A HISTORY OF THE COLLEGE OF ARMS, AND THE LIVES OF ALL THE KINGS, HERALDS, AND PURSUIVANTS, From the Reign of RICHARD III. 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 J. DEBRETT, OPPOSITE BURLINGTON HOUSE, PICCADILLY, AND 1804. ΤΟ HIS MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY GEORGE III. BY THE GRACE OF GOD, MONARCH OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT-BRITAIN AND IRELAND, ELECTOR OF HANOVER, &c. &c. DEFENDER OF THE FAITH, FATHER OF HIS OWN PEOPLE, PROTECTOR OF OTHER NATIONS, AND THE PATRON OF AGRICULTURE, COMMERCE, LEARNING, AND SCIENCE, THIS VOLUME IS, BY ROYAL PERMISSION, MOST HUMBLY INSCRIBED, BY HIS MAJESTY'S MOST LOYAL, AND MOST DUTIFUL SUBJECT, AND SERVANT, MARK NOBLE. |