Medieval source material on the internet: Heralds' Visitations and the College of Arms

Heralds' Visitations and the College of Arms

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• General:
  • The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640 (Richard Cust and Andrew Hopper, British History Online)
    Abstracts of the 738 surviving cases for this period, including summaries and transcripts of the documents, from records at the College of Arms and Arundel Castle. The site also includes extensive background material on the history and procedure of the court.
  • R. Sims, An Index to the Pedigrees and Arms contained in the Heralds' Visitations, and other Genealogical Manuscripts in the British Museum. (1849) (Google Books [Hints and tips])
  • The Edward IV Roll (Free Library of Philadelphia)
    Images and discussion of a lavishly illustrated manuscript from the 1460s (Free Library of Philadelphia, MS Lewis E201), which includes a mythical descent of Edward IV from Adam and Eve - this predates the incorporation of the College of Arms, but shares some of the characteristics of the inventive heraldic pedigrees that came into fashion under the Tudors and Stuarts
  • Nicholas Harris Nicolas, The controversy between Sir Richard Scrope and Sir Robert Grosvenor, In the Court of Chivalry, A.D. 1385-1390. Volume 2. (1832) (Google Books [Hints and tips])
    The volume is subtitled, "Containing a history of the family of Scrope, and biographical notices of the deponents".
    [Other copies at: Internet Archive - Text Archive:  1 ;  2 .]
  • The Scrope-Grosvenor Trial (1385-1390) (Harvard University)
    Modern English versions of selected depositions in a trial in the Court of Chivalry, from Sir N. Harris Nichols, ed., The Controversy Between Sir Richard Scrope and Sir Robert Grosvenor ... (1832)
  • Joseph Foster; ed. W. Harry Rylands, Grantees of Arms named in docquets and patents to the end of the seventeenth century ... [Volume 1.] (1915) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
    Harleian Society, volume 66.
  • Joseph Foster; ed. W. Harry Rylands, Grantees of Arms named in docquets and patents between the years 1687 and 1898 ... [Volume 2, part 1. A-J.] (1916) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
    Harleian Society, volume 67.
  • Joseph Foster; ed. W. Harry Rylands, Grantees of Arms named in docquets and patents between the years 1687 and 1898 ... [Volume 2, part 2. K-Z.] (1917) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
    Harleian Society, volume 68.
• Bedfordshire:
  • Frederic Augustus Blaydes, ed., The Visitations of Bedfordshire, annis domini 1566, 1582, and 1634 ... together with additional pedigrees, chiefly from Harleian MS. 1531 [etc]. (1884) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
    Harleian Society, volume 19. With a list of pedigrees entered at the visitation of 1669 and a list of knights and gentry from Lansdowne MS. 887.
    [Other copies at: Google Books [Hints and tips]; UK Genealogy Archives.]
• Berkshire:
  • W. Harry Rylands, ed., The Four Visitations of Berkshire made and taken ...1532; ... 1566; ... 1623; and ... 1665-66. Volume 1. (1907) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
    Harleian Society, volume 56.
    [Other copies at: Google Books [Hints and tips]; UK Genealogy Archives.]
  • W. Harry Rylands, ed., The Four Visitations of Berkshire,1532, 1566, 1623, and 1665-6. Volume 2. (1908) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
    Harleian Society, volume 57. Additional pedigrees and notes.
    [Other copies at: Google Books [Hints and tips]; UK Genealogy Archives.]
  • Walter C. Metcalfe, ed., The Visitation of Berkshire in 1566, ... (1885) (Google Books [Hints and tips])
  • Walter C. Metcalfe, ed., The Visitation of Berkshire 1664-6. (1882) (Google Books [Hints and tips])
• Buckinghamshire:
  • Walter C. Metcalfe, ed., The Visitation of Buckinghamshire, In 1566, ... (1883) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
  • W. Harry Rylands, ed., The Visitation of the County of Buckingham made in 1634 ... together with pedigrees from the visitation made in 1566 ... and some pedigrees from other sources. (1909) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
    Harleian Society, volume 58.
    [Other copies at: UK Genealogy Archives.]
• Cambridgeshire:
  • John W. Clay, ed., The Visitation of Cambridge Made in A[nn]o [1575]. Continued and enlarged w[i]th the Vissitation of the same county made ... In A[nn]o 1619 ... (1897) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
    Harleian Society, volume 41.
