313. BURKE, JOHN, and BURKE, J. B. A genealogical and heraldic dictionary of the peerage and baronetage of the British empire. London, 1826. 62nd edition, 1900. This well-known work should be used with caution. Mr. R. E. Chester Waters (Parish Registers, 1883, p. 39) calls it a 'gorgeous repertory of genealogical mythology.' 314. CLEVELAND, Duchess of [C. L. W. ROWLETT]. The Battle abbey roll. 3 vols. London, 1889. Deals with the pedigrees of many noble families. This roll is a list of the principal followers of William the Conqueror who took part in the battle of Hastings. The original is not extant, and the various copies have little historical value. The duchess of Cleveland admits that, owing to the numerous interpolations, 'its value as an authority is irretrievably lost.' See Joseph Hunter, On the so-called Roll of Battle Abbey, Sussex Archæol. Society, Collections, 1853, vi. 1-14; he claims that the existing copies or lists were not ascribed to Battle abbey until the time of Elizabeth. See also G. [F.] Duckett, Remarks on a Battle Abbey Roll, ibid., 1878, xxviii. 127-31; and A. E. P. Gray, The Roll of Battle Abbey, Historic Soc. of Lanc. and Chesh., Trans., 1895, xlvi. 1–18. 315. *C[OKAYNE], G. E. Complete peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant. 8 vols. London, 1887-98. The most comprehensive of all works of this kind in the English language. 316. COLLINS, ARTHUR. The peerage of England. London, 1709.- New edition, by S. E. Brydges, 9 vols., London, 1812. 317. DOYLE, J. E. The official baronage of England, showing the succession, dignities, and offices of every peer from 1066 to 1885. 3 vols. London, 1886. Valuable, but deals only with the higher grades of peerage, giving the offices held by dukes, marquises, earls, and viscounts. 318. *DUGDALE, WILLIAM. The baronage of England. 2 vols. London, 167-576. Though many of Dugdale's pedigrees are wrong, his work remains of great value for the middle ages. 319. FOSTER, JOSEPH. The peerage, baronetage, and knightage of the British empire. [Issued annually.] 5 vols. London, 1879-83. Valuable. 320. LODGE, EDMUND. The peerage and baronetage of the British empire. London, 1831. 69th edition, 1900. 321. NICOLAS, [N.] H. The historic peerage of England, being a new edition of the Synopsis of the peerage of England, by the late Sir Harris Nicolas [2 vols., 1825]. Revised by William Courthope. London, 1857. Contains also the succession of bishops and an essay on dignities. The remainder of the work is now replaced by Cokayne's Peerage. d. ROYALTY, CHANCELLORS, JUSTICES, ETC. See Nos. 706, 974. 322. BURKE, JOHN, [and BURKE, J. B.]. The royal families of England, Scotland, and Wales, with their descendants. London, 1848-51. 2 vols. 323. CAMPBELL, JOHN. The lives of the chief justices of England. 3 vols. London, 1849-57. 3rd edition, 4 vols., 1874. The lives of the lord chancellors of England. 8 vols. London, 1845-69. 4th edition, 10 vols., 1856-57. 324. -. These two works are useful, but they contain many inaccurate statements. 325. DOREN, [JOHN]. The book of the princes of Wales. London, 1860. 326. FINCH, B. C. Lives of the princesses of Wales. 3 vols. London, 1883. A popular account, exhibiting little research. 327. Foss, EDWARD. The judges of England. 9 vols. London, 1848-64. Abridged under the title: Biographia juridica, a biographical dictionary of the judges of England, 1066-1870. London, 1870. Valuable, but not reliable. 328. GREEN, M. A. E. Lives of the princesses of England, from the Norman conquest. 6 vols. London, 1849-55; reprinted, 1857. Displays considerable research. 329. O'FLANAGAN, J. R. The lives of the lord chancellors of Ireland. 2 vols. London, 1870. 330. SANDFORD, FRANCIS. Genealogical history of the kings and queens of England, 1066-1707. First published [in 1677] by Francis Sandford, and continued by Samuel Stebbing. London, 1707. 331. STRICKLAND, AGNES. Lives of the queens of England, from the Norman conquest. 12 vols. London, 1840-48. New edition, 8 vols., 1851-52; 6 vols., 1864-65. 332. WILLIAMS, R. F. Lives of the English cardinals, from Nicholas Breakspear to Thomas Wolsey. 2 vols. London, 1868. Lives of the princes of Wales. Vol. i. [to 1376]. 333 London, 1843. 334. Wright, THOMAS. Biographia Britannica literaria. AngloSaxon period. London, 1842.- Anglo-Norman period. London, 1846. e. HISTORY OF NAMES. There is a useful list of Latin surnames, with their English equivalents, in 'Martin's Record Interpreter (No. 239), 320-33. For a good short account of the history of names, see Giry's Manuel (No. 233), 351-76. 