 
 Almost all the prelates had great numbers of knights' fees holden of 
 their respective churches, generally to the amount, at least, of the 
 knights' fees, for which they owed service to the crown ; and many 
 of the lay proprietors, immediate tenants of the crown, had also 
 knights' fees holden of them respectively to the number, or nearly 
 to the number, for which they respectively owed service to the crown, 
 and some a greater number. The number of sub-tenants holding 
 by knight's service of the tenants-in-chief of the crown was probably 
 nearly equal to the number of knights' fees in the kingdom. When 
 a tenancy-in-chief was forfeited or escheated to the crown, the 
 immediate sub-tenant became tenant-in-chief of the crown, as of the 
 forfeited honour, and their interests were specially provided for by 
 the Charter of John, that they should hold of the crown as they held 
 of their former lord. If the crown afterwards granted the escheat, 
 the grant sometimes extended only to the demesnes, and the 
 
 1 There is a great inconvenience in this mode of designating manuscripts. There 
 are tvoo books in the Exchequer, both known by the name of Liber Niger — the one, 
 which contains the Dialogus, preserved at the Chapter House, under the care of the 
 Keeper of the Eecords there ; and the other, which contains the Constitution preserved 
 under the care of the Queen's Kemembrancer. These two books are sometimes con- 
 founded. And there is even a third Liber Niger of the Exchequer, also under the care 
 of the Queen's Remembrancer — the Liber Niger Feodorum. Other archives, as those 
 of the Irish Exchequer, the Admiralty, the Cinque Ports, the Chapter of Peterborough, 
 and other public bodies at home and abroad, have each their Liber Niger. 
 
40 KNIGHTS' FEES. 
 
 superiority of the fees was reserved to the crown ; and at length it 
 was provided by law, that upon the grant of an escheat by the 
 crown, the fees should not pass without special words for that 
 purpose. 
 
 The sub-tenants of the tenants-in-chief must have generally 
 been the principal knights resident in every county, and the prin- 
 cipal men summoned on inquests. In the reign of Edward I. sub- 
 infeudations were prohibited, aud all alienations were required to 
 be made to hold not of the alienor, but of the chief lord of the 
 fee; and every alienation of every part, however small, of lands 
 holden in chief of the crown, must have created a new tenancy- 
 in- chief of the crown, and thus greatly increased the number of 
 tenants-in-chief, besides the subdivisions produced by various other 
 means. 
 
 The Liber Niger parvus Scaccarii was edited by Hearne, and 
 printed at Oxford in 1728, in two volumes 8vo; a second edition, 
 also in two volumes, and printed at London, appeared in 1771. 
 
 In many of the returns appear family names and particulars of 
 the parents, children, wives, and occupiers of the land, as well as of 
 the tenants in capite. 
 
 A manuscript copy of this record is in the British Museum 
 (Harl. MS. 95) ; another is at Cambridge, with Archbishop Parker's 
 manuscripts; and a third in the Ashmolean Library at Oxford. 
 
 The Red Book, or Liber Rubeus, 1 of the Exchequer, was com- 
 piled by Alexander de Swereford, Archdeacon of Shrewsbury, who 
 died 14th November, 1246 (31 Henry III). It contains, among 
 many miscellaneous entries respecting the court and kingdom at 
 large, serjeanties, knights' fees, and prima scutagia, of the reigns of 
 Henry II., Richard I., John, and Henry III. In substance it is much 
 the same with the Black Book, already mentioned, and with the 
 Testa de Nevil ; although, on comparison with the printed copy of 
 the Testa, it appears that this manuscript would be found to supply 
 some valuable readings. 
 
 It is to be regretted that Hearne, who edited the Liber Niger , 
 had not access to either of these originals, but printed from three 
 copies — one in his own possession, and the other two in the Ashmolean 
 and Harleian Libraries. His text is an eclectic text made out of 
 the three; but it varies in some important particulars from the 
 
 1 Tbifl book derives its name from the colour of its binding, which was originally of 
 red, or rather pink, leather. 
 
KNIGHTS' FEES. 41 
 
 text of this manuscript, which must be regarded as one of high 
 authority. 
 
 As the Liber Rubeus has not yet been published, a short abstract 
 of its contents may not be unacceptable to the student. 
 
 I. De Libertate Ecclesise et tocius Anglise observanda Leges Henrici primi filii 
 
 Conquestoris ; pp. 16-30. (This begins with the charter of Henry I.) 
 
 II. Constitutio Domus Regis : p. 30. (This is an account of the royal 
 
 household, temp. Henry II. or one of his sons. It is also in the Black 
 Book.) 
 
 III. The Dialogus de " Scaccario ; " pp. 31-46. (This is a treatise on the 
 ancient constitution and practice of the Exchequer. It is printed by 
 Madox.) 
 
 IV. A large Collection from the Pipe Rolls, of Scutages levied between 
 2d Henry II. and 13th of John. 
 
 V. Certificationes factse de Teodis Militum, tempore Regis Henrici Secundi 
 
 per Prelatos et Barones pretextu mandati Regis ejusdem annotati alibi 
 in hoc libro, fol. xlvii. precedents (This reference is to the collections 
 respecting the aid ad maritandam of 13 or 14 Henry II. pp. 83-122. 
 There is another copy in the Black Book.) 
 
 VI. A Collection of the Serjeanties in the different Counties; pp. 123-129. 
 (Most of this is in the Testa de Nevil.) 
 
 VII. Inquisitiones factae tempore Regis Johannis per totam Angliam, anno 
 scilicet regni sui 12 et 13, in quolibet comitatu : de servitiis militum 
 et aliorum qui de eo tenent in capite secundum rotulos liberatos 
 Thesaurario per manus vice-comitum Anglise, tempore predicto; 
 pp. 132-149. 
 
 VIII. Inquisitiones de honoribus exchaetis aliquo tempore factae anno 
 13 Regis Johannis de servitiis M. eorundem; pp. 150-159. (Much of 
 this is in the Testa de Nevil.) 
 
 IX. Normannia. Infeudationes militum qui debent servicia miMtaria Duci 
 Normanniae, et in quot militibus quilibet tenetur ei servire; pp. 
 160-162. (This document is printed by Du Chesne, Scriptores rerum 
 Normannicarum, p. 1045 ; also by Ducarel, Anglo-Norman Antiquities, 
 Appendix, No. ii.) 
 
 The nine portions thus described lie consecutively and in con- 
 tinuity, and are all that can be said to have been completed by the 
 original compiler of the volume, by whom nothing has been entered 
 later than a.d. 1230. The volume was not then half filled; but 
 many curious matters relating to the constitution, privileges, or 
 practice of the Court of Exchequer, have been superinduced, to 
 the end of the reign of Edward I., after which period but few 
 entries have been made. 
 
42 KNIGHTS' FEES. 
 
 An abstract of this record is in the Library of Lincoln's Inn, 
 another in the College of Arms, and a third is in the British 
 Museum [Harl. MS. 7022). 
 
 The Testa de Nevil. — This name has been given to two ancient 
 volumes formerly in the Queen's Remembrancer's Office, which 
 appear to have been compiled towards the close of the reign of 
 Edward IL, or the commencement of that of Edward III., partly 
 of inquests taken on the presentments of jurors of hundreds before 
 the justices itinerant, and partly from inquisitions upon writs 
 awarded to the sheriffs for collecting of scutages, aids, &c. 
 
 From what circumstance they have obtained the name of Testa 
 de Nevil is not ascertained : there are, however, two persons, to 
 either of whom they may be assignable, viz. Ralph de Nevill, an 
 accountant in the Exchequer, and collector' of aids in the reign of 
 Henry III., whose name occurs in the book, p. 39 ; and Jollan de 
 Nevill, a justice itinerant of the same reign, who, as Dugdale 
 supposes, may have been the author. 
 
 The entries, which are specifically entitled Testa de Nevil, are 
 evidently quotations, and form comparatively a very small part of 
 the whole ; they have, in all probability, been copied from a roll 
 bearing that name, a part of which is still extant in the Chapter 
 House, at Westminster, consisting of five small membranes, con- 
 taining ten counties : the roll appears to be of the age of Edward L, 
 and agrees verbatim with the entries in these books. 
 
 These books contain principally an account : — 
 
 I. Of Fees holden either immediately of the king, or of others who held of 
 the king in capite ; and if alienated, whether the owners were enfeoffed 
 ah antiquo, or de- novo ; as also fees holden in frank-almoigne, with the 
 values thereof respectively. 
 II. Of Serjeanties holden of the king, distinguishing such as were rented or 
 alienated, with the values of the same. 
 
 III. Of widows and heiresses of tenants in capite, whose marriages were in 
 the gift of the king, with the values of their lands. 
 
 IV. Of Churches in the gift of the king, and in whose hands they were. 
 
 V. Of Escheats, as well of the lands of the Normans as of others, in whose 
 
 hands the same were, and by services holden. 
 VI. Of the amount of sums paid for scutage and aid, &c. by each tenant. 
 
 These records were printed by order of the House of Commons 
 in the year 1807, under the title of Testa de Nevil, sive Liber 
 Feodorum in Curia Scaccarii, temp. Henry III. et Edw. I. 1 vol. fol. 
 
KNIGHTS' FEES. 43 
 
 The original price was £1. 16s. , but it is now sold for 15s. 
 
 The chief use of the work is to ascertain the principal landholders 
 throughout the kingdom in those reigns, and the tenures by which 
 they held their estates. 
 
 In the British Museum are : — 
 
 A transcript on vellum of the " Testa de Nevil," made about the time of 
 James I. (Lamd. MS. 257.) 
 
 Extracts from the "Testa de Nevil," relating to Cambridgeshire and 
 Huntingdonshire. (Lansd. MS. 325, f. 9.) 
 
 Extracts from the same, relating to Northumberland. (Lamd. MS. 326.) 
 
 The Scutage Rolls. — When the personal attendance of knights 
 under the feudal system became troublesome, they found means of 
 compounding for it — by first sending others in their stead, and in 
 process of time making a pecuniary satisfaction to the lords in lieu 
 of it. This pecuniary satisfaction at last came to be levied by assess- 
 ments, at so much for every knight's fee, and therefore this kind 
 of tenure was called scutagium, or servitium scuti (service of the 
 shield) ; in like manner it was called in Norman-French, escuage, 
 from ecu, a shield. The first levy, amounting to about two marks on 
 every knight's fee, appears to have been made by Henry II. in the 
 fifth year of his reign, on account of his expedition to Toulouse. 
 It soon afterwards became so universal, that personal attendance 
 fell into disuse. The assessment in the reign of Henry II. having 
 been made in an arbitrary manner, seems to have occasioned a 
 national clamour, so that King John consented, in Magna Carta, 
 that no scutage should be imposed without consent of Parliament. 
 This was omitted in Henry III.'s charter, where it is only provided 
 the scutages should be taken as in the time of Henry II. ; and 
 afterwards, by statute 25 Edw. I., c. 5 and 6, and many subsequent 
 statutes, it was enacted that the king should take no aids or tasks, 
 but by the common assent of the realm. Hence it is held in our 
 old books, that escuage or scutage could not be levied but by consent 
 of Parliament ; such scutages being indeed the ground-work of all 
 succeeding subsidies, and the land-tax of later times. 
 
 The Scutage Rolls contain transcripts of writs from the king to 
 his sheriffs, directing them to give acquittances to certain tenants 
 in capite named in them, for their escuage. 
 
 The Rolls are preserved at the Tower. The earliest of them is of 
 the 5th Edw. I. ; the second commences in the 10th and ends in the 
 
44 KNIGHTS' FEES. 
 
 18th of the same reign; the third and last is of the 31st Edw. I. 
 Matters relating to scutage are entered in the Close Rolls. 
 
 In the Red Book of the Exchequer, ff. 47-81, is a large collection 
 from the Pipe Rolls, of Scutages levied between the 2d Henry II. 
 and the 13th of John, as follows : — 
 
 Henrici II. 
 A 2. Pro exercitu Wallise, on the prelates only, 20*. on each knight's he. 
 
 5. Pro eodem exercitu, on each knight's fee, 2 marks. 
 
 7. Pro exercitu Tholosse, on each fee, 2 marks. 
 
 8. Pro eodem exercitu, on each fee, 1 mark. 
 
 14. Ad maritandam filiam Regis, on each fee, 1 mark. (This was an 
 
 auxilium.) 
 18. Pro exercitu Hibernise, on each fee, 20*. 
 33. Pro exercitu Galweise, on each fee, 20*. 
 
 Ricardi Regis. 
 A° 2. Scutagium Wallige, on each fee, 10*. 
 
 6. Ad redemptionem Regis illustris, on each fee, 20*. 
 8. Pro exercitu Normanniae, on each fee, 20*. 
 
 Johannis Regis. 
 A 1. Primum scutagium post coronationem Regis, on each fee, 2 marks. 
 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. Six asssesments of 2 marks each, pro exercitu Nor- 
 manniae. 
 
 12. Pro passagio Regis in Hibernia, on each fee, 2 marks. 
 
 13. Pro exercitu Walliae, on each fee, 2 marks. 
 Eodem. Pro exercitu Scotise, on each fee, 2 marks. 
 
 Transcripts of the rolls, from the 9th to the 34th of Edw. I., are 
 in the British Museum. {Lansd. MS. 316, ff. 25, 47, 103.) 
 
 An Inventory of scutages, aids, &c. is printed in the Deputy- 
 Keeper's Second Report, Appendix ii. pp. 132-189, and continued 
 in Appendix ii. of the Third, Fourth, and Fifth Reports. 
 
 The Marshal's Rolls. — These appear to have been records 
 made by the Earl Marshal of England, containing an account of 
 the military service due from the great tenants in capite to the king, 
 taken on the occasion of the king's assembling his army prepara- 
 tory to a war. They contain, in the course of their entries, many 
 marriages and descents of the barons and great men of the time in 
 which they were compiled. It was part of the duty of the Earl 
 Marshal and High Constable of England to see that the King was 
 properly attended, and his army furnished or supplied by those 
 tenants in capite whose tenure so bound them. 
 
KNIGHTS' FEES. 45 
 
 Some few of these Rolls are preserved in the Tower ; they are of 
 the 10th Edw. I. and 8th Edw. II. 
 
 Transcripts of them are in the British Museum. [Lansd. MS. 
 316, ff. 1. 121.) 
 
 The Constable's Roll. — This may be considered as a companion 
 to the Marshal's Rolls. There is one solitary roll in the Tower, 
 with this name, of the date of 50 Henry III., containing an account 
 of the services due or rendered by some of the tenants in capite. 
 
 The Aid and Subsidy Rolls. — These records contain the supplies 
 to the King from his tenants in capite, generally given gratuitously 
 to aid him in his wars and emergencies. In the year 1288, Pope 
 Nicholas granted the tenths to Edward I. for six years, towards 
 defraying an expedition to the Holy Land, and in 1340 a subsidy 
 of the Nonas or ninths of all goods and chattels, was granted by Par- 
 liament to Edward III. These inquisitions are more fully described 
 at p. 46. Like the preceding records, they contain much informa- 
 tion of service to the genealogist seeking after ancient families. 
 
 The Subsidy Rolls are preserved at the Tower and Exchequer. 
 Many lists of assessments and subsidies may be found in other 
 public offices and libraries, as follows : — 
 
 Rolls of subsidies, tenths, fifteenths, twentieths, &c, from 19 to 35 Edw. I. ; 
 
 Rolls House. 
 Subsidy Rolls of tenths, in many reigns and years subsequent to 20 Edw. I. ; 
 
 Queen's Remembrancer's Office. 
 Account of subsidies granted to Edw. III.; Brit. Mus. Earl. MSS. 370 ; 6700. 
 Roll of a fifteenth of the 16 Edw. III.; Land Revenue Department. 
 Fragment of a Taxation Roll of 22 Edw. III. ; Land Revenue Depart. 
 Accounts of tenths or subsidies, tempp. Edw. III. and Hen. IV. ; Augmenta- 
 tion Office. 
 Subsidy Rolls for divers counties, during the reigns of Edw. III., 11 Hen. VI., 
 
 Hen. VIII., and 18 Eliz. ; Tower of London. 
 A book of tenths and fifteenths of the laity in several counties, 3 Hen. v.; 
 
 Queen's Remembrancer's Office. 
 Subsidies and knights' fees in several counties, taken by inquisition, le,np. 
 
 Hen. VI. ; Queen's Remembrancer's Office. 
 Various taxations, temp. Eliz. ; Land Revenue Department. 
 Orders and Rates concerning subsidies, temp. Eliz. ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MSS. 
 
 309, art. 37, 53; 366, art. 9, 27-34; 2219, art. 7. 
 Valor subsidii Archidiaconatus Richmondie, 1525; Chapter House, 
 
 Westminster. 
 
46 KNIGHTS' FEES. 
 
 Assessment of the nobility for payment of the first subsidy, 4th Feb. 1589 ; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Lamd. MS. 63, art. 10. 
 Account of subsidies and aids, temp. James I. ; Brit. Mus. Karl. MS. 250, 
 
 art. 2 ; 298, art. 3 ; 354, art. 4, 15, 35 ; 366, art. 36, 37, 38. 
 Original Mize-book of the assessment laid upon CHESHiRE,a>c. lOHen.VIIL; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Sari. MS. 2098. 
 List of Contributors to the payment of the subsidy in Essex 29 Eliz. , 
 
 Brit. Mus. Lansd. MS. 52, art. 59. 
 Reliefs for co. Hunts, Edvv. I. to Eic. II. ; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 5837, f. 177. 
 A perfect book of all the Taxation for the countie of Lancaster, 1650; 
 
 Chetham Library, Manchester, No. 8042. 
 Auxilia in com. Leicestrt^e, ad regem Edw. III. concessa, a.d. 1347 ; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Earl. MS. 6700. 
 Two books of Subsidies paid in London, temp. Henry VIII.; Chapter 
 
 House, Westminster. 
 Subsidy Roll of the Wapentake of Staincross, co. York, in 1663 ; See the 
 
 Collectanea TopograpUca et Genealogica, vol. iii. p. 333. 
 
 Nonarum Inquisition es. — In the 14th year of Edward III., in 
 the Parliament holden at Westminster, it was enacted, that, " in con- 
 sideration of the grants, releases, and pardons, of the chattels offelons 
 and fugitives, and many other things underwritten, which the king 
 had granted to the prelates, earls, barons, and all the commons of 
 his realm, for the ease of them perpetually to endure, the said pre- 
 lates, &c., willingly of one assent, and good will, having regard to 
 the will that the king their liege lord hath toward them, and to 
 the great travailes that he hath made and sustained, as well in his 
 wars of Scotland as against the parts of France, &c. &c, have 
 granted to him the ninth lamb, the ninth fleece, and the ninth 
 sheaf, to be taken by two years then next to come. And of cities 
 and boroughs the very ninth part of all their goods and chattels, to 
 be taken and levied by lawful and reasonable tax by the same two 
 years ; and in right of merchants foreign, which dwell not in the 
 cities nor boroughs, and also of other people that dwell in forests 
 and wastes, and all other that live not of their gain nor store, by the 
 good advice of them which shall be deputed taxers, shall be set law- 
 fully at the value of the fifteen, without being unreasonably charged." 
 
 By statute 2 of the same year, the king granted that the above 
 grant should not be had in example, nor fall to the prejudice of the 
 nobles and commons, &c. in time to come, &c. Assessors and 
 venditors were thereupon appointed for every county in England, 
 to assess and sell the ninth and fifteenth ,- and three commissions 
 
KNIGHTS' FEES. 47 
 
 were issued, directed to the assessors and venditors named under 
 the Great Seal. 
 
 The execution of the first commission was confined to a few 
 parishes only within a county, and within the assessment and sale 
 the ninth of the religious was included. 
 
 The second commission was also imperfectly executed, but it was 
 done in a way very different from the first, by assessing and selling 
 the ninth of the articles, to be levied according to the tax or 
 valuation of churches completed in 1292 (20 Edw. I.), called " Pope 
 Nicholas's Taxation." 1 By which proceeding it seems that the 
 assessors and venditors were to consider the ninth of corn, wool, 
 and lambs, in 1340, worth as much in a parish as the tenth of 
 corn, wool, and lambs, and all other tytheable commodities, and 
 the glebe lands, were, when the valuation was made of them in 
 1292, and within the assessment and sale, by virtue of the second 
 commission, the ninth of the religious was included. 
 
 The clergy, notwithstanding they granted in 14 Edw. III. a 
 tenth for two years (besides the former triennial and annual 
 grants) of all their property, were assessed and taxed to the ninth ; 
 and both were collected, which produced a remonstrance on the 
 part of the Archbishop of Canterbury ; and the King afterwards 
 (whenever the grievance was stated) issued a writ to the treasurer 
 and barons, commanding redress to be given. From various writs 
 of this kind, it is evident that from the laity only the grants of the 
 ninth and fifteenth were considered to proceed, except the religious 
 who held by barony, and were summoned to Parliament when the 
 grant of the ninth was made ; and except upon possessions acquired 
 by the religious after 20 Edward I., which otherwise would have 
 escaped taxation, not being included in Pope Nicholas's Valor, 
 which then, and until the reign of Henry VIII., was used as the 
 guide for taxing the clergy, and was constantly resorted to by the 
 treasurer and barons to correct the accounts of collectors of a 
 tenth, and to determine the liability of persons and property, and 
 to what amount. 
 
 A third commission was afterwards issued, and directed to the 
 assessors and venditors, on 26th Jan., 15 Edw. III., whereby they 
 were instructed to levy the ninth of corn, wool, and lambs in every 
 parish, according to the value upon which churches were taxed 
 
 1 Printed by the Record Commissioners, under the title of " Taxatio Ecclesiastica 
 Angliae et Wallise, auct. P. Nicholai iv., circa 1291." 1 vol. fol. 1802. The present 
 price of the volume is 16s. 6d. 
 
48 KNIGHTS' FEES. 
 
 (i. e., Pope Nicllolas , Valor), if the value of the ninth amounted to 
 as much as the tax, and to levy more where the true value of the 
 ninth should be found to exceed the tax ; but should the value of 
 the ninth be less than the tax, they were directed to levy only the 
 true value of the ninth, and to disregard the tax; and, to gain 
 correct information of those facts, they were directed to take 
 inquisitions upon the oath of the parishioners in every parish. 
 
 In these records it appears that the parishioners of every parish 
 found upon their oath the true value (sometimes separately) of the 
 ninth of corn, wool, and lambs ; then the amount of the ancient 
 tax of the church was stated, and afterwards the causes of the 
 ninth not amounting to the tax or value of the church were 
 assigned; and when the ninths did not exceed the tax, it was 
 assigned for cause thereof, that within the valuation or tax of the 
 church there were other articles included besides corn, wool, and 
 lambs, such as the dos or glebe of the church, tithe of hay, and 
 other tithes ; and if any abbey, priory, or religious corporation had 
 property within any parish, the ninth arising from such property 
 was found and returned. 
 
 The principal utility of these Rolls is in tithe cases ; and, as the 
 assessment was made on the places and not on the persons, much 
 of their genealogical utility is lost. They abound however with 
 the names of persons who appeared either as jurors, commis- 
 sioners, landowners, or in other capacities, and therefore cannot 
 be overlooked. 
 
 The Nonarum Inquisitiones have been printed by the Record 
 Commission, in one volume folio, with the title — Inquisitiones 
 Nonarum, temp. Edw. III., 1807. 1 
 
 The names of the assessors and venditors are prefixed to the 
 volume. They usually consist of an abbot or prior, and three or 
 four lay persons of the best families in each county. 
 
 The original price of the volume was £2. 2s. , but it is now- 
 reduced to 18*. 
 
 Miscellaneous Lists of Tenants in capite, &c. — Independently 
 of the sources before enumerated, the industry of many antiquaries 
 has extracted from inquisitions, rolls, and other records, lists of 
 
 1 Since these records were printed in 1807, the Nona? Eolls for the county of 
 Northumberland have been found amongst the unarranged records, and also the rolls 
 of t lie county of Warwick and part of Hertford. The county of Warwick had been 
 before printed from a copy in the Bodleian Library, and published. 
 
KNIGHTS' FEES. 49 
 
 tenants in capite,, and others, for various reigns and counties, 
 which lists are deposited in our public libraries. So numerous 
 and scattered are these collections, that our limited space does not 
 admit of more than a bare mention of some of the more im- 
 portant : — 
 
 Nomina eorum qui de rege tenent per servicium militare, etc. ; Bodl. Lib. 
 
 MS. 4153. (Dodesworth MS. vol. xi.) 
 List of Knights' fees in England; Brit. Mus. Cotton. MS. Tiberius, D. xx. 
 
 f. 893. 
 Feoda militum in diversis comitatibus; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 313. 
 Tenentes in capite, et feoda militum, temp. Hen. II. ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 
 
 971, f. 127. 
 Certificationes de feodis militum, temp. Hen. II. ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 
 
 5173, f. 12. 
 Return of the Knights' fees held of the King in capite, temp. Hen. II., 
 
 throughout England (excepting the counties of Cumberland, Westmore- 
 land, Durham, and Cheshire) ; Society or Antiquaries, MS. No. 136, 
 
 art. 4. 
 Certificationes factae de feodis militum per totam Angliam, 12 Hen. II.; 
 
 Bodl. Lib. MS. 4189, f. 1. 
 Nomina tenendum in capite et feodorum militum in diversis comitatibus, 
 
 12 Hen. II. ; Bodl. Lib. MS. 5030. (Dodesworth MS. vol. lxxxix.) 
 Inquisitiones per totam Angliam factae de servitiis militum, et aliorum qui de 
 
 rege tenent in capite, 12, 13 Joh. ; Bodl. Lib. MS. 43 89, ff. 143-166. 
 
 (Dodesworth MS. vol. xlvii.) 
 Collectanea Inquisitionum de servitiis tenentium in capite, fact. 12 et 13 
 
 R. Job.; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 301, f. 210. 
 Inquisitio temp. Hen. III. facta, de tenementis et feodis quae tenentur in 
 
 capite, quae sunt alienata a capitali servitio regis ; Brit. Mus. Harl. 
 
 MS. 5172. 
 Knights' fees for estates, from the reign of Hen. III. to that of Charles I. ; 
 
 Exchequer. 
 Nomina eorum qui de rege tenuerunt in capite per servitium militare, 
 
 1 Hen. III. ad Edw. IV. ; Brit. Mus. Cotton. MS. Claud. C. x. ; 
 
 Harl. MS. 708; Lansd. MS. 277; College of Arms, MS. A. 25; 
 
 Trinity Coll. Oxford, MSS. lxi. lxii. 
 Feoda militum in diversis comitatibus, temp. Edw. I. ; Bodl. Lib. MS. 5053. 
 
 [Dodesworth MS. vol. cxii.] ; Queen's Coll. Oxford, MS. lxxxviii. 
 Nomina eorum qui tenent de rege in variis comitatibus, tempp. Edw. I. et II. 
 
 Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 1192. 
 Abstractum releviorum diversor. tenentium in capite, tempp. Edw. I. ad Edw. 
 
 IV. ; Brit. Mus. Cotton. MS. ViteUius, C. ii. ; Harl. MS. 34 ; Coll. 
 
 of Arms, Vincent MS. No. 8. 
 
 4 
 
 X 
 
50 KNIGHTS' FEES. 
 
 Feoda militum, 18 Edw. II. et 35 Edw. III. ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 6082, 
 
 f. 1. 
 Nuraerus feodorum militum in Anglia, temp. Edw. III. ; Brit. Mus. Harl. 
 
 MS. 945, f. 2. 
 Nomina eorum qui de rege Edw. III. tenuerunt in capite, etc. ; Brit. Mus. 
 
 Harl. MS. 821, f. 1. 
 Liber de tenuris, tempp. Eich. III., Hen. VII., et VIII.; Brit. Mus. Harl. 
 
 MS. 5174. 
 Nomina eorum qui de rege tenent per servicium militare, magnam serjantiam, 
 
 etc., 1 Hen. IV. ad 15 Edw. IV.; Bodl. Lib. MSS. 4153 ; 4179. 
 Feoda militum, Eschaetse, Fines, tempp. Hen. V., VI., et VIII. ; Brit. 
 
 Mus. Harl MS. 6082. 
 Lists of tenants in capite, tempp. Edw. VI., Elizabeth, and James I.; 
 
 Lincoln's Inn Library. 
 
 Berkshire : Knights' fees in Berkshire, annexed to the Duchy of Lancaster, 
 
 1638 ; Pub. Lib. Camb. MS. Ee. ii. 24. 
 Buckinghamshire : Tenures in co. Bucks, collected out of Inquisitions at 
 
 the Tower; Pub. Lib. Camb. MS. Ee. ii. 7. 
 Cheshire : A Calendar of Knights' fees and military tenures in the co. of 
 
 Chester, from Edw. III. to Hen. VII.; Brit. Mus. Lansd. MS. 271. 
 Feodary of Cheshire, tempp. Edw. III. to Hen. VIII.; Brit. 
 
 Mus. Add. MS. 18,110. 
 Transcript of a Cheshire feodary, temp. Edw. VI. ; Brit. Mus. 
 
 Add. MS. 11,337. 
 Liber feodorum militum in Com. Pal. Cestrise et Flynt, in scaccario 
 
 Cestrise remanens, etc. 15 June, 1557 ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 699. 
 Cumberland: Feoda Ducis Suffolcie, in Bromfelde, Yale, et Chirkeland, 
 
 16 Hen. VIII. ; Brit. Mus. Royal MS. 7 C. xvi. art. 8. 
 Devonshire: Fees holden in capite in co. Devon, 1584; Lambeth Palace 
 
 Lib. MS. 283. 
 Dorsetshire : Knights' fees in Dorsetshire, annexed to the Duchy of Lan- 
 caster, 1638; Pub. Lib. Camb. MS. Ee. ii. 24. 
 Tenures in co. Dorset, collected out of the Inquisitions in the 
 
 Tower; Pub. Lib. Camb. MS. Ee. ii. 7. 
 Hampshire : Knights' fees in Hampshire, annexed to the Duchy of Lancaster, 
 
 1638; Pub. Lib. Camb. MS. Ee. ii. 24. 
 Herefordshire : Evidenciae extractse de libro feodorum militum in com. Here- 
 ford. &c; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 6765. 
 Nomina et tenurse omnium dominorum, maneriorum, et ter- 
 
 rarum, in comitatu Hereford., per Thom. Havard, anno primo Elizabethan 
 
 collecta; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 762. 
 
 iorum qui Brit. 
 
 m. MS. Julius, C. ii. p. 1 ; Coll. of Arms, 1 >. 53 ; 
 
KNIGHTS' FEES. 51 
 
 Kent : Liber feodorum militum com. Kanciae, temp. Edw. I. ; Society of 
 
 Antiquaries, MS. 130. 
 Liber feodorum militum, etc., infra com. Kanciae. Compiled about 
 
 the end of the reign of Elizabeth ; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 15,666. 
 List of tenures in the county of Kent, 1662; Brit. Mus. Lansd. MS. 
 
 309. 
 Lancashire: Feodary of the Duchy of Lancaster; Bodl. Lib. MS. 5072 
 
 (JDodeswortJi MS. vol. cxxxi.) 
 Leicestershire : Knights' fees within the county of Leicester, 20 Edw. III. 
 
 See Nichols' History of Leicestershire, vol. i. pt. 1, p. ciii. 
 Lincolnshire : Catalogus tenentium terras per singulas hundredas, in com 
 
 Lincolniensi, temp. Hen. I. ; Brtt. Mus. Cotton. MS. Claudius, C. v. 
 Nomina liberorum tenentium infra com. Lincolniae, temp 
 
 Hen. III.; Brit. Mus. Earl. MS. 6289. 
 Norfolk : Feodary for co. Norfolk, tempp. Hen. III. and 9 Edw. II. ; Brit 
 
 Mus. Add. MS. 5522, If. 171, 248. 
 Shropshire : Tenants in capite in Shropshire, temp. Edw. I. See the Col- 
 lectanea TopograpHca et Genealogica, vol. i. p. 111. 
 Somersetshire : Knights' fees in Somersetshire, annexed to the Duchy of 
 
 Lancaster ; Pub. Lib. Camb. MS. Ee. ii. 24. 
 Staffordshire : Feodary of the county of Stafford, compiled 10 Car. I. ; Brit. 
 
 Mus. ^.J£& 15,116. 
 Suffolk : Liberi tenentes in Monewden, Soham, Framgden, et Cretingham, in 
 
 com. Suffolciae ; St. John's Coll. Camb. MS. S. 40. 
 Surrey : Liber feodorum militum com. Surriae, temp. Edw. I. ; Society of 
 
 Antiquaries, MS. 130. 
 Nomina illorum qui tenent viginti libratas terrae, etc. in com. Surriae, 
 
 6 Edw. I. ; Jesus Coll. Oxford, MS. cxxvi. 
 The Customary Tenants of the Manor of Redereth, in Surrey ; Brit. 
 
 Mus. Harl. MS. 6708. 
 Sussex : Liber feodorum militum com. Sussexiae, temp. Edw. I ; Society 
 
 of Antiquaries, MS. 130. 
 Nomina illorum qui tenent viginti libratas terrae, etc. in com. 
 
 Sussexiae, 6 Edw. I. ; Jesus Coll. Oxford, MS. cxxvi. 
 Wiltshire : Knights' fees in Wiltshire, annexed to the Duchy of Lancaster, 
 
 1638 ; Pub. Lib. Camb. MS. Ee. ii. 24. 
 Flintshire : Liber feodorum militum in com. Pal. Cestriae et Flynt, in scac< 
 
 cario Cestriae remanens, 15 June, 1557 ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 699. 
 
52 
 
 $Iarita» 
 
 r piIE pleadings in our several courts, and the judgments thereon, 
 -*- have been preserved for many centuries, and are entered on 
 Rolls, the greater part of which are called Placita Rolls. They 
 give the most important information upon every subject respecting 
 which men wage legal war with each other; and among these 
 subjects are most especially to be enumerated, the claims to lands, 
 honours, and baronies. 
 
 Until of late years, great part of the Placita was useless, being 
 known to few besides their keepers. The exertions of the Com- 
 missioners of Public Records, however, at length brought them to 
 light ; and by the noble publications which they have given to the 
 world of part of them, and the admirable indexes of persons and 
 places, have fully justified the assertion in their preface, of their 
 having been made, amongst other advantages, " serviceable to the 
 genealogist and historian, for the proofs they contain of heirs, 
 their ages, and pedigrees." 
 
 Although the nature of the suits or actions in our respective 
 courts is essentially different, yet, as far as the Genealogist is con- 
 cerned, the records of them alike contribute to his information ; 
 and it would, perhaps, be difficult to name a family, possessing 
 hereditary property, which has passed a century without requiring 
 the assistance of some court or courts of law or equity during that 
 period. 
 
 Many of the Courts are no longer in existence ; and in our courts 
 of common law the modern Rolls of pleadings are not so regular 
 with respect to their entries, or so valuable with respect to the con- 
 tents of those entries, as the ancient Rolls. 
 
 On the latter were entered the pleadings of every cause, or of 
 every important cause, and in general the judgments thereon ; and 
 it was the practice in cases of difficulty, civil or criminal, to set 
 down the reasons of the judgment in the record ; a practice which, 
 as Lord Coke informs us, was continued till the reign of Edward III.; 
 but that practice having been disused, the Rolls now contain the 
 pleadings alone; and the pleadings only in such actions as the 
 
PLACITA. 53 
 
 aft orneys employed therein find it necessary to enter or inrol, for 
 ^he sake of proceedings to be taken subsequently to the judgment ; 
 and this in general is only requisite in the most insignificant actions. 
 
 To avoid repetition, it may be as well to take a slight view, in 
 this place, of the advantages to be derived from the records of the 
 pleadings in an equity court. 
 
 A great part of the proceedings in the equity court relate to 
 affairs solely of a private family nature, as a dispute on a will, or 
 the want of a will ; protection for infants, lunatics, marriage settle- 
 ments of wards of the court, and the like. In all these cases (and 
 of them our report-books are full) we have the lineal succession of 
 families, the particulars of the estates, with dates, names, localities, 
 and identities, clearly set out, corroborated by affidavits, inter- 
 rogatories, depositions, answers filed of record and sworn to by 
 all the parties answering, and accompanied with ulterior proceed- 
 ings in the Master's Office, and not unfrequently attended with 
 deposits of documents and title-deeds. 
 
 Thus the archives of equity courts are often found to contain 
 records and particulars of families which are not/now to be dis- 
 covered in any other depository in the kingdom. 
 
 Placita of the Curia Regis. — This court took its name from 
 the place where it was held — the Aula, or Curia Regis, or Hall or 
 Court of the king's palace, and appears to have been of Norman origin. 
 
 Itinerant Justices were appointed in aid of the king's court in 
 the reign of Henry I., and were finally established 22 Henry II. 
 
 A division of the Curia Regis is said to have taken place at the 
 latter end of the reign of Richard I. Plaints of a fiscal kind were 
 transferred to the Exchequer, and for the Court of Chancery were 
 reserved all matters unappropriated to other courts. The Curia 
 Regis retained pleas touching the crown, together with common 
 pleas of a civil and criminal nature. 
 
 The Common Pleas was separated from this court by Magna 
 Carta, 17 John. 
 
 After this separation, the Curia Regis continued to be the superior 
 court of law for all criminal matters, and the judges were the 
 supreme conservators of the peace and coroners of the land, &c. 
 
 In the return made by the keeper of the records in the Treasury 
 of the receipt of the Exchequer (Chapter House), pursuant to the 
 order of the Committee of the House of Commons in 1800, it 
 is stated that there exist rolls of Curia Regis for the reigns of 
 
54 PLACITA. 
 
 Richard L, John, and Henry III. j that it would be very difficult 
 to give any distinct definition of them ; but that the proceedings 
 recorded in them do not vary very much in their nature ; that they 
 respect civil suits between individuals, as the early proceedings in 
 Parliament chiefly did, except in the petitions, and in some in- 
 stances, criminal cases. 
 
 The titles of these rolls are, in most instances, "Placita coram 
 Domino Rege et Consilio suo." 
 
 In these rolls of the Curia Regis will be found matter interesting 
 to the law, the history, and the customs of the country. 
 
 The proceedings in these rolls were in many instances before the 
 king himself in his council, wherever he happened to be ; and in 
 one instance (37 Henry III.), the proceedings were before the 
 queen and the king's council. 
 
 The precise period at which this court took the title of the 
 Curia Regis, and the Court of King's Bench and Common Pleas 
 first sat as distinct and separate courts, does not appear. In the 
 old calendars the rolls are called of the Curia Regis, to the end 
 of Henry III., and from 1 Edward I., of the King's Bench and 
 Common Pleas; but this division is perhaps not accurate, as in 
 King John's reign mixed titles are found on the rolls. 
 
 A few rolls of the reign of Henry III. are said to be in the Tower. 
 
 A calendar of these rolls has been printed, and forms the first 
 part of the volume containing the Index to the King's Bench 
 Records, as mentioned in the ensuing pages. 
 
 They are also printed from 6 Richard I. to 1 John, under the 
 title, Rotuli Curice Regis, 2 vols. 8vo, 1835, by Sir Francis Palgrave, 
 acting under the authority of the Record Commissioners. The 
 present price of the work is £l. Ss. 
 
 Placita of Assize. — The earliest Itinerant or Justices Errant 
 were the Justices in Eyre; probably so called from the old French 
 word erre, or the verb errer — to wander or rove, and they held 
 criminal and common pleas, and also pleas of the forest ; but these 
 afterwards gave place to the Commissioners of Assize, or Circuit 
 Judges. The Justices in Eyre then became only Justices of the 
 Forest. 
 
 The Justices Itinerant were vested with great power and authority. 
 They determined pleas of the crown and common pleas, in like 
 manner as did the justices of the Curia Regis. 
 
 They assessed taillages and aids ; and admitted men to make con- 
 
PLACITA. 55 
 
 ventions, fines, and oblations, in their several iters ; and the Assize 
 Rolls will be found to contain this description of information. 
 
 The rolls commence in the 6th of Richard I., and conclude with 
 the reign of Edward IV. 
 
 The records found in the Treasury of the receipt of the Ex- 
 chequer (Chapter House), pertaining to the assizes, and taken 
 possession of by the Master of the Rolls, under statute 1 and 2 Vic, 
 c. 94, are as follows : — 
 
 Placita de Juratis et Assisis, Hen. III. — Hen. VI. 1 In counties, including 
 
 Placita Corone, John — Edw. IV. London, and Mid- 
 
 Deliberationes Gaole, Hen. III. — Edw. IV. dlesex, Guernsey, 
 
 ttotuli Coronatoris, Edw. I. — Hen. VI. J Jersey, &c. 
 
 An Inventory of the above is printed in the Record Report of 
 1837, p. 22, et seqq. 
 
 Records of Assizes will also be found in other repositorie/s, as 
 follows : — 
 
 Collectanea Placitorum Justiciariorum, temp. Ric. I. ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 
 
 301, f. 9. 
 Abbreviationes Placitorum de Banco Regis, et Assisarum, tempp. Ric. I., 
 
 Hen. III., Edw. I. et III., Hen. IV. et VIII., etc. ; Brit. Mus. Harl. 
 
 MS. 4286. 
 Liber Placitorum, tempp. R. Joh., Edw. I. — III., Ric. II., Hen. IV.., et 
 
 Edw. V. ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 7163. 
 Placita de Juratis et Assisis comm. Angliae, temp. Edw. I. ; Inner Temple 
 
 Lib. MS. 515, vol. i. ; Lincoln's Inn Lib. 
 
 tempp. Edw. I. — Hen. VI. ; Chapter House, Westminster. 
 
 Placita de Assisis, temp. Edw. II. ; Bodleian Library. 
 
 The Book of Assizes held in the reign of Edw. III. ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MSS. 
 
 5280 ; 5281 ; Pub. Lib. Camb. MS. Ee. vi. 21. 
 Proceedings of Assizes held in the Western Circuit, 7 to 42 Edw. III. ; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 6691. 
 Placita Assisse, 20 to 45 Edw. III. ; Lincoln's Inn Library. 
 Assisae de anno 8 Hen. IV. et 5 Hen. V. ; Exeter Coll. Oxford ; MS. 
 
 cxxxiv. s Lincoln's Inn Library. 
 
 Cheshire : Placita tent, apud Cestriam coram Justiciariis, 4 et 10 Edw. II., 
 27 Edw. III., 5 Hen. V. ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 258, f. 131. 
 
 Excerpta varia ex rott. Placitorum com. Cestrensis, tempp. Edw. 
 
 III., Ric. II., Hen. V., Edw. IV., et Hen. VII. ; Brit. Mus. Harl 
 MS. 139. 
 
5G PLACITA. 
 
 Cornwall : Placita in itinere apud Launceston, com. Cornub., 30 Edw. I. ; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 5928, f. 95. 
 Derbyshire : Adnotationes ex itineribus de Derbye, et de Notyngham, temp. 
 
 Edw. III. tent.; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 741, f. 251. 
 Placita itineris in com. Derbiae, 3 Edw. III.; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 
 
 5926, f. 10. 
 Durham : Placita itineris apud Dunelm, 33 Edw. I. ; Brit. Mus. Lansd. 
 
 MS. 603. 
 Essex: Placita itineris in com. Essexiae, 39 Hen. III. ; Brit. Mus. Lansd. 
 
 MS. 636. 
 Gloucestershire : Kecorda Assisae Gloucestriae, temp. Elizabeth. ; Brit. Mus. 
 
 Harl. MS. 4131, art. 3. 
 Kent : Placita de itinere coram Justic. in com. Kanciae, 5, 6, 11, et 12 Hen. 
 
 III.; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 12,269. 
 Report of Proceedings in a circuit in Kent, temp. Edw. I. ; Brit. 
 
 Mus. Earl. MS. 6692. 
 
 Iter Canciae, anno 6 Edw. II. ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 1062, f. 12. 
 
 Placita itinerum Kanciae, 6 et 14 Edw. III. ; Brit. Mus. Harl. 
 
 MS. 453. 
 Leicestershire: Placita de itinere in com. Leicestriae, 5, 6, 11, et 12 Hen. 
 
 III. ; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 12,269. 
 London : Placita itinerum, Kanciae et London., 6 et 14 Edw. III. ; Brit. 
 
 Mus. Harl. MS. 453. 
 
 Iter London, anno 14 Edw. II. ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 1062, f. 1. 
 
 Placita apud Westmonasterium, 2 — 24 Hen. III.; Brit. Mus. 
 
 Add. MS. 12,<i69. 
 10— 46 Edw. III. ; Brit. Mus. 
 
 Lansd. MS. 603. 
 
 , 8 Will. III. ; Brit. Mus. Add. 
 
 MS. 6727, f. 155. 
 Norfolk: Placita de itinere in com. Norfolciae, 5, 6, 11, et 12 Hen. III. ; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 12,269. 
 Northamptonshire : Placita de itinere in com. Northampton. 3 Edw. III. ; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 5924, f. 1. 
 Nottinghamshire : Placita de itinere in com. Nottinghamiae, 3 Edw. III. ; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 5926, f. 1. 
 Oxfordshire : Placita de itinere in com. Oxoniae, 42 Hen. III. et 14 Edw. I. ; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 362, if. 52, 76, 78. 
 Staffordshire : Placita de itinere in com. Staffordiae, 5, 6, 11 et 12 Hen. III.; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 12,269. 
 Suffolk: Placita de itinere in com. Suffolciae, 5, 6, 11, et 12 Henry III.; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 12,269. 
 Placita de itinere 42 Hen. III. et 14 Edw. I. ; Brit. Mus Harl. 
 
 MS. 362, ff 52, 76, 78. 
 
PLAC1TA. 57 
 
 Wiltshire : Placita de itinere in com. Wiltonise, temp. Eic. I. ; Brit. Mus. 
 
 Lansd. MS. 633. 
 Yorkshire : Placita de itinere in com. Eboraci, 5, 6, 11, et 12 Hen. III. ; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 12,269. 
 Trials in the county of York, from 4 to 45 Edw. III. ; Bodl. Lib. 
 
 Oxford, MS. 4143. {Bodesworth MS. vol. i.) 
 
 Placita of the Forests. — The Justices in Eyre were the Iti- 
 nerant or Justices Errant, and held criminal or common pleas, 
 and also Pleas of the Eorest. They gave place afterwards to the 
 Commissioners of Assize, or Circuit Judges, and became simply 
 Justices of the Forest, retaining their ancient title of " Justices 
 in Eyre." The last Court of Justice-seat was held in the time of 
 Charles II. 
 
 The Forest claims before the Justices in Eyre, in the time of 
 Charles I., show the particular liberties, privileges, and immunities 
 of each claimant ; to which a general Index, Virorum et Locorum, 
 has been made. 
 
 Seventeen Reports, relative to the state of the Woods and 
 Forests, were made to the House of Commons between 1787 and 
 1793, under authority of statute 26 Geo. III. c. 87. 
 
 A number of the ancient perambulations and inquisitions have 
 been printed. 
 
 Copies of these printed reports, bound in two large folio volumes, 
 are preserved in the Public Record Office. 
 
 Perambulations and proceedings relating to the Forests are 
 generally entered upon the Patent Rolls, and occasionally upon 
 the Claus Rolls. 
 
 Copies will be found in several public repositories, as follows : — 
 
 Perambulations and proceedings relating to the Forests, from 10 John [1208] 
 
 to the end of Edw. III. [1377] ; Chapter House, Westminster. 
 Rolls of perambulations of Forests in the reigns of Edw. I. and Hen. III. ; 
 
 Tower of London. With a complete Index. 
 Perambulations, presentments, etc. in the counties of Southampton, Stafford, 
 
 Surrey, Sussex, Worcester, and Wilts, from Edw. I. to Charles II. ; 
 
 Chapter House, Westminster. 
 Placita de Foresta apud Stratford, temp. Edw. II. ; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 
 
 5937, f. 113. 
 Iter Forestae Henrici com. Lancastrian, 8 Edw. III.; Lincoln's Inn Lib.; 
 
 Maynard MS. xii. 
 
58 PLACITA. 
 
 Placita Forestae de Shirewode, 8 Edw. III. — Hen. VI. ; Brit. Mus. Karl. 
 MS. 4954. 
 
 Assisae de Foresta; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 858, ff. 67-69 5; 867, f. 44 5; 
 1011, ff. 7, 39 ; 1033, ff. 165, 18, 19 ; 1690, f. 41. 
 
 Assisae de Foresta factae apud Woodstock, temp. Hen. II. ; Brit. Mus. Add. 
 MS. 5761, f. 130 5. 
 
 Consuetudines Forestse; Brit. Mus. Harl. MSS. 1690, f. 41 ; 869, f. 4. 
 
 Black Book of the Forests, temp. Hen. VIII.; Chapter House, West- 
 minster. 
 
 Claims of Liberties in the Boyal Forests, before the Justices in Eyre, temp. 
 Charles I. ; Tower of London. 
 
 A bundle of Perambulations, 17 Charles I. ; Petty Bag Office. 
 
 Claims, Perambulations, and Proceedings, before the Chief Justices in Eyre, 
 on this side Trent, at Justice Seats held in New Forest, Hants, and 
 Waltham Forest, in Essex, temp. Chas. II. ; Chapt. House, Westm. 
 
 A Perambulation of the Forests of Derbyshire, entered in a book with other 
 matters ; Queen's Eemembrancer's Department. 
 
 Returns of Writs for electing Verderers and Kegarders; Petty Bag Office. 
 
 Other surveys of forests and chases may be found in the Queen's 
 Remembrancer's Department, and in the Land Revenue De- 
 partment. 
 
 An Inventory of the records in the Chapter House will be found 
 in the Record Report, 1837, pp. 25-65 ; and of those in the Tower, 
 in the 5th Report of the Deputy Keeper of Records, App. ii., 
 pp. 46-59. 
 
 Placita Corona. — The Pleas of the Crown date from the 
 10 Henry III. to the end of Edward III. ; since which period, 
 Lord Chief Justice Hale states, pleadings and judgments upon 
 franchises and liberties have not been before justices itinerant, but 
 in the King's Bench or Exchequer; and are respectively entered 
 upon the King's Bench Rolls, or Memoranda of the Exchequer. 
 
 These records are deposited at the Chapter House, West- 
 minster. 
 
 Transcripts of Placita may be found in many public libraries, as 
 follows : — 
 
 La comence le Pie de la Couronne; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 6669. 
 Placita Coronae ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MSS. 667, f. 227 ; 1120, f. 151 ; 1208, 
 f. 1873; 1690, f. 663. 
 
 32 Edw. I.— 6 Edw. II. ; Brit. Mus. Hargrave MS. 375. 
 
 Edw. I — Hen. VI. : Chapter House, Westminster. 
 
PLACITA. 59 
 
 Placita Coronae, Edw. III. ; Pub. Lib. Camb. MS. Ee. vi. 21 ; Lincoln's 
 
 Inn Library. 
 
 30 — 44 Edw. III. ; Exeter Coll. Oxf. MS. cxxxiv. 
 
 38—43 Edw. III.; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 5088. 
 
 4—19 Hen. VI. ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 5088. 
 
 in com. Lancastrian, 20 Edw. I. ; Brit. ~Mvs.Latisd.MS.Q04!. 
 
 in comm. Surriae et Somersetsiae, temp. Edw. I. ; Brit. Mus. 
 
 Lansd. MS. 635. 
 
 Placita of Parliament. — The rolls called "Placita Parlia- 
 mentarian contain the early pleadings in Parliament. 
 
 The practice of entering the Placita on separate rolls was dis- 
 continued in 13.21, from which period they were recorded with, 
 and formed a portion of, the Rotuli Parliamentariorum, 1 and were 
 printed in 1 765, by order of the House of Lords. Ryley, a clerk 
 in the Record Office, had, however, previously printed them in the 
 year 1661, in one vol. folio, under the title of "Placita Parlia- 
 mentarian taken from an ancient MS. among the Tower Records, 
 called the Vetus Codex, and to which he added an Appendix of 
 Illustrative Records. 
 
 The original rolls are at the Chapter House, Westminster. 
 
 The following transcripts of the Placita Parliamentaria are in the 
 British Museum : — 
 
 Placita et Petitionee 8, 9, 14, 35 Edw. I. (Lansd. MS. 530.) 
 18 — 35 Edw. I. (Lansd. MS. 526 — duplicate volume, 
 
 No. 527.) 
 
 5, 8, 19 Edw. II. (Lansd. MS. 530.) 
 
 1 — 29 Edw. III. (Lansd. MS. 528 — duplicate volume, 
 
 No. 529.) 
 
 Placita de Quo Warranto. — It is stated, in the notice of the 
 Hundred Rolls, that on Edward the First's return from the 
 Holy Land he found that the revenues of the crown had been con- 
 siderably diminished by tenants in capite alienating without license ; 
 by persons withholding from the crown its just rights, claiming the 
 privileges of holding courts, and oppressing the people, by pre- 
 tending rights of free warren, free chase, &c. ; and that the measures 
 adopted by the king to remedy these abuses gave rise to the 
 inquiries which form the u Hundred Rolls." 
 
 These Rolls were returned into his majesty's Exchequer, and from 
 them the crown was furnished with evidence, upon the oath of a 
 1 See Parliamentary Records. 
 
60 PLACITA. 
 
 jury selected from each hundred and town in every county, Df 
 {inter alia) all the crown lands, the tenants holding the same, how 
 alienated ; and also of all wardships, marriages, escheats, suits, and 
 services, withholden from the king. 
 
 In consequence of these returns, the Statute of Gloucester 
 (6 Edw. I.) is presumed to have been enacted, and the parties 
 were summoned to answer. " Quo Warranto" such a thing was 
 done ? left undone ? property held ? &c. 
 
 The Rolls of the Pleadings in answer to these summonses, and of 
 the judgments thereon, are called the " Placita de Quo Warranto." 
 They are of the reigns of Edward I., II., and III., and of great 
 value and utility, especially to the genealogist, as including, among 
 other information, the various families or various members of the 
 same family, through whom manors, advowsons, and property, from 
 the earliest period, has descended. They contain the boundaries of 
 many free chases, free warrens, and fisheries, and the allowance in 
 eyre of various franchises and liberties : in them are also many 
 royal charters, both to ecclesiastical and lay corporations, not to be 
 elsewhere found on record; many obscure passages and obsolete 
 words in charters are explained, and much learning illustrative of 
 the laws and customs of the country, both useful and interesting to 
 the lawyer and antiquary, will be found dispersed throughout the 
 work. They are frequently referred to in our courts of law. 
 
 Since 10 Edward III., Lord Chief Justice Hale observes, plead- 
 ings and judgments upon franchises and liberties have not been 
 before the justices itinerant, but in the King's Bench or Exchequer, 
 and are respectively entered either upon the King's Bench Rolls or 
 Memoranda of the Exchequer. 
 
 The rolls are preserved at the Chapter House, Westminster. 
 
 They are arranged under counties ; and Cardigan in Wales, as 
 well as the islands of Guernsey and Jersey, is included ; but nothing 
 occurs relative to the palatinate of Durham. 
 
 Parliament, some years since, ordered the publication of those in 
 the Chapter House; and one folio volume has been printed, under 
 the title of " Placita de Quo Warranto temporibus Edw. I., II, Ill, 
 in Curia Receptee Scaccarii Westm. asservata." 1818. 
 
 A facsimile of the manuscript is prefixed, and copious Indices 
 Nominum et Locorum are appended to the volume. 
 
 The original price of this work was £2. 12s. 6d. ; it can now be 
 purchased for 18s. 
 
PLACITA. 61 
 
 Board of Green Cloth. — This Board had the power of trying 
 treasons within the limits of the court. Here likewise (and not in 
 Chancery) were inrolled all letters and writings concerning such 
 matters of state as were not fit to be made public. The records 
 preserved at this board, which is in St. James's Palace, commence 
 in the reign of Henry VIII., and consist of orders for the govern- 
 ment of the king's establishments and their expenditures, warrants 
 and certificates of the household, and proceedings in the Court of 
 Verge, from 1676 to the present reign. 
 
 Court of Augmentation. — This court was established 27 Henry 
 VIII. [1535], under the title of the Court of the Augmentation 
 of the Revenues of the Crown, for the purpose [inter alia) of 
 determining disputes respecting lands and possessions belonging to 
 the crown, by reason of the dissolution of religious houses. It was 
 moreover formed for the custody of the records concerning property 
 belonging to the monks at the dissolution of monasteries ; and of 
 these monastic records an abundance is still preserved here of great 
 value, and no less interest. 
 
 The Court was dissolved and re-established by letters patent of 
 38 Henry VIII. ; confirmed by statute 7 Edw. VI. c. 2 ; abolished 
 by the statute 1 Mary, sess. 2, c. 10 ; and annexed to the Exchequer 
 by letters patent, 1 Mary, 23rd and 24th January, 1553-4. 
 
 Since this time, the office has been denominated the Augmenta- 
 tion Office. The records are very numerous and valuable, com- 
 prising bills, answers, replications, rejoinders, grants from the 
 crown, leases, fee-farm rents, escheat rolls, surveys of manors, 
 taxation rolls, and many of the original deeds, charters, evidences, 
 and records belonging to the dissolved religious institutions. 
 
 Here also have been from time to time deposited for security, 
 a quantity of valuable records and accounts, some of which are 
 peculiarly connected with genealogical researches. 
 
 Many books of the decrees and leases of this court are in the 
 depository at Carlton Ride. 
 
 In the British Museum will be found : — 
 
 A Declaration of the Manour3, Lands, etc., that fell to Hen. VIII. through 
 exchange or otherwise, before the Court of Augmentation was erected. 
 (Lansd.MS. 16, art. 55.) 
 
 Calendar of Orders and Decrees of the Court of Augmentation, 28 Hen. VIII. 
 to 7 Edw. VI. {Add. MSS. 9781 j 9782.) 
 
62 PLACITA. 
 
 Declaratio omnium Feodorum collectorum, cum annuitatibus, pensionibus, 
 divisarum personarum, per sig. Curias Augmentationum, etc. pro termino 
 vitse et annorum concessorum, anno 36 Hen. VIII. {Karl. MS. 600, 
 f. 20.) 
 
 Surveys and Possessions of Gilds and Chantrys, granted to Edw. VI. 
 (Earl. MS. 605.) 
 
 Account of all Lands leased by Q. Mary. {Karl. MS. 239.) 
 
 Proceedings of Commissioners in the Sale of Royal Possessions, 3 and 4, 
 4 and 5 Philip and Mary. (Harl. MSS. 606 to 608.) 
 
 In the Lambeth Library is an Index to ancient Deeds, Charters, 
 and other instruments remaining in the Augmentation Office. 
 
 Court of Chancery. — The nature and jurisdiction of the Court 
 of Chancery are so generally known, that it cannot be necessary to 
 say more of it, even for the most unacquainted, than that the pro- 
 ceedings are by bill of complaint filed, by answers (the truth of 
 which is sworn to), also filed, and that the evidence is by affidavits, 
 likewise filed, overt testimony not being admissible. 
 
 The earliest records of this court, at present known to exist, 
 commence with the 17th year of Richard II., at which period it 
 appears that the chief business of the court did not arise from the 
 introduction of uses of land, according to the opinion of most early 
 writers on the subject; very few instances of applications to the 
 Chancellor on such grounds, occurring among the proceedings of 
 the Chancery during the former five first reigns, after the equitable 
 jurisdiction of the court seems to have been fully established. 
 Most of the ancient petitions appear to have been presented in 
 consequence of assaults and trespasses, and a variety of outrages 
 which were cognizable at common law; but for which the party 
 complaining was unable to obtain redress, in consequence of the 
 maintenance or protection afforded to his adversary by some power- 
 ful barons, or by the sheriff or other officer of the county in which 
 they occurred. The petitions in the reign of Richard II. are very 
 numerous. During the active reign of Henry IV. no bills or 
 petitions addressed to the Chancellor have yet been found; and 
 comparatively few appear to have been filed during that of his son 
 and successor, Henry V. From the commencement of the reign 
 of Henry VI. the bills or petitions, and other proceedings in the 
 Court of Chancery, appear to have been preserved with greater 
 regularity ; and in his time the U3e of the English language, which 
 
PLACITA. 63 
 
 had been partially introduced in the time of his predecessor, became 
 generally adopted. But few decrees in these early periods have 
 been discovered, and these are generally found endorsed on the 
 Bill, a practice which continued from the time of Henry VI. down 
 to that of Henry VIII., if not to a later period. It is stated by 
 Nicholson, Maitland, and other writers, that most of the Chancery 
 Records were in an outrageous manner burned and destroyed by 
 rebels under Wat Tyler, in Richard the Second's time. 
 
 With respect to their genealogical utility, it was held by Lord 
 Chief Justice Kenyon, in 1 796, that a bill in Chancery could never 
 be admitted in evidence, further than to show that such a bill did 
 exist, and that certain facts were in issue between the parties, in 
 order to let in the answer or depositions of witnesses; 1 and in 
 1 799, his lordship held the same doctrine, though with this material 
 exception, if not contradiction, that a bill in Chancery by an 
 ancestor, was evidence to prove a family pedigree stated therein, in 
 the same manner as a Bible. 2 In the claims to the Bunbury Peerage, 
 heard before the House of Lords in 1809, counsel having offered 
 certain depositions taken upon a bill filed in the Court of Chancery 
 in 1640, the opinions of the judges were required upon various 
 points, when they answered to the House {inter alia), that neither 
 the bill in equity, nor the depositions, would be received in evidence 
 in the courts below, on the trial of ejectment then in question ; and 
 that, generally speaking, a bill in Chancery could not be received 
 as evidence in a court of law to prove any fact either alleged or 
 denied in such bill as filed; but whether there might be put a 
 case which would form an exception to such rule, they could not 
 undertake to say. Notwithstanding these opinions, the Placita of 
 the Court of Chancery, as well as of other courts, can never fail of 
 being valued for the very important genealogical evidence they 
 afford, whether legal or not : and the instances are not few where 
 the Placita Records have been successfully referred to, and given 
 as evidence in genealogical cases. 
 
 The bills, answers, depositions, and other proceedings in Chancery, 
 from Richard II. to 1758, are among the records at the Tower, 
 except the Town Depositions, which were not sent to the Tower for 
 a later period than 1724, after which they are at the Examiner's 
 Office, Rolls Yard, Chancery Lane. 
 
 The bills, answers, country depositions, and other proceedings 
 
 1 Doe dem. Bowerinan v. Sybourn, 7 T. E. 
 
 2 Temple v. Cole, 7 T. R. 
 
64 PLACITA. 
 
 in Chancery, subsequent to those sent to the Tower, are at the 
 Records and Writs' Clerks' Office (formerly the Six Clerks' 
 Office), Chancery Lane. 
 
 The Judgment or Decree Rolls, as well as the dockets from 
 which the inrolments are made, from about the 25th Henry VIII., 
 are from time to time brought from the Records and Writs' Clerks' 
 Office to the Public Record Office. 
 
 Entry books of decrees, from Henry VIII. to the present time, 
 are at the Report Office, report side. Minute books in the office 
 of the Registrars. 
 
 Reports of Masters in Chancery, from 1590, are at the Report 
 Office, report side. 
 
 The Affidavit Office has preserved the affidavits from 1632 to 
 the present time: there are Indices from 1632 to 1770 (1770 to 
 1780 are lost), and from 1780 to the present time are perfect. 
 
 In the British Museum is a volume of cases in this court. 
 (Lansd. MS. 568.) 
 
 Affidavits are arranged in terms at the Register Office for 
 Affidavits, 10, Symond's Inn, Chancery Lane. 
 
 Calendars of the Chancery proceedings in the reign of Queen 
 Elizabeth, which are in the Tower, have been printed and pub- 
 lished, in three volumes folio. 1827-1832. 
 
 They contain, in separate columns, the plaintiffs' and defendants' 
 names, the object of the suit, the particulars of the property in 
 dispute, and the county in which it is situated, with a slight 
 account of the nature of the claims in the proceedings of the 
 Court of Chancery during the reign of Queen Elizabeth, 1558 to 
 1603, alphabetically arranged under the name? of the plaintiffs. 
 Prefixed are many curious examples of earlier proceedings in that 
 court, from Richard II. to Elizabeth. 
 
 This calendar is useful to topographical writers ; it affords much 
 genealogical information; and is of considerable value for legal 
 purposes. Judging from the specimens given of various bills and 
 answers from the reign of Richard II. to that of Elizabeth, these 
 records are not exceeded by any that have been given to the public 
 in valuable illustrations of the state of society at the periods to 
 which they respectively refer ; and they are likewise redundant in 
 information relative to the descent of property, and in materials for 
 family history. 
 
 Each volume was published at £2. 2s., which is also the present 
 price of the work. 
 
PLACITA. 65 
 
 Court op Chivalry. — This court is called Curia Militaris in Rot. 
 Pat. 12 Henry IV.; the Marshal's Court in Rot. Pari. 2 Henry VI. 
 n. 9; and the Court of the Constable and Marshal in stat, 13 
 Ric. II., stat. 1, c. 2. 
 
 The Court of Chivalry, established by Edward I., was a military 
 court and court of honour ; and the proceedings therein appear to 
 have been formerly held before the Lord High Constable and the 
 Earl Marshal of England. The duties of these two officers were 
 executed partly abroad in the king's army in time of war, and 
 partly in the king's court in time of peace. They had their 
 respective deputies in the Court of Exchequer. 
 
 The above court, held before the Earl Marshal only, was a military 
 court, or court of honour; but when held before the Lord High 
 Constable, jointly with the Earl Marshal, was also a criminal court. 
 
 Coke states that the proceedings in this court were by petitions 
 in a summary way; and the trial not by a jury of twelve men, but 
 by witnesses, or by Combat. But if the roll in the Chapter House, 
 mentioned below, be a part of the proceedings in the Court of 
 Chivalry, it is clear that in criminal cases there was certainly a 
 jury; for these expressions occur therein: — "Ideo fiat inde Jur' 
 tarn de Curia Domini Regis quam de exercitu," &c. "Et Jura- 
 tores dicunt super sacramentum," &c. Sir Matthew Hale makes 
 no mention of a jury in his account of the military court held 
 before the Constable and Marshal. 
 
 There is only one roll of the court, which is preserved among the 
 records of the Chapter House, Westminster, called Placita 
 Exercitus Regis, 24 Edw. I., and is particularly pointed out by 
 Prynne, in his Animadversions on the 4th In3t. p. 337, as 
 belonging to the Court of Chivalry. 
 
 It contains the pleadings which began at Werke, in Northumber- 
 land, and continued as the army of Edward I. proceeded through 
 Scotland, by Roxburgh, to Edinburgh, thence to Aberdeen, and 
 back to Berwick, where they end. 
 
 There certainly were more records of this sort, from the following 
 passage on the Patent Roll [15 Edw. III. part iii. m. 12 a.] : — 
 
 " Et habita super premissis deliberatione per eosdem de concilio 
 concordatum est quod iterum scrutentur Liber de feodis, Rotuli, et 
 alia Vetera Memoranda hujus Scaccarii hujusmodi Amerciamenta 
 tangentia, nee non Rotuli Marescalciae tarn de exercitibus Regis 
 mine, quam Progenitorum suorum." The existence of these 
 records is, however, now unknown. 
 
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66 PLACITA. 
 
 By the statute 8 Richard II. it is enacted, that all pleas and suits 
 touching the common law, and which ought to be examined and 
 discussed at the common law, shall not thereafter be drawn or 
 holden by any means before the Constable and Marshal ; but that 
 the Court of the Constable and Marshal shall have that which 
 belongeth to the same court, as in the time of King Edward. 
 
 Since the extinction of the office of Lord High Constable by the 
 attainder of the Duke of Buckingham, temp. Henry VIII., the 
 court has usually been held before the Earl Marshal only with 
 respect to civil matters. 
 
 Probably the last proceedings in this court are those in the year 
 1631 (7 Charles I.), when a duel was ordered to take place between 
 Lord Rea and Mr. Ramsay ; but that order was afterwards counter- 
 manded. The proceedings are in the Bodleian Library. 
 
 The form and manner of proceeding in this court, touching the 
 use and bearing of arms, will be found in the second volume of a 
 collection of curious discourses by eminent antiquaries, generally 
 known as Hearne's " Curious Discourses" 2d edit., 2 vols. 8vo, 
 1773, p. 243. 
 
 Records of the Court of Chivalry, called the Earl Marshal's 
 Book, will be found in the College of Arms. 
 
 They contain entries of some few proceedings in the Earl Mar- 
 shal's Court, from the time of Queen Elizabeth to that of Charles II. 
 inclusive. Such of the original documents and records as still exist, 
 relating to suits and proceedings in the Court of Chivalry, between 
 the years 1630 and 1707, are in this repository. 
 
 There are matters in the State Paper Office illustrative of the 
 functions of this court. 
 
 Matters pertaining to the Court of Chivalry will be found entered 
 on the Close and Patent Rolls. 
 
 There are among the Tower Records what are called the Scrope 
 and Grosvenor Rolls, which, with abstract of the proceedings from 
 a manuscript in the Harleian Library, have been partly printed by 
 Sir Harris Nicolas, under the title, " De Controversia in Curia 
 Militari inter Ricardum le Scrope et Robertum Grosvenor, milites, 
 Rege Ricardo Secundo. 1385-1390." There are also other rolls of 
 a similar description among the miscellaneous Records there. See 
 Deputy Keeper of Record's 3rd Rep. App. ii., pp. 192, 193. 
 
 In other public repositories are : — 
 
PLACITA. 67 
 
 A volume of Collections relating to the Court of Chivalry ; Lincoln's Inn 
 
 Lib. Hale MS. xi. 
 Papers relating to the Office of Earl Marshal of England ; Brit. Mus. Cott. 
 
 MS. Titus, C. i. ; Earl. MS. 4176 ; Add. MS. 5937, f. 45 ; 6297, pp. 
 
 194, 197, 205, 244, 375 to 384 ; 9023 ; Ashm. Lib. MS. 7355. 
 Proceedings in the Earl Marshal's Court, temp. Charles I. ; Brit. Mus. 
 
 Lamd. MS. 641. 
 Acts and Official Proceedings in the Earl Marshal's Court and Heralds' 
 
 Office, brought down to the end of the Seventeenth Century ; Brit. 
 
 Mus. Lamd. MSS. 867; 868. 
 Earl Marshal's Warrants from 1683 to 1707; Coll. op Arms, MS. M. 17 (2). 
 Catalogues and Descents of the Marshals of England, from Hen. I. to 1638 ; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 6168 ; Lamd. MS. 195. See also Dallaway's 
 
 Heraldic Miscellanies, p. 49, and Noble's College of Arms. 
 
 Court of Common Pleas. — The establishment of the Court of 
 Common Pleas, as distinct from the Curia Regis, was by one 
 of the articles granted by King John in Magna Carta; and it 
 now forms the eleventh chapter of the charter, as confirmed by 
 25 Edward L, viz. " Common Pleas shall not follow our court/' but 
 shall " be holden in some place certain." 
 
 This " certain place " was established at Westminster Hall, where 
 the Aula Regis originally sat, when the king resided there. 
 
 The Rolls containing the early pleadings of this court are with 
 those of the Curia Regis ; and, as has already been remarked (p. 54 
 ante), it is difficult to say when the courts became separate. 
 
 The greater part of the Records are at Carlton Ride; the 
 remainder are deposited in the Stone Tower, Westminster Hall. 
 
 Docket-rolls — containing the nature of the pleadings, descriptions 
 of actions, counties in which the venues were laid, names of the 
 parties and their attorneys, from 1 Henry VIII., 3 Edward VI., 
 and 2 Elizabeth, respectively, to the present time — were formerly in 
 the possession of the three prothonotaries of the court. The number 
 of these rolls, down to the year 1770, is about 23,000. 
 
 The prothonotaries had also boot > of common judgments, from 
 3 Charles I. ; of special judgments and of nisi prius records, from 
 14 Charles II.; and of entries on the rolls, from 12 Anne; all of 
 which, though not considered as records, are of great moment in 
 cases where the entries on the rolls carried into the Treasury are 
 not completed. 
 
 The office of Prothonotary was abolished by statute 1 Vict. c. 30 ; 
 
68 PLACITA. 
 
 and the Records removed from Serjeants' Inn to Carlton Ride, 
 by warrant dated 10th July, 1840, and by subsequent warrants. 
 
 At the Master's Office are parchment books, wherein are entered 
 in alphabetical order, by the defendants' surname, pursuant to the 
 statute 4th and 5th William and Mary, a docket of all the final 
 judgments entered in the Court of Common Pleas. 
 
 In the absence of Indices to the Judgment Rolls, the Essoin 
 Rolls are useful as references to the number of the roll containing 
 the proceedings in any given case ; inasmuch as it is much easier to 
 run down a list of little else than the names of parties than to 
 search through a series of long rolls. 
 
 The Essoin Rolls contain excuses for such as do not appear in 
 court according to the summons of the writ. They exist at the 
 Tower, from the 3d Henry III. to the end of Edward III. ; and 
 at Carlton Ride, from 1 Henry IV. to 13 William III. 
 
 Collections from the Plea Rolls may be found as follows : — 
 
 Collectanea ex rott. Placitorum Communium, temp. R. Joh. ; Brit. Mus. 
 
 Harl. MS. 301, f. 182. 
 
 1 — 7 John ; Coll. of Arms, Vincent MS. 104. 
 
 4 et 25 Hen. III. ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 248, f. 34. 
 
 temp. Edw. I. ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 294, f. 148 b ; 298, f. 56, 
 
 et seqq. 
 
 1—13 Edw. I. ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 1609, art. 2. 
 
 1—25 Edw. I. ; Coll. of Arms, Vincent MS. 102. 
 
 18—23, 28, 35 Edw. I. ; Exeter Coll. Oxf. MS. cxlvii. 
 
 25—27 Edw. I. ; Coll. of Arms, Vincent MS. 104. 
 
 Edw. I.— Edw. III. ; Inner Temple Lib. if & 515 (v. 1 to 6). 
 
 Reports of Common Pleas, temp. Elizabeth; Pub. Library, Camb. MS. 
 
 Ee. iii. 45. 
 A Register of Causes tried in the Court of Common Pleas, 26 to 32 Elizabeth ; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 4779. 
 Reports of Cases in Common Pleas, 43 Elizabeth to 9 Jac. I. ; Brit. Mus. 
 
 Add. MS. 9844. 
 
 22 Jac. I. ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 363. 
 
 4_7 Car. I. ; Pub. Lib. Camb. MS. Dd. iii. 46. 
 
 Ecclesiastical Courts. — The ecclesiastical authorities of this 
 country have many courts under their dominion, which are dis- 
 persed in the several dioceses of England. 1 
 
 1 See "An Account of the State of the Ecclesiastical Courts of Kecord," by 
 W. D. Bruce. Lond. 1851. 
 
PLACITA. 69 
 
 The jurisdiction conceded to them extends properly over wills/ 
 matrimonial disputes of all kinds, even to limited divorces, ques- 
 tions of church-rates and churchwardens; brawling in churches, 
 defamation, maritime causes, certain immoral offences, and the 
 dereliction of clergymen from church discipline. The decision upon 
 questions arising out of these multifarious subjects is governed, not 
 by the English law, but by the popish canon law and the civil law, 
 which the Norman barons of old unanimously rejected. The con- 
 duct of the business is intrusted to judges ; to advocates licensed 
 to practise by the archbishops and bishops ; and to proctors, who 
 become such by virtue of seven years' service, under articles to one 
 of the senior proctors. 
 
 The earliest judicial proceedings preserved in any Consistory 
 Court are of the year 1450, in the Courts of York, and of Lichfield 
 and Coventry. The records of these courts are generally, if not 
 invariably, at the registry for the diocese, either in the cathedrals, 
 the episcopal palaces, or in their immediate vicinity. The records 
 of the Court of Arches, of the Archbishop of Canterbury, and of 
 the Court of Delegates, commence in 1663 and 1666, and are con- 
 tinued, with some few exceptions, down to the present time. These 
 are preserved at Doctors' Commons. 
 
 Court of Exchequer. — The ancient Court of the Exchequer 
 was introduced into England by William the Conqueror, and was 
 not finally abolished until the reign of Queen Victoria. (Statute 
 5 & 6 Vic. c. 86.) 
 
 On the ancient Memoranda Rolls at Carlton Ride are entries 
 of a great variety of pleadings relating to the revenues and estates 
 of the nobility and gentry, with the judgments of the court thereon 
 
 Bills, Informations, Pleas, Depositions, Orders, and Decrees o. 
 the Court of Exchequer, from the 1st of Elizabeth to the present 
 time, are in the same repository. 
 
 The Clerk of the Pleas of the Court of Exchequer had under 
 his custody, Rolls containing Pleadings between Parties, and the 
 Judgments of the Court thereon, Judgments on Warrants of 
 Attorney, Books of the execution of Writs of Inquiry, Files of 
 Writs, Bills, or Declarations, Bail Pieces, Affidavits of Debts, and 
 Books of Appearances of the Defendants; some of them (including 
 the most material) commencing as early as the reign of Edward I. 
 
 1 See under the head of ,{ Wills." 
 
 t 
 
70 PLACITA. 
 
 In the Inner Temple Library is an Index of the Orders, 
 Decrees, and Inrolments of the Court, from the reign of Edward I 
 to that of George III. 
 
 In Mr. Madox's valuable collections in the British Museum 
 (Add. MSS. 4500; 4508; 4534-4541) are Bills and Answers, from the 
 time of Edward I. to 28 Henry VIII. ; and in the same repository 
 is an Index to the Exchequer Decrees and Orders, from 1 to 8 
 James I., in the Queen's Remembrancer s Office. (Add. MS. 9780.) 
 
 An Index to various Repertories, Books of Orders, Decrees, and 
 other Records, preserved in the Court of Exchequer, from the reign 
 of Edward I., compiled by the late Adam Martin, Esq., was pub- 
 lished by the Society of the Inner Temple, in 1819. 
 
 Court of King's Bench. — The precise period at which the court 
 known as the " Caria Regis M lost its title and merged into that of 
 the King's Bench, does not precisely appear ; it is, however, clear 
 from the statute, that in the 52d year of the reign of Henry III. 
 it was called the King's Court, and in the 3d year of the reign of 
 Edward I. it was called the Court of the King's Bench. And in 
 the old calendars we find that the records are called Curia Regis 
 Rolls to the end of Henry III., and from that time they are called 
 King's Bench Rolls 
 
 The Placita of the Curia Regis, then, having been fixed as 
 extending no later than the end of the reign of Henry III. [1272], 
 we must consequently date the commencement of the Rolls of the 
 King's Bench from that period. 
 
 These records have been continued, and are in preservation, from 
 the 1st Edward I. to the present day. 
 
 The Calendars and Indexes to the Records of the Court of King's 
 Bench have been printed by order of the House of Commons, 
 down to the end of the reign of Edward II., with indexes Rerum y 
 Nominum, et Locorwn. 
 
 The Index, which was printed in 1811, commences with the reign 
 of Richard I. ; and in this respect the orders of the House of Com- 
 mons, to commence with the reign of Edward I., have been more 
 than fully attended to. 
 
 As it was found difficult to decide when the proceedings in the 
 Curia Regis finished, and the component branches of that court 
 became distinct and permanently severed, the whole work was 
 printed under the title of " Placitorum in Domo Capitulari West- 
 
PLACITA. 
 
 71 
 
 monaster iensi asservatorum Abbreviatio, Temp. Regum Ricardi L, 
 Johann., Hen. III., Edw. /., Edw. II." 
 
 In variety and importance the contents of this volume are 
 superior to those of most of the works published by the Record 
 Commissioner s, and it well merits a place in every historical, legal, 
 and antiquarian library. It consists of pleadings before the Just ces 
 of the King's Bench, before the King and his Council, pleadings 
 remitted from the King's Bench to Parliament, together with some 
 petitions to that assembly ; and, besides throwing light on the early 
 constitution of Parliament and the Concilium Regis, these Records 
 abound in curious matter illustrative of the general history of the 
 country, of the descent of landed property, and of the manners and 
 state of society in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. 
 
 Among the points on which information may be found are the 
 following : — 
 
 Appeals of Murder and other Felonies. 
 
 Assisa. 
 
 Attaint. 
 
 Bridges and Sewers. 
 
 Charters and Grants to Corporations. 
 
 Concords and Fines in real Actions. 
 
 Enrolments of Deeds. 
 
 Damages and Costs. 
 
 Dictum de Kenilworth. 1 
 
 Error. 
 
 Fines. 
 
 Gavelkind. 
 
 Heirs and the Proofs of their Age and 
 Pedigrees. 
 
 Historical Facts relative to the Rebel- 
 lion and Insurrection under Simon 
 de Montfort, and others. 
 
 Honours and Baronies. 
 
 Judgment. 
 
 Jurisdiction. 
 
 Juries. 
 
 Liberties and Privileges to Corpo- 
 rations. 
 
 Towns and Villages. 
 
 London — Customs of, and Historical 
 Facts relative to. 
 
 Measures of Land. 
 
 Obsolete Words. 
 
 Practice of the Courts. 
 
 Prerogative. 
 
 Privilege of Courts. 
 
 Punishment for Contempt. 
 
 Quo Warranto. 
 
 Records of the Kingdom. 
 
 Statutes and Ordinances. 
 
 Trial by Domesday. 
 
 by the Roll of Winton. 
 
 by Duel, and by Ordeal. 
 
 Writs of Right, &c. 
 
 The price of the volume, which also contains three fac- simile 
 engravings of the records, was originally £1. 16s., but is now 18s. 
 
 1 The award made by commissioners appointed by Hen. III. after the battle of 
 Evesham, for the good estate of the realm, and for the provision of certain disinterested 
 persons 
 
72 PLACITA. 
 
 The Records are to be found at the Chapter House, Westmin- 
 ster, down to the reign of Henry VI. 
 
 For all successive reigns they are preserved at Carlton Ride, 
 and at the Stone Tower, adjoining Westminster Hall. 
 
 Copies of the Plaeita for the several reigns will be found as 
 under : — 
 
 John ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 294, art. 100 j Lincoln's Inn Lib. ; Middle 
 
 Temple Lib. 
 Hen. III. ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MSS. 94, art. 10; 294, art. 93. 
 Edw. I. ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 673; Lansd.MS. 602.; Lincoln's Inn Lib.; 
 
 Lib. of Middle and Inner Temple. 
 Edw. II. ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 88, art. 7 ; Inner Temp. Lib. 
 Edw. III. ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 294, art. 45; Lansd.MS. 602; Lincoln's 
 
 Inn Lib. ; Library of Middle and Inner Temple. 
 
 10—17 ; Inner Temple Lib. MS. 510. 
 
 Rich. II. ; Lincoln's Inn Lib. 
 
 Hen. IV.; Lincoln's Inn Lib. 
 
 Hen. VI. 7 and 8 ; Pub. Lib. Camb. Dd. vi. 59. 
 
 Hen. VIII. ; Pub. Lib. Camb. Dd. xiii. 24. 
 
 Mary ; Bodleian Library. 
 
 Elizabeth; Brit. Mus. Harl. MSS. 363; 4779 ; 6682 ; 6683 ; Bodl.Lib.; 
 
 Pub. Lib. Camb. Dd. xiii. 24 ; xiv. 18 ; Ff v. 26. 
 
 28—30 Pub. Lib. Camb. Dd. xi. 64. 
 
 33 ; Pub. Lib. Camb. Ff. v. 20, 26. 
 
 34—39 ; Pub. Lib. Camb. Dd. x. 51 ; Ee. iii. 2. 
 
 36—40; Pub. Lib. Camb. Ee. vi. 17. 
 
 39—42 ; Pub. Lib. Camb. Dd. viii. 48 ; Ff. ii. 14. 
 
 42 ; Exeter Coll. Oxf. MS. cix. 
 
 James I.; Brit. Mus. Harl. MSS. 363; 4779; 6682 ; 6683. 
 
 1—14; Pub. Lib. Camb. Dd. x. 51. 
 
 4 and 5 ; Exeter Coll. Oxf. MS. cix. ; Pub. Lib. Camb. 
 
 Ee. v. 17. 
 
 9 and 10; Pub. Lib. Camb. Ee. iii. 54. 
 
 15, 16, 20.; Pub. Lib. Camb. Dd. ii. 42.; vi. 57, 58. 
 
 20—22 ; Pub. Lib. Camb. Ee. vi. 2. 
 
 Chas. I. 2—7; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 1330, f. 26.; Pub. Lib. Camb. 
 
 Dd. xii. 48, 49 ; Ee. v. 17. 
 
 :__ 8—13 ; Pub. Lib. Camb. Dd. vi. 61. 
 
 Charles II. ; All Souls' Coll. Oxf. MS. cxlv. 
 
 James II. ; All Souls' Coll. Oxf. MS. cxlv. 
 
 William III. ; Brit. Mus. Lansd. MS. 568 ; All Souls' Coll. Oxf. MS. cxlv. 
 
 William and Mary, and Anne ; Brit. Mus. Add. MSS. 6722 to 6726, f. 104 ; 
 
 6727, f. 103. 
 George II. 14—27; Inner Temple Lib. MS. 509. 
 
PLACITA. 73 
 
 Marshal's Court (Curia AuljE Regis). — This court, which was 
 obliged to follow the king, was instituted to administer justice 
 between the king's domestic servants, that they might not be drawn 
 into other courts. Its jurisdiction, which was limited to twelve miles 
 round the king's lodgings, was formerly held in, though not part of, 
 the Aula Regis; and when that was subdivided, remained a distinct 
 jurisdiction, holding pleas of trespasses committed within the verge 
 of the court. 
 
 The records of this court are now at the Chapter House, West- 
 minster. They contain the proceedings in the Marshalsea Court, 
 in which the Lord Steward and the Earl Marshal presided. 
 
 The bag contains rolls of 12 Edward I., 10 and 11 Edward II., 
 and from 15 to 32 Edward III. 
 
 The roll 10 Edward II. is entitled, " Placita Aulas Domini Regis 
 apud Ebor', coram Domino Wilhelmo de Monte-acuto Senescallo 
 Hospitii Domini Regis et Domino Johanne de Weston, Locum 
 tenente Thorn, de Brotherton Comitis Norff.' et SunV Marescal' 
 Anglise, Die Mercurii prox' post festum Sancti Clementis Papse A . 
 Regni Regis Ed', filii Regis Ed 1 , decimo." 
 
 In the same roll are " Placita apud Sitoby, Blid, Clipston, Not- 
 tingham, Lotterworth, Daventr/ Brakeley, Oxon, London, Sar/ 
 Andover, Westm', Wyndesore, Staines, Sanct' Dunstanum infra 
 Barram Novi Templi London, Tame, et Woodstock." 
 
 In this court the Marshal had various duties to perform ; and it 
 is plain, by the title to the roll, that he was one of the judges who 
 presided. 
 
 A number of valuable documents relating to the office of Marshal 
 will be found amongst the Cottonian MSS. in the British Museum, 
 as also an original Placita Roll of one cause in 1347. (Titus, C. i.) 
 
 Papers relating to the Jurisdiction of this court will be found in 
 Hargrave MS. 307, in the same library. 
 
 In the Bodleian Library are some " Proceedings of the Court 
 of Verge, belonging to the Palace of Saint James originally." 
 
 Doubts having arisen as to the extent of the jurisdiction of the 
 Marshalsea Court, King Charles L, in the sixth year of his reign, 
 by letters patent, erected a new Court of Record, called the Curia 
 Palatii, or Palace Court, to be held before the Steward of the 
 Household, and Knight Marshal, and the Steward of the Court or 
 his deputy ; with jurisdiction to hold pleas of all manner of personal 
 actions between parties within twelve miles of the Palace at White- 
 hall, not extending into the city of London. 
 
 This latter court, together with the ancient Court of Marshalsea, 
 
74 PLACITA. 
 
 was afterwards held in King Street, in the borough of Southwark ; 
 from thence they were removed to Great Scotland Yard, West- 
 minster, where the court was held every Friday, until its abolition. 
 Upon the establishment of the Palace Court, the Marshalsea 
 Court gradually fell into disuse. Both courts were abolished by 
 12 and 13 Vict. c. 101, after 31st Dec. 1849. The Records were 
 directed to be placed under the custody of the Master of the .Rolls. 
 
 Court of Requests. — This Court is sometimes called the Court 
 of Whitehall, because the court was held in or adjoining to the 
 chamber in Westminster Hall called the White Hall. It was some- 
 times also called the Court of Conscience. 
 
 The Court of Requests was established in the 9th year of the reign 
 of Henry VII., and sat at first wherever the Privy Council happened 
 to be ; but in latter times it sat more generally at Westminster. 
 
 The Lord Privy Seal presided, assisted by Masters of Requests, 
 who were the ordinary judges. 
 
 It was originally an Equity Court for poor men's suits, which 
 were made to the king by supplication, and upon which they were 
 entitled to have right without payment of money. 
 
 An order was made in Chancery, 30th Nov. 1588, referring all 
 poor persons seeking relief in that court to the Court of Requests. 
 
 Immediately before its dissolution, however, almost all suits that 
 by colour of equity, or supplication made to the Prince, might be 
 brought before him, became cognisable by this court. 
 
 Its jurisdiction, as a Court of Equity, was contested in the 40th 
 Elizabeth ; and it was adjudged that it was no court that had power 
 of judicature. 
 
 The court was virtually abolished by stat. 16 Car. I. c. 10. 
 
 The office of Master of Requests continued probably the whole of 
 the reign of Charles II., when it ceased, as it had become of no value. 
 
 The Records, which are very useful for family and local history, 
 pedigrees, &c, are deposited in the Chapter House, at West- 
 minster. They are as follows : — 
 
 Affidavit Books. 
 
 Appearance Books. 
 
 Bills and Answers (if found). 
 
 Returns of Commissions. 
 
 Decrees. 
 
 Docket Books. 
 
 Notice Books. 
 
 Order Books, and Order and Decree 
 
 Books. 
 Process Books. 
 Replication Books. 
 Returns of Commissions. 
 Witness Books. 
 
PLACITA. 75 
 
 An Inventory of the Records will be found printed in the Deputy 
 Keeper of the Records' 8th Report, App. ii. p. 167. 
 
 There are proceedings in this court among the Miscellaneous 
 Records of the Land Revenue Department. 
 
 Two books of judicial proceedings, from 1639 to 1640, were 
 formerly in the Office of Privy Seal. 
 
 In the British Museum are — 
 
 Causes in the Court of Requests, from 1580 to 1604. (Lansd. MS. 161.) 
 Register of Requests from 1660 to 1669. {Add. MS. 5759.) 
 Names of Counsellors that heard Causes in the Court of Requests, from 
 Hen. VII. to 12 Elizabeth. (Lansd. MS. 12, art. 57.) 
 
 In the Chapter House are 36 volumes of Proceedings in Jhis- 
 
 Court. 
 
 Court of Star Chamber. — This was a very ancient court, held 
 before the king and council. It consisted of divers lords, being 
 privy councillors, together with two judges of the courts of common 
 law, without (as it has been said) the intervention of a jury. Their 
 jurisdiction extended legally over riots, perjury, misbehaviour of 
 sheriffs, and other notorious misdemeanors, contrary to the law of 
 the land. 
 
 Such as remain of the bills, answers, depositions, and other 
 proceedings in this court, from the 3d Henry VII., when it was 
 established, to the 16th Charles I., when it was finally abolished, 
 are at the Chapter House, Westminster 
 
 The original decrees are lost; the last notice of them was in 
 1719, when they were in a house in St. Bartholomew Close. 
 
 Those at the Chapter House are of the reigns of Henry VII., 
 VIII., Edward VI., and Elizabeth : the latter are the most perfect. 
 Indexes have been made to these, as there is much useful matter 
 respecting property in the depositions. 
 
 Some of the bills and answers are to be found amongst the 
 Miscellaneous Records at the Tower. (See 3d Report of Deputy 
 Keeper of Records, App. ii. p. 196.) 
 
 In the British Museum and at Cambridge are : — 
 
 Causes in the Star Chamber, temp. Hen. VII.; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 
 
 6811, f. 2. 
 Proceedings in the Court of Star Chamber, 1 Hen, VII. to 37 Hen. VL T i ; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 4521. 
 
76 PLACITA. 
 
 Decrees of the Court of Star Chamber, from Edw. VI. to 8 Jac. I. , Pepysian 
 
 Lib. Magdalen Coll. Camb. 
 Orders in the Court of Star Chamber, temp. Elizabeth ; Pub. Lib. Camb. 
 
 Dd. xi. 81. 
 Decisions in the Star Chamber, 1582-3; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 6265, 
 
 ff. 371 to 376. 
 Reports of Trials in the Star Chamber, from 40 Elizabeth to 13 James I. ; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 1330, f. I. 
 Abstract of Trials in the High Court of Star Chamber to the reign of James I. ; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 2143, f. 1. 
 Two volumes of Cases in the Star Chamber, temp. Car. I. ; Bodl. Lib. 
 " Account of Causes tryed in the Starr Chamber, 1631 ;" Brit. Mus. Harl. 
 
 MS. 4130. 
 Cases in the Court of Star Chamber, 10 Chas. I. ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 4022. 
 
 There are also proceedings, reports, and collections, relative to 
 the Star Chamber, in the Land Revenue Department, in the 
 Inner Temple, and in the State Paper Office. Some few 
 judgments and other proceedings, removed by certiorari, are in the 
 Rolls Chapel. 
 
 In Rushworth's Collections, vol. ii., are the proceedings and de- 
 crees in one case, and in the Appendix to vol. iii. are several decrees. 
 
 Court of Survey. — This court was established by statute 33 
 Henry VIII. c. 39, suppressed by letters patent 38 Henry VIII., 
 and incorporated in the New Court of Augmentation, erected by 
 the said letters patent, which latter court was annexed to the 
 Court of Exchequer by letters patent 1 Mary. 
 
 The Bills and Answers of the Court are now at the Record 
 Office, Carlton Ride. Here also is deposited a book called " Liber 
 Curiae Generalis Supervisoris Terrarum Domini Regis." 
 
 Court ofWards and Liveries. — Under the head of Inquisitions 
 post mortem, it has been stated that they were consequent upon the 
 feudal system ; and, although they had so remote an origin, they 
 were made an engine of the greatest oppression by Henry VII., 
 whose creatures Empson and Dudley compelled many persons to 
 sue out livery from the crown who were by no means tenants 
 thereto. To remedy this grievance, the Court of Wards and 
 Liveries was instituted by statute 32 Henry VIII. c. 46, and lasted 
 until the troubles in 1645. 
 
 The court consisted of a master, an attorney, a receiver-general, 
 
PLACITA. 77 
 
 and two auditors, whose duty it was to superintend and regulate 
 inquiries upon the death of the king's tenants; what lands they 
 died seized of, who was the heir, and of what age, in order to 
 entitle the king to his marriage wardship, relief, primer seisin, or 
 other advantages. 
 
 This court was virtually abolished during the Commonwealth, 
 and finally by the statute 12 Car. II. c. 24. 
 
 The proceedings of the court were by bill and answer; its 
 records contain also the inquisitions post mortem occurring during 
 its existence. 
 
 The records afford such important proof of descents and alliances, 
 and of various rights of property, that an endeavour was made by 
 Dethick, York herald, in 1584, to establish an office in the Court 
 of Wards and Liveries, for inrolling and registering the descent of 
 the wards. 
 
 In 1709, a Committee of the House of Lords found the records in 
 a neglected and perishing condition in a fishmonger's house, in a 
 fish-yard near Westminster Hall ; the room where they were kept 
 seemed to the committee to be the place where the records were 
 kept when the court was existing. 
 
 It is stated in Strachey's Index to the Records, printed in 1739, 
 that eleven bags of the Feodaries' certificates, and also calendars 
 and indexes, were in the hands of the executors of Mr. Charles 
 Grimes, of Gray's Inn. And it appears from the Lords' Journals, 
 1709, 20th April, that Mr. Grimes had the key of the room where 
 the records were, and produced four books of alphabetical Indexes 
 to the Inquisitions which his father had made. These deeds are 
 now in the Chapter House. 
 
 Calendars of the names of all the wards, and the situations of 
 their estates, have been made, from which it appears that the deeds 
 of 5000 wards and estates remain unclaimed. 
 
 An Index to the Deeds is printed in the 6th Report of the Deputy 
 Keeper of the Pub. Records, App. ii. No. 1 . 
 
 A list of these records is given in Thomas's " Hand Book to the 
 Public Records;' pp. 312—316. 
 
 The decrees of the judges are preserved at the same office, and 
 amongst them are a great number of title-deeds brought into the 
 court while the proprietors of the estates to which they relate were 
 in wardship. From these deeds also, the most unimpeachable 
 evidence of descent may be obtained ; and it was stated by the 
 Commissioners appointed to inquire into the public records of the 
 
78 PLACITA. 
 
 kingdom, in their report to the Parliament in 1800, that if the 
 owners of these estates could now be ascertained, it might perhaps 
 he desirable to return to each such deeds as related to his property. 
 
 Some of the proceedings are among the Miscellaneous Records at 
 the Tower. (See Deputy Keeper of Records' 3d Rep. App. ii. 
 p. 197.) 
 
 In other repositories are : — 
 
 "Avesque Cases hors Curiae Wardorum;" Beit. Mus. Harl. MS. 1588, 
 
 art. 2. 
 Abstracta Inquisitionum, in Curia Wardorum conservatorum manu Thomse 
 
 Cole; Brit. Mus. Harl. MSS. 756—760; 410; 411. 
 A Collection of Precedents of Forms, Judgments, &c, belonging to the Court 
 
 of Wards, by Thomas Cole ; Brit. Mus. Lansd. MSS. 608 ; 647 ; 648. 
 Book of Wards' Estates, 21—23 Hen. VII., 19—21 Hen. VIII. ; Chapter 
 
 House, Westminster. 
 " Collection de touts tiels Decrees fait in Court de Gards," beginning Trinity 
 
 Terra, 7 Edw. VI.; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 1727. 
 An Abstract of the Decrees in the Court of Wards, from 7 Edw. VI. [1553] 
 
 to 23 Elizabeth [1581] inclusive; Brit. Mus. Lansd. MS. 606. 
 The Decrees in the Court of W T ards, and in the other courts, during the reigns 
 
 of Edw. VI., Mary, Elizabeth, James I., and Charles I. ; Brit. Mus. 
 
 Lansd. MS. 607. 
 Instructions of King James I. for the Master of his Wardes and Lyveryes ; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 736. 
 Cases in the Court of Wards and Liveries, 7 Edw. VI. to 10 James I. ; Brit. 
 
 Mus. Add. MS. 5760, f. 26. 
 Beport of Cases in the Court of Wards, temp. Jac. I. ; Pub. Lib. Camb 
 
 Dd. xiii. 28. 
 Surveys of the Court of Wards and Liveries for Sussex, 5 — 30 Hen. VIII. ; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 5700, f. 31. 
 
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 /"CHARTER ROLLS. — In their more important features, the 
 ^^ Charter Rolls differ little from the Inrolments of the King's 
 Letters Patent. They consist of grants of privileges to religious 
 houses, to cities, towns, bodies corporate, and private trading 
 companies, belonging to those cities and towns ; grants of markets, 
 fairs, and iree warrens ; grants of creations of nobility, from the 
 11th Edward II. to the end of the reign of Edward IV. ; charters, 
 creations of honour, and other grants of the crown, which conclude 
 with the words, " Hiis Testibus," &c. 
 
 Charters, like Letters Patent, passed under the Great Seal ; and 
 the principal distinction between a Charter and a Patent is, that 
 the former was witnessed by such persons as were present when it 
 was executed, and that the latter was executed by the king himself. 
 Charters are sometimes confirmed by Letters Patent. 
 
 The Rolls commence 1 John (1199), and end with the reign of 
 Edward IV. (1483.) After the accession of Richard II. few 
 entries, comparatively speaking, occur on the Charter Rolls ; and ten 
 pages only of the Calendar contain a notice of all which were granted 
 in the reigns of Henry IV., V., and VI., and Edward IV. The 
 Charter Rolls cease in the 12th James I. ; and after that period, 
 grants from the crown were made in the form of Letters Patent, and 
 entered on the Patent Rolls. The names of barons and great men, 
 mentioned as witnesses to these charters, are so numerous that of 
 themselves they form a very valuable body of evidence. 
 
 The Committee of the House of Lords, appointed to search into 
 documents touching the dignity of a peer of the realm, have stated 
 in their Report, that they had reason to doubt, in some cases, the 
 fidelity of transcripts of charters on the Charter Rolls by Inspeximus. 
 
 Fines for passing and renewal of charters are entered on the 
 Patent Rolls. 
 
 The Rolls from 1199 to 1483, the end of the reign of Edward IV., 
 are kept at the Tower. 
 
 The remainder, to 12 James I., are at the Rolls Chapel. 
 
80 ROTULI. 
 
 Extracts from the early half are in the Inner Temple Library. 
 In other libraries are : — 
 
 Collectanea ex rott. Cartarum; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 298, ff. 37, 76. 
 temp. Johannis et Hen. III. ; College of 
 
 Arms, MS. B. 4. 
 Transcripta ex rott. Cartarum, ad com. Warwici praecipue pertinent. 1 Joh. — 
 
 23 Edw. IV.; Ashmolean Lib Bugdale MS. 4, B. 2, p. 1. 
 Transcripts from the Charter Eolls in the Tower, 1 — 31 Hen. III.; Brit. 
 
 Mus. Add. MS. 6712. 
 Extract of Charter Kolls, from 3 Edw. I.— 12 Edw. IV. ; College of Arms, 
 
 MS. B. 5. 
 A Calendar of Charter Rolls, temp. Edw. L; Brit. Mus. Lansd. MS. 
 
 860 (A.) f. 55. 
 Calendar of such Charter Bolls as are extant since 1 Ric. III. ; Brit. Mus. 
 
 Lansd. MS. 221. 
 
 A Calendar of the Charter Eolls was printed in 1803, from three 
 manuscript volumes in the Tower, apparently compiled in the time 
 of James I. The work is entitled, " Calendarium Rotulorum Char- 
 tarum, et Inquisitionum ad quod damnum/' 1 vol. folio. 
 
 The first part of the volume contains a Calendar to the Charter 
 Rolls, 1 John to the end of the reign of Edward IV. The second 
 part is a Calendar of the Inquisitions ad quod damnum, commencing 
 1 Edward II., and ending 38 Henry VI. 
 
 Although the exact purport of the different charters cannot 
 always be gleaned from the printed calendar, it nevertheless affords 
 much information with respect to lands and individuals ; and, not- 
 withstanding that it was only intended as a reference to the records 
 themselves, the purport of the instruments may sometimes be 
 learned from the calendar. In using this volume it must be remem- 
 bered, that the lands, liberties, or franchises, mentioned under 
 each name, were then granted by the king to the respective parties. 
 
 The original price of this volume was £2, now reduced to 18s. 
 
 The Rolls themselves of the reign of King John were published 
 also by the Record Commissioners under this title, " Rotuli Char- 
 tarum in Turn Lond. asserv., 1199-1216," 1 vol. folio. 1837. 
 
 The present price of this volume is £l. 10s. 
 
 The Close or Claus Rolls. — The Close Rolls are so called from 
 the custom of inrolling Brevia Clausa upon them. 
 
 The difference between documents entered on the Close Roils, 
 
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 and those on the Patent Rolls, is, that the king's Letters Patent 
 were delivered open, having the Great Seal attached to the bottom ; 
 and are presumed to be of a public nature, addressed to all the 
 king's subjects. The Close Rolls are records of such instruments 
 as were despatched closed or sealed up, and were of a more private 
 nature, being addressed to one or two individuals only. 
 
 Many of the original instruments, of which entries are on the 
 Close Rolls, will be found among the bundles known under the 
 term Brevia, among the Tower Records. 
 
 The Close Rolls contain important documents relating to the 
 prerogatives of the crown, the privileges of the nobles and com- 
 mons, the different branches of judicature, civil, ecclesiastical, 
 naval, and military ; regulations for the coin of the kingdom, the 
 measures used for manning and fitting out our fleets and armies, 
 orders for the observance of truces or treaties, for the raising of 
 subsidies, aids, tallages, and imposts, for restitution of possessions, 
 for suppressing riots and tumults, and for the preservation of the 
 peace of the kingdom, assignments of dower, acceptances of 
 homage, for fortifying, repairing, and provisioning castles, with a 
 great variety of writs and mandates for regulating every branch of 
 the affairs of the royal household, the payment of salaries and 
 stipends, commitments, pardons, and deliveries of state prisoners, 
 &c. On the backs of these rolls are those important documents, 
 the writs of summons to parliament, there are also writs for the 
 prorogation of parliament, for the expenses of knights, citizens, 
 and burgesses, proclamations, letters of protection, inrolments of 
 deeds between party and party, liveries and seizins of lands, entries 
 respecting the birth, marriages, and deaths of royal and noble 
 families, writs of summons for the performance of military and 
 naval services, copies of letters to foreign princes and states, pro- 
 clamations, prohibitions, orders for providing ships, raising and 
 carrying forces, furnishing provisions, and a variety of other instru- 
 ments : indeed they contain a fund of information, the diversity and 
 importance of which render them some of the most important or 
 national records. 
 
 Since the reign of Henry VIII. they contain mostly the inrol- 
 ments of deeds of bargain and sale, settlements, wills of Roman 
 Catholics, conveyances of bankrupts' estates, recognizances, speci- 
 fications of new inventions, and other instruments, either acknow- 
 ledged by the parties thereto, or sworn to by a subscribing witness, 
 for the purpose of inrolment, or inrolled for safe custody only by 
 
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 warrant from the Lord Chancellor or Master of the Rolls, and also 
 memorials of deeds, and other securities for annuities, bargains 
 and sales, made by Cromwell's Commissioners, of manors, lands, &c. 
 belonging to the crown, and to pretended delinquents, whose estates 
 had been sequestered, as also to the clergy. 
 
 The ancient Close Rolls contain some inrolments of wills ; and the 
 following heads ought to be particularly noticed by the genealogist : — 
 
 Admiralty. 
 
 Adultery. 
 
 Advowsons. 
 
 Aids. 
 
 Alien Priories. 
 
 Alimony. 
 
 Ambassadors. 
 
 Armies. 
 
 Arts. 
 
 Attainders. 
 
 Auditors. 
 
 Aurum Regina. 
 
 Banishment. 
 
 Bridges. 
 
 Chancery. 
 
 Chivalry. 
 
 Cinque Ports. 
 
 Coinage. 
 
 Coronations. 
 
 Coroners. 
 
 Costume. 
 
 Credentials. 
 
 Crusades. 
 
 Customs. 
 
 Custos Regni. 
 
 Demesnes. 
 
 Deodands. 
 
 Divorces, Royal. 
 
 J)owers. 
 
 Duels. 
 
 Ecclesiastical Affairs. 
 
 Error. 
 
 Escheats 
 
 Exchequer. 
 
 Exemptions. 
 
 Fines. 
 
 Fisheries. 
 
 Fleets. 
 
 Forests. 
 
 Forfeitures. 
 
 Gascony. 
 
 Gavelkind. 
 
 Grain. 
 
 Great Seal. 
 
 Habeas Corpus. 
 
 Heralds. 
 
 Heretics. 
 
 Homage. 
 
 Household, Royal. 
 
 Idiots. 
 
 Imposts. 
 
 Inquisitions, 
 
 Invasions. 
 
 Ireland. 
 
 Jewels, Crown. 
 
 Jews. 
 
 King's Bench. 
 
 Knights Hospitallers— Templars. 
 
 Knight Service. 
 
 Laws. 
 
 Letters, Royal. 
 
 Livery of Lands. 
 
 London. 
 
 Lunatics. 
 
 Marriage, Royal. 
 
 Marshal. 
 
 Military. 
 
 Mortmain. 
 
 Navy. 
 
 Nobility. 
 
 Oaths. " 
 
 Ordinances. 
 
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 Ordnance. 
 
 Scutage. 
 
 Outlawries. 
 
 Serjeants at Law. 
 
 Pardons. 
 
 Stannaries. 
 
 Parliament. 
 
 State Letters. 
 
 Peace, Justices of. 
 
 Subsidies. 
 
 Piracy. 
 
 Tallage. 
 
 Plague. 
 
 Tallies. 
 
 Poll-Tax. 
 
 Taxes. 
 
 Poor. 
 
 Tournaments. 
 
 Popes' Bulls. 
 
 Treasure Trove. 
 
 Pre-emption. 
 
 Treaties. 
 
 Prerogative of the Crown. 
 
 Truces. 
 
 Privy Council. 
 
 Tumults. 
 
 Privy Seal. 
 
 Tythes. 
 
 Proclamations. 
 
 Verderers. 
 
 Prohibitions. 
 
 Universities. 
 
 Protection. 
 
 Wales. 
 
 Purveyance. 
 
 Wardships. 
 
 Reprisals. 
 
 W r arrens. 
 
 Eevenue. 
 
 Wills. 
 
 Riots. 
 
 Writs ne exeant regno 
 
 Scotland. 
 
 Writs of Habeas, &c. 
 
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 The modern Close Rolls consist partly of documents inrolled 
 according to the course of Chancery, such as recognizances and 
 deeds inrolled for safe custody; and partly of deeds and instruments 
 inrolled pursuant to statute, such as — bargains and sales, specifi- 
 cations of patent inventions, conveyances for charitable uses, dis- 
 positions of tenants in tail, dispositions by Commissioners of 
 Bankruptcy, and other bankruptcy proceedings, conveyances under 
 Queen Anne's Bounty, the Mortmain Act, many purposes con- 
 nected with church endowments, consents under private bills, 
 registration of partners of joint-stock companies, and other analo- 
 gous documents; and are inrolled according to the counties to 
 which they respectively belong. 
 
 Indexes are made at the Inrolment Office, but are not passed on 
 to the Public Record Office with the rolls. These Indexes, from 
 Elizabeth to the present time, remain, therefore, at the Inrolment 
 Office, and are frequently searched for reference to the rolls at the 
 Public Record Office. 
 
 Sir William Dugdale, Collins, and all other writers who have 
 taken the trouble of compiling genealogies from original sources, 
 
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 have made great use of the contents of the Claus or Close Rolls. 
 As the writs of summons of peers to sit in the House of Parliament 
 are indorsed on them, it follows that they must be generally pro- 
 duced in cases of claims to peerage. 
 
 The Rolls, from 1205 to 1485, are deposited at the Tower. 
 
 A description of them has been privately printed by T. D. Hardy, 
 Esq., in 1833. 
 
 From the year 1485 to 1784, they are preserved at the Rolls 
 Chapel. 
 
 The subsequent Rolls to the present time are in the custody of 
 the Clerk of the Inrolments in Chancery. 
 
 Copies of, and extracts from, these Rolls are distributed as follows: — 
 
 Breve abstractum, ex rott. Clausarum, eorum, quae ad Stemmatum Eamilia- 
 
 rumque Aiiglicarum series enucleandas spectant, selectum ; Brit. Mus. 
 
 Earl. MS. 294. 
 Index rotulorum Clausarura, a temp. R. Johannis, ad temp. Hen. VI., quae in 
 
 Turri Lond. custodiuntnr ; Brit. Mus. Cotton. MS. Julius, E. hi. 
 Index rerum in rott. Clausis, etc a 31 Hen. III. ad Edw. IV.; Exeter 
 
 Coll. Oxford, MS. xci. 
 Collectanea varia ex rott. Clausarum; Brit. Mus. Earl. MSS. 298, f. 76 ; 
 
 971, ff. 108, 136. 
 Collectanea et transcripta, temp. Johannis; Bodl. Lib. MS. 5044.; Brit. 
 
 Mus. Earl. MS. 86, f. 49 ; Exeter Coll. Oxford, MS. xciv. 
 
 Joh. ad Edw. IV. j Inner Temple Lib. 
 
 6 Joh. ad Edw. III. ; Lincoln's Inn Lib. 
 
 6 Joh. ad 22 Edw. IV. ; Bodl. Lib. MSS. 4178 ; 
 
 5044; 5050; 7376. 
 10 Joh. ad 6 Edw. III.; Caius Coll. Camb. 
 
 MS. 581. 
 temp. Hen. III. ; Brit. Mus. Earl. MS. 86, 
 
 f. 171; Bodl. Lib. MSS. 5044- 5050; 5052; Coll. of Arms, 
 
 MSS. B. 6; 7. 
 1 — 30 Hen. III. ; Exeter Coll. Oxford, 
 
 MS. cxxxi. 
 
 1—31 Hen. III.; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 6712. 
 7—50 Hen. III. ; Caius Coll. Camb. MS. 582. 
 13 Hen. III. ad 21 Ric. II. ; Lincoln's Inn Lib. 
 31 Hen. III. ad Edw. IV. ; Exeter Coll. Oxf. 
 
 MS. xci. 
 
 34—36 Hen. III. ; Ashmolean Lib. MS. 1144, 
 
 dp. 1—68, 73—223. 
 
 temp. Edw. 1. ; Coll. of Abms, MSS. B 6 ; 7 ; 
 
 Bodl. Lib. MS. 5052. 
 
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 Collectanea et transcripta, 1 Edw. I. ad 10 Hen. V. ; Caius Coll. Camb. 
 
 MS. 583. 
 1 Edw. I. ad Hen. VI. ; All Souls' Coll. Oxf. ; 
 
 MS. ccxxvii. 
 
 — — Edw. I. ad Jac. I. ; Brit. Mus. Hargrave MS. 296. 
 
 20 Edw. I. ad 11 Edw. III. ; Exeter Coll. Oxf. 
 
 MS. cxxii. 
 
 Edw. II. et III. ; Ashmolean Library. 
 
 tempp. Edw. II. et III., Hen. IV.— VI. ; Coll. 
 
 of Arms, MSS. B. 6 ; 7. 
 
 temp. Edw. III. 1 ; Ashm. Lib. Oxf. MS. 7376, 
 
 f. 285. 
 
 tempp. Edw. III., Kic. II., Hen. IV., et Edw. IV. ; 
 
 Bodl. Lib. MB. 4178. 
 
 1—53 Edw. III.; Brit. Mus. Harl. MSS. 
 
 1175; 1176. 
 
 MS. cxxiii. 
 
 Dd. ii. 40. 
 
 12, 23, 24 Edw. III.; Exeter Coll. Oxf. 
 
 14 Edw. III. ; Coll. of Arms, Vincent MS. 9 L. 
 
 temp. Kic. II.; Bodl. Lib. MS. 5052. 
 
 temp. Hen. VII.; Public Lib. Camb. MS. 
 
 Hen. VIII. ad Jac. I. ; Brit. Mus. Hargrave 
 
 MS. 296. 
 
 The Close Rolls are printed by the Record Commissioners, from 
 6 John to 11 Henry III., with the following title: — " Rotuli 
 Litterarum Clausarum in Turri Londinensi asservati." 2 vols, folio. 
 1833-1844. The first volume from a.d. 1204 to 1224; the second 
 volume, 1224-1227. The present price of these volumes is £4. 
 
 An Index to the Claus Rolls is in the Library, Lincoln's Inn. 
 
 Copyhold Court Rolls, Ancient Demesne Rolls. — Few title- 
 deeds are of such antiquity as the Rolls of Courts of Copyhold and 
 Ancient Demesne. In the transfer of property from poor to rich, 
 which is, and has been, continually taking place ; lawyers, to obviate 
 difficulties, generally show no more title than is absolutely necessary: 
 a period of about sixty years, and all older deeds are, in the course 
 of time, destroyed or lost. This, however, is not the case on the 
 transfer of manors, the Court Rolls of which being public docu- 
 
 1 An Index to the Close Rolls for Wiltshire, 3 Edw. III.— 36 Henry VI. has been 
 printed for private circulation, by Sir Thomas Phillipps, Bart, of Middle Hill. 
 
86 ROTULI. 
 
 ments, and in the nature of public property, are generally preserved 
 with care, and duly handed over to each successor or purchaser of 
 the manor. It is not uncommon to find these rolls commencing in 
 the reign of our earliest Edward. 
 
 Manors, though in substance perhaps as ancient as the Saxon 
 constitution, are considered by the best writers on English an- 
 tiquities as of Norman introduction. Dugdale says, the reign of 
 Edward the Confessor is the first in which they are mentioned. 
 
 Every lord of a manor, holding immediately of the crown, was, 
 during the first century after the Conquest, deemed a baron, and 
 his manor a barony. 
 
 To every manor was appendant a jurisdiction, and a court called 
 the Court Baron. 
 
 The persons employed in servitude within a manor, were called 
 Villani, or Villeins. They originally belonged, with their children 
 and effects, to the lord of the soil, like the rest of the cattle or 
 stock upon it. 
 
 Villeins and their children having been permitted to enjoy their 
 possessions without interruption in a regular course of descent, the 
 common law gave them title to prescribe against their lords, and, 
 on performance of the same services, to hold their lands in spite of 
 any determination of the lord's will. For though, in general, they 
 are still said to hold their estates at the will of the lord, yet it 
 is such a will as is agreeable to the custom of the manor, which 
 customs are preserved and evidenced by the Rolls of the several 
 Courts Baron in which they are entered, or kept on foot by the 
 constant immemorial usage of the several manors in which the 
 lands lie. As such tenants had nothing to show for their estates 
 but these customs, and admissions in pursuance of them, entered 
 on these rolls, or the copies of such entries witnessed by the steward, 
 they now began to be called tenants by copy of court roll, and 
 their tenure itself a copyhold. 
 
 These manors which, by Domesday Book, appear to have belonged 
 to the crown at that period, are called Ancient Demesne; they 
 amount to 1422. 
 
 The number of other manors mentioned in Domesday is very 
 great. Earl Moretaine held 793 ; Alan, Earl of Bretagne, 442 ; 
 Odo, Bishop of Baieux, 439; the Bishop of Coutance, 280; Roger 
 de Bassi, 174; Ilbert de Laci, 164: William Peverel, 162; Robert 
 dc Stadford, 150; Roger de Laci, 116; forming a total of 2720 
 manors, given to nine persons. 
 
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 Copyhold Court Rolls may be of the greatest utility to the 
 genealogist. They contain the names, residences, and descriptions 
 of the tenants; the lands they hold of the manor, how they 
 acquired them, whether on the death of relations as heirs, or by 
 devise, or by purchase. They contain the dates of the tenants' 
 deaths, their wills (if any), their marriages, the deaths or survivor- 
 ships of their wives, and their heirs, if they died without wills. 
 
 Nothing can be more complete than such information ; and when 
 we consider how seldom families in the country expatriate them- 
 selves from the parish or district where their fathers and forefathers 
 resided, and that the very same families are still often found in the 
 modern, as in the most ancient, rolls of manors, we shall perceive 
 that such tenants would probably be able, with very little trouble, 
 to trace their ancestors, and obtain particulars of their families, for 
 three or four centuries past. 
 
 It is agreed by all men (says Lambarde), that there were never 
 any bondmen or villaines in Kent, neither were they there so much 
 bounden to the gentrie by copyhold or customary tenures as the 
 inhabitants of the western countries; for copyhold tenure is rare 
 in Kent. 
 
 The Court Rolls of the Honours and Manors formerly belonging 
 to the crown, from 1 Edward I. to the reign of Charles I., are 
 deposited at Carlton Ride. 
 
 Those from the reign of Henry VIII. to the present time are 
 preserved at the Land Revenue Office. 
 
 In Chancery are Court Rolls from 17 Edward I. to 1687. 
 
 The Court Rolls of Manors formerly in possession of the crown, 
 by attainder, escheat, exchange, forfeiture, purchase, or other causes, 
 chiefly from Edward I. to Henry VIII., are in the Chapter House. 
 
 A great variety of these records will be found at the British 
 Museum, and in the libraries of Oxford and Cambridge. 
 
 Coronation Rolls. — Many of our ancient families have titles, 
 honours, or profits arising from services to be performed at the 
 coronations of our kings and queens, originating in grants made 
 to, or privileges conferred upon, the ancestors of such families, by 
 sovereigns of the earliest dynasties. Of such instances it will be 
 sufficient to name the office of King's Champion, an honour which 
 has been held by the family of Dymoke (conveyed occasionally 
 through females) for many generations previous to the Conquest. 
 
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 On the intended coronation of the king, a commission is directed 
 to certain great officers, directing them to inquire into, and allow 
 or disallow, all claims of services or honours to be performed, as 
 well as of allowances to be made, on the solemn day; and these 
 proceedings have been preserved from very early times, and occa- 
 sionally published. 
 
 The most regular documents of this description are the " Coro- 
 nation Rolls," preserved at the Rolls Chapel, which begin in the 
 reign of King James I., and are continued regularly, including that 
 of George IV., except that the Coronation Rolls of Charles I. and 
 George III. are wanting. These rolls contain the commission and 
 the proceedings of the commissioners appointed to hear and de- 
 termine claims of service to be performed at coronations, and the 
 oath taken and declaration made and signed by the king or queen 
 when crowned. The roll is made up by the Clerk of the Crown, 
 and delivered in open court by the two Chief Justices to the Lord 
 Chancellor, and by him to the Master of the Rolls, in order to be 
 inrolled. 
 
 There are no indexes to the Coronation Rolls ; but, as the whole 
 proceedings at each coronation are contained in one roll, the claims, 
 &c. recorded therein can be easily referred to. 
 
 The earliest inrolment of a coronation is that of Aleanor, Queen 
 of Henry III., in the Red Book of the Exchequer. The earliest 
 printed account appears to be that of the coronation of Edward VI., 
 which occurs at page 54 of Milles' " Catalogue of Honor." Lond. 
 1610. 
 
 Amongst the printed accounts may be mentioned — 
 
 " An Account of the Ceremonies observed in the Coronations of English 
 
 Sovereigns." London, 1727. 4to. 
 " Account of the Ceremonies observed in the Coronations of the Kings 
 
 and Queens of England." (Jas. II.— Geo. II.) Lond. 1761. 4to. 
 " Collections relative to Claims at Coronations, beginning with Rich. II." 
 
 Lond. 1838. 8vo. 
 
 Manuscript Collections relating to Coronations will be found in 
 various public repositories, as follows : — 
 
 Miscellaneous. 
 Ashmolean Library: Quaedam de Coronationibus ; No. 863. 
 British Museum : De modo Coronationis ; Cotton. MSS. Claud. A. iii. ff. 7 h. 
 
 17; Claud. E. viii. f. 10 3; Cleop. D. vii. f. 2; Nero, C. ix. f. 165; 
 
 Tib. B. viii. ff. 33, 79 ; Tib. E. viii. ff. 43, 75, 84, 93; Vesp. C. xiv. 
 
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 COKONATIONS. 
 
 f. 125 ; Vitell. C. xii. f. 2S2.—Lansd. MSS. 253, p. 166 ; 260, art. 4. ; 
 
 21$.—Hargrave MS. Wl.—Add. MSS. 6307 ; 6308. 
 British Museum : Qusedam de Coronationibus ; Add. MSS. 6032. f. 128 ; 
 
 6113, f. 9 ; 6297, pp. 52, 58 ; 6338 j 8167, f. 1 b ; 10,106 j 14,294. 
 Officers attending Coronations; Cotton. MSS. Tib. E. viii. if. 33, 
 
 75, 193 5; Vesp. A. v. ff. 1, 9, 12; Tib. C. xiv. ff. 113,118,119,133. 
 Collections out of the " Liber Regalia " touching Coronations of 
 
 Kings and Queens ; Harl. MS. 310, f. 43. 
 
 Extracts from printed Works relating to the Coronations of Kings 
 
 of England, from Will. I. to Edw. I. ; Add. MS. 6307, ff. 1—15. 
 
 Collections relating to the Coronations of the Kings of England, 
 
 from Hen. VIII. to Eliz. ; Add. MS. 6113. 
 Coronation Claims; Hargrave MS. 496. 
 
 College of Arms : Many Papers relating to Coronations ; amongst others, 
 
 Vincent MS. No. 25, and I. 18. 
 Dean and Chapter of Westminster's Archives : Many papers and 
 
 proceedings relating to Coronations, from Hen. VIII. to Geo. IV. 
 The Liber Regalis, containing an exact Ordinal of the Service and 
 
 Ceremonies used at the Coronation of the Kings and Queen's Consort. 
 
 Probably prepared for the instruction of the prelates and nobles who 
 
 assisted at the Coronation of King Richard II. (1377.) A valuable and 
 
 important manuscript. 1 
 Inner Temple Library : Manner and Form of Coronations ; No. 531. 
 
 Touching Coronations, &c. ; No. 512, AA. BB. 
 
 Lambeth Palace : Ceremonies at Coronations, from Edw. VI. to Geo. III. 
 
 (part printed) ; Misc. MSS. 1075 (A)— 1083 (C). 
 
 William the Conqueror. 
 Coronation of William I. ; Inner Temple Lib. No. 533 (vol. xxxvii.) 
 
 Stephen. 
 Coronation of King Stephen; Inner Temple Lib. No. 533 (vol. xxxvii.) 
 
 Henry I. 
 
 Coronation of Henry I. ; Inner Temple Lib. No. 533 (vol. xxxvii.) 
 
 Henry II. 
 
 Coronation of Henry II. ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 1065, f. 50 ; Inner Temp. 
 Lib. No. 533 (vol. xxxvii.) 
 
 ' The manuscript copy of the Latin Gospels, upon which, it is said, the Saxon Kings 
 of England took the Coronation Oath, is preserved in the Bejtish Museum. {Cotton. 
 MS. Tib. A. ii.) It was much injured by the fire at Ashburnham House in 1731, but 
 has been beautifully restored by Mr. Henry Gough, sen. A full description of the 
 volume is given in Westwood's Palceographia Sacra. 
 
90 ROTULI. 
 
 Coronations. 
 Manner, Form, and Usage of Gilbert de Strigulle, Marshal of England, at the 
 Coronation of Henry II. ; Brit. Mus. Cotton. MS. Vesp. A. v. f. 9 ; 
 Harl. MSS. 1065 ; 4176. 
 
 Richard I. 
 
 Account of the Coronation; Brit. Mus. Cotton. MSS. Claud. C. iv. f. 236 ; 
 Tib. E. viii. f. 160 5; Vesp. C. xiv. ff. 127, 130; Harl. MS. 293, 
 f. 239.— Caius Coll. Camb. No. 665, f. 341.— Inner Temp. Lib. 
 No. 533 (vol. xxxvii.) 
 
 Order of the Coronation; Brit. Mus. Harl. MSS. 158, f. 1 b; 3504, f. 238. 
 
 Hoveden's Account of the Coronation; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 310. 
 
 Note of the Coronation; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 6032, f. 128 3. 
 
 Henry III. 
 
 Account of the Coronation ; Brit. Mus. Cotton. MS. Vesp. C. xiv. ff. 132, 141. 
 
 Queen Eleanor. 
 Account of her Coronation ; Brit. Mus. Cotton. MS. Vesp. C. xiv. f. 141. 
 Officers and Services ; Brit. Mus. Cotton. MS. Claud. C. iv. f. 234 ; Harl. 
 
 MSS. 293 ; 310, f. 30 b. 
 Account of her Coronation, with Claims ; Exchequer (Red Book). 
 
 Edward II. 
 
 The Coronation; Brit. Mus. Cotton. MSS. Vitell. C. xii. f. 231 ; Vesp. C. 
 
 xiv. ff. 116, 122; Harl. MS. 5019, f. 203.— Ashm. Lib. MS. 7354.— 
 
 Pub. Lib. Camb. Mm. v. xii. — Tower of London. 
 Extracts from Public Records relating to the Coronation ; Brit. Mus. Harl. 
 
 MS. 310, f. 35. 
 Copy of Coronation Roll; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 714, f. 1; Lansd. MS. 
 
 317, f. 16. 
 Form of the Coronation; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 3504, f. 238. 
 
 Edward III. 
 Account of the Coronation; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 5019. 
 
 Richard II. 
 
 The Coronation ; Ashmolean Lib. No. 7354, pp. 1, 89. — Brit. Mus. Cott. 
 MSS. Domit. xviii. ff. 2, 12; Nero, D. vi. f. 70; Tib. E. viii. ff. 26, 
 39 b, 160 b ; Vesp. B. xv. f. 2 ; Vit. C. xii. ; Lansd. MS. 317, f. 16.— 
 Coll. of Arms, Vincent MS. 25. — Pub. Lib. Camb. Mm. iii. 29. 
 
 Claims and Allowances ; Brit. Mus. Cotton. MSS. Domit. xviii. ; Tib. D. vi. ; 
 Vit.C.iv. ; Harl.MSS.'dMJ. 61 ; 714, f. 11 ; 1309.; Lansd. MS. 279. — 
 Lincoln's Inn Lib. — Tower of London. 
 
 Extracts from Claus Roll ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 592, f. 13. 
 
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 COKONATIONS. 
 
 Henry IV. 
 Roll of Services performed; Brit. Mus. Cotton. MS. Vesp. C. xiv. f. 133 ; 
 
 Lansd. MSS. 280 ; 317, f. 28. 
 Claims and Allowances; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 1385, f. 17 ; Lansd. MS. 
 
 279. — Tower of London. 
 Dinner at Coronation, &c. ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 279, ff. 46, 47. 
 Copy of Coronation Roll ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 714. 
 
 Henry V. 
 
 Claims and Allowances; Brit. Mus. Cotton. MS. Tib. E. viii. f. 75; Harl. 
 
 MSS. 592, f. 24; 310; Lansd. MS. 279.— Tower of London. 
 Sergeanties, &c. ; Ashm. Lib. MS. 7354, p. 42. 
 
 Queen Katherine. 
 
 Coronation; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 169, f. 43.— Ashm. Lib. MS. 7354, 
 d. 129. 
 
 Henry VI. 
 Coronation ; Brit. Mus. Cotton. MSS. Nero, C. ix. f. 172; Tib. E. viii. ff. 83, 
 85 ; Lansd. MS. 285; Add. MS. 6113, ff. 45, 49.— Ashm. Lib. MS. 
 7354, p. 135. 
 
 Edward IV. 
 Coronation; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 6113, f. 102 b— Queen's Coll. Oxf. 
 MS. li. 
 Richard III. 
 
 Proceedings at the Coronation of the King and Queen Anne; Brit. Mus. 
 
 Harl. MSS. 1386, f. 16 (a.b.); 2115, f. 152 (a.b.); Add. MSS. 6307, 
 
 f. 16; 6113, f. 9.— Ashm. Lib. MS. 8495, f. 41. 
 Claims and Allowances ; State Paper Office. 
 
 Henry VII. 
 
 Coronation of the King and Queen ; Brit. Mus. Cotton. MS. Jul. B. xii. 
 
 p. 28; Harl. MS. 5111, art. 7; Eg. MS. 985.— Ashm. Lib. MS. 
 
 7354, pp. 145, 165. 
 Largess given to Heralds ; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 6297, p. 52. 
 Claims and Allowances ; State Paper Office. 
 
 Henry VIII. 
 
 Coronation of the King ; Brit. Mus. Cotton. MS. Tib. E. viii. f. 100 1 ; Add. 
 
 MS. 6297, p. 344.— Coll. of Arms, Vincent MS. 25. 
 Claims and Allowances ; State Paper Office. 
 Coronation of Queen Anne Boleyn ; Brit. Mus. Cotton. MS. Vesp. C. xiv, 
 
 f. 124; Harl. MSSAl^.2, 13, 15; 543, f. 119; Eg. MS. 985, f. 48, 
 
 1 With Notes in the King's handwriting. 
 
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 Coronations. 
 
 Add.MSS. 6113, ff. 22,32; 6284; 6285.— Tein.Coll. Dublin; 1.68, 
 art. 2. 
 Names of Nobles who did Homage ; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 6113, f. 71. 
 
 Edward VI. 
 
 Coronation; Brit. Mus. Harl. MSS. 169, f. 455; 353,f. 3; 2308; 3504, 
 f. 238 ; Add. MSS. 6307, f. 18 ; 9069.— Caius Coll. Camb.No. 665, 
 f. 344.— Lambeth Palace; MS. 1075 (A).— Soc. of Ant. MS. 123. 
 
 Claims ; Brit. Mus. Cotton. MS. Vesp. A. v. f.l ; Harl. MS. 51 76, art. 25.— 
 State Paper Office. 
 
 A printed account of the Coronation of this king, will be found in 
 " The Catalogue of Honor, by T. Milles." Lond. 1610, folio, p. 54. 
 
 Mary. 
 
 Manner of the Coronation; Brit. Mus. Cotton. MS. App. xxviii. f. 91. 
 Order of Procession \ Society of Antiquaries, MS. 123. 
 Claims and Allowances ; State Paper Office. 
 
 Elizabeth. 
 Coronation ftoll; Ashm. Lib. MS. 7354.— Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 6297, 
 
 p. 356. 
 Claims and Allowances ; State Paper Office. 
 Ceremonies at the Coronation; Ashmolean Library, MS. 863. 
 
 James I. 
 
 Coronation of the King and Queen Anne: Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 293, 
 f. 212 b ; Add. MSS. 4712 ; 6284, f. 40.— Lambeth Lib. MS. 1075 (B). 
 
 Claims and Allowances ; State Paper Office. 
 
 A printed account of the Coronation will be found in a book entitled, 
 " England's Caesar ; His Majestie's most royall Coronation, &c. by 
 H/Petowe." Lond. 1603. 4to. 
 
 Charles I. 
 
 Form of the Coronation of Charles I. and his Queen ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MSS. 
 
 4707; 5222; Add. MS. 6297, ff. 279, 330, 362.— College of 
 
 Arms {Orig. MS.) — Duchy of Cornwall Office. — Lambeth Lib. 
 
 MS. 1076.— Queen's Coll. Oxf. MS. cxxii. f. 23.— St. John's 
 
 Coll. Camb. MS. L. 12. 
 Claims and Allowances ; State Paper Office. 
 
 There are several printed accounts of the Coronation, viz. " The Forme 
 
 and Order of the Coronation of Charles II." &c. Aberdeen, 1651. 4to. : 
 
 reprinted in 1660, 4to. — "The Entertainment of His Majestie Chas. II. 
 
 in his Passage to his Coronation, &c. by J. Ogilby." Lond. 1662, folio. 
 
 — " A Circumstantial Account of the Coronation, &c. &c. by Sir 
 
 Edward Walker, Garter." Lond. 1820. 8vo. 
 
ROTULI. 93 
 
 Coronations. 
 
 Charles II. 
 Ceremonies at the Coronation; Ashmolean Lib. MS. 819. — Beit. Mus. 
 
 Earl. MS. 4129; Add. MSS. 6338, p. 1; 15,170, f. 135.— Lamb. 
 
 Lib. MS. 1083(C). 
 Processus ad Coronationem ; Brit. Mus. Earl. MSS. 4238 ; 6025, ff. 1—236. 
 Proceedings at the Coronation; Brit. Mus. Earl. MS. 6815. 
 Names of Nobility to attend the Coronation; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 6303, 
 
 f. 40 b. 
 Claims and Allowances ; State Paper Office. 
 
 A printed account of the Coronation will be found in a work entitled 
 
 " The entire Ceremonies of the Coronation of King Charles II." &c. 
 
 Lond. 1761, 4to. 
 
 James II. 
 
 Ceremonies observed at the Coronation; Brit. Mus. Earl. MS. 6815 ; Add. 
 MSS. 6286 ; 6307, ff. 22, 25, 27 ; 6338, pp. 61, 103.— Coll. of Arms, 
 L. 19.— Lambeth Library, MS. 1083 (C). 
 
 Processus et Clamea ; Brit. Mus. Earl. MS. 3964 ; Lansd. MS. 281, f. 1.— 
 Bodl. Lib. Douce MS. cxcvii. 
 
 Expenses of Coronation ; Board of Green Cloth. 
 
 The printed accounts are : " An Account of the Ceremonial at the 
 Coronation of James II. and his Queen." Lond. 1685, folio. — "The 
 History of the Coronation, &c. by Fr. Sandford, Lancaster Eerald." 
 Lond. 1687, folio. — " An Account of the Ceremonies observed at Coro- 
 nations," &c. Lond. 1761, 4to. 
 
 William and Mary. 
 
 Ceremonial of the Coronation; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 6307, p. 28. — Coll. 
 of Arms, L. 19. 
 
 Papers relating to the Coronation; Brit. Mus. Earl. MS. 6815, f. 152, 
 et seq. 
 
 Processus ad Coronationem; Brit. Mus. Lansd. MSS. 281, f. 51 ; 282. 
 
 Formulary of the Coronation ; Lambeth Lib. MS. 1077. 
 
 There are several printed accounts, viz. — "The Proceeding to the 
 Coronation of their Majesties King William and Queen Mary." Lond. 
 (a print). — " An Account of the Ceremonial at the Coronation," &c. 
 1689, folio. (Drawn up by Greg. King). — "An Account of the Cere- 
 monies observed at Coronations," &c. Lond. 1761, 4to. 
 
 Anne. 
 Processus ad Coronationem; Bodl. Lib. Douce MS. cccxvi. — Ooll. of 
 Arms, L. 19. 
 
94 ROTULL 
 
 COBONATIONS. 
 
 Formulary of the Coronation; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 6118. — Lamb. Lib. 
 MS. 1078. 
 
 A printed account of the Coronation will be found in a work entitled 
 " An Account of the Ceremonies observed at Coronations," &c. Lond. 
 1761, 4to. 
 
 George I. 
 Processus factus ad Coronationem; Brit. Mus. Lansd. MS. 283. — Coll. op 
 
 Arms, L. 19. — Inner Temple Lib. MS. 503. 
 Formulary for the Coronation; Brit. Mus. Harl. MSS. 6116 ; 6117 ; Add. 
 
 MS. 6281. 
 Claims; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 6282. 
 
 A printed account of the Coronation is given in a work entitled, te An 
 
 Account of the Ceremonies observed at Coronations," &c. Zowd.l761,4to. 
 
 George II. 
 
 Processus factus ad Coronationem Regis et Reginae ; Brit. Mus. Lansd. MSS. 
 284; 1190; Add. MS. 6307, f. 33; Bodl. Lib. Douce MS. cccl.— 
 Coll. of Arms, L. 19. — Inner Temple Lib. MS. 503. 
 
 Forms to be observed; Lambeth Lib. MSS. 1079 (A.B.) 1080— -1082. 
 
 Proceedings of Court of Claims ; Crown Office. 
 
 The printed accounts are : " The Solemnities at Jhe Coronation of 
 Geo. II. 1727." 8vo.— "Form of the Proceeding to the Royal Corona- 
 tion," kc. folio. — " An Account of the Coronation." Lond. 1760, 4to. — 
 " An Account of the Ceremonies observed at Coronations," &c. Lond. 
 1761, 4to. 
 
 George III. 
 Coronation of the King and Queen; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 6307, f. 35. — 
 
 Coll. of Arms, L. 19. — Lambeth Library, MS. 1083 (A — C). 
 Claims and Allowances ; Crown Office. 
 Expenses of Coronation ; Great Wardrobe Office. 
 
 There are several printed accounts of the Coronation, viz. " The Form 
 
 and Order of the Service, and Ceremonies to be observed, &c." Lond. 
 
 1761, 4to. — " The Forms of proceeding to the Coronation of Geo. III." 
 
 Lond. 1761, folio. — " An Account of the Ceremonies observed at the 
 
 Coronation," &c. Lond. 1761, 4to. 
 
 George IV. 
 Proceedings of Court of Claims ; Crown Office. 
 
 William IV. 
 Proceedings of Court of Claims ; Crown Office. 
 
 Victoria. 
 Proceedings and Claims; Crown Offick. 
 
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 Coroner's Rolls. — The duties of the modern Coroner differ 
 greatly from those expected from this official in ancient times. 
 In the 4th year of Edward I. it was decreed, that a coroner's duty 
 was to go to the places where any be slain, or suddenly dead or 
 wounded, or where houses were broken, or where treasure was said 
 to be found, and inquiry was to be made of persons culpable, and 
 the inquisition thereon "was to be written in Rolls;" and the 
 coroner was to make further inquiry what goods the culpable had, 
 what corn he had in his graunge ; if a freeman, how much land he 
 had, and what it was worth yearly, and what corn he had upon the 
 ground. His duty was also to attach parties on appeal of rape, on 
 appeal of wounds. The particulars of " all which things are to be 
 inr oiled in the Roll of the Coroners." 
 
 Such were the duties anciently expected from a coroner; but 
 now, unless by custom, as in Northumberland and elsewhere, no 
 coroner can take an inquisition but on death. 
 
 There are particular coroners for every county of England ; some- 
 times two, four, or six. There are also special coroners for divers 
 liberties, as the Coroner of the Verge of the King's Court, of the 
 city of London, the borough of Southwark, of both the Universities, 
 and for cities which are counties in themselves. 
 
 The Coroner's Rolls were anciently returned to the Crown Office, 
 and filed along with the indictments and informations ; but the prac- 
 tice of returning them to that court has been for many years dis- 
 continued ; and many have been consequently either lost after a few 
 years, or now remain in the hands of private individuals having no 
 right to them, no knowledge of their contents, and no wish even to 
 preserve them. 
 
 Modern Coroner's Inquisitions, such at least as exist, must be 
 searched for at the respective Coroners' Offices. 
 
 Inquisitions on which proceedings have subsequently taken place, 
 as where the jurors have found verdicts of murder, manslaughter, 
 and the like, should be searched for at the Office of the Clerk of 
 Assize, or Clerk of the Court, where the further investigation 
 occurred. 
 
 Coroner's Rolls or Inquisitions in the reigns of Edward I., II., 
 III., Richard II., and Henry IV., will be found at the Chapter 
 House. 
 
 Matters concerning Coroners are entered on the Close Rolls, at 
 the Tower. 
 
96 BOTULI. 
 
 Returns of Writs for electing Coroners will be found at the Petty 
 Bag Office. 
 
 Inquisitions taken on view of the bodies of Prisoners who have 
 died in the Queen's Bench Prisons, from the year 1771, are at the 
 Crown Office. 
 
 No instance has yet been met with of these rolls having been 
 used as evidence for genealogical purposes. 
 
 Escheat Bolls. — The Escheat Bolls, although bearing a name 
 often given to Inquisitions Post Mortem, are of a different nature, 
 and have different contents. They contain the escheators' accounts 
 of lands and property escheated to the crown from various causes, 
 and the profits of the same. 
 
 The Bolls begin with the reign of Henry III. ; but it is stated 
 in Madox's History of the Exchequer, folio, p. 205, that escheats 
 were holden in the time of Henry II., Bichard I., and John, by the 
 sheriffs of the county where they lay, who answered for them in the 
 Great Bolls (Pipe Bolls), under the title of De Propresturis et 
 Escaetis. About the end of the reign of Henry II. they began to 
 form an Escheatry ; for at that time the escheats lying in several 
 counties were placed together, and particular rolls made for them ; 
 and in the reign of Bichard I. the smaller escheats in the several 
 counties were committed to one or more persons, who answered for 
 the profits, and the rolls of their accounts are called Rotuli de 
 Escaetis. In subsequent times the Escheatry was managed by 
 officers called at first Custodes Escaetarum, or Escaetrie, and after- 
 wards Escheators. 
 
 From the continued oppression of the nobility by our kings in 
 early times, and the destruction of noble families by the civil wars 
 in the reigns of the Henrys and Edwards, it may be presumed 
 that the Escheat Bolls relate to about one-third of the whole 
 ancient peerage, and to a great proportion of the best families of 
 the kingdom. 
 
 Escheat Bolls, containing the escheators , accounts of lands, &c. 
 escheated to the crown from 47 Henry III., are deposited at 
 Carlton Bide. 
 
 There are Escheat Bolls among the Pipe Miscellaneous Records, 
 from about 33 Edward I. to about 7 Elizabeth. Escheats are also 
 entered on the Pipe Bolls. 
 
 The Escheat Bolls, particularly one large roll, temp. Henry IV., 
 
ROTULI. 97 
 
 containing most of the counties, formerly at the Augmentation 
 Office, are also at Carlton Ride. 
 
 In the Testa de Nevil are entries of escheats, as well of the 
 lands of the Normans as others. Upon the separation of Normandy 
 from England, the King of France seized the lands which the 
 English held in Normandy, and the King of England in like manner 
 seized the lands which the Normans held in England. By this 
 means the lands in England holden by Normans became vested in 
 the King of England as escheats, under the name of Terra Norman- 
 norum, which were granted out as the king thought fit. 
 
 Extracts from the Escheat Rolls will be found in other public 
 repositories, as follows : — 
 
 An Index of the Heirs of Noble Families, extracted from the Escheats and 
 other Kecords in the Tower, from Edw. I. to the end of the reign of 
 Henry VIII. ; Brit. Mus. Cotton. MS. Claud. C. viii. 1 
 
 Calendar of the " Rotuli Escaetarum," from Edw. I. to Edw. IV. ; Brit. Mus. 
 Lansd. MS. 804, f. 1. 
 
 Excerpts from the Escheat Rolls, from Hen. III. to Philip and Mary ; Brit. 
 Mus. Harl. MS. 640. 
 
 34 Hen. III.— Mary; Bodl. Lib. MSS. 4186; 4190; 5002; 
 
 5006. 
 
 - 1—25 Edw. I. ; Coll. of Arms, MS. B. 34. 
 temp. Edw. II., and from 1 to 21 Hen. IV. • Coll. of Arms, 
 
 MSS. B. 30; 31. 
 
 16—20 Edw. II., et 1 Edw. III., Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 362, 
 
 ff. 18, 20. 
 
 5—25 Edw. III.; Bodl. Lib. MS. 5002. {Dodesw. MS. vol. lx.) 
 
 Edw. III.— Hen. V. ; Coll. of Arms, Philipot MS. 41, Pb. 
 
 1 Ric. II.— 4 Edw. IV.; Bodl. Lib. MS. 4190. (Dodesw. MS. 
 
 vol. xlviii.) 
 temp. Elizabeth; Brit. Mus. Harl. MSS. 639, f. 145; 7567, 
 
 art. 14. 
 
 relating to Kent : Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 5483. 
 
 relating to Yorkshire : Coll. of Arms, Vincent MS. 416. 
 
 A Calendar formed of the Escheators' Accounts and Inquisitions, 
 from 1 Henry VII., is printed in the Deputy Keeper of Records' 
 10th Rep. App. ii. pp. 1-222. 
 
 No instance has yet been met of these records having been given 
 in evidence for genealogical purposes. 
 
 1 A very necessary addition to Cole's Escheats. {Vide ante, p. 78.) 
 
 7 
 
98 ROTULI. 
 
 The Pine Rolls. — The Fine Rolls contain accounts of fines paid 
 to the king for licenses to alienate lands, for freedom from knight 
 service, or being knighted {pro exoneratione militum), for passing 
 and renewal of charters and grants for livery of lands, pro licentia 
 concordandi, for wardships, for safe conduct, for pardons; patents 
 to escheators, customers, comptrollers, searchers, and other officers 
 in the gift of the Lord Treasurer ; writs de diem clausit extremum, 
 which issued before the taking away of the Court of Wards and 
 Liveries, and the abolition of tenures in capite ; writs of inquiry on 
 amortising lands, writs ad quod damnum, &c. 
 
 The Fine Rolls prior to the reign of Edward V. are preserved at 
 the Tower. 
 
 The subsequent records are at the Rolls Chapel, and are called 
 Fine, or Lord Treasurer's Rolls. 
 
 There is a roll in the Tower, of the 20th Edward III., having no 
 other contents than the fines pro exoneratione militum. 
 
 There are collections from the Fine Rolls in other repositories, 
 as follows : — 
 
 Breve abstractum e rott. Finium, eorura, quae ad Stemmatum Familiarumque 
 Anglicarum, series enucleandas spectant. selectum : Brit. Mrs. Harl. 
 MS. 294. 
 
 Collectanea rott. Finium, temp. Ric. I. ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 301, f. 14. 
 
 temp. Johannis ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 86, f. 100. 
 
 temp. Hen. III. ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 86, f. 255.— Bodl. Lib. 
 
 MS. 4198. 
 
 1—30 Hen. III.; Exeter Coll. Oxf. MS. cxxxi. 
 
 1 Hen. III.— 11 Edw. IV.; Bodl. Lib. MSS. 4194; 4198; 
 
 5025. 
 Summa rott. Finium, a 20 Edw. I. ad 11 Edw. III. ; Exeter Coll. Oxf 
 
 MS. cxxii. 
 Abbreviationes rott. Finium, temp. Edw. III. ; Bodl. Lib. MSS. 4194 ■ 
 
 6025. 
 
 20 Edw. III. ; Caius Coll. Camb. MS. 581. 
 
 . 45 Edw. III.— 11 Edw. IV. ; Bodl. Lib. MS. 4198. 
 
 tempp. Ric. II., Hen. IV.— Edw. IV. ; Bodl. Lib. MS. 4194. 
 
 The Fine Rolls of King John, and extracts from those of 
 Henry III., were printed by the Record Commissioners, under the 
 following titles : — " Rotuli de Oblatis et Finibus in Turri Londinensi 
 asservati, tempore Regis Johannis." 1 vol. 8vo. 1835. 
 
 These are oblations or fines paid to the king for the enjoyment 
 of honours, offices, lands, liberties, and privileges. 
 
ROTULI. 
 
 99 
 
 " Excerpt a e Rotulis Finium in Turri Londinensi asservatis, 
 temp. Henr. III., 1216-1272." 2 vols. 8vo. 1835-1836. 
 
 These are selections from the Fine Rolls, for the purposes of 
 genealogy. 
 
 The present price of the first work is 18s., that of the last £1. 12s. 
 
 The French Rolls. — The records bearing the title of the French 
 Rolls relate to transactions occurring in, or relating to, France, 
 whilst the English held possession of part of that country ; and the 
 charters and writs entered on the rolls were transmitted to the 
 Chancery at Westminster for inrolment, because the Exchequer of 
 Westminster had the superintendence over all the countries de- 
 pendent on the Crown of England; several charters also, haviug 
 been tested at London, Westminster, or other places in England, 
 were retained here, and copies only forwarded to the dependent 
 provinces. The contents of these rolls are similar to those of their 
 sister records, the Norman and Gascon Rolls. 
 
 The French Rolls have long been consulted by genealogists ; and 
 the pages of Dugdale and Collins abound in references to them in 
 support of their compilations. They have, however, been used by 
 those authors who have published genealogical works, more to 
 assist them in the biography of the barons and great men of 
 ancient days, and in illustration of their actions, than as records to 
 prove the dates of births, marriages, and deaths, particulars which 
 are not the primary objects of these rolls, and which are chiefly in 
 the Post Mortem Inquisitions, and in some other records. 
 
 The Rolls, about 150 in number, range from the reign of 
 Henry III. to the 22d year of Edward IV., and are thus dis 
 tributed : — 
 
 Reign. 
 
 No. of Rolls. 
 
 16 and 48 Hen. III. . 
 
 2 
 
 1 — 4Edw. II. . 
 
 . 4 
 
 14—51 Edw. III. . 
 
 39 nearly one roll annually. 
 
 1—23 Rich. II. . 
 
 . 22 Ditto. 
 
 1—14 Hen. IV. . 
 
 12 Ditto. 
 
 1 — 10 Hen. V. . . 
 
 . 10 Ditto. 
 
 1 — 39 Hen. VI. . 
 
 40 Ditto. 
 
 1 — 22 Edw IV. . 
 
 22 Ditto. 
 
 They are deposited among the records at the TowtR. 
 
100 ROTULI. 
 
 In the Ashmolean LrBRARY are : — 
 Extracts e rott. Francise, temp. Edw. III. ; MSS. 7376; 7377; 7378. 
 
 In the British Museum are similar extracts, as follows : — 
 14—30 Edw. III., 1—6, 19, 20 Eic. II. {Earl. MS. 2197.) 
 
 1 Ric. II.— Edw. IV. (Earl MS. 92, ff. 76 5 51, 68, 145, 193 b.) 
 
 1_5 Hen. IV. (Earl. MS. 4195, if. 7, 10$, 13.) 
 
 A Catalogue of the French Rolls was printed by Thomas Carte, 
 Esq. in 1743. This work contains catalogues of the Norman and 
 Gascon Rolls, as well as the French, and has the following title : — 
 u Catalogue des Holies Gascons, Normans, et Francois, conserves 
 dans les Archives de la Tour de Londres, tire d'apres celui du 
 Garde des dites Archives," &c. &c. a Londres, 1743. 2 vols, folio. 
 
 The Gascon Rolls. — The Vascon or Gascon Rolls, as they are 
 termed, relate to transactions occurring in, or relating to, Gascony, 
 whilst that province was under the dominion of the English kings. 
 The charters and writs entered on the rolls were transmitted to the 
 Chancery at Westminster for inrolment, for the reasons stated in 
 the preceding page. 
 
 The Rolls contain Grants of lands, of fairs, of rent charges, of 
 liberties to individuals and boroughs, of markets, of the goods and 
 chattels of deceased tenants in capite. 
 
 Licenses, to receive seizin of lands, to inclose forest lands, to 
 contract marriage, to have safe conduct, to erect mills, fortresses, 
 fortified mansions, for widows to receive dower, to seize possessions, 
 to have duels, to have trials, to make compositions, to give seizin to 
 sons of their fathers' possessions, to alienate, to remain at home on 
 account of illness. 
 
 Orders, for payment of money, to prepare for the king's service, 
 to reduce fines due from the king's tenants, to complete buildings, 
 to inquire as to lands in mortmain, to do justice, to inquire the 
 extent, boundaries, and value of lands of tenants in capite, con- 
 cerning the coinage, to commit to prison, for the execution of wills, 
 to annul sales of lands, concerning soldiers. 
 
 Appointments to places, oaths of kings and subjects, oaths of 
 fealty, treaties of peace, confirmations of charters, contracts of mar- 
 riage, letters credential, pardons to noblemen and others, releases 
 of dower. 
 
ROTULI. 101 
 
 The rolls are about 131 in number, viz. : — 
 
 Reign. No. of Rolls. Reign. No. of Roll*. 
 
 Hen. Ill 5 Hen. IV 7 t 
 
 Edw. 1 16 Hen. V 5 
 
 Edw. II 7 Hen. VI 24 
 
 Edw. Ill 51 Edw. IV 
 
 Rich. II 36 ' 
 
 and are thus divided : — 
 
 Charters and Patents, 26 Hen. III. 
 
 Contra brevia, } 
 
 Fines, V 27 Hen. III. 
 
 Liberate, ) 
 
 Vascon generally, 39 Hen. III.— 22 Edw. I. 
 
 Protections, 22 Edw. I. 
 
 Vascon generally, 23 Edw. I.— 7 Edw. IV. 
 
 These records are preserved at the Tower. 
 Numerous volumes of extracts from these rolls will be found in 
 Public Libraries, as follows : — 
 
 Abstracts of the Foreign .Rolls, or Rotuli Fasconia. etc., tempp. Hen. III., 
 
 Edw. I.— III., Rich. II., Hen. IV.— VI. ; Coll. or Arms, MS. B. 15. 
 Collectio Cartarum, etc. de rebus ad Vasconiam, et Ducatum Aquitaniae 
 
 spectantibus, tempp. Hen. III., et Edw. I. et II. ; Brit. Mus. Cotton. 
 
 MS. Julius, E. i. 
 Collectanea e rott. Patentium de Vasconia, tempp. Hen. III. — Edw. II. ; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 320. 
 
 26 Hen. III.— 7 Edw. I. ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 93. art. 2. 
 
 temp. Edw. III. ; Ashm. Lib. MSS. 7377 ; 7378. 
 
 A transcript from the Rotulus Vasconia, 1 Edw. III.; Brit. Mus. Lansd, 
 
 MS. 315, f. 167. 
 Excerpta e rott. Vasconise, 14—28 Edw. III., 21 et 22 Ric. II. ; Brit. 
 
 Mus. Harl. MS. 2197. 
 tempp. Ric. II., Hen. IV., Hen. V., et Hen. VI. ; Brit. Mus. 
 
 Harl. MSS. 92, ff. 1, 45 b, 64 6, 145 ; 4195, ff. 19, 40 5, 42. 
 
 A Catalogue of the Gascon Rolls was published in 1743, by- 
 Thomas Carte, the author of a History of England, under the 
 following title : — u Catalogue des Rolles Gascons, Normans, et 
 Francois, conserves dans les Archives de la Tour de Londres, tire 
 d'apres celui du Garde des dites Archives, ,} &c. &c. a Londres, 1743, 
 2 vols, folio. It is said that Carte's Catalogue is not free from errors 
 and omissions; the value of such a work is nevertheless undoubted. 
 
102 ROTULI. 
 
 The Norman Rolls. — It is said in Normandy that their ancient 
 archives were destroyed by the policy of Richelieu. 
 
 These Rolls derive their name from their relating to the affairs of 
 Normandy, or to indifferent transactions which took place there. 
 They contain such letters and grants of the kings of England as 
 almost exclusively relate to the Norman provinces, over which, 
 whilst annexed to the English crown, our monarchs exercised the 
 same authority as in this kingdom. Owing probably to the negli- 
 gence of the Chancery clerks, entries, having no relation to either of 
 the above-named circumstances, will be often found therein. Those 
 which remain among the Tower Records contain, not only the instru- 
 ments relating to Normandy which passed the Great Seal, but also 
 the chirographs and concords which were effected before the 
 Exchequer at Rouen. 
 
 The Rolls are divided into classes for the different subjects they 
 contain. They extend over a period of 256 years, commencing in 
 the 2d of King John ; but, that prince having lost the Norman 
 dominion, they were discontinued from his time till the recovery of 
 it by Henry V. 
 
 The Rolls are distributed into the following heads : — 
 
 Date. 
 
 2 John, Charter. 
 
 Contra brevia. 1 
 
 Oblata. 
 
 4 Contra brevia. 
 
 5 Close. 
 
 6 De valore terrarum. 
 
 46, 47 Henry III., Liberate. 
 
 20 Edw. III., Patent and Charter. 
 
 5—10 Hen. V., Patent. 
 
 The contents of these Records are important to the genealogist, as 
 they relate to a great proportion of the men of consequence of 
 ancient days, most of whom were of Norman origin, and possessed 
 property in that duchy. The events to which they relate are so 
 various and numerous, that a few only can be here enumerated. 
 In them we find letters of safe conduct and protection, confirmations 
 of every description, grants of all sorts, pardons, attornments, royal 
 licenses to individuals, for innumerable permissions, restitutions, 
 writs for doing justice, for trials, for taking into custody, for pre- 
 
 1 These contain orders for payment of money, seisin of lands, and other matters 
 relating to Normandy. 
 
ROTULI. 103 
 
 venting duels, for legitimatizing, for marriage between private 
 individuals, grants of wardship, exemplification of charters, fines, 
 authorities for levying taxes, examination of witnesses, and licenses 
 to import, to catch wild beasts, to trade, and to travel. In them 
 will also be found a curious account of the lands in England, held 
 by the Normans in the 6th of John. 
 
 The Rolls are preserved at the Tower. 
 
 The earliest of the originals has this commencement : — " Hie est 
 rotulus Cartarum et Cyrografarum Normanniae factus tempore 
 Guarini de Glapion tunc Senescalli Normanniae anno secundo 
 Regni Regis Johannis,Assistentibus ad Scaccarium Sansone Abbate, 
 Cadomi et Radulfo Labe, Petro de Lions clerico Domini Regis." 
 
 In the British Museum are excerpts from these records, temp. 
 John (Harl. MS. 88, ff. 18, 192) j and 5—10 Henry V. (Harl. MS. 
 92, f. 77 b.) 
 
 In the same library is a collection of eight hundred and eighteen 
 original documents, consisting of muster rolls, warrants, acquit- 
 tances, indentures, payments, charters, etc., illustrative of the history 
 of France during its occupation by the English, or having reference 
 to English affairs, from the year 1231 to the end of the sixteenth 
 century. (Add. Ch. 3294-4123.) 
 
 In the Ashmolean Library is a volume of Excerpts for the reign 
 of Edward III. (Ashm. MS. 7376, pp. 73, 151.) 
 
 A Catalogue of the Norman, Gascon, and French Rolls, was 
 published at the private expense of Thomas Carte, the author of a 
 History of England, bearing the following title : — " Catalogue des 
 Rolles Gascons, Normans, et Franqois, conserves dans les Archives 
 de la Tour de Londres tired'apres celui du Garde des dites Archives" 
 &c. &c. a Londres, 1743, 2 vols, folio. 
 
 This catalogue contains the title, date, and matters of about 
 20,000 charters, but is said to be not free from errors or omissions. 
 The value of such a work to the public is nevertheless undoubted. 
 
 The Rolls for the reign of John, and for the 5 Henry V., have 
 been printed under the direction of the late Record Commissioners. 
 The work has for title : — " Rotuli Normannice in Turri Londinensi 
 asservati, a.d. 1200—1205, et 1417—1418." 1 vol. 8vo. 1835. 
 
 The present price of this volume is 12s. 6c?. 
 
 In the year 1840, the Antiquarian Society published the Great 
 Rolls of the Exchequer of Normandy, under the following title : — 
 " Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normannia, sub regibus Anglia, cura 
 Stapleton. ,} 2 vols. 
 
104 ROTULI. 
 
 The Hundred Rolls. — One of the first acts of Edward I., on lis 
 return to England after the death of his father, was to inquire in o 
 the state of the demesnes, and of the right and revenues of the 
 crown; what lands were holden of the crown by knight service 
 and other tenures, and whether immediately of the crown or of 
 mesne lords, in ordei; that the crown might be informed how to 
 collect, and the subject how to pay, escuage for one species of tenure, 
 and hidage or tallage for the other. Inquiry was also to be made 
 into the conduct of the sheriffs and other officers and ministers, who 
 had defrauded the king, and oppressed the people. 
 
 A speedy remedy to the crown and the subject being necessary, 
 and the circuit of the justices itinerant, who went it generally but 
 once in seven years, not returning until the seventh year of this 
 king's reign, he appointed special commissioners on the 11th of 
 October to inquire into these matters. The "Hundred Rolls" 
 contain inquisitions taken in pursuance of this commission. 
 
 The Commissioners were commanded to survey, by the oath of 
 knights and other lawful men, all cities, boroughs, and market 
 towns ; to inquire of all demesnes, fees, honors, escheats, liberties, 
 and things touching fees and tenements belonging to the king or to 
 others; that is, to distinguish tenants holding in demesne or as 
 villeins, bondmen, cottagers, and freeholders, and such as hold 
 woods, parks, chases, warrens, waters, rivers, liberties, fairs, markets, 
 and other tenures, how and of whom, and out of what fees escuage 
 was wont and ought to be paid, with the amount of fees of all 
 honors, who held them, and by what means, so that every town, 
 hamlet, and other tenure, by whatsoever name distinguished, might 
 be distinctly assessed and closely entered on rolls, and no man to be 
 favoured. 
 
 The Commissioners having, in the third year, returned their 
 Rolls of Inquisitions, in obedience to the commission of 2 Edw. I., 
 it was necessary for the Court of Exchequer to have, in one view, 
 such parts of the returns as affected the rights of the crown and the 
 abuses of its officers. Certain rolls were accordingly drawn up, 
 containing a selection, under the denomination of Extracts, \t hich 
 supply the deficiency of the lost original Inquisitions, as, for a few 
 counties, no Hundred Rolls have been yet discovered. 
 
 These Extracts are entered on rolls in a handwriting coeval 
 with the Inquisitions, and are preserved at the Chapter House. 
 
 it appears that the original Hundred Rolls of 2 Edw. I. (see 
 Close Rolls, 7 Edw. I. m. 8 d.) were delivered to the Justices in 
 
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 Eyre on their departure for their circuit, for the purpose of holding 
 pleas ; and the verdict in Eyre, where there was one, and in like 
 manner the judgment of the justices, or at least the effect thereof, 
 were generally entered on the Hundred Rolls. The entries thereof 
 were numerous in the counties of Gloucester and Lincoln, and afford 
 evidence of the connection between the Hundred Rolls and the Quo 
 Warranto Rolls, the latter being the proceedings had in respect of 
 the Hundred Rolls, &c. It is also worthy of observation, that 
 many of the same jurors who were upon the inquest, under the 
 special commission, anno 2 Edward I., formed a part of the inquest 
 on the inquiry upon the proceedings in Quo Warranto. 
 
 It appears from the Patent Rolls, that thirty-five articles of 
 inquiry were given to the commissioners. Twelve other articles, 
 not discoverable on the Patent Rolls, are to be found among the 
 returns, making in all forty-seven articles. The latter were adapted 
 to the circumstances of the place ; and some of these are applicable 
 to maritime counties only. After the 6 Edward I. these articles of 
 inquiry formed a part of the " Capitula Corone et Itineris," under 
 the title of " Nova Capitula," and were always given in charge 
 by the justices on their circuits, on the crown side, to the Hun- 
 dredors. 
 
 The Hundred Rolls of 2 Edward I. afford evidence, upon the oath 
 of a jury of each hundred and town in every county, 
 
 I. Of all the demesne lands of the crown, whether ancient or newly acquired 
 
 by escheat or purchase. 
 II. Manors, &c. formerly in the hands of the crown, the persons holding 
 the same, the authority, and how alienated. 
 
 III. Tenants in capite, and tenants in ancient demesne. 
 
 IV. The losses sustained by the crown in military services, and otherwise, 
 
 by sub-infeudations made by such tenants. 
 V. Alienations to the church under pretext of gifts in frankalmoigne. 
 VI. Wardships, marriages, escheats, suits and services witholden and sub- 
 tracted. 
 VII. Fee-farms of the crown, hundreds, wapentakes, and tythings. 
 VIII. Coasts, wreck of the sea, free chase, free warren, fisheries, and other 
 jura regalia. 
 IX. Oppressions of the nobility, clergy, &c. claiming to have such rights. 
 X. Exactions by excessive and illegal tolls in fairs, for murage, pontage, &c, 
 XI. Exactions of sheriffs, escheators, &c. 
 XII. Unlawful exportations of wool, &c. 
 
106 ROTULL 
 
 The original Inquisitions for Lincolnshire are in the Tower. 
 
 Those for several other counties are in the Chapter House, 
 Westminster. 
 
 There are also Hundred Rolls taken by virtue of a special com- 
 mission, dated 12th March, 7 Edward I., but only those for Bedford, 
 Buckingham, Cambridge, Huntingdon, and Oxford, are known to 
 be extant. They differ from those of 2 Edward I., being in the 
 nature of a general survey. 
 
 In the Tower is also a bundle of Inquisitions concerning Hun- 
 dreds, taken in the 10 Edward II,, by virtue of writs directed to 
 the sheriffs of the different counties. 
 
 The whole of the Hundred Rolls and Extracts have been printed 
 by order of the Record Commissioners, under the following title : — 
 " Rotuli Hundredorum, temp. Hen. III. et Edw. I. in Turri Lond. 
 et in Curid Receptee Scaccarii Westm. asservati." 2 vols, folio, 
 1812-1818. 
 
 The other Hundred Rolls above mentioned are appended to the 
 second volume. Indices Nominum et Locorum occur at the end of 
 each volume. 
 
 The genealogist may estimate the assistance these volumes are 
 capable of affording, when it is mentioned that the Indices of Names 
 contain references to about 70,000 persons. 
 
 The price at which the Hundred Rolls were published was, 
 £2. 2s. for vol. i., and £2. 12s. 6d. for vol. ii. The present price of 
 the whole is £2. 2s. 
 
 Liberate Rolls. — These are Rolls of precepts to the Treasurer 
 and other great officers of the Exchequer, directing the payment of 
 sums of money, such as pensions, salaries, stipends, and various 
 other expenses of the state and royal household ; orders to ministers 
 of the crown for the delivery of lands, castles, &c. ; writs to 
 sheriffs, &c, to deliver possession of lands or goods which had 
 been extended. 
 
 The earliest of these, particularly those of Henry the Third's 
 reign, like the Close Rolls of the same period, form a most inte- 
 resting species of record. After the reign of Edward I. the instru- 
 ments become of a less general nature, though to the genealogist, 
 perhaps, equally useful. From Edward III. they contain compa- 
 ratively little besides orders for the payment of salaries, to the 
 judges and the law-officers of the crown. 
 
 The quantity of important matter in these records may be esti- 
 
ROTULI. 107 
 
 mated by the number of the rolls, which appears from Holmes* 
 Calendar of Tower Records to be 147. 
 
 Sir William Dugdale, and after him, William Collins, Esq., are 
 the only authors known to have made use of the Liberate Rolls ; so 
 remarkable indeed was the industry of the former, that few of our 
 national records escaped his personal examination and transcribing- 
 hand. 
 
 The records from 2 John to 14 Edward IV. are deposited in the 
 Tower. 
 
 Collections from the Liberate Rolls, temp. John, are in the 
 British Museum. {Harl. MS. 86, f. 95.) 
 
 Liberate Rolls, tempp. Henry III. and Edward I. are at the 
 Rolls Chapel. 
 
 An Index to the Liberate Rolls from 31 Hen. III. to Edw. IV. 
 is at Exeter College, Oxford. (MS. xci.) 
 
 Copies of those for 5 Edward II., and for 18, 21, 24, and 35 of 
 Edward III., are in the Ashmolean Library. (MS. 7376.) 
 
 The Rolls of 2, 3, and 5 John, were printed by the Record Com- 
 mission, together with the Misce Roll of 11 John, also a Roll de 
 Prestita of the 12th of John, with the following title : — " Rotuli 
 de Liberate ac de Misis et Prcestitis, regnante Johanne." 1 vol. 8vo., 
 1844. 
 
 The Liberate Rolls contain writs issued out of Chancery, directed 
 to the Treasurer and Chamberlain of the Exchequer, ordering 
 them to deliver or pay money out of the Treasury. 
 
 The Misce Roll contains an account of the daily expenses of the 
 Court of King John. 
 
 The Prcestita Roll contains the entry of sums of money which 
 issued out of any of the royal treasuries by way of imprest, advance, 
 or accommodation. 
 
 The present price of this volume is 6$. 
 
 The Memoranda Rolls. — The valuable records called Memo- 
 randa contain inrolments of all the business of weight transacted 
 in the Queen's Remembrancer's Office; viz., of writs of scire 
 facias and proceedings thereon for recovery of debts due to the 
 crown, writs of extents and proceedings thereon, special com- 
 missions which have been issued for particular purposes, commis- 
 
108 ROTULI. 
 
 sions of inquiry, and proceedings thereon, whereby the estates of 
 debtors and accountants to the crown, and estates forfeited to, or 
 belonging to the crown, are seized into the king's hands, and com- 
 missions and inquisitions thereupon returned or certified into the 
 Court of Exchequer on attainder or forfeiture for treason or felony, 
 and other special matters; informations on seizures made in the 
 several ports of England of goods forfeited for nonpayment of 
 customs or unlawful importation, and proceedings thereon, for- 
 feitures arising to the crown, and sometimes to the crown and 
 informer, from offences committed against penal laws, transcripts 
 of outlawries certified into the Court of Exchequer, and proceedings 
 thereon, whereby seizures are made of lands and goods into the 
 king's hands ; all recognizances taken in the office, proffers, being 
 the particular sums of money payable half-yearly into the Exchequer 
 by the sheriffs of the several counties, cities, and towns in England, 
 and bailiffs of particular liberties; grants and patents under the 
 Great and Privy Seals for several purposes, and warrants and con- 
 stitutions under the sign manual, deeds and conveyances of estates 
 made by private persons, affidavits for goods for which customs 
 have been paid, and which have either been lost at sea or taken by 
 enemies, also many orders, decrees, and proceedings in equity on 
 English informations and bills. 
 
 The earliest Memoranda Roll is that of 2 Henry III. The first 
 Repertory Roll commences 1 Edward II., and the rolls continue to 
 32 Charles II. In 25 Henry VIII. a different form of entering 
 the heads of the Memoranda was adopted in books called Agenda 
 books. 
 
