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
Precedency publish'd at Edinburgh 1680 together with another of Heraldry both written by himself being a person eminently renow'd for his several other excellent works having at large discoursed of the Precedency due to the Arch-Bishops of Scotland to the end that no injury be done to them by concealing their just right therein I shall here transcribe what he saith as to that point I find by a letter in An. 1625 that before King James his going into England the Marquesses of Scotland did take place from the Arch-bishops And by a letter in An. 1626 renew'd in An. 1664. The Arch-bishop of St. Andrews is to take place before all subjects Yet I think this will not give him place from the Kings Sons Uncles and Nephews though they be likewise subjects since the word subjects must be here interpreted according to the custom of Nations by which these neare relations of Princes are preferred to all other subjects Yet defacto since the letter the Arch-bishops of St. Andrews ceds to the Lord Chancellor These Advertisements to the Reader are to be prefixt before pag. 67. THE Preface WHereas in the year 1667 a Catalogue of the Baronets of England was by authority published to the end that such as had obtained Patents for that Honour which were not enrolled should by discerning an omission of their names therein take care to supply that defect so that upon a second Impression thereof they might be inserted Now whereas after twelve years and more no Enrollments are yet to be found for sundry persons which have assumed this Title which causeth some to doubt whether they can make any justifiable claime thereto Whereas therefore no person whatsoever ought to take upon them this Title of dignity but such as have been really advanced thereto by Letters Patents under the great Seale of England it is thought fit by the right Honorable Robert Earl of Aylesbury who now exerciseth the Office of Earl Marshall of England that this present Catalogue of such touching whom the Docquet-books remaining with the-Clerk of the Crown in Chancery do take notice shall be published to the end that those of whom no memorial upon Record is to be found to justifie their right to this Title may be known and care henceforth taken in Commissions of the peace and otherwise that it be not given unto them until they shall manifest the same unto the Lord Chancellor of England and have speciall order from his Lordship to enroll such Patents whereby they pretend Title to that dignity As also that regard be had of giving credit to any other Catalogues of the Baronets which are already publisht or that shall be publisht than what is taken from the authority of those Docquet-books above mentioned or the Enrollment of their Patents BARONETS Created by King James Anno Dom. 1611. May 22 Anno Regis Jac. 9. 1 SIR Nicholas Bacon of Redgrave Knight Suff. 2 Sir Richard Molineux of Sefton Knight Irish Visc. viz. Viscount Molineux Lanc. 3 Sir Thomas Maunsell of Morgan Knight Glam 4 George Shirley of Staunton Esq English Baron viz. Lord Ferrers Leic. 5 Sir John Stradling of St. Donats Kt. Glam 6 Sir Francis Leke of Sutton Knight English Earl viz. Earl of Scaresdale Darb. 7 Thomas Pelham of Lawghton Esq Suss. 8 Sir Richard Houghton of Houghton-Tower Knight Lanc. 9 Sir Henry Hobart of Intwood Knight Attourney General to the King afterwards Lord chief justice of the Common-pleas Norff. 10 Sir George Boothe of Dunham-Massey Knight English Baron viz. Ld. de La Mer. Chesh. 11 Sir John Peyton of Iselham Knight Cambr. 12 Lionel Talmach of Helmingham Esq From whom the present chief Lineal descendant hath a just expectancy to be a Scotch Earl viz. Earl of Dysert and now beareth the title of Lord Huntingtower as being eldest son to the Countess of Dysert Daughter of William Murray Earl of Dysert and the relict of the late Sr. Lionel Talmach but since married to the Duke of Lauderdale Suff. 13 Sir Gervase Clifton of Clifton Knight of the Bath Nott. 14 Sir Thomas Gerard of Bryn Knight Lanc. 15 Sir Walter Aston of Tixhall Knight of the Bath Embassador in Spain from King James Scotch Baron viz. Lord Aston Staff 16 Philip Knevet of Buckenham Esq Extinct Norff. 17 Sir John St. John of Lidiard-Tregoz Knight Wiltf 18 John Shelly of Michelgrove Esq Suss. 19 Junij 29 Sir John Savage of Rock-Savage Knight English Earl viz. E. Rivers Chesh. 20 Sir Francis Barington of Barington-hall Knight Essex 21 Henry Berkely of Wimundham Esq Extinct Leic. 22 Will. Wentworth of Wentworth Woodhouse Esq English Earl viz. E. of Strafford Ebor. 23 Sir Richard Musgrave of Hartley Castle Knight Westmerl 24 Edward Seymour of Bury-Pomeray Esq Devon 25 Sir Moyle Finch of Eastwell Knight English Earl viz. E. of Winchelsey Rent 26 Sir Antony Cope of Hanwell Knight Oxon. 27 Sir Thomas Mounson of Carleton Knight Linc. Vide Charles Vavasor Junij 22. 1631 28 George Gresely of Drakedow Esq Derb. 29 Paul Tracy of Stanway Esq Glouc. 