Clarence President in his stead for the same No sooner was his Father dead but he reclaimed himself and became a Glory to his Country and a constant Terror to his Enemies yea and banished all his idle Companions from Court allowing them a competency for their subsistence When the Lord Chief Justice who had secured him when Prince for striking him for the Commitment of some of his lewd Companions he not only forgave him but rewarded his Justice In his Reign a Supplication was preferred that the Temporal Lands given to pious uses but abusively spent might be siezed on by the King This was wisely awarded by Chichley Arch-Bishop of Canterbury by putting the King on the design of recovering France Yea this King by his Valour reduced Charles 6. King of France to such a condition that he resigned his Kingdom into his hand and our King Henry 5. was accordingly Crowned in Paris King of France There the French found him as good or rather worse as his Promise which he made to the Dolphin who sent him a Barrel of Paris Tennis-Balls sending such English-Balls that they proved fatal to them He dyed at Boys St. Vincent ult Aug. 1422. and was brought over with great Solemnity and interred in Westminster-Abbey Saints St. Amphibalus a Citizen of Carlion See the Saints in Hereford St. Aaron a wealthy Citizen of Carlion was Martyred under Dioclesian the Emperour 30â— Note that the three first British Martyrs viz. Alban Amphibalus and Aaron have the first a Latine the second a Greek and the third an Hebrew Name St. Julius of Carlion suffered with Aaron aforesaid Note that Carlion now a small Town was once a great City reaching a Mile in length and comprehending St. Julian's a House of late Sir William Herbert's now a Mile distant from the Town Cardinals Geffery of Monmouth is avouched by some to have been made Cardinal but it is improbable that so much honour should be done unto him whilst living who was so solemnly disgraced after his death his Books being then publickly prohibited by the Court of Rome See Writers in this Shire John of Monmouth D. D. and Canon of Lincoln was chosen Bishop of Landaff 1296. after that See had been 7 years vacant He was a Learned and Pious Divine Besides other Benefactions to his See he procured the Rectory of Newland in the Forrest of Dean to be appropriated thereto But Bishop Kitchin afterwards impoverished the same more then all his Predecessors had endowed it in 400 years This John dyed April 8. 1322. and was buried in St Maries Chappel Walter Cantilupe Son to William the elder Lord Cuntilupe whose prime residence was at Abergavennie in this County was made by Henry 3. Bishop of Worcester He would not yield to the Popes Legate who complained of many Clergy-men keeping their Livings against the Canons intending to make room for the Popes Favourites or force such irregular incumbents to a Composition He was one of a keen nature whose two-edged spirit did cut on both sides against the King and Pope Against the former he sided with the Barons to whom he promised Heaven for the reward of their Rebellion against their Prince though it cost him an Excommunication from the Pope who was the more forward in denouncing that fatal Sentence against him because he had told Rusland his Legate coming hither 1255. that he would preferr him to be hang'd on the Gallows rather then ever consent to such expilation of the Church as aforesaid Lying on his deathâ—bed he was touched with true remorse for his disloyalty and obtained Absolution He dyed February 1267. whom I behold as Uncle to Thomas the Sainted Bishop of Hereford Souldiers Richard de Clare alias Strongbow born probably at Stringule Castle was Earl of Stringule and Pembrook A person of effectual performance It happened that Mac Murugh an 1167. being expelled his Territories for several Tyrannies by the Lords of Meath and Conaight repaired to King Henry 2. and invited him to Ireland That Politick King sent over this R. Strongbow with 1200 Men who possessed himself of the Ports of Leinster and Mounster with large Lands thereunto belonging insomuch that the King growing jealous of his greatness remanded him home and commanded him to surrender his Acquest into his hands which done he received them by regrant from the King save that Henry reserved the City of Dublin for himself This Strongbow is commonly called Domitor Hiberniae the Tamer of Ireland Yet some of the great Lords there did still retain the Power and Title of King Witness the Preface in the Commission whereby King