Excerpt from A History of the College of Arms, and the Lives of All the Kings, Heralds, and Pursuivants From the Reign of Richard III., Founder of the College, Until the Present Time: With a Preliminary Dissertation Relative to the Different Orders in England, Particularly the Gentry, Since the Norman Conquest Garter, Sir William Dugdale; John Townley, Esq. Of Devonshire Place, London, for information relative to Garter Townley's family. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.