Author:James Balfour (1600-1657)

Works

 * A Treatise on Surnames, but especially those of Scotland
 * A Treatise of the Order of the Thistle
 * An Account of the Ceremonies at the Coronation of Charles I at Holyrood
 * Of Charles at Scone
 * An Account of the Coats of Arms of the Nobility and Gentry of Scotland
 * A Genealogy of all the Earls of Scotland from their Creation to 1647
 * An Account of the Funeral Ceremonies of some Noble Persons
 * An Account of those who were knighted when he was Lyon
 * An Account of the Impresses, devices, and Mottoes of several of our Kings and Queens
 * The Crests, Devices, and Mottoes of the Scotch Nobility
 * Injunctions by Sir James Balfour, Lyon King, to be observed by all the Officers-at-Arms
 * The True Present State of the Principality of Scotland
 * Lists of the various Officers of State in Scotland and of the Archbishops of St. Andrew
 * Memorials and Passages of State from 1641 to 1654
 * A Full Description of the Shore of Fife