Henry 2. made William Fitz-Adelme his Lieutenant of Ireland Archiepiscopis Episcopis Regibus c. Salutem This Earl dyed at Dublin 1177. Sir Roger Williams born of an ancient Family at Penross was first a Souldier of Fortune under the Duke of Alva and afterwards served Queen Elizabeth A man extreamly forward to Fight When a Spanish Captain challenged Sir John Norris to fight a single Combat which was beneath him to accept being a General this Roger undertook the Don. And after they had fought some time both Armies beholding them without any hurt they pledged each other a deep draught of Wine and so friendly departed Another time at mid-night he assaulted the Camp of the Prince of Parma nigh Venloe slew some of the Enemies and pierced to the Tent of the General He bravely defended Sluse whilst any hope of help William Herbert Earl of Pembrook with Sir Richard his Brother were both valiant Men and as fast Friends to King Edward 4. as professed Foes to Richard Nevil Earl of Warwick Leading the Army of the Welsh in the Battle of Banbury with their Poll-Axes they twice made way through the Battle of the Northern men which sided with King Henry 6. without any Mortal Wound There passeth a Tradition in the Noble Family of the Herberts of Chierbury that this Sir Richard their Ancestor slew that day 140 Men with his own hands in passing and repassing through the Army Guns not being then in fashion the Poll-Axe was the next Mortal Weapon especially in such a dead Hand as this Knight had He is reported also to be of a Giants Stature the Peg being extant in Montgomery Castle whereon he used to hang his Hat at dinner which no Man of an ordinary height can reach with his hand at this day However both these brave Brethren circumvented with the subtilty of their Foes Odds at any time may be bet on the side of Treachery against Valour were brought to Banbury beheaded and buried the Earl at Tinterne and Sir Richard at Abergaveny in this County Writers Jeffrey of Monmouth alias ap Arthur Translated and Compiled the various British Authors into one Volume He hath many things from the British Bards which though improbable are not therefore ipso facto untrue yet Humanum est errare and Tradition having run a great way from its clear Original may swell into a rapide Stream violently
Glouc. Brist and Peterbur being the other 4. whose Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction were not confirmed by the Pope nor Baronies by the Parliament These owed their being solely to the Kings Prerogative And therefore when some Anti-Prelatists in the late long Parl. 1641. endeavoured to overthrow their Baronies for want of Confirmation in Parl. upon better Consideration they desisted from that design as unfesible Proverbs I. When the Daughter is stoln shut Pepper-gate The Mayor of Chester had his Daughter stoln through that Gate whereupon he caused that shut with all other Gates in the City Martyrs Geo. Marsh condemned by Bishop Coats burnt without this City near to Spittle Boughton See his Charact. in Lanc. Prelates Geo. Dounham D. D. Son to Jo. Dounham Bishop of Chester was born in this City and bred in Christs-Coll in Camb. made Fellow thereof 1585. and chosen Logick Professor of the University Was as well skilled in Rhetorick as Logick tho 't is seldom seen that the Clunch-fist of this Art good to knock a Man down at a blow can so open it self as to Smooth and Stroak one with the Palm thereof That the Doctor could do both his Oration prefixed to his Treatise of Logick does sufficiently Witness He Preached the Sermon Apr. 17. 1608. at the Consecration of Ja. Montague Bishop of Bath and Wells irrefragably proving therein Episcopacy jure divino After which he was made Bishop of Derry of Ireland to which London-Derry had been added a little before He endeavoured by his Gentleness to Civilize the Wild Irish and proved very successful therein Sea-men Dav. Middleton one of those who effectually contributed his Assistance to the making of Through-lights in the World I mean New discoveries in the East and West Indies v. his Printed Relation His dangers were great and many among Canibals and Portugals Crocodiles and Hollanders yet at last he did settle the English Trade at Bantam about 1610. Sir Hen. Middleton Knight younger brother as I take it to the former under-went great Pains and Perils in advancing the English Trade Remarkable his Voyage into the Red-Sea which had like to have proved the Dead-Sea unto him Here he was tolled to Land at Moha by the Treacherous Aga and had eight of his Men Barbarously Slain himself and seven more Chained up by the Necks The pretence was because that Port was the Door of the holy-Holy-City and it is Capital for any Christian to come so near thereunto Then was he sent above 160 Miles to the Basha at Zenan in Arab. Jan. 1611. in which City tho but 15 deg N. Lat. from the Equator there was Ice at that time of a Fingers thickness in one Night as the said Sir Hen. did relate At last the Basha giving him leave he sailed East-ward and repaired himself by a gainful Composition with the Indians for the losses he had sustained by the Turks His Ship called the Trades encrease well answered the Name thereof until it pleased God to visit his Men with a strange disease whereof 100 English deceased the grief whereat was conceived the cause of this Worthy Knights Death May 24. 1613. whose Name will ever survive whilst Middletons-Bay from him so called appeareth in the Dutch Cards Writers Roger of Chester a Benedictine Monk in St. Werburges wrote a British Chron. from the beginning of the World which after an addition of 25 years he Entitled Polycratica Temporum the Stile pure Latine He dyed about 1339. and was buried in Chester Randal or Ranulph Higden commonly called Ran of Chester bred a Benedictine in St. Werb not only vamp'd the History of Rog. aforesaid but composed One of his own Commendable for his Method and Modesty therein He continued 46 years a Monk and dyed 1363 and was buried in Chester Hen. Bradshaw a Benedictine in this City and diligent Historian wrote a Chronicle and the Life of St. Werburge in Verse A pious Man for the Age he lived in He flourished about 151â— Since the Reformation Edward Brierwood bred in Brason-nose-Coll in Oxf. Being Candidate of a Fellowship and loosing it he afterwards applyed himself so seriously to his Studies that he became a most accomplished Scholar in Logick Witness his Treatise thereof Mathematicks being afterwards Lecturer thereof in Gresham-Coll and Languâ—ges of which he wrote his Enquiries He maintained against Mr. Byfield That we are not bound to a Jewish exactness in the observatiobservation of the Sabbath He dyed about 1633. Jo. Downham younger Son of Will Bishop of Chester bred in Camb. B. D. became a profitable Preacher in London and was the first who commendably discharged the Eminent Lecture behind the Exchange plentifully endowed by Mr. Jones of Monmouth He is Memorable to Posterity for his worthy work of the Christian Warfare He dyed about 1644. Benefactors Will. Aldersea a Pious Man was Mayor of the City 1560. and compleated the Lame List of Mayors out of the Records He dyed Oct. 12. An. 1577. and lies buried in the Chancel of St. Oswals Sir Th. Offley bred a Merch. Taylor in London whereof he became Lord Mayor An. 1556. in his Mayoralty began the Custom of the Night-Bell-man He was the Zaccheus of London for his high Charity bequeathing the half of his Estate being 5000 pound to the Poor tho he had Children of his own yea he appointed that 200 pound left to his Son Hen. should be taken out of the other half and employed to Charitable uses He dyed 1560 and was buried in the Church of St. Andr. Vndershaft Mr. Hugh Offley Leather-Seller Sheriff of London An. 1588. buried in the same Church gave 600 pound to the City to put forth young Men. Mr. Rob. brother to Hugh gave 600 pound for 24 young Men in Chester whereof 12 were Apprentices On the first of these I suppose these Rhythms were made Offley three Dishes had of daily Roast An Egg an Apple and the third a Toast Feasting himself moderately that he might feed others by his Bounty Jo. Terer Gent. Erected a seemly Water-work built Steple-wise at the Bridge-gate which serves to convey the River-water through Pipes to the Citizens Houses in Chester His Son endeavoured and I believe effected the like for the Conveniency of the middle part of that City Cornwal COrnwall hath its Name from the Form and Inhabitants thereof Cornu signifying a Horn and Wale Strangers for such were the Inhabitants of this County reputed by their Neighbours It hath Devonshire on the West divided from it by the River Tamer encompassed with the Sea on all other sides affording plenty of Harbours where Forreigners touch in their passage to or from Spain Ireland the Levant the E. or W. Indies The Language hath some Affinity with the Welsh and is Copious to express the Conceits of a good Wit tho as 't is said affording but two Natural Oaths or three at the most The Natural Commodities are Diamonds which well cut and set off with a good Foyl may at the first sight deceive no unskilful Lapidary
