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A60673	Britain's glory, and England's bravery wherein is shewed the degrees of honour from the prince to the peasant, with the honour of the nobles, and previleges of the commons, the proper places and precedency of all persons from the throne to the bondman, more particularly in coronations, processions, feasts, funerals and other great assembly : as also honour of arms, power of heralds, signification of charges in coat-armour, with an armorial dictionary, explaining the terms of heraldry, and an account of all the orders of knighthood in Christendom, and of the weights and measures of England : to which is added a continuation of The historians guide, from November, 1687, where the third and last impression ends, to June, 1687 / being the collections and observations of Benjamine Smithurst.	Smithurst, Benjamine.	1689 (1689)	Wing S4356; ESTC R31948	77,938	230

Right Honourable Truly Noble Potent Lord c. He may have a Traverse in his House except in his Superiour's presence his Wife may have her Train born up by a Woman out of her Superiours presence in their presence by a Man. CHAP. VIII Of Barons or Lords which are Spiritual and Temporal THe next and lowest Degree of Nobility is that of a Baron which is twofold Lords Spiritual and Temporal but first of the Lords Spiritual or Bishops § 1. By Lords Spiritual are meant only the Suffragan Bishops for the Archbishops are accounted of the prime Nobility of the Kingdom of which we have two viz. of Canterbury and York 1. The Archbishop of Canterbury had formerly great Honour so that no Legate or Nuntio from Rome could exercise any Legantine Power without the King 's special License else he was accountable to the Archbishop of Canterbury In General Councils he had place before all Archbishops at the Pope's right Foot and at home was reputed the second Person in the Kingdom or first Peer of the Realm having Precedency of all Dukes not of the Royal Bloud and of all the great Officers of State. He hath Power to summon the Archbishop of York and the Bishops of his Province to a National Synod He is styled even by the King by the Grace of God and writes himself by Divine Providence as doth the Archbishop of York whereas other Bishops write by Divine Permission He hath the Title of Grace given him as Dukes have and of most Reverend Father in God and Metropolitan of all England The Coronation of the King hath anciently belonged to him it being resolved that wheresoever the Court was the King and Queen were the proper and Domestical Parishioners of the Archbishop of Canterbury The Bishop of London is accounted his Provincial the Bishop of Winchester his Chancellour and the Bishop of Rochester his Chaplain He hath under his Jurisdiction twenty one Suffragan Bishops seventeen in England and four in Wales His Clergies Tenths are 65.1 l. 18 s. 2¼ d. his Archbishoprick is valued in the King's Book at 2816 l. 17 s. 9¼ d. He may qualifie and retain eight Chaplains which is two more than a Duke may 2. The Archbishop of York pretended anciently to have all the Bishops of Scotland under his Inspection and that they should receive their Consecration from him and swear Canonical Obedience to his See he is allowed to write himself Metropolitan of England but not of All England as Canterbury doth but at length the Bishops of Scotland would not acknowlege any such Power to him and disowned all Obedience to him and had Archbishops of their own Anno 1466. leaving him in England but four Bishops His Bishoprick is now valued at 1609 l. 19 s. 2 d. And the Tenths of the Clergy to 1113 l. 17 s. 9 d. 10 b. 1. qu. he hath Precedency before all Dukes not of the Royal Bloud and before all great Officers of State except the Lord Chancellour or Lord Keeper He hath the Title of Grace and most Reverend Father in God and he writeth by Divine Providence He hath the Honour to crown the Queen and to be her perpetual Chaplain and hath great Privileges only Durham hath a peculiar Jurisdiction exempt from the See of York Having made this Digression we come next to speak of the Suffragan Bishops who though they have some peculiar Precedencies amongst themselves yet in general they are esteemed as Barons and from thence have the names of Lords Spiritual In their own Courts they have power to judge and pass Sentence alone and therefore they send forth their Writs in their own name and not in the King 's In whatever Princes Dominions they are their Episcopal Dignity and Degree is owned In Parliament they Vote in all things except in matter of Life and Limb. They have the Title of Lord are styled Right Reverend Fathers in God and write by Divine Permission They may qualifie 6 Chaplains which are as many as a Duke and are Barons and Peers of the Realm And as Spiritual Barons precede all under the Degree of a Viscount and are placed on the King 's Right Hand in Parliament All Church-men are prohibited the wearing of Swords and a Priest the Order of Knighthood § 2. Of Barons Temporal We may observe that the word Baron is variously derived some from the Greek 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 some from Baro which is the same with Vir in Latine and with Varon in the Spanish so that Baron signifies a notable or principal man thus anciently the Burgesses of London were called Barons as those of the Cinque-Ports now are but leaving the Name to speak of the Person a Baron the Archbishops excepted is a Dignity next to a Viscount and though according to Cambden they are not by our Common Laws allowed to be of the Degree of Nobility yet this of a Baron may be by Tenure for the Title of Baron by Patent which is under the Broad-Seal of England is Status Gradus Dignitas and being by the King 's Writ summoned as Members of the higher House of Parliament they are thereby made Nobles and Peers of the Realm As they are Barons without any other Distinction they wear a Coronet by the Ordinance of King Charles the 2d having six Balls or Pearls set close to the Border at equal distance and have their