    [Other copies at: UK Genealogy Archives.]
  • Sir T[homas] P[hillipps], ed., The Cambridgeshire Visitation. By Henry St. George, 1619. (1840) (Google Books [Hints and tips])
• Cheshire:
  • William Langton, ed., The Visitation of Lancashire and a part of Cheshire, ... A.D. 1533, ... Part 1. (1876) (Google Books [Hints and tips])
    Chetham Society, old series, volume 98.
  • William Langton, ed., The visitation of Lancashire and a part of Cheshire, ... A.D. 1533, ... Part 2. (1882) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
    Chetham Society, old series, volume 110.
    [Other copies at: Google Books [Hints and tips].]
  • John Paul Rylands, ed., The Visitation of Cheshire ... 1580 ... The Visitation of Cheshire made ... 1566 ... The Visitation of a Part of Cheshire ... 1533 ... a fragment of The Visitation of the City of Chester ... 1591 (1882) (Google Books [Hints and tips])
    Harleian Society, volume 18.
    [Other copies at: Internet Archive - Text Archive:  1 ;  2 ;  3 ; UK Genealogy Archives.]
  • Sir George J. Armytage and J. Paul Rylands, eds., Pedigrees made at the Visitation of Cheshire, 1613, ... and some other contemporary pedigrees. (1909) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
    Lancashire and Cheshire Record Society, volume 58/Harleian Society, volume 59.
    [Other copies at: Derek Whitmore, Cheshire Heraldry.]
• Cornwall:
  • J. L. Vivian, The visitations of Cornwall, comprising the heralds' visitations of 1530, 1573, and 1620. With additions ... (1887) (FamilySearch)
    [Other copies at: Google Books [Hints and tips]; Nigel Batty-Smith, UK Genealogy Archives.]
  • J. L. Vivian and Henry L. Drake, eds, The Visitation of the County of Cornwall, in the year 1620. (1874) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
    Harleian Society, volume 9.
    [Other copies at: Google Books [Hints and tips]; Internet Archive - Text Archive:  1 ;  2 .]
• Cumberland:
  • John Fetherston, ed., The Visitation of the County of Cumberland In the Year 1615 ... (1872) (Google Books [Hints and tips])
    Harleian Society, volume 7.
    [Other copies at: Internet Archive - Text Archive; UK Genealogy Archives.]
  • Joseph Foster, ed., Pedigrees Recorded at the Heralds' Visitations of the Counties of Cumberland and Westmorland ... in 1615, and ... in 1666. [1891] (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
• Derbyshire:
  • William Dugdale The Visitation of Derbyshire, taken in 1662, and reviewed in 1663. (1879) (Google Books [Hints and tips])
    [Other copies at: Internet Archive - Text Archive:  1 ;  2 ;  3 .]
• Devon:
  • J. L. Vivian, The Visitations of the County of Devon, ... 1531, 1564. and 1620. With additions. ([1895]) (Google Books [Hints and tips])
    N.B. Todd Farmerie (in soc.genealogy.medieval postings) points out that some of the material in Vivian's edition is inaccurate - particularly the earlier parts of the pedigrees and those immediately subsequent to the visitation records.
    [Other copies at: HathiTrust Digital Library; Nigel Batty-Smith, UK Genealogy Archives.]
  • Frederic Thomas Colby, ed., The Visitation of the County of Devon In the Year 1564, with Additions from The Earlier Visitation of 1531. (1881) (Nigel Batty-Smith, UK Genealogy Archives)
  • Frederic Thomas Colby, ed., The Visitation of the County of Devon In the Year 1620. (1872) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
    Harleian Society, volume 6.
    [Other copies at: Google Books [Hints and tips].]
• Dorset:
  • Walter C. Metcalfe, ed., The Visitation of Dorsetshire A.D. 1565. ... (1887) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
  • John Paul Rylands, ed., The Visitation of the County of Dorset, taken in the year 1623, ... (1885) (Google Books [Hints and tips])
    Harleian Society, volume 20.
    [Other copies at: Internet Archive - Text Archive:  1 ;  2 ;  3 ; UK Genealogy Archives.]