2500 l. besides Jewels Writers Lamfrid of Winch. a Famous Doctor flourished 980. Wolston of Winch. a Learned good and Eloquent Man tho his Eloquence was confined to Poetry flourished An. 1000. Jo. of Rasingstoak Arch-Deac of Leic. went to Athens where he heard the Lectures of Constantine a Noble Woman not 20 years old of the Mysteries of Nature He was the first Restorer of Greek in Engl. He was the Author of many Works and dyed 1252. Jo. of Hide wrote Of the patience of Job and of his own Convent besides Homilies He flourished An. 1284. Will. Lillie born at Odiam Mr. of St. Pauls School wrote a Lat. Grammer revised by Erasmus He flourished An. 1522. Will. Alton a Dominican in his Sermons avouched the Blessed Virgin tainted with Original Sin He flourished An. 1330. Since the Reformation Mich. Reneger bred in Oxf. wrote a Book in defence of Ministers Marriage Th. Sternhold was Servant to H. 8. and a Legatee in his Will by which 100 Marks were left to him as Groom of the Robes He was also one of the Bed-Chamber to E. 6. He Translated 37 Psalms into English Meeter which with the rest have been called by some Geneva Giggs and 't is no wonder Libellous Verses or Songs were made on the Translaters of the Psalms seeing Drunkards made them on David the Author thereof He dyed An. 1549 before the Reign of Queen Ma. Dav. Whitehead bred in Oxf. fled in the days of Queen Ma. into Frankford where he was in great esteem In the Reign of Queen Eliz. he refused the Arch-bishoprick of Cant. out of a desire of Privacy and the Master-Ship of Hospital of the Savoy which had he been disaffected to the Government he might have accepted without Subscription but would not affirming he could live plentifully on the Preaching of the Gospel Being a great Divine he was chosen 1. Eliz. one of the Disputants against the Popish Bishops His many Books extant testify his Learning and Religion When the Queen told him She loved him the better because he was unmarried In truth Madam said he with a Conscientious Bluntness I love you the worse because you are unmarried He dyed An. Dom. 1571. Nich. Fuller Minister of Allington was an Excellent Linguist and his Books found good regard beyond the Seas where they were reprinted Drusius charged him for being his Plagiary tho Mr. Fuller had never seen any of his Works He was Eminent for his Humility and dyed 1626. Th. James born in the Isle of Wight D. D. and Keeper of the Library in Oxf. was a Member of the Convocation held with the Parl. of Oxf. 1 Car. where he made a Motion that some might be Commissioned to peruse the Manuscript Fathers in all English Libraries for detecting Popish Editions He was Sub-Dean of Wells and dyed 1628. Ch. Butler wrote a Book of Musick an English Grammer and a Treatise of Bees whence were made these Lines Aut a Consiliis Apibus Butlere fuisti Aut a Consiliis est Apis ipsa tuis He was a Pious Man painful Preacher and solid Divine Witness his Book of the Marriage of Cousen Germans approved by Dr. Prideaux He dyed about 1640. Romish Exile Writers Rich. White born at Basingstoak proceeded Dr. of the Laws in Padua were he was afterwards Regius Professor He wrote amongst other Books a British and English History He was made Priest and was alive at Doway 1611. Jo. Pits D. D. born near Alton after much Writing and Travelling was Confessor to the Dutchess of Cleve One Book of his de Illustribus Angliae Scriptoribus survived him having caused all the rest to be Buried with himself And because that single Book Treated of a Subject handled by many he with his Base sets off this Treble viz. Pits the Drone Leland the Bee and Bale the Wasp make up Three He was at first Nephew to Sanders and at last Dean of Liverdunâ— in Lorrain where he dyed 1616. Benefactors since the Reformation Sir Will. Doddington Sher. of this County An. 3. Jac. restored to the Church the Impropriations which be held The Almighty God Polished him with the sharp Instruments of Affliction He dyed about 1638. Jos Diggons a Dutch-man lived at Whetham became Barrester and by his Will bequeathed to Clare-hall in Camb. where he had been bred his Real Estate to the value of 130 l. per An. for the founding of Fellowships c. He dyed 1658. Memorable Persons One at Stockbridge made a Plough which drawn by Dogs and managed by one Man could Till in one Day nigh an Acre of Light-ground in this County But these were brought up to their Trade