With a view to securing the best advice with regard to the searching of records, the Editor has secured the services of the following committee of experts : — RECORDS COMMITTEE Sir Edward Maunde Thompson, K.C.B. VVm. Page, F.S.A. Sir Henry Maxwell-Lyte, K.C.B. J. Horace Round, M.A. W. J. Hardy, F.S.A. S. R. Scargill-Bird, F.S.A. F. Madan, M.A. W. H. Stevenson, M.A. F. Maitland, M.A., F.S.A. G. F. Warner, M.A., F.S.A. ILLUSTRATIONS Among the many thousands of subjects illustrated will be castles, cathedrals and churches, mansions and manor houses, moot halls and market halls, family portraits, etc. Particular attention will be given to the beautiful and quaint examples of architecture which, through decay or from other causes, are in danger of disappearing. The best examples of church brasses, coloured glass, and monumental effigies will be depicted. The Series will also contain 1 60 pictures in photogravure, showing the characteristic scenery of the counties. CARTOGRAPHY Each History will contain Archaeological, Domesday, and Geological maps ; maps show- ing the orography, and the Parliamentary and Ecclesiastical divisions ; and the map done by Speed in i6iO. The Series will contain about four hundred maps in all. FAMILY HISTORY AND HERALDRY The Histories will contain, in the Topographical Section, manorial pedigrees, and accounts of the noble and gentle families connected with the local history ; and it is proposed to trace, wherever possible, their descendants in the Colonies and the United States of America. The Editor will be glad to receive information which may be of service to him in this branch of the work. The chart family pedigrees and the arms of the families mentioned in the Heralds' V isitations will be issued in a supplemental volume for each county. The Rolls of Arms are being completely collated for this work, and all the feudal coats will be given in colours. The arms of the local families will also be represented in connection with the Topographical Section. In order to secure the greatest possible accuracy in the descriptions of the Architecture, ecclesiastic, military and domestic, a committee has been formed of the following students of architectural history, who will supervise this department of the work : — ARCHITECTURAL COMMITTEE J. Bilson, F.S.A., F.R.I.B.A. W. H. St. John Hope, M.A. R. Blomfield W. H. Knowles, F.S.A., F.R.I.B.A. Harold Brakspear, A.R.I.B.A. J. T. Micklethwaite, F.S.A. Prof. Baldwin Brown Roland Paul Arthur S. Flower, F.S.A., A.R.I.B.A. J. Horace Round, M.A. George E. Fox, M.A., F.S.A. Percy G. Stone, F.S.A., F.R.I.B.A. J. A. Gotch, F.S.A., F.R.I.B.A. Thackeray Turner A special feature in connection with the Architecture will be a series of coloured ground plans showing the architectural history of castles, cathedrals and other monastic foundations. Plans of the most important country mansions will also be included. The issue of this work is limited to subscribers only, whose names will be printed at the end of each History. ix
