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 Yeare 1619

Author : Ralph Brooke
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780266768807
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (688 download)

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Download or read book A Catalogue and Succession of the Kings, Princes, Dukes, Marquesses, Earles, and Viscounts of This Realme of England, Since the Norman Conquest, to This Present Yeare, 1619 written by Ralph Brooke and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-26 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Catalogue and Succession of the Kings, Princes, Dukes, Marquesses, Earles, and Viscounts of This Realme of England, Since the Norman Conquest, to This Present Yeare, 1619: Together, With Their Armes, Wives, and Children; The Times of Their Deaths and Burials, With Many Their Memorable Actions What a confulion and'trouble may this breed in after Ages; both for Defcents, Armes, and true Kindred as alfo fuits oflaw, Duelloes, and Challenges; Nay (my good Lords) were not the Crowne fo well efiablilhed in the King, and his Royall ifiue (which God long preferue what a Way is heere opened (ii it bee n0tfiopt in time) for vame Titularies and Competitors to prefume ou\} So dangerous a thing it is for the vnskilfull to deale in matters of Herauldry, that are not Iworne pro feffed Officers thereto. Had I bene as forward to fet out mule owne labors, as thole haue bene to vent the imperfeé'c Colic e'rious of0thers, I might (i thinke) haue writ ten of this fubieé'c before fome ofthem were borne for any time thefe fiftie yeeres, it hath bene my fiudie And when Ihad almofi fimfhed a true Catalogue of the kings, princes, an'd Nobles of this Re alme, that haue bin fince the Norman: Con qutji', with intent to leaue it to pofierity only in Writing, and in the Office and Col ledge ofarmes (which indeede ought to be the S to're-houfe of all honourable A&i ons and Defignes) I fiaide awhile at fight of the blinde and milhapen whelps, whicb the oucr-hafiy brought forth. But now, as well for the Reafons afore-ihewed, as alfo at the infiance of fome of my Honourable Friends I haue thought mette (ha uing firfi made his Maiefiy acquainted therewith) to publiih and prefent the Fame vuto your Lordlhips wherein befides the errors aboue cited, your Honours {hall haue heere in the next leafe following, many Others yea, fuch as cry out to bee re formed, by your authorify which I trufi of your owac Noble care and Honoura ble tlifpolltions you will 0 execute, that henceforth the Nobility and Gentry of this Land, together with the Officers ofarmes, may holcl their owhe better And that the vndigefied Notes of dead Heraulds and Painters bockes (to the preiudice of the liuing)' be not publiihed by any. -and that in thele matters ofarmes and Defcents, none but (worn Oflicers ofarmes may be fnflered to meddle yea, that amongft our (clues, none may be fufi'ered to giue the ancient Enfignes and tokens ofi-ionour and Armes, vuto fuch as haueneither Defcent nor Deferts to commend nor enable them thereunto. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.