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PEDIGREES OF THE NOBILITY AND GENTRY OF HERT- 

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T^NGLISH SURNAMES. An Essay on Family Nomenclature, Historical, 

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Norman Surnames. The " Additional Prolusions," , , T , v. - ^ . i_- _:_H * 



besides the articles on Rebuses, Allusive Arms, and ". Mr *"*" has S one '? work the ^ Si 



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TNDEX TO THE PEDIGREES AND ARMS contained in the Heralds' 

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