Notitia anglicana : shewing I. The atchievements of all the English nobility compleat (i.e.) their several quarterings or pretensions; being the arms of the most eminent families in Great Britain and Ireland; also their impalements &c., as well as their paternal coats, crests, supporters, and mottos : II. Their several titles of honour, whether hereditary, or by great offices in the state; together with just and correct blasons of their said atchievements, and reasons for many of their particular bearings, &c. To which is added, by way of introduction, a concise essay upon the nature, rise and intent of arms and armory, shewing their progressive growth, in the practice of both the ancients and moderns, together with sufficient rules and observations, for attaining a perfect knowledge in that science / Andrew Johnston. Curiously drawn and engrav'd by the ingenious Mr. Gardiner and other eminent masters