I have heard of a Race of Beagles about Portsmouth that were Artists in hunting of Moles tho they had never served an Apprentiship Note that H. Ep. Winton Cardinalis Angliae An. 1445. was Son of Jo. of Gaunt and the Popes Legate or General who led an Army into Bohemia Hertford-shire HErtford-Shire is so called from Hertford the chief City therein which gives a Hart c. for its Arms it hath Essex on the E. Middlesex on the S. Buckingham on the W. Bedford and Cambridge on the N. and is almost a Square of 20 Miles The Garden of England for Delight The Soyle tho fittest for a crop of Wood bears good Grain Of Buildings 1. Theobalds once in greatest Credit was built by Sir William Cecil Lord Treasurer of England and by his Son exchanged with K. James for 2. Hatfield-house which was at first the Bishops of Ely then the Kings afterwards the Earls of Salisbury and is inferior to none in England being proud of the adjoyning Vineyard the English Tempe Of Medicinal Waters there is one Well near Barnet that springs from Allomveins The Water coagulateth Milk and the Curd thereof is an excellent Plaister for green Wounds Proverbs 1. Hertford-shire clubs and clouted Shoon 2. Hertford Hedge-hogs Whereof there is plenty in this County whose nudling on the Earth may serve as a Metaphor for Covetousness 3. Hertford-shire kindness This is taken for a mutual return of Favours Princes William Second Son of K. E. 3. was born at Hatfield An. 9. E. 3. 1335. and died within a few days after Edmund of Langley Fifth Son to E. 3. was created Earl of Cambridge An 36. E. 3. and Duke of York An. 9. R. 2. He married Isabel Daughter and Coheir of Peter K. of Castile and they lye buried at Langley together He had Richard Duke of York to his eldest and died An. 1402. Edmund of Haddam Son to Q. Katherine by Owen Theodor half-brother to H. 6. and Father to H. 7. was solemnly created Earl of Richmond at Reading An. 31. H. 6. He died 1456. 'T is said the fair Cathedral of St Davids was spared in the days of H. 8. for the Monument of this Prince which was in the Quire as the Church of Peterborough was saved by the Corps of Q. Katherine Dowager Others say the Earl was buried at Carmarthen Saints St. Alban
few who escaped had a longer Life to have a sadder Death wandring in the Country till other Mens Charity and their own Strength began to fail them Since how God hath conducted his Royal Majesty through Labyrinths of many difficulties to the Peaceable Possession of his Throne is notoriously known to the Wonder of the World YORK-SHIRE YOrk-shire hath the Bishoprick of Durham and Westmorland on the North Lancashire and a snip of Cheshire on the West Darby Nottingham and Lincoln-shire on the South and the German Ocean on the East thereof It is a Square of 90 Miles each side of equal dimensions with the Dukedom of Wirtenberg in Germany If the Goodness of this County which is not inferiour to others be drawn into the greatness thereof the product will be a denomination of the best Shire in England Besides in respect of the goodness â—nd plenty of some Commodities it might be termed the Garden of England save that it is too far from the Mansion-house I mean the City of London Dr. Tonstal Bishop of Durham shewed King Henry 8. in his Progress to York a Valley near Doncaster the richest as he affirmed that ever he observed in all his Travails through Europe for within 10 Miles of Haselwood the Seat of the Vavasors there were 165 Mannor-houses 275 several Woods some of them containing 500 Acres 3 Parks and Chases of Deer 120 Rivers and Brooks whereof 5 be Navigable 76 Water-Mills 25 Coal Mines 3 Forges for making of Iron The natural Commodities of this County are Geat found in the Clefts of the Rocks towards the Sea side being naturally of a reddish and rusty colour it grows black with polishing It may pass for the Embleme of our Memories attracting trifles and letting pass matters of more moment Alume first found nigh Gesburgh some 60 years since by Sir Thomas Chaloner Tutor to Prince Henry The Mine thereof being afterwards managed by three prime Workmen brought not to say stoln over in Hogsheads from Rochel in France was adjudged a Mine Royal who paid yearly to the King 12500 pounds to the Earl of Moulgrave 1640 pounds to Sir William Penniman 600 pounds and though he had in pay at one time no fewer then 800 Men he complained not of his Bargain Selling the Alume whereof he had the sole Sale at 26 pounds the Tun. This the late Long Parliament Voted a Monopoly and restored the