A MANUAL

FOR THE

GENEALOGIST, TOPOGRAPHER, ANTIQUARY,

AND

LEGAL PROFESSOR,

CONSISTING OF

DESCRIPTIONS OF PUBLIC RECORDS; PAROCHIAL AND

OTHER REGISTERS; WILLS; COUNTY AND FAMILY
HISTORIES; HERALDIC COLLECTIONS IN

PUBLIC LIBRARIES, ETC. ETC.

BY

RICHARD SIMS,

OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM,

Compiler of the "Index to the Heralds' Visitations," the "Handbook to
the Library of the British Museum,” etc.

SECOND EDITION.

LONDON:

JOHN RUSSELL SMITH,

86, SOHO SQUARE.

MDCCCLXI