peculiar Parliament Robes which have two doublings of white Furr Thus far of Noble Men. CHAP. IX Of Noble Women and first of the Queen THere are three sorts of Queens 1. A Queen-Sovereign to whom the Crown descends by Birth-right and is equal in Power to a King if she marry she is Sovereign to her Husband and he her Subject in England though he be an Emperour 2. The Queen-Consort She hath very great Privileges and the Laws set so high a value on her as to make it High Treason to conspire her Death or violate her Chastity her Robes are the same with a Sovereign Queen She sits in State by the King keeps her Court and hath the same General Officers as the King hath though she be an Alien she needs no Act of Parliament to natralize her the Crown taking away that defect She hath the same Honour performed to her that the King hath as well from Foreigners as Subjects 3. The Queen-Dowager She hath the same Honour done to her also and takes place next the Queen-Consort nor doth she lose her Title of Queen though she marry a private Gentleman as Queen Katharine Widow to Henry the 5th who though she married Owen Tudor Esq yet she maintained her Action at Law as Queen of England So in King Edward the 6th's Time Sir Thomas Seymer Lord high Admiral having married the Queen Dowager to Henry the 8th she denied Precedency to her Sister in Law the Lord Protectour's Wife as belonging to her as Queen which was aggravated so high that it proved the untimely Deaths of those two famous Men. The King's

the French Ambassadour made his publick entrance into Dublin and had his Audience of K. James II. at the Castle The Irish beat by a Sally made by the Protestants out of Colerain Charles Viscount Mordant since Earl of Monmouth Henry Lord de la Mere Sidney Lord Godolphin Sir Hen. Capell Rich. Hambden Sen. Esq made Commissioners of the Treasury Jonathan Lord Bishop of Bristol elected Bishop of Exeter K. William passed the Act for the Coronation Oath and 2 Acts more Dyed at Rome Queen Christiana of Sweedland Prince George of Denmark made Baron of Ockingham Earl of Kendale and Duke of Cumberland The Marquess of Winchester made Duke of Bolton William Bentinek Esq made Baron of Cyrencester Viscount Woodstock and Earl of Portland Viscount Faulconberg made Earl of Faulconberg Viscount Mordant made Earl of Monmouth Lord Mountague made Viscount Mounthermer and Earl of Mountague Lord Churchill made Earl of Marlborough Henry Sidney Esq made Baron Milton Viscount Sidney of Sheppy in Kent Lord Lumley made Viscount Lumley of Lumley-Castle in Durham Lord Cholmondly made Baron of Cholmondly of Wich Malbanch alias Nantwich in Cheshire Tho. Pilkington Esq Lord Mayor of London Knighted Sir Geo. Hewit made Baron of James-Town and Viscount Goran in Ireland K. William and Q. Mary crowned at Westminster by the Bishop of London and the day kept with great Ceremony in most of the chief Towns in England The House of Commons walked on foot from Westminster to White-hall to congratulate their Majesties on their Coronations Admiral Herbert arrived at Kingsale in Ireland George Jeffereys Baron of Wemm and late Lord Chancellour of England dyed in the Tower of London and was buried in the Tower privately the Sunday night following by an Order his Relations got from K. William The Sieur de Schmittan Envoy extraordinary from the Duke of Brandenburgh had Audience of the King and Queen at Hampton-Court George Booth Esq Sir Richard Temple Sir John Worden Sir Robert Southwell Sir Robert Clayton Sir Patience Ward made Commissioners of the Customs The Lords Address to K. William to sapport the Church of England and to call a Convocation Sir Henry Fane Sir Hen. Ashurst Sir Hum. Edwin Tho. Frankland Esq Fran. Parry Esq John Danvers Esq and John Wilcox Jun. Esq made Commissioners for the Excise The Earl of Danby made Marquess of Caermarthen K. William passed six Acts of Parliament An Address of the House of Commons to K. William for a War with France and the King's Answer to it The Baron de Schutz Envoy extraordinary from the Dukes of Lunenburgh c. had Audience of their Majesties at Hampton-Court Two Proclamations came out 1. To incourage French Protestants 2. For prohibiting French Goods The Estates of Scotland named the Earl of Argyle Sir James Montgomery and Sir John Dalrimple to go Commissiones for England to offer the Crown of Scotland to K. William and Q. Mary which was done accordingly on the 11th of May in great solemnity in the Banqueting House at Whitehall to which place the Commissioners came by Post Arrived at Portsmouth the Wolf from Virginia having on Board the Lord Howard of Effingham Governour of Virginia K. William put out two Proclamations for prohibiting Seamen to serve foreign Princes c. May K. William passed at Westminster the Poll Act and two more A Fight betwixt Admiral Herbert and the French at Bantry Bay in the N.W. of Ireland The Estates of Scotland adjourned to the 21st instant A Call of Serjeants viz. Sir Hen. Pollexfen Nich. Lechmore Tho. Rookesby John Thurburn Will. Wogan Will. Pawlet Nath. Bond Gyles Eyres Hen. Hatsell John Blencow Peyton Ventris John Powell Roger Bellwood John Tremain John Trenchard and John Turton Esqs The same day the Judges were constituted viz. Sir John Holt Ch. Just Sir W. Dolben Sir W. Gregory and Gyles Eyres Esq of the King's-Bench Sir Henry Pollexfen Ch. Just Sir John Powell Tho Rookesby and Pe●ton Ventris Esqs of the Common Pleas Sir Robert Atkinson Ch. Baron Sir Ed. Nevile Nich. Lechmore and John Turton Esqs of the Exchequer John Trenchard Esq Ch. Just of Chester Sir Geo. Treby Attorney General John Summers Esq Sollicitor General The Plate Fleet arrived in the Downs richly laden A Declaration of War against France came out A Proclamation against a Libell called The History of the Convention offering 100 l. reward to discover Author or Printer The Thanksgiving-day was kept in Scotland for their Deliverance from Popery and Slavery K. William gave his Royal Assent to five Acts at Westminster A Proclamation for appointing Commissioners for the Poll Act and