officers would not often be found in the disturbed countryside. Thus the visitations are confined to areas under firm control of the Dublin administration. Today, the original visitation and related manuscripts are in the custody of the Chief Herald of Ireland. Copies are also deposited at the College of Arms in London. Published editions England Bedfordshire Berkshire Buckinghamshire Cambridgeshire Cheshire Cornwall (Index pp. 643–672 ) (see also: Cornish heraldry) Cumberland Derbyshire Devon (see also: Devon heraldry) Listing of Devonshire "Ignobile Omnes", deemed by William Camden, Clarenceux King of Arms in 1620 (through his 2 deputies) "all ignoble", unable to prove their pedigrees to satisfy the heralds that they were entitled to be called armigerous or gentleman. To be classed as "ignobiles" was to be publicly shamed. (Published in Worthy, Charles, (Principal Assistant to Somerset Herald in Ordinary), "Devonshire Wills", London, 1896, derived from MS.Harl.1080,fo.342) Dorset County Durham Essex Gloucestershire Hampshire Herefordshire Hertfordshire Huntingdonshire Kent Lancashire Leicestershire Lincolnshire London Middlesex Norfolk (see archive.org text ) Northamptonshire Northumberland Nottinghamshire Oxfordshire Rutland Shropshire Somerset Staffordshire Suffolk Archive.org text Archive.org text Surrey Sussex Warwickshire Westmorland Wiltshire Worcestershire Yorkshire Wales See also College of Arms Court of the Lord Lyon King of Arms Notes Bibliography (contains lists and indexes of the manuscript copies and published editions of the visitations, and family names included within them) (contains texts of visitation patents of aid, commissions, appointments of deputies etc.) External links Heraldic Visitations of Cheshire The Harleian Society Notes from the visitation of William Fellows, Lancaster Herald, at Carmarthen in 1530: Jones, Francis, The Carmarthenshire Historian, vol. 20, (1985) 65-71. Free Visitations online Heraldry Historical eras British genealogy Heraldry and law