A living map of lineage and rank. Clear, exact and unexpectedly human. William Camden's The Visitation of the County of Leicester in the Year 1619 presents a vivid, archival survey of county families: a heraldic visitation book that records historical family pedigrees alongside a contemporary coats of arms registry. Created amid the rituals of inspection that defined early modern England, it captures the language of descent, alliances by marriage and the symbols of status that shaped Leicestershire local history. This edition makes that archival material accessible and readable, useful both as a body of english genealogy records and as narrative texture for anyone curious about the social fabric of seventeenth-century England. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike. As part of the camden visitation collection and an indispensable genealogists reference guide, it is invaluable to family history researchers tracing peerage and baronetage and british nobility ancestry, and to heraldry enthusiasts consulting primary armorial records. Casual readers will find engrossing county detail and human stories behind the pedigrees; classic-literature collectors and archivists will appreciate the faithful presentation, the documentary integrity and the book's clear usefulness as a reference for research into early modern England. This edition's careful presentation makes it straightforward to cross-check parish registers, wills and other county materials; the armorial entries and pedigrees form a natural complement to modern genealogical databases and specialist studies of coats of arms registry. For anyone piecing together family lines, for scholars of rank and reputation, or for readers fascinated by the texture of early modern society, this visitation rewards both the curious and the methodical. A must for genealogists and antiquarians alike. Collectors of early printed works will value it too.