NORTHUMBERLAND. 15. Harvey, Norroy. Mary 1. 1557. Dalton, Norroy. 1575. 1615. Flower, Norroy, assisted by Glover, Portcullis. In the College. Cha. II. 1666. Dugdale, Norroy. NOTTINGHAMSHIRE. Hen. VIII. 1530. Tonge, Norroy, began his visitation at Sir Brian Stapleton's, 1614. St. George, Norroy. In the College, containing 106 pedigrees.. 1662. Dugdale, Norroy, finished by him in 1664. Ja. I. Cha. 11. Hen. VIII, 1531. Cha. I. Cha. 11. 1574. OXFORDSHIRE. Benolte, Clarenceux. In the College. Cooke, Clarenceur, by his deputy, Lee, Portcullis. In the College. 1634. St. George, Clarenceur, and Burroughs, Norroy, by their deputies, 1668. Byshe, Clarenceux, who finished it in 1679, says Mr. Gough, probably in the preceding year, for he died in January, 1678-9. Mr. Gough mentions two others, which are without dates, in the College. There is a visitation of the University of Oxford in the Ashmolean Museum. Ja. 1. Cha. 1. Cha. 11. RUTLANDSHIRE. 1618. Camden, Clarenceur, by Vincent, Rouge-rose, his deputy. In the College; with the county of Northampton, it contains 212 pedigrees. 1634. St. George, Clarenceur, and Burroughs, Norrøy, by their deputies, Philipot, Richmond, and Ryley, Blue-mantle. 1681, St. George, Clarenceur, began by his deputies, Burghill, Somerset, and King, Rouge-dragon, and finished in 1682, by May, Chester, and King, Rouge-dragon. Eliz. 1584. Cha. 1. 1624. Cha. 11. Same. By his deputy, Lee, Portcullis. In the College. St. George, Clarenceur, by his deputies, Treswell, Somerset, and Vincent, Rouge-croix. Messrs. Gough and Dalaway give the date 1624. If they are right in that, they are evidently wrong in making Camden the Clarenceux, because he died the preceding year. In the College, containing 160 pedigrees. John Withie road painter. 1663. Byshe, Clarenceur, by his deputy, Dugdale, Norroy, who finished it in 1664. There are several collections of arms, for this county. Mr. Sheldon had one, with church notes and genealogies. In the Harleian Collection is one, once in the College. There are some others, collected by Ashmole, Windsor, in his Museum. SOMERSETSHIRE. No date. In the College. Hen. VIII. 1531. Ja. 1. Cha. 11. Benolte, Clarenceur. In the College. Cooke, Clarenceux, was in Garter Anstis' Collection. Anstis, 1623. Camden, Clarenceux, by his deputies, St. George, Richmond, and Lennard, Blue-mantle. In the College, containing, with the counties of Somerset, Wilts, and Dorset, 545 pedigrees.. 1672. Byshe, Clarenceux. STAFFORDSHIRE. Hen. VIII. 1523-9. Benolte, Clarenceur. In the College. Eliz. 1563. Flower, Norroy. Same. 1583. Same. Ja. 1. Cha. 11. In the College. By Glover, Somerset, his deputy. In King's College, Oxford, written by Somerset at the time of the visitation, signed by those gentlemen who gave him information relative to their families. 1614. St. George, Norroy. In the College, containing 97 pedigrees. Of these, 50 are in Norroy's division of the county, as lying north on the river Trent. Mr. Gough, says le Neve had a visitation by Charles, Lancaster: if so, it must have been only as deputy to St. George, Norroy. In the library of King's College, Oxford, is, "The first Booke of Escocheons "taken fourth of that rare MS. in the custody of Mr. John Digbie de Sandon, 6.in "in com. Stafford, an. dom. 1623." being an alphabet of arms, in blazon, containing 4334 coats. Ashmole, Windsor, who accompanied Dugdale, Norroy, in his visitation, made a collection of arms, mostly in his own hand, which is now in his Museum at Oxford. Mr. Noble, the author of this volume, has the funeral monuments of all the hundreds in this county, except one, taken by himself. Harvey, Clarenceur. In the College. 1577. Cooke, Clarenceux. This rests upon Mr. Gough's authority. 1612. Camden, Clarenceux, by his deputy, Raven, Richmond. In the Mr. Gough says, Chitting, Chester, visited; but if ever he did it could only be as deputy to one of the Clarenceux. He was an herald from 1618 to 1637-8; so that, if he ever visited, it must have been as Clarenceux Camden's deputy. It is well known Camden never visited in person. The others who visited Suffolk generally went their circuits themselves. The Rev. Jos. Bokenham, rector of Stoke-Ash and Little-Thornham in Suffolk, made a collection of the arms of this county, containing 730 coats, to which the late Sir John Fenn made additions. He had purchased it of the Antiquary, Mr. Martin. No date. In the College. Hen. VIII. 1530. Eliz. 1572. Ja. I. 1623. Cha. II. SURREY, Benolte, Clarenceux. A copy was in Garter Anstis' Collection. Camden, Clarenceur, by his deputies, Thompson, Windsor, and Vincent, Rouge-dragon. In the College, containing 281 pedigrees. 