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Encyclopaedia of Heraldry: or, General Armory of England, Scotland, and Ireland, Comprising a Registry of All Armorial Bearings From the Earliest to the Present Time, Including the Late Grants by the College of Arms (third edition, with supplement; London: H. G. Bohn, 1844), by John Burke and Bernard Burke (page images at HathiTrust)
Encyclopaedia of Heraldry: or, General Armory of England, Scotland, and Ireland, Comprising a Registry of All Armorial Bearings From the Earliest to the Present Time, Including the Late Grants by the College of Arms (third edition, with supplement; London: H. G. Bohn, 1847), by John Burke and Bernard Burke (multiple formats at archive.org)
Encyclopaedia of Heraldry: or, General Armory of England, Scotland, and Ireland, Comprising a Registry of All Armorial Bearings From the Earliest to the Present Time, Including the Late Grants by the College of Arms (third edition, with supplement; London: H. G. Bohn, 1851), by John Burke and Bernard Burke
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Fairbairn's Crests of the Leading Families in Great Britain and Ireland and Their Kindred in Other Lands (2 volumes in 1; New York: Heraldic Pub. Co., 1911), by James Fairbairn and Laurence Butters, ed. by Joseph MacLaren
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The Handbook to English Heraldry (based on the 11th edition of 1914), by Charles Boutell, ed. by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies, contrib. by S. T. Aveling, illust. by R. B. Utting (illustrated HTML with commentary at fiftywordsforsnow.com)
A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland (2 volumes; London: Harrison, 1858), by Bernard Burke (page images at HathiTrust)
The Stall Plates of the Knights of the Order of the Garter, 1348-1485: A Series of Ninety Full-Sized Coloured Facsimiles, With Descriptive Notes and Historical Introductions (Westminster: A. Constable and Co.; New York: E. P. Dutton and Co., 1901), ed. by W. H. St. John Hope (page images at HathiTrust)
This Rol Was Laburd and Finished by Master John Rows of Warrewyk (1845 publication unfinished; this edition London: W. Pickering, ca. 1859), by John Rous, ed. by William Courthope, contrib. by William Pickering and Lambert B. Larking
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The Visitation of the County of Devon in the Year 1564; With Additions From the Earlier Visitation of 1531 (Exeter: Printed for the editor by W. Pollard, 1881), by William Harvey, ed. by Frederic Thomas Colby (page images at HathiTrust)
County Genealogies: Pedigrees of Hertfordshire Families (London: J.R. Smith, ca. 1844), by William Berry (page images at HathiTrust)
County Genealogies: Pedigrees of the Families in the County of Hants (London: Sherwood, Gilbert, and Piper, 1833), by William Berry (page images at HathiTrust)
Fictitious and Symbolic Creatures in Art, With Special Reference to Their Use in British Heraldry (London: Chapman and Hall, 1906), by John Vinycomb (illustrated HTML with commentary at sacred-texts.com)
County Genealogies: Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, and Surrey (3 volumes in 1; London: Sherwood, Gilbert and Piper, 1837), by William Berry (page images at HathiTrust)
English Heraldic Book-Stamps (London: A. Constable and Co., 1909), by Cyril Davenport (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
Scrope and Grosvenor controversy. (Printed by Samuel Bentley, 1832), by Richard Le Scrope and Nicholas Harris Nicolas (page images at HathiTrust)
Fairbairn's crests of the leading families in Great Britain and Ireland and their kindred in other lands (Heraldie publishing company, 1911), by James Fairbairn, Joseph MacLaren, and Laurence Butters (page images at HathiTrust)
Honor redivivus; or, The analysis of honor and armory (A. Herringman, 1673), by Matthew Carter and Richard Gaywood (page images at HathiTrust)
Fictitious & symbolic creatures in art with special reference to their use in British heraldry. (Chapman and Hall, 1969), by John Vinycomb (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Fictitious & symbolic creatures in art, with special reference to their use in British heraldry (Chapman and Hall, limited, 1906), by John Vinycomb (page images at HathiTrust)
The Patrician ... (E. Churton, 1846), by Bernard Burke and John Burke (page images at HathiTrust)
Scalacronica; the reigns of Edward I, Edward II and Edward III (J. Maclehose & sons, 1907), by Thomas Gray and Herbert Maxwell (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
English heraldic book-stamps, figured and described (A. Constable & co., ltd., 1909), by Cyril Davenport (page images at HathiTrust)
Heralds and heraldry in Ben Jonson's plays, masques and entertainments (University Heights, New York city, 1907), by Arthur Huntington Nason (page images at HathiTrust)
Armorial porcelain of the eighteenth century (The Century house, 1925), by Algernon Tudor Tudor-Craig (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
A complete body of heraldry. (Printed by T. Spilsbury, 1780), by Joseph Edmondson, Joseph Ayloffe, and Robert Glover (page images at HathiTrust)
Heraldry for craftsmen & designers (The Macmillan company, 1913), by W. H. St. John Hope (page images at HathiTrust)
Banners, standards and badges from a Tudor manuscript in the College of Arms (The De Walden Library, 1904), by Thomas Willement, Joseph Foster, and Thomas Evelyn Scott-Ellis Howard de Walden (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Some feudal coats of arms from heraldic rolls 1298-1418, illustrated with 830 zinco etchings from effigies, brasses and coats of arms (J. Parker & Co., 1902), by Joseph Foster (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Two Tudor books of arms. Harleian mss. nos. 2169 & 6163. (The De Walden library, 1904), by Joseph Foster, Robert Cooke, and British Library (page images at HathiTrust)
