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1. A political index to the histories of Great Britain and Ireland, or, A complete register of the hereditary honours, public offices, and persons in office, from the earliest periods to the present time / by Robert Beatson ...

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Creator:
Beatson, Robert, 1742–1818
Date:
1786
Physical Description:
xi, [1], 211, [1], 372, 117, [1] p. ; 22 cm. (8vo)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. The complete English peerage: or, A genealogical and historical account of the peers and peeresses of this realm, to the year 1775, inclusive ... By the Rev. Frederic Barlow ...

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Creator:
Barlow, Frederick
Date:
1775
Physical Description:
2 v.: front., ports., 25 numb. pl. (coats of arms) ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. The British compendium, or, Rudiments of honour : containing the origin of the Scots, and succession of their kings for above 2000 years : also, the titles, descents, marriages, intermarriages, issue, posts, and seats of all the Scottish nobility, with their robes and arms ... : together with an account of the Knights of the Thistle and Nova Scotia, the regalia and arms of Scotland, and the riding of Parliaments.

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Creator:
Nichols, Francis, 18th cent
Date:
1729
Physical Description:
vii, [92], 520 [i.e. 490], [4] p., [1] leaf of plates : ill., coats of arms, map ; 13 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. A supplement to the four volumes of the Peerage of England : containing a succession of the peers from 1740 : with accounts of those that have been promoted to higher titles, and a genealogical history of all the families since advanced to the peerage of this kingdom ... : also their paternal coats of arms, crests, and supporters, curiously engraven on copper plates : collected from records, authentick manuscripts, our most approved historians, and other authorities ... / by Arthur Collins ...

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Creator:
Collins, Arthur, 1682?-1760
Date:
1750
Physical Description:
2 v. (viii, 820 p.) : coats of arms ; 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

5. The complete English peerage: or, A genealogical and historical account of the peers and peeresses of this realm, to the year 1772, inclusive ... by the Rev. Frederic Barlow ...

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Creator:
Barlow, Frederick
Date:
1772-1773
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill., coats of arms ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. A complete history of English peerage : from the best authorities / by William Guthrie ... ; illustrated with elegant copper-plates of the arms of the nobility, blazoned in the heralds-office, by the proper officers, copper-plates of the premiers in their parliamentary robes ; and at the conclusion of the history of each family, vignets, and other ornaments, proper for the subject.

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Creator:
Guthrie, William, 1708–1770
Date:
1763
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill., coats of arms ; 31 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

7. The peerage of England : containing a genealogical and historical account of all the peers of that kingdom ... : collected from records, old wills, authentic manuscripts, our most approved historians, and other authorities, which are cited / by Arthur Collins ...

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Creator:
Collins, Arthur, 1682?-1760
Date:
MDCCLXXIX [1779]
Physical Description:
8 volumes : coats of arms ; 23 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

8. The peerage of England : containing a genealogical and historical account of all the peers of England ... : collected from records, old wills, authentick manuscripts, our most approv'd historians, and other authorities / by Arthur Collins ...

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Creator:
Collins, Arthur, 1682?-1760
Date:
1735
Physical Description:
3 v. in 4 : coats of arms ; 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

9. The pocket peerage of England, Scotland, & Ireland : containing the descent and present state of every noble family : with the extinct, forfeited and dormant titles of the three kingdoms : also, indexes with the arms emblazoned and mottoes translated / by B. Longmate.

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Creator:
Longmate, Barak, 1738–1793
Date:
1793
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill., coats of arms ; 17 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

10. A list of the peers existing at the time of King James I : his accession to the crown, and of those who have since been advanced to the peerage by claim of ancient right, by writ, or by patent : as also of the several peers extinct in his and the succeeding reigns.

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Date:
Printed in the year MDCCLXII [1772]
Physical Description:
16 p. ; 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

11. The peerage of England : or, An historical and genealogical account of the present nobility : containing the descent, original creations, and most remarkable actions of them and their respective ancestors : also, the chief titles of honour, and preferment they now enjoy ... To which is prefix'd An introduction to the present royal family of Great Britain ...

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Creator:
Collins, Arthur, 1682?-1760
Date:
1710
Physical Description:
[10], 408, 158 p., [2] leaves of plates : portraits, coats of arms ; 21 cm. (8vo)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

12. 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 ... : also their paternal coats of arms, crests, and supporters ... : collected from records, old wills, authentick manuscripts, our most approv'd historians, and other authorities / by Arthur Collins ...

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Creator:
Collins, Arthur, 1682?-1760
Date:
1741
Physical Description:
4 v. : coats of arms ; 21 cm. (8vo)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

13. The establishment of the yearly charge of our dyett, with incidents for housekeeping : also wages & boardwages to the officers & servants of our house, chamber, chappells, & stables, with provisions for horses : also allowances, stipends, and pentions to old & supernumerary servants and widows, to commence the first day of October, 1714.

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Creator:
George I, King of Great Britain, 1660–1727
Date:
1714-1716
Physical Description:
1 volume (159, [1] pages) ; 47 x 30 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

14. The English baronetage : containing a genealogical and historical account of all the English baronets, now existing ... illustrated with their coats of arms ... to which are added, an account of such Nova-Scotia baronets as are of English families, now resident in England : and a list of such persons names who were deemed fit and qualifiwed at the restoration, to be made Knights of the Royal Oak ...

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Creator:
Wotton, Thomas, d. 1766
Date:
1741
Physical Description:
4 v. in 5 : coats of arms ; 21 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

15. The British compendium, or, Rudiments of honour : containing the descents, marriages, issue, titles, posts, and seats of all the nobility of England ... : likewise, the institution, creation and investiture of all degrees of peerage, and the several orders of knighthood.

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Creator:
Nichols, Francis, 18th cent
Date:
1726
Physical Description:
[6], 120, 544, [7] p., [1] leaf of plates : ill., coats of arms ; 13 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16. The English baronets : being a genealogical and historical account of their families ... : with an explanatory index of the terms in heraldry, referring to the arms ...

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Creator:
Wotton, Thomas, d. 1766
Date:
1727
Physical Description:
3 v. : ill., coats of arms ; 13 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

17. A supplement to the fifth edition of Collins's Peerage of England : containing a general account of the marriages, births, promotions, deaths, &c. ... in each family, from that publication, in the year 1779, to the present time : also, genealogical and historical accounts of those families which have been advanced to the English peerage ... since that period ... faithfully collected from authentic pedigrees in possession of the families or registered in the House of Lords records ... and other authorities which are cited / by B. Longmate ...

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Creator:
Longmate, Barak, 1738–1793
Date:
1784
Physical Description:
xv, [1], 435, [9] p., [34] leaves of plates : coats of arms ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

18. The baronetage of England : containing a genealogical and historical account of all the English baronets now existing ... illustrated with their coats of arms ... : to which is added an account of such Nova Scotia baronets as are of English families and a dictionary of heraldry ... / by E. Kimber and R. Johnson ...

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Creator:
Wotton, Thomas, d. 1766
Date:
1771
Physical Description:
3 v. : coats of arms ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts