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A62166	Anglorum speculum, or, The worthies of England in church and state alphabetically digested into the several shires and counties therein contained : wherein are illustrated the lives and characters of the most eminent persons since the conquest to this present age : also an account of the commodities and trade of each respective county and the most flourishing cities and towns therein.	Sandys, George, 1578-1644.	1684 (1684)	Wing S672; ESTC R7882	366,503	734

Copers-hall ●● 25. Brian Tuke Knight was Treasurer of the ●●amber to H. 8. He lies buried in St. Marg. in Loth●●y Lond. Lealand says he was a very Eloquent Man ●●d Bale affirms he wrote Observations on Chau●●r c. ●● 3. Sir Jo. Gates descended from Sir ●●effrey Marshal of Calis and Capt. of ●●e Isle of Wight who dyed An. 1477. is charg●● with Sacrilege and engaging in the Title of ●…ueen Jane for which he was beheaded An. 1. Ma. ●●53 ●● 1. Ralph Rowlet Knight Married ●●e of the Daughters of Sir Anth. Cook ●…is Family is extinct his Daughter Marrying into ●●e Honourable Family of the Maynards 12. Ja. Altham Esquire whose Arms were Pa●…ly of 6. Erm. and Az. on a Chief G. a Lyon Ramp O. was Ancestor to now living at Mark-hall mad●… Knight of the Bath at the Coronation of King Ch. 〈◊〉 whose Accomplished Civility addeth much to the Ho●…our of his Family Hen. Maynard Knight Father 〈◊〉 Will. who was bred in St. Jo. Co●● 〈◊〉 Camb. where he founded a Log●… Professor and Created Bar. of Wicklow in Irel. a●● Easton in this County whose Son Will. Lord M●…nard hath been so Noble an Encourager of 〈◊〉 Studies that my Hand deserveth to wither w●● my Heart passeth him by without a Prayer for his goo●… success 15. Paul Banning Knight and Bar. afterward●… Vise Banning of Sudbury left a large Estate no●… discendible to the Wives of the Marq. of Dorchester Vise Grandison the Lord Dacres of the South a●● Hen. Murry Esquire of the Bed-Chamber to Ki●● Ch. I. Jo. Lucas Esquire equalling his Ertraction with his Vertues was at O●●● made Baron by King Ch. I. The Battles The now in this County yet the Siege of Colchester must not be forgotten Know then that the Remnant of the Royalists routed in Kent with much difficulty recovered this County and not being able to march farther or bid Battle to their Numerous Enemies sheltered themselves in Colchester which in few days they fortifyed above imigination tho the Stone outside of the Wall remained ruinous Nor was 〈◊〉 General Fairfax they feared so much as Gene●●l Famine having too much of the best Sauce and 〈◊〉 little of the worst meat insomuch that they ●…ere forced to make Mutton of those Creatures ●…hich kill Sheep and Beef of Cattle which never wore ●…orns till they were forced to submit to the ●…orst of Conditions Here those two worthy ●…nights Sir Ch. Lucas and Sir Geo. Lisle the one ●…minently a whole Troop of Horse the other a Com●…any of Foot were cruelly Sentenced and shot to Death whose Bodies have since had a Civil Resurre●…ion restored to all possible outward honour by Pub●●ck Funeral Solemnities Note that An. 1581. in the Hundred of Dengy ●…nd An. 1648. in the Hund. of Rochford an Army ●…f Mice shaved off the Grass at the bare Roots which withered to dung was infectious to Cattle The March following numberless Flocks of Owls from ●…ll parts flew thither and destroyed them Gloucestershire GLoucestershire hath Worc. Warw. on the North and Wilt. on the East Som. on the South ●…eref with the River Wye on the West and is in ●…ength 48 miles in the broadest part 28. The Severn ●…unneth through it 'T is said this County was much more fruitful in former times than it is now Tho it affords not the best Tillage yet for Pasturage there is Land near Slimbridge where in the Spring time let it be bit to the Roots as is reported a Wand said along therein over-night will be cor●…red with new grown Grass by the next Morning Which being represented to King Ja. in other Terms viz. that the Wand could not be seen next morning he replyed I know a place in Scotland where if a Hors●… be left over Night he cannot be seen in the Morning But the difference is Palpable between long Grass and long Fingers or betwixt the Grass stealing 〈◊〉 of the Earth without and a Mans stealing of 〈◊〉 Horse with a Felonious intent The Natural Commodities in this County are Tabacco which gre●… formerly about Winchcomb but is since prohibited by Act of Parliament Oak the best in England 〈◊〉 in Dean-Forrest in this County In the Reign of Quee●… Eliz. the Spaniard sent an Ambassadour over purposely to get Oak destroyed privately in