It is not our intention to lead anyone to believe that the entire contents of these web pages are our original material. Far from that, many sources were used to compile the contents you see here. This is not an attempt to plagerize material, defraud people into believing that we wrote every single word contained here, or infringe on the copyright of anyone's material.

At the same time, we would appreciate it if people would not steal images from this site for their own use... with hundreds of hours devoted to rendering the many coats of arms shown here, we consider them to have an artistic copyright.

Some of the works used in the construction of these pages include:

• Burke's Peerage, Baronetage, and Knightage, 60th edition, 1898
  (This book is available on CD-ROM, contact us for more details.)
• Burke's Peerage, Baronetage, and Knightage, 103rd edition, 1963
• Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 105th edition, 1971
• Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage, 1990
• Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage, 1939
• Lodge's Peerage and Baronetage, 1866
• Lodge's Peerage and Baronetage, 1879
• The Shilling Peerage, E. Walford, 1864
• Whitaker's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage, and Companionage, 1924
• Whitaker's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage, and Companionage, 1938
• Burke's Dormant and Extinct Peerages, 1883
• The New Extinct Peerage, L.G. Pine, 1972
• Vicissitudes of Families, Vol. 1, Sir Bernard Burke, 1869
• Manual of Heraldry, Francis Grant, 1924
• The Elements of Heraldry, William Whitmore, 1968
• Heraldry for Amateurs, J.S. Milbourne, 1908
• The General Armory of England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales, Sir Bernard Burke, 1884
• Heraldic Crests, James Fairbairn, 1892
• A dictionary of Heraldry, Stephen Friar, 1987
• And many others...

If you need to research any information that may be contained in one or more of these works, you can send us an e-mail.

We will be happy to look up and quote a paragraph or two for you. Photocopies (digital scanned images) for personal use in accordance with U.S. Title 17, will be made for $1.00 per page and delivered as e-mail attachments. Funds raised through providing this service are used to maintain this website.

However... The most accurate and up-to-date information about titled persons, Peers, Baronets, and families of the Landed Gentry is available directly from Burke's Peerage & Gentry.

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