The Roll of arms of the princes, barons, and knights who attended King Edward I. to the Siege of Caerlaverock in 1300. (J.C. Hotten, 1864), by Thomas Wright (page images at HathiTrust)
The general armory of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales; comprising a registry of armorial bearings from the earliest to the present time. (Harrison & sons, 1884), by Bernard Burke (page images at HathiTrust)
Complete baronetage (W. Pollard & co., ltd., 1900), by George E. Cokayne (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Armorial families (Hurst & Blackett, ltd., 1929), by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies (page images at HathiTrust)
Visitation of England and Wales. (Priv. print., 1893), by Joseph Jackson Howard, Frederick Arthur Crisp, and England. College of arms (page images at HathiTrust)
Origines juridiciales, or Historical memorials of the English laws, courts of justice, forms of tryal, punishment in cases criminal, law-writers, law-books, grants and settlements of estates, degree of serjeant, Innes of court and chancery. (Printed by Tho. Newcomb, for Abel Roper, John Martin, and Henry Herringman, 1671), by William Dugdale (page images at HathiTrust)
The visitation of Lancashire and a part of Cheshire, made in the twenty-fourth year of the reign of King Henry the Eighth, 1533 A.D. (Printed for the Chetham society, 1876), by Thomas Benolt, William Langton, and College of Arms (Great Britain) (page images at HathiTrust)
The visitation of the county of Rutland in the year 1618-19. (London, 1870), by William Camden, George J. Armytage, and England. College of arms (page images at HathiTrust)
The visitation of the county of Cumberland in the year 1615. Taken by Richard St. George, Norroy king of arms. (London, 1872), by Richard Saint-George, John Fetherston, and College of Arms (Great Britain) (page images at HathiTrust)
The visitation of the county of Cornwall, in the year 1620. (London, 1874), by Henry St. George, Henry Holman Drake, John Lambrick Vivian, Samson Lennard, and College of Arms (Great Britain) (page images at HathiTrust)
The visitations of Hertfordshire (London, 1886), by Robert Cooke, Walter Charles Metcalfe, Richard Saint-George, and England. College of arms (page images at HathiTrust)
The visitation of Shropshire, taken in the year 1623 by Robert Tresswell, Somerset herald, and Augustine Vincent, Rouge croix pursuivant of arms; marshals and deputies to William Camden, Clarenceux king of arms. With additions from the pedigrees of Shropshire gentry taken by the heralds in the years 1569 and 1584, and other sources. (London, 1889), by Robert Treswell, J. Paul Rylands, George Grazebrook, William Camden, Augustine Vincent, and College of Arms (Great Britain) (page images at HathiTrust)
The visitation of Cambridge made in a⁰ <1575> (London, 1897), by Henry St. George, John William Clay, William Camden, and England. College of arms (page images at HathiTrust)
The visitation of Kent, taken in the years 1619-1621. (London, 1900), by John Philipot, Robert Hovenden, William Camden, British Library, and College of Arms (Great Britain) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
A visitation of the county of Kent, begun anno Dni. MDCLXIII., finished anno Dni. MDCLXVIII. ([Mitchell, Hughes and Clarke, printers], 1906), by Edward Bysshe, George J. Armytage, and College of Arms (Great Britain) (page images at HathiTrust)
Grantees of arms named in docquets and patents to the end of the seventeenth century, in the manuscripts preserved in the British museum, the Bodleian library, Oxford, Queen's college, Oxford, Gonville and caius college, Cambridge, and elsewhere (London, 1915), by Joseph Foster and W. Harry Rylands (page images at HathiTrust)
Grantees of arms named in docquets and patents between the years 1687 and 1898, preserved in various manuscripts, collected and alphabetically arranged (London, 1916), by Joseph Foster and W. Harry Rylands (page images at HathiTrust)
A collection of miscellaneous grants, crests, confirmations, augmentations and exemplifications of arms in the mss. preserved in the British museum, Ashmolean library, Queen's college, Oxford, and elsewhere. ([Printed by J. Whitehead and son, ltd.], 1925), by Willoughby Aston Littledale (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Visitations of the North; or, Some early heraldic visitations of, and collections of pedigrees relating to, the North of England... (Pub. for the Society by Andrews & co.; [etc., etc., 1912), by F. W. Dendy and C. H. Hunter Blair (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Encyclopædia heraldica; or, Complete dictionary of heraldry (Pub. for the author by Sherwood, Gilbert and Piper, 1828), by William Berry and Robert Glover (page images at HathiTrust)
A grammar of British heraldry : consisting of blazon and marshalling; with an introduction of the rise and progress of symbols and ensigns (J.R. Smith, 1854), by William Sloane Sloane-Evans (page images at HathiTrust)
English heraldry. (Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, 1867), by Charles Boutell and R. B. Utting (page images at HathiTrust)
The handbook to English heraldry (Reeves & Turner, 1914), by Charles Boutell, R. B. Utting, and Arthur Charles Fox-Davies (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Heraldry in England. The history & science of heraldry concisely explained, together with a glossary of terms. The whole illustrated with numerous examples. (Wyman & sons, 1887), by Edward H. Renton (page images at HathiTrust)
The siege of Carlaverock in the xxviii Edward I. A.D. MCCC; with the arms of the earls, barons, and knights, who were present on the occasion; with a translation, a history of the castle, and memoirs of the personages commemorated by the poet. (J. B. Nichols and son, 1828), by of Exeter Walter and Nicholas Harris Nicolas (page images at HathiTrust)