1662. Byshe, Clarenceux, who finished it in 1668. Cha. I. 1633. Cha. 11. In the College. Cooke, Clarenceux. SUSSEX. St. George, Clarenceux, and Burroughs, Norroy, by their deputies, Philipot, Somerset, and Owen, York, which they finished in 1634. In the College, containing 300 pedigrees. 1662. Byshe, Clarenceur. He finished it in 1668. Mr. Mr. Gough mentions one by Sir Richard St. George, Norroy, and Sir William Segar, Garter. This, no doubt, is a mistake: if it is right, the visitation must have been in the reign of Charles I., when Sir Richard St. George was Clarenceux: for as Norroy he had no power in the county, it being south of Trent. Segar, Garter, must have been his deputy, otherwise, as Garter, he had no visitorial power in either of the provinces. Eliz. Ja. 1. Cha. II. WARWICKSHIRE. 1563. Harvey, Clarenceur, by his deputy, Cooke, Chester. In the College. 1619. Camden, Clarenceux, by his deputies, Lennard, Blue-mantle, and Vincent, Rouge-rose. In the College, containing 148 pcdigrees 1682. St. George, Clarenceux, by his deputies, began by May, Chester, and King, Rouge-dragon; and finished, in 1683, by Dethick, Richmond, and King, Rouge-dragon. Hen. VIII. 1530. 1615. Cha. II. 1664. WESTMORLAND. Tonge, Norroy. In the College. St. George, Norroy. This visitation contains 80 pedigrees. WILTSHIRE. Hen. VIII. 1531. Benolte, Clarenceux. In the College. 1565. Harvey, Clarenceux. In the College. 1623. Camden, Clarenceux, by his deputies, St. George, Richmond, and Lennard, Blue-mantle. In the College, containing 545 1569. Same. Cha. I. 1634. Cha. 11. Same. A copy was in Garter Anstis' Collection. St. George, Clarenceur, and Burroughs, Norroy, by their deputies, Owen, York, and Lilly, Rouge-rose. In the College, containing 189 pedigrees. 1682. St. George, Clarenceux, by his deputies. Began by May, Chester, and King, Rouge-dragon; and finished, in 1683, by Dethick, Richmond, and King, Rouge-dragon. Ε Hen. VIII. 1530. Edw. VI. 1552. YORKSHIRE. Tonge, Norroy. In the College. It is intituled, "The "Visitacion of the Northe Contereye, began at Sir Bryan "Stapeleton's, Knyght, of Notynghamshyre, the VII day of August, the yere of our Lorde God 1530, by Thomas Tonge, "Norcye Kynge of Armys." Harvey, Norray. Intituled, "The Vysytacion of the Northe "made by William Harvye, principal herald, and kinge of "arms of the northe, este, and west parts of England, from "the ryver Trente, northwardes; began at the manor of "Leken-fielde, John Egglesfyld then keeper thereof, undre "the hyghe and myghtie Prynce, John Duke of Northum"berland, &c. the 24th day of, in the syxt yere of "the most noble and vertewous Prynce, Kinge Edward the syxt." Mary. I. 1557-8. Dalton, Norroy. It was began March 8. Eliz. 1563. Flower, Norroy. Same. Same. In the College. Assisted by his deputy, Glover, Somerset.. By his deputy, Glover, Somerset, who finished it in 1585. It is intituled, "The Booke of Entran"ces, made in the tyme of the vysitacion of Yorkshire, "began 1584, and continued anno domini 1585, by Robert "Glover, alias Somerset herald of arms, marshall and de puty to William Flower, Esq., alias Norroy kinge of armes, "and principal herald of the east, west, and northe partes "of the relm of England, from the ryver Trent north"ward." It is peculiarly curious, being the first that was signed by the gentlemen who certified their pedigrees, and wretchedly scrawled names or marks (for many of the heads of families of the gentry could not then write) shewing the low condition of literature at that period in England. The general antiquary, Glover, besides the pedigrees, collected, whilst in this county, every thing that was interesting, such as church notes, returns of the gentry who had lived at different ages since the reign of Henry II., to his own, with extracts of deeds, and other records, serving, to elucidate the descents of the lands in this county.. St. George, Norroy. In the College, containing 419 pedigrees. That |