another to prevent false Musters K. William came to Portsmouth and on board the Elizabeth Frigot dined with Admiral Herbert where he declared his Royal intention to make Admiral Herbert an Earl and there Knighted Capt. John Ashby and Capt. Clowdes Shovell and the King returned that Evening to Hampton-Court after giving 2600 l. amongst the wounded c. Seamen A great Sally by the Protestants at Londonderry with success George Lord Melvill made sole Secretary of State in Scotland Frederick Count de Schomberg made General of all his Majesty's Forces Master General of the Ordinance and of his Majesty's Privy Council Baron of Teys Earl of Brantford marquess of Harwich and Duke of Schomberg About 120 Seamen came Voluntiers from Norwich to serve his Majesty and about 150 more went by Land to Portsmouth on the same account Robert Casor Master of the Advice a Cole Ship beat two French Prizes Sir Robert Wright late Lord Chief Justice dyed in Newgate The Assistence Frigot came into Plymouth with the Body of the late Duke of Albemarle K. William's Declaration with an Order of Council for encouraging Seamen K. William's Proclamation for a Fast to be kept about London on the fifth of June on the 19th all England over K. William gave his Royal Assent to the Act for Toleration of Dissenters and two Acts more The Estates of Scotland read K. William's Letter to make them a Convention which they acccepted with thanks and adjourned to June 5. and ordered all their Members to meet then The Heer 's Engelenburg Witsen Odyck Citters and Dyckvelt Ambassadours extraordinary from Holland made their publick Entrance and on the 30th had their publick Audience at the Banquetting House at Whitehall K. William gave his Royal Assent to two Acts of Parliament Vice-Admiral Almonde arrived at Portsmouth with part of the Dutch Fleet. The Scanderoon Fleet came to Plymouth The Dutchess of Albemarle arrived at Plymouth from Jamaica The Duke of Somerset was installed Chancellour of Cambridge at Northumberland House in the Strand Major General Kirke set Sail from High-lake nigh Leverpole with his Forces for London-Derry June Admiral Herbert created Earl of Torrington and Baron Herbert of Torbay The Assistant Frigat with fourteen Merchant men from the West-Indies came into the Downs John Ashburnham Esq Created Baron Ashburnham of Ashburn-Hall in Sussex The Dutch Ambassadours had Audience The Dutch Fleet of Thirty

and Cupbearer with the rest of the Gentlemen Waiters the Ushers making way for the Strangers who come to behold his Majesty 2. At the first Table on the right hand are placed the Lords Chancellour Chamberlain Steward Treasurer c. 3. At the lower Table on the right hand are set the Masters of standing Offices Master of the Houshold Clerks of the Green Cloth c. 4. At the upper Table on the left hand sit the Treasurer of the Houshold the Secretaries the King's Serjeants at Law Master of the Revels Dean of the Chapel c. 5. Below them at the other Table sits the Lieutenant of the Tower with the great Commanders Captains c. 6. At the lower end of the Hall wait the Buttler Keeper of the Pantry Clerks of the Kitchen c. with all thing ready and the King's Guards there are three Courses at each of which the Trumpets sound CHAP. XXVII Of Funerals AS Nobles and Gentlemen have in their Life time Honours shewed them as their due so after Death they have peculiar marks of Honour belonging to them which are not to be given to those of low or ordinary Rank And therefore especial care is to be taken that no indignity be offered to a Mourner and that the Herald marshal them according to their Titles and Worth at the Funerals of any Nobleman And where there is an Officer at Arms employed he ought to wear the King's Coat that so the Defunct may be known to have dyed Honourable in the King's Allegiance His Heir who is chief Mourner is in the Presence of all the other Mourners to receive the Coat-Armour Helm and Crest belonging to the Defunct whereof the King at Arms for that Province is to make Record with the Defunct's Match Issue and Decease If the Defunct be of the Order of the Garter and no more he is to bear his Garter instead of Compartments But if he be also a Nobleman he must bear his proper Ensigns as all Noblemen do besides that is Supporters Coronet Sword Target Gantlet Helmet Crest and Spurs All Persons have a certain length for their Banners which the Heralds are to instruct them in and the higher Degree the Person is the longer may his Banner be as an Earl's Banner may be two yards long c. and also according to their Degrees are they to pay certain Fees which are appointed by the Earl Marshal in his Orders which are as followeth All Noblemen Baronets Knights Esquires and Gentlemen of eminent Place Birth and Quality that shall be either silently buried in the Night or by Day without attendence of an Officer at Arms shall nevertheless immediately after the Death and Burial of such Defunct return a true Certificate of the Matches Issues and times of their Decease with their Arms unto the Heralds Office or to their Deputy or Messenger for which they are to pay unto such Office or Officer at Arms the Fees under-writ   l. s. d. For a Gentleman using his Escoucheons 03 6 8 Using none 02 0 0 An Esquire of Coat-Armour 06 13 4 A Knight 10 0 0 A Banneret and Baronet 13 6 8 A Baron or Baroness that ought to have Banner and Bannerols 20 0 0 A Bishop 25 0 0 A Viscount and Viscountess 30 0 0 An Earl or Countess 35 0 0 A Marquess or Marchioness 40 0 0 A Duke Dutchess and Archbishop 45 0 0 All which Summs are to be paid to the Officers at Arms unless it appeareth that the Defunct was not worth a thousand Pound and in such case to be entered without Fees. CHAP. XXVIII The Proceeding of the Funeral of a Gentleman Esquire Knight or Baronet POor Children as of the Hospital c. Two Conductors The poor Men in Gowns Gentlemens Servants in Cloaks Gentlemen in Cloaks Gentlemen in Gowns Aldermen in Black if in a Corporation The Preacher A Penion of his Arms. The Helm and Crest The Coat of Arms. The Hearse The Chief