• Durham:
  • Joseph Foster, ed., Pedigrees recorded at the visitations of the county palatine of Durham ... in 1575, ... in 1615, and ... in 1666. (1887) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
• Essex:
  • Walter C. Metcalfe, ed., The visitations of Essex ... 1552 ... 1558 ... 1570 ... 1612 ... 1634. ... Miscellaneous Essex Pedigrees from various Harleian manuscripts: and ... Berry's Essex Pedigrees. Part 1. (1878) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
    Harleian Society, volume 13.
    [Other copies at: Internet Archive - Text Archive:  1 ;  2 .]
  • Walter C. Metcalfe, ed., The visitations of Essex ... 1552 ... 1558 ... 1570 ... 1612 ... 1634. ... Miscellaneous Essex Pedigrees from various Harleian manuscripts: and ... Berry's Essex Pedigrees. Part 2. (1879) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
    Harleian Society, volume 14.
    [Other copies at: Internet Archive - Text Archive:  1 ;  2 .]
• Gloucestershire:
  • Sir John Maclean and W. C. Heane, eds, The Visitation of the County of Gloucester, taken in the year 1623, ... (1885) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
    Harleian Society, volume 21.
    [Other copies at: Google Books [Hints and tips]; UK Genealogy Archives.]
  • [Sir Thomas Phillipps, ed.] Visitation of Gloucestershire, 1684. (Google Books [Hints and tips])
    Contains only a small part of the record of the visitation.
  • T. Fitz-Roy Fenwick and Walter C. Metcalfe, eds, The Visitation of the County of Gloucester, begun ... 1682, and finished ... 1683. (1884) (FamilySearch)
• Hampshire:
  • W. Harry Rylands, ed., Pedigrees from the Visitation of Hampshire made ...1530 [and the visitations of] 1575 ... 1622 ... 1634 ... (1913) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
    Harleian Society, volume 64. From a collection by Richard Mundy (Harleian manuscript number 1544).
    [Other copies at: UK Genealogy Archives.]
• Herefordshire:
  • Frederic William Weaver, ed., The Visitation of Herefordshire made ... In 1569. (1886) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
• Hertfordshire:
  • Walter C. Metcalfe, ed., The Visitations of Hertfordshire, made ... in 1572, and ... in 1634, with Hertfordshire Pedigrees from Harleian MSS. 6147 and 1546. (1886) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
    Harleian Society, volume 22.
    [Other copies at: UK Genealogy Archives.]
• Huntingdonshire:
  • Sir Henry Ellis, ed., The Visitation of the County of Huntingdon, ... [1613] (1849) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
    Camden Society, old series, volume 43.
    [Other copies at: Google Books [Hints and tips].]
• Kent:
  • W. Bruce Bannerman, ed., The Visitations of Kent, Taken in the Years 1530-1 ... And 1574 [A-H]. Part 1. (1923) (FamilySearch)
    Harleian Society Publications, volume 74.
  • W. Bruce Bannerman, ed., The Visitations of Kent, Taken in the Years 1574 [I-W] And 1592. Part 2. (1924) (FamilySearch)
    Harleian Society Publications, volume 75.
  • Joseph Jackson Howard, ed., The Visitation of the County of Kent, Taken in the Year 1619 ... Part 1. (1863) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
    Reprinted from Archaeologia Cantiana, volume 4.
    [Other copies at: Google Books [Hints and tips].]
  • Robert Hovenden, ed., The Visitation of Kent, Taken in the Years 1619-1621. ... (1898) (Google Books [Hints and tips])
    Harleian Society, volume 42.
    [Other copies at: UK Genealogy Archives.]
  • Joseph Jackson Howard and Robert Hovenden, eds, Some Pedigrees from The Visitation of Kent, 1663-68. (1887) (Google Books [Hints and tips])
  • Sir George J. Armytage, ed., A Visitation of the County of Kent, [1663-1668] (1906) (Google Books [Hints and tips])
    Harleian Society, volume 54.
    [Other copies at: UK Genealogy Archives.]
• Lancashire:
  • William Langton, ed., The Visitation of Lancashire and a part of Cheshire, ... A.D. 1533, ... Part 1. (1876) (Google Books [Hints and tips])
    Chetham Society, old series, volume 98.
