A HISTORY OF THE COLLEGE OF ARMS. AND THE LIVES OF ALL THE KINGS, HERALDS, AND PURSUIVANTS, From the Reign of FOUNDER OF THE COLLEGE, UNTIL THE PRESENT TIME. WITH A PRELIMINARY DISSERTATION RELATIVE TO THE DIFFERENT ORDERS IN ENGLAND, PARTICULARLY THE GENTRY, SINCE THE NORMAN CONQUEST. TAKEN FROM RECORDS, MANUSCRIPTS, AND OTHER THE MOST INDISPUTABLE AUTHORITIES. BY THE REV. MARK NOBLE, F. A. S. of L. AND E. LONDON: PRINTED FOR T. EGERTON, R. FAULDER, R. LEA, VERNOR AND HOOD, J. WALKER, 1805. 40X1010 ΤΟ HIS MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY GEORGE III. BY THE GRACE OF GOD, MONARCH OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT-BRITAIN AND IRELAND, DEFENDER OF THE FAITH, FATHER OF HIS OWN OF HIS OWN PEOPLE, PROTECTOR OF OTHER NATIONS, AND THE PATRON OF AGRICULTURE, COMMERCE, LEARNING, AND SCIENCE, |