Quintin Publications is pleased to present this series of 96 volumes of the out-of-copyright and out-of-print Harleian Society publications!

The Harleian Society, established in 1869, objectives are "the transcribing, printing and publishing of heraldic visitations of counties, parish registers or any manuscripts relating to genealogy, family history and heraldry." The Society is known for the quality and scholarship of its publications, particularly its editions of the Heralds' Visitations in the possession of the College of Arms.

The majority of the volumes are the herald's visitations. From the early 16th century to the late 17th century, heralds of the College of Arms literally visited each county, recording pedigrees of families with the right to bear arms. In many cases, these pedigrees continue many generations further back. Most counties were visited several times during this period. Those who were allowed arms had them recorded, including the quartering's to which they were entitled. 

Most importantly to the genealogist, the supporting pedigrees were recorded. These pedigrees often included ancestry of wives who were heraldic heirs, in order to illustrate the route by which the quartered arms had been acquired. In these pedigrees, dates are given only occasionally and presumably reflect the dates of documents which mention the people concerned. Often the ages of individuals in the final generation are given, which can allow the chronology of the later part of the pedigree to be estimated.

Sometimes the heralds also recorded some of the evidence on which the pedigree was based, such as transcripts of medieval charters, drawings of seals, coats of arms copied from churches or private houses, etc. Other information may also have been recorded at visitations, such as lists of those using arms to which they could not prove any right.

Also included in this series are a variety of church records, allegations for marriage licenses, pedigrees of various gentry families and chancery (court) proceedings.

Viewed as contemporary records of the immediate family at the time of the visitation itself, they are excellent evidence. In particular, they record many details of the marriages of daughters and younger sons which may be found nowhere else.

