Excerpt from The Visitation of the County Palatine of Lancaster, Made in the Year 1664-5, by Sir William Dugdale, Knight, Norroy, Afterwards Garter, King of Arms, Vol. 3 James Dugdale of Clitheroe, the grandfather of sir William, is styled by Anthony 21 Wood a gentleman 8 and the grandson, with pardonable vanity, has described him as descended ex antiqua ejusdem cognom. Familia. He is also said to have borne coat armour, but by what right is not named. It was however so similar to the heraldic bearing of a family of the name of Uvedale that Wood, with marvellous puerility, conjectured that Dug dale was a corruption of De Uvedale; and he also states that sir William Dugdale seemed to be of the same Opinion, although he paid little regard to his own family and knew nothing of his ancestors,9 which may be fairly assumed to be a strong proof of their obscurity. He was however wishful to be thought a member of an ancient house, of which, unfortunately, there are no records. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.