The note-book of Tristram Risdon (author of the 'Survey of the county of Devon'), 1608-1628. (E. Stock, 1897), by Tristram Risdon, Henry G. Porter, James Dallas, and Exeter Cathedral. Library (page images at HathiTrust)
An alphabetical dictionary of coats of arms belonging to families in Great Britain and Ireland; forming an extensive ordinary of British armorials; upon an entirely new plan ... (T. Richards, 1858), by John W. Papworth and Alfred W. Morant (page images at HathiTrust)
The baronetage for 1841-[1844] being a genealogical account of the families forming the sixth degree of dignity hereditary or high nobility in the British Empire. (Cunningham & Mortimer, 1841), by Richard Broun (page images at HathiTrust)
The four visitations of Berkshire made and taken by Thomas Benolte, Clarenceux, anno 1532; by William Harvey, Clarenceux, anno 1566; by Henry Chitting, Chester herald, and John Philipott, Rouge dragon, for William Camden, Clarenceux, anno 1623; and by Elias Ashmole, Windsor herald, for Sir Edward Bysshe, Clarenceux, anno 1665-66. ([Mitchell, Hughes and Clarke], 1907), by W. Harry Rylands, Sir Edward Bysshe, Elias Ashmole, William Camden, John Philipot, Henry Chitting, William Harvey, Thomas Benolt, and College of Arms (Great Britain) (page images at HathiTrust)
The visitations of Bedfordshire, annis Domini 1566, 1582 and 1634. Made by William Harvey. esq., Clarencieulx king of arms, Robert Cooke, esq., Clarencieulx king of arms, and George Owen, esq., York herald, as deputy for Sir Richard St. George, kt., Clarencieulx king of arms. Together with additional pedigrees, chiefly from Harleian ms. 1531; and an appendix, containing a list of pedigrees entered at the visitation of 1669; also lists of Bedfordshire knights and gentry taken from Lansdowne ms. 887. (London, 1884), by William Harvey, Frederic Augustus Blaydes, Richard Saint-George, George Owen, Robert Cooke, and England. College of arms (page images at HathiTrust)
The visitation of the county of Buckingham made in 1634 ([Mitchell, Hughes & Clark, printers], 1909), by John Philipot, W. Harry Rylands, William Harvey, William Ryley, and College of Arms (Great Britain) (page images at HathiTrust)
A genealogical and heraldic history of the commoners of Great Britain and Ireland enjoying territorial possessions or high official rank; but uninvested with heritable honours. (Colburn, 1836), by John Burke (page images at HathiTrust)
The surnames and coats of arms of the Williamses, with an account of Robert Williams of Roxbury, and some of his descendants. (Priv. print. [by T. R. Marvin, 1886), by A. D. Weld French (page images at HathiTrust)
Leopards of England, and other papers on heraldry (Constable & Company, limited, 1913), by E. E. Dorling (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
A complete guide to heraldry (T.C. & E.C. Jack, 1909), by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies (page images at HathiTrust)
The peerage of the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Ireland. In two volumes. (Printed by G. Woodfall ;, 1822), by John Debrett (page images at HathiTrust)
Index to Burke's Dictionary of the landed gentry of Great Britain & Ireland : comprising all the names (upwards of 100,000) mentioned in the work. (Hurst and Blackett, 1853), by Bernard Burke (page images at HathiTrust)
The manual of rank and nobility, or Key to the peerage : containing the origin and history of all the various titles, orders, and dignities, hereditary honours, peculiar privileges, heraldic distinctions, rights of inheritance, degrees of precdence, court ettiquette, &c., &c., of the British nobility : with the origin and history of the royal titles, prerogatives, ceremonies, great officers of state and of His Majesty's household &c., &c. (Saunders and Otley, 1828), by firm publishers Saunders and Otley (page images at HathiTrust)
A history of the College of Arms : and the lives of all the Kings, Heralds, and Pursuivants from the reign of Richard III, founder of the College, until the present time (Printed for J. Debrett and T. Egerton, 1804), by Mark Noble (page images at HathiTrust)
Fairbairn's Book of crests of the families of Great Britain and Ireland. (T. C. & E. C. Jack, 1892), by James Fairbairn and Arthur Charles Fox-Davies (page images at HathiTrust)
The regal armorie of Great Britain, from the time of the ancient Britons to the reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria; the institution of chivalry, and the origin of emblematic insignia in ancient nations. (London, H.K. Causton, 1839), by Alexander Brunet (page images at HathiTrust)
A genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Great Britain & Ireland (Harrison, 1871), by Bernard Burke (page images at HathiTrust)
Heraldry in England. The history & science of heraldry concisely explained, together with a glossary of terms. The whole illustrated with numerous examples. (J.W. Bouton;, 1889), by Edward H. Renton (page images at HathiTrust)
English heraldry (Cassell Peter & Galpin ;, 1875), by Charles Boutell and R. B. Utting (page images at HathiTrust)
Practical heraldry : or, an epitome of English armory, showing how and by whom arms may be borne or acquired, how pedigrees may be traced or family histories ascertained (G. Redway, 1889), by Charles Worthy (page images at HathiTrust)
Heraldry for craftsmen & designers (J. Hogg, 1913), by W. H. St. John Hope (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
A selection of arms authorized by the laws of heraldry. (Harrison, 1860), by Bernard Burke (page images at HathiTrust)
The right to bear arms (E. Stock, 1900), by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies (page images at HathiTrust)
The blazon of episcopacy: being the arms borne by or attributed to the archbishops and bishops of England and Wales with an ordinary of the coats described and of other episcopal arms. (Clarendon Press, 1897), by W. K. Riland Bedford (page images at HathiTrust)
