Earl of Loudoun William Crichton Earl of Drumfreis William Douglas Earl of Queensberrie William Alexander Earl of Sterling Robert Bruce Earl of Elgin and Aylesbury in England Robert Carnegie Earl of South-eske John Stewart Earl of Traquaire Charles Carr Earl of Ancram David Weimes Earl of Weimes William Ramsey Earl of Dalhousie James Ogiluie Earl of Airlie James Ogiluie Earl of Finlator James Dalziel Earl of Carnwath Alexander Levingston Earl of Callander David Leslie Earl of Leven William Johnstoun Earl of Annandail Elizabeth present Dutchess of Lauderdale Countess of Dysert Daughter and Coheir of William Murray Earl of Dysert first marryed to Sir Lionel Talmach Baronet of England her eldest Son by whom now beareth the Title of Lord Hunting-Tower being heir in succession to the Earldom of Dysert George Mauld Earl of Panmeure John Hay Earl of Twedall David Carnegie Earl of North-Eske Alexander Bruce Earl of Kincarden Colin Lindsay Earl of Balcarres Archibald Douglas Earl of Forfar Charles Middleton Earl of Middleton Charles Gordon Earl of Aboyne Walter Scot Earl of Tarras James Levingston Earl of Newbrugh William Boyde Earl of Kilmarnocke William Cochraine Earl of Dandonald George Douglas Earl of Dunbarton John Keith Earl of Kintor John Campbell Earl of Braid-Albin and Holland Viscounts XIII Anthony Carey Viscount Falkland Robert Constable Viscount Dunbar David Murray Viscount Stormont William Gordon Viscount Kenmeare Robert Arbuthnet Viscount Arbuthnet William Crichton Viscount Frendraught Alexander Seaton Viscount Kingston Robert Mackgill Viscount Oxenford Edward Ingram Viscount Irwing James Levingston Viscount Kilsyth Peregrine Osburne Viscount Dumblane Richard Grahame Viscount Preston James Cheney Viscount Newhaven Bishops XII Dr. John Patterson L. B. of Edinburgh Dr. James Atkins L. B. of Galloway Dr. Andrew Bruce L. B. of Dunkell Dr. Patrick Scougall L. B. of Aberdeen Dr. Colin Falconer L. B. of Murray Dr. Alexander Young L. B. of Ross Dr. George Halliburton L. B. of Brechen Dr. James Ramsey L. B. of Dumblane Dr. Andrew Wood L. B. of Cathness Dr. Archibald Grahame L. B. of the Isles Dr. Hector Mack-clene L. B. of Argyle Dr. Murdo Mack-Kenzie L. B. of Orkney In the same order as the several Bishopricks are here inserted the Respective Bishops do constantly precede each other without regard to the seniority of their Consecrations Lords XLVII Alexander Forbes Lord Forbes Alexander Frazer Lord Salton Robert Gray Lord Gray Allan Cathcart Lord Cathcart Henry Saintclare Lord Saintclare James Douglas Lord Mordington Francis Semple Lord Semple John Elphingston Lord Elphingston Charles Oliphant Lord Oliphant Hugh Frazer Lord Louat John Borthwick Lord Borthwick George Ross Lord Ross Walter Sandilands Lord Torphichen John Leslie Lord Lindoris John Elphingston Lord Balmerinoch and Ld. Cowper Henry Erskeine Lord Cardrass Alexander Stewart Lord Blantyre James Cranston Lord Cranston John Balfour Lord Burgleigh Robert Kerr Lord Jedburgh David Drummond Lord Madertie George Meluil Lord Meluil Archibald Napier Lord Napier Henry Fairfax Lord Fairfax of Cameron Henry Richardson Lord Cramond Walter Aston Lord Aston of Forfare Donald Mack-Ray alias Forbes Lord Rae James Forester Lord Forester Alexander Forbes Lord Pitsligo John Mackleland Lord Kirkudbright Charles Frazer Lord Frazer John Hamilton Lord Bargeny George Ogiluie Lord Bamff Patricke Murray Lord Elibank Thomas Galloway Lord Dunkell Alexander Falconer Lord Hackerton John Hamilton Lord Belhaven John Carmichael Lord Carmichael James Sutherland Lord Duffes Andrew Rollo Lord Rollo Robert Colvil Lord Colvil David Ruthuen Lord Ruthuen John Rutherford Lord Rutherford John Bellenden Lord Bellenden David Leslie Lord Newark James Weimes Lord Burnt Island David Nairne Lord Nairne Other Officers of State These have the Title of Lord and precedency of all under the degree of Noblemen and their eldest Sons Charles Maitland of Hatton Lord Treasurer Depu. Sir George Mack-Kenzie of Torbat Lord Register Sir George Mack-Kenzie of Roshaugh Lord Advocat Richard Maitland of Duddip Lord Justice Clerke A List of the XXXIII Shires in Scotland each of which send II Barons Commissioners to serve in Parliament as the Representatives of the several Respective Shires Edinburgh Hadington Berwick Roxburgh Selkirk Peeblis Lanerick Drumfreis Wigton Aire Dunbarton Bute Renfrew Sterling Linlithgow Perth Kincarden Aberdeen Innerness Nairne Cromartie Argyle Fife Forfar Bamff the Stewarty of Kirkcudbright Sutherland Cathness Elgin Orkney Clackmannan Ross Kinross The number of the Barons Commissioners for the Shires LXVI A List of the Royal Burroughs in Scotland each of which send only one Burghess to Parliament as their Representative except Edinburg which sends two Burghesses Commissioners Edinburgh Perth Dundee Aberdeen Sterling Linlithgow St. Andrews Glasgow Aire Hadington Dysert Kirkcaldie Montrose Cowper in Fife East-Anstruther Drumfreis Innerness Burnt Island Inner-Keything Kinghorne Brechen Irwing Iedburgh Kirkcudbright Wigton Dunfermling Sanyhuar New Galloway Fort-Ross Dingwall Dornoch Queens Ferrie Innerara Pittenweem Selkirk Dunbarton Renfrew Dunbar Lanerick Aberbrothock Elgin Peeblis Crail Tayne Culross Bamff Whitherne Forfar Rothesay Nairne Forres Rutherglen North Berwick Callen Kilrinnie Lauder Kintor Annand Lochmaben Inner-Durie Rosemarkie Cromartie Wick Kirkwall Inner-Beruie The number of Burghesses Commissioners for the Royal Burroughs LXV * Note That since this present Catalogue was committed to the press Archibald Campbell Earl of Argyle hath been and is attainted of High treason FINIS A True and Perfect CATALOGUE OF THE Nobility OF IRELAND To Mr. Moses Pitt at the Theater in Oxford SIR Whitehall 24. Jan. 1681 2. YOur Letter to my Lord Chamberlaine of 22. of this month his Lordship hath sent me to be answered but the time you allot for it being the very next post or else you say the Irish Catalogue