HISTORIOGRAPHER TO THE ROYAL HISTORICAL SOCIETY; FELLOW OF THE OF THE HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY OF NEW ENGLAND VOL. IV. LONDON INTED FOR THE ROYAL HISTORICAL SOCIETY PREFACE. A CHIEF design entertained by the founders of the Royal Historical Society to procure materials for history from unexplored or recondite sources, is in a great measure realised in the Papers which constitute the present volume. It is the constant aim of the Council to secure such contributions as may promote discussion at the Monthly Meetings and at the same time prove useful in the permanent record of the Society's Transactions. Since the publication of vol. iii. the number of Fellows has increased from 383 to 466. A Library, supplied by the contributions of Members, has been opened at the Society's Rooms. CHARLES ROGERS, Historiographer. SOCIETY'S ROOMS, II CHANDOS STREET, CAVENDISH SQUARE, W., |