afforded by this volume, it is hoped it will possess, as a special and permanent Memorial of the Sheriffs of each year, peculiar value to every member of the families distinguished by the tenure of his office. For the office in question forms a Royal recognition of the position of a family in its county, and confers honour not only on the nominee himself, but also on his descendants.

Preface, June, 1878 24099 PEDIGREES of English Families, 4to. £5. Privately printed, 1869-74 List of the Families :-CLEAVER and PEACH-COLE, of Enniskillen, by Segar and Penson-FFOULKES, of Eriviat-FINCH, by Philipot (only 25 printed)-HESKAYNTHES, of Rufford, Lanc.-LASCELLES, of Brakenburgh, York-MILDMAY-RALEIGH-SIR PHILIP SIDNEY-TURNER-VINCENT and

BODDINGTON.

24100 ROBSON (T.) British Herald, or Cabinet of Armorial Bearings of the Nobility and Gentry of Gt. Britain and Ireland from the earliest to the present time, with a complete Glossary (and Appendix), 3 vols. 4to. a most copious collection, with 68 plates (pub. £10.), bds. £5. Sunderland, 1830 24101 ST. GEORGE (Sir Thomas, Garter in 1686-1702) Titles of Honour, edited by Sir C. G. Young (Garter)-Barons by Tenure and by Writ, from a MS. by Sir T. St. George, 1860-in 1 vol. 8vo. privately printed, bds. 7s

1864-60 24102 SANDFORD (FRANCIS) GENEALOGICAL HISTORY OF THE KIngs and QUEENS OF ENGLAND, from the Conquest to the year 1707, BEST EDITION, enlarged by Stebbing, folio, numerous fine engravings by Hollar and others, of Monumental Effigies, Tombs, Seats, Armorial Bearings, etc. fine clean copy in panelled calf gilt, from the Sunderland library, £4. 4s

24103 24104

the same, folio, russia, gilt, £5.

1707 1707

the same, folio, LARGE PAPER, REMARKABLY FINE COPY, in red morocco extra, back and sides tooled in the Harleian style by BEDFORD, £45.

1707 Only 25 copies printed on Large Paper. Sir M. M. Sykes's sold for £40. 8s, and Edwards's for £52. 10s. 24105 SIMS (R.) Manual for the Genealogist, Topographer, Antiquary, Legal Professor, consisting of descriptions of public Records, parochial Registers, Wills, Heraldic Collections, etc. half calf,

1856

10s 24106 VINCENT (Augustine) A Discoverie of Errours in the first edition of the Catalogue of Nobility published by Ralph Brooke, Yorke Herald; etc. thick sm. folio, numerous woodcuts of Arms, old calf, from the Sunderland library, 28s 1622 24107 WARREN's Arms of the Episcopates of Great Britain and Ireland, emblazoned and ornamented by Albert H. Warren, sm. sq. 8vo. with 50 ILLUMINATED Pages of Coats of Arms, with Heraldic Notes by the Rev. John Woodward (pub. at £2. 2s), cloth, full gilt, 10s 24108 WILLEMENT (T.) Facsimile of a Contemporary Roll with the Names and Arms of the Sovereign and of the Spiritual and Temporal Peers who sat in Parliament held at Westminster on the 5th of February in the Sixth Year of the reign of Henry the Eighth, A.D. 1515, with the Index, Arms coloured, 2 parts, roy. 4to. very scarce, NOT PRINTED FOR SALE, and the impressions limited to 50 copies, sd. £3. 10s 1829

1868

24110 WILLEMENT, Regal Heraldry: the Armorial insignia of the Kings and Queens of England-Heraldic Notices of Canterbury Cathedral-Roll of Arms of the reign of Richard II-Facsimile of a contemporary Roll, with names and arms of the sovereign and the peers who sat in Parliament 5 Feb. 1515, coloured in exact imitation of the MS.-together 4 vols. in 3, 4to. LARGE PAPER, coloured coats of arms, tree-marbled gilt calf, by J. Wright, from the Beckford library, Hamilton Palace, £10. 10s