will be printed in which said Catalogue t is questioned whether the present Lord Ossory be a Peer None can resolve that point better then my Lord Vicount Lansbrough who is now in Ireland and was Secretary to my Lord of Ormond and concerned for his Grace and his Sons at such times when those additional Honours were conferr'd upon them in England and Ireland So that unless I be allowed time to receive his Lordships answer I dare not take upon me to speak to the point in question so as to justifie the printing thereof I Am Your most humble Servant RICHARD MULYSE To my best remembrance I have heard my Lord Lansbrough say that Thomas Butler the late Earl of Ossory had his place in the Parliament of Ireland by the Kings Writ as Earl of Ossory and to precede all other Earls but not to be a President for the future and in England as Thomas Butler Baron of Moore Park And that by vertue thereof James Butler the present Earl of Ossory was to succeed to his Father in the same places and Honours However I will send this night to Ireland for better information A true and perfect Catalogue of the Great Officers of State Nobility Lords Spiritual and Temporal of the Kingdom of Ireland according to their respective precedencies The Lord Lievtenant or Cheif Governor James Duke of Ormond Princes of the
de Vallence Earl of Penbrooke by whom he had issue John Hastings after Earl of Penbrooke Elizabeth married to Roger Lord Gray of Ruthin and some other children which needs not to be spoken of for that as I take it all the lines of them fail'd before the extinguishing of the line of the said John Earl of Penbrooke After such issue being had the said Izabel Vallence died and the said John Lord Hastings took to a second wife Izabel the Daughter of Hugh Spenser by whom he had issue Hugh Hastings and Thomas and then died and left as heir John his son by his first Wife who was Earl of Penbrooke as I have said erected by reason of his mothers inheritance which John Earl of Penbrooke married and had issue another Earl of Penbrooke who also married and had issue a third Earl of Penbrooke but in the end all the line of the said John Hastings first Earl of Penbrooke of that family failing there arose a question betwixt the Heirs of Roger Gray and Elizabeth his wife being sister of the whole blood and the Heirs of Hugh Hastings brother of the half blood to the said John Earl of Penbrooke for the inheritance of the Hastings But Gray recovering the same by the law that saith Possessio fratris de feodo simplici facit sororem esse haeredem called the said Hastings also having removed the difference of his mark for that he was then heir male of that house into the Court of chevalry and there having a judgement against him the said Hastings was compelled to use a Difference which was a Label of silver upon his mark a fair red sleeve of his Ladies upon his golden vesture since which the heirs of that younger family have used the said Labell even until this our age So that you may see by this that the law was then taken to be such that such an heir male as had not the inheritance of his Ancestors should not be suffered to bear his mark without distinction for it should seem by this that the issue of them that had married the heir general of any family being by reason thereof possessed of the lands had not only an interest in the Arms but might also forbid any man the bearing thereof There is also another matter out of square which is that every man that obtaineth large possessions whether the same be acquired by his judgment in law traffick in merchandize or any other mean yea although never any of his progenitors from whom he can derive himself had the charge to lead men of Arms will yet at this day intrude themselves into the Badges and marks of souldiers for although such as be descended from men of martial discipline have an interest in their ancestors marks amongst other their goods and therefore may shew forth the same to their predecessors glory and their own in respect of their descent yet such men as rise by their sciences judgments or skill in other arts affairs or trades although they be to be reverenced for their wisdom and praiseful actions and had in honour answerable to their vertues and dignities have yet little to do with the marks or Badges of soldiers For altho a reverend Judg that hath ministred law and justice a long time and that so long as that thereby to his great glory he hath obtained reputation wealth and revenue is to be had in high estimation and in respect thereof to have allow'd him some note or mark of Honour fit for his calling yot to my simple judgment the same should be disposed unto him after the old Roman order by signifying the manner of his rising rather then to put a corselet on his back a Burgonet on his head a Target on his Arm and a Sword by his side being things that would cumber greatly the good old man to use either for his own defence or but to shew by way of triumph for his glory sithence neither is it tolerable by reason of his age nor in his youth did he exercise himself in welding thereof And as these things are unseeming for him to wear no more can I see any reason why he should deck up the moniments of his house with such signs or tokens except he can derive himself from an ancestor that hath had the use of such things and then to set them sorth as a glory to his deceased parent will greatly augment the regard of his rising which rising yet of it self is a sufficient Honour the same being by any just vertuous or laudable means And these new risings I could wish to be of more reputation then they seem to be esteem'd of either by others or themselves that so rise as is apparent by many of their doings who intrude themselves into marks of Antiquity and setting forth of descents wherein they are yet fain many times either to counterfet or else to derive themselves from some poor parents which they either truly or by