 The Memoranda of the Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer consist 
 of the inrolments of a variety of pleadings in suits commenced and 
 prosecuted in the Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer's Office, accord- 
 ing to the course of the common law, with the judgments of the 
 court thereon, particularly upon the writs during the existence of 
 the military tenures of Quo titulo clamat, and of Quare maneria, fyc. 
 in manibus regis seisiri non debent ; of pleadings on petitions of 
 right grounded on records in the office, pleadings and judgments 
 upon claims of franchises and privileges within cities, boroughs, 
 towns, and liberties, pleadings respecting fines, issues, and amer- 
 ciaments contained in the estreats delivered into the office from the 
 several courts of Westminster and other jurisdictions, a few com- 
 missions heretofore issued to survey lands and woods belonging to 
 
ROTULI. 109 
 
 the crown, with the returns thereof, proceedings of the Court of 
 Exchequer concerning the accounts of sheriffs, escheators, and 
 bailiffs, and of a variety of matters concerning the charge and 
 discharge of the king's debtors and accountants ; states and views 
 of accounts of the greater and lesser accountants of the kingdom, 
 orders of the Court of Exchequer on the Remembrancer's side 
 concerning the land and casual revenue of the crown, entries of 
 presentations and admissions of several of the officers of the Court 
 of Exchequer, and other officers, and of inrolments of deeds and 
 instruments acknowledged before one of the barons of the Ex- 
 chequer, or a commissioner for taking acknowledgments of deeds 
 in the country. 
 
 The above records commence from the beginning of Henry III. 
 
 The Brevia Regia, which are indorsed on the Memoranda Rolls, 
 are the most ancient writs of that description in the kingdom, and 
 in their natures as various as the wishes of the sovereigns : in early 
 times they are often in the shape of letters. 
 
 Those titles, or bundles at the Tower bearing the above title, 
 consist of writs to sheriffs of all counties to cause inquisitions to 
 be made for taking extents of manors, with the returns annexed ; 
 inquisitions of lands, and pleas of assize, &c. They extend from 
 about the time of John to Charles II. An Inventory of them is 
 printed in the Third Report of the Deputy Keeper of Records, 
 App. ii., pp. 113-130. 
 
 Those files bearing the same title at the Petty Bag Office, 
 consist of writs ad quod damnum, dedimuses to swear masters extra- 
 ordinary in Chancery, justices of the peace, and sheriffs, certiorari 
 to remove records, writs for calling serjeants-at-law, and returns of 
 writs for electing coroners and verderers and regarders of forests. 
 They extend from the 9th Charles I. to the present time. 
 
 It is impossible to give general heads sufficiently descriptive of 
 the nature of the Memoranda Rolls, as they contain such a vast 
 variety of things relating to secular and religious matters. 
 
 The pleadings of Quo titulo, as well as claims of franchises and 
 other proceedings, throw great light upon the descent of property, 
 and refer to where the original grants are to be found recorded. 
 
 The Memoranda Rolls are deposited at the Record Office, 
 Carlton Ride. 
 
 Two volumes of Indices were printed by Mr. Edward Jones 
 
110 ROTULI. 
 
 in 1793, entitled "Index to Records called the Originalia and 
 Memoranda of the Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer's Side of the 
 Exchequer" &c. &c. 2 vols, folio. The second volume of this work 
 is an Index to the Memoranda, and is arranged alphabetically 
 under Manors and other lands noticed in these records, between 
 1509 and 1714. 
 
 A valuable Index Locorum et Rerum to the Memoranda of 
 the Exchequer, from the reign of Henry III. to 1831, excepting 
 the Bills, Answers, and Depositions, is preserved in the Inner 
 Temple Library, and has been published by the Benchers of that 
 Society. 
 
 Ob lata Rolls. — These Rolls contain accounts of the offerings 
 and free gifts to the king, from every great man of the period who 
 wished his protection or favour. Amongst them will be seen gifts ; 
 for having a barony, for having places, some great man's youngest 
 daughter in marriage, his eldest daughter, any one of his daughters, 
 for having a manor to farm, a city to farm, for leave to stay at 
 home instead of going abroad with the king, not to be asked to 
 marry, that the sheriff and a jury may inquire of a heirship, and 
 which heirship is therein set out ; for leave to make up a quarrel, 
 for a writ of summons against an adversary, for justice against an 
 adversary, that an adversary may not compel the donor to plead 
 to his action, gifts for heirships, for wardships, for reliefs, for 
 scutage, for license to transfer estates, for a jury's inquisition to 
 inquire of particular facts, to marry a widow, to have a trial, that 
 debts due to a Jew may not be paid, for having acquittance of 
 accounts with the king, for grants of property, for confirmation of 
 former grants, for having seisin of lands, for having judgment in 
 the King's Court, and for having the custody of the king's vine- 
 yard. It would, perhaps, be now difficult to ascertain the justice 
 with which most of these fines were received. 
 
 In the 2d year of Jting John, the widow of Ralph Comhill gave 
 the king 200 marks, three palfreys, &c. not to marry Godfrey de 
 Louvaine, and he at the same time sent the king 400 marks that 
 she might be compelled to have him. 
 
 Many of the entries relate entirely to matters of pedigree ; most 
 of them may be made useful to the genealogist ; all of them are full 
 of interest to the historian and the antiquary. 
 
 It has not yet been ascertained that these Rolls have been used 
 
ROTULI. Ill 
 
 for genealogical purposes, other than in Sir William Dugdale's 
 Baronage, and Collins' s Peerage. 
 
 These records are only for the 1st, 2d, 3d, and 9th John, the 
 3d and 9th Edward II., and from the 1st to the 29th Edward III. 
 inclusive; the number of rolls is 31. 
 
 They are preserved among the records at the Tower. 
 
 Selections from the Oblata Rolls will be found in the British 
 Museum (Harl. MSS. 86, f. 77; 3875, f. 325) ; in the Ashmolean 
 Library (Dugdale MS. 3, B. 1, p. 311) ; and at Caius College, 
 Cambridge (MS. 584). 
 
 The rolls from the reign of King John have been printed by the 
 Record Commissioners, under the following title: — " Rotuli de 
 Oblatis et Finibus in Turri Londinensi asservati tempore Regis 
 Johannis." 1 vol. 8vo. 1835. 
 
 The present price of the volume is 18s. 
 
 The Originalia. — The Exchequer, 1 being the grand conservatory 
 of the king's revenues, had of charge the land and casual revenues 
 of the crown ; and all matters, deeds, charters, or instruments, in 
 any manner affecting those revenues, must therefore be of record, 
 to answer the record of charge : thus, all lands being the property 
 of the crown, whilst in the crown, were accounted for in the 
 Exchequer ; and when granted out, it was necessary that the grant 
 should be of record, to warrant the discharge of the original issues, 
 and to charge the grantee, by the process of the court, with the 
 rent and services reserved. 
 
 With respect to the casual revenues arising from fines, issues, 
 and forfeitures, when any charter is granted to a city, borough, or 
 town, forming it into a body politic or corporate, it generally gives 
 some immunities arising from the casual revenue within that city, 
 borough, or town, or it grants fairs or markets, the profits of which 
 had, until then, been accounted for ; and it generally contains some 
 dues, rents, or services reserved to the crown, or from courts of 
 justice created therein, the casual revenues arising in which were 
 formerly returned to the Court of Exchequer, to be then dealt with 
 according to the course of the court, and also the commissions of 
 the peace, the patents of creations, the licenses of disafforestation, 
 of alienation, to impark, to dispark, patents of inventions, consti- 
 
 1 The ancient Court of Exchequer was introduced into England by William the 
 Conqueror, and was not finally abolished until the reign of Queen Victoria. 
 
112 ROTULI. 
 
 tutions, or patents of the officers of the crown, and various other 
 matters, under the Great Seal, by reason of their connection with 
 the Exchequer, were transmitted there from the Petty Bag Office 
 in Chancery, and bear the name of Originalia, or Originals. 
 
 Also fines and forfeitures set or imposed, as well in the said 
 Court of Chancery, as in the Courts of King's Bench, Common 
 Pleas, Courts of Sessions of the Peace for counties, cities, boroughs, 
 towns, &c., and before the commissioners of sewers, were likewise 
 turned into this court. There are entered on the rolls, creations of 
 peers, and grants of titles, honours, and places. 
 
 From these rolls, therefore, may be obtained : 
 
 I. The names of all Sheriffs, Escheators, Customers, Comptrollers, 
 Searchers, and Fermors ; as may be called unto accompt. 
 
 II. All liveries sued out of the king's hands, that process may be had 
 against the king's tenants for doing of their homage, and answering 
 of their reliefs. 
 
 III. All manner of patents granted to any person by the king, wherein is 
 
 reserved or contained any homage or fealty, or else any yearly rent, 
 or whereby a fee is granted. 
 
 IV. All manner of commissions to any justices of the peace, justices of 
 
 sewers, or of other kinds ; that process may be made against them 
 for delivering of recognizances, issues, fines, and amerciaments, taken 
 before them. 
 V. All manner of commissions directed to any person or persons, to in- 
 quire of any lands or tenements, of such as have been offenders to 
 the king. In which commissions, the commissioners have authority 
 to seize the said lands or tenements to the king's use, that process 
 may be had against the said commissioners for the profits thereof. 
 VI. All names of collectors of Subsidies, Fifteenths, Tenths, and Taxes, to 
 call them to accompt. 
 VII. All pardons of course, granted of grace for manslaughter, by which, 
 though the life be pardoned, yet the goods of the party so pardoned 
 are forfeited, so that process may go forth to inquire, what goods or 
 chattels he had at the time of the doing of the offence. 
 VIII. Also, under the title diem daunt extremum, are the names of such per- 
 sons as the escheator hath found to be possessed of any office or 
 title for the king by knights' service, on the days of their deaths. 
 And in how many shires the said office was found, and before what 
 escheator ; that in case one office make no mention of any tenure for 
 the king, whereby he should have a right, yet then they may 
 examine all the other shires, whether there be any tenure for the 
 king in them. Also there are, or should be, all recognizances 
 forfeited to the king in Chancery, and charters of denization. 
 
ROTULI. 113 
 
 And these be the contents of the Original for the most part, 
 which, though it were disused in the Lord Chancellor CromwelFs 
 days, yet it was restored to its former use afterwards. 
 
 The value of these rolls is also augmented by the circumstance 
 of their containing entries of, and extracts from, other early rolls, 
 not now in existence. 
 
 Numerous notices of an historical and antiquarian nature occur 
 in the " Originalia," which throw much light on the genealogies of 
 families, on the descent of lands, and occasionally on manners and 
 customs, as well as on the general state of society in the thirteenth 
 and fourteenth centuries. 
 
 The records named Estreats or Originalia, were removed in the 
 year 1843, from the Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer's Office to 
 the Record Office at Carlton Ride, where they still remain. 
 
 Since the abolition of the first-named office, the " Originalia" are 
 transmitted from Chancery to the Queen's Remembrancer. 
 
 In the year 1793, Mr. Edward Jones published an Index to these 
 records, with the following title : — " Index to the Originalia and 
 Memoranda of the Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer's Side of the 
 Exchequer/' &c. 2 vols, folio. Much useful information may be 
 found in them respecting the Office of the Exchequer, as well 
 as on the value of records (particularly the Originalia) in elucida- 
 tion of history. 
 
 The first volume, which relates to the "Originalia" only, is 
 arranged under the different reigns, the names of the parties being 
 placed in alphabetical order ; and at the end of each reign is an 
 Index to the Manors and other lands mentioned. 
 
 The second volume is an Index to the Memoranda of the 
 Exchequer, and is arranged alphabetically under the Manors and 
 other lands noticed in those records between 1509 and 1714. A 
 copious Index Nominum affords every facility for reference. It has 
 been said that these volumes are " very useful, but very imperfect." 
 
 Abstracts of the " Originalia" have been printed by the Record 
 Commissioners, in two volumes, folio, with this title : — " Rotulorum 
 Originalium in Curia Scaccarii abbreviatio, 20 Hen. III. — 
 Edw. III." Folio, 1805-1810. Indices Rerum, Locorum, et No- 
 minum, are subjoined to each volume. 
 
 The present price of this work is £3. 13*. 
 
 Similar " Abstracts" of the " Originalia," from the 1st Richard II. 
 to the end of the reign of James I., were also made, with a view 
 to publication; but they have not been printed, and the MSS. 
 
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114 ROTULI. 
 
 were deposited ia the British Museum, by order of the Con. 
 raissioners on Public Records. They are numbered Add. MSS 
 6363-6387. 
 
 Another volume of abstracts, from Henry III. to Henry VI. 
 is in the same repository. (Lansd. MS. 270, f. 141.) 
 
 The Patent Rolls. — These Rolls commence with the third year 
 of tbe reign of King John, and extend to the present time. On 
 them are entered all grants of offices, honours, lands, annuities, 
 and particular privileges, either to individuals or bodies corporate ; 
 restitutions of temporalities to bishops, abbots, and other eccle- 
 siastics ; occasional notices of deliveries of the Great Seal, confirma- 
 tions of grants as well to corporations, both civil and ecclesiastical, 
 as to individuals j special liveries, creations of peers, licenses of all 
 descriptions which pass the Great Seal, grants of pardon, &c. On 
 the back of the rolls are commissions to justices of gaol delivery, 
 of the peace, of sewers, and, in fact, all other commissions which 
 pass the Great Seal are there recorded. On some of the early 
 Patent Rolls, treaties with foreign sovereigns, and other diplomatic 
 instruments, were frequently entered ; but they rarely appear after 
 the reign of Edward the Third. 
 
 Such, in general terms, is a description of the entries on the 
 Patent Rolls ; but there is scarcely a subject connected with the 
 history or government of this country, or with the most distin- 
 guished personages of the thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth 
 centuries, which is not illustrated by them ; and they yield only to 
 the Claus or Close Rolls in the variety and importance of their 
 contents. 
 
 What may be termed the Originals of the Patent Rolls, or the 
 documents from whence the entries on the same are made, and 
 which sometimes supply the defects of the Patent Rolls, are con- 
 tained in what are termed the Privy Seal Bundles, which consist of 
 writs of Privy Seal, signed bills, immediate warrants, and pro- 
 clamations. 
 
 Patents surrendered are amongst the Miscellaneous of the Rolls 
 Chapel Records. 
 
 The Rolls were formerly made up by the Six Clerks of Chancery ; 
 but since they were abolished, they have been made up yearly by 
 the Clerks of Records and Writs, at their office in Chancery Lane, 
 from Privy Seal writs, warrants, and bills, under the royal sign 
 
ROTULI. 115 
 
 manual, proclamations, &c, which have been obtained from the 
 different offices where the originals have been made out to pass 
 under the Great Seal. The above offices retain the rolls, as well as 
 the original instruments from which they were formed, for the last 
 four or five years ; all above that period are passed into the Petty 
 Bag Office, and from thence to the Public Record Office, to which 
 latter office, however, they are not transmitted immediately, the 
 Petty Bag Office retaining eight years in hand. 
 
 The difference between documents entered on the Patent Rolls, 
 and those on the Close Rolls, is, that the King's Letters Patent 
 were delivered open, having the Great Seal attached to the bottom. 
 They are presumed to be of a public nature, addressed to all the 
 king's subjects, whilst the Close Rolls are records of such instru- 
 ments as were despatched closed or sealed up, and were of a more 
 private nature. 
 
 The Patent Rolls, preserved at the Tower, close with the reign of 
 Edward IV. (April, 1483.) The subsequent inrolments of Letters 
 Patent being deposited in the Rolls Chapel. 
 
 Some few for the reigns of John, Edward II., and Henry VI., 
 are at the Chapter House. 
 
 Extracts from these records will be found in various public 
 repositories, as follows : — 
 
 Extracts out of the Patent Rolls by Vincent; Coll. of Arms, Vincent 
 
 MS. 60. 
 f? Grauntes of her Ma ties Offices," extracted from the Calendar of the Patent 
 
 Rolls; Asiim. Lib. MS. 1805. 
 Breve Abstractum, e rott. Patentium eorum, quae ad Stemraatum Familia- 
 
 rumque Anglicarum series enucleandas spectant, selectum ; Brit. Mus. 
 
 Harl. MS. 294. 
 Calendarium rott. Patentium de temp. Regis Johannis, in Turri Londinensi 
 
 existentium; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 9783. 
 Calendar of the Patent Rolls in the Tower, from John to Edw. II. ; Brit. Mus. 
 
 Lamd. MS. 302. 
 Collectanea e rott. Patentium temp. R. Johannis ; Brit. Mus. Harl, MSS. 
 
 86, f. 1; 362, f. 25. 
 Rotulorum Patentium, temp. Johannis, abbreviatio, s. xvii. ; Exeter Coll. 
 
 Oxf. MS. xciv. 
 Collectanea e rott. Patentium, tempp. Joh., Hen. III., et Edw. I. ; Brit. 
 
 Mus. Harl. MS. 88. 
 Selection of Patent Rolls, 3 — 18 John; Brit. Mus. Lamd. MS. 287. 
 
116 ROTULI. 
 
 Index Rotulorum Patentium qui in Turn Lond. reponuntur, a 3 Joh. ad 51 
 
 Edw. III. ; Brit. Mus. Cotton. MS. Titus, C. ii. 
 An Abstract of all the Patent Rolls, from the 3d John to the end of Edw. IV. 
 
 Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 4554. 
 Excerpta e rott. Patentium, 5 — 15 R. Johannis; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 
 
 298, f. 42. 
 " Lit terse Patentes," etc> mostly respecting Wales, 10 John — 6 Edw. III. ; 
 
 Caius Coll. Camb. MS. 581. 
 Collection of Letters Patent, from 16 John to 50 Hen. III. ; Oaius Coll. 
 
 Camb. MS. 582. 
 An Abridgment of the Patent Rolls in the Tower, tempp. John, Hen. III., 
 
 Edw. I., and Edw. II., by Mr. Bowyer, Keeper of the Records; Brit. 
 
 Mus. Add. MS. 5511. 
 Index Literarum Patentium R. Johannis, Hen. III., Edw. I. — III., et Ric. 
 
 II.; Brit. Mus. Harl. MSS. 5160—5165. 
 Index rott. Clausarum et Patentium, a temp. R. Johannis, ad temp. Hen. VI., 
 
 qui in Turri Lond. custodiuntur ; Brit. Mus. Cotton. MS. Jul. E. 
 
 iii. f. 1. 
 A Calendar of the Patent Rolls in the Tower of London, from John to Edw. 
 
 IV. 4 vols.; Brit. Mus. Eg. MSS. 634—637; Lamd. MS. 1168.— 
 
 Inner Temple Lib. 
 Collectanea e rott. Patentium selecta, temp. Hen. III. ; Brit. Mus. Harl. 
 
 MS. 86, f. 122.— Lincoln's Inn Lib. 
 
 1—19 Hen. III.; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 6712. 
 
 1 — 57 Hen. III. ; Brit. Mus. Lamd. MS. 288. 
 
 16 Hen. III.- 35 Edw. III.; Brit. Mus. Lamd. MS. 941. 
 
 Literae Patentes, tempp. Hen. III., Edw. X., II., III., et Ric. II. ; Brit. 
 
 Mus. Harl. MS. 3875, ff. 335, 355. 
 Index rerum in rott. Patentibus, etc., a 31 Hen. III. ad Edw. IV. ; Exeter 
 
 Coll. Oxf. MS. xci. 
 Extracts from Patent Rolls, from 37 Hen. III. to 34 Hen. VI. ; Brit. Mus. 
 
 Lamd. MS. 973, f. 116. 
 Selection of Patent Rolls, 1—23 Edw. L; Brtt. Mus. Lamd. MS. 289. 
 9—35 Edw. I., et temp. Edw. III.; Coll. of 
 
 Arms, Vincent MS. 9, L. 
 Charters copied from the Patent and other Rolls, from Edw. I. — Hen. VI. ; 
 
 All Souls' Coll. Oxf. MS. ccxxvii. 
 Excerpts from Patent Rolls, from Edw. I. to 9 Jas. I. ; Brit. Mus. Hargrave 
 
 MS. 296. 
 Selection of Patent Rolls, 1—20 Edw. II. ; Brit. Mus. Lamd. MS. 290. 
 Calendar of the Patent Rolls in the Tower, temp. Edw. III. ; Brit. Mus. 
 
 Lamd. MS. 303. 
 Collectanea e rott. Patentium, tamp. Edw. III. ; Brit. Mus. Harl MS. 90. 
 
ROTULL 117 
 
 Extracta e rott. Patentium fact, in partibus transmarinis, temp. Edw. III. ; 
 
 Ashm. Lib. Oxf. MS. 7376, p. 164. 
 Selection of Patent Eolls, 1—51 Edw. III.; Brit. Mus. Lansd. MSS. 
 
 291—293. 
 
 1 Edw. III.— 23 Ric. II. ; Coll. of Arms, MS. B. 11. 
 
 36 Edw. III.— 22 Ric. II. ; Brit. Mus. Lansd. MS. 942. 
 
 Contenta in rott. Patentium de regno R. Ric. II. ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 91. 
 Selection of Patent Rolls, 1—23 Ric. II. ; Brit. Mus. Lansd. MSS. 
 
 294; 295. 
 Calendar of the Patent Rolls in the Tower, from Ric. II. to Hen. V. ; Brit. 
 
 Mus. Lansd. MS. 304. 
 Index rotulorum Patentium qui reponuntur in Turri Lond., a 1 Ric. II. ad 
 
 23 Edw. IV. ; Brit. Mus. Cotton. MS. Tit. C. iii. 
 Collectanea e rott. Patentium, 1 — 14 Hen. IV. ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 
 
 4195, if. 6, 16, 17, 24, 27, 41; Lansd. MS. 296. 
 Excerpta e rotulis Patentium in Turri Lond., 1 Hen. IV. — 39 Hen. VI. ; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Lansd. MS. 943. 
 Abstract of Patent Rolls, from Hen. IV. to 22 Edw. IV. ; College of 
 
 Arms, MS. B. 2. 
 Selections of Patent Rolls, 1—10 Hen. V. ; Brit. Mus. Lansd. MS. 297. 
 
 1—39 Hen. VI.; Brit. Mus. Lansd. MSS. 298; 299. 
 
 Calendar of the Patent Rolls in the Tower, from Hen. VI. to Edw. IV. ; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Lansd. MS. 305. 
 Selection of Patent Rolls, 1—22 Edw. IV.; Brit. Mus. Lansd. MSS. 300; 
 
 301. 
 Calendar of the Patent Rolls of Hen. YU. ; Brit. Mus. Lansd. MS. 254, 
 
 f. 88. 
 Extracts from the Patent Rolls, and from the Inquisitions of the time of 
 
 Hen. VII.; Pub. Lib. Camb. MS. Dd. ii. 40. 
 Calendarium Concessionum in rott. Patentium inrotulatarurn, 12 — 38 Hen. 
 
 VIII. ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 140. 
 A Calendar of the Patent Rolls, from 1 Edw. VI. to Mary ; Brit. Mus. 
 
 Lansd. MS. 221 ; Har grave MS. 376. 
 
 temp. Jac. I. ; Brit. Mus. Hargrave MS. 377. 
 
 List of Patents granted by Jas. I. to the year 1619; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 
 
 7188, ar£. 5. 
 Royal Grants passed by Letters Patent, 1 and 2 Jas. L; Ashm. Lib. 
 
 MS. 1162. 
 Dockets of Patents granted 10—16 Chas. I.; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 1012. 
 An Abstract from the Patent Rolls from Charles II. to Queen Anne ; Brit. 
 
 Mus. Add. MS. 4555, p. 65. 
 
 In the Tower there are also some Rolls of Patents, independc ntlv 
 of those Rolls commonly called the Patent Rolls, which have been 
 
118 ROTULI. 
 
 described above. That these extra Patent Rolls may not be over- 
 looked, a list of them is subjoined : — 
 
 Bate. No. of Bolls. 
 
 14 Hen. III. Patent, in Britannia 1 
 
 14 Edw. I. Patent, fact, in partibus transmarinis 1 
 
 19 Patent, de Dominibus Judaeorum post eorum exitium, &c. 1 
 
 26 Patent, de obligat. per regem mercatoribus .... 1 
 
 12 Edw. III. Patent, apud Antwerpiam 1 
 
 13 Patent, pro mercatoribus 1 
 
 Patent, concess. hominibus Angl' et Vascon 1 
 
 Patent, inter Regem et di versos magnat. Germ. ... 1 
 
 14 Patent, et Cart. fact, ultra mare 1 
 
 15 Patent, pro mercatoribus 1 
 
 19 Same 1 
 
 20 Patent, fact, in Francia 1 
 
 21 Patent, fact, apud Cales - .1 
 
 A Calendar of a selection from those in the Tower, not later 
 than 23d Edward IV., was printed by order of the Record Commis- 
 sioners, in 1802, under the following title : — " Calendarium Rotu- 
 lorum Patentium in Turri Londinensi asservat." 1 vol. folio. 
 
 In using this Calendar, it is particularly necessary to bear in 
 mind the following observation, which is prefixed to it; namely, 
 that "it is only a Selection, and that various entries appear 
 on the Patent Rolls which are not here described ; and therefore, 
 although the work will be found to afford abundant information, no 
 one is to be deterred from an examination of any record referred to 
 elsewhere, as being on the Patent Roll, because it is not to be dis- 
 covered here." 
 
 The cause of this fact may be thus explained. No perfect 
 Calendar to the Patent Rolls has yet been compiled, and the 
 printed volume was taken from a copy which was procured in the 
 year 1775 by Mr. Astle, late Keeper of the Records in the Tower, 
 for public use, but collated with two manuscripts in the Cottonian 
 Library (Tit. C. ii. and iii.), which is supposed to have been com- 
 piled in the reign of James I. from the records, by some clerk, who 
 has selected from them what appeared to him most useful and 
 interesting. 
 
 The volume contains copious Indices, and will be found to com- 
 prise much information, as well for legal as for biographical, 
 antiquarian, and historical purposes. The Index Nominum affords 
 
ROTULI. 119 
 
 evidence of the utility of these Records to the genealogist, as it 
 contains references to about 7000 eminent families. 
 
 The original price of the volume was £1. 16s., now reduced to 155. 
 
 The Rolls have been printed, under the auspices of the same 
 Commission, from the 3d to the 18th John, in one vol. folio, 1835, 
 with this title : — " Rotuli Litterarum Patentium in Turri Londinensi 
 asservati, a.d. 1201—1216." 
 
 The present price of this volume is £1. 11 s. 6d. 
 
 The Introduction to the work has, for convenience, been pub- 
 lished separately in 8vo. under the title of " A Description of the 
 Patent Rolls in the Tower of London, to which is added an Itinerary 
 of King John, by T. D. Hardy," 1835, royal 8vo. 
 
 Pipe Rolls. — The Great Roll of the Exchequer, otherwise called 
 the " Pipe Roll," formerly contained the accounts of the whole reve- 
 nues of the crown, digested under the heads of the several counties, 
 and annually written out, in order to the charging and discharging 
 of the sheriffs and other accountants. The ancient revenues were 
 either certain or casual; the certain revenues consisted of farms, 
 fee farms, castle-guard rents, and other rents of various kinds ; the 
 casual part was composed of fines, issues, amerciaments, recog- 
 nizances, profits of lands and tenements, goods and chattels seized 
 into the hands of the crown on process of extents, outlawry, diem 
 clausit extremum, and other writs and process, wards, marriages, 
 reliefs, suits, seignories, felons' goods, deodands, and other profits 
 casually arising to the crown by virtue of its prerogative. The 
 Great Roll also contains the accounts of lords of liberties granted 
 from the crown, of the greenwax within their respective liberties, 
 and many debts of different natures due to the crown, and put in 
 process for levying the same for the benefit of the public. All 
 these accounts and other matters are contained in the Great RolL 
 and the respective sheriffs now account for so much of the said 
 revenue as yet remains, and take their quietus out of the office of 
 the Clerk of the Pipe, yearly. 
 
 The series of the Great Rolls of the Exchequer takes its begin- 
 ning from the second year of the reign of King Henry the Second. 
 From that remote period to the present time, the series is complete, 
 with the exception of the rolls of two years only. Not long ago, 
 thirteen rolls in the series were supposed to be lost, and it was not 
 until the late Commission on Public Records entered on their 
 
120 ROTULI. 
 
 labours that any of these were recovered to the public. Eleven of 
 the lost rolls have been found, and restored to their places in the 
 presses of the Exchequer. The two which still remain to be dis- 
 covered belong to the first year of Henry III., and the seventh year 
 of Henry IV. The antigraphy or roll made by the Chancellor's 
 scribe, of the latter of these, exists, and is made to supply the place 
 of the corresponding Treasurer's Roll till that roll shall itself appear. 
 Besides the series, there is one roll more, which was long regarded 
 as the roll of the first year of Henry II. The antiquaries of the 
 seventeenth century determined it to belong to the fifth year of 
 King Stephen. Doubts, however, have been entertained of the 
 soundness of this conclusion j and it is thought that Mr. Hunter, 
 in the preface to the publication of this roll, has completely 
 established the fact, that it is the roll of the 31st year of Henry I., 
 the earliest national document of any extent now existing after 
 Domesday Book. 
 
 The " Pipe Rolls" are of great interest and utility, more particularly 
 in regard to the transactions of early times, as the names of most 
 men, or families of property, appear upon them, and nearly every 
 ancient pedigree is indebted to them for assistance ; since the sources 
 from which the crown revenues were formerly obtained, inde- 
 pendently of the crown lands, were so numerous, that it would 
 perhaps be impossible to produce from history a name of note 
 which is not recorded on them. It is of course evident that 
 the most perfect list of Sheriffs of Counties is to be obtained 
 from them. 
 
 The Comptroller's or Chancellor's Rolls, being duplicates of the 
 Great Roll of the Pipe, and regarded as of inferior dignity and 
 authority to the Great Rolls themselves, containing moreover 
 matter of great importance to historical inquirers, who could not 
 have easy access to them while under the custody of officers of the 
 Exchequer, were removed to the British Museum by order of the 
 Commissioners of the Public Records, in the years 1833-4, where 
 they may be consulted like the other manuscripts, records, and 
 charters in that repository. This series is far from being so com* 
 plete as that of the Great Rolls themselves. There are 310 rolls 
 in all, the earliest roll being that of the 11th Henry II., and the 
 latest that of the 17th James I. Owing to the little care bestowed 
 upon them when in other depositories, the following Rolls are now 
 missing : — 
 
IiOTULI. 
 
 121 
 
 Hen. II. 12, 15—18, 28, 30—35. 
 
 Ric. I. 1—10. 
 
 John 1—3, 5—9, 11—16, 18. 
 
 Hen. III. 1-12, 36, 57. 
 
 Edw. II. 10, 20. 
 
 Edw. III. 15, 42. 
 
 Ric. II. 20, 23. 
 
 Hen. IV. 7 1 , 14. 
 
 Hen. VI. 39. 
 
 Edw. IV. 23. 
 
 Hen. VII. 1—6, 15—24. 
 
 Hen. VIII. 1—19, 31, 35, 37. 
 
 Edw. VI. 1—7. 
 
 Mary, 1 and 2. 
 
 Philip and Mary, 1 & 2, 3 & 4—5 & 6. 
 
 Elizabeth, 1, 2, 6—28, 32, 33, 36, 
 
 37, 39—45. 
 James I. 1—4, 6—9, 11, 14. 
 
 The Pipe Roll in the Museum for the 21st Henry II. is of much 
 importance. On the fifth membrane is an account of the Sheriff of 
 Shropshire, the whole of which is wanting on the Pipe Roll for the 
 same year at Carlton Ride. 
 
 The Pipe Office was abolished by statute 3 & 4 Will. IV. c. 99, 
 and the records removed to Carlton Ride in May, 1813. 
 
 The Chancellor's Records, from the time of Richard I. to 1767, 
 as well as the records from 1768 inclusive to the present time, the 
 States of Account from 1789, and the Folio books from 1685 to the 
 present period, are also deposited at Carlton Ride. 
 
 At the same repository is a large collection of excerpts out of the 
 Rotuli Annales, or Pipe Rolls, formerly at the Office of the Queen's 
 Remembrancer. These are in a hand of the reign of Edward I. 
 They are from rolls of Henry II. and Richard I., and are remark- 
 able for containing large portions, if not nearly the whole, of the 
 roll of 1st Henry II., of which the original is not known to exist. 
 
 In the Tower are two Pipe Rolls, one of 6 Richard I., the other 
 of 7 John, being duplicates of those at Carlton Ride. 
 
 In the British Museum are several volumes of transcripts, as 
 follows : — 
 
 Collectanea e mag. rott. Pipae in Scaccario. {Harl. MS. 971, f. 40.) 
 Transcripta e rott. Pipse, annis 1 et 2 Hen. II. {Cotton. MS. Vitell. E. v.) 
 Titles and Extracts from a great number of records on various subjects, 
 
 taken from the Great Rolls of the Pipe, &c. tempp. Hen. II., Ric. I., 
 
 John, and Hen. III. {Add. MSS. 4567 ; 4568.) 
 Transcripta e rott. de Scaccario, de temp. Hen. III. {Harl. MS. 30.) 
 Collectanea e rott. Scaccarii, 4—6 Hen III. {Harl. MS, 312, f. 83.) 
 Extracts from the Pipe Rolls relating to Wales. {Lansd. MS. 219.) 
 Four Indexes, alphabetically disposed, of the most material things contained 
 
 in the Great Roll of the Pipe. {Add. MS. 4560 ) 
 Alphabetical List of the Pipe Rolls. {Lansd. MS. 322.) 
 
 1 This roll was retained by the Commissioners to supply the chasm occasioned by the 
 loss of the Great Koll of that year. 
 
1*2 ROTULI. 
 
 In the Bodleian Library are collections from the Pipe Rolls, made 
 by Dodesworth, which occur in vols. xii. — xvii. of his Collections : — 
 
 Vol. xii. contains the 5th of Stephen. 
 
 — xiii. 1—10 Ric. I. 
 
 — xiv. 1 — 17 John. 
 
 — xv. 2— 52, 56, Hen. III. 
 
 — xvi. 1—30 Edw. I. 
 
 — xvii. 12—18 Edw. II., and 13, 14, Edw. III. 
 
 Sometranscriptsof the Pipe Rolls are in theLiNCOLN'slNN Library. 
 
 In the years 1833 and 1844 the following publications were 
 issued by the Record Commissioners : — 
 
 " Rotulus Cancellarii vel Antigraphum Magni Rotuli Pipes, de 
 tertio anno regni regis Johannis." 1 vol. 8vo. 1833. 
 
 " Magnus Rotulus Scaccarii vel Magnus Rotulus Pipce, 31 Hen. I" 
 1 vol. 8vo. 1833. 
 
 " The Great Roll of the Pipe of the 2d, 3d, and 4th years of 
 King Henry II., 1155—1158." 1 vol. 8vo. 1844. 
 
 " The Great Roll of the Pipe for the 1st year of the reign of 
 King Richard I. , 1189, 1190." 1 vol. 8vo. 1844. 
 
 The present prices of these volumes are respectively, £1. 5s.; 18s.; 
 4s. 6d. ; and 6s. 
 
 So early as in the time of the Plant agenets, the Roll of the 
 Exchequer was referred to for evidence connected with descent, 
 although not for the express purpose of proving a pedigree. 
 
 Dugdale, Collins, and other genealogical writers, have made great 
 use of these records, as a reference to any of the pedigrees traced 
 by them and published will prove. 
 
 The Redisseisin Rolls. — The Redisseisin Rolls begin 14 
 Edward I. and end 39 Henry VI. They contain writs to, and 
 proceedings of, sheriffs, for restoring those to the possession of 
 lands or tenements of which they had been unlawfully dispos- 
 sessed. These were directed to be inrolled, and transcripts sent 
 into the Exchequer, by statute 13 Edward I., sec. 8. They are 
 in the " Originalia," at the Tower. 
 
 Extracts of these are printed from Edward I. to the end of 
 Edward III., under the title of '• Rotulorum Originalium abbre- 
 viate," which may be used as Indices or Calendars of these rolls. 1 
 
 It is not known if these rolls have ever been produced in any 
 court as evidence to support a genealogy. 
 
 1 See ante, p. 113. 
 
123 
 
 fttquteittones Post jHortem, 
 
 DURING the prevalence of the feudal system, the greater part 
 of the lands of England was held either mediately or imme- 
 diately of the crown. On the death of each tenant in capite, a tax, 
 called a " relief," was due to the king ; and before the heir could 
 take possession, he was not only bound to pay it, but also to perform 
 homage, after which ceremony, livery of his inheritance was given 
 him. In the cases, however, where the heir was a minor, or the 
 last tenant had been attainted of treason or felony, the lands in the 
 former case escheated to the crown, until the heir attained his 
 majority, made proof of his age, and performed homage; but, in 
 the latter contingency, absolutely and for ever. 
 
 In each county an officer was appointed, called the " escheator," 
 whose duty it was to seize into the king's hands all lands held in 
 capite of the crown ; on receiving a writ, entitled a writ " De diem 
 clausit extremum" commanding him to assemble a jury to inquire, 
 
 I. Of what lands the party died seized. 
 II. By what rents or services the same were held. 
 III. Who was his next heir, and of what age the said heir then was. 
 
 The inquest was taken on oath, and the verdict returned under 
 the seals of the jury, and upon that report the crown acted. 
 
 It is thus evident that Inquisitions Post Mortem, or, as they 
 are sometimes incorrectly termed, "Escheats," 1 contain valuable 
 information connected with the descent of lands and families, and 
 are of the first importance to topographical writers, and for genea- 
 logical evidence. 
 
 The return of the jury summoned to inquire into these facts, 
 having been engrossed on parchment, was returned, with a writ or 
 commission authorising the inquiry, into the King's Chancery, 
 whence a transcript was sent into the Exchequer (which transcripts 
 are still, from the reign of Edward I. to that of Charles I., in exist- 
 ence), to enable the king's officers to collect the duties, services, 
 &c. payable to the king. 
 
 1 So called from the writs being directed to the escheator of the county. 
 
124 INQUISITIONES POST MORTEM. 
 
 These " Returns/* " Inquisitions," or " Escheats," commence 
 with the third year of the reign of Henry III. 
 
 The returns of some escheators contain such full particulars of 
 the extent of the tenant in capites manors and lands, that a pre- 
 sumption has arisen of those surveys having been taken in conse- 
 quence of the statute of Edward I., called Extenta Manerii, but they 
 are in reality no more than extended Inquisitions post mortem. 
 
 The abuse of compelling persons who were not tenants of the 
 crown to sue out their livery, gave rise to the act of Henry VIII., 
 establishing the Court of Wards and Liveries. 
 
 The Inquisitions come down to 20th Charles I., when there was an 
 intermission of the business of this Court, and with it most of the 
 appendages of feudal tenure were abolished ; but with regard to 
 others, the Inquisitions post mortem still remain in force, and are 
 now daily taken by the coroner in cases of felo-de-se, murder, man- 
 slaughter, and the like. 
 
 The " Retours of Special Service " are the Scotch Inquisitions 
 for finding the heir on the death of an ancestor, and are in use at 
 this day in Scotland. In the case of the Annandale Peerage, in 
 1825, the production of a "Retour" for the year 1823, by the claim- 
 ant, was objected to by the Attorney- General, on behalf of the 
 crown, when the Lord Chancellor (Lord Eldon) remarked : — "That 
 it might be received as prima facie evidence, but that better ought 
 to be given; old Retours, or Inquisitions post mortem, could not 
 generally be substantiated, but modern facts required better proof." 
 (See Scotch Records.) 
 
 The Irish Inquisitions post mortem do not commence before the 
 reign of Elizabeth. (See Irish Records.) 
 
 The writs of diem clausit extremum, which authorise the Inquisi- 
 tions, have been found genealogically useful. 
 
 The Rolls of Inquisitions are thus distributed : — 
 
 From the 3d Henry III. to the end of Richard III., the records 
 are deposited at the Tower, excepting some few in the County 
 Bags, at the Chapter House. 
 
 From the 1st Henry VII. to 20th Charles I. (when they were 
 discontinued), they are at the Rolls Chapel. 
 
 A collection of no less than 3569 records, relating to lands and 
 tenements in all counties, from 1st Henry V. to 18th Charles I., is at 
 the Duchy of Lancaster Office. 
 
 In the record repository at Carlton Ride are duplicates or 
 
INQUISITIONES POST MORTEM. 125 
 
 transcripts of all Inquisitions from Edward I. to 1636, a few years 
 prior to the abolition of the Court of Wards and Liveries. 
 
 Similar Inquisitions, which were taken by escheators, virtute 
 officii, without writ or commission, are in the same repository. 
 
 Powell says, "divers Inquisitions are not to be found in the 
 Chancery, by means of some omissions, yet are in the Exchequer, 
 by reason of the correspondence between those courts/' 
 
 The Inquisitions for the county palatine of Durham are in the 
 custody of the Clerk of the Crown in the city of Durham. Those 
 for the county palatine of Lancaster will be noticed hereafter. 
 (See, Counties Palatine Records.) 
 
 Extracts from the Escheats, and abstracts of Inauisitions, are 
 preserved in our public libraries, as follows : — 
 
 Collectanea e bundellis Inquisitionum intra Turrim Lond. existentium ; Ashm. 
 
 Lib. Dugdale MS. i. A.. 1. 
 Extracts from the Escheats, taken from the registry of the Court of Wards, 
 
 by Thomas Cole, with indexes of Names and Places ; Brit. Mus. Harl. 
 
 MSS. 756—760; 410,411. 
 
 *** This valuable collection commences about the 32d Henry VIII., 
 
 and is of singular importance to the topographer and genealogist. 
 Extracta Escaetarum de tempp. regum diversorum; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 
 
 971, ff. 27, 147. 
 Copies of Escheats in the Tower, of several old families ; Coll. of Arms, 
 
 Vincent MS. 43. 
 Repertorium Inquisitionum in Turri Lond. asservatarum ; Trinity Coll. 
 
 Dublin, MS. D. 4. 
 Inquisitiones de honoribus Escaetis factae 13 Joh. et de servitiis militum 
 
 eorundera, in comm. diversis ; Bodl. Lib. MS. 4189. 
 Inquisitiones in comm. variis, tempp. Joh., Hen. III., et Edw. I. — III. ; 
 
 Bodl. Lib. MSS. 5001 ; 5003; 5006; 5009; 5010; 5012; 5014; 
 
 5016; 5021; 5027; 5030; 5064; 5094; 5095. 
 Escaeta nonnulla, temp. Hen. III. j Bodl. Lib. MS. 4193. 
 Aliquot Escaeta, ann. 39 Hen. III. et 11 Edw. I.; Coll. of Arms, Vin- 
 cent MS. h. 9. 
 Excerpta nonnulla ex Escaetis, tempp. Hen. III., Edw. L, Edw. III., et 
 
 Ric. II. ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 88, f. 194. 
 Compendium omnium Escaetarum, a temp. Hen. III. usque ad annum 
 
 21 Ric. II.; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 708. 
 Abstract of Inquisitions post mortem, &c. concerning heirs, during the reigns 
 
 of Hen. III., Edw. I.— III., Rich. II., Hen. IV.— VI., and Edw. IV. ; 
 
 Coll. of Arms, MSS. B. 8 ; F. 11. 
 
126 INQUISITIONES POST MORTEM. 
 
 Escaeta varia, tempp. Hen. III. et Hen. IV. ; Bodl. Lib. MSS. 4185 ; 4186. 
 Escaeta in diversis comitatibus, 28, 29 Hen. III., 5 Edw. II., et 1, 2 Hen. VI. ; 
 
 Coll. of Arms, Vincent MS. L. 9. 
 Kegistra Inquisitionum et Escaetarum a temp. Hen. III. ad temp. Bic. III. ; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Cotton. MS. Claud. C. xii. 
 Collectanea e recordis vulgo Escaetriae nuncupatis, a temp. Hen. III. ad 
 
 exitum regnorum Ph. et Mar. ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 640. 
 Escaeta nonnulla, temp. Edw. I.; Bodl. Lib. MSS. 4186; 4193. 
 Sylloge Inquisitionum captarum temp. Edwardi I., in plerisque comitatibus ; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Cotton. MSS. Jul. C. i. p. 107 b; Jul. C. vii. p. 1. 
 Escaeta de annis 8—10 Edw. I., 8—10, 18—20 Edw. II., et 1 Edw. III. ; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Earl. MS. 821, if. 12, 26, 42. 
 Index of the Inquisitions post mortem remaining in the Tower, from Edw. I. 
 
 to Hen. VI. inclusive ; Brit. Mus. Lansd. MS. 270. 
 Escheats from 1 Edw. I. to 17 Hen. VI., showing the heirs, alphabetically 
 
 arranged, xixth cent.; Brit. Mus. Add. MSS. 19,704—19,708. 
 Alphabetical Index of the heirs of the noble families of England, from the 
 
 reign of Edw. I. to that of Elizabeth ; Brit. Mus. Cotton. MS. Claud. 
 
 C. viii. 
 Escaeta nonnulla, temp. Edw. II. ; Bodl. Lib. MSS. 4159 ; 4190 ; 4193. 
 Copies of Inquisitions, temp. Edw. III., etc. ; Bodl. Lib. MSS. 4190 ; 5002 ; 
 
 5077, f. 1. 
 The genealogical matter in the Escheats, from 1 Edw. III. to 10 Hen. V., 
 
 chronologically arranged ; Brit. Mus. Cotton. MS. Faustina, C. x. 
 Abstracts of Escheats, tempp. Edw. III., Pic. II., Hen. IV. and V. ; Coll. 
 
 op Arms, MSS. B. 9, 10 ; Vincent MSS. 27 ; 28. 
 Inquisitiones varise, tempp. Edw. III. — Edw. VI. ; Brit. Mus. Cotton. MS. 
 
 Julius, B. xii. pp. 258 5—300 b. 
 
 temp. Hen. IV. ; Bodl. Lib. MS. 5023, f. 78. 
 
 Escaeta, taken from Inquisitions post mortem, beginning 4 Hen. IV. and con- 
 cluding in anno 38 Eliz. ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 2085, f. 443 b. 
 Escaeta varia, temp. Hen. V.; Bodl. Lib. MS. 4193. 
 Collection of Escheats and Inquisitions, temp. Edw. IV. ; Coll. of Arms, 
 
 Vincent MS. 72.— Bodl. Lib. MS. 4193. 
 
 temp. Hen. VII. ; Bodl. Lib. MS. 4193. 
 
 Kepertorium Inquisitionum, in Scacc. Hiberniae remanentium, 3 Ph. et Mar. ; 
 
 Trin. Coll. Dublin, MS. D. 14. 
 Transcripts of Inquisitions post mortem, which are preserved in the chancery 
 
 of the see of Durham, from Elizabeth to 3 Chas. I. ; Durham Cath. 
 
 Hunter MS. 28, 1. 
 Calendar of the Inquisitions post mortem preserved in the Polls Office, Dublin, 
 
 from Elizabeth to William III. ; Brit. Mus. Eg. MS. 205. 
 
 Berkshire : Escaeta in com. Berks, 1 — 27 Hen. III. ; Bodl. Lib. MS. 5006. 
 
INQUISITIONES POST MORTEM. 127 
 
 Cambridgeshire : Escheats in the county of Cambridge, 8 Edw. I. — Chas. I. ; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Add. MSS. 5837; 5838. 
 Excerpta de exitibus Escaetriae in com. Cantab., 29 Nov. 
 
 17 Edw. II. j Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 88, f. 166. 
 
 Inquisitions held at Wisbeach, co. Camb. temp. Car. I. ; Pub. 
 
 Lib. Camb. MS. Dd. viii. 29. 
 
 Inquisitions found at Cambridge by the Escheator in 1616, 
 
 1637, 1638, and 1639, and of Sir W. Hilton, of Abingdon, in 1644 ; 
 
 Pub. Lib. Camb. MS. Dd. viii. 32. 
 Cheshire: Various Cheshire Inquisitions; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 2115. 
 Copies of Inquisitions held in Cheshire, xvth and xvith 
 
 cent.; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 1991. 
 Derbyshire : Escaeta a 33 Hen. III. ad 1 Ric. III. in com. Derbiae; Bodl. 
 
 Lib. MS. 4199. 
 Abstracts of Inquisitions post mortem, in Derbyshire, from 
 
 2 Hen. VII. to 44 EHz. j Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 6710. 
 Devonshire : Inquisitiones post mortem in comit. Devoniae, anno 28 Hen. 
 
 III. et tempp. Edw. I., II., et III. ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 6126. 
 Dorsetshire : Abridgments of the Inquisitions post mortem in Dorsetshire, 
 
 from Hen. III. to Eic. III., together with abstracts of records and 
 
 other evidences; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 4120. 
 Inquisitions post mortem in Somerset and Dorset, tempp. 
 
 Hen. II. et III.; see Collectanea Topog. et Genealog. v. ii. pp.48, 168. 
 Essex : Escheats and Inquisitions in the co. of Essex, from John to Hen. VI. ; 
 
 Coll. of Arms, Vincent MS. 71. 
 Collectanea ex Escaetis, de an. 28 Hen. III. ad Reg. Mariam, tan- 
 
 gentia com. Essex., maxima ex parte; Bodl. Lib. MS. 4193. 
 Excerpta de exitibus Escaetriae in com. Essex., 29 Nov. 17 Edw. II. ; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 88, f. 166. 
 Hertfordshire : Excerpta de exitibus Escaetriae, in com. Hertford., 29 Nov. 
 
 17 Edw. II.; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 88, f. 166. 
 Huntingdonshire : Escheats for the co. of Huntingdon, 8 Edw. I. — Chas. I. ; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Add. MSS. 5837 ; 5838. 
 Excerpta de exitibus Escaetriae in com. Hunt., 29 Nov. 
 
 17 Edw. II. ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 88, f. 166. 
 Inquisitions found at Huntingdon by the escheator in 
 
 1616, 1637, 1638, and 1639, and of Sir W. Hilton, of Abingdon, iu 
 
 1644 ; Pub. Lib. Camb. MS. Dd. viii. 32. 
 Kent: Copies of Inquisitions relating to property and descents in Kent; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 5487. 
 Calendarium Inquisitionum post mortem in com. Kane, tempp. Edw. I. 
 
 —Ric. III. ; Soc. or Ant. MS. 168, art. 31. 
 Lancashire: Inquisitiones com. Lancastriae, temp. Joh. et Edw. IV.; Bodl. 
 
 Ltb. MS. 5028, ff. 7, 105. 
 
128 INQUISITIONES POST MORTEM. 
 
 Lancashire : Escaeta, taken from the Inquisitions post mortem, co. Lane. 
 
 from 4 Hen. IV. to 38 Eliz.; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 2085, f. 443 5. 
 Inquisition post mortem lands in the Duchy of Lancaster, 
 
 from 1 Hen. VII. to 1 Elizabeth; Coll. of Arms, Vincent MS. 503. 
 Lincolnshire : Escheats and Inquisitions in the county of Lincoln, from John 
 
 to Hen. VI. ; Coll. of Arms, Vincent MS. 70. 
 Middlesex : Inquisitiones de com. Midd. temp. Edw. III. ; Bodl. Lib. MS. 
 
 5034, f. 47. 
 Norfolk : Excerpta de exitibus Escaetriae in com. Norff., 29 Nov. 17 Edw. II. ; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 88, f. 166. 
 Nottinghamshire : Inquisitiones captae 7 Hie. II. in com. Nottingham. ; Bodl. 
 
 Lib. MS. 5017, f. 92. 
 Somersetshire : Abridgment of the Inquisitions post mortem in Somersetshire, 
 
 from Hen. III. to Kic. III., together with abstracts of records and 
 
 other evidences; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 4120. 
 Inquisitions post mortem in Somerset and Dorset, tempp. 
 
 Hen. II. et III. ; see Collect. Topog. et Genealog. v. ii. pp. 48, 168. 
 Suffolk : Collectanea e libris Escaetriarum, ad com. Suff. pertinentia ; Brit. 
 
 Mus. Harl. MS. 1232. 
 Inquisitiones et Escaeta, de com. Suff. 4 Edw. II. &c. ; Bodl. Lib. 
 
 MS. 5017, f. 121. 
 Excerpta de exitibus Escaetriae in com. Suff., 29 Nov. 17 Edw. II. ; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 88, f. 166. 
 Surrey : Abstracts of Inquisitions postmortem in the county of Surrey, tempp. 
 
 Edw. II. and III.; Brit. Mus. Add. MSS. 6168 ; 6169. 
 Abstract of Escheats in co. Surrey, 1 — 51 Edw. III.; Brit. Mus. 
 
 Add. MS. 6169. 
 York : Inquisitions taken in Yorkshire, tempp. Hen. VII. and VIII. ; Bodl. 
 
 Lib. MSS. 5039; 5042. 
 temp. Elizabeth; Bodl. Lib. MS. 4176. 
 
 There is in the British Museum [Harl. MS. 624) a copy of 
 some Rolls belonging to a period thirty-three years prior to the 
 earliest Inquisition post mortem, and affording similar information. 
 These Rolls relate to twelve counties, and contain abstracts of 
 inquisitions taken in the year 1185 (31 Henry II.), for the purpose 
 of ascertaining the wardships, reliefs, and other profits due to the 
 king from widows and orphans of his tenants in capite, minutely 
 describing their ages and heirship, their lands, the value of them, 
 the beasts upon them, &c. This document has been published 
 by Mr. Stacey Grimaldi, under the following title: — " Rotuli de 
 Dominabus et Pueris et Puellis de Donatione Regis in xii Comi- 
 tatibus, fyc." 
 
INQUISHTONES POST MORTEM. 129 
 
 Ample Calendars and Indices, of such of these records as are 
 preserved at the Tower, have been printed by the Record Com- 
 missioners, under the title of " Calendarium Inquisitionum post 
 Mortem sive Escaetarum. Henry III. — Richard III." 4 vols, folio. 
 1806-1828. 
 
 Vol. I. contains the Inquisitions from the reign of Hen. III. to the end of 
 the reign of Edw. II. 
 
 Vol. II. contains the Inquisitions in the reign of Edward III. 
 
 Vol. III. contains the Inquisitions in the reigns of Rich. II. and Hen. IV. 
 
 Vol. IV. contains a list of the Inquisitions in the reigns of Hen. V., VI., 
 Edw. IV., and Rich. III., and an Appendix, with a list of a large portion 
 of the Inquisitions which are noted in the preceding volumes as lost ; 
 as well as of upwards of 3000 other Inquisitions post mortem, in the 
 several reigns from Hen. III. to Jas. I. inclusive, which have been 
 recently discovered. 
 
 To each volume copious Indices Locorum et Nominum are ap- 
 pended ; but, in using the Calendar, some caution is necessary, and 
 the following hints may prevent mistakes. 
 
 In many instances, and most commonly with respect to the 
 " second numbers," notices occur of Inquisitions which were not 
 Inquisitions post mortem, but proceedings connected with alienation, 
 or enfeoffment of lands to trustees, often for religious or charitable 
 uses. It does not always follow that the lands mentioned were the 
 property of the person to whom the inquisition relates, though it 
 is certain that they are mentioned therein ; for they may be lord- 
 ships, of which he held only a trifling tenement, or to which he 
 was bound to pay a customary rent. 
 
 The original price of vols. I., II., and III. was five guineas, and 
 of vol. IV. £2, being, for the set, £7. 5s. The present price is — for 
 vols. I., II., and III., £3, and for vol. IV. £1. 10s.; vols. II. and 
 III. may be purchased separately. 
 
 Calendars of the Inquisitions for the Duchy of Lancaster have 
 also been printed by order of the same Commission. They are 
 intitled, " Ducatus Lancastrice Calendarium Inquisitionum Po& 
 Mortem/ 3 &c. 3 vols, folio. 1823-1834. 
 
 Y i j ( Part I. Calendar to the Inquisitions, Edw. I. — Car. I. 
 
 (. Part II. Calendar to the Pleadings, etc. Hen. VII. — Ph. and Mary. 
 
 Vol. II. Part III. 1—13 Elizabeth. 
 
 Vol. III. Part IV. 14—45 Elizabeth. 
 
 9 
 
130 INQUISITIONES POST MORTEM. 
 
 The Pleadings, forming the second, third, and fourth parts, con- 
 sist of bills, answers, depositions, and surveys, in suits exhibited in 
 the Duchy Court of Lancaster. 
 
 The present price of this work is £1. Is. 
 
 Stow and Powell refer occasionally to "The Book of Heirs of 
 Henry III. ;" they are merely the MS. indices or calendars of the 
 Inquisitions at the Tower. 
 
131 
 
 Kitquisittones an quotr Bammmu 
 
 fT^HE Inquisitio ad quod damnum, is a judicial inquiry which still 
 -*- occasionally takes place, arising from the necessity of protecting 
 the rights, property, or revenue of the crown and of the subject from 
 injury or encroachment. This process occurred when any grant of 
 a market, fair, or license to alienate lands in mortmain was solicited, 
 or to possess any other peculiar privilege, in case a doubt existed 
 whether the favour sought would not be to the detriment of the crown 
 or some of its subjects. For example : by the alienation in mortmain 
 of lands for which service was due to the crown, and thereby depriving 
 it of that service ; by the grant of a market or fair, or of a mill too 
 near to a place where one already existed, so that its tolls might be 
 affected; or by the concession of any other new privilege which 
 might interfere with vested rights, whether of a public or private 
 nature. They also contain a variety of information, such as Inqui- 
 sitions on murder, theft, felonies, fugitives, of the king's lands, &c. 
 In all such cases a writ was addressed to the escheator of the county 
 where the place was situated, by whom a jury was assembled to 
 ascertain by their verdict whether it would be to the damage of the 
 king or of others, if the privilege sought were granted : thence 
 called Inquisitions " ad quod damnum." 
 
 Those taken before the time of Edward II. are among the Inqui- 
 sitions post mortem. 
 
 A Calendar of these records has been published by the Record 
 Commissioners, under the title of " Calendarium Inquisitionum ad 
 quod Damnum/ 3 and forms the second part of the " Calendarium 
 Rotulorum Patentium" folio. 1803. 1 
 
 The Inquisitions, to which this volume is a Calendar, are amongst 
 the records at the Tower, and extend from 1st Edward II. to 38th 
 Henry VI. Though the result of the inquiry is not to be gathered 
 from this Calendar, for which the original record must be consulted. 
 it is nevertheless of much utility ; for it generally proves that th( 
 parties mentioned were seized of the lands alluded to, and occa- 
 sionally presents genealogical facts and curious antiquarian anc 
 historical information. The original price of this volume was £1 
 now reduced to 15s. 
 
 The Writs ad quod damnum, from 9th Charles I. to the preset 
 time, are at the Petty Bag Office. 
 
 1 See page 118. 
 
132 
 
 Jftnes anU &ecobmes. 
 
 'T^ HE antiquity of Fines is greater than the date of the Norman 
 -*- Conquest, and the records of them are regularly preserved 
 from the reign of Richard I. Some few are in existence of the reign 
 of Henry II. 
 
 The House of Commons Committee on Public Records, in speak- 
 ing of fines, states, "The utility of these records to all persons 
 desirous of tracing property and pedigree, is unquestionable." 
 
 The use of Recoveries did not openly take place until the 
 12th Edward IV., from which period, or shortly afterwards, the 
 records of them are preserved. 
 
 These — to genealogists — well-known records, contain the pro- 
 ceedings which have been adopted to convey estates, and to free 
 them from their entailment to issue, and from the dower of wives. 
 
 The information to be obtained from both Fines and Recoveries, 
 is the name of the freeholder levying the fine — if married, that of 
 his wife, and occasionally the name of his eldest child, or other 
 members of his family — the situation and quantity of his estate, and 
 in fines of ancient date, ancestors are not unfrequently mentioned. 
 
 The value of these records will be readily acknowledged, when 
 it is considered that they prove marriages, and the issue of these 
 marriages, at a time when there were no parochial registers, and 
 that even now they can supply the place of lost or defective parish- 
 books. 
 
 No documents have been so continued, and preserved in such 
 uninterrupted succession, and from so early a date, as the " Pedes 
 Finium," or "Feet of Fines." 
 
 These records, from the reign of Richard I. to that of George II., 
 as also the original record of all Fines from the reign of Henry VIII., 
 are at the Chapter House. 
 
 In the Record Office at Carlton Ride are copies of the Writs of 
 Covenants and the Fines paid thereon, from 1576 to the present 
 day. Here also are entries of Recoveries, from the year 1507 to 
 the present time. 
 
 At the Warrant op Attorney's Office are entries of all Fines 
 levied from about 1507; as likewise a Warrant of Attorney of 
 
FINES AND RECOVERIES. 133 
 
 every Recovery suffered by dedimus, being the only part of the 
 process where the signature of the party interested appears. 
 
 Entries of Fines, and some of the proceedings therein, from 1688, 
 are at the Master's Office. 
 
 At the Prothonotaries' Office are Recovery Remembrance 
 Rolls, from the 36th Henry VIII., containing, among other legal 
 forms, the names of the demandants, tenants, and vouchers, with 
 the description and particulars of the land to be passed. 
 
 In the same office, the Clerk of the Returns has the writs of 
 covenant, entry, summons, and seisin, the returns thereto, and 
 the attorneys' names, from 1687 to 1824. He has also, from 
 14th George III., affidavits on parchment of the due acknowledg- 
 ment of all recoveries suffered by dedimus potestatem. 
 
 The Fines, from the 7th Richard I. to the 16th John, have been 
 printed by the Record Commissioners, under the following title : — 
 " Fines, sive Pedes Finium, sive Finales Concordia in Curia Domini 
 Regis, 7 Ric. I.— 16 John/ 3 2 vols. 8vo. 1835—1844 (in counties). 
 The present price of these volumes is lis. 
 
 At the British Museum are several Calendars of Fines, as 
 follows : — 
 
 Calendar of Fines passed during the reign of Edw. III. (Lansd. MS. 306.) 
 Calendar of Fines passed during the reigns of Kich. II., Hen. IV., and 
 
 Hen. V. (Lansd. MSS. 307 ; 308.) 
 Calendar of Fines levied in Kent, from 2 Hen. III. to 35 Edw. I. (Lansd. 
 
 MSS. 267 ; 268.) 
 Fines capti in comm. Somerset, Dorset, Wilts, et Southampton, pro 
 
 favoribus, etc. Petro Warbec, &c. factis. (Roy. Roll, 14, B. vii.) 
 
 The Wiltshire Fines, from 1 Edward III. to Richard III., ex- 
 tracted from the Lansdowne MSS. 306 — 308 ; together with those 
 for Worcestershire, temp. Car. I., have been printed for private 
 circulation by Sir Thomas Phillipps, Bart. 
 
134 
 
 &isn Jflanuals an* &i%ntt Bills. 
 
 TT7A.RRANTS signed by the Queen, and countersigned by a 
 
 * * Secretary of State, or by the Lords of the Treasury, are 
 called Sign Manuals. 
 
 These warrants, in general, are directed to the Attorney or 
 Solicitor-General, requiring them to " prepare a bill for our royal 
 signature, containing our grant unto," &c, or otherwise, as the 
 case may require ; and when this bill is prepared and signed by the 
 law officer, the Secretary of State procures the Queen's signature 
 to it, and this is called a Signet Bill. It is then taken to the 
 Signet Office, 1 where it remains on record. The subsequent pro- 
 ceedings are mentioned under the title of Privy Seals, in the next 
 chapter. 
 
 Warrants respecting the peerage are directed to the Attorney- 
 Genelra. 
 
 Grants of charters are addressed to the Solicitor- General. 
 
 Warrants for miscellaneous grants are directed to the Attorney 
 and Solicitor-General, or one of them. 
 
 Warrants for grants of ordinary preferments in the church, 
 when signed by the Queen, were formerly directed to the Clerk of 
 the Signet attending to "prepare a bill granting," &c, and the 
 Attorney and Solicitor- General had no concern therein. 
 
 Warrants of the Lords of the Admiralty, the Earl Marshal, and 
 the Lord Chamberlain, are issued to the Attorney or Solicitor 
 General for preparing bills for those grants of offices under their 
 patronage. 
 
 Although the grants to which these documents refer should be 
 found inrolled on the Patent, Close, Charter, or Confirmation Rolls, 
 yet it is to be remembered, that the Sign Manual or Signet Bills 
 occasionally contain recitals omitted in the Patent, and there are 
 some grants which were never inrolled. 
 
 The Confirmation Rolls commence in 1483, and end in 1615 ; 
 they are at the Rolls Chapel, and contain confirmations of 
 charters to cities, boroughs, and other bodies corporate or politic, 
 
 1 The offices of the Clerks of the Signet were abolished by stat. 14 and 15 Vic. c. 82, 
 and the duties were directed to be performed in the offices of the Secretary of State for 
 the Home Department. In the year 1852, such records as were not required for 
 current business, were ordered to be transferred to the Public Record Ofpice. 
 
SIGN MANUALS AND SIGNET BILi^S. 135 
 
 and also to private persons; correct indexes have been made of 
 their contents. All Confirmations since 1615 have been inrolled 
 promiscuously with other patents on the Patent Rolls. 
 
 These records are distributed amongst the Public Record and 
 other repositories, as follows : — 
 
 Signet Bills from the reign of Rich. II. to that of Chas. I. ; the Toweb. 
 Signed Bill bundles from the reign of Hen. VII. to the present time ; Rolls 
 
 Chapel. 
 Sign Manuals of the reigns of Hen. VII., Hen. VIII., Mary, and Elizabeth ; 
 
 Chapter House. 
 Several bundles of Sign Manuals, Grants, etc. of the reign of Hen. VIII. ; 
 
 State Paper Office. 
 Grants from Hen. VIII. to divers private persons, anno 36 ; Brit. Mus. 
 
 Harl. MS. 6822, f. 22. 
 Note of all Bills signed by the King and Council, 4 — 7 Edw. VI. ; Brit. 
 
 Mus. Roy. MS. 18, C. xxiv. 
 A Collection of Sign Manuals, from 1523 to 1684; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 
 
 7583. 
 Billse Signatse et Privata Sigilla, 1 — 25 Elizabethse reg. ; Brit. Mus. Shane 
 
 MS. 1567. 
 Books containing abstracts of former grants, from 1584 to 1597; Public 
 
 Record Office. 
 Nine volumes of Indexes, from the year 1584 to 1803 inclusive, with some 
 
 chasms ; Privy Signet Office. 
 Above 2000 original Sign Manuals for grants of offices, lands, and pardons, 
 
 many are of the reigns of Jas. I. and Chas. I. ; State Paper Office. 
 Abstracts of former grants, from 1603 to 1605, and from 1645 to 1660; 
 
 Public Record Office. 
 Docquets of grants which have passed the Signet Office, from Dec. 17, 1628, 
 
 to June 30, 1630; Pub. Lib. Camb. MS. Dd. ii. 12. 
 Docquets of- grants passing the Royal Signet, from June to Nov. 1660; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 1884. 
 Original records of the Seal Grants, and Appointments passing through the 
 
 Signet Office, from 1660 to 1852 ; Public Record Office. 
 Bills signed by several sovereigns of England, for various Grants, Appoint- 
 ments, etc., from 1661 to 1789. Also various Royal Warrants, from 
 
 the year 1672,3 to 1800 inclusive; Public Record Office. 
 Docquets of Grants passing the Royal Signet, temp. William and Mary ;. 
 
 Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 7639, art. 1. 
 
 temp. Anne ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MSS. 2262 — 2264. 
 
 Entries of Patents, royal Sign Manuals, and other Warrants and Appoint* 
 
 ments, from 5th July, 1785 ; Audit Office. 
 
136 
 
 $rib£ ^eals. 
 
 TT7HEN the Signet Bill with the Queen's signature has 
 
 * * arrived at the Signet Office, 1 an attested transcript, under the 
 hand of the clerk or deputy, and addressed to the Lord Privy Seal, 
 is made, and handed over to the Privy Seal Office. To this instru- 
 ment the Queen's Signet (being one of the seals in the hands of 
 the Secretary of State) is affixed. This is the warrant to the Lord 
 Privy Seal, and remains in his hands. A similar transcript, and 
 addressed to the Lord Chancellor, to cause Letters Patent to be 
 passed conformably thereto, has the Privy Seal affixed to it. 
 
 This last transcript, called the Privy S&al, is lodged at the Crown 
 Office, or Clerk of the Letters Patent, in Chancery, where it is 
 opened. The Privy Seal is taken off, and an engrossment made of 
 it. The whole are then left at the Lord Chancellor's ; and, if he 
 should see no objection, he writes his name in the margin of the 
 parchment, and the Great Seal is affixed to the engrossment, which 
 completes the grant. The instrument called the Privy Seal being 
 returned to the office which engrossed the Letters Patent for the 
 Great Seal, is, after a certain time, removed to the Petty Bag 
 Office, and thence to the Roils, where it remains on record. 
 
 The Privy Seal bills forwarded to the Clerk of the Patents relate 
 to grants of land, money, pardons, and offices, and those for deni- 
 zation of foreigners are usually sent to him. 2 The early entries of 
 denizations in the docket-books are very unsatisfactory, one solitary 
 name often appearing with these words following, "and many 
 others;" they are, however, entered on the Patent Rolls. The 
 Crown Office claims and receives all Privy Seal bills authorising 
 Letters Patent for the grant of dignities. 
 
 A search in the books of the Clerk of the Patents and of the 
 Crown Office, is a necessary part of the evidence to prove that 
 letters patent have not been granted. In the Office of the Clerk 
 of the Patents is a complete series of official docket-books from 
 1 603, the date (it is presumed) of the institution of the office. 
 
 1 See the preceding article. 
 
 3 In the Privy Signet department are fourteen boxes, each containing a Putent of 
 Denization, with the Great Seal attached. 
 
PRIVY SEALS. 137 
 
 Sometimes the Privy Seal contains a preamble or recital omitted 
 in the patent, and therefore becomes a valuable document. 
 
 As the Privy Seals are the original documents of the entries on 
 the Patent Rolls, where their contents are generally, and ought 
 invariably to be entered, there is not often occasion to make 
 searches for them; there are, however, not wanting instances of 
 omissions of their inrolment, arising from civil wars, neglect, or 
 other circumstances. 
 
 These records will be found in the following repositories : — 
 
 Grants under the Great and Privy Seals, are entered on the Memoranda 
 
 Rolls at Carlton Hide. 
 Privy Seal Warrants, from Edw. I. to Rich. III. ; the Tower. 
 Calendar of the Rolls and Privy Seals in the Pell Office, from 1 Edw. I. to 
 
 43 Elizabeth ; Brit. Mus. Lansd. MS. 254. 
 Register of Grants which passed the Privy Seal, Signet or Sign Manual, 
 
 tempp. Edw. V. and Rich. III. ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 433. 
 Original Letters of Privy Seal, from Hen. VII. to Will. IV., partly filed 
 
 among the Brevia of the Receipt of the Exchequer, partly arranged by 
 
 reigns in bundles ; Rolls Chapel. 
 Memoranda from Privy Seals, temp. Hen. VIII.; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 
 
 5485, f. 37. 
 Privy Seals are entered in Inrolment Books from the time of Hen. VIIL, at 
 
 the Land Revenue Department. 
 Extracts from the register of the Great Seal of England, 1533, 1534, 1536, 
 
 1542—1545 ; Brit. Mus. Cotton. MS. Calig. B. vii. f. 208. 
 Privy Seal Warrants, 32 — 34 Hen. VIII. ; Chapter House. 
 Register of Grants, etc. under the Great Seal, from 1551 to 1553; Brit. 
 
 Mus. Cotton. MS. Julius, B. ix. 
 Note of all the Bills signed by the King and Council, 4 — 7 Edw. VI. ; Brit. 
 
 Mus. Roy. MS. 18, C. xxiv. 
 Inrolment Books of Writs or Letters of Privy Seal, for the payment of 
 
 moneys at the receipt of the Exchequer, 1570 — 1834 ; Rolls Chapel. 
 An inventory of them is printed in the Deputy Keeper's 2d Rep. 
 
 App. ii. pp. 211—219, and in the 5th Rep. App. ii. pp. 291, 292. 
 
 Some of these books were transferred to the Treasury, upon the 
 
 abolition of the ancient Exchequer, 1834. 
 Privy Seals granted, 1—25 Elizabeth; Brit. Mus. Lansd. MS. 276. 
 Entries of Privy Seals, 10—12 Elizabeth; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 146. 
 Docket Books, containing abstracts of all the Grants and Appointments 
 
 passed from the 1 3 Elizabeth to the reign of Geo. IV. ; Privy Seal 
 
 Office. There is a chasm from 1580 to 1600, and during the Civil 
 
 Wars. (These are ^he only books of entry kept at this office.) 
 
138 PRIVY SEALS. 
 
 Dormant Privy Seals, or such as were not satisfied by a simple payment, but 
 
 operated upon from time to time by the warrants of the Treasurer, etc. 
 
 1597—1628 ; Rolls Chapel. 
 An inventory is printed in the Deputy Keeper's 4th Rep. App. ii. 
 
 pp. 168—175. 
 Privy Seals entered in Rolls and Inrolment Books, being Inrolments of 
 
 Letters of Privy Seal, etc. for payment of money out of the Exchequer, 
 
 recorded in the Pells Books, 1597 — 1834 ; Rolls Chapel. 
 
 An inventory is printed in the Deputy Keeper's 4th Rep. App. ii. 
 
 pp. 201—208. 
 Inrolment Books of Patents and Privy Seals, containing Crown Leases, 
 
 Grants by Patent, Letters of Privy Seal, and other documents, 1599 — 
 
 1696; Rolls Chapel. 
 
 An inventory is printed in the Deputy Keeper's 2d Rep. App. ii. 
 
 pp. 209—211. 
 Privy Seal Rolls, 1603—1620; Rolls Chapel. 
 
 An inventory is printed in the Deputy Keeper's 4th Report App. ii. 
 
 pp. 210—212. 
 Register of Writs of Privy Seal, Warrants under the Signet, etc., 1609 — 1611 ; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 9045. 
 Privy Seal Warrants, from the reign of James I., and part of that of Chas. I. ; 
 
 Chapter House. 
 Index of Grants of all Offices, Commissions, Licenses, etc., made by James I. ; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Lansd. MS. 222. 
 Calendar of Grants recorded in the Exchequer, from 1 Jas. I. to 3 Chas. I. ; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Lansd. MS. 220. 
 The Privy Seals during the expedition of Charles, Prince of Wales, into 
 
 Spain, are at the Duchy of Cornwall Office. 
 Patent and Privy Seal Books for Tallies, or Books of Inrolment of Letters 
 
 Patent, Privy Seals, Warrants, etc., relative to the Pell of Receipt, and 
 
 the striking of Tallies, 1620—1701 ; Rolls Chapel. 
 
 An inventory is printed in the Deputy Keeper's 5th Rep. App. ii. 
 
 pp. 278—280. 
 Books of Inrolments, or entry of Letters of Privy Seal for the allowance of 
 
 moneys at the Receipt of the Exchequer, or for the discharge of 
 
 accountants and others, interspersed with sundry other documents, as 
 
 assignments, letters of attorney, wills, administrations, etc. 1620 — 
 
 1734; Rolls Chapel. 
 
 An inventory of them is printed in the Deputy Keeper's 2d Report, 
 
 App. ii. pp 219—221. 
 Warrants of Privy Seal, from 9 Chas. I. to 11 Anne; Brit. Mus. Hurl. 
 
 MSS. 7344—7351. 
 A Calendar of the Privy Seals, temp. Commonwealth, is printed in the Deputy 
 
 Keeper's 5th Rep. App. ii. pp. 246—277. 
 
EXTRACTA DONATIONUM. 139 
 
 Copies of Warrants under the Privy Seal, from 1653 to 1656 ; Brit. Mus. 
 
 Shane MS. 4184. 
 Warrants of Privy Seal, tempp. Chas. I., II., and Anne ; Brit. Mus. Karl. MSS. 
 
 7344—7351. 
 Dockets of Grants under the Privy Seal, temp. Chas. II. ; Brit. Mus. Harl. 
 
 MS. 1884. 
 A Calendar of the Privy Seals of 1672 and 1673 is printed in the Deputy 
 
 Keeper's 4th Rep. App. ii. pp. 208, 209. 
 Dockets of all Grants of any part of their Majesties' Revenue, either of lands, 
 
 woods, money, or any other profits passed the Privy Seal, from 4 Jas. II. 
 
 to 4 William and Mary ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 7639, A. B. 
 Register of the dockets of the Privy Seals, between the 28th June 1701, and 
 
 the 29th Nov. 1716 ; Brit. Mus. Eg. MS. 743. 
 Privy Seals from 4 and 5 Anne; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 6840, art. 11. 
 Dockets and Letters of Privy Seal, from 8 to 10 Anne; Brit. Mus. Harl. 
 
 MSS. 2262—2264. 
 
 These belonged to John Holies, Duke of Newcastle, as Lord Privy 
 
 Seal to the Queen. 
 Account of Patents that have passed the office of Privy Seal, from 1st April 
 
 1709, to 31st March 1710 ; Brit. Mus. Lansd. MS. 849, f. 265. 
 Privy Seals from Geo. IV. to the present time, are at the Petty Bag, and Six 
 
 Clerks' Office. 
 
 €rtracta Bonattommt. 
 
 THESE records contain abstracts from the Charter, Patent, 
 and other rolls, of grants from the crown, chiefly of lands 
 and rents for term of life, and the custody of property during the 
 minority of infants : much information relating to heirship is con- 
 tained in them, but there is no calendar of their contents. 
 
 It would appear from the copies of writs (entered upon them) 
 directed to the king's escheators, that the Extracta Donationum 
 were compiled, for the purpose of furnishing the escheators with 
 schedules of lands and profits no longer in the king's hands, or 
 having the reversion in the king on the death of the tenant, or 
 having any rent or service due thereout. 
 
 There are twenty-seven rolls of the Extracta, all preserved at the 
 Tower. They commence with the 45th year of Henry III., and 
 end with the 6th of Richard II. 
 
 There is no instance on record of their having been used for 
 genealogical purposes. 
 
140 
 
 <&e(orUs of attainders, ^Forfeitures, 
 anli ^arUons. 
 
 ATTAINDERS.— The term attainted is particularly used for 
 such as are found guilty of some crime, and especially of 
 treason or felony. Acts of attainder of criminals have been passed 
 in several reigns, on the discovery of plots and rebellions, from the 
 reign of Charles I. to the present time. 
 
 It is said, that in this country a family can have little claim to 
 antiquity, if it cannot prove an attainder in some sovereign's reign. 
 
 The early baronial feuds, the wars between the houses of York 
 and Lancaster, the cruel caprice and religious persecutions of the 
 Tudor race, together with the Stuart and Cromwell wars, have, at 
 some period or another, involved nearly every great family in ruin 
 or distress ; the shame of an attainder has therefore been lost in its 
 universality and frequent injustice. 
 
 We may, therefore, without reproach, search the Attainder 
 Records for assistance in tracing honourable descent. 
 
 An act of Parliament is necessary to remove corruption of blood, 
 where the party has been attainted of high treason by act of Par- 
 liament, or by judgment on an indictment for high treason, petty 
 treason, or felony. 
 
 In the Tower are Rolls of Attainders and Forfeitures, from 
 Edward II. to 1st Henry IV. Also a volume containing a collection 
 out of all the Parliament Rolls of attainders, restitutions, and 
 resumptions, from 29th Edward III. to the end of Edward IV. 
 
 In the same repository are three rolls of Grants and Restora- 
 tions, two of which are indorsed, "Clause de terris forisfactis 
 liberand', " and the other, " Carte de t'ris forisf cis dat' div's aliis 
 psonis." They relate to the years 1321, 1322, and 1323, and are 
 as important for the periods to which they refer, as the Patent or 
 any other rolls containing grants. Two out of the three records 
 relate to the restoration of the forfeited lands to the offending 
 parties ; and, as these rolls often recite the pardons which had been 
 granted to the same persons, the records might be useful in proving 
 such facts; their contents, which are considerable, have not yet 
 had the benefit of a calendar. 
 
FORFEITURES, AND PARDONS. 141 
 
 Although the earliest of these rolls bears date 15th Edward II., 
 yet it has retrospect to forfeitures under Edward I. 
 
 No instance of their having been used for genealogical purposes 
 has yet been known 
 
 Here likewise are deposited, records for the Court of Commission 
 on Forfeited Estates after the rebellions of 1715 and 1745 ; con- 
 sisting of upwards of 100 volumes, and a great number of bundles 
 of deeds. 
 
 In the Chapter House are surveys, inventories, and accounts of 
 the forfeited estates of attainted persons in the reigns of Henry VII. 
 and VIII., and records of their attainder. There are also accounts 
 relating to the insurrections in Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, and the 
 Duke of Richmond's matters in the reign of Henry VIII. Here 
 also are deposited some interesting rolls, with the names and 
 residences of, and fines imposed upon, many thousand " rebels," 
 who sided with Lord Audley, Perkin Warbeck, and others, in the 
 reign of Henry VII. 
 
 In the Record Office at Carlton Ride are commissions on 
 attainders, surveys of forfeited lands for treason, &c, and accounts 
 relating thereto, especially during the period of 1660. Here also 
 are king's ministers' accounts of the possessions of persons attainted 
 in the reigns of Henry VI., VII., VIII., and Edward VI. 
 
 In the Baga de Secretis of the Court of Queen's Bench are 
 records of attainder, convictions, and others, chiefly relating to 
 the crown's title to lands. A calendar of this mysterious repository 
 is printed in the 3d, 4th, and 5th Reports of the Deputy Keeper of 
 Records. 
 
 In the Petty Bag Office are special commissions to inquire of 
 estates forfeited to the crown, with the inquisitions and traverses 
 thereon, from James I. to the present time. 
 
 The " Parliament" and " Close Rolls " also often contain attaind- 
 ers and pardons. 
 
 Forfeitures. — Forfeitures to the crown, and sometimes to the 
 crown and informer, for offences committed against penal laws, are 
 entered on the " Memoranda Rolls," at Carlton Ride. 
 
 The papers relating to the estates of those families whose lands 
 were sequestered, or encumbered with a fine, by Cromwell, in 
 consequence of their adherence to their sovereign, are preserved at 
 the State Paper Office. They embrace a period of twelve years, 
 from 1649 tol660. There are two sets of documents : one relating 
 
142 RECORDS OF ATTAINDERS, 
 
 to about 5000 persons whose estates were sequestered ; the other 
 relating to about 3000 persons who compounded for their lands. 
 
 These documents contain the particulars of the estates seques- 
 tered or compounded for ; the latter having a petition to the Par- 
 liament, signed by the owner, a survey of his lands, &c, particu- 
 larizing them most fully, then an order of the Parliament thereon ; 
 and generally will be found in them an account of the petitioner's 
 family, and of the entailment or inheritance of his propeKty. 
 
 An alphabetical catalogue of the Lords, Knights, and Gentlemen 
 who compounded for their estates, apparently compiled by Thomas 
 Dringe, has been published, and may serve as a calendar to the 
 original documents in the State Paper Office. The first edition 
 was printed in 1655; the second at Chester in 1733. 
 
 By statute 1st George I., c. 50, the estates of the rebels in 1715 
 were forfeited and vested in the king for the use of the public ; and 
 and in 4th George I. another act was passed, which appointed 
 commissioners as trustees for the sale of the estates. 
 
 The papers and parchments relating to these estates, containing 
 surveys, particulars, claims, appeals, and much matter of family 
 pedigree, are known by the name of the " Proceedings of the Com- 
 missioners on Forfeited Estates," and are preserved at the Tower. 
 
 A copious list of these documents, with an alphabetical table of 
 the persons to whom they relate, will be found in Thomas's Hand- 
 book to the Public Records, 1854, pp. 382 — 391. An inventory, or 
 alphabetical index of the books, papers, and proceedings, is printed 
 in the 5th Report of the Deputy Keeper of Records, App. i. pp. 97 — 
 130. There are about 7471 vols, and bundles, including the 
 decrees. 
 
 In the Rolls Office is a Warrant Book, containing warrants, 
 decrees, and debentures, for claims payable out of the estates of 
 certain traitors, sold for the use of the public, 1719 — 1724. The 
 decrees are those of the commissioners to whom all cases were 
 referred, relative to the interests of any individuals or bodies cor- 
 porate in those estates, and are after the form of the courts of 
 equity. The warrants are by the Lords of the Treasury. 
 
 The proceedings of the commissioners in Scotland are in 
 Scotland, and also those of the Rebellion of 1745. 
 
 Some of the original proceedings against the traitors will be found 
 in the Baga de Secretis, noticed in the preceding page. 
 
 Several certificates, rentals, and reports, relating to forfeited 
 estates in Scotland, are deposited at the Treasury. 
 
FORFEITURES, AND PARDONS. 143 
 
 Another class of forfeitures were those of Romish recusants, 
 against part of whose property escheats were issued for their 
 contumacy. 
 
 Accounts of the lands and rents of sequestered estates of 
 recusants, temp. Commonwealth, are deposited at Carlton Ride. 
 
 Among them may be noticed — 
 
 I. A roll of persons called rescusants, temp. Elizabeth, for contumacy, 
 
 whereupon extents issued against part of their property. 
 IT. Particulars of several counterparts, leases, and contracts of sequestered 
 estates in Berks, 1654. 
 
 III. Particulars and surveys of all lands under sequestration in Berks, 1654. 
 
 IV. A book containing a brief view of all farmers, tenants, and occupiers 
 
 of the estates of delinquents, and two-thirds of the estates of Popish 
 recusants, in the county of Lancaster, remaining under seques- 
 tration, 1656 and 1658. 
 V. Alphabetical particulars of all the estates in the county of Lancaster 
 under sequestration, cause of sequestration, to whom let, and for what 
 term, rents, &e. 
 VI. A book containing a list of such Papists and delinquents whose estates 
 were under sequestration, in the county of Worcester, and the 
 rental of the same. 
 
 In the State Paper Office is a great body of papers relating to 
 the composition and purchase of estates of delinquents during the 
 interregnum, called Composition Papers. 
 
 In the Petty Bag Office are certificates of Popish convicts, and 
 of persons concealed, from Anne to the present time. 
 
 Bargains and sales of sequestrations, temp. Commonwealth, are 
 entered on the Close Rolls, at the Tower. 
 
 There are Recusant Rolls among the miscellaneous of the Pipe 
 and Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer's Records, as may be seen by 
 referring to the miscellaneous matter printed in the 5th Report of 
 the Deputy Keeper of Records, App. i., p. 19. It is not there 
 distinguished to which department they belong. 
 
 Pardons. — These documents have a twofold use: the one, as 
 an assistance in a mere genealogical point of view ; the other, in 
 removing the impediment of attainder, with which obstruction the 
 most perfect pedigree can, for some purposes, avail nothing. 
 
 At the Tower are Pardon Rolls from the 22d Edward I. to 
 2d James I., both inclusive, containing general and particular par- 
 dons to individuals. 
 
144 RECORDS OF ATTAINDERS, 
 
 Pardons will be found entered on the Close Rolls. 
 
 Pardons of alienation, and special and general pardons, on the 
 Patent Rolls. 
 
 Fines for pardons are entered on the Fine Rolls. 
 
 In the Rolls Chapel are divers Rolls of Pardons, containing 
 Bails upon Special Pardons, &c. 
 
 Pardons are entered on the Controlment Rolls, at Carlton Ride, 
 where are also deposited the Entry Books of Licenses and Pardons, 
 from 1571. 
 
 In the State Paper Office are a great many original Sign 
 Manuals for Grants of Pardon, in the reigns of James I. and 
 Charles I. 
 
 The Privy Seal Warrants, and Signet Bills, abound with Grants 
 of Pardon. 
 
 A list of Manuscripts in public libraries, relating to these records, 
 is here subjoined : — 
 
 Papers respecting Popish Recusants, and proceedings against them ; Brit. 
 
 Mus. Cotton. MS. Titus, B. iii. pp. 56 6—75 ; Harl. MSS. 286 ; 360 ; 
 
 7042; Lansd. MSS. 19 (art. 21, 29); 23 (art. 52, 59); 28; 51; 58; 153. 
 Names of Popish Recusants convict, and Papists, who have registered their 
 
 estates, etc., as returned by the Clerks of the Peace for the several 
 
 counties ; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 15,629. 
 Papers respecting concealed Lands ; Brit. Mus. Lansd. MS. 47. 
 A list of Patents and Pardons granted; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 3796. — 
 
 Inner Temple Lib. MS. 536. v. i. 
 Warrants for apprehending suspected persons, &c. ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 
 
 6998. 
 Notes concerning Recusants, xviith cent. ; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 17,022. 
 Returns of Traitors' Estates in various counties, xviith cent. ; Brit. Mus. 
 
 Add. MS. 19,678. 
 " Extract from a term rowl of such as were attaynted, temp. Hen. III., for 
 
 rysing in armes at the battayle of Evsham ;" Brit. Mus. Sloane MS. 
 
 1301, art. 138. 
 Inquisitiones de Kebellis, anno 49 Hen. III. ; Bodl. Lib. MS. 4182, f. 189. 
 
 (Dodesw. MS. v. 40.) 
 Analecta e rotulis donationum de terris forisfactis, 15, 16, Edw. IT. ; Ashm. 
 
 Lib. MS. 6494, p. 156. 
 Names of persons attainted in the reigns of Edw. III. and IV. ; Brit. Mus. 
 
 Lansd. MS. 870, f. 8. 
 Names of those who were attainted of treason with the Marquis of Exeter, 
 
 1540; Brit. Mus. Lansd. MS. 2, art. 3. 
 Book of Concealments, temp. Elizabeth; Brit. Mus. Lansd. MS. 59, art. 35, 39. 
 
FORFEITURES, AND PARDONS. 145 
 
 Names of such as are certified to be Fugitives, contrary to the statute 
 
 23 Eliz. ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 6839, f. 325. 
 Names of such as are certified to be fugitives over the sea, temp. Elizabeth ; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 412, f. 25. 
 List of persons attainted, anno 13 Elizabeth (1570); Brit. Mus. Cotton. 
 
 MS. Titus, C. vii. f. 9 b; Harl. MS. 309, f. 201 b. 
 An account of concealed lands, found 15 Elizabeth (1572); Brit. Mus. 
 
 Lansd. MS. 16, art. 56. 
 Catalogue of Papists confined in different prisons of England, 1579; Brit. 
 
 Mus. Lansd. MS. 29, art. 97. 
 Rents and revenues of Recusants in England, 1587 ; Brit. Mus. Lansd. 
 
 MS. 53, art. 69. 
 Names of Papists and Recusants in England, 1587 ; Brit. Mus. Lansd. MS. 
 
 55, art. 58. 
 Returns of Popish Fugitives, 1593 ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 7042, f. 315. 
 Note of lands forfeited to the Queen by the attainder of the D. of Norfolk ; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Lansd. MS. 58, art. 24. 
 Catalogue of persons outlawed in the reign of Jas. I. ; Cath. Lib. Westm. ; 
 
 MS. 214. 
 Papers relating to the Sequestrations throughout England, 1642 — 1652; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Add. MSS. 5478; 5501; 5508; 5291; 5494; 5497. 
 Abstract of the accounts of the Committees for Sequestration, anno 1644; 
 
 Pub. Lib. Camb. MS. Dd. iii. 67. 
 Orders and Grants touching Sequestered Estates, 1645 — 1647 ; Brit. Mus. 
 
 Add. MS. 16,178. 
 Papers relating to Sequestrated Livings, from 1649 to 1662 ; Lamb. Lib. 
 
 MS. 1027. 
 Catalogue of the Lords, Knights, and Gentlemen, that have compounded for 
 
 their estates; Lond. 1655, 8vo — reprinted, with additions, at Chester, 
 
 1733. 
 Return of Papists and Dissenters in England and Wales, circ. 1660 ; All 
 
 Soyls' Coll. Oxf. MS. ccv. ff. 42, 42 b. 
 Names of Recusants convicted in the Exchequer, 1671 ; Brit. Mus. Add 
 
 MS. 20,739. 
 Proceedings against, and names of, Rebels in 1685; Brit. Mus. Harl.MSAQS9. 
 Names of such as were required to be delivered up, or at least banished out 
 
 of the States Generals dominions, 1685; Brit. Mus. Sloane MS. 
 
 2723, art. 1. 
 Names of Popish Recusants convict, and Papists, &c, as returned pursuant to 
 
 the act of 1716 ; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 15,629. 
 The names of the Roman Catholics, non-jurors and others, who refused to 
 
 take the oaths to his late majesty King George; Lond. 1745, 8vo. 
 Original Papers relating to the Vaudois and French Refugees, from May 
 
 1669 to April 1703 ; Lambeth Lib. MS. 1028. 
 
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146 RECORDS OF ATTAINDERS 
 
 Livre des Anglois a Geneve, by J. S. Burn. Lond. 1831. 8vo. 
 
 A copy of the Register of the Church at Geneva, containing the 
 names of English Protestants who took refuge there in the reign of 
 Q. Mary. 
 
 Bedfordshire — Buckinghamshire : History of the Sequestrations, with copies 
 
 of letters, etc. in the counties of Bedford, Berks, and Buckingham; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 5491. 
 Cambridgeshire: List of Sequestrators for Cambridgeshire, 1643: Brit. 
 
 Mus. Add. MS. 5823, f. 95 b. 
 Cheshire : Sequestrators' Accompts within the county palatine of Chester ; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Harl. MSS. 1999; 2018; 2126; 2128; 2130; 2136; 
 
 2137; 2144; 2174. 
 List of Cheshire gentlemen who compounded for their estates, 
 
 temp. Chas. I. ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 2043, ff. 118, 128. 
 
 Accompts of moneys paid to the Sequestrators, in the parish of 
 
 Church-Lawton, co. Chester, 1642 — 1646; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 
 1943. 
 
 Original accompts of the delinquents within the hundred of 
 
 Edesbury, co. Chester, 1645, 1646; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 2175. 
 
 The Sequestration book of delinquents' estates in Namptwich 
 
 hundred, 1644—1646; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 2166. 
 Derbyshire : List of Recusants in West Derby ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 
 
 2128, f. 175. 
 Devonshire: Proceedings against the Rebels in 1685, in the county of 
 
 Devon; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 4689. 
 Dorsetshire : Register of Sequestrations in Dorsetshire, 1645 — 1647 ; Brit. 
 
 Mus. Add. MS. 8845. 
 Proceedings against the Rebels in 1685, in the county of Dorset ; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 4689. 
 Durham: Minute Book of Sequestrators within the co. of Durham, 1644; 
 
 Durham Cath. Hunter MS. 22, art. 36. 
 Essex : Account of Sequestered lands in Essex ; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 
 
 5505. 
 Hampshire: Proceedings against the Rebels in 1685, in the county of 
 
 Southampton; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 4689. 
 Kent : A brief sum of all the Recusants certified within the dioceses of the 
 
 provinces of Canterbury and York ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 280, f. 157. 
 Leicestershire : List of Leicestershire gentlemen who compounded for their 
 
 estates, temp. Chas. I. ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 2043, f. 38 b. 
 Lincolnshire : Utlagaria com. Lincolniae, 22 Edw. IV. ; Chapter House. 
 London : Names of Priests and Recusants committed to prisons in and about 
 
 London, 1586 and 1588; Brit. Mus. Lansd. MSS. 51, art. 67; 58, 
 
 art. 13. 
 
FORFEITURES, AND PARDONS. 147 
 
 Norfolk: Papers relating to Popish Recusants in co. Norfolk, 1578, 1591, 
 1627—1665 ; Brit. Mus. Add. MSS. 5847, p. 313 ; 5848, p. 286. 
 
 Letters and accounts of the Committee of Sequestrations in co. 
 
 Norfolk, 1644, 1645 ; Brit. Mus. Add. MSS. 5508, ff. 12—39; 5497, 
 f. 127. 
 
 Northamptonshire : Papers relating to Sequestrations in co. Northampton* 
 
 1648, 1649 ; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 55 08, f. 75. 
 Northumberland : Account of holders of concealed lands in Northumberland, 
 
 1587 ; Brit. Mus. Lansd. MS. 51, art. 82. 
 Somersetshire : Proceedings against the Rebels in 1685, in the county of 
 
 Somerset; Brit. Mcs. Harl. MS. 4689. 
 Wiltshire : Papers of the Committee for Sequestrations in Wiltshire, 1648 ; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 5508, ff. 141, 145$, 156 5. 
 Proceedings against the Rebels in 1685, in the county of Wilts ; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 4689. 
 
 Scotland : Records of the Court of Commissioners on Forfeited Estates, 
 after the Rebellions of 1715 and 1745 ; Tower op London. 
 
 Account of all the Attainted Scottish Noblemen, 1715 — 45 ; see 
 
 Buchan's Account of the Family of Keith. 
 
 Lists of Persons concerned in the Rebellion, 1745 ; Brit. Mus. 
 
 Add. MS. 19,796. 
 
 Ireland : " Licenses, pardons, writts of entree and acquytances entered in 
 the Fyne Office of Robert, Earl of Leicester, from Trin. Term anno 22 to 
 Easter Term anno 25 Elizabeth;" Society of Antiquaries, MS, 97. 
 
 List of persons indicted for High Treason in Ireland, from 
 
 Hilary Term 1641 to Easter Term 1642 ; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 
 4772. 
 
 List of Converts and Protestant Settlers in Ireland, from Chas. II. 
 
 to 1772 ; Brit. Mus. Eg. MS. 77. 
 
 Sale of Forfeited Estates in Ireland, 1702-3; Brit. Mus. Add. 
 
 MS. 15,973. 
 Report of the Trustees of Forfeited Estates in Ireland, Nov. 1703 ; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 17,774. 
 
 Survey of Forfeited Estates in Cork; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 
 
 17,508. 
 
 Surveys of Forfeited Land in Donnegal ; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 
 
 14,406. 
 
 Sale of Forfeited Lands, co. Dublin, 1702-3 ; Brit. Mus. Add. 
 
 MS. 18,718. 
 
 Surveys of Forfeited Lands in Leitrim, Mayo, and Sligo; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 14,405. 
 
148 
 
 Sarliammtarp EecorUs. 
 
 HHHE Statute Rolls and Inrolments. — The Statute Rolls are 
 -■- records of Chancery, drawn up in form, for the purpose of 
 being proclaimed and published, being framed upon original 
 petitions and answers, or entries thereof on the Parliament Rolls. 
 The earliest statutes contained in any collections are those of 
 Henry III. No record of parliament is now known to be extant 
 prior to the Statute of Gloucester, 6th Edward I., from which 
 period they are continued to 8th Edward IV., with an interruption 
 from 8th to 23d Henry VI. 
 
 After 8th Edward IV. the Statute Roll is not preserved, though 
 there is evidence of its existence as late as 4th Henry VII., after 
 which (as supposed) it ceased to be made up, and ultimately it was 
 succeeded, for all practical purposes, by the Inrolments of the Acts of 
 Parliament certified into Chancery, commencing 1st Richard III. to 
 the present time (except daring the Usurpation) . They are brought 
 in annually by the Clerk of the Parliament. 
 
 Before Henry VIII., these Statute Rolls are sometimes in Latin 
 and sometimes in French ; but after Henry VIII. they are uni- 
 formly in English. 
 
 The Inrolments of Acts of Parliament, certified into Chancery, 
 commence 1st Richard III., and come down to the present time. 
 Down to the 3d Charles I., they comprehend several other pro- 
 ceedings of parliament, besides the acts inrolled; sometimes, for 
 instance, the Commissions for giving Royal Assents to Bills are 
 entered, thus partaking of the qualities of Rolls of Parliament, and 
 including nearly the same contents, until, the miscellaneous 
 matters disappearing by degrees, the acts inrolled only occur. To 
 25th Henry VIII. they contain all acts, public and private, passed 
 in every session, each with an introductory and concluding form of 
 their being presented and assented to. From 25th Henry VIII. to 
 35 th Elizabeth, several of the private acts, and afterwards to 3d 
 Charles I., all the private acts are omitted, their titles only being 
 noticed. From 16th Charles I. to 31st George II., the inrolments 
 contain nothing but the public acts, and the titles of the private acts, 
 
PARLIAMENTARY RECORDS. 149 
 
 with the several forms of assent, without any other parliamentary- 
 matter ; and from 32 d .George II. their contents are the same, 
 with the omissions of the titles of the private acts. 
 
 In February 1849, the ingrossments and inrolments ceased, and 
 acts printed on vellum were substituted, pursuant to the recom- 
 mendation of a Select Committee of the House of Commons 
 in 1848. 
 
 It is to the Private Statutes that the genealogist will be most 
 indebted. They contain the settlements of family estates, long 
 recitals of family pedigrees, the naturalization of foreigners, the 
 attainders of parties, and the reversals of such attainders, licenses 
 to change names and arms, the dissolution of marriages, the legiti- 
 mation and illegitimation of issue, authority for individuals to 
 re-marry, and other objects of a private description. 
 
 There are many valuable manuscript copies of collections of 
 Statutes preserved in public and private libraries; but the greatest 
 number in any one place is in the British Museum. 
 
 The Statutes of the Realm were printed (1810—1828) by the 
 Record Commissioners, down to the end of Queen Anne, in eleven 
 volumes, large folio, including two volumes of Indices. 
 
 The following have also been printed : — 
 
 Public Acts, from 2 Will, and Mary to 15 and 16 Victoria. 
 
 Private Acts, from 1705 to 1852. 
 
 Local, Personal, and Private Acts, from 38 Geo. III. to 15 and 16 Victoria, 
 
 folio. 
 Index to the Statutes at Large, by D. Pickering. Camb. 1769, 8vo. 
 Index to the Statutes, from John to Geo. 111., by O. Ruffhead. Lond. 1772, 
 
 8vo. 
 A table of Private Statutes, by G. Bramwell. Lond. 1813, 8vo. 
 Index to the Statutes, by J. Raithby. 1814, 2 vols. 8vo. 
 
 by B. Spiller. Lond. 1822, 4to. 
 
 Index to Public and Private Acts, 1801 — 1844. Lond. 1845, folio, 2 parts. 
 Chronological list of Statutes, by A. N. Oulton. Lond. 1837, roy. 8vo. 
 Index to the Statutes, 1810—48, by A. N. Oulton. Lond. 1846—9, roy. 8vo. 
 (Comprising annual supplements.) 
 
 Rolls of Parliament. — These important and highly interesting 
 records commence with the 6th Edward L, and extend to the reign 
 of Henry VIII. ; but the Rolls, subsequent to the 19th Henry VII., 
 will be found in the first volume of the Journals of the House of 
 Lords. The Rolls of Parliament are very defective, the proceedings 
 of various Parliaments being, it is feared, irretrievably lost. The 
 
150 PARLIAMENTARY RECORDS. 
 
 value of these records can only be adequately appreciated by those 
 who have been in the habit of consulting them ; for there is scarcely 
 a subject connected with the parliamentary, legal, or general history 
 of this country, on which information may not be derived from 
 these records. As the Journals of the House of Lords do not 
 commence until the 1st Henry VIII., it is from the Rolls of Par- 
 liament alone that proofs can be found of peers having sat in 
 Parliament previous to that period, which proofs are requisite in 
 claims to an ancient barony by writ. 
 
 The Petitions to Parliament frequently contain very curious 
 matter, abounding in biographical materials, in illustrations of the 
 state of society, and in notices of the descent of lands* 
 
 The Rolls of Parliament contain entries of the several transactions 
 in Parliament. When complete, they include the adjournments, 
 and all other common and daily occurrences and proceedings, from 
 the opening to the close of each Parliament, with the several 
 petitions or bills, and the answers given thereto, not only on public 
 matters on which the statutes were afterwards framed, but also on 
 private concerns. In some few instances the statutes, drawn up in 
 form, are entered, but in general the petitions and answers only are 
 found entered ; and in such case, the entry of itself furnishes no 
 certain evidence that the petition and answer were at any time put 
 into the form of a statute. 
 
 In the Parliament Rolls, it is much to be regretted that the 
 names of those noblemen only who were appointed Triers of 
 Petitions, or who acted in some particular capacity, are to be found 
 noticed as being present. In the Journals which commence with 
 the reign of Henry VIIL, the daily attendance of noblemen is 
 noted ; and, as there were earlier Journals, it cannot be doubted 
 that the Parliamentary Rolls were never intended to supply that 
 evidence of sittings, which is now, in many cases, to be drawn from 
 them alone. 
 
 As has been already stated, the earliest Roll now extant is of 
 the 6th Edward I. ; and the only other Rolls now preserved of that 
 reign are of the 18th, 19th, 20th, 21st, 22d, 23d, 26th, 28th, 29th, 
 30th, 33d, and 35th. 
 
 Of the reign of Edward II. there are only five Rolls extant, — 
 for the 8th, 9th, 12th, and 14th; the two Rolls of the 12th are not 
 printed in the six volumes published by the House of Lords in 
 1765, but they have lately been printed among other miscellaneous 
 records in the Exchequer, by authority of the Government, under 
 
PARLIAMENTARY RECORDS. 151 
 
 the title of" Documents Illustrative of English History" &c., under 
 the editorship of Mr. Henry Cole. 
 
 In the reign of Edward III., the Rolls for the 1st, 4th, 5th, 6th, 
 13th, 14th, 15th, 18th, 21st, 22d, 25th, 29th, 36th, 37th, 38th, 
 40th, 42d, 43d, 45th, 46th, 47th, 50th, and 51st years of his reign 
 only have been preserved, and in the subsequent reigns there are 
 many chasms. 
 
 Many of the lost rolls belong to those Parliaments, which are of 
 the greatest importance to the history of the constitution ; and it 
 may be doubted whether their loss is wholly owing to accident. 
 Richard II. was accused of defacing and cancelling records relating 
 to the state and government of the kingdom, to the great prejudice 
 of the people. And there are some reasons for supposing, that the 
 Parliamentary Records relating to the deposition of Edward II. 
 were amongst those which were thus destroyed. 
 
 The Rotuli Placitorum Parliament ariorum form a portion of the 
 Rotuli Parliament ariorum , and were printed entire in 1765, from 
 6th Edward I. to 19th Henry VII., by order of the House of Lords, 
 in six volumes folio. Ryley had, however, previously printed them 
 in the year 1661, under the title of Flacita Parliament aria, taken 
 from an ancient MS. among the Tower Records, called the " Vetus 
 Codex," and to which he added an Appendix of illustrative records. 
 Ryley was not aware that the originals of most of the Parliament 
 Rolls in the " Codex " were extant in the Chapter House j but his 
 volume, as far as it extends, has considerable value. An elaborate 
 Index to the six volumes above mentioned was published in 1832. 
 
 Down to the end of the reign of Edward IV. these documents 
 are preserved in the Tower. After that period they are at the 
 Rolls Chapel. 
 
 Transcripts of the Rolls of Parliament will be found in other 
 public repositories, as follows : — 
 
 Petitions in Parliament, from 18 to 23 Edw. I. ; Pub. Lib. Camb. MS. Ee. 
 
 v. 27. 
 Rolls of Parliament, from 4 Edw. II. to Hen. VII.; Brit. Mus. Harl. MSS. 
 
 7057—7086. 
 Transcripts of Rolls of Parliament, 5, 8, 9 Edw. II. ; Brit. Mus. Hargrave 
 
 MS. 487.— Pub. Lib. Camb. MS. Dd. ii. 24. 
 5 Edw. II. — 19 Hen. VII. ; Magd. Coll. Camb. Pepysian 
 
 Lib. 1. 
 5 Edw. II.— 6 Hen. VIII., in 33 volumes; Inn. Temp. 
 
 Lib. MS. 534. 
 
152 PARLIAMENTARY RECORDS. 
 
 Abridgment of the Records of Parliament in the Tower, from 1 Edw. III. to 
 
 22 Edw. IV. ; Brit. Mus. Cotton. MS. Tit. E. i. 
 Transcripts of the Rolls of Parliament, from Edw. III. to Rich. III. inclusive, 
 in 65 volumes; Brit. Mus. Add. MSS. 4631— 4695. 1 
 
 1—3 Rich. II. ; Brit. Mus. Margrave MS. 106. 
 
 - 1—11 Rich. II. ; Brit. Mus. Cotton. MS. Tit. E. ii. 
 
 11 Rich. II.— 43 Eliz. ; Brit. Mus. Cotton. MSS. Tit.E.iii. ; 
 Tit. F. ii. 
 21 Ric. II. ; Brit. Mus. Hargrave MS. 488. 
 
 Writs of Summons, and Returns to Parliament. — The Writs 
 of Summons and Returns to the Lower House of Parliament, from 
 the time of Edward I. down to 17th Edward IV., are preserved at 
 the Tower. There likewise are deposited a considerable number 
 of returns to the three Parliaments during the Usurpation. These 
 latter instruments are often crowded with the electors' signatures 
 in their proper handwriting. 
 
 Down to the 8th Henry IV., the returns are indorsed on 
 the writs, or made on schedules annexed to them, being only the 
 names of the members returned, with their manucaptors ; after that 
 time there are indentures between the sheriffs and freeholders of 
 the county, and the returning officers and electors of each city or 
 borough. 
 
 A writ of summons, followed by a sitting, confers the dignity of 
 a baron descendible to all lineal issue, both male and female ; this 
 proof of a sitting must be by the Records of Parliament, and can 
 only be found on the Rolls or Journals of Parliament, unless the 
 letter from the Barons to the Pope, in 29th Edward L, be considered 
 genuine. 
 
 The Returns of Members, from 33d Henry VIII., to the 
 Parliament next before the Restoration of Charles II., are among 
 the Rolls Chapel records. 
 
 From 12th Charles II. to the present time (except the last two 
 Parliaments) the writs of summons and returns are at the Petty 
 Bag Office. The last two Parliaments are always kept at the 
 Crown Office. As soon as the third Parliament is called, the 
 indentures or returns of the first are delivered to the Petty Bag 
 Office. 
 
 As these returns point out the estates qualifying representatives, 
 
 1 The original transcripts, from which the Rolls were printed by order of the 
 House of Lords in 1765 (v. preceding page). 
 
PARLIAMENTARY RECORDS. 153 
 
 genealogical evidence may be obtained through them by a reference 
 to the title-deeds of such estates, or the local rate or parish books. 
 
 The Parliament Pawns are abstracts of all writs of summons 
 and writs of election issued on calling a new Parliament. When 
 the Parliament meets, the Parliament Pawn is completed ; and after 
 that period, all writs of summons are issued from the Crown Office 
 in Chancery. 
 
 It became the practice about the time of Henry VIII., when a 
 Parliament was to be called, for the Clerks of the Petty Bag 
 Office in Chancery to prepare these abstracts and schedules ; when 
 fairly engrossed on parchment, they were lodged in the Petty Bag 
 Office, under the name of Parliamentary Pawns, where they are 
 still preserved, from the 21st Henry VIII. to the present time. 
 
 The following are at the Crown Office, besides the writs of 
 summons and returns for the last two Parliaments, viz., 18 lists of 
 names of members of Parliament, Mary to Charles I. ; — a book 
 containing the names of the Convention Parliament 1688; — a book 
 containing the names of members returned to Parliament, 1682 to 
 the present time. 
 
 Lists of Writs of Summons are printed in Appendix i. to the 
 Report on the Dignity of a Peer of the Realm. 
 
 Literal copies of the Writs to Parliament have been printed by 
 authority of Parliament, under the title of " Parliamentary Writs 
 and Writs of Military Summons, together with the Records and 
 Muniments relating to the Suit and Service due and performed to the 
 King's High Court of Parliament and the Councils of the Realm, 
 $c. Edward L, IIP 2 vols, in 4 parts, folio. 1827—1834. 
 
 Vol. I. embraces the reign of Edward I., and contains a Calendar of Writs 
 of Elections and Returns, p. 1, xcvi ; Parliamentary Writs, being literal 
 copies of original documents, pp. 1 — 192. 
 
 Vol. II. embraces the reign of Edward II. (1307—1327), and is divided 
 into two volumes, each of which is called a Division. Division I. 
 contains a Calendar of Writs of Election and Returns, pp. i — cclxxxiv. 
 Division II. — Writs, Records, and Muniments, relating to the Suit and 
 Service due and performed to the King's High Court of Parliament, and 
 the other Councils of the Realm, or affording evidence of attendance 
 given at Parliaments and Councils during the reign of Edward II., 
 pp. 1—366. 
 
 The price of the first volume was £4. 4s. , now reduced to £2. 2s. 
 
154 PARLIAMENTARY RECORDS. 
 
 The second volume was published at £5. 5s., but is now reduced to 
 £2. 2s. 
 
 The Writs of Election are exhibited in a series which, though by- 
 no means complete, does not offer any very important chasms ; and 
 the comparison between the number of returns there printed for 
 the first time at full length, and the number catalogued by Prynne, 
 will show how many have been recovered since the age of that 
 laborious writer. 
 
 Copious lists of Members of Parliament have been printed. 
 Notices of a few of these, and of Manuscripts containing lists of 
 Summonses, and of Members returned, are here subjoined. 1 
 
 Returns of Members of Parliament in different reigns ; Brit. Mus. Lamd. 
 
 MS. 1191. 
 Returns of Representatives in Parliament, made by Borroughs in divers 
 
 counties; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 161, p. 238. 
 Noblemen in all kings' reigns, and when summoned ; College of Arms, 
 
 MS. L. 7. 
 List of Peers as they sat in Parliament at various periods ; Coll. of Arms, 
 
 Dublin. 
 An account of all the Parliaments holden in each reign, from 49 Hen. III. 
 
 to the end of Edw. IV. ; v. Prynne's Brevia Parliamentaria rediviva. 
 
 1660, 4 vols. 4to. 
 A perfect copy of all Summons to Parliament, from the 49 Hen. III. to this 
 
 present, by Sir Will. Dugdale; Lond. 1685,/oZ. 2d ed. about 1794. 
 Summonses to Parliament, temp. Hen. III. ; Inner Temple Lib. MS. 5 34. 
 
 (vol. xxxiii.) 
 Hen. III.— Edw. I.; Brit. Mus. Earl. MS. 298, art. 45, 
 
 49 Hen. III. — 22 Edw. III. ; Coll. of Arms, Vincent MS. 35. 
 
 49 Hen. III.— 50 Edw. III. ; Caius Coll. Camb. MS. 501. 
 
 49 Hen. III.— 2 Hen. VIII.; Brit. Mus. Cotton. MS. Titus, 
 
 C. v. f. 44 b. 
 
 49 Hen. III.— 6 Hen. VIII. ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 158, f. 3. 
 
 49 Hen. III.— 21 Hen. VIII. ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MSS. 778; 2 
 
 6204, p. 8, et aeqq. 
 
 49 Hen. III.— 13 Car. II. ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 3323. 
 
 23 Edw. I.; Brit. Mus. Harl: MS. 7555, art. 1. 
 
 1 See Lists op Gentry (Poll Books). In order to preserve a strictly chronological 
 arrangement, it has been found undesirable, in this and other lists, to separate the 
 notices of printed works from those of the manuscripts. 
 
 3 Number 778 is described as being in some places more extensive and correct than 
 Dugdale's priated lists, though in others that work is. more correct than this. 
 
PARLIAMENTARY RECORDS. 155 
 
 Summonses to Parliament, Edw. I., II., III. ; Brit. Mus. Karl. MS. 1300, 
 ff. 57, 60, 72— 83 £.— Inner Temple Lib. MS. 534. (vol. xxxiii.) 
 
 , 24 Edw. I.— 21 Eich. II. ; Brit. Mus. Cotton. MS. Faustina, 
 
 C. xi. 
 
 24 Edw. I. — 27 Hen. VI. ; Queen's Coll. Oxf. MS. clxxiii. 
 
 Edw. II. — Rich. II.; v. Cotton's Abridgment of Records at 
 
 the Tower; Lond. 1689 ; ed. by Prynne. 
 
 Edw. III. — Rich. II. ; Exeter Coll. Oxf. MS. cxxiv. 
 
 48 Edw. III.— 22 Edw. IV. ; Coll. of Arms, MS. B. 3. 
 
 1—23 Rich. II. ; Inner Temp. Lib. MS. 534. (vol. xxxiii.) 
 
 1 Ri c h. II.— 22 and 23 Edw. IV. ; Caius Coll. Camb. MS. 
 
 502. 
 
 1 —14 Hen. IV. ; Inn. Temple Lib. MS. 534. (vol. xxxiii.) 
 
 1 — 9 Hen. V. ; same manuscript. 
 
 1 — 39 Hen. VI. ; same manuscript. 
 
 2—4 Hen. VI.; Brit. Mvs.Harl. MS. 723, ff. 127, 388, 534. 
 
 5—9 Hen. VI.; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 724, ff. 1—197. 
 
 Names of the Lordes of the Parliament, 31, 32 Hen. VI.; Brit. Mus. 
 
 Harl. MS. 158, ff. 108, 116, 119. 
 Summonses to Parliament, 38 Hen. VI.; Brit. Mvs.Harl.MS. 727, f. 333. 
 1__23 Edw. IV.; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 729, art. 2.— 
 
 Inner Temple Lib. MS. 534. (vol. xxxiii.) 
 Names of the Lordes of the Parliament, 5 Hen. VIII. ; Brit. Mus. Harl. 
 
 MS. 158, f. 109. 
 List of Members of Parliament, from 1541 to 1660; v. Willis's Notitia 
 
 Parliamentaria. 1750, 8vo. 
 
 tempp. Mary and Elizabeth ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 158, f. 125. 
 
 Writs for electing Members in the reigns of Elizabeth, Jas. I., and Chas. I. ; 
 
 Bodleian Library. 
 Names of Lords and Commoners in the Scottish Parliament, Aug. 1560; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Cotton. MS. Calig. B. ix. f. 144. 
 The Names of the Lords of the Parliament, holden at Dublin, 25th April, 
 
 1585; Brit. Mus. Cotton. MS. Titus, B. xiii. f. 381. 
 List of Lords of Parliament and their eldest sons, 1588; Brit. Mus. 
 
 Lansd. MS. 104, art. 23. 
 List of Knights and Burgesses returned to Parliament, anno 35 Eliz. ; Brit. 
 
 Mus. Lansd. MS. 255, f. 180. 
 Summonses to Parliament, 1603; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 158, ff. 165, 167. 
 
 1620; Brit. Mus. Hargrave MS. 311, f. 459. 
 
 A Catalogue of the names of such who were summoned to any Parliament, 
 
 from the year 1640 to 1661 ; Lond. 1661, 8vo. 
 The names of the Members of Parliament called to take upon them the trust 
 
 of the government of this Commonwealth, etc., 1653. Lond. 1654, 4to. 
 A list of the names of the Long Parliament, likewise of the Parliament held 
 
 at Oxford, and those of 1653,4, 6, and 9 ; Lond. 1659, 8vo. 
 
156 PARLIAMENTARY RECORDS. 
 
 Lists of the twenty-four Parliaments, from 1660 to 1741, with a list of the 
 
 House of Lords, etc. ; 1741. 12mo. 
 Names of the Representatives in Parliament, 1677 ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 
 
 7170, art. 1. 
 List of Knights, Citizens, and Burgesses of Parliament, 6th Feb. 1701; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 1789, 1791, art. 1. 
 Abstract of the Returns to Parliament for all the counties, cities, and 
 
 boroughs of England, between 1702 and 1710 ; taken from the original 
 
 records in the Rolls Chapel; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 15,661. 
 
 Cambridgeshire : Members of Parliament for co. Cambridge, temp. Chas. II. ; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 5813, f. 246; See also Carter's History of 
 
 Cambridge. 
 Derbyshire: List of Knights and Burgesses of the co. of Derby, 1640; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 2043, f. 22. 
 Durham : List of the Knights and Burgesses who have represented the co. of 
 
 Durham in Parliament, Durham, 1 826, 4to. Privately printed. A second 
 
 edition, consisting of 100 copies, was printed at Durham in 1831, 4to. 
 Essex : List of the Members of Parliament for the borough of Colchester, 
 
 co. Essex, from 23 Edw. I. to 1789; v. History of Colchester, 1789, 
 
 8vo. (Fenno), p. 122. 
 Lincoln : List of Members of Parliament for the city of Lincoln ; v. 
 
 History of Lincoln, 1810, p. 21. 
 Tables of the Burgesses in Parliament for the co. of Lincoln, to 
 
 the year J 779 ; Lond. 1779, 4to. {White.) 
 London: Members of Parliament for London, 1640, 1654, 1656, 1659; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 5840, p. 417. 
 List of Members returned for the city of London, from 1660 to 
 
 1768 ; v. London Magazine, 1771, p. 408. 
 Diary of the Parliaments held at Westminster, 1st, 3d, and 8th 
 
 Henry VIII. ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 2235, f. 34. 
 Names of Members of Parliament for Westminster, in 1640, 1654, 
 
 1656, 1659; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 5840, p. 417. 
 Lists or Returns of Members from 1700 to 1705; Brit. Mus. 
 
 Harl. MSS. 1789, art. 1 ; 1791, art. 1 ; 7361, art. 1. 
 List of Members for Westminster, from the Restoration to 1770 ; 
 
 London Magazine, 1772, p. 483. 
 
 Nottinghamshire : List of the Knights of the Shire and Burgesses for 
 Nottingham ; v. Thoroton's Hist, of Nottingham, 2d ed. v. ii. ; also 
 Deering's History of Nottingham. 
 
 Oxfordshire : Historical Collections: or a brief account of the two Parlia- 
 ments held at Westminster and Oxtord, with exact lists of the Members 
 of each Parliament. Lond. 1685, 8vo. 
 
 Rutlandshire: Knights of the Shire for the co. of Rutland to 1780; v. 
 Wright's History of Rutland, ed. by Harrod. 1788. 
 
PARLIAMENTARY RECORDS. 157 
 
 Staffordshire : Members of Parliament for the co. of Stafford ; v. Shaw's 
 History of Staffordshire, p. xiii. 
 
 Warwickshire : List of Members of Parliament for Warwick ; v. Dugdale's 
 History of Warwick, v. ii. p. 1145. 
 
 Wiltshire : Members of Parliament, High Sheriffs, Gentry, &c. of Wiltshire ; 
 v. Hoare's Repertorium Wiltonense. Bath, 1821. Folio. Privately- 
 printed. 
 
 For other Lists of Members, see — 
 
 Carter's Honor redivivus. Lond. 1673, 3d ed. 
 
 Willis's Notitia Parliamentaria. Lond. 1750. 8vo. 
 
 Chamberlayne's State of Great Britain. The 1st edition appeared in 1663, 
 and the 38th in 1755. 
 
 The Parliamentary History. Lond. 1762. 23 vols. 8vo. and Index. Con- 
 taining biographies of members. 
 
 Beatson's Chronological Register of the Houses of Parliament, 3 vols. 
 1807, 8vo. 
 
 Oldfield's History of the House of Commons, etc. Lond. 1816, 6 vols. 
 
 Adam's Parliamentary Hand-Book, ed. by E. Morton; Lond. 1851, 8vo, 
 3d edit. 
 
 Dodd's Parliamentary Companion; Lond. 1855, 12mo. 23d edit. 
 
 Journals op Parliament, — It is not known when Journals were 
 first used ; those in existence of the Upper House commence in the 
 1st Henry VIIL, and of the Lower House in the 1st Edward VI. 
 From an original letter, prefixed to the journal book of Hen. VIIL, 
 it appears that several journal books were taken away and sup- 
 pressed by Cardinal Wolsey. 
 
 The Journals contain entries of the daily and ordinary occur- 
 rences and proceedings, from the opening to the closing of each 
 session, with the several petitions or bills, and the answers given 
 thereto, not only on public matters, on which statutes have been 
 afterwards framed, but also on private concerns, affecting a con- 
 siderable portion of the families of the nobility and gentry of this 
 kingdom. The names of the several members of the House of 
 Peers daily present are entered on the Journals of that House, and 
 they are consequently often the necessary evidence of sittings 
 under writs of summons. It would require no less than a volume 
 to specify the different descriptions of transactions noticed in these 
 records, and a very imperfect idea of their value would even then be 
 formed, without inspecting them. 
 
 The Journals of both Houses have been printed from 1st 
 Henry VIII. to the present day, with Calendars, and Indexes to 
 
158 PARLIAMENTARY RECORDS 
 
 1848. A general Index by Vardon and May, from 1547 to 1714, 
 was published in 1852. 
 
 The original Journals are preserved at the Parliament Office. 
 
 The Votes of the House of Commons were first printed in 1681, 
 those of the House of Lords in 1825. 
 
 Copies of the Journals and Proceedings in Parliament will be 
 found as follows : — 
 
 Proceedings in Parliament, tempp. Edw. III. and Rich. II. ; Ashm. Lib. 
 
 MS. 822, p. 202. 
 Lords' and Commons' Journals of Parliament, from 1 Hen. VIII. to 31 
 
 Chas. II., in 46 volumes; Inner Temple Lib. MS. 537, &c. 
 Lords' Journals from 1 Hen. VIII. to 1740 ; Brit. Mus. Earl. MSS. 
 
 7087—7155. 
 from 6 Nov. 1640, to 2 Feb. 1648, 25 volumes; Brit. Mus. 
 
 Shane MSS. 4660—4695. 
 Calendar to the Journals of the House of Lords, from Hen. VIII. to 1723 ; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Hargrave MSS. 176—178. 
 from 1509 to 1642, and from 1660 to 1735 ; Brit. Mus. Add. 
 
 MSS. 5120—5122. 
 Proceedings in Parliament, from 1602 to 1610, or 1611; St. John's Coll. 
 
 Camb. MS. H. 17. 
 Journals of the House of Commons, from 1 Edw. VI. to 1701 ; Brit. Mus. 
 
 Harl. MSS. 7201—7309. 
 . from Jas. I. to Anne, in 83 volumes; Inner Temp. Lib. 
 
 MS. 502, &c. 
 Reports of debates in the House of Commons, from 10 May 1768, to 13 
 
 June 1774, in 48 volumes; Brit. Mus. Eg. MSS. 215—262. 
 Index to Appeals, or Parliamentary Cases, 1701 — 1728; Inner Temple 
 
 Lib. MS. 525. 
 
159 
 
 ^eralfcit Collections* 
 
 THE documents falling under this head are very numerous, and 
 may be found in nearly all the public and private libraries 
 throughout the kingdom. They may be classed under the following 
 heads: — Heralds' Visitations — Pedigrees of Nobility, Knights, 
 and Baronets — Pedigrees op Gentry — Funeral Certificates 
 and Monuments — Armorial Bearings — etc. etc. 
 
 Heralds' Visitations. — These records are of the highest import- 
 ance to genealogists. The Heralds were first incorporated in the 
 reign of Richard III., and their province appears to have at that 
 time extended no further than the preventing more than one family 
 from using the same escutcheon. It was evident, however, that 
 the advantages to be derived from their institution, were such as 
 resulted from the confidence with which the public resorted to their 
 archives, and were determined by their reports. That their in- 
 vestigations, therefore, might be as general as possible, a Visitation 
 of each county was decreed by the Earl Marshal, and confirmed by 
 warrant under the Privy Seal. The most ancient visitation on 
 record is asserted to have been made in the reign of Henry IV., 
 from the existence of the following memorandum in Harleian MS. 
 1196 — "Visitacio facta per Marischallum de Norroy ult. ann. 
 R. Henrici 4ti. 1412" — a period of seventy years before the incor- 
 poration of that body. The MS. in question is a folio, consisting of 
 loose pedigrees and miscellaneous heraldic scraps, some written as 
 late as 1620 and 1627, pasted on the leaves of a printed book. The 
 memorandum quoted occurs amongst others on folio 76 b, and 
 affords the sole authority for the above assertion. 
 
 The first commission proceeding from royal authority was issued 
 to Thomas Benolte, Clarenceux King of Arms, in the 20th of 
 Henry VIII. (1528-9), empowering him to visit the counties of 
 Gloucester, Worcester, Oxford, Wilts, Berks, and Stafford. From 
 this time until the close of the seventeenth century, visits were 
 regularly made every twenty-five or thirty years. The last, which 
 
160 HERALDIC COLLECTIONS. 
 
 was that of the county of Southampton, was made by Sir Henry 
 St. George, Clar., in the year 1686. 
 
 The register books kept by the Heralds and their assistants, 
 during these visitations, contain the pedigrees and arms of the 
 nobility and gentry, signed by the heads of their respective 
 families, and are of the highest value to genealogists. Unfortu- 
 nately, many of these books are now lost, and those which remain 
 are scattered amongst the public and private libraries of the king- 
 dom. In the library of Queen's College, Oxford, are forty volumes, 
 and in that of Caius College, Cambridge, fifty-four ; the Bodleian 
 and Ashmolean Libraries are likewise very rich in these records ; 
 but by far the greatest collections are in the archives of the College 
 of Arms, and at the British Museum. 
 
 Those in private hands are very numerous. The valuable collec- 
 tion formerly in the library of the Duke of Buckingham, at Stowe, 
 is now in the possession of Lord Ashburnham. The library of Sir 
 Thomas Phillipps, Bart., of Middle Hill, Worcestershire — probably 
 the finest private library in the kingdom — is exceedingly rich in 
 Heralds' Visitations and other genealogical collections. 
 
 Notices of the Visitations in the first-mentioned library will be 
 found in Moule's Bibliotheca Heraldica, pp. 560 — 612. Catalogues 
 of the latter library are periodically printed by the owner, for 
 private distribution only. Copies are deposited in the British 
 Museum. A brief list of the Visitations, &c, will be found in the 
 Nouvelle Encyclopedie Theologique, Par. 1853. 
 
 A useful catalogue of the collection at the British Museum, was 
 printed by Sir N. H. Nicolas in 1825 ; x and a copious " Index " to 
 the Pedigrees and Arms contained in about 250 of the principal 
 manuscripts mentioned therein — compiled by the author of the 
 present work — was published in 1849. 2 
 
 A list of these records deposited in Public Libraries is here 
 subjoined. 
 
 1 " Catalogue of the Heralds' Visitations, etc. etc., in the British Museum." Lond. 
 1825, 8m 
 
 2 " Index to the Pedigrees and Arms, contained in the Heralds' Visitations, in the 
 British Museum." By K. Sims. Lond. 1849. 8vo. Price 15*. 
 
HERALDIC COLLECTIONS. 
 LIST OF HERALDS' VISITATIONS. 
 
 161 
 
 %* References to the Pedigrees and Arms, contained in the Manuscripts 
 bearing this (f) mark, will be found in Sims's "Index" referred 
 to in the preceding page. 
 
 BEDFORDSHIRE. 
 
 Date. 
 1566 
 
 1582 
 
 1586 
 1634 
 
 By whom made. 
 
 Harvey 
 
 Cooke 
 
 — . (with additions) . 
 
 Cooke (by Glover) . . . 
 
 St. George & Burrough (by 
 
 Owen) 
 
 Where deposited. 
 
 Beit. Mus. Harl. MS. fl531. 
 _ _ |4600. 
 
 — — |5867, art. 2. 
 Coll. of Arms, MS. H. 15 
 
 MS. P. 49. 
 Brit. Mus. Earl. MS. f5186. 
 
 — — |2109. 
 
 — — 3968. 
 Queen's Coll. Oxf. MS. cxiv. 
 
 Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. f4108. 
 Coll. of Arms, MS. C. 31. 
 
 1531 
 1566 
 
 1597 
 1623 
 
 1664 
 
 Benolte . 
 Harvey l 
 
 BERKSHIRE. 
 (Original) 
 
 Lee 
 
 Camden 1 (by Chitting and 
 Philipot) 
 
 — . (with additions) . 
 
 Bvsshe 
 
 
 Brit. Mus. Add. MS. fl2,479. 
 Coll. of Arms, MS. H. 20. 
 Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. fll39. 
 
 — — j-1532. 
 
 — — 5867. 
 
 — — |1081. 
 
 — Add. MS. fl4,283. 
 Coll. of Arms, MSS. G. 5 ; H. 9 ; 
 
 Philipot MS. 49, P. 
 Bodleian Lib. GoughMS. 
 
 CAIUSCoLL.CAMB.il/#.531.-QuEF.N , S 
 
 Coll. Oxf. MS. lxxxii. 
 
 Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. fl532. 
 
 — — t*108. 
 
 — Add. MS. f4961. 
 
 — — -j-14,283. 
 Coll. of Arms, MS. C. 18. 
 Ashmolean Lib. MS. 852. 
 Brit. Mus. Harl. i/S.fl530. 
 
 — — fl483. 
 
 — Add. MS. fl4,284. 
 Coll. of Arms, MS. C. 12. 
 Ashmolean Lib. MS. 851. 
 
 1 The Visitation for this year has been privately printed by Sir Thomas Phillipps, 
 Bart., in folio. 
 
 11 
 
162 
 
 HERALDIC COLLECTIONS. 
 
 BUCKINGHAMSHIRE. 
 
 Heealds' Visitations. 
 
 Date. 
 S. D. 
 
 By whom made. 
 
 1566 
 
 Harvey 
 
 — 
 
 — . {with additions) . 
 
 1574 
 
 — (in Glover's handwriting) 
 Cooke (by Lee) .... 
 
 — 
 
 — . . (Original) . 
 
 1634 
 
 St. George and Burrough (by 
 
 — - 
 
 — ... (imperfect) . 
 
 — 
 
 — . (with additions) . 
 
 — 
 
 — 
 
 Where deposited. 
 
 Bodleian Lib. Gough MS. 
 
 Coll. of A-RMs,PhilipotMSSA i V.; 5,P. 
 
 Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. f5181. 
 
 — — 3968. 
 
 — — |1429, ff. 68— 84. 
 
 — — 5867. 
 College of Arms, MSS. H. 9 ; 15 ; 
 
 Philipot MS. 49, P. 
 
 — J Vincent MS. 138. 
 Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. fll39. 
 
 — — J1533. 
 Coll.ofArms^&F.I; G.3; E.D.N. 
 
 No. 11. 
 
 Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. fl533. 
 
 — — -f-1102. 
 
 — — -j-1151. 
 
 — — JH93. 
 
 — — fl234. 
 
 — — -j-1136. 
 
 — — j-1391, f. 12. 
 Coll. of Arms, MS. C. 26 (1. 2.) 
 
 — BhiUpot MS., 49, P. 
 Caius Coll. Camb. MS. 534. 
 Queen's Coll. Oxf. MS. cxxv. 
 
 CAMBRIDGESHIRE. 
 
 1575 
 
 1590 
 1619 
 
 Cooke 
 
 (Original) 
 
 Camden 1 (by St. George) 
 with additions . . . 
 
 Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. fl534. 
 Coll. of Arms, MSS. G. 10 ; 14 
 Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 16,940. 
 
 18. 
 
 — Harl. MS. fl534. 
 
 — — 11043, f - 5 3. 
 
 — — fl401. 
 
 _ __ |6769,f6770. 
 
 — Add. MS. |4962. 
 Coll. of Arms, MS. C. 11. 
 
 — Vincent MS. 131. 
 Caius Coll. Camb. MS. 542. 
 Queen's Coll. Oxf. MS. xciii. 
 Bodleian Library. 
 
 1 The Visitation for Cambridgeshire for thia year was privately printed by Sir 
 Thomas Phillipps, Bart., in 1840, in folio. 
 
HERALDIC COLLECTIONS. 
 
 163 
 
 CHESHIRE. 
 
 Hebalds' Visitations. 
 
 By whom made. 
 
 Benolte 
 
 Flower (by Cooke) . 
 
 Flower (by ^Glover) . . 
 
 — {Glover's transcript) . 
 
 Chaloner {frag. o/Original 
 
 Visitation) .... 
 
 St. George 
 
 Dugdale 
 
 Where deposited. 
 
 Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. f2076,f. 11. 
 Coll.ofArms, Jlf#.D.3; E.D.N. 17. 
 Queen's Coll. Oxf. MS. lxxx. 
 Coll. of Arms, MS. D. 3. 
 Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. fl505. 
 
 — — 1-1424, f. 125. 
 
 — — f5182. 
 Coll. of Arms, MS. E. D. N. No. 17. 
 
 — MS. D. 14 (1). 
 Chetham Lib. MS. 6694, f. 133. 
 Brit. Mus. Harl. MSS. 2161, f. 263 ; 
 
 f2163, f. 71. 
 
 — Harl. MS. fUZZ, f. 35. 
 Coll. of Arms, MS. C. 6. 
 
 — MS. C. 38. 
 
 CORNWALL. 
 
 Benolte 
 
 Cooke . . 
 
 (Original) 
 
 (Original) 
 
 Camden (by St. George and 
 Lennard) . . . . 
 
 — {part of Original) . 
 
 — {remaining part) . . 
 
 — . {with additions) . 
 
 College of Arms. 
 
 Brit. Mus. Add. MS. fl4, 315. 
 
 Coll. of Arms, MS. H. 18. 
 
 — MS. G. 2 (1). 
 Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. fl079. 
 Coll. of Arms, MS. E. 15. 
 
 — 2fB&G.6(l);H.16. 
 Caius Coll. Camb. MS. 553. 
 
 Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. fl079. 
 
 — ~ J1162. 
 
 — — |1164. 
 
 — — |1142. 
 
 — — |1149. 
 Coll. of Arms, MS. C. 1. 
 
 — MS. E.D.N. No. 2. 
 Caius Coll. Camb. MS. 532. 
 Bodl. Lib. MS. 5054, f. 59. 
 
 CUMBERLAND. 
 
 St. George 
 
 — . {with additions) . 
 Dugdale 
 
 Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. |1374, f. 12. 
 
 — — -f-1636. 
 
 Coll. of Arms, MS. C. 39. 
 
164 
 
 HERALDIC COLLECTIONS. 
 
 DERBYSHIRE. 
 
 Heralds' Visitations. 
 
 Date. 
 1569 
 
 By whom made. 
 
 Flower 
 
 
 St. Georg< 
 
 
 — 
 
 {with additions) . 
 
 
 
 1611 
 
 » 
 
 — 
 
 {with additions) . 
 
 
 Chitting 
 Dugdale 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1634 
 1662 
 
 
 
 Where deposited. 
 
 Brit. Mus. Earl. MS. |886. 
 
 — — j-2134, f. 89. 
 
 — — |6592. 
 
 — — f2113, f. 31 
 
 — — t!4S4, I 23. 
 Coll. op Arms, Vincent MS. 146. 
 Ashmolean Lib. MS. 798. 
 
 Brit. Mus. Earl. MS. fl093. 
 
 — — -f-1153, f. 93. 
 
 — — +1486, f. 23. 
 
 — — |1537. 
 
 — Eg. MS. +996. 
 CoLL.oFARMS,ilf/SX.4;r™c'.itf&146. 
 Queen's Coll. Oxf. MS. xci. 
 Caius Coll. Camb. MS. 529. 
 Coll. of Arms, MS. C. 33. 
 
 Brit. Mus. Earl. MS. f6104. 
 Coll. of Arms, MS. C. 34. 
 
 DEVONSHIRE. 
 
 1531 
 
 1564 
 
 1572 
 1620 
 
 Benolte 
 
 — . . (Original) . 
 
 Harvey 
 
 Cooke 
 
 Camden (by St. George and 
 Lennard) 
 
 — {part of Original V.) 
 
 — {remaining part) . . 
 
 Brit. Mus. Add. MS. -j-14,315. 
 Coll. of Arms, MS. G. 2 (1). 
 
 — MS. H. 18. 
 Ashm. Lib. MS. 763. 
 Bodl. Lib. Gough MS. 
 
 Brit. Mus. Earl. MS. +3288, f. 25. 
 
 — — |5185. 
 
 — — +1567. 
 
 — — +1399. 
 
 — — +5840. 
 
 — — -f-5871. 
 
 — — +1091. 
 
 — — +1080, f. 364 
 
 — Add. MS. 114,288. 
 Coll. of Arms, MSS. D. 7 ; G. 19 ; 
 
 2, H. 7 ; H. 15. 
 All Souls' Coll. Oxf. Grafton's 
 
 Pedigrees , No. 58. 
 Caius Coll. Camb. MS. 537. 
 Brit. Mus. Earl. MS. +1080, ff. 1— 
 
 363 6. 
 
 — — |1163. 
 
 — — fll64. 
 Coll. of Arms, MS. C. 1. 
 Caius Coll. Camb. MS. 530. 
 Bodl. Lib. MS. 5054, f. 59. 
 
HERALDIC COLLECTIONS. 
 
 165 
 
 DORSETSHTPZ. 
 
 Hbealds' Visitations. 
 Date. | By whom made. 
 
 1530 IBenolte. . (Original) 
 1565 
 
 1623 
 
 Harvey 
 
 (with additions) 
 • (fragment) 
 
 Camden (by St. George and 
 Lennard). 
 — . . (Original) . 
 
 Where deposited. 
 
 Coll. of Arms, MS. H. 18. 
 Brit. Mus. Earl. MS. |888, f. 37. 
 
 — — -j-1153, f. 69. 
 
 — — |2186. 
 _ _ fl092. 
 
 _ — fl046,f.A.126,181. 
 
 — — fl451. 
 
 — — fl539. 
 Coll. of Arms, MS. G. 8. 
 Brit. Mus. Earl. MS. T 1451. 
 
 __ _ -J-1166. 
 
 — — fl539. 
 Coll. of Arms, MSS. C. 22; E.D.N. 
 
 No. 16. 
 Caius Coll. Camb. MS. 544. 
 
 DUREAM. 
 
 1575 Flower 1 
 
 1615 
 
 1666 
 
 St. George 2 
 
 — . {with additions) 
 
 Dugdale 
 
 Brit. Mus. Earl. MS. fll71, f. 65. 
 
 — — -j-1540. 
 Coll. of Arms, Philipot MS. 11, P. 
 Queen's Coll. Oxf. No. cxxvi. 
 Durham Cath. MS. Allan, 3. 
 Brit. Mus. Earl. MS. f L153, f. 48 b. 
 
 — — fl397, f. 201. 
 
 — — |1168. 
 
 — — tl540. 
 Coll. of Arms, MS. C. 41. 8 
 
 — MS. C. 32; Vincent MS. 118. 
 Caius Coll. Camb. MS. 541, art. 4. 
 Queen's Coll. Oxf. MS. cxxviii. 
 
 1 This Visitation was printed at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, a.d. 1820, from a copy in 
 the possession of Nicholas John Philipson, Esq., F.S.A., of that place. Collated with 
 
 another in the collection of Sir Cuthbert Sharp. 
 2 Printed at Sunderland, in 1820, folio. 
 8 A very valuable manuscript. 
 
 Only 140 copies printed. 
 
166 
 
 HERALDIC COLLECTIONS. 
 
 Heralds' Visitations. 
 
 ESSEX. 
 
 Date. 
 
 S. D. 
 
 1552 
 1558 
 
 1570 
 
 1612 
 
 6134 
 
 1664 
 
 By whom made. 
 
 Hawley 
 
 Harvey 
 
 — . {with additions). 
 Cooke . . (Original) . 
 
 Camden (by Haven) . . . 
 
 St. George (by Owen & Lilly) 
 — . {with additions) . 
 
 Bysshe 
 
 Where deposited. 
 
 College of Arms. 
 
 Brit. Mtjs. Add. MS. 7098. 
 
 — Hart. MS. fl484, f. 52. 
 
 — — -j-1137, f. 11. 
 Coll. of Arms, MS. H. 10. 
 
 — MS. D. 11. 
 Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 16,940. 
 
 — Harl. MS. t6065. 
 Queen's Coll. Oxf. MS. xcv. 
 Coll. of Arms, MS. C. 15. 
 Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. fl083. 
 
 — — 7017 {art. 40). 
 
 — — fl542. 
 Coll. of Arms, MS. C. 21 ; Philipot 
 
 MS. 13, P. 
 
 — MS. D. 21. 
 
 GLOUCESTERSHIRE. 
 
 
 
 1530 
 
 Benolte . . (Original) . 
 
 1569 
 
 Cooke 
 
 1583 
 
 — 
 
 — 
 
 — . {with additions . 
 
 — 
 
 — . . . [Philipot) . 
 
 1623 
 
 Camden (by Chitting and 
 
 — 
 
 — . {with additions) . 
 
 — 
 
 — 
 
 Caius Coll. Camb. MS. 553, art. 6. 
 Coll. of Arms, MS. H. 20. 
 
 — ilf^.D.12;G.9,f.74. 
 Brit. Mus. Earl. MS. j-1041, f. 18. 
 
 — — J1543. 
 Coll. of Arms, Vincent MS. 115. 
 Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. fl041, f. 773. 
 
 — • — fl543. 
 
 Coll. of Arms, MS. C. 17. 
 
 1530 
 
 1552 
 1575 
 
 Benolte l 
 
 HAMPSHIRE. 
 (Original) . 
 
 Hawley 
 Cooke 
 
 (Original) 
 
 1622 I Camden (by Philipot) 
 
 Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. fl544. 
 Coll. of Arms, MSS. H. 7 (1) ; H. 18. 
 
 — MS. D. 13. 
 Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 7098, f. 80. 
 
 — Harl. MS. fl544. 
 
 — — J1139. 
 
 — — 1186. 
 
 — — 1483, f. 167. 
 
 — — 3968. 
 
 — Add. MS. 16,940. 
 
 — — 17,065. 
 Coll. of Arms, MSS. G. 16; 17. 
 
 — MS. H. 5. 
 Caius Coll. Camb. MS. 536. 
 Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. fl544. [130. 
 Coll. of Arms, J/£. C. 19 ; Vincent MS. 
 
 1 The Original Visitation of the Iele of Wight, by Benolte, is in the CoHeg« cJ 
 Arms, MS. H. 7 (1). 
 
HERALDIC COLLECTIONS. 
 
 167 
 
 HEREFORDSHIRE. 
 
 Heealds' Visitations. 
 
 Date. 
 1569 
 
 By whom made. 
 Cooke 
 
 
 
 1586 
 
 — . 
 
 
 
 — 
 
 — . 
 
 .{with additions). 
 
 
 
 1634 
 
 St. George 
 
 
 Where deposited. 
 
 Coll. of Arms, MS. D. 12. 
 
 Caius Coll. Camb. MS. 553, art. 7. 
 
 Bhit. Mus. Harl. MS. fll59. 
 
 — — 1442. 
 
 — — j-1545. 
 
 — Jdd. MS. 19,815. 
 Coll. of Arms, Vincent MS. No. 115; 
 
 Philipot MSS. 20, C.j 21, P. 
 
 — ' MSS. C. 25; C. 28. 
 
 HERTFORDSHIRE. l 
 
 1572 
 
 Cooke 
 
 — 
 
 — . (with additions) . 
 
 — 
 
 — . . (Original) . 
 
 1615 
 1634 
 
 Camden 
 
 St. George and Burrough 
 (by Henry St. George) . 
 
 z 
 
 — 
 
 Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. fl546. 
 
 — — f6147. 
 
 — — fl433. 
 
 — — fl504. 
 Coll. of Arms, MSS. G. 16; 17, 
 
 — MS. G. 9, f. 39. 
 
 — Philipot MS. 37, L. 
 Chetham Lib. MS. 7995. 
 Queen's Coll. Oxf. MS. xcvi. 
 
 Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. fl504, f. 130. 
 
 — — j-1547. 
 
 — — -j-1234, f. 112. 
 Caius Coll. Camb. MS. 549, art. 5. 
 Chetham Lib. MS. 7995. 
 
 HUNTINGDONSHIRE. 
 
 8. D. 
 
 1564 
 1566 
 1613 
 
 Harvey (by Cotgrave) . . 
 Camden (by Charles) . . 
 
 — 
 
 — . . (Original) 3 . 
 
 
 — . (with additions) . 
 
 
 
 
 I College of Arms. 
 Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. f&90, f. 99. 
 Coll. of Arms, MS. H. 15. 
 Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. fll79. 
 
 — — fl.075. 
 
 — Cott. MS. Julius, F. viii. 
 Coll. of Arms, M SS.C. 3; E.D.N. 7, 3. 
 
 — Vincent M S. No. 125. 
 
 — Philipot MS. 22, P. 
 Caius Coll. Camb. MS. 524. 
 Queen's Coll. Oxf. MS. xciv. 
 
 1 A Visitation of Hertfordshire was privately printed by Sir Thomas Phillipps, Bart., 
 in his "Topographer" for March 1821. 
 
 3 The Original Visitation of Huntingdon was edited by Sir H. Ellis, and printed by 
 the Camden Society, in 1848. 
 
168 
 
 HERALDIC COLLECTIONS. 
 
 KENT. 
 
 Hebalds' Visitations. 
 
 Date. 
 
 By whom made. 
 
 S. D. 
 
 
 1530 
 
 Benolte 
 
 1574 
 
 Cooke 
 
 — 
 
 — . {with additions) . 
 
 1592 
 
 — {continued to 1640) . 
 
 Hawley 
 
 — (jragm. o/* Original) . 
 
 1619 
 
 — . {with additions) . 
 Camden (by Philipot) . . 
 
 — 
 
 — . {with additions) . 
 
 — ■ 
 
 — . {fine copy) . . 
 
 _ 
 
 — {in Camden*s hand- 
 
 
 writing, with additions). 
 
 1623 
 1663 
 
 Segar 
 Bysshe 
 
 Where deposited. 
 College of Arms. 
 
 — D . 1 3 ; Vincent MS. 116. 
 Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. fl484, f. 60. 
 
 — Add. MS. 16,279. 
 
 — |5532. 
 Coll. of Arms, MS. H. 2. 
 
 Caius Coll. Camb. MS. 536, f. 31. 
 Queen's Coll. Oxf. MS. ci. 
 Chetham Lib.MS. 6694, ff. 74—108. 
 Society of Antiquaries, MS. 164. 
 Coll. of Arms, MS. G. 12. 
 Brit. Mus. Harl.MS. +1196,004— 
 109, and f. 112. 
 
 — — +2198, f. 86. 
 
 — — +1106. 
 
 — — +1432. 
 
 — — +1548. 
 
 — Add. MS. +5507. 
 
 — — +5526. 
 
 — — 16,279. 
 Coll. of Arms, MS. C. 16. 
 
 — Philipot MS. 23 P. 
 Caius Coll. Camb. MS. 550. 
 Queen's Coll. Oxf. MS. xcix. 
 Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 8932. 
 
 — — 8931. 
 Coll. of Arms, MS. D. 18. 
 Society of Antiquaries, MS. 163. 
 
 1533 
 1567 
 
 1613 
 1664 
 
 LANCASHIRE} 
 
 Benolte (by Fellows) Ori- I 
 
 ginal Visitation . . Brit. Mus. Earl. MS. +2076, f. 11. 
 
 Flower j — _ +2086. 
 
 — j -- — +891, f. 59. 
 
 — — +1468, f. 12. 
 
 — — +1549. 
 
 — — +6159. 
 | Coll. of Arms. MSS. D. 3; E.D.N. S 
 
 Caius Coll. Camb. MSS. 523; 527 
 ' Queen's Coll. Oxf. MS. c. 
 Chetham Lib. MS. 6715. 
 Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. +1437. 
 Coll. of Arms, MS. C. 5. 
 
 — MS. C. 37. 
 
 — . {with additions) . 
 
 St. George 
 Dugdale 
 
 1 The Visitations of Lancashire, under the editorship of Mr. Hibberd, are preparing 
 for publication by the Chetham Society. 
 
HERALDIC COLLECTIONS. 
 
 169 
 
 LEICESTERSHIRE. 
 
 Heealds' Visitations. 
 
 By whom made. 
 
 Harvey (by Cooke) . . 
 
 Caradeii (by Lennard and 
 Vincent) 
 
 Where deposited. 
 
 Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 17,065, f. 125. 
 Coll. of Arms, MSS. ~F.l; G.ll; H.12. 
 
 — . {with additions) . 
 — (some ri g iSA.Lpapers) 
 
 Harvey (by Cooke) 
 
 — . (with additions) 
 Cooke (by Lee) . . . 
 
 St. George (by Chitting) 
 
 Brit. Mus. Karl. MS. +6125. 
 
 — — |6183. 
 
 — — fl431. 
 
 — — fll87,f. 97. 
 
 — — -j-1189. 
 
 — — fll^O. 
 
 — — 1195, f. 72. 
 Coll. of Arms, MS. C. 8. 
 
 — Vincent MS. No. 127. 
 Caius Coll. Camb. MS. 519. 
 New Coll. Oxf. MS. cccxxx. 
 Queen's Coll. Oxf. MS. lxxxix. 
 
 LINCOLN. 
 
 College of Arms. 
 
 — MS. E.D.N. 10. 
 
 — MS. D. 8. 
 Caius Coll. Camb. MS. 545. 
 Queen's Coll. Oxf. MS. xcii. 
 Brit. Mus. Karl. MS. |1190. 
 
 — — +1550. 
 
 — — +1484, f. 3. 
 
 — — +1550. 
 
 — Add. MS. 16,940. 
 Coll. of Arms, MSS. G. 4 ; H. 11. 
 
 — MS. C. 23. 
 
 Cooke (Original) . . 
 
 — . (with additions) 
 St. George .... 
 
 Bysshe 
 
 LONDON. 
 
 Coll. of Arms, MS. F. 1. 
 
 — MS. G. 10 (1). 
 Brit. Mus. Karl. MS. +1463. 
 Queen's Coll. Oxf. MS. lxxii. 
 Brit. Mus. Karl. MS. +1476. 
 Coll. of Arms, MS. C. 24 ; K. 9. 
 
 — Philipot MS. 32. L. 
 
 — MS. D. 19. 
 
 Cooke (Original) . . 
 St. George .... 
 Bysshe (by Ryley and De 
 thicke) 1 .... 
 
 MIDDLESEX. 
 
 Coll. of Arms, MSS. G. 16 ; 17. 
 — MS. C. 28. 
 
 — MS. D. 17. 
 
 Brit. Mus. Karl. MS. +1468, f. 112. 
 
 x This Visitation has been privately printed by Sir Thomas Phillipps, Bart., Salisb. 
 1820, fol. 
 
170 
 
 HERALDIC COLLECTIONS. 
 
 Heralds' Visitations. 
 Date. By whom made. 
 
 S. D. 
 1563 
 
 NORFOLK. 
 
 1589 
 
 1613 
 
 1664") 
 1668) 
 
 1564 
 
 Harvey 
 
 — 
 
 
 — 
 
 . . {fragments) . 
 
 — 
 
 . (with additions) . 
 
 —— " 
 
 • • *"— . 
 
 — 
 
 
 Cooke 
 
 . . . 
 
 — 
 
 . (Original) . . 
 
 Camden 
 
 (by Raven) . . . 
 
 — 
 
 — 
 
 Bysshe 
 
 
 Where deposited. 
 
 College of Arms. 
 
 Brit. Mus. Earl, MS. f4755. 
 
 — — +5189. 
 
 — — -j-1177, f. 98. 
 
 — — |6093. 
 
 — — +1552. 
 
 — Add. J^.19,816. [&153. 
 
 — .HarZ.3f& +1174, ff. 116, 
 
 — — |6166, art. 2. 
 Coll. op Arms, MSS. G. 1 ; H. 3. 
 
 — Vincent MS. 123. 
 Caius Coll. Camb. MS. 555. 
 Queen's Coll. Oxf. MS. exv. 
 Bodl. Lib. Rawlinson MS. 
 Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. j-1552. 
 Coll. of Arms, MS. H. 17. 
 Queen's Coll. Oxf. MS. xc. 
 BRiT.MusJ?arZ.Jlf>S'.+5823.[64— 706. 
 
 — — fll54,ff.43— 61„ 
 Coll. of Arms, MS. C. 15. 
 
 MS. D. 20. 
 
 NORTHAMPTONSHIRE. 
 
 1617 
 1618 
 
 Harvey (by Cotgrave) . 
 — . {with additions) 
 
 Camden (by Segar) 
 Camden (by Vincent) 
 
 {with additions) 
 
 {a valuable copy) 
 
 {fragment) 
 
 {part only) 
 
 Vin- 
 
 Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. +890. 
 
 — — +1171, f. 19 
 
 — — +1138. 
 
 — — +1653. 
 Coll. of Arms, MSS. H. 4; 15 
 
 cent MS. No. 44. 
 Queen's Coll. Oxf. MS. cxii. 
 Caius Coll. Camb Jt/#.541, arts. 6, 7. 
 Queen's Coll. Oxf. MS. cviii. 
 Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. +1553. 
 
 — — +1184. 
 
 — — +1094. 
 
 — — +1187, f. 10. 
 
 — — +1084, f. 15. 
 
 — — +1188. 
 Coll. of Arms, MS. C. 14. 
 
 NORTHUMBERLAND. 
 
 1575 
 1615 
 
 }666 
 
 Flower 
 
 St. George. 
 
 {tcith additions) 
 
 . {imperfect) . 
 
 . (Original) 
 
 Dugdale 
 
 Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. +1554. 
 Queen's Coll. Oxf. MS. cxxvi. 
 Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. +1448. 
 
 _ _ +1554. 
 
 — — +1153, f. 50. 
 
 Coll. of Arms, Vincent MS. 149. 
 Caius Coll. Camb. MS. 541, art. 3» 
 Coll. of Arms, MS. C. 41. 
 
HERALDIC COLLECTIONS. 
 
 171 
 
 NOTTINGHAMSHIRE. 
 
 Heralds' Visitatioks. 
 
 Date. 
 
 1530 
 1569 
 
 1575 
 1614 
 
 By whom made. 
 
 Tonge 
 
 Flower 
 
 — . {with additions) 
 
 — . {with additions) 
 St. George 
 
 — . {with additions) 
 
 1662 Dugdale 
 
 Where deposited. 
 
 Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. +1499, f. 41. 
 
 — — |1555. 
 
 _ _ |886, f. 52. 
 
 Coll. of Arms, Vincent MS. No. 117. 
 Caius Coll. Camb. MS. 541, art. 1. 
 Queen's Coll. Oxf. MS. cxvii. 
 Coll. of AnM.s,Fincent MS. No. 117. 
 Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. |1082, f. 64. 
 
 — — fl555. 
 
 — — +1400. 
 Coll. of Arms, MS. C. 9. 
 
 — MS. C. 34. 
 
 OXFORDSHIRE? 
 
 1530 
 1566 
 
 1574 
 
 1634 
 
 Benolte . . (Original) 
 Harvey 
 
 Cooke (by Lee) ! 
 
 — . {with additions) 
 
 — . . (Original) 
 
 St. George and Burrough (by 
 
 Philipot and Ryley) . 
 
 — . {with additions) . 
 
 Coll. of Arms, MS. H. 20. 
 Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. +1097. 
 
 — — 5867. 
 
 — — 3966. 
 Coll. of Arms, MSS. G. 5 ; H. 9. 
 
 — Philipot MS. 49, P 
 Brit. Mus. Lansd. MS. +880. 
 
 — Harl. MS. f5187- 
 
 — — +808. 
 
 _ _ |6166, f. 138. 
 
 — — fl412,^.29. 
 
 — — 3968. 
 
 — — +1556. 
 
 — — +1095. 
 Coll. of Arms, MS. F. 1. 
 
 — — MSS. G. 3 ; G. 14 ; 
 
 E. D. N. 11. 
 _ _ Vincent MS. 128. 
 
 Queen's Coll. Oxf. MS. cxxxii. 
 Caius Coll. Camb. MS. 538, art. 3. 
 
 Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. f 1480. 
 
 — — +1557. 
 Coll. of Arms, MS. C. 29. 
 
 Caius Coll. Camb. MS. 538, art. 1. 
 Queen's Coll. Oxf. MS. cxxix. 
 
 1 A Visitation of the University of Oxford is in the Ashmolean Museum, Wood MS. 
 852, art. 60. 
 
 2 This Visitation was privately printed by Sir Thomas Phillipps, Bart., in his 
 M Topographer,'" for March. 1821. 8vo. 
 
172 
 
 HERALDIC COLLECTIONS. 
 
 RUTLANDSHIRE. 
 
 Hebalds' Visitations. 
 
 Date. 
 1618 
 
 By whom made. 
 
 Camden (by Vincent) with 
 additions 
 
 — . {with additions) 
 
 Where deposited. 
 
 Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. |1558. 
 
 — — fl094,f.230. 
 Coll. or Arms, MS. C. 14. 
 
 — Vincent MS. No. 132. 
 
 SHROPSHIRE. 
 
 S. D. 
 
 1569 
 1584 
 
 1623 
 
 Cooke 
 
 — (by Lee) . . . . 
 
 — . (with additions) . 
 
 — . . (Original) . 
 
 — . (with additions) . 
 Camden (by Treswell and 
 
 Vincent) with additions . 
 
 — ... (imperfect) . 
 
 (with additions) . 
 
 1663 |Bysshe(by Dugdale) 
 
 College op Arms. 
 
 — MS G. 9, f. 104. 
 Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. fl241. 
 
 — — f6172. 
 
 — Add. MS. 14,314. 
 College of Arms, MS. D. 10. 
 
 — Vincent MS. No. 115. 
 
 Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. fl396. 
 
 — — |1983. 
 
 — — fl472. 
 Coll. of Arms, MS. C. 20. 
 
 — Vincent MS. No. 134. 
 Caius Coll. Camb. Jf& 533, f. 43. 
 School Lib. Shrewsbury. 
 
 Coll. of Arms, MS. C. 35. 
 
 SOMERSETSHIRE. 
 
 1531 
 1573 
 
 1591 
 1623 
 
 Benolte 
 
 Cooke 
 
 (Original) . 
 
 — (by Brooke) 
 
 — . . (Original) . 
 Camden (by St. George and 
 
 Lennard) Original 1 . 
 
 (with additions) 
 
 Coll. of Arms, MS. D. 13; H. 18. 
 
 Ashmolean Library. 
 
 Brit. Mus. Add. MS. fl4,315. 
 
 — Harl. MS. fl385. 
 
 — — -j-1559. 
 
 — Add. MS. 17,065. 
 Coll. of Arms, MSS.'F.l; E.D.N, ft. 
 
 — Vincent MSS. 141; 147. 
 Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. |1559. 
 Coll. of Arms, MS. G. 19. 
 
 Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. flHl. 
 
 _ _ -f-1445. 
 
 — - — -j-1559. 
 
 Coll. of Arms, MS. C. 22. 
 Caius Coll. Camb. MS. 540. 
 
 1 The Visitation of Somersetshire for 1623 lias been privately printed by Sir Thoma* 
 Phillipps, Bart, ; Lond. 1831-3, folio. 
 
HERALDIC COLLECTIONS. 
 
 173 
 
 STAFFORDSHIRE. 
 
 Heealdb' Visitations. 
 
 By whom made. 
 
 Part of an early Visitation, 
 apparently Original 
 
 Plower 
 
 — (by Glover) . 
 
 — . {with additions) 
 
 (with additions) 
 (Original) 
 
 St. George 
 
 Duo-dale 
 
 [imperfect) 
 
 Where deposited. 
 
 Brit. Mos. Harl. MS. +2113, art. 14. 
 
 — — +886, f. 65. 
 
 — — 11570. 
 
 — — +1415, f.105. 
 
 — — +6128. 
 
 — — fll73. 
 
 — — +1077. 
 
 — Lansd. MS. 843, f. 9S. 
 Coll. of Arms, MS. E.D.N. 13. 
 
 — — Vincent MS. 133. 
 Queen's Coll. Oxf. MS. cxi. 
 
 — MS. cvi. 
 Bodl. Lib. Gough MS. 
 
 — Dodesworth MS. 5037, f. 8. 
 Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. |1439. 
 
 — — fll73, f. 112. 
 Coll. of Arms, MS. C. 10. 
 
 Caius Coll. Camb. MS. 528. 
 Coll. of Arms, Dugdale MS. 
 
 — MS. 0. 36. 
 Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. +6104. 
 
 SUFFOLK. 
 
 Harvey 
 
 E 
 
 . (with additions) . 
 
 — 
 
 . (with additions) . 
 
 Cooke 
 
 . . (Original) . 
 
 Camden 
 
 (by Baven) . . . 
 
 "Copie of a Booke of the 
 Vicytation of Suffolke " ] 
 
 College of Arms. 
 
 Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. +155. 
 
 — — fll77. 
 
 — — fl560. 
 
 — — 11103. 
 
 — — fl449. 
 Coll. of Arms, MSS. G. 14 ; H. 14. 
 
 — Vincent MS. No. 144. 
 Caius Coll. Camb. MS. 554. 
 Queen's Coll. Oxf. MS. clxiv. 
 Bodleian Lib. Govgh MS. 
 
 Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. +891. 
 Coll. of Arms, MS. G. 7. 
 
 — MSS. H. 13; 14. 
 Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. +1560. 
 
 — — +1820, f. 11. 
 
 +1484, f. 41. 
 
 'Coll. of Arms, MS. C. 15. 
 
 1 The Pedigrees are dated in 1581. 
 
174 
 
 HERALDIC COLLECTIONS. 
 
 SURREY. 
 
 Hebalds' Visitations. 
 
 Date. 
 1530 
 
 1552 
 1572 
 
 1623 
 
 By whom made. 
 
 Benolte 
 
 — . . (Original) 
 
 Hawley . 
 Cooke . 
 
 Camden (by Thompson and 
 
 Vincent) 
 
 — . (with additions) . 
 
 . (with church notes), 
 (valuable additions) 
 
 Where deposited. 
 
 1662 
 
 Bysshe 
 
 Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. +1561. 
 Coll. of Arms, MS. 1. H. 7. 
 
 — MS. D. 13. 
 Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 7098. 
 
 — Harl. MS. +1561. 
 
 — — +1433, f. 25 b. 
 
 — — 1483, f. 167. 
 
 — Add. MS. 17,065. 
 Caius Coll. Camb. MS. 536, art.4>4s. 
 
 [22, 189. 
 Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. +1046, ff. lb— 
 
 — — +1561. 
 
 — — 5830. 
 
 — — +1433, f. 1. 
 
 — — |1147. 
 
 — — fl430. 
 
 — — +1397, f. 38 5. 
 
 — Add. MS. f4963. 
 
 — — +12,478. 
 
 — — 114,311. 
 Coll. of Arms, MS. C. 2. 
 
 — Vincent MS. No. 1 2 9 . 
 Caius Coll. Camb. MS. 535. 
 Queen's Coll. Oxf. MS. cxvi. 
 Coll. of Arms, MS. D. 15. 
 
 Brit. Mus. Add. MS. +5533. 
 
 SUSSEX. 
 
 S. D. 
 
 
 
 1530 
 
 Benolte . 
 
 
 
 1574 
 
 Cooke . 
 
 
 
 1633 
 
 St, Georg 
 
 ie and Burrough (by 
 
 
 Philipot and Owen) . 
 
 — 
 
 — . 
 
 
 
 — 
 
 — . 
 
 (with additions) . 
 
 — 
 
 — . 
 
 (Jine copy, on veil.) 
 
 — 
 
 — - . 
 
 (Original notes) 
 
 1662 
 
 Bysshe . 
 
 
 
 College of Arms. 
 Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. |1562. 
 Coll. of Arms, MS. D. 13. 
 Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 17,065. 
 
 — Harl. MS. +1484, f. 60 5. 
 Coll. of Arms, MS. D. 11. 
 
 Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. fl562. 
 
 — — +1084, f. 22. 
 
 — — +1135. 
 
 — — +1406. 
 
 — — +4109. 
 
 — — +1076. 
 — +1194. 
 
 — — +6164. 
 Coll. of Arms, MS. C 29. 
 
 — MS. E.D.N. 15. 
 Bodleian Lib. Gough MS. 
 Coll. of Arms, MS. D. 16. 
 
HERALDIC COLLECTIONS. 
 WARWICKSHIRE} 
 
 175 
 
 Hebalds' Visitations. 
 Date. By whom made. 
 
 Cooke 
 
 1563 
 1619 
 
 Camden (by Lennard and 
 Vincent) 
 
 — . (some Original 
 papers) 
 
 "Where deposited. 
 
 Brit. Mus. Sari MS. fl563. 
 Coll. of Arms, MSS. F. 7 ; G. 11 ; 
 H. 12. 
 
 Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. fl563. 
 
 — — |1167. 
 
 — — -j-uoo. 
 
 — — 1195,f.l01. 
 Coll. of Arms, MS. C. 7. 
 
 Caius Coll. Camb. MS. 548. 
 i Queen's Coll. Oxf. MS. clx. 
 
 WESTMORELAND. 
 
 1615 i St. George 8 I Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. fl435. 
 
 1664 |Dugdale | Coll. of Arms, MS. C 39. 
 
 WILTSHIRE. 
 
 1530 
 
 Benolte . . (Original) . 
 
 Coll. of Arms, MS. H. 20. 
 
 1565 
 
 Harvey 
 
 Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. |888. 
 
 — 
 
 — 
 
 — — fllll, f. 28. 
 
 — 
 
 — 
 
 — — |5184. 
 
 — 
 
 — . (with additions) . 
 
 — — fllSl. 
 
 — 
 
 — ... — . . 
 
 — — fl565. 
 
 — 
 
 — 
 
 Coll. of Arms, MS. G. 8. 
 
 — 
 
 — 
 
 — Vincent MS. No. 147 
 
 — 
 
 — 
 
 Caius Coll. Camb. MS. 543, art. 2 
 
 — 
 
 — 
 
 Queen's Coll. Oxf. MS. lxxix. 
 
 1623 
 
 Camden (by St. George and 
 
 
 
 Lennard) Original 3 . 
 
 Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. |1165. 
 
 — 
 
 — 
 
 — — -j-1443. 
 
 — 
 
 — 
 
 Coll. of ARMs^&S.E.D.N.ie; C.22 
 
 — 
 
 — . 
 
 Caius Coll. Camb. MS. 543. 
 
 1 An Index to the Warwickshire Visitations in the Harleian Library has been 
 privately printed by Sir Thomas Phillipps, Bart., of Middle Hill. 
 
 2 The Visitation of Westmoreland in 1615 was printed in a narrative form, by 
 J. Or. Bell, in 1853. 8vo. 
 
 3 This Visitation was privately printed by Sir Thomas Phillipps, Bart., in 1828, 
 folio. 
 
176 
 
 HERALDIC COLLECTIONS. 
 
 WORCESTERSHIRE. 
 
 Heealds' Visitations. 
 
 Date. 
 
 1530 
 1569 
 
 1634 
 
 1530 
 
 1552 
 1563 
 
 1574 
 
 1584 
 
 By whom made. 
 Benolte . . (Original) . 
 
 Cooke 
 
 {with additions) . 
 
 (with additions) 
 
 St. George and Burrough (by 
 Owen and Lilly) . . 
 
 Where deposited. 
 
 Coll. of Arms, MS. H. 20. 
 Brit. Mus. Earl. MS. |1043, f. 13. 
 
 — — fl352. 
 
 — ' — -j-1486. 
 
 — — |1566. 
 Coll. or Arms, MSS.D.12; G.9,f.l. 
 
 — Vincent MS.No.llZ. 
 Caius Coll. Camb. MS. 533, art. 8. 
 Queen's Coll. Oxf. MS. clxiii. 
 
 Coll. of Arms, MS. C. 30. 
 
 Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 19,816, art. 2. 
 
 YORKSHIRE. 
 
 Tonge . . (Original) 
 
 Harvey 
 
 {imperfect) 
 
 (Original) 
 
 Flower 
 
 Flower (by Glover) . . 
 
 1612 
 1665 
 
 St. George . 
 
 {part only) 
 {with additions) 
 
 {with additions) 
 
 (with additions) 
 
 Dugdale 
 
 — (Original entry-book) 
 
 Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. fl499, f. 41. 
 
 — — |1487. [H.21. 
 Coll. of A^ms,MSS. D.4; D.9; E.6; 
 
 — MS. E.D.N. No. 4. 
 
 — Vincent MS. ^o. 163. 
 
 — MSS. D. 9 ; E. 6. 
 
 — .MM. D. 2; D. 5(1). 
 
 — MS. H. 19. 
 
 Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. j-1171, ff. 1, 
 
 39 6,46 5, 51, 52. 
 Brit. Mus. Harl MS. fl487. 
 
 — — -f-1394. 
 
 — — -J-1415. 
 _ — {6070. 
 
 — Lansd. MS. 900, f. 81. 
 
 — Add. MS. 17,065. 
 
 — — 18,011. 
 
 — Harl. MS. fl415,f.48. 
 
 — — fl 420 - 
 
 — — 1571. 
 Coll. of Arms, MS. D. 5 (2). 
 
 — Dugdale MS. 
 
 — PhilipotMS.bl,V. 
 
 — Vincent MSS.110; III. 
 Caius Coll. Camb. MS. 575. 
 Queen's Coll. Oxf. MS. lxxxvi. 
 Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. |1487. 
 Coll. of Arms, MS. C. 13. 
 
 — Vincent MS. 111. 
 Brit. Mus. Lansd. MS. 826, f. 100. 
 
 — Add. MS. 12,482. 
 I Coll. of Arms, MS. C. 40. 
 
 I Durham Cath. Allan MS. 5. 
 
HERALDIC COLLECTIONS. 177 
 
 WALES. 
 
 Hebalds' Visitations. 
 
 Date. 
 1530 
 
 By whom made. 
 Fellows . . (Original) . 
 
 Where deposited. 
 Coll. of Arms, MS. H. 8. 
 
 Vincent MS. 148. 
 
 Heraldic Visitations of Wales and part of the Marches, between 1586 and 
 1613, by Lewys Dwnn, ed. by Sir Samuel R. Meyrick; 2 vols. 4to. 
 Printed by the Welsh MSS. Society. 
 
