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The Noble and Gentle Men of England / or, notes touching the arms and descents of the ancient knightly and gentle houses of England, arranged in their respective counties. — Evelyn Philip Shirley

The Noble and Gentle Men of England / or, notes touching the arms and descents of the ancient knightly and gentle houses of England, arranged in their respective counties.

Evelyn Philip Shirley

  • History
  • Book language: English
  • 272 pages

A genealogical and heraldic history of England's ancient knightly and gentle families, arranged by county. It gathers notes on arms and descents, offering a browsable window into the old gentry for listeners drawn to genealogy, heraldry, and local history.

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THE

NOBLE AND GENTLE

MEN OF ENGLAND.

THE

NOBLE AND GENTLE

MEN OF ENGLAND;

OR, NOTES TOUCHING

THE ARMS AND DESCENTS

OF THE

ANCIENT KNIGHTLY AND GENTLE HOUSES OF ENGLAND,

ARRANGED IN THEIR RESPECTIVE COUNTIES.

ATTEMPTED BY

EVELYN PHILIP SHIRLEY, ESQ. M.A. F.S.A.

LATE ONE OF THE KNIGHTS OF THE SHIRE FOR THE COUNTY OF WARWICK.

WESTMINSTER:

JOHN BOWER NICHOLS AND SONS.

Third Edition, Corrected 1866.

PREFACE.

"That noble families are continued in a long succession of wealth, honour, and reputation, is justly esteemed as one of the most valuable of worldly blessings, as being the certain tokens of God Almighty's providential favour, and the prudent conduct of such ancestors,"—Nath.

Johnston's Account of the Family of Bruce Earl of Aylesbury, 1691, Harl.

MS, 3879.

THE following imperfect attempt to bring together a few notes relating to the ancient aristocracy of England, is confined in the first place to the families now existing, and regularly established either as knightly or gentle

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Contents

  1. NOBLE AND GENTLE
  2. Noble and Gentle Men of England
  3. INDEX
  4. THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG™ LICENSE

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