surmize alledge to have descended from some antient family and that have been by some accident or other in former time decayed wherein me thinks men do greatly mistake the matter for that in my opinion a man that is but of mean parentage and riseth by commendable means is equivalent to him that riseth from a decayed family namely when his said parent hath been overthrown for offence as many times they alleadge in plain terms And I could wish that every man that raiseth a House by his good industry should be honoured with some such Badge or Mark as should be answerable to the quality of his rising and not every man of what condition soever they be to entrude themselves into the signs and marks of souldiers and such as follow the field with martial exploits Some people also there are that be so precise as that they do disallow altogether the setting forth of any memory of well deserving men which have shewed themselves valiant either in the act of Religion their Princes service or defence of their Country neither allowing their posterity to set forth any memory of their praises nor suffering any monuments or garnishments to remain of their Burials as tho it were a matter offensive to God to have good men well spoken of or their valorous doings by their obsequies either reverenc'd or by any records remembred To such men I have not thought it amiss to shew them their error by directing them to such places of Scripture as do not only tolerate and allow of such actions but also praise and commend the doing thereof and in some sort charge and command the same to be done whereby both they may if they be not obstinate reform their misconceived opinions and others may be fortifyed in their praiseful endeavours towards the honouring of vertuous and worthy men to the animating of posterity to imitate their laudable actions sithence indeed the chiefest matter that stirreth up men to do well next their zeal to God and the love of vertue it self is
igitur rejicio icunculas istas quas tum praecipue in morem venisse arbitramur cum ipsa insignia relictis jam nativis stationibus clypeis vexillis apparatuque militari in aedium fenestris mollique supellectili ubi nec refert magnitudo potissiimum residerent Touching small Differences being the Latin before mentioned put in English It is not at all lawful for several persons to bear one and the same Arms without a due Difference no not to those of the same family though they be Brothers thereof To the chief of the family the intire Arms without any difference do belong but the younger branches are to have their respective Differences and bear them in the midst of the upper part of the Escocheon according to Lee which Wriothesley a Herauld under K. Edw. 4th affirms to be of his devising To the eldest son in his fathers life time was assigned a Labell of three points but if his grandfather was living with five points ever different if we give credit to Lee. Which like a Coronet the Labells hanging at it is therefore assigned to the eldest son that as he is the glory of the family he may seem to be adorned above the rest Antiently this distinction was conferred on the second third or fourth either by different colour or number of the Labells To the second Brother they assigned a Crescent to the third a Mullet of five points to the fourth a Martlet to the fifth an Annulet to the sixth a Flower de Lys. And by these Differences the six sons of Thomas Beauchamp the XIIII Earl of Warwick who died in the thirty fourth year of K. Edw. 3. are shewed forth in an old window of the Church of St. Mary at Warwick so that you may see that this usage is ancient Some who have written in the time of K. Henry the seventh have distinguisht the Heir himself by a Crescent that by the accession of Light they might shew that the inheritance was coming to him And to the second Brother whom they take to be the third boundary of the family attributing the first to the father and the second to the heir they assign a Labell of three points To the third a Labell of four points and to the fifth a Labell of five points But none of these kind of Distinctions were used amongst the Antients Who studying apparent and perspicuous Differences often inverted the paternal colour sometimes augmented the particular chardge in the shield sometimes diminishing the same and sometimes inserting another sort of bearing especially from the mother but sometimes totally quitting their paternal Arms and assuming new But if the respective branches of the family did retain their Ancestors Arms then they did use apparent and conspicuous Differences either by Labells Bends Borders Quarters Cantons or the like Examples whereof we have almost all in one family As in that of le Strange sometimes famous for their valour in the marshes of Wales whereof there were three distinct Barons who had a sheild gules with two Lyons passant Argent which John le Strange the fourth Baron of Knockyn as the chief of that house did bear But Fulke le Strange Baron of Corfham and Blakmere who descended from the Grandfather of the said John by a third son inverted the colours bearing in a field Argent two Lyons passant gules Likewise Roger le Strange Baron of Ellesmere who descended from the same grandfather by a fourth son bore the same Arms with a Border engrayled Or. Also Roger his father after he had marryed Maud the daughter of William de Beauchamp bore nyne Cross-croslets Argent betwixt his silver-lyons Moreover Hamon le Strange who descended from the said John the fourth by a fifth son bore the Arms of his Brother John the sixth Baron of Knockyn with a Bendlet Or and fixing himself at Hunstanton in Norfolk which he obtained in the year 1309 from John his Brother was the original of that worthy family which doth still remain there bearing the same Difference But the sayd John le Strange the sixth Baron of Knockyn did sometime environ his Lyons with an Orle of Martlets