  • William Langton, ed., The visitation of Lancashire and a part of Cheshire, ... A.D. 1533, ... Part 2. (1882) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
    Chetham Society, old series, volume 110.
    [Other copies at: Google Books [Hints and tips].]
  • Rev. F. R. Raines, ed., The Visitation of the County Palatine of Lancaster, made in the year 1567, ... (1870) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
    Chetham Society, old series, volume 81.
  • F. R. Raines, ed., The visitation of the county palatine of Lancaster, made in the year 1613, ... (1871) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
    Chetham Society, old series, volume 82.
    [Other copies at: Internet Archive - Text Archive:  1 ;  2 .]
  • F. R. Raines, ed., The Visitation of the County Palatine of Lancaster, made in the year 1664-5, ... Part 1. (1872) (Google Books [Hints and tips])
    Chetham Society, old series, volume 84. Covers surnames Adlington-Entwisle.
    [Other copies at: Internet Archive - Text Archive:  1 ;  2 .]
  • F. R. Raines, ed., The Visitation of the County Palatine of Lancaster, made in the year 1664-5, ... Part 2. (1872) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
    Chetham Society, old series, volume 85. Covers surnames Eyves-Oldham.
  • F. R. Raines, ed., The Visitation of the County Palatine of Lancaster, made in the year 1664-5, ... Part 3. (1873) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
    Chetham Society, old series, volume 88. Covers surnames Osbadleston-Worthington and includes an index to all three parts.
• Leicestershire:
  • John Fetherston, ed., The visitation of the county of Leicester in the year 1619. (1870) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
    Harleian Society, volume 2.
• Lincolnshire:
  • Walter C. Metcalfe, ed., The Visitation of the County of Lincoln In 1562-4. (1881) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
  • Walter C. Metcalfe, ed., The Visitation of the County of Lincoln, 1592. (1882) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
    Bound with Metcalfe's edition of the 1562-4 visitation. The 1592 visitation starts at p. 319.
  • Everard Green, ed., The visitation of the county of Lincoln made ... 1666. (Bob Boynton, University of Iowa) [not available, 19 April 2015; see the Internet Archive's copy of this page, from April 2015]
    Lincoln Record Society, vol. 8 (1917). PDF file (3 MB).
  • A. R. Maddison, ed., Lincolnshire Pedigrees. Volume 1. (1902) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
    Harleian Society Publications, volume 50, from the manuscripts of Arthur Staunton Larken.
  • A. R. Maddison, ed., Lincolnshire Pedigrees. Volume 2. (1903) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
    Harleian Society Publications, volume 51, from the manuscripts of Arthur Staunton Larken.
    [Other copies at: Internet Archive - Text Archive:  1 ;  2 .]
  • A. R. Maddison, ed., Lincolnshire Pedigrees. Volume 3. (1904) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
    Harleian Society Publications, volume 52, from the manuscripts of Arthur Staunton Larken.
    [Other copies at: Internet Archive - Text Archive:  1 ;  2 .]
  • A. R. Maddison, ed., Lincolnshire Pedigrees. Volume 4. (1906) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
    Harleian Society Publications, volume 55, from the manuscripts of Arthur Staunton Larken.
    [Other copies at: Google Books [Hints and tips]; Internet Archive - Text Archive.]
• London:
  • Joseph Jackson Howard and George John Armytage, eds, The visitation of London In the Year 1568 ... since augmented both with descents and arms. (1869) (Google Books [Hints and tips])
    Harleian Society, volume 1.
    [Other copies at: Internet Archive - Text Archive:  1 ;  2 ;  3 ;  4 ;  5 ; UK Genealogy Archives.]
  • Joseph Jackson Howard and Joseph Lemuel Chester, eds, The visitation of London, anno domini 1633, 1634, and 1635, ,... (1880) (Google Books [Hints and tips])
    Harleian Society, volume 15. Volume 1 of 2, covering surnames A-H.
    [Other copies at: Internet Archive - Text Archive:  1 ;  2 ;  3 ;  4 ;  5 ; UK Genealogy Archives.]
