The first book to give a thorough description and appraisal of the undisputed seven Tournai fonts found in southern England where they had been  transported from their manufacturing base in Belgium despite being carved from heavy black carboniferous limestone (incorrectly termed 'marble').

An early and comprehensive manual for those hoping to draw-up a family tree or compile a parish history by using – pipe rolls; land sales; legal proceedings; state papers; ecclesiastical records; parish registers; wills; manorial records; grants of privileges and tithes.