1821-27-34-29 24111 YORKE (James, of Lincoln, Blacksmith) The UNION of HONOUR, containing the Arms, Matches, and Issues of the Kings, Dukes, Marquesses and Earles of England, from the Conquest until 1640, with the Armes of the English Viscounts and Barons now being, and the Gentry of Lincolnshire; whereunto is annexed a Briefe of all the Battels fought by the English since the Conquest, folio, with the RARE ENGRAVED FRONTISPIECE, containing portrait, mounted, and with many hundred woodcut Coats of Arms, carefully COLOURED, red morocco extra, gilt edges, £5.

3. Special Histories of Families.

1640

24112 ANDERSON (J.) GENEALOGICAL HISTORY OF THE HOUSE OF YVERY, in its different branches of Yvery, Lovel, Perceval, and Gournay, 2 vols. royal 8vo. fine portraits by Faber, views genealogical tables, etc. old red morocco, £24.

Privately printed, 1742 Rare; with the Epitome frequently wanting, and the duplicate portraits of Sir P. Perceval.

24113 COLLINS (A.) Historical Collections of the Noble Families of Cavendishe, Holles, Vere, Harley, and Ogle, with the Lives of the most remarkable Persons, folio, LARGE PAPER, fine impressions of the portraits by VERTUE, elegantly bound in morocco, gilt leaves, £13. 1752

This valuable work was compiled by Collins at the request of the Dowager Countess of Oxford. Copies on Large Paper are extremely rare. The present does not contain the two leaves of Addenda which were printed after the publication of the work.

24114 HALSTEAD (ROB.) SUCCINCT GENEALOGIES of the Noble and Ancient Houses of Alno, Broc, Latimer, Drayton, Mauduit, Greene, Vere, Fitz-Lewes, Howard, and Mordaunt, justified by Public Records and ancient charters, folio, fine plates of arms, monuments, etc. portion of title in facsimile; several leaves discoloured, crimson morocco extra, with rich gilt tooling in ornamental panellings, gilt and marbled edges, by Clarke and Bedford, 1685 AN EXTREMELY RARE BOCK, only 24 copies having been privately printed for the Earl of Peterborough. Copics have produced above £100. 24115 Bland. History of the Family of Bland, by N. CARLISLE, 4to. arms, bds, £4. 10s Privately printed, 1826 the same, 4to. woodcuts of armorial bearings, in a superb purple morocco binding by JOHN TUCKETT, the front side covered

24116

with a fine floral design in hand-tooling, and bearing the title with the first two letters (B and F) richly illuminated upon inlaid coloured leather, as well as the initials of the author; the lower side having the Bland arms emblazoned in the centre, and painted monograms of the Bland family in the corners, £12. 12s 1826 24117 Bohun. Diary and Autobiography of Edmund Bohun, 1676-96 (including an account of the Family of Bohun), edited by Rix, 4to. plates on India paper, and a pedigree, bds. 17s Beccles, 1853 24118 Boteville. BOTFIELD (BERIAH) STEMMATA BOTEVILLIANA, Memorials of the Families of De Boteville, Thynne and Botfield, royal 4to. plates, 250 copies privately printed, hf. morocco, gilt top, £3. 3s

1858 24119 Bridgewater. Extrait du Monthly Repertory, Novembre 1810, cuttings from Newspapers, etc. relative to this Family-Fragment of an Ode of Sappho from Longinus; etc. edited by the Hon. Francis Henry Egerton, privately printed, Paris, 1815, etc. -in one vol. 8vo. hf. calf, 12s

1810-15

24120 Bright (J. B.) The Brights of Suffolk represented in America by the Descendants of H. Bright, jun. 8vo. plates, half morocco, privately printed, with Author's autograph letter added, £3. 10s Boston, 1858 24121 Cokayne Memoranda: collections towards a historical record of the Family of Cokayne, by Andreas Edward Cockayne: to which is added a Pedigree (compiled by G. E. Adams [now Cokayne], Esq., Lancaster Herald, shewing the descent from Edward I of the several alliances made in seven consecutive generations by the family of Cokayne of Rushton, Lords Viscount Cullen: also a history of Cockayne-Hatley Church, by Robert Needham Cust, Esq. small 8vo. photographs, engravings, and pedigrees, two separate folding-tables enclosed in a pocket in the cover, cloth, gilt edges, £2. 2s