 Pedigrees of Nobility. — By a standing order of the House of 
 Lords, made on the 11th May 1767, it was ordered " that Garter King 
 at Arms do officially attend this House, upon the day and at the time 
 of the first admission of every peer, whether by creation or descent ; 
 and that he do then and there deliver in at the table, a pedigree of 
 the family of such peer, fairly described on vellum, etc. etc. ; and 
 such pedigree so delivered in shall be referred to the Committee of 
 Privileges, who shall examine and report the same as it shall appear 
 to them verified with the proofs ; which report being agreed to by 
 the House, such pedigrees, signed and certified by every such peer 
 to be true to the best of his knowledge, information, or belief, upon 
 his honour, shall be filed by the clerk, and kept (together with the 
 proofs) amongst the records of the House, and an authentic copy 
 thereof registered in the Office of Arms." These pedigrees were duly 
 taken, and, after having been proved at the bar of the House of 
 Lords, were beautifully recorded and illuminated with the armorial 
 bearings by the heralds, until the year 1802, when the late Lord 
 Thurlow procured the rescinding of this useful order, with the 
 intention of proposing a new one, which was never accomplished. 
 The last entry which appears in these noble registers is a blazon 
 of the arms of Lord Redesdale, who was created a peer in 1802. 
 There is now no record of the families of the English nobles but in 
 the fleeting peerages and publications of the day, except in a few 
 instances, where some peers, impressed with a due sense of the 
 importance of preserving their family descents, have recorded their 
 pedigrees, in which cases they are entered in books at the College 
 of Arms appropriated to the " Peers." 
 
 Copies of all Patents or Charters of Creation of Peers, from the 
 earliest on record to the end of the reign of Edward the Fourth, 
 have been lately printed by command of the House of Lords, and 
 
 12 
 
178 HERALDIC COLLECTIONS. 
 
 form the Appendix to the Fifth Report of the Lords' Committees 
 on the Dignity of a Peer of the Realm. 
 
 The Printed Peerages are very numerous. 1 The first was Milles* 
 " Catalogue of Honor y " published in folio in 1610; although Camden's 
 " Britannia/' of which the first edition was published in 1586, and the 
 fourth in 1594, contained many noblemen's genealogies. The best 
 peerages of the present day are those by Sir Bernard Burke, K.H., 
 and Edmund Lodge, Esq. Many peers can show no pedigrees but 
 what they find recorded in them. 
 
 A list of these, and other printed works and manuscripts bearing 
 upon the genealogical history of the nobility of the United King- 
 dom, is here subjoined. 
 
 Prefixed is a short list of works, containing Genealogies of the 
 Royal Family of England, &c. 
 
 ROYAL GENEALOGIES. 
 England. 
 
 Catalogue and Succession of the Kings, Princes, Dukes, &c. of England, by 
 
 R. Brooke, Fork Herald. Lond. 1619. folio.— 2d ed. enlarged. 1622. 
 Regum Pariumque Magnae Britannise Historia Genealogica, studio J. W. 
 
 Imhoff. Norimb. 1690. folio. 
 A Genealogical History of the Kings of England, from the Conquest to the 
 
 year 1677, by Fr. Sandford, Esq., Lane. Her. Lond. 1677. folio. — 
 
 2d ed. (enlarged by Stebbing, Somerset Herald) 1707. 
 The History of the Royal Family of England, from the Conquest. Lond. 
 
 1713. 8vo. An abridgment of the preceding work continued to this 
 
 time. 
 Boyal Genealogies, by J. Anderson. 2 vols. Lond. 1732. folio. — 2d ed. 1736. 
 Genealogies of the Royal Family of England to 1790, by J. Bentley. Lond. 
 
 1790. folio. 
 Genealogical Tables of the Sovereigns of the world, by the Rev. W. Betham. 
 
 Lond. 1795. folio. 
 A Genealogical History of the English Sovereigns, from Will. I. to Geo. III., 
 
 by W. Toplis. Lond. 1814. 4to. 
 Stemmata lllustria praecipue regia, by Sir E. Brydges. Par. 1825. 4to. 
 Sechzig Genealogische, &c. Tabellen, zu Fiirstentafel und Fiirstenbuch der 
 
 Europaischen Staatengeschichte, von J. F. Damberger. Regensburg. 
 
 1831. fol. 
 
 2 For a more complete list of these works than that given in the succeeding pages, 
 see " A Catalogue of Works on the Peerage and Baronetage of England, Scotland, and 
 Ireland, &c." Lond. 1827. 8vo. Printed at the expense of Sir C. Q. Young, Garter. 
 Also.Moule's "Bibliotheca Heraldica." Lond. 1822. 
 
HERALDIC COLLECTIONS. 179 
 
 Royal Genealogies. 
 Royal Descents : a list of persons entitled to quarter the Arms of the Royal 
 
 Houses of England, by C. E. Long, MA.; Lond. 1845. 4to. 
 The Royal Families of England, Scotland, and Wales, with their Descendants, 
 
 Sovereigns, and Subjects, by J. and J. B. Burke. 2 vols. Lond. 
 
 1847-51. 8vo. 
 Genealogical Chart of the Royal and Sovereign Houses of Europe, by F. D. 
 
 Hartland. Lond. 1853. Large folio. An Index in a separate volume. 
 
 A costly work, profusely embellished with coats of arms, national 
 
 colours, &c. 
 Royal Descents, and Pedigrees of Founders' Kin, by Sir J. B. Burke. Lond. 
 
 1855. Parti. 
 Pedigrees of the Sovereigns and Nobility of England, by William Berry. 
 
 Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 15,450. 
 Genealogical Tables, beautifully emblazoned, executed about 1570, con- 
 taining the Descent of Queen Elizabeth, from Kobert Duke of Normandy ; 
 
 Beit. Mus. King's MS. 396. 
 
 Scotland. 
 
 The Genealogies of the Kings of Scotland, and the whole Nobility of Scotland. 
 
 Mini. 4to. n. d. (circ. 1604). 
 Royal Genealogies, by J. Anderson. 2 vols. Lond. 1732. folio. — 2d ed. 
 
 1736. 
 A short Genealogical Account of the Royal Family of Scotland, by D. Stewart. 
 
 Mini. 1739. 4to. 
 Tables of the Succession of the Kings of Scotland, by Sir D. Dalrymple. 
 
 Mini. 1776. 4to. 
 Genealogical Tables of the Sovereigns of the World, by the Rev. W. Betham. 
 
 1795. folio. 
 An Historical and Genealogical Tree of the Royal Family of Scotland, to the 
 
 year 1811, by J. Brown. Lond. 1811. 2d ed. 
 Table of the Reigns of the Kings of Scotland; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 6091. 
 Pedigrees of the Kings of Scotland, from Robert Bruce to Queen Mary ; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Cotton. MS. Caligula, B. iv., f. 224. 
 Pedigrees of the Twelve Competitors for the Crown of Scotland, temp. Edw. I.,' 
 
 Coll. of Arms, Vincent MS. 52. 
 Account of the Kings, Nobility, and Gentry of Scotland, 1585 ; Brit. Mus. 
 
 Lansd. MS. 877. 
 Tb?, Names, Matches, and Arms of the Kings, Queens, and Nobility of 
 
 Scotland, &c, anno 1588; Ashm. Lib. Wood MS. No. 8549. 
 Genealogies of the Royal Family of Scotland to the time of the Stewarts, 
 
 inclusive; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 15,620. 
 
180 HERALDIC COLLECTIONS. 
 
 Royal Genealogies. 
 
 Wales. 
 An Account of the Princes of Wales, from the first institution till Prince 
 
 Henry, by R. Connak. 8vo. 1751. 
 The Royal Tribes of Wales, by P. Yorke. Wrexham, 1799. 4to. 
 The Descents of the British Kings and Princes, to a.d. 1233; Brit. Mus. 
 
 Harl. MS. 1949. 
 Genealogies of the British Kings, fifteenth century ; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 
 
 18,268, a. b. 
 
 PEDIGREES OF NOBILITY, $c. 
 
 England. 
 
 printed works. 
 
 A Catalogue and Succession of Kings, Princes, Dukes, Marquesses, Earles, 
 and Viscounts to the year 1619, by R. Brooke, Fork Herald. Lond. 
 1619, fol.— 2d ed. enlarged. 1622. 
 
 A Discoverie of Errours in Brooke's Catalogue of Nobility, by A. Vincent, 
 Rouge-Croix. Lond. 1622. fol. 
 
 A Catalogue of the Dukes, Marquesses, Earls, &c. of England, Scotland, and 
 Ireland, by T. Walkley. Lond. 1632. 8vo.— Other editions in 1642, 
 1652, and 1658. 
 
 The Union of Honour, by J. Yorke. Lond. 1640. fol. 
 
 The Baronage of England, by William Dugdale. 3 vols. Lond. 1675-6. folio. 
 The manuscript collections for Dugdale's Baronage and Monasticon are 
 deposited in theAshmolean Library, at Oxford (Nos. 6491 — 6536). In 
 the Bodleian Library is a copy of the printed work, with manuscript 
 notes and additions by the author, and another with notes by Le Neve. 
 A very splendid copy, with the arms blazoned, is preserved in the library 
 of Caius College, Cambridge. Wood's additions and corrections of 
 the Baronage is in the Bodleian Library, (No. 8588). In the British 
 Museum is " A Transcript of the Additions and Emendations of Dugdale's 
 Baronage of England, by Anthony Wood," written by Moses Williams, of 
 University College, Oxford {Harl MS. 1056). 
 
 An exact Catalogue of the Nobility of England, by R. Dale. Lond. 1697. 8vo. 
 
 Memoirs (British and Foreign) of the Lives and Families of the most illus- 
 trious Persons who dy'd in the year 1711. Lond. 1712-13. 8vo. This 
 is strictly a genealogical work, and well written. 
 
 A Peerage of England, &c, by A. Collins. Lond. 1709. 8vo.— 2d ed. 1710. 
 —3d ed. 1714.— Reprinted in 1715 and 1717.— New ed. Lond, 1735, 
 in 3 vols. 8vo. — 2d ed. 1741. 4 vols. — Supplement, 2 vols, in 1750. — 
 3d ed. 1756. 5 vols.— 4th ed. 1768, in 7 vols.— 5th ed. 1779, 8 vols, 
 (ed. by Longmate), with Supplement in 1784. — New ed. 1812, roil 
 8vo (ed. by Sir E. Brydges). 
 
HERALDIC COLLECTIONS. 181 
 
 Pedigbees of Nobility — (England). 
 The British Compendium. Land. 1718. 12mo — 2d and 3d ed. 1719 — 
 
 Other editions in 1721, 1723, 1726, 1731, 1738, 1751.— Afterwards 
 
 called the " English Compendium." 
 The English Compendium, containing the Genealogies of all the Nobility of 
 
 England, etc. 3 vols. Lond. 1753. 12mo. 10th ed. — Other editions in 
 
 1760, 1766, and 1769. 
 An Account of Peers and Peeresses created or advanced by King George I. 
 
 Loud. 1724. 12mo. 
 The English Baronage, by Arthur Collins. Lond. 1727. 4to. vol. i. (all pub- 
 lished). 
 Proceedings, Precedents, and Arguments concerning Baronies by Writ, &c, 
 
 by Arthur Collins. Lond. 1734. folio. 
 An History of Land-Honours and Baronies, and of Tenure in capite, by 
 
 T. Madox. Lond. 174]. folio. 
 A short View of the Families of the present English, Scottish, and Irish 
 
 Nobility, by — Salmon. Lond. 1751. 8vo.— 2d ed. 1758-9. 8vo.— 
 
 3d ed. 1761. 8vo. 
 A Complete History of English Peerage, by W. Guthrie. Lond. 1763. 4to. 
 
 Only one volume published. 
 " Baronagium Genealogicum," or Pedigrees of English Peers, by Joseph 
 
 Edmondson. Lond. 1764. 5 vols, folio. A supplemental volume in 
 
 1784. A copy in the British Museum has many valuable manuscript 
 
 additions by the late Francis Hargrave, Esq. 
 A List of the English, Scots, and Irish Nobility, etc., with dates of creation, 
 
 by C. Whitworth. Lond. 1765. 8vo. 
 The Peerage of England, by E. Kimber. Lond. 1766. 12mo.— 2d ed. 1769. 
 A Complete English Peerage, by the Kev. A. Jacob, 3 vols. Lond. 1766. fol. 
 The Pocket Herald, or a Complete View of the Peerage of England, 
 
 Scotland, and Ireland (printed for J. Almon), 2 vols. Lond. 1769. 12mo. 
 The Extinct Peerage of England (printed for J. Almon). Lond. 1769. 12mo. 
 
 by S. Bolton. Lond. 1769. 8vo. 
 
 The New Peerage, or the Present State of the Nobility of England, Scotland, 
 
 and Ireland. Lond. 1769. 8vo.— 2d ed. 1778.— 3d ed. 1784.— 4th ed. 
 
 1790. 
 A Genealogical Peerage of the British Empire, by J. Sharpe. 3^1^s. n. d. 8vo. 
 The Compleat English Peerage, by F. Barlow. 2 vols. Lond. n72. 8vo. — 
 
 2ded. 1775. 
 A Companion to the Peerage of Great Britain and Ireland, by J. Edmondson. 
 
 Lond. 1776. 8vo. 
 The Pocket Peerage of Great Britain and Ireland. 1778. 8vo. 
 The Peerage of the Nobility of England, Scotland, and Ireland, by H. Clark 
 
 and T. Wormull. 1779. 12mo. 
 The Peerage of England (printed for T. Booker). 2 vols. 1779. 8vo. 
 
182 HERALDIC COLLECTIONS. 
 
 Pedigrees op Nobility — {England). 
 The Present Peerage, by J. Edmondson. Lond. 1785. 8vo. 
 The Pocket Peerage of England, Scotland, and Ireland, by B. Longmate. 
 
 2 vols. 1790. 12mo.— 2d ed. 1793.— 3d ed. 1812.— Supplement, 1813. 
 The English Peerage, by C. Catton. 3 vols. 1790. folio. 
 The Peerage of Great Britain and Ireland, including the extinct, by B,. 
 
 Pollard. 1793. 4to. Only one volume published. 
 Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, and Ireland, by G. Kearsley. 2 vols. 
 
 Lond. 1796. 12mo.— 2d ed. 1799.— 3d ed. 1802.— 4th ed. 1804. 
 The Peerage of England, Scotland, and Ireland, by J. Debrett. 2 vols. Lond. 
 
 1802. 12mo. Fifteen editions appeared between this date and 1823, 
 
 which was the last edited by Debrett. A new (2 2d) edition, edited by 
 
 Courthope, was published in 1838, and another by Collen in 1849. 
 Memoirs of the Peers of England to Jas. I.,by SirS.E.Brydges. ZoraJ.1802.8vo. 
 Lists of British Peers and Peeresses, from 1066 to 1806. See Beatson's 
 
 "Political Index" vol. i. 
 The Dormant and Extinct Baronage of England, by Sir T. C. Banks. 3 vols. 
 
 Lond. 1807—1837. 4to.— Supplement. Lond. 1826. 
 The Manual of Nobility, by Sir T. C. Banks. Lond. 1807. 8vo. 
 A Biographical Peerage of Great Britain, by Sir S. E. Brydges. 4 vols. 
 
 [Lond. 1808. 12mo. England, vols. i. and ii. — Scotland, vol. iii. 
 
 — Ireland, vol. iv.] 
 British Family Antiquity, by W. Playfair. 9 vols. Lond. 1809, 1810. 4to. 
 
 [Peerage of England, vols. i. and ii. — Scotland, vol. iii. — Ireland, 
 
 vols. iv. and v.] 
 Stockdale's Peerage of England, Scotland, and Ireland, by B. Longmate, 
 
 2 vols. 1810. 8vo. 
 A Genealogical History of the Dormant and Extinct Peerage of England, by 
 
 Sir T. C. Banks. Lond. 1812. This work was intended to have formed 
 
 six volumes, but only one was published. 
 Stemmata Anglicana, by Sir T. C. Banks. Lond. 1825. 4to. 
 A Compendium of the British Peerage, by C. White. Lond. 1825. 8vo. 
 A Synopsis of the Peerage of England, by N. H. Nicolas, Esq. 2 vols. Lond. 
 
 (1825). 12mo. 
 Tableaux Genealogiques de l'Empire Britannique, par F. Baron de Keden. 
 
 Hanov. 1830. folio. 
 The Genealogy of the Existing British Peerage, with brief Sketches of the 
 
 Family Histories of the Nobility, by Edm. Lodge. Lond. 1832-33. 8vo. 
 
 — Newed. 1838. 
 Baronia Anglica Concentrata, by Sir T. C. Banks. 2 vols. Lond. 1844 — 1849. 
 Histories of Noble British Families, by H. Drummond. Lond. 1844 — 1849. 
 
 Imp. folio. Only eight parts published. A magnificent work, published 
 
 by the late Mr. Pickering, after the plan of Litta's " Famiglie celebri 
 
 Italiane." Milan. 1832—1838. Imp. folio. 
 
HERALDIC COLLECTIONS. 133 
 
 Pedigrees of Nobility — (England). 
 A Genealogical Dictionary of the Peerage of England, Ireland, and Scotland, 
 
 Extinct, Dormant, and in Abeyance, by J. and J. B. Burke. Lond. 1831. 
 
 —3d ed. Lond. 1846. 8vo. 
 A Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire, by J. and 
 
 J.B.Burke. 2 vols. Lond. 1832. 8vo. This work has passed through 
 
 several editions ; the 17th was published in the present year (1855). 
 A Genealogical Peerage of Great Britain, by W. Berry. Lond. (about 1840). 
 
 Parts i. to iv. royal 4to. 
 The Peerage of England and of Great Britain, to 1851. See Haydn's " Booh 
 
 of Dignities," part vi. 
 The Peerage, Baronetage, and Knightage, of Great Britain and Ireland, by 
 
 C. R. Dod. Lond. 1841. 12mo.— 2d ed. 1842. Other editions have 
 
 appeared annually up to the present time (1855). 
 The Genealogy of the existing British Peerage, by Edm. Lodge. Lond. 
 
 1849. 8vo. 
 The Peerage of the British Empire, to which is added a View of the Baronetage 
 
 of the three Kingdoms, by Edm. Lodge. Lond. 1832. 8vo. A new 
 
 edition has appeared annually ; that for the present year is the 24th, and 
 
 is edited by A. E. and M. Innes. 
 Anecdotes of the Aristocracy, by Sir J. B. Burke. 1st series, 2 vols. Lond. 
 
 1849. 8vo.— 2d series, 2 vols. Lond. 1850. 8vo. 
 A Visitation of the Seats and Arms of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great 
 
 Britain and Ireland, by Sir J. B. Burke, K.H. — 1st series. Lond. 1852. 
 
 8vo. — 2d series. Lond. 1854. 8vo. — Concluding volume. 1855. 
 Family Romance, or Episodes in the Domestic Annals of the Aristocracy, by 
 
 Sir J. B. Burke. 2 vols. Lond. 1853. 8vo. 
 
 MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 Pedigrees of English Nobility; Bodl. Lib. MS. 5022. — Ashm. Lib. 
 
 MS. 831. 
 Pedigrees of the Noble Families of England, by Robert Glover ; Ashm. Lib. 
 
 MS. 799.— Brit. Mus. Latisd. MS. 205, art. 3. 
 Collectanea de Insignibus Gentilitiis Nobilium Familiarum Gentis Anglorum, 
 
 etc. ; Brit. Mus. Cotton. MS. Tiberius, E. ix. 
 Collectanea, prsecipue de Familiis Nobilibus Angliae ; Brit. Mus. Cotton. MSS. 
 
 Titus, A. v.; vi. 
 A Collection of Patents of Nobility ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 3319. 
 Illorum Magnatum Stemmata quorum hsereditas, deficientibus masculis, ad 
 
 foeminas devoluta est ; Coll. of Arms, Vincent MS. 2. 
 Antiquity Revived, setting forth the Originals and Descents of the Nobility, 
 
 Barony, and Gentry of the Realme, by R. Butcher, Gent.; St. John's 
 
 Coll. Camb. MSS. H. 3 ; 4. 
 Collection of Peerage Cases, with Anstis's notes ; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 19,818. 
 
184 HERALDIC COLLECTIONS. 
 
 Pedigbees of Nobuitt— (Enyland). 
 Pedigrees of Nobility, collected by W. Berry ; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 15,450. 
 Pedigrees of English Barons; Bodl. Lib. MSS. 4144 — 4148. 
 Pedigrees of all that ever were Barons of this Kingdom; Coll. of Arms, 
 
 MS. H. D. N. 18. 
 Pedigrees of old Barons by tenure ; Coll. of Arms, MS. P. 2. 
 Precedents of Baronyes by Wrytte, descending with the landes to the heirs 
 
 males, and not to the heirs females; Brit. Mus. Hart. MS. 566. 
 Baronies by Writ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 5019. A valuable MS. 
 Catalogue of Old English Barons, with dates of Summons; Coll. of 
 
 Arms, Vincent MS. No. 12. 
 Baronies descending to heirs general ; Coll. of Arms, Vincent MSS. 99 ; 100. 
 Baronagium Angliae; Coll. of Arms, Pkilipot MSS. 5, Pe; 10, Pe; 11, Pe; 
 
 12, Pe. 
 Portion of a Baronage, from the Conquest to Hen. III., sixteenth century ; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 15,934. 
 The Baronage of England, from the Conquest to 1572, by Robert Cooke, 
 
 Clar.j Brit. Mus. Harl. MSS. 1183; n$2.—Add. MS. 5504. 
 Another copy, amended by Glover, and augmented with Knights of the 
 
 Garter, by Lant, 1589 ; Brit. Mus. Hoy. MS. 18, C. xvii. 
 Other copies to 1584 and 1597 ; Caius Coll. Camb. MS. 578; — Coll. of 
 
 Arms, Norf. MS. xxxiv.; Vincent MS. 93; — Queen's Coll. Oxf. 
 
 MSS. lxxiii.; cxxxiii.; cxxxvi.; — Lambeth Lib. MS. 278. 
 A copy of Cooke's Baronage, said to have been drawn by him for the Earl 
 
 of Leicester; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 4958. 
 Baronagium Angliae, or Vincent's Great Baronage ; Coll. of Arms, Vincent 
 
 MSS. 20; 447. 
 List of Nobles from Edward the Confessor to Elizabeth; Brit. Mus. 
 
 Add. MS. 6113, ff. 185—194. 
 Notitise et Insignia Illustrium Eamiliarum Anglise, a temp. Edw. Conf. ad 
 
 Jac. I. ; Magd. Coll. Camb. Pepysian MS. 13. 
 Lists of Nobles who came over with the Conqueror from Normandy ; Brit. 
 
 Mus. Harl. MSS. 293, art. 9, 11, 14; 542, art. 3; 1619, art. 4; 
 
 1808, art. 7. 
 An Account of the English Nobility since the Conquest, commonly ascribed 
 
 to Robert Cooke, Clarenceux ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 1183. 
 A Genealogical History of English Nobility, from the Conquest, by John 
 
 Vincent; Ashm. Lib. Wood MS. 8467. 
 Creations of Nobility, from the Conquest to the year 1586; Bodl. Lib. MS. 
 
 4161. 
 Arms and Descents of the Nobility from the Conquest to 1586 ; Brit. Mus. 
 
 Add. MS. 5525. 
 Creations of Nobility, from the Conquest to a. p. 1592; Ashm. Lib. MS. 
 
 763, p. 113. — Queen's Coll. Oxf. MS. cxiii. 
 
HERALDIC COLLECTIONS. 385 
 
 Pedigrees of Nobility — (England). 
 History of the Creation of the Nobility of England, from the Conquest to 
 
 Elizabeth ; Corp. Chr. Coll. Oxf. MS. cccxxiii. 
 Catalogue of English Nobility, from the Conquest to Queen Elizabeth; 
 
 St. John's Coll. Camb. MS. I. 14. 
 The Nobility of England displayed, from the earliest times to the reign of 
 
 Queen Elizabeth; Ashm. Lib. MS. 797. 
 A Catalogue of the Nobility of England, from the Conquest to the year 
 
 1605, &c.; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 12,448.— Pub. Lib. Camb. MS. 
 
 Dd. i. 25. 
 Creationes Nobilium Angliae, a Matilde usque ad annum 17 Caroli I. ; Ashm. 
 
 Lib. MS. 6522. 
 Catalogue of Nobility, from the Conquest to Chas. I., with their Arms ; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Lansd. MS. 865, f. 17. 
 Nomina Baronum et Militum, collecta ex rott. de feodis militum solutis 
 
 R. Ric. I. ; Brit. Mus. Cotton. MS. Claud. C. ii. f. Sb. 
 Catalogues and Descents of the Marshals of England, from Hen. I. to 1638 ; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Hart. MS. 6168; Lansd. MS. 195. See also Dallaway's 
 
 "Heraldic Miscellanies," p. 49, and Noble's " College of Arms." 
 Creations of Nobility, from Hen. II. to James I. ; Coll. of Arms, Vincent 
 
 MS. 217. 
 Creations of Peers, by successive Kings of England, from King Stephen to 
 
 Hen. VIII. ; Ashmolean Library. 
 List of Barons, temp. Edw. I. ; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 5482, f. 23 b. 
 Names of the Barons summoned to Parliament, 4 Edw. II. — 22 Edw. III.; 
 
 Coll. of Arms, MS. M. 1. 
 An Index of the Heirs of Noble Families, alphabetically arranged, extracted 
 
 from the Escheats and other Records at the Tower, from the reign of 
 
 Edw. I. to the end of the reign of Hen. VIII. ; Brit. Mus. Cotton. MS. 
 
 Claud. C. viii. An extremely useful manuscript, forming a very necessary 
 
 addition to Cole's Escheats. (See page 125, ante.) 
 Names and Arms of the Ancient Nobility and Knights of England and Wales, 
 
 temp. Hen. III. See the "Antiquarian Repertory," vol. i. 
 Catalogue of Peers and Peeresses of England, from 1294 to 1716; Brit. 
 
 Mus. Add. MS. 6287, p. 1. 
 Creations of Peers, 9 and 21 Ric. II. ; Brit. Mus. Cotton. MS. Julius, B. i. 
 
 p. 97*. 
 List of English Nobility, temp. Ric. II.; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 293, f. 39. 
 Lists of Peers, tempp. Hen. VI., Hen. VIIL, and Elizabeth; Brit. Mus. 
 
 Add. MS. 5758, ff. 1, 14, et segq. 
 Nomina illorum qui ad honoris titulos, a temp. Ric. III. ad Elizabeth., 
 
 promoti erant; Brit. Mus. Cotton. MS. Clenp. C. iii., ff. 374, 395. 
 Pedigrees of Noble Families related to the Blood Royal, temp. Hen. VII. 
 
 See Nichols's " Collectanea Topographica et Genealogica" vol. i. p. 296. 
 
186 HERALDIC COLLECTIONS. 
 
 Pedigbees of Nobility — (England). 
 Armes and Matches of the Nobilitie of England, from Hen. VIII. to a.d. 
 
 1602; Ashm. Lib. MS. 805, p. 181. 
 The Names of Persons Created, and the Dates of their Patents, from the 
 
 19 Hen. VIII. [1528] to the present time, may be found in the 
 
 "Partition Books" at the College of Arms. 
 Creations of Peers, by King Edward VI., Mary, Elizabeth, James I., and 
 
 Charles I.; Ashm. Lib. MS. 832. 
 Creations of Peers, Baronets, and Knights, from the reign of Elizabeth ; 
 
 Coll. of Arms, Dublin. 
 Pedigrees of Peers living in 1587; Brit. Mus. Earl. MS. 806. A very 
 
 valuable manuscript. . 
 
 The Baronage of England, sixteenth century ; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 18,643. 
 The Baronage of England to James I.; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 18,594. 
 Privileges of the Baronage of England, seventeenth century; Brit. Mus. 
 
 Add. MS. 18,645. 
 Pedigrees of English Nobility, compiled in 1600 ; Brit. Mus. Eg. MS. 987. 
 Peers created at Hampton Court, and at the Tower, anno 1603, 1604; 
 
 Ashm. Lib. MS. 763, p. 88. 
 Pedigrees of the Nobility of England, temp. James I.; Jesus Coll. Oxf. 
 
 MS. lxxxi. 
 Catalogue of Nobilitie, etc., temp. Jac. I.; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 17,685. 
 A Catalogue of the Nobility of England, collected in 1626; Brit. Mus. 
 
 Add. MS. 14,285. 
 Catalogues of the Nobility of England, to the year 1632 ; Brit. Mus. Add. 
 
 MS. 12,512. 
 Catalogue of English Nobility, a.d. 1642; Corpus Christi Coll. Oxf. 
 
 MS. cxcix. 
 Creations of Peers, temp. Charles II. ; Ashm. Lib. MS. 838. 
 A Genealogical History of the Creation and Succession of all our Princes, 
 
 Dukes, Earls, Viscounts, and Barons, continued to the reign of Chas. II., 
 
 by John Vincent; Ashm. Lib. Wood MS. 8467. 
 Catalogue of the English Nobility for the Sessions in Parliament, anno 
 
 1677-8 ; College of Arms. 
 Patents of Nobility granted by William and Mary, etc. ; Brit. Mus. Eg. 
 
 MS. 743. 
 Collections for Pedigrees of the British Nobility in 1707, by Peter Le Neve, 
 
 vol. ii.; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 6180. 
 The Descents and Pedigrees of the English Nobility, by Peter Le Neve ; Brit. 
 
 Mus. Harl. MS. 5808. A curious and valuable collection. 
 A Catalogue of Peers and Peeresses of England, ranked according to their 
 
 first creations, a.d. 1716; Brit. Mus. Lansd. MS. 499. 
 Pedigrees of English Peers to the year 1780 ; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 14,835. 
 
HERALDIC COLLECTIONS. 187 
 
 Pedigrees op Nobility— {Scotland). 
 Index of the Noble Families in England, whose Pedigrees are to be found in 
 the books of the Heralds' Office in London; Brit. Mus. Cotton. MS. 
 Julius, B. xi. 
 
 Scotland. 1 
 
 printed works. 
 
 The Peerage of Scotland, by G. Crawfurd ; Edinb. 1716. folio. 
 
 The British Compendium [Scotland]. Lond. 1719. 12mo.— 2d ed. 1725, 
 
 called vol. ii. — 3d ed. 1729,called vol. ii. — 4th. ed. 1741, called vol. iii. 
 
 — Afterwards known as the " Scot's Compendium." 
 The Scot's Compendium. Lond. 1752. 5th ed. Other editions in 1756 and 
 
 1764. 
 The Peerage of Scotland, by Sir R. Douglas. Edinb. 1764. folio.— 2d ed. 
 
 (enlarged by Wood) 2 vols. 1813. folio. 
 The Peerage of Scotland (printed for J. Almon). Lond. 1767. 8vo. 
 The Peerage of Scotland, by E. Kimber. Lond. 1767. 12mo. 
 The New Peerage, or Present State of the Nobility. 3 vols. Lond. 1769. 
 
 8vo. — [Scotland, vol. ii. — Ireland, vol. iii.] 
 The Nature and Descent of Ancient Peerages of Scotland, by G. Wallace. 
 
 Edinb. 1785. 8vo. 2d ed. 
 Proceedings relating to the Peerage of Scotland, from Jan. 19, 1707, to 
 
 April 29, 1788, by W. Robertson. 1790. 4to. 
 The Baronage of Scotland, by Sir R. Douglas. Edinb. 1796. folio. 
 Lists of Peers of Scotland to 1806. See Beatson's " Political Lndex" 
 
 vol. iii. 
 The Peerage of Scotland. 1809. See Playfair's " British Family Antiquity. " 
 
 vol. iii. 
 The Pocket Peerage of Scotland. 2 vols. Edinb. 1826. 12mo. 
 
 MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 Historical Account of the Ancient Families of Scotland ; Advocates' Lib. 
 Edinb. MS. in folio. 
 
 List of the Nobility of Scotland, their Marriages and Issue ; Brit. Mus. 
 Cotton. MS. Calig. B. iv. f. 240. 
 
 A List of Earls and Lords in Scotland ; Brit. Mus. Cotton. MS. Caligula, 
 B.v.f. 156. 
 
 Short Remarks concerning many of the Scotch Nobility, by Secretary Davi- 
 son; Brit. Mus. Harl. MSS. 290, f. 255; 291, ff. 66, 77, 78, 80. 
 
 Genealogies of several noble Scotch Houses ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 4837, 
 f. xvii. 
 
 1 See pages 180 and 181, ante. 
 
188 HERALDIC COLLECTIONS. 
 
 Pedioeees oe Nobility — {Ireland). 
 
 A short Account of the Nobility of Scotland ; Brit. Mus. Karl. MS. 6119, 
 f. 57. 
 
 List of the Nobility of Scotland, with their Arms; Brit. Mus. Lansd. MS, 
 865, f. 46. 
 
 Pedigrees of Scotch Nobility; Coll. of Arms, Vincent MS. 84. 
 
 Genealogical Papers relating to the Scottish Nobility, sec. xvi., xvii. ; Lam- 
 beth Lib. MSS. 316; 320. 
 
 The Names of the Nobility of Scotland, etc. a.d. 1582 ; Brit. Mus. Earl. 
 MS. 291, ff. 61, 65. 
 
 An Account of the Kings, Nobility, and principal Gentry of Scotland, a.d. 
 1585 ; Brit. Mus. Lansd. MS. 877. 
 
 List of Noblemen of Scotland, a.d. 1588 ; Queen's Coll. Oxf. MS. l. 
 
 Arms of the Nobility of Scotland, a.d. 1602, with some account of their 
 births, etc.; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 1482, f. 1. 
 
 Arms and Pedigrees of Scottish Nobility, 1606 ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 1423. 
 
 Ireland. 1 
 
 printed works. 
 
 The Irish Compendium, 1722. 12mo,— 2d ed. 1727.— Other editions in 
 
 1735, 1745, and 1756. 
 The Peerage of Ireland, by A. Crossley. Dublin. 1725. folio. 
 The Peerage of Ireland, by John Lodge. 4 vols. Lond. 1754. 8vo. — 2d ed. 
 
 3 vols. Lond. 1838. 8vo. 
 The Peerage of Ireland, by E. Kimber. Lond. 1768. 12mo. 
 The Peerage of Ireland. 1810. See Play fair's " British Family Antiquity." 
 
 Vols. iv. and v. 
 The Ancient Baronage of Ireland, by E. Lord Athenry. Lond. 1833. 8vo. 
 A Visitation of the Seats and Arms of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great 
 
 Britain and Ireland, by Sir J.B.Burke, K.H. — 1st series. Lond. 1852. 
 
 8vo. — 2d series. Lond. 1854. — Concluding volume. 1855. 
 
 manuscripts. 
 
 The Names and Arms of the Earls, Viscounts, and Barons of Ireland ; 
 Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 1482, f. 13 b. 
 
 An Alphabet of the Names and Arms of certain Nobility and Gentry of 
 Ireland ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 5866. 
 
 A Brief of sundry Records concerning Ireland, remaining in the Tower of 
 London, with copies of the Creations of divers Noblemen of that King- 
 dom ; Brit. Mus. Lansd. MS. 323. 
 
 A List of the Nobility of Ireland ; Brit. Mus. Lansd. MS. 865, f. 49. 
 
 List of the ancient Nobility of Ireland that are extinct ; Brit. Mus. Add. 
 MS. 4788, art. 8. 
 
 1 See pages 180 and 181, ante. 
 
HERALDIC COLLECTIONS. i89 
 
 Pedigrees of Nobility — (Wales). 
 Anns and Descents of many of the Nobility and Gentry of Ireland ; Brit. 
 
 Mus. Add. MS. 4814. 
 Aaron Crossley's Collections for aPeerage of Ireland; BRiT.Mus.^fiLM#.4815. 
 Miscellaneous Pedigrees and Arms of the Nobility and Gentry of Ireland, in 
 
 14 vols. ; Coll. of Arms, Dublin. 
 Pedigrees and Arms of the Peers of Ireland, called " Lords' Entries," in 
 
 4 vols. ; Coll. of Arms, Dublin. 
 Stemmata Nobilium Antiquorum Hiberniae ; Coll. of Arms, Vincent MSS. 
 
 26; 27. 
 Copies of the Creations of divers Noblemen of the Kingdom of Ireland, from 
 
 1 John [1199] to 18 Hen. VI. [1439]; Brit. Mus.;^£.J/#.4784,f.343. 
 Nomina Magnatum Hiberniae, 5 Hen. III. [1221] ; Brit. Mus. Cotton. MS. 
 
 Titus, B. xi., f. 31. 
 Four Visitation-Books, containing the Pedigrees and Arms of the Nobility 
 
 and Gentry of several counties in Ireland, from 1568 to 1620; Office 
 
 of Arms, Dublin. 
 Note of the Nobility and Gentry in Munster, 1579; Lambeth Lib. Carew 
 
 MS. 597. 
 Names of the Nobility, Archbishops, Bishops, &c, of Ireland, 1611; Lam- 
 beth Lib. Carew MS. 629. 
 Pedigrees of the Nobility of Ireland, 1615 and 1617 ; Brit. Mus. Karl. MS. 
 
 1425. 
 The Nobility of Ireland, rated to the subsidy, by Arthur Chichester, 8th July y 
 
 1615 ; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 4792, f. 175. 
 Creations of the Nobility of Ireland to 1629, with Arms to 1627 ; Brit. 
 
 Mus. Earl. MS 1951, f. 52. 
 An Account of the Irish Earls, Viscounts, and Barons, their Creations and 
 
 Arms, circ. 1640; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 1373. 
 Pedigrees and Arms of the Peers of Ireland, 1789; Coll. of Arms, Dublin. 
 Pedigrees of Irish Peers, taken from Lodge's Peerage, ed. 1789 ; with a few 
 
 additions, 2 vols.; Brit. Mus. Add. MSS. 14,838; 14,839. 
 
 Wales. 1 
 
 Names and Arms of the Ancient Nobility and Knights of England and 
 Wales, temp. Hen. III. See the "Antiquarian Repertory" vol. i. 
 
 Descents of many of the Nobility and Gentry of Wales ; Brit. Mus. Harl. 
 MS. 1975. 
 
 Thomas's Collections for a "Genealogical History of the Ancient Nobility and 
 Gentry of Wales;" Brit. Mus. Harl. MSS. 6823; 6831; 6870. 
 
 The Originals and Descents of the Nobility, Barony, and Gentry, in the 
 Realme of England and Principality of Wales, by Richard Butcher, 
 Gent.; fol. pap.; St. John's Coll. Camb. MSS. H. 3; 4. 
 1 See page 177, ante. 
 
190 HERALDIC COLLECTIONS. 
 
 Baronetage. — A Baronetcy is a dignity or degree of honour, 
 which hath precedency before all knights, as Knights of the Bath, 
 Knights Bachelors, &c. except Bannerets. This order was insti- 
 tuted by King James I., in the year 1611, upon the following 
 occasion. — Sir Oliver Lambart having reduced the province of 
 Ulster in Ireland, the king, in order to preserve it in subjection, 
 and encourage a plantation therein by the English, instituted the 
 hereditary dignity of baronet. They engaged singly to maintain 30 
 foot- soldiers in Ireland for three years, and to pay the first year's 
 wages into the Exchequer, upon passing their patents, which, with 
 the fees of honour, amounted to .£1200. Their number was at 
 first but two hundred, but now they are without limitation. Some 
 creations of baronets are entered on the Patent Rolls, and there is 
 a bundle of original creations among the records at the Tower. 
 Since December 1783, all the patents of Baronets have, under the 
 direction of a royal warrant, been transmitted from the Crown 
 Office to the Register of the College of Arms, to be recorded in 
 books kept for that purpose, before delivery to the grantees ; and 
 the pedigrees of the Baronets are, by the same warrant, ordered to 
 be recorded before the passing of the patent — an order which, 
 though in many cases observed, has in many been neglected. 
 
 printed works. 1 
 
 A List of Baronets till the 18th year of James I., 1620. A single printed 
 
 sheet, with arms of 127 Baronets. 
 A Catalogue of Baronets from the first creation until 1681 ; Lond. 1681, 12mo. 
 A Catalogue of Baronets, from Jas. I. to 1721. See Guillim's " Display of 
 
 Heraldry'' i. p. 183. 
 Genealogical Account of the Families of English Baronets, by T. Wotton. 
 
 3 vols. Lond. 1727. 12mo.— 2d ed. 1741, 5 vols. 8vo. 
 A Genealogical Account of Baronets, by A. Collins. 2 vols. Lond. 1720. 8vo. 
 
 — 2ded. 1742. 
 A New Baronetage of England (printed for J. Almon), 3 vols. Lond. 1769. 
 
 12mo. 
 The Baronetage of England, by E. Kimber, 3 vols. Lond. 1771. 8vo. 
 The New Baronetage of England, 2 vols. Lond. 1804. 12mo. 
 The Baronetage of England, by the Rev. W. Betham. 5 vols. Ipswich. 
 
 1801—1805. 4to. 
 The Baronetage of England (printed for J. Stockdale). Lond. 1806. 12mo. 
 Lists of Baronets of Great Britain, from their creation to 1806. See 
 
 Beatson's " Political Index" vol. i. 
 
 1 See note, page 178, ante. 
 
HERALDIC COLLECTIONS. 191 
 
 Pedigrees op Baronets. 
 List of the Baronets of Ireland, from their Creation to 1806. See Beatsou's 
 
 " Political Index/' vol. iii. 
 List of the Baronets of Nova Scotia to the year 1807. See Beatson's 
 
 " Political Index" vol. iii. 
 The Baronetage of England, by J. Debrett. 2 vols. Lond. 1808. 12mo. 
 
 1st ed. This work has passed through many editions : a new edition 
 
 by Courthope appeared in 1835, and others by Collen in 1840 and 1849. 
 British Family Antiquity, by W. Playfair. 9 vols. Lond. 1809—1811. 4to. 
 
 [Baronetage of England, vols. vi. and vii. — Scotland, vol. riii. — 
 
 Ireland, vol. ix.] 
 A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of 
 
 the British Empire, by J. and J. B. Burke. Lond. 1822. 8vo. This 
 
 work has passed through several editions ; the 18th was published at 
 
 the commencement of the present year (1856). 
 The Peerage of the British Empire, to which is added the Baronetage, by 
 
 Edm. Lodge. Lond. 1832. 8vo. A new edition has been published 
 
 annually; that for the present year (1856) is the 25th, and is edited by 
 
 A. E. and M. Lines. 
 A Synopsis of the Extinct Baronetage of England, by William Courthope. 
 
 Lond. 1835. 8vo. 
 Case of the Baronets of Scotland and Nova Scotia. Lond. 1836. 8vo. 
 A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies 
 
 of England, by J. and J. B. Burke. Lond. 1838 and 1844. 8vo. 
 The Peerage, Baronetage, and Knightage of Great Britain and Ireland, by 
 
 C. R. Dod. Lond. 1841. 12mo. A new edition has been printed 
 
 annually up to the present time (1856). 
 The Baronetage for 1843, by Sir Eichard Broun. Lond. . 8vo. 
 
 MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 Arms and Crests of English Baronets; Brit. Mus. Harl. MSS. 1381; 
 
 1477. 
 The Arms and Pedigrees of 216 Baronets of England; Jesus Coll. Oxf. 
 
 MS. lxxx. 
 Creations of Baronets, from the Keign of Elizabeth; College of Arms, 
 
 Dublin. 
 A Book of Baronets, beginning with Sir Nicholas Bacon, and ending with 
 
 Sir Hugh Stukeley; Coll. of Arms, Philipot MS. Pe. 7. 
 A Booke of Baronetts to the 16th Jas. I. ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 3320. 
 Liber Baronettorum, tempp. Jac. I. et Car. I. creatorum; Brit. Mus. Harl. 
 
 MS. 5188. 
 Catalogue of English Baronets, from 9 Jas. I. to 16 Chas. I., with Arms; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Lansd. MS. 865, f. 140. ' 
 Liber Baronettorum ad an. 1629 ; Caius Coll. Camb. MS. 520. 
 
192 HERALDIC COLLECTIONS. 
 
 Pedigrees of Baronets. 
 Baronets in order of Creation, from 1611 to 1631; Queen's Coll. Oxf. 
 
 MS. cxix. 
 Names and Arms of Baronets, from their Creation to 1641 ; Coll. of Aems, 
 
 MS. 12. 
 Baronets created by Patent since Jan. 4th, 1 641, to 1646, with Arms ; Brit. 
 
 Mus. Lansd. MS. 865, f. 150. 
 Baronets made since the Restoration of King Charles ; Ashm. Lib. Wood 
 
 MS. 8587, f. 79. 
 Pedigrees of Baronets created by Charles II., James II., William and Mary, 
 
 William III., and Queen Anne, by Peter Le Neve, Rouge Croix ; Coll. 
 
 of Arms. 
 
 Kent : List of Baronets in Kent. See " The Kentish Chronologist" 1707. 
 Nottinghamshire : Notes concerning the Baronets of Nottinghamshire, and 
 
 their behaviour to Charles I. ; Brit. Mus. Earl. MS. 2043, f. 1 84. 
 Sussex : Catalogue and Arms of Sussex Baronets ; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 
 
 6344, col. 31. 
 Yorkshire : A Catalogue of Knights, Baronets, Esquires, and Gentlemen of 
 
 Yorkshire, by R. Gascoigne ; Coll. of Arms. 
 
 Ireland : Baronets in Ireland ; Lamb. Lib. Carew MS. 635, f. 140. 
 The Names of the Baronets of Ireland to the year 1630; Brit. Mus. Earl. 
 MS. 1441, f. 39 b. 
 
 Pedigrees of Knights. — Of all the orders of British Knight- 
 hood, that of the Knights Bachelors is the lowest, yet the most 
 ancient among us. The order of the Knights of the Garter is the 
 most noble, and was founded by Edward III. in 1350. That of 
 Knights of the Bath was introduced by King Henry IV., and 
 revived in the reign of King George I. Other orders are — Knights 
 of St. Andrew, called also Knights of the Thistle ; Knights of St. 
 Patrick; Knights of the Carpet; Knights of the Chamber; 
 Knights Bannerets, &c. 
 
 The most perfect lists of Knights will be found in the collections 
 at the British Museum, and at the College of Arms. Before 
 the reign of James I., Knights do not appear to have been recorded 
 on any rolls. In that reign a proclamation was made by the king, 
 and the Heralds had the charge of registering them, which registers 
 are still preserved in their custody. At present and for some 
 period past, Knights have been regularly gazetted ; but there exist 
 no other records for those of ancient date than the usual catalogue-^ 
 made by Heralds or other antiquaries. Fines for exoneration from 
 Knighthood are entered on the Fine Rolls. 
 
HERALDIC COLLECTIONS. 193 
 
 Pedigrees of Knights. 
 
 PRINTED BOOKS. 
 
 A History of Knighthood, by Hugh Clark. 2 vols. Lond. 1784. — [Garter, 
 
 p. 17.— Bath, p. 77.— Thistle, p. 123.— St. Patrick, p. 139. 
 A History of the Orders of Knighthood of the British Empire, by Sir N. H. 
 Nicolas. 4 vols. Lond. 1842. folio. — [Garter, vols. i. and ii. — 
 Thistle, vol. iii. p. 84. — Bath, ib. p. 276. — St. Patrick, vol. iv. 
 p. 92. — St. Michael and St. George, ib. p. 100. — Guelphs, ib. 
 p. 28. 
 The Register of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, by J. Anstis. 2 vols. 
 
 Lond. 1724. folio. 
 The Institution of the Order of the Garter, by E. Ashmole. Lond. 1772. folio. 
 The original MSS. are at the Ashmolean Library at Oxford, Nos. 
 1097—1135. 
 Collections relating to the History of the Order of the Garter ; Brit. Mrs. 
 
 Add. MSS. 6321—6323. 
 Knights of the Garter from the Foundation of their Order ; LichfieldCath. 
 
 MS. No. 6. 
 Collections relating to the History of the Order of the Bath ; Brit. Mus. 
 
 Add. MSS. 6324—6328. 
 Beatson's " Political Index" vol. iii. contains Lists of Knights of the Garter, 
 
 the Bath, the Thistle, and of St. Patrick, to 1806. 
 Haydn's "Book of Dignities " contains Lists of Knights to 1851 — [Garter, 
 
 part iv. — Bath, part iv. — Thistle, part v. — St. Patrick, part vi.] 
 A Catalogue of all Knights Bachelaurs made by King James since his coming 
 
 to the Crown of England, by J. Philipot. Lond. 1660. 8vo. 
 A Catalogue of Knights made by Charles I., 1624—1646. 12mo. — 2d ed. in 
 
 folio. Privately printed by Sir Thomas Phillipps, Bart, in 1853. 
 A Catalogue of Knights, from 1650 to 1750. 8vo. Privately printed by Sir 
 
 Thomas Phillipps, Bart. 
 A Catalogue of Knights, from 1660 to 1760, by F. Townsend, Esq. Lond. 
 
 1833. 
 A Calendar of Knights ; being the Names of Persons Knighted from 1760 to 
 
 1828, by F. Townsend, Esq. Lond. 1828. 8vo. 
 Knightage of Great Britain and Ireland, by J. and J. B. Burke. Lond. 
 
 1841. 18rao. 
 Peerage, Baronetage, and Knightage of Great Britain and Ireland, by 
 C. R. Dod. Lond. 1841. 12mo.— 2d ed. 1842.— Other editions have 
 appeared annually up to the present year (1856). 
 Names and Arms of the Ancient Nobility and Knights of England and Wales, 
 temp. Hen. III. See " Antiq. Repert." vol. i. 
 
 13 
 
194 HERALDIC COLLECTIONS. 
 
 Pedigrees of Knights. 
 
 MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 Knights made at various times ; Brit. Mus. Earl. MS. 293 ; Add. MS. 5482. 
 The Names of Knights in most of the Counties of England; Brit. Mus. 
 
 Lansd. MS. 855. 
 Knights of different Counties; Caius Coll. Camb. MS. 571, art. 4. 
 Pedigrees of Knights, by Cooke ; Coll. of Arms, Vincent MS. 46. 
 A List of Knights in every Shire in England, tempp. Edw. I. and II. ; Brit. 
 
 Mus. Earl. MS. 5803. 
 Les Noms et les Armes a Banerez de Engleterre, au temps du R. Edw. I. ; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Cotton. MS. Calig. A. xviii. f. 1. 
 The Names and Arms of the Banneretts and Knights, temp. Edw. II. ; Ashm. 
 
 Lib. Wood MS. 8495, f. 1. 
 Nomina Bannaratorum, temp. Edw. III.; Brit. Mus. Lansd. MS. 804, f. 92. 
 " Equites Anglicani ;" or a Catalogue of the several Degrees of Knighthood in 
 
 England, from Edw III. to the end of the Reign of Charles I. ; Ashm. 
 
 Lib. Wood MS. 8480. 
 Lists of Knights created in England, from Ric. II. to Eliz.; Brit. Mus. Add. 
 
 MS. 5482, ff. 6 b— 9 6, 13—18. 
 Lists of Knights made in the several Reigns, from Hen. VII. to Elizabeth, 
 
 seventeenth century ; Queen's Coll. Oxf. MS. lxxxvii. 
 The Names and Arms of Knights created in the Reigns of Hen. VII., 
 
 Hen. VIII., Edw. VI., Mary, and Elizabeth ; and the Names of such as 
 
 were Knighted by King James I.; Brit. Mus. Cotton. MS. Claud. C.iii. 
 List of Knights made in the Reign of Henry VIII., sixteenth century ; 
 
 Queen's Coll. Oxf. MS. cxxiii. 
 Knights made from the Reign of Hen. VIII. to that of Charles II. inclusive ; 
 
 Ashm. Lib. Lugdale MS. 25, R. p. 156. 
 Bannerets made 5 Hen. VIIL; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 5482. f. 9 b. 
 Bannerets of England, their Names and Arms ; Brit. Mus. Cotton. MS. 
 
 Calig. A. xviii. f. 1. 
 Knights made temp. Elizabeth; Ashm. Lib. Wood MS. 8495. f. 54. 
 Creations of Peers, Baronets, and Knights, from the Reign of Elizabeth; 
 
 Coll. of Arms, Dublin. 
 A Catalogue of Knights made in the Reigns of Elizabeth and James I.; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Lansd. MS. 678. 
 A Catalogue of Knights, tempp. Elizabeth, James I., and Charles I.; Ashm. 
 
 Lib. Wood MS. 8580. 
 Alphabet of Knights Batchelors, from Elizabeth to George I. ; Coll. of 
 
 Arms, MS. M. 18 (2). 
 List of Knights Batchelors made by James I., and continued to the present 
 
 time (1789); Coll. of Arms, MS. M. 5. 
 List of Knights made between 1603 and 1624 ; Queen's Coll. Oxf. MS. 
 
 cvii. 
 
HERALDIC COLLECTIONS. 195 
 
 Pedigeees op Knights. 
 Knights made by King James and King Charles, from 1603 to 1636; Brit. 
 
 Mus. Earl. MS. 6062. 
 Knights made by Charles I. during the first six years of his reign; Ashm. 
 
 Lib. Wood MS. 8580. 
 Knights made by Charles I. and II., and James II., to 1686; Brit. Mus. 
 
 Lansd. MS. 870, f. 62. 
 Pedigrees of Knights created by Charles II., James II., William and Mary, 
 
 William III., and Queen Anne, by Peter Le Neve, Rouge Croix. 2 vols. 
 
 folio; Brit. Mus. Earl. MSS. 5801, 5802. 
 Knights made at the Tower of London, before the Coronation of Queen Anne; 
 
 Trin. Coll. Dublin, MS. F. 73, art. 3. 
 
 Cheshire : Names of Knights, Esquires, Gentlemen, and Freeholders in co. 
 
 Chester, 1579, 1580; Brit. Mus. Earl. MS. 1424, f. 7. 
 Essex, etc. : Nomina Banerettorum, militum, armigerorum, et hominum ad 
 
 arma, in coinm. Essex., Hertf., Warw., Cantab., et Hunt., temp. Edw. I. ; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Earl. MS. 1192, ff. 34, 37, 38, 42, 43. 
 Gloucestershire: Knights in the co. of Gloucester, temp. Edw. I.; Caius 
 
 Coll. Camb. MS. 553, art. 2. 
 Norfolk : Knights made by Queen Elizabeth and James I., in their Pro- 
 gresses through Norfolk, Suffolk, &c; Coll. of Arms, Vincent MS. 442. 
 Oxfordshire : List of Names and Arms of the ancient Knights of the co. of 
 
 Oxford. See " Antiq. Uepertr vol. i. p. 101. 
 Shropshire : Names and Arms of Knights, Esquires, and Gentlemen, who 
 
 appeared at the Visitation of Shropshire in 1620; Brit. Mus. Earl. 
 
 MS. 1112. 
 Suffolk : Lists of the Knights of Suffolk who accompanied Edw. III. to his 
 
 Foreign Wars; Brit. Mus. Shane MS. 1301, f. 86. (See above.) 
 Surrey: List of Surrey Knights; Brit. Mus. Add. MSS. 5705, p. 53; 
 
 6167, f. 3 6. 
 Sussex: Lists of Knights in co. Sussex; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 5705, pp. 
 
 53, 280. 
 Yorkshire : A Catalogue of Knights, Baronets, Esquires, and Gentlemen of 
 
 Yorkshire, by R. Gascoigne ; College of Arms. 
 
 Ireland : Knights made by the Earl of Essex in Ireland ; Brit. Mus. 
 
 Earl. MS. 304. 
 A List of Persons who received the Honor of Knighthood or other Dignities 
 
 in Ireland, from 1599 to 1639 ; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 4784. p. 202. 
 Kir.ghts made in Ireland, from 1666 to 1678, and those made by Sir William 
 
 Drury just before his death ; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 4763. ff. 12, 13. 
 
196 HERALDIC COLLECTIONS. 
 
 Pedigrees op Gentry. 1 — Independently of the Heralds' Visita- 
 tions, many valuable collections, relating to the families of the 
 nobility and gentry, exist in the College of Arms, the British 
 Museum, and other public repositories. These generally contain 
 abstracts of charters, deeds, family settlements, the Inquisitions 
 vost mortem, &c, drawings of seals, coats of arms, painted glass 
 windows, monuments, &c. &c : many of them in the handwriting of 
 the most distinguished Heralds, such as Glover, Camden, Philipot, 
 Dugdale, Le Neve, and others. For others we are indebted to the 
 laborious application of ^private individuals, at the head of whom 
 stand Ashmole, Burrell, Cole, Davy, D'Ewes, Dodesworth, Holme, 
 Jermyn, Lysons, Wolley, and Wood. 
 
 A copious list of these manuscripts has been compiled for the 
 assistance of Genealogists. 
 
 printed books. 
 The Worthies of England, by T. Fuller. Land, 1662. Folio.— Ibid. 1811. 
 
 2 vols. 4to.— With additions by Nuttall. 3 vols. Lond. 1840. 8vo. 
 Portraits of Illustrious Personages of Great Britain, with Biographical 
 
 Memoirs, by Edm. Lodge. 4 vols. Lond. 1821 — 34. folio. — 12 vols. 
 
 1829, &c. Imp. 8vo. — 8 vols, (cabinet edition). 1846. small 8vo. — 
 
 Re-issued in Bohn's " Illustrated Library* 1 1849, &c. (in progress.) 
 Collection of the Nobility and Gentry of this Kingdom, whose Honours and 
 
 Estates have by some of their Ancestors been acquired by the practice of 
 
 the Law, etc., by H. P. Gent. Lond. 1685. 12mo. 
 Collectanea Topographica et Genealogica, ed. by J. G. Nichols. Lond. 
 
 1834—1843. 8 vols. 8vo. 
 The Topographer and Genealogist, ed. by J. G. Nichols. 17 parts issued. 
 
 Lond. 1846 to March 1855. 8vo. This publication forms a sequel to 
 
 the preceding work. 
 A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry, or Commoners of 
 
 Great Britain and Ireland, by J. Burke. 4 vols. Lond. 1833 — 38. 8vo. 
 
 — Ibid. 1843 and 1847. Svo.—Ibid. 1850. 2 vols. 8vo. 
 Heraldic Illustrations, consisting of the Armorial Bearings of the principal 
 
 Families of the Empire, with Pedigrees, by J. and J. B. Burke. Lond. 
 
 1845. — Illuminated Supplement. 1851. 8vo. 
 Royal Descents, a Genealogical List of Persons entitled to quarter the Arms 
 
 of the Royal Houses of England, by H. L. Long. Lond. 1845. 
 Histories of British Families, by H. Drummond. Lond. 1842. Parts i. — viii. 
 
 Folio. (Pickering.) 
 A Visitation of the Seats and Arms of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great 
 
 Britain and Ireland, by Sir J. B. Burke. 1st series, Lond. 1852. — 2d 
 
 series, Lond. 1854. 8vo. 
 
 1 See Lists of Gkntby. 
 
HERALDIC COLLECTIONS. 197 
 
 Pedigeees op Gentey. 
 A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the whole of the Untitled Aristocracy 
 
 of England, Ireland, and Scotland, by Sir J. B. Burke. Lond. 1855. 
 
 (In course of publication.) 
 Pedigrees from the Plea Rolls. See Nichols's " Collectanea Topographica et 
 
 Genealogical vol. i. pp. 128, 254. 
 
 MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 Breve abstractum, ex rott. Patentium, Clausarum, et Finium, eorum, quae ad 
 
 Stemmatum Farailiarumque Anglicarum series enucleandas, spectant, 
 
 selectum ; Brit. Mus. Earl. MS. 294. 
 A Book of Pedigrees of several of the Gentry of England; Ashm. Lib. 
 
 Wood MS. 8465. 
 Collections of Genealogies, for the most part of Bishops and Authors ; 
 
 Ashm. Lib. Wood MS. 8469. 
 Entries of the Royal Licences for the changes of Name, Arms, etc. ; Coll. op 
 
 Arms, Dublin. 
 Biographia Adversaria, alphabetically arranged by Sir William Musgrave; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Add. MSS. 5718— 5722.— Not arranged, Add. MSS. 
 
 5723; 5724. 
 The Genealogies of many Ancient Families in England ; Trin. Coll. Dubl. 
 
 MS. i. 104. 
 Treatise of all the Families which came to England with the Conqueror, and 
 
 the Nobility since ; Coll. of Arms, Vincent MS. 91. 
 Nomina militum et aliorum hominum in Comitatibus variis, tempp. Hen. III., 
 
 Edw. I., et II. ; Brit. Mus. Cotton. MS. Claud. C. ii. 
 The Names of the Lords of every Manor throughout the Counties of England, 
 
 from a.d. 1316 to 1559 ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 6281. A Transcript 
 
 of the Book called "Nomina Villarum" kept in the Office of the Treasurer 
 
 Remembrancer in the Exchequer. 
 Descents of English Families, by Camden; Bodl. Lib. MS. 4162. 
 Pedigrees of various Families, by Rob. Glover, sixteenth cent.; Queen's 
 
 Coll. Oxf. MS. cl. 
 Pedigrees and Arms, relating to numerous Ancient Families, in the Autograph 
 
 of Robert Glover, Somerset Herald; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 807. 
 
 This MS. presents a body of genealogical information which cannot be 
 
 too highly appreciated. 
 Liber Miscellaneorum Roberti Glover, Somersetsii Heraldi, transcriptus per 
 
 W. Smith, Rouge Dragon, a.d. 1600; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 245. 
 
 A valuable MS. ; a copy of two volumes now in the College of Arms. 
 
 It is well indexed. 
 Pedigrees of English Families, compiled about 1587 ; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 
 
 1.2,471. 
 
198 HERALDIC COLLECTIONS. 
 
 Pedigrees of Gentby. 
 Extracts from Registers of Abbeys, and other Records, concerning Pedigrees, 
 
 with Drawings of Seals, in 1598, 1611, and 1691, by Ralph Brooke, 
 
 York Herald; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 4757. A duplicate of a MS. in 
 
 the College of Arms. 
 Extracts from Records relating to Property of various Families, seventeenth 
 
 cent. ; Queen's Coll. Oxf. MS. clix. 
 Pedigrees of English Families, seventeenth cent. ; Queen's Coll. Oxf. MS. 
 
 lxxiv. 
 Pedigrees of English Families of various Counties, seventeenth cent. ; Brit. 
 
 Mus. Eg. MS. 1075 ; Add. MS. 12,474. 
 Pedigrees of English Families, in the handwriting of Nicholas Charles ; 
 
 Queen's Coll. Oxf. MS. lxxi. 
 A large Collection of Pedigrees of English Families, by Thomas Lloyd, 
 
 eighteenth and nineteenth cent. ; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 14,409. 
 Miscellaneous Pedigrees, collected by Edmondson, eighteenth cent. ; Brit. 
 
 Mus. Add. MS. 19,819. 
 Miscellaneous Pedigrees and Arms, collected by the Rev. D. T. Powell, 
 
 eighteenth and nineteenth cent.; Brit.Mus. Add.MSS. 17,454; 18,917. 
 
 Bedfordshire. 
 Pedigrees of Bedfordshire Families; Coll. of Arms, Philipot MSS. 1, 
 
 P.; 2, P; Vincent MS. 139. 
 Small Collection of Pedigrees of Bedfordshire Families ; Brit. Mus. Lansd. 
 
 MS. 864. 
 Arms and Descents of Bedfordshire Families, dated 1582 and 1583, with 
 
 continuations ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 1390. 
 Pedigrees and Arms, registered at the Visitation of 1583; Brit. Mus. Harl. 
 
 MS. 1097, f. 11. 
 Pedigrees of Bedfordshire Families, by St. George, to about 1621; Caius 
 
 Coll. Camb. MS. 541, art. 13. 
 Arms and Crests in Harvey's Visitation of 1566; Coll. of Arms, Vincent 
 
 MS. 184. 
 Arms of Bedfordshire Families, by Bysshe, 1669 ; Coll. of Arms, MS. D. 24. 
 Collections for a Parochial History of Bedfordshire, by the Rev. S. Lysons ; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 9437." 
 Lysons' Bedfordshire Correspondence ; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 9408. 
 The Miscellaneous Heraldical Collections of John Pomfret, with Notes relating 
 
 to Bedfordshire Families ; Brit. Mus. Lansd. MS. 854. 
 Powell's Topographical Collections for Bedfordshire ; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 
 
 17,456. 
 Thynne's Collection of Anns, etc. in several Churches in Bedfordshire, etc. ; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Cotton. MS. Cleop. C. iii. ff. \b, 55, 67, 94, 95, 103, 156, 
 
 198<5, 204, 215. 
 
HERALDIC COLLECTIONS. 199 
 
 Pedigrees oe Gentry. 
 
 Warburton and Pomfret's Genealogical Collections towards a History of Bed- 
 fordshire; Brit. Mus. Lansd. MS. 887. 
 
 Another volume of Warburton's collections for Bedfordshire ; Beit. Mus. 
 Lansd. MS. 888. 
 
 Berkshire. 
 
 Pedigrees of Berkshire Families; Ashm. Lib. MS. 852. — Coll. of Arms, 
 
 PHlipot MS. 3, P. 
 Pedigrees of Families in Berkshire, etc., without index ; Brit. Mus. Harl. 
 
 MS. 5819. 
 Pedigrees of Berkshire Families, in alphabetical order; Brit. Mus. Harl 
 
 MS. 5822. 
 Pedigrees of several of the most noted Families in Berkshire, extracted from a 
 
 Genealogical MS. written about 1601. See Appendix to Ashmole's 
 
 "Antiquities of Berkshire" 
 Pedigrees and Arms of Berkshire Families, taken at the Visitation of 1623 ; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 6173.— Coll. of Arms, MS. E. D. N. 1. 
 Pedigrees of Berkshire Families, by W. Berry. Lond. 1837. Folio. The 
 
 original MS. is in the British Museum, Add. MS. 15,445. 
 Arms and Crests in Harvey's Visitation of 1566; Coll. of Arms, Vincent 
 
 MS. 184. 
 Ashmole's Collection of Arms, etc. in Churches in Berkshire, 1666 ; Ashm. 
 
 Lib. MS. 571. 
 Collections for the Parochial History of Berkshire, by the Rev. S. Lysons ; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 9438. 
 Lysons' Berkshire Correspondence ; Brit. Mus. Add. MSS. 9409 ; 9410. 
 Powell's Topographical Collections for Berkshire; Brit Mus. Add. MS. 17,457. 
 Suckling's Collections for Berkshire, 1821—1839; Brit. Mus. Add. MSS. 
 
 18,489; 18,490. (Index, Add. MS. 18,491.) 
 
 Buckinghamshire. 
 Pedigrees of Buckinghamshire Families; Coll. of Arms, PHlipot MS. 
 
 35, Pb. W. 
 Extracts and Pedigrees from the Register of Nutley Abbey, co. Bucks, 1591 ; 
 
 Coll. of Arms, MS. G. 5 (2). 
 Pedigrees of Buckinghamshire Families, by W. Berry. Lond. 1837. Folio. 
 
 The original MS. is in the British Museum, Add. MS. 15,445. 
 Arms and Crests in Harvey's Visitation of 1566; Coll. of Arms, Vincent 
 
 MS. 184. 
 Arms of Buckinghamshire Families, by Bysshe, 1669 ; Coll. of Arms, MS. 
 
 D. 25. 
 Collections for a Parochial History of Buckinghamshire, by the Rev. S. Lysons; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 9439. 
 
200 HEUALDIC COLLECTIONS. 
 
 Pedigrees op Gentry. 
 Lysons' Buckinghamshire Correspondence; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 9411. 
 Powell's Topographical Collections for Buckinghamshire ; Brit. Mus. Add. 
 
 MS. 17,456. 
 Suckling's Collections for Buckinghamshire, 1821 — 1839 ; Brit. Mus. Add. 
 
 MS. 18,490. (Index, Add. MS. 18,491.) 
 " Parochial Histories, by J. Theobald." The collections chiefly relate to the 
 
 counties of Buckingham, Somerset, and Wilts, folio, paper ; Society 
 
 of Antiquaries, MS. 115. 
 Hare's MSS. in the College of Arms, contain a very extensive collection 
 
 for Buckinghamshire, perhaps the most valuable collection of materials 
 
 for a history of that county which is extant. 
 
 Cambridgeshire. 
 
 Pedigrees and Arms of Cambridgeshire Families ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MSS. 
 
 6774; 6775; 6830.— Coll. of Arms, Philipot MSS. 6, P. ; 7, P. 
 Two volumes of Heraldry and Pedigrees ; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 5798. a. b. 
 Arms and Descents from the Visitation of 1619; Brit. Mus. Harl. MSS. 
 
 2198, f. 1; 2230, f. 10. 
 Memoranda of Deeds relating to Cambridgeshire ; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 
 
 6397. 
 Arms of the Justices of Peace, co. Camb., a.d. 1601, 1619 ; Queen's Coll. 
 
 Oxf. MS. xciii. 
 Sixty volumes of Collections by the Rev. William Cole, chiefly relating to the 
 
 history and antiquities of Cambridge and Cambridgeshire ; Brit. Mus. 
 
 Add. MSS. 5802—5861. 
 General Index to the first forty-six volumes of the preceding Collections ; 
 
 Add. MS. 5801. 
 Other Indexes to the same Collections; Add. MSS. 5799; 5800. These 
 
 volumes of Indexes are placed in the " Reading Room." 
 Collections for a Parochial History of Cambridgeshire, by the Rev. J. Lysons ; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 9440. 
 Lysons* Cambridgeshire Correspondence; Brit. Mus. Add. MSS. 9412; 
 
 9413. 
 Powell's Topographical Collections for Cambridgeshire ; Brit. Mus. Add. 
 
 MS. 17,458. 
 Suckling's Collections for Cambridgeshire, 1821 — 1839; Brit. Mus. Add. 
 
 MSS. 18,476; 18,478; 18,481; 18,482. (Index, Add. MS 18,491.) 
 Description of parts of Cambridgeshire, copied from Mr. Layer's MS., 1639 ; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 6768. 
 Very valuable Collections relative to the University of Cambridge; Brit. 
 
 Mus. Harl. MSS. 7027—7050. 
 A large Collection of Documents relating to the University and Town of 
 
 Cambridge, written a.d. 1594; Pub. Lib. Camb. MS. Ff. iii. — 33. 
 
HERALDIC COLLECTIONS. 201 
 
 Pbdigeees op Gentby. 
 Cheshire. 
 Pedigrees of the Nobility and Gentry of Cheshire since the Conquest ; Bodl. 
 
 Lib. Gough MS. 
 Pedigrees of Cheshire Families; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 11,836.— Coll. of 
 
 Arms, Philipot MSS. 9, C. ; 10, L. 
 Cheshire Pedigrees, taken from Pedigrees by Glover ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 
 
 774, ff. 14 6— 315. 
 Pedigrees taken from Visitations and other sources; Brit. Mus. Harl. MSS. 
 
 2119; 2142. 
 Pedigrees of Cheshire and Lancashire Families ; Caius Coll. Camb. MSS. 
 
 533; 547. 
 Collection of Cheshire Pedigrees ; Coll. of Arms, Vincent MS. 120. 
 List of Cheshire Gentlemen, 24 Hen. VIII. ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 1920, 
 
 f. 38. 
 Pedigrees, apparently taken from the Visitations of 1566, 1580, and 1613 ; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 1170. 
 Pedigrees from the Visitation of 1580 ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 1045, ff. 116 
 
 —132; 1070. 
 Pedigrees from the Visitations of 1580 and 1612; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS* 
 
 2187. 
 Parts of the original Papers of Arms and Pedigrees of Cheshire Gentry, from 
 
 the Visitation of 1613 ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 1070, ff. 68—147. 
 Pedigrees of Families in the County Palatine of Chester, 1630 ; Brit. Mus 
 
 Add. MS. 5529. 
 Arms, Monuments, etc. of Cheshire Families, collected by Ashmole ; Ashm. 
 
 Lib. MS. 7260. 
 Arms of Cheshire Families; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 2230, f. 18. — Chetham 
 
 Lib. MS. 8019. 
 Arms from the Visitation of 1580 ; Chetham Lib. MS. 6694. 
 Ordinaries of Cheshire Arms; Brit. Mus. Harl. MSS. 246; 521 ; 893; 
 
 1382; 1457; 2055; 2088; 2157; and 2167. 
 Crests of Cheshire Families j Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 1963. 
 A Treatise on the History and Antiquities of Cheshire, in 1588 ; Brit. Mus. 
 
 Add. Harl. MS. 1046, ff. 122—175. 
 Miscellaneous Papers relating to Cheshire, eighteenth cent. ; Brit. Mus. 
 
 MS. 19,055. 
 Accounts of Lands, Descents, Coat Armours, and other passages, both legal 
 
 and historical, of the County of Chester, collected by Laur. Bostocke ; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 139. 
 Observations of Chester and some parts of Wales, with divers Epitaphes, 
 
 Coats Armour, &c, apparently by Sampson Erdeswicke, in 1574; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 473.— The Index to this collection will be 
 
 found in Harl. MS. 471. 
 
202 HERALDIC COLLECTIONS. 
 
 Pedigrees of G-entby. 
 Erdeswick's Collections for Cheshire, with additions; Brit. Mus. Harl. 
 
 MS. 506. 
 Collections for the History of Cheshire, by Foote Gower, M.D. ; Brit. Mus. 
 
 Add. MSS. 11,334 ; 11,338. 
 Kandal Holme's Collections for Cheshire, in about 270 volumes; Brit. Mus. 
 
 Harl. MSS. 1920—2187; 7568; 7569. 
 King's Description of Cheshire ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 5175. 
 Collections for a Parochial History of Cheshire, by the Rev. S. Lysons; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Add. MSS. 9441—9443. 
 Lysons' Cheshire Correspondence; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 9414 ; 9415. 
 Miscellanea Palatina, consisting of Genealogical Essays illustrative of Cheshire 
 
 and Lancashire Families, by Geo. Ormerod. 1851. 8vo. Privately printed. 
 Warburton's Collections for Cheshire ; Brit. Mus. Lansd. MS. 644. 
 Collections towards a History of Cheshire, by John Woodnoth ; Brit. Mus. 
 
 Add. MS. 6032. 
 " Antiquitie of the Cittie of Chester," compiled about the year 1725; Brit. 
 
 Mus. Add. MS. 11,335. 
 Transcripts of Evidences concerning Families and Lands in Cheshire ; Coll. 
 
 of Arms, Vincent MS. 96. 
 Extracts from the Registers of the City of Chester, 14 Edw. II. to 1701 ; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 16,179. 
 
 Cornwall. 
 
 A considerable number of Cornish Pedigrees, very extensive and valuable 
 
 Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 4031, ff. 76—90. 
 Pedigrees of Families in Cornwall, eighteenth cent.; Brit. Mus. Add. MS, 
 
 18,448. 
 Arms of the Gentry of Cornwall ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MSS. 891, ff. 1—6 
 
 1956, and 4632, f. 23. 
 Blazon of Arms of Cornish Families ; Exeter Cath. Lib. MS. 33. 
 An Alphabet of Arms of Cornwall, 1717-18 ; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 14,833 
 
 Coll. op Arms, E. D. N. 52. 
 Arms of the Cornish Families from the Visitation of 1620; Brit. Mus 
 
 Harl. MS. 1482, f. 5. 
 A Discourse of Devonshire and Cornwall, with Blazon of the Arms, &c; Biut 
 
 Mus. Harl. MS. 5827. 
 Collections for a Parochial History of Cornwall, by the Rev. S. Lysons 
 
 Brit. Mus. Add. MSS. 9444 ; 9445. 
 Lysons' Cornwall Correspondence; Brit. Mus. Add. MSS. 9416 — 9420. 
 Norden's Topographical and Historical Description of Cornwall ; Brit. Mus 
 
 Harl. MS. 6252. 
 Extracts of Documents relating to the County and Duchy of Cornwall, in the 
 
 Augmentation Office anno 1836 ; BWT. Mus. Add. MS. 12,493. 
 
HERALDIC COLLECTIONS. 203 
 
 Pedigrees of Gentry. 
 Cumberland. 
 Arms of Cumberland Families ; Caius Coll. Camb. MS. 576. 
 Arms of the Nobility and Gentry of Cumberland and Derbyshire, 1818. 4to. 
 
 Printed separately from Lysons' History. 
 "The Antiquitys of Cumberland, by Mr. Denton of Cardew;" Soc. op Ant. 
 
 MS. 91. 
 Collections for a Parochial History of Cumberland, by the Kev. S. Lysons ; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 9446; 9447. 
 Lysons' Cumberland Correspondence; Brit. Mus. Add.MSS. 9421; 9422. 
 Collections for a History of Cumberland, by Hugh Todd, D.D., seventeenth 
 
 cent. ; Queen's Coll. Oxf. MS. cclxxxii. 
 
 Derbyshire. 
 Extracts from Dugdale's Visitation, in 1662 ; Brit. Mus. Earl. MS. 1082, 
 
 f. 81. 
 Pedigrees of Derbyshire Families ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 5809. — Coll. of 
 
 Arms, PhUipot MSS. 48, P.; 50, P.— Vincent MS. 399, V.— Queen's 
 
 Coll. Oxf. MS. xcvii. 
 Arms of the Nobility and Gentry of Cumberland and Derbyshire. — . 1818. 
 
 4to. Printed separately from Lysons' History. 
 Arms of Derbyshire Families ; Ashm. Lib. MS. 854. 
 Arms of Derbyshire Families, sixteenth cent.; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 9827. 
 Arms of Derbyshire Families, from the Visitations of 1569 and 1611 ; Brit. 
 
 Mus. Add. MS. 14,317. 
 Collections for the Parochial History of Derbyshire, by the Eev. S. Lysons ; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Add. MSS. 9449 ; 9450. 
 Lysons' Derbyshire Correspondence; Brit. Mus. Add. MSS. 9423 — 9425. 
 Dr. Pegge's very valuable Collections for Derbyshire are in the Coll. of Arms. 
 Suckling's Collections for Derbyshire, 1821—1839; Brit. Mus. Add. MSS. 
 
 18,478; 18,479 (Index, Add. MS. 18,491). 
 Valuable Collections for the History of Derbyshire, by Adam Wolley, Esq., 
 
 in 53 vols.; Brit. Mus. Add. MSS. 6666—6718. 
 
 Devonshire. 
 
 An Account of some Noble Families in Devonshire, by Sara. Somast. 
 
 [Somaster?] Sept. 1694; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 6861. 
 An Account of the Chief Families of Devonshire ; Exeter Cathedral Lib. 
 
 MS. 32. 
 Genealogies of the most Noble Families in Devonshire ; Queen's Coll. Oxf. 
 
 MS. No. ccl. 
 Pedigrees of Devonshire Families; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 2121, f. 45. — 
 
 Coll. of Arms, PhUipot MS. 48, P. 
 Descents of several Devonshire Families ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 1408, f. 41. 
 
204 HERALDIC COLLECTIONS. 
 
 Pedigeees op Gentey. 
 Cotgrave's Collections of Devonshire Pedigrees ; Brit. Mus. II art. MS. 
 
 2189, ff. 15, 22. 
 Pedigrees by Hugh Cotgrave, with additions by Ralph Brooke ; Brit. Mus. 
 
 Harl. MS. 3967. 
 A Collection of Devonshire Pedigrees, by Mr. Thomas Westcote ; Brit. Mus. 
 
 Harl. MS. 2297. 
 Arms and Pedigrees from the Visitation of 1564; Brit. Mus. Harl. MSS. 
 
 889; 2230, ff. 54—59, 65. 
 Pedigrees, apparently fragments of a Copy of the Visitation of 1564; Brit. 
 
 Mus. Harl. MS. 1169, f. 125. 
 Pedigrees taken from the Visitations of 1564 and 1620. Some are continued 
 
 to 1637 ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 1538. 
 Pedigrees of Devonshire Families from the Visitation of 1564 ; Brit. Mus. 
 
 Add. MS. 14,288. 
 Pedigrees of Devonshire Families, eighteenth cent.; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 
 
 18,448. 
 The Worthies of Devon, &c, by John Prince; Exeter. 1701. Folio.— 
 
 2d ed. Lond. 1810. 4to. 
 Register of divers Persons who have given Tenements, &c, towards the Relief 
 
 of the Poor in the County of Devon, by R. Izacke. Lond. 1736. 8vo. 
 Names and Arms of Gentlemen in Devonshire and Cornwall ; Brit. Mrs. 
 
 Cotton. MS. Faustina, E. iii. 
 Arms of Gentry of Devonshire ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 4632, f. 23. 
 Arms borne by Noblemen and Gentlemen of Devonshire, 1584 ; Bodl. Lib. 
 
 Gough MS. 
 Arms from the Visitation of 1620 ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 1482, f. 10. 
 Arms and Crests from Harvey's Visitation of 1566 ; Coll. of Arms, 
 
 Vincent MS. 184. 
 Blazon of Arms of Devonshire Families ; Exeter Cath. Lib. M3. 33. 
 Arms of the Gentry of Devonshire ; See Risdon's " Survey of Devon." 1714. 
 A Discourse of Devonshire and Cornwall, with Blazon of the Arms, &c. ; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 5827. 
 Collections for a Parochial History of Devonshire, by the Rev. S. Lysons ; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Add. MSS. 9449 ; 9450. 
 Lysons' Devonshire Correspondence ; Brit. Mus. Add. MSS. 9426 — 9430. 
 Powell's Topographical Collections for Devonshire; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 
 
 17,459. 
 Upcott's Topographical Collections for Devonshire; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 
 
 15,921. 
 The History and Antiquities of Devonshire, by Mr. Thomas Westcote, temp. 
 
 Jac. I. et Car. I.; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 2307. 
 A View of Devonshire in 1630, with a Pedigree of most of its Gentry, by 
 
 Thomas Westcote, ed. by Oliver and Jones. Exeter. 1845. 4to. 
 
HERALDIC COLLECTIONS. 205 
 
 Pedigrees of Gentry. 
 Dorsetshire. 
 
 Pedigrees of Dorsetshire Families; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 5888. 
 
 Pedigrees from the Visitation of 1565, with additions; Brit. Mus. Harl. 
 MS. 1150. 
 
 Arms and Crests, from Harvey's Visitation of 1566; Coll. of Arms, Fin- 
 cent MS. 184. 
 
 Arms from the Visitation of 1623 ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 1482, f. 10. 
 
 Arms from Bysshe's Visitation of 1677 ; Coll. or Arms, MS. D. 28. 
 
 Collections for Dorsetshire, by the Rev. S. Lysons; Brit. Mus. Add. il/#.9458. 
 
 Powell's Topographical Collections for Dorsetshire ; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 
 17,459. 
 
 Upcott's Topographical Collections for Dorsetshire ; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 
 15,921. 
 
 Durham. 
 
 Pedigrees of Families residing in the Bishoprick of Durham ; Brit. Mus. 
 
 Harl. MS. 2118, f. 355. 
 Pedigrees of Durham Families ; Queen's Coll. Oxf. MS. xcvii. 
 Pedigrees from the Visitation of Durham in 1575 ; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 
 
 12,477. 
 Arms from the Visitation of Durham, 1575; Caius Coll. Camb. MS. 
 
 541, art. 5. 
 A valuable Collection of MSS. relating to the County of Durham; Durham 
 
 Cath. Lib. Allan MSS. 
 Some Historical Account of the Nobility and Gentry of the Counties of 
 
 Lincoln and Durham; Brit. Mus. Lansd. MS. 865, f. 163. 
 Collections for Durham, by the Rev. S. Lysons ; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 9458. 
 
 Essex. 
 
 Arms and Pedigrees of Essex Families ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 4944 ; 
 
 Add. MS. 14,290.— Coll. of Arms, Vincent MS. 124. 
 Pedigrees and Arms registered at the Visitations of 1558, 1583, and 1612 ; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 1146, f. 10. 
 A large Collection of Pedigrees from the Visitations of 1583, 1612, and 1634, 
 
 with some additions; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 1541. 
 Pedigrees from the Visitation of 1612; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 1398, f. 4. 
 Arms and some Descents from the Visitation of 1634; Brit. Mus. Harl. 
 
 MS. 2198, ff. 12-48-50. 
 Pedigrees and Arms, some dated as low as 1657; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 
 
 1432. 
 Pedigrees of Essex Families, by W. Berry. Lond. . Folio. The original 
 
 MS. is in the British Museum {Add. MS. 15,446). 
 
206 HERALDIC COLLECTIONS. 
 
 Pedigrees op Gentry. 
 Names of Noblemen in the County of Essex; Brit. Mus. Hart. MS. 2240, 
 
 f. 1*. 
 List of Contributors to the Payment of the Subsidy in Essex, 29 Eliz. ; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Lansd. MS. 52, art. 59. 
 List of Nobility and Gentry of the County of Essex, who have subscribed to 
 
 a new Map of the County, by John Warburton. Lond. 1722. 4to. 
 Arms of Essex Families, seventeenth cent.; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 11,609. 
 Arms of Essex Families by Bysshe ; Coll. of Arms, MS. D. 21. 
 Arms of the Nobility and Gentry of Essex, from the Visitation of 1612; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 887. 
 Jekyll's Collections for the History of the County of Essex ; Brit. Mus. 
 
 Harl, MSS. 3960; 4723; 5185; 5186; 5190; 5192 ; 5195 ; 6677 ; 
 
 6678; 6684; 6685; 6832; 7017.— Add.MSS. 19,9S5— \$$^} 
 Collections for a Parochial History of Essex, by the Rev. S. Lysons ; Brit. 
 
 Mus. Add. MS. 9456; 9458. 
 Lysons' Essex Correspondence ; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 9434. 
 Powell's Topographical Collections for Essex; Brit. Mus. Add. MSS. 
 
 17,460; 17,461. 
 Suckling's Collections for Essex, 1821—1839; Brit. Mus. Add. MSS. 
 
 18,476; 18,479; 18,482 ; 18,486 ; 18,488 (Index, Add. MS. 18,491). 
 Upcott's Topographical Collections for Essex ; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 15,921. 
 
 Gloucestershire. 
 
 Pedigrees of many ancient Gloucestershire Families ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 
 
 2121, f. 72. 
 Pedigrees and Arms of Gloucestershire Families; Brit. Mus. Harl. MSS. 
 
 1191; 6174; 6185. 
 Pedigrees of Gloucestershire Families ; Coll. of Arms, PMlipot MSS. 16,L ; 
 
 37, L; 14, P; 15, P. 
 Pedigrees copied from the Visitations of Worcestershire, Herefordshire, and 
 
 Gloucestershire, taken 1569 ; Ashm. Lib. 831. 
 Arms with some Descents from the Visitation of 1569 ; Brit. Mus. Harl. 
 
 MS. 2230, f. 92. 
 Pedigrees from the Visitation of 1569 ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 615, f. 173. 
 Arms and Pedigrees from the Visitation of 1583; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 
 
 1041, f. 18. 
 Pedigrees of Gloucestershire Families to 1619; Caius Coll. Camb. MS. 
 
 553, f. 184. 
 Arms and Pedigrees of Gloucestershire Families, circa 1634; Brit. Mcs. 
 
 Harl. MS. 6139. 
 
 1 Sec a valuable notice of Jekyll's MS. Collections, by Sir Frederic Madden, in ths 
 number of " Notes and Queries " for Dec. 8, 1855. 
 
HERALDIC COLLECTIONS. 207 
 
 Pedigkees op Gentry. 
 Arms of the Nobility and Gentry of Gloucestershire ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 
 
 1042, f. 79. 
 Arms of Gloucestershire Families ; Queen's Coll. Oxf. MS. xcviii. 
 Arms borne by the Nobility and Gentry of the County of Gloucester. Gloucest. 
 
 1786. 4to. 
 Coats of Arms borne by the Nobility and Gentry of the County of Gloucester. 
 
 Lond. 1792. 4to. 
 Collections for Gloucestershire, by the Rev. S. Lysons; Brit. Mus. Add. 
 
 MS. 9458. 
 
 Hampshire. 
 Pedigrees of Hampshire Families ; Coll. of Arms, PMlipot MSS. 17, C ; 
 
 29, L; 18, P; 19, P. 
 Pedigrees of Hampshire Families, sixteenth century ; Queen's Coll. Oxf. 
 
 cxxxi. 
 Pedigrees of Hampshire Families, by W. Berry. Lond. 1833. Folio. The 
 
 original MS. is in the British Museum {Add. MS. 15,447). 
 Genealogical Anecdotes of Eminent Families in Hampshire. See " Gent. Mag." 
 
 vol.lvii. pp. 680, 1056, 1152. 
 List of Names of the Hampshire Nobles, temp. Hen. VIII. See Nichols' 
 
 " Topographer" vol. i. p. 459. 
 Arms and Crests from Harvey's Visitation of 1564; Coll. of Arms, Vincent 
 
 MS. 184. 
 Arms from the Visitation of 1575 ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 1054, f. 13. 
 Various Heraldic Memoranda relating to Hampshire ; Brit. Mus. Add. 
 
 MS. 8156. 
 Miscellaneous Papers relating to Hampshire, eighteenth century; Brit. 
 
 Mus. Add. MS. 19,056. 
 Topographical and other Notes relating to the Isle of Wight and Hampshire, 
 
 1719; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 14,296. (v. MS. James, 9, Bodl. Lib.) 
 Collections for Hampshire, by the Rev. S. Lysons; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 
 
 9458. 
 Suckling's Collections for Hampshire, 1821—1839; Brit. Mus. Add. MSS. 
 
 18,478 ; 18,479 ; 18,482 ; 18,488—18,490 (Index. Add. MS. 18,491). 
 Upcott's Topographical Collections for Hampshire; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 
 
 15,921. 
 Miscellaneous Collections for a History of Portsmouth, by Lake Allen, Esq. ; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Add. MSS. 8153; 8154. 
 
 Herefordshire. 
 Pedigrees and Arms of Herefordshire Families, with notes; Brit. Mus. 
 
 Marl. MSS. 1140; 2121; 5799; 6596. 
 Pedigrees of several Herefordshire Families; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 2141. 
 
208 HERALDIC COLLECTIONS. 
 
 Pedigeees op Gentby. 
 Pedigrees from the Visitation of 1569 ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 615, f. 20. 
 Pedigrees copied from the Visitations of Worcestershire, Herefordshire, and 
 
 Gloucestershire, taken 1569; Ashm. Lib. MS. 831. 
 Pedigrees, supposed to have been copied from the Visitation of 1619 ; Brit. 
 
 Mus. Harl. MS. 1434. 
 Arms and Pedigrees of Herefordshire Families, circa 1634; Brit. Mus. 
 
 Harl. MS. 6139. 
 Arms and Descents, apparently from the Visitation of 1 634 ; Brit. Mus. 
 
 Harl. MS. 2230, f. 110. 
 Arms of Families in Herefordshire; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 4056. 
 Arms and Crests from Cooke's Visitation of Hereford; Coll. op Arms, 
 
 Vincent MS. 184. 
 Heraldry of Herefordshire, by G. Strong. Lond. 1848. Boyal 4to. 
 A small volume relating to Herefordshire ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 4174. 
 Topographical Collections for Herefordshire ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MSS. 6726 ; 
 
 6868. 
 Papers relating to Herefordshire, eighteenth cent. ; Brit. Mus. Add. MSS. 
 
 17,331; 17,332. 
 Dr. Matthew Hutton's Collections relating to Herefordshire ; Brit. Mus. 
 
 Harl. MS. 7519. 
 Collections for Herefordshire, by the Rev. S. Lysons ; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 
 
 9458. 
 Powell's Topographical Collections for Herefordshire ; Brit. Mvs.Add. MS. 
 
 17,458. 
 Part of Taylor's History of Herefordshire, with the Valuation of the Estates ; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 6766. 
 Upcott's Topographical Collections for Herefordshire; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 
 
 15,922. 
 History of the City of Hereford ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 4046. 
 Collections on the Antiquities of Hereford; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 7366. 
 
 Hertfordshire. 
 
 " Excerpta ex libro M fi Grafton de Visitatione com. Hertfordiae" ; Brit. 
 
 Mus. Harl. MS. 7022, art. 15. 
 Pedigrees and Arms of Hertfordshire Families ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 
 
 1429, f. 7.— Coll. of Arms, Vincent MS. 122. 
 Pedigrees of Hertfordshire Families, 1579—1619; Caius Coll. Camb. 
 
 MS. 549, art. 4. 
 Pedigrees of Nobility and Gentry of Hertfordshire, by Will. Berry. Lond. 
 
 1843. folio. The original MS. is in the British Museum {Add. MS. 
 
 15,446). 
 List of Nobility and Gentry of Hertford, &c. who have subscribed to a new 
 
 Map of the County, by John Warburton. Lond. 1722. 4to. 
 
HERALDIC COLLECTIONS. 209 
 
 Pedigrees of Gentry. 
 Arms of Hertfordshire Families; Bodleian Lib. Gough MS. 
 Arms and Crests from Cooke's Visitation of Hertford; Coll. or Arms, 
 
 Vincent MS. 184. 
 Arms from Bysshe's Visitation in 1669; Coll. of Arms, MS. D. 24. 
 Chauncey's History of Hertfordshire, with MS. additions by Thos. Basker- 
 
 field, Esq. 3 vols.; Brit. Mus. Add. MSS. 9062—9064. 
 Collections for a Parochial History of Hertfordshire, by the Rev. S. Lysons ; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Add. MSS. 9456 ; 9458. 
 Lysons' Hertfordshire Correspondence; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 9434. 
 The Description of Hertfordshire, by John Norden, in 1597 ; Lambeth 
 
 Lib. MS. 521. 
 Powell's Topographical Collections for Hertfordshire; Brit. Mus. Add. 
 
 MS. 17,458. 
 Topographical Collections for Hertfordshire, by W. Upcott; Brit. Mus. 
 
 Add. MS. 15,922. 
 
 Huntingdonshire. 
 
 Pedigrees and Arms of Huntingdonshire Families ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MSS. 
 
 5825, 6774. 
 Arms from the Visitation of 1613 ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 1054, f. 19. 
 Heraldical and Topographical Collections for the County of Huntingdon, by 
 
 Sir Rob. Cotton; Brit. Mus. Lansd. MS. 921. 
 Collections for Huntingdonshire, by the Rev. S. Lysons ; Brit. Mus. Add. 
 
 MS. 9458. 
 Suckling's Collections for Huntingdonshire, 1821 — 1839; Brit. Mus. Add. 
 
 MS. 18,479 (Index, Add. MS. 18,491). 
 
 Kent. 
 
 Pedigrees and Arms of Kentish Families; Brit. Mus. Harl. MSS. 5862 ; 
 
 6175. Add. MSS. 5480; 5509; 5520; 5528.— Coll. of Arms, 
 
 Vincent MS. 145. — Lambeth Lib. MS. 312. 
 Arms, Pedigrees, and Monuments, of Kentish Families ; Brit. Mus. Add. 
 
 MS. 5486. 
 Genealogical Notes of Kent ; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 5538. 
 Pedigrees of Kentish Gentlemen; Coll. of Arms, Philipot MSS. 24, C; 
 
 25, P; 12, Pc; 26, 27, L. 
 A very large Collection of Kentish Pedigrees ; Society* of Antiquaries, 
 
 MS. 173. 
 Glover's Genealogies of Kentish Gentry, 1571; Coll. of Arms, Philipot 
 
 MS. 33, W. 
 Pedigrees from the Visitation of 1574; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 1824. 
 Pedigrees, with Continuations from the Visitation of 1619 ; Brit. Mus. 
 
 Harl. MS. 6138. 
 
 14 
 
210 HERALDIC COLLECTIONS. 
 
 Pedigrees of Gentet. 
 Pedigrees of Kentish Families, from the Visitation of 1623, with additions; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 14,311. 
 Authenticated Pedigrees of Kentish Families, continued to 1760 ; Brit. 
 
 Mus. Add. MS. 5534. 
 Pedigrees of Kentish Families, by W. Berry. Lond. 1830. folio. The ori- 
 ginal MS. is deposited in the British Museum (Add. MS. 15,448). 
 Index of Proprietors of Lands in Kent ; Brit. Mus. Add. MSS. 5517 — 
 
 5519. 
 Gentry of Kent, with their Lands, from 12 Hen. II. to Edw. VI.; Coll. op 
 
 Arms, Philipot MS. 4, Pb. 
 Arms of the Nobility and Gentry of Kent ; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 5480. 
 Arms of Lords, Knights, and Gentlemen, in the County of Kent, 1593; 
 
 Lambeth Lib. MS. 300. 
 Arms of Baronets, Knights, Esquires, and Gentry of Kent; Brit. Mus. 
 
 Harl. MS. 908. 
 "Armes of Ancient Kentish Families;" Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 6587, f. 43. 
 Arms of Families of Kent; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 5843. — Soc. of Ant. 
 
 MSS.IW; 158—162. 
 Arms and Monumental Inscriptions in Churches in Kent ; Brit. Mus. Harl. 
 
 MS. 3917. 
 A Collection of Kentish Arms, sixteenth and seventeenth cent. ; Brit. Mus. 
 
 Add. MSS. 14,306; 14,307. 
 Arms, etc. of Kentish Families, 1624 ; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 18,594, f. 106. 
 Notes of Arms, &c. in Churches in Kent, 1603 — 1624; Brit. Mus. Add. 
 
 MS. 5479. 
 Arms of Kentish Families to Chas. IL; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 12,226. 
 A valuable Collection of Extracts relating to Kent ; Coll. of Arms, Philipot 
 
 MS. 53, Pb. 
 Miscellaneous Collections relating to Kent; Lamb. Lib. MS. 1127. 
 Collections for a History of Kent, by Will. Alexander, 3 vols. ; Brit. Mus. 
 
 Add. MSS. 8836—8838. 
 Valuable Collections for a History of Kent, by Edw. Hasted; Brit. Mus. 
 
 Add. MSS. 5478—5539; 16,631. 
 Collections for a Parochial History of Kent, by the Rev. S. Lysons ; Brit. 
 
 Mus. Add. MSS. 9456; 9458. 
 Lysons' Correspondence for Kent; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 9435. 
 Philipot's Collections for the County of Kent ; Brit. Mus. Lansd. MSS. 
 
 267; 268; 269; 276. 
 Powell's Topographical Collections for Kent; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 17,783. 
 Collections towards a History of Kent, by — Somner ; Canterbury Cath. 
 
 Somtier MSS. 
 Suckling's Collections for Kent, 1821—1839 ; Brit. Mus. Add. MSS 
 
 18,484; 18,485; 18,490 (Index, Add. MS. 18,491). 
 
HERALDIC COLLECTIONS. 211 
 
 Pedigeees of G-entby. 
 Thorpe's valuable Collections relating to Kent; Soc. of Ant. MSS. 156 — 
 
 201; 204. 
 Biographical Dictionary of Kent, 1819, 5 vols.; Brit. Mus. Add. MSS. 
 
 18,470—18,474. 
 
 Lancashire. 
 
 Pedigrees of Lancashire Families ; Ashm. Lib. MS. 834, art. v. p. 16. — 
 
 Coll. of Arms, Philipot MS. 50, P. 
 Pedigrees of Cheshire and Lancashire Families; Caius Coll. Camb. MS. 
 
 533. 
 Pedigrees from the Visitation of Lancashire, in 1567 ; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 
 
 12,477. 
 Pedigrees, supposed to be from the Visitation of 1567 ; Brit. Mus. Harl. 
 
 MS. 1152. 
 Pedigrees, apparently from the Visitation of 1567; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 
 
 1158. 
 Lancashire Pedigrees, supposed to be from the Visitation of 1567, with 
 
 continuations by the last two Handle Holmes, so low as the year 1704 ; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 1987. 
 Descents registered at the Visitation of 1613 ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 1549, 
 
 f. 108. 
 Lancashire Pedigrees, collected by Thomas Barritt in 1782 ; Chetham Lib. 
 
 MS. 8017. 
 Arms of Lancashire Families ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 893. — Chetham Lib. 
 
 MS. 8019. 
 Ordinaries of Lancashire Arms; Brit. Mus. Harl. MSS. 893; 1234; 
 
 1367; 1382; 1452; 1457; 1940; 2017; and 2053. 
 Collections, Historical, Heraldical, and Juridical, principally relating to 
 
 Lancashire; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 7386. 
 Valuable Collections for Lancashire, by Handle Holmes ; Brit. Mus. Harl. 
 
 MSS. 2042 ; 2112. 
 Genealogical Collections for a History of Lancashire, by Dr. R. Keurden ; 
 
 Chetham Lib. MS. 6702. — Some volumes by the same collector are 
 
 in the College of Arms. 
 Lysons' Collections for Lancashire; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 9458. 
 Miscellanea Palatina ; consisting of Genealogical Essays illustrative of Cheshire 
 
 and Lancashire Families, by Geo. Ormerod, Esq. 1851. 8vo. Privately 
 
 printed. 
 Suckling's Collections for Lancashire, 1821—1839 ; Brit. Mus. Add. MSS. 
 
 18,478; 18,479. 
 Upcott's Topographical Collections for Lancashire ; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 
 5,922. 
 
212 HERALDIC COLLECTIONS. 
 
 Pedigbees op Gentey. 
 Warburton's Collections relating to Lancaster; Coll. of Arms, MS. E.D.N. 
 
 No. 63. 
 An interesting Collection of Antiquarian Memoranda, principally relating to 
 
 Manchester and its vicinity, by Thomas Barritt ; Chetham Lib. 
 
 MS. 8026. 
 
 Leicestershire. 
 Pedigrees of Leicestershire Families ; Brit. Mus. Earl. MS. 6590. — Coll. 
 
 of Arms, MS. E. 1. Phillpot MSS. 28, P; 29, L.— Queen's Coll. 
 
 Oxf. MS. cxxxi. 
 Pedigrees and Arms, apparently by Nicholas Charles; Brit. Mus. Earl. 
 
 MS. 1113. 
 Pedigrees and Arms from the Visitation of 1564 ; Brit. Mus. Earl. MS. 
 
 810, ff. 1—21. 
 Burton's Description of Leicestershire, with MS. Notes by Edw. Vernon, D.D.; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 10,126. 
 Burton's History of Leicestershire, with large additions to the Pedigrees, by 
 
 E. Gascoigne, Esq. ; Jesus College, Camb. 
 Collections for Leicestershire, by the Rev. S. Lysons ; Brit. Mus. Add, 
 
 MS. 9458. 
 Powell's Topographical Collections for Leicestershire ; Brit. Mus. Add. 
 
 MS. 17,462. 
 Suckling's Collections for Leicestershire, 1821 — 1839; Brit. Mus. Add. 
 
 MS. 18,481 (Index, Add. MS. 18,491). 
 Topographical Collections for Leicestershire, by W. Upcott ; Brit. Mus. 
 
 Add. MS. 15,922. 
 
 Lincolnshire. 
 Pedigrees and Arms of Lincolnshire Families; Brit. Mus. Earl. MS. 5874. 
 
 —Coll. of Arms, MS. E. 1. Philipot MSS. 30, P; 31, P; Vincent 
 
 MS. 150. 
 Collections relating to Lincolnshire Families, eighteenth cent.; Queen's 
 
 Coll. Oxf. MS. lxxxv. 
 Some Historical Account of the Nobility and Gentry of the Counties of 
 
 Lincoln and Durham; Brit. Mus. Lansd. MS. 865, f. 163. 
 Pedigrees and Arms registered at the Visitation of 1562 ; Brit. Mus. Earl. 
 
 MS. 1097, f. 40. 
 Pedigrees collected from the Visitations of 1562 and 1592; Brit. Mus. 
 
 Earl. MS. 2145, ff. 1—99. 
 Descents registered at the Visitations of 1562 and 1592, with some additions 
 
 Brit. Mus. Earl. MS. 1436. 
 Pedigrees of Lincolnshire Families, 1617 ; Queen's Coll. Oxf. MS. lxxxv. 
 Ancient Baronies in the County of Lincoln, with the Descents of their owners, 
 
 continued to A.p. 1646 ; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 5531. 
 
HERALDIC COLLECTIONS. 213 
 
 Pedigrees of Gentry. 
 Antiquities of the County of Lincoln, chiefly Monumental Inscriptions and 
 
 Arms ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 6829. 
 Arms of Lincolnshire Families ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 5845. 
 Arms and Crests from Harvey's Visitation of 1564 ; College of Arm3, 
 
 Vincent MS. 184. 
 Arms of Lincolnshire Families from Bysshe's Visitation of 1666; Coll. op 
 
 Arms, MS. D. 23. 
 An Alphabet of Arms of Lincolnshire, 1717-18; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 
 
 14,833. 
 The Names and Arms of the Lincolnshire Gentry are arranged at the end of 
 
 Yorke's " Union of Honour." 
 Records connected with the County of Lincoln, temp. Hen. III. ; Brit. Mus. 
 
 Harl. MS. 6289. 
 Topographical Notes relative to the Town and Churches of Lincoln, &c. ; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 8938. 
 The valuable Collections of Gervase Holies, Esq. for the County of Lincoln ; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Zansd. MS. 207, A— F. Add. MS. 6118. 
 Collections for Lincolnshire, by the Rev. S. Lysons; Brit. Mus. Add. MS, 
 
 9458. 
 Powell's Topographical Collections for Lincolnshire ; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 
 
 17,462. 
 Suckling's Collections for Lincolnshire, 1821—1839 ; Brit. Mus. Add. MSS. 
 
 18,478; 18,479 (Index, Add. MS. 18,491). 
 Upcott's Topographical Collections for Lincolnshire ; Biiit. Mus. Add. MS. 
 
 15,922. 
 
 London. 
 
 Arms and Genealogies of the Nobility and Gentry of London; Brit. Mus. 
 
 Add. MS. 5533. 
 Aims and Pedigrees of London Families; Brit. Mus. Harl. MSS. 5810 ; 
 
 2134, f. 191 b. 
 Pedigrees of London and Middlesex; Coll. of Arms, Vincent MS. 119. 
 Pedigrees copied from the Visitation of 1634 ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 1444. 
 Arms and some Descents, apparently from the Visitation of 1634 ; Brit. 
 
 Mus. Harl. MS. 2230, f. 146. 
 Pedigrees, apparently from the Visitations of 1634 and 1664; Brit. Mus. 
 
 Harl. MS. 1096, ff. 12, 118, 133, 144. 
 Pedigrees, some continued to a.d. 1640 ; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 5533. 
 Names of Persons dead, or removed from London since the last Assessment 
 
 for the Subsidy ; Brit. Mus. Lansd. MS. 63, art. 9. 
 Names of the Persons of the several Companies of London ; Brit.. Mus. 
 
 Harl. MS. 4778. 
 
214 HERALDIC COLLECTIONS. 
 
 Pedigeees op Gentby. 
 List of People put to Death in the Civil Wars, in and about London, from 
 
 1641 to 1662 ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 4716, art. 2. 
 Arms and Crests of London Families ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 5869. 
 Arms and Crests of Families of London, from the Visitation of 1634 ; Brit. 
 
 Mus. Harl. MS. 1358. 
 Arms of the Citizens of London, being Gentlemen, a.d. 1664, 1665, by Sir 
 
 Edw. Bysshe; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 1086. 
 Arms of the Families of the City of London, in 1668 ; Brit. Mus. Harl. 
 
 MS. 6076. 
 Arms of the Mayors, Sheriffs, Aldermen, &c. of London ; Brit. Mus. Harl. 
 
 MSS. 1349, ff. 55—95 ; 6860.— Coll. op Arms, Philipot MS. 22, Pb. 
 Arms of the Lord Mayors of London, from the first Mayor to the year 
 
 1618 ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MSS. 1349, f. 3 ; 2097, ff. 2, 78. 
 Arms and Devices of the Commanders and Colonels of the Trained Bands, 
 
 1647 ; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 14,308. 
 Arms of the Companies of London; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 6860. — Coll. 
 
 of Ajlms, MS. C. 24 (2). 
 A Collection of the Armes, Crests, and Supporters of all the Companies in 
 
 London. Lond. 1673. 
 The Arms, Crests, Supporters, etc. of London Companies and Societies, 
 
 engraved by Bic. Wallis. Lond. 1677. folio. 
 The Names, Residence, Genealogy, and Coat-Armour of the Nobility and 
 
 other Eminent Families of London and Middlesex, by J. Warburton. 
 
 Lond. 1749. 8vo. 
 Arms and Inscriptions upon Funeral Monuments and Gravestones in London, 
 
 Westminster, &c. ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 6835. 
 Collections of Arms and Epitaphs in many of the Churches in London and 
 
 other parts of England ; Brit. Mus. Lansd. MS. 874. 
 Part of a Visitation of several Churches in London, made 27th March, 
 
 24 Hen. VIII. [1533], by Clarenceux ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 544, 
 
 LIU. 
 Collection of Pennons and Hatchments, in Churches in and about London, 
 
 a.d. 1665, by Thos. Holfourd, Portcullis; College of Arms. 
 Collections relating to the City of London ; Brit. Mus. Hargrave MSS. 
 
 135; 139; 142; 153; 154; 179. 
 Upcott's Topographical Collections for London; Brit. Mus. Add. MSS. 
 
 15,923; 15,924. 
 
 Middlesex. 
 
 Pedigrees of London and Middlesex; Coll. of Arms, Vincent MS. 119. 
 Pedigrees registered at the Visitations of 1634, and of such Families as were 
 living in 1593 ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 1551 ; Add. MS. 4964. 
 
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 Pedigeees of G-entey. 
 Lists of Nobility and Gentry of the County of Middlesex, who have subscribed 
 
 to a new Map of the County, by John Warburton. Lond. 1722. 4to. 
 Arms and Crests from Cooke's Visitation of Middlesex ; Coll. of Arms, 
 
 Vincent MS. 184. 
 Arms of Middlesex Families, circa 1664; Brit. Mus. Earl. MS. 1096. 
 Accounts of Estates in Middlesex, 1692—1699 • Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 
 
 19,043. 
 Collections for the Parochial History of Middlesex, by the Rev. S. Lysons ; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Add. MSS. 9451—9455 ; 9459. 
 Lysons' Correspondence for Middlesex ; Brit. Mus. Add. MSS. 9431 — 9433. 
 Upcott's Topographical Collections for Middlesex ; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 
 
 15,923. 
 
 Norfolk. 
 
 Notes of Arms, Pedigrees, Monuments, &c. mostly of Norfolk ; Brit. Mus. 
 
 Add. MS. 5522. 
 Pedigrees of Norfolk Families; Coll. of Arms, Philipot MSS. 33, P; 
 
 34, P; 35, P. 
 Pedigrees from the Visitation of 1563 ; Brit. Mus. Earl. MS. 1154, ff. 98 
 
 —149. Add. MS. 14,309, f. 93 b. 
 Pedigrees of Families circa 1612 ; Brit. Mus. Earl. MS. 4756. 
 Arms of Norfolk Families; Brit. Mus. Earl. MS. 1101. 
 Arms of Norfolk Families, by Bysshe; Coll. of Arms, MS. D. 21. 
 Arms and Crests from Harvey's Visitation of 1563 ; Coll. of Arms, Vincent 
 
 MS. 184. 
 Arms and Crests of Norfolk Families, eighteenth cent. 2 vols.; Brit. Mus. 
 
 Add. MSS. 14,298 ; 14,299. 
 Arms taken in the Churches of Norfolk and Suffolk, seventeenth cent. ; Brit. 
 
 Mus. Add. MS. 4969. 
 Alphabet of Arms of Families in Norfolk; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 12,481. 
 Collectanea Thomae Gibbonsii, Arm., Historiam Familiarum tam Norfolcien- 
 
 sium quam Suffolciensium illustrantia ; Brit. Mus. Earl. MSS. 970 — 
 
 972. 
 Kempe's Heraldical and Historical Collections, relating to Norfolk ; Brit. 
 
 Mus. Earl. MS. 901. 
 Collections for a History of Norfolk, by Peter Le Neve, and others. 5 vols. ; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Add. MSS. 8839—8843. 
 Collections for Norfolk, by the Rev. S. Lysons ; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 
 
 9459. 
 Journals of Tours, by Craven Ord, in the Counties of Norfolk and Suffolk, 
 
 1781—1797; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 14,823. 
 Collections for a History of Norfolk, probably by the Rev. Charles Parkin ; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 8844. 
 
216 HERALDIC COLLECTIONS. 
 
 Pedigrees op Gentry. 
 Powell's Topographical Collections for Norfolk; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 
 
 17,462. 
 Suckling's Collections for Norfolk, 1821—1839 ; Brit. Mus. Add. MSS. 
 
 18,476; 18,477 ; 18,479—18,482 (Index, Add. MS. 18,491). 
 Upcott's Topographical Collections for Norfolk; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 
 
 15,925. 
 
 North ampton shire. 
 
 Pedigrees of Northamptonshire Families, by Vincent ; Coll. of Arms, Vincent 
 
 MSS. 112; 113; 114. 
 Pedigrees of Northamptonshire Families ; Queen's College, Oxf. MS. 
 
 lxxiv. art. 2. 
 
 Pedigrees from the Visitation of ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 6066. 
 
 Pedigrees and Arms, supposed from the Visitation of 1618; Brit. Mus. 
 
 Harl. MS. 1467, f. 11. 
 Stemmata Chicheliana: A Genealogical Account of some of the Families 
 
 derived from Thomas Chichele, of Higham-Ferrers, co. Northampton, all 
 
 whose descendants were held to be entitled to Fellowships in All Souls' 
 
 College, Oxford [by Dr. Buckler]. Oxf 1765. 4to.— Supplement. Oxf 
 
 1775. 4to. There is a copy with valuable additions in the College Library. 
 Arms of Northamptonshire Gentry ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MSS. 1045, f. 150 ; 
 
 1353, f. 61. 
 Arms and Crests from Harvey's Visitation of 1566 ; Coll. of Arms, Vincent 
 
 MS. 184. 
 Copies of Records in the Tower, &c. relating to Manors and Families in 
 
 Northamptonshire; Coll. of Arms, Vincent MSS. 36 — 38. 
 Collections for Northamptonshire, by the Rev. S. Lysons ; Brit. Mus. Add. 
 
 MS. 9459. 
 Suckling's Collections for Northamptonshire, 1821—1839; Brit. Mus. 
 
 Add. MS. 18,481. 
 Upcott's Topographical Collections for Northamptonshire; Brit. Mus. 
 
 Add. MS. 15,925. 
 
 Northumberland. 
 Pedigrees of Northumberland Families ; Queen's Coll. Oxf. MS. xcvii. 
 Certain Pedigrees of Northumberland Families, as registered at the Visitation 
 
 of 1575 ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 1171, ff. 13, 15, 46,47 b, 49, 64, 816, 
 
 82 3, 84 6. 
 Pedigrees from the Visitation of Northumberland in 1575 ; Brit. Mus. 
 
 Add. MS. 12,477. 
 Some Account of the Ancient Families of Northumberland. See Greig's 
 
 " Survey of Newcastle-upon-Tyne " sm. 4to. 
 Arms of Northumberland Gentry, by J. Barber. Land. 1743. 
 Arms of Northumberland Families; Caius Coll. Camb. MS. 576. 
 
HERALDIC COLLECTIONS. 217 
 
 Pedigrees of Gentry. 
 Arms from the Visitation of Northumberland in 1614 ; Caius Coll. Camb. 
 
 MS. 541, art. 2. 
 Arms from the Visitation of 1615 ; Beit. Mus. Harl. MS. 1429, f. 45. 
 Collections for Northumberland, by the Eev. S. Lysons ; Brit. Mus. Add. 
 
 MS. 9459. 
 Topographical Collections for Northumberland, by W. Upcott; Brit. Mtjs. 
 
 Add. MS. 15,925. 
 
 Nottinghamshire. 
 Pedigrees of Nottinghamshire Families; Coll. of Arms, Vincent MS. 399. 
 
 — Queen's Coll. Oxf. MS. xcvii. 
 Pedigrees of Families of Nottinghamshire, with Extracts from Deeds, Monu- 
 mental Inscriptions, &c. ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 6593. 
 Pedigrees and Evidences of Nottinghamshire Families, collected by Sir Eich. 
 
 St. George ; Brit. Mus. Lansd. MS. 871. 
 Genealogical Notes relating to Nottinghamshire; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 
 
 1171. 
 A Collection of Arms and Monuments in Nottinghamshire ; Ashm. Lib. 
 
 MS. 854. 
 Arms of Nottinghamshire Families ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 1457. 
 Arms of Families in Annesley, Titheby, and Whatton; Brit. Mus. Harl. 
 
 MS. 1393. 
 Arms from the Visitation of 1614 ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 5870. 
 Arms of Nottinghamshire Families, sixteenth cent.; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 
 
 9827. 
 Alphabet of Arms of Nottinghamshire Gentry ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 1057. 
 Kaye's Notes relating to Nottinghamshire, eighteenth cent. ; Brit. Mus. 
 
 Add. MSS. 18,551—18,553, a. b. 
 Collections for Nottinghamshire, by the Eev. S. Lysons; Brit. Mus. Add. 
 
 MS. 9459. 
 Powell's Topographical Collections for Nottinghamshire ; Brit. Mus. Add. 
 
 MS. 19,915. 
 Topographical Collections for Nottinghamshire, by W. Upcott ; Brit. Mus. 
 
 Add. MS. 15,925. 
 
 Oxfordshire. 
 Pedigrees and Arms of Oxfordshire Families ; Brit."Mus. Harl. MSS. 5812 ; 
 
 5828.— Coll. of Arms, Philipot MSS. 15, P; 36, P. 
 Pedigrees, chiefly from the Visitation of Oxfordshire, 1573 ; Pub. Library, 
 
 Camb. MS. Dd. xi. 69. 
 Pedigrees of Oxfordshire Families, being a copy of C. 29 (the Visitation of 
 
 1634), in the College of Arms. Also, part of another Book of Arms 
 
 and Pedigrees of Families of the said county ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 
 
 3966, f. 91. 
 
218 HERALDIC COLLECTIONS. 
 
 Pedigrees op Gentby. 
 Epitaphs and Arms in the Churches in Oxfordshire; Bodl. Lis. Wood MS. 
 
 8505. 
 Arms and Crests from Harvey's Visitation of 1566; Coll. of Arms, Vin- 
 cent MS. 184. 
 Arms of Oxfordshire Families, by Bysshe, 1669; Coll. of Arms, MS. 
 
 D. 25. 
 Collections for Oxfordshire, by the Rev. S. Lysons ; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 
 
 9459. 
 Anthony a Wood's Collections, chiefly relating to Oxfordshire ; Ashm. Lib. 
 
 MSS. 8463—8588. 
 Topographical Collections for Oxfordshire, by W.Upcott; Brit. Mus. Add. 
 
 MS. 15,925. 
 Collections for a History of Oxfordshire, by W. Upcott, 2 vols. ; Brit. Mus. 
 
 Add. MSS. 15,930; 15,931. 
 
 EUTLANDSHIRE. 
 
 Collections for Eutlandshire, by the He v. S. Lysons; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 
 
 9459. 
 Topographical Collections for Rutlandshire, by W. Upcott ; Brit. Mus. 
 
 Add. MS. 15,926. 
 Forty-nine Rolls illustrative of the History of Rutlandshire, being chiefly 
 
 Rolls of the Assizes held at Oakham, from 5 Will, and Mary to 1761; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Add. Ch. 873. 
 
 Shropshire. 
 
 Genealogical Collections for the County of Shropshire ; Brit. Mus. Harl. 
 
 MSS. 1984, f. 189 6; 5178; 5179; 5848; 7510. 
 Pedigrees of Shropshire Families, chiefly of Welsh Descent ; Brit. Mus. 
 
 Harl. MS. 1157. 
 Pedigrees of Families of Wales and Shropshire ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 
 
 6153. 
 Challoner's Collections of Shropshire Pedigrees ; Brit. Mds. Harl. MS. 
 
 2163, f. 19 b. 
 Pedigrees of Shropshire Families; Coll. of Arms, Philipot MSS. 37, P; 
 
 48, P; 50, P. 
 Pedigrees, taken in 1569 ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 615, f. 235. 
 Part of the Pedigrees registered at the Visitation of 1584; Brit. Mus. 
 
 Harl. MS. 1161. 
 Pedigrees and Arms of Shropshire Families, from the Visitations of 1584 
 
 and 1623, with additions; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 14,314. 
 Pedigrees from the Visitation of 1623, with many important additions; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 1983. 
 Genealogical Collections for Shropshire, 1662 and 1668; Ashm. Lib. MS. 
 
 854. 
 
HERALDIC COLLECTIONS. 219 
 
 Pedigeees of G-entby. 
 Collections from the Visitation of Shropshire, sixteenth cent.; Queen's 
 
 Coll. Oxy.MS. cxvii. f. 80. 
 Collections for Shropshire; Society of Antiquaries, MS. 139. 
 Valuable Collections for a History of Shropshire, by T. F. Dukes and 
 
 D. Parkes; Brit.Mus. Add. MSS. 21,011—21,025. 
 Collections for Shropshire, by the Rev. S. Lysons ; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 
 
 9459. 
 Topographical Collections for Shropshire, by W. Upcott ; Brit. Mus. Add. 
 
 MS. 15,926. 
 
 Somersetshire. 
 
 Pedigrees of Somersetshire Families ; Queen's Coll. Oxf. MS. cxxxi. — 
 
 Coll. of Arms, PhilipotMSS. 37, L; 38, P; 48, P; 50, P. 
 Pedigrees from the Visitation of Somersetshire in 1573 ; Brit. Mus. Add. 
 
 MS. 12,477. 
 A Book used at the Visitation of 1623 ; Brit. Mus. Earl. MS. 1145. 
 Arms from the Visitation of 1623 ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 1482, f. 10. 
 Arms of Somersetshire Families, by Bysshe, 1672 ; Coll. of Arms, MS. 
 
 D. 27. 
 Papers relating to Somersetshire, from 19 Hen. VIII. to 1783; Brit. Mus. 
 
 Add. MS. 18,616. 
 Collections for Somersetshire, by the Rev. S. Lysons ; Brit. Mus. Add. 
 
 MS. 9459. 
 Powell's Topographical Collections for Somersetshire ; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 
 
 17,463. 
 " Parochial Histories, by J. Theobald." The collections chiefly relate to the 
 
 counties of Buckingham, Somerset, and Wilts ; Soc. of Antiquaries, 
 
 MS. 115. 
 Topographical Collections for Somersetshire, by W. Upcott; Brit. Mus. 
 
 Add. MS. 15,926. 
 
 Staffordshire. 
 
 Pedigrees of Staffordshire Families; Ashm. Lib. MS. 834, art. v. — Brit. 
 Mus. Harl. MS. 2043, f. 186 3.— Coll. of Arms, Philipot MSS. 39, 
 L; 47, L. 
 
 Some Pedigrees of Staffordshire Families, taken temp. Elizabeth, with con- 
 tinuations; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 1995. 
 
 Pedigrees from the Visitation of 1563; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 2145, f. 99. 
 
 Descents copied from the Visitation of 1663 ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 1429 
 ff. 283, 33, 34 b, 37 b, 38 b, 39 b., 42 b, 45 b, 48 b, 49 5—52 b. 
 
 Arms of Staffordshire Families. See Plot's " Natural History of Stafford- 
 shire" 1686. folio. Also, Shaw's "History of Staffordshire." 
 
 Arms of Staffordshire Families ; Ashm. Lib. MS. 853. 
 
220 HERALDIC COLLECTIONS. 
 
 Pedigeees oe Gentet. 
 Arms and Seals from the Visitatiou of 1583 ; Brit. Mus. Earl. MS. 2203. 
 Arms taken in the Visitations of 1663 and 1664, in Dugdale's hand ; Brit. 
 
 Mus. Lansd. MS. 857. 
 Divers Matters relating to Staffordshire, Pedigrees of Families, &c. ; Soc. op 
 
 Ast.MSS. 99; 139. 
 Early Eecords relating to Staffordshire; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 1985, ff. 
 
 199 6—213. 
 Ashmole's Collections for a History of Staffordshire; Ashm. Lib. MSS. 
 
 859; 864. 
 Erdeswicke's Collections for Cheshire, which contain several articles relating 
 
 to Staffordshire; Brit. Mus. Harl. MSS. 506; 818. 
 Erdeswicke's View of Staffordshire, a.d. 1603 ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 1990. 
 Collections for Staffordshire, by the Eev. S. Lysons ; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 
 
 9459. 
 Topographical Collections for Staffordshire, by W. Upcott; Brit. Mus. 
 
 Add. MS. 15,926. 
 
 Suffolk. 
 
 Pedigrees and Arms of the Gentry of Suffolk ; Bodl. Lib. Gough MS. 
 
 —Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 5842. Add. MSS. 5523 ; 5524 ; 12,471.— 
 
 Coll. of Arms, Philipot MSS. 33, P ; 40—42, P. 
 A large Collection of the Pedigrees of Suffolk Families ; Brit. Mus. Harl. 
 
 MS. 1169, f. 5 b. 
 Pedigrees of Suffolk Families, by H. Jermyn, Esq., alphabetically arranged ; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Add. MSS. 8200—8217; 17,097. Indexes, Add. MS. 
 
 17.099. 
 Arms and Pedigrees of Suffolk Families, temp. Elizabeth, collected by William 
 
 Harvey, Clarenceux ; Brit. Mus. Zansd. MS. 876. 
 Pedigrees and Arms from the Visitation of 1561; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 
 
 1136, ff. 17—68. 
 Pedigrees of Suffolk Families, from the Visitation of 1563 ; Brit. Mvs. Add. 
 
 MS. 14,309, f. 93 b. 
 Pedigrees of Suffolk Families, collected by D. E. Davy, alphabetically 
 
 arranged, in 43 vols. ; Brit. Mus. Add. MSS. 19,114—19,156. 
 Alphabetical List of Suffolk Surnames, 1843 ; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 19,160. 
 Synopsis of the Lords of the several Manors in the County of Suffolk, col- 
 lected by D. E. Davy, 1835 ; Brit. Mus. Add. MSS. 19,161—19,164. 
 Arms of Suffolk Families; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 19,159. 
 Arms of Suffolk Families, by Bysshe; Coll. of Arms, MSS. D. 21 ; 22. 
 Arms of the Nobility and Gentry of Suffolk; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 772. 
 Arms taken in the Churches of Norfolk and Suffolk, seventeenth cent. ; Brit. 
 
 Mus. Add. MS. 4969. 
 
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 Pedigrees oe Gentry. 
 Arras and Crests from Harvey's Visitation of 1561; Coll. of Arms, Vin- 
 cent MS. 184. 
 Arms and Crests of Suffolk Families, seventeenth cent. 2 vols. ; Brit. Mus. 
 
 Add. MSS. 14,298 ; 14,299. 
 Alphabet of Arms of Suffolk Families; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 12,481. 
 The Armoury of Suffolk, by D. E. Davy, 1848 ; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 
 
 19,158. 
 Breviary of Suffolk :— Alphabet of Arms; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 19,157. 
 " A Breviary of Suffolk ; or, a Plain and Familiar Description of the County," 
 
 &c. a.d. 1618; Brit. Mus. Earl. MS. 3873. A recent transcript is 
 
 in Add. MS. 8200, f. 171, and extracts are given in Add. MS. 5829, 
 
 f. 180. 
 Evidences relating to the Hundred of Thingoe, Co. of Suffolk; Brit. Mus. 
 
 Add. MS. 7097. 
 An Essay towards recovering some Account of the Ancient Families in the 
 
 County of Suffolk; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 20,695. 
 Valuable Collections for the History of Suffolk, collected by D. E. Davy, Esq. 
 
 of Ufford, in 130 volumes, are deposited in the British Museum. In 
 
 addition to those already mentioned, are : — 
 
 Collections for the History of Suffolk, arranged in Hundreds. In 37 
 
 vols.; Add. MSS. 19,077—19,113. 
 " Athense-Suffolcienses ;" or, a Catalogue of Suffolk Authors, 1847-8 
 
 Add. MSS. 19,165—19,168. 
 Lists of Suffolk Authors, with their Works; Add. MSS. 19,169 
 
 19,170. 
 General History of the County of Suffolk; Add. MSS. 19,171 
 
 19,172. 
 Collections of Drawings and Sketches, illustrative of the History of 
 
 the County of Suffolk, arranged in Hundreds, 6 vols. ; Add. MSS. 
 
 19,176—19,181. 
 General Index-Book to the Parochial Collections for the History of 
 
 Suffolk; Add. MS. 19,184. 
 Miscellaneous Papers and Documents relating to the County of 
 
 Suffolk; Add. MSS. 19,185—19,198. 
 Original Letters, chiefly addressed to Eleazar Davy, Esq., and to 
 
 D. E. Davy, Esq., 1758—1851, in 29 vols. ; Add. MSS. 19,213 
 
 —19,219; 19,241. 
 
 D'Ewes' Collections for Suffolk, chiefly consisting of Abstracts of Charters, 
 
 &c. ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 639. 
 Collectanea Thomas Gibbonsii, Arm., Historiam Familiarum tam Norfolcien- 
 
 sium quam Suffolciensium illustrantia ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MSS. 970 — 
 
 972. 
 
222 HERALDIC COLLECTIONS. 
 
 Pedigrees of Gentry. 
 Collections for a General History of Suffolk, by Hen. Jermyn, Esq., in 51 
 volumes, folio; Brit. Mus. Add. MSS. 8168—8218. The volumes 
 are thus arranged : — 
 
 Collections, arranged in Hundreds; Add. MSS. 8168—8196. 
 
 General History; Add. MS. 8197. 
 
 Landholders, from "Domesday;" Add. MS. 8198. 
 
 Biographical Collections; Add. MS. 8199. 
 
 Collections of Pedigrees, alphabetically arranged; Add. MSS. 8200 
 
 —8217. 
 Arms of Suffolk Families; Add. MS. 8218. 
 
 Kemp's Collections for the County of Suffolk; Brit. Mus. Earl. MS. 901. 
 Miscellaneous Notes for a History of Suffolk, collected by Craven Ord, Esq., 
 
 2 vols.; Brit. Mus. Add. MSS. 7101; 7102. 
 Collections, illustrative of the Topographical History of Suffolk, by Craven 
 
 Ord, Esq., 2 vols.; Brit. Mus. Add. MSS. 8986; 8987. 
 Journals of Tours by Craven Ord, Esq. in the Counties of Norfolk and Suffolk, 
 
 1781—1797 ; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 14,823. 
 Suckling's Collections for Suffolk, 1821—1839; Brit. Mus. Add. MSS. 
 
 18,476—18,478 ; 18,480—18,482. (Index, Add. MS. 18,491.) 
 Topographical Collections for Suffolk, by W. Upcott ; Brit. Mus. Add. 
 
 MS 15,926. 
 There is a valuable volume of Notes and Collections for Suffolk in the Library 
 
 of the College of Arms. 
 
 Surrey. 
 Pedigrees of Surrey Families ; Brit. Mus. Harl. J/&5830. — Coll. of Arms, 
 
 Philipot MSS. 13, P; 43, P; 44, P.— Queen's Coll. Oxf. MS. 
 
 cxxxi. 
 Pedigrees of Families in Surrey, from the Visitation of 1623, with additions ; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 14,311. 
 Pedigrees of Surrey Families, by W. Berry. Lond. 1837. folio. The original 
 
 MS. is deposited in the British Museum. {Add. MS. 15,446.) 
 Arms from the Visitations of Surrey, in 1623, with additions ; Coll. of 
 
 Arms, MS. E.D.N. 14. 
 Promiscuous Collections for Surrey ; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 6409. 
 Collections relating to Surrey, 1641—1798 ; Brit. Mus. Add. MSS. 11,571 
 
 —11,573. 
 Transcripts of Surveys, Extracts from Parish Registers, Court Rolls, &c. re- 
 lating to the Manors of East and WestMulsey, co. Surrey ; Brit. Mus. 
 
 Harl. MS. 779. 
 Collections for a Parochial History of Surrey, by the Rev. S. Lysons ; Brit. 
 
 Mus. Add. MSS. 9457 ; 9459. 
 
HERALDIC COLLECTIONS. 223 
 
 Pedigrees of Gentby. 
 Lysons' Correspondence for Surrey ; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 9436. 
 Suckling's Collections for Surrey, 1821—1839; Brit. Mus. Add. MSS. 
 
 18,476; 18,485; 18,490 (Index, Add. MS. 18,491). 
 Symmes's Collections for the History of the County of Surrey, 1670 — 1680 ; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 6167. 
 Topographical Collections for Surrey, by W. Upcott ; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 
 
 15,926. 
 
 Sussex. 
 Pedigrees of Sussex Families; Brit. Mus. Lansd. MS. 873. Add. MSS. 
 
 6346; 6347; 6350.— Coll. of Arms, Vincent MS. 121.— Queen's 
 
 Coll. Oxf. MS. cxxxi. 
 Pedigrees taken from an old Visitation; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 892. 
 Pedigrees of Sussex Families, by W. Berry. Lond. 1830. folio. The original 
 
 manuscript is in the British Museum {Add. MS. 15,449). 
 Pedigrees of Sussex Families from the Visitation of 1623, with additions; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 14,311. 
 Arms of Sussex Families ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 906. 
 A fine Collection relating to the History and Antiquities of Sussex, by Sir 
 
 W. Burrell, Bart., in 41 volumes; Brit. Mus. Add. MSS. 5670— 
 
 5711. The volumes are thus arranged : — 
 
 Collections, divided into Rapes; Add. MSS. 5679—5690. 
 Pedigrees, alphabetically arranged; Add. MSS. 5691—5696. 
 Monuments and Inscriptions; Add. MSS. 5697 — 5699. 
 Miscellaneous Collections; Add. MSS. 5700—5706. 
 Pedigrees, continued below the year 1750 ; Add. MS. 5711. 
 
 Hayley's Collections for a History of Sussex; Brit. Mus. Add. MSS. 
 
 6343 — 6361. They form an excellent Supplement to Sir William Bur- 
 
 rell's Collections for the same county. 
 Collections for Sussex, by the Eev. S. Lysons ; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 9459. 
 Topographical Collections for Sussex, by W. Upcott; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 
 
 15,926. 
 Warburton's Collections for a History of Sussex; Brit. Mus. Lansd. MSS. 
 
 886; 918. 
 
 Warwickshire. 
 Arms and Pedigrees of Warwickshire Families; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 
 
 6060.— Coll. of Arms, MS. E. 1. Pldlipot MSS. 29, L ; 45,P. Vincent 
 
 MS. 126. 
 Arms of the Gentry of Warwickshire ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 1353. 
 Dugdale's Warwickshire Collections; Ashm. Lib. MSS. 6491 — 6513. 
 Ashmole's Collections for a History of Lichfield; Ashm. Lib. MSS. 855; 
 
 1521. 
 
224 HERALDIC COLLECTIONS. 
 
 Pedigrees op Gentby. 
 Annals of the City of Coventry for the year 1703; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 
 
 11,364. 
 Collections for Warwickshire by the Rev. S. Lysons ; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 
 
 9459. 
 Topographical Collections for Warwickshire, by W. Upcott; Brit. Mus. 
 
 Add. MS. 15,927. 
 
 Westmoreland. 
 
 Descents o/ Families residing in the Barony of Kendal, 1638 ; Brit. Mus. 
 
 Earl. MS. 1564. 
 Topographical, Collections for Westmoreland, by W. Upcott; Brit. Mus. 
 
 AM. MS. 15,927. 
 
 Wiltshire. 
 
 Pedigrees of Wiltshire Families; College of Arms, Philipot MSS. 16, L; 
 
 46, P. 
 Original Note Book of William Harvey, Clar., during his Visitation in 
 
 1565 ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 1111, ff. 7—22. 
 Arms and Crests from Harvey's Visitation of 1565 ; Coll. of Arms, Tin- 
 
 cent MS. 184. 
 Arms of the Gentry of Wiltshire from the Visitation of 1623 ; Brit. Mus. 
 
 Harl. MSS. 1054, f. 13 ; 1482, f. 1. 
 Arms of Wiltshire Families, by Bysshe, 1677 ; Coll. of Arms, MS. D. 28. 
 Collections for Wiltshire, by the Rev. S. Lysons ; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 
 
 9459. 
 " Parochial Histories, by J. Theobald." The collections chiefly relate to the 
 
 counties of Buckingham, Somerset, and Wilts; Soc. of Ant. MS. 115. 
 Topographical Collections for Wiltshire, by W. Upcott ; Brit. Mus. Add. 
 
 MS. 15,927. 
 The Heralds' Visitations of Wiltshire, and Notes of Pedigrees of Wilts 
 
 Families, by F. A. Carrington; Wilts. Archsolog. Mag. Dec. 1855. 
 
 Worcestershire. 
 
 Genealogical Descent of Worcestershire Families; Soc. of Ant. MS. 145, 
 art. 4. 
 
 Pedigrees and Arms of Worcestershire Families, Monumental Inscriptions, 
 &c. ; Brit, Mus. Harl. MS. 5814. 
 
 Genealogies of Families of Worcester, taken at the Visitation in 1569; 
 Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 615, f. 97.— Ashm. Lib. MS. 831, p. 197 3. 
 
 Pedigrees and Arms, apparently from the Visitation of 1569, with continua- 
 tions; Brit. Mus. Harl. MSS. 1133; 5841. 
 
 Pedigrees of Worcestershire Families, some to 1620 ; Caius Coll. Camb. 
 MS. 553, f. 34. 
 
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 Pedigrees of Gentby. 
 Arms and Pedigrees of Worcestershire Families, circ. 1634 ; Brit. Mus. 
 
 Earl. MS. 6139. 
 Arms of Worcestershire Families, 1574; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 19,816. 
 Habington's Collections for a History of Worcestershire ; Jesus Coll. Oxf. 
 
 MSS. lxxxiv — lxxxvi. 
 Parochial Antiquities of Worcestershire, by William Habington, of Hindlip, 
 
 in three vols. ; Soc. of Ant. MSS. 139—152. 
 Collections for Worcestershire, by the Kev. S. Lysons ; Brit. Mus. Add. 
 
 MS. 9459. 
 
 Yorkshire. 
 A Collection of Yorkshire Pedigrees j Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 2118, ff. 1, 48. 
 
 Lansd. MS. 900, f. 81. — Ashm. Lib. MS. 834, art. iii. — Queen's 
 
 Coll. Oxf. MS. cxxxi. 
 Arms and Descents of Yorkshire Families ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MSS. 4198; 
 
 (Index at f. 169) 6070. 
 Arms and Pedigrees of the Gentry of the West Riding of Yorkshire ; Brit. 
 
 Mus. Harl. MS. 4630, art. 11. A very useful addition to Harl. MS. 
 
 1487. 
 Pedigrees of Staffordshire and Yorkshire, temp. Elizabeth, with some con- 
 tinuations ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 1995. 
 Descents of Yorkshire Families, taken chiefly from Flower's Visitation, a.d. 
 
 1563; Ashm. Lib. MS. 834. 
 Most of the Pedigrees registered at the Visitation of 1584, with additions ; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 1182. 
 Pedigrees of the Visitation of Yorkshire, taken 1584, with continuations to 
 
 1656 ; Caius Coll. Camb. MS. 522. 
 Descents and Arms, extracted from the Visitation of 1664; Brit. Mus. 
 
 Harl. MS. 1420, f. 228. 
 Arms of Yorkshire Families; Caius Coll. Camb. MS. 575. 
 Arms in Flower's Visitation of Yorkshire, 1563 ; Coll. of Akms,MS. 2. H. 8. 
 Arms of the Sheriffs of Yorkshire to 1652 ; Brit. Mus. Lansd. MS. 865, 
 
 f. 129 b. 
 Miscellaneous Collections relating to Yorkshire; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 
 
 4792, f. 184. 
 The valuable unpublished Collections for this County, by John Charles 
 
 Brooke, Esq., Somerset Herald t in many folio volumes, are in the Library 
 
 of the College of Arms. 
 Dodesworth's valuable Collections for Yorkshire; Bodl. Lib. MSS. 4143 — 
 
 5101. These Manuscripts are described in Bernard's " Catalogi Ubb. 
 
 Manuscriptorum Anglice et Hib&'nue" pp. 187 — 233. 
 Collections for a History of several Towns, &c. in Yorkshire, extracted from 
 
 the Dodesworth MSS. ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MSS. 793—805. 
 
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226 HERALDIC COLLECTIONS. 
 
 Pedigeees op Gentby. 
 Collections for Yorkshire, by the Rev. S. Lysons ; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 
 
 9459. 
 Suckling's Collections for Yorkshire, 1821—1839 ; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 
 
 18,478. 
 Topographical Collections for Yorkshire, by W. Upcott ; Brit. Mus. Add. 
 
 MS. 15,927. 
 Warburton's Collections for Yorkshire; Brit. Mus. Lansd. MSS. 889 — 
 
 901; 908—919. 
 History and Antiquities of the Town of Kingston upon Hull to the year 
 
 1688 ; Brit. Mus. Lansd. MSS. 890 ; 891. Add. MS. 8936. 
 A Collection of Muniments relating to the Honor of Richmond ; Brit. Mus. 
 
 Add. MS. 5466. 
 
 Scotland. 
 
 Pedigrees of Scotch Families; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 2218. 
 
 A few Pedigrees of Scotch and Irish Families ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 6151. 
 
 Pont's Collections of the Names and Arms of the second degree of Gentry 
 in Scotland ; Brit. Mus. Shane MS. 940. 
 
 A. Collection of the most Remarkable Accounts that relate to the Families of 
 Scotland, drawn up by Sir Geo. Mackenzie ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 
 3740. Add. MS. 12,464. 
 
 An Account of the principal Gentry of Scotland, a.d. 1585 ; Brit. Mus. 
 Lansd. MS. 877. 
 
 Pedigrees of Scotch Families, to the year 1798. 2 vols.; Brit. Mus. Add. 
 MSS. 14,836; 14,837. 
 
 A Genealogical Account of the principal Families in Ayrshire, by George 
 Robertson. 3 vols. Irvine. 1823—1825. 8vo. 
 
 History of the County of Ayr, with Genealogical Account of Ayrshire Fami- 
 lies, by James Paterson. Ayr. 1847-8. 8vo. 
 
 A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the whole of the Untitled Aristo- 
 cracy of England, Scotland, and Ireland, by Sir J. B. Burke. Lond. 
 1855. In course of publication. 
 
 Ireland. 
 Genealogies of Irish Families ; Brit. Mus. Cotton. MS. Tit. C. x. f. 4C 6. 
 The Names of the chief Families in the Kingdom of Ireland ; Brit. Mus. 
 
 Harl. MS. 1441, f. 39. 
 Various Pedigrees of Irish Families ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MSS. 2094 ; 2218. 
 A few Pedigrees of Scotch and Irish Families ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 6151. 
 An Alphabet of the Names and Arms of certain Nobility and Gentry of 
 
 Ireland; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 5866. 
 Pedigrees of Irish Families ; Brit. Mus. Eg. MSS. 133 ; 135 ; 139. 
 Arms and Descents of many of the Nobility and Gentry of Ireland ; Brit. 
 
 Mus. Add. MS. 4814. 
 
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 Pedigrees of Gentby. 
 Miscellaneous Collections relating to the History of Ireland, with an Account 
 
 of some of the Families of Ireland; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 4821. 
 Miscellaneous Pedigrees of the Gentry of Ireland, in 14 volumes ; Coll. op 
 
 Arms, Dublin. 
 Four Visitation Books, containing the Pedigrees and Arms of the Gentry of 
 
 Ireland, from 1568 to 1620 ; Coll. of Arms, Dublin. 
 Genealogies of Irish Families ; Lambeth Lib. MS. 257. 
 The Descent of Irish Families to the time of Henry II ; Lambeth Lib. 
 
 Carew MS. 599. 
 Descents, either of the mere Irish, or of the English Families in Ireland ; 
 
 Lambeth Lib. Carew MS. 626. 
 Genealogies of all the Ancient Families of Ireland; Trinity College, 
 
 Dublin, MS. D. 18. 
 Tabulae Genealogicse et Nomina Virorum in Hibernia ; Trinity College, 
 
 Dublin, MS. I. 103. 
 Note of the Nobility and Gentry of Munster, 1579; Lambeth Lib. Carew 
 
 MS. 597. 
 Heraldic Calendar: a List of the Nobility and Gentry whose Arms are 
 
 registered, and Pedigrees recorded, in the Heralds' Office in Ireland. 
 
 Dublin. 1846. 8vo. 
 
 Wales. 
 
 A Tour in quest of Genealogy, through several parts of Wales, &c, by a 
 
 Barrister. Lond. 1811. 8vo. 
 Descents of Welsh Families ; Brit. Mus. Earl. MS. 1412, f. 54 b. 
 Collection of Welsh Pedigrees in Welsh; Brit. Mtfs. Harl. MS. 1935. 
 Welsh Pedigrees, amongst which are those of each of the Fifteen Tribes, 
 
 excepting one; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 1969. 
 Extensive Collections of Welsh Pedigrees, chiefly of North Wales; Brit. 
 
 Mus. Harl. MSS. 1970—3 979. 
 Pedigrees of several Families of Wales, chiefly by Handle Holme; Brit. 
 
 Mus. Harl. MS. 2094. 
 Pedigrees of several Welsh Families ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MSS. 1936; 1995; 
 
 1997; 2218; 2288; 2291; 4031, ff. 58— 71. 
 A large Collection of Welsh Descents, principally in Welsh; Brit. Mus. 
 
 Harl. MSS. 2299 ; 2414. 
 Welsh Pedigrees in detail; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 3538. 
 Pedigrees of several Families in Wales; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 6068, f. 56. 
 Pedigrees and other matter, chiefly Historical, relating to Wales; Brit. Mus. 
 
 Harl. MS. 4181. 
 Genealogies of Welsh Families ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 5058. 
 Arms and Descents of one hundred and ninety-seven Welsh Families ; Brit. 
 
 Mus. Harl. MS. 6102. 
 
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 Pedigrees of Gentry. 
 Pedigrees of Families of Shropshire and Wales ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 6153. 
 Hugh Thomas's Collections for a " Genealogical History of the Nobility and 
 
 Gentry of Wales;" Brit. Mus. Harl. MSS. 6823 ; 6831 ; 6870. 
 Short Collections for a Feudal History of Wales; Br . Mus. Add. MS. 
 
 4232. 
 Numerous Pedigrees of Welsh Families, sixteenth to ighteenth century; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Add. MSS. 6915, f. 445 ; 9864—9867 ; 14,915—14,919 ; 
 
 14,942; 15,041. 
 Genealogies of the principal Families of Wales, in two vols. ; Brit. Mus. 
 
 Add. MSS. 15,017; 15,018. 
 A Collection of Welsh Pedigrees; Caius Coll. Camb. MS. 537, f. 211. 
 Pedigrees of Welsh Families; Coll. op Arms, Vincent MSS. 135 — 137. 
 Ancient Descents of Gentlemen in Wales ; Coll. of Arms, Vincent MS. 180. 
 A short History of Wales, from a.d. 688 to a.d. 936, with some Genealogies 
 
 and Epitaphs; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 3325. 
 Arms and Descents of Welsh Families, temp. Hen. VII. ; Ashm. Lib. MS. 32. 
 Copies of some Pedigrees in Fellows' Visitation of Wales in 1530 ; Coll. 
 
 of Arms, MS. F. 9. 
 Pedigrees from the Visitations of Wales, by Lewys Dwnn, edited by Sir 
 
 Samuel R. Meyrick. 2 vols. 4to. Printed by the Welsh MSS. Society. 
 Pedigrees of a few Welsh Families, compiled about 1587 ; Brit. Mus. Add. 
 
 MS. 12,471. 
 A Collection of Welsh Pedigrees, compiled circ. 1590; Brit. Mus. Add. 
 
 MS. 18,114. 
 Welsh and Anglo-Saxon Genealogies in Welsh, seventeenth cent. ; Brit. 
 
 Mus. Add. MS. 19,761. 
 Descent of divers Noble Houses springing from Wales, eighteenth cent. ; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 14,914. 
 List of Esquires in England and Wales ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 6804, 
 
 art. 104. 
 Willis's Collections for a History of Bangor ; Jesus Coll. Oxf .MSS. cxv. ; 
 
 cxvi. 
 Collection of Welsh Pedigrees, chiefly of Families of Brecknockshire ; Brit. 
 
 Mus. Harl. MS. 2289. 
 Pedigrees of Families of Carnarvonshire ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 2300. 
 History of Glamorganshire, by Rice Merrick, 1578; Queen's Coll. Oxf. 
 
 MS. eclxxxviii. Privately printed by Sir Thomas Phillipps, Bart. 
 A full Description of the County of Pembroke, containing some curious 
 
 matter; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 6250. 
 Descents and Arms of Pembrokeshire Families ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 6824. 
 A Visitation of Pembrokeshire in 1671 ; Chetham Lib. MS. 6715. 
 Observations on the Snowdon Mountains, with a Genealogical Account of 
 
 the Penrhyn Families, by W. Williams. Lond. 1802. 8vo. 
 
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 County Histories ; Family Histories, etc. — Other sources of 
 genealogical information are those laborious undertakings known as 
 County Histories, of which many splendid specimens have been 
 produced during the last and present centuries; and Family 
 Histories, for the most part printed for private distribution by some 
 member of the family interested therein. In submitting a list of 
 these for the student's use, it may be proper to observe, that refer- 
 ences to many local histories are given, on account of their con- 
 taining much genealogical information, and that we have been 
 induced to include in our list of Family Histories, references to 
 many manuscript collections, and separate pedigrees, which have 
 occurred to us in the course of reading. 
 
 A brief notice of American Families will also be found towards 
 the close of the present section. 
 
 A very valuable collection of Records relating to the English 
 Counties are in the "County Bags," at the Chapter House, 
 Westminster. They will be found described in the HeCord Report 
 for the year 18a7, pp. 25—67. 
 
 LIST OF THE PRINCIPAL COUNTY HISTORIES. 
 
 Bedfordshire. 
 
 Collections towards the History of Bedfordshire. See Nichols* " Bihl. Top. 
 
 Brit.'* Lond. 1783. 4to. Vol. ir. Nos. viii., xxix., xliv. 
 Magna Britannia, by the Rev. D. Lysons, M.A. Lond. 1813. 4to. Vol. i. 
 part i. contains Bedfordshire. The original MSS. are in the British 
 Museum {Add. MSS. 9408 ; 9437 ; 9460). 
 
 Pomfret and Warburton's MS. Collections for Bedfordshire are in the 
 British Museum. (See Pedigrees op Gentry.) 
 
 Berkshire. 
 
 The Antiquities of Berkshire, by Elias Ashmole, Esq. 3 vols. Lond. 1723. 
 
 8vo. — 2d ed. Reading, 1736. sm. folio, with a large Appendix. The 
 
 original MS. is in the Ashmolean Library. 
 Magna Britannia, by the Rev. D. Lysons, M.A. Lond. 1813. 4to. Vol. i. 
 
 part ii., contains Berkshire. The original MSS. are in the British 
 
 Museum {Add. MSS. 9409 ; 9410 ; 9438 ; 9460). 
 History of the Hundred of Wanting, by W. Clarke. Oxford. 1824. 4to. 
 Antiquities in Berkshire. See Nichols' "Bibl. Top. Brit." Lond. 1783. 4to. 
 
 vol. iv. 
 
230 HERALDIC COLLECTIONS. 
 
 List of Cotjntt Histoeies. 
 Buckinghamshire. 
 The History and Antiquities of Buckinghamshire, principally the Town of 
 
 Buckingham, by Browne Willis, Esq. LL.D. Lond. 1755. 4to. 
 Magna Britannia, by the Rev. D. Lysons, MA. Lond. 1813. 4to. Vol. i. 
 part ii., contains Buckinghamshire. The original MSS. are in the 
 British Museum {Add. MSS. 9411; 9439; 9460). 
 The History and Antiquities of Buckinghamshire, by Geo. Lipscombe. 4 vols. 
 
 Lond. 1847. 4to. 
 The History of the Hundred of Desborough and Deanery of Wycombe, by 
 Thomas Langley, MA. Lond. 1797. 4to. 
 
 Hare's valuable MS. Collections for this county are at the College 
 of Arms. 
 
 Cambridgeshire. 
 The History of the County of Cambridge, by Edmund Carter. Camb. 1753. 
 
 8vo. — New ed. by Upcott. Lond. 1819. 8vo. 
 Magna Britannia, by the Rev. D. Lysons, M.A. Lond. 1808. 4to. Vol. ii. 
 part i., contains Cambridgeshire. The original MSS. are in the Bri- 
 tish Museum (Add. MSS. 9412 ; 9413 ; 9440 ; 9461). 
 The History of the University of Cambridge. 2 parts. Lond. 1721. 8vo. 
 Collectanea Cantabrigiensia, or Collections relating to the University, Town, 
 
 and County, by Erancis Blomefield. Norwich, 1750. 4to. 
 The History of the University of Cambridge, by Edmund Carter. Lond. 
 
 1753. 8vo. 
 Memorabilia Cantabrigise, by Joseph Wilson, Esq. Lond. 1803. sm. 8vo. 
 The History of the University and Colleges of Cambridge, by G. Dyer, B.A. 
 2 vols. Lond. 1814. 8vo. and 4to. 
 
 Cole's extensive MS. Collections for this county are in the British 
 
 Museum. (See Pedigrees of Gentry.) 
 Baker's Collections for the University of Cambridge, in 42 folio 
 volumes, are deposited in the Library of St. John's Coll. Cam- 
 bridge, and at the British Museum. An Index was printed 
 by the Cambridge Antiquarian Society, in the year 1848, in 8vo. 
 
 Cheshire. 
 
 The Vale-Royall of England, or the County Palatine of Chester, illustrated 
 
 by W. Smith and W. Webb. (Pub. by D. King.) Lond. 1656. sm. folio. 
 Historical Antiquities, in Two Books, &c. ; the second containing particular 
 
 remarks concerning Cheshire, by Sir Peter Leycester, Bart. Lond. 1673. 
 
 folio. 
 The History of Cheshire, containing King's " Vale-Royall," with considerable 
 
 additions. Chester. 1778. 8vo. 
 A Topographical Survey of the County of Chester, by William Tunnicliff. 
 
 Nantwich. 1787. 8vo. 
 
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 List of County Histoeies. 
 Magna Britannia, by the Rev. D. Lysons, M.A. Lond. 1810. 4to. Vol. ii. 
 part ii., contains the County Palatine of Chester. The original MSS. 
 are in the British Museum {Add. MSS. 9414 j 9415 ; 9441—9443 ; 
 9461). 
 The History of Cheshire, by J. H. Hanshall. Chester, 1817. 4to. 
 The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester, by George Ormerod. 
 
 3 vols. Lond. 1819. Polio. 
 The History of the Hundred of Wirrall, by W.W. Mortimer. Chester, 1847. 4to. 
 A History of Chester, by J. Hemingway. 2 vols. Chester, 1831. 8vo. 
 Miscellanea Palatina, consisting of Genealogical Essays, illustrative of Cheshire 
 and Lancashire Pamilies, by George Ormerod. 1851. 8vo. Privately 
 printed. 
 King's Vale-Royal of England, abridged by Thomas Hughes. 1852. 8vo. 
 Cheshire and Lancashire Historical Collector, ed. by T. VV. Barlow. 2 vols. 
 1853-5. 8vo. 
 
 A fund of valuable information relative to this county, will be found 
 in Randle Holme's Collections in the British Museum, where 
 also are deposited Foote Gower's Collections for the same county. 
 (See Pedigrees of Gentry.) 
 
 Cornwall. 
 
 The Survey of Cornwall, by Richard Carew, Esq. Lond. 1602. 4to. 
 
 A Topographical and Historical Description of Cornwall, by John Norden. 
 
 Lond. 1728. 4to. 
 Observations on the Antiquities of Cornwall, by William Borlase, M.A. 
 
 Oxford, 1754. Folio.— 2d. ed. Lond. 1769. Folio. 
 Carew's Survey of Cornwall, with Notes, first published from the original 
 
 manuscripts, by Francis, Lord de Dunstanville. Lond. 1811. 4to. 
 Magna Britannia, by the Rev. D. Lysons, M.A. Lond. 1814. 4to. Vol. iii. 
 
 contains Cornwall. The original MSS. are in the British Museum 
 
 {Add. MSS. 9416— 9420 ; 9444; 9445; 9462). 
 The History of Cornwall, by the Rev. R. Polwhele. 7 vols. Lond. 1816. 4to. 
 The Parochial History of Cornwall, by Davies Gilbert. 4 vols. Lond. 1817. 8vo. 
 The Complete History of Cornwall. Part ii., being the Parochial History, 
 
 by William Hals. Folio. Part i. was never printed. 
 A Historical, Topographical, and Heraldical Survey of Cornwall, by 
 
 C. S. Gilbert. 3 vols. Plymouth, 1817—20. 4to. 
 A History of Cornwall, by F. Hitchins, ed. by S. Drew. 2 vols. Helston, 
 
 1824. 4to. 
 
 Cumberland. 
 
 The History of the Counties of Cumberland and Westmoreland, by Joseph 
 Nicolson and Rich. Burn. 2 vols. Lond. 1777. 4to. 
 
232 HERALDIC COLLECTIONS. 
 
 List or County Histories. 
 The History of Cumberland, by William Hutchinson, F.S.A. 2 vols. Carlisle, 
 
 1794. 4to. 
 Magna Britannia, by the Rev. D. Lysons, M.A. Lond. 1816. 4to. Vol. iv. 
 
 contains Cumberland. The original MSS. are in the British Museum 
 
 {Add.M88.U2li 9422; 9446; 9447; 9462). 
 Derbyshire. 
 View of the Present State of Derbyshire, by James Pilkington. 2 vols. 
 
 Derby, 1789. 8vo. 
 The History of Derby, by W. Hutton, F.S.A. Lond. 1791. 8vo. 
 A new Historical View of Derbyshire, by the Rev. D. P. Davies. Belper, 
 
 1811. 8vo. 
 Magna Britannia, by the Rev. D. Lysons, M.A. Lond. 1816. 4to. Vol. v. 
 
 contains Derbyshire. The original MSS. are in the British Museum 
 
 (Add. MSS. 9423—9425 j 9448 ; 9463). 
 The Peak Guide, with Pedigrees, by S. Glover. Derby, 1830. 8vo. 
 The History of the County of Derby, by S. Glover (ed. by T. Noble). 2 vols. 
 
 Derby, 1831. 8vo and 4to. 
 The History and Topography of the Hundreds of High Peak and Scarsdale, 
 
 in the County of Derby, by Sam. Mitchell, Esq., of Sheffield. In pre- 
 paration. 
 
 Dr. Pegge's very valuable Collections for Derbyshire are in the Col- 
 lege of Arms. A valuable Collection of Materials for a History 
 of this County, by Adam Wolley, Esq., in 53 volumes, is deposited 
 in the British Museum. (See Pedigrees of Gentry.) 
 Devonshire. 
 The Chorographical Survey of the County of Devon, by Tristram Risdon, 
 
 Gent. Lond. 1714. 8vo— 2d. ed. Lond. 1811. 8vo. 
 A Review of part of Risdon's Survey, by Will. Chappie. Exeter, 1785. 4to. 
 Collections towards a Description of Devonshire, by Sir William Pole, Knt. 
 
 Lond. 1791. 4to. 
 The History of Devonshire, by the Rev. R. Polwhele. 3 vols. Exeter, 1797. 
 
 Polio. 
 Magna Britannia, by the Rev. D. Lysons, M.A. Lond. 1818. 4to. Vol. vi., 
 
 2 parts, contains Devonshire. The original MSS. are in the British 
 
 Museum (Add. MSS. 9426— 9430 ; 9449; 9450; 9464). 
 Westcote's Views of Devonshire in 1630, with a Pedigree of most of its 
 
 Gentry, ed. by Oliver and Jones. Exeter, 1845. 4 to. 
 
 Dorsetshire. 
 A Survey of Dorsetshire, with a Genealogical Account of three hundred of 
 
 the principal Families, by the Rev. Mr. Coker. Lond. 1732. Folio. 
 The History and Antiquities of Dorset, by John Hutchins, M.A. 2 vols. 
 Lond, 1774. folio.— 2d. ed. 4 vols. Lond. 1796.— 1815. Folio. 
 
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 List of County Histoeies. 
 Durham. 
 The History and Antiquities of Durham, by Will. Hutchinson, F.S .A. 3 vols. 
 
 Newcastle, 1785. 4to. 
 The History and Antiquities of Durham, by Robert Surtees. 4 vols. Loud. 
 
 1816—1840. Folio. 
 View of the County of Northumberland, and of those parts of the County of 
 Durham north of the River Tyne, by E. Mackenzie. 2 vols. Newcast. 
 1825. 4to.— 2d. ed. 
 The History and Antiquities of North Durham, by the Rev. James Raine, M.A. 
 2 parts. Lond. 1830-52. Folio. 
 
 A valuable Collection of Papers relating to this county is deposited 
 amongst the Allan MSS. at Durham Cathedral. 
 
 Essex. 
 
 The History of Essex, by N. Tindal. Lond. 4to. 
 
 The History and Antiquities of Essex, by N. Salmon. Lond. 1740. Folio. 
 The History and Antiquities of Essex, by Philip Morant, M.A. 2 vols. 
 
 Lond. 1768. Folio. 
 A New History of Essex, by a Gentleman (under the patronage of Peter 
 
 Muilman, Esq.). 6 vols. Chelmsford, 1769. 8vo. 
 The History of Essex, by Elizabeth Ogborne. Lond. 1814. 4to. 
 The Environs of London, by the Rev. D. Lysons, M.A. Lond. 1796. Vol.iv. 
 
 contains Essex. 
 The History and Topography of the County of Essex, by T. Wright. 2 vols. 
 1835. 4to. 
 The MS. Collections of Jekyll, Powell, and Suckling, for this county, 
 are in the library of the British Museum. (See Pedigrees of 
 Gentry.) 
 
 Gloucestershire. 
 The Ancient and Present State of Gloucestershire, by Sir Robert Aikyns. 
 
 Lond. 1712. Folio.— 2d. ed. Lond. 1768. Folio. 
 A New History of Gloucestershire (by Rudder). Cirencester, 1779. Folio. 
 The History and Antiquities of Gloucester Cirencester, 1781. 8vo. 
 Historical, Monumental, and Genealogical Collections relative to the County 
 
 of Gloucester, by Ralph Bigland, Esq. 2 vols. Lond. 1791. Folio. 
 The History of the County of Gloucester, brought down to the year 1803, by 
 
 the Rev. Thomas Rudge. 2 vols. Glouc. 1803. 8vo. 
 Abstracts of Records and Manuscripts respecting the County of Gloucester, 
 
 by T. D. Fosbrooke, F.A.S. 2 vols. Glouc. 1807. 4to. 
 
 Hampshire. 
 Collections for the History of Hampshire, by Richard Warner. 6 vols. Lond. 
 [1795.] 4to. 
 
234 HERALDIC COLLECTIONS. 
 
 List of Cottnty Histories. 
 A History of Hampshire, by R. Mudie. 3 vols. Winchester, 1838. Royal 8vo. 
 The History of the Isle of Wight, by Sir Richard Worsley, Bart. Lond. 1781. 
 
 4to. 
 A new History of the Isle of Wight, with Genealogical Notices of the 
 Inhabitants, is about to be published by Mr. George Hillier. Part i. 
 has already appeared. 
 
 Suckling's MS. Collections for Hampshire are in the British 
 Museum. (See Pedigrees of Gentry.) 
 
 Herefordshire. 
 Collections concerning the Manor of Marden, by the Earl of Coningsby. 
 
 1722—27. Folio. Privately printed. 
 Introductory Sketches towards a History of the County of Hereford, by the 
 
 Rev. J. Lodge, B.A. Kington, 1793. 8vo. 
 Collections towards the History and Antiquities of the County of Hereford, 
 
 by John Duncumb, MA. 2 vols. Heref. 1804. 4to. 
 The Heraldry of Herefordshire, by G. Strong. Lond. 1848. Royal 4to. 
 
 Hertfordshire. 
 
 The Historical Antiquities of Hertfordshire, by Sir Henry Chauncy, Knt. 
 Lond. 1700. Folio.— 2d ed. 2 vols. Bishops Stortford, 1826. 8vo. A 
 copy of this work, with numerous MS. additions by Thomas Basker- 
 field, Esq., is in the library of the British Museum {Add. MSS. 9062 
 —9064). 
 
 The History of Hertfordshire, by N. Salmon. Lond. 1728. Folio. 
 
 The History and Antiquities of the County of Hertford, by Robert Clutter- 
 buck, Esq. 3 vols. Lond. 1815—1827. Folio. 
 
 The Environs of London, by the Rev. D. Lysons, M.A. Lond. 1796. Vol.iv. 
 contains Hertfordshire. 
 
 Huntingdonshire. 
 There has been no general History of this County printed. 
 
 Kent. 
 The History of Kent, by John Harris. Lond. 1719. Folio. 
 Kent Surveyed and Illustrated, by Thomas Philipot. Lond. 1659. Folio. — 
 
 2d edit, with index. Lynn, 1776. Folio. 
 The History and Topographical Survey of Kent, by Edward Hasted, E9q. 
 
 4 vols. Cant. 1778. Folio.— 2d ed. 12 vols. Cant. 1797. 8vo. 
 The Environs of London, by the Rev. D. Lysons, MA. Lond. 1796. Vol.iv. 
 
 contains Kent. 
 Antiquities in the County of Kent. See Nichols' " Bibl. Top. Brit.'' vol. i. 
 A New History of Kent, by A. J. Dunkin, of Dartford, is in course of 
 
 publication. 
 
HERALDIC COLLECTIONS. 235 
 
 List of County Histoeies. 
 
 Hasted's MS. Collections for Kent, in 62 vols, are in the British 
 Museum ; as also a small collection, by William Alexander, Esq., 
 in 3 vols, folio. Philipot's Collections are amongst the Lansdototie 
 MSS. in the same repository. (See Pedigrees op Gentry.) 
 Collections by W. Somner, are in the Cathedral Library at 
 Canterbury. Dr. John Thorpe's valuable Collections are in the 
 library of the Society of Antiquaries. 
 
 Lancashire. 
 A Topographical Survey of the County of Lancaster, by William Tunnicliff. 
 
 Nantwich, 1787. 8vo. 
 A Portfolio of Fragments relative to the History of the County of Lancaster, 
 
 by M. Gregson. Liverpool, 1817. Folio. 
 The History of Liverpool, by W. Enfield. Lond. 1774. Folio. 
 Liverpool from 1775 to 1800, by R. Brooke. Liverpool, 1853. Roy. 8vo. 
 The History of Lancashire, by J. Corry. 2 vols. Lond. 1825. 4to. 
 The History of the County Palatine and Duchy of Lancaster, by Edw. Baines. 
 
 4 vols. Lond. 1836. 4to. 
 Miscellanea Palatina, consisting of Genealogical Essays illustrative of Cheshire 
 and Lancashire Families, by George Ormerod. 1851. 8vo. Privately 
 printed. 
 The History of the Parish of Whalley, in the County of Lancaster, by 
 
 T. D. Whitaker. Lond. 1806. royal 4to.— 2d ed. Lond. 1818. 4to. 
 Remains, Historical and Literary, connected with the Counties of Lancaster 
 and Chester, published by the Chetham Society, 4to, vols. i. — xxxvi. 
 Dr. Cuerden's Lancashire Collections are partly deposited in the 
 Chetham Library at Manchester, and partly in the College of 
 Arms. A valuable collection for Cheshire and Lancashire, bv 
 Randle Holme, forms part of the IlarUian Library at the British 
 Museum. (See Pedigrees of Gentry.) 
 
 Leicestershire. 
 The Description of Leicestershire, by Will. Burton, Esq. Lond. 1622. Folio. 
 
 — 2d ed. Lynn, 1777. Folio. A copy of this work, with large additions 
 
 to the pedigrees, by R. Gascoigne, is in the Library of Jesus College, 
 
 Cambridge. Another copy, with additional notes, by Edw. Vernon, D.D., 
 
 is in the British Museum {Add. MS. 10,126.) 
 The Memoirs of the Town and County of Leicester, by John Throsby. 6 vols. 
 
 Leic. 1777. 12mo. 
 Select Views of Leicestershire, accompanied by Historical Relations, by 
 
 J. Throsby. 2 vols. Leic. 1789. 4to. 
 Collections towards the History of Leicestershire, by John Nichols. Lond. 
 
 1790. 4to. See Nichols' « Bibl. Top. Brit." vols. vii. and viii., Nos. 50 
 
 and 51. 
 
236 HERALDIC COLLECTIONS. 
 
 List op Cottntt Histories. 
 The History and Antiquities of the County of Leicester, by John Nichols. 
 
 4 vols, in 8. Lond. 1795. Folio. 
 The History and Antiquities of Aston Flamville, etc., with Genealogical 
 
 Notices of the County at large. See Nichols' "Bibl. Top. Brit." vol. vii. 
 
 No. 43. 
 
 Lincolnshire. 
 Antiquarian Annals of Stamford, by the Eev. Francis Peck. Lond. 1727. Fol. 
 Antiquities in Lincolnshire. See Nichols' "Bibl. Top. Brit." vol. iii. 
 The History of the County of Lincoln, by T. Allen. 2 vols. Lond. and Line. 
 
 1834. 4to. 
 The History and Topography of the Isle of Axholme, by the Eev. W. JB. 
 Stonehouse. Lond. 1839. 4to. 
 
 Some valuable collections for this county, by Gervase Holies, Esq., 
 are deposited with the Lansdowne MSS. in the British Museum. 
 (See Pedigrees of Gentry.) 
 
 London. 
 
 A Survey of London and Westminster, and the Borough of Southwark, by 
 John Stow, edited by Strype. Lond. 1754. Folio. 6th ed. 
 
 The History of London, from its foundation to the present time, by Will. 
 Maitland, F.R.S. 2 vols. Lond. 1772. Folio. 
 
 The History of London, by T. Pennant. Lond. 1793. 4to. A copious Index, 
 by Thos. Downes. Lond. 1814. 4to. A fine copy, in 14 vols, folio, 
 profusely illustrated by J. C. Crovvle, Esq., is in the Print Room of the 
 British Museum. There is an excellent index to the collection. 
 
 The Environs of London, by the Rev. Daniel Lysons, M.A. 4 vols. Lond. 
 1796. 4to.— Supplement. Lond. 1811. 4to — 2d ed. Lond. 1811. 4to. 
 4 parts. The original MSS. are in the British Museum (Add. MSS. 
 9451—9455). 
 
 Londinium Redivivum; or, a Modern Description of London, by J. P. Mal- 
 colm. 4 vols. Lond. 1803. 4to. 
 
 Middlesex. 
 
 The Antiquities of Middlesex, being a Collection of several Church Monu- 
 ments in that County (by Sir John Bowack). Lond. 1705. Folio. 
 
 Antiquities in Middlesex and Surrey. See Nichols' "Bibl. Top. Brit." vol. ii. 
 
 The Environs of London, by the Rev. D. Lysons, M.A. Lond. 1795. Vols. ii. 
 and iii. contain Middlesex. 
 
 An Account of those Parishes in the County of Middlesex not described in 
 the "Environs of London" by the Rev. D. Lysons, M.A. Lond. 1800. 
 4to. The original MSS. are in the British Museum (Add. MSS. 
 9451—9455; 9459. (Correspondence, 9431— 9433). 
 
HERALDIC COLLECTIONS. 237 
 
 List op County Histobies. 
 Monmouthshire. 
 The History of Monmouthshire, by David Williams. Lond. 1796. 4to. 
 Historical Tour in Monmouthshire, by William Coxe, M.A. 2 parts. Lond. 
 1801. 4to. 
 
 Norfolk. 
 
 Topographical History of the County of Norfolk, by Francis Blomefield. 5 
 
 vols. Fersf. 1739. Folio.— 2d. ed. 11 vols. Lond. 1805. Royal 8vo. 
 History and Antiquities of the County of Norfolk. 10 vols. Norwich, 1781. 
 8vo. 
 
 The Manuscript Collections of Gibbons, Le Neve, Craven Ord, and 
 Suckling, for this County, are in the British Museum. (Sea 
 Pedigrees of Gentry.) 
 
 Northamptonshire. 
 
 The History and Antiquities of Northamptonshire, by the Rev. Peter Whalley. 
 
