in heraldry, the coat-of-arms of a person dead, usually placed on the front of a house, whereby may be known what rank the deceased person was of when living: the whole distinguished in such a manner as to enable the beholder to know whether he was a bachelor, married man, or widower; with the like distinctions for women.

Bishop's-Hatfield, a town of Hertfordshire in the great coach-road to the north, 19 miles from London. It was called Bishop's Hatfield, because it did belong to the Bishops of Ely. Theodore archbishop of Canterbury held a synod here, anno 681, against the Eutychian heresy. Here was once a royal palace, from whence both Edward VI. and Queen Elizabeth were conducted to the throne. King James I. exchanged the manor with Sir Robert Cecil, afterwards earl of Salisbury, for Theobald's, in the parish of Cheshunt in this county; and the lordship still remains in that noble family, who have a very fine seat here. The rectory, which is in that earl's gift, is reckoned worth 800 pounds a-year. Here are two charity schools; and there is a market on Thursdays, with two fairs in April and October.

HATFIELD and CHACE, a town in the west riding of Yorkshire, four miles from Doncaster. The chace is famous for deer-hunting. There are many intrenchments near the town, as if it had been the camp of some great army. It is said that no rats were ever seen in this town.