30 Sir John Wentworth of Goffield Knight Extinct Essex 31 Sir Henry Belasyse of Newborough Knight English Visc. viz. Vicount Fauconberge Ebor. 32 William Constable of Flamborough Esq Extinct Ebor. 33 Sir Thomas Leigh of Stoncley Knight Eng. Baron viz. Lord Leigh Warw. 34 Sir Edward Noell of Brook Knight Eng. Visc. viz. Vicount Campden Rutl. 35 Sir Robert Cotton of Connington Kt. Hunt 36 Robert Cholmondeleigh of Cholmondeleigh Esq Irish Earl viz. E. of Lemester as also Engl. Baron viz. L. Cholmondeleigh of Wiche-malbank alias Nant-wiche Extinct Chesh. 37 John Molineux of Teversal Esq Nott. 38 Sir Francis Wortley of Wortley Knight Extinct Ebor. 39 Sir George Savile senior of Thornehill Knight English Earl viz. Earl of Hallifax Ebor. 40 William Kniveton of Mircaston Esq Derb. 41 Sir Philip Woodhouse of Wilberhall Knight Norff. 42 Sir William Pope of Wilcot Knight Irish Earl viz. Earl of Down Oxon. 43 Sir James Harrington of Ridlington Kt. Rutl. 44 Sir Henry Savile of Methley Knight Extinct Ebor. 45 Henry Willoughby of Risley Esq Extinct Darb. 46 Lewes Tresham of Rushton Esq Extinct Northamp 47 Thomas Brudenell of Deene Esq English Earl viz Earl of Cardigan Norrhamp 48 Sir George St. Paul of Snarsford Knight Extinct Linc. 49 Sir Philip Tirwhit of Stainefield Knight Linc. 50 Sir Roger Dallison of Loughton Knight Extinct Linc. 51 Sir Edward Carre of Sleford Knight Linc. 52 Sir Edward Hussey of Hennington Kt. Linc. 53 L'Estrange Mordant of Massingham Esq Norff. 54 Thomas Bendish of Steeple Bamsted Esq Essex 55 Sir John Wynne of Gwedyr Kt. Caernarv 56 Sir William Throckmorton of Tortworth Knight Glouc. 57 Sir Richard Worseley of Appledore-combe Knight Hants 58 Richard Fleetwood of Calwiche Esq Staff 59 Thomas Spenser of Yarnton Esq Oxon. 60 Sir John Tufton of Hothfield Knight English Earl viz. E. of Thanet Kent 61 Sir Samuel Peyton of Knowlton Knight Kent 62 Sir Charles Morrison of Cashio-Bury Knight Extinct Hertf. 63 Sir
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
fortune that he had title to divers and several countries and that he would make wars to them all at once yet should it not be needful to him to shew forth any more marks quartered in one Standard but onely unto every several Country the Arms of that nation quartered with his own But this being the case of Kings and Princes wherein amongst others our most famous noble and worthy Kings and princes of this land have shewed themselves most prudent and wise to what purpose is it that others bring out commanders under their prince and which of themselves have neither title to country nor are able to maintain wars should in their princes service pester their Banners and shields with such an infinite number as many do And in this point I cannot enough commend the Baron of Stafford who herein sheweth his great skill and temperance for although his Ancestors have had title to quarter the marks of that valiant Thomas of Woodstock youngest son of King Edward the third Earl of Buckingham and Duke of Glocester of Bohune Earl of Hereford and Northamton and high Cunstable of England and also of that great house of Somerset which by their ancestors John Earl of Somerset younger son to John of Gaunt descended from the same king Edward the third I omit to speak of divers Barons and others of great estate whose heires both with revenue and honor enlarged greatly his family yet the said Baron contents himself with the paternal mark of his house It were to be wished that this matter of Quartering should be reformed as well for untruths therein oftentimes committed as for the titles that may be brought in question thereby to lands and Heritages And as being one of the chiefest things that bringeth honour of Armory into disgrace for not long ago heard I one speak in this manner Did I not quoth he know the grandfather of this man speaking of the owner of a Scuchion wherein were quartered many marks to purchase by plain patent although he never were man at Armes both his coat and crest within these forty years and how comes it now to pass that I see his nephew invested in all this Armory numbring many and divers several devices all in one shield by way of quartering this being a very mockery to see a man of no valour or estimation in warlike affairs and the paternal Ancestors of whom for ought that can be proved were not in any late age welders of Arms to entrude themselves into so many Badges of Armory is not the least matter to bring into contempt an order so honourable and necessary as the bearing of Arms is Differences in Arms to younger children and their Descendents Another matter that to my understanding is also to be reformed is the manner of differings which are by the younger Brothers and their posterities laid upon their marks being cressants mollets c. and that such little ones as that a man cannot discern them a very small distance from him which differences are in reason to be made fair plain and large that they may be also as easie to be discover'd as any other Devise that is in the Coat Shield or Banner otherwise they serve not to the purpose for which marks were first