A help to English history; containing a succession of all the kings of England, the English, Saxons, and the Britons; the kings and princes of Wales; the kings and lords of Man; and the Ilse of Wight. As also of all the dukes, marquises, earls, and bishops thereof. With the descriptions of the places from whence they had their titles. Together with the names and ranks of the viscounts, barons, and baronets, of England. By Peter Heylyn, D. D. Prebendary of Westminster. And since his death continued, with great addtions, to the first day of November, 1773. With the coats of arms of the nobility, accurately engraved on copper plates, and properly blazoned. To this edition are now first added, lists of the extinct viscounts and barons; also the Praetorian banner displayed, or, the arms of all the Lord Mayors of London, accurately engraved on copper plates, and explained by true blazonry, with a complete list of the said magistrates: now first published, by Paul Wright, B. D. Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, London.
- Heylyn, Peter, 1600-1662.
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- MDCCLXXIII [1773]
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Herōologia Anglorum
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London : printed for the editor: and sold by Mr. Bathurst, no 26, in Fleet-street; Messrs. Rivington, no 62, in St. Paul's Church-yard; Mr. Whiston, no 64, in Fleet-street; Mr. Payne, and the Mews gate, near Charing-cross; Mr. Davies, in Russel-street; Mr. Horsfield, no 22, Ludgate-street; Mr. Hingeston, without Temple-bar; Messrs. Richardson and Urquhart, under the Royal Exchange; and Mr. Almon, in Piccadilly.--Sold also, by Mr. Woodyer, at Cambridge; Mr. Prince, at Oxford; Mr. G. Frost and Mr. S. Gray, at Chelmsford; by most of the booksellers in the kingdom; and by the editor, at Oakley, near Quendon, Essex, MDCCLXXIII [1773].
Physical description
14,[8],33,[5],37-560,[2]p.,plates ; 80.
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References note
ESTC T107428
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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2003. (Eighteenth century collections online). Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.