dal, Constable of England, and Regent of France, third son of King Henry IV; 7. Of Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, fourth son of King Henry IV-his natural daughter, Antigone, married to the Earl of Tankerville.

The thirteen following chapters of this book treat of the children of John of Gaunt, by Catherine Swinford, who were legitimated by act of Parliament, 20 Rich. II, and their numerous descendants, to the date of the publication of this volume.

Chapter 8; Of John Beaufort, Earl of Somerset, eldest son of John of Gaunt, and his children by Margaret Holand, his wife; 9. Of John Beaufort, Duke and Earl of Somerset, second son of the preceding John-and his daughter, Margaret, Countess of Richmond and Derby, mother of King Henry VII; 10. Of Edmund Beaufort, Duke of Somerset, Marquis of Dorset, Earl of Somerset and Dorset, Lord of Chirk and Chirkland, third son of John Beaufort and Margaret Holand-his children by Eleanor Beauchamp his wife ; 11. Of Henry Beaufort, Duke of Somerset, eldest son of the preceding Edmund-Of his natural son, Charles Somerset, created Earl of Worcester, by King Henry VIII, ancestor of the present Duke of Beaufort; 12. Of Edmund Beaufort, Duke of Somerset, &c. second son of Edmund, Duke of Somerset, and brother of the preceding Henry;. 13. Of Charles Somerset, Earl of Worcester, Lord Herbert of Gower, Chepstow, and Ragland, natural son of Henry, Duke of Somersethis children by Elizabeth Herbert, his first wife-and by Elizabeth West, his second wife; 14. Of Henry Somerset, Earl of Worcester, &c. eldest son of the preceding Charles -his children by Elizabeth Brown, his wife; 15. Of William Somerset, Earl of Worcester, &c. eldest son of his father Henry-his children by Christian North, his wife; 16. Of Edward, Earl of Worcester, &c. only son of the preceding Earl William-his children by Elizabeth Has

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tings, his wife; 17. Of Henry Somerset, Marquis and Earl of Worcester, Lord Herbert, &c. second son of the preceding Edward-his children by Ann Russell, his wife; 18. Of Edward Somerset, Marquis and Earl of Worcester, &c. eldest son of the last named Henry-his children by Elizabeth Dormer, his first wife; 19. Of Henry Somerset, Duke of Beaufort, Marquis and Earl of Worcester, &c. only son of Edward, Marquis of Worcester, &c.-his children by Mary Capel, his wife; 20. Charles Somerset, Marquis of Worcester, eldest son of the preceding Henry, who died in the lifetime of his father-his children by Rebecca Child, his wife.

The fifth book contains the history and descent of the Plantagenets of the House of York, from Edward IV, to Henry VII. It comprises ten chapters, and the period embraced by it is from 1460 to 1486.

The first chapter treats of Edmund Plantagenet, surnamed of Langley, Duke of York, Earl of Cambridge, and Lord of Tindal, fifth son of King Edward III-his children by Isabel of Castile, his first wife; 2. Of Edward Plantagenet, Duke of York, Earl of Cambridge, Rutland and Cork, and Lord of Tindal, eldest son of Edmund of Langley; 3. Of Richard of York, Earl of Cambridge, surnamed of Coningsborough-his children by Anne Mortimer, his first wife; 4. Of Richard, Duke of York, Earl of Cambridge, Ulster, March and Rutland, Lord of Wigmore and Clare, son of Richard of Coningsborough-his children by Cecily Nevil, his wife; 5. Of King Edward IV-his children by Elizabeth Woodvile, his wife-natural children of King Edward IV; 6. Of King Edward V; 7. Of King Richard III-his son by Anne Neville-his natural issue; 8. Of George of York, Duke of Clarence, Earl of Warwick and Salisbury, Lord of Richmond, &c. sixth son of Richard, Duke of York, brother of Edward IV, and Richard IIIhis children by Isabel Nevil, his wife; 9. Óf Margaret of

Clarence, Countess of Salisbury, daughter of the preceding George, Duke of Clarence-her children by Sir Richard Pole, Knt. her husband; 10. Of Arthur Plantagenet, Viscount Lisle, natural son of King Edward IV-his children by Elizabeth Grey, his wife.

The sixth book contains the history and descent of the House of Tudor, from King Henry VII to James I. It contains eight chapters, and the period embraced by it is from 1486 to 1603.

The first chapter treats of the history of King Henry VII-his children by his Queen, Elizabeth of York; 2. Of King Henry VIII-his children by his first Queen, Catherine of Spain-By Anne Bullen-by Jane Seymour-his natural children; 3. Of King Edward VI; 4. Of Queen Mary; 5. Of Queen Elizabeth; 6. Of Margaret, Queen of Scots, eldest daughter of King Henry VII-her children by James IV, her husband-her daughter by the Earl of Angus, her second husband; 7. Of Mary, Queen of Scots and Dowager of France-her son, afterwards King James 1, of Great Britain, by Lord Darnley, her second husband, 8. Of Mary, Queen Dowager of France and Duchess of Suffolk, third daughter of Henry VII-her children by Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, her second husband.