as by his Seals are to be seen At the same time another John le Strange who was Lord of Ercalene in Shropshire bore the Arms of Roger le Strange of Ellesmere with a Bendlet Azure Which kind of Differences as many do affirm are most worthy of commendation because as military Badges first used for distinction they are much more discernable For by these small and petty Differences there is both error and danger as it is evident by those Hennovers of which Froisard speakes who fighting under the Standard of William de Baileul with Barrs Argent and Azure counterchanged and over them two Chevrons gules striving to repair thereto came to the Standard of Robert Baileul his younger Brother distinguisht but by a small golden-cross which occasioned a total rout to them all whereby they paid dear for their mistake I do therefore smile at and despise these pettey Differences which now a days are used whereas the Arms themselves leaving their native stations in Shields Banners and habiliments of warr doth now chiefly appear in Glass-windows and sleight houshold stuff where the largeness of the distinction is not at all regarded Having now done with these English writers let us hear what the French say thereto Mons. Charles Segoigne Advocate of the Parliament and of the Council of Estate and of the privy-council of the King in his Tractate called Tresor Heraldique printed at Paris 1657. Pag. 459. Pour celles des maisons particularies chascun on use comme il lui plaist toutes fois les pieces dont se sert ordinairement pour Brisures sont le Lambell les Bordures le Baton ou Cottice le Franc Canton la Molette le Croissant l' Estaille le Besant c. For Differences of particular Houses each one useth as he pleaseth nevertheless the pieces that ordinarily are used are the Labell the Bordures the Baton or Cotice the Franc Canton id est the Dexter Canton the Mullet the Crescent the Star the Besant the Besant in the French acceptation being a roundell either Or or Argent Le Trophee d' Armes whose author conceals himself a book printed at Paris an 1650. Pag. 33. Les pleines Armes sont reservees aux aisnez par les loix divines humaines Les Cadets puisnez les portent aussi mais avec quelque differences d' inferiorite ce que l' on appelles Brisures dont le nombre n' est point limite puis qu' elles dependent de la fantasie Les uns prennent Estoilles Croissans Soleils animaux oyseaux fleurs autres choses posces d' ordenaire sur le flanc dextre de l' Escu en chef ou montantes d' icelui Des autres brisent en diminuant les pieces d' autres en changeant les esmail-de leur Armes Mais le plus souvent pour Brisure
in Ireland Ralph Eure Lord Eure Philip Wharton Lord Wharton Thomas Willoughby Lord Willough by of Parham William Paget Lord Paget Francis Howard Lord Howard of Effinghâ—m Charles North Lord North and Lord Grey of Rolleston James Brugges Lord Chandos Robert Carey Lord Hunsdon James Bertie Lord Norris William Petre Lord Petre Digby Gerard Lord Gerard of Bromley under age Henry Arundell Lord Arundell of Wardour and Count of the Empire The Lady Catherine O Brien Baroness Clifton Daughter of the Lord George Stuart call'd Lord D'Aubignie Sister and sole Heir to Charles late Duke of Richmond and Lenox and thereby sole Heir to the Lady Catharine her Grandmother Daughter and Heir to Gervaise Lord Clifton first marryed to Henry Lord O Brien Son and Heir to Henry Earl of Thomond in Ireland and since his death to Sir Joseph Williamson Knight Christopher Roper Lord Tenham Fulke Grevill Lord Brooke Edward Mountagu Lord Mountagu of Boughton Forde Grey Lord Grey of Werke John Lovelace Lord Lovelace John Paulet Lord Paulet William Maynard Lord Maynard and Baron Maynard of Wickelow in Ireland John Coventrie Lord Coventrie William Howard Lord Howard of Escrick Charles Mohun Lord Mohun under Age Henry Herbert Lord Herbert of Chirbury and Baron Herbert of Castle-Island in Ireland Thomas Leigh Lord Leigh Christopher Hatton Lord Hatton William Byron Lord Byron Richard Vaughan Lord Vaughan and Earl of Carbery in Ireland Francis Smith Lord Carington and Vicount Carington of Barrefore in Ireland William Widdrington Lord Widdrington Edward Ward Lord Ward Thomas Colepeper Lord Colepeper Jacob Astley Lord Astley Charles Lucas Lord Lucas John Bellassyse Lord Bellassyse Edward Watson Lord Rockingham Robert Sutton Lord Lexinton under Age Charles-Henry Kirckhoven Lord Wotton and Earl of Bellomont in Ireland Marmaduke Langdale Lord Langdale Charles Berkeley Lord Berkeley of Stratton under Age Francis Holles Lord Holles Charles Cornwallis Lord Cornwallis George Boothe Lord De la Mer Horatio Townsend Lord Townsend Thomas Crew Lord Crew John Frescheville Lord Frescheville Richard Arundell Lord Arundell of Treryse James Butler Lord Butler of Moore-Parke beareth the Title of Earl of Ossory in Ireland under Age Hugh Clifford Lord Clifford of Chudley under Age Richard Butler Lord Butler of Weston and Earl of Arran in Ireland Susan Lady Bellassyse Baroness Bellassyse of Osgodby Daughter and Coheir to Sir WilliamAirmine of Osgodby in Com. Linc. Baronet Relict of Sir Henry Bellassyse Knight of the Bathe son and heir to John Lord Bellassyse for Life Edward Noel Lord Noel Richard Lumley Lord Lumley and Vicount Lumley of Waterford in Ireland George Carteret Lord Carteret under Age All those before whose names an Asterisc * is prefixed are Knights of the Garter A true and exact LIST of all the KNIGHTS of the CARTER infer SCHEME of the Stalls of the SOVEâ—… and the KNIGHTS COMPANIONS MOST NOBLE Order as they noâ—… in St. GEORGES CHAPPEL in WIâ—… CASTLE this tenth of SEPTEMBER Christian the 5th King of Denmark The Soveraigne Charles the 2d King of England c Charles the XI th King of Sweden James York Prince Rupert Count Palatine of the Rhine William-Henry Prince of Or Frederick William Prince Elector Marquess of Brandenburgh Charles the 2d Prince Ele of the Rhine James Duke of Ormond George Duke of