Harleian Society Volume 54 Code: CD281 Publication type: General Reference & Vital Records Harleian Society Volume 54 A Visitation of the County of Kent, Begun anno domini MDCLXIII, finished anno domini MDCLXVIII   Harleian Society Volume 74 & 75 Code: CD310 Publication type: General Reference & Vital Records Harleian Society Volumes 74-5 The Visitations of Kent 2 Volumes   Harleian Society Volume 11 Code: CD256 Publication type: General Reference & Vital Records Harleian Society Volume 11 The Visitation of the County of Somerset in the Year 1623   Harleian Society Volume 12 Code: CD257 Publication type: General Reference & Vital Records Harleian Society Volume 12 The Visitation of the County of Warwick in the Year 1619. Taken by William Camden, Clarenceux King of Arms. (Harl. mss. 1167) Illustrations (Coat of arms)   Harleian Society Volume 16 Code: CD260 Publication type: General Reference & Vital Records Harleian Society Volume 16 The Visitation of Yorkshire in the Years 1563 and 1564 Made by William Flower   Harleian Society Volume 18 Code: CD261 Publication type: General Reference & Vital Records Harleian Society Volume 18 The Visitation of Cheshire in the Year 1580, Made by Robert Glover, Somerset Herald, for William Flower, Norroy King of Arms, With Numerous Additions and Continuations,   Harleian Society Volume 19 Code: CD262 Publication type: General Reference & Vital Records Harleian Society Volume 19 The Visitations of Bedfordshire, annis domini 1566, 1582 and 1634. Made by William Harvey, esq., Clarenceux King of Arms, Robert Cooke, esq., Clarenceux King of Arms and   Harleian Society Volume 2 Code: CD247 Publication type: General Reference & Vital Records Harleian Society Volume 2 The Visitation of the County of Leicester in the Year 1619. Taken by William Camden, Clarenceux King of Arms   Harleian Society Volume 20 Code: CD263 Publication type: General Reference & Vital Records Harleian Society Volume 20 The Visitation of the County of Dorset, Taken in the Year 1623 by Henry Saint George, Richmond Herald and Sampson Lennard, Bluemantle Pursuivant, Marshals and Deputies t   Harleian Society Volume 21 Code: CD264 Publication type: General Reference & Vital Records Harleian Society Volume 21 The Visitation of the County of Gloucester, Taken in the Year 1623 by Henry Chitty and John Phillipot as Deputies to William Camden, Clarenceux King of Arms. With Pedigr   Harleian Society Volume 22 Code: CD265 Publication type: General Reference & Vital Records Harleian Society Volume 22 The Visitation of Herefordshire Made by Robert Cooke, Clarenceux, in 1569 Exeter: Privately printed for the editor by William Pollard   Harleian Society Volume 27 Code: CD269 Publication type: General Reference & Vital Records Harleian Society Volume 27 The Visitation of the County of Worcester Made in the Year 1569. With Other Pedigrees Relating to That County from Richard Mundy's Collection   Harleian Society Volume 3 Code: CD248 Publication type: General Reference & Vital Records Harleian Society Volume 3 The Visitation of the County of Rutland in the Year 1618-19. Taken by William Camden, Clarenceux King of Arms. And other Descents of Families Not in the Visitation   Harleian Society Volume 32 Code: CD272 Publication type: General Reference & Vital Records Harleian Society Volume 32 The Visitation of Norfolk, Made and Taken by William Harvey, Clarenceux King of Arms, anno 1563, Enlarged with Another Visitation Made by Clarenceux Cooke, With Many Oth   Harleian Society Volume 4 Code: CD249 Publication type: General Reference & Vital Records Harleian Society Volume 4 The Visitations of the County of Nottingham in the Years 1569 and 1614, With Many Other Descents of the Same County   Harleian Society Volume 42 Code: CD276 Publication type: General Reference & Vital Records Harleian Society Volume 42 The Visitation of Kent, Taken in the Years 1619-1623 By John Philipot, Rouge Dragon, Marshal and Deputy to William Camden, Clarenceux   Harleian Society Volume 43 Code: CD277 Publication type: General Reference & Vital Records Harleian Society Volume 43 The Visitations of the County of Surrey Made and Taken in the Years 1530 by Thomas Benolte, Clarenceux King of Arms; 1572 by Robert Cooke, Clarenceux King of Arms and 16   Harleian Society Volume 5 Code: CD250 Publication type: General Reference & Vital Records Harleian Society Volume 5 The Visitations of the County of Oxford Taken in the Years 1566-1634. Edited by William Harvey, et al. together with The Gatherings of Oxfordshire Collected by Richard Le   Harleian Society Volume 53 Code: CD280 Publication type: General Reference & Vital Records Harleian Society Volume 53 The Visitations of the County of Sussex Made and Taken in the Years 1530 by Thomas Benolte, Clarenceux King of Arms and 1633-4 by John Philipot, Somerset Herald and Geor   