Congleton, printed for private circulation, 1873 24122 Coke of Trusley, in the County of Derby, and Branches therefrom a Family History, compiled by J. T. Coke, 4to. front. of Arms, and plate, cloth, 30s Privately printed, 1880 24123 Comberbach. MARSHALL (G. W.) Collections for a Genealogical Account of the Family of Comberbach, 8vo. cloth, 5s

Privately printed, 1866 24124 Cooke. The Seize Quartiers of the Family of Bryan Cooke, Esq. of Owston, Hafod-y-Wern, and Gwysaney, and of Frances his Wife, sq. 8vo. pedigree, cloth, 20s Printed for private circulation, 1857 24125 Courtenay. CLEAVELAND (E.) Genealogical History of the Family of COURTENAY, with pedigrees, sm. folio, calf, 24s

Exon. 1735

24126 Cranmer and Wood. WATERS (R. E. C.) Genealogical Memoirs of the Kindred Families of Cranmer and Wood, 4to. 4 plates of Seals, cloth, £1. 1s

Two chapters from the Memoirs of the Chesters of Chicheley.

1877

24127 Croke. CROKE'S (Sir Alex.) GENEALOGICAL HISTORY of the CROKE FAMILY, originally named Le Blount, 2 vols. 4to. 44 Pedigrees, without that of Le Blount at p. 118, Portraits, Seals, Coats of Arms, and Views of Castles, Manor-Houses, Family Relics, etc. half calf gilt, £4. Oxford, privately printed, 1823

24128 Devonshire. Lives of all the Earls and Dukes of Devonshire, descended from Sir William Cavendish, by J. Grove, 8vo. portrait, calf gilt, 28s Lond. 1764 24129 Duket. DUCKETT (Sir G. F.) Duchetiana: or Historical and Genealogical Memoirs of the Family of Duket, 4to. Coats of Arms, cloth, 168

1869

24130 Farnham DESCENTS, from Henry III and the subsequent Kings of England, 3 parts in 1 vol. impl. 4to. hf. blue morocco, privately printed, 32s Cavan, 1860 24131 Fortescue. HISTORY OF THE FAMILY OF FORTESCUE in all its branches, by Thomas (Fortescue) LORD CLERMONT, second edition, impl. 4to. numerous plates, containing fine portraits, views, facsimiles, etc. with folding pedigrees, hf. morocco, uncut, 42s 1880

A magnificent book of considerable historical importance. So many men of great eminence in the annals of England have belonged to the Fortescue family that a record like this becomes highly valuable to the student and the political historian. As, however, but a few copies were printed, it may be said to be within the category of privately printed books.

24132 Galway. Henry de Ruvigny, Earl of Galway. A final Memoir, with a prefatory Life of his Father, by Rev. D. C. A. Agnew, 4to. photographic portrait, cloth, 78

Edinb. 1804

24133 Gilpin. GILPIN (William) Memoirs of Dr. Richard Gilpin, of Scaleby Castle in Cumberland, and of his posterity, with an account of the author, and the Gilpin pedigree, edited by William Jackson, 8vo. cloth, 8s 6d

1884

24134 Gurney (Daniel) Record of the HOUSE OF GOURNAY, compiled from original documents, 1848; Supplement, King's Lynn, 1858; 5 parts in 2 vols. 4to. several hundred engravings of Views of Castles, Abbeys, Manor-Houses, tombs, ancient buildings, etc. 242 Coats of Arms of the Gournay Family, and all its branches and the allied families, EMBLAZONED IN COLOURS, red morocco extra, gilt edges, from the Earl of Gosford's library, £24.

