_Armorial Bearings._--In the _Court Manual of Dignity and Precedence_ it
is stated, that in the year 1798, when the subject of armorial bearings
was before Parliament, 9458 families in England, and 4000 in Scotland,
were _proved_ entitled to arms. Are any of the relative parliamentary
papers still in existence, and where are they to be found? I have been
unable to discover them in Hansard.