Buckinghan Auberie Earl of Oxford William Earl of Strafford James Duke of Monmouth Christopher Duke of Albemarâ—â— James Duke of Monmouth Christopher Duke of Albemarle John Duke of Lauderdale Henry Marquess of Worcester Henry Earl of St. Albans William Earl of Bedford Henry Earl of Arlington Charles Duke of Southampton John Earl of Mulgrave Henry Duke of Newcastle â—homas Earl of Danby Henry Duke of Grafton James Earl of Salisbury Charles Duke of Richmund â—lace this after page 78. A CATALOGUE OF THE BARONETS OF THIS KINGDOM OF England From the first Erection of that Dignity until the 4th of July 1681 inclusive AN Advertisement TO THE READER WHen the Copie from which this subsequent Catalogue of the English Nobility is printed was sent to the Press the name and Title of Francis Lord Howard of Effingham was omitted tho in the second Volume of the Baronage of England published in anno 1676 upon the best information I could then obtain I had there taken notice of that person as heir expectant to the said Honour after the death of Charles Earl of Nottingham who was then very aged and issuless doubting to fix him therein before he had regularly made his claim thereto might give offence to the rest of the Nobility but upon view of my Copie by some intelligent persons who nevertheless thought it proper to be inserted I submitted thereto whereat if any take offence I humbly crave pardon it being my clear opinion that such of a collateral line as have right by descent to any Title of Honour accruing to them by virtue of an entail thereof made long since they should openly exhibite their claim unto the King with due proof of their right thereto as hath heretofore in like cases been done and thereupon with his Majesties allowance thereof have the same by the direction of the Earl Marshal orderly registred Whereas in the Catalogue of the Vicounts I have inserted Leicester Devereux Vicount Hereford now in minoritie I'have hereby thought fitt to advertise the Reader that upon certain exceptions taken in Parliament in anno 1677 to his right for that Title by reason of the attainder of Robert Earl of Essex and Vicount Hereford in 43 Eliz. and restoration of that Honour being only limitted to Robert his Son and the two Sisters of the said Robert the decision â—hereof was then by order of the House of Lords reâ—â—ited till the said Leicester Devereux shall come of full Age. It is likewise to be noted whereas in this ensuing Catalogue Pag. 71. Charles Wilmot Earl of Rochester is inserted that since the printing thereof he dyed whereby that Title of Honour is totally extinct and therefore that the number of Earls mentioned in pag. 69. lin penult is to be no more then 68. And that James Compton Earl of Northampton mentioned p. 70. is since dead but succeeded by George his Son who is under Age. I have likewise thought fit farther to advertise the Reader that the Book-Seller being desirous to publish Catalogues of the Scottish and Irish Nobility such hath been the unexspected delay in obtaining perfect Copies from Scotland and Ireland that the publication of my papers which have been printed more then four months since hath by reason thereof been so long retarded that it hath necessitated some alterations and emendations now added Also that as to the following Catalogue of the Scottish Nobility Sir George Mackenzie the worthy Lord Advocat of Scotland in his letter to me bearing the 30th of December 1681 doth signify that he did review it and gave his assistance for the better compleating thereof and doth certify that it is very perfect and exact But the said Sir George Mackenzie in a learned Treatise of
on se sert du Lambeau de la Bordure de l' Orle Báston Bande ou Cottice que ie range ici selon leur dignite Car on tient que s' il se trouvoit cinque puisnez en un maison le Lambeau appertiendroit au premier le Bordure au second aussi des autres Si bien que les puisnez Du premier puisnes pour doubles Brisures ou sou brisures augmente ront les pendens du Lambeau le premier d' un le second de deux autres les autres de mesme jusques a cinque Apres quoy pour sou-brisures on chargeroit de Lambeau qui d' une figure qui d' une autre Les sou-brisures de la Bordure sont primierement de la fair Engreslee Secondement de la charger de Torteaux ou Besans Troisiesmement de la Componee Et finálement de la charger de plusieurs figures ou d' une soule Il en est de mesme des autres Brisures Which in English is thus The plain Arms are reserved to the eldest sons both by divine and humane laws The Cadets or younger bear the same Arms but with some Difference of inferiority which we call Brisures of which the number is not limitted but depends upon fancy Some take Starrs Cressents Sunns Beasts Birds Flowers and other things put most commonly upon the dexter Flanc of the Escocheon upon the cheife part of the same or moving or issuing thence Others difference by diminishing the peices of the chardge or changing the colours But most commonly for Brisures or differences we make use of the Labell the Bordure the Orle the Baton the Bend or Cottice which I range here according to their dignity For we hold that if there be five puisnes in a house the Labell belongs to the first the Bordure to the second and so of the rest So that the puisnes of the first puisnes for double or sub-brisures shall augment the pendents of the Labell the first with one the second with two the rest accordingly to the number of five After which for Sub-brisures or differences we must chardge the Labell with one figure or another The Sub-brisures of the Bordure are first of all to make it Engrailed Secondly to chardge it with Torteaux or Besants Thirdly to Compone or Gobone it And finally to chardge it with various sorts of figures or with one alone The same must be done with the other sort of Brisures or differences Note that the French Blazoners do by Torteauxes mean Roundles of colors And by Besants