ordained And the inconvenience which ensueth of this error will the more easily appear if I but set you down the words of mine Author treating of an accident that happened in such a case which be these Et feist Mr. Robert Baileul alter sa Banniere tout devant en escriant Moriannes les Henuiers qui ia estoint esthauses Aperceurent la Banniere de Moriannes qui encore estoit tout Droicte si cuiderent que ce feust la leur ou ilz se deuoient radresser car mult petitey auoit de difference de lune a l'autre car les Armes Moriennes sount Barres contre Barres d' Argent d' Azure a deux Cheverons de Gueules Et le cheveron de Mr. Robert auoit vne petite crosete d'or si ne l'adviserent mye bien les Hennuiers ainsi vindrent bouter de fait dessubs la Banniere de Mr. Robert si furent moult fierement reboutes et tous discomfis For these Honours being led by Sir William Baileul thought in the stir and business to have come to his Banner hearing the surname of Moriens called upon and seeing as they supposed their captains ensigne and the difference of Sir Robert being the younger Brother but a little cross upon the upper cheuron they could not appercieve so that the most of them were either slain or taken and the elder Brother the Knight their leader was glad to save himself as well as he might The Lord of Cowcie son in law to King Edward the third suffered also reproch through the hard dealings of the Lord of Chine who raised his Banner against certain Englishmen of Sir Hugh Caveleys company being either the same that Cowcies was or the difference so small as might not be discerned whereby the said Lord Cowcy though he were absâ—nt as far as Austrich had dishonour spoken of him as in the discourse of the Capital I have touched Thus then having shewed by example the harm and inconvenience that cannot but many times happen through the littleness and niceness of such differences I have thought it not amiss to lay before you the differings that antiquity used that by comparing them together you may discern the great wisdom of our ancestors and our own imperfections in this point for want of due consideration which was done at the first by changing of the device born into other colors only but when that would not suffice for the number of leaders many times all of one house then were they forced to vary their marks by adding of either Bars Bends cheurons cheefes quarters Borders labels losinges or such like and very seldome should you see in those times cressant mollet or such like small thing born for a difference and if any did yet was the same so large and fair that it might be seen as well as any other device which should be in the Shield or Banner And for the proof I will give you the example but of one house onely for your better information though I could do the like of many others namely that of the Bassets who indeed in my judgment varied their marks of honour very finely and that upon good respect A multitude more as my authour hath already hinted were it not for brevityes sake might be instanced from the practise of sundry branches of Noble-families whereof I shall only make mention of some few which are not unknown to most pretenders to Herauldry Such are those of Grey of Codnore and Grey of Sâ—ndiacre in Derbyshire Grey of Barton in Ridale in com Ebor. Grey of Wilton in com Hereford Grey of Ruthyn in com Denbigh Grey of Groby in com Leic. and Grey Vicount L'isle Of Beauchamp Earl of Warwick Beauchamp of Holt Beauchamp of
contended with so puissant conquerors which were then in their time as wise glorious and famous a nation as were in the whole world to be found Another sort there be not much more skilful who if they see any Armory straight enter into the comparison of the fairness thereof and foul and false is it if mettal lie upon mettal alone or colour upon colour And yet I could wish we should never have more dishonourable men nor worse souldiers then have so born their Armory for to omit that worthy Godfrey and that Mack Morise King of Lymster in Ireland whose only daughter and heir was married to Richard Strongbowe Earl of Penbrook and bare in a black shield a red ramping Lion of our own Sir Richard Sanbach of Sanbach in Chesshire Sir William Wakbirge of Wakbirge in Darbishire two valiant Knights yet both bare colour upon colour Passing the number of examples I will recite the words of mine Author speaking of the adventures of a brave Knight in the company of Sir Robert Canole resting by Paris This Knight having vowed to strike with his launce on the barriers of the city performed it and then the words be these Celluy cheualier ie ne sca comment il auoit nom ne de quel pays il istoit mais s' armoit a gueulles a de deux fouses noyeres et vne bordure noyre non endente And although I grant they be not so well to be discerned as when metal and colour be varied the one with the other yet sithence the number be great of most worthy men that have born their Arms in such manner I will esteem their marks as honourable as the rest and never impute any falsity