 2 vols. Oxford, 1791. Folio. 
 The History of the County of Northampton, by George Baker. 2 vols. Lond. 
 
 1822—1841. Folio. 
 
 Northumberland. 
 
 A View of Northumberland, by W. Hutchinson. 2 vols. Newcast. 1778. 4to. 
 The History of the Town and County of the Town of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 
 
 by John Brand, M.A. 2 vols. Lond. 1789. 4to. 
 A Historical View of the County of Northumberland. 2 vols. Newcast. 1811. 
 
 8vo. 
 A History of Northumberland, by J. Hodgson. 6 vols. Newcast. 1820— 
 
 1840. 4to. Not yet completed. 
 View of the County of Northumberland, and of those parts of the County of 
 
 Durham north of the River Tyne, by E. Mackenzie. Newcast. 1825. 
 
 4to.— 2d. ed. 
 A Historical Account of the Town and County of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 
 
 including the Borough of Gateshead, by E. Mackenzie. 2 vols. Newcast. 
 
 1827. 4to. 
 
 Nottinghamshire. 
 
 The Antiquities of Nottinghamshire, by Robert Thoroton. Lond. 1677. Folio. 
 Historical Account of the Town of Nottingham, by C. Deering. Nottingham, 
 
 1751. 4to. 
 Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire, republished by John Throsby. 3 
 
 vols. Lond. 1790. 4to. 
 Antiquities, Historical and Itinerary, in Nottinghamshire and the adjacent 
 
 Counties, by William Dickinson, Esq. 3 parts. Newark, 1801. 4to. 
 
238 HERALDIC COLLECTIONS. 
 
 List op Count? Histoeies. 
 Oxfordshire. 
 The Natural History of Oxfordshire, by Robert Plot. Oxford, 1677. Folio. 
 
 —2d. ed. enlarged. Oxford, 1705. Folio. 
 Parochial Antiquities attempted in the History of Ambrosden, Burcester, and 
 other Parts of the Counties of Oxford and Bucks, by White Kennet. 
 Oxford, 1695. 4to. — new ed. with additions, by the Rev. B. Bandinel, 
 D.D. 2 vols. Oxford, 1818. 4to. 
 The Ancient and Present State of the City of Oxford, by Anthony a Wood. 
 
 ed. by Sir J. Peshall. Lond. 1773. 4to. 
 The History and Antiquities of the University of Oxford, by Anthony a Wood, 
 edited by Gutch. Oxf 1786.— Appendix. Oxf 1790.— New ed. 2 vols. 
 Oxf 1792—1796. 4to. 
 The History and Antiquities of the Hundreds of Bullington and Ploughley, 
 
 by J. Dunkin. 2 vols. Lond. 1823. 4to. 
 Parochial Collections for the County of Oxford. Evesham, 1825. Folio. 
 Privately printed by Sir Thomas Phillipps, Bart. 
 
 Anthony a Wood's very valuable Collections for Oxfordshire are 
 preserved in the Ashmolean Library. A Catalogue of these 
 collections was printed by William Huddesford, M.A., at Oxford, 
 in 1761. 
 
 Rutlandshire. 
 
 The History of the County of Rutland, by James Wright. Lond. 1684. 
 
 Folio. — Additions. Lond. 1687. — Further additions (8 pages). Lond. 
 
 1714. — New ed. by W. Harrod. Only 2 parts printed. 
 The History of the County of Rutland, by Thomas Blore, F.S.A. Stamford, 
 
 1811. Royal folio. Part ii. All printed. 
 
 Shropshire. 
 
 Antiquities of Shropshire, by the Rev. R. W. Eyton. Vols. i. — iii. Lond. 
 
 1853 — 56. Royal 8vo. In progress. 
 Documents connected with the History of Ludlow and the Lords Marchers of 
 
 the Welsh Borders, by the Hon. R. H. Clive. Lond. 1841. Imp. 8vo. 
 The History of Ludlow and its Neighbourhood, by T. Wright. Lond. 1843. 
 
 8vo. 
 The History of Shrewsbury, by Archdeacon Owen and the Rev. J. B. Blakeway. 
 
 2 vols. Lond. 1825. 4to. 
 The Sheriffs of Shropshire, with their Armorial Bearings, and Notices, Genea- 
 logical and Topographical, by the Rev. J. B. Blakeway. Shrewsbury, 
 
 1831. Folio. 
 Antiquities of Shropshire, by E. Lloyd, revised and enlarged by T. F. Dukes. 
 
 Shrewsbury, 1844. 4to. 
 
HERALDIC COLLECTIONS 239 
 
 List op County Histoeies. 
 Somersetshire. 
 A compleat History of Somersetshire. Sherborne, 1742. Folio. 
 The History and Antiquities of the County of Somerset, by the Rev. John 
 
 Collinson. 3 vols. Bath, 1791. 4to. 
 delineations of the North-Western Division of Somersetshire, by T. Butter. 
 
 Land. 1829. 8vo. 
 A History of Somersetshire, by the Rev. W. Phelps. Lond. 1839. 4to. Parts i. 
 
 to viii. 
 Memoirs of Bristol, by the Rev. S. Seyer. 2 vols. Bristol, 1821. 4to. 
 The History of the Hundred of Carhampton, by W. Savage. Bristol, 1830. 
 
 8vo. 
 A History of Glastonbury, by the Rev. R. Warner. Bath, 1826. 4to. 
 
 Staffordshire. 
 
 The Natural History of Staffordshire, by Robert Plot. Lond. 1686. Folio. 
 A Survey of Staffordshire, by Sampson Erdeswicke, Esq. Lond. 1717. 
 
 8vo. — New ed., by the Rev. T. Harwood. Lond. 1844. Royal 8vo. 
 A Topographical Survey of the County of Stafford, by William Tunnicliff. 
 
 Nantwich, 1787. 8vo. 
 The History and Antiquities of Staffordshire, by the Rev. Stebbing Shaw, 
 
 B.D. 2 vols. Lond. 1798. Folio. 
 The History and Antiquities of Lichfield, by the Rev. T. Harwood. Glou- 
 cester, 1806. 4to. 
 The History of Shenstone, in the County of Stafford, with the Pedigrees of 
 
 all the Families in that Parish. See Nichols' "Bibl. Top. Brit." vol. ix. 
 
 No. 4. 
 A Topographical and Historical Description of the Parish of Tixall, in the 
 
 County of Stafford, by Sir Thomas Clifford, Bart. Paris, 1817. 4to. 
 
 Privately printed. 
 
 Suffolk. 
 
 A History of Hawsted and Hardwick, by Sir John Cullum. Lond. 1813. 4to. 
 
 The History of Hengrave, in Suffolk, by J. Cage. Lond. 1822. 4to. 
 
 The History of Suffolk (Thingoe Hundred), by J. Gage. Lond. 1838. 
 
 Royal 4to. 
 A History of the County of Suffolk, by the Rev. A. Suckling. 2 vols. Lond. 
 1846. Folio. 
 
 Very valuable manuscript collections for this county, by D. E. Davy, 
 Esq., and H. Jermyn, Esq., are deposited amongst the Additional 
 MSS. in the British Museum. Minor collections by Craven Ord, 
 Gibbons, and Suckling, are in the same library. (See Pedigrees 
 of Gentry.) 
 
240 HERALDIC COLLECTIONS. 
 
 List of County Hibtoeies. 
 Surrey. 
 The History of the County of Surrey, by John Aubrey. 5 vols. Lond. 
 
 1719. 8vo. 
 The History of the County of Surrey, by the Rev. Owen Manning, continued 
 
 by William Bray, Esq. 3 vols. Lond. 1804. Folio. 
 A Topographical History of Surrey, by W. Brayley and J. Britton. 5 vols. 
 
 Lond. 1841—1846. 4to. and 8vo. 
 Antiquities of Surrey and Middlesex. See Nichols' "Bill. Top. Brit." 
 
 vol. ii. 
 The Environs of London, by the Rev. D. Lysons, M.A. Lond. 1792. Vol. i. 
 contains Surrey. The original MSS. are in the British Museum 
 {Add. MSS. 9436 ; 9457; 9459). 
 
 In the same Library are deposited small collections for this county, 
 by Suckling and Syrames. (See Pedigrees op Gentry.) 
 
 Sussex. 
 A History of the Western Division of the County of Sussex, by James Dal- 
 laway, B.M. Vols. i. and ii., part i. Lond. 1815. — 1819. 4to. — Con- 
 tinued by Ed. Cartwright. Vol. ii. part ii. Lond. 1830. 
 The History, Antiquities, and Topography of the County of Sussex, by 
 
 T. W. Horsneld. 2 vols. Lewes, 1835. 4to. 
 Sussex Archaeological Collections, illustrating the History and Antiquities of 
 the County. Published by the Sussex Archaeological Society. Vols. i. 
 — viii. Lond. 1848—56. 
 The History of Lewes, by the Rev. T. W. Horsneld. Lewes, 1824. 4to. 
 History of the Town and Port of Rye, by W.Holloway. 2 vols. Lond. 1847. 8vo. 
 The History of Winchelsea, by W.D. Cooper. Lond. 1850. 8vo. 
 
 Sir William Bunnell's fine Collections for Sussex are in the British 
 Museum. Hayley's Manuscripts in the same Library, form an 
 excellent supplement to the preceding collection. (See Pedigrees 
 of Gentry.) 
 
 Warwickshire. 
 The Antiquities of Warwickshire, by William Dugdale. Lond. 1656. Folio. — 
 2d ed. {Thomas). 2 vols. Lond. 1730. Folio.— 3d ed. Coventry, 1765. 
 Folio. 
 
 Westmoreland. 
 
 The History of the Counties of Westmoreland and Cumberland, by Joseph 
 Nicolson, Esq., and Richard Burn, LL.D. 2 vols. Lond. 1777. 4to. 
 
 Wiltshire. 
 
 A Tour in quest of Genealogy through several parts of Wales, Somersetshire, 
 and Wiltshire, by a Barrister. Lond. 1811. 8vo. 
 
HERALDIC COLLECTIONS. 241 
 
 List of County Histobies. 
 History of Modern Wiltshire, by Sir Richard Colt Hoare, and others. 6 vols. 
 
 Lond. 1822—1826. Folio. 
 History of Castle Combe, Co. Wilts, by G. P. Scrope. , 1852. 4to. 
 
 Privately printed. 
 Aubrey's Collections for Wiltshire. 2 vols. Salisb. IS19—1S38. 4to. Privately 
 
 printed by Sir Thomas Phillipps, Bart. This volume contains a collection 
 
 of inscriptions from monuments, &c, in the churches of Wiltshire. 
 History of the Town of Marlborough, and more generally of the entire Hun- 
 dred of Selkley, by James Waylen. Lond. 1854. 8vo. 
 Worcestershire. 
 Collections for a History of Worcestershire, by the Rev. Treadway Nash, D.D. 
 
 2 vols. Lond. 1781. Folio. 
 History and Antiquities of Worcester, by V. Green. 2 vols. Worcester, 
 
 1796. 4to. 
 History of Evesham, by W. Tindal. Evesham, 1794. 4to. 
 
 Habington's manuscript collections for this county are deposited in the 
 library of the Society of Antiquaries, and in that of Jesus 
 College, Oxford. (See Pedigrees of Gentry.) 
 Yorkshire. 
 History of the County of York, by John Allen. 6 vols. Lond. 1832. 8vo. — 
 
 Also in 3 vols. 4to. 
 The History and Antiquities of Beverley, by Geo. Oliver. Beverley, 1829. 4to. 
 Beverlac ; or the Antiquities and History of Beverley, by George Poulson. 
 
 2 vols. Lond. 1829. 
 The History of Cleveland, Co. York, with the Origin and Genealogy of the 
 
 principal Families within the district, by the Rev. John Graves. Carlisle, 
 
 1808. 4to. 
 The History and Antiquities of Cleveland, Co. York, by J. W. Ord. Lond. 
 
 1846. 4to. 
 The History of the Deanery of Craven, Co. York, by the Rev. T. D. Whitaker. 
 
 Lond. 1812. Royal 4to. 2d ed. 
 The History and Topography of the Deanery of Doncaster, Co. York, by the 
 
 Rev. J. Hunter. 2 vols. Lond. 1828. Folio. 
 History of Halifax, by the Rev. John Watson. Lond. 1775. 4to. 
 History and Antiquities of Hallamshire, by the Rev. J. Hunter. Lond. 1819. 
 
 Folio. 
 The History and Antiquities of Holderness, Co. York, by Geo. Poulson. 
 
 2 vols. Hull, 1840. 4to. 
 History of Kingston-upon-Hull, by the Rev. John Tickell. Hull, 1796. 4to. 
 The Topography of the Town and Parish of Leedes, with Pedigrees of the 
 
 Nobility and Gentry, by Ralph Thoresby. Lond. 1715. Folio.— 2d ed. 
 
 enlarged, with Loidis and Elmete, embracing Aredale, Wharfdale, and 
 
 the Vale of Calder, by the Rev. T.D. Whitaker. 2 vols. Leeds, 1816. Folic*- 
 
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242 HERALDIC COLLECTIONS. 
 
 List op County Histories. 
 
 Registrum Honoris de Richmond, cura Rogeri Gale. Lond. 1722. Folio. 
 
 History of Richmond, by Chr. Clarkson. Richmond, 1821. 4to. 
 
 A History of Richmondshire in the Co. of York, by the Rev. T. D. Whitaker. 
 2 vols. Lond. 1823. Folio. 
 
 Richmondshire, its ancient Lords and Edifices, with short Notices of memo- 
 rable Men, by W. H. Longstaffe. London and Richmond, 1852. 8vo. 
 
 History of the Wapentake of Strafford and Tickhill, by John Wainwright. 
 Sheffield, 1SZ&. 4to. 
 
 History of the Parish of Whalley and Honor of Clitheroe, by the Rev. T. D. 
 Whitaker. Lond. 1806. Royal 4to.— 2d ed. Lond. 1818. Royal 4to. 
 
 The History of Whitby, with the Original and Antiquity of many particular 
 Families in Yorkshire, by Lionel Charlton. Fork, 1779. 4to. 
 
 Eboracum ; or the History of the City of York, by the Rev. F. Drake. Lond. 
 1736. Folio. 
 
 LIST OF FAMILY HISTORIES, PEERAGE CLAIMS, 
 
 ETC. ETC. 
 
 Note. — As numerous references to Manuscript Pedigrees will be found in the follow- 
 ing List, it may be as well to observe, that such Pedigrees are not mere out- 
 lines, occupying only a few pages, but separate volumes or rolls, in many cases 
 drawn up with very great care, and as such deemed worthy of notice here. 
 Other references to Printed Works, not coming strictly under the head of 
 Family Histories, are given on account of the important genealogical informa- 
 tion to be found therein. 
 
 In the references to Peerage Claims, the figures placed at the end of the Titles 
 in parentheses, refer to the number at the bottom of each Bill, Paper, or Report. 
 
 Abergavenny, Barony of, see Neville. 
 
 Aboyne — Claim of George, Earl of Aboyne, to the title of Marquess of 
 
 Huntly, &c. See Sess. Papers (197 of 1838). 
 Ad kin— Pedigree of Adkin, sixteenth cent.; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 16,596. 
 Ailsa, Marquess of, see Kennedy. 
 Aib,lie, Peerage of, see Ogilvy. 
 Airth — Airth Papers. Lond. 1839. Privately printed by H. Gurney, Esq., 
 
 in reference to the claim of Robert B. Allardice, of Urie, Esq., to the 
 
 Earldom of Airth and Monteith. 
 
 see Allardice ; Strathern. 
 
 Aldborough, Earl of, see Stratford. 
 
 Alexander — Claim of William Alexander to the Earldom of Stirling. See 
 
 Sess. Papers (May, 1760— Mar. 1762). 
 Allan — Parentalia Memoranda: Lineage of the Allans of Staffordshire, 
 
 Hyltons of Westmoreland, Clervaux and Chator Families of Croft in 
 
 Richmondshire, by W. Hylton Longstaffe, Esq. Newcastte-ujpon-Tyne, 
 
 1852. Royal 8vo. Privately printed. 
 
HERALDIC COLLECTIONS. 243 
 
 List op Family Histobies. 
 
 Allan {continued). Wills of several members of the Family of Allan of Dar- 
 lington. Privately printed at the Darlington Press, in 4to. 
 
 Allardice — Claim of Eobert B. Allardice, Esq., to be the Earl of Airth. 
 See Sess. Papers (162 of 1839). 
 
 Alno, or De Alneto — Succinct Genealogies of the Ancient Houses of Alno, 
 or, De Alneto, Broc of Shephale, Latimer of Duntish, Drayton of Dray- 
 ton, Mauduit of Werminster, Greene of Drayton, Vere of Addington, 
 Eitz-Lewes of West Hornedon, Howard of Effingham, and Mordaunt of 
 Turvey, by Eob. Halstead. Lond. 1685. Folio. Privately printed. 1 
 
 Anderson — Descent of the Family of Anderson of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 
 a.d. 1592. veil. roll. Society of Antiquaries, MS. 5. 
 
 Kxgles-e a, Earldom of, see Annesley; Mountn orris ; Mulgr ave ;Valentia. 
 
 Angus, House of, see Douglas ; Hamilton. 
 
 Annandale, Teen-age of, see Hopetoun ; Johnstone. 
 
 Annesley — Claim of James Annesley, Esq., to the Earldom of Anglesea, 
 before the Irish Court of Exchequer, 1743. Neiccastle-on-Tyne, 1744. 
 Folio. 
 
 Claim of William Richard, Earl of Annesley, to vote at Elections 
 
 of Irish Peers. See Sess. Papers (K. of 1855). 
 
 Anson — Pedigree of the Right Hon. Thomas Anson, Viscount Anson, of 
 Shugborough, in Co. Staff. Lond. 1806. Folio. Three folded tables, 
 privately printed. 
 
 Genealogical Tables of the Family of the Right Hon. Viscount 
 
 Anson, Baron Soberton. n.d. Folio. Privately engraved. 
 
 Anstruther — Claim of Dame Ann Paterson Anstruther to the title of 
 Baroness Polewart or Polwarth. See Sess. Papers (101 of 1818). 
 
 Arden — Pedigree of the Noble Family of Arden. See Drummond's " History 
 of Noble British Families," parts i. and ii. 
 
 Argyle — The Life of John Duke of Argyle and Greenwich ; containing a 
 Genealogical Account of His Grace's Family and Ancestors, by Rob. 
 Campbell, Esq. Lond. 1745. 8vo. 
 
 -Papers relating. to the Argyle Family, edited by Maidment. 1834. 
 
 4to. Only 50 copies printed. 
 
 Armin, Family of, see St. Medard. 
 
 Arundel — Notices of the Family of Arundel of Aynho. See Nichols' "Top. 
 and Gen." vol. ii., pp. 312—339; vol. iii., p. 240. 
 
 Earl of see Howard. 
 
 Ashburnham — Pedigree of the Noble Family of Ashburnham. See Drum- 
 mond's " History of Noble British Families," parts i. and ii. 
 
 Ashtown, Baron, see Trench. 
 
 1 The real author of this very rare work, of which, it is said, there were but twenty- 
 four copies printed, was the second Earl of Peterborough, with the aid of his chaplain, 
 the Rev. Mr. Rous. 
 
244 HERALDIC COLLECTIONS. 
 
 List of Family Histoeies, etc. 
 
 Astley — Claims of Sir Jacob Astley, Bart., and of Henry le Strange Style- 
 man le Strange, Esq., to be coheirs to the title of Baron Hastings. See 
 Sess. Papers (211 of 1840 ; 55 of 1841). 
 
 Athenry, Peerage of see Birmingham ; Sewell. 
 
 Atholl — The Case of the Duke of Atholl, claiming the Barony of Strange. 
 [1736.] Folio. With a Pedigree. 
 
 Claim of the Duke of Atholl to the Barony of Strange. See Sess. 
 
 Papers (Feb. Mar. 1726). 
 
 See Murray. 
 
 Babington — Pedigree of the Family of Babington. See Nichols's " Colled. 
 
 Top. et Gen.," vol. viii. p. 313. 
 Badlesmere — Memoirs of the Family of Badlesmere. See Scrope's "History 
 
 of Castle Combed 1852. 4to. 
 Ba got— Memorials of the Bagot Family. Bh/thfield, 1824. 4to. Privately 
 
 printed. 
 Balcarres, House of see Crawfurd. 
 Balguy — A Pedigree of the Family of Balguy, and their alliances ; Brit. 
 
 Mus.Jdd. MS. 21,185. 
 Balmerino, Lord, see Kilmarnock. 
 Bam field — Excerpta e cartis, et stemma Familiae de Bamfield. Privately 
 
 printed by Sir Thomas Phillipps, Bart., in his " Topographer "No. 1, 
 
 for March, 1821. 8vo. 
 Banbury — Proceedings relating to the case of the Earl of Banbury. See 
 
 Sess. Papers (July 1660— Feb. 1697). 
 
 The true Countess of Banbury's case. Lond. 1696. Folio. 
 
 The Arguments in the controverted point of Peerage in the case 
 
 of Charles Knowles, otherwise Earl of Banbury. Lond. 1716. Folio. 
 
 -Claim of the Earls of Banbury to that Earldom. See Sess. Papers 
 
 (14, 48, 87, 126, of 1808; 20 of 1809; 64 of 1810; 11, 33, of 1811: 
 111 of 1812). 
 
 -Law of Adulterine Bastardy, with Eeport of the Claim of the 
 
 Earldom of Banbury, by Sir N. H. Nicolas. Lond. 1836. 8vo. 
 Bantry — Claim of the Right Hon. Richard, Earl of Bantry, and Viscount 
 
 Blarhaven, to vote at Elections of Irish Peers. See Sess. Papers (216 of 
 
 1851). 
 Barclay — A Genealogical Account of the Barclays of Urie, formerly of 
 
 Mather, by R. Barclay. Aberdeen, 1740. 8vo. Privately printed. 
 
 Genealogical Account of the Barclays of Urie. 1812. 8vo. 
 
 Barnard— Genealogical Account of the Barnard Family. 1816. Privately 
 
 printed. 
 Barnewall — Claim of Matthew Barnewall, Esq., to be Viscount Barnewall 
 
 of Kingsland and Baron of Turvey. See Sess. Papers (44 of 1812; 
 
 27 of 1812-13; 61 of 1813-14). 
 
HERALDIC COLLECTIONS. 245 
 
 List of Family Histobies, etc. 
 
 Barry — Claim of James R. Barry to vote at Elections of Irish Peers as Visct. 
 Buttevant. See Sess. Papers (215 of 1825). 
 
 Basset — Historical Descent of the Family of Basset of Welledone ; Brit. 
 Mus. Harl. MS. 6152. 
 
 Beatson — Genealogical History of the Family of Beatson, by Alex. John 
 Beatson, Esq. Edinb. 1854. Privately printed. 
 
 Beauchamp — History of the Earls of Warwick, with their Arms embla- 
 zoned, and Portraits of them neatly painted in water colours, ascribed to 
 John Rouse; Brit. Mus. Lansd. MS. 882. 
 
 Notes relating to the Beauchamp Family, from the Conquest 
 
 to Hen. VIII. ; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 4451. 
 
 -Rouse's " History of the Earls of Warwick," beautifully copied 
 
 by Dugdale; Ashm. Lib. MS. 839, art. 1. 
 Beaumont, Barony of, see Stapleton. 
 Bedford, Duke of, see Russell. 
 Bedingfield — Claim of Sir Henry P. Bedingfield of Oxborough, Co. Norf., 
 
 Bart., to the Barony of Grandison. See£m. Papers (82 of 1854 ; B. of 
 
 1855). 
 Belhaven, Lord, see Hamilton. 
 Berkeley — Claim of N. Berkeley, Esq., to the Barony of Botetourt. See 
 
 Sess. Papers (Dec. 1763— Apr. 1764). 
 Claim of William Fitzhardinge Berkeley to be Earl of Berkeley. 
 
 See Sess. Papers (May, 1799— June, 1802; 14, 16, of 1811; 115 of 
 
 1829). 
 Evidence respecting the Claim to the Berkeley Peerage. Lond. 
 
 1811. 8vo. 
 
 Address to the Peers of the United Kingdom, by Mary, Countess 
 
 of Berkeley. Lond. 1811. 8vo. 
 
 The B******y Family, a Narrative, by Mary Tudor, Sister-in- 
 
 law to the Countess. Lond. . 8vo. 
 
 Abstracts of Smith's "Lives of the Bei'keleys," by T. D. Fosbrooke. 
 
 Lond. 1821. 4to. 
 Pedigree of the Berkeleys of Camden ; Coll. of Arms, PHlipot 
 
 MS. 9, Pd. 
 Berners, Barony of, see Bokenham ; Wilson. 
 Bertie — Memoir of Peregrine, 11th Lord Willoughby D'Eresby. Lond. 
 
 1828. 8vo. 
 Five Generations of a Loyal House. Part i., containing the Lives 
 
 of Richard Bertie and his Son Peregrine, Lord Willoughby ; by Lady 
 
 Georgina Bertie. Lond. 1845. sm. 4to. 
 Birmingham — Claim of John Birmingham, of 'Dalgin, Esq., to the Barons 
 
 of Athenry. See Sess. Papers (17, 269, of 1836). 
 
246 HEKALDIC COLLECTIONS. 
 
 List of Family Histoeies, etc. 
 Birnie — Account of the Families of Birnie and Hamilton of Bromhill, 
 
 edited by W. B. D. D. Turnbull. Edinburgh, 1838. Only 60 copies 
 
 printed. 
 Bisshopp — Minutes of Evidence relative to the Claims of Sir Cecil Bisshopp, 
 
 Bart., of Parham Park, to the title of Baron Zouche. See Sess. Papers, 
 
 vol. viii., 259. 
 Blackett — Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Blackett, Bart., with Pedigree 
 
 of the Calverleys of Calverley in Yorkshire, and the Blacketts of New- 
 castle-upon-Tyne and Northumberland. Newcastle, 1819. 12mo. 
 Obsequies of certain of the Family of Blackett of Newcastle. 
 
 Newcastle, 1846. 12mo. 
 Blackwood — Claim of the Rt. Hon. Frederick Temple Blackwood, Baron 
 
 Dufferin and Claneboye, to vote at Elections of Irish Peers. See Sess. 
 
 Papers (245 of 1848). 
 Bland — Collections for a History of the Ancient Eamily of Bland, by N. 
 
 Carlisle. Lond. 1826. 4to. Privately printed. 
 Blodwell, or Bladwell — The Genealogy of the Family of Blodwell, or 
 
 Bladwell, a.d. 1754; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 14,393. 
 Bloomfield, Baron, see Douglas. 
 Blount — Collections for a History of the Ancient Family of Blount. Lond. 
 
 1826. 4to. Privately printed. 
 Bode— The Pedigree of John Bode of Rayley, Co. Essex, to 1617 ; Brit. 
 
 Mus. Add. MS. 15,565. 
 Bohun— Descent of the Family of Bohun of Fressingfield, &c. See " The 
 
 Diary of Edm. Bohun," edited by S. W. Rix. Beccles, 1853. 4to. Pri- 
 vately printed. 
 Bokenham — Abstract of Records, &c, to prove the Claims and Title of 
 
 Katherine, wife of Richard Bokenham of Weston -Mercate, Co. Suffolk, 
 
 to the Barony of Berners. 1717. Folio, pp. 55. 
 . Claim of Mrs. Bokenham to the Barony of Berners. See Sess. 
 
 Papers (March— June, 1720). 
 Bolle— Anecdotes of the Family of Bolle. See Illingworth's "Account of 
 
 Scampton" 1810. 4to. 
 Borthwick — Claim of Henry Borthwick to the title of Lord Borthwick. 
 
 See Sess. Papers (Jan. — Apr. 1762). 
 Claim of John Borthwick, Esq., to the title of Lord Borthwick. 
 
 See Sess. Papers (Feb. 1774— Nov. 1776). 
 
 -Claim of Archibald Borthwick, Esq., to the title of Lord Borth- 
 
 wick. See Sess. Papers (83 of 1812; 26 of 1812-13; 77 of 1813-14; 
 49 of 1814—15). 
 Bosville— Genealogical Tables of the Bosville Family. See Baverstock's 
 "Account of Maidstone:' 1832. 8vo. 
 
HERALDIC COLLECTIONS. 247 
 
 List of Family Histoeies, etc. 
 Botetourt, Barony of, see Berkeley. 
 Botfield — Stemmata Botevilleiana : Memorials of the Family of Botfield. 
 
 Norton Hall, 1843. 8vo. Privately printed. 
 Bowes — Claim of the Kt. Hon. Thomas Bowes to be Earl of Strathmore. 
 
 See Sess. Papers (39 of 1821). 
 Boyle — Memorials of the Illustrious Family of Boyle, particularly of Charles, 
 
 Earl of Orrery, by E. BudgeU. 1732. 8vo. 
 Papers relating to the Family of Boyle, 1598 — 1640; Brit.Mus. 
 
 Add. MS. 19,832. 
 Boyne — Claim of Gustavus Frederic, Viscount Boyne, to vote at Elections 
 
 of Irish Peers. See Sess. Papers (0. of 1855). 
 Boys — A Pedigree of the Family of Boys, by W. Boys and W. Boteler. 
 
 Printed on a large sheet for private distribution. 
 Brabazon — Genealogical History of the Family of Brabazon, edited by H. 
 
 Sharpe. Paris, 1825. 4to. Privately printed. 
 Brandon — Copies of various Papers, &c, relating to the Peerages of 
 
 Brandon and Dover, n.d. (circ. 1769.) 4to. pp. 30. Privately printed 
 
 at the expense of the Duke of Hamilton. 
 Braose — The Families of Braose of Chesworth ; and Hoo, by W. D. Cooper. 
 
 Lond. 1856. 8vo. Keprinted from the "Sussex Arch. Coll." vol. viii. 
 Braye, Peerage of, see Cave. 
 Bridges — Claim of Sir Brook W. Bridges, Bart., to be Baron Fitz waiter. 
 
 See Sess. Papers (159 of 1842 ; 104 of 1843 ; 51 of 1844). 
 Bridgewater, Earl of, see Egerton. 
 Broc, Family of, see Alno. 
 Brodrick — Claim of the Rt. Hon. Charles Brodrick, Viscount Middleton, 
 
 to vote at Elections of Irish Peers. See Sess. Papers (161 of 1854). 
 Brooke, Barony of, see Verney. 
 Browne — Statement of the claim of Henry Browne, Esq., to the dignity of 
 
 Viscount Montague, by H. Prater, Esq. Lond. 1849. 8vo. 
 Bruce — Pedigree of the Family of Bruce. See Drummond's " History 
 
 Noble British Families," parts iii. and iv. 
 
 Descent of the Family of Bruce ; Ashm. Lib. Wood MS. 8539. 
 
 An Historical Account of the Family of Brus, or Bruce, of Skelton 
 
 and Danby Castle, in Yorkshire ; as also of the Royal Family of Bruce 
 
 in Scotland ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 3879. 
 Bryan — Claim of George Bryan, Esq., of Jenkinstown, to be Lord Baron of 
 
 Slane. See Sess. Papers (157 of 1830; 64 of 1830-31; 41, 75, of 
 
 1831). 
 Brydges — The Case of Edward Tymewell Brydges, claiming the Barony of 
 
 Chandos of Sudeley, with Appendices, pp. 24. Folio. See also Sess. 
 
 Papers (1790 of 1802-8). 
 
248 HERALDIC COLLECTIONS. 
 
 List op Family Histories, etc. 
 Brydges {continued). General Pedigree of the Rev. Edward Tymewell 
 Brydges. Folio. Single sheet. 
 
 Claim of E. T. Brydges, Clerk, to the Barony of Chandos. 1790. 
 
 Folio. 
 
 -Pedigree of the Descendants of John Bridges of Harbledown. 
 
 Folio. Single sheet. 
 
 -Proofs of the Pedigree of John Brydges of Harbledown. Folio. 
 
 Single sheet. 
 
 Ataviae Regiae, by Sir E. Brydges. Florence, 1S20. 4to. Contains 
 
 Genealogical Tables of the Families connected with that of Brydges. 
 Privately printed. 
 
 -Stemmata Ulustria praecipue Regia, auctore Sir Egerton de 
 
 Bruges, Bar* . Paris, 1825. Royal folio. 
 
 Buchan — Sir Colin Mackenzie's Claim to the Title and Dignity of Earl of 
 Buchan and Lord Auchterhouse. n.d. (circ. 1840.) Folio. Privately 
 printed. 
 
 Buchanan — A Genealogical Essay upon ue Family of Buchanan, by W. 
 Buchanan. Glasgow, 1723. 4to. 
 
 History of the Ancient Surname of Buchanan, &c, by W. Bu- 
 chanan. Glasgow, 1793. 8vo. 
 
 -Inquiry into the Genealogy. &c, of Highland Clans and Families 
 
 of Buchanan, by W. Buchanan, Esq. Edinb. 1755. 8vo. — Reprinted. 
 
 Glasgow, 1820. 12mo. 
 Buckingham, Duke of, see Villiers. 
 Burlington — Claim of the Earl of Burlington to the Barony of Clifford. 
 
 See Sess. Papers (May, 1737). 
 Burnes — Notes on his Name and Family, by James Burnes, K.H. Edinb. 
 
 1851. sm. 8vo. Privately printed. 
 Burnet — Letters and papers relating to the Burnet Family, 1693 — 1803; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Add. MSS. 11,403 ; 11,404. 
 Butler — Some Account of the Family of the Butlers, particularly of the late 
 
 Duke of Ormond. Lond. 1716. 8vo. 
 Buttevant, Viscount, see Barry. 
 Byam — Memoir of the Reverend Henry, John, and Edward Byam, together 
 
 with their Lineage, by Edw. S. Byam, Esq. Ryde (1854). 12mo. 
 Caernarvon, Earl of, see Dormer. 
 CjESAR — Life of Sir Julius Caesar, Knt., with Memoirs of his Family and 
 
 Descendants, by Edm. Lodge, Esq. Lond. 1827. 4to. 
 Caithness, Earldom of, see Sinclair. 
 Calverley, Family of, see Blackett. 
 Camelford, Lord, see Pitt. 
 Camoys, Peerage of, see Stonor. 
 
HERALDIC COLLECTIONS. 249 
 
 List op Family Histories, etc. 
 
 Campbell — A Letter to Mr. Campbell of Barbreck, containing an Account 
 of the Campbells of Barbreck, by F. W. Campbell. Ipswich, 1830. 4to. 
 Privately printed. 
 
 Canynge — Memorials of the Canynges Family, by Geo. Pryce. Bristol, 
 1854. 8vo. 
 
 Carbery, Earl of, see Vaughan. 
 
 Carew — The History and Pedigree of Carew, by Sir Will. Poole of Devon- 
 shire; Ashm. Lib. Wood MS. 8547. 
 
 Papers relative to the Family of Carew ; Coll. of Arms, Vincent 
 
 MS. 420, P. 
 
 -Pedigree of Carew, called Montgomery, from the Conquest to 
 
 1573 ; Brit. Mus. Harl. Roll, P. 9. 
 Carey — Papers relating to the Claim of Wm. Ferdinand Carey, Esq., to the 
 
 Dignity of Baron of Hunsdon, with Pedigrees ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 
 
 6694. 
 Claim of W. F. Carey, Esq., to the Barony of Hunsdon. See Seas. 
 
 Papers (Feb.— Mar. 1707). 
 Carlisle — Collections for a History of the Family of Carlisle. Lond. 1822. 
 
 4 to. Privately printed. 
 Carlos — Pedigree of the Carlos Family of Broomhall, Co. Staff., drawn up 
 
 after 1784; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 14,844, e. 
 Carnegie — Claim of Sir James Carnegie of Southesk, Bart., to be Earl of 
 
 Southesk,&c. See Sess. Papers C2$3 of 1848 ; 164 of 1854; A. of 1855). 
 Carrington — Pedigree of the Family of Carrington, alias Smith, to about 
 
 1764 ; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 14,844, c. 
 Carteret — A History of the Noble Family of Carteret, by Arthur Collins. 
 
 1756. 8vo. Privately printed. 
 Cassillis — Claims preferred to the House of Lords, in the Case of the 
 
 Cassillis Peerage, by Jas. Maidment, Esq. Edinb. 1840. Only 60 copies 
 
 printed. 
 
 See Kennedy ; PtUGLEN. 
 
 Castle-Stewart — Claim of Lord Castle-Stewart to the title of Lord 
 
 Ochiltree. See Sess. Papers (April, 1790— June, 1793). 
 Cave — Claim of Sarah Otway Cave, of Stamford Hall, to be Baroness Braye. 
 
 See Sess. Papers (40 of 1836 ; 91 of 1838 ; 171 of 1839). 
 Cavendish — Memoir of the Family of Cavendish, by W. Kennett. Lond. 
 
 1708. 8vo. 
 Historical Collections of the Noble Families of Cavendish, 
 
 Holies, Vere, Harley, and Ogle; by A. Collins. Lond. 1752. Folio. 
 
 -The Lives of the Dukes of Devonshire, descended from Sir 
 
 Will. Cavendish, by Joseph Grove. Lond. 1764^8vo. 
 
250 HERALDIC COLLECTIONS. 
 
 List of Family Histobies, etc. 
 
 Cecil — Pedigree of the Family of Cecil. See Drummond's "History of 
 Noble British Families" parts i. and ii. 
 
 The Life of Cecil, Lord Burleigh, with Memoirs of the Family of 
 
 Cecil, by A. Collins, Esq. Lond. 1732. 8vo. 
 
 Chambres — Account of the Family of Chambres of the Hawes, in West- 
 moreland, a.d. 1700 ; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 11,323. 
 
 Chandos — Papers on the Chandos Peerage, n.d. Folio. Privately printed ; 
 very rare. 
 
 Review of the Chandos Peerage Case, by G. F. Beltz, Esq. Lond. 
 
 1834. 8vo. 
 
 see Brydges. 
 
 Charleville — Claim of the Rt. Hon. Charles William George, Earl of 
 Charleville in Ireland, to vote at Elections of Irish Peers. See Sess. 
 Papers (198 of 1852-3). 
 
 Chator, Family of, see Allan. 
 
 Chaworth— Pedigrees of the Family of Chaworth, and of sundry ancient 
 Families from whom they were descended ; Coll. op Arms, Vincent 
 MS. 24. 
 
 Chester, Earldom of — A Defence of Amicia, daughter of Hugh Cyvelock, 
 Earl of Chester, against Sir Peter Leycester's declaration of her ille- 
 gitimacy, by Sir Thos. Mainwaring, Bart. Lond. 1673. ]2mo. 
 
 ! An Answer to Sir Thomas Mainwaring's "Defence" by Sir 
 
 Peter Leycester, Bart. 1673. 12mo. 
 
 A Reply to an Answer of the Defence of Amicia, &c. &c., by Sir 
 
 Thos. Mainwaring, Bart. Lond. 1673. 12mo. 
 
 Addenda ; or some Things to be added to Sir T. Mainwaring's 
 
 Book. Nov. 1673. 12mo. 
 
 An Answer to Sir P. Leycester's "Addenda" by Sir T. Main- 
 
 waring. Lond. 1673-4. 12mo. 
 
 Two Books, &c. &c, by Sir P. Leycester. Anno Domini 1674. 
 
 An Answer to Two Books, &c, by Sir T. Mainwaring. Lond. 
 
 1675. 12mo. 
 
 A Reply to Sir T. Mainwaring's "Answer" by Sir P. Leycester. 
 
 A.D. 1675. 12mo. 
 
 The Second Reply, &c. Lond. 1676. [By Sir P. Leycester.] 
 
 " Peroratio ad Lectorem," by Sir P. Leycester. 17th Dec. 1675. 
 
 An Advertisement to the Reader," by Sir P. Leycester. Un- 
 
 answered, n. d. 
 
 An Admonition to the Reader, by Sir T. Mainwaring. 1676. 12mo. 
 
 An Answer to Sir T. Mainwaring's "Admonition" by Sir P. 
 
 Leycester. Lond. 1677. 12mo. 
 
 The Legitimacy of Amicia, &c, clearly proved, by Sir T. 
 
 jVfainwaring, Bart. Loud. 1679. 12mo. 
 
HERALDIC COLLECTIONS. 251 
 
 List of Family Histories, etc. 
 Chester {Earldom of, continued) — A Reply to Sir P. Leycester's "Answer" 
 
 to Sir T. Mainwaring's "Admonition" Manchester, 1854. 12ID0. 1 
 Cheyney — Church Notes relating to the Family of Cheyneyj Brit. Mus. 
 
 Add. MS. 8979. 
 Chichele — Stemmata Chicheleana : a Genealogical Account of some of the 
 
 Families derived from Thomas Chichele of Higham Ferrers, Co. North- 
 
 ampt., all whose Descendants are held to be entitled to Fellowships in 
 
 All Souls' College ; by Dr. Buckler. Oxford, 1765. 4to. 
 A Supplement to the " Stemmata Chicheleana," with large 
 
 additions to the Tables of Descents. Oxford, 1775. 2 
 Cholmley — Memoir of Sir Hugh Cholmley, Knt., with some Account of his 
 
 Family. 1787. 4to. Only 100 copies printed. 
 Clanronald — Vindication of the Clanronald of Glengary, with Remarks as 
 
 to the Descent of the Family who style themselves of Clanronald. Edinb. 
 
 1821. 8vo. 
 Clarence — Claim of William Henry, Duke of Clarence, to vote at Elections 
 
 of Irish Peers. See Sess. Papers (1805). 
 Clermont, Baron, see Fortescue. 
 Clervaux, Family of, see Allan. 
 Clifford— Collectanea Cliffordiana ; containing Genealogical Notices of 
 
 the Clifford Family, by A. Clifford, Esq. 3 parts. Paris, 1817. 8vo. 
 
 Privately printed. 
 Cliffordiana : An Account of the Cliffords of Chudleigh, edited 
 
 by the Rev. G. Oliver. Exeter, 1827. 12mo. 
 Claim of the Countess Dowager of Dorset, and the Earl of 
 
 Thanet, to the Barony of Clifford. See Sess. Papers (May, 1663 — Nov. 
 
 1694). 
 Collections relating to the Family of Clifford of Skipton in 
 
 Craven, s. xvii. ; Queen's Coll. Oxford, MS. cv. 
 Titles of Honour and Pedigrees, especially touching Clifford ; 
 
 Lincoln's Inn Lib. Hale MS. xcvii [civj. 
 
 Evidences of the Cliffords ; of great interest and value ; Bodl. 
 
 Lib. JDodesworth MSS. 70 ; 74 ; 83. 
 Barony of, see Burlington. 
 
 Clinton, Barony of, see Trefusis. 
 
 Cloncurry — Claim of the Rt. Hon. Edward, Baron Cloncurry, to vote at 
 
 Elections of Irish Peers. See Sess. Papers (160 of 1854). 
 Clopton — Papers relating to the Family of Clopton of Kentwell ; Brit. Mus. 
 
 Karl. MS. 127. 
 
 / 
 
 1 Now first printed by J. G. Bell, from the original in the Bodleian Library. 
 
 3 An interleaved copy of this work, enriched with considerable additions, by the 
 Rev. Charles Annesley, formerly Fellow of All Souls' College, is deposited in the 
 Library there. 
 
253 HERALDIC COLLECTIONS. 
 
 List of Family Histories, etc. 
 Cobham — Memorials of the Family of Cobham. See Nichols' " Collect. 
 
 Top. et Gen." vol. vii. p. 320. 
 
 see Brooke. 
 
 Colepeper — Original Papers and Letters relative to the Family of Cole- 
 
 peper, 1649—1749 ; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 11,324. 
 « Leases and Documents relating to the Family of Culpeper, 
 
 1639—1687; Brit. Mus. Add. Chart. 1774—1781. 
 Colville — Claim of Charles John Colville, Baron Colville of Culross, to vote 
 
 at Elections of Scotch Peers. See Sess. Papers (36 of 1850). 
 Comberforde — Pedigree of the Family of Comberforde, 1594 ; Brit. Mus. 
 
 Add. MS. 17,326. 
 Compton — Pedigree of the Family of Compton. See Drummond's " His- 
 tory of Noble British Families" parts i. and ii. 
 Conyers, Barony of, see Osborn. 
 Courcy — Claim of John de Courcy to be Baron Kingsale and Baron 
 
 Courcy of Bingrone. See Sess. Papers (144 of 1831-32). 
 Courtenay — Discours sur la Genealogie et Maison de Courtenay. Paris, 
 
 1603. 8vo. Privately printed. 
 D e Stirpe et Origine Domus de Courtenay. Paris, 1607. 
 
 8vo. Privately printed. 
 
 A Genealogical History of the Noble Family of Courtenay, 
 
 by Ezra Cleaveland, B.D. Exon. 1735. Folio. 
 
 Case of William, Viscount Courtenay, on his Claim to the 
 
 title of Earl of Devon. 1830. Folio. 
 
 Minutes of Evidence taken before the Committee for Privi- 
 
 leges on the Petition of William Visct. Courtenay. 1831. Folio. See 
 
 Seas. Papers (27 of 1830-31). 
 
 Histoire Ge'nealogique de la Maison de Courtenay, par Jean 
 
 duBouchet. 1761. Folio. 
 
 Letter to Lord Brougham on the late decision of the Earldom 
 
 of Devon, by T. C. Banks. Bond. 1831. 
 
 Beport of Proceedings on the Claim to the Earldom of 
 
 Devon, by Sir N. H. Nicolas. Bond. 1832. 8vo. 
 
 Genealogy of the Family of Courtenay, Earls of Devon. See 
 
 Journ. Archceolog. Inst." vol. x. p. 52. 
 See Tracy. 
 
 Coventry — Account of Croome D'Abuot, with Biographical Notices of the 
 
 Coventry Family. Worcester, 1824. 8vo. 
 Crawfurd — Claim of Mr. John Lindsay Crawfurd to the Title and Estates 
 
 of Crawfurd and Kilbirny. Paisley, 1819. 4to. Privately printed. 
 The Crawfurd Peerage ; with Genealogical Particulars relating 
 
 to the Illustrious Houses of Crawfurd and Kilbirnie, by Dr. A. M. Adams. 
 
 Edinb. 1829. 
 
HERALDIC COLLECTIONS. 253 
 
 List of Family Histoeies, etc. 
 Crawfurd {continued) — An Examination of the Claim of J. L. Crawfurd, 
 by J. Dobie. Edinb. 1831. 4to. 
 
 Sketch of the Case of John Lindsay Crawfurd, by Dr. A. M. 
 
 Adams. Edinb. 1834. 4to. 
 
 Case of John Lindsay Crawfurd. Folio, pp. 50 — Appendix, 
 
 pp. 44. Reprinted, with Additions, in 3 vols. 8vo. 1849. 
 
 Lives of the Lindsays, or a Memoir of the Houses of Crawford 
 
 and Balcarres, by Lord Lindsay. 4 vols. Wigan, 1840. Royal 8vo. 
 Privately printed. 
 
 Claim of James, Earl of Balcarres, to be Earl oi Crawfurd and 
 
 Lord Lindsay; and Petition of Eobert Lindsay Crawfurd, Esq., claim- 
 ing the same title. See Sess. Papers (206 of 1845 ; 47 of 1846 ; 231 of 
 1847; 135 of 1848; 347 of 1852-3). 
 
 Report of the Speeches of Counsel, etc., upon the Claim of 
 
 James, Earl of Crawford and Balcarres, to the original Dukedom of 
 
 Montrose, by Lord Lindsay. Lond. 1856. Folio. 1 
 Croke — A Genealogical History of the Croke Family, originally named 
 
 Le Blount, by Sir A. Croke. 2 vols. Oxford, 1823. 4to. 
 Cromartie, Lord, see Kilmarnock. 
 Cromwell — Anecdotes and Observations relating to Oliver Cromwell and 
 
 his Family, by J. Burrow. Lond. 1763. 4to. Privately printed. 
 . Memoirs of the Protectoral House of Cromwell, by M. Noble. 
 
 2 vols. Birmingham, 1787. 8vo. 3d ed. 
 
 A Review of Noble's " Memoirs of tlie Protectoral House of 
 
 Cromwell" by W. Richards. Lynn, 1788. 8vo. 
 
 The Genealogical Line, or Paternal Descent of Oliver Cromwell. 
 
 See Prestwick's " Respublica. 
 
 Genealogical View of the Family of Oliver Cromwell. See 
 
 Nichols' " Bibl. Top. Brit.," vol. vi. part iii. 
 
 Danvers — Claim of George John Danvers Butler Danvers, Earl of Lanes- 
 borough, to vote at Elections of Peers. See Sess. Papers (96 of 1848). 
 
 Pedigrees of Danvers, deduced from John Danvers of Cotherop, 
 
 sixteenth cent. ; Brit. Mus. Harl. Rolls, P. 5; 10. 
 
 Darn ley, Earl of, see Stuart. 
 
 Davenport — The History and Genealogy of the Davenport Family, from 
 1086 to 1850, by A. B. Davenport. New York, 1851. 8vo. 
 
 De Alneto, Family of, see Alno. 
 
 De Courcy — Pedigree of the Family of De Courcy. See Drummond's 
 " Hist, of Noble British Families" part viii. 
 
 Dee — Genealogical Account of some of the Families derived from Bedo Dee. 
 Lond. 1815. 
 
 1 A Bibliographical Catalogue of the Cases and Papers printed is given at p. ix. of 
 the Introduction. 
 
254 HERALDIC COLLECTIONS, 
 
 List of Family Histoeies, etc. 
 Dee (continued) — Pedigree of Dr. Dee, deduced from various Welsh Families ; 
 
 Autogr. Brit. Mus. Cotton. Chart, xiii. 38 ; xiv. 1. 
 Deering — Deeds and Charters relating to the Deering Family ; Brit. Mus. 
 
 Add. MS. 5481. 
 De Gorram, Family of, see Gorham. 
 De Insula, Family of, see Lisle. 
 Delvin, Barony of, see Nugent. 
 De Marisco, Family of, see Montmorency. 
 Denzell — Densellorum, sive de Denzell, prosapia, ex archiv. suis ; Brit. 
 
 Mus. Earl. MS. 3367. 
 D'Este— The History of the House of Este. Lond. 1681. 8vo. 
 Papers elucidating the Claim of Sir Augustus D'Este, K.C.H., 
 
 by J. T. Dillon. Lond. 1831. 8vo. Privately printed. 
 Case of the Children of H.R.H. the Duke of Sussex, elucidated 
 
 by J. T. Dillon. 2 vols. 1832. 4to. 
 
 Claim of Augustus Frederick D'Este to be Duke of Sussex. See 
 
 8m. Papers (142 of 1844 ; 177 of 1844). 
 De Vallibus, Family of, see Vaux. 
 De Vesci — Genealogy of the Constables De Vescy ; Brit. Mus. Cotton. 
 
 Chart, xiv. 9. 
 Devonshire — Lives of the Earls and Dukes of Devonshire, with Genealogies 
 
 of eminent Men their Contemporaries, by Jos. Grove. Lond. 1764. 8vo. 
 
 see Cavendish ; Courtenay. 
 
 D'Ewes — Pedigree of the Family of Ewes or D'Ewes ; Brit. Mus. Earl. 
 
 Rolls, D. 25 ; 0. 8 ; 9. 
 D'Eyncourt — Genealogical History of the Family of Tennyson D'Eyncourt, 
 
 by John B. Burke, Esq. Lond. 1846. 12mo. 
 Dillon — Epitome of the Case on the Claim of the Dillon Family of Proud- 
 
 ston, by Sir J. J. Dillon, Kt. Lond. (really Paris) 1829. 4to. Privately 
 
 printed. This Claim was originally printed in folio, without date, some 
 
 years before 1829. 
 Disney — Claim of Molineux Disney, Esq., to the Barony of Hussey, with 
 
 Remarks by W. B. D. D. Turnbull, Esq. Edinb. 1836. 8vo. Privately 
 
 printed. 
 Remarks on the Hussey Peerage, with Pedigrees, by W. B.D. D. 
 
 Turnbull. Edinb. 1842. Intended as a supplement to the preceding 
 
 work. Only 40 copies printed. 
 Doneraile, Viscount, see Hayes. 
 Donoughmore, Earl of, see Hely. 
 Dore — Account of the Family of Dore of Compton Beauchamp, Co. Wilts, 
 
 &c. 4to. Privately printed. 
 Account of the Family of Dore of Longcot, &c, Co. Berks. 4to. 
 
 Privately printed. 
 
HERALDIC COLLECTIONS. 255 
 
 List of Family Histories, etc. 
 
 Dore (continued) — Account of the Family of Dore of Longleat, Co. Wilts. 
 4to. Privately printed. 
 
 Dormer — Genealogie de la Maison des Lords Dormers, Comptes de Caer- 
 narvon, etc., par M. D****. [Antwerp,] 1771. Folio. See also an 
 account of the Dormers in the " Nobiliare de Brabant" vol. iv. p. 79. 
 
 Pedigree of the Dormer Family of Buckinghamshire to about 
 
 1765 ; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 14,844 5. 
 
 D orset, Earl of, see Sackville. 
 
 Douglas — The History of the Houses of Douglas and Angus, by D. Hume. 
 Edinb. 1644. Folio.— 2d ed. 2 vols. 1743. 8vo.— 4th ed. 2 vols. 
 1748. 8vo. 
 
 A Synopsis of the Genealogy of the Noble Family of Brigantes, 
 
 or Douglas, by P. Pineda. 1754. 8vo. 
 
 Speeches and Judgments of the Lords in the Douglas Cause, by 
 
 William Anderson. Edinb. 1768. 8V0. 1 
 
 Abstract of the Evidence taken in the service of the Right Hon. 
 
 Sylvester Douglass, Lord Glenbervie, &c, with a Genealogical Table. 
 Edinb. 1815. 4to. Privately printed. 
 
 Claim of John Arthur Douglas, Baron Bloomfield, to vote at 
 
 Elections of Scotch Peers. See Sess. Papers (109 of 1849). 
 Dover, Earldom of, see Brandon. 
 Doyle — Claim of the Rt. Hon. Lady Susan Doyle to the Barony of North. 
 
 See Sess. Papers (72 of 1837). 
 D'Oyly— History of the House of D'Oyly, by W. D'Oyly Bayley. 2 parts. 
 
 Lond. 1845. 8vo. 
 Drake — Life of Sir Francis Drake, with the Historical and Genealogical 
 
 Account of his Family, &c. ; containing also an Account of the Rich- 
 mond Family. Lond. 1828. Imp. 8vo. 
 Genealogical and Biographical Account of the Family of Drake in 
 
 America, with some Notices of the same Family name in England. 
 
 1845. 8vo. 
 Drayton, Family of, see Alno. 
 Druce — Genealogical Account of the Family of Druce of Goreing, Co. Oxon. 
 
 Lond. 1735. 4to. — Reprinted, 1853. Only 50 copies printed. 
 Drummond — A Genealogical Memoir of the Noble House of Drummond. 
 
 Edinb. 1808. 12mo. 
 Genealogy of the Most Noble House of Drummond, collected 
 
 by the Hon. W. Drummond, ed. by D. Laing. Edinb. 1831. 4to. 
 
 Claim of George Drummond, Duke of Melfort, to the Earldom 
 
 of Perth. See Sess. Papers (233 of 1846 ; 107 of 1847 ; 326 of 1848 
 432 of 1852-3). 
 
 1 A Bibliography of this celebrated Cause will be found in Lowndes' "Bibliographers' 
 Manual" art. Douglas. See also "CensuraLiteraria" vols, v., vi., and viii., edit, 1805-9. 
 
250 HERALDIC COLLECTIONS. 
 
 List op Family Histories, etc. 
 Drummond (continued) — Pedigree of the Family of Drummond. See 
 
 Drummond's " History of Noble British Families" part vii. 
 The Genealogy of the Most Noble House of Drummond; Brit. 
 
 Mus. Harl. MS. 4238. 
 see Innes. 
 
 Dufferin, Baron t see Blackwood. 
 
 Dugdale — Pedigree of the Dugdale Family. See Hamper's "Life of Dugdale" 
 
 Dunally, Lord, see Prittie. 
 
 Dunbar — Pedigree of the Family of Dunbar. See Drummond's " Hist, of 
 
 Noble British Families" part vi. 
 Dundas — Pedigree of the Family of Dundas. See Drummond^s " Hist, of 
 
 Noble British Families" part vi. 
 Dunraven, Earl of see Wyndham. 
 Dunsandle, Baron, see St. George. 
 Dunsany — Claim of the Kt. Hon. Edward, Baron Dunsany, to vote at 
 
 Elections of Irish Peers. See Sess. Papers (49 of 1823 ; 158 of 1854). 
 Dunstanville — Memoirs of the Family of Dunstanville. See Scrope's 
 
 " History of Castle Combe." 1852. 4to. Privately printed. 
 Dunteith, House of, see Ednem. 
 Dymoke — Claim of Lewis Dymoke, Esq., to the Barony of Marmyon. See 
 
 Sess. Papers (47 of 1818 ; 48 of 1819). 
 Echyngham — Notices of the Family of Echyngham of Echyngham, by 
 
 Spencer Hall, Esq. Lond. 1850. 8vo. Privately printed. 
 Ednem — The Genealogy of the Lairds of Ednem and Dunteith, from 1063 
 
 to 1699. Glasgow, 1699.— Eeprinted, Edinb. 1824. 18mo. 
 Egerton — The Pedigree of Francis Henry Egerton, afterwards Earl of 
 
 Bridgewater, 12th Feb. 1806 ; Brit. Mus. Eg. MS. 66. 
 Ellis— Claim of C. A. Ellis to be Lord Howard of Walden. See Sess. Papers 
 
 (3 of 1806-7). 
 Elphinstone — A Genealogical Tree of the Noble House of Elphinstone, by 
 
 J. Brown. 1808. A folio sheet. 
 Erdeswike — Stemmata antiquae Familise de Erdeswike, de Sondon in Com. 
 
 Stafford.; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 5410. 
 Este, House of, see D'Este. 
 Estofte — Genealogy of the Family of Estofte, Co. York, a.d. 1660 ; Brit. 
 
 Mus. Add. MS. 15,569. 
 Fairfax— Account of the Family of Fairfax; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 6802. 
 Papers relating to the Family of Fairfax, 1635—1790; Brit. 
 
 Mus. Add. MSS. 11,325—11,327. 
 
 Charters and Documents relating to the Family of Fairfax of 
 
 Denton, Co. York, 1430—1758 ; Brit. Mus. Add. Chart. 1782—1811. 
 Falstaff — Memoirs of the Family of Falstaff. See Scrope's "History of 
 Castle Combe." 1852. 4to.— and D. Turnei's "History of Caisier 
 Castle." Lond. 1842. 8vo. 
 
HERALDIC COLLECTIONS. 257 
 
 List of Family Histoeies, etc. 
 Fanshawe — Account of the Family of Fanshawe. See "Memoirs of Lady F." 
 
 Lond. 1829. 8vo. 
 Fauconberge — Account of Henry Fauconberge, LL.D., of Beccles, with 
 
 Pedigree of that Family, and of Revett of Brandeston, by S. W. Rix. 
 
 Ipswich, 1849. 4to. 
 Ferrers, Earl, see Shirley. 
 Fiennes — Miscellanea, concerning the Names and Families of Fiennes ; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Harl. MSS. 1834 ; 1835. 
 Fitz-Gerald — Claim of the Rt. Hon. Lady Henry Fitzgerald, and Sir H. 
 
 Hunloke, Bart., to the Barony of Roos. See Sess. Papers (1 5 of 1803-4; 
 
 32 of 1805). 
 Fitz-Lewes, Family of, see Alno. 
 Fitz-Simon, Family of, see Fraser. 
 Fitz- Walter, Peerage of, see Bridges. 
 Fleming — Claim of Charles R. Fleming to be Earl of Wigtoun. See Sess. 
 
 Papers (Jan. Mar. 1762). 
 Historical and Genealogical Memoir of the Family of Fleming, 
 
 of Slane, in the County Pal. of Meath, by Sir W. Betham. Dublin, 1829. 
 
 Folio. Privately printed. 
 Foljambe — Notices of the Family of Foljambe. See Nichols' " Coll. Top. 
 
 et Gen.," vol. i. p. 91. 
 Forbes — The Genealogy of the House of Forbes, by M. Lumsden. Inverness, 
 
 1819. 8vo. 
 Fortescue — Claim of the Rt. Hon. Thomas Fortescue, Baron Clermont in 
 
 Ireland, to vote at Elections of Irish Peers. See Sess. Papers (330 of 
 
 1852-3). 
 Notitiae and Pedigrees concerning the Family of the Fortescues, 
 
 eighteenth cent.; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 15,629, f. 63. 
 Fraser — Annals of the Family of Fraser, Frysell, Simson, or Fitz-Simon, 
 
 ed. by Col. A. Fraser. Edinb. 1795.— Reprinted. Edinb. 1805. 8vo. 
 Historical Account of the Family of Frisel, or Fraser, by John 
 
 Anderson, Edinb. 1825. 4to. 
 
 The true Genealogie of the Frasers, by Jas. Fraser, 1666 ; Advo- 
 
 cates' Lib. Edinburgh, MS. 4to. 
 Frazer — Claim of Thomas A. Frazer, of Lovat, Esq., to the Barony of 
 
 Lovat. See Seas. Papers (93, 178 of 1826-27; G. of 1855). 
 Frecheville — Pedigrees of the Families of Frecheville and Musard, of Crich 
 
 and Staveley, Co. Derby. See Nichols' "Coll. Top. et Gen.," vol. iv. part i. 
 Freke — A Pedigree or Genealogye of the Family of the Frekes, by R. 
 
 and J. Freke. 1825. Oblong folio. Privately printed by Sir Thomas 
 
 Phillipps, Bart. 
 French — Memoir of the Family of French, by John D'Alton, Esq. Dublin, 
 
 1847. 8vo. 
 
 17 
 
258 HERALDIC COLLECTIONS. 
 
 List op Family Histoeies, etc. 
 Furnival — Collections relating to the Family of Furnival, eighteenth cent. ; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 18,446. 
 Galloway, Earl of, see Stuart. 
 Gardner — Report of the Proceedings of the House of Lords on the Claims 
 
 to the Barony of Gardner, by D. Le Marchant. Lond. 1828. 8vo. 
 Claim of A. L. Gardner, an Infant, to the Barony of Gardner. 
 
 See Sess. Papers (175 of 1825 ; 32 of 1826). 
 Gilbert — Genealogical Memoir of the Gilbert Family in both Old and New 
 
 England, by J. W. Thornton. (Boston) 1850. 8vo. Privately printed. 
 Giustiniani — Plowden's Disquisition concerning the Law of Alienage, illus- 
 trated in an elaborate Opinion of Counsel upon the Claim of Prince 
 
 Giustiniani to the Earldom of Newburgh. Paris, 1818. 8vo. 
 Glenbervie, Lord, see Douglas. 
 Glen cairn — Claims preferred to the House of Lords in the Case of the 
 
 Glencairn Peerage, by J. Maidment, Esq. Edinb. 1840. Only 60 
 
 copies printed. 
 Glendour — The History of the Island of Anglesey, with a Genealogical 
 
 Account of Owen Glendour. 1775. 4to. 
 Goddard — Pedigree of Goddard of Swindon, Clive, Pipard, and Purton. 
 
 Folio sheets. Privately printed by Sir Thomas Phillipps, Bart. 
 Gordon — The History of the Ancient Family of Gordon. 2 vols. Edinb. 
 
 1726. 8vo. 
 Claim of Sir Charles Gordon to the Earldom of Sutherland. See 
 
 Sess. Papers (Dec. 1767— Jan. 1768). 
 A History of the Ancient House of Gordon, by C. A. Gordon. 
 
 Aberdeen, 1754. 12mo. Privately printed. 
 Gorham — General Account of the Families of De Gorram, by the Rev. G. 
 
 C. Gorham, B.D. 8vo. First printed in Nichols' "Collect. Top. et 
 
 Gen.;' vol. v. p. 182. 
 Gournay, House of, see Gurney. 
 Grace — A Survey of Tullaroan, &c, being a Genealogical History of the 
 
 Family of Grace. Dublin, 1819. 8vo. Only 50 copies printed. 
 Memoirs of the Family of Grace, by Sheffield Grace. 2 vols. 
 
 1823. 4to. Privately printed. 
 
 Pedigree of the Family of Grace. See Nichols' " Bibl. Top. 
 
 Brit." vol. vii. part ii. p. 360. 
 Graham — A Genealogical Tree of the Illustrious Family of Graham, by J. 
 
 Brown. A folio sheet. 
 Grandison, Barony of, see Bedingfield. 
 
 Viscount, see Jersey. 
 
 Grant — Me'moires Historiques, Genealogiques, etc. de la Maison de Grant. 
 
 1796. 8vo. (By Charles Grant, Visct. de Vaux.) 
 Greaves — Collections relating to the Family of Greaves ; Brit. Mus. Add. 
 
 MS. 4243. 
 
HERALDIC COLLECTIONS. 259 
 
 List of Family Histoeies, etc. 
 Green — Memoir of Thomas Green, Esq., of Ipswich, and an Account of his 
 
 Family, &c. Ipswich, 1825. 4to. Privately printed. 
 
 see Alno. 
 
 Greville — A Genealogical Account of the Noble Family of Greville, by J. 
 
 Edmondson. Lond. 1766. 8vo. 
 G biffin — Claim of Sir John Griffin Griffin to the Barony of Howard de 
 
 Walden. See Sess. Papers (3 of 1806-7 ; 9 of 1806-7). 
 Grosvenor — Account of the Descent of William de Grosvenor. 1776. 8vo. 
 
 Privately printed. 
 
 see Scrope. 
 
 Grove — Pedigree of Thomas Grove of Feme House, Co. Wilts. Evesham, 
 
 1819. Drawn up by Sir Thomas Phillipps, Bart. 
 Gunning — Documents of the Gunning Family of Hoo, in Kent, by Lieut. 
 
 George Gunning. Cheltenham, 1834. 8vo. Privately printed. 
 Gurney — The Kecord of the House of Gournay, by Dan. Gurney, F.S.A. 
 
 1848. 4to. Privately printed. 
 Gwydir — The History of the Gwydir Family, by Sir J. W^ynne. Lond. 
 
 1770. 8vo— New ed. Ruthin, 1827. 4to. 
 Haliburton — Memorials of the Haliburtons, edited by Sir Walter Scott. 
 
 Edinb. 1820. 4to— Reprinted. 1842. 4to. Privately printed. 
 Hamilton — Memoirs of the Life and Family of James, late Duke of Hamil- 
 ton. 1717. 8vo. 
 Claim of the Duke of Hamilton and Brandon to the Earldom of 
 
 Angus. See Sess. Papers (Jan. — Mar. 1762). 
 
 Claim of William Hamilton, Esq., to the Barony of Belhaven 
 
 and Sturton. See Sess. Papers (Jan. 1795 — Apr. 1799). 
 
 State of the Evidence produced for proving the Claim of Wil- 
 
 liam Hamilton, of Wishaw, to be lawful Heir Male of James, last Lord 
 Belhaven. 1796. 4to. Privately printed. 
 
 Genealogical Memoirs of the House of Hamilton, by John 
 
 Anderson. Edinb. 1825. 4to. 
 
 An Inquiry into the Pedigree, Descent, &c, of the Chiefs of the 
 
 Hamilton Family, by Will. Aiton. Glasgow, 1827. 8vo. 
 
 Memoirs of the House of Hamilton, corrected by Dr. F. H. 
 
 Buchanan. Edinb. 1828. 4to. 
 
 Reply to the preceding, by J. Riddell, Esq. Edinb. 1828. 4to. 
 
 see Birnie. 
 
 Hard inge — Memoirs of George Hardinge, Esq., with Anecdotes of the 
 Hardinge Family, by John Nichols, F.S.A. Lond. 1818. 8vo. 
 
 Harley — Pedigree of the Family of Harley. See Drummond's " History of 
 Noble British Eamilies" parts i. and ii. 
 
 Memoirs of the Harley Family ; Brit. Mus. Lansd. MS. 885, 
 
 f. 8. See Cavendish. 
 
260 HERALDIC COLLECTIONS. 
 
 List oe Family Histoeies, etc. 
 Harrington — The Genealogy of the Family of Harrington ; Brit. Mus. 
 
 Earl. MS. 4041. 
 Pedigree of Harrington of Exton, Co. Eutland, a.d. 1670; 
 
 Queen's Coll. Oxf. MS. cii. 
 Account of the Descendants of Sir James Harrington of 
 
 Exton ; Pub. Lib. Camb. Dd. vii. — 23. 
 Hastings — Genealogical History of the House of Hastings. See Bell's 
 
 " Huntingdon Peerage." 1820. 4to.— 2d ed. 1821. 
 Transcripts of Charters, "Records, &c, relating to the Family of 
 
 Hastings ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 3881. 
 
 History of the Hastings Family, a.d. 1583; Brit. Mus. Harl. 
 
 MS. 4774. 
 
 A Collection of Papers and Records relating to the Family of 
 
 Hastings ; Brit. Mus. Harl MS. 4849. 
 
 Barony of, see Astley; Longevile. 
 
 Hatton — Pedigree of the Family of Hatton, circ. 1630 ; Brit. Mus. Add. 
 
 MS. 19,646. 
 Hayes — Genealogie of the Hayes of Tweeddale, by Father Hay. 1835. 4to. 
 
 Edited by J. Maidment, Esq. Only 108 copies printed. 
 Claim of the Rt. Hon. Henry Hayes, Visct. Doneraile of Ireland, 
 
 to vote at Elections of Irish Peers. See Sets. Papers (163 of 1854). 
 Hely — Claim of the Rt. Hon. Richard John Hely, Earl of Donoughmore of 
 
 Ireland, to vote at Elections of Irish Peers. See Sess. Papers (195 of 
 
 1852-3; 178 of 1854). 
 Heneage — Notes from Records and Evidences of the Heneages of Kent, 
 
 with an Historical Account of the Family; Coll. of Arms, Philipot 
 
 MS. 18, Pd. 
 Henry — The Descendants of Philip Henry, M.A., Incumbent of Worthen- 
 
 bury, in Co. Flint, by Sarah Lawrence. Lond. 1844. 8vo. 
 Heron — Genealogical Tables of the Family of Heron of Newark. — 1797. 
 
 Folio. Privately printed by Sir R. Heron. 
 The Genealogical Tables of the Herons of Newark, with a Map of 
 
 Northumberland, n.d. Folio. 
 Herries, Peerage of, see Maxwell. 
 Hoare — Pedigrees and Memoirs of the Families of Hoare, by Sir R. C. 
 
 Hoare, Bart. ; Bath, 1819. 4to. Privately printed. 
 Hochpied — Documents relating to the De Hochepied Family. Antwerp, 
 
 1827. 8vo. Privately printed. 
 Hodilow — Account of the Family of Hodilow. See Nichols' " Topographer" 
 
 vol. ii. p. 28. 
 Holles, Family of, see Cavendish. 
 Holte — A History of the Holtes of Aston, by A. Davidson. Birm. 1854. 
 
 4to. 
 
HERALDIC COLLECTIONS. 261 
 
 List of Family Histoeies, etc. 
 Home — Genealogical Account of the Family of Home of Wedderburoe. 
 
 4to. Privately printed. 
 Claim of Alexander Home, Esq., to the title of Earl of Marchmont. 
 
 See Seas. Papers (40 of 1822). 
 Claim of Francis Home, Esq., to the title of Earl of Marchmont. 
 
 See Sess. Papers (IW of 1838; 141 of 1839 ; 67 of 1840; 33 of 1842; 
 
 103 of 1843). 
 Honeywood — Evidences of the Family of Honey wood, Co. Essex, seven- 
 teenth cent.; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 16,604. See also Nichols* 
 
 " Topographer," vol. i. p. 568; vol. ii. pp. 169, 256, 312, 433.— See 
 
 Knatchbull. 
 Hoo, Family of, see Braose. 
 Hopetoun — Claim of James, Earl of Hopetoun, to the title of Marquis of 
 
 Annandale. See Sess. Papers (Apr. May, 1794; Dec. 1795). 
 Horn, Family of, see Mantell. 
 Howard — The Antiquities of Arundel, with an Abstract of the Lives of the 
 
 Earls of Arundel, by C. Carraccioli. Lond. 1766. 8vo. 
 Historical Anecdotes of the Howard Family, by the Hon. Chas. 
 
 Howard. Lond. 1769. 8vo. Reprinted 1817. 
 An Analysis of the Genealogical History of the Family of Howard, 
 
 by Sir T. C. Banks. Lond. 1812. 8vo. 
 
 The Mysterious Heir — being the Case of Mr. Walter Howard 
 
 claiming the Dukedom of Norfolk, &c. Lond. 1816. 8vo. 3d edit. 
 
 Genealogical History of the Noble House of Howard. Lond. 
 
 1830. 8vo. 
 
 History and Antiquities of the Castle and Town of Arundel, in- 
 cluding the Biography of its Earls, by the Rev. M. A. Tierney. 2 vols. 
 Lond. 1834. Royal 8vo. 
 
 Indication of Memorials, &c, of the Howard Family, by H. 
 
 Howard. Corby Castle, 1834. Privately printed. The copy in Mr. 
 Grenville's library (Brit. Mus.) is illustrated with numerous additional 
 drawings of seals, &c. 
 
 The Genealogy of the Family of Howard ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 
 
 4041, art. 2. 
 
 The Descent of the Family of Howard, 1615 ; Brit. Mus. Harl. 
 
 MS. 4221. 
 
 The Arms of the Howards and their Descendants, beautifully 
 
 painted; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 4259. 
 
 Historia Comitum Arundelise; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 4840. 
 
 Arundeliorum Familiae Genealogia ; Brit. Mus. Royal Roll, 14, 
 
 B. xlii. 
 
 A Discourse of the Earls of Arundel, from the Conquest j Coll. 
 
 of Arms, Vincent MS. 3.— See Alno; Ellis; Griffin. 
 
262 HERALDIC COLLECTIONS. 
 
 List of Family Histobies, etc. 
 Hume — Davidis Humii de Familia Humia Wedderburnensi Liber. Edinb. 
 
 1839. 4to. Edited by Dr. John Miller. Printed by the Abbotsford 
 
 Club. 
 Pedigree of the Family of Hume. See Drummond's "History of 
 
 Noble British Families" part vi. 
 Hungerford — Hungerfordiana ; or, Memoirs of the Family of Hungerford, 
 
 collected by Sir R. C. Hoare, Bart. Shaftesbury, 1823. 8vo. Only 100 
 
 copies printed. 
 Hunloke, Claim of Peerage, see Fitzgerald. 
 Hunsdon, Baron, see Carey. 
 Huntingdon — The Huntingdon Peerage, by H. N. Bell. Lond.1%20. 4-to. — 
 
 2ded. 1821. 
 Huntly, Peerage of see Aboyne. 
 Hussey, Barony of see Disney. 
 Hutton — Life of William Hutton, F.R.S., and the History of his Family, 
 
 written by himself. Lond. 1817. 8vo. 3d ed. 
 Hylton, Family of see Allan. 
 Innes — Claims of Sir James Norcliffe Innes, Bart., Walter Ker, Esq., of 
 
 Littledean, and the lit. Hon. William Drummond, to the Titles of Duke 
 
 and Earl of Roxburghe. See Sets. Papers (124 of 1808 ; 15 of 1809 ; 
 
 land 66 of 1810; 39 of 1812). 
 
 Account of the Origin of the Family of Innes. Edinb. 1820. Large 
 
 4to. Two hundred copies printed, at the expense of the Duke of 
 Eoxburghe. 
 
 Isaacson — Notices of the Isaacson Family ; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 17,732. 
 Ivery, i. e. Perctval — A Genealogical History of the House of Ivery, or 
 
 Yvery, by J. Anderson. 2 vols. Lond. 1742. Roy. 8vo. 
 Jerningham — Claim of Sir William Jerningham, Bart., to the Barony of 
 
 Stafford. See Sess. Papers (80 of 1808; 107 of 1809; 18 of 1812; 
 
 129 of 1825). 
 Jersey, Earl (/—Claim of George, Earl of Jersey, to vote at Elections of 
 
 Irish Peers as Visct. Grandison. See Sess. Papers (102 of ] 829). 
 Johnson — Claim of Martha, wife of Sir Henry Johnson, Knt., to the Barony 
 
 of Wentworth. See Sess. Papers (Mar. Apr. 1702). 
 Johnston — Genealogical Account of the Family of Johnston of that Ilk, by 
 
 Alex. Johnston. Edinb. 1832. 4to. 
 Johnstone — Claim of Sir John Lowther Johnstone, Bart., to the title' of 
 
 Marquis of Annandale. See Sess. Papers (June, 1805). 
 
 Claim of J. J. H. Johnstone, of Annandale, Esq., to the Earl- 
 dom of Annandale. See Sess. Papers (128 of 1825; 34 of 1826; 
 66 of 1834; 100, 101 of 1844). 
 
 Keith — Account of the Noble Family of Keith, EarJs Marichal of Scotland, 
 by P. Buchan. Peterhead, 1820. 12mo. 
 
HERALDIC COLLECTIONS. 263 
 
 List of Family Histoeies, etc. 
 Kellie, Peerage of see Miller. 
 Kennedy — Claim of Sir Thomas Kennedy to be Earl of Cassilis. See Sess. 
 
 Papers (Mar. 1760— Jan. 1762). 
 Genealogical Account of the principal Families of the name of 
 
 Kennedy, by R. Pitcairn. Edinb. 1830. 4to. 
 
 Anecdotes of the noble Family of Kennedy, Marquess of Ailsa, 
 
 c., by D. Cowan, Esq. Edinb. 1849. 4to. Privately printed. 
 Kek, Claim of Peerage, see Innes. 
 Kilbirnie or Kilbirny, House of, see Crawfurd. 
 Kildare — Papers relating to the Family of Kildare ; Trinity College, 
 
 DublIxV, MS. B. 58. 
 Killeen, Barony of, see O'Connor. 
 Killmorey — Claim of Robert, Visct. Killmorey, to vote at Elections of Irish 
 
 Peers. See Seas. Papers (187 of 1812 ; 84 of 1812-13). 
 Kilmarnock — Memoirs of the Lives of the Lords Kilmarnock, Cromartie, 
 
 and Balmerino. Lond. 1746. 8vo. 
 Kingsale, Barony of, see Colrcy. 
 Kirkcudbright, Lord, see M'Clellan. 
 Knatchbull — Memoirs of the Family of Sir Edw. Knatchbull, and Eilmer 
 
 Honey wood, Esq., by R. Pocock. Gravesend, 1802. 8vo. Privately 
 
 printed. 
 Kynaston — Claim of John Kynaston to the Barony of Powys. See Sess. 
 
 Papers (Feb. 1731— May 1732). 
 Lancaster, Duke of — A Genealogical Account of the Descendants of John 
 
 of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster. Lond. 1855. Roy. 4to. Privately printed. 
 , Family of — Pedigree of the Family of Lancaster, sixteenth cent.; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 16,596. 
 Lanesborough, Earl of, see Danvers. 
 
 Langley — Genealogy of the Family of Langley of Gloucestershire and Shrop- 
 shire, to 1664 ; Brit. Mus. Sloane MS. 3975. 
 Latimer, Family of, see Alno. 
 Lauderdale, Earl of, see Maitland. 
 Le Blount, Family of, see Croke. 
 Legge, or Wolleye — Some Account of the Family of Legge, or Wolleye, 
 
 Co. Hereford ; Brit. Mus. Sloane MS. 855. 
 Leigh— The Leigh Peerage. 2 vols. Lond. 1832. 8vo.— 2d. ed. 
 Case of Geo. Leigh, Esq., claiming the Peerage Dignity of Baron 
 
 Leigh of Stoneley. Lond. 1826. Folio. 
 
 Petition to the House of Lords. Lond. 1827. 8vo. 
 
 Minutes of Evidence taken before the Committee of Privileges. 
 
 1328—1829. Folio.— See also Sess. Papers (117 of 1828 ; 59 of 1829). 
 
 A relation of Facts relating to the Stoneleigh Case, by Charles 
 
 Griffin, attorney. 1850. 18 mo. 
 
264 HERALDIC COLLECTIONS. 
 
 List op Family Histories, etc. 
 
 Leigh (continued) — Pedigrees of the Family of Leigh. See "Stoneleigh Abbey" 
 by F. L. Colville. Warwick, 1850. 8vo. Privately printed. Also "The Cis- 
 tercian Abbey of Stoneley, and its Occupants" by the Rev. J. M. Gresley. 
 Asliby -de-la- Zouch. 1854. Only 71 copies printed. 
 
 Leighton Bromswold, Barony of, see O'Brian. 
 
 Lennox— History of the Partition of the Earldom of Lennox, with a Vindi- 
 cation of the Antiquities of Merchiston and Thirlestane, by Mark Napier. 
 Edinb. 1835. 8vo. 
 
 Additional Remarks upon the Question of the Lennox or Rusky 
 
 Representation, by John Riddell. 8vo. 1835. 
 
 Lesley — Laura Lesleiana explicata, sive enumeratio Personarum utriusque 
 sexus cognomine Leslie. Grcecii, 1692. Folio. 
 
 Le Strange, Claim of Peerage, see Hastings. 
 
 Lifford — Claim of the Rt. Hon. James Viscount Lifford to vote at Elections 
 of Irish Peers. See Sets. Papers (P. of 1855). 
 
 Lincoln — Pedigrees of the Earls of Lincoln and Chester; Coll. of Arms, 
 Philipot MS. 28, Pd. 
 
 A Genealogical Account of the Earls of Lincoln. See Feme's 
 
 " Blazon of Gentrie." Lond. 1586. 
 
 Lind— Genealogy of the Family of Lind, by Douglas. 1795. 8vo. Pri- 
 vately printed. 
 
 Lindsay — Claim of the Earl of Lindsay to be Earl of Oxford. See Sess. 
 Papers (May— Dec. 1660). 
 
 see Crawfurd. 
 
 Lisle — Case of the Barony of Lisle. 1790. Folio. Privately printed. 
 
 Report of Proceedings on the Claim to the Barony of L'Isle, by N. 
 
 H. Nicolas. Lond. 1829. 8vo. 
 
 Pedigree of de Insula or Lisle, of Wodyton, Isle of Wight ; Coll. of 
 
 Arms, Philipot MS. 29, Pd. 
 — see Sidney. 
 
 Locke — A Genealogical Record of the Descendants of William Locke of 
 
 Woburn, &c, by J. G. Locke. Boston and Camb. 1853. Royal 8vo. 
 Londonderry — Claim of the Rt. Hon. Frederick William Robert, Marquess 
 
 of Londonderry, to vote at Elections of Irish Peers. See Sess. Papers 
 
 (316 of 1854). 
 Longe — Papers and Letters relating to the Family of Longe of Whaddon, 
 
 Co. Wilts; Brit. Mus. Add. MSS. 11,757; 15,559—15,561. 
 Longe vile — Claim of Longevile to the Barony of Hastings and 
 
 Ruthin. See Sess. Papers (Nov. 1640 and Feb. 1640-1). 
 "jOVAT — Paper on the Lovat Peerage Case. 1727. 4to. 
 
 Barony of, see Frazer. 
 
 . ovetot — Collections relating to the Family of Lovetot, eighteenth cent, j 
 
 Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 18,446. 
 
HERALDIC COLLECTIONS, 265 
 
 List of Family Histories, etc. 
 
 Luttrell — Genealogical Account of the Family of Lutrell, Lotterel, or 
 Luttrell. Milborne Port, 1774. 4to. Privately printed. 
 
 Lyttelton — Genealogical Account of the Family of Lyttelton; Soc. op 
 Ant. MS. 151. 
 
 Macdonald — Letters to the Editor of the Inverness Journal; chiefly re- 
 lating to the Title of Macranald, and the " Chief of the Clan Macdonald, 
 Lord of the Isles," 1817-18. Edinb. 1818. 8vo. 
 
 Historical and Genealogical Account of the Family of Mac- 
 donald, in two Parts. Edinb. 1819. Royal 8vo. Privately printed. 
 
 Extracts from the Inverness Courier, relative to the Ancient 
 
 Kingdom of the Isles and Eonaldson Controversy. 1822. 8vo. 
 Mackay — History of the House of Mackay, and of other Scotch Families, 
 
 by R. Mackay. Edinb. 1829. 4to. 
 Mackenzie — The Genealogie of the Mackenzies. Edinb. 1829. 4to. Only 
 
 50 copies printed [by J. W. Mackenzie]. 
 The Genealogy of the Mackenzies, preceding the year 1661. 
 
 1843. 8vo. 
 Maclean — Historical and Genealogical Account of the Clan of Maclean. 
 
 Lond. 1838. 8vo. 
 M'Clellan — The Case of Lieutenant John M'Clellan, claiming the title of 
 
 Lord Kirkcudbright, with additional Appendix. 1769. Folio, pp. 11. 
 
 See Sess. Papers (Dec. 176 —Apr. 1769). 
 Maitland — Genealogy of the Family of Maitland, Earl of Lauderdale, by 
 
 A. Dalzel. Edinb. 1785. 4to. Privately printed. 
 Makgill — Abstract of the proof which makes out the case of James Makgill, 
 
 claiming the title of "Viscount Oxford, n.d. Folio, with a Pedigree. 
 Maltravers — Proofs of the Mautravers Pedigree. See Nichols* " Coll. 
 
 Top. et Gen." vol. vi. p. 334. 
 Mansell — An Historical and Genealogical Account of the Family of 
 
 Maunsell, Mansell, or Mansel, by W. W. Mansell. 4to. Privately printed. 
 Mantell — Proof and Pedigrees of Mantell and Horn, in Kent; Brit.Mus. 
 
 Add. MS. 5521. 
 Marchmont, Earldom of, see Home. 
 Markham — A History of the Markham Family, by Rev. D. F. Markham. 
 
 Lond. 1854. 8vo. Privately printed. 
 Marmion — History of the Noble Family of Marmyun, by Sir T. C. Banks. 
 
 Lond. 1817. 8vo. 
 Pedigree of the Marmion Family, from the Conquest to 1327 ; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Cotton. Chart, xiii. 32. 
 Barony of, see Dymoke. 
 
 Mauduit, Family of, see Alno. 
 
 Maxwell — Royal Descents of Henry Maxwell, K. P., seventh Lord Farn* 
 
 ham, &c. 2 vols. 8vo. Privately printed. 
 
266 HERALDIC COLLECTIONS. 
 
 List of Family Histobies, etc. 
 Maxwell {continued) — Claim of William C.Maxwell, of Nithsdale, Esq., to 
 
 the dignity of Lord Hemes, of Terregles. See 8et». Papers (108 of 1849; 
 
 154 of 1852-3; 172 of 1854 ; L. of 1855). 
 Mayo — Claim of the Et. Hon. Robert, Earl of Mayo, to vote at Elections of 
 
 Peers. See Sess. Papers (294 of 1849). 
 Middleton — Genealogy of the Family of Middleton of Middleton, Co. 
 
 Salop ; Brit. Mus. Sloane MS. 3977. 
 Midleton, Viscounty see Brodrick. 
 Mildmay — Pedigrees of the Families of Mildmay, of Moulsham Hall, Essex, 
 
 and of St. John, of Farley, Hampshire. Lond. 1803. 4to. Privately 
 
 printed. 
 Miller— Claim of John F. Miller, Earl of Mar, &c, to the title of Earl of 
 
 Kellie, Visct. Fenton, &c. See Sess. Papers (133 of 1831-2; 212 of 
 
 1834; 206 of 1835). 
 Molesworth, Viscounty see Pigot. 
 Molyneux — The Pedigree of the Family of Molyneux, by Sir Thomas 
 
 Phillipps, Bart. 1819. A single sheet, privately printed. 
 Account of the Family and Descendants of Sir Tho. Molyneux, 
 
 Kt. Evesham, 1820. 4to. Privately printed by Sir Thos. Phillipps, Bart. 
 A History of the Family of Molyneux. 1821. 12mo. Pri- 
 
 vately printed by Sir Thomas Phillipps, Bart. 
 Monck, Viscount, see Stanley. 
 Monk — The Pedigree and Descent of His Excellency Gen. George Monk, 
 
 &c. Lond. 1659. 4to. 
 Montague, Viscount, see Browne. 
 Monteith, Earl ofy see Airth ; Strathern. 
 Montgomery — Genealogy of the Montgomeries of Smithton, by — Douglas. 
 
 1795. 8vo. 
 The Montgomery Manuscripts ; containing Memoirs of the 
 
 first, second, and third Viscounts Montgomery, &c, by W. Montgomery. 
 
 Belfast, 1830. 12mo. 
 See Carew. 
 
 Montmorency — Histoire Genealogique de la Maison de Montmorency, par 
 
 Andre du Chesne. Pans, 1624. Folio. 
 A Genealogical Memoir of the Family of Montmorency, 
 
 styled De Marisco, or Morres, by Henry de Montmorency-Morres. 
 
 Paris, 1817. 4to. Privately printed. 
 
 Les Montmorency de France et les Montmorency d'lrlande, 
 
 Precis Historique. Paris, 1828. 4to. Privately printed. 
 Montkose, Dukedom of, see Crawfurd. 
 Mordaunt — Genealogy and Arms of the Noble House of Mordaunt ; Brit. 
 
 Mus. Harl MS. 6767. 
 ■ See Alno. 
 
HERALDIC COLLECTIONS. 267 
 
 List of Family Histories, etc. 
 Morres, Family of see Montmorency. 
 Mountgarret — Claim of the Rt. Hon. Henry Edmund,Visct. Mountgarrett, 
 
 and of Pierre Somerset, Visct. Mountgarret, to vote at Elections of Peers. 
 
 See Sess. Papers (159 of 1854 ; Q. of 1855). 
 Mountnorris — Claim of George, Earl of Mountnorris in Ireland, to the 
 
 Titles of Earl of Anglesey and Baron Annesley of Newport Pagnell 
 
 See Sess. Papers (65 of 1819). 
 Mulgrave — Claim of Constantine, Lord Mulgrave, to the Earldom of 
 
 Anglesea. See Sess. Papers (Feb. 1770 — Apr. 1772). 
 Munro — Genealogy of Munro of Fowlis. See Doddridge's "Life of Col. 
 
 Gardiner" 1792. 12mo. 
 Murray — Claim of John Murray to the Dukedom of Atholl. See Sess. Papers 
 
 (Feb. 1764). 
 Musard, Family of see Frechevillb. 
 Napier — Memoirs of John Napier of Merchiston, his lineage, life, and 
 
 times. Edinb. and Lond. 1834. 8vo. 
 Naunton — Pedigree of the Family of Naunton; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 
 
 17,098. 
 Nelson — The Royal Descent of Nelson and Wellington, from Edw. I., by 
 
 G. R. French. Lond. 1853. 8vo. 
 Netterville — Claim of James Netterville, Esq., to the title of Viscount 
 
 Netterville, in Ireland. See Sess. Papers (206 of 1830; 35 of 1838 ; 
 
 141 of 1834). 
 Neville — Claim of Henry Neville to the Barony of Abergavenny. See Sess. 
 
 Papers (Apr. 1605— June 1610). 
 A treatise, whether the Barony of Abergavenny be descended unto 
 
 the daughter and heire of the Hon. Henry Nevill, the late Baron, &c. 
 
 Lond. 1642. 12mo. 
 
 A Genealogical Account of the Noble Family of Neville, by D. 
 
 Rowland, Esq. Lond. 1830. Folio. Privately printed. 
 
 A Sketch of the Stock of Nevill, Earls of Northumberland, and of 
 
 its Descendants the Earls of Westmoreland, by W. E. Surtees. Newcast. 
 1843. 8vo. 
 
 Pedigree of the Family of Neville. See Drummond's " History of 
 
 Noble British Families" part viii. 
 
 Pedigree of the Family of Nevill, Earl of Northumberland ; Brit. 
 
 Mus. Add. MS. 4712. 
 
 Pedigree of the Nevill's, Lords of Raby and Earls of Westmore- 
 land; Ashm. Lib. Wood MS. 8486. 
 
 Topographical, Historical, and Genealogical Collections relating to 
 
 the Family of Nevil; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 3882. 
 
 Roll of the Family of Neville ; College of Arms, PMlipot MS. 
 
 5, I'd. 
 
268 HERALDIC COLLECTIONS. 
 
 List op Family Histories, etc. 
 Neville {continued) — Pedigrees of several branches of the Nevills; Coll. 
 
 of Arms, Philipot MSS. Pb. 2 ; 3. 
 Newburgh, Earldom of, see Giustiniani. 
 Newton — Account of the Family of Sir I. Newton, by Dr. T. Reid. See 
 
 11 Edinb. Phil. Journ." vol. iii. p. 293. 
 Nicholas — Pedigree of Nicholas of Ryndway, Co. Wilts, 1679; Brit. 
 
 Mus. Add. MS. 17,869, a. b. 
 North, Barony of, see Doyle. 
 Northampton — Descent of the Family of the Earl of Northampton, with 
 
 Portraits in pen and ink; Brit. Mus. Lansd. Roll, 9. 
 Northumberland — Extracts of the History and Genealogy of the Noble 
 
 Families of the Earl and Countess of Northumberland. Dublin, 1764. 
 
 8vo. Privately printed. 
 
 see Neville ; Percy. 
 
 Nowell — Genealogical Collections relating to the Family of Nowell, or 
 
 Noel; Ashm. Lib. MSS. 1750, ff. 1—10, and 1750, B (a roll) ; 1763, 
 
 f. 26 3. 
 Nugent — Claim of Governor Nugent, and Andrew Nugent, Esq., to be 
 
 Coheirs of the Barony of Delvin. See Sess. Papers (144 of 1831-32). 
 Claim of William Thomas Nugent to be Baron Nugent of Rivers- 
 ton, in Ireland. See Sess. Papers (208 of 1839). 
 O'Brian — Claim of Lady O'Brian to the Barony of Leighton Bromswold. 
 
 See Sess. Papers (Jan— Feb. 1673). 
 An Account of the O'Brian Family; Pub. Lib. Camb. MS. JDd. 
 
 iii. 83, art. 8. 
 Copies of the Pedigrees of the various branches of the O'Brien 
 
 Family; Brit. Mus. Eg. MS. 101. 
 Ochiltree, Peerage of, see Castle-Stewart. 
 O'Connor — Claim of Maurice O'Connor, of Mount Pleasant, in King's Co., 
 
 Esq., claiming to be Baron of Killeen. See Sess. Papers (144 of 1831-32). 
 O'Conor — Memoirs of Charles O'Conor of Belanagare, with a Historical 
 
 Account of the Family of O'Conor, by the Rev. C. O'Conor. Lublin, 
 
 1796. 8vo. 
 Ogilvy — Claim of Walter Ogilvy, Esq., to the title of Earl of Airlie, and 
 
 Lord Ogilvy. See Seas. Papers (67 of 1812-1 3 ; 60 of 1813-14). 
 Ogle — An Account of the Family of Ogle. Edinb. 1812. 8vo. Privately 
 
 printed. 
 Baronum Ogleorum Northumbriensis Familiae Perantiquse, Descensus; 
 
 Bodl. Lib. MS. 4160. 
 see Cavendish. 
 
 Oldis — Memoirs of the Family of Oldis ; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 4240. 
 Ormond — Claim of the Earl of Ormonde and Ossory to vote at Elections 
 of Irish Peers. See Sess. Papers (104 of 1821). 
 
HERALDIC COLLECTIONS. 269 
 
 List op Family Histobies, etc. 
 Ormond {continued) — Pedigree of Thomas, late Earl of Ormond and Ossory, 
 
 1616; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 4792, f. 30.— See Butler. 
 Osborn — Claim of G. W. F. Osborn, called Marquis of Carmarthen, to the 
 
 Barony of Conyers. See Sess. Papers (Apr. 1797 — June 1798). 
 Ossory, Earl of see Ormond. 
 Oxford, Earl of, see Lindsey ; Makgill ; Verb. 
 Pakenham — An Ancient Book relating to the Pakenham Family, temp, 
 
 Edw. II. ; Brit. Mus. Campbell Chart, xvii. 
 Parker — Pedigree of the Family of Parker. See Parker's "Description of 
 
 Browsholme." Lond. 1815. 4t0. 
 Paston — Account of the Family of Paston, by F. Worship, Esq. Eeprinted 
 
 from the "Journal of the Norfolk Archaeological Society." 8vo. 
 Pauncefote — Collections relating to the Family of Pauncefote, Co. Glouc; 
 
 Lamb. Lib. MS. 1221. 
 Pepys — Genealogical Pedigrees of the Family of Pepys, and of the Impington 
 
 Branch thereof. 1844. 4to. 
 Perctval — Pedigree of the Family of Percival. See Drummond's " History 
 
 of Noble British Families" part v. 
 
 See Ivery. 
 
 Percy — The Case of James Percy, claymant to the Earldom of Northumber- 
 land. Lond. 1685. Folio. 
 Short Account of the Proceedings of James Percy, late of Ireland, 
 
 in pursuance of his right to the Earldom of Northumberland, n. d. 
 
 Folio broadside. 
 A Sketch of the Descendants of Josceline de Louvaine, the second 
 
 House of Percy, Earls of Northumberland, &c, by W. E. Surtees. New- 
 castle-upon-Tyne, 1844. 4to. Only 22 copies printed. 
 
 Chronicle of the Family of Percy. Newcast. 1845. 4to. A metri- 
 
 cal pedigree, edited by D. Bisley, Vicar of Long Burton. Only 30 
 copies printed. 
 
 Evidentiae Antiquorum Dominorum de Percy ; Bodl. Library, 
 
 MS. 5016, f. 1. 
 
 Genealogy of the Percy Family, from 890 to Edw. III.; Brit. 
 
 Mus. Add. MS. 4276. 
 
 Pedigree of the Percy Family; Coll. of Arms, MS. D. 1. 
 
 Perry — The Case of Elizabeth Perry, of Penshurst-Place, Kent, respectirg 
 her Claim to the Barony of Sydney of Penshurst. Lond. 1782. Folio. 
 
 Perth, Earldom of see Drummond. 
 
 Pigot— Claim of the Et. Hon. Eichard Pigot, Visct. Molesworth, to vote at 
 Elections of Irish Peers. See Sess. Papers (76 of 1821). 
 
 Pitt— Narrative of Thomas Pitt, Lord Camelford, and Proofs of his Claims 
 to the Peerage. 1785. 4to. 
 
 Polewart, Barony of see Anstruther ; Scott. 
 
270 HERALDIC COLLECTIONS, 
 
 List op Family Histories, etc. 
 
 Powys, Barony of, see Kynaston. 
 
 Prittie — Claim of the Et. Hon. Henry Prittie, Lord Dunally, to vote at Elec- 
 tions of Peers. See Sess. Papers (N. of 1855). 
 
 Radclyffe — Genealogy of the Family of Radclyffe, by James Ellis. New- 
 castle-upon-Tyne, 1850. 8vo. 
 
 Rayner — Memoranda of the Family of Rayner ; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 6256. 
 
 Revett, Family of, see Fauconberge. 
 
 Richmond, Family of see Drake. 
 
 Riddell — Pedigree of Sir James Riddell, Bart., of Ardnamurchan. [Edinb. 
 1794?] 4to. 
 
 A Genealogical Sketch of the Riddell Family, by W. P. 
 
 Riddell. New Orleans, 1852. 8vo. 
 
 Rivers, Earl, see Savage. 
 
 Robertson — The History of the Robertsons of Strowan. Edinb. n. d. 12mo. 
 
 Roche — Original Papers and Deeds relating to the Family of Roche of 
 Cork, 1543—1740; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 19,868. 
 
 Rokeby— Claim of the Rt. Hon. Matthew, Baron Rokeby, to vote at Elec- 
 tions of Irish Peers. See Sess. Papers (153 of 1830). 
 
 Rookewood — Vetustissima Prosapia Rookewodorum de Stanningefilde, in 
 Com. Suff. See Nichols' " Coll. Top. et Gen." vol. ii. p. 120. 
 
 Roos, Barony of, see Fitzgerald. 
 
 Roscommon — Claim of the Earl of Roscommon to vote at Elections of 
 Irish Peers. See Sess. Papers (122 of 1823 ; 62 of 1824 ; 46 of 1825 ; 
 116 of 1826; 40 of 1826-7; 138 of 1828). 
 
 The Roscommon Claim of Peerage explained, by J. S. Taylor. 
 
 1829. 8vo. 
 
 Rose — History of the Family of Rose of Kilravock, edited by Cosmo Innes, 
 Esq. 184*. 4to. Printed by the Spalding Club. 
 
 Ross — " Ane Breve Cronicle of theEarlis of Ross," including Notices of the 
 Family of Ross, of Balnagown. Edinb. 1&50. Small 4to. Privately printed. 
 
 Row — Memoirs of the Family of Row, by James Maidment. Edinb. 1828. 
 Small 4to. Privately printed. 
 
 Rowallan — Historie and Descent of the House of Rowallane, by Sir W. 
 Mure, Knt. Glasgow, 1825. 12mo. 
 
 Roxburghe, Dukedom of, see Innes. 
 
 Ruglen — Claim of William, Earl of Ruglen, to be Earl of Cassilis. See 
 Sess. Papers (Mar. 1760— Feb. 1761). 
 
 Russell — Anecdotes of the House of Bedford, from the Norman Conquest. 
 Lond.n.d. (circ. 1800). 8vo. 
 
 A.n Historical Account of the Original and Rise of the Russells, 
 
 Earls of Bedford. Lond. 1684. 12mo. 
 
 Historical Memoirs of the House of Russell, by J. II. Wiflfen. 
 
 2 vols. Lond. 1833. Roy. 8vo. 
 
HERALDIC COLLECTIONS. 271 
 
 List op Family Histoeies, etc. 
 
 Rutherford — Claim of Alexander Rutherford to the title of Lord Ruther- 
 ford. See Sess. Papers (Dec. 1761— Mar. 1762). 
 
 Ruthin, Barony of see Longevile. 
 
 Sackville — Memoirs of the Noble Family of Sackville, by A. Collins. 
 Lond. 1741. 8vo. 
 
 A Topographical Sketch of Knole, Co. Kent, with a Brief Ge- 
 nealogy of the Sackville Family, by J. Bridgman. Lond. 1797. 8vo. 
 Several later editions, the last in 1817. 
 
 Pedigree of the Family of Sackville, Earls of Dorset, to 1622 ; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 14,844, a. 
 
 Grants and Patents to the House of Sackvile, with other Evi- 
 
 dences to prove their Pedigree; Coll. of Arms, Philipot MS. 9, Pc. 
 Saintclaire — Genealogie of the Saintclaires of Rosslyn, by Father R. A. 
 
 Hay. Edinb. 1835. Small 4to. Only 108 copies printed. 
 St. George — Claim of the Right Hon. Denis St. George, Baron Dunsandle 
 
 and Clanconal, to vote at Elections of Peers. See Sess. Papers (211 of 
 
 1849). 
 St. John — Notitia St. Johanniana : Genealogical Memoirs of the Family of 
 
 St. John. 1713. 8vo. 
 
 see Mildmay. 
 
 St. Medard — Genealogia Famiiiarum de Sancto Medardo, et de Armin 3 
 
 Dominorum de Osgodby, in Com. Line. ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 4783. 
 St. Nicholas — Collectanea qusedam de Antiquitate et Prosapia Sti. Nicholai, 
 
 in Com. Cane. ; Coll. of Arms, Philipot MS. 20, Pd. 
 Salisbury — Genealogical Account of the Ancient Earldom of Salisbury, by 
 
 T. C. Banks. Lond. 1832. 8vo. 
 Salusbury — Testimonial to the Descent of Foulke Salusbury, and his Claim 
 
 to be entitled a Gentleman. See 5th Annual Report of the Oxford 
 
 Heraldic Society. 1839. 8vo. 
 Savage — Pedigree of John Savage, Earl Rivers, 1582; Brit. Mus. Lansd. 
 
 Poll, 7. 
 Pedigree of the Family of Savage, from John the Savage, Lord of 
 
 Stansby, 4 Edw. II. ; Brit. Mus. Lansd. Poll, 8. 
 Saye and Sele, Barony of, see Twistleton. 
 Scott — The History of several Families of the name of Scott, by Capt. 
 
 Walt. Scott. Edinb. 1688. 4to.— 2d. ed. 1776.— 3rd. ed. 1786. 
 Claim of Hugh Scott, Esq., to be Baron of Polewart. See Sess. Papers 
 
 (45 of 1831). 
 
 Pedigree of Scott of Stokoe, compiled by William Scott. Newcast. 
 
 1783. 8vo. Privately printed. — Reprinted in 1852. Lond. 8vo. 
 Scrase — History of the Family of Scrase, by M. A. Lower. Lond. 1856. 
 8vo. Printed separately from the "Sussex Collections," vol. viii. 
 
272 HERALDIC COLLECTIONS. 
 
 List op Family Histobies, etc. 
 Sceope — The Scrope and Grosvenor Boll, edited by Sir N. H. Nicolas. 
 
 2 vols. Lond. 1832. Imp. 8vo. Privately printed. 
 Memoirs of the Family of Scrope. See Scrope's "History of Castle 
 
 Combe." 1852. 4to. Privately printed. 
 Scudamore — Some Memoirs of the Ancient Family of Scudamore. See 
 
 Gibson's "History of Boor and Home Lacy" Lond. 1727. 4to. 
 Letters and Papers relating to the Family of Scudamore 
 
 of Horn-Lacy, in Herefordshire; Brit. Mus. Add. MSS. 11,041 — 
 
 11,059; 11,689; 11,816. 
 
 Sixty-three Charters and Deeds relating to the Property of 
 
 the Family of Scudamore, from the reign of Henry III. to the year 
 1674; Brit. Mus. Add. Chart. 1308—1349; 1351—1357; 1359— 
 1371. 
 
 Charters and Deeds relating chiefly to the Estates of the 
 
 Family of Scudamore of Hom-Lacy and Ballingham, Co. Heref., 1400- 
 
 1698; Brit. Mus. Add. Chart. 1813—1973. 
 Selby — Selbyana : An Attempt to elucidate the Origin and History of the 
 
 Family of Selby of Wavendon. Carlisle, 1825. 8vo. 
 Seton, House of see Seytoun. 
 Sewell — Claim of T. B. D. H. Sewell, Esq., to the Barony of Athenry. 
 
 See Sess. Papers (144 of 1831-32 ; 203 of 1836). 
 Seymour — The Attorney-General's Eeport of Sir E. Seymour's Title to the 
 
 Dukedom of Somerset. 1750. Folio. 
 Seytoun — History of the House of Seytoun, by Sir R. Maitland, continued 
 
 by Alexander Viscount Kingston. Glasgow, 1829. 4to. Printed by 
 
 Sir R. Maitland for the Bannatyne Club. 
 Genealogy of the House and Surname of Setoun, by Sir R. 
 
 Maitland, edited by C. K. Sharpe. Edinb. 1830. 4to. 
 
 An Historical Genealogie of the Ancient and Noble House of 
 
 Seton, to the year 1687 ; Advocates' Lib. Edinb. 
 The History of the House of Seton ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 
 
 6091. 
 Sharnburn — Vetusta Historia Familiae de Sharnburn; Ashm. Lib. MS. 
 
 1141, art. 5. Published by Bishop Gibson, in the " Reliquia Spelman- 
 
 nianw." Oxford, 1698. Folio. 
 Sheffield — A Character of John Sheffield, late Duke of Buckinghamshire, 
 
 with an Account of the Pedigree of the Sheffield Family. Lond. 1729. 
 
 12mo. 
 Sheraton, or Shoroveton— Genealogy of the Family of Shoroveton or 
 
 Sheraton, nineteenth cent. ; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 21,186. 
 Shirley (Earl Ferrers) — Stemmata Shirleiana ; or, Annals of the Shirley 
 
 Family. Lond. 1841. 4to. Privately printed. 
 
HERALDIC COLLECTIONS. 273 
 
 List of Family Histories, etc. 
 Shirle* {continued) — Historical Memoirs of the Sherley Brothers, by E. P. 
 Shirley. 1848. 4to. Printed for the Eoxburghe Club. 
 
 Genealogica Historia Domus de Shirley ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 
 
 4023. 
 
 Shirleorum Warwicensis et Darbiensis Familise Prosapia ; Brit. 
 
 Mus. Harl. MS. 4028. 
 
 Pedigree and Arms of the Family of Shirley, of Eatington ; Brit. 
 
 Mus. Harl. MSS. 4928 ; 6832, art. 61. 
 
 Pedigree of the Family of Sherley, from the Conquest, signed by 
 
 Cooke and Glover; Brit. Mus. Harl. Roll, O. 17. 
 Shrewsbury — Claim of the Et. Hon. Bertram Arthur, Earl of Shrewsbury 
 
 to vote at Elections of Irish Peers. See Sess. Papers (162 of 1854). 
 Sidney — Claim of Sir John S. Sidney, Bart., to the Barony of De L'Isle. 
 
 See Sess. Papers (140 of 1824 ; 177 of 1825 ; 59 of 1826). 
 Simson, Family of, see Fraser. 
 Sinclair — Claim of William Sinclair, Esq., to the title of Earl of Caithness. 
 
 See Sess. Papers (Feb. 1771— Feb. 1790). 
 Siptopt — Memoirs of the Family of Siptoft. See Scrope's "History of Castle 
 
 Combe" 1852. 4to. Privately printed. 
 Slane, Barony of see Bryan. 
 Sloane — Account of the Family of Sir Hans Sloane ; Brit. Mus. Shane 
 
 MS. 3984. 
 Smith — Collections relating to Henry Smith, Esq., sometime Alderman of 
 
 London, &c. Lond. 1800. 8vo. 
 Notices relating to Thomas Smith of Campden, and to Henry Smith, 
 
 Alderman of London, by the late Eev. C. P. Gwilt, B.A. Lond. 1836. 
 
 Eoyal 8vo. 
 
 Pedigree of the Family of Smith of Queensborough, Co. Leicester, 
 
 to about 1764; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 14,844, d. 
 
 Arms of the Families of Smith in England and Germany ; Brit. 
 
 Mus. Harl. MS. 578. 
 
 Collection of Arms by the name of Smith, 2 vols. ; Coll. of Arms, 
 
 MS. E.D.N. 24. 
 — see Carrington. 
 
 Somers — Papers relating to the Somers Family; Public Lib. Camb. MS. 
 
 Dd. xiv. 25. 
 Somerset, Dukedom of see Seymour. 
 Somerville — Memorie of the Somervilles, by James, Lord Somerville. 
 
 2 vols. Edinb. 1815. 8vo. Edited by Sir Walter Scott. 
 Southampton, Earl of see Wriothesle?. 
 Southesk, Earldom of see Carnegie. 
 Spencer — Genealogy of the Noble Family of Le de Spencers, and Spencers; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 6135. 
 
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274 HERALDIC COLLECTIONS. 
 
 List op Family Histories, etc. 
 
 Spynie — Claims preferred to the House of Lords in the case of the Spynie 
 Peerage, by J. Maidment, Esq. Edinb. 1840. Only 60 copies printed. 
 
 Stafford — Papers relating to the two Baronies of Stafford, claimed by Sir 
 W. Jerningham, Bart. 1807. 4to. Privately printed. 
 
 The Stafford Peerage, by J. Campbell. Lond. 1818. 4to. 
 
 Collections for a History of the Family of Stafford Brit. Mus. 
 
 Add. MS. 14,409, f. 266. 
 
 Stair — Claim of James Dalrymple to the Earldom of Stair. See Sess. 
 Papers (Mar. 1747— May 1748). 
 
 Stanhope — Notices of the Stanhopes as Esquires and Knights, and until 
 their first Peerages in 1605 and 1616. Lond. 1855. 8vo. Unpub- 
 lished (by Visct. Mahon, now Earl Stanhope, P. S. A.). 
 
 Stanley — A Genealogical Account of the House of Stanley, to 1735, by 
 J. Seacome. Liverpool, 3 741. 4to. — Reprinted, Manchester, 1783. 4to. 
 Again at Preston, 1793. 8vo. 
 
 Claim of the Rt. Hon. Charles Stanley, Visct. Monck, to vote at 
 
 Elections of Peers. See Sess. Papers (121 of 1849). 
 
 ■Pedigrees of the Family of Stanley; Brit. Mus. Harl. Bolls, P. 2; 6. 
 
 Stapleton — Claim of Thomas Stapleton, of Carlton, Esq., to the Barony of 
 Beaumont. See Sess. Papers (Apr. May, 1791— May, 1798 ; 64 of 1840). 
 
 Staunton — Memoir of the Life and Family of the late Sir G. L. Staunton, 
 Bart. Havant Press, 1823. 8vo. Privately printed. 
 
 Steward — Collections relating to the Family of Steward, of Swaffham, Co. 
 Norfolk; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 15,644. 
 
 Stewart, see Stuart. 
 
 Stirling — Claim of William Alexander to the Earldom of Stirling. See Sess. 
 Papers (May, 1760— Mar. 1762). 
 
 An Analytical Statement of the Case of Alexander, Earl of Stir- 
 ling and Doran, by Sir T. C. Banks. Lond. 1832. 8vo. 
 
 Case of the Right Hon. Alexander, Earl of Stirling, by J. I. Burn. 
 
 Lond. 1833. 8vo. 
 
 Narrative of the Proceedings to overpower the Earl of Stirling, 
 
 &c. ; also a Genealogical Account of the Family of Alexander, Earl of 
 Stirling, &c, by E.Lockhart, Esq. Edinb. 1836. 4to. Privately printed. 
 -The Stirling Peerage : Trial of Alex. Humphreys, or Alexander, 
 
 styling himself Earl of Stirling, for Forgery, ed. by W. B. D. D. Turn- 
 bull, Esq. Edinb. 1839. 8vo. 
 
 Report of the Trial, by Archibald Swinton, Esq. Edinb. 1839. 8vo. 
 
 Earldom of, see Alexander. 
 
 Stonor — Claim of Thomas Stonor, Esq., to the Barony of Camojs. See 
 
 Sess. Papers (118 of 1838 ; 167 of 1839). 
 Stouohton — Collections relating to the Family of Stoughton, of Stoke, near 
 
 Guildford; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 6174. 
 
HERALDIC COLLECTIONS. 275 
 
 List of Family Histories, etc. 
 Strange, Barony of, see Atholl. 
 Stratford — Claim of the Rt. Hon. Benjamin O'Neale Stratford, Earl of 
 
 Aldborough, to vote at Elections of Irish Peers. See Sess. Papers (155 
 
 of 3 854). 
 Strathern — History of the Earldoms of Stratliern, Monteith, and Airth, by 
 
 Sir N. H. Nicolas. Lond. 1842. 8vo. 
 Strathmore, Earldom of, see Bowes. 
 
 Stuart — Memoires of the Family of the Stuarts. Lond. 1683. 8vo. 
 La Race et la Naissance, la Vie et la Mort, de Marie Stuart. 
 
 Arnst. 1695. 18mo. 
 A Chronological, Genealogical, and Historical Dissertation of the 
 
 Royal Family of the Stuarts, by Matth. Kennedy. Paris, 1705. 8vo. 
 
 A Genealogical History of the Eoyal Family of the Stewarts, from 
 
 1034 to 1710, by G. Crawfurd. Edinb.1110. Folio. Privately printed. 
 — Reprinted for sale in 1782. 4to. 
 
 A Genealogical Account of the Most Illustrious Name of Stuart, 
 
 by D. Symson, M.A. 1713. 4to. 
 
 Essay on the Origin of the Royal Family of the Stewarts, by R. 
 
 Hay. Edinb. 1722 and 1793. 4to. 
 An Historical Genealogy of the Royal House of Stuart, by M. 
 
 Noble. Lond. 1795. 4to. 
 
 Genealogical History of the Stuarts, by A. Stuart. Lond. 1798. 
 
 4to. — Supplement, Lond. 1799. 4to. 
 
 The Genealogical History of the Stewarts refuted. Edinb. 1799. 8vo. 
 
 Genealogical Account of the Royal House of Stuart, by Thomas 
 
 Waterhouse. Grant/tarn, 1816. 8vo. 
 
 The Salt Foot Controversy, involving the Descent of the Family 
 
 of Stewart of Allanton, by J. Riddel] . Edinb. 1818. 8vo. 
 
 Coltness Collections, comprising Memorials of the Stewarts of 
 
 Allanton, Coltness, &c, by Mrs. Calderwood. 1842. 4to. Privately 
 printed by the Maitland Club. 
 
 Stewartiana; containing the Case of Robert II. and Elizabeth 
 
 Mure, &c, by J. Riddell. Edinb. 1843. 8vo. 
 
 -View of the Evidence for proving that the Paternal Ancestor of the 
 
 present Earl of Galloway was the second Son of Sir Alex. Stewart of 
 Darnley, &c. 1801. 4to. Privately printed. 
 
 Claim of the Rt. Hon. John Stuart, Earl of Darnley, to vote at 
 
 Elections of Peers. See Sess. Papers (293 of 1849). 
 
 Genealogical Sketch of the Stuarts of Castle Stuart, in Ireland, by 
 
 the Rev. A. G. Stuart. Edinb. 1854. 4to. 
 Sturton, Barony of see Hamilton. 
 Stuteville— Notices of the Stuteville Family; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 
 
 17 790 
 
276 HERALDIC COLLECTIONS. 
 
 List of Family Histories, etc. 
 Surrey, Earl of, see Warren. 
 Sussex, Duke of, see D'Este. 
 Sutherland — The Case of Elizabeth, claiming the Title and Dignity ot 
 
 Countess of Sutherland, by D. Dalrymple. 1770. 4to. 
 — — — — — The additional Case of Elizabeth, Countess of Sutherland, 
 by D. Dalrymple. 1770. 4to. 
 
 A Genealogical History of the Earldom of Sutherland, by Sir 
 
 E. Gordon. Mini. 1813. Eolio. 
 
 Claims preferred to the House of Lords in the Case of the 
 
 Sutherland Peerage, by James Maidment, Esq. Edirib. 1840. Only 60 
 copies printed. 
 
 Earldom of see Gordon. 
 
 Sutton — The Pedigree of Sutton. See Churton's "Life of Sir Richard Sutton" 
 
 p. 533* 
 Sydney — An Account of the Sydney Family. 1816. 8vo. Printed at the 
 
 Lee Priory Press, Kent. 
 
 Barony of see Perry. 
 
 Sylvester — Gens Sylvestrina ; Memorials of some of my good and religious 
 
 Ancestors, and eleven generations of a Puritan Family, by Joseph 
 
 Hunter, F.S.A. 1846. 12mo. For private distribution only. 
 Talbot— Memoirs of the Noble Family of Talbot. 1737. 8vo. Privately 
 
 printed. 
 Genealogical Memoir of the Ancient and Noble Family of Talbot 
 
 of Malahide, Co. Dublin. Dublin, 1829. Folio. 
 Claim of the Et. Hon. James, Baron Talbot of Malahide, to vote 
 
 at Elections of Peers. See Sess. Papers (106 of 1851). 
 
 Collections relating to the Family of Talbot, eighteenth cent. ; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 18,446. 
 
 A Kalendar chiefly of the Talbots and their Alliances ; Coll. of 
 
 Arms, MS. E. B. 29. 
 
 Pedigree of the Family of Talbot, with Extracts from Ancient 
 
 Deeds, &c. ; Durham Cathedral, Mian MS. 2. 
 
 Propagines et Stemmata antiquse Familiae Talbotorum, ad ami. 
 
 1596; Brit. Mus. Cotton. Chart, xiii. 37. 
 Tattershall — Notices of the Family of Tattershall. See " Topographical 
 
 Account of Tatter shall." Horncastle, 1813. 8vo. 
 De dominis de Tateshale post Conquestum per Successionem ; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Cotton. MS. Tib. C. viii. f. 4. 
 Thanet, Earl of, see Tupton. 
 T0WN8HEND — Claim of certain Persons to be Children of the Marquess 
 
 Townshend. See Sess. Papers (116 of 1842 ; 46, 97 of 1843). 
 Tracy — Memoirs illustrating the Noble Families of Tracy and Courtenay. 
 
 Cant. 1796. 8vo. 
 
HERALDIC COLLECTIONS. 277 
 
 Ltst of Family HisroEiES, etc. 
 Tracy (continued) — Claim of James Tracy, Esq., to be Visct. and Bar. Tracy, 
 
 of Rathcoole. See Sess. Papers (46 of 1841; 59 of 1843 ; 162 of 1847; 
 
 156 of 1848; 107 of 1849; R. of 1855). 
 Trefusis — Claim of R. G. W. Trefusis, Esq., to the Barony of Clinton. See 
 
 Sess. Papers (June 1793— Mar. 1794). 
 Trench — Claim of Frederic Mason Trench, Baron Ashtown, to vote at 
 
 Elections of Peers. See Sess. Papers (M. of 1855). 
 Tresham — The Euins of Liveden, with Historical Notices of the Family of 
 
 Tresham, by T. Bell. Lond. 1847. 4to. 
 Tufton — Memorials of the Family of Tufton, Earls of Thanet, by R. 
 
 Pocock. Gravesend, 1800. 8vo. 
 Turing— The Lay of -the Turings, a Sketch of the Family History. 4to. 
 
 Privately printed. 
 Turvey, Baronage of, see Barnewall. 
 Twistleton— The Case of John Twistleton of Broughton, in the Co. of 
 
 Oxon, Esq. n. d. Folio. 
 Claim of John Twistleton, Esq., to the Barony of Saye and Sele. See 
 
 Sess. Papers (Mar. 1733). 
 
 Claim of the Rev. Frederic Benjamin Twistleton, to be Baron of Saye 
 
 and Sele. See Sess. Papers (316 of 1847 ; 101 of 1848). 
 Tyndale— Genealogy of the Family of Tyndale, by B. W. Greenfield. Lond. 
 
 1843. Folio. Privately printed. 
 Tynte— Claim of Charles K. K. Tynte of Halswell, Co. Som., to the Barony 
 
 of Wharton. See Sess. Papers (66 of 1844 ; 202 of 1845). 
 Un ton — The Unton Inventories, with Genealogical Notices of theUnton Family, 
 
 by J. G. Nichols. Lond. 1841. 4to. (for the Berkshire Ashmolean Society). 
 Urquhart — Promptuary of Time, with the Pedigree of the Urquharts of 
 
 Cromartie. Lond. 1652. 8vo. — Reprinted in the 8vo ed. of Sir Thomas 
 
 Urquhart's Tracts. Edinb. 1774. 
 Valentia— Several Claims to the title of Visct. Valentia, &c. Dublin, YilZ. Fol. 
 Claim of Arthur, Visct. Valentia, to the Earldom of Anglesea. 
 
 See Sess. Papers (Feb. 1770— Apr. 1772. 
 Vaughan — British Antiquity Revived, touching the Soveraignty of the three 
 
 Princes of Wales, with Pedigree of the Earl of Carbery, &c, by Robert 
 
 Vaughan; also the Pedigree of the Author, continued to 1834. Bala, 
 
 1834. 4to. 
 Vaux— Sketch of a Genealogical Account of the Family of Vaux, Vaus, or 
 
 De Vallibus. Pembroke, 1800. 4to. Privately printed from Nisbet's 
 
 "Heraldry" 8vo. 
 Speeches delivered upon the Claims to the Barony of Vaux of Har- 
 
 rowden. Lond. 1836. 8vo. Privately printed. 
 Pedigrees of the Lords Vaux of Harrowden, Co. Northampton ; 
 
 Coll. of Arms, Vincent MS. 49. 
 
278 HERALDIC COLLECTIONS. 
 
 List of Family Histoeies, etc. 
 Vere — Collections relating to the Family of Vere ; Brit. Mus. Ilarl. MSS. 
 
 6134; 6776. 
 Amies, Honours, and Matches, of the illustrious Family of Veere ; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Earl. MS. 4189 ; Hargrave MS. 494. 
 
 History of Vere, Earl of Oxford ; Coll. of Arms, Vincent MS. 445. 
 
 see Alno ; Cavendish. 
 
 Verney — Claim of Sir Richard Verney to the Barony of Brooke. See Sess. 
 Papers (Dec. 1694— Feb. 1695). 
 
 Vernon — Historical Memoir of the House of Vernon (by Thos. Stapleton). 
 n.d. 4to. Unfinished — no title. Only 100 copies printed. 
 
 Collections relating to the Family of Vernon, eighteenth cent. ; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 18,446. 
 
 Villiers — The Case of George Villiers, claiming the Title of Earl of Buck- 
 ingham, n.d. Folio. 
 
 Claim of John Villiers to be Earl of Buckingham. See Sess. Tapers 
 
 (Apr. 1709). 
 
 The Genealogy of the Family of Villiers ; Brit. Mus. Earl. MS. 
 
 4041, art. 2. 
 
 Account of the Family of Villiers, Duke of Buckingham ; Brit. 
 
 .Mus. Earl. MS. 6862. 
 
 Genealogy and Pedigree of the Most Noble Family of Villiers ; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Earl. MS. 7178. 
 
 Wake — A brief Enquiry into the Antiquity of the Family of Wake, by 
 W. Wake, D.D. Warminster, 1833. 8vo. Only 100 copies printed. 
 
 Walpole — A brief History of Sir Robert Walpole and Family, by W. Mus- 
 grave, Esq. Lond. 1732. 8vo.— 1738. 8vo.— 1745. 8vo. 
 
 Warburton —Memoir of the Family of Warburton of Garryhinch, King's 
 Co., Ireland. Dublin, 1848. 8vo. Privately printed. 
 
 Ward— Memoranda of the Family of Ward; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 6256. 
 
 Warren — The History of the Ancient Earls of Warren and Surrey, with the 
 Descent of the Warrens of Poynton, Co. Chester, and Stapleford, Co. 
 Notts., by the Rev. J. Watson. Warrington, 1776. 4to. Privately 
 printed. Afterwards published in 1782. 2 vols. 4to. 
 
 Genealogy of the Family of Warren of Poynton ; Lambeth Lib. 
 
 MS. 1221. 
 
 Warwick, Earl of, see Beauchamp. 
 
 Welby — Notices of the Family of Welby. Grantham, 1842. 8vo. Privately 
 
 printed. 
 Wellesley — Pedigree of the Family of Wellesley, to about the year 1770 ; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 13,914, a. 
 Wellington — The Royal Descent of Nelson and Wellington from Edw. I., 
 
 by G. R. French. Lond. 1853. 8vo. 
 Wentworth, Barony of, see Johnson. 
 
HERALDIC COLLECTIONS. 279 
 
 List of Family Histories, etc. 
 Westmoreland, Earl of, see Neville. 
 Weston — Westonorum Familiae antiquissimse ex agro Stafford. Geneaiogia, 
 
 1632 ; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 18,667. 
 Wharton, Barony of, see Tynte. 
 Wheeler — Description of Otterden Place, Co. Kent, with Genealogical 
 
 Memoirs of the Family of Wheeler, by the Rev.T. Rackett, M.A. Lond. 
 
 1882. 8vo. Privately printed. 
 Wickham — Descent of the Family of Wickham of Swalcliffe, Co. Oxon, by 
 
 C. E. Long. See Nichols' " Coll. Top. et Gen.," vol. ii. pp. 225, 368 ; 
 
 vol. iii. pp. 178, 345. 
 Wigtoun, Earldom of see Fleming. 
 Willoughby — Claim of Henry Willoughby to the Barony of Willoughby of 
 
 Parham. See Sess. Papers (Feb. 1733— Feb. Mar. 1767). 
 Pedigree and Deeds of the Family of Willoughby of Bisley, 
 
 Co. Derb. ; Coll. of Arms, Vincent MS. 31, pp. 235—272. 
 see Bertie. 
 
 Wilson — Claim of Robert Wilson, Esq., to the Barony of Berners. See Sess. 
 
 Papers (73 of 1831-32). 
 Windsor — A Genealogical Account of the Family of Windsor, by A. 
 
 Collins. Lond. 1754. 4to. 
 Familia Antiqua Windesoriensium, a Conquestu Anglise; Brit. 
 
 Mus. Harl. Roll, P. 8. 
 Wolleye, Family of, see Legge. 
 Wren — Memoirs of the Family of the Wrens, by Steph. Wren. Lond. 1750. 
 
 Folio. 
 Wriothesley — Genealogie du Seign. Hen. Wrothesley, Comte de Sou- 
 thampton, jusqu'a l'an 1590; Brit. Mus. Harl. Roll, 0. 12. 
 Pedigree of the Family of Wriothesley, from the Barons de 
 
 Dunstanville, sixteenth cent. ; Brit. Mus. Harl. Roll, P. 4. 
 Wykeham — Tabula Genealogica exhibens cognatos et affines W mi . de 
 
 Wykeham, he. See Lowth's " Life of Wykeham" 
 Wyndham— Claim of the Rt. Hon. Edwin Richard Wyndham, Earl of 
 
 Dunraven, to vote at Elections of Peers. See Sess. Papers (107 of 
 
 1851). 
 Yvery, House of, see Ivery. 
 Zouche, Peerage of, see Bisshopp. 
 
 Funeral Certificates. — Funeral Certificates were taken by 
 virtue of an order of the Earl Marshal, issued in the 10th Elizabeth, 
 1567, wherein it was enjoined, that every King of Arms, Herald, or 
 Pursuivant, who should serve at any funeral, should bring into the 
 Library or Office of Arms, a true and certain certificate, under the 
 hands of executors and mourners, or mourner, present at the funeral ; 
 
280 HERALDIC COLLECTIONS. 
 
 and it has been stated, 1 that the want of such signatures to any 
 ancient funeral certificate renders it inadmissible as evidence. They 
 contain attested accounts of the time of death, place of burial, and 
 of the marriages, issue, and frequently the collateral branches o? 
 the several persons whose funerals were attended by the officers at 
 arms or their deputies, illustrated with the armorial bearings of the 
 deceased. When heraldic influence began to decline in conse- 
 quence of the Revolution of 1688, these funeral entries were also 
 neglected, though the certificates of some are recorded as late as 
 1710, 1713, 1717. The College of Arms possesses — in addition — 
 many books containing accounts of Proceedings at Royal and other 
 Funerals, and some important Manuscripts relating to them may 
 be found in Public Libraries, as hereafter noted. 2 
 
 Monumental Inscriptions ; Epitaphs; Coffin-Plate Inscrip- 
 tions.^ — Although often erroneous in dates, and sometimes even 
 in names, the inscriptions engraved upon monuments, and tomb or 
 grave stones, are well worthy the notice of the genealogical inquirer. 
 Sir Henry Chauncy, in his History of Hertfordshire, says, " These 
 being memorials of our once flourishing ancestors, designed to 
 perpetuate their remembrance to future ages, are of no despi- 
 cable use to heralds in tracing pedigrees, or lawyers in making out 
 titles to estates." Many instances are on record of the incor- 
 rectness of Inscriptions, which arises from various causes : executors 
 are not always well informed on the subject ; frequently all trans- 
 actions relating to funerals and monuments (of eminent men 
 especially) are under the direction of an undertaker, a man seldom 
 very careful or very learned; he again hands over half of his orders 
 to the stonemason, a man probably of less learning ; and, if we often 
 see the most absurd orthography in epitaphs, there is less reason to 
 impute infallibility to the same chisel when carving dates. Another 
 great cause of errors in monumental dates is the imbecility of 
 mind of many, especially aged persons, who disguise their ages 
 when living, foolishly adding to or diminishing from the truth. 
 From all these reasons, it behoves the genealogist to be careful 
 against placing implicit confidence, in important cases, upon monu- 
 mental inscriptions. 
 
 From Coffin -Plate Inscriptions we may collect authentic genea- 
 logical evidence. An application was made in 1822, to the Lord 
 Chancellor, by a claimant of the Scudamore Estates, at Home Lacy, 
 1 Banbury Peerage Case. - See page 285. 
 
HERALDIC COLLECTIONS. 281 
 
 in Herefordshire, for permission to inspect the coffins in the Home 
 Lacy vaults, such license having been refused to him by those to 
 whom possession of the estates had already been decreed by the 
 Court. The application was granted; but, some doubts having 
 existed as to the jurisdiction of the court in such a case, the parties 
 who obtained this order applied to the Bishop's Court for a further 
 license to open the graves. Meeting with no assistance, they 
 went to Home Lacy, hired a competent number of men with proper 
 tools, and in the presence of the village clergyman, who protested 
 against their conduct, peaceably and decently broke open the vaults 
 and graves, no one presuming to oppose the order of the Court of 
 Chancery, whatever he might think of its jurisdiction. 
 
 As burial in graves has been the usual mode of intermenfm 
 England, and from the rapid destruction of coffins so deposited, 
 this source of genealogical information cannot be made generally 
 available. Yet to families of rank, or of long residence on manorial 
 or large estates, whose remains are generally deposited in vaults, it 
 is peculiarly applicable. A very full and authentic pedigree of the 
 family of Brydges (Dukes of Chandos), even to the collateral 
 branches, for more than one hundred years, might be compiled 
 from the family sepulchre at Whitchurch alone. The "Memorials 
 of the Tuft on Family" seem to have been collected principally from 
 coffin-plates found on an inspection of the Earl of Thanet's family 
 vaults at Rainham, in Kent. 
 
 The first inscribed funeral monuments are those bearing the 
 names of Romanized Britons, which have been found in various 
 parts of England. In St. Alban's, Westminster, Winchester, and 
 other cathedrals, inscriptions of eight centuries' standing may still 
 be seen. That so few ancient monumental inscriptions remain, may 
 be chiefly attributed (after Time) to our Reformers : those of the 
 reign of Henry VIII. doing as much mischief to them, in their 
 destruction of monasteries, as their followers did to them in the 
 reign of Charles I., under colour of an Act passed in 1643, ordering 
 all monuments of superstition or idolatry to be demolished. 
 
 Collections of Proceedings at Funerals, Funeral Certificates, 
 Monumental Inscriptions, &c, both printed and in manuscript, are 
 very numerous. Lists of the principal works are given at the end 
 of the present section. 
 
 We are generally driven to accidental figures for determining the 
 date of monuments. The practised antiquary knows well that the 
 date of many an object of antiquity is determined rather by the 
 
282 HERALDIC COLLECTIONS. 
 
 general character and composition of the design, and by resem- 
 blances to conventional peculiarities of a particular period, than by 
 any particular feature which can be pointed out to an experienced 
 eye. When inscriptions engraven upon monuments are partly or 
 wholly obliterated, the form or fashion of the stone itself will often 
 enable the genealogist to assign a date to it. To guide him in his 
 researches we have subjoined a few 
 
 DIRECTIONS FOE ASCERTAINING THE DATES OF 
 MONUMENTS. 
 
 Coffin Stones. — Coffins. — Tenth and eleventh centuries : the coffin 
 lid was in the form of a prism. Twelfth century : the coffin lids, 
 improved or distinguished with crosses, at first plain, then fleury, in 
 has relief. Thirteenth century : coffin stones, with heads or bodies 
 emerging from them, and placed in walls, with arches turned over 
 them. 
 
 Stone coffins went out of fashion about the end of the fifteenth 
 century. 
 
 Mr. Cutts observes: 1 — "The shape or size of a gravestone is no 
 safe guide to its date ; it has been thought that the early ones were 
 highly coped, the later ones less so ; but this is not the case, for 
 many early ones are quite flat, while late ones are highly coped. 
 Also, in both coffin stones and incised stones, the eight-sided and 
 coffin-shaped ones are to be found of all dates. 
 
 " To determine the dates then, we have to guide us only the form 
 of the cross, and the ornamental accessories. A symbol — as a 
 mitre, pastoral staff, chalice, shield, swords, &c, introduced upon 
 the stone, will often determine its date approximately ." 
 
 Crosses. — The shape of the cross is not of so much service in 
 ascertaining the date as might have been expected. Round and 
 pear-shaped forms are late Norman. 
 
 Crosses with vine-leaves, and with accompanying heads and half- 
 length effigies, are generally of the fourteenth century. 
 
 Crosses with lilies as terminations to the limbs are very common 
 in the fifteenth century, though we do find them of an earlier 
 date. 
 
 The crosses formed by single broad lines are probably of the 
 fifteenth century. 
 
 The calvary moulded like the base of a pier belongs generally to 
 the fifteenth century. 
 
 1 "Manual for the Study of Sepulchral Slabs and Crosses." 
 
HERALDIC COLLECTIONS. 283 
 
 Pastoral Staves. — The early form of the pastoral staff, previous 
 to the thirteenth century, was that of a crutch, and sometimes a 
 curved head. This extended to the beginning of the thirteenth 
 century, when we frequently find the curve of the head terminating 
 in a trefoil. In the fourteenth century the forms are more elabo- 
 rate, the curved head is crocketed, and its section very generally 
 hexagonal or octagonal. 
 
 Mitres. — The early mitres were low, and the sides straight. 
 About the middle of the twelfth century we find them simple in 
 detail, and the apex forming a right angle ; afterwards the height 
 increased; and in the fifteenth century the sides are lofty, and 
 often convex, and the details elaborate. 
 
 Chalices. — Early chalices were very simple in shape ; those of the 
 fifteenth and sixteenth centuries generally had an octagonal base. 
 
 Armour. — In the tenth, eleventh, and twelfth centuries, the 
 rustred, ringed, trellised, tegulated, mascled, and edge-ringed, 
 obtained use. Twelfth century : chain-mail was introduced by the 
 Crusaders of Henry III. Cylindrical helmets, instead of descending 
 only as far as the ears, rested on the shoulders. The apertures for 
 sight and breathing were commonly in the form of a cross. The 
 camail, or piece of mail hanging over the shoulders, was introduced 
 in the reign of Edward I. Suits of mixed chain and plate were 
 introduced in the reign of Edward II., the plate being worn on the 
 arms and legs. Ailettes — little plates of steel — were also fixed to the 
 shoulders, and emblazoned with the arms of the knight. Complete 
 armour, or plate, came into partial use in the reign of Henry IV., 
 and in the succeeding one of Henry V. became general. 
 
 Shields. — The early Norman shields were kite-shaped ; afterwards 
 the heater-shaped, with a straight top. Through the thirteenth 
 and fourteenth centuries they became shorter. At the end of the 
 fourteenth and beginning of the fifteenth centuries, the upper part 
 of the sides is straight, and the shape almost square. About the 
 end of the fifteenth and beginning of the sixteenth, very fanciful 
 shapes were given to them. 
 
 Ornamental Work, when introduced interlaced, is generally Saxon 
 or very early Norman. Rude figures of men and animals are gene- 
 rally of Norman work — floreated, of the thirteenth century — vine- 
 leaves and oak-leaves, of the fourteenth century. 
 
 Effigies. — The custom of affixing to slabs of marble or stcne, 
 portraitures of the deceased, engraven on plates of metal, appears 
 to have been adopted about the beginning of the thirteenth century. 
 
284 HERALDIC COLLECTIONS. 
 
 Brassy. — The earliest record of a brass in England is that of 
 Simon de Beauchamp, Earl of Bedford, who died 1208. It is 
 curious that no sepulchral brass has hitherto been noticed as 
 existing in Scotland, and in Ireland two examples only are on 
 record, which are memorials of a late date. 
 
 Shields of Arms do not occur prior to the twelfth century. The 
 earliest known in England are those of Geffrey Magnaville, Earl of 
 Essex, buried in the Temple Church, 1165. Coats of arms were 
 not quartered by subjects until the fourteenth century: John 
 Hastings, Earl of Pembroke, was the first. 
 
 Inscriptions. — Until a comparatively late period, inscriptions were 
 as brief as possible. From 1100 to 1360, the inscription, though 
 often in Latin, was more frequently in Norman-French, and gene- 
 rally in rhyme. From circ. a.d. 1400 downwards, Latin became 
 the common language for inscriptions, though English ones are not 
 uncommon after circ. a.d. 1500. "Orate pro anima" was discon- 
 tinued on monuments at the Reformation. Roman Catholics only 
 have used it since. The Runic character was not used after 1000. 
 From that date to 1360 a kind of Roman character, called Lorn- 
 bardic, was commonly used. The character called black letter seems 
 to have been introduced circ. 1360, and was in common use until 
 the reign of Elizabeth. In the fourteenth century the inscriptions 
 were engraven on brass, and the words abbreviated. About 1530 
 a debased kind of Lombardic became fashionable, and gradually 
 changed until about the middle of the sixteenth century, when it 
 became the common Roman character. 
 
 When the stone has an inscription without date, the shape of the 
 letters will frequently enable us to approximate very nearly to the 
 date. Stone slabs of the middle of the fourteenth century have 
 merely an inscription round the border, without any symbol. 
 
 The first table monument was that of King John, who died in 
 1216; and the fashion lasted until the reign of James I. Altar 
 monuments were introduced at the beginning of the sixteenth cen- 
 tury; monuments against the wall, chiefly since the Reformation. 
 The oldest instance of a skeleton monument is in 1241. 
 
 List of Proceedings at Funerals; Funeral Certificates, etc 
 
 Proceedings at Funerals of Royal and Noble Families of England, sixteenth 
 
 and seventeenth centuries; Ashm. Lib. MS. 818. 
 Proceedings at Royal and other Funerals; Brit. Mus. Add. MSS. 6284, 
 
 ff. 2—17; 6292; 6303, ff. 15 d, 46; 6309; 6310. 
 
HERALDIC COLLECTIONS. 285 
 
 Funeral Certificates, etc. 
 Several Papers relating to Royal and other Funerals, collected by Sir W. 
 
 Dethick; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 10,110. 
 Funerals of Royal and Eminent Persons, from Jas. I. to anno 1800 ; Coll. 
 
 of Arms, MS. I. 4. 
 Accounts and Warrants relating to Royal Funerals, temp. Jac. I. — Will. III. 
 
 and Geo. III.; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 5751, ff. 45—55. 
 Collection of the Burials of several of the English Nobility ; Ashm. Lib. 
 
 Wood MS. 8578. 
 Orders at various Funerals of Nobility and Gentry; BniTMvs.Harl.MS. 2129. 
 The Booke of Buryals of Nobilite, small folio ; Coll. of Arms, Norfolk MS. 
 
 XXXV. 
 
 Parentalia, or Funeral Rites, &c, performed to worthy persons deceased, &c.; 
 
 Coll. of Arms, Vincent MS. 87. 
 Proceedings at Funerals of English Nobility and Gentry, sixteenth and 
 
 seventeenth centuries ; Ashm. Lib. MS. 836. 
 Certificates of Funerals, &c, from 1566 to 1800; Coll. of Arms, MSS. I. 
 
 5; 6; 8; 10; 11; 12; 13; 14; 15; 16; 19; 22; 23; 24; 30; 31. 
 Funerals, by Dethick, 1586 ; Coll. of Arms, MS. A. 31. 
 Charges for several Funerals about 1594; Coll. of Arms, VincentMS. 188. 
 Funeral Inscriptions and Arms in Churches, collected by Vincent ; Coll. of 
 
 Arms, Vincent MSS. 175 ; 177. 
 Proceedings at Funerals of English Nobility and Gentry, seventeenth cent. ; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 14,417. 
 A Collection of Funerals, made by Sir John Gwyllym, Rouge Croix, s. xvii. ; 
 
 Jesus Coll. Oxf. MS. xxxi. 
 Funeral Escutcheons of Nobility and Gentry, from 1651 to 1663 ; Coll. of 
 
 Arms, E.D.N. 30. 
 
 Cheshire : Book of Funerals in Cheshire, &c, begun a.d. 1600 ; Brit. Mus. 
 
 Lansd. MS. 879. 
 
 FuneralCertificatesforCheshire,1606;BRiT.Mus.iTaWJ/>S'. 2041. 
 
 Lancashire : Book of Funerals in Lancashire, &c, begun a.d. 1600 ; Brit. 
 
 Mus. Lansd. MS. 879. 
 Funeral Certificates of the County of Lancashire, begun 28th 
 
 May, 1606 ; Brit. Mus. Earl. MS. 2041. 
 Norfolk : Entry Book, with Funeral Escutcheons of Families in Norfolk, 
 
 1st Nov. 1686— 4th Aug. 1719 ; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 12,223. 
 Shropshire": Book of Funerals in Salop, &c, begun a.d. 1600 ; Brit. Mus. 
 
 Earl. MS. 2041; Lansd. MS. 879. 
 
 "keland : Entries of the Funeral Certificates of the Nobility and Gentry of 
 Ireland, from 1595 to 1698, in 14 vols.; Office of Arms, Dublin. 
 
 _ . Extracts from a Funeral Book, 1597, 1621; Brit. Mus. Add. 
 
 MS.mS, f. 128. 
 
286 HERALDIC COLLECTIONS. 
 
 Funeral Certificates, etc. 
 Ireland {continued) ; Funeral Certificates of many of the Nobility and Gentry 
 of Ireland, from 1634 to 1729; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 4820. 
 
 Wales : Book of Funerals in North Wales, &c, a.d. 1600 and 1606 ; Brit. 
 Mus. Harl. MS. 2041 ; Lansd. MS. 879. 
 
 LIST OF MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS, ETC. 
 
 PRINTED WORKS. 
 
 Ancient Funerall Monuments within the United Monarchic of Great 
 Britaine, Ireland, and the Islands adjacent, &c, by John Weever. Lond. 
 1631. Folio.— 2d. ed. 1661.— 3d. ed. with additions. 1767. 4to. 
 The original MS. is in the library of the Society of Antiquaries 
 (Nos. 127 ; 128). An Alphabetical Index, in manuscript, is in the British 
 Museum {Add. MS. 11,824). 
 
 Monumenta Anglicana ; being Inscriptions on the Monuments of several 
 Eminent Persons deceased in or since the year 1600, to the end of the 
 year 1718, by John Le Neve, Gent. 5 vols. Lond. 1717-18-19. 8vo. 
 The original MSS., with many additions, are in the British Museum 
 {Harl. MSS. 3605—3616 ; 5321 ; 6408 ; 6418). 
 
 Sepulchrorum Inscriptiones ; or a curious Collection of above 900 of the 
 most remarkable Epitaphs, Ancient and Modern, Serious and Merry, in 
 the Kingdoms of Great Britain, Ireland, &c, collected by James Jones, 
 Gent. Westm. 1727. 8vo. (100 pages only of vol. ii. were printed.) 
 
 A Collection of Epitaphs, by W. Toldervy. 2 vols. Lond. 1755. 12mo. 
 
 Select and Remarkable Epitaphs, by JohnHackett. 2 vols. Zorci.1757. 12mo. 
 
 A new select Collection of Epitaphs, including the most remarkable Inscrip- 
 tions in the Collections of Hacket, Jones, and Toldervy, together with 
 one thousand Epitaphs never before published, by T. Webb. 2 vols. 
 Lond. 1775. 8vo. 
 
 Illustrium virorum Elogia Sepulchralia, edidit Edvardus Popham, Coll. Oriel. 
 Oxon. 1778. 8vo. 
 
 Sepulchral Monuments in Great Britain applied to illustrate the History of 
 Families, Manners, Habits, and Arts at the different periods, from the 
 Norman Conquest to the seventeenth century, by Eichard Gough, Esq. 
 3 vols. Lond. 1786—1796. Folio. 
 
 Collection of Epitaphs and Monumental Inscriptions, with an Essay by 
 Dr. Johnson. 2 vols. Lond. 1806. 8V0. 1 
 
 Sepulchral Memorials of the English at Bruges. See Nichols* "Topographer 
 and Genealogist" vol. ii. p. 468. 
 
 Monumental Effigies of Great Britain, &c, from the Norman Conquest to the 
 Beign of King Hen. VIII. by C. A. Stothard. Lond. 1817—1820. 4to. 
 
 1 Numerous other smaller Collections of Epitaphs have been published, but of Utile 
 use for our purpose. 
 
HERALDIC COLLECTIONS. 287 
 
 Monumental Inscriptions, etc. 
 Monumental Kemains of Noble and Eminent Persons, by Edw. Blore. Zona. 
 
 1825. 8vo. 
 The Monumental Effigies of Great Britain, by I. and G. Hollis. 1840. 4to. 
 A Series of Monumental Brasses, from Edward I. to Elizabeth, by J. G. and 
 
 L. A. B. Waller. Lond. 1840—1844. Polio. 
 Cambridge Camden Society's Illustrations of Monumental Brasses. Camb. 
 
 1846. 4to. 
 Monumental Brasses and Slabs of the Middle Ages, by the Kev. C. Boutell. 
 
 Lond. 1847. 8vo. 
 Monumental Brasses of. England, by the Rev. C. Boutell. Lond. 1849. 8vo. 
 Manual for the Study of Monumental Brasses. Lond. 1848. 8vo. 
 A Manual for the Study of the Sepulchral Slabs and Crosses of the Middle 
 
 Ages, by the Rev. E. L. Cutts, B.A. Lond. 1849. 8vo. 
 
 MANUSCRIPTS. 
 
 An Obituary, with an account of several persons in England, by John Le 
 
 Neve; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 3625. 
 LeNeve's Obituary, from 1658 to 1680; Brit. Mus. Harl. MSS. 6404—6418. 
 An Obituary alphabetically arranged, by Sir William Musgrave; Brit. Mus. 
 
 Add. MSS. 5727— 5740.— Supplement; Add. MSS. 5741—5749. 
 Miscellaneous Collection of Epitaphs; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 5832, f. 165 b. 
 
 et seqq. 
 Collection of Epitaphs and Inscriptions from English Cathedrals ; Corp. 
 
 Christ. Coll. Oxp. MS. cccix. f. 97. 
 A large Collection of Epitaphs, made between the years 1764 and 1778, by 
 
 Thomas Hayward of Hungerford, in 34 vols., with 7 vols, of Indexes ; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Add. MSS. 13,916—13,953. 
 Church-notes taken by Randle Holme in various Counties ; Brit. Mus. 
 
 Harl. MS. 2129. 
 Epitaphs collected in various parts of England, in the handwriting of Dr. 
 
 Hutton ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 5329. 
 Epitaphs arranged under heads, by the Rev. Sir Richard Kaye, Bart., seven- 
 teenth cent.; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 18,562. 
 Monumental Inscriptions, from a.d. 1400 to 1716, collected from various 
 
 Churches in England, by John Le Neve; Brit. Mus. Harl. MSS. 
 
 3605—3616. 
 Another volume, beginning with the year 1600, and ending with 1649 ; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 5321. Partly printed in Le Neve's "Monu- 
 
 menta Anglicana." 
 Monumental Inscriptions upon Archbishops and Bishops of England and 
 
 Wales, collected by John Le Neve ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MSS. 6407 ; 
 
 6414 ; 6416. 
 Index to Le Neve's Monumental Inscriptions, 1501 — 1529; Brit. Mus. 
 
 Harl. MS. 6408. 
 
288 HERALDIC COLLECTIONS. 
 
 Monumental Insceiptions, etc. 
 The same from 1650 to 1679 ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 6418. 
 Epitaphs in several Churches in England, collected by R. Sheldon; kiuu. 
 
 Lib. Wood MSS. 8550; 8551. 
 Epitaphia, sive Monumenta Sepulchrorum, ab Francisco Thynne, in sua 
 
 Angliae peregrinatione collecta, etc. ; Brit. Mus. Shane MS. 3836. 
 Epitaphs in various Counties, collected by Ant. a Wood ; Ashm. Lib. Wood 
 
 MS. 8505. 
 Monumental Inscriptions in different Churches and Churchyards ; Brit. Mus. 
 
 Harl. MS. 6894. 
 Armorial Ensigns and Monumental Inscriptions in various Churches in 
 
 England; Brit. Mus. Lansd. MS. 919. 
 
 Bedfordshire. 
 Thynne's Monumental Inscriptions in Churches in Bedfordshire, &c. ; Brit. 
 
 Mus. Cotton. MS. Cleop. C. iii. ff. 15, 55, 67, 94, 95, 103, 156, 198 b, 
 
 204, 215 5. 
 Church Notes in Bedfordshire, collected by the Rev. S. Lysons ; Brit. Mus. 
 
 Add. MS. 9460. 
 
 Berkshire. 
 Monumental Inscriptions in Berkshire, &c, collected in 1660 ; Brit. Mus. 
 
 Harl. MSS. 4170 ; 6365. 
 Church Notes in Berkshire, collected by the Rev. S. Lysons ; Brit. Mus. 
 
 Add. MS. 9460. 
 Ashmole's Collection of Arms, Epitaphs, &c, in Churches in Berkshire, 
 
 1666; Ashm. Lib. MSS. 850; 1137. 
 
 Buckinghamshire. 
 Church Notes in Buckinghamshire, collected by the Rev. S. Lysons ; Brit. 
 
 Mus. Add. MS. 9460. 
 Monumental Inscriptions in Buckinghamshire, collected in 1660 ; Brit. 
 
 Mus. Harl. MSS. 4170; 6821.— Lansd. MS. 712. 
 
 Cambridgeshire. 
 Church Notes, &c, in Cambridgeshire, collected by the Rev. S. Lysons; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Add. MSS. 9461 ; 9465. 
 Epitaphs in Cambridgeshire, a.d. 1713 ; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 11,425. 
 Monumental Inscriptions in divers Churches and Chapels in Cambridge ; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Harl. MSS. 2129; 6121 ; 6821. 
 Monumental Inscriptions in Cambridgeshire. See Blomefield's "Collectanea 
 
 Cantabrigiensia." 1750. 4to. Privately printed. 
 
 Cheshire. 
 Monuments and Arms of Cheshire Families., collected by E. Ashmoie; 
 Ashm. Lib. MS. 7260. 
 
HERALDIC COLLECTIONS. 289 
 
 Monumental Insceiptions, etc. 
 An extensive Collection of Monumental Inscriptions, by the third Randle 
 
 Holme; Brit. Mus. Earl. MS. 2151. 
 Miscellaneous Collection of Church Notes; Brit. Mus. Earl. MSS. 2071; 
 
 2103. 
 Church Notes in Cheshire, collected by the Rev. S. Lysons ; Brit. Mus. 
 
 Add. MSS. 9461 ; 9466. 
 
 Cornwall. — Cumberland. 
 Church Notes in Cornwall and Cumberland, collected by the Rev. S. Lysons ; 
 Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 9462. 
 
 Derbyshire. 
 Derbyshire Church Notes; Brit. Mus. Earl. MSS. 1026; 1486.—^. MS. 
 
 6701. 
 (Staveley and Crich). See Nichols' " Coll. Top. 
 
 et Gen." vol. i. p. 34. 
 Ashmole's Church Notes in Derbyshire; Ashm. Lib. MS. 854. 
 Sketches and Church Notes in Derbyshire, by the Rev. S. Lysons ; Brit. 
 
 Mus. Add. MSS. 9448; 9463. 
 
 Devonshire. 
 Sketches and Church Notes in Devonshire, by the Rev. S. Lysons ; Brit. 
 
 Mus. Add. MSS. 9464 ; 9467—9469. 
 Epitaphs and Inscriptions in Exeter Cathedral. See Hewett's Monumenta- 
 rium of Exeter Cathedral, in vol. iii. of the "Exeter Diocesan Architectural 
 Society s Transactions." 1848. 4to. 
 Essex. 
 Monumental Inscriptions in Churches in Essex ; Brit. Mus. Earl. MS. 
 
 6762. 
 Epitaphs in the County of Essex, a.d. 1713 ; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 11,425. 
 
 Hampshire. 
 Church Notes for Hampshire. See Nichols' " Coll. Top. et Gen." vol. vii. 
 
 p. 211 ; vol. viii. pp. 43, 132, 210, 369. 
 Epitaphs and Inscriptions in Winchester Cathedral. See Gale's "Eistory of 
 Winchester Cathedral." Lond. 1715. 8vo. Reprinted in Cassan's 
 "Lives of the Bishops of Salisbury ." 2 vols. Lond. 1827. 
 Hereford. 
 Epitaphs and Inscriptions in Hereford Cathedral. See "Eistory of the Cit\ 
 and CatJiedral of Eereford." Lond. 1717. 8vo. 
 Hertfordshire. 
 Ashmole's Church Notes in Hertfordshire; Ashm. Lib. MS. 1137. 
 
 Kent. 
 Monumental Inscriptions in Churches in Kent; Brit. Mus. Rarl.MSS. 5805 ; 
 3917. 
 
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200 HERALDIC COLLECTIONS. 
 
 Monumental Inscriptions, etc. 
 Monumental Inscriptions in Churches in the Diocese of Rochester; Brit. 
 
 Mus. Harl. MS. 6587. 
 Notes of Monuments in several Parish Churches in Kent ; Brit. Mus. Add. 
 
 MS. 11,259. 
 Notes of Arms, Monuments, &c, in Churches in Kent, drawn up by Peter 
 
 Le Neve, 1603—1624 ; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 5479. 
 Monuments and Painted Glass in upwards of one hundred Churches in Kent, 
 
 by Ph. Parsons. Cant. 1794. 4to. 
 Tour through the Isle of Thanet, including a particular description of the 
 
 Churches, and copies of the Monumental Inscriptions (by Z. Cozens). 
 
 Lond. 1793. 4to. 
 Epitaphs and Inscriptions in Canterbury Cathedral. See Dart's "History of 
 
 Canterbury Cathedral" Lond. 1726. Polio. — "Historical Description of 
 
 Canterbury Cathedral" Canterbury, 1772 and 1778. 8vo. — Woolnoth's 
 
 "Canterbury Cathedral." Lond. 1816. 4to. 
 Epitaphs and Inscriptions in Rochester Cathedral. See "History of the Cathe- 
 dral Church of Rochester" (by Dr. Rawlinson). Lond. 1716 & 1723. 8vo. 
 
 Huntingdonshire. 
 Church Notes for Huntingdonshire; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 1179. 
 
 Leicestershire. 
 Church Notes in Leicestershire; Coll. of Arms, Vincent MS. 197. 
 
 Lincolnshire. 
 Church Notes in Lincolnshire, 1592—1634 ; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 17,506. 
 Monumental Antiquities of Great Grimsby, by George Oliver. Hull,l&25. 8vo. 
 
 London. 
 Collection of Inscriptions on Monuments and Gravestones in London ; Brit. 
 
 Mus. Shane MS. 516. 
 Monumental Inscriptions in several of the Churches in London ; Brit. Mus. 
 
 Harl. MSS. 1096, ff. 110—117 b; 6072. 
 Epitaphs in and about London ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MSS. 835 ; 5348. 
 Inscriptions and Arms upon Funeral Monuments and Gravestones in London, 
 
 Westminster, &c. ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 6835. 
 Collection of Epitaphs in many of the Churches in London, and other parts 
 
 of England; Brit. Mus. Lansd. MSS. 874; 878. 
 Interments in the several Churches in London ; Coll. of Arms, MS. E. 9. 
 Persons of consequence buried in several Churches in London, to the 27th of 
 
 March, 1533; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 544. 
 Hotfourd's Collection of Pennons, Gravestones, and Hatchments in Churches 
 
 in and about London in 1665 ; College of Arms. 
 Catalogue of Tombes, Gravestones, &c, in the Churches of London, by P. 
 
 Pisher. Lond. 1668. 4to. 
 
HERALDIC COLLECTIONS. Ml 
 
 Monumental Inscriptions, etc. 
 A Catalogue of Tombes in the Churches of London, from St. Katheriue.'s 
 
 Deyond the Tower, to Temple-Barre, by P. Fisher. Lond. 1688. 4to. 
 
 Supposed to be an unfinished work. 
 Register of Sepulchral Inscriptions existing temp. Hen. VIII. in Grey Friars* 
 
 Church, London. See Nichols' "Coll. Top. et Gen." vol. v. pp. 274, 385. 
 Registrum eorum qui sepeliuntur in Ecclesia et Capellis fratrum minor. 
 
 London.; Brit. Mus. Cotton. MS. Vitellius, F. xii. f. 273. 
 Church Notes of St. Dunstan's in the West, London. See Nichols' " Coll. 
 
 Top. et Gen" vol. iv. p. 96. 
 Inscriptions on the Mural Monuments and Tablets, Gravestones, and Tomb- 
 stones, in the Church and Churchyards of the Parish of St. Michael, 
 
 Crooked Lane, in the City of London. 1831. 8vo. [Removed for the 
 
 London Bridge improvements.] 
 The Tombs and Sepulchral Inscriptions in St. Paul's Cathedral, by P. F. 
 
 [Payne Fisher]. Land. . 4to. 
 
 Monumenta Sepulchralia Sancti Pauli, by H. H. [Hugh Holland]. Lond. 
 
 1614. 4to.— 2d. ed. Lond, 1633. 4to. 
 Epitaphs, Inscriptions, &c, in St. Paul's Cathedral. See Dugdale's "History 
 
 of St. Paul's, London" Enlarged by Maynard 1716, and by Sir H. 
 
 Ellis in 1818. All in folio. Also the latter portion of Arithmsei "Mau~ 
 
 solea." (See " Westminster Abbey.") 
 Names of such as have been buried in the Temple Church, from 1623 to 
 
 1652; Ashm. Lib. Wood MS. 8576. 
 Notes of Monumental Inscriptions in Westminster Abbey, &c. ; Brit. Mus. 
 
 Cotton. MS. Cleop. C. iii. ff. 1 b, 55, 67, 94, 95, 103, 156, 198 5, 204, 
 
 215 5. 
 Epitaphs, Inscriptions, and Arms in Westminster Abbey. See Camden's 
 
 "Reges, Regime, Nobiles et alii in Ecclesia, Westmonasterii sepulti." Lond. 
 
 1600. 4to. — Arithmsei, "Mausolea Regum, Reginarum, Dynastarum, iW 
 
 bilium, Londini Anglorum in occidentali urbis angulo structa." Francf. 
 
 1618. 12mo. — Keepe's "Monumenta Westmonasteriensia." Lond. 1683. 
 
 8vo. Also, Crull's " Antiquities of St. Peter's, Westminster." 2 vols. 
 
 Lond.lUZ. 8vo.— Dart's "Hist, of Westm. Abbey." 2 vols. Lond. 1722. 
 
 Folio. — And Neale and Brayley's "Hist, of Westminster Abbey." 2 vols. 
 
 Lond. 1818. 4to. 
 Middlesex. 
 Church Notes in Middlesex; Coll. op Arms, Philipot MS. 19, Pd. 
 A Collection of Church Monuments in Co. Middlesex, by John Bowack. 
 
 Lond. 1705. Folio. 
 Epitaphs in the County of Middlesex, a.d. 1713; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 
 
 11,425. 
 Church Notes in Middlesex, collected by the Rev. S. Lysons -. Brit. Mus. 
 
 Add. MSS. 9470—9471. 
 
292 HERALDIC COLLECTIONS. 
 
 Monumental Inscriptions, etc. 
 Inscriptions upon the Tombs and Gravestones, &c, in the Dissenters' 
 
 Burial-place near Bunhill Fields. Lond. 1717. 8vo. See also Harl. MS. 
 
 6212, in the Brit. Mus. 
 Church Notes taken at Highgate; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 7943. 
 
 Norfolk. 
 Epitaphs from Churches in Norfolk; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 6762. 
 Church Notes taken in sixty-two Churches in Norfolk, 1743 — 1745 j Brit. 
 
 Mvs. Add. MS. 12,526. 
 Sepulchral Brasses in Norfolk, by J. S. Cotman. [Yarmouth], 1819. Folio. 
 Monumental Inscriptions in the Parish Churches of Norwich, 1723 ; Brit. 
 
 Mus. Add. MS. 12,525. 
 Tombs and Monuments in Norwich Cathedral. See "Records of Norwich." 
 
 Lond. 1736—1738. 12 mo. Also, Sir Thomas Browne's "Posthumous 
 
 Works." Lond. 1712, J 721. 8vo. 
 Sepulchral Keminiscences from St. Nicholas' Church, Great Yarmouth, edited, 
 
 with Pedigrees, by Dawson Turner. Gt. Yarmouth, 1848. 8vo. 
 
 Northamptonshire. 
 Ashmole's Church Notes in Northamptonshire ; Ashm. Lib. MS. 1137. 
 Monumental Inscriptions in Churches in Northamptonshire; Brit. Mus. 
 
 Harl. MSS. 6365 ; 6763 ; Lansd. MS. 1042. 
 Church Notes in Northamptonshire ; Coll. of Arms, Vincent MS. 197. 
 Epitaphs in the County of Northampton, a.d. 1713 ; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 
 11,425. 
 Northumberland. 
 Church Notes in Northumberland; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 6763. 
 
 Nottinghamshire. 
 A Collection of Monuments in Nottinghamshire ; Ashm. Lib. MS. 8b4. 
 Tombstone Inscriptions in Nottinghamshire; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 6121, 
 
 p. 223. 
 Oxfordshire. 
 An Account of the Nobility and Gentry buried in and about Oxford ; Ashm. 
 
 Lib. Wood MS. 8466. 
 Collection of Epitaphs and Arms in most of the Churches of Oxfordshire ; 
 
 Ashm. Lib. Wood MS. 8505. 
 Coats of Arms in Churches and Gentlemen's Seats in Oxfordshire, by G. Lee, 
 
 Clar.; Ashm. Lib. Wood MS. 8548. 
 Monumental Inscriptions in Oxfordshire ; Ashm. Lib. Wood MS. 8586. 
 Oxfordshire Church Notes, transcribed from the papers of Ant. a Wood, by 
 
 the Rev. John Gutch ; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 6033. 
 Church Notes in Oxfordshire ; Coll. of Arms, Vincent MS. 192, W. 
 Oxfordshire Monumental Inscriptions. Evesham, 1825. Folio. Privately 
 
 printed by Sir Thomas Phillipps, Bart. 
 
HERALDIC COLLECTIONS. 293 
 
 Monumental Inscriptions, etc. 
 Monumental Inscriptions in Oxfordshire, anno 1660 ; Brit. Mus. Harl. 
 
 MS. 4170. 
 Account of Nobility and Gentry buried in and about Oxford, since 1643 ; 
 
 Ashm. Lib. Wood MS. 8466. 
 Notes of Epitaphs, Arras, &c , in various Churches and Colleges at Oxford, 
 
 1656—1661 ; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 11,610. 
 Monumental Inscriptions in Oxford. See Wood's "History of Oxford." 
 
 1773. 4to. 
 [Rutlandshire. 
 Church Notes in Rutlandshire ; Coll. of Arms, Vincent MS. 197, C. 
 
 Shropshire. 
 Church Notes in Shropshire, taken 1584; Coll. of Arms, Vincent MS. 195, P. 
 Collections from Churches in Shropshire, 1794 — 1832; Brit. Mus. Add. 
 
 MSS. 21,011— 21,015 ; 21,180; 21,181. 
 Monuments and Arms in Churches in Shropshire; Brit. Mus. Add. MSS. 
 
 21,236; 21,237. 
 
 Staffordshire. 
 Sepulchral Inscriptions, &c, of Staffordshire ; Ashm. Lib. MS. 853. 
 Church Notes in Staffordshire; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 21,011. — Coll. of 
 
 Arms, Vincent MS. 197, C. 
 Epitaphs in Staffordshire, a.d. 1713; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 11,425. 
 Account of Persons buried in Lichfield Cathedral, and in the Churches of 
 
 Lichfield. See Abingdon's "Antiquities of Worcester Cathedral" p. i. 
 
 Lond. 1717. 8vo. 
 Suffolk. 
 Monumental Inscriptions in divers Churches in Suffolk ; Brit. Mus. Harl. 
 
 MSS. 6724; 6762. 
 A valuable series of Church Notes in Suffolk, taken in the years 1655-6; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 15,520. 
 Church Notes in Suffolk, by Sir W. Bethara ; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 21,032. 
 Sepulchral Brasses in Norfolk and Suffolk, by J. S. Cotman. [Yarmouth], 
 
 1816. Folio. 
 Surrey. 
 Church Notes in Surrey; Ashm. Lib. MS. 1137.— Brit. Mvs.Add.MS. 6409. 
 
 Sussex. 
 Monumental Inscriptions, collected by Sir William Burrell; Brit. Mus. 
 
 Add. MSS. 5697—5699. 
 Monumental Inscriptions in Chichester and Lichfield Cathedrals. See 
 
 Abingdon's " Antiquities of Worcester Cathedral." Lond. 1717. 8vo. 
 Warwickshire. 
 Church Notes in Warwickshire ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MSS. 2009 ; 7022. — 
 
 Add. MS. 21.012.— Colt. «? Arms, Vincent MS. 197, C. 
 
294 HERALDIC COLLECTIONS. 
 
 Monumental Inscriptions, etc. 
 Wiltshire. 
 
 Collections for Wiltshire, 1819, by Sir Tho. Phillipps, Bart. Salisv. 1819. 
 8vo. Privately printed. This volume contains a collection of In- 
 scriptions from Monuments, &c, in the Churches of Wiltshire. 
 
 Epitaphs and Inscriptions in Salisbury Cathedral. See "History of the Cathe- 
 dral of Salisbury and the Abbey Church of Bath." Lond. 1719, 23, or 28. 
 8vo. — "Description of the Cath. Church of Salisbury." Salisb.ll&l. 4to. 
 
 Copies of the Epitaphs in Salisbury Cathedral, Cloisters, and Cemetery, by 
 J. Harris. Salisb. 1825. 8vo. 
 
 Worcestershire. 
 Monumental Inscriptions in Worcestershire; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 5814. 
 Church Notes of the Cathedral; Brit. Mus. Add. MSS. 5811, f. 129; 6728, 
 f. 47; 6742, f. 13 d. 
 
 Yorkshire. 
 Arms and Inscriptions in Yorkshire Churches; Bodl. Lib. MS. 5078. 
 Church Notes in Yorkshire; Coll. of Arms, Vincent MS. 197, C— (in 
 
 1584). — Queen's Coll. Oxf. MS. lxxxvi. 
 Monumental Inscriptions in Churches in York. See " The History of Fork." 
 
 3 vols. 1785. 12mo.— And Torr's "Antiquities of Fork." 1719. 8vo. 
 
 Scotland. 
 Theatre of Mortality, or a Collection of Funeral Inscriptions over Scotland. 
 
 Edinb. 1704—13. 8vo. 
 Collection of Epitaphs and Monumental Inscriptions in Scotland. 1834. 8vo. 
 
 Coats of Arms. — Coats of Arms— whether impressed on seals of 
 deeds, wills, and the like, or found on walls or windows of castles, 
 palaces, churches, private houses, and on shields, banners, plate, 
 tapestry, pictures, and other miscellaneous ornaments — have been 
 found, in genealogical matters, to be of signal service. In English 
 families, many persons of the same name can only now be classed 
 with their proper families by an inspection of the arms they bore 
 on their seals, shields, and the like ; whilst Welsh families are more 
 known by their arms than by their names. 
 
 According to Dugdale, Edward the Confessor was the first in 
 England who put his seal to a charter ; this however seems, by the 
 subsequent discoveries of the matrices of old Anglo-Saxon seals, 
 especially that of Ethelwald, Bishop of Dunwich [circa 850), to be 
 incorrect. 
 
 Specimens of hereditary armorial bearings appeared on the shield 
 in the time of Henry I. ; but it was probably on the return of 
 
HERALDIC COLLECTIONS. 2Q5 
 
 Richard I. from the Holy Land, that coats of arms became gene- 
 rally used on seals and elsewhere. 
 
 In the history of Battel Abbey, Richard Lucy, Chief Justice 
 temp. Henry II., is reported to have blamed a mean subject for 
 using a private seal, when that pertained, as he said, to the King 
 and nobility only. At that early period they used to engrave on 
 their seals their own pictures, and counterfeits, covered with a long 
 coat over their armours. After this, gentlemen of the better sort 
 took up the fashion, and, because they were not all warriors, they 
 made seals of their general coats of arms. 
 
 In the time of Edward I., seals of some sort were so general, that 
 the statute of Exon ordains the coroner's jury to certify with their 
 respective seals. 
 
 At length, about the time of Edward II., seals became very 
 common, so that not only such as bore arms used to seal, but others 
 fashioned signets, taking the letters of their own names, flowers, 
 knots, flourishes, birds, beasts, &c. 
 
 An essential utility in old seals is, that the shield of arms or 
 devices are frequently, if not generally, encircled by a label or 
 garter, on which is inscribed the name and title of the knight, or 
 other party, sealing the deed, sometimes also adding the name of 
 the father or husband. 
 
 Ancient charters and evidences were only sealed, not signed. The 
 custom of sealing without subscription continued in Scotland till 
 the year 1540, when James V. ordered that all evidences should be 
 subscribed as well as sealed. 
 
