THE

PEERAGE

O F

ENGLAND;

CONTAINING

A Genealogical and Hiftorical ACCOUNT

Of all the

PEERS of ENGLAND,
Now exifting, either by Tenure, Summons or Creations :
Their DESCENTS and COLLATERAL LINES.
Their BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, and ISSUES:
Famous ACTIONS both in War and Peace:
Religious and Charitable DONATIONS.
DEATHS, PLACES of Burial, MONUMENTS, EPITAPHS:
And many valuable MEMOIRS never before printed.

ALSO

Their Paternal COATS of Arms, CRESTS, SUPPORTERS,
and MOTTOs,

curiously engraven on COPPER PLATES.

Collected from Records, Old Wills, Authentick Manuscripts,
our most approv'd HISTORIANS, and other Authorities,
which are Cited.

By ARTHUR COLLINS, Efq;

VOL. II.

The THIRD EDITION, corrected and enlarged in every
Family, with MEMOIRS not hitherto printed.

LONDON:

Printed for W. INNYS and J. RICHARDSON, T. WOTTON and
E. WITHERS, C. HITCH and L. HAWES, J. HODGES,
R. MANBY, J. & J. RIVINGTON, H. S. Cox, R. BALDWIN,
W. JOHNSTON, S. CROWDER and W. WOODGATE, and
P. DAVY and B. LAW. M.DCC.LVI.

TO THE

RIGHT HONOURABLE

ANTHONY

Earl of SHAFTESBURY, Lord Lieutenant, and Cuftos Rotulorum, of the County of DORSET.

MY LORD,

T

HE Brave Stand made by Your Great
Ancestor, in Defence of the Proteftant

Religion, the Liberty, and Property, of the Subject; and the Regard YOUR LORDSHIP has shewn to his Memory, are Motives which incline me to believe, You will Pardon this Address; it being neceffary for me, to make an Apology to You for my Performance in attempting an Account of his Life and Character; which, in this Edition, is enlarged from unquestionable Authorities, that I have cited.

VOL. II.

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