benefit thereof to the former Proprietaries who now pursue the work at five several places viz. Sands-end and Ash-holme belonging to the Earl of Moulgrave Slapy-wath Sir William formerly Penniman's Darcey's Dunsley Mr. Thomas Fairfax's Whitlay Sir Hugh Chomley's The Commodity is now fallen 13 pounds the Tun Lime is made near Pontfract no less as I am credibly informed then 20000 pounds worth yearly This County doth breed the best Race of English Horses which generally are not so slight as the Barbe nor so slovenly as the Flemish nor so Airy as the Spanish-Gennets especially if as reported they be conceived of the Wind nor so Earthly as those in the Low-Countries and Germany But being of a middle Stature and Strength are both seemly and serviceable Well may Philip be so common a Name among the Gentry of this Country who are generally so delighted in Horsemanship The Manufacture of Cloathing is vigorously followed in this County As for edged and pointed Tools Sheffeild is the Staple Town for Knives and many and good Pins are made in this County But come we now to the Medicinal Waters about a Mile and a half from Knares-borough Westward there is a Spring of Vitrioline tast and odour discovered by one Slingsby about 1620 and is conceived to run parallel with the Spaw Waters in Germany Not far ofâ— is a Sulphur-Well the stench whereof is great but the vertues greater In the same Parish there is the Petrifying Well because it converteth spungy substances into a stone or crusteth them over round about St. Mungus his Well is famous for the Sovereign Vertue of the Waters thereof and for four Springs near in Scituation and distant in Operation It has its Name from St. Mungo a Scotch Saint See Dr. Dean's Spadsacrena Anglica As for Buildings the Church of Beverly is a fine Fabrick of which more when I shall have occasion to speak of the Collegiate Church of Rippon Then Wresel-Castle is seated in the Confluence of Derwent and Owse built of square Stone with four fair Towers at each corner with a Gatehouse wherein are Chambers five stories high and Gardens without the Walls It had a Study made with great Art in an â—ight square Tower called Paradise all which beautiful Building belonging to the Earl of Northumberland is much impaired if not wholly defaced by time Proverbs I. From Hell Hull and Halifax deliver us This is part of the Beggars or Vagrants Letany Hull is terrible to them as a Town of good Government Halifax is formidable to them for the Law thereof whereby Thieves taken in the very act of stealing Cloath are instantly beheaded with an Engine without any further Legal Proceedings II. A Scarborough Warning that is none at all but a sudden surprize when a mischief is felt before it be suspected It took its Original from Thomas Stafford who in the Reign of Queen Mary 1557. with a small Company siezed on Scarborough Castle before the Townsmen had the least notice of his approach However by the industry of the Earl of Westmorland Sir Thomas Stafford was within 6 dayes taken brought to London and beheaded Others affirm this Proverb to be of more ancient Original fetching it from the custom of Scarborough Castle in former times in shooting of Ships which strook not sail warning and damnifying them both together III. As true Steel as Rippon Rowels The best Spurs of England are made at Rippon the Rowels whereof may be enforced to strike through a shilling and will break sooner then bow It is applyed to Men of Metal faithful in their Employments IV. An York-shire Wee Bit. That is an overplus not accounted in the reckoning which sometimes proveth as much as all the rest V. Merry Wakefield This Town is seated in a fruitful Soyl and cheap Country where there is good Chear and good Company and therefore why should not the Town be merry Princes Henry youngest Son to William Duke of Normandy but eldest to King William the Conquerour was born at Selby 1070. where his Father Founded an Abbey and afterwards gained the Crown from D. Roberts his eldest Brother He was bred in Cambridge and Paris where he so profited that he attained the Sirname of Beau-Clerke He Reigned 35 years and upwards remitted the Norman Rigour and restored to his English Subjects a great part of the English Laws and Liberties His Princely Vertues were attended with some Amorous Extravagancies as appears by his numerous Natural Issue no fewer then 14 all by him publickly owned the Males highly advanced the Females richly Married His Sobriety otherwise was admirable whose Temperance