A genealogical and heraldic dictionary of the landed gentry of Great Britain & Ireland (London : H. Colburn, 1847-1850., 1847), by John Burke and Bernard Burke (page images at HathiTrust)
The manual of rank and nobility, or Key to the peerage : containing the origin and history of all the various titles; orders, and dignities, hereditary honours, peculiar privileges, heraldic distinctions, rights of inheritance, degrees of precedence, court etiquette, &c., &c. of the British nobility: with the origin and history of the royal titles, prerogatives, ceremonies, great officers of state and of His majest's household, &c., &c. Collected from the best authorities. (Saunders and Otley, 1832), by firm Saunders and Otley (page images at HathiTrust)
The union of honour. (Theatrum Orbis Terrarum;, 1641), by James Yorke (page images at HathiTrust)
A complete guide to heraldry. (J.C. & E.C. Jack, 1925), by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Royal descent (C. Whittingham, 1892), by Arthur Marwood Wilcox and John Henry Metcalf (page images at HathiTrust)
The general armory of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales : comprising a registry of armorial bearings from the earliest to the present time (Wm. Clowes & Sons Ltd. for the publishers, Burke's Peerage, in conjunction with Shaw Publ. Co. Ltd, 1962), by Bernard Burke (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
The romance of heraldry (Dent & Sons, 1929), by C. Wilfrid Scott-Giles (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Wreath of heraldry, or, A dissertation on symbolic devices : together with the origin of names, Saxon etymologies, etc. (H. George, 1830), by John Thorold (page images at HathiTrust)
Charles' Roll of the reigns of Henry III. and Edward I. (J. R. Smith, 1869), by George John Armytage and Nicholas Charles (page images at HathiTrust)
English heraldry; with four hundred and fifty illus. drawn and engraved on wood by R. B. Utting. (Reeves & Turner, 1907), by Charles Boutell (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Anecdotes of heraldry, in which is set forth the origin of the armorial bearings of many families. (Bell and Daldy, 1864), by Charles Norton Elvin (page images at HathiTrust)
A translation, in verse, of the mottos of the English nobility and sixteen peers of Scotland in the year 1800. (Printed [by J. Moyes] for the author, 1822), by Amicus (page images at HathiTrust)
The principal, historical, and allusive arms, borne by families of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, with their respective authorities. (Printed by J. Nichols and Son, and sold by F. and C. Rivington [etc.], 1803), by Philip De la Motte (page images at HathiTrust)
Flags, badges & arms of His Majesty's dominions beyond the seas and of territories under His Majesty's protection. (H. M. Stationery off., 1932), by Great Britain Colonial Office (page images at HathiTrust)
The heraldic register, 1849-1850 : with an introductory essay on heraldry, and an annotated obituary (E. Churton, 1850), by Bernard Burke (page images at HathiTrust)
The peerage of England : containing a genealogical and historical account of all the peers of England, now existing, either by tenure, summons, or creation: their descents and collateral lines: their births, marriages and issues ... (Printed for W. Innys, ... [et al.], 1741), by Arthur Collins (page images at HathiTrust)
A selection of arms authorized by the laws of heraldry. (Harrison, 1863), by Bernard Burke (page images at HathiTrust)
Visitation of England and Wales. (Priv. printed, 1893), by Joseph Jackson Howard, Frederick Arthur Crisp, and College of Arms (Great Britain) (page images at HathiTrust)
Prestwich's Respublica, or, A display of the honors, ceremonies & ensigns of the Common-wealth under the protectorship of Oliver Cromwell : together with the names, armorial bearings, flags & pennons of the different commanders of the English, Scotch, Irish Americans and French : and an alphabetical roll of the names and armorial bearings of upwards of three hundred families of the present nobility & gentry of England, Scotland, Ireland, etc., etc. (Printed by and for J. Nichols, 1787), by John Prestwich (page images at HathiTrust)
The Earl Marshal's Court in England, its history, procedure and powers. Comprising also an account of the heralds' visitations and the penalties incurred by neglecting to conform to their demands (Printed for private circulation, 1895), by George Grazebrook (page images at HathiTrust)
Royal book of crests of Great Britain & Ireland, Dominion of Canada, India & Australia, derived from best authorities, and family records. (James Macveigh, 1883) (page images at HathiTrust)
A genealogical and heraldic history of the peerage and baronetage, the Privy Council, knightage and companionage. (Harrison ;, 1916), by Bernard Burke and Ashworth Peter Burke (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
A genealogical and heraldic history of the commoners of Great Britain and Ireland, enjoying territorial possessions or high official rank; but univested with heritable honours. (H. Colburn; [etc., etc.], 1835), by John Burke (page images at HathiTrust)
A visitation of the seats and arms of the noblemen and gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland (Hurst and Blackett, 1855), by Bernard Burke (page images at HathiTrust)
The noble and gentle men of England; or, Notes touching the arms and descents of the ancient knightly and gentle houses of England (J.B. Nichols and sons, 1866), by Evelyn Philip Shirley (page images at HathiTrust)
The present peerages : with plates of arms, and an introduction to heraldry ; together with several useful lists incident to the work. (Printed for J. Dodsley, 1785), by Joseph Edmondson (page images at HathiTrust)
