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The Blood Royal of Britain by the Marquis of Ruvigny and Raineval

London, 1903

This is a roll of the living descendants (in 1903) of Edward IV and Henry VII. The same author’s The Plantagenet Roll of the Blood Royal, listing living descendants (in 1911) of Edward III, is on Ancestry:

bit.ly/anc-plantagenet. Complete Peerage by George Edward Cokayne et al. London, 1887–1995 All eight volumes of the first edition are freely available on archive.org. Peerage and Baronetage by John Burke et al.

London, 1826–2003

Burke’s Peerage, as it was known, was updated annually from 1847. A 1914 edition is on archive.org. Right Royal Bastards by Peter Beauclerk-Dewar and Roger Powell

Burke’s Peerage, London, 2006 The authors cover royals from the 15th century up to Edward VIII. The Royal Bastards of Medieval England by Chris Given-Wilson and Alice Curteis

Routledge, London, 1984

This book was republished in 1995.

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