J.
Burke, A genealogical and heraldic history of the commoners of Great Britain and Ireland, 4 vols.
(1833–8); new edn as
A genealogical and heraldic dictionary of the landed gentry of Great Britain and Ireland, 3 vols.
[1843–9] [many later edns]
private collection
F.
Boase, Modern English biography
: containing many thousand concise memoirs of persons who have died since the year 1850, 6 vols. (privately printed, Truro, 1892–1921); repr.
(1965)