The Peerage of England, Scotland, and Ireland : or, the ancient and present state of nobility : containing a genealogical account of the respective peers; whether by tenure, summons, or creation, their descents and collateral branches, births, marriages, issue, chief seats, coats of arms, crests, supporters, and literal translations of the mottos : to which are annexed the extinct and forfeited peerages, and an alphabetical index of all family names of the peers, and titles of their eldest sons : in three volumes. (Printed for W. Owen [and 2 others], 1790), by W. Owen and Booker (page images at HathiTrust)
The English baronetage : containing a genealogical and historical account of all the English baronets, now existing: their descents, marriages, and issues; memorable actions, both in war, and peace; religious and charitable donations; deaths, places of burial and monumental iiscriptions [sic] (Printed for Tho. Wotton, 1741), by Arthur Collins (page images at HathiTrust)
Heraldry in miniature, containing all the arms ... and mottos of the peers, peeresses and bishops of England, Scotland and Ireland, with the baronets of Great-Britain ... (London, in the 18th century) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
A history of the College of Arms, and the lives of all the kings, heralds, and pursuivants from the reign of Richard III, founder of the College, until the present time. With a preliminary dissertation relative to the different orders in England, particularly the gentry, since the Norman conquest. (Printed for T. Egerton [etc.], 1805), by Mark Noble (page images at HathiTrust)
The British herald; or, Cabinet of armorial bearings of the nobility & gentry of Great Britain & Ireland, from the earliest to the present time; with a complete glossary of heraldic terms: to which is prefixed a History of heraldry, collected and arranged ... (Printed for the author by Turner & Marwood, 1830), by Thomas Robson (page images at HathiTrust)
The book of family crests : comprising nearly every family bearing, properly blazoned and explained... with the surnames of the bearers, alphabetically arranged, a dictionary of mottos, an essay on the origin of arms, crests, etc., and a glossary of terms. (Reeves and Turner, 1882), by John Peter Elven (page images at HathiTrust)
Fairbairn's book of crests of the families of Great Britain and Ireland. Being a fourth edition, revised and enlarged. (T. C. & E. C. Jack, 1905), by James Fairbairn (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
The baronetage and knightage of the British Empire for 1882 : forming the second part of "The Peerage, baronetage and knightage of the British Empire" (Nichols, 1882), by Joseph Foster (page images at HathiTrust)
A General and heraldic dictionary of the peerage and baronetage of the British Empire (H. Colburn and R. Bentley, in the 19th century), by John Burke (page images at HathiTrust)
The note-book of Tristram Risdon, 1608-1628 (Elliot Stock, 1897), by Tristram Risdon, Henry G. Porter, James Dallas, and Exeter Cathedral. Library (page images at HathiTrust)
County genealogies. Pedigrees of the families in the county of Sussex; collected from the heraldic visitations and other authentic manuscripts in the British Museum, and in the possession of private individuals, and from the information of the present resident families. (Sherwood, Gilbert and Piper, 1830), by William Berry (page images at HathiTrust)
Miscellanea genealogica et heraldica. (Hamilton, Adams, and Co., 1868) (page images at HathiTrust)
Heraldic visitation of the northern counties in 1530/ With an appendix of other heraldic documents relating to the north of England; Edited by W. Hylton Dyer Longstaffe. (Pub. for the Society by Frances Le Keux, 1863), by Thomas Tonge, William Hylton Dyer Longstaffe, and England. College of arms (page images at HathiTrust)
A visitation of the seats and arms of the noblemen and gentlemen of Great Britain. (Colburn, 1852), by Bernard Burke (page images at HathiTrust)
Glover's roll of the reign of King Henry III (Smith, 1868), by Robert Glover and George J. Armytage (page images at HathiTrust)
Heraldic notices of Canterbury Cathedral; with genealogical and topographical notes : to which is added, a chonological list of the Archbishops of Canterbury, with the blazon of their respective arms (Harding, Lepard, and Co., 1827), by Thomas Willement (page images at HathiTrust)
Heraldic illustrations, comprising the armorial bearings of the principal families of the empire; with pedigrees and annotations (E. Churton, 1844), by John Burke and Bernard Burke (page images at HathiTrust)
The visitation of the county of Huntingdon, under the authority of William Camden, Clarenceux King of Arms, by his deputy, Nicholas Charles, Lancaster Herald, A.D. MDCXIII. (Printed for the Camden Society, 1849), by Nicholas Charles, William Camden, Henry Ellis, and College of Arms (Great Britain) (page images at HathiTrust)
Visitation of England and Wales. (Priv. print, 1893), by Joseph Jackson Howard, George William Harris, Frederick Arthur Crisp, B.F. Stevens & Brown (Firm), and College of Arms (Great Britain) (page images at HathiTrust)
Knight & Rumley's crests of the nobility & gentry of the United Kingdom & Ireland, designed principally for the use of artists. (F.G. Moon, 1827), by Frederick Knight and J. Rumley (page images at HathiTrust)
Some feudal coats of arms from heraldic rolls 1298-1418, illustrated with 830 zinco etchings from effigies, brasses and coats of arms (J. Parker & co., 1902), by Joseph Foster (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Peerage of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ([s.n.], in the 19th century), by John Debrett (page images at HathiTrust)
British heraldry (E.P.Dutton, 1921), by Cyril Davenport (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Collins's peerage of England; genealogical, biographical, and historical. (AMS Press, 1970), by Arthur Collins (page images at HathiTrust)