 It was enacted by statute, 1 that every freeholder should have his 
 proper seal of arms ; and he was either to appear at the head court 
 of the shire, or send his attorney with the said seal ; and they who 
 wanted such seals were to be amerced or fined. Every gentleman 
 used then to send his seal to the clerk of the court in lead, in order 
 to compare with other sealings, for fear of counterfeits ; and so par- 
 ticularly careful were people of seals in those days, that in case one 
 was lost, no means were wanting, by proclamation or otherwise, to 
 have it restored. 
 
 The forms of seals are as varied as their colours, and present all 
 the modifications of figures known. The round form appears to 
 have been adopted by kings, princes, and knights, whilst the oval 
 specially belonged to prelates, abbies, clergy, and even women. 
 
 The shape of seals used by secular persons during the eleventh 
 
 1 Nesbitt's "Heraldry ;" it is not known what statute (if English) is here alluded to. 
 
296 HERALDIC COLLECTIONS. 
 
 and twelfth centuries was generally circular. Triangular seals are 
 chiefly of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. 
 
 During the thirteenth century the shape of seals was generally 
 oval, more or less acute. So ordinary was this form, that any one 
 having to arrange a mass of unsorted deeds might easily pick out 
 most of those anterior to the year 1300 by merely observing the 
 contours of the seals. There are many circular and heater-shaped 
 shields of this date, but the ovoid will be found to predominate. 
 
 The earliest example of a secretum or privy seal, on the back, is 
 of the close of the twelfth century. It is of ordinary occurrence on 
 baronial and knightly seals after that period. 
 
 The devices of personal seals of the eleventh and twelfth centuries 
 are entirely arbitrary and literal in character. Barons and persons 
 of knightly degree used seals representing a horseman armed at all 
 points, or riding, falcon on wrist, to the chase. Others bore effigies 
 of birds, eagles or falcons, animals, commonly lions, varieties of the 
 draconine type, a conventional Rower, fleur-de-lise in character, stars 
 and crescents, diversely arranged, agnus dei, etc. 
 
 In the thirteenth century, seals became more numerous : rebuses 
 on the christian and surname were adopted ; symbols of occupation 
 or handicraft were used. At the commencement of the fourteenth 
 century we find examples of grotesques on personal seals in great 
 variety. 
 
 It was during the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries that me- 
 dieval seals attained their highest artistic excellence, and continued 
 to present features of considerable beauty from that time until the 
 year 1400. 
 
 After 1400, personal seals, which are not of armorial character, 
 gradually decline in importance, both as to size, style of design, and 
 execution. Thenceforth many represent chiefly merchants' marks 
 rudely executed, monograms, or a letter surmounted by a coronet, 
 &c. Merchants' marks became very common during the fifteenth 
 and early part of the sixteenth century, both on seals and signet 
 rings. They are composed of a private cipher combined with the 
 initials of the owner's name. It may be observed that such marks 
 belonged chiefly to woolfactors, or merchants of the staple. 
 
 From 1400 to 1500, we find the former types repeated throughout 
 the century, marked by inferior execution. 
 
 The seals of females, single or married, bore their effigies attired 
 in a costume generally indicating that of their time ; some few are 
 depicted on horseback bearing a falcon upon the wrist. 
 
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 Antique intaglios were frequently used on personal seals during 
 the middle ages, from the twelfth to the fifteenth century. These 
 gems are easily recognised by the peculiarity of the impression they 
 leave, arising from the convex surface which the ancients usually gave 
 to precious stones intended for signets. 
 
 The wax used during the eleventh and twelfth centuries was gene- 
 rally white; there are a few examples of red, but the colour appears 
 to have been applied superficially. Towards the end of the twelfth 
 century, green wax became very common. It may be remarked, that 
 seals of the latter colour are in all instances better preserved than 
 those of white or red. From this period downwards, red aDpears to 
 have been more generally in use than any other colour. 
 
 The following list of works on Seals will probably be found useful 
 by the genealogist : — 
 
 Aspilogia, by Henry Spelman. Lond. 1654. Polio. 
 
 Display of Heraldry, by J. Guillim. Lond. 1660. Folio. 5th. ed. 
 
 An Essay on the Use of Armories, by A. Nesbitt. Edinb. 1702. 8vo. 
 
 De Veteribus Germanarum aliarumque Nationum Sigillis, cura J. M. Heinec- 
 
 cii. Franc, et Lips. 1709. Folio. 
 De Re Diplomatica, par J. Mabillon. Paris, 1681. Folio. — Supplement. 
 
 Paris, 1704. Folio.— New ed. Paris, 1709. Folio.— Naples, 1739. 
 
 2 vols, folio. 3rd. ed. 
 A Dissertation on the Use of Seals, by J. Lewis. Lond. 1740. 4to. 
 Nouveau Traite de Diplomatique. 6 vols. Paris, 1750 — 1765. 4to. 
 Observations on Parochial Registers, by R. Bigland. Lond. 1764. 4to. 
 Observations on Seals, by Sir Henry Ellis. Printed in the " Archceologia," 
 
 vol. xviii. p. 12. 
 Recueil de Documents et de Memoires relatifs a l'Etude speciale des Sceaux. 
 
 Paris. Published by the " Societe de Sphragistiques." Complete to 
 
 No. 1 of vol. iii. 
 Sphragistische Aphorismen, by Prof. Lipsius. In the " Transactions of the 
 
 Thuringo- Saxon Antiquarians." Halle, 1842-3. 
 Sigilla Antiqua : Engravings of Ancient Seals attached to Deeds and Charters 
 
 in the Muniment Room of Sir Thomas Hare, Bart. 1847. Folio. Pri- 
 vately printed. 
 Dactyliotheca, sive "Annulorum Sigillarium usus," cura A. Gorlsei. Lugd. Bat. 
 
 1604. 4to. 
 Dactyliotheca, by the Hon. R. C. Neville. Privately printed. 
 Observations on Personal Seals, by Hudson Turner. See "Archaol. Journal," 
 
 vol. v. p. 7. 
 A Paper on the General Arrangement of Seals. See " Archceol. Journal" 
 
 vol. viii, p. 74. 
 
293 HERALDIC COLLECTIONS. 
 
 Notices of Mediaeval Seals. See "Archceol. Journal" vol. x. pp. 141, 526 ; 
 
 vol. xi. pp. 61, 73, 84, 261, 366. 
 List of Seals in the British Museum. See Sims's "Hand-Book" pp. 78, 
 
 274, 276. 
 List of Seals added to the British Museum since 1851. See " Archceol. 
 
 Journ." vol. x. p. 11. 
 
 England. 
 
 Sandford's Genealogical History of England. Lond. 1707. Folio. 
 
 Rymer's Fcedera. 7 vols. Lond. 1816—1830. 
 
 Tresor de Numismatique et de Glyptique, Sceaux d'Angleterre et de France. 
 Paris, 1835. Folio. 
 
 The Great Seals of England, from the Time of Edward the Confessor to 
 William IV. 1837. Folio. Engraved by Collas' process. See also 
 Wailly's "Me'mens de Paleographie" Paris, 1838 [vol. ii. p. 369]. 
 
 'Sigilla Antiqua Norfolciensia. (Ives), 1772. 12mo. Privately printed. 
 
 Remarks on the Discovery of the Ancient Seal of the Archdeaconry of North- 
 ampton, with Remarks on the subject of Ecclesiastical Seals in general, 
 by the Rev. A. W. Brown. Read before the Architectural Society of 
 Northampton, and published separately in 1845. 
 
 Sigilla Antiqua Suffolciensia ; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 21,056. 
 
 A Paper on the Seals of Winchester, by J. G. Nichols. See the Winchester 
 volume xlix of " Arch. Institute" pp. 103 and 111. 
 
 Scotland. 
 
 Selectus Diplomatum Scotiae, etc., by Jas. Anderson. Edinb. 1739. Folio. 
 
 Account of the Seals of the Kings, Royal Boroughs, and Magnates of Scot- 
 land, by Thomas Astle, Esq. 1792. Folio. Separately printed, 
 
 but forms a part of the third volume of the " Vetusta Monumenta" 
 
 Descriptive Catalogue of Impressions from Ancient Scottish Seals, by D.Laing, 
 Esq. Edinb. 1850. Printed by the Bannatyne Club. 
 
 Draughts of Seals belonging to the Nobility of Scotland ; Brit. Mus. Hari. 
 MS. 6107. 
 
 Ireland. 
 
 Sigilla Ecclesiae Hibernicae illustrata, by R. Caulfield. Lond. Two parts are 
 published. 
 
 Foreign Seals. 
 
 Recueil de Sceaux Normands et Anglo-Normands, par A. L. D'Anisy. Caen, 
 1834. Oblong 4to. An atlas of engraved seals, arranged by centuries, 
 accompanying a work entitled "Extrait des Chartes Normands ou Anglo- 
 Normands, etc.," by the same author. 
 
 Sigilla Comitum Flandriae, Olivarii Vredii. Bruges, 1639. Folio. 
 
 Monumenta Rerum Germanicarum, E. J. de Westphalen. 4 vols. Lipsitr, 
 1739. Folio (very full of plates). 
 
HERALDIC COLLECTIONS. 299 
 
 History of Seals in Germany, by Dr. Melly of Vienna. 
 
 Vossberg on the Seals of Prussia and the Cities of Northern Europe. Berlin. 
 
 Die Siegel der Stadt Frankfurt-am-Main, by Dr. Eomer-Biichner. Frank/. 
 
 8vo. 
 SigiUaImperatorum,Episcoporum, etc., ex Archiv. Civitatis Egrae in Bohemia; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 19,998. 
 
 The Rawlinson Collection of Seals at Oxford is very large. The 
 late Mr. Caley made a collection of casts from English and foreign 
 seals, above 2000 in number. Most of them are now in the pos- 
 session of Sir Thomas Phillipps, Bart. 
 
 The late Mr. Doubleday, of Little Russell Street, Bloomsbury, 
 possessed the largest collection of casts of seals in England, pro- 
 bably in the world. We are sorry to hear that his valuable collec- 
 tions are likely to be dispersed. 
 
 Casts of seals may be obtained from Mr. H. Laing, Elder Street, 
 Edinburgh, and from Mr. Redhead, of Cambridge. 
 
 Many excellent papers on seals, accompanied by fine engravings, 
 may be found in the journals of the various Archaeological Societies, 
 in Nichols's "Topoyrapher and Genealogist" and in the "Collectanea 
 Topographica et Genealogical The County and Local Histories 
 abound in engravings of seals. 
 
 Arms appear to have been first quartered on shields by John 
 Hastings, Earl of Pembroke, in the reign of Edward III. 
 
 In the reign of Elizabeth, the fashion of quartering arms was so 
 much in use, that Wyrley observes, " except it be to be made in a 
 pedigree or descent, to lock up in an evidence chest, thereby to 
 show men's titles to their lands, or the alliances and kindreds of 
 their houses, otherwise, as I say, I see not to any use in the world 
 they serve, especially so many together, to be made upon a man's 
 vesture, target, or banner." 
 
 Connected with arms on seals are those ancient marks of family 
 honours, the arms, crests, supporters, mottoes, and badges of emi- 
 nent families and individuals, so frequently found sculptured on 
 walls, or emblazoned in churches and private houses. Although 
 these cannot be supposed to exist in such abundance as to assist 
 the multitude who may seek to prove or authenticate their genea- 
 logies, yet, in the pedigrees of noble, eminent, or wealthy families, 
 they form a material and very interesting portion. That they have 
 long been considered as affording good evidence respecting families, 
 is ascertained from Wyrley's observations, as above given. 
 
300 HERALDIC COLLECTIONS. 
 
 Burton, the author of the "History of Leicestershire" was so 
 sensible of the value of these ancient memorials, coats of arms, that, 
 in order to make them still more useful to posterity, he collected 
 copies of them from stained- glass windows, monuments, and the 
 like ; for the avowed purpose that they might rectify armories and 
 genealogies, and give such testimony and proof as might put an end 
 to many differences. 
 
 It is impossible to name the variety of ways in which coats of 
 arms have been used, and in which they continually serve as 
 material proofs of marriages and descents. Two or three centuries 
 past, much more consideration was given to the subject than at the 
 present day, and herald-painters were obliged to obtain license from 
 the Heralds to pursue their occupations, and were punishable and 
 punished for acting without such authority. 
 
 Printed works and manuscripts containing Coats of Arms are so 
 numerous, that a bare recital of them would fill a volume. Under 
 these circumstances, any notice of them in this place must be 
 necessarily a superficial one. The subjoined list has reference 
 principally to collections of Arms only, and does not include those 
 to be found in Peerages, Baronetages, Heralds' Visitations, County 
 Histories, Societies' Publications, etc., lists of which works may be 
 found in another part of the present volume. 
 
 LIST OF COATS OF ARMS. 
 
 England. 
 
 The Academy of Armory, by R. Holme. Chester, 1688. Polio. The original 
 
 MSS. are deposited in the British Museum {Earl, MSS. 2026—2035). 
 A Dictionary of Arms, by Samuel Kent. Lond. 1717. 4to. 
 A System of Heraldry, by Alex. Nesbitt. Edinb. 1722. Folio. 
 A Display of Heraldry, by J. Guillim. Lond. 1724. Folio. 6th ed. 
 The Banner Display'd, or an Abridgement of Guillim, by S. Kent. 2 vols. 
 
 Lond. 1726. 8vo.— 2d ed. 1755. 8vo. 
 A Complete Body of Heraldry, by Joseph Edmondson. 2 vols. Lond. 1780. 
 
 Folio. 
 The principal Historical and Allusive Arms borne by Families, collected by 
 
 an Antiquary [Col. De la Motte?] Lond. 1803. 4to. 
 Encyclopaedia Heraldica ; or Complete Dictionary of Heraldry, by W. Berry, 
 
 4 vols, (including 1 vol. of plates, and 1 vol. Supplement). Lond. — 4to. 
 The British Herald, by Thomas Robson. 3 vols. Sunderland, 1830. 4to. Two 
 
 copies in the British Museum, each with copious manuscript additions. 
 General Armoury of Great Britain, by J. and J. B. Burke. Lond. 1843. 
 
 Royal 8vo.— 3d ed. 1844.— New ed. 1847. 
 
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 List of Coats of Arms. 
 Heraldic Illustrations, consisting of the Armorial Bearings of the principal 
 Families of the Empire, &c, by J. and J. B. Burke. Lond. 1845. 8vo. 
 Index to Pedigrees and Arms in the Heralds' Visitations and other MSS. in 
 
 the British Museum, by K. Sims. Lond. 1849. 8vo. 
 The Armorial Insignia of the Kings and Queens of England, by T. 
 
 Willement. Lond. 1821. 4to. 
 Arms and Quarterings, etc., of English Sovereigns, by the Kev. D. T. Powell ; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 17,441. 
 Arms of English Kings and Nobility; Brit. Mus. Earl. MS. 1073. 
 The Arms of the most Eminent Eamilies in Great Britain and Ireland, by A, 
 
 Johnston. 2 vols. Lond. 1742. 8vo. 
 Arms of the English Nobility, and Tables of Dates to Family Honours, by 
 
 John Millan. Lond. 1749. 8vo— Reprinted. 1752. 
 The Arms of the Nobility of England, Scotland, and Ireland, by H. Clark. 
 
 Lond. 1778. 12mo. 
 A Visitation of the Seats and Arms of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of 
 Great Britain and Ireland, by Sir J. B. Burke. 1st series. Lond. 1852. 
 8vo. — 2d series, Lond. 1854. 8vo. — Concluding volume. 1855. 
 Collectanea de Insignibus Gentilitiis Nobilium Familiarum Gentis Anglorum ; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Cotton. MS. Tib. E. ix. 
 Arms of the Nobility and Gentry of most of the Counties of England ; Brit. 
 
 Mus. Earl. MS. 1457. 
 Arms of the Bastard Nobility and Gentry ; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 6298, f. 259. 
 Arms, Crests, and Supporters of English, Irish, and Scotch Nobility ; Coll. 
 
 of Arms, Norfolk MS. 33 — Vincent MS. 172. 
 Notitise et Insignia Illustrium Familiarum Angliae, a temp. Edw. Conf. ad 
 
 Jac. I.; Magd. Coll. Camb. Pepys MS. 13. 
 Eoll of Arms of English Nobility, Knights, &c, fifteenth cent. ; Soc. of 
 
 Antiquaries, MS. 17. 
 The Names and Arms of all the Nobility of England, from the Conquest to 
 
 1580 ; Brit. Mus. Earl. MS. 896. 
 Arms of the Nobility, from 1066 to 1586 ; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 5525. 
 A Collection of the Armorial Bearings of the Nobility and great Families of 
 England, from the earliest times to the reign of Queen Elizabeth; 
 Soc. of Antiquaries, MS. 136, art. 9. 
 Kolls of Arms of Hen. III. and Edw. III., by Sir N. H.Nicolas. 1829. 8vo. 
 The Koll of Arms, known as the Koll of King Henry III., emblazoned by 
 
 A. P. Harrison. [1846?] 4to. 
 Names and Arms of the Ancient Nobility and Knights of England and 
 
 Wales, temp. Hen. III. See "Ant. Repertory" vol. i. 
 JTomina et Insignia Gentilitia Nobilium Equitumque sub Edvardo primo tege 
 
 militautium, ed. E. B. Mores. Oxon. 1748. 4to. 
 The Siege of Carlaverock, 28 Edw. I., with the Arms of the Earls, Barons, 
 and Knights present, by Sir N. H. Nicolas. Lond. 1828. 4to- 
 
302 HERALDIC COLLECTIONS. 
 
 List of Coats op Arms. 
 The Boll of Karlaverock, emblazoned by A. P. Harrison. 1845. 4to. 
 Names and Arms of Baron3 and Knights, temp. Edw. I. ; Coll. of Arms, 
 
 MS. M. 16. 
 Names and Arms of the Earls of England, temp. Edw. I. ; Queen's Coll. 
 
 Oxp. MS. cxx. 
 Arms of Noblemen, temp. Edw. I. and II.; Caius Coll. Camb. MS. 570. 
 Eoll of Arms in the Reign of Edw. II., by Sir N. H. Nicolas. 1828. 8vo. 
 Arms of English Nobility, temp. Edw. III.; Ashm. Lib. MSS. 15 (A.), art. 2; 
 
 804, p. 56. The latter a beautiful and extremely curious manuscript. 
 An Antient Book, containing 672 Shields of Arms of King Edward III. 
 
 and Princes of the Blood Eoyal, Noblemen, and Knights, 1345 — 1351 ; 
 
 Ashm, Lib. MS. 804. 
 Eoll of Arms of the reign of Edward III. in the possession of Stacey 
 
 GrimaMi, Esq., F.S.A. See Nichols' "Coll. Top. et Gen.;' vol. ii. 
 
 Printed separately in 1835. 
 Eoll of Arms of the reign of Eich. II., by Thos. Willement. Lond. 1834. 4to. 
 The Eoll of Arms of King Eich. II., containing the Arms of Barons, &c, 
 
 anno 1377, by A. P. Harrison. [1848.] 4to. 
 Eoll of Arms of Peers, temp. Hen. VIII., by Thos. Willement. Lond. 1829. 
 
 Oblong folio. 
 Arms of the Nobility of England, temp. Hen. VIII. — Jas.L; Ashm. Lib. MS. 805. 
 Collection of Arms of English Nobility and Gentry, sixteenth cent. ; Brit. 
 
 Mus. Add. MS. 18,215. 
 Arms and Quarteriags of the Nobility of England, temp. Jac. I. ; Brit. Mus. 
 
 Add. MS. 14,305. 
 The Names, Arms, Crests, Mottoes, and Supporters, of the Nobility of Eng- 
 land to the year 1629 ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 1114. 
 Funeral Escutcheons of Nobility and Gentry, from 1651 to 1663; Coll. op 
 
 Arms, MS. E.D.N. 30. 
 Arms and Notices of Peers of England in 1664; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 14,321. 
 Insignia of the Orders of British Knighthood, by John Hunter. Lond. 
 
 Folio. 
 
 Arms, Supporters, Badges, &c. of the Sovereigns, with the Arms of the 
 
 Knights of the Garter, from the creation of the Order to the year 1780, 
 
 begun by Sir W. Segar, and continued by J. Edmondson ; Brit. Mus. 
 
 King's MSS. 398—416. 21 vols. 
 Arms of the Knights of the Garter ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 6162. 
 Arms, Quarterings, and Crests, of the Knights of the Garter, by John Hol- 
 land, 1588 ; Coll. of Arms, Philipot MS. 9, Pe. 
 Arms of the Knights of the Garter to the reign of Chas. I. ; Brit. Mus. 
 
 Harl. MS. 5831. 
 »i Armoiries de tous les Chevaliers de la Jarretiere, &c. jusqu'a Tan 1752; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Add. MS 6278. 
 
HERALDIC COLLECTIONS. 303 
 
 List op Coats of Asms. 
 Les Armes des Chevaliers de l'Ordre du Bain. n.d. Folio. 
 Les Armes des Chevalliers de l'Ordre du Bain. [Sympson.] 1721. 4to. — 
 
 1725. Folio. 
 Arms of Crusaders. See "The English Cmsaders," by J. C. Dansey. Lond. 
 
 1849. 4to. 
 Arms of Knights, Noblemen, and Gentlemen, of England and Ireland ; Trin. 
 
 Coll. Dublin, MSS. I. 71, 88, 98 ; 113, art. 1 ; F. 125. 
 Arms of Knights; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 5855, p. 197. 
 Arms of Knights created in the reigns of Hen. VII., Hen. VIII., Edw. VI., 
 
 Mary, and Elizabeth ; Brit. Mus. Cotton. MS. Claud. C. iii. 
 Arms of Knights, temp. Edw. I. ; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 5848, p. 107. 
 Eoll of the Arms of the Knights at the Tournament at Stepney, % Edw. II. - r 
 
 See Nichols' "Collect. Top. et Gen." vol. iv. p. 61. 
 Arms of Knights, temp. Edw. II. ; Ashm. Lib. MS. 831, p. 100. 
 Les Armes de noble Chivalers, que furent al tornement faict a Donstaple, 
 
 7 Hen. III.; Brit. Mus. Shane MS. 1301, art. 82.— See also Nichols* 
 
 "Collect. Top. et Gen." vol. iv. p. 389. 
 Copy of a Eoll of Arms, temp. Edw. III. See Nichols' " Collect. Top. et 
 
 Gen." vol. ii. p. 320. 
 Arms of Knights before 1583 ; Caius Coll. Camb. MS. 565. 
 Arms of the Knights Baronets; Pcb. Lib. Camb. MS. Dd. ix. 58. 
 Pictures and Arms of Knights Bannerets, sixteenth cent. ; Brit. Mus. Harl. 
 
 MS. 4205. 
 Arms of the Baronets of England and Nova Scotia, &c, by John Millan. 
 
 Lond. 1753. 8vo. 
 The Arms of the English Baronets, and the Knights of the Bath, with the 
 
 dates of creation. Lond. 1779. 12 mo. 
 Arms and Quarterings of Baronets; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 9372. 
 Arms of Baronets, and other Gentlemen; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 12,446. 
 Tricks of Arms of Baronets, from 1611 to 1641 ; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 
 
 14,281. 
 Arms of Baronets, a.d. 1611 — 1643 ; Caius Coll. Camb. MS. 517. 
 The Arms of the most eminent Families in Great Britain and Ireland, by 
 
 A. Johnston. 2 vols. Lond. 1742. 8vo. 
 Arms of English Families in various Counties; Brit. Mus. Add. MSS. 
 
 12,442; 12,444; 12,445. 
 A Collection of Arms, by A. Bedford; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 18,581. 
 Arms of the principal Families in England, temp. Edw. I. ; Brit. Mus. Add. 
 
 MS. 5848, p. 100. 
 Arms of the Gentry of England, according to Counties, by J. Holland, 1584 ; 
 
 College of Arms, Philipot MS. 18, W. 
 Coats of Arms, chiefly of English Families, temp. Jas. I. ; Brit. Mus. Add. 
 
 MS. 12,441. 
 
304 HERALDIC COLLECTIONS. 
 
 List op Coats op Abms. 
 
 Coats of Arms of the principal Families in England, 1607 ; Brit. Mus. Add, 
 MS. 14,262. 
 
 Arms of English Gentry, seventeenth cent.; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 15,972. 
 
 Collection of English Coats of Arms, seventeenth cent. ; Brit. Mus. Add. 
 MS. 19,814. 
 
 Arms of English Families tricked, seventeenth cent. ; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 
 12,472.— Queen's Coll. Oxf. MS. xli. 
 
 A valuable Collection of the Names and Arms of English Eamilies, seventeenth 
 cent. ; Pub. Lib. Camb. MS. Ee. ii. 21. 
 
 Arms of English Families, eighteenth cent. ; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 14,322. 
 
 Miscellaneous Collection of Arms of English Families, eighteenth cent.; 
 Brit. Mus. Add. MSS. 14,833 ; 14,834. 
 
 Arms of English Commoners, a.d. 1730 ; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 14,832. 
 
 Arms and Crests of different Families, with the date of Grant and Confirma- 
 tion. 2 vols. 1748 ; Brit. Mus. Add. MSS. 14,830; 14,831. 
 
 Scotland. 
 
 Note of the Arms of the Nobility of Scotland; Advocates' Lib. Edinburgh, 
 
 MS. 4to. The most ancient volume of Kecords of Scottish Arms 
 
 known to exist is in this library. 
 Arms of the Nobility of Scotland; Brit. Mus. Cotton. MS. Vesp. E. viii. 
 
 f. 29.— Earl. MSS. 1384, f. 79 ; 2120, ff. 3—7.— Add. MSS. 5522, 
 
 f. 114 ; 17,537.— Trin. Coll. Dublin, MS. I. 72. 
 Arms and Effigies of some of the Scottish Kings, with Arms of many of the 
 
 Scottish Nobility ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 115. 
 The Arms of the Kings and Nobility of England and Scotland ; Brit. Mus. 
 
 Harl. MS. 4030. 
 The Names, Arms, and Matches of the Kings and Nobility of Scotland to 
 
 1588; Ashm. Lib. Wood MS. 8549. 
 Arms, Crests, and Mottoes of Scottish Nobility ; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 6298, 
 
 fF. 145—152. 
 Arras, Crests, and Supporters of Scottish Nobility ; Coll. of Arms, Norfolk 
 
 MS. 33.— Vincent MS. 172. 
 Ordinary of Arms of Scotch Families, by Sir George Mackenzie ; Brit. Mus. 
 
 Harl. MS. 3740. 
 An Ordinary of Arms of Scotland ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 4732. 
 Arms of certain Scotch Families ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MSS. 1042, ff. 54 — 57 ; 
 
 5392.— Coll. of Arms, MSS. 1—5. 
 Facsimile of an ancient Heraldic MS., emblazoned by Sir David Lyndsay, 
 
 Lyon King of Armes, 1542. Edinb. 1822. Folio. 
 Arms of the Sovereigns and Nobility of Scotland, 1585; Brit. Mus. Harl. 
 
 MS. 6101. 
 An Alphabet of Arms of the Nobility and Gentry of Scotland, 1624, by 
 
 James Pont ; Advocates' Lib. Edinburgh. 
 
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 List op Coats of Arms. 
 Register of Arms, by Sir James Balfour, Lyon King of Arms, temp. Chas. I. ; 
 
 Advocates' Lib. Edinb. MS. 
 The Record Book of the Armorial Bearings of the Kings of Scotland and 
 
 Great Britain, and of the Archbishops, Bishops, Nobility, and Gentry 
 
 of Scotland, commencing in 1678; Lyon Office, Edinb. MS. 
 A few Arms of Scottish Families, seventeenth cent. ; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 
 
 15,096. 
 Arms of the Nobility and Gentry of Scotland, registered in the Lyon Office 
 
 of Arms, 1721 ; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 20,701. 
 The Arms of the Nobility of England, Scotland, and Ireland, by H. Clark. 
 
 Lond. 1778. 12mo. 
 
 Ireland. 
 
 Arms of Irish Nobility and Gentry ; Brit. Mus. Sari. MSS. 1351, f. 148 ; 
 
 1384, art. 4; 1425, f. 195; 4024; 4623, f. 18; 5866.— Add. MSS. 
 
 4814 ; 4821 ; 5522, f. 114.— Caius Coll. Camb. MS. 1248. 
 Alphabet of Arms of the Irish Gentry; Brit. Mus. Hart. MS. 1441, f. 40. 
 Arms of Irish Families, by W. Terry; Brit. Mus. Harl.MSS. 4039; 4040. 
 
 —Coll. of Arms, MSS. 6—11. 
 Copies of Grants of Arms by the Office of Arras in Ireland ; Brit. Mus. 
 
 Add. MS. 4815. 
 Arms of Knights, Noblemen, and Gentlemen of Ireland ; Trin. Coll. Dubl. 
 
 MSS. I. 71 ; 88; 98 ; 113, art. 1 ; E. 125. 
 A true coppye of an auncient Booke of Armes of the Irishe Nobility and 
 
 Gentry, collected by Mr. Thomas Poyninges, with additions by Mr. 
 
 Chaloner, the second Randle Holme, &c. ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 2120, 
 
 f. 40. 
 Arms, Crests, and Supporters of Irish Nobility; Coll. of Arms, Norfolk 
 
 MS. 33.— Vincent MS. 172. 
 A Booke of the Arms of several Noblemen and Gentlemen of Ireland ; Lamb. 
 
 Lib. Carew MS. 625. 
 Irish Arms, collected by John Holland, 1585 ; Coll. of Arms, PhilipotMS. 
 
 15, Pe. 
 Arms of Knights created by Sir William Russell, Lord Deputye of Ireland, 
 
 1st Sept. 1594; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 1386, f. 100. 
 The Arms of Knights dubbed in Ireland; Trin. Coll. Dublin, MS. C. 25. 
 Arms of all the Nobility and Gentry of Ireland, a.d. 1603 ; Brit. Mus. 
 
 Harl. MS. 6096. 
 The Arms, Crests, and Supporters, with the several Quarterings of all the 
 
 Nobility of Ireland, collected by John Withie, a.d. 1613 and 1630 ; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Harl. MSS. 1071; 1403. 
 Arras of Irish Nobility, including Creations, to 1627 ; Caius Coll. Camb. 
 
 MS. 560. 
 
 20 
 
306 HERALDIC COLLECTIONS. 
 
 Lzbt op Coats op Aems. 
 
 Arms and Creations of the Nobility of Ireland, 1629 ; Brit. Mus. Earl. 
 MS. 1362. 
 
 Arms of most of the Irish Nobility, temp. Chas. II. ; Brit. Mus. Earl. MS. 
 1412, f. 33. 
 
 Arms, chiefly of Irish Families, alphabetically arranged to letter D, seven- 
 teenth cent.; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 14,318. 
 
 A few Arms of Irish Families, seventeenth cent. ; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 
 15,096. 
 
 The Arms of the most eminent Families in Great Britain and Ireland, by 
 A. Johnston. 2 vols. Lond. 1742. 8vo. 
 
 Wales. 
 A Display of Coat Armours now in use in the Six Counties of North Wales, 
 
 by J. Davies. Salop, 1716. 12mo. 
 Arms of the Princes, Noblemen, and Gentlemen of Wales ; Brit. Mus. Add. 
 
 MS. 15,018, f. 307. 
 Arms of the Founders of Welsh Families; Brit. Mus. Earl.MSS. 1143; 
 
 1370; 1386; 1946. 
 Arms of Welsh Families, sixteenth cent. ; Ashm. Lib. MS. 32. — Brit. Mus. 
 
 Earl. MSS. 1441, ff. 14—39; 1933; 4291 ; 6122. 
 Arms of divers old Welsh Families, a.d. 1580 ; Brit. Mus. Earl. MS. 1 961. 
 Arms of Flintshire Families, by Chaloner, 1670 ; Coll. of Arms, MS. D. 26. 
 
 Grants of Arms. 
 Grants of Arms, sixteenth and eighteenth cent. ; Ashm. Lib. MS. 858. 
 Miscellaneous Grants of Arms; Brit. Mus. Earl. MSS. 1172; 1441. 
 Grants of Arms by divers Heralds; Brit. Mus. Earl. MSS. 1115 ; 1359; 
 
 1438. — Queen's Coll. Oxf. MS. cxlvi. 
 Grants of Arms by divers Kings, beautifully tricked by John Gough ; Brit. 
 
 Mus. Earl. MS. 1422. 
 Grants of Arms, from Edw. I. to Elizabeth; Queen's Coll. Oxf. MS. cxl. 
 Grants of Arms, from Edw. III. to Chas. I. ; Queen's Coll. Oxf. MS. cxxxix. 
 Book of Registration of all Grants of Arms, from the reign of Edw. VI. ; 
 
 Coll. of Arms, Dublin. 
 Grants of Arms, from Edw. VI. to 33 Elizabeth; Queen's Coll. Oxf. MS. 
 
 cxxxviii. 
 Grants of Arms by various Heralds, from the reign of Elizabeth to a.d. 1686 ; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Add. MSS. 14,293 ; 14,295. 
 Grants of Arms, principally temp. Elizabeth ; Queen's Coll. Oxf. MS. cxlv. 
 Patents of Arms, 1557—1564; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 16,940. 
 Names of Persons who obtained Grants of Arms, from 10 Eh> *«* the year 
 
 1600 ; Brit. Mus. Cotton. MS. Faustina, E. ii. f. 223. 
 Arras and Crests granted to divers Persons, 1574 — 1597 ; Bk.x: Mus. Add. 
 
 MS. 14,297. 
 
HERALDIC COLLECTIONS. 307 
 
 List op Coats op Abms. 
 Grants of Arms, from 33 Elizabeth to 8 Chas. I. ; Queen's Coll. Oxp. 
 MS. cxxxvii. 
 
 by Baker; Coll. of Arms, M8S. E.D.N. 55—58. 
 
 by Barker; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 5846. 
 
 by Benolt j Coll. of Arms, MS. G. 4 (2). 
 
 by Camden ; Brit. Mus. Harl.MS. 6095. — Coll. of Arms, 
 
 MSS. E.D.N. 55—58. 
 
 by Cooke; Coll. of Arms, MSS. F. 13; H. 10 (2); 
 
 MSS. E.D.N, to— 58.— Vincent MS. 198.— Ashm. Lib. Ojly.MS. 834. 
 
 by Dalton ; Coll. of Arms, MS. H. 6 (2). 
 
 by Dethick; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. %M.—Add. MSS. 
 
 12,454; 18,582.— Coll. of Arms, Vincent MSS. 162; 163.— Queen's 
 Coll. Oxf. MS. cxlv. 
 
 by Flower ; Ashm. Lib. Oxf. MS. 834. — Coll. of Arms, 
 
 MS. H. 11 (2). 
 
 by Glover; Ashm. Lib. MSS. 834, p. 1; 844, art. ii. 
 
 by Harvey; Coll. of Arms, MSS. 2, H. 5 ; H. 10 (2).— 
 
 Vincent MS. 169. 
 
 - by Hawley; Brit. Mus. MS. H. 5 (2). 
 
 by Segar; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 6140.— ^i. MS. 
 
 12,225.— Coll. of Arms, MSS. E.D.N. 55—58; M. 2. 
 by Walker; Brit. Mus. Add, MS. 14,294. 
 
 Alphabets of Arms. 
 
 Alphabets of Arras ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MSS. 1051 ; 1089 ; 1134.— Coll. 
 
 of Arms, MSS. E.D.N. 29 ; 35—54. 
 An Alphabet of Arms, arranged in Counties ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MSS. 1057 ; 
 
 1108. 
 The Greate Alphabet of Armes ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 1414. 
 Collection of Arms alphabetically arranged ; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 18,594. 
 Alphabetical Index to the Arms in Holmes' " Academie of Armory" Brit. 
 
 Mvs.Add. MS. 8861. 
 Transcripts of Alphabets of Arms, &c, from MSS. in Queen's College, Oxford; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 8933. 
 Alphabets of Arms, containing upwards of 50,000 Coats. See Edmond- 
 
 son's "Heraldry " Berry's "Heraldry " and Burke's "Armoury." 
 Dictionary of Arms, sixteenth cent., 2 vols. ; Brit. Mus. Add. MSS. 18,013 ; 
 
 18,014. 
 Alphabet of Arms of Families in various Counties, from A. to I., sixteenth 
 
 cent.; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 5820.— Add. MS. 14,319. 
 Alphabet of Arms, seventeenth cent.; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 20,024. 
 Grafton's Alphabet of Arms; Coll. of Arms, Vincent MSS. 159; 160. 
 
808 HERALDIC COLLECTIONS. 
 
 List op Coats of Abms. 
 An Alphabet of Anns, by Raudle Holmes ; Beit. Mus. Earl. MS. 2109. 
 Vincent's Alphabet of Arms; Brit. Mus. Vincent MS. 179, P. 
 
 Ordinaries of Arms. 1 
 
 Ordinaries of Arms; Brit. Mus. Earl. MSS. 1078; 1387 (imperf.); 1404; 
 
 1458; 2021; 4036. 
 Ordinaries of Arms of Families of various Counties, seventeenth cent.; Ashm. 
 
 Lib. Wood MS. 8468.— Brit. Mus. Earl. MS. 5850.— ^rfrf. MSS. 
 
 14,320; 19,521; 19,522.— Coll. of Arms, MSS. E.D.N. 21; 22; 23. 
 Chaloner's Ordinary of Arms; Brit. Mus. Earl. MS. 1465. 
 An Ordinary of Arms, supposed by Dethick; Brit. Mus. Earl. MS. 5849. 
 Copies of Glover's Ordinary of Arms; Brit. Mus. Cotton. MS. Tit. D. x.; 
 
 Earl. MSS. 1392; 1459. 
 Ordinary of Arms, by Gervase Holies; Coll. of Arms, MS. E.D.N. 21. 
 An Ordinary of Arms, by Roger Kemyss, anno 1609 ; Brit. Mus. Earl. MS. 
 
 5803. 
 Ordinaries of Arms, by Smith and Philipot ; Brit. Mus. MS. E.D.N. 22. 
 Vincent's Ordinary of Arms; Brit. Mus. Vincent MS. 178. 
 An Ordinary of Arms, by W. Berry. See his "Encyclopedia Eeraldica" vol. i. 
 
 Crests and Mottos. 
 
 A correct Collection of Arms, Crests, &c, by Philip Bryan. Lond. n.d. Folio. 
 A Collection of Crests of the Nobility and Gentry, drawn by W. Sharp. 
 
 Lond. 1778. 4to. 
 Book of Ornamented Crests, by J. Lockington. Lond. 1791. 4to. 
 Two thousand five hundred different Crests, selected from Heraldic Works, 
 
 byJ.P. Elven. Lond. 1815. 12mo. 
 British Crests, by A. Deuchar. Mini. 1817. 8vo. 2 vols. 
 The Book of Family Crests and Mottos. 2 vols. Lond. 1838.— 2d ed. 1845. 
 An Ordinary of Crests; Brit. Mus. Earl. MS. 1475. 
 Badges, Crests, and Standards, temp. Hen. VIII. See "Collect. Topog. et 
 
 Genealog." vol. iii. p. 49. 
 Crests of several Families ; Coll. of Arms, MS. M. 12 ; Vincent MS. 168. 
 Mottos of the Nobility and Baronets of Great Britain and Ireland. Lond. 
 
 1736. 12mo. 
 Arms of the Nobility, with Supporters, Crests, and Mottos, by J. Miilan. 
 
 Lond. Reprinted, 1752. 
 Other Lists of Mottos. See Edmondson's " Body of Eeraldry" — Berry's 
 
 " Encyclopedia Eeraldica" vol. i. — " Symbola Eeroica." Lond. 1736. 
 
 12mo. — Rob son's "British Eerald" (Supplement). 
 
 1 An Alphabetical Dictionary of Coats of Arms, being an Ordinary of British 
 Armorials, upon an entirely new and elaborate plan, by J. W. Papworth, Esq., ol 
 14a, Great Marlborough Street, London, is nearly ready for the press. 
 
HERALDIC COLLECTIONS. 309 
 
 List of Coats of Arms. 
 Miscellaneous Coats. 
 Arms of Patriarchs, Princes, Abbots, &c; Coll. of 4rms, Vincent MS. 153. 
 Arms, &c, of the Archbishops of Canterbury, from Lanfranc to John Moore; 
 
 Lamb. Lib. MS. 555. 
 Arms of English Sees, impaled, with the Coats borne by those Archbishops 
 
 and Bishops that sat in the House of Lords in 1735 ; Brit. Mus. Add. 
 
 MS. 14,829. 
 Arms of the Archbishops, Bishops, Chancellors, Masters of the Eolls, 
 
 Treasurers, Constables, Chief Justices, Chief Barons, and Admirals of 
 
 England, and of the Viceroys of Ireland, from the Conquest to the year 
 
 1636; Beit. Mus. Add. MS. 12,443. 
 Grants of Arms to Bishops and certain Clergymen ; Ashm. Lib. Wood MS. 
 
 8569. 
 Arms of Bishops and their Sees, Abbies, Priories, &c; Coll. of Arms, MSS. 
 
 L. 8; 10; M. 5. 
 The Blazon of Episcopacy, being a Catalogue of Coats of Arms borne by or 
 
 ascribed to the Bishops of England and Wales, by the Kev. W. K. 
 
 Biland Bedford, M.A. Preparing for press. 
 Arms of Irish Sees; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 6331, f. 51. 
 Arms of Abbies, Monasteries, and Keligious Houses, Sees in England and 
 
 Ireland, Universities, Schools, Public Hospitals, Inns of Court, Counties, 
 
 Cities, Boroughs, Societies, Trades, &c. &c. See Edmondson's " Body 
 
 of Heraldry." — Dugdale's "Monasticon." — Tanner's "Notitia." 
 Arms of Sees, Colleges, Towns, &c. ; Coll. of Arms, MS. M. 5. 
 The Arms and Common Seals of all y e Cities and Borough Towns in England 
 
 and Wales, by W. Jackson. Lond. 1714. Eolio. — See also Lewis's 
 
 • ' Topographical Dictionary . ' ' 
 Arms of Cities, Bishops, &c. ; Trin. Coll. Dubl. MS. I. 17. 
 Arms of Cities and Corporations, in trick ; Brit. Mus. Eg. MS. 1073, f. 8. 
 Arms of Towns, Cities, Religious Houses, etc.; Brit. Mus. Add. MSS. 
 
 5819, f. 211; 9372; 6331, ff. 1, 51. 
 Arms and Names of Erles Marschalls of England, from the Conquest to 1590; 
 
 Caius Coll. Camb. MS. 670, ff. 203, 217. 
 Arms of Lords Keepers, Justices, Law Officers, fifteenth to seventeenth cent.; 
 
 Caius Coll. Camb. MS. 598. 
 Engravings of the Arms of many of the Heralds are given in Moule's "Biblio- 
 
 theca Heraldica." 
 
 American Genealogies. 1 — The increasing interest displayed by 
 our brethren across the Atlantic in whatever relates to family his- 
 tory and their connection with the old country, and the praise- 
 
 4 Fifteen rolls of "Reports of Commissioners on the Claims of American Loyalists, 
 between 1784 and 1788, are now in the Rolls House. 
 
310 
 
 HERALDIC COLLECTIONS. 
 
 worthy zeal displayed by them for the preservation of the already 
 decaying early records of their remarkable country, as instanced in 
 the numerous publications daily issuing from the American press, 
 render it necessary that we should devote some small space in the 
 present work to a notice of their labours in the cause of History 
 and Genealogy. 
 
 Numerous Societies for the encouragement of the study of the 
 history of America have been established in that country, the chief 
 of which is the "New England Historical and Genealogical Society." 
 The Journal of this Body contains curious and valuable biogra- 
 phical and antiquarian information, and is particularly valuable to 
 the genealogist. It is printed at Boston, under the title of the 
 "New England Historical and Genealogical Register" in royal 8vo, 
 and has already entered upon its tenth volume. The following 
 Index to the genealogical collections contained in the work, as 
 far as it is at present published, cannot fail of being useful to the 
 student on this side the water : — 
 
 Abbe, vii. 325. 
 
 Abbott, vi. 200. 
 
 Adams, vii. 30, 351 ; viii. 41. 
 
 Addington, vii. 117. 
 
 Allerton, viii. 270. 
 
 Appleton, v. 144. 
 
 Ashley, ii. 394. 
 
 Bailey, viii. 91. 
 
 Baker, v. 190. 
 
 Ballantine, vi. 371. 
 
 Bangs, viii. 368, 369. 
 
 Bates, v. 101. 
 
 Bean, v. 202—205. 
 
 Beede, v. 214, 216. 
 
 Billings, vii. 272. 
 
 Blake, vi. 372. 
 
 Boltwood, v. 101. 
 
 Bonner, v. 174. 
 
 Bowdoin, viii. 247. 
 
 Boylston, vii. 145, 351. 
 
 Bradford, iv. 39, 233. 
 
 Bradstreet, viii. 312. 
 
 Breclc, ii. 225; iii. 104; v. 396, 397. 
 
 Bridges, viii. 252. 
 
 Bright, vi. 272. 
 
 Bronfield, v. 100. 
 
 Brooks, v. 355. 
 
 Browne, vi. 232, 272, 278; vii. 312. 
 
 Bulkley, vii. 269. 
 
 Butler, i. 167; ii. 355; iii. 73—76, 
 
 353—358. 
 Carpenter, ix. 52. 
 Carr, v. 200, 201. 
 Chase, i. 68. 
 Checkley, ii. 349. 
 Chesley, v. 205, 454, 455. 
 Chipman, vi. 272. 
 Clap, vii. 163, 270, 325; vi. 373. 
 Clement, v. 473. 
 Coffin, ii. 337. 
 
 Cogswell, v. 206—208; vi. 102. 
 Collins, v. 473. 
 Colton, v. 167. 
 
 Cotton, i. 164 ; iv. 92 ; vii. 305. 
 Cox, v. 102. 
 Cradock, viii. 27. 
 
 Dane, viii. 148. 
 Danforth, vii. 315— 321. 
 
HERALDIC COLLECTIONS. 
 
 311 
 
 Amebican Genealogies. 
 Davenport, iv. Ill, 351. 
 Davis, vi. 35. 
 Deane, iii. 375—337; vi. 103; ix. 
 
 93. 
 Dearborn, ii. 81, 297; vi. 60. 
 Denison, v. 139, 140. 
 Dexter, viii. 248. 
 Dodge, v. 328, 329. 
 Doolittle, vi. 293. 
 Drew, vi. 36. 
 Dudley, i. 71 ; vi. 280. 
 
 Eliot, vi. 277; viii. 45, 25^ 
 Emerson, vi. 37. 
 Endicott, i. 335. 
 
 Foster, i. 352. 
 Eoxcroft, viii. 171, 260. 
 Frost, v. 165—170. 
 Frye, viii. 226, 227. 
 
 Gay, vi. 373. 
 
 Gerrist, vi. 258. 
 
 Gilbert, iv. 223, 329. 
 
 Gilraan, v. 210, 2 LI, 345 ; vi. 376. 
 
 Goddard, vi. 259. 
 
 Gookin, i. 345 ; iv. 18&. 
 
 Greene, iv. 75. 
 
 Hall, vi. 259; vii. 271. 
 Ham, vi. 329. 
 Hanson, v. 213 ; vi. 329. 
 Harris, ii. 218; viii. 172. 
 Hayes, vi. 333. 
 Heard, v. 179, 187 ; vii. 47. 
 Hilton, vii. 50, 155. 
 Hinkley, vii. 190. 
 Hirst, viii. 260. 
 Hodges, v. 414, 415. 
 Hopkins, vi. 43. 
 Home, vii. 156. 
 
 Hubbard, v. 142, 143, 31d, 317. 
 Humphrey, viii. 250. 
 Huntingdon, i. 343 ; v. 163 ; viii. 
 186. 
 
 Hussey, vii. 157. 
 
 Ingalls, v. 474. 
 
 Jennison, vii. 71. 
 Johnson, viii. 232, 35 &. 
 Johonnot, vii. 141. 
 Jones, vi. 200, 278. 
 Josselyn, ii. 306. 
 
 Kitchell, vii. 267. 
 Knight, v. 474. 
 
 Leighton, v. 166 ; vii. 255. 
 Leonard, v. 101, 102, 403, 404; vii. 
 
 71. 
 Leveret t, iv. 121. 
 Levermore, vi. 272. 
 Lewis, viii. 47. 
 Lindall, vii. 15. 
 Lord, vii. 71. 
 Loring, vi. 374, 375; vii. 163, 326. 
 
 Mack, vii. 307. 
 
 Matter, vi. 20, 21. 
 
 Matthews, vii. 257. 
 
 Meader, vii. 257. 
 
 Meigs, iv. 91. 
 
 Metcalf, vi. 171 ; vii. 168, 328. 
 
 Minot, i. 171, 256. 
 
 Moseley, vii. 329. 
 
 Niles, viii. 261. 
 Nock, vii. 258. 
 Noyes, ii. 44, 2ai„ 
 Nute, vii. 258. 
 Nutter, 25». 
 
 Oates, vi. 150. 
 Odlin, vi. 272. 
 Otis, ii. 281; iv. 143; v. 177— 223. 
 
 Palmer, vii. 330. 
 Parker,vi. 375. 
 Parsons, i. 263. 
 Payne, v. 331, 332. 
 
312 
 
 HERALDIC COLLECTIONS. 
 
 Ameeican Genealogies. 
 Peabody, ii. 153, 361; iii. 359— 
 
 373. 
 Pearce, vi. 276. 
 Pease, iii. 27— 31, 169—175,233— 
 
 238, 390—398; vii. 12. 
 Perkins, viii. 100. 
 Peters, ii. 58. 
 Phillips, vi. 278. 
 Pinkham, v. 198, 450; vii. 353. 
 Pitman, vii. 355. 
 Plumer, v. 267, 268. 
 Porter, ix. 54. 
 
 Prentice, vi. 273—276 ; vii. 71. 
 Prescott, vi. 274. 
 Prince, v. 375—384; vi. 234. 
 Purington, v. 215. 
 
 Rawson, iii. 297—330. 
 
 Richardson, v. 475 ; ix. 68. 
 
 Ricker, v. 308—310, 464. 
 
 Roberts, vii. 356 ; viii. 63. 
 
 Robins, viii. 64,173, 251. 
 
 Robinson, v. 464. 
 
 Rockwell, vii. 164. 
 
 Rogers, v. 105, 224, 311. 
 
 Rolfe, iii. 149—152. 
 
 Rollins, v. 168, 169; viii. 253— 258. 
 
 Russell, vi. 274. 
 
 Sartle, vi. 274. 
 
 Scannon, viii. 65. 
 
 Shannon, v. 245. 
 
 Shapleigh, v. 345. 
 
 Sherman, vii. 308. 
 
 Smith, vii. 132 ; viii. 65. 
 
 Spofford, viii. 335 ; ix. 61. 
 
 Starbuck, viii. 68, 129. 
 
 Stebbins, v. 71, 351. 
 
 Stoddard, v. 21—23. 
 
 Storer, vi. 275. 
 
 Stoughton, v. 350. 
 
 Strong, vii. 100; viii. 180—183. 
 
 Sumner, viii. 128 c?. 
 
 Swett, vi. 49. 
 
 Taylor, ii. 398. 
 
 Tibbets, viii. 130—132. 
 
 Townsend, viii. 184. 
 
 Tozer, viii. 264. 
 
 Tully, iii. 157—163. 
 
 Turner, v. 466 ; vii. 185 
 
 Tuttle, v.188, 198, 216; viii. 132— 
 
 134. 
 Twombley, viii. 263. 
 
 Varney, v. 197, 198. 
 Varnum, v. 79, 250. 
 Vaughan, v. 245. 
 Vinton, vii. 164. 
 
 Waldron, v. 182, 205, 206; viii. 78. 
 Wales, v. 411, 412. 
 Wallingford, v. 206, 207. 
 Walter, vii. 166 ; viii. 209. 
 Ware, vi. 145. 
 Washington, vi. 384. 
 Waterman, vii. 308. 
 Watson, v. 216, 217. 
 Webster, vii. 102. 
 Weeks, v. 467. 
 
 Weld, vii. 309 ; viii. 207 ; ix. 42. 
 Wentworth, iv. 321; v. 103, 104, 
 205, 206, 269, 418 8 ; vi. 213, 
 291 ; vii. 265, 304; viii. 48, 246. 
 
 West, vi. 282. 
 
 Whitman, vi. 376. 
 
 Whittingham, v. 149—152. 
 
 Willard, iv. 305. 
 
 Williams, ii. 116; v. 41 4 b. 
 
 Willis, v. 476. 
 
 Winslow, iv. 297. 
 
 Wiswall, v. 468. 
 
 Wolcott, i. 251. 
 
 Wood, ii. 259, 260. 
 
 Woodbridge, vi. 273, 281 ; vii. 75. 
 
 Woodward, vi. 214. 
 
 Wormeley, v. 268, 269. 
 
 Wright, iv. 355. 
 
 Wyman, iii. 33—38. 
 
HERALDIC COLLECTIONS. 313 
 
 A catalogue of the Local Histories of America was printed by 
 Mr, George Ludwig, in 1846. 
 
 The following is a list of such Histories as contain genealogical 
 memoranda, accompanied by a table of Family Histories, partly 
 compiled from an anonymous article on " American Genealogies," 
 which appeared in the April number of the "North American 
 Review 33 for the year 1856 : — 
 
 LOCAL HISTORIES. 
 
 Journals of the Eev. Thomas Smith and the Eev. Samuel Deane, with Notes 
 and Biographical Notices, by W.Willis. Portland, 1849. The Notes 
 in this work abound in pedigrees. 
 
 American Genealogy, being a History of some of the Early Settlers of North 
 America, by J. B. Holgate. New York, 1851. 4to. — The families 
 named are, Eapalje; Johnson; Van Bensselaer; Gardiner; Beekman; 
 Bleecker; DeGraaf; Hoffman; Kip; DeLancey; Barclay; Eoosevelt; 
 Van Schaick ; Livingston ; Lawrence ; Osgood ; and Jay. 
 
 Table of Births, Marriages, and Deaths in Bellerica, from 1654 to 1704, by 
 John Farmer. "Mass. But. Coll.," xii. pp. 162. 
 
 Memorials of the Dead in Boston, with copious Notices of many of the Early 
 Settlers of the Metropolis of New England, by T. Bridgman. Boston, 
 1853. 12mo. 
 
 Genealogy of the Families who have settled in the North Parish, in Bridge- 
 water, Mass., &c. by Moses Cary. Boston, 1824. 8vo. 
 
 History of the early Settlement of Bridgewater,inPlymauth, Co. Mass. , including 
 an extensive Family Register, by Nahum Mitchell. Boston, 1840. 8vo. 
 
 Epitaphs from the Old Burying- Ground in Cambridge (New England), with 
 Notes, by W.T. Harris. Cambridge, N.E., 1845. 8vo. 
 
 A Catalogue of the Names of the first Puritan Settlers of the Colony of Con- 
 necticut, collected by E. E. Hinman (1846-7). Hartford, 1852. 8vo. 
 
 A Collection of Epitaphs from Connecticut Valley, Copps Hill, and King's 
 Chapel Burial Grounds, Boston, by Bridgman. 
 
 A History of the Town of Duxbury, Massachussetts, with Genealogical Eegis- 
 ters, by Justin Winsor. Boston, 1849. 8vo. 
 
 A short Genealogical Account of a few of the Families of the Early Settlers 
 in Eliot, and of a branch of the Moody Family, by William Fogg. 8aco> 
 1851. 16mo. 
 
 History of Gardiner, Pittston, and West Gardiner, with Genealogical Sketches 
 of many Families, by J. W. Hanson. Gardiner, 1852. 12mo. 
 
 History of the Town of Groton, including Pepperell and Shirley [Massachus- 
 setts], with Appendices, containing Family Eegisters, &c, by C. Butler. 
 Boston, 1848. 8vo. 
 
 A Historical Sketch of the Town of Hanover, Massachussetts, with Family 
 Genealogies, by J. S. Barry. Boston, 1853. 8vo. 
 
314 HERALDIC COLLECTIONS. 
 
 American Genealogies. 
 
 Extracts from the first Book of Church Records in Hopkintou. See "Farwe~ 
 and Moore's Collection" ii. pp. ] 71, 172. 
 
 The History of Long Island, with Genealogies of the principal Families, by 
 B.F.Thompson. N. York, 1843. 2 vols. 8vo. 2d. ed. 
 
 History of the Episcopal Church in Narragansett, Rhode Island, with Genea- 
 logical and Biographical Accounts of distinguished Men, Families, &c, 
 by W. Updike. New York, 1847. 8vo. 
 
 A Genealogical Register of the First Settlers of New England, &c, by John 
 Farmer. Lane. Mass., 1829. 8 vo. A new edition of this valuable work, 
 by the Hon. James Savage, is likely to appear shortly. 
 
 List of Counsellors of New Hampshire, from 1650 to 1837. " N. Hamp. 
 Hist. Coll.," v. pp. 231—237. 
 
 A History of New Ipswich, New Hampshire, by F. Kidder and A. Gould. 
 Boston, 1851. 8vo. With Genealogical Sketches. 
 
 A History of the Early Settlement of Newton, Co. of Middlesex, Mass., from 
 1639 to 1800, by Fr. Jackson. Boston, 1854. 12mo. 
 
 The Annals of Newtown, in Queen's County, New York ; also a particular 
 Account of numerous Long Island Families, by J. Ricker. New York, 
 1852. 8vo. 
 
 The Ancient Historical Records of Nor walk, Conn., by Edwin Hall. Norwalk, 
 1847. 12mo. — The "Genealogical Register" which occupies about 106 
 pages of small type, contains a list of Early Settlers and their Families. 
 
 Letters and Papers relating chiefly to the Provincial History of Pennsylvania 
 [ed. by Thomas Balch]. Phil. 1835. 8vo. Privately printed. Prefixed is 
 much interesting genealogical memoranda relating to American families. 
 
 The History of Roxbury Town [Massachussetts], by C. M. Ellis. Boston, 
 1847. 8vo. — Forty-five pages in this work are devoted to Genealogical 
 History. 
 
 A History of Rutland, Worcester County, Mass., with a Biography of its first 
 Settlers, by Jonas Reed. Wore. 1836. 12mo. 
 
 Inscriptions from the Burying Grounds in Salem, Mass. Boston, 1838. 8vo. 
 
 History of the Town of Shrewsbury, Massachussetts, by A. H. Ward. Boston, 
 1847. 8vo. — It contains an account of 266 Families of different Sur- 
 names, and 1080 Families in the whole. 
 
 Names of the first Settlers of Somersworth, N. H., between 1650 and 1700. 
 See "New Hamp. Hist. Coll.," iii. pp. 39. 
 
 A History of the Town of Union, in the Co. of Lincoln, Me., with a Family 
 Register of the Settlers and their Descendants, by J. L. Sibley. Boston, 
 1851. 12mo. 
 
 Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Water- 
 town, Mass., including Waltham and Weston, to which is appended the 
 early History of the Town, with Illustrations, Maps, and Notes, by 
 Heury Bond, M.D. 1855. 8vo. 
 
HERALDIC COLLECTIONS. 
 
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 American Genealogies. 
 
 A History of the County of West-Chester, by Robert Bolton, Jun. New Fork, 
 1848. 2 vols. 8vo. — Great attention has been paid by the author to 
 the genealogical portion of the work. 
 
 History of Ancient Woodbury, Connecticut, from 1659 to 1854, by W. 
 Cothren. Waterhury^ 1854. 8vo. — "Much attention has been paid to 
 the genealogical portion of the work, which must be sought for in 
 years to come, by all of those whose ancestors belonged to * Ancient 
 Woodbury.'" 
 
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 Miss S. Robinson 
 H. W. Cushman . . 
 J. Dean .... 
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 S. Dodd . 
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 D. Dudley . 
 W. S. Porter 
 
 N. Goodwin 
 
 J. W. Thornton , 
 S. Goodhue . , 
 J. Greenleaf . , 
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 J. Herrick 
 
 A.D.Hodges. . . i 
 
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 J. Laurence . 
 F. S. Pease . 
 
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 Hartford . 
 Bennington 
 Boston . . 
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 Boston . . . 
 
 Boston . . 
 Boston . . 
 New Haven 
 Boston . . 
 Hartford . 
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 Boston . . 
 
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 Albany . . 
 
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 HERALDIC COLLECTIONS. 
 
 American Genealogies. 
 
 Family Name. 
 
 Lawrence 
 Leavitt. 
 Lee . . 
 Leland . 
 
 Leveritt 
 
 Locke . 
 Marvin . 
 Mather. 
 Moody . 
 
 Morse . 
 Mygatt . 
 Nash 
 Olcott . 
 Piper . 
 Prentice or 
 Prenties 
 Quincy, see Adams 
 Eawson . 
 Kedfield 
 
 Eice 
 
 BlDDELL 
 
 eobinson 
 Safford 
 Sears . 
 Sharples 
 
 Shattuck 
 
 Shippen 
 Smith . 
 
 Spofford 
 Sprague 
 
 Stetson . 
 Stoddard 
 Sumner . 
 
 SWETT . 
 
 Taintor. 
 Temple . 
 Thayer . 
 Thomas . 
 Tucker . 
 
 Author. 
 
 J. Lawrence 
 J. Torre v . 
 W. H. Hill 
 S. Leland . 
 
 J. G. Locke . 
 T. E. Marvin . 
 J. M. Mather . 
 C. P. Moody . 
 W. Fogg . . 
 Eev. Abner Morse 
 F. T. Mygatt . 
 Eev. S. Nash, A.M 
 N. Goodwin . 
 
 C. J. F. Binney 
 
 S. S. Eawson . 
 J. S. Eedfield . 
 
 W. P. Eiddell 
 Miss S. Eobinson 
 Miss Eobinson 
 
 J. Sharpie 
 
 T. Balch 
 
 N. H. Keene 
 J. Spofford 
 Henry Sprague 
 E. Soule, jun. 
 J. S. Barry 
 
 W. H. Sumner 
 J. W. Thornton 
 0. M. Taintor 
 W. H. Whitmore 
 E. Thayer . . 
 
 Where published. 
 
 Date. 
 
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 Lewiston 
 Albany . 
 Boston . 
 
 Boston . 
 
 Boston . 
 
 Hartford 
 
 Boston . 
 
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 Boston . 
 
 Brooklyn 
 
 Hartford 
 
 Hartford 
 
 Boston 
 
 Boston 
 
 Boston 
 New York 
 
 New Orleans 
 
 Bennington 
 
 Bennington 
 
 Cambridge 
 
 Philadelphia 
 
 Philadelphi 
 Utica . 
 
 Haverhill 
 
 Hingham 
 
 Boston 
 
 Boston 
 
 Boston 
 
 Boston 
 
 Eoxbury 
 
 Greenfield 
 
 Boston 
 
 Hingham 
 
 1853. 
 
 1853. 
 
 1851. 
 
 1850. 
 
 In an advanced 
 stage of pre- 
 paration. 
 
 1853. 
 
 1848. 
 
 1848. 
 
 1847. 
 
 1851. 
 
 1850. 
 
 1853. 
 
 1853. 
 
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 1852. 
 
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 Inan advanced 
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 paration. 
 
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 Amekican Genealogies. 
 
 Family Name. 
 
 Turner 
 Upham 
 
 Usher 
 
 Ward .... 
 Warren . . . 
 Webster . . . 
 Wells .... 
 Wentworth . . 
 Whitman . . . 
 Whitmore . . . 
 
 (England) 
 
 Whittlesey . . 
 Wight .... 
 Williams . . . 
 Winsor .... 
 Woodman . . . 
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 Author. 
 
 J. Turner . . 
 A. G. Upham . 
 
 A. H. Ward, A.M. 
 J. C. Warren . . 
 N. Webster . . 
 A.Wells . . . 
 
 E. Whitman . . 
 W. H. Whitmore 
 W. H. Whitmore 
 
 D. P. Wight, M.D. . 
 S. W. Williams, M.D. 
 0. Winsor .... 
 
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 Where published.' Date. 
 
 Boston 
 Concord 
 
 Boston . . 
 
 Boston . . 
 New Haven (?) 
 
 New York . . 
 
 Boston . . 
 
 Portland . . 
 
 Boston . . 
 
 New Haven (?) 
 Boston . . 
 Greenfield . . 
 Providence 
 Newbury Port 
 New Haven . 
 
 1852. 
 
 1845. 
 
 In an advanced 
 stage of pre- 
 paration. 
 
 [1851]. 
 
 1854. 
 
 1836. 
 
 1848. 
 
 1850. 
 
 1832. 
 
 1855. 
 
 1856. 
 
 1855. 
 
 1848. 
 
 1847. 
 
 1847. 
 
 1855. 
 
 1850. 
 
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 jHtscellanea ^enealogtca* 
 
 1ly|"ANY a chasm may be filled up, and many a link wanting in 
 ■**-*- a pedigree may be formed, by reference to works, which, 
 although not immediately bearing upon genealogical matters, are 
 nevertheless of too much service in cases connected with the descent 
 of land, to be omitted. Such are the documents known as the 
 "Nomina Villarum"; Crown Surveys; Ministers' Accounts ; Year- 
 Books; Entries in Bibles; Poll-Books; Sheriffs' Lists; Lists of 
 Gentry, of Officers of State ; Corporation Dignitaries ; Justices of 
 the Peace, etc. ; Magazines ; Directories, etc. etc. 
 
 References to the principal printed works and manuscripts, 
 affording information under these heads, are given in the succeed- 
 ing pages. Lists of Church Dignitaries ; Members of Parliament ; 
 Lawyers ; Medical Men ; and of the Army and Navy, may be found 
 under their respective heads in other parts of this work. 
 
 Nomina Villarum. — The most ancient of the documents above 
 mentioned are the Nomina Villarum, being two books belonging to 
 the Exchequer of Accounts, and now at Carlton Ride — the one of 
 the time of Henry III. and Edward I. ; the other of the time of 
 Edward II. In the same repository are several original rolls, bear- 
 ing the same title, containing the sheriffs' returns of the names of 
 all the villages in England, and the possessors thereof, in 1316. 
 
 A transcript of the MS. at Carlton Ride, extending from 1316 to 
 1559, is in the British Museum (Harl. MS. 6281). In the same 
 library is a MS. bearing the title "Nomina Villarum, maneriorum, 
 etc. infra Com. Lincoln." (Harl. MS. 6289.) Other copies are in 
 the Bodleian Library, MSS. 5046 and 3550. At Carlton Bide 
 is a book, formerly in the Foreign Opposer's Office, called Nomina 
 Villarum, containing claims of Lords of Liberties allowed by the Court 
 of Exchequer, in pursuance of ancient charters, from the year 1672. 
 
 Crown Surveys ; Ministers' Accounts, etc — The Surveys of 
 the lands and possessions of the Crown contain the names of the 
 tenants, their sub-tenants, the rents and services payable in respect 
 of such lands, the nature of the holding, and the title of such tenants 
 
MISCELLANEA GENEALOGICA. 319 
 
 to the tenancy, whereby it often becomes necessary to show two or 
 three descents of a pedigree. 
 
 In the " Ministers' Accounts " of estates which belonged to the 
 Crown previously to the dissolution of monasteries, will be found the 
 names of former owners and present tenants of the estates, as well 
 as incidental particulars relating to them. 
 
 It is often found necessary to examine these latter documents, for 
 the purpose of ascertaining the period at which grants of Crown 
 Lands were made to private individuals ; for it is frequently impos- 
 sible to discover, by the existing indexes of some of the records, the 
 grants required, especially where the date is unknown ; so it becomes 
 advisable to search when the Ministers of the Crown discontinued 
 entering the rents and profits of the land in question in their 
 accounts, for the purpose of ascertaining the period of the transfer, 
 as well as the parties to whom transferred. 
 
 A list of these important documents, with their present places of 
 deposit, is here subjoined : — 
 
 CROWN LANDS, ETC. 
 
 Inquisitions containing Surveys of manors, the antient demesne of the 
 Crown ; also of lordships, manors, lands, and other possessions, which 
 the Crown acquired by forfeiture upon attainders, purchase, and the 
 like. Also, Surveys of forests and chases ; Surveys in consequence of 
 disputes respecting the boundary of particular manors, parks, &c. &c. 
 Surveys of manors, rectories, lands, and tithes, concealed from the 
 Crown. Inquisitions respecting land gained by dereliction of the sea. 
 These Surveys are very numerous, and chiefly from and including the 
 teign of Elizabeth to Charles II. inclusive; Chapter House, West- 
 minster, and Augmentation Office. 
 
 Surveys of Crown demesne Lands, and of Lands belonging to attainted Per- 
 sons and others ; Carlton Ride. 
 
 Accounts of Crown Lands, and their Tenants, throughout England, for many 
 centuries; Pub. Lib. Camb. 
 
 Papers relating to Crown Lands; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 5755, f. 127. 
 
 A Book of Manors, &c. held of the Crown, from Hen. III. to Edw. IV., with 
 the Surnames of Tenants in capite; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 3874. 
 
 Ministers' Accounts of Manors and Lands, the demesne of the Crown, as well 
 purchased and exchanged, as procured by attaint, &c. from Hen. III. to 
 Charles I. ; Exchequer of Accounts. 
 
 Bundles of Leases, from Hen. III. to Charles II. ; State Paper Office. 
 
 Accounts of Grants from the Crown in fee-tail, from 1 Edward I. to 26 
 Elizabeth ; and of Grants to Families for long terms of years ; Land 
 Revenue Office. 
 
320 MISCELLANEA GENEALOGICA. 
 
 Cbown Lands, etc. 
 Surveys, Leases, and particulars of Land, now or heretofore belonging to the 
 Crown, from 1 Edw. I. to the present time ; Office of Land Ee- 
 
 VENUE. 
 
 Survey of the Lands of Edward Prince of Wales, 19 Edw. III.; Pub. Lib. 
 
 Camb. MS. Bd. ix. 36. 
 Abstracts of Inrolments of Grants from the Crown, on the Patent and other 
 
 Kolls, in the Kolls Office, and Bermingham Tower, Dublin, from temp. 
 
 Edw. II. to Elizabeth; Brit. Mus. Eg. MS. 75. 
 Ministers' Accounts of Crown Lands from the reign of Edward II. to the 
 
 present time ; Duchy of Lancaster Office. 
 Ministers' Accounts of Estates which belonged to the Crown previous to the 
 
 Dissolution of Monasteries, in particular Counties, from Eichard II. to 
 
 Hen. VIII. ; Augmentation Office, 
 Conventual Leases of the reigns of Edw. IV. and Eich. III., but chiefly of 
 
 those of Hen. VII. and VIII. ; Augmentation Office. 
 Eecei vers' Accounts, Surveys, &c. of Crown Lands, 7 — 14 Hen. VIII.; Coll. 
 
 of Arms, Norf. MS. xxxiii. 
 Eentale variarum terrarum regis, 10 Hen. VIII. ; Brit. Mus. Roy. Roll, 
 
 14, B. xxxviii. 
 Grants of Crown Lands on Eiants not inrolled, tempp. Henry VIII. and 
 
 Elizabeth ; Brit. Mus. Eg. MS. 75. 
 Accounts of the Eents, Profits, and Eevenues arising from the Honors, 
 
 Manors, Eectories, &c. which came to the Crown on the dissolution of 
 
 Eeligious Houses, as also by attainder, escheat, or other forfeiture, chiefly 
 
 of the reigns of Hen. VIII. , Edw. VI., Philip and Mary, and Elizabeth ; 
 
 Augmentation Office. 
 Leases granted by the Court of Augmentations, inrolled in books, from 27 
 
 Hen. VIII. to the dissolution of the Court, 1 Mary ; Leases of Crown 
 
 Lands, tempp. Elizabeth and James I. ; Augmentation Office. 
 Inrollments of Deeds relating to Lands formerly granted by the Crown, from 
 
 Henry VIII. to George IV. ; Auditor General's Office. These 
 
 books contain a complete chain of evidence of the descent of property, 
 
 whether by heirship or otherwise, from antient times to the present day. 
 Bailiffs' Accounts of Manors belonging to the Crown, temp. Edw. VI.; 
 
 Brit. Mus., Hargrave MS. 159. 
 Eegister of Sales and Donations of Crown Lands, Pensions, &c. during the 
 
 reign of Edw. VI. ; Brit. Mus. Lansd. MS. 1216. 
 Dimissiones Terrarum ad Coronam Anglise pert, ab ann. 29 Eliz. ad ann. 
 
 5 Jac. I. ; Pub. Lib. Camb. MS. Bd. ix. 48. 
 An Account of all the Leases granted by Queen Mary during her reign ; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 239. 
 Index of Leases of Manors and Lands in England, granted since the Be- 
 
 formation. 1832. Folio. Printed by Sir Thomas Phillipps, Bart. 
 
MISCELLANEA GENEALOGICA. 321 
 
 Ceown Lands, etc. 
 Register of Sales and Donations of Crown Lands, Pensions, Sec. 1 & 2 Jas. I.; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Lansd. MS. 1217. 
 An Index of Crown Lands granted by James I.; Brit. Mus. Lansd. MS. 222. 
 Surveys of Crown Lands, tempp. James I., Charles I., the Commonwealth, 
 
 and Charles II. ; Surveyor-General of Crown Lands. 
 Records of Leases of Crown Lands, from the reign of James I. to the present 
 
 time ; Clerk of the Pipe. 
 A Particular of Crown Lands sold from March 1 649 to December 1655, with 
 
 Names of the Purchasers ; Pub. Lib. Camb. MS. Dd. xiii. 20. 
 Counter-parts of Leases of Church Lands, made by Trustees, from 1652 to 
 
 1658, by authority of Parliament ; Lambeth Library. 
 A Survey of Crown Lands in several Counties, taken anno 1650 ; Brit. Mus. 
 
 Harl. MS. 5013. 
 Particulars relative to the Demised Estates of the Crown, from the Restora- 
 tion to the present time, in ninety-one volumes. Two volumes exist of 
 
 the time of Charles L; Surveyor-General of Land Revenue. 
 Cambridgeshire : Notes relating to Crown Lands in Co. Cambridge ; Brit. 
 
 Mus. Add. MS. 5838, ff. 96 6, 120 b, 156 5, 1675, 1896. 
 Cheshire : Concessiones terrarum, relaxationes, etc., in Com. Cestriae ; Brit. 
 
 Mus. Cotton. MS. Cleop. D. vi. 
 Hampshire: Survey of King's Lands in Winchester. See the "Winton 
 
 Domesday Booh." 
 Herefordshire : Rental of the King's Lands in Herefordshire and Gloucester- 
 shire 30 Henry VIII. ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 4131, art. 2. 
 Patents and Grants of Lands in the County of Hereford, tempp. 
 
 Ric. III., Henry VIII., and Elizabeth; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 6695. 
 Kent : Survey of the King's Manor of East Greenwich, Kent, 7 William III.; 
 
 Petty Bag Office. 
 Lancashire: Concessiones terrarum, relaxationes, etc., in Com. Lancastria; 
 
 Brit. Mus., Cotton MS. Cleop. D. vi. 
 Leicestershire — Oxfordshire: Abstracts of Crown Grants of Lands in Co. 
 
 Leicester, Lincoln, Northampton, Nottingham, and Oxford, 36 Henry 
 
 VIII.; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 6059. 
 — — — — — — — Rentals of Lands and Inquisitions, particularly as to the 
 
 Pens in Nottingham and Derby, temp. Edw. III.; Chapter House. 
 Somersetshire: Rental of King's Lands in the Co. of Somerset, 1606; Pub. 
 
 Lib. Camb. MS. Ee. ii. 13. 
 Staffordshire — Surrey : Crown Grants of Land in Staffordshire and Surrey, 
 
 36 Hen. VIIL; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 6059. 
 Sussex : Surveys of Manors held of the Crown in Co. Sussex, temp. James I.; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Lansd. MS. 784. 
 Worcestershire: Crown Grants of Lands in Worcestershire, 36 Hen. VIIL; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 6059. 
 
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322 MISCELLANEA GENEALOGICA. 
 
 Crown Lands, etc. 
 
 Yorkshire: Crown Grants of Lands in Yorkshire, 36 Hen. VIII.; BRrr. 
 Mus. Add. MS. 6059. 
 
 — — — Names of Possessors of Crown Lands in Yorkshire, temp. Eliza- 
 beth; Brit. Mus. Lansd. MS. 896, f. 204. 
 
 Ireland. 
 
 Accounts of Receipts of Crown Rents in Ireland, 1667 — 1722; Brit. Mus. 
 
 Add. MSS. 4768 ; 4772—4776. 
 A Terrier of the Crown Lands in Ireland ; with the Names of the Tenants, 
 
 Quantity, Bent, &c, circa a.d. 1680; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 4755. 
 
 Year-Books. — The Year-Books, which contain Reports of law 
 cases, commence in 1220; and the Reports have been continued — 
 with some intermissions — to the present day, amounting to nearly 
 a thousand volumes. Heirship is, perhaps, as frequently a cause of 
 dispute as any one subject which can be named. The names of all 
 the books of Reports, their dates, and an account of a portion of 
 them, may be seen in WorralPs "Bibliotheca Legum Anglice" 1788, 
 and in the "Law Catalogue/' 1823. 
 
 The Year-Books were first printed, and for the most part in sepa- 
 rate years and terms, by Machlinia, Pynson, and others. The whole 
 series, with the exception of the reign of Edward II., was reprinted 
 about 1600. In 1679, another edition in eleven volumes, including 
 the reign of Edward II., was published by Serjeant Maynard. 
 
 The labours of the official reporters employed in the compilation 
 of the Year-Books were discontinued after the 27th Henry VIII., 
 or probably earlier. After that time a considerable period elapsed 
 before the appearance of any new Reports. The regular periodical 
 publication of Reports did not take place till the latter part of the 
 last century. 
 
 The Lincoln's Inn Library, and the Public Library at Cam- 
 bridge, are very rich in manuscript Year-Books. There are also 
 a few at the British Museum. / 
 
 Entries in Bibles. — Most valuable assistance is frequently 
 afforded the genealogist from Family Bibles, Letters, and the innu- 
 merable miscellaneous manuscripts and documents which are fre- 
 quently treasured up in families. Cases are almost daily occurring 
 in which a simple entry in a Family Bible affords the connecting 
 link in a pedigree, which has in vain been sought for in parochial 
 registers and other authentic sources of information. 
 
MISCELLANEA GENEALOGICA. 32 S 
 
 Entries in Family Bibles, prayer or other books, when known to 
 have been made by the parent, head of a family, or other competent 
 person, of births, marriages, deaths, and circumstances happening 
 within his own knowledge, is good evidence of such transactions, 
 and have been used and received as evidence at all periods. Too 
 much pains, therefore, cannot be used in searching for books 0* 
 this nature, and for family manuscripts ; for innumerable are the 
 instances of individuals not registered in the parochial books of 
 baptisms, either from poverty, carelessness, or some other cause. In 
 such cases, unless the Bibles or private manuscripts of such parties 
 contain entries of their families, there may, perhaps, not be a single 
 proof in existence by which their descents can be traced. 
 
 Entries of births, deaths, and marriages, frequently occur in the 
 calendars prefixed to missals and books of hours, as early as the 
 middle of the fifteenth century ; it cannot however be expected that 
 many families are in possession of documents relating to their 
 ancestors of this remote period. 
 
 Familiar Letters will rarely be found earlier than the fifteenth 
 century. Prior to the reign of Henry V., specimens of English cor- 
 respondence are rare ; letters previously to that time were usually 
 written in French or Latin, and were the productions chiefly of the 
 great or the learned. The material upon which letters were written 
 up to the same period was usually vellum ; very few instances, indeed, 
 occurring of more ancient date, of letters written upon paper. 
 
 Poll-Books ; Sheriffs' Books. — Although there is utility to a 
 genealogist in being able to prove the existence, residence, and 
 respectability of an ancestor at a certain period and place, yet, were 
 it necessary, still greater utility might often be derived from these 
 County Records. From them may be obtained the names, resi- 
 dences, and descriptions of persons having freehold property; 
 whilst, as they point out the estates formerly held by a predecessor, 
 a clue is given to a source of information (that of Title-Deeds) 
 which, if permitted by the existing owners to be made available, 
 might at once furnish all the evidence which an inquirer stood in 
 need of. 
 
 The Sheriffs' Lists are books formerly compiled annually by the 
 under-sheriff, containing the names and residences of every male 
 freeholder in his county, for the purpose of enabling his deputies to 
 summon juries. By the act 6 Vict. cap. 18, the clerk of the pea,ae 
 for every county, and the town clerk for every city and borough, are 
 
324 MISCELLANEA GENEALOGICA. 
 
 now required once a year to print and keep for sale an alphabetical 
 list or book of all persons qualified to vote for members of Parlia- 
 ment for such county, city, or borough. 
 
 In the Poll-Books the sheriff enters the names, descriptions, re- 
 sidences, properties, and tenants of the voters at an election for a 
 member of the county. By the 93rd section of the same statute, 
 the sheriff or other returning officer is required, as soon as possible 
 after every election, to deliver the Poll-Books to the Clerk of the 
 Crown in the Court of Chancery, who keeps possession of the same. 
 
 In cases of contested elections, Poll- Books are not unfrequently 
 printed, and will doubtless be in existence when the original records 
 have perished. 
 
 The Poll-Books may not, and most probably do not, contain the 
 whole of the freeholders of the county : they are lists only of those 
 who voted, though, in cases of contested elections, the candidates 
 take care not to suffer many defaulters. As to the number of 
 persons entitled to vote, the register for each county or city, now 
 kept, is numbered ; but many of the electors are inserted twice or 
 more, by reason of their having qualifications in more than one 
 parish in the county or city ; and as to cities and boroughs, many 
 are registered both as freemen and as inhabitant householders. 
 
 Few counties have any books of ancient date — Northampton, 
 which has preserved them from 1669, being the only shire which 
 has records of that century. Shropshire has them from 1713. Eew 
 others are of a more remote period than 1760. 
 
 The Poll and Jury Books are in the custody of the Clerks of 
 the Peace for the respective counties. 
 
 As connected with the Freeholders of England, may be placed the 
 Land-tax Assessments, which are in the Land Revenue Auditors' 
 Office, from 1689 to the present time. By statute 18 George II., 
 duplicates of these are to be preserved at the Clerk of the Peace's, 
 and further copies, formerly at the Queen's Remembrancer's Office, 
 are now at Carlton Ride. 
 
 Some few lists of Freeholders are among the manuscripts in the 
 British Museum, as here given :— 
 
 Lists of Freeholders in the Counties of Bedford, Hertford, Lincoln, Oxford, 
 Suffolk, and York, a.d. 1561; Brit.Mus. Lansd.MS. 5. 
 
 Names of Freeholders in Cheshire, 1579, 1580; Brit. Mus. Earl. MS. 
 1424, f. 7. 
 
 -. temp Car. II.; Burr. Mu9. Earl. US. 
 
 1920, ff. 46, 66, 69. 
 
MISCELLANEA GENEALOGIOA. 325 
 
 Names of Freeholders in Essex; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 2240, f. 6; Lansd, 
 
 MS. 5. 
 Lists of Persons objected to as Voters for the Co. of Hereford, eighteenth 
 
 cent.; Brit. Mus. Add. Roll, 1372. 
 Lists of Freeholders in Lancashire, a.d. 1600; Brit. Mus. Harl. MSS. 2042, 
 
 ff. 185 ; 2077; 2085; 2112. 
 Freeholders' Book for the Co. of Leicester, a.d. 1630 ; see Nichols' "History 
 
 of Leicestershire" vol. i. pt. i. p. xcii. 
 Table of the High Sheriffs, Knights of the Shire, Citizens, and Burgesses, of 
 
 the County of Lincoln, from the earliest times; Lond. 1779. 4to. 
 List of London Electors, a. d. 1723-4 ; Brit. Mus. Hargrave MS. 139, 
 
 pp. 369—417. 
 Proceedings on the Scrutiny of Pollers at the Westminster Election, a.d. 1749; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Lansd. MS. 509 (a. b.). 
 List of Freeholders in Middlesex, 1684 ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 3790, f. 152. 
 List of Freeholders in Northumberland, a.d. 1639 ; Durham Cath. Lib. 
 
 Hunter MS. 23, V , 291. 
 Poll-Books at the Election of Knights of the Shire for Northumberland, 
 
 anno 1747; Brit. Mus. Lansd. MSS. 523; 524. 
 List of Freeholders in Nottinghamshire, a. d. 1561 and 1698; Brit. Mus. 
 
 Harl. MSS. 6846, f. 306 ; 7020, art. 1 ; Lansd. MS. 5. 
 Lists of the Poll at Brecknock, 25 July 1698 ; Harl. MS. 6846, f. 304. 
 
 Lists of Gentry. — We have already noticed, under the head of 
 "Heraldic Collections/' the principal records containing the 
 Pedigrees and Arms of the Gentry of England, a class which might 
 justly require a volume in itself. In this place it is proposed to 
 direct the student's notice to documents containing lists of names 
 only, and more especially to the records known by the name of 
 " Lists of Gentlemen of England." The earliest of such lists is 
 a roll of the reign of Edward II., 1307 — 1327, preserved in the 
 Tower, containing the names of those who possessed land to the 
 value of £20, in the counties of Somerset, Dorset, Notts, and 
 Derby. The next and most important document of this descrip- 
 tion is, a Catalogue of the Gentry of England, made in the twelfth 
 year of Henry VI. [1433], and returned by the Commissioners into 
 Chancery. The outward object was to enable the King's party to 
 administer an oath to the gentry, for the better keeping of the 
 peace and observing the laws, though the principal reason was to 
 detect and suppress such as favoured the title of York, then begin- 
 ning to show itself. These returns are very unequal : some, as in 
 Oxfordshire and Cambridgeshire, descending to persons of mean 
 
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 qual^v • and some, as in Shropshire, Yorkshire, and Northumber- 
 land whose returns do not answer to the extent of those counties. 
 The returns of the counties of Chester, Cornwall, Durham, Herts, 
 Lancaster, Northampton, Somerset, Suffolk, "Westmoreland, and 
 Worcester, do not appear on the roll. Copies of the names of all 
 the gentry are given in Fuller's " Worthies." 
 
 Although this census of gentry does not appear to have been con- 
 tinued by succeeding kings, yet our public libraries are not deficient 
 in lists of this class of society for many generations past. These 
 lists, references to which are given below, include also officers filling 
 appointments in her Majesty's court, household, and public offices; 
 justices of peace, corporation dignitaries, and others. 
 
 LISTS OF GENTRY. 
 
 The Names of the Lords of every Manor throughout the Counties of England, 
 
 from a.d. 1316 to 1559; Brit. Mus. Sari. MS. 6281. 
 Names of Families contained in Domesday; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 78, f. 2 b. 
 Names of Landholders mentioned in Domesday; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 369, 
 
 f. 98. 
 Lists of the Gentry of England; Bodl. Lib. MS. 6512; Ashm. Lib. 
 
 Wood MS. 8495. 
 Lists of Persons of Note in different Counties ; Brit. Mus. Cotton. MS. 
 
 Titus, B.i, p. 124. 
 Names of the Gentry of England, at various periods ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MSS. 
 
 293; 7020. 
 Names of the Nobility and Gentry who contributed to the defence of this 
 
 country in 1588; Lond. 1798. 4to. 
 A List of Esquires in England and Wales; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 6804, 
 
 art. 104. 
 Names of Persons in England fit to be appointed Escheators, 1592; Brit. 
 
 Mus. Lansd. MS. 71, art. 62. 
 Names and Arms of the Gentry in the respective Shires of England ; Trin. 
 
 Coll. Dublin, MS. I. 67. 
 
 Berkshire : A Catalogue of the Principal Gentry living in 1665; Ashm. 
 
 Lib. MS. 7235. 
 CamDridgeshire : The Names, Habitations, and Arms of all the Gentlemen 
 
 in Cambridgeshire; Bodl. Lib. Gough MS. 
 Names of Persons in Cambridgeshire and the Isle of Ely, 
 
 raxed for the Loan, 1590; Brit. Mus. Lansd. MS. 63, art. 13. 
 
 A Terrier of Lands in the Counties of Cambridge, Oxford, 
 
 Salop, part of Somerset, Surrey, and Sussex, with the Names of the 
 Possessors, etc., to the time of Elizabeth, in 6 volumes ; Brit. Mus. 
 Add. MSS. 4700—4705. 
 
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 List of G-entby, etc. 
 Cheshire: List of Cheshire Gentlemen, 24 Hen. VIII.; Brit. Mus. Earl. 
 
 MS. 1920, f. 38. 
 Names of Gentlemen of Worship in Co. Chester, 1575; Brit. 
 
 Mus. Lansd. MS. 20, art. 39. 
 — Names of Gentlemen and Freeholders in Co. Chester, 1579, 1580; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 1424, f. 7. 
 
 The Names of all the Inhabitants within the County of Chester, 
 
 a.d. 1641 ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 2107. 
 Cornwall : Names and Arms of Gentlemen in Cornwall; Brit. Mus. Cotton. 
 MS., Faustina, E. iii. 
 
 Names of the Gentry of Cornwall, anno 1728, may be found in 
 
 Norden's " Speculi Britannia Pars" 
 
 Cumberland : Names of Cumberland Gentlemen ; Brit. Mus. Cotton. MS. 
 Caligula, B. iii., f. 192. 
 
 Lists of Persons in public and private stations in Cumberland. 
 
 See Jollie's " Cumberland Guide." Carlisle, 1811. 8vo. 
 
 Derbyshire : Names of Knights and Gentlemen resident in Derbyshire, 
 12 Hen. VI. ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 2043, f. 32. 
 
 Devonshire : A Catalogue of all those which usurped the Names and Titles 
 of Gentlemen without authority, and were disclaimed, in Exeter, and 
 many other Towns Corporate within the various Counties of England, 
 1620. Folio. Privately printed by Sir Thomas Phillipps, Bart. 
 
 Register of divers Persons who have given Tenements, &c, towards 
 
 the Relief of the Poor in Devonshire, by R. Izacke. Lond. 1736. 8vo. 
 
 Essex : Names of Noblemen in the County of Essex ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 
 2240, f. 1 b. 
 
 List of Contributors to the Payment of the Subsidy in Essex, 
 
 29 Eliz.; Brit. Mus. Lansd. MS. 52, art. 59. \ 
 
 List of Nobility and Gentry of the County of Essex, who have sub- 
 scribed to a new Map of theCounty, by JohnWarburton. Lond.lT&Z. 4to. 
 
 Herefordshire: List of the principal Gentlemen in Herefordshire, 1645; 
 Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 911, f. 78 b. 
 
 Lists of Persons objected to as Voters for the County of 
 
 Hereford, eighteenth century; Brit. Mus. Add. Roll, 1372. 
 
 Kent : Names of the Gentlemen of Kent in the reign of Hen. VII. ; Brit. 
 Mus. Cotton. MS., Faustina, E. ii., f. 216, 
 
 Index of Proprietors of Lands in Kent ; Brit. Mus. Add. MSS. 5517 
 
 —5519. 
 
 Gentry of Kent, with their Lands, from 12 Hen. II. to Edward VI. ; 
 
 Coll. of Arms, Philipot MS. 4, Pb. 
 
 London : Names of Gentlemen of Account residing in London and its Suburbs, 
 Nov. 1595 ; Brit. Mus. Lansd. MS. 78, art. 67. Privately printed by 
 Sir C. G. Young, Garter, in 1832. 
 
328 MISCELLANEA GENEALOGICA. 
 
 List of Gentey, etc. 
 London {continued) : Names of Strangers resident in London, 28 Nov. 1595. 
 
 See Nichols' "Collect. Top. et Gen.," vol. viii. p. 205. 
 Names of Persons dead, or removed from London, since the last 
 
 Assessment for the Subsidy ; Brit. Mus. Lansd. MS. 63, art. 9. 
 A Catalogue of Inhabitants of the several Parishes in London, 
 
 a.d. 1638; Lamb. Pal. Lib. MS. 272. 
 Names of the Parishioners, Inhabitants, and Occupiers of Land, in the 
 
 Parish of St. James's, Clerkenwell, 1677 ; Brit. Mus. SloaneMS. 3928. 
 Account of Inmates within the City of Westminster, and its Liber- 
 
 ties, 1582; Brit. Mus. Lansd. MS. 35, art. 32. 
 Middlesex : List of Nobility and Gentry of the County of Middlesex who 
 
 have subscribed to a new Map of the County, by John Warburton. 
 
 Lond. 1722. 4to. 
 Northumberland : List of Gentlemen of Property in Northumberland, 1522 ; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Cotton. MS. Calig. B. vi. f. 432. 
 
 Some Account of the Ancient Families of Northumberland. 
 
 See Greg's "Survey of Newcastle." 
 
 Nottinghamshire : List of the Gentlemen and Freeholders in Nottingham- 
 shire; Brit. Mus. Harl.MS. 7020, art. 1. 
 
 Oxfordshire : Names of Gentry in Oxfordshire summoned to compound for 
 not being made Knights, a.d. 1630 ; Ashm. Ltb. WoodMS. 8495, f. 58. 
 
 Staffordshire : Names of Knights, Esquires, and Gentlemen within the County 
 of Stafford, a.d. 1614; Brii. Mus. Earl. MS. 1439, f. 2. 
 
 Names of the Inhabitants of Litchfield, temp. Anne ; Brit. 
 
 Mus. Earl. MS. 7022. 
 
 Suffolk Landowners; Brit. Mus. Add. MSS. 8198; 19,161—19,164. 
 
 Surrey : Names of the Gentry of Surrey, 12 Hen. VI. ; Brit. Mus. Add. 
 MS. 6171, f. 22. 
 
 Warwickshire : List of Warwickshire Noblemen and Gentlemen, in the year 
 1733; Brit. Mus. Lansd. MS. 846, f. 249. 
 
 Catalogue of Kesidents in Co. Warwick, temp. Elizabeth. See 
 
 Nichols' "Collect. Top. et Gen." vol. viii. p. 298.— In 1733 and 1742, 
 ibid., vol. viii. p. 361. 
 
 Westmoreland: Names of Gentlemen in Westmoreland ; Brit. Mus. Cotton. 
 
 MS. Calig. B. iii. f. 192. 
 Collections for Westmoreland, by the Rev. S. Lysons ; Brit. 
 
 Mus. Add. MS. 9459. 
 Wiltshire : List of Nobles and Gentry of Wiltshire, temp. Hen. VII. See 
 
 Nichols' " Topographer" vol. ii. p. 96. 
 Lists of Wiltshire Gentry. See the " Bepertorium Wiltonense" by 
 
 Sir R. C. Hoare, Bart. Bath, 1821. Folio. 
 Yorkshire : A. Catalogue of Esquires and Gentlemen of Yorkshire, by R. 
 
 Gascoigne ; Coll. or Arms. 
 
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 List of Gentey, etc. 
 Yorkshire {continued) : Catalogue of Gentry iii the Northern Parts, with their 
 
 Arms, temp. Eliz. and Chas.L; Brit.Mus. Lansd.MS. 865, ff. 68—1105. 
 Glamorganshire : List of the principal Gentlemen in Glamorganshire, 1645 ; 
 
 Beit. Mus. Harl. MS. 911, f. 78 b. 
 Ireland : The Names of certeine of the Chiefe of the English Families in 
 
 Ireland, mentioned in the Records in Bermingham's Tower ; Brit. Mus. 
 
 Add. MS. 4787, t 56. 
 A Note of the Gentlemen's Names-within the several Counties of 
 
 Ireland; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 4767, art. 29. 
 
 Names of English Families who came into Ireland in the reigns of 
 
 Henry II., Richard I., and John; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 4814, art. 1. 
 Names of the Gentlemen of the several Counties of England ordered 
 
 to provide Men for the Defence of Ireland, temp. Elizabeth ; Brit. Mus. 
 Add. MS. 4757, f. 145. 
 
 Lists of Public Officers. 
 Origines Juridiciales, by W.Dugdale. Lond. 1666. Fol— 2d ed. 1671.— 3d 
 
 ed. 1680. — Abridged and continued, 1st, in 1685, 2d, in 1739, under 
 
 the title of "Ch?'onica Juridicialia." 
 The Court Register, containing a Series of all the Great Officers, Prime 
 
 Ministers, &c, from Chas. II. to 1733, by Will. Sliford. 1733. 8vo.— 
 
 2d. ed. 1782. 
 " Anglise Notitia," or the Present State of England, by Edw. Chamberlayne. 
 
 Lond. 1755. 12mo. 38th edit. The first edition appeared in 1669. 
 A Help to English History, by Peter Heylyn. [Wright.] Lond. 1773. 8vo. 
 The Political Index to the Histories of Great Britain and Ireland, by Rob. 
 
 Beatson. Lond. 1806. 3 v©ls. -Svo. 3d edit. 
 A Manual of Dignities, including Lists of Great Public Functionaries, from 
 
 the Revolution to the present time, by C. R. Dodd. Lond. 1842. 12mo. 
 The Book of Dignities, by Joseph Haydn. Lond. 1851. Roy. 8vo. 
 
 Officers of the Household, etc. 
 
 Great Officers of England, with Forms of their Patents ; Coll. of Arms, 
 
 MS. B. 24. 
 Miscellaneous Documents relating to the Officers of the Royal Household in 
 
 Ancient Times ; State Paper Office. 
 List of Chamber Officers of Hen. VIII. ; Brit. Mus. Royal MS. 7, F. xiv. 
 
 f. 17. 
 List of the Officers of State, &c, in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, s. xvij. ; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 168, art. 85.— Pub. Lib. Camb. MS. He. v. 29. 
 Names of Officers and Clerks of the Queen's Household; Brit. Mus. Lansd. 
 
 MS. 86, art. 50.— Harl. MS. 1848, art. 1; 2078, arts. 7—9; 4133, 
 
 art. 1. 
 
330 MISCELLANEA GENEALOGICA. 
 
 List of G-entey, etc. 
 Officers and Ladies of the Queen's Privy Chamber, 1558 ; Brit. Mus. Lansd. 
 
 Jii'Jt. o, OTIS* 88, SS. 
 
 Names of the Lords and Officers lodged within the Court and Eriery, 1573 ; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Lansd. MS. 18, art. 37. 
 Names of Great Officers of the Queen, from 1558 to 1588; Brit. Mus. 
 
 jjansa.MS. 104, art. 24. 
 Names of her Majesties Commissioners, and Lists of the Nobility and all the 
 
 Pubiic Officers, in 1585 ; Brit. Mus. Shane MS. 3194. 
 Names of the Ladies and Gentlemen of the Bed and Privy Chambers, 1589 ; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Lansd. MS. 59, art. 22. 
 Names of Officers of the Green-Cloth and Household, 1590; Brit. Mus. 
 
 Lansd. MS. 62, art. 55. 
 List of Officers of the Household and their Servants, 35 Eliz. [1592] ; Brit. 
 
 Mus. Lansd. MS. 69, art. 68. 
 A Catalogue of the Officers of the Crown, anno 1618 ; Brit. Mus. Sloane 
 
 MS. 3299, art. 92.— Harl. MSS. 4257; 6381, art. 1. 
 List of the Officers of the Household, temp. Charles I.j Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 
 
 4706, art. 24. 
 Warrants and Certificates of the Appointments of the Officers and Servants of 
 
 the Household, from 1626 to the present time; Board of Green 
 
 Cloth. 
 List of King's Servants appointed to attend his Majesty to Scotland, a.d. 
 
 1633; Ashm. Lib. Wood MS. 8495, f. 69. 
 Officers of the Household, temp. Charles II. ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 6836, 
 
 art. 32. 
 Names of the Servants that attended the Prince [Charles II.] and the rest of 
 
 the Eoyal Children, 1641; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 3791, f. 105. 
 Lists of Officers of State and Judges, temp. Will. III.; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 
 
 7512, arts. 1, 2, 3. 
 Lists of Officers of the Household and of State, to the year 1806. See 
 
 Beatson's " Polit. Index" vol. i. — to the year 1851, see Haydn's 
 
 "Book of Dignities" pt. ii. 
 List of Officers of State of Scotland to 1806. See Beatson's "Political 
 
 Index" vol. iii. — to 1851, see Haydn's "Book of Dignities" pt. v. 
 List of Officers of State for Ireland to 1806. See Beatson's "Political Index" 
 
 vol. iii. — to 1851, see Haydn's "Book of Dignities " pt. vi. 
 
 Chancellors, Masters of the Rolls, etc. 
 
 List of the Chancellors of England; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 542, f. 14. 
 Names of the Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal, with Dates of Patents, 
 
 &c. ; Coll. of Arms, Vincent MS. 214. 
 List of the Chancellors of England, from the Conquest to Nicholas Heath 
 
 [1555] ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 1153, f. 15. 
 
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 List op Gentry, etc. 
 Names of Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal, from 7 Hen. VIII. to 
 
 Q. Elizabeth, 1556 ; Brit. Mus. Lansd. MS. 3, art. 79. 
 Catalogue of the Chancellors of England, from Athelstan to 1593 ; Brit. Mus. 
 
 Earl. MS. 6778, f. 33. 
 Names of the Masters of the Rolls, from 50 Hen. III. to 12 Jas. I.; Prit. 
 
 Mus. Lansd. MS. 163, f. 310. 
 Nomina Magistrorum Rotulorum in Cancellaria, ab ann. 25 Edw. I. ad ann. 
 
 1 Car. I.; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 4029, f. 10.— See also Dugdale's 
 
 "Origines Juridiciales." 
 Custodes Rotulorum Cancellarise Anglise, ab. ann. 1294 ad ann. 1621; Bodl. 
 
 Lib. 5063, f. 28. 
 Nomina Cancellariorum Anglise, ab ann. 718 ad ann. 1625 ; Brit. Mus. Harl. 
 
 MS. 4029, f. 11. 
 Catalogue of Chancellors, Lord Keepers, Lord Treasurers, of England, Masters 
 
 of the Rolls, &c, by J.Philipot. Lond. 1636. 4to. 
 Catalogue of Lord Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal, from the Con- 
 quest to aj>. 1646 ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 1357. 
 A Catalogue of the Lord Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal, from 
 
 the Conquest to 1671. See "Selden's "Discourse,-" also Dugdale's 
 
 " Origines Juridiciales." 
 The Chancellors from the Conquest to 18 06. Lond. 1$0$. 4to. Privately printed. 
 A Catalogue of the Lord Chancellors, Keepers of the Great Seal, Masters of 
 
 the Rolls, &c, by T. D. Hardy. Lond. 1843. Roy. 8vo. 
 List of the Chancellors of Scotland. See Crawfurd's "Lives of the Officers 
 
 of Scotland;" also Chalmers' "Caledonia." 
 
 Privy Councillors. 
 List of Privy Counsellors, from 1536 to 1545 ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 6989, 
 
 f. 80. 
 Names of Noblemen, Knights, &c. of the Privy- Council, dead, from anno 1 of 
 
 Edw. VI. to 1575 ; Brit. Mus. Lansd. MS. 104, art. 14. 
 The Names of Privy Counsellors, 37, 38, Hen. VIII., and 4—7 Edw. VI.; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Lansd. MS. 160, f. 286. 
 Names of Privy Councellors, in Mary's Days; Brit. Mus. Lansd. MS. 160, 
 
 f. 277. 
 Names of Privy Councellors since 1 Eliz.; Brit. Mus. Lansd. MS. 160, f. 281. 
 List of Privy Councellors appointed by Jas. II., in 1684 ; Brit. Mus. Tansd. 
 
 MS. 1163. 
 The Lords and others of the Privy Council, temp. Will. III. ; Brit. Mus. 
 
 Harl. MS. 7512, art. 2. 
 
 Other Officers. 
 Officers of the Exchequer and of England; Brit. Mus. Harl. MSS. 5169; 
 5170 
 
332 MISCELLANEA GENE'ALOGICA, 
 
 List op Gentry, etc. 
 Officers of the Court of Kevenue, the. Exchequer, &c. ; Brit. Mus. Earl. MS. 
 
 7020, art. 10. 
 Nomina Thesaurariorum Anglise et Seaecarii, ab anno 946 ad ann. 1635 ; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 4029, f. 17. 
 Names of the Chancellors of the Exchequer, from 48 Hen. III. to 12 Jac. I.; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Lansd. MS. 163, f. 312. 
 List of Administrations in England, from the reign of Hen. VIII. to that of 
 
 Victoria. See Haydn's "Book of Dignities" pt. ii. 
 List of Ambassadors and Ministers employed in Foreign Affairs during the 
 
 reign of Elizabeth; Brit. Mus. Sloane MS. 4164, art. 76. 
 List of Ambassadors to and from England, from 1664 to 1680 ; Brit. Mus. 
 
 Earl. MS. 6273, art. 4. 
 List of Ambassadors, &c. from Great Britain to Foreign States, to the year 
 
 1851. See Haydn's "Book of Dignities " pt. ii. 
 Names of the Erles Marschalls of England from the Conquest to 1590; 
 
 Caius Coll. Camb. MS. 670, ff. 203, 217. 
 Catalogue and Descents of the Marshals of England, from Hen. I. to 1638 ; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Earl. MS. 6168.— Lansd. MS. 195. See also Dallaway's 
 
 "Eeraldic Miscellanies" p. 49, and Noble's "College of Arms." 
 Lists of Governors of the Colonies to 1851. See Haydn's "Book of Dignities" 
 
 pt. iii. 
 Lists of Officers of the Customs, Excise, Stamps and Taxes, to 1851. See 
 
 Haydn's "Book of Dignities" pt. vi. 
 Lord Deputies, Lieutenants, and Justices of Ireland, from the Conquest thereof 
 
 to 1670. See Leycester's "Eistorical Antiquities" pp. 76 — 83. 
 Series Custodum, Justiciar iorum, Deputatorum, et Locuratenentium Hiberniae, 
 
 ab adventu Hen. II.; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 4796, f. 63. 
 Names of the Lords Presidents of the Counsell established in the Marches of 
 
 Wales, from 18 Edw. IV.; Brit. Mus. Earl. MS. 368, f. 181. 
 A List of the Deputy-Lieutenants and Commission Officers of England and 
 
 Wales, 1680 ; All Souls' Coll. Oxf. MS. ccxxiii. 
 
 Justices of the Peace. 
 Lists of Justices of the Peace throughout England; Brit. Mus. Earl. MS. 474. 
 A Book of all the Justices of the Peace in England and Wales ; Brit. Mus. 
 
 Earl. MS. 7512, art. 3. 
 List of the Chief Justices in Eyre, North and South of Trent, from 2 Hen. III. 
 
 to 37 Hen. VIII.; Brit. Mus. Cotton. MS. Vesp. F. iv. f. 64. 
 Names of the Justices of the Benches, from Edw. I. to 1556 ; Brit. Mus. 
 
 fansd. MS. 3, arts. 47, 48. 
 Liber Pacis, or Lists of the Nobility and Gentry, anno 1 Eliz.; Brit. Mus. 
 
 lansd. MS. 1218, f. 1. 
 
MISCELLANEA GENEALOGICA. 333 
 
 List op Gentry, etc. 
 Names of Justices of Assize, Counsellors of the North, Counsellors of the 
 
 Marches of Wales, Sheriffs, &c, a. d. 1562; Brit. Mus. Lansd. MS. 
 
 1218, f. 64. 
 Names of all the Justices of the Peace in England, anno 1579 ; Brit. Mus. 
 
 Roy. MS. 18, D. iii. 
 Names of Gentlemen in Commission for the Peace in England and Wales, 
 
 1582 ; Brit. Mus. Lansd. MS. 35, art. 40. 
 Liber Pads, or a List of Nobility and Gentry in England and Wales, qualified 
 
 to act as Justices of Peace, circ. 1584; Brit. Mus. Lansd. MS. 737, 
 
 f. 149. 
 Names of Northern Justices, 1587 ; Brit. Mus. Lansd. MS. 53, art. 86. 
 Names of Justices of the Peace in every County, 1587 ; Brit. Mus. Lansd. 
 
 MS. 53, art. 91. 
 Lists of Nobility and Gentry in the Commission of Peace, 34 Eliz. [1592] ; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Lansd. MS. 1218, f. 154. 
 List of the Justices of the Peace, a.d. 1625 ; Brit. Mus. Earl. MS. 1622. 
 Lists of Justices of Peace for each County, anno 1653; Pub. Lib. Camb. 
 
 MS. Dd. viii. 1. 
 Lists of Justices of Peace in England and Wales, circ. 1680; All Souls' 
 
 Coll. Oxf. MS. ccxxiii. 
 
 Cambridgeshire : Names of Gentlemen in the Commission of the Peace within 
 
 the Town of Cambridge, 1597 ; Brit. Mus. Latisd.MS. 84, art. 99. 
 Names and Arms of Justices of Peace, Co. Camb., a.d. 1601, 
 
 1619; Queen's Coll. Oxf., MS. xciii. ; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 
 
 5808. 
 Cheshire : Catalogue of the Justices of Chester ; Bodl. Lib. MS. 5095, f. 89. 
 Essex: Names of Justices of the Peace in Co. Essex, 1633; Brit. Mus. 
 
 Earl. MS. 2240, f. 2.— to 1640 ; Brit. Mus. Earl. MS. 5190, art. 7. 
 Gloucestershire : Nomina Justiciaries, ad Pacem in Com. Glouc, 1 Bic. III., 
 
 1 Edw. VI., et 22 Car. II. ; Brit. Mus. Lansd. MS. 231, ff. 44, 51. 
 Lists of the Justices of the Peace for Gloucestershire, in 1601 
 
 and 1620 ; Brit. Mus. Earl. MS. 104], f. 18. 
 Northampton : Names of Justices of the Peace in Co. Northampton and 
 
 Rutland, 1587; Brit. Mus. Lansd. MS. 54, art. 75. 
 Rutland : Rolls of Justices of the Peace, Coroners, &c, for the Co. of Rutland, 
 
 tempp. Will. III.— Geo. II. ; Brit. Mus. Lansd. MS. 54, art. 75 ; Add. 
 
 Chart. 873. 
 Staffordshire : Names of the Justices of Peace in the County of Stafford ; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Earl. MS. 7020, art. 3. 
 
 a.d. 1614 ; Brit. Mus. Earl. MS. 1489, f. 1. 
 
 Surrey : Justices of Peace of the County of Surrey ; Brit. Mus. Earl. MS. 
 
 6850, f. 251. 
 
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 List of G-entey, etc. 
 Sussex : List of Justices for Co. Sussex, 1781 ; Brit. M'iS>.£W *? ^l 
 f. 200. 
 
 Mayors, Sheriffs, etc. 
 Catalogue of the Sheriffs of England to the last year of Queea "Elizabeth ; 
 
 Coll. of Arms, Philipot MS. 10, Pb. 
 List of Sheriffs in England, from temp. Henry II. to Elizabeth inchave, 
 
 s. xvii. ; Queen's Coll. Oxf. MS. clxv. 
 Nomina Vicecomitum in diversis Comitatibus, tempp. Hen. II., John,Edw.III., 
 
 Hen. VIII., Eliz., Jac. I., Car. I. ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 259. 
 Catalogue of the High Sheriffs of England, from Hen. II. to Jas. I. ; Coll. 
 
 of Arms, Vincent MS. 47. 
 High Sheriffs of divers Counties, from the reign of Hen. II. to Chas. I.j Brit. 
 
 Mus. Harl. MS. 2122. 
 A Catalogue of Sheriffs of England and Wales, from Henry II. to George I. ; 
 
 Sion Coll. Lib. 
 Names of the Lieutenants and Deputies in England, temp. Elizabeth ; Brit. 
 
 Mus. Roy. MS. 18, C. xxi, p. 38. 
 Names of Sheriffs, &c, a.d. 1562 ; Brit. Mus. Lansd. MS. 1218, f. 64. 
 The Names of Sheriffs throughout England and Wales, 1582; Brit. Mus. 
 
 Lansd. MS. 35, art. 41. 
 Names of High Sheriffs of England to 1585 ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 474, 
 
 f. 2. 
 Lists of Sheriffs to 1662. See Fuller's "Worthies "—to 1748 ; Brit. Mus. 
 
 Lansd. MS. 1218, f. 113 3. 
 The Names of Bailiffs, Receivers, Auditors, Sheriffs, Justices of the Peace, 
 
 and other Civil Officers, are given in the "Valor Ecclesiasticus." 
 
 Berkshire : List of Sheriffs of Co. Berks, 1647—1653; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 
 
 5832, f. 181. 
 Buckinghamshire : Names of the High Sheriffs of Buckinghamshire. See 
 
 Willis's "History of Bucks" 
 Cambridgeshire : Lists of Sheriffs of Cambridgeshire ; Brit. Mus. Add. MSS. 
 
 5810, p. iv.; 5832, f. 181 ; 5866, f. 206. See also Carter's "History 
 
 of Cambridgeshire" 
 List of Sheriffs of Cambridgeshire, from Hen. II. to 17 Jas. I.; 
 
 Queen's Coll. Oxf. MS. xciii. f. 6. 
 
 Lists of Mayors and Bailiffs of Cambridge, 1268—1500; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Add. MSS. 5813, f. 1313; 5833, f. 123. 
 
 List of the Mayors of Cambridge. See Blomefield's "&£• 
 
 lectanea Cantabrigiensia" 1750. 4to. Privately printed. 
 Cheshire: List of Cheshire Officers; Brit. Mus. Harl. MSS. 280, f. 504; 
 1920. 
 
MISCELLANEA GENEALOGICA. 835 
 
 List op Gentby, etc. 
 Cheshire (continued): List of Sheriffs of Cheshire from the reign of Edw. III. 
 
 to 1699; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 1920, f. 15. 
 Names of the Corporation of Chester, 1601 ; Brit. Mus. Harl. 
 
 MS. 2003, f. 665. 
 Cornwall : List of High Sheriffs of Cornwall, 1647—1653 ; Brit. Mus. Add. 
 
 MS. 5832, f. 181. 
 Derbyshire : Lists of Sheriffs for Co. Derby, from 1140 to 1825 ; Brit. Mus. 
 
 Add. MSS. 5832, f. 181; 6675, f. 153; 6700, p. 133; 6705, f. 41. 
 Catalogue of Bailiffs of Derby, from 5 llen.VIII. to 13 Chas. I., 
 
 and Mayors from 13 Chas. I. to 1698 ; Brit. Mvs.Add.MS. 6705, f. 925. 
 Account of the High Sheriffs of Derbyshire to Chas. I. ; Brit. 
 
 Mus. Harl MS. 2043, f. 145. 
 Devonshire : Catalogue of the Sheriffs of Devon, with their Coat Armory. 
 
 See Izacke's "Antiq. of Exeter." — Also Kisdon's "Survey of Devon." 
 
 1811. pp. 9—16. 
 List of High Sheriffs, 1647—1653 ; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 
 
 5832, f. 181. 
 Dorsetshire : List of Sheriffs of Co. Dorset, 1644—1756 ; Brit. Mus. Add. 
 
 MS. 5832, f. 179. 
 List of the Mayors of Poole, Co. Dorset, from 1490 to 1788. 
 
 See the "History of Poole" [Moore] 1788. 8vo. 
 Mayors of Shaftesbury, Co. Dorset. See Adams's " History of 
 
 Essex: List of High Sheriffs in Co. Essex, 1647—1653 ; Brit. Mus. Add. 
 
 MS. 5832, f. 181. 
 Gloucestershire : Lists of Sheriffs of Gloucestershire, from Hen. II. to 43 
 
 Eliz. [1601] ; Brit. Mus. Harl MS. 1041, f. 18. 
 Hampshire : Sheriffs of Hampshire, tempp. Hen. III. and Edw. I. ; Brit. 
 
 Mus. Lansd. MS. 310, f. 125— from 1647 to 1653; Add. MS. 5832, 
 
 f. 181. 
 ■ Les Noms des Maires de la Ville de Southampton depuis Tan du 
 
 Seigneur 1498 jusqu'a 1671, with Biographical Notes; Brit. Mus. 
 
 Eg. MS. 868. 
 Herefordshire : Names of the Mayors of the City of Hereford, from 7 Hie. II. 
 
 to 2 Chas. I.; Brit. Mus. Harl MS. 2141. 
 ■ — ■ List of the Sheriffs of Herefordshire, to the year 165&? Brit. 
 
 Mus. Harl. MS. 6726 j Add. MS. 5832, f. 181 b. 
 Huntingdonshire : List of Sheriffs of Huntingdonshire; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 
 
 5810, p. iv. 
 List of Sheriffs in Huntingdonshire from Hen. II. to 
 
 17 Jas. I.; Queen's Coll. Oxf. MS. xciii. f. 6. 
 Kent : The Kentish Chronologer and Index, comprising a List of the Nobility. 
 
 Lord Lieutenants, Baronets, High Sheriffs, &c, 1807. 
 
336 MISCELLANEA GENEALOGICA. 
 
 List oe Gentby, etc. 
 Kent {continued) : Catalogue of High Sheriffs of Kent. See Philipot's "Villare 
 Cantianum" Lond. 1659. p. 12. 
 
 Constables and Lieutenants of Dover and Rochester Castles ; Coll. 
 
 of Arms, Philipot MS. 34. 
 
 Catalogue of Lord Wardens of the Cinque Ports. See Somner's 
 
 "Roman Ports in Kent." 
 
 Lancashire : Vicecomites Lancastrian ab anno 1 Hen. II. ; Bodl. Lib. MS. 
 
 5088, f. 1. 
 Leicestershire: List of High Sheriffs, Co. Leicester, 1647 — 1653; Brit. 
 
 Mrs. Add. MS. 5832, f. 181. 
 ■ List of the Sheriffs of Leicestershire to a.d. 1622. See 
 
 Burton's "History of Leicester " p. 323. 
 Lincolnshire : Lists of Sheriffs of Lincolnshire; Brit. Mus. Add. MSS. 5832, 
 
 f. 181; 6118, p. 405. 
 • Tables of the High Sheriffs of Lincolnshire, and of the Knights 
 
 of the Shire, Citizens, and Burgesses in Parliament, from the earliest 
 
 account to the present time. Lond. 1779. 4to. [White i] 
 
 List of Mayors, Bailiffs, and Sheriffs of Lincoln. See the 
 
 " History of Lincoln" 1810. 12mo. (Stark). — Another edition. 1816. 
 8vo. 
 London : Arms and Names of the Sheriffs of London ; Brit. Mva.Harl.MS. 
 1349, f. 55, et seaa. 
 
 Catalogue of Mayors and Sheriffs of London; Coll. of Arms, 
 
 Norfolk MS. 
 
 Names of the Bailiffs, Mayors, and Sheriffs of London, from 1 Ric. I. 
 
 to 7 Hen. VI.; Brit. Mus. Cotton. MS. Vit. F. ix. 
 
 1 Ric. I. to 3 Mary ; Brit. Mus. Cotton. MS. 
 
 Vit. P. xii. f. 337. 
 
 — List of the Mayors and Sheriffs of London, from 1 Ric. I. to 10 
 Hen. VI. inclusive, s. xv. ; St. John's Coll. Oxf. MS. lvii. f. 138. 
 
 — Names of the Wardens, Mayors, and Sheriffs of London, from 1 Ric. I. 
 to 21 Hen. VI.; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 565, f. 10. 
 
 — Names of the Bailiffs, Mayors, and Sheriffs of London, from 1 Ric. I. 
 to 23 Edw. IV.; Brit. Mus. Cotton. MSS. Julius, B. i. f. 2; Julius, 
 B. ii. p. 2. 
 
 — Names of the Mayors from 1 to 23 Hen.VIIL; Brit. Mus. Cotton, 
 MS. Julius, B. i. f. 92 b. 
 
 — Series of Mayors and Sheriffs of London, from 1 Ric. I. to a.d. 1629, 
 with some Arms and Historical Notes; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 1049, f. 
 21. 
 
 Names of the Maires and Sheriffs of London, sene Kynge Richardis 
 
 Days to the Mayoralty of William Purches ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 541, 
 f. 215. 
 
MISCELLANEA GENEALOGICA. 337 
 
 List of G-entey, etc. 
 London (continued) : Names of Mayors and Sheriffs of London, from 1419 to 
 1444 ; Brit. Mus. Cotton. MS. Cleop. C. iv. f. 31. 
 
 Catalogue of Mayors and Sheriffs of London to the year 1475 ; 
 
 Coll. of Arms, MS. H.D.N. 19. 
 
 List of the Lord Mayors of London from 1214 to 1605 ; Brit. 
 
 Mus. Lansd. MS. 719. 
 
 The Lord Mayors and Sheriffs of London, with their Arms, to the 
 
 11 Jas. I. ; Coll. of Arms, Philipot MS. 22, Pb. 
 
 Names and Arms of the Mayors of London to a.d. 1618 ; Brit. 
 
 Mus. Earl. MS. 1349, f. 3. 
 
 Lists of Mayors, Sheriffs, Aldermen, and Members of Parliament, of 
 
 London, to 1772 [by Will. Chancellor]. Lond. 1772. 8vo. Also Douce's 
 "Customs of London" pp. xix. — Hi. 
 
 Lists of Mayors, Recorders, Common Serjeants, &c, of London, to 
 
 1851. See Haydn's "Booh of Dignities" pt. iii. 
 
 Arms of all the Lord Mayors of London. See " Heylyn's Help to 
 
 Eng. Hist." by Wright. 8vo. Lond. 1773. 
 Norfolk: List of Sheriffs in Co. Norfolk, 1643—1663; Brit. Mus. Add. 
 
 MS. 6398, f. 65 6. 
 Chronological List of the Mayors of Lynne, &c, from 1517 to 
 
 1673; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 8937. 
 
 Chronological Table of the Mayors of Lynn-Regis, from 1268 
 
 to 1772. See Parkins's "Topography of Freebridge Hundred. 1 
 
 List of the Mayors and Sheriffs of Norwich. See "A Compleat 
 
 History of Norwich." [Knapton] 1728. Also Eldridge's "History of 
 Norwich." 
 Norfolk : Lists, from the Reformation, of Lord Lieutenants, Sheriffs, Mem- 
 bers of Parliament, etc., by W. C. Ewing. Norwich. 1837. 12mo. 
 
 Vicecomites Norfolciae ; or Lists of the Sherriffs of Norfolk, a.d. 
 
 1154 to 1841, chronologically and alphabetically arranged, with their 
 Armorial Bearings. Stow Bardolph, Norfolk, 1843. 4to. 
 
 Northampton: Names of the Mayors and Bailiffs of Northampton, from 
 1 Ric. II. to 1 Edw. IV. ; Trin. Coll. Dubl. MS. G. 84, art. 4. 
 
 List of Sheriffs in Northamptonshire, 1646 — 1669; Brit. 
 
 Mus. Add. MS. 6398, f. 66. 
 
 Northumberland: List of High Sheriffs, Co. Northumberland, 1647 — 1653; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 5832, f. 181. 
 Nottinghamshire: List of High Sheriffs in Nottinghamshire, 1647 — 1653; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 5832, f. 181. 
 List of Sheriffs of Nottinghamshire, from 1745 — 1795, 
 
 See Thoroton's "History of Nottingham," 2d edit. vol. ii. 
 Oxfordshire: List of Sheriffs for Oxfordshire, 1647—1653; Brit. MUBL, 
 
 Add. MS. 5832, f. 181. 
 
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338 MISCELLANEA GENEALOGICA. 
 
 List oe Gentey, etc. 
 Oxfordshire (continued) : Catalogue of Mayors and Bailiffs of Oxford till 
 
 2 Charles I.; Ashm. Lib. Wood MS. 8502— till 1695; ibid. MS. 
 
 8523. 
 Rutlandshire: List of High Sheriffs for Co. Rutland, 1647—1653; Brit. 
 
 Mus. Add. MS. 5832, f. 181. 
 
 Sheriffs of Rutland to 1788. See Wright's "History of 
 
 Rutland" (ed. by Harrod). 
 
 Shropshire: List of High Sheriffs for Shropshire, 1647—3 653 ; Brit. Mus. 
 Add. MS. 5832, f. 181. 
 
 The Sheriffs of Shropshire, with Genealogical Notices of their 
 
 Families, by Rev. J. B. Blakeway, M.A. Shrewsbury, 1831. Folio. 
 
 Catalogue of the Bailiffs of Shrewsbury, from 1372 to 1614; 
 
 Pub. Lib. Camb. MS. Dd. iv. 38. 
 Somersetshire : List of the Sheriffs of Somersetshire, tempp. Eiiz. and Jas. I.; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Earl. MS. 1385, f. 1. 
 List of High Sheriffs for Somersetshire, 1647—1653 ; Brit. 
 
 Mvs.Add.MS. 5832, f. 181. 
 
 Corporation Dignitaries of Bristol. See Hooke's " Memoirs 
 
 of Bristol" 1748. 8vo. 
 Staffordshire: List of High Sheriffs for Staffordshire, 1647—1653; Brit. 
 
 Mvs.Jdd.MS. 5832, f. 181. 
 List of Sheriffs for Staffordshire. See Shaw's "History of 
 
 Staffordshire" p. xiii. 
 Surrey — Sussex : List of Sheriffs for Surrey and Sussex, from 1 Hen. II. to 
 
 1789 ; Brit. Mus. Add. MSS. 5705, pp. 54, 60 ; 5832, f. 181 ; 6171, 
 
 f. 19; 6344, col. 1. 
 Warwickshire : List of Sheriffs of Warwickshire. See Burton's "History of 
 
 Leicestershire" p. 323. Also Dugdale's "History of Warwickshire" 
 
 vol. ii. p. 1149. 
 List of the Mayors of Coventry, from 1348 to 1688 ; Brit. 
 
 Mus. Harl. MS. 6388. 
 Wiltshire: List of High Sheriffs in Wiltshire, from 1647 to 1653; Brit, 
 
 Mus. Add. MS. 5832, f. 181. 
 Correct List of the Mayors of Salisbury, from 1227. Salisb. 1798. 
 
 12mo. 
 Worcestershire: List of Sheriffs of Worcestershire, 1647 — 1653; Brit. 
 
 Mvs.Add.MS. 5832, f. 181. 
 Yorkshire : Sheriffs of Yorkshire, from 1155 to 1652, with their Arms ; Brit. 
 
 Mus. Lansd. MS. 865, f. 129 b. 
 Names of the Bailiffs of Liberties, Constables of Wapentakes, 
 
 Coroners, and Bailiffs within the Co. of York. See "Nomina Villarum 
 
 Moracensium." [York, 1768]. 8vo.— 2d. ed. York, 1792. Obi. 8?o 
 
 Also Langdale's "Top. Bid. of Yorkshire " [1809.] 
 
MISCELLANEA GENEALOGICA. 339 
 
 List op Gentey, etc. 
 Yorkshire {continued) : Mayors, Bailiffs, and Sheriffs of York; Bodl. Lib., 
 MS. 5062, f. 144. 
 
 Catalogue of Mayors, Sheriffs, and Bailiffs of York, to 1664. Fork, 
 
 1664. 4to.— Reprinted 1115. 4to. 
 
 A List of the Mayors and Bailiffs, Lord Mayors and Sheriffs of 
 
 York, from Edw. I. to a.d. 1677 ; Brit. Mrs. Earl. MS. 6115. Partly 
 printed. 
 
 List of the Mayors, Bailiffs, and Sheriffs of York, from Edw. I. to 
 
 1719. See Torr's "Antiquities of York ." Also Gent's "History of 
 Fork." Also "The History of Fork." [Fork, 1785.] Vol. iii. 
 
 A List of the Mayors of Doncaster, from 1493 to 1641 ; Brit. 
 
 Mus. Harl. MS. 6387. 
 
 List of the Mayors, Sheriffs, and Chamberlains of Kingston-upon- 
 
 Hull. See Gent's "Annales Regioduni Hullini.' 
 
 Ireland. 
 
 Names of Governors, Lieutenants, Deputies, and Justices of Ireland, from its 
 
 Conquest to 1552; Trin. Coll. Dublin, MS. I. 78, art. 1. 
 The Names and Arms of the Governors, Lieutenants, Lord Justices, and 
 
 Deputies of Ireland, since the Conquest thereof; Brit. Mus. Harl.MSS. 
 
 2120, f. 10 ; 5866. Cotton. MS. Vitellius, C. xvii. f. 318. 
 A Catalogue of the Governors, Lieutenants, and Deputies of Ireland, from its 
 
 Conquest to a.d. 1662, with their Arms; Brit. Mus. Lansd.MS. 865, 
 
 f. 53. 
 Lord Deputies, Lieutenants, and Justices of Ireland, from the Conquest 
 
 thereof to 1670. See Leycester's "Historical Antiquities," pp. 76 — 83. 
 Series Custodum, Justiciariorum, Deputatorum, et Locumtenentium Hiberniae, 
 
 ab adventu Hen. II.; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 4796, f. 63. 
 List of the Lords Lieutenant of Ireland, from 1540 ; Durham Cath. Allan 
 
 MS. 7, p. 140. 
 Catalogus Majorum Hiberniae, ab ann. 1309 ad ann. 50 Edw. III. ; Brit, 
 
 Mvs.Add. MS. 4797. p. 47. 
 Catalogue of the Mayors, Sheriffs, and Bailiffs of Dublin, from 1406 to 1566 ; 
 
 Trin. Coll. Dublin, MSS. B. 58, art. I; C. 59. 
 Catalogus Majorum, Prsepositorum, et Balivorum, civit. Dublin, ab ann. 1229 
 
 ad ann. 1302 ; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 4793, p. 67. 
 The Kegister of the Mayors of Dublin, from 1406 to 1622 ; Brit. Mus. 
 
 Add. MS. 4791. 
 
 Wales. 
 
 List of Lords Presidents of the Marches of Wales ; Brit. Mus. Harl, l(&> 
 368, f. 181; Add. MS. 5485, f. 210. 
 
340 MISCELLANEA GENEALOGICA. 
 
 List of Gentet, etc. 
 List of Deputy Lieutenants and Commission Officers in England and Wales, 
 
 as they were brought into the House of Peers, in Nov. 1680; All 
 
 Souls' Coll. Oxf. MS. ccxxiii. f. 1. 
 Lists of Chamberlains and Justiciaries of North Wales ; Brit. Mus. Lansd. 
 
 MS. 1218, f. 64; Add. MS. 5485, f. 204. 
 Justices of Peace for Wales; Brit. Mus. Lansd. MSS. 35, art. 40; 737, 
 
 f. 149— Earl. MS. 1933. 
 List of Sheriffs of Brecknockshire, 1539—1717; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 
 
 2289, f. 340. 
 List of Bayliffs, Kecorders, and Aldermen of Brecknock, 1556 — 1715 ; Brit. 
 
 Mus. Harl. MS. 2289, f. 344. 
 Names of Justices of the Peace in Co. Cardigan, Carmarthen, and Pembroke, 
 
 1587 ; Brit. Mus. Lansd. MS. 53, art. 87. 
 Names of the Sheriffs of Denbigh, from 1541 to 1682 ; Brit. Mus. Harl. 
 
 MS. 2122, art. 32. 
 List of High Sheriffs of Monmouth, 1647—1653; Brit. Mus. Add, MS. 
 
 5832, f. 181. 
 
 Miscellaneous. 
 
 Annuities and Pensions paid to sundry Persons in the Counties of Essex, 
 
 Hertford, Middlesex, and London, tempp. Edw. IV. and Mary ; Coll. 
 
 of Arms, MS. R. B. 33. 
 Lists of Persons receiving Annuities and Fees from the Crown, seventeenth 
 
 century ; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 14,313. 
 A Brief of the Yearly Pensions paid by Prince Henry ; Brit. Mus. Harl. 
 
 MS. 7009, art. 1. 
 List of Pensioners in the Long Parliament, a.d. 1640; Durham Cath. 
 
 Allan MS. 7, p. 160. 
 List of Pensioners and Placemen in the House of Commons, temp. Chas. II. ; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 7020, art. 9. 
 Original Orders for Payment of Pensions, etc., from June 1655 to June 1660, 
 
 2 vols. ; Brit. Mus. Sloane MSS. 4196 ; 4197. 
 List of Nominees created in the years 1745, 1746, 1757, 1764 ; Lond. 1764. 
 
 sm. fol. 
 List of the Nominees in the Life Annuities of 1775. 4to. 1777. 
 
 Magazines, Directories, etc. — As the genealogist will be 
 much indebted to Magazines and the like for a variety of in- 
 formation, a brief enumeration of those most likely to aid him in 
 his researches may not be unacceptable. The " London Gazette" 
 which commenced in 1665, contains many genealogical particulars. 
 Chamberlayne's "Anglia Notitia, or the Present State of Great 
 
MISCELLANEA GENEALOGICA. 341 
 
 Britain" was nearly an annual work from 1663 to 1755. From a 
 small and widely printed duodecimo, the work was soon extended 
 to a thick and closely printed octavo, containing excellent lists of 
 soldiers, sailors, physicians, lawyers, divines, public officers, and 
 royal households, with the title of the " Court Kalendar." Its 
 successful rival, the modern " Red Book" was first published in 
 1739. In 1714 the "Historical Register" was published, with births, 
 marriages, and deaths, and a volume was issued annually until 
 1738. In 1731 the "Gentleman's Magazine" appeared, and has 
 from that period continued a monthly publication to the present 
 day. In 1732 the "London Magazine" was published, and conti- 
 nued for fifty-four years, when it ceased. The " European Maga- 
 zine" succeeded the "London" 
 
 The names of modern residents in the metropolis, and in nearly 
 all the important cities of England, may be known by the "Direc- 
 tories," a class of books which must at some future period be of 
 great interest to the antiquary, as well as of utility to the genea- 
 logist, should they have the fate to survive the destruction which at 
 present generally attends them when the year brings a new edition. 
 For the Metropolis, we have Pigot's "Royal National Directory of 
 London," Robson's "London Directory," and the "Post Office Direc- 
 tory." For the Provinces, are Slater's "Royal, National, and Commer- 
 cial Directory," for the Eastern and Midland Counties of England ; 
 Pigot's "Royal National Directory for the Counties of Bedford, Cam- 
 bridge, Essex, Herts, Huntingdon, Kent, Middlesex, Norfolk, Suffolk, 
 Surrey, and Sussex;" White's "Historical Gazetteer and Directory" 
 for various counties ; Slater's " Commercial Directory for the County 
 of Lancaster ;" Whellan's "Classified Directory of Manchester and 
 its Neighbourhood, 1853;" Kelly's "Post Office Directory of English 
 Counties ;" "An Historical Gazetteer and Directory of the County 
 of Oxford," published at Peterborough in 1852; whilst for Ireland 
 there is Thorns' s "Irish Almanac" 
 
 Lastly, Newspapers, with their multitudinous advertisements 
 for Next of Kin, etc., will frequently be found to render important 
 assistance to the genealogical inquirer, and, as such, deserve a 
 passing notice here. 
 
 The Collection of Newspapers at the British Museum is probably 
 the largest in the world, consisting not only of the principal English 
 Metropolitan and Provincial Papers, but also of many of the leading 
 Journals of the Continent. The Series commences about the year 
 1670; but the earlier numbers are very incomplete. The Papers 
 
342 MISCELLANEA GENEALOGICA. 
 
 of the present day are retained at the Stamp Office for two years 
 after their publication, so that the National Collection is always 
 deficient in them during that period. Manuscript Catalogues of 
 the Papers are kept on the shelves of the " Reading Room." A 
 valuable Series of Irish Papers, from the year 1818, was presented 
 to the Library in the autumn of last year. 
 
 The City of London Library, at Guildhall, contains the next 
 most complete Collection of Newspapers known. 
 
 References to advertisements for Next of Kin, derived from 
 Newspapers and Gazetteers, both town and country, for the last 
 hundred years, can be obtained, for a small fee, from Mr. William 
 Turner, 16, Thornhill Place, Pentonville. 
 
343 
 
 mm*. 
 
 WILLS AND ADMINISTRATIONS.— The documents so 
 well known as Wills and Administrations, are of the greatest 
 importance to the genealogist. 
 
 1. They are the principal and often the only records by which 
 families in the middling classes of life can trace any descent prior 
 to the introduction of Parochial Records ; for the Inquisitions post 
 mortem were only taken on the tenants in capite, or on persons 
 supposed to be such. 
 
 2. The quantity of genealogical information in wills is also of 
 great value ; the testaments of men of property almost invariably 
 name two and frequently three or four clear descents of pedigree, 
 whilst the limitations of estates, and bequests of legacies, bring to 
 light kindred who could not otherwise have been traced. 
 
 3. The sanctity belonging to wills in the minds of the testators, 
 and the useless wickedness, as far as they can be concerned, of any 
 deception, render them instruments of great authority. 
 
 Lastly. The description of estates appearing by ancient wills to 
 have belonged to a family, and the wardships of children frequently 
 directed by testators before the abolition of the Court of Wards 
 and Liveries, may lead to other documents containing information 
 not to be found in the wills themselves. 
 
 The date of probate of a will, or date of grant of letters of 
 administration, generally points out the period of the deceased's 
 death ; and the legacy books at the Stamp Office afford evidence 
 not only of the degree of relationship of a legatee, but also of the 
 common ancestor through whom such relationship exists. 
 
 From the Roman Catholic priests the right of granting probate 
 of wills and letters of administration has descended to the Pro- 
 testant clergy. 
 
 Each bishop has a separate court, extending (except as here 
 stated) over his diocese ; and each archbishop has a court, exer- 
 cising jurisdiction not only over his own diocese, but that of his 
 suffragan bishops. 
 
 The province of York includes the dioceses of York, Durham, 
 Carlisle, Chester, and Sodor and Man ; the remaining twenty-two, 
 bishoprics are subject to Canterbury. 
 
344 WILLS. 
 
 The jurisdiction conceded to these courts extends properly over 
 wills ; matrimonial disputes of all kinds, even to limited divorces ; 
 questions of church-rates and churchwardens; brawling in churches; 
 defamation ; maritime causes ; certain immoral offences ; and the 
 dereliction of clergymen from church discipline. 
 
 In former times, when the property of the country consisted 
 chiefly in land, the importance of their jurisdiction was not so great 
 as it is at the present time, when so large a proportion of that pro- 
 perty consists of money and other personalty. 
 
 Besides these courts there are the Record Offices, 1 which are 
 attached to the old cathedrals throughout Great Britain, subject 
 to the care of the diocesan registrar. In these offices are placed 
 the original wills; the duplicate parish registers; the administrations; 
 the copies of marriage licenses ; and other documents, such docu- 
 ments forming deeds affecting thousands of landed proprietors ; 
 but to the great mass of the middle and all the lower classes, they 
 form the title-deeds to which they can appeal, and on the accuracy 
 of which they can rely. Unfortunately, the greatness of the fees 
 in some offices, independent of other circumstances, renders these 
 documents nearly inaccessible. 
 
 The most important of these offices is that of Doctors' Commons, 
 in which are deposited all the wills proved in that large, rich, and 
 populous district included within the archiepiscopal jurisdiction of 
 Canterbury. The original wills in this office commence with the 
 year 1484, 2 and the transcripts with 1383. The original wills are 
 complete from December 1660 to the present time : the earliest 
 will at Lambeth is dated 1312. 
 
 The office is open every day, from nine until four, from the 1st 
 of February to the 1st of October, and from nine until three, for 
 the remainder of the year. 
 
 The next office in importance is that of York. The jurisdiction 
 of this court extends over the large and populous counties of York, 
 Chester, Lancashire, Westmoreland, Cumberland, Durham, North- 
 umberland, and Flintshire ; and the national records relating to this 
 district contain a great quantity of valuable information relating to 
 our ecclesiastical history. In this office the date of the earliest 
 will is 1590, that of the transcripts is 1389. 
 
 1 Lists of the Contents of these Offices may be seen in the "Report on the JPullia 
 Records," 1837, pp. 257—281. 
 a Wat Tyler and his rebels are said to have destroyed those of earlior date. 
 
WILLS. 345 
 
 The charge for searching for a will in this registry is Is. : each 
 will or administration-bond inspected is charged Is. 
 
 The charge for official copies is regulated by the length of the 
 document, &c. 
 
 Applicants are not allowed to copy for themselves except in very 
 rare cases, where the matter is required for some historical or 
 purely literary purpose. The hours of attendance are from nine 
 to five. 
 
 Next in magnitude to the two archiepiscopal courts of Canterbury 
 and York is Chester, in the province of York, extending over the 
 whole counties of Chester and Lancaster, with parts of York, West- 
 moreland, Cumberland, and Flint. The ancient wills here contain 
 a wonderful mass of information illustrative of biography and his- 
 tory. The present Registry Office is open from nine till six ; the 
 fee for searching the index is now altered from 2s. 6d. to Is. 
 
 All modern wills are now copied at length into large well-bound 
 books, in a round hand, so distinct and plain, that the illiterate 
 might read them. The originals can be examined on giving a satis- 
 factory reason to the registrar, who is always anxious to facilitate re- 
 searches for public or literary objects. When any person applies to 
 search on his own responsibility, for either of the above objects, he is 
 allowed to see wills, and make his own extracts, at Is. each. Wills 
 which are received from Manchester and other places, are indexed the 
 same day : a practice very different from that at York, where wills 
 are sometimes not indexed for six or eight months. The first index 
 of wills commences about 1553 ; the diocese was not founded till 
 the reign of Henry VIII., and the testamentary records before that 
 period are to be found at York and Lichfield. There is no index 
 from 1601 to 1605, and the index from 1605 is imperfect, only 
 commencing with the letter M. In the Parliamentary Returns the 
 date of the earliest will is given as 1590. 
 
 The diocese of Lincoln extends over seven counties, viz., Lincoln, 
 Leicester, Bedford, Huntingdon, Buckingham, and parts of Hereford 
 and Derbyshire. Mr. Brace's account of the state in which he 
 found the records here, is anything but satisfactory. The date of 
 the earliest registered will in this office is 1515. From 1526 to 
 1560 there are no regular records; but from the latter year the 
 regular series of registered wills may be dated, extending to the 
 present time. The Administration-Bonds commence with the year 
 1558. Inventories relating to the personal estates of both testators 
 and intestates are filed from the year 1520 to the present time. 
 
346 
 
 WILLS. 
 
 Access can be had to the indexes to wills, on the payment of Is. ; 
 and copies are made on payment of the usual fee of 10c?. per folio. 
 The office hours are from nine to eight. 
 
 The jurisdiction of the Court of Lichfield and Coventry ex- 
 tends over the whole counties of Stafford and Derby, and the greater 
 part of Warwick and Salop. The office for searching is incon- 
 veniently small. The charge is 6s. 8d. per year for parish register 
 returns, and 2s. 6c?. for each will. The date of the earliest will is 
 1526. No extracts are allowed to be made by the inquirer in 
 these offices — a circumstance much complained of by those who 
 have paid their fee to consult these records. 
 
 The following list of the Registers of Wills in the other offices is 
 principally collected from the official returns to Parliament : — 
 
 Diocese. feom a.d. 
 London 1373 
 
 Transcripts 1368 
 
 Norwich 1521 
 
 Oxford 1579 
 
 Transcripts 1528 
 
 Rochester 1508 
 
 Transcripts 1440 
 
 St. Asaph 1660 
 
 Transcripts 1565 
 
 Winchester 1660 
 
 Diocese. feom a.d. 
 
 Bangor 1635 
 
 Bath and Wells .... 1660 
 
 Bristol 1682 
 
 Chichester 1600 
 
 Transcripts 1518 
 
 Ely 1478 
 
 Exeter 1592 
 
 Gloucester 1541 
 
 Hereford 1517 
 
 Although it has been stated in the returns to the House of 
 Commons, that the original wills preserved in the registries of 
 most of the dioceses commence between the years 1500 and 1600, 
 this statement must, it is presumed, be understood with great allow- 
 ances, and rather that there are some few original wills of that period, 
 than that they have been thenceforward regularly preserved. 
 
 The prerogative of the Archbishop of York does not extend to 
 the province of Canterbury ; if, therefore, a deceased person should 
 have bona notabilia 1 in each province, there must be separate admi- 
 nistrations ; neither will a Canterbury or York prerogative probate 
 cover effects in Ireland. 
 
 The contents of the majority of the episcopal, and of some few 
 other registries, may be seen in the Report on Public Records, for 
 the year 1837; and the whole were, together with additional informa- 
 
 1 Bona notabilia are such goods and debts as require administration, and are there- 
 fore termed notabile. The value of them is fixed by the 93rd Canon at £5, except in 
 London, where it is £10. 
 
WILLS. 347 
 
 tion, arranged in alphabetical order of the dioceses, and published 
 in a volume, entitled "Notitia Historical by Sir Harris Nicolas, in 
 1824. A list and short account of the Archiepiscopal Courts of 
 Probate within the Counties of York and Nottingham, &c, were 
 published in 1825, by Mr. Lawton, of York. 
 
 Within many of the dioceses there are various peculiar and 
 exempt jurisdictions. There are several sorts of peculiars, viz., 
 royal peculiars, which are under the immediate jurisdiction of the 
 Crown; peculiars under the jurisdiction of deans and chapters, 
 archdeacons, prebendaries, and other dignitaries; and there are 
 also peculiars which formerly belonged to monasteries, but are now 
 in lay hands. In some seignories or lordships, the probation and 
 approbation of the testaments of the tenants there dwelling, does 
 by prescription appertain to the principal lord; and, in some manors, 
 wills are by prescription to be proved before the steward, though no 
 lands thereby pass. By custom also, the probates of wills of bur- 
 gesses belong to the mayors of some boroughs ; yet, as to personal 
 property, the will must be proved before the ordinary. 
 
 The number of courts throughout the country to which the 
 public may resort for the purpose of proving wills and obtaining 
 administrations is no less than 372. 
 
 The existence of these courts of peculiars is much to be regretted ; 
 their number and insignificance are so great, that parties whose 
 wills are preserved in some of them, are often presumed to have 
 died intestate ; the genealogist, therefore, cannot too well bear them 
 in mind. A list of the various courts of peculiars in the province 
 of Canterbury was published, by order of the Record Commissioners, 
 in the " Valor Ecclesiasticus," or survey of ecclesiastical property, 
 temp. Henry VIII. A list of courts and peculiars throughout all 
 England, will also be found in Gwynne's "Law relating to the 
 Duties on Probates," &c. Lond. 1836. 8vo. p. 201. 
 
 The Sessional Paper of the House of Commons, 1845, No. 249, 
 exhibits the extraordinary number of jurisdictions where wills are 
 to be found : showing that they are deposited in parish churches, 
 private houses of registrars, with lords of manors, &c. Sessional 
 Paper, 1830, No. 205, is a very extensive and valuable return. 
 
 In 1653, by an ordinance of the Commonwealth Parliament, 
 judges were appointed for the probate of wills and granting admi- 
 nistrations in every county and city of England and Wales. This 
 law, which was to endure for six months only, was continued by 
 subsequent ordinances until the Restoration. Although the probate 
 
348 WILLS. 
 
 of many wills might have been granted in various parts of England, 
 /et it is presumed they could only be registered in London. 
 
 Many probates of wills, however, were granted during these 
 periods, of which no registration is to be found, even in the Prero- 
 gative Office; and these probates are frequently found amongst 
 ancient family evidences, 
 
 Royal wills x or transcripts are in existence from the reign of 
 Henry II., a copy of whose will is entered in the Black Book of 
 the Exchequer. Copies have been printed in Rymer's "Fcedera" in 
 Nichols' " Royal Wills" London, 1780 ; and in a work, entitled 
 f Testamenta Vetusta, or Abstracts of Wills of the Royal Family, 
 Nobility, and Gentry, from the reign of Henry II. to the Accession 
 of Elizabeth, 3 ' by Sir N. H. Nicolas. 2 vols. 8vo. 
 
 It is possible that original wills and transcripts may be found 
 with the deeds and evidences of the wards of the Court of Wards 
 and Liveries, at the Chapter House. 
 
 Very early testaments are entered on the Close Bolls, and in the 
 Inquisitiones post mortem. 
 
 The earliest consecutive collection of wills is that entered in the 
 various Archbishops' registers, which are kept at Lambeth Palace, 
 of which a Calendar was made by Dr. Ducarel. The first entry 
 therein is in the year 1312, the last is in 1636. In number they are 
 under 1600. 
 
 Tbs wills enrolled in the Court of Hustings, commencing with 
 the rrign of Henry III., to their discontinuance in that of James L, 
 have been fully and carefully indexed by W. T. Alchin, Esq., the 
 coui teous keeper of the Guildhall Library. The Calendar is alpha- 
 betical, and every will is accessible at a moment's notice. 
 
 Wills and probates are also entered in the Inrolment Books of 
 Patents, &c, formerly belonging to the Auditors of the Land 
 Revenue. 
 
 In the Assignment Books formerly at the Exchequer of Receipt, 
 now at the Rolls Chapel, among other matters, are entered letters 
 of administration and probates of wills, &c, from 1622. Previous to 
 that date the above were entered among the Patents and Privy 
 Seals, and in the Pell Office they are to be found in the Warrant 
 Books, but a great proportion was never recorded by the Clerk of 
 the Pells. 
 
 1 The -wills of Henry V., Henry VII., and Henry VIII., are preserved at the 
 Chapter House. 
 
WILLS. 349 
 
 In thelnrolment or Entry Books of Letters of Privy Seals there are, 
 among other matters, letters of attorney, wills, administrations, &c. 
 
 The wills of Roman Catholics are entered on the Close Rolls at 
 the Tower. 
 
 Muniment books, containing probates of wills, &c., of seamen, 
 from 1660, are preserved among the records of the Admiralty 
 Court. 
 
 Extracts of wills from every register from the different counties, 
 divisions, &c, are now — under stat. 42 Geo. III. c. 99 [1802] — 
 sent to the Legacy Duty Office. 
 
 Abstracts of wills in various registries, both in manuscript and 
 printed, will be found in our public libraries, as follows : — 
 
 WILLS. 
 
 Papers relating to Wills, Probates, Executors, fee. ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MSS. 
 1225; 3793. 
 
 Extracts from the Wills of English Nobility and Gentry, — fourteenth and 
 sixteenth centuries; Ashm. Lib. MS. 1115. 
 
 Papers relating to Probates of Wills during the Protectorate ; Brit. Mus. 
 Har grave MS. 289. 
 
 Cambridge : Abstracts of Wills proved in the Registry of the Bishop of Ely, 
 at Cambridge, from 1478—1551 ; Brit. Mus. Earl. MS. 7043, ff. 153 
 —177, 265. 
 
 Extracts from the Register of Wills in the Diocese of Ely, re- 
 lating to Cambridgeshire, 1515—1561; Brit. Mus. Add.MS. 5861, p. 3. 
 Abstract of Wills recorded in the Registry of the University of 
 
 Cambridge, from 1500 to 1590 ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MSS. 7030, f. 307 ; 
 7033, f. 200. 
 
 Cheshire: Copies of Cheshire Wills; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 1991. 
 
 Wills copied from the " Great Register Booke," in the Will Office 
 
 within the Abbey Court of the City of Chester. They commence about 
 1520, and extend to 1660 ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 2067. 
 
 Durham : Sanctuarium Dunelmense et Sanctuarium Beverlacense ; or, Regis- 
 ters of the Sanctuaries of Durham and Beverley; 1837. Printed by 
 the Surtees Society. 
 
 London : Collectanea quaedam ex Registris Testamentorum in Curia Prserog. 
 Lond., anno 1651 ; Bodl. Lib. MS. 4164. 
 
 Collections out of the Wills in the Prerogative Office ; Ashm. Lib. 
 
 Wood MS. 8584. 
 
 Abstract of various Wills from the Registry in Doctors' Commons ; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Lansd. MS. 938. 
 
 Extracta ex Testamentis in Praerogat. Officio ; Brit. Mus. Harl. 
 
 MS. 972, p. 110. 
 
350 WILLS. 
 
 "Wills. 
 London (continued) : Notes out of Wills in the Prerogative Office ; Brit. 
 
 Mus. Harl. MS. 6148, ff. 12, 17, 63, 100, 123, 138, 144. 
 Wills out of the Prerogative Office ; Coll. of Arms, Vincent MS. 
 
 31, p. 139. 
 Oxfordshire : Some Collections out of the Will Office in Oxford, by Antony 
 
 a Wood; Ashm. Lib. Wood MS. 8562, f. 223. 
 Suffolk : Abstracts of Wills from the Registry of the Archdeacon of Sudbury, 
 
 between 1354 and 1560 ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 294, ff. 156 5—162. 
 Collectanea ex EegistrisTestamentorum, in Cur. Archid. Sudburiensis, 
 
 anno 1633, remanentibus ; Brit. Mus. Earl. MS. 639, f. 121. 
 
 Wills and Inventories from Registers of the Commissary of Bury 
 
 St. Edmunds and the Archdeacon of Sudbury, 1850 ; ed. by S. Tymms. 
 Printed by the Camden Society. The first will is dated 1370, and the 
 last 1649. 
 
 Yorkshire : Wills and Inventories, illustrative of the History, &c. of the 
 Northern Counties of England, 1835. Printed by the Surtees Society. 
 
 Abstract of Wills from the Registry of the Archdeaconry of Rich- 
 mond in Yorkshire, from 1522; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 7029. 
 
 Testamenta Eboracensia, or Wills registered at York, illustrative 
 
 of the History of the Province of York, from 1300 downwards; New- 
 castle, 1836. Printed by the Surtees Society. 
 Ireland: Registrum Testamentorum Diceces. Dublin, temp. Jo. Archiep. Dublin. 
 1472; Trin. Coll. Dub. MS. B. 52. 
 
 By Stat. 7 Anne, c. 20, memorials of wills affecting lands, tene- 
 ments, or hereditaments, co. Middlesex, were ordered to be regis- 
 tered in an office directed to be established by the said Act; in 
 which also were to be registered, deeds, conveyances, &c, in the 
 said comities. 
 
 A similar Act for the West Riding of Yorkshire was passed 2 and 3 
 Anne, c. 4; and for the East Riding and Hull, 6 Anne, c. 62; and 
 another for the North Riding, 8 Geo. II. c. 6. 
 
351 
 
 ^arotfrial an* otfjer Enters* 
 
 "OAROCHIAL REGISTERS.— The evidence afforded by Para. 
 -*- chial Registers is of the first class, and there is scarcely a claim 
 of peerage or case of heirship on record, which has not been proved 
 in part by them. 
 
 At the dissolution of the monasteries, in the year 1535, the dis- 
 persion of the monks, who were, up to that period, the principal 
 register-keepers, gave rise probably to a mandate, issued in 1538, 
 by Thomas Crumwell, afterwards Earl of Essex, the Vicar- General, 
 for the keeping of registers of baptisms, marriages, and burials, in 
 each parish. Afterwards, in the reign of Elizabeth, it was ordered 
 that every minister, at his institution, should subscribe to this 
 protestation, "I shall keepe the register booke according to the 
 Queene's Majesties injunction." 
 
 The registers not being so regularly entered and preserved as was 
 necessary, it was ordained, by a constitution made by the arch- 
 bishops and clergy of Canterbury, 25th of October, 1597, that 
 parchment register books should be purchased at the expense of 
 each parish, and that there should be transcribed, at the same 
 parish cost, from the paper books then in use, into the parchment 
 registers, not only the names of those who had been baptized, 
 married, or buried, during the reign of the then Queen (which 
 commenced 1558, a period of thirty-nine years prior to the man- 
 date), but also the names of those who thenceforth should be bap- 
 tized, married, or buried. Such transcripts to be examined, and 
 their correctness certified at the bottom of each page, by the clergy- 
 man and churchwardens. Copies of the registers were to be 
 forwarded annually, within one month of Easter, by the respective 
 churchwardens, to the registrar of the diocese, that they might be 
 faithfully preserved in the episcopal archives. The constitution 
 was approved by the Queen, under the Great Seal of England, and 
 ordered to be observed in both provinces of Canterbury and York. 
 
 These regulations were confirmed by the 70th Ecclesiastical 
 Canon of 1603, one of the earliest disobediences of which was the 
 
352 PAROCHIAL AND OTHER REGISTERS. 
 
 non-delivery of the duplicates to the registrar of the diocese : a 
 subject of regret, but not of astonishment, when we consider that 
 the registry, transmission, and custody of it, occasioned unprofit- 
 able labour to uninterested parties. 
 
 The next interruption to the proper keeping of registers arose 
 from the civil wars, and most parishes are deficient in registers, or 
 at least in registers of any regularity, during the Usurpation ; not 
 that all registration ceased during that period, as will be seen from 
 what follows, but, that the duty of registrars was taken out of the 
 hands of the clergy, and given over to some village tradesman, whose 
 chief recommendation for the office was probably the zeal he had 
 shown in the destruction of the ancient registers. 
 
 In the year 1644 an ordinance was passed, that " the Book of 
 Common Prayer " should not be thenceforth used, but the " Di- 
 rectory for Public Worship," in which was a clause in these words, 
 11 And it is further ordained, by the authority aforesaid, that there 
 shall be provided, at the charge of every parish or chappelry in this 
 realm of England and dominion of Wales, a fair register-book of 
 velim, to be kept by the minister and other officers of the church ; 
 and that the names of all children baptized, and of their parents, 
 and of the time of their birth and baptizing, shall be written and 
 set down by the ministers therein ; and also the names of all per- 
 sons married there, and the time of their marriage ; and also the 
 names of all persons buried in that parish, and the time of their 
 death and burial ; and that the said book shall be showed, by such 
 as keep the same, to all persons reasonably desiring to search for 
 the birth, baptizing, marriage, or burial of any person therein re- 
 gistered, and to take a copy or procure a certificate thereof." 
 
 And again, " a register is to be carefully kept, wherein the names 
 of the parties so married, with the time of their marriage, are 
 forthwith to be fairly recorded in a book provided for that purpose, 
 for the perusal of all whom it may concern." 
 
 In the year 1653, another ordinance respecting registers was 
 passed, whereby it was enacted, "that a true and just account might 
 always be kept, of all marriages, and also of the births of children, 
 and deaths of all sorts of persons within the commonwealth;" it 
 was further enacted, "that a book of good velim or parchment should 
 be provided by every parish, for the registering of such ; for the 
 safe keeping of which, the inhabitants and householders of every 
 parish chargeable to the relief of the poor, should, before the 22d 
 September 1653, make choice of some able and honest person 
 
PAROCHIAL AND OTHER REGISTERS. 353 
 
 (such as should be sworn and approved by one justice of the peace, 
 and so signified under his hand in the said register-book), to have 
 the keeping of the said book, who should therein fairly enter in 
 writing all such publications, marriages, births of children, and 
 burials of all sorts of persons, and the names of every of them, and 
 the days of the month and year of publication, marriages, births, 
 and burials, and the parents', guardians', and overseers' names; 
 and that the register of such parish should attend the said justice 
 of peace, to subscribe the entry of such marriage ; and the party 
 so elected should be called the parish register, and should continue 
 three years in the said place of register, and longer, until some 
 other should be chosen," &c. 
 
 The ordinances contain no particular directions for the preserva- 
 tion of the registers, and as they were retained in private hands, 
 and the registrars were continually changed, most of the records 
 have been lost; in some parishes the entries are found in the old 
 parish book of registers. 
 
 With the Restoration this irregular system of registers ceased, 
 and from 1660 the parochial registers have in most cases been well 
 kept. 
 
 The next legal notice of registers arose out of a tax upon mar- 
 riages, births, and burials, &c, for the levying of which it was, by 
 statute 6 and 7 Will. III. [1694], c. 6, enacted, that every clergy- 
 man should keep a register of all persons married, buried, christened, 
 or born, in his parish, under the penalty of j8100. 
 
 In the following year a further enactment was made, to restrain 
 marriages without licenses or bans, and for better registering 
 marriages, births, and burials. Distinct registers were to be kept 
 of children born in the parish and not christened, and all parents 
 were, within five days, to give notice of the birth of a child. 
 
 In 1711 (10 Anne), in consequence of the "inconvenience which 
 daily grew " from solemnizing clandestine marriages, an Act was 
 passed, imposing certain penalties on clergymen offending. Amongst 
 other clauses, it was directed that the churchwardens and chapel- 
 wardens of every parish or chapelry should provide books of vellum 
 or good paper, in which all marriages and bans of marriage 
 should be registered; that the pages should be numbered, and 
 ruled with lines at proper and equal distances, and that the bans 
 and marriages should be registered, and signed by the clergyman ; 
 and that the books should be carefully kept for public use ; and 
 
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354 PAROCHIAL AND OTHER REGISTERS. 
 
 that the marriages should be in the presence of two witnesses, and 
 that all parties should sign their names to a register thereof. 
 
 The Act of 1 754 having rendered it necessary to the legality of a 
 marriage, that it should be solemnized in some church or chapel 
 where bans had been theretofore usually published, the Court of 
 King's Bench was compelled, in 1781, to declare a marriage void 
 which had been duly solemnized in a consecrated chapel erected in 
 1765. An Act of Parliament was, therefore, immediately passed, 
 declaring that all marriages solemnized before the 1st of August, 
 1781, in any church or public chapel, erected and consecrated 
 since the 26th Geo. II., should be good and valid in law, and that 
 the registers of such marriages, or copies thereof, should be received 
 in all courts as evidence; and that the registers of all marriages 
 solemnized in any such chapels should, within twenty days, be 
 removed to the parish church of the parish in which such chapel 
 should be situated, to be kept with the marriage register of such 
 parish. 
 
 The last legal interference respecting registers, was the Act of 
 52 Geo. III., c. 146, which, after reciting that the amending the 
 manner and form of keeping and preserving registers of baptisms, 
 marriages, and burials of his Majesty's subjects, in the several 
 parishes and places of England, would greatly facilitate the proof 
 of pedigrees of persons claiming to be entitled to real or personal 
 estates, enacts that new books of registers, with new forms, should 
 be used by all parishes after the 31st December, 1812. The bap- 
 tisms, marriages, and burials were to be registered in separate 
 books, the registers of each parish were to be preserved in an iron 
 chest, and annual copies were to be sent to the bishop's registrar 
 of the diocese, who was likewise to be furnished with lists of extant 
 register books. 
 
 Thus far the Legislature appears to have well provided for the 
 careful keeping and safe custody of these important documents. 
 Many circumstances have however arisen to counteract its good 
 intentions : fires, robberies, neglect, and other accidents, have each 
 contributed to their destruction, and this more especially in small 
 country parishes, where these books are not often referred to. 
 
 It may not be out of place here to remind those in whose custody 
 so many of these mutilated registers remain, that, although no 
 remedy has yet been found to cure the ravages of damp, yet, that 
 vellum documents injured by fire can be restored to use, at, com- 
 paratively speaking, small expense, when the value of these records 
 
PAROCHIAL AND OTHER REGISTERS. 355 
 
 is taken into consideration. As an instance of this, we need only 
 refer to the beautiful restorations of the burnt MSS. in the Cot- 
 tonian Library, at the British Museum, effected with great skill, by 
 Mr. Henry Gough, sen. 
 
 Many parishes have no early registers 
 
 The registers of London parishes will most generally be found to 
 commence in the year 1558 (1 Elizabeth), and to have been thence 
 regularly continued (the Usurpation excepted) to the present day. 
 The registers of the twenty years intervening between their intro- 
 duction in 1538 and the year 1558, are not frequently met with. 
 
 All parish registers have more entries of burials than of christen- 
 ings. Half-baptisms are not recorded, though some clergymen 
 make memoranda of them. 
 
 Many registers contain further information than the baptisms, 
 marriages, or deaths, which is always interesting, if not useful. 
 
 Ancient registers sometimes record marriages which did not take 
 place in the parish. 
 
 It should be remembered that many parishes exist no longer, or 
 have become united to others. No less than thirty-five of the 
 churches destroyed by the fire of London in 1666, have never been 
 rebuilt. The ancient registers of these parishes, or some of them, 
 may often with diligence be discovered; at times they are to be 
 found in the chest of the nearest, or of a neighbouring parish 
 church. 
 
 Some Hospitals have the privilege of baptism and burial accord- 
 ing to the forms, and by clergymen of the Established Church. 
 
 Some persons have their decease registered in two places; such 
 is the case with many members of Lincoln's Inn, who are buried 
 in their chapel, and have their obits nevertheless entered in the 
 register of the parish of St. Andrew, Holborn ; and the decease 
 of Catholics is recorded in the registers of Catholic chapels, whilst 
 their burials appear entered in the Protestant registers of the places 
 of their sepulture. 
 
 It should be remembered that it was common in the age of 
 Elizabeth to give the same Christian name to two children succes- 
 sively ; and that every unmarried lady was called Mistress till the 
 time of George I. 
 
 The negligent way in which all parochial registers have, at some 
 period or other, been kept, precludes the possibility of substan- 
 tiating a pedigree traced through a period of two centuries; for, 
 independently of the casualties to the registers themselves, the 
 
356 
 
 PAROCHIAL AND OTHER REGISTERS. 
 
 very books constantly bear evidence that baptisms, marriages, and 
 burials, have been wholly omitted to be entered; and entries of 
 births, marriages, and burials, are very common with the names 
 omitted. 
 
 It has been already stated (p. 354) that the churchwardens of 
 each parish were directed to forward copies of the registers annually 
 to the registrar of the diocese, that they might be preserved in the 
 episcopal archives. This injunction, probably from the unprofitable 
 duties which it entailed, was so frequently neglected, that at the 
 present time the duplicate registers are not perfect in any one 
 diocese in the kingdom. The accompanying schedule, taken from 
 the Returns to Parliament, will serve, in some slight degree, as a 
 guide, showing the assistance an inquirer may be likely to obtain, 
 on application for registers at the diocesan registries. 
 
 Transcripts of Parochial Registers in the Archives of the 
 several Bishops. 
 
 Bath and Wells . . . . 
 Bedford Archdeaconry . . 
 
 Bristol 
 
 Carlisle 
 
 Chester 
 
 Chichester Archdeaconry . . 
 
 Durham 
 
 Ely 
 
 Exeter 
 
 Gloucester 
 
 Hereford 
 
 Huntingdon Archdeaconry, ") 
 
 in Huntingdonshire . . ) 
 Huntingdon Archdeaconry, | 
 
 in Hertford . . . . ) 
 Leicester Archdeaconry . . 
 
 Lewes 
 
 Lichfield and Coventry . . 
 Lincoln County 
 
 London 
 
 Norwich 
 
 Date of 
 
 Earliest 
 Transcript. 
 
 1731 
 1650 
 
 1600 
 
 1571 
 1660 
 
 1660 
 1587 
 
 Parishes 
 
 in 
 Diocese. 
 
 480 
 120 
 204 
 101 
 262 
 129 
 195 
 156 
 
 323 
 92 
 
 77 
 
 231 
 142 
 
 Number of Parishes 
 
 transmitting 
 Duplicates in 1800. 
 
 50 
 
 nearly perfect. 
 
 perfect. 
 
 101 
 
 perfect. 
 
 perfect. 
 
 147 
 
 nearly perfect. 
 
 nearly perfect. 
 323 
 
 85 
 
 74 
 
 nearly complete. 
 
 perfect. 
 
 nearly perfect. 
 
 ditto. 
 
 r None. It has never been the custom for 
 < the Clergy in this Diocese to transmit 
 C. duplicates. 
 
 The Returns are 
 to four 
 
 Archdeaconries. 
 
PAROCHIAL AND OTHER REGISTERS. 
 
 357 
 
 Oxford 
 
 Peterborough . . . 
 Richmond Archdeaconry 
 Rochester .... 
 
 Salisbury 
 
 Winton 
 
 Worcester .... 
 York, Dean and Chapter 
 
 Date of 
 
 Earliest 
 
 Transcript. 
 
 Parishes 
 
 in 
 Diocese. 
 
 1660 
 
 214 
 
 330 
 
 77 
 
 95 
 
 434 
 
 324 
 
 252 
 
 90 
 
 Number of Parishes 
 
 transmitting 
 Duplicates in 1800. 
 
 150 
 225 
 74 , 
 7 
 9 in 10 
 nearly perfect. 
 181 
 perfect. 
 
 From this account it will be seen that many thousand registers 
 are wanting, nor have recent inquiries tended to show that much 
 greater care has been latterly bestowed upon them. 
 
 Dr. Thelwall, of Newcastle, writes, in the " Gentleman's Maga- 
 zine" for 1819, page 490: — "The most shameful negligence is 
 attributed to the person (the Deputy Registrar at York) in whose 
 keeping the records have been placed. Indeed I have some reason 
 to suppose this, as I lately saw, in the possession of a friend, a great 
 number of extracts from the registrar of a certain parish in this 
 neighbourhood, and on questioning him as to the way in which he 
 became possessed of them, I was informed that they were given to 
 him by his cheesemonger, and that copies were forwarded by the 
 clergyman of the parish to the proper officer in a bordering diocese, 
 and had been allowed, through the negligence of their keeper, 
 to obtain the distinguished honour of wrapping up cheese and 
 bacon." 
 
 In the evidence of Sir William Betham, Ulster King at Arms, 
 before the Committee in 1832, we find that he had occasion to 
 search at York Cathedral, and went for the express purpose of 
 searching duplicates of Parish Registers. He found them " lying 
 unarranged and unconsul table " in the office. Upon asking the 
 reason, he was answered that the Act of Parliament which ordered 
 this class of records to be sent to the Bishop's Registry, gave no 
 directions about fees. 
 
 Mr. Downing Bruce states, in a very able pamphlet, published 
 in 1854, 1 that the Parish Register of Kirkby Malzeard, in Yorkshire, 
 for 1653, which was reported by the curate as lost or stolen, was 
 
 1 "An Account of the present deplorable State of the Ecclesiastical Courts of Kecord, 
 with Proposals for their Keformation," by W. D. Bruce, Esq. Lond. 1854. 8vo. 
 
358 PAROCHIAL AND OTHER REGISTERS. 
 
 discovered by him (Mr. Bruce), tattered and torn, behind some 
 old drawers in the curate's back kitchen. 
 
 At Chester, the Parish Register returns are substantially bound, 
 in separate parishes, and kept in one large room ; they have been 
 much referred to since their arrangement, about four years ago ; a 
 fee of three shillings and fourpence is demanded for each parish 
 examined. At York the charge for inspecting the transcripts of 
 Parish Registers is one shilling for each year and each parish exa- 
 mined; the charge for searching the marriage license file is one 
 shilling per year. 
 
 At Lincoln the duplicate Parish Registers are tied up in the 
 parcels in which they were sent, bundled into boxes, and those 
 which had been written on parchment were regularly cut up for 
 binding modern wills. 
 
 At Lichfield, Mr. Bruce found the records exposed to the rain, 
 through the dilapidated state of the building in which they were kept; 
 and in such order, that the clerks acknowledged it would take at 
 least eight or ten months to find any wills required before 1526. 
 
 The charge for searching the Parish Register Returns at Lich- 
 field is six shillings and eightpence for each year. 
 
 By an Act recently passed, the charge for searching in Parochial 
 Registers has been fixed at one shilling for each year, and at three 
 shillings and sixpence for each certified extract. 
 
 Applicants at the various Registries are not allowed to copy for 
 themselves, except in very rare cases, where the matter is required 
 for some historical or purely literary purpose. 
 
 Much valuable information for a genealogist may be obtained 
 from Bigland's " Observations on Parochial Registers," Lond. 1764, 
 4to. ; and from Burn's "History of Parish Registers in England" 
 Lond. 1829, 8vo. Many Extracts from Parochial Registers are 
 printed in County Histories, and other topographical and genealo- 
 gical works, others exist in manuscript, in several of our public 
 Libraries ; a list of some of these is given below : — 
 
 PAROCHIAL REGISTERS. 
 
 Memoranda of Births, Marriages, Deaths, and Burials of Persons, from 1720 
 
 to 1729; Coll. of Arms, Norfolk MS. 61. 
 Registry of Births before Christmas 1747, and since; College of Arms, 
 
 Norfolk MS. A. 1. 
 Registry of Births for the Colonies, from the year 1750; Coll. of Arms, 
 
 Norfolk MS. 
 
PAROCHIAL AND OTHER REGISTERS. 359 
 
 Parochial Kegisteks. 
 Parish Registers and Chapelry Registers extant in 1831, alphabetically 
 
 arranged under the Hundreds, in 6 vols. ; Brit. Mus. Add. MSS. 9355 
 
 —9360. 
 Bedfordshire : Extracts from the Parish Registers of Campton, Co. Bedford. 
 
 See Nichols' " Collectanea Topographica et Genealogical vol. iii. p. 121. 
 
 of Cople, Co. Bedford. vol. v. p. 362. 
 
 of Hawnes, Co. Bedford, vol. iii. p. 85. 
 
