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The Heralds 1 Visitations of Wiltshire. 



A. D. 



1677. 29 Charles II. Sir Edward Bysshe, Clareneieux. Ori- 

 ginal in the Heralds' College. A copy in the Library 

 of All Souls College, Oxford. " Jekyll MS., 45." 

 Another in Sir Thomas Phillipps's Library, MS. No. 

 10639. 



2. The Visitation of 1533. 



This "was made when Heraldic Visitations were in their infancy. 

 The pedigrees, with the arms very neatly tricked, 1 of this Visitation, 

 are contained in a thin folio volume, written on hand paper, which 

 comprises the pedigrees and arms of families in the counties of : — 



Berks, 



Cornwall, 



Devon, 



Dorset, 



Gloucester, 



Kent, 



Northampton, 



Oxford, 



Somerset, 



Stafford, 



Surrey, 



Wilts, 



Worcester, 



and in Wales. 



This Visitation contains the Pedigrees and Arms of the following 

 "Wiltshire families only : — 



Chocke, 



Seymour, 



Bonam, 



Boncher, 



Lylsely, 



Lanham, 



Barnard, 



Stylleman, 



Borley.2 



3. The Visitation of 1565. 

 This Visitation contains the Pedigrees and Arms of the Wilt- 

 shire Families undermentioned : — 



Alleyn of Calne, 

 Ashman of Calne, 

 Bacon of White parish, 

 Barret of Tytherton, 

 Barret of White parish, 

 Barwick of Wileot, 

 Bayley of Stowford, 



Baynard of Lackham, 

 Beckett of Littleton, 

 Bellingham of Orton, 

 Bennett of Norton Bavant, 

 Bennett of Pitt house, 

 Bewshin of Cottles, 

 Blake of Pennells, 



i Arms are said to be "tricked" when they are drawn in pen and ink, and 

 the initial letter of each colour inserted, to denote the colour. — Arms are said to 

 be " blazoned" when they are described in words. 



2 For this information respecting the Visitation of 1533, I am indebted to Sir Thomas Phillipps, 



Bart. 