Harleian Society Volume 56-57 Code: CD282 Publication type: General Reference & Vital Records Harleian Society Volume 56-57 The Four Visitations of Berkshire Made and Taken by Thomas Benolte et al. Edited by W. Harry Rylands. London: The Harleian Society, 1907-08, 2 volumes, 28 cm. Notes:   Harleian Society Volume 58 Code: CD283 Publication type: General Reference & Vital Records Harleian Society Volume 58 The Visitation of the County of Buckingham Made in 1634 by John Philipot, esq., Somerset Herald and William Ryley, Bluemantle Pursuivant, Marshals and Deputies to Sir Ri   Harleian Society Volume 59 Code: CD284 Publication type: General Reference & Vital Records Harleian Society Volume 59 Pedigrees Made at the Visitation of Cheshire, 1613. Taken by Richard Saint-George esq., Norroy King of Arms and Henry Saint-George, gent., Bluemantle Pursuivant of Arms   Harleian Society Volume 6 Code: CD251 Publication type: General Reference & Vital Records Harleian Society Volume 6 The Visitation of the County of Devon in the Year 1620   Harleian Society Volume 60 Code: CD285 Publication type: General Reference & Vital Records Harleian Society Volume 60 A Visitation of the County of Surrey, Begun anno domini MDCLXII, Finished anno domini MDCLXVIII   Harleian Society Volume 61 Code: CD286 Publication type: General Reference & Vital Records Harleian Society Volume 61 A Visitation of the County of Suffolk, Begun anno domini 1664 and Finished anno domini 1668 by Sir Edward Bysshe, knight, Clarenceux King of Arms   Harleian Society Volume 62 Code: CD287 Publication type: General Reference & Vital Records Harleian Society Volume 62 The Visitation of the County of Warwick, Begun by Thomas May, Chester and Gregory King, Rouge Dragon, in Hilary Vacation, 1682. Reviewed by Them in the Trinity Vacation   Harleian Society Volume 63 Code: CD288 Publication type: General Reference & Vital Records Harleian Society Volume 63 Staffordshire Pedigrees Based on the Visitation of that County Made by William Dugdale, esquire, Norroy King of Arms in the Years 1663-1664, From the Original Manuscript   Harleian Society Volume 64 Code: CD289 Publication type: General Reference & Vital Records Harleian Society Volume 64 Pedigrees From the Visitation of Hampshire Made by Thomas Benolt, Clarenceux anno 1530, Enlarged with the Visitation of the Same County Made by Robert Cooke, Clarenceux   Harleian Society Volume 65 Code: CD290 Publication type: General Reference & Vital Records Harleian Society Volume 65 Middlesex Pedigrees, as Collected by Richard Mundy in Harleian ms. no. 1551 215 Pages, Illustrations (coats of arms)   Harleian Society Volume 7 Code: CD252 Publication type: General Reference & Vital Records Harleian Society Volume 7 The Visitation of the County of Cumberland in the Year 1615. Taken by Richard Saint George, Norroy King of Armes 38 pages, facsimile   Harleian Society Volume 73 Code: CD294 Publication type: General Reference & Vital Records Harleian Society Volume 73 The Visitation of the County of Rutland, Begun by Fran. Burghill, Somerset and Gregory King, Rougedragon, on Trinity Vacation, 1681. Carried on and Finished by Thomas Ma   Harleian Society Volume 87 Code: CD299 Publication type: General Reference & Vital Records Harleian Society Volume 87 The Visitation of the County of Northampton in the Year 1681   Harleian Society Volume 9 Code: CD254 Publication type: General Reference & Vital Records Harleian Society Volume 9 The Visitation of the County of Cornwall in the Year 1620 343 pages, facsimile   Harleian Society Volumes 13-14 Code: CD258 Publication type: General Reference & Vital Records Harleian Society Volumes 13-14 The Visitations of Essex by Hawley, 1552; Hervey, 1558; Cooke, 1570; Raven, 1612 and Owen and Lilly, 1634. To which are added Miscellaneous Essex Pedigrees From Vari   Harleian Society Volumes 28-29 Code: CD270 Publication type: General Reference & Vital Records Harleian Society Volumes 28-29 The Visitation of Shropshire, Taken in the Year 1623 by Robert Tresswell, Somerset Herald and Augustine Vincent, Rouge Croix Pursuivant of Arms, Marshals and Deputie   Harleian Society Volumes 35-36 Code: CD273 Publication type: General Reference & Vital Records Harleian Society Volumes 35-36 Hampshire Allegations for Marriage Licenses Granted by the Bishop of Winchester, 1689 to 1837 2 Volumes   Harleian Society Volumes 69-72 Code: CD293 Publication type: General Reference & Vital Records Harleian Society Volumes 69-72 Allegations for Marriage Licenses in the Archdeaconry of Sudbury, in the County of Suffolk 4 volumes   Harleian Society Volumes 85-6 Code: CD298 Publication type: General Reference & Vital Records Harleian Society Volumes 85-6 The Visitation of Norfolk, Anno Domini 1664, Made by Sir Edward Bysshe, knight 2 Volumes, coats of arms   Harleian Society Volume 1: The Visitation