The seventh book contains the history and descent of the Stuarts from King James I, to Queen Anne. It comprises seven chapters, and the period embraced by it is from the year 1603 to 1706.

The first chapter treats of the history of King James I -his children by his Queen Anne of Denmark-children of Elizabeth, eldest daughter of King James I, by Frederic, King of Bohemia, her husband-natural issue of Rupert, Duke of Bavaria and Cumberland, Earl of Holderness, &c. 2. Of Charles I-his children by his Queen, Henrietta Maria of France; 3. Of Charles II-his natural issueJames, Duke of Monmouth; his issue by Lady Anne Scot,

his wife-his natural children-Charlotte, Countess of Yarmouth, and her children-the Duke of Southampton-Duke of Grafton-Duke of Northumberland-the Countess of Sussex-Countess of Lichfield-Duke of St. AlbansDuke of Richmond-Countess of Derwentwater; 4. Of King James II-his children by Ann Hyde, his first wifehis natural children; 5. Of King William III, and Queen Mary; 6. Of Queen Anne-her children by her husband, Prince George of Denmark; 7. Of Sophia, Princess Palatine of the Rhine, Electress Dowager of Brunswick Lunenburgh, &c-her children by the Elector of Hanover, her husband.

List of the Plates in the second edition of Sandford's Genealogical History of the Kings and Queens of England.

Those Plates marked with a * were not in the first edition of this Book. The letter (S.) which is placed after the Great Seals of the different Kings, signifies that the same Seal is engraved in Speed's History of Great Britain.

1.* Frontispiece, representing the Great Seal of Queen Anne, after the Union of Scotland with England, presented by Lord Chancellor Cowper; engraved by M. Vander Gucht.+

+ Michael Vander Gucht was a native of Antwerp, and a pupil of one of the Bouttats, but it is uncertain at what time he came into England. He resided in London, and inet with great encouragement, practising chiefly on anatomical figures, though he did other things. He engraved the greater number of the plates which illustrate Sir Hans Slane's Natural History of Jamaica: a large print on a sheet and a half, of the royal navy, designed by one Baston, but his masterpiece was reckoned a print of Savage, the engraver, who wrote a History of Germany, London, 1702, 8vo. to which it is prefixed. The ingenious and industrious Vertue was a disciple of this artist. Vandergucht was greatly afflicted with the gout, which disorder put an end to his life, Oct. 16, 1725, at his house in Bloomsbury, and he was buried in St. Giles's. He left two sons, John and Gerard; the latter sold pictures as well as engraved, and died in Great Brook Street, London, March 18, 1776, aged 80.

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A. Seal of William the Conqueror, (S.)-Of William Rufus (S.)-Of Henry I. (S.).

B. Seal of Henry I.+-Of the Empress Maud (S.)—Of King Stephen.+

Portraits of William the Conqueror, William Rufus, Henry I, and King Stephen, with their Arms. Headpiece to page 1.

Monument of William the Conqueror, in the Church of Caen in Normandy. p. 7.

Monument of Richard II, son of the Conqueror, p. 8.. Monument of Robert, Duke of Normandy, eldest son of the Conqueror, in the Church of St. Peter, Gloucester, with his effigy cross legged, p. 16.

Tomb of William, Earl of Flanders, son of Robert, Duke of Normandy, and two of his Seals, p. 17.

Tomb of William Rufus, in the Cathedral Church of Winchester, p. 22.

Seals-Of Henry, Duke of Normandy, afterwards King Henry II-of the same when King of England (S.)→ Of Henry, son of Henry II (S.) p. 54.

+ On the one side of the Great Seal of Henry I, the King is represented sitting on his throne, holding in his right hand a sword, and in his left a globe, surmounted by a Cross Pattee, upon which is fixed a Dove, a bird used upon the sceptre of King Edward the Confessor, as appears by his Great Seal, (Speed, p. 398.) and it is probable that this dove was taken up by King Henry as an emblem of the restoration, in some sort, of the laws of the Confessor, and the mitigation of those of his father and brother; so that practising the clemency of King Edward he would also bear his symbol or device; that as the sword in his right hand was to denote his power and justice, the dove standing on the mound on his left hand, was emblematically to demonstrate, that his government was to be mixed with clemency and mercy. The Dove was used in like manner by his successors King Stephen and Henry II, but discontinued by Richard I. It was used on the sceptre by King Henry III, Edward I, II, and III, after which I do not observe it again till Charles I.

The Seal of Stephen is different in Speed.