Encyclopaedia heraldica, or, Complete dictionary of heraldry (Published for the author by Sherwood, Gilbert and Piper, 1828), by William Berry, Josiah Neele, James Joshua Neele, Oliver, James Mutlow, John Walker, and Robert Glover (page images at HathiTrust)
Catalogue of a collection of objects of British heraldic art to the end of the Tudor period. (Printed for the Burlington fine arts club, 1916), by Burlington Fine Arts Club, E. E. Dorling, and Oswald Barron (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Mottos of the English peers (printed for the author by Harding, Triphook, and Lepard, 1822), by Amicus (page images at HathiTrust)
Fairbairn's crests of the families of Great Britain and Ireland, and their kindred in other lands (Heraldic Pub. Co., 1911), by James Fairbairn, Joseph MacLaren, and Laurence Butters (page images at HathiTrust)
Historical memorials of the English laws (Printed for Christop. Wilkinson, Tho. Dring, and Charles Harper, 1680), by William Dugdale (page images at HathiTrust)
Heraldry in miniature : containing all the arms, crests, supporters and mottos of the peers, peeresses and bishops of England, Scotland and Ireland with the baronets of Great-Britain and the insignia of the different orders of knighthood in the three kingdoms ... likewise lists of titles conferred by His Present Majesty and those extinct since His accession to the throne (Printed by E. Rider for G.G. and J. Robinson [etc.], 1801) (page images at HathiTrust)
The peerage of England : containing a genealogical and historical account of all the peers of England now existing either by tenure, summons or creation, their descents and collateral lines, their births, marriages, and issues, famous actions both in war and peace, religious and charitable donations, deaths, places of burial, monuments, epitaphs, and many valuable memoirs never before printed, also their paternal coats of arms, crests, and supporters curiously engraven on copper plates : collected from records, old wills, authentick manuscripts, our most approv'd historians, and other authorities (Printed for R. Gosling and T. Wotton, 1735), by Arthur Collins (page images at HathiTrust)
The Shakspere coat-of-arms. (AMS Press, 1974), by Samuel Aaron Tannenbaum (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Ridgway's baronetage of the United Kingdom for the year ... : with the arms of the baronets. (Ridgways., 1834) (page images at HathiTrust)
A general armory of England, Scotland, and Ireland (E. Churton, 1842), by Bernard Burke (page images at HathiTrust)
A manual of dignities, privilege, and precedence. (Whittaker and co., 1844), by Charles R. Dod (page images at HathiTrust)
The English crusaders ([London] : Executed in lithography and published by Dickinson and Co., New Bond Street, [1849], 1849), by James Cruikshank Dansey (page images at HathiTrust)
Armorial families : a directory of gentlemen of coat-armour (T. C. & E. C. Jack, 1905), by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies (page images at HathiTrust)
Three rolls of arms of the latter part of the thirteenth century, together with an index of names and an alphabetical ordinary of the coats. (Printed by J. B. Nichols, 1864), by Weston Styleman Walford and Charles Spencer Perceval (page images at HathiTrust)
Armorial families; a directory of some gentlemen of coat-armour, showing which arms in use at the moment are borne by legal authority. (T.C. & E.C. Jack, 1899), by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies (page images at HathiTrust)
An alphabetical account of the nobility and gentry, which are (or lately were) related unto the several counties of England and Wales : as to their names, titles, and seats by which they are (or have been) generally known and distinguished; according as they were received from the hands of divers persons experienced therein in each county by their publick offices, or otherwise; the like never before published. (privately printed, 1892), by Richard Blom (page images at HathiTrust)
Burke's peerage, baronetage & knightage (Burke's Peerage Limited, 1938) (page images at HathiTrust)
Encyclopaedia heraldica; or, Complete dictionary of heraldry. (Published for the author by Sherwood, Gilbert and Piper, 1828), by William Berry and Robert Glover (page images at HathiTrust)
Memorial catalogue (Printed for the Committee by T. and A. Constable, 1892), by Heraldic Exhibition (1891 : Edinburgh), Francis J. Grant, and Royal Archaeological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland (page images at HathiTrust)
The royal lineage of our noble and gentle families. Together with their paternal ancestry ... (Hatchards, 1887), by Joseph Foster (page images at HathiTrust)
The armorial and genealogical roll of the High Sheriffs of the counties in England and Wales, 1883-4. (Mitchell and Hughes, 1884), by E. Alberton Harrison (page images at HathiTrust)
Fairbairn's book of crests of the families of Great Britain and Ireland. (T. C. and E. C. Jack, 1892), by James Fairbairn (page images at HathiTrust)
Armorial families : a complete peerage, baronetage, and knightage, and a directory of some gentlemen of coat-armour, and being the first attempt to show which arms in use at the moment are borne by legal authority (T.C. & E.C. Jack, Grang Publishing Works, 1895), by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies (page images at HathiTrust)
Some feudal coats of arms and others, illustrated with 2,000 zinco etchings from the Bayeux tapestry, Greek vases, seals, tiles, effigies, brasses and heraldic rolls; some chart pedigrees. (James Parker & co., 1902), by Joseph Foster (page images at HathiTrust)
The Accedens of armory. (by Richard Tottel, 1576), by Gerard Legh (page images at HathiTrust)
A catalogve and succession of the kings, princes, dukes, marquesses, earles, and viscounts of this realme of England, since the Norman conquest, to this present yeere 1622. Together with their armes, wiues, and children; the times of their deaths and burials, with many of their memorable actions. (W. Stansby], 1622), by Ralph Brooke (page images at HathiTrust)