 Berkshire : Extracts from the Parish Eegisters of Welford, Co. Berks. See 
 
 Nichols' " Collect. Topog. et Genealqg." vol. v. p. 359. 
 of Steventon [Co. Berks ?] ; Brit. Mus. 
 
 Had. MS. 2395. 
 Buckinghamshire : Extracts from the Parish Registers of Burnham, in Buck- 
 inghamshire. See Nichols' "Collect. Topog. et Genealog." vol. iv. p. 286. 
 
 of Iver, same County, vol. iii. p. 279. 
 
 Cheshire : Extracts from the Parish Registers of Backford, in Cheshire. See 
 
 Nichols' " Collect. Topog. et Genealog." vol. iv. p. 232. 
 Copy of the Register of the Parish of St. Bridget, in Chester, from 
 
 1560 to 1638 ; Brit. Mus. Earl. MS. 2177. 
 of St. Mary-on-the-Hill, in Chester, from 
 
 1547—1553; Brit. Mus. Harl.MS. 2177, f. 113. 
 of St. Olave, in Chester; Brit. Mus. 
 
 Harl.MS. 2177, f. 161. 
 
 — of Trinity Church, in Chester, from 1598 
 
 to 1653; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 2177, f. 55. 
 
 Extracts from the Parish Registers of Earndon, in Cheshire, com- 
 
 mencing 1601. See Nichols' "Collect. Topog. et Genealog." vol. iv. p. 233. 
 Dorsetshire: Extracts from the Parish Registers of Sutton Waldron, Co. 
 
 Dorset. See Nichols' "Topographer" vol. iii. p. 411. 
 Essex -. Extracts from the Parish Registers of Stanway, Co. Essex. See 
 
 Nichols' "Collectanea Topographica et Genealogica" vol. iv. p. 305. 
 
 of They don Mount, from 1564. vol. viii. p. 406. 
 
 Gloucestershire : Extracts from the Parish Registers of Aston-sub-Edge, Co. 
 
 Gloucester. See Nichols' " Collect. Topog. et Genealog." vol. vii. p. 279. 
 Herefordshire : Collections out of a Register of the Church of Hereford, from 
 
 a.d. 1393 ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 6203. 
 Kent : Extracts from the Parish Registers in Kent ; Soc. of Ant. MSS. 180 ; 
 
 183. 
 Abstract of the Parish Register of Bromley, in Kent, from 1651 to 1698; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 3391. 
 ■ of Down, same County. See Nichols' 
 
 "Topographer" vol. ii. pp. 280, 532. 
 Lincolnshire : Account of the Baptisms and Burials within the Hundred of 
 
 Boothby-Graffor, in Lincolnshire, from 1688. See " Gent. Mag." 1782, 
 
 p. 75. 
 
360 PAROCHIAL AND OTHER REGISTERS. 
 
 Parochial Kegisters. 
 London: Burials and Christenings in London, from 8th to 15th April, 1618 ; 
 Brit. Mus. Royal MS. 7, C. xvi. art. 16. 
 
 Registry of Births for London, from Christmas 1747, and since ; 
 
 Coll. of Arms, Norfolk MSS. A. 1 ; B. 1. 
 
 Burials in the Charter-House, London. See Nichols' "Collect. Topog. 
 
 et Genealog." vol. iv. p. 308. 
 at St. Dunstan's-in-the-West, London. vol. iv. p. 116. 
 
 — Extracts from the Parish Registers of St. Dunstan-in-the- West, 
 London. See Nichols' "Topographer" vol. v. pp. 202, 365. 
 
 — Extracts from the Parish Registers of St. James, Westminster. See 
 Nichols' "Topographer" vol. iii. p. 491. 
 
 of St. Olave, Hart Street, London. See 
 
 Nichols' "Collect. Topog. et Genealog." vol. ii. p. 311. 
 
 — Baptisms in Somerset House Chapel, from 1732 — 1775 ; Marriages 
 in the same, from 1714—1758 ; and Burials in the Vault there, from 
 1720—1770. All privately printed by Sir Thomas Phillipps, Bart., in 
 1831. 8vo. 
 
 — Register of Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials in Westminster Abbey ; 
 from 1607 to 1705. See Nichols' " Collect. Topog. et Genealog." vol. vii. 
 pp. 162, 243, 355 ; vol. viii. p. 1. 
 
 Burials in the Chapter House, Westminster, temp. Hen. VIII. See 
 
 Nichols' "Collect. Topog. et Genealog." vol. i. p. 21. 
 Middlesex : Extracts from the Parish Registers of Hammersmith, Co. Mid- 
 dlesex. See Nichols' "Collect. Topographica et Genealogica" vol. iii. 
 
 p. 316. 
 Northamptonshire : Extracts from the Parish Registers of Great Billing, Co. 
 
 Northampton. See Nichols' " Collect. Topog. et Genealog." vol. viii. 
 
 p. 189. 
 Oxfordshire : Collections out of the Registers of all the Parishes in Oxford, 
 
 by Ant. a Wood, from about 1538 till 1677 ; Ashm. Lib. Wood MS. 
 
 8524. 
 Chipping-Norton Register, Co. Oxford, 1560—1686; folio. 
 
 Privately printed by Sir Thomas Phillipps, Bart. 
 Surrey : Extracts from the Parish Registers of Addington, Co. Surrey. See 
 
 Nichols' "Collect. Topog. et Genealog." vol. vii. p. 286. 
 f Croydon, Co. Surrey. In addition to 
 
 those published in Steinman's "History of Croydon" 8vo. 1834, see 
 
 Nichols' "Collect. Topog. et Genealog." vol. ii. p. 292 ; vol. iii. p. 807 ; 
 
 vol. iv. p. 91 ; vol. v. p. 42. 
 
 of Camberwell, in same County. See 
 
 Nichols' "Collectanea Topographica et Genealogica" vol. iii. p. 142. 
 of Streatham, in same Co. vol. iii. p. 309. 
 
 Sussex : Extracts from Parish Registers of Sussex, &c. by Sir William Burrell ; 
 Brit. Mus. Add. MSS. 5697—5699. 
 
PAROCHIAL AND OTHER REGISTERS. 361 
 
 Paeochial Kegistebs. 
 Wiltshire : Extracts from Wiltshire Parish Registers, 8vo. Privately printed 
 by Sir Thomas Phillipps, Bart. 
 
 Extracts from the Parish Register of Bedwyn Magna, Co. Wilts. 
 
 See Nichols' " Collectanea Topographica et Genealogical vol. v. p. 28. 
 of Bedwyn Parva. vol. v. p. 359. 
 
 Parish Register of Durneford, Wiltshire, to a.d. 1650 ; Salisd. 
 
 1823. 8vo. Privately printed by Sir Thomas Phillipps, Bart. 
 
 Extracts from the Parish Registers of Aldbourn, Go. Wilts. See 
 
 Nichols* "Collectanea Topographica et Genealogical vol. vi. p. 385. 
 of Chute, same County, vol. viii. p. 190. 
 of Collingbourne Ducis, Collingboume 
 
 Kingston, Burbage, and Tidcombe, Co. Wilts. See Nichols* "Col- 
 lectanea Topographica et Genealogical vol. vii. pp. 72, 175. 
 
 of Easton. vol. v. p. 39. 
 
 of Eroxfield. vol. v. p. 36. 
 
 of Hungerford. vol. v. p. 359. 
 
 of Malmesbury. vol. vi. p. 237. 
 
 « of Market Lavington. vol. viii. p. 201. 
 
 of St. Peter and St. Paul the Apostles, and 
 
 St. Mary the Virgin, Marlborough. vol. v. p. 260. 
 
 — of Milton Lislebon. See Nichols' "Topo- 
 
 • grapher" vol. iii. p. 347. 
 
 of Preshute, Mildenhall, Ogbourn Saint 
 
 Andrew, and Ogbourn Saint George. See Nichols' " Collectanea Topo- 
 graphica et Genealogical vol. v. p. 346. 
 of Stratton Saint Margaret, and South 
 
 Marston, in Wiltshire; Middle Hilly 182 — . 8vo. Privately printed 
 
 by Sir Thomas Phillipps, Bart. 
 Worcestershire: Marriages at Bretforton, Co. Worcester, 1538 to 1752, 
 
 Lond. 1831. 8vo. Privately printed by Sir Thomas Phillipps, Bart. 
 Yorkshire : Extracts from the Parish Registers of Hornby, Co. York. See 
 
 Nichols' "Collectanea Topographica et Genealogical vol. iii. p. 325. 
 
 of Tong. vol. viii. p. 364. 
 
 of Wath, near Ripon. vol. iii. p. 414. 
 
 Monmouth : Extracts of Marriages from the Register of Tintern Abbey, Co. 
 
 Monmouth; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 6148, f. 16. 
 Ireland : Extracts from the Parish Registers of St. Nicholas, Dublin. See 
 
 Nichols' "Topographer" vol. ii. p. 520. 
 
 Marriage Dispensations, or Licenses, — Much important in- 
 formation relative to the dissolution and contraction of marriages, 
 is to be obtained from the bulk or briefe of Dispensations. In 
 
362 PAROCHIAL AND OTHER REGISTERS. 
 
 former times, applications from great men to the Pope or other 
 ecclesiastical authorities, that parties, prohibited by certain impe- 
 diments, might intermarry, were very frequent. By the change of 
 religion in the time of Henry VIII., the dispensing power was 
 transferred to the Protestant clergy, and papal bulls or dispensa- 
 tions found successors in the marriage licenses of the present day. 
 
 By the Act of 25th Henry VIII. it was enacted, that all dispensa- 
 tions, licenses, and confirmations, obtained from the See of Rome 
 before the 12th day of March 1533, should be valid; but that after 
 that time the Archbishop of Canterbury and other spiritual persons 
 should alone grant licenses of things wont to be licensed. 
 
 Nevertheless great irregularities about marriage continued to 
 exist, which called forth another Act of the 28th Henry VIII., 
 wherein it was declared that all faculties and dispensations what- 
 ever, issuing from the See of Rome, should be void and of no value. 
 
 The Parliament also, in 1533, in one of their Acts, caused to be 
 published a table of degrees, wherein it was prohibited by God's 
 law to marry. But the Act did not cure these irregularities, for 
 many thought to bear out themselves in their illegal contracts, by 
 getting dispensations from the Archbishop, which created him much 
 trouble by his denying to grant them. 
 
 For genealogical particulars and identity of parties, no parochial 
 registers can be compared with the Protestant licenses of marriage ; 
 documents which like these contain, under the sanction of an oath, 
 the names, residences, and descriptions of husbands and wives, 
 their ages, whether they have been previously married, their hand- 
 writing, and if under age, the names, particulars, and handwriting 
 of parents or guardians, must in all cases be ranked as of the most 
 valuable description of evidence. 
 
 The most important repository of Dispensations prior to the 
 Reformation is doubtless in the Vatican. 
 
 In the year 1788, Andrew Stuart, Esq., M.P., having a wish to 
 inspect the marriage dispensations in this repository, to aid him in 
 the compilation of a Genealogical History of the Stewarts, obtained 
 an introduction to Monsieur de Marini, the keeper of the Secret 
 Archives. Mr. Stuart's research was for Scotch families ; and after 
 much labour, no less than sixty dispensations to Scotsmen alone 
 were furnished by M. Marini, and verbatim copies of thirty-eight 
 having been obtained, were afterwards printed by Mr. Stuart, to- 
 gether with the dates and names of the parties to the remaining 
 twenty-two dispensations. M. Marini's search extended from 1317 
 
PAROCHIAL AND OTHER REGISTERS. 363 
 
 to 1452, not only in the Vatican and Castle of S* Angelo, bnt at the 
 Office of the Dataria ; and he fonnd dispensations during the whole 
 course of this period, with little intermission. 
 
 The next most important archives for ancient marriage dis- 
 pensations are the Registers of the Archbishops and Bishops of this 
 kingdom, in which are not only transcripts of, but (it is believed) 
 original marriage dispensations. 
 
 They are to be found of as early a date as the year 1300, in the 
 library at Lambeth ; and some as early as the twelfth century are 
 in the British Museum. 
 
 Ancient applications to Popes for marriage dispensations are to be 
 found entered on the rolls called "Roman Rolls" preserved at the 
 Tower of London. These records commence 34 Edw. I. [1305], 
 and conclude 23 Edw. IV. [1483]. 
 
 The records of modern marriage dispensations, or marriage 
 licenses as they are now termed, will be found in the registries of 
 the several Bishops and Archbishops ; and the documents preserved 
 in such archives are the affidavits made by parties applying for 
 licenses, and the bonds entered into by them at the same time. 
 
 In London there are three distinct offices where marriage 
 licenses can be obtained ; and, as each is independent of the others, 
 distinct registries are kept in each. 
 
 1. The Bishop of Loudon's Office, in his Consistory Court, as 
 head of the diocese. This registry has license records from about 
 the Fire of London. 
 
 2. The Vicar- General, who has authority over the whole see of 
 Canterbury. This registry has them from the 8th August, 1666, 
 twenty-five days prior to the fire (all earlier records having been 
 then burnt) . 
 
 3. The Faculty Office, or Office of the Primate, which has juris- 
 diction over the see of York as well as that of Canterbury. Books 
 of licenses exist in this office from about 163. 
 
 Of the Marriage Allegation Papers, or Affidavits, formerly at 
 York, Mr. Bruce thus writes : l — " I was not prepared to find that 
 the whole of another and most important class of records, up to a 
 comparatively late date, were not forthcoming ; namely, Marriage 
 Allegation Papers, or Affidavits. On inquiry elsewhere it was dis- 
 covered that these documents, or at least the greater part of them, 
 were the private property of one of the clerks, a genealogist by pro- 
 
 1 See note, page 357. 
 
364 PAROCHIAL AND OTHER REGISTERS. 
 
 fession, who kept them in his own house. ' A County Magistrate/ 1 
 in a letter to the ' York Herald,' dated 23rd Oct. 1850, in answer to 
 a statement made by Mr. E. V. Harcourt, the Registrar, respecting 
 these documents, states : — ' I have in my possession a number of 
 papers containing notifications of marriage, extracted, as I under- 
 stand, from the private documents of the gentleman who, I presume, 
 is alluded to, which were furnished by him about six months ago ; 
 and each of these notices of marriage has a regular printed formula 
 attached to it, specifying a graduated scale of charges for the inform a- 
 tion so furnished, amounting altogether to a large sum of money. 
 I will minutely describe them. Each paper, after giving informa- 
 tion required in manuscript, has printed at the foot of it these 
 words : — " The above is a correct copy of an entry in my manuscript, 
 entitled Notes of Weddings by License." Then comes the written 
 signature of a gentleman who is, it is presumed, the clerk in ques- 
 tion, and the date, "York, February, 1850." Then comes, under a 
 line, the following notification in print : — " The manuscript above 
 mentioned, which relates principally, but not wholly, to the seven- 
 teenth century, and contains many important particulars as to 
 residence, age, rank, and not to be found in any other collections, has 
 been compiled probably from original marriage licenses, as it con- 
 tains facts which in several instances are not recorded in the license 
 affidavits preserved in the Registry at York. Fees for a general search 
 for any surname, including a list of all, whether male or female, 
 with year, according to the following plan : — "Dawson, Gent, and 
 Lister," £l. 0s. Od. ; a copy of each note of marriage, where the 
 party is described as merchant, gentleman, or of higher rank, 
 £1. 0s. Od. ; a copy of each note of marriage, where the party is 
 not described as above, or is undescribed in the list, £0. 5s. Od. 
 ^ Personal applications cannot be attended to.' " The signature 
 to this document is " William Pover." 
 
 At Chester the Marriage Allegation Books from 1606 have a few 
 chasms. The first book commences in 1606 and ends 1616. The 
 marriage affidavits and bonds are very imperfect prior to the year 
 1700, and there is no index to them. 
 
 Other dispensations, having, however, no relation to marriage, 
 must be noticed. They are entered on the Dispensation Rolls, and 
 contain enrolments of commendams, degrees, dispensations, and 
 faculties, which have passed under the Great Seal. They are pre- 
 
 1 Geo. P. Dawson, Esq., of Osgodby Hall, magistrate for the East and "West 
 Riding of Yorkshire. 
 
PAROCHIAL AND OTHER REGISTERS. 365 
 
 served at the Rolls Chapel, and extend (but not regularly) from 
 the 37th Elizabeth (1594) to the 20th Geo. II. 
 
 Register books, in which these documents are entered, are kept 
 by the Secretary of Presentations, from 1692 to the present time. 
 
 The fiat of the Archbishop of Canterbury to grant a com- 
 mendam is addressed to the Master of the Faculties (Faculty 
 Office, Doctors' Commons), which fiat is all that is required at 
 the Faculty Office to proceed with the instrument and forward it to 
 the Dispensation Office in Chancery, where it is confirmed and sealed. 
 
 In the State Paper Office are Dispensations from the year 
 1532 to 1698. 
 
 NON-PAROCHIAL REGISTERS. 
 
 In the 7th year of King William IV. (1836) a Commission was 
 issued under the Great Seal, authorising certain Commissioners to 
 inquire into the state, custody, and authenticity of any such Regis- 
 ters or Records of Births or Baptisms, Deaths or Burials, and Mar- 
 riages lawfully solemnised, as had been theretofore or were then 
 kept in England and Wales, other than the Parochial Registers, and 
 the copies thereof deposited with the Diocesan Registrars ; and to in- 
 quire whether any and what measures could be beneficially adopted 
 for collecting and arranging all or any of such Registers or Records, 
 and for depositing the same, or copies thereof, in the Office of the 
 Registrar-General of Births, Deaths, and Marriages, or for other- 
 wise preserving the same ; and also to consider and advise the proper 
 measures to be adopted for giving full force and effect, as evidence 
 in all courts of justice, to all such Registers as might be found 
 accurate and faithful. 
 
 Public notice was given of the existence of this Commission, 
 and circular letters were addressed to the ministers of all the Dis- 
 senting congregations in England and Wales, and to other persons 
 having custody of such Registers, calling upon them to surrender 
 the Registers to the custody of the Commissioners, or to afford 
 information on various points connected with the objects of the 
 Commission. The circulars were forwarded to the ministers of the 
 following religious communities : — 
 
 The Foreign Protestant Churches in 
 
 England, 
 The Presbyterians, 
 The Baptists, 
 The Wesleyan Methodists, in their 
 
 several branches, 
 
 The Independents, 
 The Moravians, 
 
 The Countess of Huntingdon's Con- 
 nection, 
 The Calvinistic Methodists, and 
 The Swedenborgians. 
 
366 PAROCHIAL AND OTHER REGISTERS. 
 
 Communications to a similar effect were also addressed to 
 
 The Prelates of the Roman Catholic 
 
 Church, 
 The Quakers, 
 The Jews, 
 
 The Heralds' College, 
 The Corporation of London, as having 
 
 The result was the transmission of about 7000 Registers from 
 3630 religious congregations, viz. 
 
 the custody of the BunhilKFielda 
 
 Burial Register, 
 The East India House, and 
 The Registrar of the Consistory Court 
 
 of the Diocese of London. 
 
 The Foreign Protestant Churches 37 
 
 The Presbyterians, Independents, and Baptists . . . . 2264 
 
 The Wesleyan Methodists, in their several branches . . 818 
 
 The Moravians 10 
 
 The Lady Huntingdon's Connection 44 
 
 The Calvinistic Methodists 436 
 
 The Swedenborgians 21 
 
 Total . . 3630 
 
 Each of these registers was authenticated by a certificate under 
 the signature of the minister, or of some officer of the Church or 
 Denomination from whom it was received. In many instances the 
 book containing the register comprised also entries relating to 
 religious tenets and discipline, which the congregations were un- 
 willing to give up. To meet this difficulty, the Commissioners 
 detached and returned the irrelevant matter to the several congre- 
 gations, and affixed a certificate to the register, explaining the cause 
 of the mutilation of the book. 
 
 On the subject of the admissibility of these registers as evidence 
 in courts of justice, it appeared to the Commissioners essential to 
 consider how they stood as contrasted with parochial registers, 
 and the principle upon which the broad distinction which has 
 hitherto obtained between these two classes of documents is 
 founded. Parish registers are invariably received in all our courts 
 of justice as evidence of baptisms, marriages, and burials, while 
 the non-parochial registers were not admissible. The grounds of 
 this distinction were these : — Parish registers, framed originally in 
 pursuance of injunctions issuing from the sovereign power in the 
 state, and subsequently recognised by repeated acts of the Legis- 
 lature, had been kept for general use in the custody of public 
 functionaries ; whereas the non-parochial registers not having been 
 so made, and having been kept in the custody of private individuals 
 
PAROCHIAL AND OTHER REGISTERS. 367 
 
 — however carefully and strictly preserved, however formally and 
 regularly made — had never been admissible in evidence as registers 
 in courts of justice. 
 
 To afford, therefore, every facility and advantage for establishing 
 the registers of the Dissenters, so far as might be compatible with the 
 due administration of justice, the Commissioners recommended — 
 
 1. That the several registers transmitted to them, together with the 
 certificates and returns annexed thereto, shall be kept together in some 
 secure place of deposit, under the care of the Registrar-General. 
 
 2. That all registers so deposited shall be deemed to be in legal 
 custody, and shall be receivable in evidence in all courts of jus- 
 tice, subject to certain conditions. 
 
 3. That the officer having custody of the registers shall, on sub- 
 poena or order of a competent court, produce any original register 
 deposited with him. 
 
 4. That in all criminal proceedings the proof shall be by the pro- 
 duction of the original. 
 
 5. That in all other cases, copies or extracts, duly certified, shall 
 be receivable in evidence, subject to certain regulations. 
 
 The office of the Registrar-General at Somerset House is open 
 every day. The charge for search is Is., and for a copy, 2s. 6d. 
 
 To this " Report " we are chiefly indebted for the contents of the 
 following pages. 
 
 The Foreign Protestant Churches in England. — The first 
 registers in point of antiquity are those of the Walloon and French 
 Churches. 1 They commence in the year 1567, and are the Registers 
 of Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials of Foreigners, who, flying from 
 religious persecution in their own countries, have, from time to 
 time, been received with hospitality in England, and have met with 
 protection from the sovereigns of this country, who liberally pro- 
 vided for the maintenance of their schools and ministers. Their 
 churches were established in London, Canterbury, Norwich, South- 
 ampton, and other towns. 
 
 The first considerable influx of these foreigners appears to have 
 been from Flanders, in the reign of Edward VI., and during the 
 civil wars which prevailed in the Low Countries. Their numbers 
 were greatly augmented in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, after the 
 massacre of Paris in 1572, and, in later times, after the revocation 
 
 1 A "History of the French, Walloon, Butch, and other Foreign Protestant Refugees 
 settled in England from the Reign of Hen. VIII. to the Fdict of Nantes^ by J.S. Burn, 
 was printed in 1846. 
 
368 PAROCHIAL AND OTHER REGISTERS. 
 
 of the Edict of Nantes; but they have undergone considerable 
 diminution in the last century, the descendants of the original 
 emigrants having, by degrees, become intermixed and incorporated 
 with the English population. 
 
 There appear at one time to have been as many as sixty-four 
 congregations ; but at the present period, only five or six of these 
 churches are in actual existence. Many of the registers of the 
 chapels, which have from time to time ceased to exist, including 
 the French Chapel Royal (which was dissolved in 1830), have been 
 carefully preserved ; and nearly the whole of them, together with 
 almost all those of the churches which remain, are now deposited in 
 the Office of the Registrar-General of Births, Deaths, and Marriages 
 in England. They are all written in the French language, and appear 
 to have been kept throughout with scrupulous accuracy and care. 
 
 The registers belonging to the German Chapel Royal, and the 
 German Chapel in Trinity Lanej in the city of London, have been 
 deposited in the same custody. 
 
 A list of these records will be found in the "Appendix" to the 
 "Report of the Commissioners on the State of Registers of Births, 
 
 t$c.r P . i. 
 
 Presbyterian, Independent, and Baptist Registers. — In point 
 of antiquity, Registers of the Presbyterian, the Independent, and 
 the Baptist denominations, rank next to those of the Foreign Pro- 
 testant Churches in England ; in point of numbers and importance 
 they far exceed them. 
 
 These three bodies, although differing materially from each other 
 in tenets and discipline, and having distinct boards for the manage- 
 ment of their separate affairs, and for the advancement of the 
 interests of their several religious communities, have nevertheless 
 now, for upwards of a century and a half, been characterized under 
 the general description of " The Three Denominations." 
 
 Some of the earlier registers of the Independents and Baptists 
 had their origin during the troubles which occurred in the reign of 
 Charles the First: but the registers of this early date are rare. 
 After the passing of the Act of Uniformity, on the Restoration of 
 Charles the Second, when the great body of the Presbyterian 
 clergy, and with them many of the other clergy, who had em- 
 braced the tenets of the Independents and Baptists, seceded from 
 the Established Church, and became the officiating ministers of 
 large congregations, the registers of " The Three Denominations " 
 increased in number, and acquired importance from the rank and 
 
PAROCHIAL AND OTHER REGISTERS. 369 
 
 wealth of some of the Nonconformist families. These registers 
 were greatly multiplied after the Revolution of 1688, when the 
 Toleration Act gave a legal sanction to the worship of the Pro- 
 testant Dissenters, and for the first time, by a legal enactment, 
 recognised them as separate religious communities in the State. 
 
 The Registers of the Presbyterians and Independents are Regis- 
 ters of Births and Baptisms, and, in some instances, of Deaths and 
 Burials. The entries of Births and Baptisms are made up by the 
 minister who officiated at the baptism, and are generally attested 
 by his signature. In most of the registers in which the signature 
 is omitted in the separate entry, there is a title or heading to the 
 book, in the handwriting of the minister, with his name affixed to 
 it, indicating that the baptisms therein recorded were performed by 
 him. These registers seem, for the most part, to have been accu- 
 rately and faithfully kept. 
 
 The Registers of the Baptists are of a different character. From 
 their peculiar tenets, such Registers are Records, not of Baptisms, 
 but merely of Births, for with them Baptism is administered to 
 those only who, having arrived at an age of understanding, are 
 desirous of being admitted to church fellowship and communion. 
 As regards the Registers of Births, the general usage is, that, 
 shortly after the birth of a child, the minister of the congregation 
 to which the parents belong, dedicates the child with prayer, and 
 thereupon, if a register is kept in the congregation, he enters 
 therein the name of the child and the date of the birth, as then 
 reported to him, adding, in some instances, the date of registration. 
 In other cases, the entry is signed by the parents, or one of them, 
 or by witnesses who were present at the birth. 
 
 These books were retained by the Commissioners appointed to 
 inquire into the state of Registers of Births, &c. in 1838, and are 
 now deposited with the Registrar at Somerset House. 
 
 Other Registers have been kept on quite a different principle, 
 which are mere certificates, not entered contemporaneously with 
 the dedication of the child, not attested by the signature of either 
 of the parents, nor of any of the witnesses present at the birth, 
 and not bearing any date when the entry was made : these were 
 rejected by the Commissioners, under the conviction that, being 
 devoid of any evidence, internal or otherwise, to show by what 
 authority or under what circumstances the entries had been made, 
 the keeping of them would answer no useful purpose, and they were 
 therefore returned to the custody from which they came. 
 
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370 PAROCHIAL AND OTHER REGISTERS. 
 
 A list of the Registers, arranged in counties, will be found in 
 the Appendix to the " Report" of the said Commissioners to Par- 
 liament, pp. 3 — 84. 
 
 The Wesleyan, and other Registers. 
 
 From A.D. 
 
 Bible Christians 1817 
 
 Calvinists 1762 
 
 Lady Huntingdon's Connection 1752 
 
 Inghamites 1753 
 
 Moravians ; . . . . 1742 
 
 New Connection Methodists 1779 
 
 Primitive Methodists .1813 
 
 Swedenborgians 1787 
 
 Wesleyans 1772 
 
 The Registers of the Wesleyan and of the Calvinistic Methodists, 
 of the Countess of Huntingdon's Connection, of the Moravians, 
 and of the Swedenborgians, are, like those of the Presbyterians and 
 Independents, Registers of Births and Baptisms, with some records 
 of Deaths and Burials; and they may be included in the same 
 general observations as to the mode of entry, and the attestation of 
 the Registrar, the books being, in almost all cases, kept by the 
 officiating minister, and authenticated by his signature, either ap- 
 pended to the several entries, or written on the title or heading of 
 the register. The Registers of the Methodists differ from the 
 others in this respect, that most of them have been kept and the 
 entries made by a Church officer, appointed and duly authorised 
 for the purpose by the recognised heads or directors of those reli- 
 gious communities. The Registers differ as to their value and 
 importance : many of them have been very carefully, many very 
 carelessly kept ; some are of a superior, others of an inferior cha- 
 racter. Indeed, it will readily be understood, that documents derived 
 from such different sources, namely, from religious congregations 
 scattered throughout England and Wales, as well in agricultural 
 and sequestered districts as in populous and nourishing towns, 
 should present various shades of difference. 
 
 The Wesleyan Methodists, independently of their Congregational 
 Registers, instituted, in 1818, a Metropolitan Office, in Paternoster 
 Row, for the Registration of the Births and Baptisms occurring 
 amongst their different religious communities. The registers in 
 this office, together with certificates on parchment, signed by the 
 parents and by witnesses who may have been present at the birth, 
 
PAROCHIAL AND OTHER REGISTERS. 371 
 
 as well as by the minister, appear to have been regularly kept; 
 they contained, in 1838, the Births and Baptisms of 10,291 
 children. 
 
 These Registers, or transcripts of them, are deposited with the 
 Registrar- General at Somerset House. 
 
 Lists of the Registers, arranged in counties, will be found in the 
 Appendix to the "Report" before quoted, pp. 80 — 145, 150, 151. 
 
 The Quakers' Registers. — The Commissioners appointed by 
 her present Majesty, in the year 1838, to inquire into the State of 
 the Registers of Births, &c, in England and Wales, having called 
 upon the Society of Friends to deliver up their Registers, with a 
 view to some arrangement for depositing them with the Board; 
 the several Registers, from the origin of the Society down to the 
 establishment of the system of civil registration, under the Act of 
 6 and 7 Will. IV., were brought to London for their inspection. 
 The Commissioners state, in their Report, " We have visited their 
 place of deposit, and saw enough of their state and condition to 
 testify that they exhibit an admirable specimen of the state to 
 which order and precision may be carried in the classification and 
 arrangement of records of this description : they amount to 1432 
 volumes. 
 
 " The Society has urged upon our consideration, that these Re- 
 gisters are constantly referred to, and have been treated as possess- 
 ing, for practical purposes, a very considerable degree of authority ; 
 that their local custody, in the different districts to which they 
 belong, is consequently attended with great advantage, not only to 
 the members of the Society of Friends, but to the public at large. 
 They state also, that the permanent transfer of these documents to 
 a Metropolitan Office would be attended with serious inconvenience, 
 unless it were accompanied with some measure for providing an 
 adequate local substitute, in the respective neighbourhoods from 
 which they are brought." 
 
 Under these circumstances they did not consent to surrender 
 their registers into the custody of the Commissioners, or to pledge 
 themselves to transfer them to any place of general deposit. 
 
 These Records have since been deposited with the Registrar- 
 General, at Somerset House. 
 
 Registers at the Heralds' College. — Registers of Births and 
 Deaths have been kept at the College of Arms from the year 1747 
 
372 PAROCHIAL AND OTHER REGISTERS. 
 
 to the year 1783. They are comprised in three books. The Chapter 
 of the College informed the Commissioners 'above mentioned, that 
 they are the records of a public body, taken in the due exercise of 
 official duty, and that they should not feel justified in parting with 
 them. They represented them to be very limited as to the number 
 of entries, and unimportant as public documents. 
 
 Bunhill Fields Register. 1 — The burial-ground atBunhill Fields 
 was first used in the year 1665 ; afterwards it became the principal 
 burial-place of the Dissenters. The registers commence on the 1st 
 of April, 1713; from which time, however, to the year 1788, they 
 were but negligently kept; but from that year to the present 
 time they appear to have been preserved with considerable care. 
 The registers consist of twenty-seven books, containing about 
 100,000 entries. This burial-ground is the property of the city of 
 London ; and, an application being made to the Committee for the 
 letting of the City lands, by the Commissioners appointed to inquire 
 into the State of the Registers of Births, etc., in 1838, for the 
 transmission of these records for their inspection, they replied that 
 " they did not feel that they could with propriety part with them, 
 constant reference thereto being required by the public." 
 
 Cemeteries. — In addition to the registers of burials received from 
 various burial-grounds attached to Protestant Dissenting chapels, 
 there have been deposited with the Registrar-General at Somer- 
 set House the registers of burials from cemeteries at Liverpool, 
 Leeds, Eccleshall, and Walworth : that at Liverpool contained, in 
 1838, the record of 13,416 burials. These registers appear to have 
 been correctly kept by registrars appointed by the proprietors of the 
 several burial-grounds. A schedule of them will be found in the 
 Appendix to the " Report on the State of the Registers of Births" 
 $c, Lond. 1838, p. 152. 
 
 Registers of the East India Company's Servants. — The 
 registers of baptisms, marriages, and burials, solemnised in the 
 territories belonging to the East India Company, according to the 
 forms of the English Established Church, are transmitted in dupli- 
 cates from our several East India settlements to the East India 
 House in London, where they are preserved in the Secretary's 
 Office. 
 
 1 See ante i p. 292. 
 
PAROCHIAL AND OTHER REGISTERS. 373 
 
 The books deposited there contain the records of baptisms, mar- 
 riages, and burials in India, viz. : — 
 
 From a.d. 
 In Bengal .... 1713 
 In Bombay . . . 1709 
 
 From a.d. 
 At Madras .... 1698 
 At St. Helena . . 1767 
 
 Each part of the registers so transmitted may be considered as 
 an original document, since each is signed by the clergyman trans- 
 mitting them. 
 
 The Court of Directors stated, in answer to the application of the 
 Commissioners appointed to inquire into the State of the Registers 
 of Births, etc., in the year 1838, for the registers to be deposited 
 with them, that they thought the public interest and convenience 
 would be best consulted by allowing these records to remain in 
 their present place of deposit, inasmuch as they were then easily 
 accessible to all persons who seek for information connected with 
 the East Indies ; and they added, that as these books were at present 
 received as evidence in courts of law and equity, when produced by 
 the proper officer from the East India House, they (the Directors) 
 were unwilling to risk the disturbance of a system then generally 
 understood and found convenient. 
 
 Lists of the Madras and Bengal Civil Servants, 1780 — 1839, com- 
 piled by Dodwell and Miles, were published in the latter year. 
 
 Registers of English Ambassadors and Consuls. 1 — Clergymen 
 attached to the English Embassies and Consulates, as also clergy - 
 
 1 A co-respondent of the " Times? writing from Berlin, in October, 1855, observes, 
 with respect to these registers, — "All that there is of church ministration in Germany- 
 is, to say the least of it, irregular. There is no registration of births, marriages, or 
 deaths ; for, although marriages are required to be solemnised at British missions, on 
 the legal fiction that they are British ground, the missions have no power to register. 
 What important interests are thus jeopardised, in the case of subsequent litigation, by 
 the difficulty of proving the legality of a marriage, and consequently the legitimacy of 
 a child, it is unnecessary to point out. The missionaries of the Jews, who have all 
 been ordained by the Bishop of London to enable them to administer the sacraments, 
 remit to his Lordship, on occasion of every marriage solemnised, an English sovereign 
 as a fee — it is to be supposed for the trouble his Lordship has in getting it entered at 
 the Registrar's office, for his own office in G-odliman Street no longer takes cognizance 
 of marriages solemnised abroad. Baptisms and burials are still registered at the 
 Bishop's offices, and notice of them must be sent through the embassy or mission to 
 the Foreign Office. Complaints, however, are rife in G-odliman Street, Doctors' Com- 
 mons, that notices of these first and last ceremonies in the human career are supplied 
 to the Bishop's registrars very irregularly and precariously by the various Consuls, 
 Ministers resident, and Ambassadors abroad." 
 
374 PAROCHIAL AND OTHER REGISTERS. 
 
 men of various English congregations settled at factories, trading 
 towns, and other places in foreign countries not under the dominion 
 of the English, perform the offices of baptism, marriage, and burial 
 at the several stations where they are resident. These registers 
 may be divided into three classes : — 
 
 1. Certificates of baptisms and marriages bearing the signatures 
 of the parties and witnesses (which, with very few exceptions, is the 
 case), and authenticated by the British Envoy or Minister as having 
 been performed in his house, and which have from time to time 
 been sent through the Foreign Office to the Registry of the Bishop 
 of London. 
 
 2. Transcripts from original registers, certified by the ministers 
 of the different places, in the same manner as the transcripts 
 under the Act of the 52 George III. c. 146, for the regulation 
 of the transcripts deposited with the registrars of the several 
 dioceses. 
 
 3. A book of registers transmitted from Cronstadt, which appear 
 to have been transcribed, but they are not certified as such. 
 
 No general rule exists as to the preservation of these registers ; 
 and whilst some remain in the hands of the clergyman for the time 
 being of the congregation, others have been transmitted to England 
 to the Secretary of State, or to the Bishop of London. Such as 
 have been received are deposited at the Registry Office of the Bishop 
 of London in Doctors' Commons. 
 
 The Bishop has, in addition to the foregoing, a general register 
 book, in which parties who have been born or married abroad, and 
 the surviving friends of those who have died there, may register 
 their births, marriages, and friends' deaths. This volume was com- 
 menced in 1816, though it probably contains entries of an earlier 
 date. 
 
 The Lisbon registers are deposited at the Vicar-General's Office, 
 Doctors' Commons. The following list contains the particulars of 
 all now presumed to be in existence : — 
 
 Registers at the Consistorial Court, London. 
 
 I. 
 Oporto Port Factory . 1716—1797 (Original) Births. 
 
 1788— -1807 (Original) Marriages; 1 vol., no index. 
 1814—1833 (Copies) Burials. 
 Cape of Good Hope . 1796 — 1803 (Original) Baptisms, marriages, and 
 
 burials. 
 
PAROCHIAL AND OTHER REGISTERS. 
 
 375 
 
 Gibraltar . , 
 
 , 1807 — 1812 (Original) Baptisms and marriages. 
 
 Geneva 1 . .... 
 
 1817 — 1829 (Original) Births, marriages, and burials. 
 
 Antwerp .... 
 
 II. 
 1819 (Copies) 
 
 Baptisms and burials. 
 
 
 1821 (Copies) 
 
 Baptisms, marriages, and 
 burials. 
 
 Archangel .... 
 
 
 Births, marriages, and burials. 
 
 
 1835 (Copies) 
 
 Births and burials. 
 
 Avranches .... 
 
 , 1820—1828 (Copies) 
 
 Baptisms. 
 
 Bahia, Brazils . . . 
 
 , 1821—1822 (Copies) 
 
 Burials and baptisms. 
 
 Boulogne .... 
 
 , 1815—1853 (Copies) 
 
 Baptisms and burials. 
 
 
 1834 & 1835 (Copies) 
 
 Births, marriages, and burials. 
 
 British Embassy . 
 
 . 1816—1855 (Copies) 
 
 Baptisms and marriages. 
 
 Brussels .... 
 
 . 1818 & 1826 (Copies) 
 
 Baptisms, marriages, and 
 burials. 
 
 Cronstadt .... 
 
 , 1831 
 
 British seamen who died in 
 the Government hospital 
 of cholera. 
 
 Dieppe ..... 
 
 . 1825—1828 (Copies) 
 
 Burials and baptisms. 
 
 Elsinore, Denmark . 
 
 , 1833—1835 (Copies) 
 
 Births, marriages, and burials. 
 
 France (Paris and its 1816—1828 (Copies) 
 
 Baptisms, marriages, and 
 
 Environs). 
 
 
 burials. 
 
 
 1816—1835 (Copies) 
 
 Marriages. 
 
 Genoa (Sardinia) . 
 
 . 1824—1831 (Copies) 
 
 Births, marriages, and burials. 
 
 Hamburg .... 
 
 . 1820 & 1821 (Copies) 
 
 Baptisms, marriages, and 
 burials. 
 
 
 1834 (Copies) 
 
 Births, marriages, and burials. 
 
 Leghorn and vicinity 
 
 1832 (Copies) 
 
 Births, marriages, and burials. 
 
 Macao (China) : — 
 
 British Chapel . .1834 (Copies) 
 
 Naples 1831 (Copies) 
 
 Ponta de la Gada . 1830—1833 (Copies) 
 1833 & 1834 (Copies) 
 
 Rennes, Bretagne . .1826 (Copies) 
 
 Rome . . Nov. 1825 to Apr. 1826 (Copies) 
 Rotterdam. . . .1815&1816 (Copies) 
 
 Eussia, British Fac- 1716—1834 (Copies) 
 tory. 
 
 1 " IAvre des Anglois a Genlve" by J. S. Burn. Lond. 1831. 8vo. A copy of 
 Ihe Register of the Church at G-eneva, containing the names of English Protestants 
 who took refuge there in the reign of Queen Mary. 
 
 Births, marriages, and burials 
 Births, marriages, and burials 
 Baptisms and burials, 
 Baptisms, marriages, 
 
 burials. 
 Marriages. 
 
 Baptisms and burials. 
 Baptisms, marriages, 
 
 burials. 
 Marriages, baptisms, 
 
 burials. 
 
 and 
 
 and 
 
 and 
 
376 PAROCHIAL AND OTHER REGISTERS. 
 
 St. Servan, Hie et 1824 — 1826 (Copies) Baptisms and burials. 
 Vilaine. 
 
 St.Maloe's 1824—1826 (Copies) Baptisms and burials. 
 
 Smyrna 1789 — 1829 (Copies) Baptisms, marriages, and 
 
 burials. 
 TVhampoa, near Can- 1820 — 1835 (Copies) Baptisms, marriages, and 
 ton; and British burials 
 
 Chapel at Macao, 
 China. 
 
 III. 
 Cronstadt .... 1807 — 1824 (Copies) Baptisms, marriages, and 
 
 burials. 
 
 Registers of Private Chapels in or near London. — Prior to 
 to the Marriage Act in 1753, it was not necessary to the validity of 
 a marriage that it should be accompanied by any religious cere- 
 mony, or be solemnised in a church. The consequence was, that 
 nearly every chapel in and about London, whether belonging to 
 the Established Church or to the Dissenters, was in the habit 
 of marrying persons, and sometimes of keeping Registers of the 
 marriages. 
 
 The Marriage Act of 1753, however, rendered it necessary to the 
 validity of a marriage that it should be solemnised in some " parish 
 church or public chapel where bans of matrimony had been usually 
 published." A stop was t^us put to the marriages at chapels, for 
 bans were scarcely ever published but in parish churches. 
 
 The discontinuance of marriages at chapels, and the passing of 
 the ownership of the chapels themselves from one to another, 
 together with the lapse of time and accidental circumstances, have 
 occasioned the loss of many of the registers kept at these places of 
 worship; a brief enumeration, therefore, of those which are now 
 known to exist may prove serviceable to the genealogist. 
 
 Duke Street Chapel. — This chapel is situate at the south end of 
 Duke Street, in the parish of St. Margaret, Westminster. It was 
 founded by a Mr. Higgins, and finished by private subscription, in 
 1709. It is now the property of Lewis Wolfe, Esq., the lessee of 
 the Crown. 
 
 The only existing register of this chapel consists of several sheets 
 of foolscap paper, containing twelve entries of marriage, which are 
 given in Nichols* "Collectanea Topographica et Genealogical 
 vol. iii. p. 382. 
 
PAROCHIAL AND OTHER REGISTERS. 377 
 
 Gray's Inn Chapel. — The Chapel of Gray's Inn is of ancient 
 foundation. Marriages were performed in this chapel for many 
 years prior to the commencement of the present register, as will 
 appear by the "Matrimonial Allegations" 1 in the Bishop of London's 
 Registry. The register of Gray's Inn is a small folio book, bound 
 in rough calf, containing both marriages and baptisms. The mar- 
 riages commence on the 7th of May, 1695, and the baptisms in 
 1707. A List of Contents may be found in Nichols' "Collectanea " 
 vol. iv. p. 157. 
 
 Knightsbridge Chapel. — On the north side of the road at 
 Knightsbridge stands this chapel, dedicated to the Holy Trinity, 
 which belonged formerly to an ancient lazar-house held under the 
 church of Westminster. The chapel was rebuilt in 1629; and 
 again in 1699, at the charge of Nicholas Birkhead, citizen and 
 goldsmith, of London. 
 
 There is no register to be found; but, by the "Matrimonial Alle- 
 gations" in the Bishop of London's Registry, it appears that many 
 were married at this chapel in the years 1667, 1668, and 1669. 
 
 Extracts are given in Nichols' " Collectanea" vol. iv. p. 162. 
 
 The Rolls Chapel Register. — The Register of this chapel is 
 preserved, with the other Records of the Master of the Rolls, at this 
 chapel. It is a short folio, commencing in 1736, but contains only 
 entries of twenty marriages. For contents, see Nichols' " Col- 
 lectanea" vol. iii. p. 384. 
 
 St. John's Chapel, Bedford Row. — This chapel was built about 
 1720, and consecrated in September 1723. Inquiries have been 
 made of the Trustees, but no register has been found. A list of 
 matches, taken from the "Matrimonial Allegations," is given in 
 Nichols' " Collectanea/ 3 vol. iii. p. 387. 
 
 Wheeler Chapel Register, Spitalfields. — This chapel was 
 built by Sir George Wheeler, prior to the year 1714, and was used 
 by the inhabitants of Spitalfields before their present church, Christ 
 Church, was built. It is situated near to Wheeler Street, on the 
 east side of Bishopsgate Street. The register is a small quarto, in 
 the possession of one of the Trustees of the chapel. It contains, 
 
 1 The affidavit made by one of the parties on obtaining the marriage license, is called, 
 in the Ecclesiastical Courts, a " Matrimonial Allegation." 
 
378 PAROCHIAL AND OTHER REGISTERS. 
 
 at one end, entries of 197 baptisms, from the 24th of March 1734 
 to 1824; and, at the other end, entries of 23 marriages. The latter 
 are given in Nichols' " Collectanea ," vol. iii. p. 388. 
 
 Fleet Marriage Registers. — The marriages denominated "Fleet 
 Marriages n were so called from their being solemnized by regularly- 
 ordained clergymen of low character, residing within the Fleet 
 Prison, or its rules, and generally confined for debt. 
 
 It will scarcely be credited by future generations that such a 
 notorious abuse as these clandestine marriages, could have been 
 allowed to exist in London in the eighteenth century. The follow- 
 ing is an extract from the " Gentleman's Magazine " for February 
 1735, copied by that work from the " Grub Street Journal": — 
 
 "A female correspondent, who signs 'Virtuous/ complains of 
 the many ruinous marriages that are every year practised in the 
 Fleet, by a set of drunken, swearing parsons, with their myrmidons, 
 that wear black coats, and pretend to be clerks and registers to the 
 Fleet, plying about Ludgate Hill, pulling and forcing people to 
 some pedling alehouse or brandy-shop, to be married; even on 
 Sunday, stopping them as they go to the church. Not long since, 
 a young lady was deluded and forced from her friends, and, by the 
 assistance of a very wicked swearing parson, married to an atheistical 
 wretch, whose life is a continual practice of all manner of vice and 
 debauchery. Another young lady was decoyed to a house in the 
 confines of the Fleet, by a pretended clergyman : Dr. Wryneck im- 
 mediately appeared, and swore she should be married, or, if she 
 would not, he would have his fee, and register the marriage from 
 that night; the lady, to recover her liberty, left her ring, as a 
 pledge that she would meet him the morrow night." 
 
 These abuses existed until the year 1754, when Lord Hardwicke 
 introduced his Marriage Act, but not until many noble families 
 had suffered under the inconveniences of a Fleet marriage. Strange 
 to say, this bill could not have been popular, as it was deemed expe- 
 dient to print a single sheet of paper (copies of which are now very 
 scarce), explaining the reasons for passing the bill. This paper sets 
 forth, that, — 
 
 " Multitudes of honourable and reputable families have been 
 greatly injured, and many of them utterly ruined, by clandestine 
 marriages, solemnized in taverns, brandy-shops, alehouses, and other 
 houses, within the liberties of the prisons of the Fleet and King's 
 Bench, and in the Mint, and other pretended privileged places. 
 
PAROCHIAL AND OTHER REGISTERS. 379 
 
 " By which abuse, the religious establishment of marriage is en- 
 tirely subverted, and the legal evidence thereof rendered precarious 
 and uncertain. 
 
 " Instances of the families ruined by such marriages are too 
 many to be here inserted. The number of these clandestine mar- 
 riages is almost incredible. 
 
 "On a trial at Guildhall, London, 14th February, 1716, before 
 the then Lord Chief Justice Parker, in an action brought against 
 John Mottram, a clergyman, living within the rules of the Fleet 
 Prison, it was proved that ten register-books for marriages were 
 kept in several houses about that prison, and that one of those 
 registers contained above 2000 clandestine marriages solemnized 
 within one year, and the other nine almost as many. Certificates 
 were given of such marriages with the City arms printed on them, 
 and ignorant people were imposed on, in being made to believe that 
 was the king's stamp. The stamp duties on every marriage license 
 are five shillings ; on every affidavit made to obtain a license, one 
 shilling ; on every bond executed on grant of each license, one shil- 
 ling and sixpence ; and on every marriage certificate, five shillings : 
 total, twelve shillings and sixpence. 
 
 " The loss of the stamp duties by these clandestine marriages 
 amounts to £4000 or £5000 per annum." 1 
 
 The Registers were, in some instances, in the keeping of the 
 ministers who performed the ceremony, and they were also often 
 kept by the proprietors of the houses or taverns in which the mar- 
 riages happened to have taken place. After the door was closed 
 against marriages of this description, by the operation of the 
 Marriage Act, it appears that a clerk of one of the Fleet ministers 
 collected a number of them together, and opened an office, where 
 reference might be had to them. Another office, for the deposit of 
 these registers, was opened in another part of the town ; but, in 
 1813, the great bulk of them came into the hands of a private in- 
 dividual, of the name of Cox, from whom the Government purchased 
 them in 1821, and by the direction of the then Secretary of State 
 for the Home Department, they were deposited in the Registry of 
 the Consistorial Court of London. By far the greater number of 
 the registers of the marriages celebrated within the precincts of 
 these several places, are comprised in this collection. There are, 
 however, exceptions ; for two of the Fleet registers are known to 
 be in the possession of a professional gentleman in Doctors' Com- 
 
 1 An original is in the possession of Sir Charles Young, Garter King at Arms. 
 
380 PAROCHIAL AND OTHER REGISTERS. 
 
 mons, and a third has found its way into the Bodleian Library at 
 Oxford. 
 
 The registers are contained in two hundred and twenty-three 
 volumes, fifty-one of which have indexes. There are also twenty- 
 four bundles/ containing nearly one thousand small pamphlets or 
 pocket-books, having in them entries of baptisms as well as mar- 
 riages celebrated in or near the Fleet Prison. They commence in 
 the year 1682, and end in 1754. The books are in good preserva- 
 tion, and seldom filled, each clergyman having had a separate 
 register, so that there are perhaps twelve registers for every year. 
 
 The books of the Fleet, however corroborated by other circum- 
 stances, are not in any case received as evidence of a marriage : not 
 because a marriage celebrated there was not good, for such it clearly 
 was before the Marriage Act; but because the manner in which 
 those marriages were celebrated, and the conduct of the persons 
 who, without any legal authority, assumed the power of registering 
 them, have thrown such an odium on those books as to take from 
 them even the authority of a private memorandum. 
 
 King's Bench Prison and Mint Registers. — Our remarks 
 upon the "Fleet Marriages" apply to those which took place in the 
 King's Bench Prison, and the Mint in Southwark. 
 
 The registers commence in the year 1718, and end in 1736. 
 
 They are contained in four volumes, and form a part of what are 
 called the "Fleet Registers"; they contain entries of marriages, as 
 well in the King's Bench Prison, and in the Mint in Southwark, as 
 in the Fleet. There is also one bundle of pamphlets or pocket- 
 books, containing entries of these marriages. 
 
 They are deposited with the Fleet Registers. Many of them 
 abound in interpolations and erasures ; in several, entries occur in a 
 long series, evidently written in one and the same hand, and at the 
 same time ; there is a general want of authentication by witnesses, 
 or by the signatures of the parties between whom the marriage 
 ceremony purports to have been solemnized; and, like the Fleet 
 Registers, whenever they have become the subject of judicial exa- 
 mination, they have been considered as bearing a very questionable 
 character. 
 
 Registers of May-Fair Chapel. 1 — The marriages celebrated at 
 
 1 Extracts from theBe registers may be found in " The Fleet Registers, with some 
 Account of May Fair, Mint, and Savoy Chapels" by J. S. Bum. Lond, 1833. 8vo. 
 
PAROCHIAL AND OTHER REGISTERS. 381 
 
 this chapel bear the same character, and were as notorious as those 
 of the Fleet and King's Bench Prisons. The site of this chapel 
 is now occupied (it is believed) by Curzon Chapel. 
 
 The registers commence with the year 1728, and end with 1754. 
 
 They are contained in twelve volumes, comprising marriages and 
 a few baptisms. Nine of these volumes are now with the Fleet 
 Registers, at the Consistorial Court of London, and the remaining 
 three are with the Parish Registers in the Church of St. George, 
 Hanover Square ; those at the latter place are marked (A), (B), 
 and (C). 
 
 (A) Contains 1020 marriages, commencing 21st Feb. 1735, and 
 ending 27th July 1744; baptisms from 26th March 1740 to 7th 
 April 1753. 
 
 (B) Contains about 5000 marriages, commencing 28th July 1744, 
 and ending 30th September 1749. 
 
 (C) Commencing 30th September 1749, and ending 25th March 
 1754; from October 1753 to March 1754, are 1136 marriages. 
 
 Lord Hardwicke's Act was hastened in consequence of the mis- 
 chief done at this chapel, where it is said 6000 marriages took place 
 in one year; and that in one day, 173 couple were married. On the 
 24th of March 1754 (the last day), before eleven o'clock, forty-five 
 couple were married ; and at the close of the day, nearly one 
 hundred pair had been joined together, two men being constantly 
 and closely employed in filling up licenses for that purpose. 1 
 
 It is affirmed, that these documents are not received as evidence 
 of a valid marriage, no license for the chapel having been disco- 
 vered to have been ever granted. 
 
 Registers of Roman Catholics. — Roman Catholics were not 
 accustomed to keep registers of baptisms, marriages, and burials, 
 prior to the restoration of Charles II. 
 
 By the Act 3 James I., in consequence of the secret marriages 
 and christenings of the Roman Catholics, it was enacted, " that all 
 persons married otherwise than in some open church or chapel, and 
 otherwise than according to the orders of the Church of England, 
 by a minister lawfully authorised, should be disabled to have any 
 freehold, dower, thirds," &c. &c. ; and further, " that every Popish 
 recusant should, within one month after the birth of any child of 
 his, baptize the same in the open parish church, under a penalty of 
 
 1 " Gentleman's Magazine" 1753. 
 
382 PAROCHIAL AND OTHER REGISTERS. 
 
 one hundred pounds ; and that if any Popish recusant should be 
 buried other than in the church or churchyard, or not according to 
 the ecclesiastical laws of the realm, the executors should forfeit 
 twenty pounds." 
 
 With the return of Charles II., himself a Catholic, came a reli- 
 gious toleration : ambassadors from Roman Catholic sovereigns had 
 mass publicly performed in their respective chapels, attended by 
 regular congregations, and baptisms and marriages were openly 
 celebrated in them. 
 
 By the Act of 11 and 12 William III.., Popish priests cele- 
 brating mass, &c, except in the houses of ambassadors, were 
 liable to perpetual imprisonment. This law was in force till the 
 31 George III. ; it would appear, therefore, that there can be no 
 Catholic registers for any part of England, except London, from 
 1698 to 1790. 
 
 There are now 697 Roman Catholic churches, chapels, and stations 
 in England, and 141 in Scotland ; of these, 296 have been regis- 
 tered for marriages, under the Act of 6 and 7 Will. IV. cap. 85. 
 They are particularised in the "Catholic Directory and Ecclesiastical 
 Reyister" for the present year. 
 
 Catholics have now no burial-grounds in the metropolis or su- 
 burbs, excepting the Cemetery in Sloane Street, Chelsea. 
 
 As the marriages of Catholics are invalid in England unless they 
 take place according to the Protestant forms, by Protestant clergy- 
 men, they are not commonly entered in the Catholic registers, 
 though the ceremony is usually performed at the Catholic chapel, 
 in addition. The names of the sponsors are inserted in the Catholic 
 record of baptism : a custom not known to the English Church, but 
 it is very desirable, as it might occasionallv prove identity. 
 
 The ensuing is a list of all the Catholic chapels at present in 
 London, which have been registered for marriages, together with 
 some particulars relating to their registers. 
 
 Bavarian Ambassador's Chapel, Warwick Street, Golden Square. 
 — The registers commence with the year 1748; all the previous 
 ones were lost in the riots in 1780. 
 
 French Ambassador's Chapel, Little George Street, Portman 
 Square. — The registers commence in 1793, in which year the chapel 
 was built. The marriages and baptisms are of French families 
 chiefly. The entries of marriages contain the places of birth of the 
 parties, and their parents' names. 
 
PAROCHIAL AND OTHER REGISTERS. 
 
 Sardinian Ambassador's Chapel, Lincoln's Inn Fields. — All 
 registers prior to 1761 were destroyed by a fire in 1760; but there 
 are at the commencement of the present books, about six pages of 
 registers, from the year 1732 to 1760, being some copies from a 
 book saved out of the flames. 
 
 Spanish Ambassador's Chapel, Spanish Place, Manchester 
 Square. — The registers commence in 1732, are attentively kept, and 
 the number of baptisms in 1823 was 236. 
 
 St. Mary's, Moorfields. — This chapel contains the registers of the 
 chapel formerly existing in Whitecross Street. The rioters of 1780 
 destroyed all records prior to those of 1763. 
 
 St. Patrick's, Soho Square. — The records begin 1792, the year 
 of the erection of the chapel. 
 
 The remaining registered churches and chapels in London and 
 its suburbs have been so recently erected, that their registers are 
 scarcely worthy of notice. A list of them may not be unaccept- 
 able to the reader : — 
 
 German Chapel, Bow Lane, Cheapside. 
 
 Our Immaculate Lady of "Victories, Clapham. (1852.) 
 
 Our Lady's Church, St. John's Wood, Grove Road. (1833-36.) 
 
 St. Aloysius's, Clarendon Square, Somers Town. (1808.) 
 
 St. Ann's, Spicer Street, Spitalfields. 
 
 St. Edmund's, Mill Wall, Isle of Bogs. (1846.) 
 
 St. Francis de Sale's, Chapel Place, Tottenham. (1826-27.) 
 
 St. George's Cathedral, St. George's Fields, Southwark. (1841-48.) 
 
 St. John the Baptist's, Hackney. (1847-48.) 
 
 St. John the Evangelist's, Duncan Terrace, Islington. (1841-43.) 
 
 St. Mary's, Cadogan Terrace, Shane Street. 1 (1812.) 
 
 St. Mary's, Holland Street, Kensington. 
 
 St. Mary's, Holly Place, Hampstead. (1816.) 
 
 St. Mary's, Wade Street, Poplar. (1818.) 
 
 St. Mary and St. Michael's, Virginia Street, Ratcliff Highway . 
 
 The Roman Catholic clergy in Ireland have not been accustomed 
 to keep registers until very lately. 
 
 The deaths of Catholics in England are generally registered in 
 the Catholic Chapels, notwithstanding the burial is entered in the 
 register of the parish where they are buried. 
 
 When, in 1838, the Commissioners appointed by her present 
 Majesty to inquire into the state of the Registers of Births, &c, 
 1 A spacious cemetery adjoins this church. 
 
384 PAROCHIAL AND OTHER REGISTERS. 
 
 applied to the Roman Catholic prelates to deliver up any registers 
 in their possession, they declined to do so, or to authorise the in- 
 ferior clergy of their persuasion to do so, partly on account of the 
 omissions and defects incident to records, made and preserved for 
 so many years, with so much danger and difficulty under the severe 
 pressure of the penal laws, and partly on account of the practical 
 inconvenience that would result from depriving the Roman Catholic 
 clergy of the custody of records, to which frequent reference is 
 made, for purposes purely religious and canonical. 
 
 There is another source from which information respecting 
 Catholics may be obtained. By Stat. 2 Geo. I. c. 5 (1715), it was 
 enacted, u thac all Papists having any estate or interest in lands, 
 tenements, or hereditaments, should take the oaths therein required, 
 in the Court of Chancery, King's Bench, Common Pleas, or Exche- 
 quer, or at the General Quarter Sessions of the Peace, or, in default 
 thereof, register their names, properties, the occupiers and the 
 leases thereof, with the clerks of the peace for their respective 
 counties;" and by the 3 Geo. I. c. 18 (1716), it was enacted, "that 
 after the 29th day of September 1717, no interest in any heredita- 
 ments belonging to Catholics should pass by deed or will, except 
 such deed or will were inrolled in one of the King's Courts at West- 
 minster, or with the clerk of the peace of the county." These pro- 
 visions lasted until the 31 Geo. III. (1791), when they were re- 
 pealed. For a notice of other records relating to Catholics, see the 
 heading, " Forfeited Estates." l 
 
 The Register kept at Dr. "Williams's Library, Redcross 
 Street. — Dr. Daniel Williams, a Presbyterian minister, who was 
 born at Wrexham, in Denbighshire, in 1644, and who died in 1716, 
 founded a library in Redcross Street, Cripplegate, London, for the 
 use of Dissenters. In the year 1742 a Register of Births was 
 established here, by the London Society of Lay Deputies, of the 
 Congregations of the Protestant Dissenters of the "Three Denomi- 
 nations " in London and within twelve miles of London, and con- 
 tinued till the last day of December 1837, under the direction and 
 supervision of the deputies, the librarian always acting as registrar. 
 
 The books of registry are large folio volumes, having each page 
 divided into compartments, with printed headings for the informa- 
 tion to be registered, and which information is vouched for in a 
 certificate, signed by the parents and friends of the parties. AL 
 
 1 See ante, p. 141. 
 
PAROCHIAL AND OTHER REGISTERS. 385 
 
 these certificates (being 30,4 17 in number) are, with the trifling 
 exception of about 13, preserved most carefully, and regularly 
 arranged in boxes, containing 1 000 each, so that any one of them 
 can, from the earliest commencement of the series, be referred to 
 without the slightest difficulty. The certificates may be divided 
 into two classes, the earlier series being signed by persons who were 
 witnesses of the birth, the latter by the parents as well as such 
 witnesses. 
 
 Besides the registers so kept at Dr. Williams's Library, there are 
 also seventeen registers of births, baptisms, and burials, which have 
 been deposited there from time to time by the representatives of 
 deceased ministers, or which, in pursuance of a recommendation of 
 the deputies of the congregations of the Protestant Dissenters, have 
 been sent to the Registry in question for safe custody. In some 
 years there may have been about 1000 births registered at Redcross 
 Street. Since the commencement of the new system of registration, 
 in the year 1826, up to the period when the Registry was closed, 
 there had been recorded 18,558 births. 
 
 Lists of the registers will be found in the "Appendix" to the "Re- 
 port on the State of Registers of Births, fyc." Lorad.1838, pp. 146-48. 
 
 Registers of Guilds, Fraternities, and Corporations. — 
 Guilds or Fraternities were societies or associations of persons in 
 the same town, profession, or class, confederated together for the 
 common cause of trade, or charity, or religion. They were bodies 
 corporate, licensed by the Crown ; had power to purchase lands, to 
 build chapels, to erect altars, to maintain chaplains and priests, to 
 hold frequent and private meetings, to make annual public pro- 
 cessions, and to administer oaths upon the admission of their 
 members. Some of the richer fraternities had companies of min- 
 strels, and occasionally amused the public with pageants, and with 
 plays taken from the Old and New Testaments. Their charities 
 were extensive and voluntary. In some respects they resembled 
 the benefit societies of modern times; but they were more numerous. 
 Almost every parish contained ODe guild, and sometimes several 
 guilds, which had each a patron saint, and a chapel or altar, at 
 times in the parochial church, and at other times in a distinct 
 building annexed to the guildhall. 
 
 Richard I. is said to have introduced societies or companies into 
 London; but the period at which the greatest number of guilds 
 was founded was from the fifteenth to the sixteenth century. 
 
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386 PAROCHIAL AND OTHER REGISTERS. 
 
 In 1436 an Act of Parliament was passed against unlawful orders 
 made by guilds, fraternities, and other companies incorporate; they 
 were, doubtless, frequently political assemblies. 
 
 The contents of the Registers of Guilds or Fraternities offer no 
 small aid to the genealogist, relating often to individuals of rank, 
 and setting forth the names and parentage of wives, and whole 
 families of children. 
 
 Persons desirous of trading within the jurisdiction of cities or 
 boroughs must first obtain the freedom of such city or borough, or 
 of London, whose privilege extends to all places throughout Eng- 
 land. This freedom may be obtained in four ways : — 
 
 1. By servitude; that is, apprenticeship to a freeman. 
 
 2. By patrimony ; that is, being the child of a freeman, born 
 after the parent's admission to his freedom. 
 
 3. By purchase from the city or borough. 
 
 4. By gift of the city or borough. 
 
 The first two are the most frequent ; and in both instances the 
 entry in the registers of the Corporation of London states the 
 names of the parent of the child being bound apprentice, or claim- 
 ing freedom by patrimony : in the former case the boy's minority, 
 if not exact age, will appear; and in the latter, there will be a 
 reference to the entry of the parent's freedom, where similar par- 
 ticulars of such parent will appear. 
 
 The books of the company of which the person sought was a 
 member will show the residence and trade or profession ; and some- 
 times the whole of the evidence afforded by the Corporation regis- 
 ters may be confirmed by the company's books. 
 
 There is a small annual payment, termed quarterage, due from 
 freemen to their respective companies ; and, therefore, their time of 
 death can generally be ascertained. 
 
 These observations are not confined to the Companies and Cor- 
 poration of the City of London ; the Guilds of every trading town 
 fford the same advantages to the genealogist. 
 
 Although many registers of ancient guilds or fraternities are in 
 the public libraries throughout the kingdom, yet the total number 
 is, perhaps, inconsiderable in comparison with the number of such 
 establishments; but of existing companies the records will, in 
 general, be found perfect for the last two or three centuries ; and 
 by their means an important number of families, from the rank of 
 duke downwards, may have good evidence of their descent. 
 
PAROCHIAL AND OTHER REGISTERS. 387 
 
 In the British Museum are — 
 Memoranda respecting Guilds {Add. MSS. 5846, p. 1; 5861, p. 434; 5869, 
 
 f. 134 3; 5870, f. 118 3). 
 Registrum Gilde Corporis Christi de Boston, incepte a.d. 1335 {Harl. MS. 
 
 4795, arrf. 1). 
 Register Book of Wardens' Accompts of the Pinners' and Wire-sellers' Comps. 
 
 fifteenth century {Eg. 1142). 
 Accompts of the Masters of the Company of Vintners of the City of London, 
 
 from 23 Hen. VII. to 14 Hen. VIII. {Eg. 1143). 
 Papers relating to the Companies of Chester and London will be found in the 
 
 Harleian and Lansdowne Collections. 
 Register of the Gild of St. George [in Norwich?], in the reigns of Hen. VI., 
 
 Edw. IV., and Hen. VII. {Hargrave MS. 300). 
 The " Black-Book" of the Corporation of the City of Winchester, tempp. 
 
 Hen. IVth, Vth, and Vlth {Add. MS. 6036). 
 Town Records of the Town of Yarmouth, in the Isle of Wight, from 1600 to 
 
 1766 {Add. MS. 5669). 
 Transcript of the Proceedings of the Corporation of Limerick, 1672 — 1682 
 
 {Add. MS. 19,859). 
 Court-Book of the Town of Conway, 1592—1632 {Add. MS. 19,714). 
 
 In the Ashmolean Library — 
 Liber Fratrum Gildae et Fraternitatis in villa de Lichfield, A° 1444 ; MS. 
 1521. 
 
 The Corporation Register Books of the City of London were, 
 unfortunately, destroyed by fire in 1786j but the greater part of 
 the files of the original documents were saved. They commence in 
 1681, are in good preservation, and of easy access, wanting only 
 indexes — a deficiency in a measure supplied by the books of the 
 respective City Companies. 
 
 A multitude of petitions from Guilds and Corporations to King 
 William III., upon the subject of the Protestant religion, with the 
 signatures of most of the members of such corporate bodies, is pre- 
 served at the Tower of London. 
 
 At the Land Revenue Office are Certificates and Answers from 
 Ministers and Churchwardens of parishes in England and Wales as 
 to Foundations and Endowments of Chantries, Hospitals, Colleges, 
 Fraternities, Guilds, and the value of the lands, possessions, and 
 effects thereto belonging ; also, like Certificates and Returns from 
 the Wardens, Keepers, and Commonalty of the different Crafts or 
 Companies in the City of London, taken in the reigns of Henry 
 VIII., Edward VI., and Philip and Mary. 
 
388 PAROCHIAL AND OTHER REGISTERS. 
 
 Churchwardens' Accounts. — The Accounts of Rates, Receipts, 
 and Payments by Churchwardens may be found of considerable 
 utility, in connection with Parochial Registers, as collateral evi- 
 dence, proving the identity of parties named in the registers, their 
 residences, estates, and establishments. They may also prove the 
 descent of estates from ancestors to heirs for many generations, by 
 the rates made upon their owners; and by other miscellaneous 
 entries often afford evidence of births, marriages, and deaths. 
 
 These records are, in some parishes, of earlier commencement 
 than the regular registers. 
 
 By the 17th Geo. II. c. 38, s. 14, it is enacted that true copies 
 of all rates and assessments made for the relief of the poor shall be 
 entered in a book by the Churchwardens and Overseers, and attested 
 by them, and carefully preserved ; and the Statute 46 Geo. III. 
 c. 46, compels the Overseers of the Poor to keep a book, with the 
 name of every parish apprentice, his age, his parents, and other 
 particulars. 
 
 In the British Museum are — 
 Churchwardens' Accounts for Berkhampstead, Co. Herts, from 1584 to 1748 
 
 {Add. MS. 18,773). 
 Book of Accounts and Memoranda of the Overseers and Churchwardens of 
 
 Bansted, Co. Surrey, 1690—1717 {Add. MS. 12,492). 
 Churchwardens' Accompts of the Parish of Horley, Co. Surrey, 1507 — 1702 
 
 {Add. MS. 6173). 
 
 In the Library of Corpus Christi College, Oxford, is, 
 An Account Book of the Churchwardens of Oldestoke, Co. Hants, from 1541 
 to 1656 {MS. ccclxxvi). 
 
 At the Society of Antiquaries — 
 Churchwardens' Accounts for the Parish of St. Clement Danes, Co. Middlesex, 
 from 26th April 1616, until the 22nd April 1617 {MS. 67). 
 
 Registers of Soldiers. — In the year 1816 a General Order was 
 issued to the Commander-in-Chief of the Forces, that "with a view 
 of ascertaining the marriage of soldiers, and the age and baptism of 
 their legitimate children," a book of registry should be kept in every 
 regiment and battalion, in which "the marriage of every non- 
 commissioned officer and private, and the baptism and age of every 
 legitimate child born of parents belonging to such regiment or 
 battalion, shall be recorded, and the said registry shall be certified 
 by the signature of the Adjutant." 
 
PAROCHIAL AND OTHER REGISTERS. 389 
 
 After directions respecting the attention to local and other laws 
 necessary to be observed by parties marrying, whether in England 
 or abroad, the order thus concludes : — 
 
 The regimental register of marriages is to contain the following particu- 
 lars, viz. : — 
 
 1. The rank, Christian and surname of the soldier, specifying whether 
 
 bachelor or widower. 
 
 2. The Christian and surname of the woman, specifying whether spinster 
 
 or widow. 
 
 3. The place of marriage, specifying parish, county, &c. &c. 
 
 4. The date of marriage. 
 
 5. The signature of the parties married. 
 
 6. The signature of two witnesses present at the ceremony . 
 
 7. The signature of the chaplain or officiating clergyman by whom the 
 
 marriage was solemnised. 
 
 8. The certificate of the Adjutant that the registry is correct. 
 
 In all cases of the baptism of children of non-commissioned officers and 
 soldiers, the parties are commanded to bring without delay to the Adjutants 
 of their respective corps, for the purpose of being registered, an account, 
 containing — 
 
 1. The date of the child's birth. 
 
 2. The place and date of its baptism. 
 
 3. The Christian name of the child. 
 
 4. The Christian and surnames of the parents. 
 
 5. The rank of the father. 
 
 6. The name of the chaplain or other clergyman by whom the ceremony 
 was performed. 
 
 In many cases, civil as well as military, the regimental register may prove 
 the only record in existence ; instances have occurred in which property to a 
 large amount has descended to the children of private soldiers, and of which 
 they have been unable to obtain possession, from the want of satisfactory 
 evidence of their parents' marriage, which the regimental register is calcu- 
 lated to afford. 
 
 It may be observed that this is entirely a regimental document, 
 and the commanding officer (not the Secretary at War) should be 
 be addressed for any extracts therefrom. 
 
 The arrangement is so excellent, and the information in the 
 books so valuable, that it is to be hoped they will at stated periods 
 >e transmitted to the War Office for more safe custody and more 
 easy reference. 
 
 For other information respecting Soldiers, see the heading " Mis- 
 cellaneous Records." 
 
390 
 
 Bnitoersttp Eegtsters, anti &*jjisters of 
 
 THE information afforded to the genealogist from the principal 
 Records preserved at our Universities and Public Schools 
 must not be overlooked. The birth, parentage, and education of 
 Clergymen may be principally traced from their pages ; but it must 
 be borne in mind that many members of the Legal and Medical 
 Professions, as well as those of the Army and Navy, have passed 
 their early years at one or both of these institutions. 
 
 At the Universities the most important records are — the Admis- 
 sion Books, the Matriculation Books, and the Graduate Books. 
 
 There are other less important books, called the Buttery or Battle 
 Books; but these contain the dates of their entrance at college only. 
 
 The Admission Books are preserved at their respective colleges, 
 and contain entries of the several students attached to them. In 
 them will be found the Christian and surname of the student, his 
 birthplace, the school where, and the master under whom, he was 
 educated ; the date of his admission into college, his age, and his 
 rank in the University. In addition, the Christian and surname of 
 his father, his station in life, and occasionally his residence ; with, 
 sometimes — as in Magdalen College, Cambridge— his mother's 
 maiden name. 
 
 In case of a student changing his rank, a new entry is made ; and 
 a certificate of baptism is generally, if not invariably, required at 
 Oxford, as proof of the age, place of birth, and parentage. 
 
 The Admission Books of the several Colleges vary in date of 
 commencement ; but it is believed the majority of them begin during 
 the fifteenth century. 
 
 The Matriculation Books. — The period and form of matricu- 
 lation varies at the two Universities. At Oxford every person is 
 matriculated within a day, or two at most, of the time when he is 
 entered of any college or hall. At Cambridge the oaths may be 
 taken before the expiration of the first term. At Oxford, immediately 
 after the entry in the college books, the new member is conducted 
 
UNIVERSITY REGISTERS, ETC. 391 
 
 by one of the Tutors, or Deans, to the private residence of the 
 Vice- Chancellor, who writes the student's name and address in the 
 matriculation books, and gives him his matriculation paper upon 
 his taking the customary oaths. At Cambridge, the member who 
 is to be matriculated appears before the Proctors and Registrar at 
 the Senate House, and the entry in the books is made by himself. 
 
 Not only does the form of entry vary at each University ; but 
 some entries afford considerably more information than others ; and 
 those at Cambridge contain fewer particulars than those at Oxford. 
 
 The Matriculation Books of Cambridge commence in 1544, and 
 have been continued to the present day with uninterrupted regu- 
 larity. They are of paper, in five volumes, folio, and are preserved 
 in the Registry Office. 
 
 The Oxford Matriculation Registers are very imperfect. About 
 1574 — and, in some few cases, as early as 1571 — the scribe began 
 to insert the age of the person matriculated, his county, and the 
 condition in life of his father; which plan continued to be acted 
 upon till Michaelmas Term, 1621, when the registers became much 
 more valuable. To the information already stated they thenceforth 
 added the Christian name of the father, and the place of birth, of 
 every person entered on the books of the University. This plan 
 was pursued till, in the time of Charles I., the University became 
 a prey to a set of Puritans. From 1647 to 1660 the registers are 
 little better than the account books of the beadles, irregularly kept, 
 and extremely defective in information. From 1660 to the present 
 time the registers are regular and invaluable, containing the same 
 information that is found in the registers from 1621 to 1647. 
 
 The Graduate Books. — At both Universities these registers con- 
 tain the names of members who have taken degrees, and commence 
 in or about the year 1500. They are not of equal value with the 
 matriculation books, as they do not comprise the numerous par- 
 ticulars found in them ; but, from the circumstance of their earlier 
 commencement by nearly half a century, and from their connection 
 with the previously described records, they may occasionally afford 
 desirable information. 
 
 College Chapel Registers. — Another source of information is 
 the registers or obituaries in the chapels appendant to the several 
 colleges; which are, perhaps, the most ancient in the kingdom. An 
 old "Liber Obitatis iy of Queen's College has entries of the reign of 
 Edward III. 
 
392 UNIVERSITY REGISTERS, 
 
 Founders' Kin Pedigrees. — As the kindred of many founders 
 of, or benefactors to, colleges, are entitled to fellowships or other 
 advantages, which render the knowledge and proof of such kindred 
 important, a few words, in this place, respecting them, may not be 
 unacceptable. 
 
 The pedigrees of those persons who have at any time successfully 
 claimed such benefits are preserved amongst the records of the re- 
 spective colleges ; but, as the heads of colleges are not very desirous 
 of publishing the ramifications of their founders' or benefactors' 
 kindred, they rarely allow copies of these documents to be 
 taken. 
 
 At the Heralds' College are several volumes [marked L. 2 
 (1. 2.)] of pedigrees passed under the Common Seal, certifying the 
 descents of individuals from certain founders of colleges, or fellow- 
 ships in colleges, in the different Universities. These volumes also 
 contain the descents of persons from the blood royal of England, 
 who, by virtue of such descent, have taken or were entitled to 
 honorary degrees at Cambridge. They do not commence before 
 1620 (18 James I.). The practice of proving descents for the 
 satisfaction of heads of colleges in the early years after these 
 foundations, was not by the evidence at present required, because 
 the relationship was then matter of notoriety, or vouched for by 
 living parties; and the custom of recording notices of descents 
 commenced only with the Visitations. 
 
 Manuscript pedigrees of founders' kin are in Lambeth Library. 
 
 Extensive collections, showing the kindred of Wykeham and of 
 Sir Thomas White (the founders of New College and St. John's 
 College, Oxford) are in the possession of Sir Charles Young, Garter 
 King at Arms. 
 
 The pedigrees of families of kin to Archbishop Chichele, the 
 founder of All Souls' College, Oxford, and, as such, entitled to 
 fellowships in that college, were published in quarto in 1765, with a 
 Supplement in 1775. Additional MS. collections are in the library 
 of that college. 1 
 
 Genealogical information is likewise contained in Churton's 
 "Founders of Brazen Nose College, Oxford," 1800; and in Warton's 
 "Life of Sir Thomas Pope," 1780. 
 
 Many lists of members of each University have been printed, and 
 others exist in manuscript, as shown in the following Lists : — 
 
 1 See ante, p. 216. 
 
AND REGISTERS OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS. 393 
 
 LISTS OF COLLEGIANS, ETC. 
 University of Oxford. 
 
 The University of Oxford Calendar. This calendar was commenced in 1810, 
 
 and has been continued annually to the present time. 
 Athense Oxonienses, by Anthony a Wood. 2 vols. Lond. 1721. 2nd edit. — 
 
 New edition by Dr. Bliss. 4 vols. Lond. 1813—1820. 4to.— A new 
 
 edition by the same editor has been for some time in preparation. 
 
 Wood's own copy, with manuscript notes, is in the Ashmolean 
 
 Library, Wood MSS. 8500; 8501. 
 The History and Antiquities of the University of Oxford, by Anthony a Wood, 
 
 edited by Gutch. Oxf. 1786.— Appendix, Oxf. 1790.— New edition. 
 
 2 vols. Oxf. 1792—1796. 4to. 
 Lists of the Chief Officers in the University of Oxford. See Le Neve's 
 
 "Fasti," new edit., by T.D. Hardy. 3 vols. Oxf. 1854. 
 List of the Chancellors of Oxford; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 5833, f. 90. 
 Lists of the Chancellors, High Stewards, Burgesses, Vice-Chancellors, Proc- 
 tors, &c, of the University of Oxford, 1749. See Pointer's "Oxoniensis 
 
 Accidentia." 
 List of Chancellors of Oxford, from 1505 to 1641 ; Univ. Coll. Oxf. MS. 
 
 cxxviii. ff. 5, 6. 
 List of the Heads of Colleges in Oxford, from the earliest times to 1810. 
 
 See Chalmers' "History of the University of Oxford" p. 475. 
 Names of all the Doctors and Masters of Arts in every College in Oxford, 
 
 1616 ; Ashm. Lib. Wood MS. 8587, f. 111. 
 List of Doctors, Masters, Proctors, &c, from 1563 to 1628; Univ. Coll. 
 
 Oxf. MS. cxxviii. f. 21. 
 Catalogue of Doctors and Masters that went out, in Oxford, from 1565 to 
 
 1616; Bodl. Lib. MS. 3486, art. 2. 
 Admissions to Degrees at Oxford, from 1505 to 1690; Ashm. Lib. Wood 
 
 MSS. 8506—8511. 
 Nomina Baccalaureorum determinantium Oxon., ab ann. 151| ad ann. 16^; 
 
 Ashm. Lib. Wood MS. 8476. 
 List of Bachelors of Divinity, from 1563 to 1628 ; Univ. Coll. Oxf. MS. 
 
 cxxviii. ff. 9—20. 
 Collections out of the Matriculation Books from 1564 till 1647, with the 
 
 Names of all the Fellows, Scholars, and Commoners of every College or 
 
 Hall in Oxford, 1552; Ashm. Lib. Wood MS. 8511. 
 Similar Collections, from 1540 till 1690; Ashm. Lib. Wood MS. 8512. 
 Admissiones ad informandum in Grammatica et Khetorica, 1508 — 1567; 
 
 Ashm. Lib. Wood MS. 8511. 
 Custodes Cistarum, Bedelli, Registrarii, in Acad. Oxon., ab ann. 1508 ad 
 
 ann. 1659; Ashm. Lib. Wood MS. 8511. 
 
394 UNIVERSITY REGISTERS, 
 
 Lists op Collegians, etc. 
 Nomina omnium inceptorum in quavis facultate, quae in Comitiis Oxon. 
 
 steterunf, ab ann. 1502 ad ann. 1680 ; Ashm. Lib. Wood MS. 8475. 
 Admissiones opponentium in Theologia, ab ann. 1505 ad ann. 1539. — Bac- 
 
 calaureorum et Doctorum SS. Theologiae, ab ann. 1505 ad ann. 1690; 
 
 Ashm. Lib. Wood MS. 8510. 
 
 Baliol College: Catalogue of the Fellows and Masters of Arts of Baliol 
 
 College, Oxford, from 1502 till 1642 ; Ashm. Lib. Wood MS. 8490, f. 53. 
 Brazen-Nose College : Names of Fellows of Brazen-Nose College, from 1538 
 
 till 1555 ; Ashm. Lib. Wood MS. 8490, fF. 162, 165. 
 Christ Church College : Registrum eorum qui Electi sunt et Admissi sunt 
 
 in hanc Ecclesiam, ab ann. 1547 ad ann. 1581 ; Ashm. Lib. Wood MS. 
 
 8490, f. 172. 
 Catalogi Decanorum, Praebendariorum, Canonicorum, 
 
 Alumnorum, etc., iEdis Christi Oxon., ab ann. 1547 ad ann. 1619 ; 
 
 Ashm. Lib. Wood MSS. 8541; 8542. 
 
 Electiones Discipulorum Westmonasteriensium ad 
 
 utramque Academiam, viz., ad iEdem Christi Oxon., et Coll. S. Trinitatis 
 
 Cantab., ab ann. 1561 ad ann. 1689; Ashm. Lib. Wood MS. 8490, 
 
 f. 170. 
 « Students called Canoniers, being put in by the Deans 
 
 and Canons of Christ Church, Oxford, from 1661 to 1735; Brit. Mus. 
 
 Harl. MS. 7025, f. 120. 
 Lincoln College : Catalogue of the Fellows of Lincoln College, Oxford, from 
 
 1436 till 1681 ; Ashm. Lib. Wood MS. 8490, f. 133. 
 Oriel College : Catalogus Preepositorum et Sociorum Coll. Oriel Oxon., ad 
 
 ann. 1665 ; Ashm. Lib. Wood MS. 8490, f. 63. 
 Pembroke College : Names of Persons of Pembroke College, Oxford, who were 
 
 Officers in the Army of Charles I. ; Ashm. Lib. Wood MS. 8490, f. 242. 
 Queen's College : Catalogue of Fellows of Queen's College, Oxford, for forty 
 
 years after the Foundation; Ashm. Lib. Wood MS. 8490, f. 96. 
 St. Edmund Hall: Names of the Scholars of St. Edmund Hall, from 1573 
 
 till 1693 ; Ashm. Lib. Wood MS. 8490, f. 267. 
 St. John's College: Catalogue of Fellows of St. John's College till 1617 ; 
 
 Ashm. Lib. Wood MS. 8490, f. 204. 
 St. Mary Magdalen College : A Register of the Presidents, Fellows, Deans, 
 
 Chaplains, Clerks, Choristers, and other Members of St. Mary Magdalen 
 
 College, Oxford, from the Foundation to the present time, by John 
 
 Rouse Bloxam, D.D. Oxf. 1854, vol. i. Volume ii. is in preparation. 
 Trinity College: Catalogus Alumnorum a Tempore Fundationis, ad ann. 
 
 1600; Ashm. Lib. Wood MS. 8490, f. 172. 
 University College : Nomina Magistrorum, Sociorum, et Alumnorum Coll. 
 
 Uuiv. Oxon., ab ann. 1381 ad ann. 1654 ; Ashm. Lib. Wood MS. 8490. 
 
AND REGISTERS OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS. 395 
 
 Lists of Collegians, etc. 
 Wadham College : Catalogus Custodum, Sociorum, Scholarium, etc., ab aim. 
 1681 ad ann. 1713 ; Ashm. Lib. Wood MS. 8490, f. 240. 
 
 Names of Commoners, from 1615 till 1670 ; Ashm. Lib. 
 
 Wood MS. 8490, f. 225. 
 
 University of Cambridge. 
 
 The Cambridge University Calendar. This calendar commenced about the 
 
 year 1799, and has been continued annually to the present day. 
 History of the University of Cambridge, 2 parts. Lond. 1721. 8vo. 
 
 . by Edm. Carter. Lond. 1753. 8vo. 
 
 Memorabilia Cantabrigise ; or, An Account of the Colleges in Cambridge, 
 
 by Joseph Wilson. Lond. 1803. 8vo. 
 History of the University of Cambridge, by G. Dyer. 2 vols. Lond. 1814. 
 
 8vo. and 4to. 
 Lists of the Chief Officers of the University of Cambridge. See Le Neve's 
 
 "Fasti" new edit., by T.D. Hardy. 3 vols. Oxford, 1854. 
 Collections for an "Athense Cantabrigienses," by the Rev. William Cole, 
 
 alphabetically arranged ; Brit. Mus. Add. MSS. 5862—5884. 
 Similar Collections, made about 1732; Pub. Lib. Camb. MS. Ff. iii. 32. 
 Athenae Cantabrigienses, or Companion to Anthony a Wood's great Work, is 
 
 in preparation by Mr. C. H. Cooper, F.S.A., the author of "The Annals 
 
 of the University and Town of Cambridge" and his eldest son, Mr. 
 
 Thompson Cooper. 
 Lives of Illustrious Men educated at Cambridge, from the Foundation to the 
 
 year 1715; Brit. Mus. Harl.MSS. 7176; 7177, and 6114, pp.12, 13. 
 A Catalogue of the Founders and Benefactors of the University of Cambridge, 
 
 with the Names of the Masters, Fellows, etc., a.d. 1621 ; Brit. Mus. 
 
 Add. MS. 11,720. 
 Catalogus Cancellariorum, Pro-Cancellariorum, Procuratorum, et eorum qui 
 
 in Acad. Cantab, ad Gradum Doctoris aspirant ; et numerus omnium 
 
 Graduatorum, etc., ab ann. 1500 ad ann. 1571, per Matth. Parkerum, 
 
 Arch. Cant.; Ashm. Lib. Wood MS. 8567. 
 List of Cambridge Officers, 1708—1782; Brit. Mus. Add. MSS. 5813, 
 
 f. 200 3; 5960, f. 27. 
 List of High Stewards ; Brit. Mus. Add. MSS. 5821, p. 89 ; 5834, p. 440. 
 Catalogus Cancellariorum Cantab.; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 5845, p. 404. 
 List of Vice- Chancellors, Proctors, and Graduates of Cambridge, 1454 — 
 
 1589 ; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 5845, p. 413. 
 List of Registrars; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 5813, f. 1603. 
 Lists of Professors; Brit. Mus. Add. MSS. 5813, f.162 3.; 5822, f. 49 3.; 
 
 5834, pp. 264, 274, 466; 5846, p. 362. 
 Registrum Gratiarum, Graduum, etc., a veteri libro procuratorum, 1488 — 
 
 1544. ; Brit, Mus. Add. MS. 6899, A. p. 1. 
 
396 UNIVERSITY REGISTERS, 
 
 Lists of Collegians, etc. 
 List of Cambridge Graduates, 1500—1775; Brit. Mus. Add. MSS. 5851, 
 
 p. 224; 5884, p. 33. 
 Graduati Cantabrigienses, ab anno 1600 ad ann. 1784; Caius Coll. Camb. 
 
 MS. 622. 
 Graduati Cantabrigienses, 1823, with MS. additions by D. E.Davy, Esq. ; 
 
 Beit. Mus. Add. MSS. 19,209 ; 19,210. 
 List of Bachelors of Arts of Cambridge, 1500—3 775; Brit. Mus. Add. 
 
 MSS. 5585; 5851, p. 309; 5885, p. 1. 
 The Names of London Scholars, Members of certain Colleges in Cambridge, 
 
 1575 ; Brit. Mus. Lansd. MS. 20, art. 82. 
 
 Christ's College : Extracts from the Becords of Christ's College, Cambridge, 
 
 Brit. Mus. Earl. MS: 6981. 
 Biographical List of the Masters, with their Arms, to 1780; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Add, MS. 5821, p. 45 b. 
 List of Fellows, temp. Edw. VI. ; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 
 
 5846, p. 456. 
 
 Corpus Christi College : Biographical List of the Masters of Corpus Christi, 
 or Benet College, with their Arms ; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 5807, f. 27 b. 
 
 . An Alphabetical Series of Masters, together with 
 
 their Counties, times of Admission, and Degrees, from the Foundation 
 to 1351; of all Fellows from 1440; and of all other Students from 
 1544. See Masters' "Eistory of Benet College, Camb." A prior list of 
 members had been published in 1749. 
 
 Emmanuel College : Lists of the Masters, Fellows, etc., of Emmanuel Col- 
 lege; Brit. Mus. Add. MSS. Mil, ?. 3; 5857, p. 356; 5868, f. 63 3. 
 
 Jesus College : List of Fellows of Jesus College, 1499 — 1745 ; Brit. Mus. 
 Add. MS. 5820, f. 150. 
 
 Admissions from 1618 to 1719; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 
 
 5820, f. 157. 
 
 King's College: Account of King's Coll. Camb., by H.Malden. Ctom5.1769.8vo. 
 
 Biographical Notices of all the Provosts, Fellows, and 
 
 Scholars of King's College, from the Foundation ; Brit. Mus. Add. 
 JfSff. 5814— 6817; 5802, if. 116— 168 ; 5955; 5960, f. 1. 
 
 Catalogue of Provosts, Fellows, and Scholars ; Caius Coll. 
 
 Camb. MS. 173, f. 119. 
 
 Catalogue of Provosts, Fellows, and Scholars elected into King's 
 
 College, Cambridge, from 1441 to 1703 ; Brit. Mus. Earl. MS. 6114. 
 Alumni Etonienses. or a Catalogue of the Provosts and Fel- 
 
 lows of Eton College, and King's College, Cambridge, from the Founda- 
 tion in 1443 to the year 1797, with an Account of their Lives and 
 Preferments, by T. Harwood. Birm. 1797. 4to. 
 Account of the Fellows, 1478—1620; Brit. Mvs.,Add. 
 
 MS. 5954, f. 1. 
 
AND REGISTERS OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS. 397 
 
 Lists of Collegians, etc. 
 King's College {continued) : Registrum Kegale, sive Catalogus Praepositorum, 
 
 Sociorum et Alumnorum, e Collegio Etonensi in Coll. Reg. Cantab. 
 
 cooptatorum, 1443—1774 ; Mona (Pote), 1774. 4to. 
 King's Hall : List of Masters and Fellows of King's Hall; Brit. Mus. Add. 
 
 MS. 5846, pp. 223,457. 
 Magdalen College: Catalogue of the Fellows of Magdalen College, 1575 — 
 
 1735 ; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 5851, p. 99. 
 Pembroke Hall : Biographical List of Masters of Pembroke Hall, with their 
 
 Arms, 1555 ; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 5820, ff. 132 b, 172. 
 List of Masters, 1747 ; Brit. Mus. Add. MSS. 5853, p. 170; 
 
 6402, f. 131. 
 
 List of Fellows, from the fourteenth century to 1710 ; Brit. 
 
 Mus. Add. MS. 5851, p. 199. 
 
 List of Masters and Fellows to 1798. See Loder's "Hist. 
 
 of Framlingham. 4to. 
 Peter House College: List of Fellows of Peter House College; Brit. Mus. 
 
 Add. MS. 5848, f. 181. 
 Queen's College : List of Masters, Fellows, &c, of Queen's College ; Brit. 
 
 Mus. Add. MSS. 5808, p. 124 ; 5848, p. 325. 
 St. Catharine's Hall : List of the Masters, Fellows, Scholars, &c, of St. 
 
 Catharine's HaU; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 5851, f. 149. 
 St. John's College : List of Masters and Fellows of Saint John's College, to 
 
 1775, with their Arms; Brit. Mus. Add. MSS. 5850, pp. 42,449; 
 
 5858, p. 362. 
 Sidney Sussex College : Biographical List of Masters of Sidney Sussex Col- 
 lege ; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 5821, f. 101 b. 
 Trinity College : List of Masters, Fellows, Scholars, &c, of Trinity College ; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 5846, pp. 223, 459. 
 
 Masters of Trinity College, Cambridge, from 1546 to 1699; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 7025, f. 130. 
 
 List of the Persons in Commons, and of the Fellows, 1578 ; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 5845, p. 349. 
 Trinity Hall : Biographical List of Masters of Trinity Hall, with their Arms ; 
 Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 5807, f. 95. 
 
 Trinity College Dublin.- — The Matriculation Books at this 
 College commence with the year 1625, and are carried on — with 
 one hiatus of about forty years in the beginning of the eighteenth 
 century — to the present time. They are kept on the same plan as 
 those of Oxford and Cambridge, giving the name, father's name 
 age, place of birth, and schoolmaster's name of every student 
 matriculated. 
 
398 UNIVERSITY REGISTERS, 
 
 PUBLIC SCHOOL REGISTERS. 
 
 At most, if not all, of the Public Schools, registers (more or less 
 particular) are kept of the students, their ages, residences, birth- 
 places, and parents. 
 
 Particulars of all the Endowed Grammar Schools in England and 
 Wales were published by Nicholas Carlisle, Esq., in 1818. 
 
 Charter House. — The registers of the Charter House contain a 
 pretty accurate account of the scholars of the foundation since the 
 Restoration. The parentage of the scholars is recorded. Since the 
 appointment of Dr. Russell, which took place in 1811, more accu- 
 rate lists have been kept of the whole of the boys in the school ; 
 and soon after that year, a list was printed, called the "Blue Book," 
 which has been continued annually, but these lists give no clue to 
 parentage. 
 
 Christ's Hospital. — The registers of this institution have been 
 preserved in an unbroken series from 1563, and the form of entry 
 in the earlier registers is very similar to that used at the present 
 time. It is not perhaps unlikely that the entries of 1563 may in- 
 clude children who had been some time in the hospital, and whose 
 names were then collected into a book or register, the hospital 
 having been occupied in 1552, and its letters patent of foundation 
 dated in 1553. Some of the children admitted in the first years of 
 the hospital's establishment (and during a century afterwards) were 
 foundlings, or destitute children, to whose parentage there was little 
 or no clue. In cases where the parent was known, it was the prac- 
 tice, at the earliest period to which the registers extend, to record 
 the father's name, and his trade or company. The children, for 
 many years (leaving out of view foundlings, &c), were almost ex- 
 clusively children of freemen of London, which circumstance would 
 connect them with the City companies, and in some cases might 
 afford a clue to their families and origin. 
 
 The entries in the hospital's registers are mostly very explicit, and 
 comprise the admission and discharge, or apprenticing out or decease 
 of each child, allowing for some few irregularities or omissions in 
 the earlier books. 
 
 In 1677, rules were made requiring that children should be seven 
 years of age before admission, and should not be foundlings or 
 
AND REGISTERS OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS. 399 
 
 parish children. These points were vouched for by the minister, 
 churchwarden, and several inhabitants of the parish. For nearly 
 two hundred years a certificate of baptism has been required with 
 each child, and for the last sixty-four years a certificate of marriage 
 has also been furnished, besides (since the year 1677) the certificate 
 as to legitimacy, &c. &c, signed by the minister and others, being 
 given. 
 
 At the present time, certificates of birth, baptism, and marriage 
 are required ; and for a very long period (probably since 1677) a 
 statement has been required of the parent (if living) of his circum- 
 stances, number of family, &c. 
 
 In the Rev. W. Trollope's History of the Hospital, there is a 
 list of the hospital scholars at the Universities from 1591 to 1833, 
 with notes, and some account of the more distinguished. The names 
 of the boys educated on King Charles the Second's Mathematical 
 Foundation, and put out to sea service, from its establishment in 
 1672-73, were printed in 1769. 
 
 Eton College. — Catalogues of the Eton scholars from 1443 to 
 1774, with short biographies, have been printed, under the title of 
 " Registrum Regale, sive Catalogus Prapositorum, Sociorum et 
 Alumnorum in Coll. Etonensi, in Coll. Reg. Cantab. Cooptatorum, 
 1443—1774;" Etonce [Pote], 1774. 4to. 
 
 A Catalogue of the Provosts and Fellows of Eton College, and 
 King's College, Cambridge, from the Foundation in 1443 to the 
 year 1797, with an Account of their Lives and Preferments, by 
 Thorn. Harwood, was published at Birmingham in 1797. 4to. 
 
 In the Ashmolean Library, at Oxford, is a manuscript, entitled 
 " Catalogus Prsepositorum et Sociorum Coll. Etonensis, in Com. 
 Bucks." {Wood MS. 8583, f. 120.) 
 
 Annual lists of the scholars are also published. 
 
 Harrow School. — The only published register of this school is 
 that compiled by the late Dean of Peterborough, commencing 1770 
 to 1826. The "Harrow Calendar," containing lists of the boys, 
 without any description, from 1845 to 1852, can be had of Mr. 
 Winkley, Bookseller, Harrow. 
 
 King's College. — A calendar of students at this college is pub- 
 lished annually. The first was printed about 1831. 
 
400 UNIVERSITY REGISTERS, ETC 
 
 London University. — A calendar is annually printed of the 
 students there. The first was published in 1844. 
 
 Merchant Tailors' School. — There are registers of the boys of 
 this School, from the year 1607 to the present time, in which their 
 birth, entrance on and continuance in the School, are set down, but 
 there is no account of their parentage in these registers. A list of 
 the principal scholars is given in Wilson's History of the School. 
 Lond. 1814. 4to. 
 
 Rugby School. — A regular register is kept of the names and 
 ages of boys admitted to Rugby School, together with the names 
 and addresses of their parents. The register is published at inter- 
 vals, under the name of the " Rugby Register" by Messrs. Crossley 
 and Billington, Rugby. 
 
 St. Paul's School. — "For lists of the masters and scholars of 
 St. Paul's School, see Knight's " Life of Dean Colet." Lond. 1724. 
 8vo. p. 327. 
 
 St. Peter's College, Westminster. — Several lists of the boys 
 
 admitted at this school are in existence. 
 
 A List of Scholars, as elected to Christ Church College, Oxford, and Trinity 
 College, Cambridge, was published by Jos. Welch, London, 1788. 4 to. 
 This work embraces also a List of Masters. 
 
 A new Edition, entitled " List of the Queen's Scholars of St. Peter's College % 
 Westminster'' was published by Ginger, of Great College Street, "West- 
 minster, in 1852. 
 
 In the British Museum are : — 
 Lists of Westminster Scholars, from 1561 to 1738, with some other lists, and 
 
 another copy, extending only to 1717 {Harl. MS. 7025, f. 152). 
 A similar List, from 1683 to 1738 {Add. MS. 8872). 
 Lists of Head Masters of Westminster School, from 1561 to 1733 {Harl. 
 MS. 7025, f. 133). 
 A MS. list of boys admitted since 1803 is in the custody of the 
 head master. 
 
 Winchester College. — Registers exist in this college of all the 
 scholars who have ever been admitted into it. Their names are en- 
 tered, with the date and place of their birth, and the date of their 
 admission; also, in most instances, the time of their leaving the 
 college ; and if anything remarkable has befallen them in after life, 
 it is generally noticed. No list of names has ever been printed. 
 
401 
 
 Counties palatine EecorUs, 
 
 ^PHE Counties Palatine of Durham, Lancaster, and Chester 
 -*- had formerly separate Courts for the hearing of civil, criminal, 
 and ecclesiastical matters ; but these were abolished by Statute 6 
 Will. IV. c. 19, and the records have for the most part been removed 
 to London. The Records of these Courts are so similar to the 
 documents enumerated elsewhere, that they require no particular 
 description or explanation. They consist chiefly of criminal pro- 
 ceedings ; writs in real and personal actions ; files of warrants to 
 prosecute and defend ; bail pieces ; writs of error ; affidavits of debt, 
 &c. ; rolls of judgments; record, or the feet of fines levied; plea 
 rolls; recoveries; remembrance rolls; enrolments of licenses of 
 alienation; pardons of alienation; commissions; patents; awards 
 and decrees ; deeds relating to private property ; copyhold books, 
 containing an account of the different surrenders, admittances, &c, 
 made at the halmot courts of the different bishops; inquisitions 
 post mortem ; mandates and returns of writs for the election of 
 members to serve in Parliament, etc. etc. 
 
 These records were originally deposited in the custody of the 
 Clerk of the Crown, Prothonotary, and Cursitor for the several 
 jurisdictions; but have, with the exception of those at Durham, 
 been removed and placed under the charge of the Master of the 
 Rolls, pursuant to the Statute 1 and 2 Vict. c. 94. 
 
 The proceedings of the County Palatine Courts of Durham have 
 been removed to a building recently erected for them by the 
 Warden, Masters, and Scholars of the University of Durham in the 
 Exchequer Building there, and can be consulted daily, between the 
 hours of nine and one and three and five, upon payment of the usual 
 fees. The question as to their removal to London is still pending. 
 A brief calendar of them is given in Thomas's " Handbook to the 
 Records" pp. 334, 335 ; another, more in detail, will be found in 
 Mr. Hardy's "Report" which is appended to the Report of the 
 Deputy-Keeper, made to Parliament in 1855. 
 
 Hunter's Collection of Manuscripts relating to the County Pala- 
 tine of Durham is deposited in the Library of the Dean and Chaptei 
 of Durham. 
 
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402 COUNTIES PALATINE RECORDS. 
 
 The Lancaster Records were transferred to the Office of the 
 Duchy Court of Lancaster in London, where they still remain. 
 This office is also the repository of numerous valuable documents 
 relating to other counties, such as charters, deeds, and grants by and 
 from the Kings and Queens of England and divers great personages, 
 as well as private individuals, commencing in 1135; enrolments of 
 charters and grants in fee-farm, from 51 Edw. III. [1377] to Anne; 
 Court Rolls of honours, lordships, and manors in England and 
 Wales, chiefly within and parcel of the Duchy, from the reign of 
 Edw. I. to the present time; ministers' and receivers' accompts, 
 from the reign of Edw. II. to the same period. Inquisitions post 
 mortem, &c, commencing 1 Hen. V. and ending the 18 Charles L; 
 in all about 3569 records. Pleadings and surveys, from the reign 
 of Henry VII. to the present day. Decrees and decretal orders, 
 commencing with Henry VII. and ending with the present day. 
 Leases and patents of offices, and presentations to livings, from 
 1 Hen. VIII. [1510] to the present time. Privy seals and bills, from 
 1 Jas. I. Grants of quit-rents, from 1 780, and awards on inclosures, 
 from 1754. 
 
 Indexes and calendars have been compiled to these records, suf- 
 ficient for all practical purposes. For an account of the office hours 
 and fees, see the heading " Duchy of Lancaster Office" in the 
 "Appendix " to this work. 
 
 Among the volumes of Public Records published by order of the 
 House of Commons are Calendars of the Inquisitions post mortem 
 of the Duchy of Lancaster, under this title : " Ducatus Lancastriee, 
 Calendarium Inquisitionum Post Mortem , ,y &c. 3 vols, folio. 1823 — 
 1834. 
 v , T ("Part 1 I. Calendar to the Inquisitions, Edw. I. — Car. I. 
 
 ' l Part II. Calendar to the Pleadings, etc. Hen. VII. — Ph. and Mary. 
 
 Vol. II. Part III. 1—13 Elizabeth. 
 
 Vol. III. Part IV. 14—45 Elizabeth. 
 
 The Calendars present the names of the Plaintiffs and Defendants, 
 a slight notice of the subjects, and of the situation of the lands or 
 other property in dispute. It is material to observe, that the lands 
 litigated were as frequently in other counties as in Lancashire; 
 hence the utility of the calendar is not confined to that county, but 
 extends to all lands which formed part of the Duchy of Lancaster. 
 Indices, Nominum et Locorum, are appended to each volume. 
 
 The first two volumes were published at £3. 5s.; the third at 
 £l. 10s. The present price is £\. Is. for the three. 
 
COUNTIES PALATINE RECORDS. 403 
 
 The Chester Records have been deposited in the new repository 
 of the Rolls House, Chancery Lane. A brief calendar of them 
 will be found in Thomas's " Handbook to the Records" pp. 323 — 
 327. 
 
 At the Lambeth Library are returns of the possessions attached 
 to the see, and to the Dean and Chapter of Chester. 
 
 In the County Bag at the Chapter House are records relating 
 to the County of Chester. 
 
 At the Rolls Office are Rolls containing the accounts of the 
 bailiffs and farmers of lordships, townships, manors, &c, in Cheshire, 
 and the accounts of the sheriff and escheator. Also the Macclesfield 
 Rolls, which contain the accounts of the bailiffs of the hundred, 
 distinct from the rest of Cheshire ; and also of the catchpolls and 
 bailiffs of the borough, and of the bailiffs of the forest of Maccles- 
 field, &c. 
 
 Most extensive collections relating to families of this Duchy, the 
 chief part of which were collected by the three Randal Holmes, are 
 at the British Museum (Harl. MSS. 1920— 2187 ; 7568; 7569). 
 
 Chester City was taken out of the County Palatine and made a 
 county of itself by Letters Patent, 6 April, 21 Hen. VII. 
 
404 
 
 i^cottl) ftecortis. 
 
 HPHE Collections of Records illustrative of the History of Scot- 
 ■*■ land are very numerous, and their places of deposit are nearly 
 as varied as the collections. 
 
 Notwithstanding the connection which subsisted between this 
 country and Scotland from a very early period, and the disputes 
 and wars carried on between them, no authentic record relative 
 thereto is of earlier date than the reign of Richard I., from which 
 time there is a series of treaties and documents, down to the treaty 
 between Elizabeth and Mary, in 1586. 
 
 Records called the Scotch Rolls (Rotuli Scotise), commencing 
 19 Edw. I., and ending 22 Edw. IV., are deposited in the Tower, 
 and at the Rolls Chapel, with the exception of those of the 13 
 and 34 Edw. III., which are at the Chapter House. 
 
 They consist of negotiations and treaties of peace ; truces ; pre- 
 cepts to the Lords Marchers respecting the keeping of the marches ; 
 precepts for levying men; orders concerning pay and provisions, 
 and for garrisoning, fortifying, and victualling castles ; impressment 
 of seamen; notices of soldiers employed; proceedings relating to 
 prisoners of war ; ransoms; safe conducts to the families of prisoners ; 
 rewards to partisans ; grants of estates to those who had rendered 
 essential aid to the Kings of England in their claims to the Crown 
 of Scotland; attainders of persons for having acted against Edward I. 
 or his successors; orders for raising money; licenses to trade; grants 
 of benefices, &c. &c. 
 
 For early biography, these records present highly valuable ma- 
 terials. In the middle ages almost every person of the rank of a 
 gentleman served in the field ; and it is from documents connected 
 with political and military affairs that the lives of eminent in- 
 dividuals must be mainly composed. Of many of the most distin- 
 guished characters of the fourteenth century not a word is said by 
 any contemporary historian ; and the little which can be collected 
 
SCOTCH RECORDS. 405 
 
 respecting them must be wholly gleaned from records. Between 
 Scotland and this country there was always a constant connection, 
 either of a warlike or pacific nature ; and it must be at once obvious 
 that the Scotch Rolls are of the utmost utility to persons who are 
 interested in the history of either kingdom. 
 
 The particulars of some of the families who accompanied the 
 King in his Scotch wars, especially of the northern families, are so 
 extensive, that they serve almost as a diary. 
 
 A Calendar of all the Scotch Rolls and Records here noticed was 
 printed, with Indexes, in 1774, at the expense of Sir Joseph AylofFe, 
 Baronet; and the Bolls themselves were, in 1814, printed verbatim, 
 and published in two folio volumes, by the Commissioners on Public 
 Records. They are entitled, u Rotuli Scotice in Turri Londinensi, 
 et in Domo Capitulari Westm. asservati" 19 Edw. I. — 8 Hen. VIII., 
 folio, 1814—1818. 
 
 The original price of these volumes was £5. 10s. ; the present 
 price is £2. 2s. 
 
 No instance is yet known where these records have been produced 
 in open court for the verification of a pedigree. Dugdale quotes 
 them so constantly in his "Baronage/ 3 that he, doubtless, had copies 
 of them; and transcripts were possessed by Elias Ashmole, and are 
 still preserved with his MSS. in the Ashmolean Museum. 
 
 At the College of Arms is an Abstract of the Scotch Rolls for 
 the reigns of Edw. I., II., III.; Ric. II.; Hen. IV., V., and VI. 
 [MS. B. 15.] 
 
 Collections from these Rolls, from the reign of Edward I. to 
 that of Edward IV., may also be found in the British Museum 
 (Harl. MSS. 320; 92, ff. 36, 616, 666, 1846, 205; Lansd. MS. 
 314) 
 
 Another important class of Scotch Records was the Scottish 
 Inquisitions, which originate in the "Brieve Mortancestry," or 
 " Brieve of Succession." This is a writ issuing from Chancery in 
 the King's name, the purport of which is to establish a claim by 
 inheritance, or to be " served nearest lawful heir " to those lands 
 of a feudal nature, in which the alleged ancestor of the claimant was 
 vested at the time of his death. 
 
 According to the law of Scotland, the complete and effective 
 right to such property does not pass immediately and spontaneously 
 from the ancestor to the heir, but is said to remain ' f in hereditate 
 jacente" of the deceased owner, until the claim of the heir has been 
 
406 SCOTCH RECORDS. 
 
 formally recognised and established by the procedure under a writ 
 of succession. 
 
 By that writ the Judge to whom it is addressed is authorised and 
 required to ascertain, by the verdict of a jury — 1. In what lands and 
 annual rents, within the limits of his jurisdiction, the alleged 
 ancestor of the claimant died vested and seised as of fee, at the faith 
 and peace of the King. — 2. If the claimant be the nearest lawful 
 heir of the deceased in these lands. — 3. If he be then of lawful age. 
 4. What is the annual value of the lands, according to certain 
 valuations, usually called the old and the new extent. — 5. Of whom, 
 as feudal superior, the lands are held. — 6. By what feudal service 
 or species of tenure. — 7. In whose possession the lands now are, 
 and on what account, and how long they have been so possessed. 
 
 The proceedings so held are denominated a "Service." The 
 verdict of the jury is transmitted to Chancery, where it is entered 
 on record by the Director, and an extract of the record is given to 
 the claimant; and in this completed state it is commonly termed the 
 u Retour of the Service." 
 
 An Abridgment of these Inquisitions has been printed by the 
 Record Commissioners, in four volumes folio, of which the last is a 
 supplement. The work is entitled, " Inquisitionum ad Capellam 
 Domini Regis retornatarum, quce in Publicis Archivis Scotia adhuc 
 asservantur, abbreviation fol. 1811 — 1816. 
 
 Of the original Inquisitions retoured to Chancery, the present 
 series begins in the year 1547 ; and no original retours of prior 
 date have been found, but such as have been preserved in the 
 custody of individuals, and afterwards deposited and recorded in the 
 office. The imperfections in the series, subsequently even to the 
 period above mentioned, are very great. 
 
 Of the present series of Inquisitions retoured to Chancery, com- 
 mencing in the minority of Queen Mary, no record appears to have 
 been made until about the year 1630, when they were recorded in 
 a series of books ; and from that period the practice of recording 
 Inquisitions has been regularly continued. The whole of the series, 
 ending in March, 1811, consists of one hundred and two volumes, 
 in folio. The fifth volume, relating to the years 1611 — 1614, is 
 lost ; and many original Retours have been discovered which are 
 not contained in any of the existing volumes of the Record. 
 
 The importance of the record of Retours, independently of its 
 primary purposes, is too well known to require illustration. With 
 certain limitations, it may be considered as exhibiting an authentic 
 
SCOTCH RECORDS. 407 
 
 history of the transmission, by inheritance, of the far greater part 
 of the landed property in Scotland, as well as that of the descent of 
 the greater number of its considerable families during the course of 
 the last two centuries. 
 
 The work above noticed has been brought down to the end of the 
 seventeenth century. It embraces the contents of about forty-nine 
 volumes of the Record, as also those more ancient Retours which 
 have been deposited in Chancery at a later period, and an abridg- 
 ment of those original Retours, of which the existing books contain 
 no record. 
 
 The three volumes were published at £7. 17s. 6d. ; but the present 
 price is £3. 13s. 6d. 
 
 A record called the Ragman Roll was printed by the Bannatyne 
 Club in 1834, with this title, " Instrument a Publica, sive Processus 
 super Fidelitatibus et Homagiis Scotorum, Domino Regi Anglite 
 factis, a.d. 1291 — 1296." It contains a chronological detail of the 
 proceedings in the competition of the Crown of Scotland, from the 
 conference at Norham, in May 1291, down to the final award in 
 favour of Balliol, in November 1292 ; and, besides a recital of all 
 that related to the adjudication of the question of right among the 
 competitors, it carefully sets forth every circumstance relative to 
 the claim of Edward, as lord paramount of the kingdom; and 
 registers at full length all instruments of homage and fealty 
 executed under the seals of the competitors, and of the nobles, 
 barons, and clergy of Scotland, as well as of other persons of inferior 
 rank, who made their submission to the English Monarch during 
 the period above mentioned. Two copies of this record have been 
 preserved in the Chapter House, Westminster ; and it has been 
 printed by Rymer, though in a rather disjointed form, under the 
 title of "Magnus Rotulus Scotice" (Foedera ii. 542). Another 
 record of the same transactions, framed by a different notary, and 
 probably at a later period, has been deposited in the Tower. 
 
 The term Ragman, in diplomatic language, properly imports an 
 indenture or other legal deed, executed under the seals of the 
 parties; and, consequently, its application to the Rolls here in 
 question implies that they are the record of the separate ragmans, 
 or sealed instruments of homage and fealty, executed by the people 
 of Scotland. The editors of the documents above noticed give 
 numerous examples, in the preface to the work, of the early use of 
 this term ; but in conclusion they remark, that " it must be con- 
 
408 SCOTCH RECORDS. 
 
 fessed, after all, that the origin of Ragman still remains a problem 
 for future lexicographers." 1 
 
 Numerous other documents relating to Scotland will be found 
 en.tered on the Close Rolls, and amongst the Tower and Chapter 
 House records. 
 
 Of these the records found in the Chapter House have been 
 printed, under the authority of the Record Commissioners, in a 
 volume bearing the title, " Documents and Records illustrating the 
 History of Scotland, preserved in the Treasury of the Exchequer, 
 by Sir F. Palgrave. ,f Vol. i. 1837. Royal 8vo. 
 
 A very valuable collection of State Papers relating to transactions 
 between England and Scotland is preserved in the Cottonian Library 
 at the British Museum. 3 
 
 At Sion College are Records of the Church and Kirk of Scot- 
 land, from the beginning of the Reformation to the year 1638, in 
 three volumes, folio. 
 
 A work entitled " Fragmenta Scoto-Monastica, or Materials for 
 the Formation of a Scottish Monasticon," was published at Edin- 
 burgh in 1842, by that zealous antiquary, Mr. Turnbull. This 
 gentleman has also announced the preparation of a "Monasticon 
 Scoticanum." 
 
 References to Pedigrees, &c, of Scotch Families will be found 
 under the head of " Heraldic Collections" in the present work. 
 
 1 In a note appended by Mr. Thomas Wright to a short poem, termed the " Ragman 
 Roll," in his volume of "Anecdota Literaria" Lond. 1844, that gentleman observes : — 
 " It would appear from the title that the name of the game was Ragman : the title of 
 the French copy is * Ragman the Good.' It is well known that the charter by which 
 the Scots acknowledged their dependence on the English Crown under Edward I. was 
 popularly called a ragman roll ; and the name was afterwards applied to other rolls. 
 The origin of the name has been a subject of much doubt. In the * Chronicle of 
 LanercosV [ed. Stevenson, p. 261], we are told that the Scottish deed just mentioned 
 was called ragman on account of the number of seals of the Scottish nobility which 
 hung from it. It appears by the beginning of the following poem that, in the game of 
 Ragman, the person seeking his character drew a string, which indicated the stanza 
 that was to be applied to him. If we suppose (which appears to me very probable) 
 that the stanzas were written one after another on a roll of parchment, that to each 
 stanza a string was attached at the side, with a seal or piece of metal or wood at the 
 end, and that, when used, the parchment was rolled up, with all the strings and their 
 seals hanging together, so that the drawer had no reason for choosing one more than 
 another, but drew one of the strings by mere chance, on which the roll was opened to 
 see on what stanza he had fallen. If such were the form of the game, we can very easily 
 imagine why the name was popularly applied to a charter with an unusual number of 
 seals attached to it, which when rolled up would present exactly the same appearance." 
 
 * See Hooper's " Catalogue of the Cottonian Library" Lond. 1777, p. 29. 
 
SCOTCH RECORDS. 409 
 
 The following are the works relating to Scotland, published under 
 the orders of the Record Commissioners, in addition to those already 
 mentioned : — 
 
 Registrum Magni Sigilli Regum Scotorum in Archivis Publicis asservatum, 
 a.d. 1306—1424. 1 vol. fol. 1814. The above is a collection of Royal 
 Charters of Scotland. The present price is 15*. 
 
 The Acts of the Parliament of Scotland. 11 vols, folio. 1814—1845. The 
 first volume of these acts was not published till 1846. 
 
 The Acts of the Lords Auditors of Causes and Complaints ; or, Acta Domi- 
 norum Auditorum, a.d. 1466 — 1494. 1 vol. fol. 1839. This volume 
 contains the judicial acts and proceedings of the Committees of the three 
 Estates of Scotland, chosen for hearing causes and complaints during 
 the reigns of James III. and IV. of Scotland. 
 
 The Acts of the Lords of the Council in Civil Causes ; or, Acta Dominorum 
 Concilii, a.d. 1478 — 1495. 1 vol. fol. 1839. These are intimately con- 
 nected with the above contemporaneous and analogous proceedings of 
 " The Acts of the Lords Auditors of Causes and Complaints." 
 
410 IRISH RECORDS. 
 
 $risrt) Eecortis. 
 
 LIKE the Scotch Records just mentioned, the Records of Ire- 
 land have suffered from the vicissitudes of war, neglect, and 
 the gradual ravages of time. Nevertheless, our public offices and 
 libraries contain much that is valuable to the Historian and 
 Genealogist with relation to this country, and several important 
 works have lately been printed by the Irish Record Commissioners, 
 The Patent and Close Rolls of the Chancery of Ireland are pre- 
 served in the Rolls Office, Dublin. Upon these rolls are found 
 grants of lands in fee or otherwise ; creations of honours ; charters 
 of incorporation ; grants of offices ; presentations ; denizations ; 
 wardships; pardons; ancient statutes; Kings' letters, and other 
 State documents ; with several inquisitions, and many deeds, con- 
 veyances, letters of attorney, and Chancery proceedings. 
 
 A Calendar of these Records has been printed by the Commis- 
 sioners above referred to, under the title of u Rotulorum Patentium 
 et Clausorum Cancellarice Hibernice Calendarium, Hen. II. — 
 Hen. VII." Vol. i. part i. fol. 1828. 
 
 In the Rolls Office of the Court of Chancery of Ireland are 
 preserved the Inquisitions Post Mortem and Inquisitions on Attainder. 
 These are divided, according to the four provinces and the several 
 counties of Ireland, into reigns, and generally commence in the 
 time of Queen Elizabeth, a few being prior to that period. 
 
 The Inquisitions Post Mortem are the best evidences of the 
 descent of families, and of the transfer and possession of property 
 during the period they embrace. They cease soon after the restora- 
 tion of Charles II., when the feudal tenures were abolished. 
 
 The Inquisitions on Attainder show whether any person was 
 attainted, in which case his lands and other property were seized 
 into the King's hands. They extend to the reign of William the 
 Third. 
 
 These records have also been printed by the Irish Record Com- 
 missioners, with this title: " Inquisitionum in Officio Rotulorum 
 Cancellarice Hibernice asservatarum t repertorium" Vols. i. ii. folio. 
 1826—1829. 
 
IRISH RECORDS. 411 
 
 In the Tower of London are records called the Irish Rolls, 
 of the 1, and 47 to 50 Edward III. On them will be found grants of 
 lands and other possessions ; letters of protection and safe conduct ; 
 inquisitions of various sorts; appointments of constables and 
 governors of castles; grants of freedom; committals to prison; 
 grants of wardship, etc., as found on the Scotch and Welsh Rolls, 
 described elsewhere. 
 
 At Carlton Ride are — Accounts of the Chamberlain of the 
 Exchequer in Dublin, and of the Treasurer in Ireland, Edward I. 
 and subsequent reigns. 
 
 At the Rolls House are Rolls of the Irish Establishments, 
 temp. Jac. I. 
 
 At the Treasury are — Irish Books from 1669 ; Books, etc., of 
 the late Exchequer of Ireland ; original Certificates of Receipts and 
 Payments ; Books of the Pells, etc. etc. 
 
 At the Chapter House are Transcripts of all Letters Patent of 
 Grants by the Lords Lieutenants, &c, of Ireland, from Hen. V. to 
 12 Hen .VI. These have been printed by the Record Commissioners 
 in a volume of miscellaneous records, entitled, u Rotuli Selecti ad 
 res Anglicas et Hibernicas spectantes, ex archiv. in Domo Cap. 
 Westmon. deprompti." 1 vol. 8vo. 1834. 
 
 At the Office of the Land Revenue Department are — Accounts 
 of Lords Deputies ; of Treasurers at War ; Victualling and Imprests, 
 from Philip and Mary to the Commonwealth. 
 
 The Library of the British Museum contains some very im- 
 portant and valuable collections relative to Irish History. The 
 volumes known as the Clarendon Manuscripts are very valuable to 
 the historian and genealogist. They are described "in Ayscough's 
 " Catalogue of Additional Manuscripts/' vol. i. pp. 309 — 340. A 
 few volumes of the same collection are at the Bodleian Library. 
 The Egerton Library, also at the Museum, contains a very im- 
 portant collection relating to the early history and literature of the 
 country, with some few records interesting to the genealogist. The 
 dispersion of the Library of the late Sir William Betham, Ulster, 
 afforded an opportunity to the Trustees of securing several valuable 
 manuscripts, which are described in the " Hand-List of Additional 
 Manuscripts/' at Nos. 19,829—19,865. 
 
 In respect to the History of Ireland, the Carew Collection at the 
 Lambeth Library presents an inestimable mass of the most im- 
 portant evidence. The Carew Manuscripts formerly belonged to 
 George, Lord Carew, Earl of Totness, and were purchased by 
 
412 IRISH RECORDS. 
 
 Archbishop Tenison. They consist of forty-two volumes of 
 valuable papers, principally relating to Irish History during the 
 reign of Elizabeth, but contain some circumstances of earlier 
 times, particularly of the conquest of Ireland. They are numbered 
 596—638. 
 
 A valuable work, affording abundant information concerning 
 the Official History of Ireland, has been printed by the Irish 
 Record Commissioners, with this title, "Liber Munerum Pub- 
 licorum Hibernice, 1152 — 1827; or, The Establishments of Ireland. 3 ' 
 1 vol., in 2 parts, folio. 1852. The present price of this work is 
 £2. 2s. 
 
 The Irish Ecclesiastical documents, exclusive of Pope Nicholas* 
 Taxation, are of considerable importance. Surveys, commencing 
 with the 28 Henry VIII., are to be found in the Chief Remem- 
 brancer's and First Fruits Offices. The most useful of these 
 documents are the " Valor Beneficiorum, 33 and the "Inquisitions 33 
 upon which such valuation was founded. 
 
 The student will find some notices of the ancient Irish Records 
 in Nicholson's "Irish Historical Library 33 chapter vii., and in 
 Sir William Betham's "Dignities, Feudal and Parliamentary 33 
 chapters x. — xiii. 
 
 Reference to Pedigrees, &c, of Irish families will be found in the 
 present work, under the head of " Heraldic Collections." 
 
413 
 
 Welsjb ftecortrs. 
 
 HP HE most important of the Records relating to Wales are the 
 -*- "Welsh Rolls/' which commence with the 5th and extend to 
 the 23rd year of Edward I. 
 
 In the fourth year of Edward I., Lewellin ap Gruffydh, Prince of 
 North Wales, having offended the King by marrying Eleanor de 
 Bohun, the Earl of Leicester's daughter ; by the depredations he 
 had committed in the marches; and by refusing to do homage 
 at the King's coronation, was pronounced guilty of contumacy, 
 and a great army was levied to proceed against him as a rebel. 
 The Prince having been brought to submission, a treaty of peace 
 was concluded between the belligerent parties about Martinmas, 
 1277. 
 
 At this period the Welsh Rolls begin, and continued to the time 
 that Wales became thoroughly subdued, the rebellion raised by 
 Rees ap Meredith entirely quashed by his execution, and the ordi- 
 nances for the settlement of the country and incorporating it with 
 England were established. 
 
 The Rolls contain all the different instruments which passed the 
 Great Seal touching the affairs of the Principality and its Marches, 
 as also relating to the several persons who were either employed or 
 interested in those parts. Therein will be found grants of castles, 
 lands, and other possessions ; letters of protection and safe conduct ; 
 appointments of justices; inquisitions of various sorts; presentations 
 to churches ; appointments of constables and governors of castles ; 
 grants of freedom ; committals to prison ; grants of wardship ; writs 
 to receive money ; grants of fairs ; liberty to trade free from toll ; 
 releases from debts ; removals from appointments ; confirmations of 
 former charters ; exchanges of lands ; feoffments ; arrests ; orders for 
 dower, for support of children, for homage ; appointments to military 
 rank, and other entries too numerous to detail. 
 
 The Rolls are preserved amongst the records at the Tower. 
 
 Although termed the (( Welsh Rolls," and relating to the affairs 
 
414 WELSH RECORDS. 
 
 cf Wales, it is necessary to mention that notices of many English 
 families appear upon them. 
 
 Extracts from these rolls will be found in the Harleian MS. 320, 
 f. 42, at the British Museum. 
 
 A Calendar of the ancient Charters, and of the Welsh and Scotch 
 Rolls, was published by Sir Joseph Ayloffe, in one volume 4to., in 
 1774; but, as relates to the Welsh Rolls, it is very defective. 
 
 Many matters relating to Wales are entered on the Close Rolls. 
 There is also, among the Chapter House records, a roll of ex- 
 tracts from these rolls touching Wales. Here, likewise, are docu- 
 ments relating to the transactions with the Welsh Princes, tempp. 
 Henry III. and Edward I. ; Letters concerning the war against the 
 Welsh, etc. 
 
 The Revenue Rolls of the Prince of Wales (47—49 Edw. III.) 
 are among the Tower records. 
 
 At Carlton Ride are ministers' accounts, and accounts of the 
 revenues of Wales ; some as early as Edward III. down to Philip 
 and Mary. 
 
 The British Museum possesses a fine collection of manuscripts 
 illustrative of the Literature of Wales; and several volumes of 
 Genealogical Collections, with Pedigrees of Welsh Families, col- 
 lected by Randal Holme. A descriptive Catalogue of all the Welsh 
 manuscripts and documents relating to the Principality of Wales 
 preserved in this Library, formed by James Logan, F.S.A., in 1833 
 and 1834, will be found in Additional MS. 15,088. In the year 
 1844, two very fine collections of Welsh Manuscripts, amounting in 
 all to 224 volumes, were presented to the Trustees by the Governors 
 of the Welsh School, and by the Royal Cymmrodorion Society. 
 Descriptions are given in the " Lists of Additions " for the year 
 1844, pp. 16—85 ; and 1845, p. 25. 
 
 A long list of Welsh Records will be found in Thomas's " Hand- 
 Book to the Public Records/' pp. 321—333. 
 
 The document known as the " Record of Caernarvon " has been 
 printed by the Record Commissioners, with this title, " Registrum 
 vulgariter nuncupatum ' The Record of Caernarvon/ e* codice MS. 
 Harleiano 696 descriptum" 1 vol. folio. 1838. 
 
 The first portion of the above record contains a collection of 
 extents of manors, taken chiefly in 26 Edward III., in the counties 
 of Caernarvon and Anglesey. A second portion contains other 
 extents of commots and manors, including the lands of the bishopric 
 of Bangor. A third portion contains records under the title, "Leges 
 
WELSH RECORDS. 415 
 
 et Consuetudines Wallice" A fourth portion is a collection of inqui- 
 sitions and pleadings in quo warranto before the Justices Itinerant 
 in North Wales, petitions, &c. The next portion contains particulars 
 for the taxation of the spiritual and temporal possessions of the 
 clergy of the diocese of Bangor, followed by an extent of the tem- 
 poralities of the see, 22 Richard II. ; after which follow a collection 
 of smaller records. 
 
 The present price of this work is £1. lis. 6d. 
 
 References to Pedigrees, &c, of Welsh families will be found in 
 the present work, under the head of u Heraldic Collections." 
 
416 
 
 JHiSttilaneuus &ecortis* 
 
 RECORDS OF CLERGYMEN. 
 
 HPHE birth, education, life, and death of a clergyman, may be 
 -*• traced with great facility. The Registers of Public Schools 
 and Universities supply the earliest information, and the Eccle- 
 siastical Records supply the residue. The former documents have 
 been already described; 1 the latter are very numerous, the principal 
 being the Bishops' Registers and the Registers of the First 
 Fruits and Tenths. 
 
 A very valuable collection of these records are preserved at the 
 Lambeth Library. They contain the surveys of the possessions of 
 Bishops, Deans, and Chapters, and of other benefices, made in 
 pursuance of various ordinances of the Commonwealth ; also pre- 
 sentations to livings during that period, and the augmentation of 
 benefices by salaries or pensions for the maintenance of preaching 
 ministers, &c. References to these and other records will be found 
 in the accompanying lists. 
 
 The British Museum and Sion College are very rich in his- 
 tories and matters relating to the clergy; and the libraries of Oxford 
 and Cambridge contain many records worthy the attention of the 
 genealogist. 
 
 The Bishops' Registers will be found to contain the names of 
 the incumbents of the several benefices throughout England from 
 the earliest times, the date of their inductions, the names of the 
 patrons or patronesses ; and, should the advowsons have been family 
 possessions, a series of such patrons' ancestors, with many par- 
 ticulars of them, their deaths, their heirs, and devisees. 
 
 The dates of these registers, though varying in each diocese, are 
 all of great antiquity; those in the Consistory Court of London 
 commence in 1306. 
 
 At Durham are registers of several Bishops between 1311 and 
 
 1 See ante, page OIK). 
 
MISCELLANEOUS BECORDS. 417 
 
 1660, containing entries of visitations, consecrations, grants, ordi- 
 nations, etc., perfect, and in good order. 
 
 There are manuscripts in the British Museum and other Libraries 
 from which lists of the dignitaries of the Church have been com- 
 piled (with little interruption) from the time of the introduction of 
 Christianity into the island ; and even the parochial clergy may in 
 general be found registered from a few reigns after the Conquest. 
 
 First Fruits and Tenths. — The First Fruits are the profits, 
 after a voidance, of every spiritual living for the first year. The 
 Tenths are the tenth part of the annual value of every spiritual 
 benefice. At the Reformation, Henry VIII., by Act of Parliament, 
 put himself in the situation of Pope over the clergy, and these taxes 
 were thenceforward ordered to be paid to the King. To receive 
 these, a Court of First Fruits was erected — 32 Hen. VIII. c. 45 — 
 wherein were filed certificates from the Bishops of the patronages 
 and institutions to all ecclesiastical benefices, and consequent entries 
 were made in the books of this office. By Statute 27 Henry the 
 Eighth, the two Universities are exempted from First Fruits and 
 Tenths. By an Act of Queen Anne, certain poor livings were like- 
 wise discharged on account of the smallness of their incomes ; and 
 those spiritual benefices called Donations, or Curacies, were exempt ; 
 of these no information will be found amongst the records of First 
 Fruits and Tenths. 
 
 The court was dissolved by letters patent 23rd January, 1 Mary, 
 and united to the Court of Exchequer. First Fruits were abolished 
 by Statute 2 and 3 Philip and Mary, c. 4, and revived by Statute 
 1 Elizabeth, c. 4, and put under the survey of the Exchequer. 
 
 The office finally was abolished by Statute 1 Victoria, c. 20, and 
 the collection of the revenue placed under the management of the 
 Governors and Treasurer of Queen Anne's Bounty; and the records 
 were placed under the care of the Treasurer; but subsequently, by 
 Statute 1 and 2 Victoria, c. 94, the records were removed to the 
 custody of the Master of the Bolls. 
 
 The records were deposited at Carlton Ride, 29th Dec. 1842. 
 The more important are : l — 
 
 I. Remembrancer's, Comptroller's, and Receiver's Account "Books. 
 II. Libri Compositionum. Entries of the Compositions for First Fruits to 
 be paid by Incumbents on induction. 
 
 1 See a mors complete account in Thomas's " Sand-booh to the Public Records" 
 p. 196. 
 
 27 
 
418 MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS. 
 
 III. Certificates of Bishops. These are the certificates of the Bishops, 
 
 addressed to the Barons of the Exchequer, certifying the induction 
 of Clerks to livings, made up according to dioceses, in half-years, 
 from about 1586. 
 
 IV. Libri Institutionum. Abstracts of the certificates of Bishops, giving 
 
 the same information in columnar arrangement, and serving as an 
 index to the same. 
 V. Liber Decimarum. An account of the yearly Tenths charged on all 
 benefices ; also the value of all ecclesiastical livings, not exceeding 
 the value of £50, returned into the First Emits by virtue of Statute 
 6 Anne, discharged from First Fruits and Tenths. 
 VI. King's Books. Liber Eegis, or Valor Ecclesiasticus ; containing the 
 annual value of benefices and their tithes, being surveys of all 
 ecclesiastical benefices, taken by virtue of certain commissions, 
 26 Hen. VIII., known as the "Liber Regis" 
 VII. Liber Valorum. A compilation from the above, made for the use of 
 the Office of First Fruits, and from whence the deficiencies of 
 many of the originals of the above (which have been lost) are 
 supplied. 
 VIII. Bolls of Pleas and Proceedings in the Court of First Fruits in the 
 Exchequer, from 1 Mary to 3 George I. 
 
 A list of a few important Ecclesiastical Records in Public 
 Libraries; notices of Printed "Works useful to the Genealogist; 
 Lists of Church Dignitaries, Cathedral Histories, etc., are here 
 subjoined : — 
 
 LISTS OF CHURCH DIGNITARIES, ETC. 
 
 A Catalogue of Ministers ejected out of their Livings for Conscience' Sake. 
 
 Land. 1663. 
 Chronological Lists of Dignitaries to 1715 ; Beit. Mcs. Harl. MS. 6417. 
 List of all the Dignitaries in England and Wales, 1715; Brit Mus. Harl. 
 
 MS. 6410, art. 2. 
 A Series of Abbots of the principal Monasteries in England, from 1101 to 
 
 1550; Brit. Mrs. Harl. MS. 7520, art. 1. 
 Names of Priors, Abbots, etc., temp. Henry VIIL, may be found in the 
 
 "Valor Ecclesiasticus" and in Dugdale's " Monasticon." 
 Catalogue of Priors, Deans, Archdeacons, Canons, and other Ecclesiastical 
 
 Dignitaries of England; A.shm. Lib. Wood MS. 8567. 
 Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicana?; or, a Calendar of the principal Ecclesiastical 
 
 Dignitaries in England and Wales, and of the Chief Officers in the 
 
 Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, compiled by John Le Neve, 
 
 continued to the present time by T. D. Hardy. 3 vols. Oxford, 1854. 
 
MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS. 410 
 
 Lists of Chttbch Dignitaries, etc. 
 
 Royal 8vo. Le Neve's Collections for his "Fasti Fcclesia Anglicanee " 
 are in the British Museum {Earl. MSS. 6404—6418). This collec- 
 tion contains an Obituary, from 1658 to 1680. 
 
 Collections for a Continuation of Le Neve's "Fasti'' by the Rev. John 
 Denne, D.D., brought down to about the year 1797 ; Brit. Mus. Add. 
 MS. 11,823. 
 
 Collections for a similar work, by the Rev. Thomas Stone ; Brit. Mus. Add. 
 MSS. 18,767—18,770 
 
 Lives of the Archbishops and Bishops of England to 1670 ; Brit. Mus. Add. 
 MS. 21,089. 
 
 Account of English Bishops to 1600; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 4900. 
 
 The Lives, Characters, Deaths, Burials, and Epitaphs, of all the Protestant 
 Bishops of England, by John Le Neve, Gent. Lond. 1720. 8vo. 
 
 A Catalogue of Bishops, by Eras. Godwyn. Cant. 1743. 4th ed. with additions. 
 
 Succession of Archbishops and Bishops to 1825. See Nicolas' u Synopsis of 
 the Peerage" vol. ii. p. 817. 
 
 Lists of Chancellors and Vicars- General, to about 1756; Brit. Mus. Add. 
 MS. 11,821. 
 
 Lists of Divines between 1663 and 1755 may be found in Chamberlayne's 
 "Anglice Notitia" or "Present State of Great Britain" published 
 annually down to that period. 
 
 Lists of Patrons to Churches in England and Wales. See "The Clergyman's 
 Intelligencer." Lond. 1745. 8vo. — Also Browne Willis' "Thesaurus 
 Rerum Ecclesiasticarum." Lond. 1763. 4to. — New edit, by the Rev. T. 
 Lloyd. Lond. 1788. 8vo. 
 
 The Ecclesiastical Guide ; containing Names of all Incumbents and Patrons. 
 2nd edit. Lond. 1822. 
 
 Other Lists of Church Dignitaries, to the year 1806, may be found in Beat- 
 son's " Political Index " vol. i. — and to the year 1851, in Haydn's 
 "Book of Dignities" part iv. Also in Gilbert's " Clerical Guide." 4 vols. 
 Lond. 1817 — 1836; and in the "Clergy Lists" which are continued 
 annually. 
 
 Bath and Wells : Lives of the Bishops of Bath and Wells, from the earliest 
 
 times, by the Rev. S. H. Cassan. Lond. 1829. 8vo. 
 Bristol: Lists of Dignitaries of the Diocese of Bristol. See Boswell's 
 
 " Ecclesiastical Division of the Diocese of Bristol." 
 Canterbury : Account of the Deans, Priors, and Archdeacons of Canterbury. 
 
 See Dart's "History of Canterbury" pp. 94 — 190. — Also, Somner's 
 
 "Antiquities of Canterbury" 1640. — 2nded. [Batteley], 2 parts. Lond. 
 
 1703. Folio. — "A Description of the Cathedrals of Canterbury and York." 
 
 Lond. 1755. Folio. — Woolnoth's "Illustration of the Cathedral Church 
 
 of Canterbury " Lond. 1816. 4to. 
 
420 MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS. 
 
 Lists o* Chueoh Dignitaries, etc. 
 Carlisle : Account of Religious Houses within the Diocese of Carlisle, with 
 
 the Names of the Chancellors, Archdeacons, Rectors, &c. ; Carlisle 
 
 Cath. MS. 4. 
 Chester: Catalogue and Lives of the Bishops of Chester, &c; "Brit. Mus. 
 
 Chichester : Lists of the Incumbents and Dignitaries of Chichester, by the 
 
 Rev. John Denne, D.D. ; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 11,822. See also 
 
 Abingdon's "Antiquities of the Cathedral Church of Chichester." Lond. 
 
 1717. 4to. 
 Durham : Church Dignitaries of Durham. See Sanderson's "Antiquities of 
 
 the Cathedral Church of Durham." Newcastle, 1767. 12mo. 
 Ely : Lists of the Ecclesiastical Dignitaries of Ely. See Bentham's "History 
 
 of Ely Cathedral" Camb. 1771. 4to — 2nded. Norwich, 1812. 4to.— 
 
 Supplement by W. Stevenson. Norw. 1817. — Also Miller's "History of 
 
 Ely Cathedral." Lond. 1807. Royal 8vo. 
 Gloucester : Ecclesiastical Dignitaries of Gloucester. See " The History of 
 
 Gloucester." Cirencester, 1781. 8vo. 
 Hereford : List of the Dignitaries of Hereford Cathedral. See Rawlinson's 
 
 "History of the Cathedral Church of Hereford." Lond. 1717. 8vo. 
 History of the Bishops of Hereford to 1602 ; Brit. Mus. Hart. 
 
 MS.405Q. 
 Lichfield : Church Dignitaries of Lichfield. See Abingdon's "Antiquities of 
 
 the Cathedral Church of Lichfield." Lond. 1717. 4to. — Harwood's 
 
 "History of the Church of Lichfield" Glouc. 1806. 4to. 
 London : List of Clergy in the Diocese of London. See Newcourt's " Ee- 
 
 pertorium Ecclesiasticum." Lond. 1 708. 
 Dignitaries of St. Paul's Cathedral. See Dugdale's " History of 
 
 St.PauVs." Lond.UZS. Folio— 2nd edit. Lofid.HW. Folio.— New edit. 
 
 by Sir Henry Ellis in 1818. 
 
 Dignitaries of Westminster Abbey. See Dart's " History of the 
 
 Abbey Church of St. Peter's, Westminster." 2 vols. Lond. 1 732. — Another 
 Account. 2 vols. Lond. 1812. 4to. — Also Neale and Bray ley's "History 
 of Westminster Abbey ." 2 vols. Lond. 1818. 
 
 Deans of Westminster, from 1549 to 1731 ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 
 
 7025, f. 132. 
 — — Deans and Prebendaries of Westminster, from 1560 to 1620; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Cotton. MS. Claud. A. viii. f. 69. 
 
 Norwich: The History of the Cathedral Church of Norwich, with Bio- 
 graphical Anecdotes of the Bishops, etc., by John Britton. Lond. 1816. 
 4to. 
 
 . Catalogue of the Priors, Deans, Chancellors, &c, of Norwich, to 
 
 1712. See "Posthumous Works of Sir T. Brown" Appendix.— Also 
 Blomefield's "Hist, of Norfolk." 
 
MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS. 421 
 
 Lists op Chitbch Dignitaries, etc. 
 Rochester: " History of Rochester Cathedral." Lond. 1717. 8vo. — Reprinted 
 1723. 
 
 Custumale Roffense, with Memorials of the Cathedral Churoh, Etc., 
 
 by J. Thorpe. Lond. 1788. Folio. 
 
 Repertory of Incumbents and Dignitaries within the Diocese of 
 
 Rochester, by the Rev. John Denne, D.D., brought down to about 1795 ; 
 Brit. Mus. Add. MSS. 11,819 ; 11,820. 
 Salisbury : Deans, Precentors, Chancellors, &c, of Salisbury. See " History 
 of Salisbury" Lond. 1719, p. ^.—"Description of the Cathedral 
 Church of Salisbury." Salisb. 1787. 4to. — Britton's "History of the 
 Cathedral Church of Salisbury." Lond. 1814. 4to. — Dodesworth's "Ac- 
 count of the Cathedral Church of Salisbury." Salisb. 1814. Royal 4to. 
 
 Lives of the Bishops of Sherborne and Salisbury, from 705 to 
 
 1824, by the Rev. S. H. Cassan. Salisb-. 1824. 8vo. 
 
 Wiltshire: Archdeacons of Wiltshire, Derbyshire, and Dorsetshire. See 
 
 "History of Salisbury" [Lond. 1719], p. 269. 
 Winchester : Gale's History of the Cathedral Church of Winchester. Lond. 
 
 1715. 8vo. 
 Milner's Ecclesiastical History of Winchester. 2 vols. Winchester, 
 
 1798. 4to.— 2nd edit. ibid. 1809. 2 vols. 
 Worcester : Catalogues of Deans and Prebendaries of Worcester ; Ashm. Lib. 
 
 Wood MS. 8 5 8 7, f. 1 . See also Abingdon's "Antiquities of the Cathedral 
 
 Church of Worcester." Lond. 1717. 4to. — and Thomas's " Survey of the 
 
 Cathedral Church of Worcester." Lond. 1736. 4to. 
 York : Catalogues of Ecclesiastical Dignitaries of Yorkshire ; Ashm. Lib. 
 
 Wood MS. 8567. See also Burton's " Monasticon Eboracense" and 
 
 "A Description of York Cathedral." [York, 1768.] 12mo. 
 
 Scotland: List of Scottish Bishops to 1688. See Beatson's "Political 
 Index" vol. iii. — to 1851, Haydn's "Book of Dignities" pt. v. 
 
 Keith's Catalogue of Scottish Bishops, by Russell, 1824. 8vo. 
 
 See a copy with MS. additions in the British Museum, Add. MSS. 
 8143; 8144. 
 
 Ireland: Fasti Ecclesise Hibernicse, by H. Cotton. Lond. 1848. 8vo. 
 
 Archbishops, Bishops, and other Dignitaries of Ireland, from 1660 
 
 to 1726; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 6850, f. 2te.—Jdd. MS. 21,126. 
 • ■ Names of the Irish Bishops ; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 4799, p. 17. 
 
 Lists of Irish Bishops to the year 1806. See Beatson's "Political 
 
 Index" vol. iii. — to the year 1851, Haydn's "Book of Dignities" pt. vi. 
 
422 MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS. 
 
 ECCLESIASTICAL RECORDS. 
 
 A History of Mitred Abbies, &c, by Browne Willis. 2 vols. Lond. 1718-19. 
 
 8vo. 
 A Survey of English Cathedrals, by Browne Willis. 3 vols. Lond.llW — 
 
 1730.— 2nd ed. 1742. 4to. 
 Notitia Monastica, by Dr. T. Tanner. 1744. Folio. — New edition, by James 
 
 Nasmith. Camb. 1787. Polio. 
 Monasticon Anglicanum, per Rog. Dodesworth et Guliel. Dugdale. 3 vols. 
 
 folio. Lond. 1655, 1661, 1673.— Abridged by John Wright. Lond. 
 
 1693. Folio. — New edit. Lond. 1718. Folio. — Additions by John Stevens. 
 
 2 vols, folio. 1722, 1723.— Fine edition, by Cayley, Ellis, and Bandinel. 
 
 6 vols. Lond. 1817—1830. Folio. 
 A Collection out of the Records of the Tower, showing the Foundation and 
 
 Endowment of all Religious Houses, and also of all the Colleges in the 
 
 Universities of Oxford and Cambridge ; — the Incorporating of all Cities 
 
 and Borough Towns, with the Companies in them ; — of all Fraternities 
 
 and Guilds, with their several Liberties and Privileges ; — the Custody 
 
 of Honors, Castles, Manors, Parks, and Forests, granted, &c; with 
 
 Indexes of Towns, Places, and Persons; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 744. 
 A similar Collection; Coll. of Arms, Vincent MS. 17. 
 Transcripts from Monastic Records in the Exchequer; Brit. Mus. Add. MSS. 
 
 6164—6166. 
 Liber Beneficiorum omnium Ecclesiasticorum tarn in Anglia quam in Wallia ; 
 
 All Souls' Coll. Oxf. MS. xliii. — Pub. Lib. Camb. MS. Ld. i. 3. 
 Valuation of the Bishoprics, Deaneries, &c, of England ; Brit. Mus. Sari. 
 
 MS. 6839, f. 321. 
 Thesaurus ; or, Valuation of Ecclesiastical Benefices, by John Ecton [ed. by 
 
 Willis]. Zowrf. 1754. 2nd ed. 
 Records relating to the Clergy; Brit. Mvs. Harl. MSS. 6839; 7023; 7028. 
 Collections for a minute account of all the Livings in the Kingdom, arranged 
 
 under the Rural Deaneries; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 6826. 
 Papers relating to Tenths; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 5755, f. 112. 
 Charters relating to various Churches in England, s. xvii. ; Queen's Coll. 
 
 Oxf. MS. ccclxviii. 
 Transcripts of Foundation Charters of various Religious Houses ; Brit. Mus. 
 
 Lamd.MS.Ul. 
 Collection of Records relating to the Clergy and Religious Houses, temjpp. 
 
 Hen. III.— Edw. VI.; Brit. Mus. Add. MSS. 4525—4527. 
 Taxatio Ecclesiastica Angliae et Wallise, auct. P. Nicholai IV., circa 1291. 
 
 Folio. 1802. Printed by the Record Commission. 1 See a copy in the 
 
 British Museum (Cotton. MS. Tib. C. x.). 
 
 1 The present price of this volume is 16*. 6d. 
 
MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS. 423 
 
 Ecclesiastical Recoeds. 
 
 Royal Grants to Religious Houses, to the reign of Edward III. ; Bodl. Lib. 
 MSS. 4166; 4167. 
 
 Yalor Ecclesiasticus, temp. Hen. VIII., auctoritate Regia institutus. 6 vols. 
 1811—1834. Folio. Printed by the Record Commission. 1 An "In- 
 troduction," by the Rev. Joseph Hunter, was printed in 1834, in royal 8vo. 
 
 Valor omnium Terrarum et Possessionum, tarn Temporalium quam Spiri- 
 tualium, inComm. Norf. et Suif., Cantab., Hunt., Essex., Hertf., Midd., 
 et Civ. Lond. jacentium, in manu R. Hen. VIII., anno regni sui 36, 
 remanentium; Brit. Mus. Earl. MS. 701. 
 
 A very valuable Collection of Papers relative to the Ecclesiastical Affairs of 
 England, from the reign of Henry VIII. to that of Charles II. inclusive, 
 subdivided into the following heads, viz. — 1st, Correspondence; 2nd, 
 Papists and Recusants ; 3rd, Visitations by Bishops and Commissioners ; 
 and, 4th, Universities, Schools, and Hospitals; in 46 vols, folio. State 
 Paper Office. 
 
 Account of Fees, Corrodies, Pensions, etc., paid to members of the sup- 
 pressed monasteries, 2 and 3 Phil, and Mary; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 
 8102. 
 
 Register of Crown Presentations to Ecclesiastical Preferments, temp. Elizabeth; 
 Brit. Mus. Lansd. MSS. 443 ; 444. 
 
 Register of Presentations to Livings by the Lord Chancellor, 1587 — 1591 
 inclusive; Soc. of A.nt. MS. 42. 
 
 Compositions of Persons for their First Fruits, temp. Car. I. ; Coll. of Arms, 
 Philipot MS. 25, Pb. 
 
 Register of the Acts of the Court of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, from 
 1631 to 1633 ; Pub. Lib. Camb. MS. Dd. ii. 21. 
 
 Register Book of Proceedings for the relief of godly and well-affected 
 Ministers, from 30 Jan. 164£ to 5 Oct. 1646, and from 1 May to 
 30 Oct. 1647 ; Brit. Mus. Add. MSS. 15,669—15,671. 
 
 Account of the Sale of Bishops' Lands, between 1647 and 1651. See 
 Nichols' "Collect. Top. et Gen.," vol. i. pp. 1, 222, 284 [from Add. MS 
 9049]. There is a copy in the Bodleian Library; Rawlinson MS 
 B. 236. 
 
 Surveys of the Possessions of Bishops, Deans and Chapters, and other 
 Benefices, made by order of Parliament during the Commonwealth; 
 Lamb. Lib. MSS. 902—922. There is an Index to the whole, in 1 vol. 
 folio. All admitted as original records by a decree of the Court of 
 Exchequer. 
 
 Record Books of the Commissioners appointed to settle the Augmentations of 
 Rectories and Vicarages, &c, in the time of the Commonwealth ; Lamb. 
 Lib. MSS. 966—1021. 
 
 1 The present price of this work is £6. 14*. 
 
424 MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS. 
 
 Ecclesiastical Recobds. 
 Presentations to Benefices in various Dioceses, from 1652 to 1659; Lambeth 
 
 Lib. MSS. 944—947. 
 Counterparts of Leases of Church Lands, made by authority of Parliament, 
 
 from 1652 to 1658; Lamb. Lib. MSS. 948—950. 
 The Book of Lambeth Leases, containing the Augmentations made by the 
 
 Archbishops, from 12 Charles IL, to Vicarages and Curacies, on letting 
 
 the Impropriations ; Lamb. Lib. MS. 
 Notitia Parochialis; containing an account of the state of 1579 Parish 
 
 Churches in 1705; most of them written and signed by the then 
 
 Incumbents ; Lamb. Lib. MSS. 960—965. 
 The Numbers and Sufferings of the Clergy during the Rebellion, by John 
 
 Walker. Lond. 1714. Folio. 
 
 Cambridgeshire : Evidence against Scandalous Ministers in the County of 
 Cambridge, from 19 Mar. 164| to 10 July 1644, &c. ; Brit. Mus. Add. 
 MS. 15,672. 
 
 Estimatio Ecclesiarum Episcopates Eliensis ; Brit. Mus. 
 
 Cotton. MS. Tib. B. ii. f. 232. 
 
 Survey of Lands and Property in Cambridgeshire, Hert- 
 
 fordshire, Essex, Norfolk, Suffolk, and Huntingdonshire, belonging to 
 the Monastery of Ely. See the " Inquisitio Eliensis." 
 
 Liber de Inquisitionibus Maneriorum Episcopates Eliensis, 
 
 anno 1221 (?); Brit. Mus. Cotton. MS. Tib. B. ii. f. 
 
 Inquisitiones Maneriorum Episcopates, Eliensis, temp. 
 
 Hen. VIII. ; Caius Coll. Camb. MS. 489, f. 19. 
 
 Cumberland : Account of Religious Houses within the Diocese of Carlisle, 
 Co. Cumberland ; Carlisle Cath. MS. 4. 
 
 Devonshire : A Complete History of all the Religious Houses of Devon and 
 Cornwall, by the Rev. William Jones. Lond. 1779. 12mo. 
 
 Thesaurus Ecclesiasticus Provincialis ; or a Survey of the Dio- 
 cese of Exeter, &c. Exeter, 1782. 4to. 
 
 Monasticon Dioecesis Exoniensis, by George Oliver, D.D. 
 
 Exeter 1 1846. Polio. 
 Durham: BoldonBook: Sive Inquisitio de Consuetudinibus et Redditibus 
 
 Episcopat. Dunelmensis, a.d. 1180; Bodl. Lib. Laud MS. 1392, 52. 
 
 Printed by the Surtees Society, 1852. Edited by the Rev. William 
 
 Greenwell. 
 Values of Livings and Names of Incumbents in Durham and 
 
 Northumberland, 1630 or 1636; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 7567, art. 19. 
 Collections relating to the See of Durham, by the Rev. Thomas 
 
 Randall; Durham Cath. 
 Hampshire : Ecclesiastical Visitation of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, 
 held in March and April, 1543; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 11,483. 
 
MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS. 425 
 
 Ecclesiastical Records. 
 Hereford: Acta in Domo Capitulari Herefordensi, ab ann. 1622 ad 1635 ; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 4833. 
 A Survey of the Ministry of Herefordshire, 1640 ; Corp. Christi 
 
 Coll. Oxf. MS. ccvi. 
 Kent : Charters and Instruments relative to the See of Canterbury, and others 
 
 within that Province, chiefly of the time of Hen. VIII., in 13 vols, folio ; 
 
 Lamb. Lib. MSS. 889 — 901. See a full table of contents of each 
 
 volume in Todd's " Catalogue of the Lamb. Lib." p. 267. 
 
 Registers of the Archbishops of Canterbury, from Abp. Peckham [1278] 
 
 to A.bp. Potter [1747], 68 vols; Lambeth Library. The continuations 
 from the last Archbishop are kept in the Vicar- General's Office in Doc- 
 tors' Commons. 
 
 Abstract of the Lambeth Registers, from the time of Abp. Peckham 
 
 [1278] to that of Abp. Herring [1756] ; Brit. Mus. Add. MSS. 6062 
 —6109. 
 
 Registrum Roffense, by John Thorpe. Lond. 1769. Folio. 
 
 Custumale Roffense, by John Thorpe. Lond. 1788. Polio. 
 
 Important Collections relating to the Diocese of Rochester, Co. Kent ; 
 
 Soc. of Ant. MSS. 167—200; 210. 
 
 Lincoln : Extracts from the Registers of the Diocese of Lincoln, by Dr. M» 
 Hutton; Brit. Mus. Marl. MSS. 6950—6954. 
 
 Taxatio Parochiarum in Comitatu Lincoln. ; Brit. Mus. Cotton. MS. 
 
 Vesp. D. xxvii. 
 
 Inquisitiones de redditibus, etc., ad Ep. Lincoln, spectantibus, 
 
 Sec. xiv. ; Queen's Coll. Oxf. MS. ccclxvi. 
 London : Extracts from the Registers of the Bishop of London, by Dr. M. 
 
 Hutton; Brit. Mus. Harl. MSS. 6955; 6956. 
 The Domesday of St. Paul's ; a Description of the Manors belonging 
 
 to St. Paul's in the year 1222, by the Ven. Archdeacon Hale. Printed 
 
 by the Camden Society, 1855. 
 • — Repertorium Ecclesiasticum Londinense ; or the Parochial History 
 
 and the Incumbents and Patrons of the whole Diocese of London, by 
 
 Richard Newcourt. 2 vols. Lond. 1708— 17 10. 1 Folio. 
 The Present Ecclesiastical State of London, by James Paterson. 
 
 Lond.\V(i. 12mo. 
 Liber Curiarum a Seneschallo Abbat. S. Petri Westm. tent, anno 1 
 
 — 3 Ric. III. in div. maneriis eidem monast. spect. ; Coll. of Arms, 
 
 Norf. MS. xxx vi. 
 Norfolk : Account of the Bailiffs of the Bishopric of Norwich, from Mich. 
 
 1690 to Mich. 1691 ; Pub. Lib. Camb. MS. Dd. viii. 37. 
 
 1 See manuscript additions to this work, by the Rev. W. Cole, in Add. MS. 5833, at 
 the British Museum. 
 
426 MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS. 
 
 Ecclesiastical Recobds. 
 Norfolk {continued) : Collections out of a Leiger Book and Chapter Book 
 belonging to the Church of Norwich ; Ashm. Lib. Wood MS. 8587, f. 17. 
 
 Collectiones ex Registris Ecclesise Norwicensis; Brit. Mus. Harl. 
 
 MS. 6974. 
 
 Compotus omnium Ballivorum, etc., Episcoporum Norwicensium, 
 
 19 et 26 Hen. VIII.; et 2 Car. I.; Pub. Lib. Camb. MSS. Dd. iii. 61 ; 62. 
 
 Tables of Livings, &c, in Co. Norfolk; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 5522, 
 
 f. 44. 
 
 Index Monasticus of the Diocese of Norwich, by R. Taylor. Lond. 
 
 1821. Folio. 
 Northumberland : Values of Livings and Names of Incumbents in Durham 
 
 and Northumberland, 1630 or 1636; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 7567, art.ld. 
 Oxfordshire : Visitation of the University of Oxford ; Ashm. Lib. Wood 
 
 MS. 8522. All Souls' Coll. Oxf. Jekyll MS. 51. 
 — — — Liber Visitationis Archidiaconi Oxoniensis, ann. 1585 ; Queen's 
 
 Coll. Oxf., MS. cclii. 
 Somersetshire : The Ecclesiastical Division of the Diocese of Bristol, with 
 
 Lists of the Dignitaries, &c, by Edw. Boswell. Lond. 1829. 8vo. 
 Fines Terrarum et Tenementorum Decani et Capituli Eccl. 
 
 Cath. S. Andreas Wellensis, in Com. Somerset., ab ann. 1508, usque ad 
 
 ann. 1533 ; Ashm. Lib. MS. 1154, f. 2. 
 Suffolk : Taxatio Beneficiorum in Archidiac. SufFolcise et Sudburise ad solu- 
 
 tionem decimse regi ; Pub. Lib. Camb. MS. Dd. x. 34. 
 Surrey : Nomina Hominum Ecclesiasticorum Seculariumque, infra Comitatum 
 
 de Surreia ; sec. xv. ; Jesus Coll. Oxf. MS. cxxix. 
 Sussex : Monasticon Sussexianum, ex Monastici Anglicani voluminibus ex- 
 
 scriptum; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 6353. 
 Wiltshire : Extracts from the Registers of the Bishops of Salisbury, 1297 — 
 
 1458. Privately printed by Sir Thomas Phillipps, Bart. 
 
 Institutiones Clericorum in Comitatu Wiltonise, ab ann. 1297 ad 
 
 ann. 1810. 2 vols, folio. 1825. Privately printed by Sir Thos. Phillipps, 
 Bart. 
 
 Rentale Maneriorum, etc., ad Ecclesiam Sarisburiensem perti- 
 
 nentium ; sec. xiv. ; Univ. Coll. Oxf. MS. clxvi. 
 
 Yorkshire : Monasticon Eboracense ; and the Ecclesiastical History of York- 
 shire, by John Burton, M.D. York. 1758. Folio. 
 
 — — Monasticon Boreale, continens instrumenta varia super Funda- 
 tionibus Domorum Religiosorum, etc., ultra Trentam ; Bodl. Lib. MSS. 
 4149—4152. 
 
 Registrum Archiepiscoporum Eboracensium, abbreviatum per B. 
 
 Dodesworth; Bodl. Lib. MS.4>110. 
 
 A Rental of Chantries and College Lands annexed to the Duchy 
 
 of Lane, in Yorkshire; Bodl. Lib. MS. 5058, f. 105. 
 
MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS. 427 
 
 Ecclesiastical Eecoeds. 
 Yorkshire (continued) : An Itinerant Survey of the Churches in Yorkshire ; 
 
 Bodl. Lib. MS. 5101. 
 Collections out of the Registers of the Archbishop and Church of 
 
 York, from 1317 to 1687; Ashm. Lib. Wood MS. 8567, ff. 31, 55, 83. 
 Rental Book of Estates belonging to the Archbishopric of York, 
 
 1580—1637, alphabetically arranged; Brtt. Mus. Eg. MS. 925. 
 
 Collections relating to the Archdeaconry of York, Lists of Churches, 
 
 Incumbents, &c, from 1660 to the end of the eighteenth century; Brit. 
 Mus. Add. MSS. 11,396—11,400. 
 
 Scotland: Register of Ministers and their Stipends, 1567. Printed by the 
 
 Maitland Club. 
 — ■ Registrum Episcopatus Glasguensis. 2 vols. Printed by the same 
 
 Club, 1843. 
 — The Chartulary of the Episcopal See of Aberdeen. 2 vols. Printed 
 
 by the same Club. 
 
 — Registrum Episcopatus Aberdonensis. Vol. i. et ii. Edited by 
 
 Cosmo Innes, Esq. Printed by the Spalding Club, 1845. 
 
 Ireland : Monasticon Hibernicum, or the Monastical History of Ireland, by 
 
 John Stevens. Lond. 1722. 8vo. 
 ■ Monasticon Hibernicum ; or, an History of the Abbies, Priories, and 
 
 other Religious Houses in Ireland, by M. Archdall. Lond. 1786. 4to. 
 
 Account of several Visitations in Ireland, and the Value of Livings ; 
 
 Trin. Coll. Dublin, MS. B. 40. 
 
 Inquisitions touching the Church Lands in Ireland, anno 1609 ; 
 
 Trin. Coll. Dublin, MS. B. 44. 
 
 Liber Regalis Visitationis in tribus Provinciis Hiberniae, 1615, fol.; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 19,836. 
 
 Wales : Survey of the Cathedral Church of Bangor ; Jesus Coll. Oxf. MS. 
 
 cxvi. 
 Surveys of the Cathedral Churches of Bangor, Llandaff, St. Asaph, 
 
 and St. David's, by Browne Willis, were printed at London in the years 
 
 1721, 1718, 1720, and 1717, in 8vo. 
 
 RECORDS OF JEWS. 
 
 The Jews were expelled the kingdom in the year 1290 (12 Edw. I.), 
 and were not allowed to return until the time of Cromwell ; there 
 are, consequently, no records of them during this long interval ; nor 
 is it probable that any early notices of them can ever be required 
 for genealogical purposes. It is said (but, perhaps, incorrectly) 
 that Cromwell's policy paved the way for the restoration of the 
 
428 MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS. 
 
 Jews ; and, although their residence in England was not legalised, 
 some few must have settled by connivance, as, in 1663, their register 
 of births contains twelve names ; and during the whole reign of 
 Charles II., who introduced the sale of denizations, their numbers 
 were increased. 
 
 The numbers and powers of the Jews have, of late years, much 
 increased. Our Peerage and Baronetage now contain Jewish 
 families; and Jews may purchase and inherit land, though a con- 
 trary and erroneous opinion has much prevailed. 
 
 Early notices of them will be found in the Tower, where matters 
 concerning them are entered on the Close, Patent, and Fine Rolls. 
 There, also, is a Roll of Taxation concerning their houses or pro- 
 perty, 19 Edw. I. 
 
 In the Record Office at Carlton Ride are Memoranda Rolls of 
 the Exchequer of the Jews, on which are inrolled, "Essonia, Placita, 
 et Starra." 1 Also Jews' Rolls, tempp. Hen. III. and Edw. I. 
 
 At the Rolls House are Pleadings before the Justices of the 
 Jews ; perquisites ; amerciaments ; and receipts of tallages on their 
 goods, etc., 17, 44, and 56 Hen. III., and 2—6, 9, 13—16, 18, 19, 
 21—23 Edw. I. 
 
 From the year 1663 the registers of births, marriages, and deaths 
 of the Jews have been correctly made, and carefully preserved : the 
 birth is entered at their ceremonial of naming on the eighth day ; 
 and all the entries are more minute than those of the Christian 
 Church. 
 
 The Committees of the Great Synagogues in Bevis Marks, and 
 Duke's Place, Aldgate, when applied to by the Commissioners 
 appointed to inquire into the State of Registers of Births, &c, in 
 1838, declined to part with their registers, which are kept in the 
 Hebrew language, on the ground that they are continually required 
 for civil as well as religious purposes. 
 
 RECORDS OF LAWYERS. 
 
 The appointments of the Lord Chancellors, of the Judges of the 
 Courts at Westminster, and of the inferior Judges in Equity, are 
 entered on the Patent and Claus Rolls ; and their several names, as 
 well as those of the ancient justices of assize, and of all other judges 
 of dissolved courts, appear on the records of the courts themselves. 
 
 1 SeTeralof the Records called "Starra" will be found among the Earleian Charier* 
 at the Bkitish Museum (48 A. 54 -43 A. 69). 
 
MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS. 429 
 
 Lists of the Chancellors 1 are in existence from the reign of 
 William the Conqueror, and Catalogues of the Judges from the reign 
 of Henry III. Dugdale 2 published a Catalogue of the Chancellors 
 and Chief Justices, with the dates of their appointments, and of the 
 appointments of the Attorneys and Solicitors General : the list has 
 been continued to 1810 in Banks' new edition. The Justices of 
 Assize and Barons of the Exchequer appear in Madox's " History 
 of the Exchequer" The "Lives of all the Chancellors" were pub- 
 lished in 1708, in 2 vols. 8vo. "Catalogues of Lord Chancellors, 
 Masters of the Rolls, etc.," by T. D. Hardy, Esq., were published in 
 1843. In the year 1845 appeared, "The Lives of the Lord Chan- 
 cellors and Keepers of the Great Seal to the Reign of George IV." 
 by Sir John, afterwards Lord Campbell, in 7 vols. 8vo. The "Lives 
 of the Chief Justices of England, from the Conquest to the Death of 
 Lord Mansfield, edited by John, Baron Campbell," in 2 vols, royal 
 8vo., appeared in 1849. We are indebted to the laborious applica- 
 tion of Mr. Edward Foss for " The Judges of England, with Sketches 
 of their Lives, etc.," the sixth volume of which, embracing the period 
 of the Stuarts, has just been issued. Lastly, a "List of the Judges of 
 England," to 1851, may be found in Haydn's "Book of Dignities," 
 part iii. 
 
 In the College of Arms are : — 
 
 Names of the Chief Justices of the King's Bench and Common Pleas, with 
 Dates of their Patents, and some Arms {Vincent MSS. 203 ; 213 ; 223). 
 
 And in the British Museum : — 
 
 Lists of Judges, with their Arms (Lansd. MS. 865, f. 123). 
 Names of the Judges and Councell of the Courts in Westminster and Wales, 
 temp. Will. III. (Hart. MS. 7512, art. 1). 
 
 The appointments of her Majesty's Serjeants at Law and Counsel 
 are inrolled in Chancery, as are also the appointments of officers of 
 the Court of Chancery : those from the 40 Elizabeth to the present 
 day are at the Petty Bag Office, prior to which period they are on 
 the Patent or Claus Rolls. 
 
 Lists of these officers have been printed from 1671, in Chamber- 
 layne's "Anglice Notitia," the Red Books, and the modern Law 
 List. A Treatise, entitled " The Grandeur of the Law," enumerating 
 the most illustrious families of England who had been raised to 
 
 1 See ante, page 330. 2 " Origines Juridieiales." 
 
430 MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS. 
 
 honour and wealth by the law, with the names of the Chief Justices 
 and Barons, was published in 1 vol. 8vo. in 1685. 1 A new edition, 
 bj Edward Eoss, Esq., appeared in 1843, 12mo. 
 
 There are four Inns of Court, viz., the Inner Temple, the Middle 
 Temple, Lincoln's Inn, and Gray's Inn. There are also several 
 inferior Inns, called Inns of Chancery, which were formerly under 
 the control of the Inns of Court with respect to legal education, 
 and students were required to pass some time here previous to 
 admission into the Inns of Court. They are seven in number, 
 and three of them, viz., Clifford's Inn, Clement's Inn, and Lyon's 
 Inn, belong to the Inner Temple ; New Inn, to the Middle Temple ; 
 Furnival's Inn, to Lincoln's Inn; and Staple's Inn and Barnard's 
 Inn, to Gray's Inn. Thavies' Inn, which formerly belonged to the 
 Society of Lincoln's Inn, was sold, in 1769, to Mr. Middleton. 
 
 There are three ranks, or degrees, among the members of the 
 Inns of Court : — Benchers, Barristers, and Students. 
 
