(ff. 175). HISTORICAL and genealogical notes of noble and other families of England. Peerage: Genealogical notes of noble families, by J. Torre: 17th cent.
GENEALOGICAL and heraldic collections of James Torre, of Snidall, co. York, ob. 1699, relating chiefly to Yorkshire and the northern counties of England. Five volumes. Autograph. (For an account of Torre's MSS. see the preface to Francis Drake's Eboracum.) Paper. xviith cent. Folio. From the Farnborough Fund.
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James Torre, of Snidall: Genealogical and heraldic collections: 17th cent.: Autogr. Heraldry: Collections of J. Torre, for the northern counties: 17th cent. Genealogies: Collections of J. Torre, for the northern counties: 17th cent.
(ff. 424). " NORTHERN Gentry; containing the Historicall Pedegrees of some eminent families under the Degree of Nobility, in some of the most Northern Counties of England."
(ff. 94). HISTORICAL notes of successions of Bishops and Priors [afterwards Dean] to the time of the Reformation, in the sees of: Canterbury. f. 1 ;-Worcester. f. 17;-Durham. f. 27;- Norwich. f. 42;-Winchester. f. 50;-Rochester. f. 58;-Coventry and Lichfield. f. 66;-Ely. f. 76;-Bath and Wells....
(ff. 4). DRAWINGS of northern ecclesiastical and other seals with notes. At the end is a paper on the " Seals in the Dutchy office " of Lancaster, by Francis Drake. Seals: Drawings of ecclesiastical and other seals, by J. Torre: 17th cent. Duchy of Lancaster: Paper on the seals in the office o...