Early in the work Mr. W. Sharp generously placed at our disposal his uncompleted transcript of the 1557 Visitation (fi.I-172), which he had been forced to give up owing to failing eyesight. By collating this with the original we have made a fresh transcript, at the same time extending abbreviations and making the use of capitals uniform for the benefit of the general reader. The order of visitation at the beginning of the MS. (fi. i-vii) has also been inserted.