Privately printed, 1848-58

This celebrated Genealogical Monograph, a storehouse of valuable information for the Herald, the Antiquary, and the Historian, is now extremely scarce; all the copies having been distributed into the hands of private gentlemen, friends of the author.

This copy is quite complete, having the rare additional leaves, which are wanting to most copies.

24135 Hardinge. NICHOLS (J.) Memoirs of Geo. Hardinge, Senior Justice of Brecon, Glamorgan, and Radnor, with Anecdotes of the HARDING FAMILY, 8vo. portraits, boards, 50 copies printed, 1818

12s

24136 Holte. DAVIDSON (A.) History of the Holtes of Aston, Description of Aston Hall, folio, plates, cloth, 15s Birmingham, 1854

24137 Howard. HOWARD (H.) MEMORIALS OF THE HOWARD FAMILY, folio, portraits, monuments, coats of arms, etc. (wanting 2nd and 3rd miscellaneous plates, and plates 3, 7, 8, 9, 10), cloth, Sir R. C. Hoare's copy, £4. 1834

Privately printed for presents only.

24138 Markham Family, History of the, by Rev. D. F. Markham, 8vo. woodcuts, cloth, 78 6d 1854 24139 Marmyun. BANKS (T. C.) History of the Family of Marmyun, their Office of King's Champion by the Tenure of the Baronial Manor of Scrivelsby, Lincolnshire, 4to. LARGE PAPER, plates and pedigrees, hf. calf, £1. 1s 1817

24140 Pelham. LOWER (M. A.) Historical and Genealogical Notices of the Pelham Family, folio, woodcuts, hf. morocco, uncut, 30s 1873 Only fifty copies privately printed.

24141 Perry GENEALOGY. The Genealogy of the Family of Perry of the Countys of Somerset and Gloster, etc. and of William Perry of Turville, Bucks, and Penshurst Place, Kent, deduced to 1749, MANUSCRIPT, with Coats of Arms in Trick, folio, half morocco, £5. SEC. XVIII

24142 Raleigh PEDIGREE, extracted from the Records of the College of Arms, 4to. sd. 5s Privately printed, 1869 24143 Rogers. Exemplification of Arms to R. Rogers Coxwell Rogers, of Dowdeswell, 1850, 4to. 58 Privately printed, n. d. 24144 Scrope and Grosvenor. CONTROVERSY between Sir RICHARD SCROPE and Sir ROBERT GROSVENOR in the Court of Chivalry, A.D. 1385-1390, printed from the Original Roll in the Tower of London, with Notes and HISTORY OF THE FAMILY OF SCROPE, etc. by Sir HARRIS NICOLAS, 2 vols. impl. 8vo. all printed, cloth bds. 1832 24145 SCROPE and GROSVENOR Roll: the Proposals for Publication and Cancelled Leaves, sm. folio, lf. bd. 15s 183

On the fly-leaf of this volume is the following note in the handwriting of Sir Chas. Young:-" The sheets in this volume were cancelled with the exception of pp. 253 to 260-Page 1 to 48 on account of the errors which were discovered in the office copy ... pp. 245 to 252 and 261 to 324 on account of notes being rendered unnecessary on the bottoms of the several pages where they occur."

24146 Shirley Family. STEMMATA SHIRLEIANA: or Annals of the Shirley Family, Lords of Nether Etindon in the County of Warwick, and of Shirley in the County of Derby, 4to. plates of arms, views, etc. only 100 copies PRIVATELY PRINTED, at the expense of Mr. Evelyn Shirley, from the Rev. J. M. Gresley's library, with autograph notes, bds. £3. 10s

1841

24147 Somerville. Memorie of the Somervilles, being a History of the Baronial House of Somerville, by James, eleventh Lord, 2 vols. royal 8vo. LARGE PAPER, portraits and views, red morocco extra, £4. Edinburgh, 1815 24148 Stanley. SEACOMBE (J.) Memoirs of the Ancient and Honorable House of Stanley, also a Description of the Isle of Man, 4to. portrait of the celebrated Countess of Derby, and coats of arms, hf. calf, £1, 88

1781