Engl. The next is Steel which was made in abundance by Sir Basil Brooke who had a Patent prohibiting the importation of Forraign Steel but it was afterwar●● revoked The Manufactures are Cloathing as good 〈◊〉 any in England the best Wool growing on Cots-woo●…-Hills in this County Mustard the best in Eng●… at Tewksbury Then Wine formerly growing here witness the places called the Vineyards and in this Shire there were Rent-wines paid in great Proportions Sider a Liquor more proper for the Eng●● Climat Of Buildings The Abbey since Cathedral Church of Gloucester is a Beautiful Fabrick consisting of a continued Window-work where if you spea●… against a Wall softly another shall hear yo●… Voice better a good way off then near hand occasioned probably by some hollow behind the Wall The City is bound by Act of Parl. to maintain and repair this Church As for Civil Structures our ●…e Wars laid a Finger on Barkeley their Arms 〈◊〉 Sudeley Castle but their Loynes on Cambden-house 〈◊〉 one of the newest and neatest in Engl. built by Bap●●st Hicks Visc Cambden press●● down to the ●…oundation As for Wonders there are frequently ●●und at Aldersey Oysters Cockles c. of Stone ●…hich are Lusus Naturae and cannot in reason be sup●●sed to have been real Fish The Higre that is ●●e confluence of fresh and Salt Water in the Severn ●…hich is attended with terrible Flashings and Noise 〈◊〉 that that River may seem to be troubled with a Fit ●…f the Mother The last is a kind of devouring ●…ird coming in the Harvest-time tho seldom in●● this County which can cut an Apple at one Snap ●…ith its long Bill which Rapacious Creature drinks ●…p Hogsheads of Sider at the first hand Proverbs I. As sure as God's in Gloucestershire This pro●…ably was superstitiously inferred from the Multi●…ude of Abbeys formerly Extant in this County II. ●…ou are a Man of Duresley This is taken for one who breaks his word I hope the Inhabitants of ●…uresley will resolve to confute this Proverb by their ●…ractice whatsoever was the first occasion thereof ●…II It is long in coming as Cot swold Barley It is ap●…lyed to such things as are slow but sure The Corn ●…n the Wowlds being exposed to the Winds is backward at first but afterwards overtakes the forwardest in this County IV. He looks as if he had ●…ived on Tewksbury Mustard It is spoken of such who have a severe or sad Countenance V. The Tracies have always wind in their 〈◊〉 Founded on a false Tradition since Sir Will. Tr●… was most active against four Knights who kill●… Th. Becket it is imposed on Tracies for Mirac●●● Penance that

a Persuasive to Conformity ●●cated to Arch-Deac Burton whose Arguments prevailed much with him in the Laudable Change ●…is opinion He dyed about 30 years ago ●…o Workman born about Lasbury and bred in Oxf. Preacher at Glouc. made a Counter-change to the ●●ner renouncing all Conformity by reason of some ●●r-Canonical Ceremonies that were pressed by some 〈◊〉 was outed of his School for saying That the Pa●● painted the Blessed Virgin more like a Curtesan than ●●dest Maid and afterwards turn'd Physician He ●●d 1636. ●…ich Capel born in Glouc. and bred in Oxf. wrote a ●●s Book of Temptations asserting all Temptati●● to be injected solely by our own Corruption Up●●●…is refusing his assent to the Book of Sports on Lords-day he resigned his Benefice He dyed An. ●●n 165. Benefactors to the Publick ●…ath Clyvedon or Dame K. Berkley founded fair School of Wootton-under-edge which remains ●…r the extinguishment of the vast Donations of Berkleys to Monasteries Sir Will. Hampton born at Minchen-Hampton wa●… a Fish-monger and afterwards Lord Mayor of Lond. 1472. He was the first that set up Stocks in every Ward for the punishment of Vagabonds c. Since the Reformation Th. Bell twice Mayor of Glouc. was one of the first that brought the Trade of Capping into the City and was Knighted by H. 8. He bought from the Crown Black●…ryers by the South-gate where he built his House and hard by it an Alms-house endowing it with Competent Revenues His Daughter and Heir brought a fair Estate into the Families of the Dennis He dyed in the beg of the Reign of Queen Eliz. Edw. Palmer Esquire Uncle to Sir Th. Overbury born at Limington in this County where his Ancestry have continued ever since the Conquest was a curious and diligent Antiquary He spent vast Sums of Money in pursuance of a design to erect an Academy in Palmers-Island in Virginia but before it was finished he was Transplanted to another World 1625. Hugh Pirry born in Wootton-under-edge Merchant and Sher. in Lond. 1632. derived Water to the Town of Wootton at his own cost and