New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-07-06
4 PEuARKABLE PEDIGREE.
From Notes and Queries.

From Notes and Queries
The late General Plantagenet Harrison was in some
respects remarkable parsonage. lie was man
Of aweinspiring dimensions. but bore with him most
kindly manner The History Of YORKSHIRE Of which
he the author. is a monument Of labor and peTse
verance and of the six volumes which complete il
one only has been published. and this forms DOOR
families are an important feature Of The work and
the least interesting among them Is his own, Whlch eN
tends over five closely printed pages. II bears the
following superscrpton: This pedigree represents the
concentrated glory Of world ~ A.. ,,-.,, ~,
Christ with Odn King Of Asgardla he includes In his
descent the Emperors Caudius, Docetian Constantine
mass Of scandinavian kings connects them win VIII,
lam the COnquerOr. and so on throughout the me OF
the kings Oh En glah Geecrntio1 Of himself
= George Henry De strabolge Neville PlantaSenet
amct1 God in right ii blood Prince Of Pantarenet
sklodungr (which means legitimate prince OF the legl
mate blood royal OF England and scandinavia; uke OF
Count Of Anjou, Maine. CIuienne. Poictou etc Earl
Plantagenet Neville and Percy. etc. Hereditary knight
Of the Orders Of st. George and Of the Garter General
Yucatan ls43: InCadlcr General in the army Of Perm.
is14 Bfcadier- General in Monte Vdeo, 1s45 and the
Liberty Of COrrentes in the Argentine Republic Gen
eral Of Cavalry in the Danish army during the schles-
wig Holsten war, 17A5 and aerwan' same year, ap-
polnted LeutenantGeneral Of the German Confeiera,
ton by his Imperial HiehneSa the Archdmke John Of
thereof was appointed Marshal in the Turkish army
by the sultan Abdul Medid Khan in 1873 hut was
a. tbo Turkish or any other army. Petltioned Paria
ment for summons TO Parliament by his tile Of Duke
Tancaser I'm Is3s as heir Of the whole blood OF King
Henry VI Has compiled the first six volumes folio
~ The IIStorv of the County OF York; entirely from
Jubiic Records hitherto unknown and Is the translator
Il Domesdov Book etc. Has travelled through nearly
ii. the countries Of Europe Asia. Africa and America
nnrth soutb cast west and central All his ancestors
IN the direct male line STOOD upward oi seventy -HNc
inches in stature
In the preface 10 the work the author states that il
v-.e CompiIed exclusively from the Public Records
(Which he had to deCpher and TRANSLATED the most I'M
nor,ant ard useful being those known rs the Pleas
Polls These records called the C0ram KeCe, DE
Donco Quo Warranto. AssiZc and EXchequcr Rolls
which contain the history a. every family estate ara
church i'm England little know as the archives
Of BabvIon they having hitherto lain pearls before
swine For than twelve years General Harrison
worked daily at these rolls. which began In the ftth
year Of the rel II Richard and being continued
nj The time Of his research Il here that he obtained
such facts relating ~ Yorkshire had hitherto been
unknown. The author had 10 encounter many
obstacles in the course Of his work. hut at length ac
copIished chief object Of his life 10 his satsac
In 1850 he was prohibited the use Of the reading
room at the British Museum, the reason given by Hir
Henry Ellis the chief librarian. being that he claimed
10 be Duke II Lancaster. II this was the sole reason
as General Harrison states. 70 seems very unfir step
for the authorities 10 have taken IN the event 81 The
Mss. Of the remaining volumes Of his work not ap-
pearng In print II is 10 De hoped that they will hnd
place II not I'm the British Museum at least In some
library where they will be accessible TO students OF the
genealOgy and history Of Yorkshire.