  • Joseph Jackson Howard and Joseph Lemuel Chester, eds, The visitation of London, anno domini 1633, 1634, and 1635, made by Sr. Henry St George, kt., Clarencieux king of armes (1883) (Google Books [Hints and tips])
    Harleian Society, volume 17. Volume 2 of 2, covering surnames I-W.
    [Other copies at: Internet Archive - Text Archive:  1 ;  2 ;  3 .]
• Middlesex:
  • The visitation of Middlesex, began in the year 1663. (1820) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
  • Sir George John Armytage, ed., Middlesex Pedigrees as collected by Richard Mundy in Harleian MS. No. 1551. (1914) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
    Harleian Society, volume 65.
• Norfolk:
  • G. H. Dashwood and others, eds, The Visitation of Norfolk in the year 1563 ... Volume 1. (1878) (Google Books [Hints and tips])
    [Other copies at: Internet Archive - Text Archive.]
  • Brig.-General Bulwer, ed., The Visitation of Norfolk in the year 1563 ... Volume 2. (1895) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
  • Walter Rye, ed., The Visitacion of Norffolk, made ... 1563, enlarged with another Visitacion made by Clarenceux Cooke ... and also the Vissitation made ... 1613. (1891) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
    Harleian Society, volume 32.
    [Other copies at: UK Genealogy Archives.]
  • A. W. Hughes Clarke and Arthur Campling, editors, The Visitation of Norfolk anno domini 1664 ... Volume 1. A-L. (1934) (Google Books [Hints and tips])
    Norfolk Record Society, volume 4.
  • A. W. Hughes Clarke and Arthur Campling, editors, The Visitation of Norfolk anno domini 1664 ... Volume 2. M-Z. (1934) (Google Books [Hints and tips])
    Norfolk Record Society, volume 5.
• Northamptonshire:
  • Walter C. Metcalfe, ed., The Visitations of Northamptonshire made in 1564 and 1618-19, with Northamptonshire Pedigrees from various Harleian MSS. (1887) (Google Books [Hints and tips])
    [Other copies at: Internet Archive - Text Archive:  1 ;  2 .]
• Northern Counties:
  • [C. H. Hunter Blair, ed.] Visitations of the north. Part 3. A visitation of the north of England circa 1480-1500. (1930) (Bob Boynton, University of Iowa) [not available, 19 April 2015; see the Internet Archive's copy of this page, from February 2013]
    Surtees Society, volume 144.
  • [F. W. Dendy, ed.] Visitations of the north, or some early heraldic visitations of, and collections of pedigrees relating to, the north of England. Part 1. (1912) (Bob Boynton, University of Iowa) [not available, 19 April 2015; see the Internet Archive's copy of this page, from February 2013]
    Surtees Society, volume 122. Visitations of 1552 and 1558, and pedigrees collected in 1560 and 1561.
    [Other copies at: Internet Archive - Text Archive.]
  • Visitations of the north, or some early heraldic visitations of, and collections of pedigrees relating to, the north of England. Part 2. (Bob Boynton, University of Iowa) [not available, 19 April 2015; see the Internet Archive's copy of this page, from May 2014]
    Surtees Society, volume 133 (1921). Visitation of Yorkshire 1563-4, and pedigrees of Yorkshire and adjacent counties, 1567.
  • C. H. Hunter Blair, ed., Visitations of the north. Part 4. Visitations of Yorkshire and Northumberland in A.D. 1575, and a book of arms from Ashmole ms. no. 834. (1932) (Bob Boynton, University of Iowa) [not available, 19 April 2015; see the Internet Archive's copy of this page, from January 2014]
    Surtees Society, volume 146.
• Northumberland (see also Northern Counties):
  • George W. Marshall, ed., The Visitation of Northumberland in 1615. (1878) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
    [Other copies at: Google Books [Hints and tips].]
• Nottinghamshire:
  • George William Marshall, ed., The Visitations of the County of Nottingham In the Years 1569 and 1614, with many other descents of the same county. (1871) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
    Harleian Society, volume 4.
    [Other copies at: Google Books [Hints and tips]; Nigel Batty-Smith, UK Genealogy Archives.]
• Oxfordshire:
  • William Henry Turner, ed., The Visitations of the County of Oxford Taken in the Years 1566 ... 1574 ... and in 1634 ... together with The Gatherings of Oxfordshire collected by Richard Lee in 1574. (1871) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
    Harleian Society, volume 5.