Regal heraldry; the armorial insignia of the Kings and Queens of England, from coeval authorities. ([n.p.], 1821), by Thomas Willement (page images at HathiTrust)
Fac simile of a contemporary roll with the names and the arms of the sovereign and of the spiritual and temporal peers who sat in Parliament held at Westminster on the 5th of February in the sixth year of the reign of King Henry the Eighth, anno domini, 1515, in the possession of Thomas Willement. ([s.n.], 1829), by Thomas Willement (page images at HathiTrust)
Family records (Harrison, 1897), by Ashworth P. Burke (page images at HathiTrust)
Heraldry--ancient and modern : including Boutell's Heraldry (Frederick Warne & Co., 1898), by Charles Boutell and S. T. Aveling (page images at HathiTrust)
A glossary of terms used in British heraldry: with a chronological table, illustrative of its rise and progress. (J. H. Parker, 1847), by Henry Gough (page images at HathiTrust)
Sharpe's crests of the nobility & gentry designed & etched (J.S. Phillipps, 1851), by William Sharpe and Jeremiah S. Phillipps (page images at HathiTrust)
A Proclamation declaring His Majesty's pleasure concerning the royal stile and titles appertaining to the Imperial Crown of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and its dependencies, and also the ensigns armorial, flags and banners thereof (s.n., 1801), by Great Britain. Sovereign (1760-1820 : George III) and Grande-Bretagne. Monarque (1760-1820 : George III) (page images at HathiTrust)
By the King a proclamation, declaring His Majesty' s pleasure concerning the royal stile and titles appertaining to the imperial crown of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and its dependencies, and also the ensigns armorial, flags, and banners thereof. (Printed by Pierre-Edouard Desbarats, New Printing Office, 1801), by Great Britain. Sovereign (1760-1820 : George III) (page images at HathiTrust)
A glossary of terms used in heraldry. (J. Parker, 1894), by Henry Gough and James Parker (page images at HathiTrust)
Burke's genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry. (H. Colburn, etc., 1836), by John Burke (page images at HathiTrust)
On the nobility of the British gentry, or The political ranks and dignities of the British empire, compared with those on the continent, for the use of foreigners in Great Britain, and of Britons abroad. (A. Constable and Co., etc., etc., 1825), by James Lawrence (page images at HathiTrust)
The visitations of the county of Somerset, in the years 1531 and 1573, together with additional pedigrees, chiefly from the visitation of 1591. (Printed for the editor by W. Pollard, 1885), by Thomas Benolt, Robert Cooke, F. W. Weaver, England. College of arms, and British Museum (page images at HathiTrust)
An elementary manual of heraldry, with some account of its history and a simple explanation of its principal symbols; also something about hallmarks and book-plates. (Gorham Company, 1905) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Visitation of England and Wales. Notes (Priv. print., 1902), by Joseph Jackson Howard, Frederick Arthur Crisp, and England. College of arms (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Pedigrees recorded at the visitations of the county palatine of Durham. (Priv. print. for J. Foster, 1887), by William Flower, Joseph Foster, William Dugdale, Richard Saint-George, and College of Arms (Great Britain) (page images at HathiTrust)
Catalogve and succession of the kings, princes, dukes, marquesses, earles, and viscounts of this realme of England (Printed by William Iaggard, and sold at his house in Barbican, 1619), by Ralph Brooke (page images at HathiTrust)
The peerage and baronetage of the British empire as at present existing (Hurst and Blackett, limited, 1873), by Edmund Lodge (page images at HathiTrust)
Heraldry in England. (Wyman & sons, 1887), by Edward H. Renton (page images at HathiTrust)
Fairbairn's crests of the families of Great Britain and Ireland (Thomas C. Jack, 1860), by James Fairbairn (page images at HathiTrust)
The general armory of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales; comprising a registry of armorial bearings from the earliest to the present time. (Harrison, 1878), by Bernard Burke (page images at HathiTrust)
Armorial families, a directory of gentlemen of coat-armour. (T. C. & E. C. Jack, 1910), by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Dictionary of the landed gentry of Great Britain & Ireland (Henry Colburn, 1845), by John Burke and Bernard Burke (page images at HathiTrust)
The book of family crests : comprising nearly every family bearing, properly blazoned and explained... with the surnames of the bearers, alphabetically arranged, a dictionary of mottos, an essay on the origin of arms, crests, etc., and a glossary of terms. (Bell and Daldy, 1862), by John Peter Elven (page images at HathiTrust)
Rolls of arms of the reigns of Henry III and Edward III. (W. Pickering, 1829), by Nicholas Harris Nicolas (page images at HathiTrust)
A complete guide to heraldry (Dodge, 1909), by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies (page images at HathiTrust)
The book of public arms; a cyclopædia of the armorial bearings, heraldic devices, and seals, as authorized and as used, of the counties, cities, towns, and universities of the United Kingdom. Derived from the official records. (T.C. & E.C. Jack, 1894), by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies and M. E. B. Crookes (page images at HathiTrust)
The book of public arms: a complete encyclopæeia of all royal, territorial, municipal, corporate, official, and impersonal arms (T.C. & E.C. Jack, 1915), by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies (page images at HathiTrust)
The baronetage for 1843 : being a genealogical account of the families forming the sixth degree of dignity hereditary or high nobility in the British empire. (Cunningham & Mortimer, 1843), by R. Broun (page images at HathiTrust)