335. BARBER, HENRY. British family names: their origin and meaning. London, 1894. 336. BARDSLEY, C. W. English surnames: their sources and signification. London, [1873]. 5th edition, 1897. The most reliable book on this subject. 337. FERGUSON, ROBERT. Surnames as a science. London, 1883. 2nd edition, 1884. 337 a. The Teutonic name-system applied to the family names of France, England, and Germany. London, 1864. 338. KEMBLE, J. M. The names, surnames, and nicnames of the Anglo-Saxons. Royal Archæol. Institute of Great Britain, Proceedings at Winchester, 1845, pp. 81-102. London, 1846. 339. LOWER, M. A. English surnames: an essay on family nomenclature. London, 1842. 4th edition, 2 vols., 1875. 340. LOWER, M. A. Patronimica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London, 1860. 341. SEARLE, W. G. Onomasticon Anglo-Saxonicum: a list of Anglo-Saxon proper names [i.e. of persons], from the time of Beda to that of King John. Cambridge, 1897. Severely criticised in the Athenæum, Jan. 22, 1898, p. 110. 342. YONGE, C. M. History of Christian names. 2 vols. London, 1863. New edition, I vol., 1884. § 9. GEOGRAPHY AND TOPOGRAPHY. a. Treatises, Nos. 343-52. b. Dictionaries and Gazetteers, Nos. 353-62. Political geography has long been considered an important part of historical study, and in recent years the scientific investigation of place-names has thrown much light on the early history of European nations. For bibliographical purposes Egli's Namenkunde (No. 345) is valuable; see also Karl Elze, Englische Philologie (No. 40), 100-133. There is a good account of the history of place-names, especially in France, with a bibliography of the subject, in Giry's Manuel (No. 233), 377-420. For Anglo-Saxon names, see Kemble, Codex Diplomaticus, vols. iii., vi., and Saxons in England, ii. 550-58; Leo, Rectitudines (No. 349). For the influence of the Danes, see § 42, especially the works of Worsaae and Ferguson; Taylor, Words and Places (No. 351). One of the greatest difficulties that the historical investigator encounters is the identification of old place-names. All the general dictionaries (Nos. 353-62) are very incomplete. They must be supplemented by the indexes in such works as Stubbs's edition of Hoveden, the Calendars of the Patent and Close Rolls, the Catalogue of Ancient Deeds (Rolls Series), Hall's edition of the Red Book of the Exchequer, the publications of the Selden Society, the Monumenta Historiæ Britannica, Kemble's Codex Diplomaticus, vol. vi., Maitland's edition of Bracton's Note Book, Tanner's Notitia Monastica, Cowell's Law Dictionary, 1708, appendix, etc. See also Martin, Record Interpreter (No. 239), 259-315; Pearson, Historical Maps (No. 366), 12-38. The bibliographies of topographical works are given above in § 2. Lewis's Dictionaries (Nos. 360-62), though not works of much research, will be found useful for purposes of general reference. For topographical guides, etc., see Nos. 301, 309-11; and for histories of counties, boroughs, manors, etc., § 24. a. TREATISES. 343. CAMDEN, WILLIAM. Britannia. London, 1586; [6th edition], 1607.-Translated into English by Richard Gough, 3 vols., 1789; 2nd edition, 4 vols., 1806. 344. EDMUNDS, FLAVELL. Traces of history in the names of places. London, 1869. New edition, 1872. 345. EGLI, J. J. Geschichte der geographischen Namenkunde. Leipsic, 1886. A valuable account of the literature relating to the historical study of place names. 346. FREEMAN, E. A. The historical geography of Europe. 2 vols. London, 1881. 2nd edition, 1882. The best work in English on this subject. Vol. ii. : maps. 347. Gentleman's Magazine library: English topography, ed. G. L. Gomme. 12 pts. London, 1891-1900. 348. JOYCE, P. W. The origin and history of Irish names of places. Dublin, 1869; 2nd edition, 1870.- 2nd series, 1875; 2nd edition, 1883. Valuable. 349. LEO, HEINRICH. Rectitudines singularum personarum. Halle, 1842. Die angelsächsischen Ortsnamen, 1-104. Translated by B. Williams: Treatise on the Local Nomenclature of the Anglo-Saxons, London, 1852. 350. TAYLOR, ISAAC. Names and their histories: a handbook of historical geography and topographical nomenclature. London, 1896. Words and places. London, 1864. 3rd edition, 35I. 1873. 352. WESTPHAL, JOHANNES. Englische Ortsnamen im Altfranzösischen. Strasburg, 1891. pp. 39. b. DICTIONARIES AND GAZETTEERS. 353. BARTHOLOMEW, JOHN. Gazetteer of the British isles. Edinburgh, 1887. [New edition, 1893.] |