    [Other copies at: Google Books [Hints and tips]; UK Genealogy Archives.]
• Rutland:
  • George John Armytage, ed., The Visitation of the County of Rutland in the year 1618-19, ... and other descents of families not in the visitation. (1870) (Google Books [Hints and tips])
    Harleian Society, volume 3.
    [Other copies at: Internet Archive - Text Archive:  1 ;  2 ;  3 ;  4 ; UK Genealogy Archives.]
• Shropshire:
  • George Grazebrook and John Paul Rylands The visitation of Shropshire, taken in the year 1623 ... with additions from the pedigrees of Shropshire gentry taken by the heralds in the years 1569 and 1584, and other sources (1889) (Google Books [Hints and tips])
    Harleian Society, volume 28. Part 1, covering surnames A-J.
    [Other copies at: Internet Archive - Text Archive:  1 ;  2 ;  3 ; UK Genealogy Archives.]
  • George Grazebrook and John Paul Rylands The visitation of Shropshire, taken in the year 1623 ... with additions from the pedigrees of Shropshire gentry taken by the heralds in the years 1569 and 1584, and other sources (1889) (Google Books [Hints and tips])
    Harleian Society, volume 29. Part 2, covering surnames K-Y.
    [Other copies at: Internet Archive - Text Archive:  1 ;  2 .]
• Somerset:
  • Frederic William Weaver, ed., The Visitations of the County of Somerset, In the Years 1531 and 1573, together with Additional Pedigrees, chiefly from the Visitation of 1591. (1885) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
    [Other copies at: Google Books [Hints and tips].]
  • Frederic Thomas Colby, ed., The visitation of the county of Somerset In the Year 1623. (1876) (Google Books [Hints and tips])
    Harleian Society, volume 11.
    [Other copies at: Internet Archive - Text Archive:  1 ;  2 ;  3 ;  4 ; UK Genealogy Archives.]
• Staffordshire:
  • H. Sydney Grazebrook, ed., The Visitacion of Staffordschire made ... 1583. (1883) (Google Books [Hints and tips])
    [Other copies at: Internet Archive - Text Archive:  1 ;  2 ; University of Florida Digital Collections.]
  • H. Sydney Grazebrook, ed., The Heraldic Visitations of Staffordshire made ... in 1614, and ... in the years 1663 and 1664. (1885) (Google Books [Hints and tips])
    [Other copies at: HathiTrust Digital Library.]
  • Sir George J. Armytage and W. Harry Rylands, eds, Staffordshire Pedigrees based on the visitation of that county made ... in the years 1663-1664, from the original manuscript written by Gregory King ... (1912) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
    Harleian Society, volume 63.
• Suffolk:
  • Joseph Jackson Howard, ed., The visitation of Suffolke, made ... 1561, with additions from family documents, original wills, Jermyn, Davy and other MSS., &c. Volume 1. (1866) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
  • Joseph Jackson Howard, ed., The visitation of Suffolke, made ... 1561, with additions from family documents, original wills, Jermyn, Davy and other MSS., &c. Volume 2. (1868 etc) (Google Books [Hints and tips])
    [Other copies at: Internet Archive - Text Archive:  1 ;  2 .]
  • Walter C. Metcalfe, ed. The Visitations of Suffolk, made ... 1561, ... 1577, and ... 1612, with notes and an appendix of additional Suffolk pedigrees (1882) (Google Books [Hints and tips])
    [Other copies at: Internet Archive - Text Archive:  1 ;  2 .]
• Surrey:
  • W. Bruce Bannerman, ed., The visitations of the county of Surrey made and taken in the years 1530 ... 1572 ...and 1623 ... (1899) (Google Books [Hints and tips])
    Harleian Society, volume 43.
    [Other copies at: Internet Archive - Text Archive:  1 ;  2 ;  3 .]
  • Sir George J. Armytage, ed., A Visitation of the County of Surrey, ... [1662-1668] (1910) (UK Genealogy Archives)
    Harleian Society, volume 60.
• Sussex:
  • W. Bruce Bannerman, ed., The Visitations of the County of Sussex, Made and taken in the years 1530 ... And 1633-4 ... (1905) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
    Harleian Society, volume 53.