English heraldry... (Gibbings & co., ltd., 1902), by Charles Boutell (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
A genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Great Britain & Ireland (Harrison & sons, 1898), by Bernard Burke and Ashworth P. Burke (page images at HathiTrust)
English heraldry / by Charles Boutell. (Gibbings and Co., 1899), by Charles Boutell (page images at HathiTrust)
English heraldry ... (Page, 1900), by Charles Boutell (page images at HathiTrust)
A genealogical and heraldic dictionary of the landed gentry of Great Britain & Ireland (Henry Colburn, 1846), by John Burke and Bernard Burke (page images at HathiTrust)
The heraldry of Worcestershire : being a roll of the arms borne by the several noble, knightly, and gentle families, which have had property or residence in that county, from the earliest period to the present time; with genealogical notes, collected from the heralds' visitations, ancient manuscripts, heraldic dictionaries, church monuments, personal seals, and other trustworthy sources (J.R. Smith, 1873), by H. Sydney Grazebrook (page images at HathiTrust)
Heraldry for craftsmen & designers (Sir I. Pitman &sons, ltd., 1913), by W. H. St. John Hope (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
A genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry. (Burke Pub. Co., 1925), by Bernard Burke (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
A visitation of the seats and arms of the noblemen and gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland (Hurst and Blackett, 1854), by Bernard Burke (page images at HathiTrust)
Burke's landed gentry (Harrison, 1882), by Bernard Burke (page images at HathiTrust)
Burke's landed gentry (Harrison, 1879), by Bernard Burke (page images at HathiTrust)
Burke's landed gentry (Harrison, 1886), by Bernard Burke (page images at HathiTrust)
The compleat gentleman : fashioning him absolute in the most necessary and commendable qualities, concerning mind, or body, that may be required in a person of honor ; To which is added, The gentlemans exercise or, an exquisite practise, as well for drawing all manner of beasts, as for making colours, to be used in painting, limming, &c. (Printed by E. Tyler for R. Thrale, 1661), by Henry Peacham and Thomas Blount (page images at HathiTrust)
Debrett's heraldry. Illustrated with four hundred armorial engravings. (Dean, 1913), by Arthur G. M. Hesilrige (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
The bearing of coat-armour by ladies; a guide to the bearing of arms by ladies of all ranks, whether maid, wife, or widow, in England, Scotland, & Ireland (J. Murray, 1923), by Charles Aubrey Hamilton Franklyn (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
The Episcopal arms of England and Wales (A. Fairbairns, 1906), by Gordon Ambrose De Lisle Lee (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
The law and practice of grants of arms : and the registration of pedigrees in England, Scotland, and Ireland (Phillimore & Co., 1905), by W. P. W. Phillimore (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Sir George Carew's scroll of arms, 1588. (J. G. Commin, 1901), by George Carew Totnes, Joseph Holland, and Devon & Cornwall notes & queries (page images at HathiTrust)
History of the landed gentry of Great Britain and Ireland (Harrison & Sons, 1900), by Bernard Burke and Ashworth P. Burke (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
An Application of heraldry to the illustration of various university and collegiate antiquities (Cambridge, Eng. : Deighton, 1842., 1842), by Henry Annesley Woodham (page images at HathiTrust)
Armorial China; a catalogue of Chinese porcelain with coats of arms in the possession of Frederick Arthur Crisp. (Priv. Print., 1907), by Frederick Arthur Crisp (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Illustrations of armorial china (W. Griggs], 1887), by William Griggs (page images at HathiTrust)
Debrett's peerage, baronetage, knightage, and companionage : comprising information concerning all persons bearing hereditary or courtesy titles, companions of all the various orders, and the collateral branches of all peers and baronets. (Dean and son, 1888) (page images at HathiTrust)
A genealogical and heraldic dictionary of the peerage and baronetage together with memoirs of the privy councillors and knights (Harrison and Sons, 1899), by Bernard Burke (page images at HathiTrust)
Heraldry as art: An account of its development and practice, chiefly in England, by G. W. Eve (Gutenberg ebook)
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., by Evelyn Philip Shirley (Gutenberg ebook)
Heraldry for Craftsmen & Designers, by W. H. St. John Hope (Gutenberg ebook)
A Complete Guide to Heraldry, by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies, illust. by Graham Johnston (Gutenberg ebook)
Fictitious & Symbolic Creatures in Art: With Special Reference to Their Use in British Heraldry, by John Vinycomb (Gutenberg ebook)
The Handbook to English Heraldry, by Charles Boutell, ed. by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies, illust. by R. B. Utting (Gutenberg ebook)
Origines juridiciales, or, Historical memorials of the English laws, courts of justice, forms of tryall, punishment in cases criminal, law writers, law books, grants and settlements of estates, degree of serjeant, Innes of court and chancery also, a chronologie of the lord chancelors and keepers of the great seal, lord treasurers, justices itinerant, justices of the Kings Bench and Common Pleas, barons of the Exchequer, masters of the rolls, Kings attorneys and sollicitors, & serjeants at law / by William Dugdale, Esq. ... (London : Printed by F. and T. Warren for the author, 1666), by William Dugdale (HTML at EEBO TCP)

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