to them And this kind of men also commonly discant upon the proportion nature and quality of the device as if the name of Ricbard were better then Robcrt and Ralph better then Roger and in their conceits the Eagle or Faulcon are the fairest birds to be born of all feathered fowls and so of other the like when indeed except for the reverence due to the Bearers who do honour their bearings by their renown vertue and valure otherwise there is no difference in the fairness of marks but that those only are to be preferred which be easiest to be perceived discerned and known to be the same things they be marked out for And therefore the Capitale of Beuf'z black Midas head with his fair long Asse-ears was as good a crest as Sir John Chandos chiftains head proper in a white scarffe goodly envellopped And as fair a coat is Hopwells being three red Hares playing on Bagpipes in a silver shield as Newinton which bare d' Azure three Eglets d' Argent displaid And now me thinks I hear some that esteem me to mend and become more fine skilfull and Herauld-like in my emblazons as using the French phrases of d'azyer d'argent who think I doubt not but that I have committed a great error for want of using the said French phrases in my emblazons notwithstanding I will joyn in opinion with such as esteem it to be more proper to speak and use English terms and phrases in an English book dedicated to Englishmen then French or Latin otherwise than cited authority leadeth Thus far from Mr. Erdswike publisht by Mr. Wyrley I come now to what that most expert Herauld Robert Glover Somerset hath sayed upon this subject of Differences in his Book De Origine Antiquitate Armorum c. Apud nos in Anglia longo approbato usu triplices observantur Armorum Differentiae scilicet Principales Consanguineorum Extraneorum Differentiae principales sint Labellus sive Lingula eum pendulis appendicibus imparibus Simplex quandoque rebus onustis Bordura sive fimbria simplex componata aut alio modo semmata vel distincta per endenturas crenelaturas quae dicuntur principales differentiae quia in Armis nunquam cernuntur nec ullo alio usui destinantur nisi ad illorum differentiam discrepantiam Differentiae Consanguineorum sunt Crescens Macula Merulus Annulus Fos-lilij similia quae dicuntur Consanguineorum differentiae quia serviunt destinantur consanguineis ab uno eodem stipite descendentibus Ut filius junior dum caelebs innuptus remanserit gerens Arma patris sui cum tali parva differentia dignoscatur Et-inter multos fratres ut quilibet eorum possit bene secerni cognosci ab alio per sua Arma in praelijs expeditionibus bellicis priaecipue quo ad Nativitatis geniturae suae statum praeeminentiam portabunt Arma domus familio unde sunt praegnati cum tali parva differentia At postquam ductis uxoribus mutiplicatisque liberis novam per se constituerint familiam rejectis prioribus minutis differentijs Arma domus cum Labello Bordura Quarterio Benda aut alia graviori distinctione additione vel commutatione portare debent quo dehinc illorum familia ab originali illa familia unde oriuntur Armorum delatione facile precipi distingui separari Et tamque est verus naturalis genuinus Armorum usus ut per easdem cognoscantur distinguantur familiae agnationes ob quam causam proculdubio in initio inventa fuerant Differentiae Extraneorum sunt Barrulae Bendae Fasces Tigna sive signa capitalia Palae Quarteriae similia quae extraneorum dicuntur notae Quia licet Extraneo Arma cujuscumque domus seu familiae portare ostendere cum hujusmodi incrementis et additione sine quorumeumque praejudicio vel offensione Harum Differentiarum vero usu neglecto dum his diebâ— juniores filij minutulas illas Crescentium Macularum Merulorum Annulorum atque Florum differentias retinere solent easque ad suos quoque posteros transmittant famularum notitia quae per Armorum delationes cognosci secerni et distingui solebant prorsus obfuscatur et deletur With us in Eâ—gland there hath been a threefold Difference observed in Arms that is to say of the Chiefs or Principals for those of Consanguinity and of Strangers The principal Differences are a Labell or string with points or pendents unlike sometimes plain and sometimes chang'd The Border or plain fillet componed or distinguished by Endenting or Engrailing which are called the Principal Differences because they are never seen in Arms or designed but for Differences The Differences for such as are of Consanguinity are a Crescent a Mullet a Martlet an Annulet a Flower de Lys and the like which are called Differences of kinsmen because they are designed and serve for those which are descended from one and the same stock as for example a younger son whilst he continues a Batcheler and not married he is known by bearing his Fathers Arms with such a small distinction or difference And amongst many Brothers to the end that each of them may be discern'd and known from another by his Arms in Battels and
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
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