of London in the Year 1568 Code: CD531 Volume 1: The Visitation of London in the Year 1568. Taken by Robert Cooke, Clarenceux King of Arms, and Since Augmented with Descents and Arms   Harleian Society Volume 8 Code: CD253 Publication type: General Reference & Vital Records Le Neve's Pedigrees of the Knights Made by King Charles II, King James II, King William III and Queen Mary, King William alone and Queen Anne   Harleian Society Volume 10 Code: CD255 Publication type: General Reference & Vital Records The Marriage, Baptismal and Burial Registers of the Collegiate Church or Abbey of Saint Peter, Westminster   Harleian Society Volume 15 & 17 Code: cd259 Publication type: General Reference & Vital Records The Visitation of London, annis domini 1633, 1634 and 1635. Made by Sr. Henry St. George, knight, Richmond Herald and Deputy and Marshal to Sr. Richard St. George, kit., Clarenceux King of Armes 2   Harleian Society Volume 23 Code: CD266 Publication type: General Reference & Vital Records Allegations for Marriage Licenses Issued From the Dean and Chapter of Westminster, 1558 to 1699   Harleian Society Volume 24 Code: CD267 Publication type: General Reference & Vital Records Allegations for Marriage Licenses Issued from the Faculty Office of the Archbishop of Canterbury at London, 1543 to 1869   Harleian Society Volume 25 & 26 Code: CD268 Publication type: General Reference & Vital Records Allegations for Marriage Licenses Issued by the Bishop of London, 1520 to 1828   Harleian Society Volume 30, 31, 33 & 34 Code: CD271 Publication type: General Reference & Vital Records Allegations for Marriage Licences Issued by the Vicar-general of the Archbishop of Canterbury   Harleian Society Volume 37 - 40 Code: CD274 Publication type: General Reference & Vital Records Familiae Minorum Gentium. Diligentia Josephi Hunter 4 Volumes   Harleian Society Volume 41 Code: CD275 Publication type: General Reference & Vital Records The Visitation of Cambridge Made in 1575 Continued and Enlarged with the Visitation of the County Made by Henry Saint George, Richmond Herald, Marshal and Deputy to William Camdem, Clarenceux, in   Harleian Society Volume 44 - 49 Code: CD278 Publication type: General Reference & Vital Records Obituary Prior to 1800 (as far as relates to England, Scotland, and Ireland) Compiled by Sir William Musgrave and Entitled by Him "A General Nomenclator and Obituary ..."   Harleian Society Volume 50, 51, 52 & 55 Code: CD279 Publication type: General Reference & Vital Records Lincolnshire Pedigrees 4 Volumes   Harleian Society Volume 66 Code: CD291 Publication type: General Reference & Vital Records Grantees of Arms Named in Docquets and Patents to the end of the Seventeenth Century in the Manuscripts Preserved in the British Museum, the Bodleian Library, Oxford, Queens College, Oxford, Gonville   Harleian Society Volume 67 & 68 Code: CD292 Publication type: General Reference & Vital Records Grantees of Arms Named in Docquets and Patents Between the Years 1687 and 1898 Preserved in Various Manuscripts, Collected and Alphabetically Arranged by the Late Joseph Foster and Contained in th   Harleian Society Volume 76 & 77 Code: CD295 Publication type: General Reference & Vital Records A Collection of Miscellaneous Grants, Crests, Confirmations, Augmentations and Exemplifications of Arms in the mss. Preserved in the British Museum, Ashmolean Library, Queen's College, Oxford and Else   Harleian Society Volume 78 & 79 Code: CD296 Publication type: General Reference & Vital Records An Index of Persons Named in Early Chancery Proceedings, Richard II (1385) to Edward II (1467), Preserved in the Public Record Office, London   Harleian Society Volume 80-84 Code: CD297 Publication type: General Reference & Vital Records Knights of Edward I. Notices 5 Volumes   Harleian Society Volume 88 Code: CD300 Publication type: General Reference & Vital Records Hunter's Pedigrees, a Continuation of Familiae Minorum Gentium, Diligentia Josephi Hunter [Volumes 37-40]   Harleian Society Volume 89 Code: CD519 Publication type: General Reference & Vital Records The visitation of Sussex, anno Domini 1662, made by Sir Edward Bysshe, knt.   Harleian Society Volume 90 Code: CD520 Publication type: General Reference & Vital Records The Visitation of Worcestershire, 1634   Harleian Society Volume 91 Code: CD521 Publication type: General Reference & Vital Records East Anglian Pedigrees   Harleian Society Volume 92 Code: CD522 Publication type: General Reference & Vital Records London Visitation Pedigrees, 1664   Harleian Society Volume 93 Code: CD578 Publication type: General Reference & Vital Records Cheshire Visitation Pedigrees, 1663   Harleian Society Volume 99 Code: CD597 Publication type: General Reference & Vital Records Kirkby's Inquest of Yorkshire

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