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A44774	Medulla historiæ Anglicanæ being a comprehensive history of the lives and reigns of the monarchs of England from the time of the invasion thereof by Jvlivs Cæsar to this present year 1679 : with an abstract of the lives of the Roman emperors commanding in Britain, and the habits of the ancient Britains : to which is added a list of the names of the Honourable the House of Commons now sitting, and His Majesties Most Honourable Privy Council, &c.	Howell, William, 1638?-1683.	1679 (1679)	Wing H3139A; ESTC R41001	296,398	683

place where the Colledge of Gods-house stood 1505. St. Johns Coll. was erected upon the ruines of an ancient Hospital of regular Canons by the said Margret Countess of Derby 1508. Magdalen Coll. first an Hall wherein Monks of divers Monastries studied but in the year 1542 Thomas Audley Lord Chancellor of England founded there a new Colledge in honour of St. Mary Magdalen Trinity Coll. founded by King Henry the 8th in A. D. 1546. Emmanuel Coll. founded by Sir Walter Mildmay 1584. Sidney Sussex Coll. was founded by Frances Countess of Sussex the Daughter of Sir William Sydney A. D. 1598. EDward sirnamed the Elder EDWARD A.D. 901. the eldest Son of Alfred was Crowned at Kingstone upon Thames At Wodnesfield near Wolfrune Hampton he obtained a great victory over the Da●es for two of their Kings were slain many of their Nobles and an innumerable company of their commons which caused him both to be feared and loved His Sister Elfleda had very hard travel of her first Child therefore ever after she forbare the nuptial embraces Athème A.B. Cant. alledging it to be an over-foolish pleasure which brought with it so great pains And listing her self under Mars she in person assisted her Brother against the Danes performing many manly feats King Edward dyed at Farringdon and was buried in the new Monastry of Winchester in A. D. 924. His Issue were Ethelstan Elfred Elsward Edwin Edmund Edred and Nine Daughters He built a Castle at Stafford in A.D. 914 He likewise built a Castle at Huntingdon in A. D. 917 which Henry the 2d afterward demolished as some say He also built Hereford out of the ruines of old Aviconium Manchester in Lancashire anciently Mancunium having been destroyed in the Danish Wars this King caused to be built again because the Inhabitants had behaved themselves manfully against the Danes King Edward the elder built a new Town over against Nottingham and made a Bridge over the River betwixt the two Towns Ethelstan A. D. 924. EThelstan was Crowned at Kingstone by Athelme Arch-Bishop of Canterbury This Prince by the evil suggestions of his Cup-bearer became suspitious of some Treason to be wrought against him by his Brother Edwin therefore caused him to be put in a small vessel without Tackle and Oars and so to be exposed to the mercy of the Waters whence the young Prince overcome with grief cast himself headlong into the Sea whose Ghost the King sought to pacifie by a Seven years voluntary penance and building the two Monastries of Middleton and Michelness He also took revenge on his Cup-bearer by this occasion On a festival-day as his Cup-bearer was serving one of his feet hapned to slip but he recovered himself with the other and thereupon pleasantly said You see how one Brother helpeth another Then the King with grief called to mind the death of his innocent Brother and forthwith commanded execution to be done upon his Cup-bearer the procurer thereof King Ethelstan or Adelstane overcame in fight Godfrey the Danish King of Northumberland Constantine King of Scots and Howell or Ludwall King of Wales constraining them to submit unto his pleasure which done he presently restored to their former estates saying That it was more honour to make a King than to be a King He enlarged his dominions beyond any of his predecessors and was in the greatest reputation with all foreign Princes who sought his friendship both by alliance and rare presents Hugh King of France besides some inestimable Jewels sent him the Sword of Constantine the Great in the Hilt whereof all covered with Gold was one of the Nails as 't was said which fastned Christ to the Cross He sent likewise the Spear of Charles the Great reputed to be the same which pierced the side of our Saviour also a part of the Cross whereon he suffered and a piece of the Crown of Thorns with also the Banner of St. Maurice And from Otho the Emperor who had married his Sister was sent a vessel of precious Stones artificially made wherein were Lantskips with Vines Ulfelinus or Wolstane A.B. Cant. Corn Men all seeming so naturally to move as if they had been really the things themselves And the King of Norway sent him a famous and rich Ship Some of these Relicks he gave unto Swithuns Abby in Winchester and the rest to the Monastry in Malmsbury He beautified the City of Excester founded St. Germans in Cornwall St. Petrocus at Bodman the Priory of Pilton and enriched every famous Abby in the Land either with new-buildings Jewels Books or Revenues as also he did certain Cities with the Mintage of his Money Whereof in London were Eight Houses at Winchester Six Lewis Two Hastings Two Hampton Two Warham Two Chichester One Rochester Three two for the King and one for the Bishop Canterbury Seven four for the King two for the A. Bishop and one for the Abbot He caused the Holy Bible to be translated into the Saxon Tongue He dyed at Glocester called by the Britains Caer-Gloue i. e. Fair City in A. D. 940 and was buried at Malmsbury in Wilts first built by Malmutius a