    [Other copies at: Google Books [Hints and tips].]
• Wales:
  • Sir Samuel Rush Meyrick, ed., Heraldic Visitations of Wales and Part of the Marches between the years 1586 and 1613, ... by Lewys Dwnn ... volume 1. (1846) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
  • Sir Samuel Rush Meyrick, ed., Heraldic Visitations of Wales and Part of the Marches between the years 1586 and 1613, ... by Lewys Dwnn ... volume 2. (1846) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
• Warwickshire:
  • John Fetherston, ed., The Visitation of the County of Warwick In the Year 1619 ... (1877) (Google Books [Hints and tips])
    Harleian Society, volume 12.
    [Other copies at: Internet Archive - Text Archive:  1 ;  2 ;  3 ; UK Genealogy Archives.]
  • W. Harry Rylands, ed., The Visitation of the County of Warwick ... [1682-1683] (1911) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
    Harleian Society, volume 62.
• Westmorland:
  • The heraldic visitation of Westmoreland, made in the year 1615, By Sir Richard St. George, Knt., Norroy King at Arms. (1753) (Google Books [Hints and tips])
  • Joseph Foster, ed., Pedigrees Recorded at the Heralds' Visitations of the Counties of Cumberland and Westmorland ... in 1615, and ... in 1666. [1891] (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
• Wiltshire:
  • Walter C. Metcalfe, ed., The Visitation of Wiltshire 1565 ... together with Additional Wiltshire Pedigrees ... (1897) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
    [Other copies at: Google Books [Hints and tips].]
  • [Sir Thomas Phillipps, ed.] Visitatio Heraldica Comitatus Wiltoniae, A.D. 1623. (1828) (Google Books [Hints and tips])
  • George W. Marshall, ed., The Visitation of Wiltshire 1623. (1882) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
    [Other copies at: Internet Archive - Text Archive.]
• Worcestershire:
  • W. P. W. Phillimore, ed., The visitation of the county of Worcester made in the year 1569, with other pedigrees relating to that county from Richard Mundy's collection (1888) (Google Books [Hints and tips])
    Harleian Society, volume 27.
    [Other copies at: Internet Archive - Text Archive:  1 ;  2 ;  3 ; UK Genealogy Archives.]
  • Walter C. Metcalfe, ed., The Visitation of the County of Worcester, begun ... 1682, and finished ... 1683 ... With Additions by the Late Sir Thomas Phillipps, Bart. (1883) (Google Books [Hints and tips])
    [Other copies at: Internet Archive - Text Archive:  1 ;  2 .]
• Yorkshire (see also Northern Counties):
  • Charles Best Norcliffe, ed., The Visitation of Yorkshire in the years 1563 and 1564, ... (1881) (Google Books [Hints and tips])
    Harleian Society, volume 16.
    [Other copies at: Internet Archive - Text Archive:  1 ;  2 .]
  • Visitations of the north, or some early heraldic visitations of, and collections of pedigrees relating to, the north of England. Part 2. (Bob Boynton, University of Iowa) [not available, 19 April 2015; see the Internet Archive's copy of this page, from May 2014]
    Surtees Society, volume 133 (1921). Visitation of Yorkshire 1563-4, and pedigrees of Yorkshire and adjacent counties, 1567.
  • Joseph Foster, The Visitation of Yorkshire, made in the Years 1584/5 ... The subsequent Visitation made in 1612 ... with several additional pedigrees [etc] (1875) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
  • Robert Davies, ed., The visitation of the county of Yorke, begun in A. D. MDCLXV, and finished A. D. MDCLXVI by William Dugdale. (1859) (Making of America, University of Michigan)
    Surtees Society, volume 36. Choice of images, PDF files or text, with a search facility (but beware of sometimes inaccurate text conversion).
    [Other copies at: UK Genealogy Archives.]
  • J. W. Clay, ed., Dugdale's Visitation of Yorkshire, with additions. [1665-1666] (1894) (Google Books [Hints and tips])
  • Joseph Foster, Pedigrees of the county families of Yorkshire. Volume 2 - West Riding. (1874) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)
  • Joseph Foster, Pedigrees of the county families of Yorkshire. Volume 3 - North and East Riding. (1874) (Internet Archive - Text Archive)