LINCOLNSHIRE.-1562-4 and 1592, printed in The Genealogist by W. C. Metcalfe; also separately issued in 1882. LONDON.-1568, printed for the Harleian Society, vol. i., by J. J. Howard and G. J. Armytage; also London and MIDDLESEX.-1663-4, printed by Sir T. Phillipps, 1820, fo. Mr. NORFOLK.-1563, begun to be printed by the Norfolk and Norwich Archæological Society very many years ago, but is now being issued at the rate of a few pages per annum. 1563, 1589, and 1613, preparing to be printed for the Harleian Society by W. Rye. An index has been printed by Mr. Athill to the last Norfolk Visitation. NORTHAMPTON.-1564, 1618-9, printed by W. C. Metcalfe. NORTHUMBERLAND.-1615, printed in The Genealogist by Dr. Marshall; also separately issued in 1878. NOTTINGHAM.-1569, 1614, printed for the Harleian Society (vol. iv.) by Dr. Marshall. OXFORD.-1566, 1574, and 1634, printed for the Harleian Society, vol. v., by W. H. Turner. RUTLAND.-1618, printed for the Harleian Society, vol. iii., by G. J. Armytage. SOMERSET.-1531, 1573, and part of 1591, printed by F. W. Weaver, 1885, 8vo. 1623, printed for the Harleian Society, vol. xi., by F. T. Colby; also partially printed by Sir T. Phillipps, 1838. STAFFORD.-1583, 1614, and 1663-4, printed for the W. Salt Society, by H. S. Grazebrook. 1663 (an abstract), printed by Sir T. Phillipps, 1854. SUFFOLK.-1551, 1577, 1611, printed by W. C. Metcalfe. 1561, 2 vols., containing only a few pedigrees annotated, printed by Dr. Howard; never completed or indexed. SURREY.-1623, begun to be printed by the Surrey Archæological Society in 1858, but that society seems about as prompt in its issue as the Norfolk society. An index to the pedigrees printed has been privately issued by W. C. Metcalfe. WARWICK.-1619, printed for the Harleian Society, vol. xii., by J. Fetherston; and partially in the Warwickshire Magazine, 8vo. 1859; (selections from), printed by the Rev. G. H. Dashwood at his private press, 1865, very scarce; and also partially in the Warwickshire Antiquarian Magazine, cf. Genealogist (n. s.), iii. 36. WESTMORELAND.-1530, printed for the Surtees Society, vol. xli. 1615, printed by J. G. Bell, Bedford Street, Covent Garden, 8vo., 1853. WILTS.-1623-77, printed by Dr. Marshall, 1882, 8vo. A portion of the Visitation of 1677 was printed by Sir T. Phillipps, 1828, folio. WORCESTERSHIRE.--1682-3, printed by W. C. Metcalfe, 1883. Additions to this in the Midland Antiquary, and separately, 22 pp. 8vo. YORK.-1530, printed for the Surtees Society, vol. xli., by W. H. D. Longstaffe. 1563-4, printed for the Harleian Society, vol. xvi., by C. B. Norcliffe, 1881. 1584-5 and 1612, by J. Foster. 1584-5 and 1612, by J. Foster, 1875. 1666, printed for the Surtees Society, 1859, vol. xxxvi. 1860, 8vo., and Index by G. J. Armytage, 1872, 8vo. Most of the above, however, have been printed from transcripts, and in several cases from incorrect and incomplete transcripts, so reference should always be made to the original Visitations in the College of Arms. Besides those printed there are many other MS. Visitations. A list of those not yet printed, by Dr. Marshall, will be found in The Genealogist (n. s.), iii. 115. Mr. Rylands has published a work, called Disclaimers at the Heralds' Visitations, which is of great interest; but the reader must not conclude that all the four thousand odd who disclaimed had not a legal right to arms, for in many cases the disclaimer was made to save the Heralds' fees, or from political reasons, or because the person had evidently been surnamed in error. The Funeral Certificates, already referred to (p. 82), are very valuable records, and give a mass of information about the family of the buried man; an extensive series is amongst the records in the Heralds' College. THE BODLEIAN LIBRARY, OXFORD.1 The Bodleian is open at 9 a.m. throughout the year, closing at 3 p.m. in January, 4 p.m. in February and March, 5 p.m. from April to July inclusive, 4 p.m. in August and to the end of October, and again at 3 p.m. in November and December. When there is a sermon before the University, some four or five times a year, it is not open till 11. It is closed on Sundays, on January 1st to 6th, Good Friday to end of Easter week, Ascension Day, Whit Monday and Tuesday, Commemoration Day, on October 1st to 7th, November 7th and 8th (or 6th and 7th when the 8th is a Sunday), and from Christmas Eve to the end of the year. Attached to the Bodleian is the Radcliffe Camera, which is, in effect, a separate reading-room in a building close to the Bodleian. This is open from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. on all days except Sundays, the four days next before