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A58992 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. G. S.; Fuller, Thomas, 1608-1661. History of the worthies of England. 1684 (1684) Wing S22B; ESTC R218077 363,921 722

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of Richmond He was Knighted made Chanc. of the Dutchy and Created Lord Marny by H. 8. His Daughter and Heir was Married to Th. Howard Visc Bindon 6. Will. Fitz Williams Ar. afterwards Knight bequeathed 100 l. to poor Maids Marriages monarch H. 8. 40 pounds to the University 50 l. to mending of the High-ways betwixt Chigwell and Copers-hall 25. Brian Tuke Knight was Treasurer of the Chamber to H. 8. He lies buried in St. Marg. in Lothbury Lond. Lealand says he was a very Eloquent Man and Bale affirms he wrote Observations on Chaucer c. 3. Sir Jo. Gates monarch E. 6. descended from Sir Geffrey Marshal of Calis and Capt. of the Isle of Wight who dyed An. 1477. is charged with Sacrilege and engaging in the Title of Queen Jane for which he was beheaded An. 1. Ma. 1553. 1. Ralph Rowlet Knight monarch Q. Eliz. Married one of the Daughters of Sir Anth. Cook His Family is extinct his Daughter Marrying into the Honourable Family of the Maynards 12. Ja. Altham Esquire whose Arms were Pally of 6. Erm. and Az. on a Chief G. a Lyon Ramp O. was Ancestor to now living at Mark-hall made Knight of the Bath at the Coronation of King Ch. II. whose Accomplished Civility addeth much to the Honour of his Family Hen. Maynard Knight Father to Will who was bred in St. Jo. Coll. in Camb. where he founded a Logick Professor and Created Bar. of Wicklow in Irel. and Easton in this County monarch K. Ja. whose Son Will. Lord Maynard hath been so Noble an Encourager of my Studies that my Hand deserveth to wither when my Heart passeth him by without a Prayer for his good success 15. Paul Banning Knight and Bar. afterwards Visc Banning of Sudbury left a large Estate now discendible to the Wives of the Marq. of Dorchester Visc Grandison the Lord Dacres of the South and Hen. Murry Esquire of the Bed-Chamber to King Ch. I. Jo. Lucas Esquire equalling his Extraction with his Vertues monarch K. Ch. was at Oxf. made Baron by King Ch. I. The Battles Tho 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 it General Fairfax they feared so much as General Famine having too much of the best Sauce and too little of the worst meat insomuch that they were forced to make Mutton of those Creatures which kill Sheep and Beef of Cattle which never wore Horns till they were forced to submit to the worst of Conditions Here those two worthy Knights Sir Ch. Lucas and Sir Geo. Lisle the one eminently a whole Troop of Horse the other a Company of Foot were cruelly Sentenced and shot to Death whose Bodies have since had a Civil Resurrection restored to all possible outward honour by Publick Funeral Solemnities Note that An. 1581. in the Hundred of Dengy and An. 1648. in the Hund. of Rochford an Army of 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 all parts flew thither and destroyed them Gloucestershire GLoucestershire hath Worc. Warw. on the North and Wilt. on the East Som. on the South Heref. with the River Wye on the West and is in length 48 miles in the broadest part 28. The Severn runneth 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 laid along therein over-night will be covered 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 Horse 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 out of the Earth without and a Mans stealing of a Horse with a Felonious intent The Natural Commodities in this County are Tabacco which grew formerly about Winchcomb but is since prohibited by Act of Parliament Oak the best in England is in Dean-Forrest in this County In the Reign of Queen 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 afterwards revoked The Manufactures are Cloathing as good as any in England the best Wool growing on Cots-wood-Hills in this County Mustard the best in Engl. 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 English Climat Of Buildings The Abbey since Cathedral Church of Gloucester is a Beautiful Fabrick consisting of a continued Window-work where if you speak against a Wall softly another shall hear your 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 late Wars laid a Finger on Barkeley their Arms on Sudeley Castle but their Loynes on Cambden-house one of the newest and neatest in Engl. built by Baptist Hicks Visc Cambden pressed down to the Foundation As for Wonders there are frequently found at Aldersey Oysters Cockles c. of Stone which are Lusus Naturae and cannot in reason be supposed to have been real Fish The Higre that is the confluence of fresh and Salt Water in the Severn which is attended with terrible Flashings and Noise so that that River may seem to be troubled with a Fit of the Mother The last is a kind of devouring Bird coming in the Harvest-time tho seldom into this County which can cut an Apple at one Snap with its long Bill which Rapacious Creature drinks up Hogsheads of Sider at the first hand Proverbs I. As sure as God's in Gloucestershire This probably was superstitiously inferred from the Multitude of Abbeys formerly Extant in this County II. You are a Man of Duresley This is taken for one who breaks his word I hope the Inhabitants of Duresley will resolve to confute this Proverb by their Practice whatsoever was the first occasion thereof III. It is long in coming as Cotswold Barley It is applyed to such things as are slow but sure The Corn on the Wowlds being exposed to the Winds is backward at first but afterwards overtakes the forwardest in this County IV.