those of mettal viz. Silver and Gold The book of St. Albans sayth that Labells are excellent Differences as with three four five or more points It also speaks of Cross-croslets Mullets or the like Likewise of Bordures changed in form or in color We will conclude this chapter of Arms and Blazons with acknowledging and distinguishing the eldest sons from the younger and inferior The eldest are known and discerned from the other by the plain paternal Arms without any Brisure id est diminution whatsoever except the father gave the same so It is ordinarily seen in illustrious and most noble Houses that the second son quartereth the fathers Arms with them of his mother but this occasioneth confusion to their descent and linage if they have store of male children Others diversifye and vary in the chief or else in the first quarter and Canton of the cheife which is termed of Honour or else Partissent Flanquent Entent en poincte ou mettent sur le tout But the most certain knowledge is made by Brisures so far as to the seventh generation the end of all patronage Brisures signifying any thing added besides the original chardge It is an assured rule that among males the eldest acknowledgeth himself and he ought to be acknowledged by his father's Arms if he be no otherwise stipuled by contracts of marriage of donation or of substitution which do extend so far as to the fourth heir And if all the males would bear the fathers Arms they ought to be distinguished according to degree of Birth or primogeniture by Brisures But the second son deit Porter le Lambeau de trois pieces which is to be understood of metal or color and which also ought to be observed in all other Brisures The third son une simple Bordure The fourth le Orle The fifth le Baston And the sixth le Bande If there be any more the Cheife the first or last Canton of the Cheife or else le Ente en Poincte will serve to be remarked The assailants or challengers of all the younger thus born must be acknowledged by doubles Brisures in regard the eldest son issued of the second ought to retain and bear the Fathers Arms avecques leur Brisure le Lambeau de trois pieces en chef The second le Larabeau de quatre pieces en chef The third pareil Lambeau monuant le cheif And the fourth pareil Lambeau charge solon sa fantasie d'Aigles Lyons Croissants Roses Aleryons Merlets ou Diapre The second son issuing of the first third portera la Bordure engreslee The third chargee de Befans ou Torteaux The fourth La Bordure Componee The next Endentee or Endenchee And the rest if there be any more Chargee de Annulets partie del un ou l' autre ou bien le simple ou be double essanier trescheur id est the diminitive of an Orle. The second son issuing of the first fourth l' Orle which his descendents and he may diversifye d' Eschecquette pale counterpale Lozange Frelte Fusille Faisses conterfaisses Paile Viure cheveronne contre-cheveronne Verse contre-verse or chardged with the forenamed Beasts with pannes Marles Molettes Estoiles ou de rustres or other varieties which may be put into Arms. The second son of the first fifth and his descendents may change and vary le Baston as hath been said before and the like Of the second son and his assaylants of the first six a la Band which may be Coticee jumelle Bretesscee Feuillee de six componee Endenctiee ou chargee d' animaux ou de pannes But it is to be held for a rule and an infallible Maxime in Arms and the noble art of painting and Blazon that he which beareth least is the best which will serve for question and enquirie A True and Perfect CATALOGUE OF THE Nobility OF ENGLAND A true and perfect Catalogue of all the Nobility Great Officers of State and Court Lords Spiritual and Temporal of the Kingdom of ENGLAND according to their Respective Precedencies Dukes of the Royal Blood II * JAMES Duke of York and Albany in Scotland Earl of Ulster in Ireland * Rupert Duke of Cumberland Count Palatine of the Rhine Archbishops II and Great Officers IV who in respect of their Offices precede all the Nobility except those of the Blood Royal. Arch-bishop of Canterbury
Primate of All England William Sancroft Dr. of Divinity Lord High Chancellor of England Heneage Earl of Nottingham Arch-Bishop of York Primate of England Richard Stern Dr. of Divinity Lord High Treasurer of England This Office is now executed by Commissioners Lord President of the Council John Earl of Radnor Lord Privy Seal Arthur Earl of Anglesey Dukes IX and Dutchesses II Henry Howard Duke of Norfolk Earl Marshal Charles Seymour Duke of Somerset under age * George Villiers Duke of Buckingham * Christopher Monke Duke of Albemarle * James Scot Duke of Monmouth and Buccleugh in Scotland * Henry Cavendish Duke of New-castle Barbara Dutchess of Cleveland sole Daughter and Heir to William Villiers Vicount Grandison in Ireland for Life with Remainder to Charles Fitz-Roy her eldest Son and for want of Issue male to George Fitz-Roy her Younger Son Lovisa de Querovalle Dutchess of Portsmouth for Life * Charles Lenos Duke of Richmond and Lenox in Scotland under age * Charles Fitz-Roy Duke of Southampton under age * Henry Fitz-Roy Duke of Grafton the Remainder for want of Issue male to George Fitz-Roy his Younger Brother under Age Marquesses II Charles Paulet Marquess of Winchester * Henry Somerset Marquess of Worcester Other Great Officers V Who take place in respect of their Offices Lord High Chamberlain of England Robert Earl of Lindsey Earl Marshal of England Henry Duke of Norfolk with His Majesty's approbation at present executes the Office by his Deputy who now is Robert Earl of Aylesbury Lord High Admiral of England This Office is now executed by Commissioners Lord Steward of the King's Houshold James Earl of Brecknock Duke of Ormond in Ireland Lord Chamberlain of the King's Houshold Henry Earl of Arlington Earls LXIX and I Countess * Auberie de Vere Earl of Oxford Charles Talbot Earl of Shrewsbury Waterford