Mourner Two Assistents Aldermen not in Black. The Master of his Company if he be free of any in London c. Master of the Hospital Gentlemen not in Black. Lastly Neighbours and others CHAP. XXIX The Precedency of a Noblemans Funeral from a Duke to a Baronet TWo Conductors with black Staves Servants in Cloaks two and two The great Banner according to the Degree of the Defunct which is born by Gentlemen appointed by the Herald Gentlemen in Cloaks two and two Two Banners born by Persons appointed by the Herald Gentlemen two and two in Cloaks The Steward Comptroller and the other Chief Officers Heralds Ministers His Sword and Spurs Helmet and Crest Gantlet and Supporters all born by a Person appointed by the Heralds Gentlemen bare headed with his Sheild The Chariot with four Banners c. born about it by Gentlemen of the Kindred Foot-men bare headed Chief Mourners supported Mourners next of Kindred two and two The Neighbours c. Thus have I run through the several Degrees of Noble or Ignoble Persons according to the best account I can find and have given you the choicest Precedents of Precedency that I can procure I shall only add a few Observations in Heraldry which may serve to give some little light to the Reader in that delightfull though by some contemned Art. CHAP. XXX Of Heralds and their Duty THe Word Herald is derived from the Saxon Word Here-haulte and by abbreviation Herault or Herald which signifies the Champian of an Army and growing to be a Name of Office it was given to him that in an Army had the charge of Challenging to Battel or Combat Their Office is very ancient and of great esteem amongst the Romans and other Nations and amongst us they have been esteemed as Ambassadours and sometimes have been made so However they are the Messengers of Kings and great Monarchs and though they have less esteem now than in former times yet their Employment hath been honoured with Messages between Potentates in matters of Honour and Arms They are to be Officious and Expert in Coronations Instalments of Noblemen in Triumphs Justs Combats Marriages Christenings and Interments They are to attend all great Matters of State and Honour and by them ought Proclamations to be made concerning great Matters of State The Causes of Chivalry and Gentility are referred to their Care as the right of bearing Arms Escoucheons Shields Targets Banners c. Correcting of Arms in Visitations and to observe the Descents and Pedegrees of Noblemen and Gentlemen They are the Prothonotaries and Registerers of all the Acts and Proceedings in the Court of the High Constable and Lord Marshal They have been long established in England but as some think not incorporated untill Richard the 3d. who incorporated them by Charter and placed them at Coleharbour in Thames-street London from whence they were removed to the place they now enjoy which was confirmed to them by Philip and Mary and incorporated by the Names of Garter King at Arms of all England Clarenceaux King at

Capital Ships came to the Spit-head Edward Mosely Esq of Lancashire Knighted Edinburgh Castle deliverd up by the Duke of Gourdon His Majesty set Sail from the Spit-head London-Derry made another advantageous Sally Major General Kirke came to the Lough before London-Derry The Fortress of Keyseawreart surrendered by the French to the Duke of Brandenburgh Above Eighty of the Clergy of London went in a Body to take the Oaths at Westminster-hall The Parliament of Scotland met and passed an Act to ascertain King William's Authority King William went to the Parliament at Westminster and passed Ten Acts. King William's Proclamation to offer one Hundred Pound to discover either Sir Adam Blair or Doctor Robert Grey for dispersing King James's Declaration John Studer was executed at Kingston for deserting His Majesty's Service King William went to the House of Lords and made a Speech to the Parliament King of Sweden's Envoy had Audience July An Act passed in Scotland to take away the Supremacy over Ecclesiastical Affairs James Ermendenger made Master of their Majesties Hand-Guns A Plot discovered to have fired Edinburgh and to have destroyed the Estates on the Eight instant on which discovery about Forty Persons were secured The Earl of Pembroke had Audience of the States of Holland There landed from Three French Men of War about Eight hundred Irish in Argile-shire in Scotland from Carrick fergus King William called by Writ to sit as Barons in the House of Lords Charles Lord Dursley and Robert Lord Viscount Lisle who took their places The Protestants at Inniskilling by a Sally beat a Convoy of four hundred and took two Firkins of money and fifteen Waggons of Ammunition and Provisions A Proclamation to offer Ten pound to discover any High-way man. Robert Serle Esq appointed to be Consul of Leghorne Duke Schomberg left White-hall in order to his journey to Chester towards his Relief of Ireland Duke Schomberg came to Chester being received with great respect next day viewed the ground where the Camp was to be A French Man of War brought in as a prize to Plymouth which came from Ireland The Act for Abolishing the Episcopacy in Scotland was touched with the Sceptre The Spanish Ambassadour had his publick Audience About four of the Clock in the Morning her Royal Highness Princess Anne of Denmark was brought to Bed of a Son and on the Twenty seventh was Christen'd by the name of William by the Bishop of London at Hampton Court where his Majesty declared him Duke of Glocester King William passed nine Acts of Parliament Came out a Proclamation against exporting of Salt Petre. Martin Wiscomb made Consul of Cadiz and Saint Maries London-derry in Ireland was relieved after it was brought to that extremity that five hundred ninety one Bombs had been shot into the Town and six thousand dyed for want of Provisions and five thousand fighting men left in it the same night the Duke of Berwick with King James's Forces raised the Siege and went away burning all places they left behind Aug. A great fight in Scotland betwixt General Mackay and the Lord