 The names, together with other particulars, of all Barristers, 
 appear in the Registers of the several Inns. 
 
 The entries in the registers of the Inns generally contain the 
 Christian and surname of each member thereof, the town and county 
 he comes from ; his father's name, description, and residence ; and 
 whether such member be the eldest son. The Registers commence 
 at various periods : the Society of Lincoln's Inn has them from 
 1423 (2 Hen. VI.), but with little regularity prior to 1656, from 
 which year they have been kept with great exactness. 
 
 Lists of Benchers of the Inns of Court will be found in the 
 "History of the Four Inns of Court, Lond. 1780," 8vo., after- 
 wards incorporated with the "Historical Memorials of the English 
 Laws." The student may also consult "Antiquities of the Inns 
 of Court, by W.Herbert," Lond. 1804, 8vo.; and the "History of 
 the Inns of Court, by R. R. Pearce," Lond. 1847, 8vo. 
 
 At the British Museum are : — 
 
 The Number and Names of Students in the Inns of Court and Chancery, 
 
 1585 {Lansd. MS. 47, arts. 34, 35). 
 Lists of Persons admitted at Gray's Inn, 1521—1677 (Earl MS. 1912). 
 Names of Benchers, Associates, &c, of the Inner Temple, and of the 
 
 several Inns of Court, temp. Elizabeth (Lansd. MS. 106, arts. 15—17). 
 
 1 See ante, page 196. 
 
MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS. 431 
 
 The Christian and surnames, with the date of admission, of all 
 Solicitors and Attorneys, are preserved on the rolls of their respec- 
 tive courts. 
 
 Those for the Court of Chancery commence in 1730, and are 
 preserved at the Petty Bag Office ; those for the Queen's Bench 
 commence in 1729, and are kept by the Master of the Court; those 
 for the Common Pleas commence in 1730, and are preserved by the 
 Clerk of the Warrants ; and in their respective custodies are like- 
 wise registered all articles of clerkship from the years 1749, 1753, 
 and 1780, whereby the name, residence, and description of the 
 parents of the intended attorney may be ascertained. From these 
 documents, also, the age of the attorney may be estimated. From 
 the certificates annually taken out of the Stamp Office by all attor- 
 neys, solicitors, and conveyancers, the contents of which are entered 
 at the Stamp Office, and (as to attorneys) at the Queen's Bench 
 Office, may be obtained the residence of the party; and the period 
 of his death may, perhaps, be ascertained from the discontinuance 
 of the certificate. 
 
 In 1798 a Law List, with the names and residences of all the 
 members of the profession, was published, and has been continued 
 annually. 
 
 Lists of Attorneys-General, Solicitors-General, Serjeants-at-Law, 
 etc., with Lists of Law Officers of Scotland and Ireland, to the year 
 1851, may be found in Haydn's " Book of Dignities." 
 
 The Advocates and Procurators belonging to the Ecclesiastical 
 Court were formerly appointed by the Primate. The individuals of 
 the profession did not form a distinct society till the beginning of 
 the reign of Henry the Eighth, when a plan of association was 
 formed, under the denomination of " The College of Doctors and 
 Advocates of the Court of Arches." In 1568 this voluntary corpo- 
 ration obtained Montjoy House, and other buildings in the parish 
 of Saint Benet, Paul's Wharf, for the use of the advocates. Their 
 courts have been thenceforth held there, and the whole thus received 
 the appellation of Doctors' Commons. 
 
 In 1768 this body became incorporated by letters patent, under 
 the title of " The College of Doctors of Law exercent in the Eccle- 
 siastical and Admiralty Courts;" and it was therein declared that 
 no person should be admitted into the Society without having 
 regularly taken the degree of Doctor of the Civil Law, either at 
 Cambridge or Oxford. 
 
 In the register of the Society two lists appear — one containing 
 
432 MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS. 
 
 the names of mere comraensales and honorary members, as well 
 as of pleaders and surrogates ; the other comprehending only pro- 
 fessed advocates. The first date which occurs in the second list 
 is the 22nd February 1511-12; but, as the formation of the Society 
 was not later than November 1511, the list is evidently imperfect. 
 A still more correct Catalogue was printed in a sheet in 1800, and 
 another partial catalogue was printed in 1804, and afterwards sup- 
 pressed. 
 
 The records of the admissions of Proctors are kept at Doctors' 
 Commons, by the Registers of the Arches of the Court of Canterbury, 
 in paper books, called ' ' Assignation Books." 
 
 Lists of the Advocates and Proctors, from 1671 to 1755, appear in 
 the annual publication entitled Chamberlayne's "Anglia Notitia, or 
 Present State of Great Britain." Other Lists, to the year 1851, 
 will be found in Haydn's " Book of Dignities" part iii. 
 
 Lists of Civilians, from 1511 to 1800, were published in the lattei 
 year. A work entitled u Sketches of the Lives of English Civilians" 
 was printed in 1804. 8vo. 
 
 RECORDS OF MEMBERS OF THE MEDICAL 
 PROFESSION. 
 
 The records of Surgeons, Physicians, and Apothecaries, must be 
 searched for in the corporation registers of their respective com- 
 panies. 
 
 Surgeons. — The barbers took up the practice of surgery at a 
 very early period, and were incorporated in 1461 (1 Edw. IV.), from 
 which period no one was to exercise surgery unless approved of by 
 the masters and governors. As this was not sufficient restraint 
 against intruders, the barbers obtained an Act of Parliament, in the 
 3rd Henry VIII., preventing all other persons from practising sur- 
 gery within London and seven miles of the same. But the prac- 
 tising surgeons of London, having more skill than the barbers, 
 separated themselves into a distinct society (though not incorpo- 
 rated), and by Statute 32 Henry VIII. were incorporated by the 
 name of "The Barbers and Surgeons of London;" and no barbers 
 within the city of London, the suburbs, or one mile compass, were 
 thenceforth to occupy any surgery, letting of blood, or other things 
 belonging to surgery, except drawing of teeth. 
 
 By letters patent of 5 Charles I. no person was to practise surgery 
 
MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS. 433 
 
 within seven miles of London without letters testimonial from the 
 masters or governors of that company. 
 
 By Statute 18 George II. the partnership between the barbers 
 and surgeons was dissolved, and the surgeons were incorporated 
 separately. 
 
 Physicians. — There was no restraint by law for the practice of 
 physic till the 3rd Henry VIII., when the Bishop of London or 
 Dean of St. Paul's, and four doctors of physic, were to license people 
 to practise in London, or seven miles thereof. They were incor- 
 porated 10 Henry VIII., and were to examine all persons, and 
 authorise their practising within seven miles of London. An 
 University degree of Doctor of Medicine was necessary to enable a 
 practitioner to practise out of London. 
 
 Apothecaries. — These practitioners were first incorporated with 
 the grocers in 1606, and separately in 1617. Though a trading 
 company, and having many members unconnected with the pro- 
 fession, yet many apothecaries will be found on their records. 
 
 Lists have been printed of a portion of the members of these pro- 
 fessions, from the reign of Elizabeth. Chamberlayne published 
 annual lists of them, from 1671, in his "Angli® Notitia." The 
 "Red Books" have the names to the present year. Other publica- 
 tions of the present day are "The British Medical Directory for 
 England, Wales, and Scotland" royal 8vo. ; and " The London and 
 Provincial Medical Directory" in 8vo. In the Lambeth Library 
 are u Returns of the Physicians for the Diocese of St. Asaph, Exeter, 
 St. David's, Norwich, and Bristol, for the year 1666." {MS. 639.) 
 
 Arms of the members of the College of Physicians, a.d. 1666, are 
 given in Shane MS. 4000, in the British Museum 
 
 RECORDS OF SOLDIERS. 1 
 
 The earliest list of Soldiers extant is to be gathered from "Domes- 
 day Book" the published index to which affords an excellent cata- 
 logue of Norman warriors. 
 
 A roll of the gentry and warriors who came over with William 
 the Conqueror was anciently hung up in Battle Abbey, Sussex, and 
 thence called the " Battle Abbey Roll ; " but no true copy of it is 
 
 1 See ante } page 388. 
 
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434 MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS. 
 
 ! 
 in existence. Several lists, unworthy of credit, are to be found in 
 
 various chronicles, as already noticed at page 12 of this work. 
 
 In the reign of Henry III., certain Commissioners were appointed 
 in each county, who were directed to return an account of all the 
 u gentry," and ultimately of all " men," who had used or were able 
 to use arras, and were of able body, between the ages of sixteen and 
 sixty years. From this reign, then, we are supplied with a quantity 
 of muster-rolls, or books, of very considerable interest, though with 
 very great deficiencies. These returns of inquisitions were not 
 inrolled, and it is by accident they have been preserved : they can 
 only be discovered by a perusal of the catalogues of the various 
 public libraries. In them will be found the Christian and surname 
 and rank of each individual, his armour, sometimes his age, the 
 value of his lands, his wages, the time of his service, his dwelling, 
 and occasionally other particulars. 
 
 The Writs of Military Summons tempp. Edward I. and II., were 
 printed by the Record Commissioners, together with the Parlia- 
 mentary Writs, in the years 1827 and 1830, in 2 vols, folio. The 
 former occur in vol. i. pp. 193 — 380, and in vol. ii. div. ii. pp. 367 
 — 763. The portion of the text relating to Military Service will 
 be found to include, in addition to the Writs of Summons, &c, all 
 the Scutage Writs which the Rolls in the Tower can supply, and a 
 complete series of all the Commissions of Array. 
 
 In addition to the muster-books, the Earl Marshal, the Heralds, 
 and other officers, were accustomed to compile rolls of the men-at- 
 arms for various purposes connected with their respective offices, 
 and some of these rolls have been likewise by accident preserved, 
 and are to be found in the public' libraries of the kingdom. There 
 is no particular form in which the returns or inquisitions commonly 
 called muster-rolls were kept, and they contain more or less par- 
 ticulars, as circumstances or accidents dictated. 
 
 At the Rolls House are the indentures of such persons as have 
 contracted to serve the Kings of England in their wars. 
 
 Musters and other papers relating to military affairs, from the 
 time of Henry VIII. to that of Charles II., in about forty volumes, 
 are deposited at the State Paper Office. 
 
 At the Chapter House are thirty-four volumes of musters taken 
 in the reign of Henry VIII. in the counties of Bedford, Dorset, 
 Gloucester, Southampton, Hereford, Lincoln, Northampton, Nor- 
 folk, Nottingham, Oxon, Salop, Stafford, Surrey, Sussex, Wilts, 
 Worcester, York, Anglesey, Denbigh, Merioneth, Monmouth, and 
 
MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS. 435 
 
 North and South Wales. An Inventory of these may be found in 
 Thomas's "Hand-Book to the Records;' pp. 287—297. 
 
 Modern Muster-Rolls. — It is the duty of the Adjutant of each 
 regiment to prepare a monthly list, containing the names of every 
 man in his regiment (whether officer, non-commissioned officer, 
 private, drummer, or trumpeter), in alphabetical order, by troops or 
 companies, which lists are called muster-rolls, or adjutant's rolls; 
 and a copy of this monthly list is duly transmitted to the Secretary 
 at War. 1 The original, or another copy, is understood to be kept at 
 regimental head- quarters. In this return, notice is made of all 
 casualties which have occurred since the last return ; and there are 
 very few instances where the date of the casualty does not appear. 
 These muster-rolls are now in paper books; formerly they were 
 occasionally on parchment. 
 
 Connected with these documents is a similar one called the Pay 
 List, being an account made out by the Paymaster of the pay and 
 allowances of the regiment, and showing the dates to which officers 
 and men who die shall have been paid by him. This list is periodi- 
 cally returned to the Secretary at War; and from December 1797 
 the regimental pay-lists may be considered as duplicate authority, 
 they being deemed to have the full credit and authority of muster- 
 rolls. 
 
 The earliest returns in the War Office are dated 1700, about 
 which period the corrected manuscript Army Lists were formed, 
 which gave the promotions and deaths of commissioned officers, but 
 did not then show, and have not since shown, any reference to non- 
 commissioned officers, drummers, trumpeters, or privates. 
 
 There are no muster-rolls in the War Office of an earlier date 
 than 1760; if any exist they will possibly be with the head-quarters 
 of the regiment, or with the regimental agent. 
 
 Up to December 1809, the muster-rolls of regiments serving in 
 Ireland are kept in that country, and inquiries relative to them 
 should be made to the Chief or Under Secretary of the Lord Lieu- 
 tenant, Dublin Castle. From that period they have been transmitted 
 monthly to the War Office, London. 
 
 In 1785 his Majesty, by circular, directed the muster-rolls to be 
 
 1 The whole of the War Office Papers, consisting of 40,104 bound volumes and 
 bundles, have been recently transferred to the New Kecokd Repositoey, Chancery 
 Lane. , 
 
436 MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS. 
 
 taken half-yearly, not by troops or companies, but regimentally, on 
 one sheet of large paper, showing officers and privates. 
 
 The muster-rolls of the Royal Regiment of Artillery are sent to 
 the Paymasters of the corps, who transmit them to the Surveyor- 
 General of the Ordnance, Tower, with whom they are deposited. A 
 monthly muster-roll is sent to the head-quarters, Woolwich, and 
 the others are disposed of as above. The same remarks apply to the 
 Engineers. 
 
 The first printed Army List appeared in the year 1754; partial 
 lists of the army were, however, published in Chamberlayne's 
 "Anglia Notitia" as early as 1708. The "New Annual Army List" 
 by Major H. G. Hart, is the best work of the present day. 
 
 The first publication in the "London Gazette" of promotions, &c, 
 of officers in the army was on the 13th of January, 1767. 
 
 Army Lists give the services and deaths of commissioned officers 
 only ; Muster Rolls and Pay Lists give that information, and also 
 all further particulars regarding warrant officers, non-commissioned 
 officers, drummers, trumpeters, and privates. 
 
 The muster-books of the Royal Marines are kept by the Adjutants 
 of the respective divisions, and a monthly return is transmitted to 
 the Admiralty, a copy being kept at the head-quarters of each 
 division. Similar returns of this body are transmitted from all 
 vessels of war, and from all foreign stations, as often as opportunity 
 serves. 
 
 The muster-rolls for the Militia commenced with the revolu- 
 tionary war in 1792. 
 
 The Clerk of the Peace for each county has inrolments of the 
 Militia Officers, entered on rolls called the Qualification Rolls. 
 
 The East India Company are also in possession of muster-rolls 
 and army lists of their armies, from which the same information 
 may be obtained as from the documents at the War Office ; and 
 most persons proceeding to India in the service of the Company are 
 obliged to prove their age by certificates of baptism, which are pre- 
 served at the East India House. 
 
 East India Registers, containing much of the information supplied 
 by the above documents, have been published annually from 1795. 
 
 An Alphabetical List of the Medical Officers of the Indian Army, 
 from 1764 to 1838, was published by Dodswell and Miles in 1839, 
 royal 8vo. 
 
 References to Muster-Books, Lists of Officers, &c., deposited in 
 public libraries, are given in the following pages : — 
 
MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS. 437 
 
 LISTS OF MUSTERS, ARMY LISTS, ETC. 
 
 Army Lists, and other Papers; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 9755—9762. 
 
 List of the Followers of Hen. III. to Palestine ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 6033, 
 
 art. 3. 
 Commissions of Musters and Returns, tempp. Edw. I., Edw. II., and Piic. III. ; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Harl. MSS. 433; 1192. 
 The Siege of Carlaverock, 28 Edw. I., with the Names and Arms of the Earls, 
 
 Barons, and Knights present, by Sir N. H. Nicolas. Lond. 1828. 4to. 
 The Roll of Karlaverock, emblazoned by A. P. Harrison. 1846. 4to. 
 Catalogue of the Names and Arms of the principal Captains, as well Noble- 
 men as Knights, which were with King Edward III. at the Siege of 
 
 Calais; Ashm. Lib. Wood MS. 8547. 
 List of the Slain at the Battle of Poictiers ; Brit. Mvs.Harl.MS. 200, art. 3; 
 
 and of Prisoners taken there ; ibid., art. 4. 
 Names of Persons serving in the Wars, from Edw. III. to Hen. VII. inclusive ; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Lansd. MS. 804, f. 51. 
 Extracts relative to Officers appointed to Military and Naval Commands, 
 
 tempp. Edw. III., Hen. VI., and Hen. VIII. ; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 
 
 5485, f. 52. 
 Muster Rolls and Documents chiefly relating to the Wars of the English in 
 
 Prance, between 1385 and 1682; Brit. Mus. Add. Chart. 232—505; 
 
 1061—1246; 1397—1516; 3294—4125. 
 Account of Men-at-Arms, and others, engaged to serve in sundry National 
 
 Expeditions, from the reign of Rich. II. to temp. Hen. VI. ; Coll. op 
 
 Arms, Vincent MS. 29. 
 Roll of the Men-at-Arms in the English Army at the Battle of Agincourt. 
 
 See Nicolas's "History of the Battle of Agincourt." Lond. 1827. — 2nd 
 
 ed. 1832. — Also Hunter's "Agincourt; a contribution towards an authen- 
 tic List of the Commanders of the English Hosts in Henry F.'s Expedition 
 
 to France." Lond. 1850. 
 Names and Arms of those who were with Hen. IV. at the Siege of Rouen, 
 
 anno 1418 ; Coll. of Arms, Vincent MS. 50. 
 Names of Noble-men slain at Tewkesbury; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 692, 
 
 f. 264 6.— Trin. Coll. Dubl. MS. H.*48, f. 200. 
 Musters taken temp. Hen. VIII. to Chas. II. See ante, page 434. 
 List of Officers of the Ordnance, 14 Hen. VIIL— 1634 ; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 
 
 6176, f. 29. 
 Papers relating to Masters of the Army, temp. Elizabeth ; Brit. Mus. Harl. 
 
 MSS. 168; 253, arts. 38—44; 366, art. 1; 2219, arts. 15, 19; 4228, 
 
 arts. 10, 13 ; 4943, art. 1 ; 6671 ; 6849, art. 2. 
 Officers' Names and Governors of Places; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 293, 
 
 f. 223.— Add. MS. 4796, f. 63. 
 
488 MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS. 
 
 Lists of Mijstees, etc. 
 Lists of sundry Invalid Officers, temp. Elizabeth; Brit. Mus. Lansd. MS. 
 
 1218, f. 125. 
 Names of the Officers of the Army at Tilbury, 1588 ; Brit. Mus. Roy. MS. 
 
 18, C. xxi. p. 43. 
 Names of the Principal Officers of the Queen's Forces, 1595 ; Brit. Mus. 
 
 Lansd. MS. 78, art. 56. 
 Officers of the Ordnance, temp. Jas. I.; Brit. Mus. Roy. MS. 17, A. xxxi. 
 
 art. 3. 
 King James Second's Army List, 1689, by John D' Alton. Dublin, 1855. 
 Lists of Officers in the Army of Charles I. ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 6804. 
 List of Colonels, temp. Charles I. ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 38, art. 22. 
 Royalists' Composition Papers during the Commonwealth, alphabetically 
 
 arranged; State Paper Office. 
 Lists of the Lords, Knights, Commoners, and Gentlemen slain in the late 
 
 Wars, 1660; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 2155, art. 34.— See also Prest- 
 
 wick's " Respublica" p. 131. 
 List of the Officers of the Army, 1687 ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 4847. 
 List of King James's Army in Ireland, 1689 ; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 9763. 
 Army and Navy List, etc., from 1689 to 1701; 6 vols. 4to; All Souls' 
 
 Coll. Oxf. MS. clii. 
 Lists of the principal Officers in the Army of James II. ; Brit. Mus. Lansd. 
 
 MS. 1163. 
 List of Officers of the Regiments, etc., disbanded since 10th September 1697; 
 
 All Souls' Coll. Oxf. MS. cliv. 
 Army Lists, and Debentures signed by Lord Ranelagh, 1699 — 1710 ; Brit. 
 
 Mus. Add. MSS. 9755—9762. 
 Lists of Officers from 1705 to 1755 may be found in Chamberlayne's "Angliee 
 
 Notitia, or Present State of Great Britain" published annually during 
 
 this period. 
 Succession of Colonels to the several Troops and Regiments, 1733; Brit. 
 
 Mus. Add. MS. 11,286. 
 List of Indian Officers to 185 L. See Haydn's " Book of Dignities" pt. iii. 
 Lists of Governors of Forts, Castles, Hospitals, Islands, etc., to the year 
 
 1806. See Beatson's "Political Index" vol. ii. 
 Lists of Commanders-in-Chief, Field-Marshals, Generals, &c, in the British 
 
 Army, to the year 1806. See Beatson's " Political Index" vol. ii. — 
 
 The same to the year 1851. See Haydn's "Book of Dignities" part iii. 
 Lists of Ordnance Officers to 1806. See Beatson's "Political Index" vol. ii. 
 
 Cambridgeshire : Warrants for raising Men and Horses in Cambridgeshire, 
 
 a.d. 1595, &c. ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 6599. 
 Orders about the Militia in Cambridgeshire, from 1626 to 
 
 1640; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 4014. 
 
MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS. 489 
 
 Lists of Musters, etc. 
 Cambridgeshire (continued) : Musters for Cambridgeshire, the Isle of Ely, 
 
 and Norfolk, 1591 ; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 5848, p. 284. 
 Dorsetshire : Musters in the County of Dorset ; Brit. Mus. Earl. MS. 3324, 
 
 arts. 3—7. 
 Herefordshire : The Muster-Book of the Foure Fotte Companies of trayned 
 
 Souldiers, in the Hundreds of Caishoe and Dacorum, Co. Hereford, a.d. 
 
 1C40; Brit. Mus. Earl. MS. 2285. 
 Lancashire : Accounts of Musters in Lancashire ; Brit. Mus. Earl. MS. 
 
 1926, art. 1. 
 Norfolk : Papers relating to Musters in the County of Norfolk, 1578, 1594, 
 
 1627—1665; Brit. Mus. Add. MSS. 5847, p. 313; 5848, pp. 284, 
 
 286. 
 Shropshire : A List of Indigent Officers certified out of the County of Salop, 
 
 temp. Charles I.. See Nichols' " Collectanea Topographica et Genealogical 
 
 vol. vii. p. 315. 
 Suffolk : Names of Bowmen in the County of Suffolk, temp. Elizabeth ; Brit. 
 
 Mus. Earl. MS. 366, ff. 40—52. 
 
 Names of Pikemen, Bowe-men, and Bill-men, &c, in the County of 
 
 Suffolk, 1579 ; Brit. Mus. Earl. MS. 309, ff. 186, 187. 
 
 Surrey : Account of Musters in Surrey ; Brit. Mus. Earl. MS. 703, art. 27. 
 Sussex : Return of Persons summoned for Military Service in Sussex, 25 
 Edw. I.; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 5705, p. 320.* 
 
 Muster Roll for the Rape of Hastings, 13 Edw. III. See Nichols' 
 
 " Collectanea Topographica et Genealogical vol. vii. pp. 118. 
 
 Wiltshire : North Wiltshire Musters, 30 Hen. VIII.. From the original in 
 the Chapter House, Westminster. Privately printed by Sir Thomas 
 Phillipps, Bart. 1834. Folio. 
 
 Ireland : List of the Army under the Command of the Earl of Essex. Lond. 
 1642. 8vo. 
 
 The Muster Rolls of the Province of Ulster ; Brit. Mus. Add. MSS. 
 
 4770; 18,735. 
 
 Lists of Governors of Forts, Castles, Hospitals, &c, to the year 1806. 
 
 See Beatson's "Political Index'' vol.iii. 
 
 RECORDS OP SAILORS. 
 
 At the Ticket Office of the Navy Office are preserved Lists of 
 the Sailors in the Royal Navy, as well officers as otherwise, con- 
 taining the ages of all the men (not officers), as stated by themselves 
 at the time of their entering the service, and their birthplace. 
 There are, also, regular returns to the Navy Office of the time and 
 place of death of all sailors, both officers and men. 
 
440 MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS. 
 
 Although the ages of the commissioned officers do not appear by 
 the navy records, yet, as the times of their entrance into the navy, 
 and the dates of their commissions, are registered, the times of their 
 birth may be ascertained without great inaccuracy. 
 
 In 1749 the commissioned officers were about 1000 in number, 
 and 10,000 in 1820. 
 
 Steele's printed "Navy List" was first published in 1772, and 
 was succeeded, in 1814, by the "Navy List" in its present form. A 
 "New Navy List" by Joseph Allen, is published annually. 
 
 The Library of the British Museum is very rich in manuscript 
 collections relating to the Navy, the principal of which will be found 
 among the Harleian and Additional Manuscripts. 
 
 The records of the High Court of Admiralty, from 1542 to 1793, 
 are at the Tower of London. 
 
 References to Lists of Officers in the Navy will be found below : — 
 
 Papers Relating to the Navy ; Brit. Mus. Cotton. MS. Otho E. ix. ; — Add. 
 
 MSS. 9289—9339. 
 List of the Admirals of England; Brit. Mus. Shane MS. 1301, art. 6. 
 A List of the Admirals of England, from 8 Hen. III. to 16 James I., is given 
 
 in Spelrnan's " Ghssarium Archaologicum" ed. 1626, p. 16. 
 Names of the Vice-Admirals of England; Brit. Mus. Earl. MS. 474, f. 97. 
 List, of English Admirals, from 34 Edw. I. to 27 Elizabeth; Brit. Mus. 
 
 Add. MS. 12,471. 
 Admiralli Anglise, a temp. Edw. II., ad ann. 1590 ; Brit. Mus. Earl. MSS. 
 
 6082, art. 22; 6843, f. 151 ; 6848, art. 30. 
 Extracts relative to Officers appointed to Military and Naval Commands, 
 
 tempp. Edw. III., Hen. VI., and Hen. VIII. ; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 
 
 5485, f. 52. 
 List of the Royal Navy of England, anno 1546 ; Trin. Coll. Camb., Pepys 
 
 MS. 99. 
 Names of the Officers of the Navy, temp. Elizabeth ; Brit. Mus. Roy. MS. 
 
 18, C. xxi. pp. 4, 9. 
 Ships and Captains serving against the Spaniards, 1588; Brit. Mus. Roy. 
 
 MS. 14, B. xiii. 
 List of English Captains now in England, 1597 ; Brit. Mus. Lansd. MS. 
 
 84, art. 6. 
 List of Men and Ships appointed for Sir Francis Drake's Journey ; Brit. 
 
 Mus. Earl. MS 366, f. 146. 
 List of Officers of the Navy, temp. Car. I. ; Brit. Mus. Earl. MS. 7504, art. 1. 
 List of the Ship9, Commanders, etc., at the Fight against the Hollanders, 
 
 2nd and 3rd June 1653 ; All Souls' Coll. Oxf. MS. cxl. 
 
MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS. 441 
 
 Navy Lists, etc. 
 Register of Admissions and Promotions of Officers employed in the English 
 
 Navy between 1660 and 1688 ; Trin. Coll. Camb. Pepys MS. 128. 
 Lists of the Navy, from 1660 to 1691 ; Brit. Mus. Earl. MS. 7464. 
 List of Officers of the Navy, from 1660 to 1750; Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 
 
 11,603. 
 List of Officers from 1705 to 1755 may be found in Chamberlayne's "Anglia 
 
 Notitia, or Present State of Great Britain" published annually during 
 
 this period. 
 List of Officers of the Navy from 1672 to 1684 ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 7504. 
 A List of Commanders and Lieutenants surviving, that have served in the 
 
 Dutch Wars, taken 1680 ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 6277, f. 143. 
 List of Flag Officers in the Royal Fleet of England, from 1688 to 1715; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Add. MS. 11,604. 
 List of Officers of the Navy made by the Admiralty Commissioners, to the 
 
 year 1691 ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 6003, f. 251. 
 List of Officers in the Navy, 1691 ; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 7472. 
 Lists of the Royal Navy, 1692—1694 ; Brit. Mus. Eg. MS. 863 ;— Add. MS. 
 
 14,418. 
 Characters of Great Men and Officers of the Navy in the reign of Queen 
 
 Anne; Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 6760. 
 Biographia Navalis ; or Memoirs of the Officers of the Navy from 1600, by 
 
 John Charnock. 4 vols. Lond. 1794. 8vo. 
 Royal Naval Biography ; or Memoirs of the Services of all the Flag Officers, 
 
 Superannuated Rear- Admirals, Retired Captains, Post-Captains, and 
 
 Commanders, by John Marshall. 12 vols. Lond. 1823 — 30. 8vo. 
 Lives of British Admirals, by John Campbell. 4 vols. Lond.\ll§. — New 
 
 ed., by Yorke and Stevenson. 8 vols. Lond. 1812 — 17. 8vo. — Abridged 
 
 edition, 1849. 12mo. 
 A Naval Biographical Dictionary, by W. R. O'Byrne. Lond. 1849. 8vo. 
 The Annual Royal Naval Obituary for 1855 (the first), by H. S. Smith. Lond. 
 
 1856. 8vo. 
 Lists of Commissioners of the Navy and other Officers to 1806. See Beat- 
 son's " Political Index," vol. ii. 
 Lists of Admirals and Post-Captains to 1806. See Beatson's "Political 
 
 Index" vol. ii. — The same, to the year 1851. See Haydn's "Book of 
 
 Dignities" part iii. 
 List of Admirals on Foreign Stations to 1851. See Haydn's "Book of Dig- 
 nities" part iii. 
 
443 
 
 APPENDIX I. 
 
 BRIEF NOTICES OF THE RECORD REPOSITORIES, PUBLIC 
 LIBRARIES, ETC., MENTIONED IN THE COURSE OF THIS 
 WORK. 
 
 SO chequered has been the fate of the National Records, so multitudinous 
 their escapes — from fire at one time, and water at another, — and so 
 varied their repositories, that we have found it impossible, even with the 
 assistance of Mr. Thomas's valuable "Hand-Book" and the Deputy-Keeper's 
 "Reports" to ascertain, with certainty, the present resting-places of many of 
 the records described in the pages of the present work. 
 
 The King's Palace appears anciently to have been the proper place for the 
 records of the Courts, they having been held there, or in the place where 
 the King happened to be, which will account for many records having been 
 found in castles and places, the occasional residence of the Sovereign. 
 
 Following this principle, when the Courts became stationary, they were 
 held in the King's Palace at Westminster, and Treasuries were appointed for 
 the deposit of" the records. The Treasury of the Exchequer appears anciently 
 to have been the ultimate repository of records of the Courts of King's Bench 
 and Common Pleas, and other records deposited for safe custody under the 
 charge of the Treasurer and Chamberlains. 
 
 The increase of records caused an increase of Treasuries ; for we find that 
 there were four Treasuries, viz., in the Court of the Receipts ; in the Palace 
 of Westminster ; in the Abbey of Westminster, in the old Chapter House ; 
 and in the Cloisters of the Abbey of Westminster. All the above Treasuries 
 eventually merged in the Chapter House, Poets' Corner, Westminster, and 
 laid the foundation of that repository. 
 
 There were other Treasuries for the Chancery Records. Before the end of 
 the reign of Edward I. the Wardrobe in the Tower of London was used as 
 the chief repository of these records, and the place where they were deposited 
 was called the King's Treasury, and was the foundation of the office known 
 as the Record Office in the Tower. 
 
 The Masters of the Rolls were accustomed, in the reign of Edward II.. to 
 keep the Chancery records in their dwelling-house, and to deposit in tne 
 Tower the roils, bundles, and remembrances which had accumulated. In 
 
444 APPENDIX. 
 
 Edward the Fourth's time this practice fell partially into disuse, and after 
 that period they were lodged in the Chapel of the Master of the Rolls, to 
 which, eventually, an office was erected, which was the origin of the Record 
 Office known as the Rolls Chapel Office. 
 
 In process of time the business of the Courts increased, and offices for the 
 preparation of the business were established in and about the Inns of Court 
 where records were accumulated ; these, as they became burdensome, were 
 removed and warehoused in other places, and the records became scattered 
 and fell into disorder. 
 
 From an early period the value and importance of these records were 
 recognised, and steps taken to prevent their decay and to render them of 
 public service. It is said that Edward I. first established a repository for 
 records, and collected them. In the reign of Edward II. a writ was issued 
 for the employment of proper persons "to superintend, methodise, and 
 digest " certain rolls and writings remaining in the Exchequer, the Tower, 
 and other places. Edward III. directed certain writings and muniments in 
 private keeping to be deposited in the Tower. 
 
 Without here multiplying instances of the interest manifested by the Sove- 
 reign for the care and preservation of the records, we come down to more 
 modern periods, when the members of the Houses of Parliament took an 
 interest in them. In December 1703 a Committee of the House of Lords 
 was appointed to consider of the method of keeping records in offices, and 
 how they were kept. This committee was revived at various times, and 
 reported from time to time until 1719, when, for the first time, the report 
 was printed in an octavo volume. In 1800 a Select Committee of the House 
 of Commons was appointed for a similar purpose, the result of their labours 
 appearing in a large folio volume, commonly known as the Record Report of 
 1800, the most important volume on the records of this country ever printed. 
 Upon the representation of this Committee a Commission was issued the same 
 year, under the Royal Sign Manual, for the methodising, regulating, and 
 digesting the records in the public offices and repositories, and for the print- 
 ing of such calendars and indexes as should be thought advisable. This 
 Commission was from time to time renewed till the year 1837, the pro- 
 ceedings being periodically published. The Commissioners, during the 
 thirty-seven years of their management of the affairs of the records, directed 
 their attention more particularly to printing the records, and very little was 
 done for their care and preservation. Many very important publications 
 were issued by them, a descriptive catalogue of which may be had at Messrs. 
 Butterworth's, 7, Fleet Street. 
 
 Previous to the expiration of the Commission in 1837, it appears to have 
 been the wish of the Government that the direction of the record affairs 
 should be placed in the hands of the Master of the Rolls ; and Lord Lang- 
 dale, who then held that office, having been applied to, his Lordship con- 
 sented to take temporary charge of the record business ; and, after much 
 
APPENDIX. 445 
 
 correspondence with the Government, the Public Records Act, 1 and 2 Vict, 
 c. 94, was passed, on the 14th August 1838, which placed the records named 
 therein in the custody of the Master of the Rolls for the time being. Under 
 Lord Langdale's superintendence a new establishment was formed, and agreed 
 to by the Government in February 1840 ; but the offices of the Tower, Rolls 
 Chapel, and Chapter House, were not united with it until the 1st July 1840, 
 when the whole became one establishment, the officers and records remaining 
 in their old localities until a general repository should be provided for them, 
 where it was intended that all the records above twenty years old of the several 
 Courts, and other records named in the Act, should be found. 
 
 As early as the year 1832 a proposal was printed by the Record Commis- 
 sioners for the erection of a General Record Office, on the site of the Rolls 
 Estate; but it was not until the month of July 1850, after repeated appli- 
 cations to the Treasury, that a vote was obtained for the purpose. Operations 
 were commenced in January 1851, and the building completed for the recep- 
 tion of records early in the year 1855. The transfer of records immediately 
 commenced, and has been continued up to the present time, the Welsh Records 
 and War Office Papers having been the first removed. No records have as 
 yet been removed from the offices at the Tower, Chapter House, and Carlton 
 Ride. 
 
 ACCOUNTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE.— REGISTRAR'S OFFICE.— 
 REPORT OFFICE. 
 These offices form part of the same establishment, and are situated in 
 Chancery Lane, near Holborn, on part of the garden-ground of Lincoln's 
 Inn. 
 
 ACKNOWLEDGMENT OFFICE. 
 
 This office is for the purpose of taking the acknowledgments of married 
 women, pursuant to Stat. 3 and 4 Will. IV. c. 74. 
 
 By the same Statute, fines and recoveries were abolished, and more simple 
 modes of assurance substituted ; Commissioners were directed to be appointed 
 to take the acknowledgments of married women, and an officer to take 
 charge of the certificates of acknowledgments. This office was first established 
 in Serjeants' Inn, Chancery Lane, and afterwards removed to No. 9, Ser- 
 jeants' Inn, Fleet Street. 
 
 ALIENATION OFFICE. 
 
 This office was in the King's Bench Walk, Temple. The records were 
 removed to Carlton Ride, in 1842, from Serjeants' Inn. 
 
446 APPENDIX. 
 
 ASHMOLEAN LIBRARY, OXFORD. 
 Keeper — John Phillips, Esq., F.R.S., F.G.S. 
 
 This valuable Library is deposited in a large building situated in Broad 
 Street, in rooms adjoining the Museum. 
 
 The Museum is open daily from eleven till four, excepting as follows : — 
 January 30th; May 29th; November 5th; Passion week; from Dec. 21st 
 to January 2nd, and the Monday and Tuesday in Whitsun week. 
 
 According to the Statutes by which the Museum is governed, the Library 
 is not open to members of the University under the degree of B.A. No 
 person is allowed to study there unless he produces an order signed by the 
 six Visitors. The Keeper may refuse the perusal of any MS., &c, unless the 
 person who desires it produces an order signed by a majority of the Visitors. 
 
 If any person is desirous of transcribing out of any MS. belonging to the 
 Library, the Sub-Librarian is to copy it for him at the rai.6 of \1d. a sheet; if 
 copied by himself or by an amanuensis, then to pay the Sub-Librarian Qd. a 
 day for each MS. he peruses. 
 
 It is needless to observe that these rules are greatly relaxed in favour of 
 strangers, and that every courtesy is shown to those desirous of consulting 
 the collections. 
 
 Ashmole's Library consists of 1767 volumes, more than the half of which 
 are manuscripts. Of the latter an excellent Catalogue was compiled by W. H. 
 Black, Esq., and printed by the University of Oxford in 1845, in one volume 
 quarto. It is much to be regretted that it is at present without an Index. 
 Of the printed books there is a manuscript Catalogue kept in the Museum. 
 
 Several other collections are deposited in the Museum, viz., those of 
 Anthony a Wood, Dugdale, Aubery, and Lister. 
 
 Wood's books amount to about 1100 volumes. Nearly 200 of these are 
 manuscripts, which will be found described in Bernard's " Catalogi Librorum 
 Manuscriptorum Angline et Eibernite," pp. 359 — 373; and in Huddesford's 
 "Catalogus Librorum Manuscriptorum viri clarissimi Antonii a Wood." Oxon. 
 1761. 8vo. 
 
 Dugdale's Manuscripts are contained in about fifty volumes, and are very 
 valuable to genealogists. They are described in Bernard's Catalogue, at pp. 
 292— 29*8. 
 
 AUDITORS OF THE IMPREST.— AUDITORS OF THE PUBLIC 
 ACCOUNTS. 
 
 The records of the "Auditors of Imprest" were formerly under the Barons' 
 Room at Westminster. The Commissioners for Auditing the Public Accounts 
 succeeded the ancient Auditors of Imprest in 1785 ; their office is in Somerset 
 Place, where the records are now deposited. 
 
APPENDIX. 447 
 
 AUDITORS OF THE LAND REVENUE. 
 The office of the Auditors of the Land Revenue was abolished by Stat. 2 
 Will. IV. o.l j and the accounts heretofore audited by them were directed to 
 be audited by the Commissioners of Audit. The Treasury was likewise 
 directed to provide a repository for the records of the said auditors, to be 
 called " The Office of Land Revenue Records and Enrolments." The office 
 so provided is now at No. 11, Spring Gardens. 
 
 AUGMENTATION OFFICE. 
 
 This office was established 27 Henry VIIL, and abolished and annexed to 
 the Exchequer 1 Mary, 1553-54. 
 
 The records, formerly deposited in rooms over the King's Bench Treasury 
 Office, Westminster, were removed to Carlton Ride, under a warrant from 
 the Master of the Rolls, in February 1843. 
 
 BANKRUPTS' PATENTEE OFFICE. 
 
 This office was abolished by 2 and 3 Will. IV. 0.111. It was formerly held 
 at No. 5, Lincoln's Inn Great Square. 
 
 BANKRUPTS, COMMISSION OF. 
 
 The office of Secretary of the Commission of Bankrupts was abolished in 
 1852. It was at that time situated in Quality Court, Chancery Lane. 
 
 BOARD OF GREEN CLOTH. 
 
 This office is in St. James's Palace. 
 
 BODLEIAN LIBRARY, OXFORD. 
 
 Librarian — Bulkeley Bandinel, D.D. 
 Under -Librarian — The Rev. H. 0. Coxe, M.A. 
 
 The entrance to this valuable and well-known Library is situated at the 
 south-west corner of the " Schools," adjacent to Broad-street. It is said to 
 contain about 300,000 printed books, and 10,000 manuscripts. The prin- 
 cipal collections are those of Bodley, the founder ; Dodesworth, Rawlinson, 
 Gough, Tanner, and Douce. Of these the Dodesworth and Rawlinson 
 manuscripts are most worthy the notice of the genealogist. 
 
 Access to the Library is obtained by means of an introduction from a 
 member of Convocation. It is open daily from nine till four between Lady- 
 day and Michaelmas, and from ten till three during the rest of the year. 
 The periods at which the Library is entirely closed to students are, on all 
 Public Fast-Days and State Holidays, i. <?., January 30th, May 29th, and 
 June 20th. Also from Good Friday to Easter Tuesday inclusive ; Ascension 
 Day ; Whit Monday and Tuesday, and the Oxford Commemoration Day. It 
 
448 APPENDIX. 
 
 is likewise closed during the first seven days of September, the first eight 
 days of November, and from Christmas Eve till January 1st inclusive. 
 
 There is no general Catalogue of the Collections ; but brief descriptions of 
 a portion of the manuscripts may be found in Bernard's "Catalogi Librorum 
 Manuscriptorum Anglice et Hibernia" vol. i. pp. 1 — 291. There are excel- 
 lent separate Catalogues of the Gough, Malone, and Douce Collections. 
 
 A new Catalogue of the manuscripts, by Mr. Coxe, is in preparation, three 
 volumes of which, containing the Greek manuscripts, have just been pub- 
 lished. 
 
 A Catalogue of the Printed Books, in three volumes folio, was printed in 
 1843, and a supplemental volume in 1851. 
 
 THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 
 Principal Librarian — Antonio Panizzi, Esq., LL.D., &c. 
 
 Keeper of the Manuscripts — Sir Frederic Madden, K.H., F.S.A., &c. 
 Under-Keeper — Edward Augustus Bond, Esq., F.S.A., &c. 
 
 Keeper of the Printed Boohs — John Winter Jones, Esq., F.S.A., &c. 
 Under-Keeper — Thomas Watts, Esq. 
 
 The National Library is situated in Great Eussell Street, Bloomsbury, 
 and occupies nearly three sides of the ground floor of the magnificent build- 
 ing erected there. It contains, at the present moment, more than 520,000 
 printed books, and about 40,500 manuscripts, independent o f charters and 
 rolls. 
 
 Admission to the "Beading Kooms ,, is to be obtained by addressing a 
 written application for a "Reading Ticket" to Antonio Panizzi, Esq., the Prin- 
 cipal Librarian, stating the name, rank in life, and residence of the applicant. 
 The request must be accompanied by a recommendation from some gentleman 
 whose position in society, reputation, or public appointment, may serve as a 
 guarantee for the respectability of the applicant. 
 
 No person is admissible under eighteen years of age. 
 
 The Reading Rooms are open every day, except on Sundays, Ash Wednes- 
 day, Good Friday, Christmas Day, and on any Fast or Thanksgiving Days 
 ordered by authority ; except, also, between the 1st and 7th of January, the 
 1st and 7th of May, and the 1st and 7th of September, inclusive. 
 
 The hours are from nine till four in the months of November, December, 
 January, and February; from nine till five in the months of September, 
 October, March, and April ; and from nine till six in the months of May, 
 June, July, and August. 
 
 A new Reading Room, upon a plan submitted to the Trustees by Mr. 
 Panizzi in the year 1852, has sprung up, as if by magic, in the quadrangle 
 of the Museum, and is fast hurrying towards completion. It is a circular 
 
APPENDIX. 449 
 
 apartment, 140 feet in diameter, and 106 feet high, lighted by twenty windows 
 at the springing of the dome, and by a glazed aperture in the crown of it, 
 forty feet in diameter. The tables for readers radiate from the centre ; and, 
 allowing upwards of four feet for each reader, there will be room for nearly 
 500 readers. 
 
 This structure will be the largest and handsomest in the world. Its 
 position in the quadrangle allows immediate access from the hall, through 
 which readers will proceed to the Eeading Room. It is calculated that the 
 building will be completed, and fit for the reception of books and readers, by 
 the Spring of 1857. 
 
 The Catalogues of the Collections are numerous, more particularly those of 
 Manuscripts. The student will find a full account of the Library and its 
 Collections, with a variety of information indispensable for literary men, in 
 Sims's "Handbook to the Library of the British Museum." Lond. (J. E. 
 Smith) 1854. Sm. 8vo. Price 5*. An " Index to the Pedigrees and Arms con- 
 tained in the Heralds Visitations in the British Museum" by the same author, 
 was published in 1849, price 15s. 
 
 The Collections most likely to afford information to the genealogist are — 
 the Cottonian, Harleian, Lansdowne, Egerton, and Additional. 
 
 CAIUS COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE.— &» GONVILLE AtfD CAIUS 
 
 COLLEGE. 
 
 CARLTON RIDE. 
 
 Keeper — The Rev. Joseph Hunter, F.S.A. 
 Assistant-Keeper — Charles Roberts, Esq. 
 
 This office is situated at the east end of Carlton Terrace, Waterloo 
 Place. It first became a record repository in consequence of taking down the 
 King's Mews to erect the National Gallery, in or about 1835. From that period 
 to the present, numerous valuable records have been from time to time trans- 
 ferred thither, including those from the abolished offices of the Pipe ; the Lord 
 Treasurer's Remembrancer; Clerk of Estreats ; Foreign Apposer; Clerk of the 
 Nichils ; and the Augmentation Office. Like other Government offices, the 
 hours of attendance are from ten till four. A Scale of Fees, etc., may be seen 
 at a subsequent page of this "Appendix." 
 
 CHAPTER HOUSE, OR TREASURY OF THE RECEIPTS OF 
 EXCHEQUER. 
 
 Keeper — Frederick Devon, Esq. 
 
 The Record Office, so well known as the "Chapter House," is situated on 
 the south-east side of Westminster Abbey, immediately adjoining the 
 entrance to " Poets' Corner." 
 
 The documents which have at various times been deposited there vary con- 
 
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450 APPENDIX. 
 
 siderably in character. An inventory of the more important will be found in 
 Thomas's "Hand-book to the Records" pp. 287—297. 
 
 Many transfers have, of late years, been made to other Record Offices, as 
 follows : — 
 
 Chancery Records — Treaty Rolls, &c, removed to the Rolls Chapel and 
 
 Tower. 
 Queens Bench Records — Rolls of the Curia Regis, to the same repositories, 
 
 in 1843. 
 Common Pleas Records — Common Rolls, Feet of Fin*?s, and Concords, &c, 
 
 to Carlton Ride, in 1842. 
 Exchequer Records — Pell Rolls, Papal Bulls, &c, removed to the Rolls 
 
 House in 1842. 
 State Papers — About seventy-six volumes of State documents, &c, were 
 
 transferred to the State Paper Office in 1832. 
 An Inventory of all the Records preserved in this repository in the year 
 1807, with coloured drawings of the building, is at the British Museum 
 {Add. MS. 8977). 
 
 The "Chapter House" is open for public purposes from ten till four. A 
 Scale of Fees required from those consulting the records may be seen at a 
 subsequent page of this "Appendix." 
 
 CHETHAM'S LIBRARY, MANCHESTER. 
 Librarian — Thomas Jones, Esq., M.A. 
 
 This Library is deposited at the College founded by the munificence of 
 Humphry Chetham, Esq., of Clayton, and contains about 21,000 printed 
 books, and 130 manuscripts. The latter present great attractions to the 
 genealogist, more especially if interested in the history of Lancashire and 
 Cheshire, part of Cuerden's collections for these counties being deposited 
 there. 
 
 The contents of this Library are, in pursuance of the Founder's will, 
 unrestrictedly and gratuitously accessible to all. Any person, no matter how 
 humble his station, or homely his appearance may be, nor whencesoever he 
 may come, has a right to demand a sight of any book in the Library, the only 
 form required from him being the insertion of his name and residence in a 
 book kept for that purpose. 
 
 The Library is open from ten till four in the winter, and from ten till five 
 in the summer. It is not closed on holidays, except Christmas Day, Good 
 Friday, and New Year's Day. 
 
 Several Catalogues of the Library have been printed, including a separate 
 one of the European manuscripts, by Mr. Halliwell, in 1 842. A new Catalogue, 
 by the learned and zealous Librarian, is in progress, the first part of which is 
 ready for press. 
 
APPENDIX. 451 
 
 CHIEOGEAPHEE'S OFFICE. 
 In 1800 the office was in the Temple, and the chief part of the records 
 was lodged in the Temple Church, the remainder in the office. In 1809 the 
 records were sent to the Chapter House, and are now in the custody of the 
 Master of the Eolls. 
 
 CLEEK OF THE EEEOES. 
 
 In 1800 it was stated that there was no particular place appointed for the 
 office of the " Clerk of the Errors," and that the business of the office had 
 been for several years past transacted at the Chambers of Justice Heath, in 
 Serjeants' Inn, Chancery Lane. In 1833 the records were kept at the Cham- 
 bers of the Clerk of the Errors, No. 13, South Square, Gray's Inn. 
 
 The office was abolished by Stat. 1 Vict. c. 30, s. 2, and the duties trans- 
 ferred to the Masters of the different Courts to whom, by sec. 7, the records 
 were directed to be transferred. 
 
 CLEEK OF THE ESSOINS. 
 
 This office, formerly at No. 4, Elm Court, Temple, was abolished by Stat. 
 1 Vict. c. 30, and the records directed to be transferred to the Masters. 
 
 CLEEK OF THE ESTEEATS. 
 This office was abolished by Stat. 3 and 4 Will. IV. c. 99, and the records, 
 which had formerly been kept at the Court of Exchequer, were placed under 
 the charge of the Queen's Eemembrancer. They were removed from Somerset 
 House to Carlton Eide, by warrant of the Master of the Eolls, in 1843. 
 
 CLEEK OF THE LETTEES PATENT. 
 
 This office was in George Street, Adelphi ; it is now in Quality Court, 
 Chancery Lane. 
 
 The office was abolished by 2 and 3 Will. IV. 0.111, the Crown to appoint 
 the Clerk. 
 
 CLEEK OF THE PAPEES' OFFICE. 
 In 1800, and in 1837, this office was in Symond's Inn, adjoining to the 
 "Eule Office." It was abolished by Stat. 1 Vic. c. 30, and the duties and 
 records vested in the Masters. 
 
 CLEEK OF PEESENTATIONS.— SECEETAEY OF 
 PEESENTATIONS. 
 
 The office of Clerk of the Presentations was abolished by Stat. 2 and 3 
 Will. IV. c. Ill, and the duties ordered to be performed by the Secretary of 
 Presentations. 
 
 The office of Secretary of Presentations is in the Chancery Chambers, 
 Quality Court, Chancery Lane. 
 
452 APPENDIX. 
 
 CLERK OF THE RULES' OFFICE. 
 In 1800 the records of the "Rule Office" were stated to he deposited at 
 Symond's Inn. This office was abolished by Stat. 1 Vict. c. 30, and the duties 
 and records vested in the Masters. 
 
 CLERK OF THE WARRANTS, ENROLMENTS, AND ESTREATS. 
 
 This office, formerly in Pump Court, Middle Temple, was abolished ty; 
 
 Stat. 1 Vict. c. 30, and the records directed to be transferred to the Masters 
 
 COLLEGE OF ARMS, LONDON. 
 
 Earl Marshal — Duke of Norfolk, K.G., P.C. 
 
 Garter King of Anns — Sir Charles George Young, D.C.L.,F.S.A., etc, 
 
 Registrar — Robert Laurie, Esq., Norroy. 
 
 The Heralds' College is situated on Benet's Hill, Doctors' Commons, 
 and was incorporated in the first year of the reign of King Richard III. The 
 valuable Library is not a public one, in the usual interpretation of the term, 
 being supported and maintained chiefly by the transaction of business. 
 
 The Records are under the custody of Sir Charles Young, Garter. 
 
 An enumeration of the chief records deposited here will be found in the 
 "Report on Public Records'* 1837, p. 106. 
 
 The fee for a search is 5s.; that for copying of pedigrees is 6s. 8^?. for the 
 first, and 5s. for every other generation. A general search is J£2. 2s. One 
 of the He* "ilds and a Pursuivant attend the office in monthly rotation. 
 
 The hours of attendance are from ten o'clock till four. 
 
 There is no detailed Catalogue of the Library in print. A Catalogue of 
 the Arundel Manuscripts deposited in the College was printed at the expense 
 of Sir Charles Young, Garter, in 1829. At the British Museum are two 
 manuscript Catalogues of the Library, viz.: Lansd. M.S. 689, and Hargrave 
 MS. 497. 
 
 COLLIDE OF ARMS, DUBLIN. 
 
 Ulster King of Arms fy Keeper of tJie Records — Sir Bernard Burke, M.R.I. A. 
 Registrar — Robert Smith, Esq., Pursuivant. 
 
 The Office of Arms, Dublin, is in the Record Tower of Dublin Castle, 
 which Record Tower contains — besides the Bermingham Tower Records — the 
 State Paper Office, and the Parliamentary Record Room. 
 
 The Office of Arms is presided over by Sir Bernard Burke, K.H., as Ulster 
 King of Arms, who also superintends the Bermingham Tower Records as 
 Deputy Keeper ; and the Parliamentary Record Room and the State Papers 
 are also intrusted to his care. 
 
 The fe$ for a search in Ulster's Office is 5s. ; for a copy of a registered 
 pedigree, 5s. a generation ; for the registration of a proved pedigree, 6s. a 
 
APPENDIX. 453 
 
 generation; for a grant of arms, thirty guineas; for a confirmation, ten 
 guineas. The charge for a search in the Record Tower is 10s. Both offices — 
 Ulster's and the Record — are open every day in the year, from ten till fou~, 
 except on Sundays and public holidays. 
 
 Since the appointment of Sir Bernard Burke, free access has been allowed 
 by that gentleman to the records and documents, to all literary men, when 
 the purpose is for a literary object. Each document has been carefully 
 cleaned, nicely packed up,, and accurately numbered, in accordance with the 
 reference in the Index. 
 
 A descriptive Catalogue of the Records will be found in the Supplement to 
 the Eighth "Report of the Record Commission of Ireland." There is no 
 printed list of the books and MSS. of the Office of Arms. 
 
 COMMON PLEAS RECORDS. 
 
 The Common Pleas Records in the Tower were removed to Carlton Ride 
 in March 1842. Some of the Common Pleas Records in the latter repository 
 were afterwards removed to the Stone Tower, Westminster Hall, for 
 greater security. 
 
 An Inventory of them is given in Thomas's "Hand-book to the Public 
 Records," pp. 117—140. 
 
 COMMON PLEAS TREASURY. 
 
 In the Record Report of 1800, the Common Pleas Treasury is described 
 as adjoining the Court of Exchequer at Westminster. 
 
 In 1822, on the erection of the new law courts at Westminster, the Com- 
 mon Pleas Rolls, &c, were expelled from their ancient repository, and removed 
 to the King's Mews at Charing Cross. When the National Gallery was 
 erected, in 1835, the records were deposited at Carlton Ride, where they 
 now remain. 
 
 THE COMMON PLEAS OR MASTERS' OFFICE, FORMERLY 
 THE PROTHONOTARIES' OFFICE. 
 
 There were formerly three Prothonotaries, whose offices were in the King's 
 Bench Walk, in the Temple. In 1779 the offices were united, and the busi- 
 ness was conducted at No. 2, Tanfield Court, Temple, until October 1838, 
 when the business was removed to the present Masters' or Common Pleas 
 Office, Serjeants' Inn, Chancery Lane. The Common Pleas Records were 
 removed from Serjeants' Inn to Carlton Ride, by warrant dated July 10, 
 1840, and by subsequent warrants. 
 
 COURT OF REQUESTS. 
 Ihis Court, sometimes called the "Court of Whitehall," was virtually 
 abolished under the general provision in 16 Car. I. c. 10, for taking away the 
 S A ar Chamber. In 1732 the records were removed from the Palace at West- 
 
454 APPENDIX. 
 
 minster to the Chapter House, where they were found when the Master of 
 the Rolls took possession of them under Stat. 1 and 2 Vict. c. 94. 
 
 COURT OF WARDS. 
 
 This Court, which was established by Stat. 32 Hen. VIII. c. 46, was 
 abolished by Stat. 12 Car. II. c. 24. It was virtually abolished during the 
 Commonwealth. 
 
 The records were removed to the Chapter House, Westminster, in 
 1732, where they were found when the Master of the Rolls took possession 
 of them under Stat. 1 and 2 Vict. c. 94. 
 
 An Inventory of them is given in Thomas's "Hand-book to tJw Public 
 Records" pp. 311—316. 
 
 CROWN OFFICE. 
 
 The office of the Clerk of the Crown in Chancery, was formerly in the same 
 building as the offices of the Examiners and Petty Bag, in the Rolls Yard, 
 Chancery Lane. It was removed to Westminster in 1852. 
 
 CURSITOR'S OFFICE. 
 
 This office is described by Stowe as being in Chancery Lane ; and in the 
 "Record Report" of 1800 it is represented as being immediately over a public 
 coffee-room in the same locality. 
 
 The office was abolishedby Stat. 5 and 6 Will. IV. c. 82, s. 10 (1835), and 
 the duties and records were transferred to the Clerks of the Petty Bag Office. 
 At this time the Cursitor's Office was in the Rolls Yard, Chancery Lane. 
 
 CUSTOS BREVIUM OFFICE. 
 
 This office was abolished by Stat. 1 Vict. c. 30, and the records directed to 
 be transferred to the Masters. 
 
 The office was formerly in Brick Court, Temple, where a few of the modern 
 records were kept. They consisted of Concords and Feet of Fines, &c, Writs, 
 Proclamations of Outlawries, &c. These records were removed to No. 3, 
 Whitehall Yard, from whence they were removed to Carlton Ride, by war- 
 rant dated November 25, 1841. 
 
 The Writs were arranged in five divisions — so many counties to each 
 division — which divisions were represented by the following five signs : — 
 1 . The Heart. 2. The Ladder. 3. The Crow. 4. The Buckle. 5. The Bell. 
 
 DISPENSATION OFFICE IN CHANCERY. 
 
 This office was abolished by Stat. 2 and 3 Will. IV. c. ] 11, and the duties 
 ordered to be performed by the Secretary of Presentations. The office?, in 
 1800, was in New Court, Middle Temple. 
 
APPENDIX. 455 
 
 DUCHI OF CORNWALL OFFICE. 
 
 Record Cleric — Frederick Devon, Esq. 
 
 This office was removed to Somerset Place in 1789, where it at present 
 remains. Such records as were in the Augmentation Office relating to the 
 Duchy had, in 1800, lately been transferred to the Duchy Office. 
 
 DUCHY OF LANCASTER OFFICE. 
 Keeper — William Hardy, Esq., F.S.A. 
 
 This office, formerly in Somerset Place, Somerset House, is situated in 
 Lancaster Place, adjoining to Waterloo Bridge. 
 
 The records in this repository will be found enumerated in the Commis- 
 sioners' "Report" for 1837, p. 81, and a brief abstract of them at p. 402 of 
 the present work. 
 
 As this office is a private one, the fees for searches, certificates, copies of 
 records, &c. — as given below — differ considerably from those required at 
 other record offices : — l 
 
 £ s. d. 
 For a general search, without reference expressly to any particular 
 
 class of records 550 
 
 For a general search, by direct reference to the class or description 
 
 of records 220 
 
 For search for, and production of, each single record by immediate 
 
 access 086 
 
 Copies of writings or records per folio 10 
 
 Ditto of ancient date ditto .014 
 
 A certificate of examination 050 
 
 Production of a record in London 100 
 
 And if more records than one, for every other 10 
 
 Attendance with same per diem 110 
 
 The office is not closed at any time between ten and four o'clock during 
 the year, except for a few days only at Christmas, Easter, and Whitsuntide. 
 
 All persons desiring to inspect any records belonging to this office are 
 permitted to do so upon communicating to the proper officer the name, and 
 reference to the document he wishes to see, and the object he has in inspect- 
 ing it ; that is, whether it is for a literary purpose or for evidence on a ques- 
 tion in litigation. If for the purpose- of evidence, it will be necessary to state 
 whether the suit is adverse or otherwise to the interests of her Majesty in 
 right of her Duchy. 
 
 The usual office fees for inspection, and copies or extracts of records, have 
 been remitted when the Chancellor and Council have deemed it proper that 
 
 1 See " Table of Fees," Appendix II. 
 
456 APPENDIX. 
 
 the privilege of taking a copy or extract of a document by, or at the cost of, 
 the applicant, should be accorded without payment of the fees; and this may 
 be considered an act of courtesy. There would, probably, be no difficulty in 
 obtaining, upon application either by letter or personally, permission to 
 inspect and make an extract or copy of any record free of all charge for fees, 
 if the particular record be indicated, and the object stated for which it is 
 desired. 
 
 EXAMINERS' OFFICE. 
 
 This office, which is situated in the Rolls Yard, Chancery Lane, was 
 erected about the year 1718, at the joint expense of the Examiners and Clerks 
 of the Petty Bag. It was rebuilt, out of the Suitors' Fund, in 1812. 
 
 EXCHEQUER OF ACCOUNT AND RECEIPT. 
 
 The offices of the Auditors, Tellers, Clerk of the Pells, &c, in the Exchequer 
 of Receipt, formerly at Whitehall, were abolished by Stat. 4 Will. IV. c. 15 
 (1834). 
 
 The records — many of which had been improperly sold for waste paper in 
 1838 — were removed from No. 1, Whitehall Yard, to the Rolls House, by 
 authority of Treasury letters, in 1841. 
 
 EXCHEQUER OF PLEAS. 
 
 The records of this office were formerly kept at Westminster, and others at 
 the Office, Lincoln's Inn Old Buildings. They were removed to Carlton 
 Ride, by warrant of the Master of the Rolls, in July 1840 and November 
 1841. At the same time the Exchequer of Pleas Rolls, which were in the 
 Augmentation Office, were removed to the same repository. 
 
 An Inventory of Records of the Court of Exchequer will be found in 
 Thomas's "Hand-book to the Public Records," pp. 141—283. The "Antient 
 Kalendars and Inventories of his Majesty* s Exchequer" edited by Sir Francis 
 Palgrave, were printed by the Record Commissioners, in 2 vols. 8vo, in 1836. 
 A "Register of Orders, Warrants, Petitions, etc., in the Office of the Chan- 
 ceUor of the Exchequer, from 1628 to 1632," is at the British Museum 
 (Earl. MS. 764). 
 
 FILACER'S OFFICE. 
 
 The offices of the Filacer were three in number : one at No. 4, Elm Court, 
 Temple ; a second at No. 4, Hare Court, Inner Temple ; and the third in the 
 Judgment Office in the King's Bench Office, in the Inner Temple. They 
 were abolished by Stat. 1 Vict. c. 30, and the records directed to be trans- 
 ferred to the Masters. 
 
APPENDIX. 457 
 
 FINES AND BECOVEBIES. 
 
 The offices connected with Fines and ^Recoveries were abolished by 5 and 6 
 Will. IV., c. 82, and the records transferred to the Begistrar of the Common 
 Pleas; after which the records, in 1842 and subsequent years, were trans- 
 ferred to the custody of the Master of the Bolls, and placed in the Chapter 
 House and Carlton Bide. 
 
 FIBST FBUITS AND TENTHS. 
 
 The office of "First Fruits and Tenths" was abolished by Stat. 1 Victoria, 
 c. 20, and the collection of the revenue placed under the management of the 
 Governors and Treasurer of Queen Anne's Bounty. The records were placed 
 under the care of the Treasurer, for which purpose they were removed from 
 the Temple to the Bounty Office, Dean's Yard, Westminster, from whence 
 they were removed to Carlton Bide, under the warrant of the Master of 
 the Bolls, in December 1842. 
 
 FOBEIGN APPOSEB. 
 
 This office was abolished by Stat. 3 and 4 Will. IV. c. 99, and the records, 
 which were formerly at Somerset House, were placed under the charge of the 
 Queen's Bemembrancer. They were removed from Somerset House to 
 Carlton Bide, by warrant of the Master of the Bolls, in May 1843. 
 
 GENEALOGICAL AND HISTOBICAL SOCIETY OF 
 GBEAT BBITAIN. 
 
 Secretary — Bycroft Beeve, Esq. 
 
 This Society was founded, in 1853, by several gentlemen interested in 
 Genealogical and Historical research, for the elucidation and compilation of 
 Family History, Lineage, and Biography, and for authenticating and illus- 
 trating the same. 
 
 The Society is purely a Learned one, and the duties of its Council and 
 Committee of Besearch are honorary. No profit is made by the Society in 
 any of its transactions, except by the sale of its publications to non- 
 subscribers. 
 
 The Committee of Besearch meets every Monday. Its duties are to make 
 researches relating to Genealogy and Family History, from Public and Private 
 Becords and MSS.; to collect evidences of family descent and antiquity; and 
 to form MS. compilations for the Society. 
 
 The meetings are held at No. 18, Charles Street, St. James's Square. 
 
 Full particulars, with a List of the Council, can be obtained from the 
 Secretary. 
 
458 APPENDIX. 
 
 GONVILLE AND CAIUS COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE. 
 Librarian — The Eev. William R. Collett. 
 
 This Library consists of about 14,300 printed books, and 750 manuscripts. 
 
 There is no regular attendance of the Librarian, as the Masters and Eel- 
 lows have always ready access to the Library; and if any of the scholars wish 
 for any books from thence, they can have them by application to any Fellow, 
 or to the Librarian. Members of other Colleges may have access through 
 the same means. 
 
 With respect to strangers, no respectable person has ever had any difficulty 
 in obtaining access to the collections, provided the application was made at 
 suitable seasons, viz., in Term-time. It will, of course, be both prudent 
 and courteous, for a person desiring to consult any manuscript, to commu- 
 nicate previously by letter with the Librarian, and, so doing, he will secure 
 all the attention he can reasonably desire, and will not find any rule as to the 
 hour of admission put a stop to his research. 
 
 A Catalogue of the Manuscripts, compiled by the Rev. James Smith, 
 assisted by the Rev. W. R. Collett, was printed in 1849. 
 
 HANAPER OFFICE. 
 
 This office was abolislwd by 2 and 3 Will. IV. c. Ill, but was not to be 
 determined until the death of the then Clerk. It was absolutely abolished 
 after October 28, 1852, the duties to be performed by the Clerk of the Crown 
 in Chancery. 
 
 In 1800 the records of the office were deposited in the office of the Secre- 
 tary of Bankrupts, in Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, the 
 Deputy Clerk of the Hanaper holding a situation in that office. 
 
 HERALDS' COLLEGE.— See COLLEGE OF ARMS. 
 
 ENROLMENT OFFICE. 
 
 Since 1778 the Clerks of the Enrolment have executed their office in a part 
 of the same buildings as the Six Clerks' Office, now the Office of the Clerks 
 of Records and Writs. 
 
 The present office is situated on part of the garden-ground of Lincoln's 
 Inn, in Chancery Lane, near Holborn. 
 
 ENROLMENT OFFICE IN BANKRUPTCY. 
 
 This office was abolished by Stat. 15 and 16 Vict. c. 77, s. 11. At that 
 time it was situated in Basinghall Street. In 1800 the records were described 
 as being in the office of the Secretary of Bankrupts, Southampton Build- 
 ings, Chancery Lane. 
 
 KING'S BENCH REPOSITORIES. 
 The Treasury of the King's Bench was with, or in the neighbourhood of, the 
 
APPENDIX. 459 
 
 Court at Westminster ; but from time to time the records were removed to 
 the Treasury of the Exchequer, as the ultimate repository of judicial records. 
 Formerly there were four Treasuries of the Exchequer, but the Chapter House 
 at length became the only Treasury of the Exchequer. 
 
 In 1832 the Judgment Rolls, &c, of a later period than those of the Chapter 
 House, were removed to the Rolls House, Chancery Lane. The dockets 
 were brought from apartments at Westminster, and from the Judgment Office 
 in the Temple, to the same repository, by warrant, in 1840. They were after- 
 wards, for the convenience of search, removed to the Rolls Chapel. The 
 whole of the above records were removed to Carlton Ride by warrant of 
 the Master of the Rolls, dated June 30, 1843. Portions were subsequently 
 removed from the latter repository to the Stone Tower, Westminster 
 Hall, for greater security against fire. 
 
 An Inventory of Queen's Bench Records is given in Thomas's "Hand-book 
 to the Public Records" pp. 99—116. 
 
 KING'S BENCH OFFICE (MASTERS' OFFICE). 
 
 This office, formerly at the bottom of King's Bench Walk, Temple, was 
 removed to Mitre Court Buildings about 1842, where the business of the 
 office is now managed under the direction of the Masters, pursuant to Stat. 
 1 Vict. c. 30. 
 
 The records were transferred generally to Carlton Ride, by warrant dated 
 July 10, 1840, and by subsequent warrants. 
 
 THE KING'S MEWS. 
 The King's Mews, situated at Charing Cross, were, in 1830, made the 
 repository for various valuable records which had been deposited in sheds at 
 the end of Westminster Hall. When it became necessary to take down the 
 mews in 1835, to erect the National Gallery, a portion of the records were 
 removed to Carlton Ride, and the other part to the Augmentation Office. 
 
 KING'S REMEMBRANCER'S OFFICE.— See QUEEN'S REMEM- 
 BRANCER'S OFFICE. 
 
 KING'S SILVER OFFICE. 
 
 This office, formerly in the Middle Temple, was burnt down in March 1838, 
 and the King's Silver Books were so much burnt that they were for a time 
 entirely useless ; they are now being repaired in the Record Office, as far as 
 practicable. The records were removed to Carlton Ride, in 1842, from 
 Serjeants' Inn. 
 
 LAMBETH LIBRARY. 
 Librarian — The Rev. J. Thomas. 
 This valuable Library is deposited in the Archiepiscopal Palace at Lambeth, 
 
460 APPENDIX. 
 
 and is accessible only on the first and third Mondays of each month ; but a 
 notification of the visit is expected to be made, either to the Librarian or to 
 the Archbishop's Secretary. 
 
 In order to accommodate those whose object is to obtain evidence respect- 
 ing tithes, glebe lands, manors, and the like, the Librarian attends the 
 inquirer, and the separate Catalogues may be inspected. From any of these 
 records and papers, transcripts, at a reasonable period, are also made ; and for 
 examinations of this kind there are accustomed fees, which belong to the 
 Librarian, in his capacity of Keeper of the Records. 
 
 In regard to literary inquiries, upon due notification of the intended visit, 
 the Librarian is directed to make such an arrangement with the party as may 
 suit mutual convenience. In examinations of this description no expense is 
 incurred. 
 
 The Library is closed during the Long Vacation. 
 
 A " Catalogue of the Archiepiscopal Manuscripts in the Library at Lambeth, 
 by the Rev. H. J. Todd" was printed in 1812. Several important Catalogues 
 of the collections, in manuscript, may be seen at the Library. 
 
 LAND REVENUE OFFICE, OR OFFICE OF SURVEYOR-GENERAL 
 OF CROWN LANDS. 
 This office was united to that of the Surveyor-General of Woods, Forests, 
 &c, by Stat. 50 Geo. III. c. 65, and placed under a Board of Commissioners, 
 called "The Commissioners of his Majesty's Woods, Forests, and Land 
 Revenues." 
 
 LINCOLN'S INN LIBRARY. 
 Librarian — William Holden Spilsbury, Esq. 
 
 This Library occupies a portion of the new buildings at Lincoln's Inn. It 
 contains about 27,000 printed books, and 900 manuscripts. The latter, 
 although chiefly of a legal nature, afford considerable information to the 
 genealogist, and are liberally quoted in the present work. 
 
 None but members of Lincoln's Inn are entitled to the use of the Library ; 
 but the privilege of admission is granted, by orders signed by the Benchers, 
 to members of the other Inns of Court, and occasionally to persons not of the 
 legal profession, for the purpose of any particular research. 
 
 The Library is open daily from nine o'clock until four, excepting during 
 the autumn. Books are permitted to be taken from the library under cer- 
 tain restrictions. 
 
 There is a MS. Catalogue for the use of the readers in the library, which is 
 kept up to the present time. A Catalogue of the Printed Books, with a 
 brief account of the Manuscripts, was printed in the year 1835. The earliest 
 printed Catalogue of the Manuscripts is that made by Philip Stubbs, Fellow 
 of Wadhara College, Oxford, inserted in Bernard's "CatalogiLibrorum Manu- 
 icriptorum Anglia et Hibernice" fol. 1697 (No. 5576 to 5767). A Catalogue 
 
APPENDIX. 461 
 
 of the Manuscripts, compiled by the Rev. Joseph Hunter, was printed in the 
 year 1838. Mr. Hunter's "Report" and full descriptions of all the historical, 
 legal, and record manuscripts, will be found in the "Report of the Record 
 Commission," 1837, ff. 352—391. 
 
 LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE. 
 In 1800 the Lord Chamberlain's Office was at St. James's Palace. The 
 " Great Wardrobe" was consolidated with this department about 1777. The 
 office is now at the House of Lords. 
 
 LORD TREASURER'S REMEMBRANCER'S OFFICE. 
 This office, which was formerly at Somerset Place, Somerset House, was 
 abolished by Stat. 3 and 4 Will. IV. c. 99, s. 41, and the records transferred 
 to the keeping of the King's Remembrancer. They were finally removed to 
 Carlton Ride, by warrant dated May 30, 1843. 
 
 MARSHALSEA AND PALACE COURTS. 
 This Court was formerly held in Great Scotland Yard, Westminster. After 
 the establishment of the Palace Court by letters patent, October 4, 16 Car. II., 
 the Marshalsea Court fell into disuse. These Courts were abolished by Stat. 
 12 and 13 Vict. c. 101, after December 31,1849, and the records — part of 
 which were formerly at Clifford's Inn, and the remainder at White Bear Yard, 
 Eyre Street, Hatton Garden — were placed in the Public Record Office, 
 pursuant to the statute. 
 
 MASTERS IN CHANCERY OFFICE. 
 
 This office was abolished by the Act 15 and 16 Vict. c. 80. It was formerly 
 situated in Symond's Inn, from whence it was removed to the new building 
 erected for the Masters in Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, where it 
 remained until the passing of the Act. 
 
 For an Inventory of Chancery Records, see Thomas's "Hand-book to the 
 Records," pp. 7—96. 
 
 MASTEES' OFFICE.— &<? KING'S BENCH OFFICE. 
 
 PELL OFFICE. 
 
 The offices of the Auditors, Tellers, Clerks of the Pells, &c, in the 
 Exchequer of Receipt, were abolished by Stat. 4 Will. IV. c. 15 (1834), and 
 the records removed from No. 1, Whitehall Yard, to the Rolls Office, in 
 1841. 
 
 A "Catalogue of the Record Rolls in the Pell Office of the Exchequer, 
 from Richard I. to William IV.," is at the British Museum (Add. MSS. 
 11,289; 11,290). 
 
462 APPENDIX. 
 
 ETTY BAG OFFICE. 
 This office is situated in the Rolls Yard, Chancery Lane. It was 
 erected about 1718, at the joint expense of the Clerks of the Petty Bag and 
 the Examiners of the Court of Chancery, both of which offices were there 
 located. It was rebuilt, out of the Suitors' Fund, in 1812. 
 
 PIPE OFFICE. 
 In 1732 the records of the Pipe Office were kept, partly in the Court at 
 Westminster, and partly in the Pipe Office, Gray's Inn. In 1793 the office 
 was removed to Somerset Place, Somerset House, where they remained till 
 May 30, 1843, when they were transferred to the Record Office, at Carlton 
 Ride, by the warrant of the Master of the Rolls. 
 
 PREROGATIVE COURT. 
 
 The Prerogative Court Will Office is at No. 6, Great Knight Rider 
 Street, Doctors' Commons. The Court is held in College Square, Doc- 
 tors' Commons (see ante, page 344). 
 
 PRIVY SEAL OFFICE. 
 
 This office, formerly at No. 28, Abingdon Street, Westminster, was abolished 
 by Stat. 14 and 15 Vict. c. 82. 
 
 PROTHONOTARIES' OFFICE.— See COMMON PLEAS OFFICE. 
 
 PUBLIC LIBRARY, CAMBRIDGE. 
 Librarian — The Rev. Joseph Power, M.A. 
 
 The collection of printed books in this Library amounts to about 175,000 
 volumes, whilst the manuscripts are 3163 in number. 
 
 The Library is open on week days from eleven till four, excepting on 
 Saturday, when the hours of attendance are from ten till one. 
 
 The Library is closed for twelve days (including Sundays) immediately 
 following Michaelmas Day ; and also for two days (including Sunday) next 
 after each of the three quarter days — March 25, June 24, and December 21. 
 
 Members of the University keeping their names on their college books are 
 admissible propria jure. Persons, not members of the University, may obtain 
 permission by application to the Syndics, who meet once a fortnight in Term- 
 time. Such persons may also, without a formal permission, be introduced 
 by any member of the University, who must, however, remain with them the 
 whole time that they are in the library. 
 
 There is a Catalogue of the Library in manuscript, by Nasmyth ; but no 
 separate printed Catalogue at present, excepting that of the Burkhardt MSS. 
 by Professor Preston, and that of the Baker MSS. published in 1848. A 
 
APPENDIX. 463 
 
 general printed Catalogue is, however, in a great state of forwardness, and 
 the first volume — including, probably, the Burkhardt MSS. — will be published 
 very shortly. 
 
 Brief descriptions of the manuscripts are given in the "Report on Public 
 Records," 1837, p. 339, and in Bernard's "Catalogi Librorum Manuscrip- 
 torum Anglia et Hibernim" pp. 164 — 173, where the rest of the Cambridge 
 Libraries are described. Since the publication of that work, many useful 
 Catalogues of the Cambridge Collections have appeared, viz. : — 
 
 Catalogus Librorum Manuscriptorum in Bibliotheca Coll. Corporis Christi 
 
 Cantab., J. Nasmith. Cantab. 1777. 4to. 
 Catalogue of the Libraries of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, by the 
 
 Eev. J. J. Smith, M.A. Camb. 1849. 8vo. 
 Catalogue of the Library of St. John's College, Cambridge, by the Kev. Morgan 
 
 Cowie. Camb. 1843. 4to. 
 Manuscript Rarities of the University of Cambridge, by J. 0. Halliwell. 
 
 lond. 1841. 8vo. 
 
 QUEEN'S COLLEGE, OXFORD. 
 Librarian — The Rev. H. H. Wood, M.A. 
 
 This College possesses a fine Library of printed books, and a choice collec- 
 tion of genealogical manuscripts, given to the college by Sir Joseph William- 
 son, Knight. 
 
 The manuscripts will be found described in Mr. Coxe's " Catalogus codd. 
 Manuscriptorum qui in Collegiis Aulisque Oxoniensibus hodie adservantur" 
 2 parts. Oxon. 1852. 4to. 
 
 The Library is open for study to graduate members of the College at all 
 times ; to undergraduate members, one day each week during Term. Strangers 
 may obtain access by a proper introduction during the residence of the 
 Librarian. 
 
 QUEEN'S REMEMBRANCER'S OFFICE. 
 
 The office of the Queen's Remembrancer is situated in Duke Street, 
 Westminster. 
 
 The records — which were at the King' Mews, Charing Cross, in 1830 — 
 were transferred to the custody of the Master of the Rolls, by warrant dated 
 March 1, 1841, and by his authority removed from the Temple and Stone 
 Tower, and from the Augmentation Office, to Carlton Ride. The records 
 remaining in the vaults and Pipe Office, Somerset House, and at the Aug- 
 mentation Office, were removed to Carlton Ride by warrant dated April 28, 
 1843. 
 
 The Queen's Remembrancer is now the only Revenue Officer left of the 
 ancient Exchequer. 
 
 An "Index to Twelve Books of Exchequer Decrees and Orders, 1 — 8 
 
464 APPENDIX. 
 
 James I.," formerly at this office, is at the British Museum {Add. MS. 
 9780); as are also two volumes containing ""References to Decrees, Eecords, 
 Commissions, etc.," a.d.1736 {Add. MSS. 8984; 8985). 
 
 RECORDS' AND WRITS' CLERKS' OFFICE.- See SIX CLERKS' 
 
 OFFICE. 
 
 REGISTRAR OF AFFIDAVITS' OFFICE.— CLERK OF AFFIDAVITS. 
 
 The office of Registrar was abolished by Stat. 2 and 3 Will. IV. c. Ill; and 
 by Stat. 3 and 4 Will. IV. c. 94, s. 11, a Clerk of Affidavits was appointed to 
 do the duties of the Registrar. The offices of Clerk of the Affidavits and his 
 Assistants were abolished by 15 and 16 Vict., and the duties transferred to 
 the Clerks of Records and Writs. 
 
 The office was formerly at No. 10, Symond's Inn. 
 
 REGISTRAR OF DEEDS' OFFICE, COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX. 
 This office was created in 1709, under Stat. 7 Anne, c. 20. Since 1743 
 the office has been in Bell Yard, near Temple Bar. 
 
 REPORT OFFICE.— See ACCOUNTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE. 
 
 RETURN OFFICE. 
 The records of the Return Office were kept in the Prothonotaries' Office, in 
 the Inner Temple. The office was abolished by 5 and 6 Will. IV. c. 82, and 
 the records were removed to Carlton Ride, ml842, from Serjeants' Inn. 
 
 REVERSAL OF OUTLAWRIES' OFFICE. 
 This office was abolished by Stat. 1 Vict. c. 30, and the records, which were 
 kept in the Prothonotaries' Office, in the Inner Temple, were directed to be 
 transferred to the Masters. 
 
 ROLLS HOUSE, ROLLS CHAPEL, or ROLLS OFFICE. 
 
 DOMUS CONVERSORUM, OR HOUSE FOR CONVERTED JEWS AND INFIDELS. 
 
 In the reign of Edward II., the Masters of the Rolls were accustomed to 
 deposit in the Tower the rolls, bundles, and remembrances which had accu- 
 mulated in their dwelling-houses. King Edward III., in the fifty-first year 
 of his reign, annexed the Domus Conversorum JudjEORum to the office of 
 the Master of the Rolls, which then became known as the Rolls House. 
 The house was rebuilt in 1717, and since that period has become a receptacle 
 for miscellaneous records removed from other public offices. 
 
 This office, now commonly known as the Rolls Chapel, or Rolls Office, 
 is situated in the Rolls Yard, Chancery Lane, and is open to the public 
 at the hours usually observed at public offices. A Scale of Fees for copying 
 and searching the records there is given in "Appendix II." 
 
APPENDIX. 465 
 
 An account of the documents deposited there is printed in Powell's 
 "Repertory of Records'' published in 1622; in the "Report on Public 
 Records" 1837, pp. 111—115 ; and in Thomas's "Handbook to the Records" 
 1853, pp. 78—80. 
 
 SIGNET OFFICE. 
 
 This is a branch of the Secretariat. The office — formerly at No. 23, 
 Abingdon Street, "Westminster— was abolished by Stat. 14 and 15 Victoria, 
 c.82, and the duties thereof directed to be performed at the Office of the 
 Secretary of State for the Home Department. 
 
 Such of the records as were not required for current business were trans- 
 ferred to the Public Record Office, pursuant to a Treasury Letter of 
 Jan. 30, 1852. 
 
 SIX CLERKS' OFFICE.— RECORDS' AND WRITS' CLERKS' 
 
 OFFICE. 
 The office of the Six Clerks formerly stood in a place in Chancery Lane 
 called Hereflete or Harjlete Inn, over against the house called " The Rolls." 
 
 This office was abolished by Stat. 5 and 6 Vict. c. 103, and that of the 
 Records' and Writs' Clerks established. 
 
 The present office is situated on part of the garden-ground of Lincoln's 
 Inn, in Chancery Lane, near Holborn. 
 
 STAR CHAMBER. 
 
 The Court of Star Chamber was dissolved by Stat. 16 Car. I. c. 10. 
 
 The Bills, Answers, Replications, &c, of the Court, which had been kept 
 by the Usher of the Exchequer, were transferred to the Chapter House on 
 the making of the Annuity Offices in the time of Queen Anne. The Decrees 
 of the Court, which had been in a house in St. Bartholomew's Close, London, 
 have not been found. 
 
 STATE PAPER OFFICE. 
 
 j- ( Charles Lechmere, Esq. 
 
 * ~~ (. Robert Lemon, Esq. 
 Assistant-Keeper — Hans Claude Hamilton, Esq. 
 The State Paper Office is situated at the north end of Duke Street, 
 Westminster, adjoining to St. James's Park. This office contains chiefly 
 the early records of the Secretaries of State, and of the Board of Trade and 
 Plantations, Royal Letters, and Miscellaneous Domestic Papers, from Henry 
 VIII. to George II. inclusive ; a great mass of Correspondence with Foreign 
 Powers ; a valuable collection of papers relative to the Ecclesiastical Affairs 
 in England, from Henry VIII. to Charles II. inclusive, &c. &c. 
 
 Calendars of the contents of this valuable repository are in course of pre- 
 paration. A list of them will be found in the "Record Report" for 1837, 
 pp. 77-79. 
 
 30 
 
466 APPENDIX. 
 
 In 1848 the Select Committee of the House of Commons on Miscellaneous 
 Expenditure recommended a fusion of the State Paper Office with the Public 
 Record Office, and in the same year the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury 
 carried that recommendation into execution, and directed that after the retire- 
 ment of the Keeper of State Papers, the State Paper Office should become a 
 branch of the Public Record Office. This event happened in April, 1855, 
 and the office is now under the superintendence of the Master of the Rolls. 
 
 No fees are taken. Access to the documents is obtained by application to 
 the Secretary of State. 
 
 SUBPCENA OFFICE. 
 
 This office was suppressed by 2 and 3 Will. IV. c. Ill, and the duties were 
 directed to be performed by the Clerk of the Affidavits. Stat. 15 and 16 Vict, 
 c. 87, s. 27, abolished, after October 28, 1852, the offices of the Patentee of 
 the Subpoena Office and his Deputy, and transferred the duties to the Clerks 
 Df Records and Writs. 
 
 The office, in 1853, had been many years in the Rolls Yard, Chancery Lane. 
 
 SURVEYOR OP GREEN WAX. 
 This office was abolislied by 3 and 4 Will. IV. c. 99, s. 41, and the records 
 removed from Somerset House to Carlton Ride, by warrant of the Master 
 of the Rolls, in May, 1843. 
 
 TAXING MASTERS' OFFICE. 
 The Taxing Masters were first appointed under Stat. 5 and 6 Vict. c. 103 
 (1842), previous to which the business was done by the Masters in Chancery. 
 The office is at present situated in Staple's Inn. 
 
 TEMPLE CHURCH. 
 The Pedes Mnium, in the custody of the Chirographers of the Court of 
 Common Pleas, were transferred, June 28, 1809, from a crypt beneath the 
 Temple Church to the Chapter House. 
 
 NEW TEMPLE. 
 In the time of Edward I. the Chancery Records were deposited in the New 
 Temple. It is not known in what year the records were removed from this 
 repository to the Tower or London ; but before the end of the reign of 
 Edward I. the Wardrobe in the Tower was used as their chief repository. 
 
 INNER TEMPLE LIBRARY. 
 Librarian — Rev. John Henry Rowlatt, M.A. 
 
 The Library of the Inner Temple is situated in Tanfield Court, Temple. 
 The manuscripts are about 500 in number, and were, with few exceptions, 
 
APPENDIX. 467 
 
 collected in the Tower, and partly composed by William Petyt, Esq., Keeper 
 of the Eecords, who bequeathed them to the Society. 
 
 A classed Catalogue of the collection was printed in 1833, and an alpha- 
 betical one in 1843. 
 
 The Library is open to members of the Inner Temple only, except by a 
 Bencher's order. 
 
 The hours of attendance are from ten till five, from March to August ; and 
 from ten till four during the remainder of the year. 
 
 The Library is entirely closed during the months of August and September, 
 a fortnight at Christmas, and a week at Easter. 
 
 MIDDLE TEMPLE LIBRARY. 
 Librarian — Rev. John Henry Rowlatt, M.A. 
 
 This Library is situated in Garden Court, Temple. The number of 
 volumes is about 20,000, the greater part of which relate to Jurisprudence. 
 Among the manuscripts, which are few in number, are twenty volumes of 
 "Pleas," extending from the time of Edward I. to that of Henry VI. 
 
 The last printed Catalogue of the Library was published in 1845. 
 
 The Library is open only to members of the Inn under ordinary circum- 
 stances. Members of the other Inns of Court may read on obtaining an order 
 signed by two Benchers of the Society. 
 
 The Library is open from ten till four daily, excepting during the Long 
 Vacation. Pens, ink, and paper are provided if required. 
 
 The books are lent to the Bendhers of the Society under certain restrictions. 
 
 TOWER OF LONDON. 
 Keeper — Thomas Duffus Hardy, Esq. 
 
 The Record Office of the Tower probably sprung from the department of 
 the Great Wardrobe. In the reign of Edward IL, certain records came into 
 the custody of the Custos of the Tower ; and the Masters of the Rolls were at 
 that time accustomed to deposit rolls, bundles, and remembrances there. In 
 succeeding reigns great quantities of important documents were transmitted, 
 by warrant, to the same custody, the last transfer being in 1842, when the 
 Papers relating to the rights, &c., of the Six Clerks, which office was then 
 abolished, were there deposited. 
 
 The hours of attendance and fees for searching, &c, are the same as given 
 in the "Appendix" No. II. 
 
 Several Calendars of the Records deposited in the Tower exist, viz. : — 
 
 Repertorie of Records in the Exchequer and Tower, by T. Powell, 1631. 4to. 
 Calendar of Records in the Tower of London, for the Palatine of Chester; 
 
 Brit. Mus. Harl. MS. 94. 
 Extracts from Registers in the Tower of London, by Dr. M. Hutton ; Brit. 
 
 Mus. Harl. MSS. 6957—6963. 
 
468 APPENDIX. 
 
 Calendarium Generale Rotulorum in Turn Lond. asservatorum ; Brit. Mus. 
 
 Zansd. MS. 319, f. 53. 
 Calendars and Tables of Records in the Tower of London, scr. circ. 1700; 
 
 All Souls' Coll. Oxf. MS. cxii. 
 
 TREASURY OF THE RECEIPT OF EXCHEQUER.— See CHAPTER 
 
 HOUSE. 
 
 THE GREAT WARDROBE. 
 
 In the time of Edward I. the "Wardrobe" was in the Tower of London. 
 This office was consolidated with the Lord Chamberlain's Office about 1777, 
 when the books and papers were removed from Park Street, Westminster, to 
 Scotland Yard, where they remained in 1800. 
 
 Duplicates of many of the documents exist ia the Lord Chamberlain's 
 Office. 
 
469 
 
 APPENDIX II. 
 
 BULKS AND REGULATIONS IN FORCE AT THE PUBLIC 
 RECORD OFFICES, WITH SCALE OF FEES,* ETC 
 
 RULES and Regulations made by the Master of the Rolls for the 
 Management of the Public Record Office, for the Admission of 
 Persons to the use of the Records, Calendars, and Indexes ; and the Amount 
 of Fees to be paid for the same, and for Copies of Records, pursuant to the 
 Statute made and passed in the Parliament held in the first and second years 
 of the reign of her present Majesty, entitled, "An Act for keeping safely the 
 Public Records;" — the same to be observed and paid in the said Public 
 Office, and in the Record Offices of the Tower, Rolls Chapel, and Chapter 
 House ; and the Repositories of the Records of the King's Bench at the Rolls 
 House, the Common Pleas in the Carlton Ride, and the Repository, No. 3, 
 Whitehall Yard ; and of the Exchequer of Pleas in the said Repository, No. 3, 
 Whitehall lard ; and all such other Record Offices and Repositories as shall 
 hereafter be brought under the regulations of the said Act by the said Master 
 of the Rolls : — 
 
 I, — The Public Office, and all the above-mentioned Offices and Repositories, 
 are to be opened daily from ten till four, excepting on Sundays and the 
 following holidays : — 
 
 May 24th, Her Majesty's Birthday ; 
 
 June 28th, Her Majesty's Coronation; 
 
 Good Friday and Saturday following ; 
 
 Easter Monday and Tuesday ; *» 
 
 Whit Monday and Whit Tuesday ; 
 
 Christmas Day to New Year's Day inclusive, 
 and such days as may be appointed for public fasts or thanksgivings. 
 
 II. — A Book is to be kept at each of the said Record Offices and Repositories, 
 in which each party requiring the use of records is to enter the following 
 
 1 No fees are received from persons engaged in making searches for strictly literary 
 purposes. 
 
470 APPENDIX. 
 
 particulars, viz.: — date, name of party making the application, reference 
 to the record, and the service which he requires, viz., inspection, extract, 
 copy, or attendance with a record. 
 
 III. — Upon the inspection of a record the party may take notes, extracts, or 
 copies therefrom in pencil, as he may think fit. 
 
 IV. — Copies are to be made and delivered according to priority of applica- 
 tion, or as near thereto as the nature of the copy will admit of, except 
 in special cases, for particular reasons assigned. 
 
 V. — No Assistant-Keeper, Clerk, or other officer, is to act as a Record 
 Solicitor, or as Record Agent, for individuals, otherwise than in the dis- 
 charge of his official duties. 
 
 VI. — No stranger is to be allowed to have any use of a record, excepting in 
 the presence and under the inspection of an Assistant-Keeper or other 
 officer of the establishment ; and in all cases where the record may be 
 liable to be injured or damaged, the Assistant-Keeper is to give such 
 directions for preventing such injury or damage as the case may require. 
 
 VII. — Except the fees undermentioned, no fee nor any gratuity or reward is 
 to be received by any officer of the establishment from any person con- 
 sulting or using the records ; save only, that if any party should desire 
 to obtain information respecting any records in the Eolls Chapel, from 
 the indexes heretofore belonging to the late Mr. Kipling, the Assistant- 
 Keeper of the Records at the Eolls Chapel shalJ (until further arrange- 
 ments can be made for the relief of the public) be at liberty to receive, 
 for the parties who may be entitled thereto, such fees as have been here- 
 tofore paid for the use of such indexes. 
 
 TABLE OF FEES 
 
 To be paid for the Use of the Records, Calendars, and Indexes, and for Copies 
 of Records, at the above-mentioned Record Offices and Repositories. 
 
 £ s. d. 
 
 For a General Search in all the calendars or indexes of each 
 
 office 010 
 
 For Inspection of Records : 
 
 [The fee to cover all the use which may be made of the 
 record for the current week.] 
 Each separate Roll of Chancery, or other Roll of consecutive 
 Enrolments, excepting the Specification Rolls at the Rolls 
 
 Chapel 010 
 
 The Rolls, Files, or Bundles of Proceedings of Courts of Common 
 Law, each year (that is to say, the records of the four terms 
 to be covered by the fee) 0X0 
 
APPENDIX. 471 
 
 & s. d. 
 
 Rolls of Ministers' and Receivers' Accounts, Court Rolls, Sur- 
 veys, Extents, Terriers, Deeds, and Miscellaneous Docu- 
 ments, classed topographically under one head, whether of 
 parish, town, vill, manor, lordship, borough, city, deanery, 
 archdeaconry, or diocese, each set or series 5 
 
 Single Records of the last-mentioned description 10 
 
 Specifications at the Rolls Chapel, each, and which is to include 
 
 the fee for search 010 
 
 Post-mortem Inquisitions, and other Inquisitions upon the file, 
 Returns to Commissions, Pedes, Chirographs, and Concords 
 of Fines 010 
 
 General Inspection of the iast-mentioned documents as to any 
 
 family or place 050 
 
 Rolls of Parliament, or other Parliamentary Proceedings, each 
 
 Parliament 010 
 
 Proceedings in Courts of Equity, each suit 10 
 
 Every Bound Book, Portfolio, or Volume, without reference to 
 the nature or the number of the documents which it may 
 contain 010 
 
 All other documents not before enumerated, each .... 1 
 [If the number bond fide required for prosecuting any search 
 relating to any family, place, or single object of inquiry, 
 shall exceed five, then it shall be in the discretion of the 
 Assistant-Keeper to remit the fees for all above that 
 number.] 
 
 For Copies of Records i — 
 
 Under three folios of ninety words » • • • 016 
 
 Above three folios, per folio 006 
 
 [The fee for inspection of a record to be deducted if a copy 
 be taken from the record produced.] 
 
 For Examination and Authentication t 
 
 Under three folios, if required 016 
 
 Above three folios, per folio, if required 6 
 
 For Enrolment of any Specification, per folio 6 
 
 For Annexing Drawings or Maps to any Enrolment or Speci- 
 fication , 10 
 
 For Attendance, at the Bar of the House of Lords or elsewhere, 
 for the purpose of producing records (including the pro- 
 duction thereof), or for giving evidence upon the records, 
 
 per diem 220 
 
 Attending the Master of the Rolls on a Vacatur 5 
 
APPENDIX III. 
 
 ROMAN AND CHURCH CALENDAR 
 
 JANUAKY. 
 
 Calend. Jan. . . 
 
 IV. Nonas . 
 
 III. Nonas . 
 
 Prid. Non. Jan. 
 
 Nona Jan. . . 
 
 VIII. Idus . 
 
 VII. Idus . 
 
 VI. Idus . 
 
 V. Idus . 
 
 IV. Idus . 
 
 III. Idus . 
 Prid. Idus . . 
 
 Idus .... 
 
 XIX. Cat. Feb. 
 XVIII. Calend. 
 
 XVII. Ctorf. 
 
 XVI. Calend. 
 
 XV. Cafe^. 
 
 XIV. Offerf. 
 
 XIII. Calend. 
 
 XII. CW^rf. 
 
 XI. Calend. 
 
 X. Calend. 
 
 IX. Cto*rf. 
 
 VIII. CaZm/. 
 
 VII. Ctorf. 
 VI. Calend. 
 
 V. Ctotf. 
 
 IV. CakW. 
 III. Calend. 
 
 Prid. Cal. Feb. . 
 
 10. 
 11. 
 12. 
 
 13. 
 
 14. 
 15. 
 
 16. 
 
 17. 
 
 18. 
 19. 
 
 20. 
 
 21. 
 22. 
 23. 
 24. 
 25. 
 
 26. 
 27. 
 
 28. 
 29. 
 30. 
 31. 
 
 Circumcisio Domini. Medwyn. 
 
 Oct. S. Stephani, Protom. MiHe Martyres apud 
 
 Lichefeld. 
 Oct. S. Johannis, Ev. Theodoric, R. et Mar. 
 
 Genovefa, Virg. 
 Oct. SS. Innocentium, MM. Chroniacus, Covf. 
 
 Rumonus, Ep. et Conf. 
 Oct. S. Thomas, M. Dep. Edwardi, R. et Conf. 
 
 Symeon, Monachus et Conf. 
 
 Epiphania Domini. Petrus, Abb. 
 
 Cedde, Ep. et Conf. Julianus et Maximianus, MM. 
 
 Felix et Januarius. 
 Lucianus, Presb. Wulfsinus, Ep. et Conf. Pega, 
 
 Virg. 
 Brithwald, Ep. et Conf. Adrianus, Abb. [De- 
 
 ductio Christi in Egyptum.~\ Julianus, Mart, et 
 
 Basilissa sponsa ejus. 
 Paulinus, Er. Sethrid, Virg. 
 Duffus, R. et Mar. 
 Benedictus Biscop, Abb. Alured, Abb. et Conf. 
 
 Arcadius. 
 Oct. Epiph. Remigius. Hilarius, Ep. Ken- 
 
 tigern, Abb. et Conf. 
 Eelix, Presb. Beno, Presb. et Conf. 
 Maurus, Abb. Ceonwulf, R. et Conf. Antonina, 
 
 Virg. et Mar. 
 Marcellus, P. et M. Henricus, Conf. et Er. Eur* 
 
 seus, Abb. et Conf. 
 Sulpitius, Ep. et Conf. Anthonius, Abb. et Covf. 
 Prisca, Virg. Deicola. 
 Wulstan, Ep. et Conf. Germanicus, Mar. Marius 
 
 et Martha. Canutus, R. et Mar. 
 Oct. Hilarii. Eabianus et Sebastiauus, MM. 
 
 Ricardus, Conf. et Er. Eglodius, Mon. 
 Agnes, Virg. et Mar. Ermenburga, Reg. et Abb. 
 Vincentius, Mar. Brithwold, Ep. et Conf. 
 Theorgith, Virg. Emerentiana, Virg. et Mar. 
 Babillus, Ep. Tiraotheus. 
 Conversio S. Pauli. Boisius, Abb. et Covf. Itha, 
 
 Virg. Prejectus, Mar. Cadocus, Ep. et Mar. 
 Policarpus, Ep. et Mar. 
 Quind. Hilarii. Julianus, Ep. et Conf. Palladium 
 
 Ep. et Conf. 
 Sexulphus, Ep. et Conf. 
 
 Gildas, Conf. et Er. Serena, Virg. Valerius, Ep. 
 Bathilda, Reg. et Virg. Gildas. 
 Wilgis, Abb. et Conf. Ignatius, Ep. et Mar. 
 
APPENDIX. 
 
 473 
 
 FEBRUARY. 
 
 Calend. Feb. . . 
 
 1. 
 
 Brigida, Virg. 
 
 IV. Nonas . 
 
 2. 
 
 Purifi catio B. V. M. Laurentius, Ep. et Conf. 
 
 III. Nonas . 
 
 3. 
 
 Cras.Pur. Blasius, Ep. et Mar, Wereburga, Virg. 
 
 Prid. Non. Feb. 
 
 4. 
 
 Gilbertus, Conf. 
 
 Nona Feb. . . 
 
 5. 
 
 Agatha, Virg. et Mar. Johannes, Conf. Indractus, 
 Mar. 
 
 VIII. Idus . 
 
 6. 
 
 Vedastus et Amandus, Ep'i. Dep. Inae, R. et Conf 
 
 VII. Idus . 
 
 7. 
 
 Angulus, Ep. et Mar. 
 
 VI. Idus . 
 
 8. 
 
 Elfleda, Virg. et Abb. Paulus, Ep. 
 
 V. Idus . 
 
 9. 
 
 Oct. Pur. Telcan, Ep. et Conf Appollonia, Virg. 
 
 IV. Idus . 
 
 10. 
 
 Scholastica, Virg. Wilfridus, Archiep. et Conf 
 Trumwin, Ep. et Conf 
 
 III. Idus . 
 
 11. 
 
 Cedmon, Conf. Euphrasia, Virg. 
 
 Prid. Idus. . . 
 
 12. 
 
 Ethelwald, Ep. et Conf [Hie incipiunt aves cantare.] 
 Eulalia. 
 
 Idus Feb. . . 
 
 13. 
 
 Eormenhilda, Virg. Wulfran, Ep. 
 
 XVI.Cal.Mar. 
 
 14. 
 
 Valentinus, Ep. et Mar. Conwan, Conf Nectanus, 
 Conf. 
 
 XV. CbZaw?. 
 
 15. 
 
 Oswy, R. [Biabolus recessit a Domino.] Faustinu? 
 et Jovita. Sigfrid, Ep. 
 
 XIV. Calend. 
 
 16. 
 
 Juliana, Virg. et Mar. Wulricus, Conf. et Er. 
 
 XIII. tak^. 
 
 17. 
 
 Finan, Ep. et Conf Polichronius, Ep. et Mar. 
 
 XII. CaM. 
 
 18. 
 
 Simeon, Ep. et Mar. Translatio S. Edwardi, Reg. 
 et Mar. 
 
 XI. Calend. 
 
 10. 
 
 Acca, Ep. et Conf. Sabinus et Juliana. 
 
 X. Calend. 
 
 20. 
 
 Mildreda, Virg. et Abb. 
 
 IX. Calend. 
 
 21. 
 
 Cymbert, Ep. et Conf. Sexaginta novem Martyres. 
 
 VIII. Cto^. 
 
 22. 
 
 Cathedra S. Petri in Antiochia. 
 
 VII. <?««. 
 
 23. 
 
 Milburga, Virg. et Abb. 
 
 VI. CafejKf. 
 
 24. 
 
 Mathias, Ap. Ethelbert, R. et Conf. Berectus, 
 Conf. 
 
 V. Gz/W. 
 
 25. 
 
 Inventio S. Pauli. Parseus, Abb. 
 
 IV. Calend. 
 
 26. 
 
 Mildgitha, Virg. Alexander, Ep. 
 
 III. CWeW. 
 
 27. 
 
 Elvius, Ep. et Conf. Augustinus, Ep. 
 
 Prirf. CW. Mar. 
 
 28. 
 
 Oswald, Ep. et Conf. Aydo, Abb. et Conf 
 
4?4 
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 MARCH. 
 
 Calend. Mar. 
 
 1. 
 
 VI. Nonas . 
 
 2. 
 
 V. Nonas . 
 
 3. 
 
 IV. Nonas . 
 
 4. 
 
 III. Aowa* . 
 
 5. 
 
 Prii. iVo». If<w\ 
 
 6. 
 
 Jji&MO . . . . ) 
 
 7. 
 
 VIII. Idus . 
 
 8. 
 
 VII. Idus . 
 
 9. 
 
 VI. Zrfw . 
 
 10. 
 
 V. Idus . 
 
 11. 
 
 IV. 7<ftu . 
 
 12. 
 
 III. Idus . 
 
 13. 
 
 Pn'd. Idus . . 
 
 14. 
 
 7efos .... 
 
 15. 
 
 XVII. Cal.Apr. 
 
 16. 
 
 XVI. CbfoM?. 
 
 17. 
 
 XV. Calend. 
 
 18. 
 
 XIV. Cbfewrf. 
 
 19. 
 
 XIII. Cafe**. 
 
 20. 
 
 XII. Calend. 
 
 21. 
 
 XL Ctorf. 
 
 22. 
 
 X. Calend. 
 
 23. 
 
 IX. CbfefM*. 
 
 24. 
 
 VIII. Cbfeu*. 
 
 25. 
 
 VII. Calend. 
 
 26. 
 
 VI. CaZwwf. 
 
 27. 
 
 V. Calend. 
 
 28. 
 
 IV. Cafe»rf. 
 
 29. 
 
 III. CfcM. 
 
 30. 
 
 Prid. Cal. Apr. 
 
 31. 
 
 David, Ep. Albinus, Ep. et Conf. 
 
 Cedda, Ep. 
 
 Maurinus et Austerius. Winwaloc, Abb. 
 
 Owin, Conf. Adrianus, Mar. 
 
 Piranus, Er. Phoca, Eusebius, et Perpetuus, MM, 
 
 Cyneburga et Cyneswitha, VV. et MM. Tibb^ 
 
 Virg. Victor et Victorinus. Fridolin. 
 Perpetua et Felicitas, VV. et MM. Easterwyn. 
 
 Abb. et Conf. Deyfer, Conf. Thomas de Aquino. 
 Felix, Ep. et Conf. 
 
 Bosa, Ep. et Conf. Quadraginta milites, MM. 
 Himelin, Er. Kessoge, Ep. 
 Transl. S. Oswini, R. et Mar. Quirinus et Can< 
 
 didus. 
 Gregorius, Papa. Brian, R. et M. 
 Viganus, Conf. Canoch, Conf. et Er. Theodora. 
 AlcMrid, R.etMon. 
 
 Aristobulus, Ep. et Mar. Fethno, Conf. Longinui 
 Adaman, Conf. Columba, Virg. et Mar. Hilariut 
 
 et Tacaonus. 
 Patricius, Ep. [Introitus Noa in arcam.] Ger* 
 
 truda, Virg. 
 Edwardus, R. et M. Christianus, Ep. et Conf. 
 Alcmund, Mar. Joseph, Sponsus Maria. 
 Dep. Sancti Cuthberti, Ep. et Conf. Hereberct, Er, 
 Benedictus, Abb. 
 
 Heahmund, Ep. Aphrodosius, Ep. et Mar. 
 Aethiwald, Conf. et Er. Finguar, Mar. [Ada* 
 
 creatus est,"] Theodorus, Presb. 
 Lanfranc, Archiep. et Conf. Agapitus. 
 
 Annunciatio Dominica. Wiilielmus, Puer d 
 
 Mar. 
 Alfwold, Ep. et Conf. Castor, Mar. 
 
 Resurrectio Dominica. Archibald, Abb. et Conf 
 
 Translatio S. Bathildis. 
 Fremund, Mar. Dorothea, Virg. 
 Gundteus, R.etEr. Baldred, Presb. et Conf. Vi« 
 
 torinus, Mar. 
 Quirinus, Mar. Patronius, Ep, 
 Transl. S. Afoimi, Ep. et Conf, 
 
APPENDIX. 
 
 475 
 
 APKIL. 
 
 Calend. 
 
 Apr. 
 
 1. 
 
 IV. 
 
 Nonas . 
 
 2. 
 
 III. 
 
 Nonas . 
 
 3. 
 
 Prid. Non. Apr. 
 
 4. 
 
 Nonce . 
 
 . . • 
 
 5. 
 
 VIII. 
 
 Idus 
 
 6. 
 
 VII. 
 
 Idus 
 
 7. 
 
 VI. 
 
 Idas 
 
 8. 
 
 V. 
 
 Idus 
 
 9. 
 
 IV. 
 
 Idus 
 
 10. 
 
 III. 
 
 Idus 
 
 11. 
 
 Prid. Idus . . 
 
 12. 
 
 Idus . 
 
 . • . 
 
 13. 
 
 XVIII. Cal.Maias 
 
 14. 
 
 XVII. 
 
 Calend. 
 
 15. 
 
 XVI. 
 
 Calend. 
 
 16. 
 
 XV. 
 
 Calend. 
 
 17. 
 
 XIV. 
 
 Calend. 
 
 18. 
 
 XIII. 
 
 Calend. 
 
 19. 
 
 XII. 
 
 Calend. 
 
 20. 
 
 XI. 
 
 Calend. 
 
 21. 
 
 X. 
 
 Calend. 
 
 22. 
 
 K. 
 
 Calend. 
 
 23. 
 
 VIII. 
 
 Calend. 
 
 24. 
 
 VII. 
 
 Calend. 
 
 25. 
 
 VL 
 
 Calend. 
 
 26. 
 
 V. 
 
 Calend. 
 
 27. 
 
 IV. 
 
 Calend. 
 
 28. 
 
 III. 
 
 Calend. 
 
 29. 
 
 Prid. Cal. Maias 
 
 30. 
 
 Lanto, Prior de S. Pancratio. Theodora, Virg. 
 
 Gilbert, Ep. 
 •Ebba, Abb. et Mar. Maria Egyptiaca. 
 Kicardus, Ep. et Conf. 
 
 Ambrosius, Ep. et Conf. Guier, Presb. et Er. 
 Tigernoth, Ep. et Conf. Martianus. 
 Alfstan, Ep. et Conf. Celsus, Ep. et Conf. Sixtus, 
 
 Papa et Mar. 
 Bernacus, Abb. et Conf. Sigenus, Abb. et Conf. 
 
 Euphemia, Virg. 
 Duvianus, Conf. Egesippus et Soc. 
 Gisla et Kictruda, Virg. Erithstanus, Ep. et Conf. 
 
 Perpetuus, Ep. 
 Passio Septem Virgiuum. Paturnus, Mon. 
 Guthlac, Conf. et Er. 
 Mechtildis, Virg. 
 Elfleda, Virg. Eufemia, Virg. 
 Tiburtius, Valerianus, et Maximus, MM. Dep. 
 
 Ethelwulfi, R. 
 Paternus, Ep. et Conf. Oswaldus, Archiep. 
 Isidorus, Conf. Transl. S. Albani, M. Magnus, M. 
 Arnoldus, Ep. Anicetus, Ep. Stephanus, Abb. 
 Oswin, Conf. Maydulphus, Er. Eleutherius et 
 
 Antiochus. 
 Alpheg., Archiep. et Mar. Leo, Papa. Eadwardus 
 
 clitus Anglorum. 
 Victor, Ep. Ceadwald, R. Servanus, Ep. 
 Anselmus, Can. Archiep. et Conf. Simeon, Ep. et 
 
 Mar. 
 Birstan, Ep. et Conf. Sotheris, Virg. 
 Georgius, Mar. Etheldred, R. et Mar. S.Tiburcii, 
 
 Mar. 
 Mellitus, Ep. et Conf. Egbert, Abb. et Conf. Trans. 
 
 S. Wilfridi, Archiep. et Conf. Inventio S. Ivonis, 
 MarcuSj Eo. Litania Major. 
 Leofric, Ep. et Conf Cletus, Ep, et Conf. 
 Anastasius, Papa. Walburga, Virg. 
 Vitalis, Mar. 
 Senanus, Conf. et Er. Petrus Mediolanensis. 
 
 Paulus, Ep. et Conf [Egressus Noa de area!] 
 Dep. Erconwaldi, Ep. et Conf. Dep. Mathildas, R. 
 
476 
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 MAY. 
 
 Calend. Maia . 
 
 1. 
 
 VI. Nonas . 
 
 2. 
 
 V. Nonas . 
 
 3. 
 
 IV. Nonas . 
 
 4. 
 
 III. Nonas . 
 
 5. 
 
 Prid. Non. Maias 
 
 6. 
 
 Nona .... 
 
 7. 
 
 VIII. Idus . 
 
 8. 
 
 VII. Idus . 
 
 9. 
 
 VI. Idus . 
 
 10. 
 
 V. Idus . 
 
 11. 
 
 IV. Idus . 
 
 12. 
 
 III. 1^5 . 
 
 13. 
 
 Prid. Idus . . 
 
 14. 
 
 Idus .... 
 
 15. 
 
 XVII. CW. Juntas 
 
 16. 
 
 XVI. <?««. 
 
 17. 
 
 XV. Ctorf. 
 
 18. 
 
 XIV. Calend. 
 
 19. 
 
 XIII. eafewrf. 
 
 20. 
 
 XII. Calend. 
 
 21. 
 
 XI. Calend. 
 
 22. 
 
 X. Calend. 
 
 23. 
 
 IX. Calend. 
 
 24. 
 
 VIII. Ctorf. 
 
 25. 
 
 VII. Ctorf. 
 
 26. 
 
 VI. Cafewrf. 
 
 27. 
 
 V. Ckfewrf. 
 
 28. 
 
 IV. Cafe^. 
 
 29. 
 
 III. Ctorf. 
 
 30. 
 
 1Ym7. 6"W. Jun. 
 
 31. 
 
 Philippus et Jacobus, AA. Assaph, Ep. et Conf. 
 Athanasius, Ep. 
 
 Inventio S. Cruris. Walther, Abb. et Conf. 
 
 Alexander, Papa. Eventius, Theod. 
 Ethelred, R. et Conf. Quiriacus. Pest, corona? 
 
 spineae 
 Elfgiva, Reg. Scandulus, Mon. Gothardus. 
 Johannes ante Portam Latinam. Johannes, 
 
 Ep. Mien. Edward, Ep. et Conf. 
 Johannes de Beverlaco. 
 Apparitio S. Michaelis. Wiro, Conf. 
 Translatio S. Nicholai, Ep. Transl. S. Andrese. 
 
 Beatus, Conf. 
 Gordianus et Epimachus, Mar. Trans. Bedae Ven., 
 
 Presb. et Conf. 
 Premund, Mar. et Er. Gengulphus. Johannes de 
 
 Bridlington. Antonius, Mar. 
 Nereus Archileus atq. Pancratius, MM. Eemigius, 
 
 Ep. et Conf. 
 Merwina, Virg. et Abb. Abbenus, Er. Gervasius, 
 
 Conf. 
 Editha, Virg. etAbb. Midan et Modan, Mon. 
 Bercthun, Abb. et Conf. [Lex Moysi data est.] Isi- 
 
 dorus, Mar. S. Dympna, Virg. et Mar. 
 Dep. S. Albani. Mar. Brandan, Abb. 
 Carantocus, Conf. Transl. S. Benrardi. 
 Sevvallus, Ep. et Conf. Dioscorus, Mar. 
 Dep. S. Dunstani, Archiep. et Conf. Potentiana. 
 Ethelbert, R. et Mar. Bernardus, Mon. 
 Godric, Er. Petrocus, Conf. Helena, Reg. 
 Dep. Henrici VI., R. et M. Juliana, Virg. 
 Willielmus, Mar. Desiderius, Mar. 
 Festum Sancti Salvatoris. Fugatius etDamianus, 
 
 EE. et CC. Transl. S. Francisci. Robertus, Ep. 
 
 et Conf. 
 Dep. S. Adhelmi, Ep. Urban, Papa et Mar. 
 Augustinus Anqlorum Ap. Milburga, Virg.et 
 
 Abb. 
 Bed a, Ven., Presb. et Conf 
 Germanus, Ep. et Conf. Theocus, Conf 
 Dubritius, Archiep. et Conf 
 Heigna, Virg. Pelix, Papa et Mar. 
 Petronilla, sive Pemella, Virg. Wulfhilda, Virg, 
 
 etAbb. 
 
APPENDIX. 
 
 477 
 
 JUNE. 
 
 Calend. Junice 
 IV. Nona* 
 
 HI. Nonas 
 
 Prid. Non. Jun. 
 Nona Junice . 
 VIII. Idus 
 VII. Idus 
 
 VI. Idus 
 
 V. Idus . 
 
 9. 
 
 IV. Idus . 
 
 10. 
 
 III. i%» . 
 
 11. 
 
 Prid. Idm . . 
 
 12. 
 
 ife .... 
 
 13. 
 
 XVHI. Cal. Jul. 
 
 14. 
 
 XVII, Calend. 
 
 15. 
 
 XVI. tafe^. 
 
 16. 
 
 XV. CaM. 
 
 17. 
 
 XIV. Calend. 
 
 18. 
 
 XIII. OzZe^. 
 
 19. 
 
 XII. Calend. 
 
 20. 
 
 XI. Calend. 
 
 21. 
 
 X. Calend. 
 
 22. 
 
 IX. Calend. 
 
 23. 
 
 VIII. CW«kJ. 
 
 24. 
 
 VII. Cto^. 
 
 25. 
 
 VI. Ctorf. 
 
 26. 
 
 V. Cakwtf. 
 
 27. 
 
 IV. Ckfej^. 
 
 28. 
 
 III. Ozkwrf. 
 
 29. 
 
 ■Pndf. Cal. Julias 
 
 30. 
 
 Nicomedes, Mar. Wistaxi, R. et Mar. 
 Marcellinus et Petrus, Mar. Malcolm III., R. et 
 Conf. 
 
 Pega, Virg. [Translatio Episcoporum Dunelm.] 
 
 Erasmus, Conf. 
 Petrocus, Abb. et Conf. 
 Bonifacius, Up. et Mar. et Soc. 
 Gudwalus, Ep. et Conf. Mello, Archiep. 
 Kobertus, Abb. Wulfstan, Ep. et Conf. Transl. 
 
 S. Vulstani. 
 Medardus et Gildardus, Conf. Willielmus, Archiep. 
 
 Ebor. 
 Trans. Edmundi, R. et Mar. Columba, Abb. et Conf 
 
 Primus et Eelicianus, MM. 
 Margaretha, Reg. Ithamar, Ep. et Conf. Ivo. 
 Barnabas, Ap. Egbert, 72. et Mon. 
 Basilides, Cyrinus, Nabor, et Nazarius, MM. 
 Elerius, Abb. et Conf. Antonius, de Ord. Min. 
 Basilius, Ep. Transl. S. Brandani, Abb. et Conf. 
 
 Dogmael, Er. 
 Vitus, Modestus, atq. Crescentius, MM. Eadburga, 
 
 Virg. 
 Transl. S. Eicardi. Leofgar,2^. etMar. Ciricus 
 
 et Julitta, MM. 
 Botulplius, Abb. et Conf. Quintinus, Mar. 
 Marcellus et Marcellianus, MM. Colmannus, Abb. 
 
 et Conf. Jutanaeus, Mon. 
 Gervasius et Prothasius. Buriena, Virg. 
 Translatio S. Edwardi, R. et Mar. 
 Leufred, Ep. et Conf. Engelmond, Mat\ 
 Alb anus, Protomartyr Anglic. 
 Etheldreda, Virg. 
 Nativitas S. Johannis Bapt. Bartholomssus, 
 
 Conf. et Er. 
 Ampliibalus, Ep. et Mar. Transl. S. Eligii, Ep. 
 
 Adalbert. 
 Johannes et Paulus, Mar. 
 Crescens, Mar. Leofwinus, Ep. et Conf. Johannes, 
 
 Presb. et Conf. 
 Leo, Papa et Conf Agatha. 
 Petrus et Paulus, A A. Hugo, Puer etMar. 
 Commemoratio Sancti Pauli. Deusdedit, Ep. 
 
 el Conf. Cybtacus, Presb. 
 
478 
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 JULY. 
 
 Calend. Julia 
 VI. Nonas 
 
 V. Nonas 
 IV. Nonas 
 
 III. Nonas 
 Prid. Nonas . 
 Nona Julia . 
 
 VIII. Idus 
 
 VII. Idus 
 
 VI. ift» 
 V. Idus 
 
 IV. 7^* 
 
 III. Idus 
 Prid. Idus . 
 Idus . . . 
 
 XVII. 
 XVI. 
 
 XV. 
 
 XIV. 
 
 XIII. 
 
 XII. 
 
 XI. 
 X. 
 
 IX. 
 
 VIII. 
 
 VII. 
 
 VI. 
 
 Cal.Aug. 
 
 Calend. 
 
 Calend. 
 
 Calend. 
 
 Calend. 
 
 Calend. 
 
 Calend. 
 
 Calend. 
 
 Calend. 
 
 Calend. 
 
 Calend. 
 
 Calend. 
 
 V. Calend. 
 IV. Calend. 
 
 III. Calend. 
 Prid. Cal. Aug. 
 
 10. 
 11. 
 12. 
 
 13. 
 14. 
 15. 
 
 16. 
 17. 
 18. 
 19. 
 20. 
 21. 
 22. 
 23. 
 24. 
 25. 
 26. 
 27. 
 
 29. 
 
 30. 
 31. 
 
 Oct. S. Johannis Bapt. Julius et Aaron, Mar, 
 
 Visitatio B. V. M. Dep. S. Swithini, Ep. Pro- 
 cessus et Martinianus, MM. Oudoceus, Ep. et 
 Conf. 
 
 Anselm, Archiep. et Conf. Transl. S. Thomae, Ap. 
 
 Translatio et Ordinatio S. Martini. Odo, Up. et 
 Conf. 
 
 Modwena, Virg. et Alb. 
 
 Oct. Ap. Petri et Pauli. Sexburga, Reg. et Abb. 
 
 Transl. S. Thomae, Mar. Hedda, Ep. et Conf. Ma- 
 rina et Ethelburga, VV. Willibald. 
 
 Dep. Edgari, R. Dep. Grimbald, Abb. et Conf. 
 Withburga, Virg. 
 
 Ethelburga, Reg. et Abb. Everilda, Virg. Cyrillus, 
 Ep. 
 
 Septem Fratres Marty res. 
 
 Transl. S. Benedicti, Abb. 
 
 Luanus, Abb. et Conf. Nabor et Felix. Kilian, 
 Abb. 
 
 Dep. S. Mildredae, Virg. Margarita, Virg. 
 
 Marcellinus, sive Marchelin, Presb. et Conf. 
 
 Transl. S. Swythini. Eadgitha, Reg. [JDivisio 
 Apostolorum.] 
 
 Transl. S. Osmundi. 
 
 Kenelm, R. et Mar. 
 
 Arnulphus, Ep. et Mar. Eadburga, Virg. 
 
 Diman, Conf. Arsenius, Abb. Rufinus et Justinus. 
 
 Margaretha, Virg. et Mar. Ethelswytha, Reg. 
 
 Praxedes, Virg. 
 
 Maria Magdalena. Wandregisilus, Abb. 
 
 Apolinaris, Ep. et Mar. Vodinus, Archiep. et Mar. 
 
 Christina, Virg. et Mar. Rufinus et Ulfadius, MM. 
 
 Jacobus, Ap. Christophorus et Cucuphatus, MM. 
 
 Anna, Mater Marine. 
 
 Septem Dormientes. Josephus ab Arimathca. 
 Martha, Virg. 
 
 Samson, Ep. Pantaleo. 
 
 Felix et Faustus, MM. 
 Simplicius. Beatrix. 
 
 Abdon et Sennes, MM. 
 
 Germanus, Ep. et Conf. 
 
 Ethelwin, Ep. et Conf. 
 
 Tatwyn, Archiep. et Conf. 
 Noet, Presb. et Conf. 
 
APPENDIX. 
 
 479 
 
 AUGUST. 
 
 Cal. Augusta 
 
 IV. Nonas 
 
 III. Nonas 
 
 Prid. Non. Aug 
 Nona Aug. . 
 
 VIII. Idus 
 
 VII. Idus 
 VI. Idus 
 
 V. Idus 
 
 IV. itffM 
 
 III. Idus 
 Prid. Idus . 
 
 Idus . 
 
 XIX. 
 
 XVIII. 
 
 XVII. 
 
 XVI. 
 XV. 
 
 XIV. 
 
 XIII. 
 
 XII. 
 
 Cal Sept. 
 
 Calend. 
 
 Calend. 
 
 Calend. 
 
 Calend. 
 
 Calend. 
 
 Calend. 
 
 Calend. 
 
 XI. Calend. 
 
 X. Calend. 
 
 IX. Calend. 
 
 VIII. Calend. 
 
 VII. Calend. 
 
 VI. Calend. 
 
 V. Calend. 
 
 IV. Gzfe^. 
 
 III. <7a«. 
 
 7. 
 S. 
 
 9. 
 10. 
 11. 
 12. 
 
 13. 
 14. 
 15. 
 16. 
 17. 
 18. 
 19. 
 20. 
 21. 
 
 22. 
 
 23. 
 
 24. 
 
 25. 
 
 26. 
 
 27. 
 
 28. 
 
 29. 
 
 30. 
 31. 
 
 Festum: S. Petri ad Vincula. Ethelwold, Ep. 
 
 et Conf. Machaboei. 
 Stephanus, Papa et Mar. Alric, Conf. et Er. Kined, 
 
 Conf. et Er. 
 Inventio S. Stephani Protom. Waltheof,^5. 
 
 et Conf. Domitius, Conf. 
 Justinus, Presb. Ivo, Ep. et Conf. 
 Oswald, R. et Mar. Festum Nivis Marise, Virg. 
 
 Thomas, Mon. et Mar. 
 TransfigTiratio Domini. Henricus Blesensis, 
 
 Ep. et Conf. Sixtus, Papa et Mar. Felicissimus, 
 
 Donatus, et Agapitus. 
 Festum Nominis JeSU. Donatus, Ep. et Mar. 
 Cyriacus, Mar. Faganus, Conf. Oct. S. Petri. 
 
 Briocus, Ep. 
 Romanus, Mar. Hugo, Ep. et Conf. 
 Laurentu^-Mar. MalcuSji^.^Cbw/'. Henricus,^. 
 Tyburtius, Mar. Gilbertus, Ep. et Conf. 
 Stephanus, Ep. Lond. et Conf. Coganus, Abb. et 
 
 Conf. Clara, Virg. Alcuinus. Conf. 
 Hypolitus, M . cum Sociis. Wigbertus, Presb. et Conf. 
 Eusebius, Presb. Werenfridus, Conf. 
 Assumptio B. MarisB. Margaretha, Prioressa. 
 Arnulphus, Ep. Rochus. Alexander, Conf. 
 Oct. S. Laur. Thomas, Conf. 
 Agapitus, Mar. Helena, Peg. 
 Magnus, Mar. Ludovicus,^?. Clir\tancvLS t R.etMar. 
 Oswin, R. et Mar. Philibertus, Abb. 
 Fratres Regis Arwaldi, MM. Privatus, Ep. Ber- 
 
 nardus. 
 Oct. Assump. Arnulphus, Conf. et Er. Timotheus, 
 
 Ep. et Conf. Simphorianus et Proterius, MM. 
 Timotheus et Appollinaris, MM. Justinianus, Mon. 
 
 et Mar. 
 BartholoMjEUs, Ap. Alicia. Audoenus, Ep. et 
 
 Dep. S. Ebb?e, Virg. et Abb. Hilda, Virg. Beda, 
 
 Virg. Genesius, Mar. Ludovicus, Rex. 
 Bregwin, Ep. et Conf. Pandwina, Virg. Severinus, 
 
 Conf. 
 Ruphus, Mar. Decumanus, Er. et Mar. 
 Augustinus, Ep. et Doct. Regulus, Abb. et Conf. 
 
 Hermes. 
 Decollatio S. Johannis Bapt. Sebbi, R. et Conf. 
 
 Sabina. 
 Felix et Adauctus, Mar. Transl. S. Guthlaci. 
 Cuthberga, Virg. Aidan, Ep. et Conf. Paulinus, 
 
 Ep.etConf. 
 
480 
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 SEPTEMBEE. 
 
 Calend. Sept. 
 
 IV. Nonas 
 
 III. Nonas 
 Prid. Non. Sept 
 Nona Sept. . 
 
 VIII. Idus 
 
 VII. Idus 
 
 VI. Idm 
 
 V. Idus 
 
 IV. Jrfw 
 ni. Idut 
 
 Prid. Idus. . 
 
 Idus Sept. 
 XVIII. Cal.Oct 
 
 XVII. Calend. 
 XVI. Ctorf. 
 
 XV. GUM. 
 
 XIV. Calend. 
 
 XIII. C7afe»rf. 
 
 XII. Calend. 
 
 XI. taknrf. 
 
 X. Calend. 
 
 IX. Calend. 
 
 VIII. Oifoirf. 
 
 VII. Oifou*. 
 VI. Oifeuf. 
 
 V. Ca&wrf. 
 
 IV. Calend. 
 
 III. Cafentf. 
 
 JPr#. Cat. Oct. 
 
 10. 
 11. 
 12. 
 
 18. 
 
 14. 
 
 15. 
 16. 
 
 17. 
 18. 
 19. 
 20. 
 81. 
 22. 
 
 23. 
 24. 
 
 25. 
 26. 
 
 27. 
 28. 
 29. 
 30. 
 
 Egidius, Abb. Elphegius Calvus, Ep. et Conf. 
 
 Priscus. 
 Adaman, Abb. et Conf. Antoninus, Mar. 
 Ordinatio B. Gregorii. 
 Transl. S. Cuthberti. 
 Bertinus, Abb. Altho, Abb. 
 Transl. S. Augustini, Archiep. et Ap. Eugenius, 
 
 Pontif. 
 Transl. S. Dunstani, Ep. et Conf. Evurcius, Ep. et 
 
 Conf. Leofgar, Ep. et Conf. 
 
 Nativitas B. V. Marise. Ethelburga, Reg. 
 
 Adrianus, Mar. / 
 Gorgonius, Mar. Queran, Abb. et Conf. Ando- 
 
 mams, Ep. 
 Transl. S. Athelwoldi, Ep. Silvius, Ep. Otgerus, 
 
 Diac. et Conf. Finianus, Ep. 
 Prothus et Hyacinthus, MM. Bather, Abb. et Conf. 
 
 Oct. S. Cuthberti. 
 Eanswitha, Virg. etAbb. Maximinus, Ep. Mar- 
 
 tinianus, Ep. 
 Maurius, Ep. 
 Exaltatio Sanctae Crucis. Cornelius et Cyprianus, 
 
 MM. 
 Oct. Nativitatis B. V. M. Nichomedes. 
 Editha, Virg. Ninianus, Ep. et Conf. Euphemia. 
 
 Lucianus et Geminianus, MM. Egidius, Abb. 
 Lambertus, Ep. etMar. Stephanus et Socrates, MM. 
 Victor et Corona. Transl. S. Winoci, Alb. . 
 Theodorus, Archiep. et Conf. Januarius, Mar. 
 Eustachius. Hereswitha, Reg. 
 Matth^eus, Ap. et Ev. Edilhun, Conf. Laudus. 
 Mauricius, Mar. et Soc. Cwenburga, Virg. Hyg- 
 
 baldus, Abb. et Conf. 
 Tecla, Virg. Alfwold, R. et Mar. Lefrona, Alb. et 
 
 Mar. 
 Concept. Johan. Baptist. Andochius, Mar. Transl. 
 
 S.Wunebaldi,^5. 
 Firminus, Ep. et Mar. Ceolfrid, Abb. 
 Cyprianus et Justina, Virg. et Mar. Elvanus, Ep. 
 
 et Conf. 
 Cosmus et Daraianus, Mar. Sigeberht, R. et Mar. 
 Exuperius, Ep. Leoba, Abb. 
 Michael, Arch. Kogerus, Ep. et Conf. 
 Hieronymus, Presb. llonorius, Archiep. et Conf. 
 
APPENDIX. 
 
 481 
 
 OCTOBER. 
 
 Calend. Octob. . 
 
 VI. Nonas 
 
 V. Nonas 
 
 IV. Nonas 
 
 III. Nona* 
 Prid. Non. Oct. 
 Nona Oct. . 
 
 VIII. /fe 
 
 VII. 7^ 
 
 VI. Idus 
 
 V. ito 
 
 IV. 2*w 
 
 III. Idus 
 
 Prid. Idus . 
 Idus . . . 
 XVII. Cat. Nov. 
 XVI. Calend. 
 
 XV. Ca«. 
 XIV. Calend. 
 
 XIII. Cbfotrf. 
 
 XII. Calend. 
 
 XI. Calend. 
 
 X. Calend. 
 
 IX. CaZewd. 
 VIII. Grfrarf. 
 
 VII. -Gsfaul. 
 
 VI. GzW. 
 V. <7aZe«<f. 
 
 IV. Calend. 
 III. CWwii. 
 
 Pnrf. CW. Aoi\ 
 
 1. 
 
 9. 
 
 10. 
 
 11. 
 
 12. 
 
 13. 
 
 14. 
 15. 
 16. 
 17. 
 
 18. 
 19. 
 
 20. 
 
 21. 
 22. 
 23. 
 
 24. 
 25. 
 
 26. 
 27. 
 28. 
 29. 
 30. 
 31. 
 
 Remigius, Germanus, Vedastus, et Bavo, EE. 
 
 Meliorus, Mar. 
 Leodegarius, Ep. et Mar. S. Thomas Herefordensis, 
 
 Ep. et Conf. 
 Candidus, Mar. Ewaldi Fratres, et Mar. Gerar- 
 
 dus, Abb. 
 iEdwin, R. et Mar. Franciscus, Conf. 
 Cornwallinus, Abb. et Conf. Appollinaris, Mar. 
 Fides, Virg. et Mar. Cominus, Abb. 
 Marcus, Papa. Marcellus et Apuleius. Ositha, 
 
 Reg. et Mar. Transl. S. Hugonis, Ep. et Conf. 
 Keyna, Virg. Pelagia. Symeon Justus. Transl. 
 
 S. Oswaldi. 
 Dionysius, Rusticus, et Eleutherius, MM. Dep. 
 
 Roberti Grosse-teste, Ep. et Conf. 
 Gereon, Mar. cum Sociis. Paulinus, Ep. et Conf. 
 
 Joh. de Brydlington, Conf. 
 Nicasius, Ep. et Mar. Ethelburga, Abb. Canicius, 
 
 Abb. et Conf. 
 Dep. S. Wilfridi, Archiep. et Conf. Alburga, Virg. 
 
 de Berkyng. 
 Translatio S. Edwardi, R. et Conf. Gilbertus de 
 
 Sempringham, Conf. (Quindena Michael.) 
 Calixtus, Papa et Mar. 
 
 Wulfran, Ep. Trans. S. Oswaldi, Ep. et Conf. 
 S. Michael in Monte Tumba. * 
 
 Transl. S. Etheldredae, Virg. Ethelberht et Ethel- 
 red, MM. 
 Lucas, Ev. Ethbyn, Abb. et Conf. Justus. 
 Fredeswitha, Virg. et Reg. [Festum Religuiar* Ecc. 
 
 Ebor.] 
 Austreberta, Virg. Cenred et Offa, RR. Wende- 
 
 linus, Abb. 
 Undecim Millia Virgines. Hilarion, Abb. et Conf. 
 Maria Salome. Cordula, Virg. et Mar. 
 Romanus, Archiep, et Conf. Severinus, Ep. Syra, 
 
 Virg. 
 Maglorius, Ep. et Conf. 
 Crispinus et Crispinianus. Transl. S. Joh. de Be- 
 
 verlaco. 
 Eata, Ep. et Conf. Evaristus, Papa. 
 Eadsinus, Ep. et Conf. Florentius, Papa. 
 Simon et Judas, AA. Dep. Alfredi, R. 
 Elfleda, Virg. et Abb. Narcissus, Ep. 
 Egelnoth, Archiep. et Conf. Germanus de Capua. 
 Quintinus, Mar, Foillanus, Ep. et Mar. 
 
 31 ' 
 
482 
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 NOVEMBEE. 
 
 Calend. Nov. 
 
 1. 
 
 Festum Omnium Sanctorum. 
 
 IV. Nonas . 
 
 2. 
 
 Commemoratio Animarum. Kumwold. Eusta- 
 chius et Soc. 
 
 III. Nonas . 
 
 3. 
 
 Wenefreda, Virg. et Mar. Benignus, Ep. et Conf. 
 
 Prid. Non. Nov. 
 
 4. 
 
 Dubritius, Archiep. et Conf. Amantius. 
 
 Nonce Nov. . . 
 
 5. 
 
 Letus. Malachias, Ep. et Conf. , 
 
 VIII. Idus . 
 
 6. 
 
 Leonardus, Abb. 
 
 VII. Idus . 
 
 7. 
 
 Willebrod, Archiep. 
 
 VI. Idus . 
 
 8. 
 
 Quatuor Coronati Marty res. 
 
 V. Idus . 
 
 9. 
 
 Theodorus, Mar. Kebius, Ep. et Conf. Congilla, 
 Abb. 
 
 IV. Idus . 
 
 10. 
 
 Justus, Ep. et Conf. 
 
 III. Idus . 
 
 11. 
 
 Martinus Turonensis, Ep. et Conf. Menna, Mar. 
 
 Prid. Idus. . . 
 
 12. 
 
 Martinus, Papa et Conf. Paternus, Mar. 
 
 Idus Nov. . . 
 
 13. 
 
 Bricius, Ep. et Conf. 
 
 XVIII. Cal.Dec. 
 
 14. 
 
 Transl. S. Erconwaldi, Ep. et Conf. 
 
 XVII. Calend. 
 
 15. 
 
 Machutus, Ep. et Conf. 
 
 XVI. &&ȣ 
 
 16. 
 
 Edmundus, Archiep. 
 
 XV. Calend. 
 
 17. 
 
 Hugo, Ep. et Conf. Anianus, Ep. et Conf. Hilda, 
 Virg. 
 
 XIV. CaM. 
 
 18. 
 
 Oct. 8. Martini. 
 
 XIII. Calend. 
 
 19. 
 
 Ermenburga, Abb. Elizabetha, Matrona. 
 
 XII. Ozta*. 
 
 20. 
 
 Edmund, R. Humbert, Ep. et Mar. 
 
 XI. Ctotf. 
 
 21. 
 
 Presentatio V. Marise. Columbanus, Abb. 
 
 X. Calend. 
 
 22. 
 
 Cecilia, Virg. et Mar. Bega, Virg. 
 
 IX. Calend. 
 
 23. 
 
 Clemens, Papa et Mar. Motiferus, Conf. Felicitas, 
 Mar. 
 
 VIII. cw«w?. 
 
 24. 
 
 Chrysogonus, Mar. Christina, Virg. et Abb. 
 
 VII. Ctorf. 
 
 25. 
 
 Catherina, Virg. et Mar. Alnoth, Er. et Mar. 
 
 VI. Ctorf. 
 
 26. 
 
 Linus, Papa et Mar. 
 
 V. Calend. 
 
 27. 
 
 Agricola et Vitalis. Oda, Virg. Daniel, Ep. 
 
 IV. <7a&«d. 
 
 28. 
 
 Edwold, Conf et Er. Blainiacus, Mar. Rufus, 
 Mar. Eadsinus, Ep. et Conf. 
 
 III. Calend. 
 
 29. 
 
 Saturninus et Sieinnius. Baruc, Er. Egiluoth, 
 Ep. et Conf. 
 
 Irid. Cat. Dec. 
 
 30. 
 
 Andreas, Ap. Theanus, Archiep. et Conf. 
 
APPENDIX. 
 
 483 
 
 DECEMBER. 
 
 Calend. Dec. . . 
 
 1. 
 
 Crisanthus et Daria. Agericus, Ep. Eligius, Ep, 
 et Conf. 
 
 IV. Nonas . 
 
 2. 
 
 Weeda, Virg. et Abb. Libanus, Conf. 
 
 III. Nonas . 
 
 3. 
 
 Lucius, R. Birinus, Ep. et Conf. 
 
 Prid. Non. Dec. 
 
 4. 
 
 Osmund, Ep. et Conf. Barbara, Virg. Benedictus, 
 Abb. 
 
 Nona Dec. . . 
 
 5. 
 
 Eanfleda, Beg. et Abb. Sabba, Abb. 
 
 VIII. Idus . 
 
 6. 
 
 Nicolaus, Ep. et Conf. Congellus, Abb. et Conf 
 
 VII. Idus . 
 
 7. 
 
 Oct. S. Andrew, Ap. Odwaldus, Abb. et Conf 
 Gallanus, Mon. 
 
 VI. Idus . 
 
 8. 
 
 Conceptio B. V. MariaB. Agatha, Reg. 
 
 V. Idus . 
 
 9. 
 
 Ethelgiva, Virg. et Abb. Cyprianus, Abb, 
 
 IV. Idus . 
 
 10. 
 
 Daniel, Ep. et Conf. Eulalia, Virg. et Mar. 
 
 III. Idus . 
 
 11. 
 
 Damasius, Papa. Boisil, Abb. 
 
 Prid. Idus . . 
 
 12. 
 
 Elfreda, Virg. Paulus, Ep. 
 
 Idus Dec. . . 
 
 13. 
 
 Lucia, Virg. et Mar. Eadburga, Virg. et Abb. 
 Judocus, Conf. 
 
 XIX. Cat. Jan. 
 
 14. 
 
 Otilia, Virg. Edburga, Virg. 
 
 XVIII. Calend. 
 
 15. 
 
 Hilda, Virg. et Abb. Valerius, Ep. 
 
 XVII. Cbfau*. 
 
 16. 
 
 Bean, Ep. et Conf. \0 Sapientia.] Anuanias, 
 Azarias, Misahel, MM. 
 
 XVI. taZ«^. 
 
 17. 
 
 Tetta, Virg. et Abb. Lazarus, Ep. 
 
 XV. Calend. 
 
 18. 
 
 Gratianus, Ep. Winebald, Abb. et Conf. 
 
 XIV. <?afe»d. 
 
 19. 
 
 Venetia, Virg. Macarius, Abb. 
 
 XIII. Calend. 
 
 20. 
 
 Comogel, Abb. et Conf. Juliana, Mar. 
 
 XII. Calend. 
 
 21. 
 
 Thomas, Ap. Eustachius, Abb. et Conf: Purgata, 
 Virg. 
 
 XI. Calend. 
 
 22. 
 
 Hildelitha, Virg. et Abb. Triginta Martyres. 
 
 X. Calend. 
 
 23. 
 
 Ithwara, Virg. et Mar. Victoria, Virg. 
 
 IX. Ctorf. 
 
 24. 
 
 Ruthius, Mon. et Conf 
 
 VIII. Ca«. 
 
 25. 
 
 Nativitas Domini. 
 
 VII. Ctorf. 
 
 26. 
 
 Stephanus, Protomartyr. Thadeus, Conf. et 
 
 Er. 
 Johannes, Ap. et Evan. 
 
 VI. OrfflMf. 
 
 27. 
 
 V. Calend. 
 
 28. 
 
 Innocentes, MM. Transl. S. Elphegi, Ep. et 
 Mar. 
 
 IV. OzZmf. 
 
 29. 
 
 Thomas, Arehiep. et Mar. 
 
 III. Calend. 
 
 30. 
 
 Egwinus, Ep. et Conf. Transl. S. Jacobi. 
 
 Prid. Cal. Jan. . 
 
 31. 
 
 Silvester, Papa et Coif. Eternanus, Conf. 
 
4S4 
 
 APPENDIX IV. 
 
 lAttjuju OF REGNAL YEARS OF ENGLISH SOVEREIGNS. 
 
 AS much confusion occasionally arises from the use, by some historians, 
 of the Civil and Legal, and by others of the Historical year, we deem 
 it unnecessary to apologise for giving, in this place, an extract from that part 
 of Sir Harris Nicolas's "Chronology" which treats upon the subject: — 
 
 " In England, in the seventh, and so late as the thirteenth century, the 
 year was reckoned from Christmas Day; but in the twelfth century, the 
 Anglican Church began the year on the 25th of March; which practice was 
 also adopted by civilians in the fourteenth century. This Style continued 
 until the reformation of the Calendar by Stat. 24 George II. c. 23, by which 
 the Legal year was ordered to commence on the 1st of January, in 1753. It 
 appears, therefore, that two calculations have generally existed in England 
 for the commencement of the year ; viz. : — 
 
 1. The Historical year, which has, for a very long period, begun on the 
 
 1st of January. 
 
 2. The Civil, Ecclesiastical, and Legal year, which was used by the 
 
 Church, and in all public instruments, until the end of the thirteenth 
 century, began at Christmas. In and after the fourteenth century, it 
 commenced on the 25th of March, and so coutinued until the 1st of 
 January, 1753. 
 
 " The confusion which arose from there being two modes of computing 
 dates in one kingdom must be sufficiently apparent ; for the Legislature, the 
 Church, and Civilians, referred every event which happened between the 1st 
 of January and the 25th of March to a different year from Historians. 
 
 " To avoid, as far as possible, the mistakes which this custom produced, 
 it was usual to add the date of the Historical to that of the Legal year, 
 
APPENDIX. 
 
 485 
 
 when speaking of any day between the 1st of January and the 25th of March; 
 thus, — 
 
 t on i ca% ( *•*• tne Civil and Legal year, 
 
 January 30, 164_ ] . ., __ J » 
 
 " 9 ( i.e. the Historical year; 
 
 or, thus :- 
 
 January 30, 1648-9. 
 
 " This practice, common as it, has long been, is nevertheless frequently 
 misunderstood ; and even learned and intelligent persons are sometimes per- 
 plexed by dates being so written. The explanation is, however, perfectly 
 simple, for the lower or last figure always indicates the year according to our 
 present computation. 
 
 " In Scotland, the year was ordered to commence on the 1st of January 
 instead of the 25th of March, 1600, by a proclamation dated the 17th of 
 December, 1599; but the Old Style continued to be used until altered in 
 1752, pursuant to the Stat. 24 George II." 
 
 Of the two dates standing opposite to each year of a reign in the following Table, 
 the first is the commencement and the second the end of the regnal year. In using 
 this Table, it is necessary to observe that it is calculated according to the Common 
 and Historical gear, viz., from the 1st of Januarg; but, as the Civil, Ecclesiastical, 
 and Legal year, for a long period, began on the 2bth of March, all dates between the 
 1st of January and the 25th of March belong, according to the Civil computation, to 
 one year earlier than the Historical year. 
 
 For example : —From the 1st of January to the 25th of March, in the first year of 
 the reign of William the Conqueror, was in the Civil year 1066, instead of 1067. For 
 the same reason, Edward III.'s reign is sometimes said to have begun on the 25th of 
 January, 1326, instead of the 25th of January, 1327; Henry V.'s on the 21st of March, 
 1412, instead of the 21st of March, 1413 ; Edward IV.'s on the 4th of March, 1460, 
 instead of the 4th of March, 1161 ; and the same remark, mutatis mutandis, applies to 
 the commencement of the reigns of Edward VI., James I., Charles II., James II., 
 William and Mary, and Queen Anne, according to whether the Historical or Civil 
 year be alluded to. 
 
 2 
 
 ( 25 Dec. 
 ( 24 Dec. 
 ( 25 Dec. 
 ( 24 Dec. 
 (25 Dec. 
 ( 24 Dec. 
 ( 25 Dec. 
 ( 24 Dec. 
 ( 25 Dec. 
 ( 24 Dec. 
 
 25 Dec. 
 
 24 Dec. 
 
 1066, 
 1067. 
 1067, 
 1068. 
 1068, 
 1069. 
 1069, 
 1070. 
 1070, 
 1071. 
 1071, 
 1072. 
 
 10 
 
 11 
 
 William the 
 
 25 Dec. 1072, 
 
 24 Dec. 1073. 
 
 25 Dec. 1073, 
 
 24 Dec. 1074. 
 
 25 Dec. 1074, 
 
 24 Dec. 1075. 
 
 25 Dec. 1075, 
 
 24 Dec. 1076. 
 
 25 Dec. 1076, 
 24 Dec. 1077. 
 
 Conqueror. 
 
 C 25 Dec. 1077, 
 (.24 Dec. 1078. 
 
 ( 25 Dec. 1078, 
 (24 Dec. 1079. 
 
 C 25 Dec. 1079, 
 (24 Dec. 1080. 
 
 C 25 Dec. 1080, 
 (24 Dec. 1081. 
 
 C 25 Dec. 1081, 
 ( 24 Dec. 1082. 
 
 12 
 
 13 
 
 14 
 
 15 
 
 16 
 
 17 
 
 18 
 
 19 
 
 20 
 
 21 
 
 25 Dec. 
 
 24 Dec. 
 
 25 Dec. 
 
 24 Dec. 
 
 25 Dec. 
 
 24 Dec. 
 
 25 Dec. 
 24 Dec. 
 
 ( 25 Dec. 
 ) 9 Sept. 
 
 1082, 
 1083. 
 
 1083, 
 1084. 
 
 1084, 
 1085. 
 
 1085, 
 1086. 
 
 1086. 
 1087. 
 
486 
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 William the Second. 
 
 , C 26 Sept. 1087, 
 1 (25Sept.l088. 
 
 (26 Sept. 1088, 
 * (25Sept.l089. 
 
 (26 Sept.1089, 
 6 (25Sept.l090. 
 . ( 26 Sept. 1090, 
 4 (25Sept.l091. 
 
 Aug. 1100, 
 Aug. 1101. 
 Aug. 1101, 
 Aug. 1102. 
 Aug. 1102, 
 Aug. 1103. 
 Aug. 1103, 
 Aug. 1104. 
 Aug. 1104, 
 Aug. 1105. 
 Aug. 1105, 
 Aug. 1106. 
 Aug. 1106, 
 Aug. 1107. 
 ( 5 Aug. 1107, 
 (4 Aug. 1108. 
 (5 Aug. 1108, 
 [4 Aug. 1109. 
 
 
 C 26 Sept. 1091, 
 
 25Sept.l092. 
 
 26 Sept.1092, 
 25 Sept.1093. 
 
 7 (26 Sept.1093, 
 ' (25 Sept.1094. 
 
 ( 26 Sept. 1094, 
 (2( 
 
 25Sept.l095. 
 
 26 Sept. 1095, 
 25 Sept. 1096. 
 
 lft ( 26 Sept. 1096, 
 1U (25Sept.l097. 
 
 ,, (26Sept.l097, 
 11 (25 Sept. 1098. 
 
 C26Sept.l098, 
 I 
 
 Henry the First. 
 
 10 
 
 11 
 
 a 
 
 12 
 
 13 
 
 14 
 
 15 
 
 16 
 
 17 
 
 18 
 
 i 
 
 { 
 
 1: 
 
 Aug. 1109, 
 Aug. 1110. 
 Aug. 1110, 
 Aug. 1111. 
 Aug. 1111, 
 Aug. 1112. 
 Aug. 1112, 
 Aug. 1113. 
 Aug. 1113, 
 Aug. 1114. 
 Aug. 1114, 
 Aug. 1115. 
 Aug. 1115, 
 Aug. 1116. 
 Aug. 1116, 
 Aug. 1117. 
 Aug. 1117, 
 Aug. 1118. 
 
 19 
 
 20 
 
 21 
 
 22 
 
 23 
 
 24 
 
 25 
 
 26 
 
 27 
 
 12 
 
 13 
 
 25Sept.l099. 
 
 (26 Sept. 1099, 
 ( 2 Aug. 11 00. 
 
 Aug. 1118, 
 Aug. 1119. 
 Aug. 1119, 
 Aug. 1120. 
 Aug. 1120, 
 Aug. 1121. 
 Aug. 1121, 
 Aug. 1122. 
 Aug. 1122, 
 Aug. 1123. 
 Aug. 1123, 
 Aug. 1124. 
 Aug. 1124, 
 Aug. 1125. 
 Aug. 1125, 
 Aug. 1126. 
 Aug. 1126, 
 Aug. 1127. 
 
 
 30 
 
 31 
 
 32 
 
 33 
 
 34 
 
 35 
 
 i 
 
 ( 5 Aug. 
 1 4 Aug. 
 ( 5 Aug. 
 ( 4 Aug. 
 ( 6 Aug. 
 \ 4 Aug. 
 ( 5 Aug. 
 ( 4 Aug. 
 ( 5 Aug. 
 ( 4 Aug. 
 ( 5 Aug. 
 
 4 Au^ 
 1 5 Aug. 
 i 1 Dec. 
 
 1127, 
 1T28. 
 1128, 
 1129. 
 1129, 
 1130. 
 1130, 
 1131. 
 1131, 
 1132. 
 1132, 
 1133. 
 1133, 
 1134. 
 1134, 
 1135. 
 1135, 
 1135. 
 
 Stephen. 
 
 26 Dec. 
 
 25 Dec. 
 
 26 Dec. 
 
 25 Dec. 
 
 26 Dec. 
 
 25 Dec. 
 
 26 Dec. 
 
 25 Dec. 
 
 26 Dec. 
 25 Dec. 
 
 1135, 
 1136. 
 1136, 
 1137. 
 1137, 
 1138. 
 1138, 
 1139. 
 1139, 
 1140. 
 
 C 19 Dec. 1154, 
 (18 Dec. 1155. 
 19 Dec. 1155, 
 Dec. 1156. 
 
 C19 
 [18 
 
 10 
 
 C 26 Dec. 
 ( 25 Dec. 
 C 26 Dec, 
 ( 25 Dec. 
 ( 26 Dec. 
 ( 25 Dec. 
 C 26 Dec. 
 ( 25 Dec. 
 C 26 Dec. 
 ( 25 Dec. 
 
 1140, 
 1141. 
 1141, 
 1142. 
 1142, 
 1143. 
 1143, 
 1144. 
 1144, 
 1145. 
 
 11 
 
 12 
 
 13 
 
 14 
 
 15 
 
 26 Dec. 
 
 25 Dec. 
 
 26 Dec. 
 
 25 Dec. 
 
 26 Dec. 
 
 25 Dec. 
 
 26 Dec. 
 
 25 Dec. 
 
 26 Dec. 
 25 Dec. 
 
 1145, 
 1146. 
 1146, 
 1147. 
 1147, 
 1148. 
 1148, 
 1149. 
 1149, 
 1150. 
 
 Henry the Second. 
 
 19 Dec. 1158, 
 
 18 Dec. 1159. 
 
 19 Dec. 1159, 
 18 Dec. 1160. 
 
 C 19 Dec. 1156, 
 (18 Dec. 1157. 
 ( 19 Dec. 1157, 
 (18 Dec. 1158. 
 
 •! 
 
 16 
 
 17 
 
 18 
 
 19 
 
 f 26 Dec. 
 ( 25 Dec. 
 
 C 26 Dec. 
 (25 Dec. 
 
 C 26 Dec. 
 ( 25 Dec. 
 
 26 Dec. 
 25 Oct. 
 
 1150, 
 1151. 
 
 1151, 
 1152. 
 
 1152, 
 1153. 
 
 1153, 
 1154. 
 
 7 C 19 Dec. 1160, 
 ' (18 Dec. 1161. 
 
 S 
 
 19 Dec. 1161, 
 18 Dec. 1162. 
 
APPENDIX. 
 
 487 
 
 10 
 
 11 
 
 12 
 
 13 
 
 14 
 
 15 
 
 Henry the 
 
 f 19 Dec. 1162, 
 (.18 Dec. 1163. 
 C 19 Dec. 1163, 
 118 Dec. 1164. 
 C 19 Dec. 1164, 
 (18 Dec. 1165. 
 (19 Dec. 1165, 
 (18 Dec. 1166. 
 C 19 Dec. 1166, 
 [ 18 Dec. 1167. 
 [19 Dec. 1167, 
 18 Dec. 1168. 
 Dec. 1168, 
 Dec. 1169. 
 
 C19 
 I" 
 
 Sec ond — continued. 
 
 19 Dec. 1169, 
 
 18 Dec. 1170. 
 
 19 Dec. 1170, 
 
 18 Dec. 1171. 
 
 19 Dec. 1171, 
 
 18 Dec. 1172. 
 
 19 Dec. 1172, 
 
 18 Dec. 1173. 
 
 19 Dec. 1173, 
 
 18 Dec. 1174. 
 
 19 Dec. 1174, 
 
 18 Dec. 1175. 
 
 19 Dec. 1175, 
 18 Dec. 1176. 
 
 16 
 
 17 
 
 18 
 
 19 
 
 20 
 
 2-1 
 
 , C3 Sept. 1189, 
 1 [2 Sept. 11 90. 
 9 (3 Sept. 1190, 
 *\l Sept. 1191. 
 „(3 Sept. 1191, 
 6 (2 Sept. 1192. 
 
 C 27 May 1199, 
 117 
 
 i 
 
 ( 3 May 1201, 
 (22 May 1202. 
 C 23 May 1202, 
 (l4 
 
 ['! 
 
 May 1200. 
 18 May 1200, 
 
 2 May 1201. 
 
 3 May 1201, 
 22 May 1202. 
 
 14 May 1203. 
 May 1203, 
 2 June 1204. 
 
 23 
 
 24 
 
 25 
 
 26 
 
 27 
 
 23 
 
 29 
 
 C 19 Dec. 
 (.18 Dec. 
 C 19 Dec. 
 1 18 Dec. 
 C 19 Dec. 
 118 Dec. 
 C 19 Dec. 
 1 18 Dec. 
 C19 Dec. 
 118 Dec. 
 C 19 Dec. 
 118 Dec. 
 C 19 Dec. 
 ) 18 Dec. 
 
 1176, 
 1177. 
 1177, 
 1178. 
 1178, 
 1179. 
 1179, 
 1180. 
 1180, 
 1181. 
 1181, 
 1182. 
 1182, 
 1183. 
 
 30 
 
 31 
 
 32 
 
 33 
 
 34 
 
 35 
 
 19 
 18 
 
 19 
 
 18 
 
 19 
 
 18 
 
 19 
 18 
 
 19 
 
 18 
 
 19 
 6 
 
 Dec. 1183, 
 Dec. 1184. 
 
 Dec. 1184, 
 Dec. 1185. 
 
 Dec. 1185. 
 Dec. 1186. 
 
 Dec. 1186, 
 Dec. 1187. 
 
 Dec. 1187. 
 Dec. 1188. 
 
 Dec. 1188, 
 Julv 1189. 
 
 Richard the First. 
 
 , C3 Sept. 1192, 
 * 12 Sept. 1193. 
 K C3 Sept. 1193, 
 & (2 Sept. 1194. 
 R (3 Sept. 1194, 
 12 Sept. 1195. 
 
 2 Sept. 1196. 
 
 (3 Sept. 1195, 
 
 ( 
 
 3 Sept. 1196, 
 2 Sept. 1197. 
 
 10 
 
 f 3 Sept. 1197, 
 12 Sept. 1198. 
 
 (3 Sept. 1198, 
 16 April 1199. 
 
 3 June 
 18 Mav 
 
 f 
 
 ( 19 May 
 
 ( 
 
 10 
 
 10 May 
 
 11 May 
 30 May 
 
 ( 31 May 
 1 14 May 
 C 15 May 
 1 6 May 
 
 John 
 
 1204, 
 1205. 
 1205, 
 1206. 
 1206, 
 1207. 
 1207, 
 1208. 
 1208, 
 1209. 
 
 11 
 
 12 
 
 13 
 
 14 
 
 7 May 1209, 
 
 26 May 1210. 
 
 27 May 1210, 
 
 11 May 1211. 
 
 12 May 1211, 
 
 2 May 1212. 
 
 3 May 1212, 
 22 May 1213. 
 
 15 
 
 C 23 May 1213, 
 1 7 May 1214. 
 
 , ft C 8 May 1214, 
 IG 127 May 1215. 
 
 17 J 28 May 1215, 
 
 18 
 
 18 May 1216. 
 
 19 May 1216, 
 19 Oct. 1216, 
 
 Note. — In the 3rd, 5th, 8th, 11th, 14th, and 16th years of John, several days of the 
 month of May, in two succeeding years of our Lord, occurred in the same year of that 
 King's reign; thus: — 
 
 Anno 3 Ascension Dav 1201 ( 3 May), to Ascension Day 1202 (22 May). 
 
 5 — * 1203 (15 May), — 1204 ( 2 June). 
 
 8 — 1206 (11 May), — 1207 (30 May), 
 
 11 — 1209 ( 7 May), — 1210 (26 May). 
 
 14 — 1212 ( 3 May), — 1213 (22 May). 
 
 16 — 1214 ( 8 May), — 1215 (27 May). 
 
 Consequently every day from the 4th to the 22nd of May, 1201, and from the 4th to the 
 22nd of May, 1202, both inclusive, occurred in the first year of King John ; and no 
 document dated from the 4th to the 22nd of May, 1 John, can be assigned with certainty 
 to the right year of our Lord; and in a similar manner with respect to certain days in the 
 other years above mentioned. 
 
488 
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 Henry the Third. 
 
 6 
 
 7 
 
 10 
 
 li 
 
 12 
 
 13 
 
 14 
 
 15 
 
 C 28 Oct. 
 1 27 Oct. 
 f 28 Oct. 
 ( 27 Oct. 
 ( 28 Oct. 
 ( 27 Oct. 
 f 28 Oct. 
 1 27 Oct. 
 C 28 Oct. 
 1 27 Oct. 
 C 28 Oct. 
 ( 27 Oct. 
 C 28 Oct. 
 ( 27 Oct. 
 C 28 Oct. 
 ( 27 Oct. 
 C 28 Oct. 
 ( 27 Oct. 
 C 28 Oct. 
 (. 27 Oct. 
 28 Oct. 
 
 27 Oct. 
 
 28 Oct. 
 27 Oct. 
 
 I 
 
 { 
 
 (28 Oct. 
 ( 27 Oct. 
 
 ! 
 
 ("28 
 (27 
 
 28 Oct. 
 27 Oct. 
 
 Oct. 
 
 Oct. 
 
 C 20 Nov. 
 ( 20 Nov. 
 ( 20 Nov. 
 ( 20 Nov. 
 C 20 Nov. 
 I 20 Nov. 
 C 20 Nov. 
 ( 20 Nov. 
 C 20 Nov. 
 ( 20 Nov. 
 
 20 Nov. 
 
 20 Nov. 
 
 20 Nov. 
 
 20 Nov. 
 
 1216 
 1217. 
 1217, 
 1218. 
 1218, 
 1219. 
 1219, 
 1220. 
 1220, 
 1221. 
 1221, 
 1222. 
 1222, 
 1223. 
 1223, 
 1224. 
 1224, 
 1225. 
 1225, 
 1226. 
 1226, 
 1227. 
 1227, 
 1228. 
 1228, 
 1229. 
 1229, 
 1230. 
 1230, 
 1231. 
 
 1272, 
 1273. 
 1273, 
 1274. 
 1274, 
 1275. 
 1275, 
 1276. 
 1276, 
 1277. 
 1277, 
 1278. 
 1278, 
 1279. 
 
 16 
 
 17 
 
 18 
 
 19 
 
 20 
 
 21 
 
 22 
 
 23 
 
 24 
 
 25 
 
 26 
 
 27 
 
 28 
 
 29 
 
 30 
 
 C 28 Oct. 
 ( 27 Oct. 
 (28 Oct. 
 ( 27 Oct. 
 ( 28 Oct. 
 ( 27 Oct. 
 
 28 Oct. 
 
 27 Oct. 
 (28 Oct. 
 (27 Oct. 
 f 28 Oct. 
 ( 27 Oct. 
 ( 28 Oct. 
 ( 27 Oct. 
 (28 Oct. 
 ( 27 Oct. 
 (28 Oct. 
 (27 Oct. 
 ( 28 Oct. 
 ( 27 Oct. 
 (28 Oct. 
 ( 27 Oct. 
 
 28 Oct. 
 
 27 Oct. 
 
 28 Oct. 
 
 27 Oct. 
 
 28 Oct. 
 
 27 Oct. 
 
 28 Oct. 
 27 Oct. 
 
 1231, 
 
 1232. 
 
 1232, 
 
 1233. 
 
 1233, 
 
 1234. 
 
 1234, 
 
 1235. 
 
 1235, 
 
 1236. 
 
 1236, 
 
 1237. 
 
 1237, 
 
 1238. 
 
 1238, 
 
 1239. 
 
 1239, 
 
 1240. 
 
 1240, 
 
 1241. 
 
 1241, 
 
 1242. 
 
 1242, 
 
 1243. 
 
 1243, 
 
 124.4. 
 
 1244, 
 
 1245. 
 
 1245, 
 
 1246. 
 
 31 
 
 32 
 
 S3 
 
 34 
 
 35 
 
 36 
 
 37 
 
 38 
 
 39 
 
 40 
 
 41 
 
 42 
 
 43 
 
 45 
 
 28 Oct. 
 
 27 Oct. 
 
 28 Oct. 
 
 27 Oct. 
 
 28 Oct. 
 
 27 Oct. 
 
 28 Oct. 
 
 27 Oct. 
 
 28 Oct. 
 
 27 Oct. 
 
 28 Oct. 
 
 27 Oct. 
 
 28 Oct. 
 
 27 Oct. 
 
 28 Oct. 
 
 27 Oct. 
 
 28 Oct. 
 
 27 Oct. 
 
 28 Oct. 
 
 27 Oct. 
 
 28 Oct. 
 
 27 Oct. 
 
 28 Oct. 
 
 27 Oct. 
 
 28 Oct. 
 
 27 Oct. 
 
 28 Oct. 
 
 27 Oct. 
 
 28 Oct. 
 27 Oct. 
 
 1246, 
 1247. 
 1247, 
 1248. 
 1248, 
 1249. 
 1249, 
 1250. 
 1250, 
 1251. 
 1251, 
 1252. 
 1252, 
 1253. 
 1253, 
 1254. 
 1254, 
 1255. 
 1255, 
 1256. 
 1256, 
 1257. 
 1257, 
 1258. 
 1258, 
 1259. 
 1259, 
 1260. 
 1260, 
 1261. 
 
 46 
 
 47 
 
 48 
 
 49 
 
 50 
 
 51 
 
 52 
 
 '53 
 
 54 
 
 55 
 
 56 
 
 57 
 
 28 Oct. 
 
 27 Oct. 
 
 28 Oct. 
 
 27 Oct. 
 
 28 Oct. 
 
 27 Oct. 
 
 28 Oct. 
 . 27 Oct. 
 
 [28 Oct. 
 ( 27 Oct. 
 
 ( 28 Oct. 
 ( 27 Oct. 
 
 ( 28 Oct. 
 ( 27 Oct. 
 
 ( 28 Oct. 
 ( 27 Oct. 
 
 ( 28 Oct. 
 ( 27 Oct. 
 
 ( 28 Oct. 
 ( 27 Oct. 
 
 ( 28 Oct. 
 ( 27 Oct. 
 
 ( 28 Oct. 
 1 16 Nov. 
 
 1261, 
 
 1262. 
 
 1262, 
 1263. 
 
 1263, 
 1264. 
 
 1264, 
 1265. 
 
 1265, 
 1266. 
 
 1266, 
 1267. 
 
 1267, 
 1268. 
 
 1268, 
 1269. 
 
 1269, 
 
 1270. 
 
 1270, 
 1271. 
 
 1271, 
 1272. 
 
 1272, 
 1272. 
 
 Edward the First. 
 
 10 
 
 11 
 
 12 
 
 18 
 
 11 
 
 20 Nov. 
 20 Nov. 
 20 Nov. 
 20 Nov. 
 20 Nov. 
 20 Nov. 
 20 Nov. 
 20 Nov. 
 20 Nov. 
 20 Nov. 
 20 Nov. 
 20 Nov. 
 20 Nov. 
 20 Nov. 
 
 1279, 
 1280. 
 1280, 
 1281. 
 1281, 
 1282. 
 1282, 
 1283. 
 1283, 
 1284. 
 1284, 
 1285. 
 1285, 
 1286. 
 
 15 
 
 Hi 
 
 17 
 
 18 
 
 19 
 
 20 
 
 21 
 
 ( 20 Nov. 
 (20 Nov. 
 ( 20 Nov. 
 ( 20 Nov. 
 ( 20 Nov. 
 ( 20 Nov. 
 ( 20 Nov. 
 ( 20 Nov. 
 ( 20 Nov. 
 ( 20 Nov. 
 C 20 Nov. 
 ( 20 Nov. 
 ( 20 Nov. 
 ( 20 Nov. 
 
 1286, 
 J287. 
 1287, 
 1288. 
 1288, 
 1289. 
 1289, 
 1290. 
 1290, 
 1291. 
 1291, 
 1292. 
 1292, 
 1293. 
 
 20 Nov. 
 
 20 Nov. 
 
 20 Nov. 
 
 20 Nov. 
 
 20 Nov. 
 
 20 Nov. 
 (20 Nov. 
 5 I 20 Nov. 
 C 20 Nov. 
 ( 20 Nov. 
 C 20 Nov. 
 ( 20 Nov. 
 C 20 Nov. 
 ( 20 Nov. 
 
 22 
 
 23 
 
 24 
 
 26 
 
 27 
 
 28 
 
 1293, 
 1294. 
 1294, 
 1295. 
 1295, 
 1296. 
 1296, 
 1297. 
 1297, 
 1298. 
 1298, 
 1299. 
 1299, 
 1300. 
 
APPENDIX. 
 
 489 
 
 Edward the First — continued. 
 
 29 
 
 30 
 
 ■A 
 
 f 20 Nov. 1300, 
 I 20 Nov. 1301. 
 [20 Nov. 1301, 
 ( 20 Nov. 1302. 
 
 8 July 1307, 
 
 7 July 1308. 
 
 8 July 1308, 
 
 7 July 1309. 
 
 8 July 1309, 
 
 7 July 1310. 
 
 8 July 1310, 
 
 7 July 1311. 
 
 8 July 1311, 
 7 July 1312. 
 
 20 Nov. 1302, 
 20 Nov. 1303. 
 20 Nov. 1303, 
 20 Nov. 1304. 
 
 33 
 
 34 
 
 [ 20 Nov. 1304, 
 ( 20 Nov. 1305. 
 [ 20 Nov. 1305, 
 I 20 Nov. 1306. 
 
 •{■} 
 
 Nov. 1306, 
 July 1307. 
 
 10 
 
 Edward the 
 8 July 1312, L, 
 
 7 July 1313. l 
 
 8 July 1313, 
 
 7 July 1314. 
 
 8 July 1314, 
 
 7 July 1315. 
 
 8 July 1315, 
 
 7 July 1316. 
 
 8 July 1316, 
 7 July 1317. 
 
 12 
 
 18 
 
 14 
 
 15 
 
 Second. 
 
 [ 8 July 
 
 I 7 July 
 
 [ 8 July 
 
 I 7 July 
 
 [ 8 July 
 
 I 7Jul> 
 
 C 8 July 
 
 I 7 July 
 
 [ 8 July 
 
 1 7 Julv 
 
 Edward the Third. 
 
 , C 25 Jan. 
 1 ( 24 Jan. 
 9 ( 25 Jan. 
 1 I 24 Jan. 
 „ [ 25 Jan. 
 6 ( 24 Jan. 
 , [ 25 Jan. 
 4 ( 24 Jan. 
 England. 
 
 [ 25 Jan. 
 
 ( 24 Jan. 
 
 [ 25 Jan. 
 
 ( 24 Jan. 
 
 [ 25 Jan. 
 
 ( 24 Jan. 
 
