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east_n hundred_o martinsley_n wrange_a dye_n oukhamsook_v and_o in_o these_o hundred_o be_v 2_o market-town_n viz._n vppingham_n wedn._n okenham_n saturday_n the_o principal_a town_n in_o this_o shire_n be_v oakham_n lie_v in_o the_o latitude_n of_o 52_o deg_fw-la 45_o min._n it_o bear_v from_o london_n n._n n._n w._n and_o be_v distant_a therefrom_o 72_o mile_n thus_o from_o london_n to_o barnet_n 10_o mile_n to_o st._n alban_n 20._o to_o luton_n 28._o to_o bedford_n 40._o to_o wellingbury_n 52._o to_o kettering_n 57_o to_o uppingham_n 69._o to_o oakham_n 74._o oakham_n be_v a_o fair_a market-town_n and_o a_o horse-shoe_n be_v the_o badge_n thereof_o take_v from_o a_o royalty_n enjoy_v by_o the_o baron_n of_o the_o lordship_n which_o be_v this_o if_o any_o noble_a by_o birth_n come_v within_o the_o precinct_n of_o the_o same_o lordship_n he_o shall_v forfeit_v as_o a_o homage_n a_o shoe_n from_o the_o horse_n whereon_o he_o ride_v unless_o he_o redeem_v it_o by_o money_n in_o 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worcestershire_n and_o herefordshire_n and_o on_o the_o north_n by_o cheshire_n it_o contain_v in_o length_n 38_o mile_n in_o breadth_n 30_o mile_n and_o in_o circumference_n 135_o mile_n the_o air_n of_o this_o shire_n be_v wholesome_a delectable_a and_o good_a afford_v health_n to_o the_o inhabitant_n in_o all_o the_o season_n of_o the_o year_n the_o soil_n be_v rich_a and_o it_o stand_v upon_o a_o red_a clay_n the_o river_n make_v fruitful_a the_o land_n and_o severn_n supply_v they_o with_o store_n of_o fresh_a fish_n the_o chief_a commodity_n this_o country_n afford_v be_v cloth_n wheat_n barley_n wood_n cattle_n iron_n and_o pit-coal_n it_o be_v in_o the_o diocese_n of_o hereford_n and_o lichfield_n and_o have_v in_o it_o 170_o parish_n out_o of_o it_o be_v elect_v 12_o member_n to_o sit_v in_o parliament_n knight_n 2_o salop_n 2_o bruges_n alias_o bridgnorth_n 2_o ludlow_n 2_o great_a wenlock_n 2_o bishop_n castle_z 2_o its_o division_n be_v into_o 15_o hundred_o viz._n bradford_n pimhill_n bradford_n brymstery_n wenlock_n condover_n oswestrey_n ford_n chirbury_n clunne_n purslowe_n munslowe_n over_n stottesden_n shrewsbury_n and_o in_o these_o hundred_o be_v 15_o market-town_n viz._n oswestree_n mon._n great_a wenlock_n mon._n ludlow_n mon._n elsmeere_v tu._n shipton_n tu._n braiton_n wed._n stretton_n thu._n wem_n th._n wellington_n th._n bishop_n castle_n fri._n whitchurch_n fri._n bridgenorth_n sat._n newport_n sat._n clebury_n shrewsbury_n w._n th._n sat._n the_o chief_a town_n be_v shrewsbury_n lie_v in_o the_o latitude_n of_o 52_o deg_fw-la 47_o min._n it_o bear_v from_o london_n n._n w._n by_o w._n and_o be_v distant_a therefrom_o 124_o mile_n thus_o from_o london_n to_o barnet_n 10._o to_o st._n alban_n 20._o to_o dunstable_n 30._o to_o stony_a stratford_n 44._o to_o toceter_n 50._o to_o daventry_n 60._o to_o coventry_n 74._o to_o meriden_n 78._o to_o bermingham_n 88_o to_o dudley_n 96._o to_o bridgenorth_n 108._o to_o menlock_v 114._o to_o 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