King of the Britains About this King Ethelstans time if ever lived that famous Guy Earl of Warwick EDMOND A.D. 940. EDmond the 5th Son of King Edward was Crowned at Kingston He obtained many signal victories over the Danes in divers parts of the Land recovering out of their hands several Counties and Cities but at his Mannor of Puckle-kerks in the County of Glocester whilst he was interposing himself between his Sewer and another to part a fray he was with a thrust through the body wounded to death in A. D. 946 and was buried at Glastenbury His Issue was Edwy and Edgar EDred was the sixth Son of King Edward EDRED A. D. 946. and succeeded his Brother in the Non-age of his Sons Wolstane Arch-Bishop of Canterbury for some misdemeanors he committed to custody but afterwards in reverence to his office discharged him So devout he was in the Religion of those times that he suffered his royal body to be chastised at the will and direction of Dunstan Abbot of Glastenbury unto whose keeping he also committed the greatest part of his treasures and richest Jewels The stately Abby of Mich at Abingdon built by King Inas but destroyed by the Danes he repaired and most richly endowed it confirming the Charters with Seals of Gold St. Germans he ordained a Bishops See which there continued till by Canutus it was annexed to the Bishoprick of Kyrton in Devon both which Sees were by Edward the Confessor translated to Excester He dyed in the year of Grace 955 and was interred in the old Minster or Monastry of Winchester His Issue Elfrid and Bertfrid EDwy the eldest Son of King Edmond was Crowned at Kingstone EDWIE A.D. 955. and on the day of his Coronation as some Monks say he in sight of his Nobles as they sate in Councel abused the body of a great Lady

of Beeralston Sir William Bastard Kt. Sir John Trevors Kt. Borough of Tiverton Samuel Foot Esq Sir Henry Ford Kt. Dorsetshire Thomas Strangeways Esq Thomas Freake Esq Town of Pool Thomas Chafin Esq Henry Trenchard Esq Borough of Dorchester Sir Francis Hollis Kt. and Bar. Nicholas Gould Merch. Borough of Lyme Regis Sir George Strode one of his Majesties Serjeant at Law Henry Henley Esq Borough of Waymouth Anthony Lord Ashley Sir John Coventry Kt. of the Bath Borough of Melcomb Regis Thomas Brown Esq Michael Harvey Esq Borough of Bridport Wadham Strangeways Esq John Every Esq Borough of Shaftson alias Shaftsbury Henry Whitaker Esq Thomas Bennet Esq Borough of Wareham Thomas Erle Esq George Savage Esq Borough of Corfe Castle Sir Nathaniel Napper John Tregonwell Esq Durham Sir Robert Eden Bar. John Tempest Esq City of Durham Sir Ralph Cole Bar. William Tempest Esq Essex Sir Eliab Harvey Kt. Henry Mildmay Esq Borough of Colchester Sir Harbottle Grimstone Bar. Sir Walter Clarges Bar. 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John Parkhurst Esq City of Peterborough William Lord Fitzwilliams Francis St. Johns Esq Town of Northampton Sir Hugh Cholmley Bar. Sir William Farmer Bar. Town of Brackley Sir Thomas Crew Kt. William Lisle Esq Borough of Higham Ferrers Sir Rice Rud Bar. Northumberland Sir John Fenwick Bar. Sir Ralph Dalavell Bar. Town of New-Castle upon Tine Sir William Blacket Bar. Sir Francis Anderson Kt. Borough of Morpeth Edward Lord Morpeth Sir George Downing Kt. and Bar. Town of Berwick upon Tweed Ralph Gray Esq John Rushworth Esq Nottingham Sir Scroop How Kt. John White Esq Town of Nottingham Robert Pierrepont Esq Richard Slater Esq Borough of Eastretford Sir William Hickman Bar. Sir Edward Nevile Kt. and Bar. Borough of Newark Robert Lord Deincourt Sir Robert Markham Bar. Oxon. Sir Edward Norris Kt. Sir John Cope Bar. Vniversity of Oxon. Heneage Finch Esq His Majesties Solicitor General John Edisbury Dr. of Laws City of Oxon. William Wright Esq Broom Whorwood Esq Borough of New-Woodstock Sir Littleton Osbaldeston Bar. Nicholas Baynton Esq Borough of Bandbury Sir John Holman Bar. Rutland Philip Sherrard Esq Sir Thomas Mackworth Bar. Salop. Richard Newport Esq Sir Vincent Corbet Bar. Town of Salop. Sir Richard Corbet Bar. Edward Kinnaston Esq Borough of Bruges alias Bridgenorth Sir Thomas Whitmore Kt. of the Bath Sir William Whitmore Bar. Borough of Ludlow Francis Charlton Esq Somerset Fox Esq Borough of Great Wenlock Sir John Wild Kt. William Forrester Esq Town of Bishops Castle Edmund Waring Esq William Oakely Esq Somerset Sir Hugh Smith Kt. of the Bath and Bar. Sir John Sydenhan Bar. City of Bristol Sir Robert Cann Kt. and Bar. Sir John Knight Kt. City of Bath Sir William Basset Kt. Sir George Speke Bar. City of Wells Edward Berkly Esq William Coward Esq Borough of Taunton Sir William Portman Bar. and Kt. of the Bath John Trenchard Esq Borough of Bridgewater Ralph Stawel Esq Sir Haswel Tynt Bar. Sir Francis Role Kt. Borough of Minehead Francis Lutterel Esq Sir John Mallet Kt. Borough of Ilcester William Strode Esq John Speke Esq Borough of Milhorneport John Hunt Esq William Lacy Jun. Esq Southampton Edward Noel Esq Richard Norton Esq City of Winchester James Lord Annesly Sir John Clobery Kt. Town of Southampton Thomas Knowlys Esq Benjamen Newland Merch. Town of Portsmouth George Leg Esq Sir John Kempthorn Kt. Borough of Yarmouth Sir Richard Mason Kt. Thomas Lucy Esq Borough of Peters-Field Sir John Norton Bar. Leonard Bilson Esq Borough of Newport alias Medona Sir Robert Holms Kt. Sir Robert Dillington Bar. Borough of Stockbridge Henry Whitehead Esq Oliver St. John Esq Borough of Newton Sir John Holmes Kt. John Churchill Esq Borough of Christ Church Sir Thomas Clargis Kt. 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