Catalogue of English gentry and their arms, taken from sixteenth- and early seventeenth-century visitations. Under each letter of the alphabet, there are separate lists of gentry within each county, with brief heraldic descriptions of their arms. According to the title page over 5,400 families are listed. However, the work is unfinished, ending at Orgon. There are also c 600 emblazoned arms. Entitled: An alphabetical catalogue of English gentry in their several counties: together with the arms and crests they bear, curiously depicted. NB These arms, etc. seem to be taken from or collated with the books of visitations etc. in the Heralds Office.
Catalogue of English Gentry
- Reference
- GB 133 Eng MS 418
- Dates of Creation
- 17th Century
- Name of Creator
- Language of Material
- English
- Physical Description
- 198 x 156 mm. 1 volume (230 folios);
Scope and Content
Access Information
The manuscript is available for consultation by any accredited reader.
Acquisition Information
Purchased by the John Rylands Library from the bookseller J.E. Cornish in March 1927.
Note
Description compiled by Henry Sullivan, project archivist.
Other Finding Aids
Catalogued in the Hand-List of the Collection of English Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library, 1928 (English MS 418).
Custodial History
Former owner: R. Huggett, MA: possibly Roger Huggett, who matriculated at Hart Hall, Oxford in 1731, aged 20; Christ Church, BA 1734, MA 1739: see Joseph Foster, Alumni Oxonienses: the members of the University of Oxford, part 2, 1715-1886, vol. 2 (Oxford: Parker and Co., 1891).