Dundee where the latter was killed The Parliament of Scotland Adjourned to the eighth of October Pope Innocent XI dyed in the 79th year of his Age and was the sixth buried at Saint Peter's Church at Rome after he had lain three days in the Church for publick view The Earl of Torrington with the Fleet nigh the Isle of Silly designed for the Coast of Ireland Four Ships went with Provisions from Highlake to London-derry Launceston in Cornwall did present an Address to King William being the first of any County of England Duke Schomberg set Sail from Highlake and on the thirteenth landed at Bangor in the North of Ireland with the English Forces A Fight betwixt Prince Waldeck with the English and Dutch Forces and Mareschal d'Humieres with the French where near two thousand of the latter were killed the fight at Dunkell in Scotland William Forester and James Forbes Esqs and Clerks of the Green-cloth were Knighted at Hampton Court. Francis Blake of Ford Castle Knighted at Hampton Court. Carrick fergus in Ireland surrendred to Duke Schomberg after four days Siege The North Male Robbed nigh Newington in Middlesex Mr. Walker late Governour of London-derry waited on their Majesties at Hampton Court where the King presented him five Thousand pound as a Reward The Earl of Levins is made Governour of Edinburgh Castle The Earl of Torrington with the Fleet at Torbay Mr. Walker late Governour of London-derry waited on King William at Hampton Court and presented an Address Sept. The Chester Male Robbed betwixt Highgate and Whetstone A Proclamation Authorizing Commissioners for the Act of 12 d. in the pound Duke Hamilton sworn of his Majesty's Privy Council at White-hall Edward Smith Esq appointed Consul for the Canary Islands The East-land Fleet of 34 Sail passed by Weymouth Parliament met and Adjourned to October the 19th following The Dutch Ambassadours had their Audience of leave Sir John Holt Lord Chief Justice of England sworn of the Privy Council Sir Thomas Pilkington continued Lord Mayor of London for the ensuing year The King left White-hall towards his journey for New-Market Octo. The Fleet under the Earl of Torrington Sailed out of Torbay to the Spit-head A Proclamation to preserve the New River Water The University of Cambridge waited on King William at New-market The King din'd at New-market Bonn taken by the Duke of Brandenburgh after 55 days being blocked up and 26 days close Siege King William returned from Cambridge and New-market to Hampton-Court Doctor Stillingfleet Bishop of Worcester Doctor Patrick Bishop of Chichester Doctor Ironside Bishop of Bristol were Consecrated at the Bishop of London's Chapel at Fulham by the Bishop of London Bishop of St. Asaph and Bishop of Rochester The Parliament met at Westminster where King William made a Speech to them Queen of Portugal was brought to Bed of a Son. Was kept in London by the Irish Protestants the Anniversary for the deliverance from the Massacre in 1641. King William was made free of the Grocers Company and on the presenting his Freedom Ralph Box Esq was Knighted Sir George Davis made Conful of Naples Nov. Richard Lord Coot made Earl of Earles of Bellomont in Ireland Was brought into Falmouth a French Vessel taken going to Ireland with 4000 Armes and Powder and Officers A Fleet of Eighty Sail with six Thousand Foot and one Thousand Horse on Board of Danes Sailed by Hull for Scotland Envoy from Spanish Flanders had his Audience Thomas Kirke Esq made Consul of Genoua The Danish Forces arrived at Hull A Proclamation offering 200 l. for apprehending of Edmund Ludlow Lambert Blackwell Esq made Consul of Leghorne Walter Doleman Esq made Consul of Alicant in Spain An order of the Lord Mayor and Aldermen offering 500 l. to discover the Person that offered an Indignity to King William's Picture in Guild-hall Dec. Thomas Papillion Simon Macne John Agur Humphrey Ayles and James

Britain's Glory AND ENGLAND'S BRAVERY Wherein is shewed The Degrees of Honour from the Prince to the Peasant with the Honour of the Nobles and Previleges of the Commons the proper Places and Precedency of all Persons from the Throne to the Bondman more particularly in Coronations Processions Feasts Funerals and other great Assembly As also Honour of Arms Power of Heralds Signification of Charges in Coat-Armour with an Armorial Dictionary explaining the Terms of Heraldry And an account of all the Orders of Knighthood in Christendom and of the Weights and Measures of England To Which is added A Continuation of the Historian's Guide from November 1687. where the Third and Last Impression ends to June 1689. Being the Collections and Observations of Benjamine Smithurst LONDON Printed for William Crook at the Green-Dragon without Temple-Bar near Devereux-Court 1689. A TABLE TO Britain's Glory c. CHAP. I. OF the Distinction of Titles page 1 The Name of Gentleman in general Of the King. Nobles Commons CHAP. II. Of the King's Most Excellent Majesty 4 Coronation Anointing Sceptre Globe Ring Bracelet Sword. Robes Diadem and the Stones Crown Offering days Collar days CHAP. III. Of the Prince pag. 9 Of the King's Child en CHAP. IV. Of Dukes 10 CHAP. V. Of Marquesses 13 CHAP. VI. Of Earls 14 CHAP. VII Of Viscounts 15 CHAP. VIII Of Barons Spiritual and Temporal 16 CHAP. IX Of Noblewomen 20 Queen-Sovereign Queen-Consort Queen-Dowager Princesses Dames Gentlewomen Alien women CHAP. X. Of Injuries to Noblemen 23 CHAP. XI Knight of the Garter 24 The Names of the Knights 1685. The Names of the Knights 1689. CHAP. XII Knights Bannerets 29 CHAP. XIII Knights Baronets 31 CHAP. XIV Knights of the Bath 33 CHAP. XV. Knights Bachelours 37 Degrading of Knights CHAP. XVI Knights of the Round Table 41 Other Orders of Knighthood viz. Knights of St. Andrew or the Thistle in Scotland 42 Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem 44 Hospitallers ib. Templers 45 St. Lazarus in Jerusalem 46 St. Bass or St. Bassil 47 St. Katharine at Mount Sinai ib. The Martyrs of Palestine ib. Oak in Navarre 48 Lilly of Navarre ib. Band in Spain 49 Dove in Castile ib. Fish Scale in Castile ib. Lilly in Aragon 50 Mountjoy ib. Acon or Acress ib. St. James in Galici● 51 St. Saviours in Aragon ib. St. Julian or of Alcantara 52 Callatrava in Castile ib. Tuxillo or Trugillo ib. Our Lady and St. George ib. St. Mary de Merced in Aragon 53 Rosary in Toledo ib. Golden Fleece 54 D'Avis ib. St. Michael's Wing 55 St. James 55 Knights of Christ 56 Jesus Christ in France ib. Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel 57 St. Michael ib. Holy Ghost 58 The Gennet 59 Crown Royal. ib. Lady of the Star. 60 Thistle of Bourbonne ib. The Porcupine 61 Cressants of Anjou ib. Ermin in Bretaigne ib. St. Mary the Glorious of Italy 62 Holy Ghost at Rome ib. Angelick of St. George 63 St. Peter at Rome ib. St. George at Rome 64 Pius at Rome ib. Loretto at Rome ib. Glorious Virgin Mary at Rome ib. Jesus now at Rome 65 De la Calza in Venice ib. St. Mark in Venice 66 St. George at Genoa ib. Pretious Bloud of our Saviour Jesus Christ at Mantua 67 St. Stephen of Florence ib. Knot in Naples 68 Argonaute of Naples ib. Ermin in Naples ib. Annunciation in Savoy 69 Knights of St. Maurice 70 St. Maurice and St. Lazarus 71 Bear in Switzerland ib. Tutonick Order of Prusia 72 Gereon in Germany 73 St. George in Austria ib. St. Michael the Archangel ib. St. Anthony in Haynault 74 Tusin Order in Bohemia ib. St. Hubert in Gulick 75 St. James in Holland ib. St. Brice ib. The Seraphim 76 Aramanta ib. Elephant in Denmark ib. Of Christ or Sword in Livonia 77 White Eagle in Poland ib. Dragon in Hungary ib. Sword in Cyprus 78 St. Anthony in Aethiopia ib. Burgundian Cross in Tunis 79 Broom-Flower in France ib. Ship in France 80 CHAP. XVII Esquires ib. CHAP. XVIII Gentlemen 82 By Ecclesiastical Preferment 86 By Military Profession ib. In the Civil State 87 CHAP. XIX Yeomen 90 CHAP. XX. Artificers and Labourers 92 CHAP. XXI Precedency 93 CHAP. XXII Procession at a Coronation 98 CHAP. XXIII Proceeding on the Coronation day 102 CHAP. XXIV King 's going to Parliament in State 105 CHAP. XXV Coronation-Feasts 107 CHAP. XXVI Royal Feast at other times the K. present 111 CHAP. XXVII Funerals 112 CHAP. XXVIII Proceeding of the Funeral of a Gentleman Esquire Knight or Baronet 114 CHAP. XXIX Precedency of a Nobleman's Funeral from a Duke to a Baronet 115 CHAP. XXX Heralds and their Duty 116 CHAP. XXXI Heraldry 121 CHAP. XXII Ordinaries 126 Charges Common 132 CHAP. XXXIII Abatements 152 CHAP. XXXIV Points in an Escoucheon 156 Terms of Art explained 157 Weights and Measures 169 Brittain's Glory WHEREIN Is shewed the Degrees of Honour from the Prince to the Peasant the Honour of the Nobles and the Privileges of the Commons c. CHAP. I. Of the Distinction of Titles THe Name Gentleman is of such account that it is given as a proper Title to all persons from the King to the lowest Degree of those that bear Coat-Armour and also to many who though they can claim no Right to the Bearing of Coat Armour yet claim a Right to the Title of Gentleman by virtue of the Place or Office which they hold But as in the Body Natural the Members are disposed to several Offices for the preservation of the whole so in the Body Politick a Distinction of persons is accounted necessary for the preservation of the whole and such is the Policy of this Realm especially that for the better Government thereof they have made a threefold Division of persons viz. Sovereign Nobles and Commons 1. The King is our Sovereign Monarch under which name a Sovereign Queen is comprehended 2. Under the Name of Nobles are comprehended the Prince Dukes Marquesses Earls Viscounts and Barons called Lords Spiritual and Temporal 3. By the Commons are understood the Knights of the Garter if no otherwise dignified Knights Bannerets Baronets Knights of the Bath Knights Bachelours Esquires and Gentlemen together with Yeomen Artificers and Labourers And though our Law doth not call any man Noble under the Degree of a Baron yet many there be which make a Distinction between Nobiles Majores which is from the Prince to the Baron and Nobiles Minores which includes all from under a Baron to the Gentleman and leaves the rest to be called Commons When we say the Nobles of the Land the King is not comprehended by the Common Law he being the Fountain of all Nobility but is by the Civil Law. The Nobility are known by the name of the Peers of the Realm or Barons of England for anciently the Dukes Marquesses Earls and Viscounts did sit together in the King 's great Counsel of Parliament as Barons by which is understood the whole Body of the Nobility and though there be different Robes worn at their Creation yet in

to be sold at 18 d. the Quart. Tho. Shafto executed at Wapping-dock being condemned by the Admiralty Jan. The Marquess of Bedmar Envoy from the King of Spain had Audience A Proclamation against Pyrats in America Duke of Berwick made Governour of Portsmouth F. A Proclamation against seditious Books Mar. Two Proclamations to forbid the English entring into foreign Service The Commissioners sate at Chelmsford to enquire after money levyed on Dissenters The Duke of Grafton arrived in the Downs Exeter new Charter brought down by the Mayor 1688. Apr. A Proclamation against exporting of Wool c. May An Order of Council signed by the Clerk of the Council for ordering the King's Declaration of Tolleration to be read in Churches on the 20th and 27th Instant being Sundays The King went to Chatham Chester Mail robbed night Coventry Captain Froud arrived at Plymouth from the West-Indies The Seir de Lente Envoy from the King of Denmark had his Audience of Congé Jun. The Archbishop of Canterbury and six Bishops more committed to the Tower for Petitioning the King not to reade the Declaration of Toleration in Churches Sir Roger Strickland with 20 Sail of Men of War in the Downs The Archbishop of Canterbury Bishops of St. Asaph Ely Chichester Bath and Wells Peterborough and Bristoll were brought to the King's-Bench Bar from the Tower where they were sent the 8th and arraigned tryed and acquitted the 29th of May Instant Prince and Princess of