The visitation of Herefordshire made by Robert Cooke, Clarencieux, in 1569

ELRY ;iTY . V <^ :.-^\ \,i^ c^~%ift ofWmtation ortisl)ireJ|eref MADE BY EGBERT COOKE, CLARENCIEUX, EDITED BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WEAVER, M.A, LATE DP:MY <»l- MAGDALEN OXKOKD.COLLEGE, " Editor The Visitatwns theof of Somemi in 1573."County of luJl, EXETER : the EditorPrivately printedfor by WILLIAM ANDPOLLARD, NORTHCo., STREET, 1886fOAM STACKat Preface. Date.iv VISITATION OF 1569.HEREFORDSHIRE, is a either or Vincent Harl. intranscript by Wythie, Peason, (cf. Catalogue the It has additions in andB.M.). Sandford, 1C76,by Rouge Dragon, by others. On ff". 2*'' and 8* of Harl. 1442MS. occur the arms of the following entered at the Visitation of 1G34.families, Hereford, Samuel uud Fran. armsAwbrey (tm (jiven.) James Jkrrell of 1634. i5iforil, lilauey. Bmce of the Noke 1634. Will of Sr. Rich, St.Bridges Bosbury, \). George. entered vide London.Carpenter, 1634, .'«anie in com. Wore, and WarwCoUes, 1634, ye Cre&well. Dauncer. Paul of 1634.Delaliay Urrey, a Jo. 1635.Sr.Gray, Pat., Borough,p. 1634.Hodson, in vellum Iwok of Certiticiitcs.Hopwood, ye ent. 1634.King, BaronettKirle, Kt., 1634.Lillo, 1634.Lisle, Harden of Heref.Marden, Fran. Pemher of 1634.Uollinghill, 1634.Sr. Edw. Kt. and Bur.Powell, Tho. Shiham of Heref.Webley, of 1634 ont.Bp. Hereford,Skipe, Watkius of ent. 1634.Hdsh., see in Mr. small book of coats and creasts aWednester, ye pat. Morgan's {only plain sluM.) 1634.Williams, 1634.Younger, I have chosen Harl. MS. which seems to me the best615, authority 1569.the for the Visitation of(outside College) The MS. contains G I of Herefordshire families 60;pedigrees belonging 62 to Gloucestershire and 82 toto Worcestershire ; ; Shropshire. ofThe was made at the Alexander of whoseEvesham,chargetranscript is an account on folio 1. This account is written in a laterdeath there ""but whether it is the samehand than the later hand as thatMS., in some of the is doubtful.pedigreesappearing " In the of our Lord Ciod 1592 Alexander Evesham and in 28th ofyear dyed day in the house of the Stafford at Westmesterdesciuber he and wasI^dydyed buryedVISITATION OF 1569. vHEREFORDSHIRE, on the of the of his hed tlieSouth Chorch Seint lyeth justSyde Margrott agiiynst end of the of the left hand he was the sonu of William Kveshani ofpew ; Wellington in the of Hereford which William in the of our Lord God 1584County dyed yeare and in Jainsses in niarke lane in londone hethe Chorch of Seint lyeswjjs buryed on the north of the me KveshauiChorche,buryed syde Thys wrytten by Epiphanyius in the of our Lord 1592 whos soule Resteth with Gode. Amen."yeure god The of Hackluit and and all tliAHaworthe,pedigrees (1st portion) Evesham in a as are also some minorare later baud, additions, which are noted as occur. The latest date in the M8. is to bethey (lo9G) t'ouml in the this shews that the additions cannot haveof Blount,pedigree been made Alexr. for he died in 1592.Evesham,by The arms are in in some cases as are also the Crests.coloured,trick, Folio 2 drawn and coloured.contains the arms of Evesham, elaborately There is a MS. in the Bodleian Oxford S'.i I whichLibrary, (Ashmolean, ), Visitation of Herefordshire andcontains from the Worcestershir*^,pedigrees taken in loGO. I have collated Harl. 015Gloucestershire, very carefully with Ashmolean and have noted the differences as occur. The831, they MSS. seem to be of each other.quite independent The in Ashmolean MS. 831 are written in a small Pedigrees secretary- Brooke. The arms are tricked. Between thehand, probably by Ralph 2nd and 3rd is fixed a smaller sheet of on which anotherpaper, bypages old hand is an This MS. contains the found inwritten index. pedigrees Harl. MS. with the elevenG15, following exceptions: Breynton. Dabyton. Evesham. HaAVorthe. of Sarnsfield.Monington Myntryche. Xott. Tompkins. Welford. Whitney. Winston of Llangarren. of Herefordshire taken from variousfamilies,Forty-seven pedigrees " are in the Rev. C. J. Robinson's Mansions and Manors ofsources, given Herefordshire." and have referred to the book under theI have made use of letter li.these, I take this of Mr. Robinson for other whichnotes,thankingopportunity he me.has sentkindly Great confusion is made the transcribersbetween the names Hereford-byvi VISITATION OF 1569.HEREFORDSHIRE, shire and Hertfordshire. An of this occurs (spelt Herfordshire) example " in Sussex 1 where for Acorne in co-0,Berry's Genealogies," p. Berry read in co.Hertford, Hereford.Aconhury 1442In cases of doubt and I have consulted Harl. MSK.many difficulty, and and have additions and corrections from both of them.ir)45, given 1545 numerousMS. is much more valuable than MS. which contains1442, &c. MS. f. is heacvi.s Thomas Havard WilliamRowland Rys RawlynsCartwright Walter Carideii Richard John John Gibbs Dudston andPartridge Mayland Henery Thomas Church Aldermen of of Heretford vissitationye sayd cittyc ye aforcsayd at the ftirst leafe in this liooke and ends at the 32. 100bogining followingleafe(s) rest of are collections and ad«littion8 as occasion hath offeredye(y(! descents) them to me and have added R. MUNDY." 31 in the order :Then follow these pedigrees following Chippenham. Sebome. Welford. Pichard. and Harford.Scrooi)e Pateshall. Dauntesey. Tompkins. Moretou. SkiUl. Knyll. Blaney. Phillipps. Haekluit, Barrow. Hayday. Hayward. Capell. Apparry. Delabere. Gemons.