FOR THE

GENEALOGIST, TOPOGRAPHER, ANTIQUARY,

AND

LEGAL PROFESSOR,

CONSISTING OF

DESCRIPTIONS OF PUBLIC RECORDS; PAROCHIAL AND

OTHER REGISTERS; WILLS; COUNTY AND FAMILY

HISTORIES; HERALDIC COLLECTIONS IN

PUBLIC LIBRARIES, ETC. ETC.

BY

RICHARD SIMS,

OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM,

Compiler of the "Index to the Heralds' Visitations," the "Hand-book to
the Library of the British Museum," etc.

LONDON:

JOHN RUSSELL SMITH,

36, SOHO SQUARE.

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STACEY GRIMALDI, ESQ., F.S.A.

(MARQUESS GRIMALDI OF GENOA),

AUTHOR OF THE

"ORIGINES GENEALOGICE,"

This Work

IS, WITH PERMISSION, MOST RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED,

BY HIS OBEDIENT SERVANT,

THE AUTHOR.