The blazon of gentrie: deuided into two parts. The first named The glorie of generositie. The second, Lacyes nobilitie. Comprehending discourses of armes and of gentry. Wherein is treated of the beginning, parts, and degrees of gentlenesse, vvith her lawes: of the bearing, and blazon of cote-armors: of the lawes of armes, and of combats. Compiled by Iohn Ferne Gentleman, for the instruction of all gentlemen bearers of armes, whome and none other this worke concerneth.
Ferne, John,Sir,-1609.
Chadwick, John,active 1640,former owner.StEdNL
Carte, William,active 1640,former owner.StEdNL
At London : Printed by Iohn VVindet, for Toby Cooke,
1586.
A variant of the edition with Andrew Maunsell's name in the imprint.
The last leaf is blank.
The half of the genealogical tree on 2D1v was printed upside-down; this was intended to be corrected by cancels of the whole tree pasted onto 2D1v-2r, but the cancels are often simply bound in.
Signatures: A⁸ a² B-Y⁸ Z⁴ 2A⁸ 2B⁴ 2C-2H⁸ 2I⁴ 2K².
STC (2nd ed.)
ESTC
Inscription on the title page "John Chadwick ex dono Willmi Carte de Grands = Inn str; 1640". Few marginalia apparently in the same hand.
Heraldry
Lacy family
Lincoln, Earls of