The Visitation of the County of Buckingham Made in 1634 |
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Page iii - PURSUIVANT, MARSHALS AND DEPUTIES TO SIR RICHARD ST. GEORGE, KNIGHT, CLARENCEUX, AND SIR JOHN BOROUGH, KNIGHT, GARTKR, WHO VISITED AS NORROY BY MUTUAL AGREEMENT; INCLUDING THE CHURCH NOTES THEN TAKEN. TOGETHER WITH PEDIGREES FROM THE VISITATION MADE IN 1566 BY WILLIAM HARVEY, ESQ., CLARENCEUX, AND SOME PEDIGREES FROM OTEER SOURCES.
Page 29 - Argent, three, two, and one, on a chief of the second a griffin passant Sable.
Page 72 - Buckhonnds to his Majesty King Charles and hath Marryed Martha daughter of William Wedon of Pednor in ye Parish of Chesham in ye County of Bucks and hath issue two daughters by her (viz.) Martha Hart and Mary Hart and by Hester his first wife da. of Thomas Thornton of Newenham in Com. Northampton Esquire hee hath issue Penelope Hart and Elizabeth Hart.
Page v - ... find out concerning the history of the volume. It may be noted that a number of the pedigrees are written by the same hand as the blazons of the arms. There are a great many additions by different hands at various dates running throughout the whole volume, a large number having been made by Le Neve.
Page v - Manuscript from which the text of this Volume has been taken -^ is now in the Bodleian Library, and is numbered MS. English Misc. C. 17. The thanks of the Society are due to EB Nicholson, Esq., FSA, Bodley's Librarian, for allowing it to be copied and printed. It was formerly in the library of Peter le Neve, Norroy King of Arms, and was, I think, No.
Page 60 - This descent is verified to be true & the Armes belonging to the same are in the south window of the Chancell of the p'rish Church of Great Misenden.
Page 73 - C. 17, 61b. [No Arms tricked.] 0., a chevron, inter 3 arrows [2 and 1 in pale] S., on ch. embattled [Azure] three mullets [Or], [Crest] Griffin's head erased ermine, collared, crowned [ducally gorged], B. Simon Heynes Dean=p. ... da. of=. . . . Yald Dr of Excester [1537— 1552] and of Windsor.
Page iii - The merchant, the opulent tradesman, viewed with disgust such a commission as this to Sir Richard St. George, knight, Clarenceux, and Sir John Borough, knight...
Page 69 - Fostres to this day. Also ye sayd Sir Stephen (A) Popham Knight married another Gentlewoman, by whom hee had a daughter and hee mar. her to Sir John Wadham Knight of whom descendeth ye Wadhams to this day. 1, A., saltire G. inter 4 eagles displayed B., HAXPDEN; 2, A., on ch[ief] G. 2 stags
Page 100 - G. in base dolphin B. ; 8 ut 1, impaled with per pale B. and G. 3 saltires A., LANE ; 2d gyrony 8 S.