ART. CCCLXVII.*

HULLSBURGH.-1702.

The Genealogy of the Kings and Queens of England, from William the Conqueror to Queen Anne, with all their Portraits.

An engraving on five sheets, by

Hullsburgh.

An engraved Genealogical Tree of the Royal Family of Scotland, from King Malcolm III. to King William and Queen Mary, with half-length portraits of all the Kings in their robes and crowns-a single sheet, 30 inches long and 7 broad. A copy of this was presented to the Society of Antiquaries of North Britain, April 1, 1783, by the Earl of Buchan.

Ten Genealogical Tables of the Descent of the Kings of Scotland were presented by the Rev. Dr. Geddes to the same society, March 4, 1783.

A Genealogical Table of the Descent of the Royal Family, the Families of the Duke of Hamilton and Earl of Abercorn, from King James II. of Scotland, was presented by John Gray, Esq. of Newhaven, June 12, 1784.

ART. CCCLXXIX.*

ALEXANDER.-1704.

A Survey of the Lineal Descent of the Sovereign Princes in Europe. By

1704. 8vo.

ART. CCCCXXIII.*

1714.

Alexander.

An Historical Account of George Lewis, (George I.) containing his Genealogy, Life, &c. Lancaster. 1714. 8vo.

ART. DLIII.*

H. HOME.-1747.

Essays upon several Subjects, concerning British Antiquities. Edinburgh. 1747. 8vo.

This treatise was written by Henry Home, Esq. afterwards well known by the title of Lord Kames. The subjects are the Feudal Law, the Constitution of Parliament, Honour and Dignity, Succession and Descent, and the hereditary and indefeasible Rights of Kings. "These were delicate subjects at that time in Scotland, and the general doctrines perhaps more seasonable than now."— Memoirs, &c. of Lord Kames.

ART. DXXX.

ANTIQUITY AND USE OF SEALS.-In the library at Stowe, Press iii. 117, is the MS. on this subject, by Anstis, alluded to in p. 358, entitled "Joannis Anstis Arm. Fecialum Principis Aspilogia, sive de Iconibus, Scutariis Gentilitiis Commentarius, in quo, de tota Anglorum re Sigillaria, de insignibus, rebusque insignitis, ex Archetypis summa fide depictis, disseritur. Elegans et vivax, surdo licet opere sculptum, venerandæ antiquitatis monumentum. Auxit Thomas Astleius, R. A. SS." Folio. 2 volumes.-The first volume consists of two parts, and begins with Anstis' Remarks on the value of Seals in general, as relating to Heraldry, History, Theology, &c. "The best works on the subject," he says, Mabillon de re Diplom. Du Fresne, Du Chesne's Genealogical Histories, Vredius Sigilla Com. Flandriæ, &c. but above all Horneccius de Sigillis." It is divided into 13 chapters, the titles of which are,

1. Shields in Seals.

2. Seals in other figures than

Shields.

3. Antiquity of Seals in England.
4. Authority and Sanction of Seals.
5. Divers incidents to Seals.
6. Of double Seals, Counter Seals,
Circumscriptions, and Im-

presses.

7. Seals of the Crown.

8. Seals of the Nobility.

" are

9. Seals of Knights and private Persons.

10. Seals of Ladies.

11. Seals of Ecclesiasticks.

12. Seals of Communities.

13. Seals of Officers.

In the second part, fac-similes are given of various original Charters and other instruments having Seals appendant, which illustrate the historical facts contained in Part I.

The Seals represented are in number 247. The first is a Seal appendant to a Deed of King Canute; the second is the Seal of Edgitha, queen of Edward the Confessor. The subsequent Deeds and Seals are of a later period, coloured to represent the originals, with Anstis's remarks. The first volume contains pp. 267, and the Deeds copied amount to 150.

The second volume consists of pp. 223, exclusive of a copious Index, and contains 243 Deeds and 646 Seals, mostly coloured drawings, and followed by fac-similes of the autographs of all our kings, from King Henry VI. inclusive.

The documents quoted in this work to illustrate the positions relative to the use of Seals, are very numerous, and the most select that can be supplied from the Public Records of the Kingdom, from the Norman and French Historians, from Royal Patents, Rolls of Parliament, &c.

ART. DCXXXIII.

Barlow's PeeraGE.-The first edition was published in 1772.

ART. DCXLIX.*

SIR W. FITZ-HERBERT.-1779.

A short Enquiry into the Nature of the Titles conferred at Portsmouth, and in the Camps, by His Majesty, in 1773 and 1778; shewing the Origin and Ancient Privileges of KnightBanneret. The second Edition.

London: printed for H. Payne, opposite Marlborough House, PallMall. 1779. 8vo. pp. 24.

This pamphlet was written by the late Sir William Fitz-Herbert, Bart. elder brother of Lord St. Helens, and according to "Bibliotheca Reediana," only twenty-four copies were printed. The first edition, in 1773, had come under the notice of the Monthly and Critical Reviews, extracts from which are inserted at the back of the title.

ART. DCCCXI.

F. NASH.-1821.

A View of the Inside of Westminster Abbey, with the Ceremony of the Coronation of George IV. engraved by C. Turner, from a Picture by Frederick Nash.

1821.

INDE X.

Anstis, J. 258, 260, 267, 321, 324, Aspilogia, 141.