To the Reader. 
tom^ thofeof the Nobility and Gentry^ are indu^rioufly ranged in 
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 effects. 
I . That the Gentry hereby will he fomwhat influenced to keep their 
Seats, together with their Arms, leafl their ?oikerky hereafter^ not 
without reflexions , fee what their Anceftors have parted with. 
And fecondly^ Vagabonds deterfd from making counterfeit Pafles, 
by puting falfe names and Seals to them, both which may be difcover- 
ed by fuch Maps 06 thefe. 
To thefe add the ancient houfes r?/ Kings, the principal Seats of 
ancient Baronies, ancient Ways, Fortifications, and the fites of 
Religious houfes, all diflinguij/y d as defcrihed by their ref}e£five 
marks in the Table for that purpofe. All which put together^ make 
the fum of the U^p^a^ I intend they J/jall in all others hereafter, fo that 
//'o/e Memento's need no more be repeated^ fence they are defigned to 
he apply ed to all following Maps as well as this, 
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- 
fenceo/ fome, curious pie vidinefs that I met with among ft 
others^ is not fo perfe^, / confefs, as I wifjj it were ; thae being 
upon thefe accounts^ fome few Arms omitted, and others out of place 
at the foot of the Map, and perhaps here and there a Village over- 
looked I wherefore I have entertained fome thoughts of cutting it a- 
gain, andperhaps fomwhat larger, to be hung up in Frames (with^ 
out alteration of this for the Book) with all the defeats above- 
mentioned fuppljed ; provided fuch Gentry as 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 Uoui^es and Villages, from the moji 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 
Printed apart. 
Which is all concerning the lAZ'p, but that the Reader alfo note^ 
that 