bequeathed 1000 l. for the building of an Alms-house there Of 4 Daughters the Eldest was Married to the Lord Fitz-Williams of Northam He dyed An. 163. Noted Sheriffs An. 9. Walt. de Stuchesly received the Kings Letters enjoyning him to take an account of the Number and Names of all Villages c. with the present Possessors of the County The Return whereof began thus Nulla est Civitas in Comitat. Glouc. c. There is no City in the County of Gloucester Gloucester having been since made an Episcopal See and City by H. 8. The like Returns were made through England 5. Th. Berkeley de Cobberley used E. 2. very civilly when Prisoner at Berkeley Castle one of the Seats of that Right Ancient Family who are descended from Rob. Fitz-Harding derived from the Kings of Denmark The Crosses in their Arms denote their Services in the Holy-war as the Mitre signifies their Benefactions Of this Family was descended Will. Lord Berkeley by King Hen. 4. made Visc Berkeley and by R. 2. Earl of Nott. and in the Right of his Wife Daughter of Th. Mowbray D. of Norf. Hen. 7. made him Marq. Berkeley and Marshal of Engl. He dyed without Issue At this Day there flourisheth many Noble Stems sprung thereof tho Geo. Lord Berkeley Bar. Berkeley Lord Mowbray Segrave Bruce be the Top Branch One who hath been so signally Bountiful in promoting these and all other my weak endeavours that I deserve to be Dumb if ever I forget to return him Publick thanks for the same 43. Jo. Points whose Ancestors are mentioned in Dooms-day-book and were Seated at Acton in the days of E. 2. when Sir Nich. Points Married the Daughter and Heir of Acton 6. Will Kingston Knight Lieutenant of the Tower and Captain of the Guard to King Hen. 8. being persuaded by Card. Woolsey to beware of Kingston he declined the Town Kingston in his way but he dyed within a few days after he had been brought out of the North by 4. Anth. Kingston the terrible Provost Marshal of the Kings Army in the Execution of the Western Rebels who also dyed as some say for fear of Death in his way to Lond. having been apprehended for a Conspiracy against Queen Mary and the Government Hantshire HAntshire hath Berkshire on the North Surrey and Suss on the East the Sea on the South Dorcet and Wiltshire on the West in length 54 and in breadth 30 Miles It affords the best Wood for Fuel the clearest Rivolets and a fair and fruitful Soyl tho Stony in some places The South-West of the County is called the New Forrest made by Will the Conqueror where are Red Deer for the maintaining of which Towns were laid wast This County affords the best Honey in England on the Champain and the worst on the Heath The Hoggs here make the best Bacon being our English Westphalian As for Cloth there is much made in this County Of Buildings the Cathedral of Winchester yieldeth to none in England for Venerable Magnificence The Tombs made by Bishop Fox for the Dust of the Saxon Kings and Bishops of that See were Barbarously thrown down in the beginning of the Civil Wars As for Civil Structures Basing built by the Marq. of Winch. was the greatest of any Subjects House in England The Motto Love Loyalty written in the Windows was much practised in it when for Resistance on that account it was lately levelled to the Ground There is a wonderful Oak said to be in this County that puts forth green Leaves yearly on or about Christmas-day It groweth nigh Lidhurst in the New-Forrest Proverbs I. Manners make a Man quoth Will. Wickham II. Canterbury is the higher Rack but Winchester is the better Manger W. Edington Bishop of Winch. the Author gave this for a reason of his refusal of the See of Cant. III. The Isle of Wight hath no Monks Lawyers nor F●…xes viz. in Proportion to places of the like extent Princes Hen. Eldest Son of King Jo. born at Winchester An. 1208. was a Pious but Poor King He was at first postponed to King Lewis of Fr. and afterwards embroyled with the Barons Wars and imprisoned yet at last he attained a comfortable old Age by the means of his Son Prince Edward He would be governed by those he knew to be wiser than himself the main cause of his Peaceable Death and Pompous Burial in the Abbey of Westminster of his own Foundation An. Dom. 1273. Eleanor Daughter to E. 1. was born at Winch. An. 1306. and dyed in her Infancy and lyeth buried in St. Pet. Westm Arth. Eldest Son to King Hen. 7. and Queen Eliz. was born at Winch. An. 1486. being Partus Octomestris yet vigorous He is more known to Pesterity by the Widow he left the Lady Kath. Dowager than by any of his own Personal Performances He dyed An. 1502. and lies buried in the Cathedral of Wore Saints