To the Reader* 



torn, thofeof the Nobility and Gentry, are induslriou/ly ranged iri 

 Alphabetical order, to avoid the difficulties that might otherwife have 

 rijen about precedency : which, hefide the ufe above mentioned of 

 difcovering the Owners of the Houfes, and that they are an orna- 

 ment to the Map, / hope may alfo have thefe other good effe&s. 

 i . That the Gentry hereby will be fomwhat influenced to keep their 

 Seats, together with their Arms, leaft their Pofterity hereafter, not 

 without reflexions , fee what their Anceftors have parted with. 

 Andfecondly, Vagabonds deterfd from making counterfeit Paries* 

 by puting falfe names and Seals to them, both which may be difcover- 

 edbyfuch Maps at thefe. 



To thefe add the ancient houfes of Kings, the principal Seats of 

 ancient Baronies, ancient Ways, Fortifications, and the fites of 

 Religious houfes, all di/iinguifi'd as defcrihed by their reffeftive 

 marks in the Table for that purpofe. All which put together, make 

 the fum of the Map,6 Iintendtheyfiallin all others hereafter, fo that 

 thofe Memento's need ndmore be repeated, fince they are defigned td 

 be apply ed to all following Maps as well as th'ps, 



Tet this Map, though it contains near five times as much as any 

 other of the County before, partly by reafon of its being the firft / 

 ever made, and partly becaufe, either of the pure ignorance or ab- 

 (ence of feme, and over curious pieviflhnefs that I met with amongji 

 others, is not fo perfecl, / confefs, as I wifh it were ; there being 

 upon thefe accounts, feme few Arms omitted, and others out of place 

 at the foot of the Map, and perhaps here and there a Village over- 

 look'd: wherefore I have entertained feme thoughts of cutting it a- 

 gain, and per haps fomwhat larger, to be hung up in Frames (with- 

 out alteration of this for the Book) with all the defeats above- 

 mentioned fupplyed; provided fuch Gentry a* find their Arms o- 

 mitted, or any Villages near them containing ten houfes (under which 

 number I feldom think, them worth notice') pleafe to bring in their 

 Arms in colours, with the particular bearings and diftances of 

 their Houfes and Villages, from the mofi noted place near them, to 

 the Porter or one of the Keepers of the Bodleyan Library, who 

 will be ready to receive them, or any other Curio fity of Art or Na- 

 ture, in order to the compiling an Appendix to this Work, to be 

 Printedapart. 



Which is all concerning the Map, but that the Reader alfo note, 



that 