Denmark came from the Bath Appointed a Day of Thanksgiving for the Birth of the Prince of Wales that was said to be born on Thinity Sunday about 10 of the Clock in the morning Naples almost ruined by an Earthquake Seignior Garstorf Envoy from the King of Denmark had Audience Marquess Cattaneo Envoy from the Duke of Modena had Audience Seignior Zeuglestm Envoy from the Prince of Orange had Audience A Call of Sergeants viz. W. Leffant John Rotheram V. Denn Sol. Lovell Sir H. Chancy W. Moses H. Trinder H. Fuller and W. Tomson Tho. Jifford Mayor of Exeter Knighted The Lord Mayor and Court of Aldermen went to kiss the hand of the young Prince of Wales the Recorder did present the Marchioness of Powis his Governerness with a Purse of Gold. July Thomas Elmes Esq Knighted Fire-works on the Thames for the Birth of the Prince of Wales James Duke of Ormond dyed in the 79th year of his Age at Kingston-Hall in Dorsetshire The King and Queen went to Windsor and went the third of August to Richmond and on the ninth to Whitehall Aug. The new Charter was brought to Newcastle upon Tyne Samuel Gerrard Esq Knighted The Mayor of Scarbrough tossed in a Blanket by a Captain that quartered in the Town Judge Allybone dyed Sep. Sir Robert Vyner dyed Sir John Shorter Lord mayor of London dyed and was buried the 12th at St. Saviour's in Southwark Belgrade taken by Storm by the German Forces Sir John Eyles sworn Lord Mayor of London Countess-Dowager of Feversham dyed at Tunbridge Lieutenant Coll. Beaumont Captain Paston and four Captains of the D. of Berwick's Regiment were at a Council of War at Windsor cashier'd for not admitting of Irishmen into their Companies Tho. Lane of St. Lawrence Lane Knighted Prince and Princess of Denmark came from Tunbridge Coll. Bevile Skelton Esq sent to the Tower. The King came from Windsor to Whitehall He went to Chatham The Queen and Prince of Wales came from Windsor to Whitehall The King's Declaration about the Parliament Sir Tho. Fitch that made Fleet-Ditch was buried at Eltham Came out the French King 's Memorials against the Pope and against the Emperour The King's Proclamation came out against the Dutch and the same day came out the King 's general Pardon The Bishop of London was restored Octob. The Charter of London restored by the Lord Chancellour and Sir W. Pritchard desired to take the Chair but he refused it The same day the general Pardon came out again with Alterations Sir J. Chapman sworn Lord Mayor of Lond. The Prince of Wales named at St. James's Chapel James-Francis-Edward A Proclamation and an Order of Council came out for restoring of Charters Liberties Rights and Franchises to all Corporations The Earl of Derby made Lord Lieutenant of Cheshire and Lancashire The Prince of Orange set sail with 50 Capital Men of War 26 smaller 25 fire Ships 300 fly Boats Pinks c. for England but by a Storm that Night was driven back again The Birth of the Prince of Wales was examined before the Privy Council The Earl of Sunderland put out of the Council and Secretary of State. The Lord Viscount Preston made Secretary c. in his room Nov. The Prince of Orange set sail with the Fleet that he had put out on the 19th of Octob. with about 100 small Ships more than was then so here was 500. A Proclamation against the Prince of Orange's Manifesto The Dutch Fleet sailed by Dover and lost a small Vessel of about 100 men The Prince of Orange landed at Torbay nigh Dartmouth in Devon with the Dutch Army about 15000 men The Lord Lovelace and thirteen of his party were taken at Cyrencester as they were going to the Prince of Orange Dr. Lamplugh Bishop of Exeter having left Exeter on the Prince of Orange's coming came up to London and K. James made him Archbishop of York Eighteen Lords Spiritual and Temporal petition K. James for a Parliament The King went to Windsor in order to his Journey to Sarum K. James came from Sarum to Whitchall Coll. Bevile Skelton made Lieutenant of the Tower. An Order by K. James for a Parliament to sit Jan. 15. The French King's Ordinance for a War with the Dutch came out Dec. Dyed at St. James's the Countess Dowager of Ossory A false Allarm of an Irish Massacre in and about London which Allarm spread over all England The Rabble up in several places for several days pulling down Mass houses and Papist's houses among others great mischief done to the Spanish Ambassadour's It ceased Decemb 12. The Lord Chancellour Jeffreys taken in Wapping and sent Prisoner to the Tower of London The Lords publish an Order to keep London and Middlesex quiet The Lords and Citizens waited on the Prince of Orange at Henley with an Address K. James stopped in a Smack nigh Feversham in Kent with him the Earl of Peterborough Sir Ed. Hales c. Four Coaches were sent for him and on the 16th he came to Whitehall on the 18th he left Whitehall and went to Sir Richard Head's nigh Rochester on the 23d he withdrew for France The Prince of Orange came to Windsor The Duke of Grafton assaulted in the Strand at the head of his Regiment The person shot dead that assaulted him The Lords publish an Order for the quieting of the Irish The Prince of Orange came to St. James's and his Forces to London The Prince of Orange visited the Queen Dowager at Sommerset-house and this day the Prince and Princess of Denmark came to