and Wexford in Ireland Anthony Grey Earl of Kent Willlam Stanly Earl of Derby John Maners Earl of Rutland Theophilus Hastings Earl of Huntington * William Russel Earl of Bedford Philip Herbert Earl of Pembroke and Montgomery Edward Clinton Earl of Lincoln James Howard Earl of Suffolk Charles Sackvill Earl of Dorset and Middlesex * James Cecil Earl of Salisbury John Cecil Earl of Exeter John Egerton Earl of Bridgwater Philip Sidney Earl of Leicester James Compton Earl of Northampton Edward Rich Earl of Warwick and Holland under Age William Cavendish Earl of Devonshire William Feilding Earl of Denbigh and Desmond in Ireland John Digby Earl of Bristol Gilbert Holles Earl of Clare Oliver St. Johns Earl of Bolinbroke Charles Fane Earl of Westmorland Robert Mountagu Earl of Manchester Thomas Howard Earl of Berkeshire * John Sheffield Earl of Mulgrave Thomas Savage Earl of Rivers Robert Bertie Earl of Lindsey Lord Great Chamberlain of England Henry Mordant Earl of Peterborough Thomas Grey Earl of Stamford Hencage Finch Earl of Winchelsey Robert Pierrepont Earl of Kingston upon Hull Charles Dormer Earl of Carnarvon Philip Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield Richard Tufton Earl of Thanet Thomas Weston Earl of Portland * William Wentworth Earl of Strafford Robert Spencer Earl of Sunderland Robert Leke Earl of Scarsdale Charles Wilmot Earl of Rochester and Vicount Wilmot of Athlon in Ireland under Age * Henry Jermin Earl of St. Albans Edward Mountagu Earl of Sandwich * James Butler Earl of Brecknock Lord Steward of the King's Houshold and Duke of Ormond in Ireland Henry Hyde Earl of Clarendon Arthur Capel Earl of Essex Robert Brudnel Earl of Cardigan Arthur Annesly Earl of Anglesey Lord Privy Seal and Vicount Valentia in Ireland John Greneville Earl of Bath Charles Howard Earl of Carlisle William Craven Earl of Craven Robert Bruce Earl of Aylesbury and Elgin in Scotland Richard Boyle Earl of Burlington and Cork in Ireland * Henry Bennet Earl of Arlington Lord Chamberlain of His Majesties Houshold Anthony-Ashley Cooper Earl of Shastsbury William Herbert Earl of Powis Edward-Henry Lee Earl of Lichfield * John Maitland Earl of Guilford and Duke of Lauderdale in Scotland * Thomas Osborne Earl of Danby Thomas Lennard Earl of Sussex George Fitz-Roy Earl of Northumberland under Age Lewis Duras Earl of Feversham Charles Beauclair Earl of Burford under Age George Savile Earl of Hallifax Charles Gerard Earl of Macclesfield John Roberts Earl of Radnor Lord President of the Council Robert Paston Earl of Yarmouth George Berkeley Earl of Berkeley Edward Conway Earl of Conway and Vicount Killutagh in Ireland Elizabeth Lady Dacres Countess of Shepey Daughter of Paul Vicount Banyng Relict of Francis Lennard Lord Dacres and Mother to Thomas Earl of Sussex for Life Heneage Finch Earl of Nottingham Lord High Chancellor of England Uicounts VIII and I Uicountess Leceister Devereux Vicount Hereford under Age Francis Brown Vicount Mountague William Fiennes Vicount Say and Sele Baptist Noel Vicount Campden Thomas Bellassyse Vicount Fauconberg Charles Mordant Vicount Mordant Francis Newport Vicount Newport Sarah Lady Corbet Vicountess Corbet Daughter and Coheir of Sir Robert Munson of Carleton in Com. Linc. Knight Relict of Sir Vincent Corbet of Morton Corbet in Com. Salop. Baronet for Life Laurence Hyde Vicount Hyde Bishops XXIV Dr. Henry Compton L. B. of London Dr. Nathaniel Crew L. B. of Durham Dr. George Morley L. B. of Winchester Dr. Herbert Crofts L. B. of Hereford Dr. Seth Ward L. B. of Salisbury Dr. Edward Rainbow L. B. of Carlisle Dr. John Dolben L. B. of Rochester Dr. Antony Sparrow L. B. of Norwich Dr. Peter Gunning L. B. of Ely Dr. Thomas Wood L. B. of Coventry and Lichfield Dr. Guy Carleton L. B. of Chichester Dr. Peter Mew L. B. of Bath and Wells Dr. John Pearson L. B. of Chester Dr. Humphry Lloyd L. B. of Bangor Dr. William Lloyd L. B. of Peterborough Dr. Thomas Barlow L. B. of Lincoln Dr. James Fleetwood L. B. of Worcester Dr. John Fell L. B. of Oxford Dr. Thomas Lamplough L. B. of Exeter Dr. William Thomas L. B. of St. Davids Dr. William Gulston L. B. of Bristol Dr. William Beaw L. B. of Landaff Dr. William Lloyd L. B. of St. Asaph Dr. Robert Frampton L. B. of Gloucester The Bishops of London Durham and Winchester do constantly precede the residue of the Bishops who take their places according to the seniority of their Consecrations Barons LXV and Baronesses III Henry Howard Lord Moubray beareth the Title of Earl of Arundel George Nevill Lord Abergavenny under Age James Touchet Lord Audley and Earl of Castle-Haven in Ireland Charles West Lord La Warre Thomas Parker Lord Morley and Lord Montegle Robert Shirley Lord Ferrers Conyers Darcie Lord Darcie and Lord Meinel Charles Mildmay Lord Fitz-Walter under Age Henry Yelverton Lord Grey under Age Frances Lady Ward Baroness Dudley Grand-Daughter and sole Heir to Edward Sutton Lord Dudley Relict of Humble Lord Ward and Mother of Edward Lord Ward William Stourton Lord Stourton Conyers Darcie Lord Conyers Henry Sandys Lord Sandys Thomas-Windsor Windsor alias Hickman Lord Windsor Thomas Cromwell Lord Cromwell and Earl of Arglas
