Records of the English Catholics of 1715

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Excerpt from Records of the English Catholics of 1715: Compiled Wholly From Original DocumentsLittle, perhaps, need be said by way of introduction to this volume of Records of the English Catholics of 1715.Apart from the great interest and importance attaching to a collection in abstract of nearly four hundred wills and letters of administration with which it opens, the genealogical value of such unpublished and authentic documents will be at once apparent, while the Index, of course, will illustrate this in a way which nothing else can.Of the two dates given at the end of each will, the first is that of execution, and the second that of probate. Where not otherwise stated, it may be assumed that probate was granted in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Somerset House being naturally the chief source of information. I am also under an obligation to H. F. Burke, Esq., Somerset Herald, and to Dr. J. J. Howard, for permission to inspect a MS., the property of Sir John Lawson, Bart., now in course of publication, to which occasional reference is made, and which at the present time is deposited at the College of Arms.The collection of wills from the Probate Court at Lincoln is of some interest, while from the bulk of the others it is difficult to know what to select as the more noteworthy.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.