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293: 108:, the descents, creations, successions, and public employments of the baronets; correct lists of existing and extinct baronets, exact tables of precedence, and an account of the institution of the order in Nova Scotia and Ireland. An explanatory index of terms in heraldry is appended. The baronets are listed by date of creation, not by alphabetical order. 122:
The English Baronetage, Containing a Genealogical and Historical Account of all the English Baronets now Existing, their Descents, Marriages and Issues, Memorable Actions both in War and Peace, Religious and Charitable Donations, Deaths, Places of Burial and Monumental Inscriptions,
39:, the elder Wotton was "a very courteous, obliging man" of the highest character, whose trade "lay much among the lawyers". Thomas Wotton succeeded to his father's business and carried it on for many years, but had retired by the time of his death. 129:, who published three folio volumes on the same subject, also rendered valuable assistance to Wotton in preparing this edition. Letters, notes, and pedigrees furnished to Wotton for his 31:
Wotton was the son of Matthew Wotton, who kept a bookshop at the Three Daggers and Queen's Head, near St. Dunstan's Church, Fleet Street, London (where the 1741 edition of his
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in 1720. The work is divided into five sections, containing an account of the institution of the order by King
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volumes a revised and enlarged edition, which often is erroneously attributed to Collins. The title is
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of Norfolk had placed their collections at his disposal and great assistance had been given by
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English Baronetage. Being a Genealogical and Historical Account of their Families
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in 1754 and Master in 1757. Among the works of others published by him were
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was issued in three volumes, under the editorship of Richard Johnson and
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Wotton died at Point Pleasant, Surrey, on 1 April 1766.
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In 1771, after Wotton's death, a further edition of the
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John Dunton
Stationers' Company
John Rushworth
Francis Bacon
John Selden
16mo
William Holman
Thornhaugh Gurdon
Arthur Collins
James I
octavo
Peter Le Neve
The English Baronetage, Volume 2, 1741
The English Baronetage, Volume 3, 1741
The English Baronetage, Volume 4, 1741
Edward Kimber
Francis Hargrave
The English Baronetage, Volume 1, 1771
"Wotton, Thomas" 
Lee, Sidney
Dictionary of National Biography
John Nichols
The Gentleman's Magazine
John Dunton
Samuel Austin Allibone
public domain
Wotton, Thomas
Lee, Sidney
Dictionary of National Biography
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