From an entry in his diary, as early as 1658, Dugdale appears to have feared that a translation of the Monasticon ' would have been published by Mr. King, probably Gregory King, at that time his clerk. That such a one was prepared, as far as the first volume was concerned, is evident, since Dugdale describes it as "erroneously Englisbed in a multitude of places." The translation however, or rather the epitome which was subsequently printed, did not appear till 1692, six years after Sir William Dugdale's death. The dedication to William Brom ley, Esq., is signed J.W. It Li ascribed to James Wright, who, in 1684, published the 'History and Antiquities of the County of Rutland.' Another epitome, by an anonymous writer, was published in 1718: but believed to have been by Captain John Stevens, who, in 1722 and 1723, published two additional volumes to the Menses ticon,' which, besides an abundance of additional information in English, contained a very large collection of new charters, together with the illiatory of the Friaries,' to which no place bad been assigned in the volumes published by Dugdale. The Rev. Samuel Peck, in 1735, promised a fourth volume of the Monasticou,' which was never completed. His collections for it are in the British Museum.
An improved edition of the • Monasticon ' was undertaken in 1812 by the Rev. Bulkeley Bandinel, D.D., keeper of the Bodleian library at Oxford, who soon relinquished his task to two other gentlemen who had been called in as coadjutors, John Caley, Esq., of the Augmentation Office, and Henry Ellis, Esq., keeper of the manu scripts in the British Museum (now Sir Henry Ellis). An account of each religions house, in English, was prefixed to its respective series of Latin charters, and many new materials from leiger books, rolls, and other documents were added, including all that was valuable in Stevens's volumes, with the history of several hundred religions foundations which were unknown to Dugdale. The chief of the prints, by Holler, which ornamented the original edition, were re-engraved, and above 200 plates of churches and monasteries added, from drawings made exclusively for the work. This new edition *as completed in 1830 in six volumes folio, the last volume divided into three parts.
In 1656 Dngdale published, at his own charge, The Antiquities of Warwickshire, illustrated from Records, Leiger-Booka, Manuscripts, Charters, Evidences, Tombea, and Armes, beautified with Maps, Prospects, and Portraietures,' folio, London : this is one of the very beat of our county histories. A second edition was published, in two volumes folio, in 1730, revised and augmented by William Thomas, D.D. While this work was printing, Dugdale remained in London, during which time he had an opportunity of collecting materials for another work, which he published in 1658, The History of St. Paul's Cathe dral, in London, folio. A second edition of this work, enlarged, was published in 1716, in folio, by Edward Maynard, D.D., rector of Bod dington in Northamptonshire ; and a third, in 1818, by Henry Ellis, Eaq. The plates of the original editions, both of the Warwickshire' and tho ' St. Paul's,' were by Holler. To the two last editions of the St. Paul's' a life of Dugdale was prefixed.
Upon the restoration of King Charles II., through Lord Chancellor Hyde's recommendation Dngdale was advanced to the office of Norroy King of Arms. In 1662 he published The History of Imbanking and Draping of divers Fenns and Marshes, both in Foreign Parts and in this Kingdom, and of the Improvements thereby,' folio, London, 1662; a second edition of which, revised and corrected by Charles Neilson Cole, Esq., appeared in folio, London, 1772. This work was
written at the desire of the Lord Gorges, Sir John Marsham, and others, who were adventurers in draining the great level which extends itself into a considerable part of the counties of Cambridge, Hunting don, Northampton, Norfolk, and Suffolk. About the same time Dug dale completed the second volume of Sir Henry Spelman's Councils,' which was published in 1664 under the title of 'Comilla, Decreta, Legea, Constitutionea In Re Ecclesiarum Orbia Britannici, ab Introitu Normannorum, A.D. 1066, ad Exutum Papam, A.D. 1531. Accesserunt ctiam alia ad Rem Ecclesiasticam apectantia,' folio. Archbishop Sheldon and Lord Clarendon, who were the great encou ragers of this labour, likewise employed Dugdale to publish the second part of Sir Henry Spelman'a 'Glossary.' Having revised the first part, which had been published in 1626, and arranged the materials of the second, both were printed together In 1664 under the title of Barium Archaiologicum, continens Latino-barbara, Peregrine, Obsolete, et Novae Significationis Voeabula.' The second part, digested by Dugdale, began with the letter M. There was another edition of this work in 1687.
In 1666 he published, in folio, Origines Juridiciales ; or, Historical Memoirs of the English Laws, Courts of Justice, Forma of Trial, Punishment in Cases Criminal, Law Writers,' &c., &c., with portraits of several of the judges, and some other plates. A second edition was published in 1671, and a third in 1680. The first volume of The Baronage of England' appeared in 1675, and the second and third in 1676, folio. Upou this work he had spent thirty years of labour ; and though the corrections to be made in it are numerous, it still remains one of the best works which exist as a foundation of English history.
In May 1677 Dugdale was created Garter King of Arms, and the day after received from his Majesty the honour of knighthood, much against his will, on account of the smallness of his estate. In 1681 he published A abort View of the late Troubles in England, briefly setting forth their Rise, Growth, and Tragical Conclusion,' folio. This is the least valued of his priblications. He published also, at the same • time, The Antient Usage in bearing of such Ensigns of Honour as are commonly called Arma,' &c., 8vo, a second edition of which, with large additions, was published iu the beginning of the year following ; and a third edited by T. C. Banks, Esq., folio, London, 1811.
The last work which Dugdale published was A perfect Copy of all Summons of the Nobility to the Great Councils and Parliaments of this Realm, from the 49th of King Henry 1l I. until these present Times,' folio, London, 1685. A facsimile, with the original date of this work, was printed at Birmingham towards the close of the last century.
This industrious man died at Blythe Hall on the 10th of February, 1686, in his eighty-first year, in consequence of a cold, and was interred at Shustoke. His epitaph in Latin, written by himself, is inscribed upon a tablet near the spot of his interment.
An account of Dugdiale's manuscript collections remaining in the Aahmolean Museum at Oxford, and in the possession of his descendant, the late Dugdale Stratford Dugdale, Esq., at Merevale in Warwick shire, will be found appended to his 'Life, Diary, and Correspondence,' edited by William Hamper, Esq., 4to, London, 1827, whence the priu cipal particulars of the present life have been obtained. See also the Life' prefixed to the last edition of the History of St. Paul's; ' and Chalmers's 'Biographical Dictionary,' vol. xii. pp. 420-427.