John Paul Rylands, FSA (1846 – 22 March 1923,

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. John Paul Rylands was the son of Thomas G. Rylands. He was admitted to the Bar from the

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. He married Mary Isabel (c. 1862–1946), who bore him two sons in the 1880s. He died on 22 March 1923 at Birkenhead.''

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'', 26 March 1923, p. 1

Works

*(ed.) ''The visitation of Cheshire in the year 1580'', by Robert Glover, 1882 *(ed.) ''Cheshire and Lancashire funeral certificates, A.D. 1600 to 1678'', 1882 *(ed.) ''The visitation of the county of Dorset, taken in the year 1623'', by Henry Saint-George, 1885 *(ed. with George Grazebrook
''The Visitation of Shropshire Taken in the Year 1623''
by Robert Tresswell, 1889 *''Notes on book-plates (ex libris) : with special reference to Lancashire and Cheshire examples, and a proposed nomenclature for the shapes of shields'', 1889 *(ed.) ''Lancashire and Cheshire wills and inventories, 1563 to 1807, now preserved at Chester'', 1897 *(ed.) ''Pedigrees made at the visitation of Cheshire, 1613 : taken by Richard St.-George esq., Norroy king of arms and Henry St.-George, gent., Bluemantle pursuivant of arms; and some other contemporary pedigrees'', 1909

References

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