The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700
Robert Glover ( 1544 - 1588)
Officer of arms, herald, genealogist, and antiquarian. He held the office of Somerset Herald of Arms in Ordinary at the College of Arms in London from 1571 until his death. He conducted "visitations" to various counties (including Yorkshire) to register and regulate the coats of arms of nobility and gentry and to record pedigrees. In that capacity, he is author of "The visitation of Yorkshire, made in the years 1584/5," which survives in a few manuscripts. A modern editions was edited and privately published by Joseph Foster in 1875. Thoresby in one instance misidentifies Robert as "Richard" (518). Dictionary of National Biography entry: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Glover_(officer_of_arms) Other biography: https://doi-org.cyber.usask.ca/10.1093/ref:odnb/10833 Authority - early modernRelevant locations: Lived at or near London, England
Visited Yorkshire, England
Relationships: Mr. Glover (-) was a same person as? (uncertain) Robert Glover
Linked print sources: as Mentions or references - Ducatus Leodiensis; or the topography of the town and parish of Leedes and parts adjacent ...
References in Documents:
Thoresby, Musaeum Thoresbyanum (1713) 30. An 1590 . The Sheriffs of the
same County from1155 to 1663 . A short List of the No
bility and Gentry in the Bishoprick of
that dwelt between
Gentry whose Names end in
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ters relating to
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whose Hand occurs frequently, and who hath
added, The
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of the Names and Arms of theAlphabetical List
Nobility and
Gentry, with the List of those in
Gentry
Yorkeshire
same County from
bility and Gentry in the Bishoprick of
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Knights
that dwelt between
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, Temp.Tees
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Gentry whose Names end in
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Knights of the Garterfrom the Foundation of the
Order to the Earl of
, Temp.Stafford
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Roman Stations
in the
North ofEngland , the ancient and modern Names. Char
ters relating to
Fountain's-Abbey. This, and the preceding
were formerly the Books of
Barth. Towers
(andLeedes
were presented to me by
Hinks
been perused by the
Hen. Fairfax
,Bolton-Percy
Lords
Presidents of the Council at Yorke, from the first Erection of that
Presidents of the Council at Yorke
Court
.Stafford
Thoresby, Musaeum Thoresbyanum (1713) 36. The 1584 . This was when the noted
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Visitation of Yorkeshire
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