Henry Baker of Sillinghurst Knight Extinct Kent 64 Roger Appleton of South-Bemsted Esq Essex 65 Sir William Sidley of Ailesford Knight Kent 66 Sir William Twisden of East-Peckham Knight Kent 67 Sir Edward Hales of Wood-Church Knight Kent 68 William Monys of Walwarsher Esq Rent 69 Thomas Mildmay of Mulsham Esq English Baron viz. Lord Fitz-walter Essex 70 Sir William Maynard of Eastanes-parva Kt. Irish and English Baron viz. Lord Maynard Essex 71 Henry Lee of Quarendon Esq Buck. Anno Dom. 1612. Nov. 25. Regis Jac. 10 72 Sir John Portman of Orchard Knight Somers 73 Sir Nicholas Saunderson of Saxby Knight Irish Visc. viz. Vicount Castleton Linc. 74 Sir Miles Sands of Wilberton Knight Extinct Cambr. 75 William Gostwick of Willington Esq Bedf. 76 Thomas Puckering of Weston Esq Extinct Hartf 77 Sir William Wray of Glentworth Kt. Linc. 78 Sir William Ailoffe of Braxted-magna Knight Essex 79 Sir Marmaduke Wivel of Constable-Burton Knight Ebor. 80 John Pershall of Horsley Esq Staff 81 Francis Englefield of Wotton-Basset Esq UUilts 82 Sir Thomas Ridgway of Torre Knight Irish Earl viz. E. of London-Derry Devon 83 William Essex of Bewcot Esq Berks. 84 Sir Edward Georges of Langford Knight Irish Baron viz. Lord Georges UUilts 85 Edward Devereux of Castle-Bromwich Esq Eng. Visc. viz. Vicount Hereford UUarw. 86 Reginald Mohun of Boconnok Esq English Baron Viz. Lord Mohun Cornub. 87 Sir Harbottle Grimston of Bradfield Kt. Essex 88 Sir Thomas Holt of Aston juxta Bermingham Knight UUarm. 89 Sir Robert Naper alias Sandy of Lewton-How Knight vid. John Napier Martij 4. 1660 Bedf. 90 Paul Banning of Bentley-Parva Esq English Vic. viz. Vicount Banning Extinct Essex 91 Sir Thomas Temple of Stow Knight Buck. 92 Thomas Penyston of Leigh Esq Suss. Anno Dom. 1615. Regis Jac. 13. 93 Maij 27 Thomas Blackston of Blackston Esq Extinct Durh. 94 Junij 10 Sir Robert Dormer of Wing Kt. English Earl viz. E. of Caernarvon Buck. Anno Dom. 1617. Regis Jac. 15. 95 Aprilis 5 Sir Rowland Egerton of Egerton Knight Cestr. 96 Apr. 16 Roger Towneshend of Rainham Esq English Baron viz. Lord Towneshend Norf. 97 Maij 1 Simon Clark of Salford Esq UUarm. 98 Oct. 2 Edward Fitton of Gawsworth Esq Extinct Cestr. 99 Martij 11 Sir Richard Lucy of Broxburn Knight Extinct Hartf Anno Dom. 1618. Regis Jac. 16. 100 Maij 25 Sir Matthew Boynton of Bramston Knight Ebor. 101 Julij 25 Thomas Littleton of Frankley Esq UUigorn 102 Dec. 24. Sir Francis Leigh of Newnham Knight English Earl viz. Earl of Chichester Extinct UUarm. 103 Febr. 25 Thomas Burdet of Bramcote Esq UUarm. 104 Martij 1 George Morton of St. Andrews-Milborn Esq Dors. Anno Dom. 1619. Regis Jac. 17. 105 Maij 31 Sir William Hervey of Kidbrook Knight with remainder to William Hervey his son and to the Heirs males of the body of the said William Irish and English Baron viz. Lord Hervey Extinct Kent 106 Junij 4 Thomas Mackworth of Normanton Esq Rutl. 107 Junij 15 William Grey Esq son and Heir of Sir Ralph Grey of Chillingham Knight English Baron viz. Lord Grey of Warke Northumv 108 Julij 19 William Villers of Brookesby Esq The eldest Brother by a former Venter to George Villers then Marquess after Duke of Buckingham Leic. 109 Julij 20 Sir James Ley of Westbury Knight Serjeant at law Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench and afterwards Lord High Treasurer of England English Earl viz. E. of Marlborough Extinct UUilts 110 Julij 21 William Hicks of Beverston Esq Glouc. 111 Sept. 17 Sir Thomas Beaumont of Cole-Orton Knight Irish Vic. viz. Vicount Beaumont Lric. 112 Nov. 10 Henry Salisbury of Lleweny Esq Denb 113 Nov. 16 Erasmus Driden of Canons-Ashby Esq Northamp 114 Nov. 28 William Armine Esq son and heir to Sir William Armine of Osgodby Knight Extinct Linc. 115 Dec. 1. Sir William Bamburgh of Howton Knight Extinct Ebor. 116 Dec. 3 Edward Hartop of Freathby Esq Leic. 117 Dec. 31 John Mill of Camoys-Court Esq Suss. 118 Jan. 31 Francis Radcliffe of Darwentwater Esq Cumber 119 Febr. 6 Sir David Foulis of Ingleby Kt. Ebor. 120 Febr. 16 Thomas Philips of Barrington Esq Somers 121 Martij 7 Sir Claudius Forster of Bambrough Castle Knight Extinct Northumb. 122 Martij 23 Anthony Chester of Chichley Esq Buck. Anno Dom. 1620. Regis Jac. 18. 123 Martij 28 Sir Samuel Tryon of Layre-Marney Knight Essex 124 Apr. 2 Adam Newton of Charleton Esq Kent 125 Apr. 12 Sir John Boteler of Hatfield-woodhall Knight English Baron viz. Lord Boteler of Bramfield Extinct Hertf. 126 Apr. 13 Gilbert Gerard of Harrow on the Hill Esq Midd. 127 Maij 3 Humphrey Lee of Langley Esq Saloâ— 128 Maij 5 Richard Berney of Parkhall in Redham Esq Norff. 129 Maij 20 Humphrey Forster of Alder-Marston Esq Berks. 130 Maij 26 Thomas Biggs of Lenchwike Esq Extinct UUigorn 131 Maij 30 Henry Bellingham of Helsington Esq Extinct UUestmâ—â—â— 132 Maij 31 William Yelverton of Rougham Esq Extinct Norff. 133 Junij 1 John Scudamore of Home-Lacy Esq Irish Vic. viz. Vicount Scudamore Heref. 134 Junij 2 Sir Thomas Gore of Stitnam Knight Ebor. 135 Junij 22 John Pakington of Alesbury Esq Buck. 136 Junij 28 Ralph Ashton of Lever Esq Lanc. 137 Julij 1 Sir Baptist Hicks of Camden Knight English Visc. viz. Vicount Camden Extinct Glouc. 138 Julij 3 Sir Thomas Roberts of Glassenbury Knight Kent 139 Julij 8 John Hanmer of Hanmer Esq Flint 140 Edward Fryer of Water-Eaton Esq Extinct Oxon. 141 Julij 13 Edward Osborne of Keeton Esq Vice-President of King Charles the first his Councill in the North English Earl viz. E. of Danby Ebor. 142 Julij 20 Henry Felton of Playford Esq Suss. 143 Julij 20 William Chaloner of Gisborough Esq Extinct Ebor. 144 Julij 24 Sir Thomas Bishop of Parham Knight Suss. 145 Julij 26 Sir Francis Vincent of Stoke Dabernon Knight Surr. 146 Febr 27 Henry Clere of Ormesby Esq Extinct Norff. 147 Martij 8 Sir Benjamin Tichburne of Tichburne Knight Hantsh Anno Dom. 1621. Regis Jac. 19. 148 Maij 5 Sir Richard Wilbraham of Woodhey Knight Cestr. 149 Maij 8 Sir Thomas Delves of Dodington Knight Cestr. 150 Junij 23 Sir Lewes Watson of Rockingham Castle Knight English Baron viz. Lord Rockingham Northamp 151 Junij 29 Sir Thomas Palmer of Wingham Knight Kent 152 Julij 3 Sir Richard Roberts of Truro Knight English Earl viz. Earl of Radnor Cornub. 153 Julij 19 John Rivers of Chafford Esq Kent 154 Sept. 6 Thomas Darnell of Heyling Esq Linc. 155 Sept. 14 Sir Isaac Sidley of Great Chart Knight Kent 156 Sept. 21 Robert Browne of Walcot Esq Extinct Northamp 157 Oct. 11 John Hewet of Headley-Hall Esq Ebor. 158 Oct. 16 Henry Jernegan of Cossey alias Cossese Esq Norf. 159 Nov. 8 Sir Nicolas Hide of Albury Knight Extinct Hartf 160 Nov. 9 John Philips of Picton Esq Pembr 161 Nov. 24 Sir John Stepney of Prendergast Knight Pemb. 162 Dec. 5 Baldwin