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*[https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/britain-knights-of-the-realm-and-commonwealth-index Britain Knights of the Realm and Commonwealth] index | *[https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/britain-knights-of-the-realm-and-commonwealth-index Britain Knights of the Realm and Commonwealth] index | ||
== | ==England Nobility== | ||
The nobility is a class of people who had special political and social status. Nobility is inherited or granted by the Crown as a reward to people who perform a heroic deed, achieve greatness in some endeavor, or hold a prominent government position. | The nobility is a class of people who had special political and social status. Nobility is inherited or granted by the Crown as a reward to people who perform a heroic deed, achieve greatness in some endeavor, or hold a prominent government position. | ||
{{Wikipedia|Peerage of England}} | {{Wikipedia|Peerage of England}} | ||
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==Knights Of The Realm & Commonwealth Index== | ==Knights Of The Realm & Commonwealth Index== | ||
[https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/britain-knights-of-the-realm-and-commonwealth-index Britain, Knights of the Realm and Commonwealth] | [https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/britain-knights-of-the-realm-and-commonwealth-index Britain, Knights of the Realm and Commonwealth] | ||
==Visitations, Heraldic== | |||
Because of frequent false claims to coats of arms, kings’ heralds required descents to be documented. These pedigrees are called "visitations." Many visitations from the 16th and 17th centuries have been published by the Harleian Society and other private groups. Those available at the FamilySearch Library are listed in the Place Search of the FamilySearch Catalog under: | Because of frequent false claims to coats of arms, kings’ heralds required descents to be documented. These pedigrees are called "visitations." Many visitations from the 16th and 17th centuries have been published by the Harleian Society and other private groups. Those available at the FamilySearch Library are listed in the Place Search of the FamilySearch Catalog under: | ||
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*Squibb, G.D. ''Visitation Pedigrees and the Genealogist''. Revised Edition. London, England: Pinhorns, 1978. (FS Library book {{FSC|410055|title-id|disp=942 A1 no. 702, 1978}}.) | *Squibb, G.D. ''Visitation Pedigrees and the Genealogist''. Revised Edition. London, England: Pinhorns, 1978. (FS Library book {{FSC|410055|title-id|disp=942 A1 no. 702, 1978}}.) | ||
==Directories of Noble Families== | |||
The various compilations of peerages, baronetages, knights and landed families can be found in any decent public library, although they probably only have the current edition. For older ones consult an older university library, interloan, or the FamilySearch Catalog. Many of them should come with a warning not to believe everything written by the families encompassed therein, as aggrandisement as well as pruning of socially unacceptable branches and twigs is common! Nonetheless, many present-day ‘ordinary’ families have sprung from the younger sons of younger sons within these pages, so it is worth checking for clues. There is genealogical and biographical information not only about the title holders but about the families they married into and about their descendants. The amount of detail differs but most are arranged as a paragraph pedigree (or narrative descent). | The various compilations of peerages, baronetages, knights and landed families can be found in any decent public library, although they probably only have the current edition. For older ones consult an older university library, interloan, or the FamilySearch Catalog. Many of them should come with a warning not to believe everything written by the families encompassed therein, as aggrandisement as well as pruning of socially unacceptable branches and twigs is common! Nonetheless, many present-day ‘ordinary’ families have sprung from the younger sons of younger sons within these pages, so it is worth checking for clues. There is genealogical and biographical information not only about the title holders but about the families they married into and about their descendants. The amount of detail differs but most are arranged as a paragraph pedigree (or narrative descent). | ||
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*'''1673''' - ''An Alphabetical Account of the Nobility and Gentrey Which are (or lately were) related unto the several Counties of England and Wales'' (1673) online at [https://books.google.com/books?id=SSo6AQAAMAAJ Google Books] - free. | *'''1673''' - ''An Alphabetical Account of the Nobility and Gentrey Which are (or lately were) related unto the several Counties of England and Wales'' (1673) online at [https://books.google.com/books?id=SSo6AQAAMAAJ Google Books] - free. | ||
==Peerage== | |||
''The Complete Peerage aka Cokayne'' | ''The Complete Peerage aka Cokayne'' | ||
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See also [[England Heraldry]] and [[England Genealogy]]. | See also [[England Heraldry]] and [[England Genealogy]]. | ||
==Baronetage== | |||
''The Complete Baronetage'' by Cockayne is again the most reliable work but only covers those baronetcies created 1611-1800. Some editions of Burke’s and Debrett’s also include pedigrees of baronets.<ref>Christensen, Penelope. "England Records of Noble and Armigerous Families - International Institute, " ''The International Institute of Genealogical Studies'' (2012), https://familysearch.org/wiki/en/England_Records_of_Noble_and_Armigerous_Families_%28National_Institute%29.</ref> | ''The Complete Baronetage'' by Cockayne is again the most reliable work but only covers those baronetcies created 1611-1800. Some editions of Burke’s and Debrett’s also include pedigrees of baronets.<ref>Christensen, Penelope. "England Records of Noble and Armigerous Families - International Institute, " ''The International Institute of Genealogical Studies'' (2012), https://familysearch.org/wiki/en/England_Records_of_Noble_and_Armigerous_Families_%28National_Institute%29.</ref> | ||
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{{Place|England}} | {{Place|England}} | ||
[[Category:England | [[Category:England]] | ||
[[Category:Nobility]] | [[Category:Nobility]] | ||
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