 [ 25 Jan. 
 
 ( 24 Jan. 
 
 [ 25 Jan. 
 
 ( 24 Jan. 
 
 [ 25 Jan. 
 
 ( 24 Jan. 
 
 [25 Jan. 
 
 ( 24 Jan. 
 91 [ 25 Jan. 
 21 I 24 Jan. 
 
 [25 Jan. 
 
 ( 24 Jan. 
 
 S25 Jan. 
 24 Jan. 
 
 6 
 
 14 
 
 15 
 
 1G 
 
 17 
 
 is 
 
 19 
 
 20 
 
 22 
 
 23 
 
 1327, 
 1328. 
 1328, 
 1329. 
 1329, 
 1330. 
 1330, 
 1331. 
 
 FBAS 
 
 1340, 
 
 1341 
 
 1341 
 
 1342 
 
 1342 
 
 1343 
 
 1343 
 
 1344 
 
 1344 
 
 1345 
 
 1345 
 
 1346 
 
 1346 
 
 1347 
 
 1347, 
 
 1348 
 
 1348 
 
 1349 
 
 25 Jan. 1331, 
 
 24 Jan. 1332. 
 
 25 Jan. 1332, 
 
 24 Jan. 1333. 
 
 25 Jan. 1333, 
 24 Jan. 1334. 
 
 8 
 
 10 
 
 25 Jan. 
 
 24 Jan. 
 
 25 Jan. 
 
 24 Jan. 
 
 25 Jan. 
 24 Jan. 
 
 1317, 
 1318. 
 1318, 
 1319. 
 1319, 
 1320. 
 1320, 
 1321. 
 1321, 
 1322. 
 
 1334, 
 1335. 
 
 1335, 
 1336. 
 
 1336, 
 1337. 
 
 16 
 
 17 
 
 18 
 
 19 
 
 20 
 
 8 July 1322, 
 
 7 July 1323. 
 
 8 July 1323, 
 
 7 July 1324. 
 
 8 July 1324, 
 
 7 July 1325. 
 
 8 July 1325, 
 
 7 July 1326. 
 
 8 July J 326, 
 20 Jan. 1327. 
 
 »i 
 
 25 Jan. 1337, 
 24 Jan. 1338. 
 
 19 (25 Jan. 1338, 
 ^ (24 Jan. 1339. 
 
 »i 
 
 25 Jan. 1339, 
 24 Jan. 1340. 
 
 ':! 
 i] 
 
 i] 
 i) 
 i] 
 
 ;} 
 
 ! 
 :! 
 
 :] 
 
 1349, | 
 
 1350. ) 
 
 10 
 
 England. 
 C 25 Jan. 
 ( 24 Jan. 
 [25 Jan. 
 ( 24 Jan. 
 [ 25 Jan. 
 [ 24 Jan. 
 [ 25 Jan. 
 ( 24 Jan. 
 [ 25 Jan. 
 ( 24 Jan. 
 [ 25 Jan. 
 ( 24 Jan. 
 [ 25 Jan. 
 I 24 Jan. 
 [ 25 Jan. 
 I 24 Jan. 
 [ 25 Jan. 
 (24 Jan. 
 [ 25 Jan. 
 { 24 Jan. 
 
 24 
 
 25 
 
 26 
 
 27 
 
 28 
 
 29 
 
 30 
 
 31 
 
 32 
 
 33 
 
 12 
 
 13 
 
 14 
 
 15 
 
 France 
 1350 
 1351 
 1351, 
 1352 
 1352, 
 1353 
 1353, 
 1354. 
 1354 
 1355 
 1355 
 1356 
 1356,] 
 1357.} ' 
 1357,) 
 1358. j 
 1358 
 1359 
 1359, 
 1360. 
 
 ;} 
 
 I:) 
 
 I 
 
 ::! 
 1} 
 
 :] 
 
 18 
 
 19 
 
 20 
 
 35 
 
 36 
 
 England. 
 
 {25 Jan. 
 8 May 
 24 Jan. 
 [ 25 Jan. 
 ( 24 Jan. 
 [ 25 Jan. 
 ( 24 Jan. 
 o 7 [ 25 Jan. 
 61 (24 Jan. 
 38 C25Jan. 
 (24 Jan. 
 [ 25 Jan. 
 ( 24 Jan. 
 [ 25 Jan. 
 ( 24 Jan. 
 25 Jan. 
 24 Jan. 
 
 !25 Jan. 
 24 Jan. 
 
 21 
 
 39 
 
 40 
 
 41 
 
 42 
 
 ( 25 Jau. 
 
 43^ 11 June 
 
 I 24 Jan. 
 
 Fbance. 
 1360, 
 1360, 
 1361 
 1361, 
 1362 
 1362 
 1363 
 1363 
 1364 
 1364 
 1365 
 1365 
 1366 
 1366 
 1367 
 1367, 
 1368 
 1368 
 1369 
 1369, 
 1369,) 
 1370.) 
 
 ■:} 
 !: 
 
 i\ 
 
 i: 
 !: 
 1:1 
 
 ::! 
 
 30 
 
490 
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 Edward the Third — continued. 
 
 England, 
 
 Fbance. 
 
 44 
 
 45 
 
 46 
 
 25 Jan. 1370, 
 
 24 Jan. 137: 
 
 25 Jan. 1371, 
 
 24 Jan. 1372. 
 
 25 Jan. 1372, 
 24 Jan. 1373 
 
 :] 
 
 :! 
 
 31 
 
 32 
 
 33 
 
 England. Fbance. 
 
 34 
 
 JLO /*. ) 
 
 25 Jan. 1374, 
 
 , 7 ( 25 Jan. 1373, } 
 *' (24 Jan. 1374. J 
 
 48 
 
 49 
 
 24 Jan. 1375 
 
 25 Jan. 1375 
 24 Jan. 1376 
 
 35 
 
 36 
 
 England. France. 
 
 (24 Jan. 1377. 
 
 50 I *? {™- }™> f 37 
 
 51 
 
 25 Jan. 1377, 
 21 June 1377. 
 
 38 
 
 ElCHARD THE SECOND. 
 
 June 1377, 
 June 1378. 
 June 1378, 
 June 1379. 
 June 1379, 
 June 1380. 
 June 1380, 
 June 1381. 
 June 1381, 
 June 1382. 
 June 1382, 
 June 1383. 
 
 10 
 
 11 
 
 12 
 
 June 1383, 
 June 1384. 
 June 1384, 
 June 1385. 
 June 1385, 
 June 1386. 
 June 1386, 
 June 1387. 
 June 1387, 
 June 1388. 
 June 1388, 
 June 1389. 
 
 13 
 
 14 
 
 15 
 
 16 
 
 17 
 
 18 
 
 22 
 21 
 22 
 21 
 22 
 21 
 22 
 21 
 22 
 21 
 22 
 21 
 
 June 1389, 
 June 1390. 
 June 1390, 
 June 1391. 
 June 1391, 
 June 1392. 
 June 1392, 
 June 1393. 
 June 1393, 
 June 1394. 
 June 1394, 
 June 1395. 
 
 Henry the Fourth. 
 
 , (30Sept.l399, 
 1 (29Sept.l400. 
 a f 30 Sept. 1400, 
 *( 29 Sept. 1401. 
 „ C 30 Sept. 1401, 
 6 (29 Sept. 1402. 
 . ( 30 Sept. 1402, 
 4 [29 Sept. 1403. 
 
 21 Mar. 1413, 
 
 20 Mar. 1414. 
 
 21 Mar. 1414, 
 
 20 Mar. 1415. 
 
 21 Mar. 1415, 
 20 Mar. 1416. 
 
 [30 Sept. 1403, 
 (29Sept.l404. 
 ( 20 Sept. 1404, 
 (29 Sept. 1405. 
 (30 Sept. 1405, 
 (29Sept.l406. 
 ( 30 Sept. 1406, 
 (29Sept.l407. 
 
 30 Sept. 1407, 
 29 Sept. 1408. 
 
 10 
 
 11 
 
 f 
 
 (30 Sept. 1408, 
 (29 Sept. 1409. 
 
 C 30 Sept. 1409, 
 (29 Sept. 1410. 
 
 Henry the Fifth. 
 
 21 Mar. 1416, 
 
 20 Mar. 1417. 
 
 21 Mar. 1417, 
 
 20 Mar. 1418. 
 
 21 Mar. 1418, 
 20 Mar. 1419. 
 
 21 Mar. 1419, 
 
 20 Mar. 1420. 
 
 21 Mar. 1420, 
 20 Mar. 1421. 
 
 Henry the Sixth. 
 
 , ( 1 Sept. 1422, 
 1 (31 Aug. 1423. 
 „ C 1 Sept. 1423, 
 * ( 31 Aug. 1424. 
 „j 1 Sept. 1424, 
 6 (31 Aug. 1425. 
 
 ,C 1 Sept. 1425, 
 * (31 Aug. 1426. 
 , ] 1 Sept. 1426,' 
 D (31 Aug. 1427. 
 A 1 Sept. 1427, 
 D J 31 Aug. 1428.! 
 
 1 Sept. 1428, 
 
 31 Aug. 1429. 
 
 „ C 1 Sept. 1429, 
 
 8 ( 31 Aug. 1430. 
 
 q C 1 Sept. 1430, 
 
 \ 31 Aug. 1431. 
 
 19 
 
 20 
 
 21 
 
 22 
 
 23 
 
 12 
 
 13 
 
 14 
 
 June 1395, 
 June 1396. 
 
 June 1396, 
 June 1397. 
 
 June 1397, 
 June 1398. 
 
 June 1398, 
 June 1399. 
 
 June 1399, 
 Sept. 1399. 
 
 ( 30 Sept, 1410, 
 (29 Sept. 1411. 
 
 C30Sept.l411, 
 (29 Sept. 1412. 
 
 I 
 
 30 Sept. 141 2, 
 20 Mar. 1413. 
 
 10 
 
 C 21 Mar. 1421, 
 ( 20 Mar. 1422. 
 
 C 21 Mar. 1422, 
 (31 Aug. 1422. 
 
 10 
 
 ( lSept.1431, 
 ( 31 Aug. 1432. 
 l C 1 Sept. 1432, 
 
 ! 
 
 12 
 
 31 Aug. 1433. 
 
 1 Sept. 1433, 
 
 31 Aug. 1434. 
 
APPENDIX. 
 
 491 
 
 Henry the Sixth — continued. 
 
 13 
 
 14 
 
 15 
 
 1(3 
 
 13 
 
 u 
 
 1 Sept. 1434, 
 31 Aug. 1435. 
 Sept. 1435, 
 Aug. 1436. 
 C 1 Sept. 1436, 
 (.31 Aug. 1437. 
 C 1 Sept. 1437, 
 (31 Aug. 1438. 
 17 ( 1 Sept. 1438, 
 11 (31 Aug. 1439. 
 Sept. 1439, 
 Aug. 1440. 
 
 19 
 
 is! 
 
 C 1 Sept, 1440, 
 131 
 
 20 
 
 21 
 
 22 
 
 23 
 
 24 
 
 C 1 Sept. 1441, 
 ( 31 Aug. 1442. 
 C 1 Sept. 1442, 
 ( 31 Aug. 1443. 
 Sept. 1443 
 Aug. 1444. 
 Sept. 1444 
 Aug. 1445 
 
 25 
 
 C 1 Sept. 1443, 
 (31 Aug. 1444. 
 ( 1 Sept. 1444, 
 (31 Aug. 1445. 
 C 1 Sept. 1445, 
 (31 Aug. 1446. 
 
 Sept. 1446, 
 Aug. 1447. 
 ( 1 Sept. 1447, 
 Aug. 1441. mv (31 
 
 Anno ab Inchoatione 
 regni nostri," 1 
 
 26 
 
 Aug. 1448. 
 
 C 1 Sept. 144 8, 
 (31 Aug. 1449. 
 C 1 Sept. 1449, 
 (31 Aug. 1450. 
 C 1 Sept. 1450, 
 (31 Aug. 1451. 
 ( 1 Sept. 1451, 
 (31 
 
 32 [ lSept.1453, 
 
 27 
 
 28 
 
 30 
 
 Aug. 1452. 
 Sept. 1452, 
 Aug. 1453. 
 
 - Sept. 
 1 4 Mar. 
 
 ET 
 
 ( 31 Aug. 1454. 
 oof 1 Sept. 1454, 
 06 I 31 Aug. 1455. 
 
 " Keadeptionis nostra 
 
 REGIjE POTESTATIS." 1 
 
 34 
 
 35 
 
 ( lSept. 
 (31 
 
 is! 
 
 Aug. 
 
 Sept. 
 Aug. 
 
 1455, 
 1456. 
 
 1456, 
 1457. 
 
 q7 C 1 Sept. 
 61 ( 31 Aug. 
 
 1457 
 II Aug. 1458! 
 
 1458, 
 1459. 
 
 38 
 
 Aug. 
 
 C lSept 
 (31 
 
 1459, 
 1460. 
 
 1460, 
 1461. 
 
 49 
 
 C 9 October 1470, ") 
 ( About April 1471. ) 
 
 Edward the Fourth. 
 
 it 
 
 4 Mar. 
 
 3 Mar. 
 
 4 Mar. 
 
 3 Mar. 
 
 4 Mar. 
 
 3 Mar. 
 
 4 Mar. 
 
 3 Mar. 
 
 4 Mar. 
 3 Mar. 
 
 Mar. 
 Mar. 
 
 1461, 
 1462. 
 1462, 
 1463. 
 1463, 
 1464. 
 1464, 
 1465. 
 1465, 
 1466. 
 1466, 
 1467. 
 
 10 
 
 is 
 
 [i 
 
 11 
 
 12 
 
 Mar. 
 Mar. 
 4 Mar. 
 
 3 Mar. 
 
 4 Mar. 
 
 3 Mar. 
 Mar. 
 Mar. 
 
 4 Mar. 
 
 3 Mar. 
 
 4 Mar. 
 3 Mar. 
 
 1467, 
 1468. 
 1468, 
 1469. 
 1469, 
 1470. 
 1470, 
 1471. 
 1471, 
 1472. 
 1472, 
 1473. 
 
 13 
 
 14 
 
 C 4 Mar. 
 ( 3 Mar. 
 C 4 Mar. 
 ( 3 Mar. 
 ,J4 Mar. 
 
 15 ( 3 Mar. 
 , a C 4 Mar. 
 
 16 [3 Mar. 
 , „ ( 4 Mar. 
 1 / ( 3 Mar. 
 , Q C 4 Mar. 
 18 3 Mar. 
 
 1473, 
 1474. 
 1474, 
 1475. 
 1475, 
 1476. 
 1476, 
 1477. 
 1477, 
 1478. 
 1478, 
 1479. 
 
 19 
 
 20 
 
 21 
 
 22 
 
 23 
 
 4 Mar. 
 
 3 Mar. 
 
 4 Mar. 
 
 3 Mar. 
 
 4 Mar. 
 
 3 Mar. 
 
 4 Mar. 
 
 3 Mar. 
 
 4 Mar. 
 9 Apr. 
 
 1479, 
 
 1480. 
 
 1480, 
 1481. 
 
 1481, 
 1482. 
 
 1482, 
 1483. 
 
 1483, 
 1483. 
 
 Edward the Eifth. 
 
 , C 9 April 1483. 
 1 / 25 June 1483. 
 
 1 On the 4th of March, 1461, Henry was deposed by Edward IV., and the last 
 instrument issued by him is dated on the 3rd of that month ; but in October, 1470, he 
 recovered possession of the Throne, and resumed the Regal title. The first instrument 
 issued in the name of Henry VI., after his restoration, is dated 9th October, 1470, the 
 teste to which, and to all other documents while Henry possessed the throne, is in these 
 words : — " Teste meipso, apud Westmonasterium, nono die Octobris, anno ab inchoatione 
 regni nostri quadragesimo nono, et readeptionis nostrse regiae potestatis anno primo." 
 The last instrument issued by Henrv VI. in the "Foedera" is dated on the 27th of March, 
 1171. 
 
492 
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 26 June 1483, 
 25 June 1484. 
 
 ElCHARD THE THIRD. 
 
 2 C 26 June 1484, | 
 
 25 June 1485. 
 
 Henry the Seventh. 
 
 (26 June 1485, 
 (22 Aug. 1485. 
 
 , ( 22 Aug. 
 1 ( 21 Aug. 
 
 o f 22 Aug. 
 * I 21 Aug. 
 
 3 ( 22 Aug 
 
 4 | 21 Aug. 
 
 5 < 22 Aug. 
 ( 21 Aug. 
 
 6 C22Aug. 
 
 6 ( 21 Aug. 
 
 21 Aug. 
 
 22 Aug. 
 
 1485, 
 1486. 
 
 1486, 
 1487. 
 
 1487, 
 1488. 
 
 1488, 
 1489. 
 
 1489, 
 1490. 
 
 1490, 
 1491. 
 
 10 
 
 11 
 
 12 
 
 (22 Aug. 
 ( 21 Aug. 
 
 ( 22 Aug. 
 ( 21 Aug. 
 
 ( 22 Aug. 
 ( 21 Aug. 
 
 (22 Aug. 
 (21 Aug. 
 
 ( 22 Aug. 
 ( 21 Aug. 
 
 ( 22 Aug. 
 1 21 Aug. 
 
 1491, 
 1492. 
 
 1492, 
 1493. 
 
 1493, 
 1494. 
 
 1494, 
 1495. 
 
 1495, 
 1496. 
 
 1496, 
 1497. 
 
 13 
 
 14 
 
 15 
 
 16 
 
 17 
 
 18 
 
 ("22 Aug. 
 (21 Aug. 
 
 22 Aug. 
 
 21 Aug. 
 
 22 Aug. 
 
 21 Aug. 
 
 22 Aug. 
 
 21 Aug. 
 
 22 Aug. 
 
 21 Aug. 
 
 22 Aug. 
 21 Aug. 
 
 1497, 
 1498. 
 
 1498, 
 1499. 
 
 1499, 
 1500. 
 
 1500, 
 1501. 
 
 1501, 
 1502. 
 
 1502, 
 1503. 
 
 19 
 
 20 
 
 21 
 
 22 
 
 23 
 
 24 
 
 8 
 
 C22 Apr. 1509J 
 ( 21 Apr. 
 
 ( 22 Apr. 
 ( 21 Apr. 
 
 ( 22 Apr. 
 ( 21 Apr. 
 
 C 22 Apr. 
 ( 21 Apr. 
 
 ( 22 Apr. 
 ( 21 Apr. 
 
 ( 22 Apr. 
 ( 21 Apr. 
 
 ( 22 Apr. 
 ( 21 Apr. 
 
 ( 22 Apr. 
 ( 21 Apr. 
 
 ( 22 Apr. 
 ( 21 Apr. 
 
 (22 Apr. 
 (21 Apr. 
 
 1510. 
 
 1510, 
 21 Apr. 1511. 
 
 1511, 
 1512. 
 
 1512, 
 1513. 
 
 1513, 
 1514. 
 
 1514, 
 1515. 
 
 1515, 
 1516. 
 
 1516, 
 21 Apr. 1517. 
 
 1517, 
 1518. 
 
 1518, 
 1519. 
 
 11 
 
 12 
 
 13 
 
 14 
 
 15 
 
 16 
 
 17 
 
 18 
 
 19 
 
 20 
 
 Henry the Eighth. 
 
 21 
 
 ( 22 Apr. 1519, 
 (21 Apr. 1520. 
 
 I 
 i 
 
 22 Apr. 1520, 
 
 21 Apr. 1521. 
 
 22 Apr. 1521, 
 21 Apr. 1522. 
 
 (22 Apr. 1522, 
 (21 Apr. 1523. 
 
 ( 22 Apr. 1523, 
 (21 Apr. 1524. 
 
 ( 22 Apr. 1524, 
 (21 Apr. 1525. 
 
 (22 Apr. 1525, 
 (21 Apr. 1526. 
 
 ( 22 Apr. 1526, 
 (21 Apr. 1527. 
 
 ( 22 Apr. 1527, 
 (21 Apr. 1528. 
 
 (22 Apr. 1528, 
 (21 Apr. 1529. 
 
 (22 Apr. 
 ( 21 Apr. 
 
 2a ( 22 Apr. 
 22 [21 Apr. 
 
 ( 22 Apr. 
 ( 21 Apr. 
 
 ( 22 Apr. 
 
 23 
 
 24 
 
 1529, 
 1530. 
 
 1530, 
 1531. 
 
 1531, 
 1532. 
 
 1532, 
 
 25 
 
 26 
 
 27 
 
 28 
 
 ( 22 Apr. 
 ( 21 Apr. 
 
 ( 22 Apr. 
 (21 Apr. 
 
 (22 Apr. 
 (21 Apr. 
 
 ( 22 Apr. 
 
 i 
 
 1533. 
 1533, 
 
 30 
 
 31 
 
 32 
 
 33 
 
 34 
 
 21 Apr. 
 
 1534, 
 1535. 
 
 1535, 
 1536. 
 
 1536, 
 1537. 
 
 9q ( 22 Apr. 1537, 
 s 21 Apr. 1538. 
 
 35 
 
 36 
 
 37 
 
 38 
 
 . ( 28 Jan. 1547, 
 1 ( 27 Jan. 1548. 
 
 9 ( 28 Jan. 1548, 
 1 I 27 Jan. 1549. 
 
 3 
 
 Edward the Sixth. 
 
 28 Jan. 1549, 
 
 27 Jan. 1550. 
 
 28 Jan. 1550, 
 27 Jan. 1551. 
 
 (28 Jan. 1551, 
 (27 Jan. 1552. 
 
 (28 
 (27 
 
 Jan. 1552, 
 Jan. 1553. 
 
 22 Aug. 
 
 21 Aug. 
 
 22 Aug. 
 
 21 Aug. 
 
 22 Aug. 
 
 21 Aug. 
 
 22 Aug. 
 
 21 Aug. 
 
 22 Aug. 
 
 21 Aug. 
 
 22 Aug. 
 21 Apr. 
 
 22 Apr. 
 
 21 Apr. 
 
 22 Apr. 
 
 21 Apr. 
 
 22 Apr. 
 
 21 Apr. 
 
 22 Apr. 
 
 21 Apr. 
 
 22 Apr. 
 
 21 Apr. 
 
 [ 22 Apr. 
 ( 21 Apr. 
 
 22 Apr. 
 
 21 Apr. 
 
 22 Apr. 
 
 21 Apr. 
 
 22 Apr. 
 28 Jan. 
 
 1503, 
 1504. 
 
 1504, 
 1505. 
 
 1505, 
 1506. 
 
 1506, 
 1507. 
 
 1507, 
 1508. 
 
 1508, 
 1509. 
 
 1538, 
 1539. 
 
 1539, 
 1540. 
 
 1540, 
 1541. 
 
 1541, 
 1542. 
 
 1542, 
 1543. 
 
 1543, 
 1544. 
 
 1544, 
 1545. 
 
 1545, 
 1546. 
 
 1546, 
 1547. 
 
 (28 Jan. 1553, 
 ( 6 July 1553. 
 
APPENDIX. 
 
 4,93 
 
 Mary. 1 
 
 ( 6 July 1553, 
 (5 July 1554. 
 
 ( 6 July 1554, 
 (24 July 1554. 
 
 Philip and Mary. 
 after her marriage with kino philip, 25 july, 1554. 
 
 1&2 
 2&3 
 
 C 25 July 1554, 
 (24 July 1555. 
 (25 July 1555, 
 (24 July 1556. 
 
 3&4 
 4& 
 
 C 25 July 1556, 
 
 (24 July 1557. 
 
 , (25 July 1557, 
 
 ° (24 July 1558. 
 
 5 St 6 
 
 25 July 1558, 
 17 Nov. 1558. 
 
 The days in each year between the 6th and 24th July (both included), after 
 the Queen's marriage, were, however, thus reckoned : — 
 
 10 
 
 11 
 
 12 
 
 1 & 3— July 6 to 24—1555. 
 
 2 & 4— July 6 to 24—1556. 
 
 3 & 5— July 6 to 24—1557. 
 
 4 & 6— July 6 to 24—1558. 
 
 (17 Nov. 1558, 
 (16 Nov. 1559. 
 
 (17 Nov. 1559, 
 (16 Nov. 1560. 
 
 (17 Nov. 1560, 
 (16 Nov. 1561. 
 
 (17 Nov. 1561, 
 (16 Nov. 1562. 
 
 (17 Nov. 1562, 
 (16 Nov. 1563. 
 
 (17 Nov. 1563, 
 (16 Nov. 1564. 
 
 (17 Nov. 1564, 
 (16 Nov. 1565. 
 
 (17 Nov. 1565, 
 (16 Nov. 1566. 
 
 (17 Nov. 1566, 
 (16 Nov. 1567. 
 
 (17 Nov. 1567, 
 (16 Nov. 1568. 
 
 (17 Nov. 1568, 
 (16 Nov. 1569. 
 (17 Nov. 1569, 
 (16 Nov. 1570. 
 
 13 
 
 14 
 
 15 
 
 10 
 
 17 
 
 18 
 
 19 
 
 20 
 
 21 
 
 22 
 
 23 
 
 17 Nov. 1570 
 16 Nov. J 571 
 
 Elizabeth. 
 
 17 Nov. 1571, 
 
 16 Nov. 1572. 
 
 17 Nov. 1572, 
 
 16 Nov. 1573. 
 
 17 Nov. 1573, 
 
 16 Nov. 1574. 
 
 17 Nov. 1574, 
 
 16 Nov. 1575. 
 
 17 Nov. 1575, 
 
 16 Nov. 1576. 
 
 17 Nov. 1576, 
 
 16 Nov. 1577. 
 
 17 Nov. 1577, 
 16 Nov. 1578. 
 
 3 7 Nov. 1578, 
 
 16 Nov. 1579. 
 
 17 Nov. 1579, 
 
 16 Nov. 1580. 
 
 17 Nov. 1580, 
 16 Nov. 1581. 
 
 25 
 
 26 
 
 27 
 
 28 
 
 29 
 
 30 
 
 3L 
 
 32 
 
 33 
 
 34 
 
 (17 
 
 [16 
 
 Nov. 1581, 
 Nov. 1582. 
 
 Nov. 1582, 
 Nov. 1583. 
 
 17 Nov. 1583, 
 
 16 Nov. 1584. 
 
 Nov. 1584, 
 Nov. 1585. 
 
 17 Nov. 1585, 
 16 Nov. 1586. 
 
 {V, 
 
 { 
 
 (17 Nov. 1586, 
 (16 Nov. 1587. 
 
 (17 
 
 (16 
 
 (17 
 116 
 
 (17 
 (16 
 
 (17 
 
 (16 
 
 (17 Nov. 1591, 
 (16 Nov. 1592. 
 
 Nov. 1587, 
 Nov. 1588. 
 
 Nov. 1588, 
 Nov. 1589. 
 
 Nov. 1589, 
 Nov. 1590. 
 
 Nov. 1590, 
 Nov. 1591. 
 
 (17 
 
 (16 
 
 (8 
 { 
 
 (17 
 116 
 (17 
 U6 
 
 til 
 
 (17 
 
 (16 
 (17 
 (16 
 
 ( 17 N 
 (16N 
 
 (17 
 
 (24 
 
 36 
 
 37 
 
 38 
 
 39 
 
 40 
 
 42 
 
 43 
 
 44 
 
 Nov. 1592, 
 Nov. 1593. 
 
 Nov. 1593, 
 Nov. 1594. 
 
 17 Nov. 1594, 
 16 Nov. 1595. 
 
 Nov. 1595, 
 Nov. 1596. 
 
 Nov. 1596, 
 Nov. 1597. 
 
 Nov. 1597, 
 Nov. 1598. 
 
 Nov. 1598, 
 Nov. 1599. 
 
 Nov. 1599, 
 Nov. 1600. 
 
 Nov. 1600, 
 Nov. 1601. 
 
 ov. 1601, 
 Nov. 1602. 
 
 Nov. 1602, 
 Mar. 1603. 
 
 Jane. 
 
 - 5 6 July 1553. 
 1 1 17 July 1553. 
 
494 
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 James the First. 
 
 •i 
 
 24 Mar. 
 
 23 Mar. 
 
 24 Mar. 
 
 23 Mar. 
 
 24 Mar. 
 
 23 Mar. 
 
 24 Mar. 
 
 23 Mar. 
 
 24 Mar. 
 
 23 Mar. 
 
 24 Mar. 
 23 Mar. 
 
 f 27 Mar. 
 ( 26 Mar. 
 ( 27 Mar. 
 [26 Mar. 
 ( 27 Mar. 
 ( 26 Mar. 
 ( 27 Mar. 
 (26 Mar. 
 ( 27 Mar. 
 ( 26 Mar. 
 ( 27 Mar. 
 I 26 Mar. 
 
 30 Jan. 
 
 29 Jan. 
 
 30 Jan. 
 
 29 Jan. 
 
 30 Jan. 
 
 29 Jan. 
 
 30 Jan. 
 29 Jan. 
 
 1603, 
 1604. 
 1604, 
 1605. 
 1605, 
 1606. 
 1606, 
 1607. 
 1607, 
 1608. 
 1608, 
 1609. 
 
 1625, 
 1626. 
 1626, 
 1627. 
 1627, 
 1628. 
 1628, 
 1629. 
 1629, 
 1630. 
 1630, 
 1631. 
 
 10 
 
 11 
 
 12 
 
 C 24 Mar. 1609, 
 (23 Mar. 1610. 
 ( 24 Mar. 1610, 
 (23 Mar. 1611. 
 (24 Mar. 1611, 
 ( 23 Mar. 1612. 
 (24 Mar. 1612, 
 (23 Mar. 1613. 
 ( 24 Mar. 1613, 
 ( 23 Mar. 1614. 
 ( 24 Mar. 1614, 
 (23 Mar. 1615. 
 
 13 
 
 ( 24 Mar. 
 
 ( 23 Mar. 
 , . ( 24 Mar. 
 i4) ( 23 Mar. 
 . - ( 24 Mar. 
 15 ( 23 Mar. 
 , ft ( 24 Mar. 
 Jb (23Mar. 
 -. 7 C 24 Mar. 
 U (23 Mar. 
 24 Mar. 
 23 Mar. 
 
 18 
 
 Charles the First. 
 
 10 
 
 11 
 
 12 
 
 (27 
 (26 
 
 (27 
 (26 
 
 (27 
 (26 
 
 (27 
 (26 
 
 C27 
 
 (26 
 (27 
 1 26 
 
 Mar. 1631, 
 Mar. 1632. 
 Mar. 1632, 
 Mar. 1633. 
 Mar. 1633, 
 Mar. 1634. 
 Mar. 1634, 
 Mar. 1635. 
 Mar. 1635, 
 Mar. 1636. 
 Mar. 1636, 
 Mar. 1637. 
 
 27 Mar. 
 
 26 Mar. 
 
 27 Mar. 
 
 26 Mar. 
 
 27 Mar. 
 
 26 Mar. 
 
 27 Mar. 
 
 26 Mar. 
 
 27 Mar. 
 
 26 Mar. 
 
 27 Mar. 
 26 Mar. 
 
 1615, 
 1616. 
 1616, 
 1617. 
 1617, 
 1618. 
 1618, 
 1619. 
 1619, 
 1620. 
 1620, 
 1621. 
 
 1637, 
 1638. 
 1638, 
 1639. 
 1639, 
 1640. 
 1640, 
 1641. 
 1641, 
 1642. 
 1642, 
 1643. 
 
 19 
 
 20 
 
 21 
 
 22 
 
 23 
 
 19 
 
 20 
 
 21 
 
 22 
 
 23 
 
 ( 24 Mar. 
 (23 Mar. 
 
 ( 24 Mar. 
 ( 23 Mar. 
 
 ( 24 Mar. 
 ( 23 Mar. 
 
 ( 24 Mar. 
 ( 23 Mar. 
 
 ( 24 Mar. 
 ( 27 Mar. 
 
 27 Mar. 
 
 26 Mar. 
 
 27 Mar. 
 
 26 Mar. 
 
 27 Mar. 
 
 26 Mar. 
 
 27 Mar. 
 
 26 Mar. 
 
 27 Mar. 
 
 26 Mar. 
 
 27 Mar. 
 30 Jan. 
 
 1621, 
 1622. 
 
 1622, 
 1623. 
 
 1623, 
 1624. 
 
 1624, 
 1625. 
 
 1625, 
 1625. 
 
 1643, 
 1644. 
 1644, 
 1645. 
 1645, 
 1646. 
 1646, 
 1647. 
 1647, 
 1648. 
 1648, 
 1649. 
 
 Charles the Second. 1 
 
 16490 
 1650. 
 
 1650, 
 1651. 
 
 1651, 
 1652. 
 
 1652, 
 1653J 
 
 30 Jan. 1653,1 
 
 29 Jan. 1654. 
 
 30 Jan. 1654, 
 
 29 Jan. 1655. 
 
 30 Jan. 1655, 
 
 29 Jan. 1656. 
 
 30 Jan. 1656, 
 29 Jan. 1657.J 
 
 < 
 
 o 
 
 n 
 
 n 
 
 o 
 
 Q 
 
 (30 Jan. 1657, 
 (29 Jan. 1658. 
 (30 Jan. 1658, 
 (29 Jan. 1659. 
 (30 Jan. 1659, 
 (29 Jan. 1660. 
 (30 Jan. 1660, 
 12] 29 May 1660, 
 t29 Jan. 1661. J 
 
 10 
 
 11 
 
 1 Although Charles II. did not become King, de facto, until the 29th of May, 1660, his 
 regnal years were computed from the death of his father, 30th of January, 1648-9, so that 
 ihe year of his restoration is called the twelfth of his reign. 
 
 During the Commonwealth, from the 30th of January, 1649, to the 29th of May, 1660, 
 no other date was used in public instruments than the year of our Lord, the month, and 
 the day of the month. It may be useful to observe, that Oliver Ceomwell assumed the 
 title of "The Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland, and Ireland," 
 on the 16th of December, 1653, with the style of " His Highness." He died at Whitehall, 
 on Friday, the 13 [ h of September, 1658 ; and his son, Kichard Cromwell, was proclaimed 
 Protector the next day, the jjjjj of September, and resigned the office in May, 1659. 
 
APPENDIX. 
 
 4195 
 
 Charles the Second — continued. 
 
 13 1 
 
 14 ( 
 
 ■•I 
 
 "I 
 
 ,j 
 
 1661, 
 1662. 
 1662, 
 1663. 
 1663, 
 1664. 
 
 30 Jan 
 
 29 Jan 
 
 30 Jan 
 
 29 Jan 
 
 30 Jan 
 
 29 Jan 
 
 30 Jan. 1664, 
 
 29 Jan. 1665. 
 
 30 Jan. 1665, 
 
 29 Jan. 1666. 
 
 30 Jan. 1666, 
 
 29 Jan. 1667. 
 
 30 Jan. 1667, 
 29 Jan. 1668. 
 
 6 Feb. 1685, 
 5 Feb. 1686. 
 
 13 Feb. 1689, 
 
 12 Feb. 1690. 
 
 13 Feb 
 
 12 Feb 
 
 13 Feb 
 
 12 Feb 
 
 13 Feb 
 
 20 
 
 21 
 
 22 
 
 23 
 
 24 
 
 25 
 
 (30 Jan. 1668, 
 (29 Jan. 1669. 
 
 30 Jan. 1669, 
 
 29 Jan. 1670. 
 
 30 Jan. 1670, 
 
 29 Jan. 1671. 
 
 30 Jan. 1671, 
 
 29 Jan. 1672. 
 
 30 Jan. 1672, 
 
 29 Jan. 1673. 
 
 30 Jan. 6773, 
 29 Jan. 1674. 
 
 1690, 
 1691. 
 1691, 
 1692. 
 1692, 
 12 Feb. 1693. 
 
 C8 Mar. 1702, 
 ( 7 Mar. 1703. 
 C 8 Mar. 1703, 
 (7 Mar. 1704. 
 C8Mar. 1704, 
 (7 Mar. 1705. 
 
 2 f 1 Aug. 1715, 
 '(31 July 1716. 
 „C 1 Aug. 1716, 
 
 .( 1 Aug. 1717, 
 * (31 July 1718, 
 
 1 Aug. 1714, 
 31 July 1715. 
 
 1 Aug. 1715, 
 31 July 1716. 
 
 1 Aug. 1716, 
 31 July 1717. 
 
 26 
 
 27 
 
 28 
 
 29 
 
 30 
 
 31 
 
 30 Jan. 
 
 29 Jan. 
 
 30 Jan. 
 
 29 Jan. 
 
 30 Jan. 
 
 29 Jan. 
 
 30 Jan. 
 
 29 Jan. 
 
 30 Jan. 
 
 29 Jan. 
 
 30 Jan. 
 29 Jan. 
 
 James the Second. 
 6 Feb. 1686,| „ C 6 Feb. 
 5 Feb. 1687.| 6 ( 5 Feb. 
 
 William and Mary. 
 
 13 Feb. 1693, 
 12 Feb. 1694. 
 
 Feb. 1694, 
 
 Dec. 1694. 
 
 1674, 
 1675. 
 
 1675, 
 1676. 
 
 1676, 
 1677. 
 
 1677, 
 
 1678. 
 
 1678, 
 1679. 
 
 1679, 
 1680. 
 
 1687,1 
 1688. 
 
 32 
 
 33 
 
 30 Jan. 
 
 29 Jan. 
 
 30 Jan. 
 29 Jan. 
 
 ^ C 30 Jan. 
 * ( 29 Jan. 
 
 35 
 
 U 
 
 37 
 
 SO Jan. 
 
 29 Jan. 
 
 30 Jan. 
 
 29 Jan. 
 
 30 Jan. 
 &Feb. 
 
 CIS 
 (27 
 
 William III. 
 
 . C 28 Dec. 1694, 
 r (27 Dec. 1695. 
 
 10 
 
 11 
 
 C 28 Dec. 
 (27 Dec. 
 C 28 Dec. 
 (27 Dec. 
 ( 28 Dec. 
 ( 27 Dec. 
 C 28 Dec. 
 ( 27 Dec. 
 
 {! 
 
 Anne. 
 Mar. 1706, 
 Mar. 1707. 
 
 8 Mar. 1707, 
 7 Mar. 1708. 
 
 8 Mar. 1705, 7 
 7 Mar. 1706. | 
 
 l! 
 
 8 Mar. 1708, 
 Mar. 1709. 
 
 C 8 Mar. 
 ( 7 Mar. 
 
 10 
 
 i 
 
 1! 
 
 8 Mar. 
 7 Mar. 
 
 Mar. 
 Mar. 
 
 1695, 
 1696. 
 1696, 
 1697. 
 1697, 
 1698. 
 1698, 
 1699. 
 
 1709, 
 1710. 
 
 1710, 
 1711. 
 
 1711, 
 1712. 
 
 George the First. 
 
 C 1 Aug. 1718 
 [31 
 
 July 1719. 
 
 Aug. 1719 
 July 1720 
 
 Aug. 1720 
 July 1721 
 
 C 1 Aug. 1719, 
 I SI 
 
 ( 1 Aug. 1720 
 131 
 
 1 Aug. 1721, 
 31 July 1722. 
 
 10 
 
 ! 
 
 C 1 Aug. 1722, 
 (31 July 1723. 
 
 C 1 Aug. 1723, 
 (31 July 1724. 
 
 [.; 
 
 Feb. 
 Dec. 
 
 12 
 
 13 
 
 14 
 
 C 28 Dec. 
 ( 27 Dec. 
 
 28 Dec. 
 
 27 Dec. 
 
 28 Dec. 
 8 Mar. 
 
 
 Mar. 
 Mar. 
 
 8 Mar. 
 7 Mar. 
 
 Mar. 
 Aug. 
 
 1680, 
 1681. 
 
 1681, 
 1682. 
 
 1682, 
 1683. 
 
 1683, 
 
 1684. 
 
 1684, 
 1685. 
 
 1685, 
 1685. 
 
 168&, 
 1688. 
 
 1699, 
 170O. 
 
 1700, 
 1701. 
 
 1701, 
 1702. 
 
 1712, 
 1713. 
 
 1713, 
 1714. 
 
 1714, 
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 u f 1 Aug. 1724, 
 11 (31 July 1725. 
 
 12 C 1 Aug. 1725, 
 19 ( 31 July 1726. 
 
 „C 1 Aug. 1726, 
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APPENDIX. 
 
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498 
 
 APPENDIX V. 
 
 A BRIEF GLOSSARY OF DATES AND TERMS MOST COMMONLY 
 MET WITH IN ANCIENT RECORDS.* 
 
 ANIMARUM DIES. All Souls' Day, the 2nd of November. 
 Ascensa Domini, now called "Ascensio," Ascension Day. Holy Thurs- 
 day; the Thursday in Rogation week. 
 Ascensio B. M. V. The Feast of the Assumption ; the 15 th of August. 
 Ash Wednesday. The first day in Lent. 
 
 Brancheria. Palm Sunday; called also "Palmse," or "Palmarum dies.'* 
 The sixth Sunday in Lent ; the Sixth Sunday after Shrove Tuesday. 
 
 Calends. — See Kalenda. 
 
 Caput Jejunii. Ash Wednesday. 
 
 Caresme. Lent. 
 
 Dimanche de demi. Mid-Lent Sunday. 
 
 Nouvel. Quinquagesima Sunday. 
 
 Carnivora. The Tuesday before Ash Wednesday. 
 
 Clausum Pascha. The close of Easter. The Sunday after Easter, or the. 
 
 Quasimodo. 
 
 Pentecostes. Trinity Sunday. 
 
 Ccena Domini. The Thursday before Good Friday ; called also " Maundy 
 
 Thursday" and " Shere Thursday." 
 Commemoratio omnium Fidelium. The commemoration of All Souls ; in the 
 
 Latin Church, the 2nd of November. 
 Conceptio B. Maria. The conception of the Blessed Virgin; the 8th of 
 
 December. 
 
 Depositio. The day of the death of a saint, not a martyr. 
 
 Dies Absolution!*. Maundy Thursday ; the day before Good Friday. 
 
 1 Fuller lists will be found in Nicolas's " Chronology of History" in Waillv's 
 "Elements de Paleographie" and in the Benedictine's great work, " I! Art de Verifier 
 les Dates." 
 
APPENDIX. 499 
 
 Dies Adoratus. Good Friday. 
 
 Animarum. All Souls' Day, the 2nd of November. 
 
 Cinerum. Ash Wednesday. 
 
 Dominions. The Day of our Lord. Easter Day. " Dies Dominicu9," 
 
 and " Dies Dominica," also signify " Sunday." 
 
 Florum atque Ramorum. Palm Sunday. 
 
 Magnus. Easter Day. 
 
 Natalis. The anniversary of the martyrdom or of the death of a saint, 
 
 of the accession of a prince, a pope, a bishop, &c. 
 
 Osanne, 
 
 Palmarum, > 
 
 Ramorum, J 
 
 Palm Sunday, or the sixth Sunday in Lent. 
 
 Dimanclie des Bures. The first Sunday in Lent. 
 
 des Fontaines. The fourth Sunday in Lent. 
 
 du demi Caresme. Mid-Lent Sunday. 
 
 du Mois de Pdque. Quasimodo Sunday. 
 
 repus y or reprus. Passion Sunday. 
 
 Dominica ad carnes levandas, or tollendas. Quinquagesima Sunday. 
 
 ad P almas. Palm Sunday. 
 
 ante Brandones. Quinquagesima Sunday. 
 
 ante Candelas. The Sunday before Candlemas. 
 
 ante Litanias. The fifth Sunday after Easter. 
 
 Benedicta. Trinity Sunday. The first after Pentecost. 
 
 de Fontanis. The fourth Sunday of Lent. 
 
 Indulgentia. Palm Sunday ; called also " In Palmis," or " Do- 
 minica in Kamis Palmarum." 
 
 in Passione Domini. Passion Sunday ; the fifth Sunday in Lent. 
 
 Olivarum. Palm Sunday. 
 
 post Albas. "Whit Sunday ; the first Sunday after Easter. 
 
 post Ascensum Domini. The Sunday in the octave of the Ascension. 
 
 ante Natale Domini. The Sundays of Advent. 
 
 Quadragesima. The first Sunday in Lent. 
 
 Quintana. The first Sunday in Lent. 
 
 Quadraginta. Quinquagesima Sunday. 
 
 in Passione Domini. Passion Sunday. The fifth Sunday in Lent. 
 
 Resurrectio does not always signify the Sunday after the Eesurrec- 
 
 tion, but is sometimes used for every Sunday in the year. 
 
 Rogationum. Eogation Sunday. The fifth Sunday after Easter. 
 
 Sancta, or Sancta in Pasclia. Easter Sunday. 
 
 Sancta Trinitatis. Trinity Sunday. 
 
 de Transfiguratione. The second Sunday of Lent. 
 
 Comce Domini. The second Sunday after Easter. 
 
500 APPENDIX. 
 
 Epipliania Domini. The 6th. of January. 
 
 Exaltatio Sanctce Cruris. The 14th of September. 
 
 Expectatio B. Maria. The feast of the Expectation of the Childbed of the 
 
 Blessed Mary. In some Churches the 16th, in others the 18th oi 
 
 December. 
 
 Feria prima. Sunday. 
 — — secunda. Monday, 
 
 tertia. Tuesday, &c, to " Feria septima" Saturday. 
 
 secunda major, or magna. Holy Monday. Monday in Passion week. 
 
 tertia major. Holy Tuesday, &c, to " Feria septima major" Saturday 
 
 in Passion week. 
 Festum Animarum. All Souls' Day, the 2nd of November. 
 Apostolorum. The feast of all the Apostles. In the Latin Churcl 
 
 it was celebrated on the 1st of May. 
 
 Candelarum. Candlemas. The 2nd of February. 
 
 Olivarum. Palm Sunday. 
 
 Omnium Sanctorum. All Saints' Day; the 1st of November. 
 
 Falmarum. Palm Sunday. 
 
 Ilebdomada Authentica. . 
 
 „ . \ Holv week. 
 Cruets. 
 
 }Holy 
 
 Expectations. The week after Ascension, in which the descent i 
 
 the Holy Ghost is commemorated. 
 
 Indulgent^, j The Ho , ^^ 
 
 Magna. ) " 
 
 Sacra. The week before Easter, and also that which precedes 
 
 Pentecost. 
 
 Trinitatis. The week after Trinity Sunday. 
 
 Iluitieve. Octave. 
 
 Idus. The Ides were eight days in each month. In March, May, July, and 
 October, the Ides commence on the 15th, and in all other months on 
 the 13th day. 
 
 Inventio Sanctce Cruris. In the Latin Churches, the 3rd of May. 
 
 Jejunii (Caput). Ash Wednesday. 
 Jeudi, le grand. ~\ 
 
 7 j r Maundy Thursday ; the day before Good Friday. 
 
 le blanc. J 
 
 Jour des Morts. All Souls' Day. 
 
 de pain perdu. Shrove Tuesday. 
 
 des Roys. The Epiphany. 
 
 du Saint Sacrament. Corpus Christi day. 
 
APPENDIX. 501 
 
 Jour des quatre temps. The Ember days. 
 
 de Roneysouns y or Roissons. Eogation days. 
 
 Jours, les trois de Unebres. The three days next before Easter day. 
 
 Nataux. The chief feasts of the year — Christmas, Easter, Pentecost, 
 
 and All Saints. 
 
 Kalenda ; Dies Calendarum, or Kalendarum. The day of the Calends. TI113 
 is commonly the first day of the month, and sometimes the first day of 
 the month preceding, on which day the Calends of the month following 
 began to be reckoned. 
 
 Zundi, le grand Lundi. The Great Monday, or Holy Monday. Monday in 
 Passion week. 
 
 Mardi, le grand Mardi. Holy Tuesday. Tuesday in Passion week. 
 
 Mense. That day four weeks. 
 
 Mensis intrans, introiens. The first six days of the months of thirty-one 
 days, and the first five days of the months of thirty days ; thus, " Die 
 xiv intrante Maio," would be the 14th of May. 
 
 Mensis exiens, astans, stans, restans. The last five days of a month, reckoned 
 in retrograde order ; thus, "Actum tertia die exeunte mense Septem- 
 bris," would be the 28th of that month; but "Tertia die exeunte 
 Octobris," would be the 29th, as that month contains thirty-one days. 
 
 foenalis. Hay month ; July. 
 
 imhrium. Showery month ; April. 
 
 magnus. The great month ; i. e. } June. 
 
 messionum. Harvest month ; August. 
 
 novarum, or imhrium. April. 
 
 Paschce. The month of Easter. 
 
 purgatorius. February. 
 
 Mercoris Dies. Wednesday. 
 
 Mercredi, le grand. Holy "Wednesday. Wednesday in Passion week. 
 
 Missa. The feast day of a saint ; as, " Missa Sancti Johannis," for " Festum 
 Sancti Johannis." 
 
 Natale, or Nativitas Domini. The birth of our Lord; the 25th of December. 
 S. Maria. The most ancient of all the feasts of the Virgin, formerly 
 
 celebrated on the 1st of January. 
 S. Petri in Cathedra. The Chair of St. Peter, celebrated on the 18th 
 
 of January. 
 Natalis, or Natalis Dies. The day of the martyrdom or of the death 
 
 of a saint ; but more particularly the former. 
 Natales. The chief feasts of the year — Christmas, Easter, Pentecost, and 
 Ml Saints. 
 
502 APPENDIX. 
 
 Natalis. The anniversary of the day of the accession of a distinguished 
 
 person to his dignity, as the day when the Pope or King ascended the 
 
 throne. 
 S. Johannis Baptida>. The feast of the Decollation of St. John the 
 
 Baptist, the 29th of August. 
 Nonas. The Nones are the fifth day of each month, except in March, May, 
 
 July, and October, when the Nones fall on the seventh day. 
 Nouvel Caresme. Quinquagesima Sunday. 
 
 Octava. The octave or utas of each feast, sometimes called " the utas day," 
 is always the seventh day after it occurs ; or the eighth day, if the day of 
 the festival be included. Festivals which have Octaves are supposed to 
 be commemorations "per octo dies." " In the Octaves," means within 
 the seven days next following the day of any feast. 
 
 Octave du Grand Careme. Probably Easter week. 
 
 O&anna. Palm Sunday. 
 
 Palmes, or Dies Palmarum. Palm Sunday. 
 Pdque communiant. "| 
 
 escommunichant. > Easter Sunday. 
 
 communiaux. J 
 
 charneux. Easter day. 
 
 de Noel. Christmas day. 
 
 Pascha. Commonly Easter day, and sometimes Easter week ; as, " Paschalis 
 dies." In some countries the term is occasionally applied to other 
 feasts than Easter ; as, "Pascha Pentecostes," "Pascha Epiphauiae," &c. 
 
 clausum. The close of Easter. The Sunday of the octave. 
 
 Competentium. ~) 
 
 Florum,Floridum. > Palm Sunday. 
 
 • Petitum. J 
 
 Rosarum. Pentecost. 
 
 Pausatio S. Maria. The Assumption of our Lady; the 25th of August. 
 
 Pentecoste. This term sometimes, and chiefly in the Greek Church, signifies 
 all the Paschal season, from Easter until Pentecost. 
 
 Prasentatio Domini. The Presentation of our Lord at the Temple ; the 2nd 
 of February. 
 
 Purificatio B.V.M. The Feast of the Purification ; the 2nd of February. 
 
 Quadragesima, Lent. This term, taken literally, signifies the forty fast days 
 which precede Easter, sometimes termed " Quadragesima mnjor," the 
 Great Lent. 
 
 intrans; Quaresmentrant. The commencement of Lent. It 
 
 also means the first Sunday in Lent. 
 
APPENDIX. 503 
 
 Qidndana; Quindena; Quinquenna ; Quindena Pascha. The Quinzaine of 
 Easter. In England, the fourteenth day after Easter, but elsewhere the 
 eight days preceding and the eight days following Easter day. 
 
 Quinquagesima. Commonly Quinquagesima Sunday; and sometimes the 
 Easter season ; sometimes the day of Pentecost itself. 
 
 Quinque. That day five weeks. 
 
 Quintana ; the Quintaine. The first Sunday of Lent. 
 
 Ramispalma. Palm Sunday. 
 
 Le Hoi des Dimanches. Trinity Sunday. 
 
 Septuagesima. The ninth Sunday before Easter. 
 
 Surveille. The day before the eve of a festival. 
 
 Susceptio Sanctce Cruris. The Susception of the Holy Cross. 
 
 Transfgurationis Dominica. The second Sunday of Lent. 
 
 Festum. The Transfiguration of our Lord; the 6tb oi 
 
 August. 
 
 Tret, Tret Septimanee, or Trois Semaines. That day three weeks. Sometimes 
 documents are dated from a day after the three weeks of Easter, which 
 is the { st of such days as happens after the expiration of that period. 
 
 Vendredi, Saint. Good Eriday. 
 
 Verdi-aore, for Vendredi-adore. Good Friday. 
 
 Vigilia. The Vigil or Eve of a Feast, is the day before it occurs. If the 
 
 Feast dast day falls upon a Monday, then the Vigil or Eve is kept upon 
 
 the Saturday preceding. 
 Virginis partus. The parturition of the Virgin. 
 
504. 
 
 APPENDIX VL 
 
 A BRIEF CALENDAR OF SAINTS' AND OTHER FESTIVALS, 
 MOST COMMONLY MET WITH IN ANCIENT RECORDS, 
 SHOWING THE DAIS ON WHICH THEY OCCUR.* 
 
 Where the date only occurs after the name, it implies the day on which such saint 
 is commemorated, or, as it is called, " the Saint's Day." If the festival of a saint be 
 not particularly specified, the date of his death, or, as it is termed, " deposition," or of 
 his martyrdom, is stated. In many cases a saint is commemorated on different days by 
 different Churches ; and, where the variation has been ascertained, it is noticed by the 
 initials of B., i. e. } the Roman Church; L., by the Latins; P., the Church of Paris; 
 and Gh, the Qreeh Church. 
 
 Advent Sunday, the nearest to the feast of St. Andrew, 
 whether before or after. 
 
 Agatha, virgin and martyr Feb. 5. 
 
 Agnes, virgin and martyr Jan. 21. 
 
 Alban, protomartyr of Britain June 22. 
 
 translation of Aug. 2. 
 
 deposition of May 16. 
 
 All Hallows, or All Saints' Day Nov. 1. 
 
 All Souls' Day Nov. 2. 
 
 Andrew the Apostle Nov. 30. 
 
 translation of May 9. 
 
 Anne, mother of the Holy Virgin j u ^ ' 
 
 Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin March 25. 
 
 Anselm, archbishop of Canterbury and confessor .... April 21. 
 
 Anthony, abbot and confessor Jan. 17. 
 
 martyr May 11. 
 
 1 Fuller lists will be found in Nicolas's " Chronology of History," in Wailly's 
 11 Elements de Paleographies and in the "IS Art de Verifier les Bates." 
 
 2 As another feast occurred on that day, the feast of St. Anne was celebrated at 
 Paris, Beauvais, and in other places, on the 28th of July. 
 
APPENDIX. 505 
 
 Ascension Day, or Holy Thursday, i3 the Thursday in Koga- 
 
 tion week. 
 Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Aug. 15. 
 
 ("May 2. 
 Athanasius, bishop and patriarch of Alexandria . . . A Jan. 18, G. 
 
 l^June 9, G. 
 Augustin, apostle of England, archbishop of Canterbury . . May 26. 
 
 ■ conversion of May 5. 
 
 > translation of Sept. 6, or 13. 
 
 Barnabas, the apostle * . . . June 11. 
 
 {Aug. 24, L. 
 June 11, G. 
 Aug. 25, K. 
 Becket, Thomas a, translation of July 7. 
 
 Benedict, or Benoit . . . . j w ',„'«' 
 
 ' (.Mar. 12, G. 
 
 {May 14, 11, 
 or May 8. 
 May 26, P. 
 Botolph, abbot and confessor June 17. 
 
 Calixtus, pope and martyr Oct. 14. 
 
 Candidus, martyr • Oct. 3. 
 
 Candlemas Day Feb. 2. 
 
 Cecilia, virgin and martyr Nov. 22. 
 
 Circumcision of our Lord Jan. 1. 
 
 Commemoratio Animarum Nov. 2. 
 
 Conception of the Blessed Virgin Dec. 8. 
 
 Conversion of St. Paul Jan. 25. 
 
 Corpus Christi, or Body of Christ, celebrated on the Thursday 
 
 after Trinity Sunday. 
 
 n , . . C June 27, B. 
 
 Crescens, bishop lDec.29,P. 
 
 Crispin and Crispinian, martyrs Oct. 25. 
 
 Cross, the Holy, Invention of May 3. 
 
 Exaltation of Sept. 14. 
 
 Cuthbert, bishop of Lindisfarn, and confessor, deposition of Mar. 20. 
 
 translation of Sept. 4. 
 
 Deductio Christi in ^Egyptum Jan. 9. 
 
 Demetrius, martyr '{o£'!«,0. 
 
 Desiderius, martyr May 23. 
 
506 APPENDIX, 
 
 Deusdedit, bishop and confessor . . June 30. 
 
 Donatus, bishop and martyr Aug. 7. 
 
 Dorothy, virgin March 28 
 
 Dunstan, archbishop of Canterbury, deposition of ... . May 19. 
 
 translation of Sept. 7. 
 
 Easter Day is the seventh Sunday after Shrove Tuesday, and 
 is always the first Sunday after the first full moon which 
 happens on, or next after, March 21. 
 
 Edward, king and confessor, deposition of Jan. 5. 
 
 translation of Oct.. 13. 
 
 fMar. 18, R. 
 
 king and martyr < Mar. 19, P. 
 
 LMar. 16. 
 
 first translation Feb. 18. 
 
 second translation June 20. 
 
 Eleven thousand virgins Oct. 21. 
 
 Eligius, bishop and confessor Dec. 1. 
 
 Elphege, bishop and martyr . . . Dec. 28. 
 
 Ember Days are the Wednesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays after 
 
 the first Sunday in Lent ; after the feast of Pentecost ; 
 after Holv Pood Day, or the feast of the Exaltation of 
 the Holy Cross, viz., September 14 ; and after St. Lucia's 
 day, viz., December 13 ; but if the 14th of September 
 and the 13th of December fall on a Wednesday, the 
 Ember Days commence on the Wednesday following. 
 
 Epiphany, or Twelfth Day Jan. 6. 
 
 Erasmus, confessor June 3. 
 
 Eufemia, virgin April 13. 
 
 Euphemia, virgin April 7. 
 
 {Sept. 16, L. 
 July 11, and 
 Sept. 16, G. 
 
 Exaltation of the Holy Cross Sept. 14. 
 
 Expectation Week. The week after Ascension Day. 
 
 Faith, virgin and martyr Oct. 6. 
 
 Eelicissimus, martyr Aug. 6. 
 
 Eelix and Januarius Jan. 7. 
 
 Flight of Christ into Egypt Jan. 9. 
 
 m f Mar. 26, and 
 
 Gabriel, the Archangel < j , -, o q 
 
 Genevieve, Genevefa, virgin of Paris Jan. 3. 
 
 George, St., martyr April 23. 
 
APPENDIX. SO] 
 
 Gerraanus, bishop and confessor July 31. 
 
 Gertrude, virgin March 17. 
 
 Giles, iEgidius, abbot Sept. 1. 
 
 Hallowmas, or Hallows, or All Hallows, or Hallontide, or 
 
 All Saints' Day Nov. 1. 
 
 Hilary, bishop, Jan. 13 or 14. In ancient charters, Oct. 1 ; 
 
 and in those of the sixth century, June 26. 
 
 Hilda, virgin and abbess, translation of Dec. 15. 
 
 Hippolitus, martyr Aug. 13. 
 
 Hock Tide, an annual festival, which commenced on the 
 
 fifteenth day after Easter Day. Hock Day is the second 
 
 Tuesday after Easter. 
 
 Holy Cross, Invention of the May &. 
 
 Exaltation of the Sept. 14. 
 
 Holy Rood Day, or the day of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross Sept. 14. 
 Holy Thursday, Ascension Day, vide Ascension ; but abroad 
 
 Holy Thursday is Maundy Thursday. 
 Holy Week. The week before Easter Day. 
 
 Honoratus May 16. 
 
 Honorius, archbishop and confessor Sept. 30. 
 
 Hypolitus, martyr Aug. 13. 
 
 Ignatius, bishop and martyr Jan. 31. 
 
 Incarnation of our Lord March 25. 
 
 Innocents' Day, or feast of the Holy Innocents Dec. 28. 
 
 Invention of the Holy Cross May 3. 
 
 Isidore, confessor April 16. 
 
 martyr May 15. 
 
 c Jul y 35 > L - 
 
 James the Greater, apostle and martyr / A MO C 
 
 translation of Dec. 30. 
 
 James and Philip, apostles ) Of 2S r 
 
 Januarius and "Felix Jan. 7. 
 
 Jesus, Feast or the Name op Aug. 7. 
 
 John the Apostle and Evangelist Dec. 27. 
 
 the Baptist, Nativity of June 24. 
 
 Conception of . Sept. 24. 
 
 Sanctification of July 2. 
 
 Decollation op Aug. 29. 
 
 'Dec. 27, L. 
 
 the Evangelist 
 
 May 8. 
 July 10, and 
 LSept. 26, G. 
 
508 APPENDIX. 
 
 John " ante Portam Latinam" ........ May 6. 
 
 Joseph, husband of the Virgin Mary j . a1 ' ' p 
 
 f Oct. 28, L. 
 Judb and St. Simon, apostles < June 19, G. 
 
 L andE. 
 
 Lady, Our, vide Mary. 
 
 Lammas Day Aug. 1. 
 
 Low Sunday, the Sunday next after Easter Day. 
 
 t -d C Oct. 18, L. 
 
 Luke the Evangelist i . .. ' _ 
 
 ( April 22, G. 
 
 Marcellus and Apuleius Oct. 7. 
 
 and Valerian Sept. 4. 
 
 Margaret, virgin and martyr July 20. 
 
 Mark the Evangelist April 25. 
 
 Martha, virgin July 27 or 29. 
 
 Mary, the Virgin, "Natale" of Jan. 1. 
 
 Conception of Dec. 8. 
 
 Nativity of Sept. 8. 
 
 Presentation of ....... . Nov. 21. 
 
 Mar.Zo. — In 
 
 Spain and at 
 Milan, Dec. 
 L 18. 
 
 Visitation of July 2. 
 
 Purification of . Feb, 2. 
 
 Annunciation of 
 
 Assumption or death of; called also the ") . 
 
 " Deposition," " Sonimeil," "llcpos," and "Passage" of ) Ug * ' 
 
 {Apr. 2 or 9,11. 
 April 29, P. 
 April 1, G. 
 Magdalen July 22. 
 
 Mathias the Apostle Peb. 24. 1 
 
 CSept. 21, L. 
 
 Matthew, the Apostle and Evangelist *s Aug. 9, G. 
 
 L & Bussiana, 
 Maundy, or Shere Thursday, the day before Good Friday. 
 
 Michael the Archangel Sept. 29. 
 
 — Apparition of May 8. 
 
 _ T . ( June 8 and 
 
 Hol y A "S el3 I Sept. 6, G. 
 
 and the 
 
 1 Before the alteration of the Style, the feast of St. Mathias waB kept in bissextile, or 
 leap year, on the 25th of February. 
 
APPENDIX. 509 
 
 Mid-Lent Sunday, the fourth Sunday in Lent, is the fourth 
 Sunday after Shrove Tuesday. 
 
 Midsummer Day June 24. 
 
 Midwinter Day Dec. 25. 
 
 Osmund, bishop and confessor Dec. 4. 
 
 translation of July 16. 
 
 Oswald, archbishop . . April 15. 
 
 bishop and confessor Feb.2Sor29. 
 
 king and martyr , Aug. 5. 
 
 Oswin, confessor April 18. 
 
 king and martyr Aug. 20. 
 
 translation of March 11. 
 
 Palm Sunday, the sixth Sunday in Lent, is the sixth Sunday 
 
 after Shrove Tuesday. 
 
 Pancras, and others, martyrs May 12. 
 
 Passion Sunday, the fifth Sunday in Lent. 
 
 Passion Week, the week ensuing Palm Sunday, being the last 
 
 week in Lent, and the next before Easter Day ; called 
 
 also the Great Week and Holy Week. 
 
 Paul and Peter, Apostles June 29. 
 
 Commemoration op June 30. 
 
 Conversion op Jan. 25. 
 
 Invention op Feb. 26. 
 
 Pentecost, or Whit Sunday, the fiftieth day and seventh Sun- 
 day after Easter Day. 
 
 Perpetua and Felicitas, virgins and martyrs March 7. 
 
 Peter and Paul, Apostles June 29. 
 
 octaves of July 6. 
 
 Peter in Cathedra at Antioch Feb. 22. 
 
 at Rome Jan. 18. 
 
 ad Vincula .......... Aug. 1. 
 
 Petronilla, or Pernella, virgin May 31. 
 
 Philip and James, Apostles \ q^ ^ q 
 
 Plough Monday, the first Monday after Twelfth Day. 
 
 pan. 26, R. 
 
 Polycarp, bishop and martyr <{ April 27, P. 
 
 J ! {.Feb. 23, G. 
 
 Prisca, virgin Jan« 18. 
 
 Procession Week, Eogation Week. 
 
 Purification of the Holy Virgin Feb. 2. 
 
 Quadragesima Sunday, or first Sunday in Lent ; called also 
 the first Sunday in Clean Lent. 
 
510 APPENDIX. 
 
 Quinquagesima Sunday; also called Shrove Sunday; the 
 Sunday next before Ash Wednesday. 
 
 Relick Sunday is the third Sunday after Midsummer Day. 
 
 Resurrection of our Lord Mar. 27. 
 
 Rogation Sunday is the fifth Sunday after Easter Day. 
 
 Hood, Holy, day Sept. 14. 
 
 Sebastian, martyr Jan. 20. 
 
 Septuagesima Sunday, so called from its being about the 
 seventieth day before Easter, is the third Sunday before 
 Ash Wednesday. 
 
 Serenus, martyr Feb. 23. 
 
 Sexagesima Sunday is the second Sunday before Ash Wednes- 
 day, so called from its being about the sixtieth day 
 before Easter. 
 
 Shere Thursday, or Shrive Thursday, or Maundy Thursday, 
 the Thursday before Good Eriday. 
 
 Shrove Tuesday, the Tuesday next after Quinquagesima or 
 Shrove Sunday. 
 
 (Dec. 31, L. 
 
 Silvester, pope and confessor j j « G 
 
 Simeon, bishop, martyr April 21. 
 
 B . . ( Feb. 18, L. 
 or Simon, martyr (April 27, G. 
 
 Simon and Jude, Apostles Oct. 28, L. 
 
 Siraplicius July 29. 
 
 Souls' Day, All ; called also " Soulemas Day" Nov. 2. 
 
 (Dec. 26. 
 Stephen the Protomartyb, j D „ G 
 
 . Invention of Aug. 3. 
 
 __ __ octave of Jan. 2. 
 
 Swithin, bishop, deposition of July 2, 
 
 — -. translation of July 15. 
 
 Thomas the Apostle j e £* ' J ' 
 
 . z translation of July 3. 
 
 A . ( Mar. 7, R. 
 
 Thomas Aquinas < T __ _ J _ 
 
 n (July 18, P. 
 
 a Becket, archbishop of Canterbury, and martyr . . Dec. 29. 
 
 Transfiguration of our Lord Aug. G. 
 
 Trinity Sunday, or the Eeast of the Holy Trinity, is the next 
 Sunday after Whit Sunday. 
 
APPENDIX. 511 
 
 Undecim Mille Virgines Oct. 21. 
 
 Ursula, martyr • Oct. 21. 
 
 Valentine, bishop and martyr Feb. 14. 
 
 Valerian, martyr Sept. 15. 
 
 Vedastus, martyr Oct. 1. 
 
 Veronica Jan. 13. 
 
 Vincentius, martyr Jan. 22. 
 
 Virgins, eleven thousand Oct. 21. 
 
 Vitalis, martyr April 28. 
 
 Vitus, bishop and confessor Feb. 5. 
 
 martyr ............... June 15. 
 
 Whit Sunday, vide Pentecost. 
 
 Winifred, virgin and martyr .••••••«.. Nov. 8, 
 
513 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 Abbeys, foundation charters of, 30 
 
 Abbots, arms of, 309— Lists of, 418 
 
 Abbreviations in ancient records, xiii. 
 
 Accountant- G-eneeal's Office, notice 
 of, 445 
 
 Acknowledgment Office, notice of, 445 
 
 Administrations toWills. — &?£?Wills 
 
 Public, lists of officers, 
 
 332 
 
 Admirals, lists of, 440 
 
 Admiralty, matters relating to the, 82, 440 
 
 Admission Books at Univeesities, 390 
 
 Ad quod Damnum, Inquisitions, 131 
 
 Advocates, records of, 431 
 
 Advowsons, 82 
 
 Affidavit Office, notice of, 464 
 
 Affidavits in Chancery, 64 
 
 Agenda books, 108 
 
 Aid and Subsidy Bolls, 45 
 
 Aids, 39, 42, 46, 54, 81, 82 
 
 Alien priories, 82 
 
 Alienation Office, notice of, 44.5 
 
 Alienations, 98, 105, 129, 131 
 
 Alphabets of arms, 307 
 
 Ambassadors' Eegistees, 373 
 
 ■ matters relating to, 82 — 
 
 Lists of, 332 
 
 America : Claims of American loyalists, 
 309, note — Lists of pedigrees in "New 
 England Register," 310 — Catalogue of 
 local histories, 313 — List of family his- 
 tories, 3L5 
 
 Ancient Demesne Rolls, 85 
 
 Anglesey {County of): Extents of manors, 
 7, 414— Musters, 434 
 
 Annuitants, lists of, 340 
 
 Annuities, 34, 35, 62, 114 
 
 Apothecaries, records of, 433 
 
 Apprentices, registers of, 386 
 
 Appropriations, ecclesiastical, 31, 32 
 
 Archbishops, arms of, 309 — Lives of, 419 
 — Registers, 425 
 
 Arches, records of the Court of, 69 
 
 Arms : Their genealogical utility, 294 — 
 Eirst quartered on shields, 299 — Li- 
 censes to change, 197 — Index to, in 
 Heralds' Visitations, 160 — Arms on 
 seals, 294— In churches, 286-294— Of 
 
 sovereigns, 178— Of nobility, 160, 178, 
 300-302, 304-306— Of knights, 13, 185, 
 302, 303— Of baronets, 303— Of ban- 
 nerets, 194 — Of ecclesiastics, 309— Of 
 gentry (England), 160,303; (Scotland), 
 304; (Ireland), 305 ; (Wales), 306— 
 Grants, 306— Alphabets, 307— Ordi- 
 naries, 308— Miscellaneous coats, 198, 
 309 
 
 Abmy Lists, &c, 81, 436, 437 
 
 Array, commissions of, 434 
 
 Ashmolean Libeaey, notice of, 446 
 
 Assessors, names of, 48 
 
 Assize, Placita of, 54, 55, 71 
 
 Attainders, Records of, 140 — Matters 
 relating to, 71, 82, 87, 149, 319, 404, 
 410 
 
 Attorneys, records of, 431 — Names of, 67, 
 133 
 
 Auditors of the Imprest Office, 
 notice of, 446 
 
 > — of the Land Revenue 
 
 Office, notice of, 447 
 
 of the Public Accounts 
 
 Office, notice of, 446 
 Augmentations Court and Records, 
 
 61 
 
 Office, notice of, 447 
 
 Augmentation of livings, 34, 424 
 Aurum Reginse, 82 
 Awards, 32 
 
 Badges, list of, 308 
 
 Baga de Secretis, 141 
 
 Bailiwicks, grants of, 31 
 
 Bangor {Diocese of) : Lands of the bishop- 
 ric of, 7 — Extents of manors, 414 — 
 Taxation of the clergy, ib. y 415 
 
 Banishment, 82 
 
 Bankruptcy Ineolment Office, notice 
 of, 458 
 
 Bankrupts' estates, matters relating to, 
 33,81 
 
 Office of Commission of, 
 
 notice of, 447 
 
 Patentee Office, notice of, 
 
 ibid. 
 
 Bannerets, names and arms, 194 
 
 33 
 
INDEX. 
 
 aptists' Registers, 368 
 
 Bargains and sales, 30, 33, 35, 81, 83 
 
 Baronage : Names of Barons, 79 — Pedi- 
 grees (England), 180; (Scotland), 187 j 
 (Ireland), 188 
 
 Baronetage : Catalogue of Baronets, 
 178, note— Pedigrees, 190-192— Crea- 
 tions, 186, 194— Arms, 191, 303 
 
 Baronies, matters relating to, 52, 71, 110, 
 150, 152, 181, 184 
 
 Barristers, records of, 430 
 
 Bath and Wells, lives of bishops, 419 
 
 Bath, Order of the, 193 
 
 Battle Abbey Roll, 12, 433 
 
 Bavarian Ambassador's Chapel : Re- 
 gisters there, 382 
 
 Bedford {County of) : Extracts from 
 Domesday Book, 4 — Sequestrations, 146 
 — Heralds' Visitations, 161— Pedigrees 
 of gentry, 198 — MS. collections for, ib. 
 ■ — Histories of, 229 — Monumental in- 
 scriptions, 198, 288— Freeholders, 324 
 — Residents, 341 — Extracts from pa- 
 rochial registers, 359 — Musters, 434 
 
 Benchers, records of, 430 
 
 Bengal Civil Servants, lists of, 373 
 
 Berkshire : Extracts from Domesday 
 Book, 4 — Knights' fees, 50 — Inqui- 
 sitions post mortem, 126 — Sequestered 
 estates, 143 — Sequestrations, 146 — 
 Heralds' Visitations, 161 — Pedigrees of 
 gentry, 199 — MS. collections for, ib. — 
 Monumental inscriptions, 199, 288 — 
 Histories of, 229— Lists of gentry, 326 
 — Sheriffs, 334 — Extracts from paro- 
 chial registers, 359 
 
 Bible Christians, registers of, 370 
 
 Bibles : Genealogical importance of en- 
 tries in Bibles, 322 
 
 Births, entries of, in Bibles, 323 — Lists 
 of, 341 — Parochial registers of, 351 — 
 with extracts therefrom, 358 — Registers 
 at Heralds' College, 371 
 
 Bishops : Pedigrees of, 197 — Monumental 
 inscriptions, 287 — Arms, 309 — Regis- 
 ters, 416 — and extracts therefrom, 425, 
 426— Lives of, (English), 419; (Scot- 
 tish), 421 ; (Irish), ib. 
 
 Bishops' lands, sale of, 423 
 
 Black Book of the Exchequer, 39 
 
 Board op Green Cloth, 61, 447 — List of 
 officers, 330 
 
 Bodleian Library, Oxpoed, notice of, 
 447 
 
 Boldon Book, 6 
 
 Boundaries, 60 
 
 Brecknock (County of) : List of electors, 
 325— Sheriffs and other officers, 340 
 
 Brevia Clausa, 80 
 
 Regis, 109 
 
 Bridges and Sewers, matters respecting, 
 71 
 
 Bristol (Diocese of) -. Lists of ecclesias- 
 tics, 419 
 British Museum Library, notice of, 448 
 Buckingham (County of) : Translation 
 of Domesday Book, 3 — and extracts 
 therefrom,4— Knights' fee9,50 — Seques- 
 trations, 146 — Heralds' Visitations, 162 
 — Pedigrees of gentry, 199 — MS. col- 
 lections for, 199, 200 — Histories of, 
 230 — Monumental inscriptions, 288 — 
 Sheriffs, 334 — Extracts from parochial 
 registers, 359 
 Bunhill Fields Registers, 372 
 Burials, registers of, 351 — Extracts 
 
 therefrom, 358 
 Buttery Books at Universities, 390 
 
 Caernarvon (County of) : Extents of 
 manors, 7, 414 
 
 " Record of," 7 
 
 Caius College, Cambridge. — See Gon- 
 ville and Caius College. 
 
 Calendar, monastic, 12 
 
 Calvinists, registers of, 370 
 
 Cambridge (County of) : Extracts from 
 Domesday Book, 4— Lands there, be- 
 longing to Ely, 5 — Names of jurors, ib. 
 — Inquisitions post mortem, 127 — Se- 
 questrations, 146 — Members of Parlia- 
 ment, 156 — Heralds' Visitations, 162 — 
 Knights, 195 — Pedigrees of gentry, 200 
 — Histories of, 230 — MS. collections 
 for, 200, 230— Monumental inscriptions, 
 288 — Crown lands, 321 — Lists of 
 gentry, 326, 341 — Justices of peace, 333 
 — Mayors and sheriffs, 334 — Abstracts 
 of wills, 349— Ecclesiastical records,424 
 —Musters, 438 
 
 ( University of) : Histories of, 
 
 230, 395— Lists of Collegians, 395— 
 Notices of Caius College Library, 458 
 — and of the Public Library, 462 — 
 Catalogues of college libraries, 463 
 
 Canals, 35 
 
 Canterbury Cathedral : Lists of ecclesias- 
 tics, 419 
 
 Cardigan (County of) : Justices of the 
 peace, 340 
 
 Carlaverock, roll of, 437 
 
 Carlisle (Diocese of) : Lists of ecclesias- 
 tics, 420 
 
 Carlton Ride : Notice of Record Office 
 there, 449 
 
 Carmarthen (County of) : Justices of the 
 peace, 340 
 
 Cartje Antique, 30 
 
 Castle-guard, 119 
 
 Cathedral Histories, 419-421 
 
 Oekstbeibs, register* of burials in, 372 
 
 Chancellors' Holla, 120 
 
 Chancellors (Lord), arms of, 309— List* 
 of, 330 
 
INDEX. 
 
 515 
 
 Chancellors of Oxford and Cambridge, 
 lists of, 419 
 
 Chancery, Inrolments in, 33 — Pla- 
 cita, 62 
 
 Chantries, surveys of, 62 — Endowments 
 of, 387 
 
 Chapter House : Notice of Record Office 
 there, 449 
 
 Chaster House Registers, 398 
 
 Charter Rolls, 79 
 
 Charters : Foundation, 30 — Confirmations 
 of, 100— To cities, &c. 111— Inrol- 
 ments of, 402 — Royal, ib. — Ecclesias- 
 tical, 32 — Obscure passages in them 
 explained, xiv. 60 
 
 Chartularies : Monastic, 10, 31— Lists 
 of (English), 14-26 ; (Scottish), 28 j 
 (Irish), 27 ; (Welsh), 27— Family, 28 
 
 Chester (County of) : Extracts from 
 Domesday Book, 4 — Assessment Book, 
 46 — Sequestrations, 146 — Knights' 
 fees, 50 — Assize records, 55 — Inqui- 
 sitions post mortem, 127 — Heralds' 
 Visitations, 163 — Knights, 195 — Free- 
 holders, 195, 324, 327— Histories of, 
 230— MS. collections for, 201, 230— 
 Pedigrees of gentry, 195, 201, 231, 327 
 — Book of funerals, 285 — Arms of 
 gentry, 288 — Monumental inscriptions, 
 ib. — Crown lands, 321 — Justices of 
 peace, 333 — Mayors and sheriffs, 334 — 
 Abstracts of wills, 349 — and of paro- 
 chial registers, 359 
 
 — (County Palatine of) : Re- 
 
 cords, 403 
 
 (Diocese of) : Possessions of 
 
 the dean and chapter, 403 — Lives of 
 bishops of, 420 
 
 Chetham's Library, Manchester, no- 
 tice of, 450 
 
 Chichester Cathedral: List of ecclesiastics, 
 420 
 
 Chirographer's Office, notice of, 451 
 
 Chivalry, Court of, records of, 65 
 
 Christ's Hospital Registers, 398 
 
 Chronicles, Monastic, 12 
 
 Church Calendar, 471 
 
 Dignitaries, lists of, 418 
 
 Church Discipline, matters relating to, 69. 
 — See Ecclesiastical Records 
 
 Churches: Benefactors to, 12 — Appropria- 
 tions, 30— Grants, 32 — Deeds for build- 
 ing, 34— In the King's gift, 42— Pre- 
 sentations, 434— Notes in, 287-294 
 
 Churchwardens' Accounts, 388 
 
 Cinque Ports, matters relating to, 82 — 
 Lists of wardens, 336 
 
 Cities, liberties of, 60, 108, 318— Arms 
 of, 309 
 
 City and Corporation Inrolments, 36 
 
 Civilians, records of, 432 
 
 Clergymen, Records of, 416, 422 
 
 Clergymen, lists of, 32, 418— Arms of, 
 309— Registers of, 390 
 
 Clerk of Affidavits Office, notice of, 
 464 
 
 Errors Office, ib. 
 
 Essoins Office, ib. 
 
 ■ Estreats Office, ib. 
 
 Letters Patent Office, ib. 
 
 Papers' Office, 451 
 
 Presentations Office, ib. 
 
 Rules Office, ib. 
 
 Warrants Office, ib. 
 
 Clerks of the Peace, Inrolments 
 with, 35 
 
 Close Rolls, 33, 34, 80, 84, 116, 197 
 
 Coats of Arms. — See Arms. 
 
 Coffin-Plate Inscriptions, 280 
 
 Coinage, regulations respecting, 81, 82 
 
 Collectors of Taxes, names of, 112 
 
 College of Arms, Dublin, notice of, 
 452 
 
 London, notice of, 
 
 ib. 
 
 Colleges, registers of, 390 — Arms of, 
 309— Endowments of, 422 
 
 Collegians, lists of, 393 
 
 Common Pleas, Records of Court of, 
 34, 67— Notice of Office of, 453 
 
 Commons (House of), Journals of the, 
 157 
 
 Companies, Grants to, 79 — Registers of, 
 385 
 
 Composition Papers, 30, 143 
 
 Confirmation Rolls, 134 
 
 Confirmations of Lands, &c, 31, 102 
 
 Constable's Roll, 45 
 
 Court, 65 
 
 Consuls' Registers, 373 
 
 Contractions in Ancient Records, xiii. 
 
 Conveyances of estates, 33, 35, 132 
 
 Copyhold Court Rolls, 85 
 
 Cork (County of) : Survey of forfeited 
 estates, 147 
 
 Cornwall (County of) : Extracts from 
 Domesday Book, 4 — Comprised in 
 "Exon Domesday," 5 — Assize records, 
 56— Heralds' Visitations, 163— Pedi- 
 grees of gentry, 202 — MS. collections 
 for, 202— Histories of, 231— Monu- 
 mental inscriptions, 289 — Lists of gen- 
 try, 327— Sheriffs, 335— Ecclesiastical 
 records, 424 
 
 Coronation Rolls and Accounts, 82, 
 87 
 
 Coroners' Rolls, 55, 95 
 
 Coroners, matters relating to, 82, 109 
 
 Corporation Inrolments, 36 
 
 Corporations, Registers of, 385— 
 Grants to, 71, 79,114— Lists of Officers, 
 334-339 
 
 Counties Palatine Records, 401 
 
 County Histories, 229-242 
 
516 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 County JIegistees op Deeds, 36 
 Court-Rolls of Manors, &c, 402 
 
 COUETS, PlACITA AND EeCOEDS OF: 
 
 v Arches, 69 — Assize, 54 — Augmenta- 
 tions, 61 — Chancery, 62 — Chivalry 
 (Curia Militaris), 65 — Common Pleas, 
 34, 67 — Delegates, 69 — Ecclesiastical, 
 68,343— Exchequer,69— King'sBench, 
 34, 70 — Marshal's Court (Curia Aulse 
 Regis, Curia Palatii), 73 — Peculiars,347 
 Requests, 74, 453 — Star Chamber, 75, 
 465— Survey, 76— Verge, 73— Wards 
 and Liveries, 76, 454 
 
 Covenant, writs of, 132 
 
 Creation, patents of, 111, 177, 188 
 
 Ceests : G-enealogicalutiHty, 299 — Grants 
 of, 306— Lists of, 308— Of nobility, 301 
 
 Ceown Lands, 6, 60, 61, 62, 82, 87, 104, 
 105, 139, 318, 319— Office or, 454, 
 460 
 
 Placita, 58 
 
 Crown, Prerogatives of the, 81, 83 
 
 Revenues of the, 111, 119, 131 
 
 Crusade Roll, 13 
 
 Crusaders, arms of, 303 
 
 Cumbebland (County of): "Not separately 
 described in Domesday, 2 — Translation 
 of Domesday Book for, 3 — Knights' 
 fees, 50 — Heralds' Visitations, 163 — 
 Pedigrees of gentry, 203 — Histories of, 
 231 — Monumental inscriptions, 289 — 
 Lists of gentry, 327 — Ecclesiastical re- 
 cords, 424 
 
 Curia Aulse Regis (Marshal's Court), 73 
 
 — — Militaris (Court of Chivalry), 65 
 
 Palatii (Marshal's Court), 73 
 
 Regis (King's Bench), 53, 67, 70 
 
 Cubsitob's Office, notice of, 454 
 Custos Bbevitjm Office, notice of, 454 
 
 Dates in Ancient Records : Works on, xiv. 
 — Roman calendar, 472-483— Regnal 
 years of the kings of England, 484-497 
 — Saints' and other days, 498-511 
 Deaths: Parochial registers of, 351 — 
 Extracts therefrom, 358 — Other regis- 
 ters of, 341— Entries of, in Bibles, their 
 importance, 323 
 Debtors, forfeited estates of, 108 
 Debts duo to the Crown, 107, 109, 119 
 Decree Rolls, where deposited, 64 
 Deeds of Title, Inbolments, &c, 31, 
 
 33, 71, 81, 108, 109, 323 
 Delegates, records of Court of, 69 
 Demesne Rolls, Ancient, 82, 85 
 Denbigh {County of)-. Sheriffs, 340— 
 
 Musters, 434 
 Denization, charters of, 113, 136, 149; 
 
 (Irish), 410 
 Deuhy (County of) : Translation of 
 Domesday Book for, 3 — Extracts from 
 Domesday, 4 — Assize records, 50 — Per- 
 
 ambulation of Forests, 58 — Inquisitions 
 postmortem^*! — Sequestrations,146 — 
 Members of Parliament, 156 — Heralds' 
 Visitations, 164 — Pedigrees of gentry, 
 203, 232— Histories of, 232— MS. col- 
 lections for, 232 — Monumental inscrip- 
 tions, 289 — Crown lands, 321 — Lists of 
 gentry, 327— Sheriffs, 335 
 
 Devon {County of) : Extracts fromDomes- 
 day Book, 4— Comprised in the " Exon 
 Domesday," 5 — Knights' fees, 50 — In- 
 quisitions post mortem, 127 — Seques- 
 trations, 146 — Heralds' Visitations, 164 
 —Pedigrees of gentry, 203, 232— His- 
 tories of, 232 — Monumental inscrip- 
 tions, 289— Lists of gentry, 327— 
 Sheriffs, &c, 335— Ecclesiastical re- 
 cords, 424 
 
 Dictionaries of Arms, 307 
 
 Dictum de Kenilworth, 71, note 
 
 Directories, their genealogical utility, 340 
 —Lists of, 341 
 
 Disafforestation, licenses of, 111 
 
 Dispensations, Maeeiage, 32, 361— 
 Dispensation rolls, 364 
 
 Dispensation Office in Chancebt, 
 notice of, 454 
 
 Dissentees, registers of, 370, 384 w 
 
 Divines, lists of, 341, 418 
 
 Divorce, 69— Royal, 82 
 
 Docket-Rolls of the Common Pleas, 67 
 
 Domesday Books : descriptions of, 1-9 — 
 Trial by Domesday, 71 — Names of fami- 
 lies mentioned therein, 326 
 
 domtts convebsobttm. — see rolls 
 House. 
 
 Donuegal (County of) : Surveys of for- 
 feited estates^ 147 
 
 Doeset (County of) : Extract from 
 Domesday Book, 4 — Comprised in the 
 " Exon Domesday," 5 — Knights' fees, 
 50 — Inquisitions post mortem, 127 — 
 Fines, 133 — Sequestrations, 146 — 
 Heralds' Visitations, 165 — Histories of, 
 232— Pedigrees of gentry, 205, 232— 
 Mayors and sheriffs, 335 — Extracts 
 from parochial registers, 359 — Musters, 
 434, 439 
 
 Dower, assignments of, 81, 82, 132 
 
 Dublin (County of) : Surveys of forfeited 
 estates, 147 
 
 ( University) : Registers of Trinity 
 
 College, 397 
 
 Duchy of Coenwall Office, notice of, 
 455 
 
 ' Lancasteb Office, notice of, 
 
 ib. 
 
 Duel, trial by, 71, 82, 100 
 
 Duke Stbeet Chapel, register of, 376 
 
 Dueham (County of) : Not separately 
 described in Domosday, 2 — Survey of, 
 6 — Assize records, 56— Sequestrations, 
 
INDEX. 
 
 517 
 
 146 — Members of Parliament, 156— 
 Heralds' Visitations, 165— Pedigrees of 
 gentry, 205— Histories of, 233— MS. 
 collections for, 233 — Eegisters of wills, 
 349 — County Palatine records, 401 — 
 Ecclesiastical records, 420, 424, 426 
 
 Eael Maeshal, proceedings in his court. 
 
 — See Marshal 
 East India Company : Eegisters of Ser- 
 vants, 372 — Muster rolls, 436 — Lists 
 of officers, 438 
 Ecclesiastical Couets, records of, 68, 
 
 343 
 Ecclesiastical Eecords, 32, 82, 114, 416, 
 418-427; (Scotland), 408,427; (Ire- 
 land), 412, 427 ; (Wales), 414, 415 
 Ecclesiastics, lists of, 341, 418 
 Electors to Parliament, names of, 324 
 Ely (Diocese of) : List of Ecclesiastics, 420 
 Endowments of Vicarages, 31 
 England (Sovereigns of) : Genealogies, 
 178— Arms, 301— Table of Eegnal 
 Years, 484-497 
 Epitaphs, 280 
 Escheat Eolls, 61, 96, 123 
 Escheats, 41, 42, 60, 82, 87, 105, 125 
 Essex (County of) : Extracts from 
 *f Domesday Book, 4 — Lands belonging 
 to Ely, 5 — Subsidies, 46 — Assize re- 
 cords, 56 — Perambulations of forests, 
 58 — Inquisitions post mortem, 127 — 
 Sequestrations, 146 — Members of Par- 
 liament, 156 — Heralds' Visitations, 166 
 — Knights, &c, 195 — Pedigrees of gen- 
 try, 205— Histories of, 233— MS. col- 
 lections for, 233 — Monumental inscrip- 
 tions, 289— Freeholders, 325— Lists of 
 gentry, 327, 341 — Justices of peace, 333 
 — Sheriffs, 335 — Extracts from paro- 
 chial registers, 359 — Survey of church 
 property, 426 
 Essoin Eolls, 68 
 
 Estates, pleadings relative to, 69 — Con- 
 veyance of, 33, 35, 132 
 Eton College Eegistees, 399 
 Examinee's Office, notice of, 456 
 Exchanges of lands, &c, 31, 32, 34, 35, 
 413 
 
 EXCHEQTJEE PLACITA, 69 
 
 notices of Exchequer Offices, 
 
 449, 456— Lists of officers, 331 
 Exemptions, 82 
 Exercitus placita, 65 
 Exon Domesday Book described, 5 
 
 EXTEACTA DONATIONTJM, 139 
 
 Facsimiles of ancient records, xv. — Of 
 
 Domesday Book, 7 
 Fairs, grants of, 79, 100, 104, 131, 413 
 Family Chaetulaeies, 28 
 Histoeies, 242-279 
 
 Fee-farm, grants of, rents, &c, 61, 105, 
 119, 402 
 
 Fees, Knights', 38-51 
 
 Fees taken at Public Offices, 470— At 
 Duchy of Lancaster Office, 455 
 
 Felonies, inquisitions respecting, 131 
 
 Fen Eegistees, 36 
 
 Feoffments, 30, 31, 41, 413 
 
 Feudal tenures, 7 
 
 Fifteenths, collectors of, 112 
 
 Filacee's Opfice, notice of, 456 
 
 Fine Eolls, 98— Extracts from, 98, 197 
 
 Fines and Eecoveeies, 34, 132 — Notice 
 of the Office of, 457 
 
 Fines, matters relating to, 50, 55, 71, 79, 
 82, 112— Feet of fines, 132 
 
 Fiest Fettits and Tenths, 417— Com- 
 positions for, 423 — Notice of the Office 
 of, 457 
 
 Fisheries, 60, 82, 105 
 
 Fleet Maeeiages, Eegistees op, 378 
 
 Flint (County of) : Knights' fees, 51 
 
 Foeeign Apposee's Office, notice of,457 
 
 • Peotestant Chueches in 
 
 England, registers of, 367 
 
 Foeests, Placita of, 57 
 
 matters relating to, 82, 100, 104, 
 
 109, 319, 403, 422 
 
 Forfeited Estates, and Forfeittjees, 
 32, 82, 108, 111, 112, 140, 319 
 
 Foundation charters, 30 
 
 Fotjndees' Kin, pedigrees of, 179, 392 
 
 Founders of religious houses, names of, 11 
 
 Franchises, 60, 108 
 
 Frankalmoign e, 31, 42 
 
 Free chase, 60, 105 
 
 Free gifts to the king, 35, 110 
 
 Freeholders, names of, 324 
 
 Fi'cemen, registers of, 386 
 
 Free warren, 60, 79, 105 
 
 Feench Ambassadoe's Chapel, regis- 
 ters there, 382 
 
 Chapel Eoyal, registers of, 368 
 
 Eolls, 99 
 
 Fugitives, inquisitions respecting, 131, 145 
 Funeeal Ceetificates, 279, 284 
 Funerals, proceedings at, 284 
 
 Garter, Knights of the, 193 
 
 Gascon Eolls, 100 
 
 Gavelkind, 71, 82 
 
 Genealogical Society of Geeat Bei- 
 tain, notice of, 457 
 
 Genealogies. — See Pedigeees. 
 
 General Eecord Office, notice of, 445 
 
 Gentry : Genealogical memoranda re- 
 lating to, 96, 113, 114, 115, 119, 123, 
 149— Pedigrees of, 183, 196-228, 242- 
 279, 414— Lists of, 112, 120, 325-341, 
 434— Arms of, 300-306— Visitation of 
 seats and arms, 183 — Index to pedi« 
 grees and arms of, 160, note 
 
.18 
 
 INDEX, 
 
 German Chapel Royal, registers of, 368 
 
 Gifts to the king, 35,110 
 
 Glamorgan {County of) : Lists of gentry, 
 329 
 
 Gloucester {County of) : Translation of 
 Domesday Book for, 3 — Extracts from 
 Domesday Book, 4 — Assize records, 56 
 — Entries in Hundred Rolls, 105 — 
 Heralds' Visitations, 166— Knights, 195 
 — Pedigrees of gentry, 206 — Histories 
 of, 233— Justices of peace, 333 — She- 
 riffs, 335 — Extracts from parochial re- 
 gisters, 359 — Lists of ecclesiastics, 420 
 — Musters, 434 
 
 Statute of, 60 
 
 GoNVILLE AND CAIUS COLLEGE, CAM- 
 BRIDGE : Notice of the library, 458 
 Governors of places, lists of, 437, 438, 439 
 Graduate Books at Universities, 391 
 Grants : Of arms, 306 — Bailiwicks, 31 — 
 To churches, 32 — Corporations, 71, 79, 
 114— Of creation, 79, 114— Fairs, 79, 
 100, 104, 131, 413— Fee-farms, 61, 105, 
 119, 402— Homage, 52, 71— Land, 30, 
 136, 139— Markets, 79, 100, 104, 131— 
 Offices, &c, 114— Pardon, 81, 83, 100, 
 102, 112, 114, 136— Privy Seal, 108, 
 114, 136, 402— Quit-rents, 402— To 
 religious nouses, 11, 79 — Secular esta- 
 blishments, 30 
 Gray's Inn : Lists of persons admitted 
 there, 430 
 
 Chapel, register of, 377 
 
 Great Roll of the Exchequer. — See 
 Pipe Rolls. 
 
 Wardrobe, office of the, 468 
 
 Great Seal, list of keepers, 330, 429 
 Green Cloth.— See Board op Green 
 
 Cloth. 
 Grosvenor Roll, 66 
 
 Guilds and Chantreys, registers of, 
 385— Surveys of, 62 
 
 Habeas Corpus, 82 
 
 Hampshire. — See Southampton (Coun- 
 ty of). 
 Hanaper Office, notice of, 458 
 Harrow School Registers, 399 
 Heirship, matters relating to, 42, 52, 71, 
 
 97, 110, 123, 126, 130, 139, 322, 405 
 Heraldic Collections, 159-317 
 Heralds : Matters relating to them, 82 — 
 Arms of, 309— Visitations of, 159-177 
 
 College. — See College of 
 
 Arms. 
 Hereford (County of) : Extracts from 
 Domesday Book, 4 — Knights' fees, 50 
 — Heralds' Visitations, 167 — Pedigrees 
 of gentry, 207 — Histories of, 234 — 
 Monumental inscriptions, 289 — Crown 
 lands, 321— Freeholders, 325— Lists of 
 gentry x 327 — Mayors and sheriffs, 335 
 
 — Extracts from ■ptoi'ocmai registers, 
 359 — Lists of ecclesiastics, 420, 425 — 
 Ecclesiastical records, 425 — Musters, 
 431, 439 
 Hertford (County of) : Translation of 
 Domesday Book for, 3 — Extracts from 
 Domesday, 4 — Account of lands there 
 belonging to Ely, 5 — Names of jurors, 
 5 — Inquisitions post mortem, 127 — 
 Heralds' Visitations, 167 — Knights, 195 
 — Pedigrees of gentry, 208 — Histories 
 of, 234 — Monumental inscriptions, 289 
 — Freeholders, 324 — Names of gentry, 
 341 — Ecclesiastical records, 424 
 Homage, acceptances of, 81, 82, 112 
 Honours, claims to and grants of, 52, 71 
 Hospitals, endowments of, &c, 387, 423 
 Household (Royal), matters relating to, 
 
 61, 81, 82, 106— Lists of officers, 329 
 Hundred Rolls, 104 
 Huntingdon (County of) : Extracts 
 from Domesday Book, 4 — Lands there 
 belonging to Ely, 5 — Reliefs, 46 — In- 
 quisitions post mortem, 127 — Heralds' 
 Visitations, 167 — Knights, &c., 195 — 
 Pedigrees of gentry, 209 — Monumental 
 inscriptions, 290 — Sheriffs, 335— Names 
 of gentry, 341 — Ecclesiastical survey, 
 424 
 
 Idiots, 82 
 
 Imposts, 81 
 
 Inclosures, awards on, 402 
 
 Independents, registers of, 368 
 
 Indian officers, lists of, 436, 438 
 
 Indulgences, 32 
 
 Infants, protection for, 53 
 
 Inghamites, registers of, 370 
 
 Inner Temple : Lists of benchers, &c, 
 430— Notice of library, 466 
 
 Inns of Court, registers of, 430 
 
 Inquisitio Eliensis, 5 
 
 Inquisitions : Ad quod damnum, 131 — 
 In quo warranto, 7, 59, 71, 105 — Post 
 mortem, 32, 77, 115, 123, 402 ; (Scot- 
 land), 405; (Ireland), 410; (Wales), 
 7, 415 — Respecting felonies, 131 — and 
 fugitives, 131, 145 — Of kni^lit^' fees, 
 41— Of land, 1, 7, 32, 82, 104, 109— 
 On prisoners, 96 
 
 Inrolment Offices, notices of, 458 
 
 Inrolments: In Chancery, 33 — Court 
 of Common Pleas, 34 — Court of Queen's 
 Bench, 34 — With clerks of the peace, 
 35 — Court of Exchequer, 35 — City and 
 corporation, 36 — Of acts of Parliament, 
 148 
 
 Inventions, patents and specifications of, 
 81, 83, 111 
 
 Ireland : Records relating to, 82, 410 — 
 Forfeited estates, &c., 147 — Peerage of, 
 188— Pedigrees of gentry, 188, 189, 226 
 
INDEX. 
 
 519 
 
 — Names of ecclesiastics, 189, 421 — 
 Knights, 195, 305— Seals of, 298— Fu- 
 neral certificates, 285 — Monumental 
 inscriptions, 286 — Arms of nobility and 
 gentry, 305 — Crown lands, 322 — Lists 
 of gentry, 329, 341, 410— Officers of 
 state, 330— Other officers, 332, 339— 
 Abstracts of wills, 353 — Extracts of 
 parochial registers, 361 — Ecclesiastical 
 records, 427 — List of law officers, 431 
 — Governors of places, 439 — Musters, 
 439 
 Ieish Eolls, 411 
 
 Jews, records of, 82, 118, 427 
 
 JOUENALS OF PARLIAMENT, 157 
 
 Judges, records of, 330, 428, 429 
 Judgments in various Courts. — See Pla- 
 
 cita. 
 Jurors, lists of, 2, 5, 48, 71, 323, 324 
 Justices : Of assize, 54— In eyre, 54, 57 — 
 
 Of the peace, 109, 112, 332, 429 
 
 Karlaverock, roll of, 301, 302, 437 
 
 Kent {County of) : Translation of 
 Domesday Book for, 3 — Extracts from 
 Domesday, 4 — Knights' fees, 50, 51 — 
 Assize records, 56 — Escheats, 97 — In- 
 quisitions post mortem, 127 — Fines, 133 
 Sequestrations, 146 — Heralds' Visita- 
 tions, 168— List of baronets, 192— Pe- 
 digrees of gentry, 209 — Histories of, 
 234— MS. collections for, 235 — Monu- 
 mental inscriptions, 289— Crown lands, 
 321— Lists of gentry, 327, 341— Sheriffs 
 and other officers, 335 — Extracts from 
 parochial registers, 359— Ecclesiastical 
 records, 425 
 
 King's Bench Placita, 70 
 
 Eepositoeies, notices of, 
 
 458 
 
 . Office (Masters' Office), 
 
 notice of, 459 
 
 King's Bench Peison : Eegisters of mar- 
 riages there, 380 
 
 King's Mews : Notice of Eccord Office 
 there, 459 
 
 Eemembeancee's Office. — See 
 
 Queen's Eemembeancee's Office. 
 Silvee Office, notice of, 459 
 
 Kirby's or Kiekby's Quest, 7 
 
 Knighthood, orders of, 193 
 
 Knight service, 82, 97 
 
 Knights : Catalogues of, 186, 197— Pedi- 
 grees of, 192— Arms of, 193, 301-303 
 —Of the Bath, 193— Garter, ib.— St. 
 Patrick, ib. — Thistle, ib. — Hospitallers 
 — Templars, 82 — Bannerets, 194 — Ba- 
 chelors, 193, 194 — Knights in Ireland, 
 195 — with their arms, 305 
 
 Knightsbeidge Chapel, register of, 377 
 
 Knights' Fees, 38-51 
 
 Lady Huntingdon's Connection, registers 
 of, 370 
 
 Lambeth Palace : Notice of library 
 tli ere, 459 
 
 Lancastee (County of) : Not separately 
 described in Domesday, 2 — Translation 
 of Domesday Book for, 3 — Taxation 
 Book, 46— Knights' fees, 51 — Placita 
 of the Crown, 59 — Inquisitions post 
 mortem, 127 — Sequestered estates, 143 
 — Heralds' Visitations, 168 — Pedigrees 
 of gentry, 211— Histories of, 235— MS. 
 collections for, 235 — Book of funerals, 
 285 — Crown lands, 321 — Freeholders, 
 325— Sheriffs, 336— Names of gentry, 
 341— County Palatine Becords, 402— 
 Musters, 439 
 
 Land-gable, 7 
 
 Landowners, names of, 1, 48, 318, 326 
 
 Land Eevenue Office, notice of, 460 
 
 Lands : Amortization of, 98 — Claims to, 
 52— Confirmations of, 31, 102— Crown, 
 6, 60-62, 82, 87, 104, 105, 139, 318, 
 319 — Descent of, 150 — Enclosed, 35 — 
 Exchanges of, 31, 32, 34, 35, 413— 
 Grants of, 30, 136, 139— Liveries of, 
 81, 82 — Lands held by the Normans in 
 England, 103— Sales of, 30, 32, 33, 35, 
 81,83— Seizin of, 81,110— Sequestered, 
 141 
 
 Land-tax assessments, 324 
 
 Law Officers, arms of, 309 
 
 Lawyees : Becords of, 428 — Lists of, 311 
 
 Leases, 32, 61, 319, 402 
 
 Leicestee (County of) : Extracts from 
 Domesday Book, 4— Aids, 46 — Knights' 
 fees, 51 — Assize records, 56 — Seques- 
 trations, 146 — Heralds' Visitations, 169 
 — Pedigrees of gentry, 212 — Histories 
 of, 235— MS. collections for, 236— 
 Monumental inscriptions, 290 — Crown 
 lands, 321— Freeholders, 325— Sheriffs, 
 336 
 
 Leigee Books, 12 
 
 Leitrim (County of) : Survey of forfeited 
 estates, 147 
 
 Letters of attorney, 30, 349 
 
 LlBEEATI EOLLS, 106 
 
 Libee Nigee, 39, and note 
 
 ■ Eegis, 418 
 
 Eubeus, 40 
 
 Liberties, of cities and towns, 60, 108 — 
 Lords of, 318 
 
 Licenses to change names, &c, 149 
 
 Licenses : Church, 32— Marriage, 361 
 
 Lichfield Cathedral : List of ecclesiastics, 
 420 
 
 Lincoln (Cownty of) : Translation of 
 Domesday, 3 — Extracts from Domes* 
 day, 4 — Knights' fees, 51 — Free te- 
 nants, 51 — Entries in Hundred E0II3, 
 105 — Inquisitions of hundreds, 106— 
 
520 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 Inquisitions post mortem, 128— Rebel- 
 lion in, 141 — Sequestrations, 146 — 
 Members of Parliament, 156 — Heralds' 
 Visitations, 169 — Pedigrees of gentry, 
 212— Histories of, 236— MS. collections 
 for, 236 — Monumental inscriptions, 290 
 — Nomina Villarum, 318— Crown lands, 
 321— Freeholders, 324, 325— Mayors 
 and sheriffs, 336 — Extracts from paro- 
 chial registers, 359 — Ecclesiastical re- 
 cords, 425 — Musters, 434 
 Lincoln's Inn, obits of members, 355 
 Libbaey, notice of, 460 
 
 LlVEEIES AND WaEDS, COUET OF, 76, 
 
 454 
 
 Liveries of lands, 81, 82 
 
 Livings, presentations to, 402 
 
 London (City of) : Subsidy books, 46 
 — Assize records, 56 — Customs, 71 — 
 Sequestrations, 146— Members of Par- 
 liament, 156 — Heralds' Visitations, 169 
 — Pedigrees of gentry, 213 — Histories 
 of, 236 — Monumental inscriptions, 290 
 — Lists of electors, 325 — Gentry, 327, 
 347— Mayors, sheriff?, &c, 336— Ab- 
 stracts of wills, 349 — and of parochial 
 registers, 360 — Lists of ecclesiastics, 
 420 — Ecclesiastical records, 425 
 
 King's College Registees, 
 
 399 
 
 Univeesity Registees, 400 
 
 St. Paul's Cathedral, list of dig- 
 nitaries, 420 
 
 St. Paul's School Registees, 
 
 400 
 
 Loed Chambeelain's Office, notice of, 
 
 461 
 
 ■ Chancellors, records of, 428, 429 
 
 Teeasueee's Remembeancee's 
 
 Office, notice of, 108, 461 
 Lords of the manor, lists of, 197, 326 
 
 (House of) Journals of the, 157 
 
 Lunatics, 53, 82 
 
 Macclesfield rolls, 403 
 
 Madras civil servants, lists of, 373 
 
 Magazines : Their genealogical utility, 340 
 
 —Lists of, 341 
 Manoes : Extents, surveys of, &c., 7, 61, 
 85, 105, 109, 319, 422 ; (in Wales), 
 414— Lists of lords of, 197, 326 
 Markets, grants of, 79, 100, 104, 131 
 Maeeiage: Inquisitions of, 60, 105 — 
 Licenses to contract, 100, 103 — Gifts 
 for permission to marry, 110 — Dissolu- 
 tions of, 149 — Dispensations or Li- 
 censes, 361 — Allegation papers, 363 
 
 Act, when introduced, 378 
 
 Marriages : In the king's gift, 42 — Of no- 
 bilitv, 44— Royal, 82— Entries of, in 
 Bibles, 323— Lists of, 341— Registers 
 of, 351 — and extracts therefrom, 358 
 
 Maeshal (Eael) : Marshal's rolls, 44-* 
 Proceedings in his court, 65, 73, 82— 
 Catalogues and descents of, 67, 185, 
 332— Arms of, 309 
 
 Maeshalsea and Palace CouETS,notice 
 of, 73, 461 
 
 Mastees in Chanceby Office, notice 
 of, 461— &?e Common Pleas and 
 King's Bench Office. 
 
 of the Rolls, lists of, 330, 429 
 
 Mateiculation Books at Univeesi- 
 ties, 390, 393 
 
 May-faie Chapel Registees, 380 
 
 Mayo (County of) : Survey of forfeited 
 estates, 147 
 
 Mayoes, lists of, 334, &c. 
 
 Medical Peofession : Records of mem- 
 bers, 43.2 
 
 Members of Parliament, lists of, 152-154 
 
 Memoeanda Rolls, 35, 69, 107 
 
 Men-at-Arms, lists of, 437 
 
 Meechant Tailoes' School Registees, 
 400 
 
 Merioneth (County of) : Musters taken 
 there, 434 
 
 Methodists, New Connection, Primitive, 
 and Wesleyan, registers of, 370 
 
 Middlesex (County of) : Translation of 
 Domesday Book for, 3 — Extracts from 
 Domesday, 4 — County registers, 36 — 
 Inquisitions post mortem, 128 — He- 
 ralds' Visitations, 169 — Pedigrees of 
 gentry, 214 — Histories of, 236 — Monu- 
 mental inscriptions, 291 — Lists of free- 
 holders,325— Gentry, 328, 341— Deeds 
 of lands there, 350— Extracts from pa- 
 rochial registers, 360 
 
 Military appointments, 413 — Service, 44 
 — Summons, 434 — Tenures, 108. — See 
 
 SOLDIEES, RECOEDS OF. 
 
 Mills, antiquity of, decided by Domesday 
 
 survey, 8 — Matters relating to, 131 
 Ministees' Accounts, 318,402; (Wales), 
 
 414 
 Ministers of State, lists of, 332 
 Mint Registees, 380, and note 
 Misas roll, 107 
 
 Monasteeies. — See Religious Houses. 
 Monastic Recoeds, accounts of, 10-29 
 
 — Transcripts of, 422 
 Monmouth (County of) : Histories of, 
 
 237— List of sheriffs, 340— Extracts 
 
 from parochial registers, 361 — Musters, 
 
 434 
 Monumental brasses, 287 
 
 inscriptions, 280, 286-294 
 
 Monuments, directions for ascertaining 
 
 their dates, 282 
 Moravians, Registers of, 370 
 Mortmain, 82, 83, 100 
 Mottos, lists of, 308 
 Mustek Rolls, 103, 434-439 
 
INDEX. 
 
 521 
 
 Nayy Recoeds, 81, 439 
 
 Navy, lists of officers in the, 440 
 
 Necrologies, 12 
 
 Next of Kin, advertisements for, 341— 
 Eeferences to them, 342 
 
 Newspapers, genealogical importance of, 
 &c, 341 
 
 Ninths, 46 
 
 Nobility : Grants of creation, 79, 114 — 
 Entries of birth, &c, 81 — Privileges of, 
 ibid. — Materials for biography of, 96, 
 99— Names of, 154— Pedigrees of, 177, 
 180-189— Patents of, 183— Arms, 193, 
 300-306— Eecords of Norman nobility, 
 102 — Index to pedigrees of, in the 
 Heralds' College, 187 
 
 Nomina Villabum, 318 
 
 Nominees, lists of, 340 
 
 Nonaettm Inqtjisitiones, 46 
 
 Noefolk {County of) : Extracts from 
 Domesday Book, 4 — Lands there be- 
 longing to Ely, 5 — Knights' fees, 51 — 
 Assize records, 56 — Inquisitions post 
 mortem, 128 — Sequestrations, 147 — 
 Heralds' Visitations, 170— Knights, 195 
 — Pedigrees of gentry, 215 — Histories 
 of, 237 — MS. collections for, ib. — Book 
 of funerals, 285 — Monumental inscrip- 
 tions, 292 — List of seals, 298— Members 
 of Parliament, 337 — Mayors, sheriffs, 
 &c, 337 — Names of residents, 341 — 
 Lists of ecclesiastics, 420 — Survey of 
 church property, 424 — Ecclesiastical 
 records, 425 — Musters, 434, 439 
 
 Noeman Rolls, 102 
 
 Norman lands, escheats of, 97 
 
 Noethampton {County of) : Extracts 
 from Domesday Book, 4 — Assize re- 
 cords, 56 — Sequestrations, 147 — He- 
 ralds' Visitations, 170 — Pedigrees of 
 gentry, 216— Histories of, 237 — Monu- 
 mental inscriptions, 292 — Crown lands, 
 321 — Justices of peace, 333 — Mayors, 
 sheriffs, &c, 337 — Extracts from paro- 
 chial registers, 360 — Musters, 434 
 
 NOETHUMBEELAND {County of) : Not 
 
 separately described in Domesday, 2 — 
 Concealed lands, 147 — Heralds' Visi- 
 tations, 170 — Pedigrees of gentry, 216 
 — Histories of, 237 — Monumental in- 
 scriptions, 292 — Lists of freeholders, 
 325— Gentry, 328— Sheriffs, 337— Ec- 
 clesiastical records, 426 
 Nottingham {County of) : Translation of 
 Domesday, 3 — Extracts therefrom, 5 — 
 Assize records, 56 — Inquisitions post 
 mortem, 128 — Members of Parliament, 
 156— Heralds' Visitations, 171— Ba- 
 ronets, 192 — Pedigrees of gentry, 219 
 — Histories of, 237 — Monumental in- 
 scriptions, 292 — Crown lands, 321 — 
 
 Lists of freeholders, 325, 328— Gentry, 
 328— Sheriffs, 337— Musters, 434 
 
 Obituaeies, 12, 286, 287 
 
 Oblata Rolls, 110 
 
 Oblations, 55, 98 
 
 Officers in the Army, 394, 437 
 
 of the Crown, patents of, 112 
 
 in the Navy, 440 
 
 of State, 329 
 
 Orders of knighthood, 193 
 
 Ordinances, 82 
 
 Oedinaeies oe Aems, 308 
 
 Ordinations, 32, 424 
 
 Ordnance (the), lists of officers of, 437, 
 438 
 
 Oeiginalia, 111 
 
 Outlawries, 83, 108, 119, 140, 454 
 
 Oxfoed {County of): Translation of 
 Domesday, 3 — Extracts from Domes- 
 day, 5 — Assize records, 56 — Members 
 of Parliament, 156 — Heralds' Visita- 
 tions, 171 — Knights, 195 — Pedigrees 
 of gentry, 217— Histories of, 238— MS. 
 collections for, 238 — Monumental in- 
 scriptions, 292 — Crown lands, 321 — 
 Lists of freeholders, 324 — Gentry, 326, 
 328, 341— Mayors, sheriffs, &c, 337— 
 Abstracts of wills, 341, 350 — and of 
 parochial registers, 360 — Ecclesiastical 
 records, 426 — Musters, 434 
 
 ' {University of) : Lists of Col- 
 
 legians, &c, 391, 393 — Histories of, 
 393 — Notices of the libraries there: 
 Ashmolean, 446 — Bodleian, 447 ; and 
 Queen's College, 463 — Catalogue of the 
 college libraries, 463 
 
 Palace Cottet : Records of, 73, 461 
 Palatine (Counties) Recoeds, 401 
 Papists. — See Roman Catholics. 
 Pardon : Grants of, 81, 83, 100, 102, 112, 
 
 114, 136— Fines for, 98; (Ireland), 410 
 Paedon Rolls, 140 
 Parliament : Journals of, 157 — Lists of 
 
 members, 152-154 — Returns to, 152 — 
 
 Summons to, 81, 152, 184, 185 
 Paeliament Placita, 59 
 Paeliamentaey Recoeds, 81, 148, 409 
 Paeochial Registees, 351 — List of 
 
 transcripts, 356 — Extracts therefrom, 
 
 358-361— Fees for searching, 358 
 Partition Books, 186 
 Patent Rolls, 114 — Extracts from, 197 
 
 Office, notice of, 451 
 
 Patents : Of inventions, 81, 83, 111— Of 
 
 creation, 111, 177, 183, 186— Of offices, 
 
 402 
 Peace, Justices of, 83 
 Peculiars, Courts of, 347 
 Pedigeees : Of sovereigns, 178, 179— 
 
 Of nobility (England), 180-186 j (Sco*- 
 
522 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 land), 187; (Ireland), 188; (Wales), 
 189-Ofbaronets,190,191— Of knights, 
 192-195— Of gentry (England), 197- 
 225 ; (Scotland), 226 ; (Ireland), ibid. 
 (Wales), 227— Of founders' kin, 179, 
 392 — Of American families, 310 — Index 
 to pedigrees and arms in the Heralds' 
 Visitations, 160, note 
 
 Peebage Claims, 242-279 
 
 Peebages: Of England, 180 j Scotland, 
 187 ; Ireland, 188 
 
 Peeeb, records of. — See Nobility. 
 
 Pell Office, notice of, 461 
 
 Pell Eolls, 450 
 
 Pembroke (County of) : Justices of the 
 peace, 340 
 
 Pensioners, lists of, 340 
 
 Pensions, payment of, 62, 106 
 
 Perambulations of forests, 57, 319 
 
 Petty Bag Office, notice of, 462 
 
 Physicians, Eecoeds of, 341, 433 
 
 Pipe Office, notice of, 462 
 
 — Eolls, 119 
 
 Piracy, 83 
 
 Places, ancient names of, 1 
 
 Placita of Couets: Assize, 54, 71 — 
 Augmentations, 61 — Board of Green 
 Cloth, 61, 330, 447— Chancery, 62— 
 Chivalry (Curia Militaris), 65— Com- 
 mon Pleas, 34, 67 — Crown, 58 — Curia 
 E«gis, 53— Ecclesiastical, 68, 343— Ex- 
 chequer^— Forests, 57-King'sBench, 
 70— Marshal's Court (Curia Aulse Ee- 
 gis, Curia Palatii), 73 — Parliament, 59 
 — De Quo Warranto, 7, 59 — Court of 
 Eeque8ts, 74 — Star Chamber, 75, 465 — 
 Survey, 76 — Wards and Liveries, 76, 
 454 
 
 Plague, 83 
 
 Pleas of Couet.— See Placita. 
 
 Poll Books, 323 
 
 Poll Tax, 83 
 
 Post Moetem Inquisitions, 32,77, 115, 
 123, 402 
 
 Peeeogative Couet, notice of, 462 — 
 Sentences of, 32 
 
 Prerogatives, 71 
 
 Peesbyteeians, registers of, 368 
 
 Peesentation Office, notice of, 451 
 
 Presentations to livings, 402 
 
 Prestita Eoll, 107 
 
 Priories, alien, 82 
 
 Priors : Arms of, 309— Lists of, 418 
 
 Prisoners of state, 81 — of war, 404— In- 
 quisitions on prisoners, 96 
 
 Privy Councillors, lists of, 331 
 
 Privy Seals, 136— Grants of, 108— 
 Writs of, 114, 402 
 
 Peivy Seal Office, notice of, 462 
 
 Proclamations, 81, 83 
 
 Proctors, records of, 432 
 
 Procurators, records of, 431 
 
 Prohibitions, 83 
 
 Pbothonotaeies' Office, notice of, 453 
 Prothonotary, office of, abolished, 167 
 Public Libeaey, Cambbidge, notice of, 
 
 462 
 Public Officees: Arms of, 309— Lists 
 
 of, 112, 329, 429 
 Offices, described, 443-468 — 
 
 Hours of attendance, &c, 469 
 ■ Eecoeds : Definition of the term 
 
 " Eccord," ix. — Their value in Courts 
 of Law, x. — Genealogical utility, xii. 
 — Chronology of, xii. — Abbreviations 
 and ancient terms used in, xiii. — Dates 
 in, xiv. — Specimens and facsimiles of, 
 xv. — Fees for consulting, 455, 470 
 Schools Eegistees, 398 
 
 Quakees, Eegistees of, 371 
 
 Queen's Bench.— See Couets, Placita 
 of. 
 
 College, Oxfoed, notices of 
 
 the library, 463 
 
 Eemembeancee's Office, no- 
 tice of, 107, 459, 463 
 
 Quit-rents, grants of, 402 
 
 Quo Waeeanto Placita, 7, 59, 71, 105 
 
 Eagman Eoll, 407 
 
 Eebels, 71, 140-147 
 
 Eecognizances, 33, 83 
 
 Eecoed of Caeenaevon, 7, 414 
 
 Eecoed Offices, notices of, 443, et seqq. 
 
 Eecoeds, Public— See Public Ee- 
 coeds. 
 
 Eecoeds' and Weits Clebks' Office, 
 notice of, 465 
 
 Eecoveeies, 34, 132— notice of Office of, 
 457 
 
 Eecusants, lists of, 32, 143, 144, 423 
 
 Bed Book of the Exchequeb, 40 
 
 Eedisseisin Eolls, 122 
 
 Eefugees, Vaudois and French, 145, 367 
 note — English Protestant, 146, 375 
 note 
 
 Eegistees: Ambassadors (English), 373 ; 
 (French), 382— of Apprentices, 386— 
 Archbishops, 425— Baptists, 368— Ba- 
 varian Ambassador's, 382 — Bible Chris- 
 tians, 370— Births, 351— Bishops, 416 
 — BunhiJl Fields, 372— Burials, 351— 
 Calvinists, 370— Charter House, 398— 
 Christ's Hospital, 398— Clergy men, 390 
 — Collegians, 390 — Companies, 385 — 
 Consuls, 373 — Corporations, 385 — 
 County, 36 — Deaths, 341 — Dissenters, 
 370, 384— East India Company, 372— 
 Eton College, 399— Fen, 36— Fleet, 
 378 — Foreign Protestant Churches in 
 England, 367— Freemen, 386— French 
 Chapel Eoyal, 368 — German Chapel 
 Eoyal, 368— Gray's Inn Chapel, 377— 
 
INDEX. 
 
 523 
 
 Gray's Inn, 430— GhiW, Fraternities, 
 &c.,' 385— Harrow School, 398— He- 
 ralds' College, 370— Independents, 368 
 — Inghamites, 370— King's Bench, 380 
 —King's College, 399— Knightsbridge 
 Chapel, 377— Lady Huntingdon's Cha- 
 pel, 370 — London University, 400 — 
 Marriages, 351— May Fair, 380— Mer- 
 chant Tailors, 400— Methodists, 370— 
 Mint, 380— Monastic, 12 — Moravians, 
 370— New England, 310— Parochial, 
 351 ; Non- parochial, 365 — Presby- 
 terians, 368— Private Chapels, 376— 
 Quakers, 371— Rolls Chapel, 377— Ro- 
 man Catholics, 381— Rugby School, 400 
 —Sailors, 440— St. Patrick's Chapel, 
 Soho, 383— St. Paul's School, 400— 
 Sardinian Ambassador's, 383 — Schools, 
 390— Soldiers, 388— Spanish Ambassa- 
 dor's Chapel, 383— Swedenborgians,370 
 — University, 390 — Walloon Churches, 
 367— Wesleyans,370— Wheeler Chapel, 
 Spitalfields, 377— At Dr. Williams's Li- 
 brary, 384 — Winchester School, 400. 
 
 Registrar of Affidavits' Office, no- 
 tice of, 464 
 
 i of Deeds Office, county of 
 
 Middlesex, ib. 
 
 Releases, 30 
 
 Reliefs, 46, 49, 110. 
 
 Religious Houses : Grants of land to, 11, 
 79 — Endowments of, 30 — Alms and ap- 
 propriations to, 31 — Privileges of, 32 — 
 Deeds of surrender, 35 — Arms of, 309 
 —Records of, 61, 422 
 
 Rentals, 32 
 
 Rents of various kinds, 119 
 
 Retort Office, notice of, 445 
 
 Requests, Court of, Records, 74 
 
 Restorations to property, 140 
 
 Retours of special service, 124, 406 
 
 Return Office, notice of, 464 
 
 Returns to Parliament, 152 
 
 Revenue, 83— Of the Crown, 111, 119, 
 131, 139— Of Wales, 414 
 
 Reversal of Outlawries' Office, no- 
 tice of, 464 
 
 Riots, 81, 83 
 
 Rochester Cathedral, list of ecclesiastics, 
 421 
 
 Rolls: Aid and subsidy, 45 — Ancient 
 demesne, 82, 85— Of arms, 301, 302, 
 303— Of Battle Abbey, 12, 13, 433— 
 Of Carlaverock, 301, 302, 437— Con- 
 fir mation, 134 — Constables', 45 — Copy- 
 hold Court, 85— Coronation, 82, 87 — 
 Coroners', 55, 95— Court, 402— Cru- 
 sade, 1 3 — Dispensation, 364 — Escheats, 
 61, 96, 123— Essoin, 68— Fine, 98— 
 French, 99 — Gascon, 100 — Grosvenor 
 and Scrope, 66 — Liberate, 106 — Mar- 
 shal's, 41— Misse, 107— Muster, 103, 
 
 434-439— Oblata,110— Of Parliament, 
 149— Pell, 450— Ragman, 407— Redis- 
 seisin, 122 — Scutage, 43 — Taxation, 61 
 —Tournament, 13, 83, 303— Treaty 
 450— Vascon, 100 
 
 Rolls Chapel Register, 377 
 
 House, or Rolls Office, notice 
 
 of, 464 
 
 Roman Calendar, 472 
 
 Roman Catholics: Wills of, 81, 349— 
 Decease of, where recorded, 355 — Re- 
 gisters of, 381 
 
 Royal Arms, 301 
 
 Charters, 60 
 
 Family : Entries of births, &c, 81 
 
 Genealogies, 178 
 
 Household: Expenditure, 61, 81, 
 
 106— and lists of officers, 329, 341 
 
 Revenue, 139 
 
 Royalists' Composition Papers, 438 
 
 Rugby School Registers, 400 
 
 Rutland (County of) : Where described 
 in Domesday, 2 — Translation of Domes- 
 day, 3 — Extracts from, 5 — Members of 
 Parliament, 156 — Heralds' Visitations, 
 172— MS. collections for, 218— His- 
 tories of, 238 — Monumental inscrip- 
 tions, 293 — Justices of the peace, 333 
 —Sheriffs, 338 
 
 Sailors, Records of, 341, 439 
 
 St. George, Order of, 193 
 
 St. John's Chapel, Bedford Row, re- 
 gister of, 377 
 
 St. Mary's Chapel, Moorfields : Re- 
 gisters there, 383 
 
 St. Michael, Order of, 193 
 
 St. Patrick, Order of, 193 
 
 St. Patrick's Chapel, Soho Square: 
 Registers there, 383 
 
 Salaries, payment of, 81, 106 
 
 Sales of lands, 30, 32, 33, 35, 81, 83— Of 
 sequestered estates, 143 
 
 Salisbury Cathedral, lists of ecclesiastics, 
 421 
 
 Salop (County of) : Extracts from Domes- 
 day Book, 5 — Tenants in capite, 51 — 
 Heralds' Visitations, 172— Names of 
 gentry, 195, 326— Pedigrees of gentry, 
 218— Histories of, 238— Sheriffs, 238, 
 338 — Bookoffunerals,285 — Monumen- 
 tal inscriptions, 293— Musters, 434 
 
 Sardinian Ambassador's Chapel : Re- 
 gisters there, 383 
 
 Savoy Chapel, 380 note 
 
 Schools, Public : Records of, 398— Mat- 
 ters relating to schools, 423 
 
 Scotland : Records relating to, 83, 404 
 —Forfeited estates, 142, 147 — Royal 
 genealogies, 178, 179— Pedigrees and 
 arms of nobility, 179, 187, 304, 407— 
 Pedigrees and arms of gentry, 188, 226, 
 
524 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 304,404— Of baronets,191 — Monumen- 
 tal inscriptions, 294— Scottish seals, 
 298— Lists of officers of state, 330, 331 
 — Other officers, 332— Acts of Parlia- 
 ment, 409 — Bishops, 421 — Law officers, 
 431 — Ecclesiastical records, 427 
 
 Scrope and Grosvenor Eoll, 66 
 
 Scutage Rolls and S outages, 40-44, 
 83, 110, 434 
 
 Seals : Genealogical importance of, 294 
 — Rules for assigning dates to, 296 — 
 Lists of works on, 297 — Casts of, where 
 obtained, 299 
 
 Seamen, wills of, 349. — See Sailoes, Re- 
 coeds of. 
 
 Seceetaet of Presentations' Office, 
 notice of, 451 
 
 Secular establishments, grants to, 30 
 
 Seizin of lands, 81 — Gifts to the king for, 
 110 
 
 Sequestered Estates, 141 
 
 Serjeanties, 40, 41, 42 
 
 Serjeants-at-Law, lists of, 83, 431 
 
 Sewers, matters respecting, 71 
 
 Sheeiffs: Dedimusto swear them, 109 — 
 Names of, 112, 120, 334 
 
 Books, 323 
 
 Sheriffs' writs, 106 
 
 Sheopshiee. — See Salop [Comity of). 
 Signet Bills, 134 
 
 Office, notice of, 465 
 
 Sign Manuals, 134 
 
 Six Clerks' Office, notice of, 465 
 
 Sligo {County of) : Survey of forfeited es- 
 tates, 147 
 
 Societies s Arms of, 309— Records of, 385 
 
 Society of Feiends. — See Quakers. 
 
 Soldiers: Registers of, 388 — Records 
 of, 12, 100, 341, 433, 437; (Scotland), 
 404; (Ireland), 411 
 
 Solicitors, records of, 431 
 
 Somerset {County of) : Extracts from 
 Domesday Book, 5 — Comprised in the 
 "Exon Domesday," ib.— Knights' fees, 
 51 — Placita corona;, 59 — Inquisitions 
 post mortem, 128 — Fines levied, 133 — 
 Sequestrations, 147 — Heralds' Visita- 
 tions, 172 — Pedigrees of gentry, 219 — 
 Histories of, 238, 239 — Crown lands, 
 321— Lists of gentry, 326— Sheriffs, &c., 
 338 — Ecclesiastical records, 426 
 
 Southampton {County of) : Translation 
 of Domesday Book for, 3 — Extracts 
 from Domesday, 4 — Knights' fees, 50 
 — Perambulation of forests, 57, 58 — 
 Fines levied, 133 — Sequestrations, 146 
 — Heralds' Visitations, 166 — Pedigrees 
 of gentry, 207— Histories of, 233, 234 
 — Monumental inscriptions, 289 — 
 Crown lands, 321 — Mayors, &c, 335 — 
 Ecclesiastical records, 424 — Musters, 
 434 
 
 Sovereigns of Great Britain, pedigrees and 
 
 arms of, 178, 179 
 Spanish Ambassador's Chapel : Regis- 
 ters there, 383 
 Stafford {County of) : Extracts from 
 Domesday Book, 5 — Feodary of, 51 — 
 Assize recordb, 56 — Perambulation of 
 forests, 57 — Members of Parliament, 
 157— Heralds' Visitations, 173— Pedi- 
 grees of gentry, 219, 239 — Histories of, 
 239 — Monumental inscriptions, 293 — 
 Crown lands, 321 — Lists of gentry, 328 
 — Justices of the peace, 333 — Sheriffs, 
 338— Musters, 434 
 Star Chamber Records, 75, 465 
 State Paper Office, notice of, 465 
 Statute Rolls, 148, 149 
 Stipends, payments of, 81, 106 
 Subpoena Office, notice of, 466 
 Subsidies, 81, 83, 112, 189, 328 
 Subsidy Rolls, 45 
 
 Suffolk {County of) : Extracts from 
 Domesday Book, 5 — Lands there be- 
 longing to Ely,i&. — Free tenant?, 51 — 
 Assize records, 56 — Inquisitions post 
 mortem, 128 — Heralds' Visitations, 173 
 — Knights in, 195 — Pedigrees of gentrv, 
 220— Histories of, 239— MS . collections 
 for, ib. — Monumental inscriptions, 293 
 —Lists of seals, 298— Freeholders, 321 
 —Gentry, 328, 341— Abstracts of wills, 
 350 — Survey of church property, 424 — 
 Ecclesiastical records, 426 — Musters, 
 439 
 Summons to Parliament, 81, 152, 184, 
 
 185 
 Summons, military, 434 
 Surgeons, records of, 432, 436 
 Surrey (County of) : Translation of 
 Domesday Book for, 3 — Extracts from 
 Domesday, 5 — Knights' fees, 51 — Per- 
 ambulations of forests, 57 — Placita co- 
 rona?, 59 — Inquisitions post mortem,12& 
 — Heralds' Visitations, 174 — Knights, 
 195 — Pedigrees of gentry, 222— His- 
 tories of, 240 — Monumental inscrip- 
 tions, 293— Crown lands, 321 — Lists of 
 gentry, 326, 328, 341— Justices of the 
 peace, 333— Sheriffs, 338— Parochial 
 Registers, 360 — Ecclesiastical records, 
 426— Musters, 434, 439 
 Survey, Court of: Records, 76 
 Surveyor of Green Wax Office, notice 
 
 of, 466 
 Surveys of lands, 32, 61, 141, et seqq., 402 
 Sussex {County of): Translation of 
 Domesday, 3— Extracts therefrom, 5— 
 Knights' fees, 51— Perambulations of 
 forests, 57— Heralds' Visitations, 174 
 —Baronets, 192— Knights, 195— Pedi- 
 grees of gentry, 223— Histories of, 240 
 — MS. collections for, id.— Monumental 
 
INDEX. 
 
 525 
 
 inscriptions, 293— Crown lands, 321 — 
 Lists of gentry,326,341 — Justices of the 
 peace, 334— Sheriffs, 338— Parochial re- 
 gisters, 360 — Ecclesiastical records, 426 
 —Musters, 434, 439 
 Swedenborgians, registers of, 370 
 
 Tallages, 64, 81, 83 
 
 Tallies, 83 
 
 Taxation Eolls, 61 
 
 Taxations: Various, 32, 45 — "Taxatio 
 
 Ecclesiastica," 47, 422— " ValorEcclesi- 
 
 asticus," 423 
 Taxes, names of collectors of, 112 
 Taxing Mastees' Office, notice of, 466 
 Temple Church : Records deposited 
 
 there, 466 
 Temple (Inner and Middle) : Notices of 
 
 the libraries, 466, 467 
 (New) : Records deposited there, 
 
 466 
 Tenants : Ancient, 1, 5, 6, 104, 105— Of 
 
 crown lands, 318— By copy of Court 
 
 RoU, 86— In capite, 2, 7, 41, 42, 44, 
 
 45, 48, 100, 105, 124, 133, 319— In tail, 
 
 83— Military, 7, 39 
 Tenths and Eiest Feuits, 417 — Com- 
 positions for, 423— Office of, 457— 
 
 Collectors of, 112 
 Tenures, in capite, 7, 50, 181 — Military. 
 
 108 
 Terriers, 32 
 
 Testa de Nevil, 42, 43, 97 
 Thistle, Order of the, 193 
 Tithes, 8, 48, 183 
 Title-deeds, inrolments of.— See Deeds 
 
 of Title. 
 Tolls, 8 
 
 Tournament Rolls, 13, 83, 303 
 Towee of London: Notice of Record 
 
 Office there, 467 
 Town Depositions, 63 
 Towns : Liberties of, 60, 108— Arms of, 
 
 309 
 Treasure Trove, 83 
 Teeasuey of the Receipt of Exche* 
 
 qttee. — See Chaptee House. 
 Treaties, 81, 83, 100, 404, 413 
 Treaty rolls, 450 
 Teinitt College, Dublin, registers of, 
 
 397 
 Tumults, 83. — See Rebels. 
 
 Ulster (County of) : Muster rolls, 439 
 Univeesities, records of, 83, 390, 423 
 
 Valor Ecclesiasticus, 47, 418, 423 
 
 Valuations, 32 
 
 Vascon Rolls, 100 
 
 Venditors, names ^f, 48 
 
 borderers, 83. 109 
 
 Verge (Court of), proceedings in, 61 
 
 Vetus Codex, 151 
 
 Vicarages, endowments of, 31 
 
 Vicars- General, lists of, 419 
 
 Villeins, 1, 30, 86 
 
 Visitations: Ecclesiastical, 32 (See Ec- 
 clesiastical Recoeds) — Heralds', 
 161 
 
 Voters, names of, 324, 327 
 
 Wales: Records of, 83, 413— Inquisi- 
 tions in, 7, 415— Letters patent for, 116 
 — Heralds' Visitations, 177 — Royal ge- 
 nealogies, 180 — Pedigrees of nobility, 
 179,189— Pedigrees of gentry, 189, 227, 
 414— Book of funerals, 286— Arms of 
 families, 306 — Lists of public officers, 
 332, 333, 339— Sheriffs, &c, 340— Ec- 
 clesiastical records, 427— Musters, 435 
 
 Walloon Churches, registers of, 367 
 
 Waeds and Liveeies (Court of), re- 
 cords, 76, 454 
 
 Wards j Wardship ; 53, 60, 83, 98, 103, 
 105, 110, 128, 139, 343, 410 j (Irish), 
 411, 413 
 
 Warrens, 83 
 
 Warwick (County of): Translation of 
 Domesday Book, 3— Extracts there- 
 from, 5 — Members of Parliament, 157 
 — Heralds' Visitations, 175 — Knights, 
 195— Pedigrees of gentry, 223 — His- 
 tories of, 240 — Monumental inscrip- 
 tions, 293— Lists of gentry, 328— 
 Mayors and sheriffs, 338 
 
 Wesletan Methodists, registers of, 370 
 
 Westminstee (City of) : Members of 
 Parliament, 156— Survey of, 236 
 
 St. Petee's College, re- 
 gisters of schools, 394, 400 
 
 ■ Abbey : Funeral monu- 
 
 ments, 214, 291— Ecclesiastical records, 
 420, 425 
 
 Westmoeeland (County of) : Not sepa- 
 rately described in Domesday, 2 — 
 Translation of Domesday, 3 — Heralds' 
 Visitations, 175 — Pedigrees of gentry, 
 224 — Histories of, 240 — Lists of gentry. 
 328 
 
 Wheeler Chapel, Spitalfields, regis- 
 ter of, 377 
 
 Williams', Dr., register of births, kept at 
 his library, 384 
 
 Wills and Administeations : Their 
 genealogical importance, 343— Where 
 deposited, 344-349— List of abstracts, 
 349 
 
 Wills, inrolments of, 32, 82, 138— Of 
 Papists, 33, 35, 343 
 
 Wiltshiee : Translation of Domesday, 3 
 — Extracts from Domesday, 5 — com- 
 prised in the " Exon Domesday," ih.— 
 Knights' fees,. 51— Perambulation of 
 forests, 57— -Assize records, 57— Tinea, 
 
526 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 133 — Sequestrations, 147 — Members of 
 Parliament, 157— Sheriffs,^.— Heralds' 
 Visitations, 175 — Pedigrees of gentry, 
 157, 224— Histories of, 240— Monu- 
 mental inscriptions, 241, 294 — Lists of 
 gentry, 328— Mayors, sheriffs, &c., 338 
 — Parochial registers, 361 — List of ec- 
 clesiastics, 421 — Ecclesiastical records, 
 426— Musters, 434, 439 
 Winchester Cathedral: List of ecclesi- 
 astics, 421 
 
 ■ ■ College: Eegisters of scholars, 
 
 400 
 Winton Domesday Book, described, 6 
 Woods and Forests.— See Forests. 
 Wool, unlawful exportation of, 106 
 Woecestee {County of) : Extracts from 
 Domesday Book, 5 — Perambulations of 
 forests, 57 — Pines, 133— Sequestered 
 estates, 143 — Heralds' Visitations, 176 
 — Pedigrees of gentry, 224 — Histories 
 of, 241— MS. collections for, 241— 
 Monumental inscriptions, 294— -Crown 
 lands, 321— Sheriffs, 338— Extracts 
 
 from parochial register?, 361 — Lists of 
 ecclesiastics, 421 — Musters, 434 
 
 Wreck, 105 
 
 Writs : Ad quod damnum, 98 — De diem 
 clausit extremum, 98 — Of right, 71 — 
 Sheriffs', 106— Of scire facias, 107— Of 
 summons, 81, 152 
 
 Yeab-Booe:s, 322 
 
 Yoee {County of) : Translation of Domes- 
 day Book, 3 — Extracts from Domes- 
 day, 5 — County registers, 36 — Subsi- 
 dies, 46 — Assize records, 57 — Inqui- 
 sitions post mortem, 128 — Bebel lions, 
 141 — Heralds' Visitations, 176 — Lists 
 of baronets, 192, 195 — Knights, ib, — 
 — Gentry, ib., 328 — Pedigrees of gentry, 
 225, 241— MS. collections for, 225— 
 Histories of, 241 — Monumental inscrip- 
 tions, 294 — Crown lands, 322 — Mayors, 
 sheriffs, &c, 338 — Deeds affecting lands, 
 350 — Abstracts of wills, 350 — and of 
 parochial registers, 361 — Lists of eccle- 
 siastics, 421, 427 — Ecclesiastical re- 
 cords, 426— Muster*. 434 
 
527 
 
 A GLOSSARY OF 
 
 3Lattn WfroxXts, $f)tase& Cerms, &c, 
 
 WHICH OCCUR IN THE PUBLIC RECORDS AND OTHER 
 
 ANCIENT MSS., NOT INCLUDED IN ANY MODERN 
 
 DICTIONARY, COMPILED FROM VARIOUS SOURCES. 
 
 Abacinare—b punishment consisting of the blinding a man by means 
 of red-hot irons held before his eyes. 
 
 Abacot — the cap of state, ornamented with two crowns, worn by the 
 English sovereigns. 
 
 Abactor — a wholesale cattle-thief. 
 
 Abacus — a calculating board ; arithmetic. 
 
 Abannition — a punishment for the crime of manslaughter— which con- 
 sisted of two years' banishment. 
 Abanare — to legally convict of crime. 
 Abatuda — anything diminished, Moneta abatuda is money clipped, or 
 
 diminished in value. 
 Abavus — a great-grandfather's father. 
 Abavia — a great-grandmother's mother. 
 Abbatis — an hostler. 
 Abbatisa — an abbess. 
 
 Abditorvum — a chest for keeping plate or relics. 
 Aberemurder — murder as distinguished from manslaughter. 
 Abladium — cut corn. 
 Abnepos — a nephew's nephew. 
 
 Absoniare — to shun or avoid, used by the English in the oath of fealty. 
 Acatum — a purchase. 
 
 Accapitare — to pay relief to lords of manors. 
 Accersire — to summon. 
 Accipitrarius — the keeper of the hawks. 
 Accola — a colonist who farms land, the opposite of incola. , 
 
 34 
 
528 GLOSSARY. 
 
 Accredulitare — to purge an offence by an oath. 
 
 Achat — a purchase or bargain. 
 
 Acherset — a measure of corn, probably eight bushels. 
 
 Achure — an enclosure of wattles or thorns surrounding a building to 
 prevent cattle damaging the thatch. 
 
 Aclea — a field where oaks grow. 
 
 Acquietare — to acquit, absolve : quietum reddare. 
 
 Acroisa, or Acrucia — blindness. — For Aorisia. 
 
 Acroma — a concert of music. 
 
 Actilia — armour. 
 
 Acto — a coat of mail. 
 
 Actus — a footway and horseway. 
 
 Adaquare — to drown. 
 
 Adcordabilis denarii — money paid by a vassal to his lord upon the sel- 
 ling or exchanging of a feud. 
 
 A deling, jEtheling, or Udling — a title of honour among the English, pro- 
 perly belonging to the King's children (JEdelau, Sax.) 
 
 Adiratus — a compensation for goods, lost or stolen. 
 
 Adnichilare — to annul. 
 
 Adquieto — payment. 
 
 Adrectare — to satisfy, or make amends. 
 
 Adulterinus — unlawful, applied to castles erected without royal license. 
 
 Adunare — to unite. 
 
 Advocare — to avouch. 
 
 JE&esn — remumeration to the proprietor of a domain for the privilege of 
 feeding swine under the oaks and beeches of his woods. 
 
 jEMip — transgression of the law. 
 
 jEhte-swan — a swineherd. 
 
 JElm-feoh — Peter's-pence paid to the Pope. 
 
 Affidatus — a tenant by fealty, a retainer. 
 
 Afforare — to set a price on a thing. 
 
 Afforciament — a fortress. 
 
 Aforestare — to turn land into a forest. 
 
 Ajfri — Bullocks, horses, or beasts of the plough. 
 
 Agalma — an impression of anything on a seal. 
 
 Agenfrida — lord or owner. 
 
 Agillarius — a keeper of cattle in a common field. 
 
 Agist — to feed stranger's cattle in the royal forest, and to collect the 
 money due for it. 
 
 Agistamentum — right of pasturage at special seasons of the year. 
 
 Agius — holy. 
 
 Agnatio — kindred by the father. 
 
GLOSSARY. 529 
 
 Agusadura — a fee due from vassals to their lords for sharpening plough- 
 ing tackle. 
 
 Agweddi — a portion given with the bride. 
 
 Alanerarius — a keeper of dogs (alans) or hawks (lanners) 
 
 Album — white rent paid in silver. 
 
 Alfet — the cauldron full of boiling water into which the criminal held 
 his arm for a time as an ordeal. 
 
 Allaunds — hare hounds. 
 
 Allegiare — to defend or justify by course of law. 
 
 Alleviare — to pay or levy a fine. 
 
 Allodarii — tenants having as great an estate as subjects can enjoy. 
 
 Almaria — a cupboard containing the archives of a church or library. 
 
 Almodarii — lords of free manors. 
 
 Almonarium — a safe in which broken victuals were stored for distribu- 
 tion among the poor. 
 
 Alnetum — a grove of alder trees. 
 
 Allodial, or Allodium — a holding of lands in absolute possession without 
 acknowledging any superior lord : contradistinguished 
 from feudal lands, which are held from superiors. 
 
 Alody— inheritable land. 
 
 Ambactus — a servant or client. 
 
 Amber, or Ambra — a measure of four bushels. 
 
 Amerciamentum — a pecuniary mulct : a fine can only be imposed by 
 courts of record, an amercement by courts not of record. 
 
 Amita—&n aunt by the father. 
 
 Ammobragium — a service, or poll-money. 
 
 Amodo — henceforth. 
 
 Amortize — to alienate lands in mortmain. 
 
 Ancillare — to bring into subjection. 
 
 Andaga — a day appointed for the hearing of a cause. 
 
 Andena — as much ground as a man can stride over. 
 
 Angylde — the rate at which certain injuries to person or property were 
 to be paid for : in injuries to the person it seems to be 
 equivalent to the wer, or the price at which every man 
 was valued. 
 
 Anhlote — a single tax paid according to the custom of the country, as 
 scot and lot. 
 
 Apanagium — the portion of a younger son. 
 
 Appensura — payment of money by weight. 
 
 Appruare — to take to one's use or profit, as to enclose waste land. 
 
 Aquguim — a toll for water carriage. 
 
 Arabant — applied to those who held by the tenure of ploughing and 
 tilling the lord's land within the manor. 
 
530 GLOSSARY. 
 
 Armiger — an esquire. 
 
 Arnalia — arable grounds. 
 
 Arpen — an acre or furlong of ground : according to Domesday, 100 
 perches made an arpen. 
 
 Arrura — a day's work at plough. 
 
 Arsura — to test money by fire. 
 
 Ascriptitious — bound to the spoil : applied to the condition of a villawus, 
 
 Assartum — land brought into cultivation. 
 
 Assewiare — to drain marsh-ground. 
 
 Asturcarius — keeper of the great hawks. 
 
 Atilia — utensils or farm implements. 
 
 Avenage — rent paid in oats. 
 
 Avera — the day's work of a ploughman. 
 
 Averia — cattle generally. 
 
 Averium— the best live beast due to the lord as an heriot on hit tenant's 
 death. 
 
 Averus — a farm horse. 
 
 Avia — a grandmother. 
 
 Bachelaria — gentry beneath the rank of Barons. 
 
 Baga — a bag or purse. 
 
 Bagavel — Edward I. granted to the citizens of Exeter by charter, the 
 collection of a certain tribute or toll upon all manner of 
 wares brought to that city to be sold, to be applied to- 
 wards the paving of the streets, repairing the walls, etc., 
 which was commonly called in old English begavel, bethu- 
 gavel, and chipping gavel. 
 
 Bahadum — a chest or coffer. 
 
 Bajardour — a bearer of any weight or burden. 
 
 Balearii — an arbalist. 
 
 Balanced — a pair of scales. 
 
 Balliva — a bailiwick or jurisdiction. 
 
 Bannitus — an outlaw, a banished man. 
 
 Barbicanage — contribution towards the maintenance of a barbican. 
 
 Barcarium — a sheepcote. 
 
 Baro — a Baron. 
 
 Barridus — proud, powerful. 
 
 Barton — demesne lands of a manor house. 
 
 Bassellus — a coin abolished by Henry II. 
 
 Bedellus — a beadle. 
 
 Basilardum — a kind of poignard. 
 
 Benerth — an ancient service which a tenant rendered to his lord with 
 plough and cart 
 
GLOSSARY. 531 
 
 Berbiage — a rent paid for sheep pasturage. 
 
 Bemarius — the keeper of the King's bears. 
 
 Bisia — a hind or doe. 
 
 Bi-scot — a fine of 2s. for not repairing ditches, &c. 
 
 Bisus panis — brown bread. 
 
 Bladarius — a corn-chandler. 
 
 Bladum — corn. 
 
 Blanchetus — a blanket. 
 
 Blancus — white: Bland— white money or sterling. 
 
 Blod-wit — an amercement for bloodshed. 
 
 Boc — a charter : Boc-land — land held by charter. 
 
 Boldagium — a little house or cottage. 
 
 Bordimanni — husbandmen. 
 
 Bordlode — a service required of tenants to carry timber out of the lord's 
 
 woods to his house. 
 Borelfolk — country people. 
 
 Boscage — food which wood and trees yield to cattle, as mast and acorns. 
 Boscaria — woodhouses, or cattle sheds. 
 Bothagium—dues paid to the lord of the manor for the erection of booths 
 
 in fairs or markets. 
 Botelleria — a pantry or buttery. 
 
 Bovata Terras — as much land as an ox can plough : 8 bovata make 1 
 Carucate. 
 
 Bracenarius — a huntsman or master of the hounds : Bracetus — a hound. 
 
 Braciator — a brewer : Brecina — a brewhouse. 
 
 Brigbote — a contribution for the repairs of bridges. 
 
 Bur dare — to jest. 
 
 Burgheristhe — a breach of the peace in a city. 
 
 Burgmote — an assembly of burgesses. 
 
 Burrochium — a small weir where traps are laid for the taking of fish. 
 
 Cachepolus — an inferior bailiff. 
 
 Camientarius — a stonemason. 
 
 Calefaugium — a right to take fuel yearly. 
 
 Cambiare — to exchange. 
 
 Camerarius — a keeper of accounts, a chamberlain. 
 
 Canfara — ordeal by hot iron. 
 
 Capella — a short mantle worn by a priest. 
 
 Capitilitium — poll-money. 
 
 Carcannum — a prison, the pillory. 
 
 Carecta — a cart or cart load. 
 
 Cark — a quantity of wool : 30 equal a sarplar, 
 
 Catapulta — a broad arrow. 
 
532 GLOSSARY. 
 
 Gatascopus — an archdeacon or bishop. 
 
 Geap — anything for sale : also cattle as being the usual medium of bar- 
 ter : Geap-gild — market price. 
 
 Cenegild — a fine paid by one who killed another, to the kindred of the 
 deceased. 
 
 Genellae — acorns. 
 
 Cervisia — beer. 
 
 Chacea — the liberty of hunting within a certain district. 
 
 Chevagium — poll money paid by villeins to their lords. 
 
 Childwite — a fine of a bondwoman unlawfully begotten with child. 
 
 Ghiminagium — a toll due by custom for having a way through a forest. 
 
 Cippus — the stocks. 
 
 Circada — a fee paid to the bishop for visiting a church. 
 
 Giric-sceat — Church-scot, a due payable on Saint Martin's Day, consist- 
 ing chiefly of corn. 
 
 Claretum — a liquor made of red wine and honey. 
 
 Clough — a valley. 
 
 Gognatio— kindred by the mother. 
 
 Collistrigium — the pillory. 
 
 Gomortha — a contribution collected at marriages. 
 
 Concubaria—& fold where cattle lie. 
 
 Gonsobrinus — a sister's son. 
 
 Contenemenium — Freehold land attached to a dwelling-house. 
 
 Gornagium — a tax on corn. 
 
 Goscinium — a measure of corn. 
 
 Grementum — increase or profit of a farm over the fixed sum as which it 
 is let. 
 
 Crociarius — a cross bearer. 
 
 Dolus, Dailus — a ditch, a certain measure of land. 
 
 Danegelt — a tribute of Is. and afterwards of 2s. upon every hide of land 
 
 throughout the kingdom, for maintaining a sufficient 
 
 force to resist the Danish pirates who infested our coasts. 
 
 Dangeria — money paid by forest tenants for liberty to plough and sow 
 
 during pannage or mast-feeding time 
 Decania — a tithing. 
 Decanus — the head man of a tithing. 
 Dedbana — homicide. 
 Demesne — that part of the lands of a manor which the lord has not 
 
 granted out on tenancy, but has reserved for his own. 
 Dena — a glen or coppice. 
 Denbara — a hog sty (swine-oombe) 
 Deodandum — a gift to God. 
 
GLOSSARY. 533 
 
 Detractari — torn in pieces by horses. 
 
 Dextrarius — a war-horse. 
 
 Diarium, — Daily food. 
 
 Billigrout — pottage made for the King's table on coronation day. 
 
 Disme — a tenth. 
 
 Dolg-bote — a recompense for a wound. 
 
 Dolium — a tun of liquor. 
 
 Dossale — tapestry hung on a wall. 
 
 Ifry-croeft — witchcraft. 
 
 Dunfets — people who dwell on hilly places. 
 
 Dunum — a down or hill. 
 
 Dytenum — a short song. 
 
 Ealhorda — the privilege of selling beer. 
 
 Eleemosyna — Alms. 
 
 Elephantia — leprosy. 
 
 Eorlas — noblemen. 
 
 Engleceria — English. 
 
 Escheata — the reversion of a fief to a lord on the extinction or corrup- 
 tion of the blood : also the estate so escheated. Eschaetor 
 was the officer who received the escheats of the Crown. 
 
 Escot — a tax paid in boroughs towards the support of the community. 
 
 Esnecca — a ship of transport. 
 
 Estoverium — fire-wood. 
 
 Ewbrice — adultery. 
 
 Expeditatio — the cutting out the ball of a dog's forefeet to prevent him 
 being used in hunting. 
 
 Expeditio — the duty of accompanying the lord to war. 
 
 Exsartum — land redeemed from the forest and made arable. 
 
 Extumce — relics. 
 
 Factum — a deed or grant. 
 
 Foedcr-feoh — the portion brought by a wife to her husband, and which 
 reverted to the widow in case the heir of her deceased 
 husband refused his consent to her second marriage. 
 
 Falcatura — one day's mowing of grass. 
 
 Faldcecursus — a sheep walk. 
 
 Faldistorium — a bishop's throne. 
 
 Falsoneria — forgery of coins and charters. 
 
 Farinagium — a toll on meal or flour. 
 
 Farlen — money paid by tenants in lieu of heriot. 
 
 Feoh — cattle-money. 
 
 Ferdwit — a fine imposed on persons refusing to go forth in a military 
 expedition. 
 
534 GLOSSARY. 
 
 Ferlingata — four acres. 
 
 Fermisona — the winter season for killing deer. 
 
 Filiolus — a godson. 
 
 Finis — a payment made to procure the end of a lawsuit or immunity 
 from molestation. 
 
 Fire-bote — fuel for necessary use allowed to tenants out of the lands 
 granted them. 
 
 lirmatio— the doe-season: provisions. 
 
 Flaco — a marsh. 
 
 Flem — an outlaw. 
 
 Flet — house, home. 
 
 Folc-mote — a general assembly of the people to consider matters concern- 
 ing the common-wealth. 
 
 Folgere — a freeman who is the retainer of another for whom he performs 
 certain predial services. 
 
 Foragium — straw when the corn is threshed out 
 
 Forbannitus — a pirate. 
 
 Forcelectum — a fortress. 
 
 Forgabulum — a quit-rent : a small reserved rent. 
 
 Formella — a weight of about 70 lbs. 
 
 Fomagium — Hearth-money, the fee taken by a lord of his tenant who 
 was bound to bake in the lord's common oven, or for a 
 permission to use his own. 
 
 Fortuna — treasure-trove. 
 
 Fossagium — duty levied on the inhabitants for repairing the moat round 
 the town. 
 
 Friscus — fresh, uncultivated land. 
 
 Fractitium — arable land. 
 
 Fratriagium — a younger brother's portion. 
 
 Frith — peace : frith-gild, members of an association for mutual protec- 
 tion : frith-borga, an association of ten men for mutual se- 
 curity : frith-bot, payment to atone for breach of peace. 
 
 Frumstol — the original or paternal dwelling. 
 
 Fugatio — a hunting-ground. 
 
 Fumage — chimney-money, a tax paid to the sovereign for every house 
 that had a chimney. 
 
 Furca — the gallows. 
 
 Furcaro — to pitch hay or corn with a fork. 
 
 Fyrd — the land force of the whole country. 
 
 Gdbel — an excise, or rent. 
 
 Gambeson — a quilted jacket worn under armour, 
 
 Garba — a sheaf of corn. 
 
GLOSSARY. 535 
 
 Gastaldus — the goveror of a town. 
 
 Geldare — to pay tax. 
 
 Gemotum — a meeting. 
 
 Gisarma — a kind of javelin. 
 
 Glebarice — turfs dug out of the ground. 
 
 Goliardus — a jester. 
 
 Gradarius — an ambling horse. 
 
 Groundagium — a toll for liberty to anchor in a harbour. 
 
 Gultwit— amends for a trespass. 
 
 Habentia — riches. 
 
 Hagia — a hedge. 
 
 Hallmote— the local court of a franchise. 
 
 Hamsoca — a penalty for forcible entry into a man's house. 
 
 Hansa — a trade-guild. 
 
 Haracia — a stud of horses. 
 
 Halsfang — a pecuniary mulct to commute for standing in the pillory. 
 
 Hastiludium — a tournament. 
 
 Ifedagium — toll for landing goods at a wharf. 
 
 Hengew — a prison. 
 
 Herbergiator — an innkeeper. 
 
 Heriot — originally a tribute to the lord of the manor of the horse or ha- 
 biliments of the deceased tenants, in order that the mili- 
 tiae apparatus might continue to be used for the purpose 
 of national defence by each succeeding tenant. On the 
 decline of the military tenures, the heriot was commuted 
 for a money payment, or for the tenant's best beast (ave- 
 Hum), 
 
 fferedipeta — the next heir. 
 
 Hernescus — a heron. 
 
 Hibernagium — Season for sowing winter corn. 
 
 Hide of land — such a space as might be ploughed with one plough, or 
 as much as would maintain the family of a hide, or man- 
 sion house. According to some it was sixty acres, others 
 make it eighty, and others again one hundred. The quan- 
 tity was probably determined by local usage. In the 
 reign of Henry II. it was fixed at one hundred acres. 
 
 Hirst — a wood. 
 
 Hobellarius — a light horse-soldier. 
 
 Hokeday — the second Tuesday after Easter. Hoke-Tuesday money, a 
 duty given to the landlord that his tenants and bondmen 
 might solemnize the day on which the English conquered 
 the Danes. 
 
536 GLOSSARY. 
 
 Hoccus salts — a salt pit. 
 
 Homiplagium — the maiming of a man. 
 
 Hontfongenethef — a thief taken red-handed. 
 
 Hoohland — land plowed and sown every year 
 
 Hope — a valley. 
 
 Horda — a cow in calf. 
 
 Horn-geld — a forest tax paid for horned beasts. 
 
 Hostelagmm — a right to have lodging and entertainment reserved by 
 
 lords in their tenants' houses. 
 Hostiarius — a door-keeper, an usher. 
 Hundredarius — the bailiff of the hundred. 
 Hundredum — the local division called the hundred, the nature of which 
 
 is not known with certainty. Some accounts make it 
 
 consist precisely of a hundred hides ; others of a hundred 
 
 tithings, or of a hundred free families. 
 Hundred penny — a tax collected by the sheriff or lord of a hundred. 
 Husgablum — house tax. 
 
 Hynden — an association of ten men in a frithgild. 
 Ifungia — fine white bread. 
 Impressor — a printer. 
 Incaustum — Ink. 
 Incopolitus — a Vicar. 
 Infaugenthef — a privilege of lords of certain manors to judge any thief 
 
 taken within their fee. 
 Inewardus — a watchman. 
 Intrinsecus — a citizen. 
 
 Jampnum — furze, or ground where furze grows. 
 Jeman — a yeoman. 
 Joncaria — lands where rushes grow 
 Jubar — a sunbeam. 
 Junctum — a measure of salt. 
 Kaia — a wharf or quay. 
 Kaiagium — wharfage. 
 Kerkere — a cartway. 
 Kernellatus — embattled or fortified. 
 Kintale — a weight of about 100 pounds. 
 Kysta — a coffer or chest. 
 Labina — a meadow. 
 Lacerta. — a fathom. 
 
 Lagan — the lord's claim on wreckage cast on shore 
 Lairmte — a penalty for adultery. 
 Langeolum — a woollen garment worn by monks. 
 
GLOSSARY, 537 
 
 Lanterium — the top of a steeple. 
 
 Lateranea — a bedfellow, a wife. 
 
 Lestagium — a duty on the cargo of a ship. 
 
 Leuca — a league, 480 perches, 1500 paces. 
 
 Leugata — territory surrounding a town at the radius of a leuca. 
 
 Libra pensa — a pound of money by weight. 
 
 Lignagium — the right of collecting fuel. 
 
 Linarium — a place where flax is grown. 
 
 Lintheamen — a towel. 
 
 Lorema — a horse's bit. 
 
 Lorica — a coat of mail as worn by a Knight, hence the Knightly tenure 
 
 Lunda — a bind of eels, i. e. 250. 
 
 Mactator — a murderer. 
 
 Macula — silver halfpence. 
 
 Maeg-burgh — kindred, family. 
 
 Maeg-bot — compensation for homicide paid by the perpetrator to the 
 
 family of the slain. 
 Maere — famous, great : aelmere, all famous. 
 Malandrinus — a thief or pirate. 
 Malina — Spring-tide. 
 Manca, Mancusa — a square piece of gold coin, valued at thirty pence, 
 
 or 6s. 
 Mannopus — goods found on an apprehended thief. 
 Manser — a bastard. 
 Mara — a lake, mere. 
 Manucaptio — mainprise. 
 Manupes — a foot in length. 
 Manung — the district within the jurisdiction of a reeve : apparently so 
 
 called from his power to exact {amaniane) all fines. 
 Marca — a mark: the silver mark was of the value of 13s. 4d.: the gold 
 
 mark represented six pounds sterling. 
 Marearchus — an admiral. 
 
 Maritagium — the portion given with the daughter upon her marriage. 
 Mamra — the ruins of a castle. 
 Maupigymum — a kind of pottage. 
 Mercata — land worth a mark a year. 
 Messina — Harvest time. 
 Mestilo — wheat and rye mixed. 
 Misericordia — a species of dagger. 
 Modiatio — a tax levied on each tierce of wine. 
 Monetagium — a tribute paid by tenants to their lord every third year, 
 
 binding him not to change the money he had coined. 
 
538 GLOSSARY. 
 
 Moniale — a nunnery. 
 
 Morganegiba — the husband's wedding gift to his bride. 
 
 Moretum — brown cloth. 
 
 Multura — toll paid at a mill. 
 
 Multo — a wether sheep. 
 
 NaseUus — a small boat. 
 
 Neife — a woman born in villenage. 
 
 Navicuta — an incense cup in the shape of a boat. 
 
 Nonagium, — a ninth part of movables paid to the Church, on the death 
 
 of a parishioner. 
 Notfais — a bastard. 
 Nummata terrce — an acre of land. 
 Nundinal — a fair. 
 Nurus — a daughter-in-law. 
 Obolata terrce — half an acre. 
 
 On-hlote— the share of taxation to be borne by the individual member of 
 a community. 
 
 Ora — a Saxon coin worth either 16 or 20 pence. 
 Oppidanue — the keeper of a town. 
 
 Orf-gild—a, delivery or restitution of cattle. 
 Ortelli — the claws of a dog's foot. 
 
 Ortolagium — a garden-plot. 
 
 Ostensio — a tax imposed on merchants for leave to expose their goods 
 for sale. 
 
 Osceptrus — a hawk. 
 
 Osculatorum — a pax. 
 
 Ox-gate or Ox-gang — fifteen acres of land. 
 
 Pallagium — a duty to lords of manors for exporting or importing vessels 
 of wine at any of their ports. 
 
 Pandoxator — a brewer. 
 
 Papa — the Pope. 
 
 Patrinus — a god-father. 
 
 Parvisus — church porch, a chamber over it (Paradisus). 
 
 Patruelis — a cousin-german by the father's side. 
 
 Patruns — an uncle by the father's side. 
 
 Patruns magnus — a grandfather's brother. 
 
 Patruns major—*, great grandfather's brother. 
 
 Patruns maximus—*, great-grandfather's father's brother. 
 
 Pensa—a, wey, 256 lbs. 
 
 Pcrticata— a perch (measure of land). 
 
 Parana— an engine for discharging stones. 
 
 Pheliparius —a dealer in old clothes and furniture. 
 
GLOSSARY. 539 
 
 Piperarii — dealers in spices and groceries. 
 
 Pomilio — a fruiterer. 
 
 Pontagium — a bridge-toll. 
 
 Port-reeve — the chief magistrate of a port, or mercantile town. 
 
 Potellus — a measure of two quarts. 
 
 Praefectus — a Mayor. 
 
 Praepositus — an officer next in authority to the alderman of a hundred : 
 
 a steward or bailiff of an estate. 
 Precula — a rosary. 
 Proamita — a grandfather's sister. 
 Proamita magna — a great-grandfather's sister. 
 Proavia — a great-grandmother. 
 Proavunculus — a great-great-unole. 
 Proavus — a great-grandfather. 
 Proditio — treason. 
 
 Promaterterea — a grandmother's sister. 
 Pronepos — a great-grandson. 
 Pronuros — the wife of a great grandson. 
 Pulcinus — a chicken. 
 Putagium — fornication. 
 Quarentena terrce — a furlong, or 40 perches. 
 Quintena — the game called Quintain. 
 Raglorius — a steward. 
 Ran — open theft. 
 Receptus — an arbitrator. 
 
 Regratarius — a retailer who buys and sells goods. 
 Regulus — a Prince. 
 
 Regardum forestoz — the visitation of a forest. 
 Reif— robbery. 
 
 Relevium— the money paid by an heir for admission to his inheritance, 
 Rettare — to accuse. 
 Reugia — a measure of land. 
 Revelach — theft. 
 
 Riparius — one who conveys fish from the coast to inland towns. 
 Riveare — to have the liberty of a river for fishing and fowling. 
 Roda — a perch. 
 Romlms — a sturgeon. 
 Rotularius — a r notary. 
 Rumphea — a kind of dart. 
 Runcaria — ground overgrown with brambles. 
 Runcinus — a pack horse. 
 
540 GLOSSARY 
 
 Sagibaro — a judge. 
 
 Sagmen — fat or lard. 
 
 Saio — a tipstaff. 
 
 Salma — a seam of corn, 8 bushels. 
 
 Salsarium — a salt-cellar. 
 
 Sarculatura una — a day's work at weeding: 
 
 Saurus — a Hawk of a year old. 
 
 Scaccarium — the Exchequer. 
 
 Scacci — the game of chess. 
 
 Scavage — a toll or custom exacted by mayors, sheriffs, etc., of merchant 
 
 strangers, for wares shown or offered for sale within their 
 
 liberties. 
 Schilla — a little bell used in monasteries. 
 Scothala — an ale house kept by a forest officer. 
 Scutum — a shield, coat of arms. 
 Seedlip — a measure of wheat. 
 Seneucia — widowhood . 
 Senglarius — a wild boar. 
 Sepultura — burial fees. 
 Sextarius — a measure of four gallons. 
 Silva cmdua — wood under twenty years' growth. 
 Siminellus— the second best white bread. 
 Sithcundman — the high constable of a hundred. 
 Sochemannus — a free landowner. 
 Socome — a custom of grinding corn at the lord's mill. 
 Solanda — a certain quantity of ploughed land. 
 Solarium — an upper room. 
 Solidarius — a paid soldier. 
 Spadarius—& sword-bearer. 
 Speruarius — a sparrow-hawk. 
 
 Sportula — a dole either of meat or money given to the poor. 
 Spurarium aureum — a gold coin (Spur royal) 
 Stannum — tin. 
 Staurare — to stock a farm. 
 Stellata Camera — Star Chamber. 
 Sterbreche — the obstructing of a way. 
 Stica — a Saxon brass coin worth half a farthing. 
 Strator — surveyor of the highways. 
 Suanimotum — the court of the freemen in the forest. 
 Sullery— plough land. 
 Summarius — a sumpter horse. 
 
GLOSSARY. 541 
 
 Tallea — a tally, a stick cut into two parts, on each whereof is marked, 
 with notches or otherwise, what is due between debtor and 
 creditor. It was the ancient method of keeping accounts, 
 one part remained with the creditor and the other with 
 the debtor. 
 
 Targia — a ship of burden. 
 
 Tegularius—& bricklayer. 
 
 Telarius — a weaver. 
 
 Terbiclietum — a cucking stool. 
 
 Terra affirmata — farm land. 
 
 Terra boscalis — woody land. 
 
 Terra culta — tilled ground. 
 
 Terra debilis — waste ground. 
 
 Terra frusca — fresh land, not lately ploughed. 
 
 Terra sabulosa — sandy land. 
 
 Terra vestita — corn land. 
 
 Thegriy Thaynus — a thane, originally a servant, then a person who be- 
 came noble by service. The thane before the Conquest 
 occupied nearly the same position socially as the Knight 
 did after it. 
 
 Theoden — an under-thane. 
 
 Thing — an assembly. 
 
 Thrimsa — an Anglo-Saxon coin worth threepence. 
 
 Timbre — a bundle of skins. 
 
 Tipularia Domus — an ale house. 
 
 Tremellum — a granary. 
 
 Trentale — an office of 30 masses sung for the dead, 
 
 Trethingus — the third part of a shire or province, a riding. 
 
 Trenga Dei — (truce of God) this truce lasted three days, from Saturday 
 noon till Tuesday at same hour. 
 
 Truncus — a money box. 
 
 Tungrevius — the bailiff of a township. 
 
 Turnus— the periodical court of the sheriff. 
 
 Tylwith—& tribe house or family. 
 
 Ulna ferrea — the standard ell of iron kept in the Exchequer for the rule 
 of measure. 
 
 Unfrid — without peace or quiet. 
 
 Ungeld — an outlaw. 
 
 Uxorium — a fine for not marrying. 
 
 Vadlet — the King's eldest son. 
 
 Vaivus — a vagabond. 
 
 Valerius— a groom. 
 
542 GLOSSARY. 
 
 Valentia — the value of a thing. 
 Vespilio — a thief. 
 Villata — a township. 
 Vinagium — rent paid in wine. 
 Virga — a rod or ensign of office. 
 Volatilia — game. 
 
 Wapentachiwn — a subdivision of the riding. 
 Warde-mote- meeting of the ward in a corporate town. 
 Wer — a pecuniary compensation for killing a man. 
 Witan — wise men. 
 
 Witenagemote — a meeting of the wise men to advise and assist the sove- 
 reign. 
 Xenodochium — an inn, hospital. 
 Zythum — a drink made of corn. 
 
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