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 Worc. Saints Edburgh Daughter to King E. the Elder at three years of Age took you may believe it if you will the N. Testament leaving Jewels presented joyntly by her Father a great Argument of Radical Piety afterwards she would steal the Nuns Socks and restore them washed and anointed She dyed 920. some of her Bones lying at Winchester or Wilton were Translated to Pilshore in Worc. Martyrs Jo. Philpot well descended was Arch-Deac of Lincoln and a Zealous Promoter of the Prot. Religion For some Words he used in the Convocation he was Martyred An. 1555. Kath. Gowches and her two Daughters Guillemine Gilbert and Perotine Massey for absenting from the Church and denying the Real presence were burnt for Hereticks An. 1556. Add to these the Infant that by the force of the Fire burst of of his Mothers Belly Perotine aforesaid whose Husband was a Minister of Gods Word The Babe being taken out of the Fire was thrown in again by the command of Eliez Gosselin Bailiff of the Isle of Guersney where this hapned Prelates Will. Wickham the Long Son to Sir Jo. Perrot Long his Name and Long lasting his Memory while the World endures for his 2 Foundations at Oxf. and Winchester in the first founding St. Maries Coll. He dyed An. 5. Hen. 4. Jo. Russel born at Winchester was Chanc. of Oxf. for Term of his Life By E. 4. he was made Bishop of Lincoln and by R. 3. Lord Chanc. of England but opposing the Lord Hastings Death he was imprisoned He dyed An. 1490. leaving behind him the Reputation of a Pious Prudent and Learned Man Will. Warham born at Ockley of Worshipful Parentage was employed by H. 7. to Marg. Dutchess of Burgundy and by him advanced Bishop of Lond. then Arch-bishop of Cant. but was Eclipsed by Woolsey who had more Honour and more Envy Being Prime Advocate for Queen Kath. in the matter of her Divorce he carried it so prudently that he neither betrayed the cause of his Client nor incurred the Kings displeasure He fell into a Praemunire with the rest of the Clergy and is said to have spent 3000 l. in repair of his Places He dyed An. 1533. Rob. Sherborn was employed Ambassadour by H. 7. and by him made Bishop of St. Dav. then Chich. which Church he adorned When 90 years of Age he resigned and dyed An. 1536. Jo. White was Bishop of Lincoln then of Winch. upon which Bishoprick he entered upon condition to pay Card. Pole a yearly Pension of 1000 l. He wrote an Elegy on the Eucharist to prove the Corporal presence and Preached the Funeral Sermon of Queen Mary wherein reflecting on Queen Eliz. he incurred her just displeasure Whereupon he was imprisoned till his Death An. 1560. Since the Reformation Th. Bilson born in Winch. was Bishop of Worc. then of Winch. As Reverend and Learned a Prelate as England ever afforded Witness his Works Of the Perpetual Government of Christs Church and of Christs descent into Hell The new Translation of the Bible was by King Ja. command ultimately committed to his and Dr. Smith's Bishop of Glouc. perusal He dyed 1618. Hen. Cotton born at Warblington was Pr. Counsellor to E. 6. and God-son to Queen Eliz. who preferred him Bishop of Salisbury and pleasantly said that formerly she had blessed many of her God-sons but now her God-son should bless her Another Cotton about the same time being Consecrated Bishop of Exeter the Queen added that she hoped she had well Cottoned the West By Patience his Wife he had 19 Children and dyed 1615. Arth. Lakes born in Southampton was Dean of Worc. and Bishop of Bath and VVells He answered St. Pauls Character of a Bishop only he had no Wife When Mr. of St. Crosses he encreased the Diet c. of the poor Brethren When Bishop he kept 50 Servants in Charity He was in fine a Pattern of Piety He dyed An. 1602. States-men Richard Rich Knight well descended was Sollicitor to H. 8. Upon his deposition chiefly Sir Th. More was beheaded Under Cromwell he was a lesser Hammer to knock down Abbeys some of which stuck justly to his Fingers By E. 6. he was made Lord Chanc. of Engl. Being an opposer of D. Dudley he resigned his Office by Prevention having got a fair Estate at Lees-Abbey in Ess whereof he was Baron He dyed in the beginning of the Reign of Queen Eliz. being direct Ancestor to the Right Honourable Ch. Rich now Earl of Warwick Will. Pawlet was Bar. of Basing and Marq. of Winch. in this County descended from the Powlets in Som. 'T is said that coming to Court upon trust he prosper'd more than any Subject since the Conquest living in the Harvest of Estates viz. the time of the Dissolution of the Abbeys He was Servant to H. 7. and for 30 years Treasurer to H. 8. E. 6. Queen Ma. and Queen Eliz. The latter in some sort owed their Crown to his Counsel his Policy being the Principal Defeater of D. Dudley's design to Disinherit them Having seen 103 of his Descendants he dyed An. Dom. 1572. Aet 97. Sir Th. Lakes born in Southampton was Secr. of Estate to King Ja. He could Endite Write and Discourse at the same time He was resembled to the Ship Swift-sure and was withal one of great Secrecy a learned and good Man He was one of the three Noble Hands who first led Mr. Geo. Villers into the favour of King Ja. Yet he incurred the Kings Displeasure for the Offences of his Relations tho the King even then gave him this Publick Eulogie in open Court That he was a Minister of State fit to serve the greatest Prince in Europe Souldiers Beavois Earl of Southampton in the time of W. Conqueror was vanquished with his English and Welsh Army by the Normans near to Carclis's from whence he fled to Carlile Note Beavoisses Sword in Arundel Castle is less than that of E. 3. in Westminster-Church Sea-men Sir Jo. Wallop well descended provoked with Prior Johns Piracy Landed in Normandy with 800 Men Burnt 21 Towns with Divers Ships Wherefore his Arms may appear prophetical viz. Arg. a Bend-unde i. e. Wave S. Rob. Tomson Merch. born in Andover made a Voyage for the Discovery of Nova Hispania of which with the City Mexico he wrote a Description He was imprisoned in Mex then in Spain for speaking against Saint-worship And after his Enlargement he was confined to Donna Maria de la Barrera a Spanish Lady with whom he had in Marriage
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 Liverdun● 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