Whitehall The Aldermen and Citizens of London waited on the Prince of Orange at St. James's The Prince of Orange published an Order to return the Arms into the publick Store and an Order about quartering of Soldiers The Lords Spiritual and Temporal assembled at Westminster and ordered F. Guine Esq to sign such Orders as were made by them The Prince of Orange ordered the French Ambassadour to leave England The Peers present to the Pr. of Orange two Addresses the first of Thanks c. and to desire his Highness to accept the Government till Jan. 22. next the second to issue out Letters to the Coroners to chuse Convention-men to sit Jan. 22. The Aldermen and Citizens of London agreed to the said Address The Prince of Orange gave his Answer to the said Addresses The Prince of Orange put out his Declaration authorising Sheriffs Justices c. to act the same day his Highness received the Sacrament at St. James's by the hands of the Bishop of London Jan. The Prince of Orange published a Declaration for the better collecting the Revenue The Lord Dartmouth with the Fleet came into the Downs The Prince of Orange published an Order for regular Election of Convention-men The Sedgmore Frigot lost nigh Plymouth Dr. Seth Ward Bishop of Sarum dyed Coll. John Darcy Heir to the Earl of Holderness dyed James Howard Earl of Suffolk dyed The Prince of Orange published a Declaration for quartering of Soldiers The Countess of Huntingdon was carried through London in order to her Interrment Scotland address the Prince of Orange to take their Government upon him till March next The Prince of Orange's Declaration for paying the Seamen The Prince of Orange's Order for paying and keeping the Soldiers in order The Convention met at Westminster the Marquess of Hallifax made Speaker of the Lords House and Mr. Powle of the Commons then they desired the Prince of Orange to take on him the Administration of the Government for a farther time also ordered that a Thanksgiving-day be kept Jan. 31. at London c. and Feb. 14. in all England The Prince of Orange sent a Letter to the House of Lords about settling the Government Feb. The Order to forbid Feb. 6. to be kept a Thanksgiving-day A great number of people go to Westminster to desire the Convention to crown the Prince and Princess of Orange The Lord Mayor published an Order to prevent the tumultuous meeting at Westminster The Prince of Orange's Proclamation to prevent the abuses in Forests The Lords in the Convention agreed with the Commons that the Throne was vacant and that the Prince and Princess of Orange ought to be King and Queen The Princess of Orange landed at White-hall The Prince and Princess of Orange proclaimed King and Queen of England France and Ireland by the name of William and Mary at London on the 19th at Rippon Beverly Lancaster Hartford Ware Royston Baldock Tri●g St. Albanes Stamford Alesbury Wendover Chesham Beaconsfield Rewsborrow Colebrook Burnham Ivingo Marlo c. the 18th at Bath Cardigan c. the 23d at York Taunton c. March 5. at Bridgewater Bristoll c. the 6th at Sandwich c. K. William put out a Proclamation for the collecting of the Revenue to continue as in December last K. William's Order in Council for alteration of the Royal Family's Names in the Common-Prayer K. William made a Speech to the Lords and Commons at Westminster The Bishop of London and the Clergy of the City waited on K. William at White-hall K. William's Declaration to order the Irish to lay down their Arms by April following K. William signed the Act for the sitting of the Parliament and after the King and Queen went to Hampton-Court Sir John Read's House was robbed at Bracket-hall in Hartfordshire A Proclamation for the discovery of Mr. Brent Another for bringing in Arms imbezelled Mar. Serj. Maynard Serj. Rawlinson and Sir Anthony Keck are made Commissioners of the Great Seal of England Henry Pollexfen Esq Attorney General Sir Geo. Treby Sollicitor General Lord Willoughby Chancellour of the Dutchy Lord Lovelace Captain of the Band of Pensioners Lord Lucas chief Governour of the Tower of London The Earl of Sandwich his Funeral William Harbord Esq sworn of the Privy-Council The Brandenburghs got a Victory over the French at Nuis The Lords and Commons present an Address to stand by K. William with their Lives and Fortunes K. William desires their care of the Dutch Ireland and the Fleet. Arthur Herbert Esq John Earl of Carbury Sir Michael Wharton Bart. Sir Tho. Lee Bart. Sir John Chichesly Sir John Lowther Bart. of White-haven and William Sacheveril Esq Commissioners for the Admiralty Dr. Gilbert Burnet elected Bishop of Saraum in the place of Dr. S. Ward deceased and consecrated at Fulham by the Bishops of London Winchester Lincoln Landaff St. Asaph and Carlile The City of London made an Address to K. William Charles Sedly Esq of Southfleet in Kent Knighted K. James II. arrived at Kingsale in Ireland and on the 24th entred Dublin on Horseback and the next day published three Proclamations K. William made a Speech in the House of Lords and passed two Acts. The Parliament addressed the King to put his Proclamation out against the Soldiers that disserted The Sheriffs of all Counties of England were appointed by K. William A Proclamation for Crowning K. William and Q. Mary and Proclaimed at London on the 20th for the Coronation to be on the 11th of April next The Convention of Scotland met and chose Duke Hamilton Speaker and on the 23d sent their Answer to K. William's Letter by the Lord Rosse Sir John Chapman Lord Mayor of London dyed Sir John Berry came into the Downs with a Squadron of Men of War. The Lord Lieutenants of all the Counties of England appointed by K. William Alderman Pilkington chose Lord Mayor of London for the remainder of the year 1689. Mar. K. William signed the Act for a present Aid of 412000 l. THE Lord Coot made Treasurer and Receiver General to Q. Mary Being Easter day Sir Geo. Lockhart was shot dead as he came from Church at Edenburgh he was Lord President of the Sessions of Scotland Apr. A Proclamation for bringing in of Arms. The Convocation of Scotland voted the Throne vacant and on the 4th voted to settle the Crown on K. William and Q. Mary and on the 10th proclaimed them and declared against Bishops and made a new Oath of Allegiance to K. William and Q. Mary K. William passed three Acts of Parliament at Westminster Coll. Cunningham and Coll. Richards shipt their Regiments at Liverpool in Lancashire for Ireland Duke Frederick Mareschal de Schomberg and William Earl of Devonshire made Knights of the Garter Dr. Burnet Bishop of Sarum sworn Chancellour of that Order King William's Declaration to secure all Soldiers of English Pay though sent beyond Seas The Duke of Ormond installed Knight of the Garter Admiral Herbert sailed with his Fleet from Spithead Monsr d'Avaux