Easter, the three days ending on the first Saturday in July, the three days ending on the last Saturday in September, and on Christmas Day and three adjoining week days. Anyone working at the Bodleian, say in January, can give up his printed books or MSS. or charters to an attendant at 3 p.m. They will be carried across to the Radcliffe, and he can then work up to 10 o'clock at night. A letter to Bodley's librarian, asking that a particular MS. might be sent over to the Radcliffe, has enabled at least one student to run down to Oxford by an afternoon train, finish a severe piece of collation, and return to London the same night. All graduates of Oxford have the right of entry, but other 1 For reports on other Oxford MSS., see p. 162. persons are admitted to study on presenting a satisfactory recommendation. As to this and all other matters the authorities are exceedingly liberal and courteous. Turner's printed catalogue of Bodleian Charters has already been noticed. The MS. catalogue of the Library1 fills nearly 800 vols. Admirable catalogues of the Tanner MSS., Ashmolean MSS., and Rawlinson MSS. have recently been printed, and can be had. For a calendar of the Clarendon State Papers see p. 60; and see Dodsworth in Index. CAMBRIDGE 2 UNIVERSITY LIBRARY. This is subject to a series of cramped and illiberal rules. Persons, not being members of the university, desiring tickets of admission to the library, are required to present to the Syndicate letters from two members of the Senate, certifying that the applicant is known to them to be a student in some specified subject, and is a fit and proper person to be admitted to the library. A person thus favoured is permitted to use the library between the hours of 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. on Saturdays, and 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. on other days, except on the days when the library is re-opened or is closed for any quarter. Permissions do not entitle the holder to have access to the locked cases of very rare and early printed books, and the permits expire on the 20th of October of each year. The library is closed on the following days :-December 24th to 28th inclusive, Ash Wednesday, from the Thursday 1 While at Oxford the student should remember the Ashmolean Library (see Sims, 446), and look at Coxe's printed catalogue of MSS. at the different colleges and halls, 2 vols. 4to., Oxford, 1852. There are also separate calendars of the MSS. of several colleges, e.g., All Soul's, which has also published an admirable volume of its archives. 2 For reports on other Cambridge MSS., see p. 161. before to the Tuesday after Easter inclusive, Ascension Day, Monday after Whitsun Day, Sundays and Public Fasts or Thanksgivings, 15th to 30th of September inclusive, two days after the other three Quarter Days. A very poor catalogue of the MSS. in the University Library was published at the University Press in 1846, in 5 vols. 8vo., with an index by Luard in 1857. The Parker MSS. in the catalogue of Corpus Library, by Stanley, 1722, fo., and St. John's, by commission, 1843, were calendared by Nasmith, 4to., 1727, the Caius MSS., by Smith, 8vo., 1849. An excellent index to the Baker MSS. was published by Macmillan in 1848, 8vo. **A few words as to the antiquarian booksellers may not be out of place. Facile princeps for important MSS. and rare books is Bernard Quaritch of 15, Piccadilly, who though necessarily high in his prices is more a librarian than a bookseller, for he will often freely allow access to his treasures, and sometimes (crede experto) even lend them to a non-buyer. J. Sage of Newman's Row, Lincoln's Inn, makes a speciality of Record books, and has always a large stock of them and other antiquarian works, of which he issues periodical catalogues. Ridler of 45, Booksellers' Row, follows respectfully in Quaritch's wake, and his catalogues, which are low priced, sell out speedily, so should be attended to at once. Willis and Sotheran, and Reeve's and Turner, both of the Strand, also deal largely (inter alia) in antiquarian works. For County Histories in good bindings, Bain of 1, Haymarket; Toovey of 177, Piccadilly; and Walford of 320, Strand, are renowned, while bargains may often be picked up from the catalogues of D. Nutt, 270, Strand; Bull and Auvrache, 35, Hart Street; U. Maggs, 159, Church Street, Paddington; Russell Smith of Soho Square; H. Gray, 47, Leicester Square; Burn and Oates (Roman Catholic), Orchard Street, W.; and J. Nield, 14, Great Russell Street. A list of country booksellers, who deal in old county books, e.g., Golding of Colchester, Hunt of Norwich, &c., would be very useful. |