MEYRICK, Sir SAMUEL Rum, LL.D., RS .51.,
was educated at Oxford, 111111 zilter11'1'11'ds pl‘ilL‘hSCd
for 111:1ny1'c1'11’sz1s an advocate in the Ecclesiastical
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s11it11'as that of antiquities 1'11111 zn'chzeoloa} and
in his residence Goodiich Coiii',1 Ilere111111s1111‘,e
he gr: 11111: 1111/ accumul: 1te11 :1 1L-r1'lz11ge collection
of 1'11",n10111 which is now deposited in the South
Kensinwton Museum. His two g1'e11t110rks,11111L11
zirL st 1111111'11 authorities on the subject the1 treat
01,1110, ‘ A CritiL1'1l Inqui1'1 into 111tie11t'Ar111oui, 11s
it existed in Europe, hut 11111'tic11l1'11'11 in Fug] 11111
from the Norzm 1n Conquest to the reign of
C111'111es 11 111111 a G]o;s1'11'_v of Milit1ir1' 'Ie1111s
01 the Middle Ages,’ 3 vols 4to. ., 1824, 2111111191111
1844 , and the lettLr-press 1101111111 01‘ Joseph
Skelton’s ‘ Engraved Illustratiom 01 Ancient Arms
and Armoui" in his collection, 2 1'ols.4to, 1830,

‘ and again 1354.. Sir Sum 11e1 :1lso published "l‘lie
History and Antiquities of the County of C111-
11ig11n,’ 211111 edited I1e\1'is Dunn’s ‘ Heraldic Visita-
tions of \V1'11L‘s.’ Died 2 April, 1848, aged 65’. ~