Carteret Lord Carteret John Bennet Lord Ossulston George Legg Lord Dartmouth Giles Allington Lord Allington John Stawell Lord Stawell Francis North Lord Guilford â—idney Godolphin Lord Godolphin â—lenry Jermin Lord Dover â—ohn Jeffreys Lord Jeffreys â—enry Waldegrave Lord Waldegrave â—dward Griffin Lord Griffin Hugh Cholmondley Lord Cholmondley John Ashburnham Lord Ashburnham Archbishops 2 and Bishops 24. Dr. William Sandcroft Lord Archbishop of Canterbury Dr. Thomas Lampleugh Lord Archbishop of York Dr. Henry Compton L. Bishop of London Dr. Nathaniel Crew L. Bishop of Durham Dr. Peter Mew L. Bishop of Winchester Dr. Herbert Crofts L. Bishop of Hereford Dr. Thomas Wood L. Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry Dr. William Lloyd L. Bishop of Norwich Dr. Thomas Barlow L. Bishop of Lincoln Dr. William Beau L. Bishop of Landaff Dr. William Lloyd L. Bishop of S. Asaph Dr. Robert Frampton L. Bishop of Glocester Dr. Francis Turner L. Bishop of Ely Dr. Thomas Smith L. Bishop of Carlisle Dr. Thomas Sprat L. Bishop of Rochester Dr. Thomas Ken L. Bishop of Bath and Wells Dr. Thomas White L. Bishop of Peterborough * Dr. Jonathan Trelawney L. Bishop of Exeter Dr. Thomas Watson L. Bishop of S. Davids * Dr. Gilbert Burnet L. Bishop of Salisbury * Dr. Humphry Humphrys L. Bishop of Bangor * Dr. Nicholas Stratford L. Bishop of Chester * Dr. Edward Stillingfleet L. Bishop of Worcester * Dr. Simon Patrick L. Bishop of Chichester * Dr. Gilbert Ironside L. Bishop of Bristol * Dr. John Hough L. Bishop of Oxford 1. Note That the Lord President of the Council takes place of all Dukes not of the Royal Bloud 2. That the Lord Great Chamberlain of England the Lord Steward of the Kings Houshold and the Lord Chamberlain of the Houshold take place above all of their Degree 3. That the Archbishop of Canterbury takes place next to the Princes of the Blood and above all the Nobility and Great Officers The Archbishop of York above all the Nobility and Great Officers except the Lord Keeper and the rest of the Bishops next after the Viscounts and above the Temporal Barons Whereof the Bishops of London Durham and Winchester do always precede the other Bishops the rest taking place according to the Seniority of their Consecrations A True List of the Knights Citizens and Burgesses of the Parliament at Westminster in October 1690. Bedfordshire 4. THE Honourable Edward Russel Esq Thomas Browne Esq Town of Bedford Thom. Hillersdon Esq Thom. Christie Esq Berks 9. Sir Hen. Winchcombe Bar. Sir Humfrey Forster Bar. Borough of New-Windsor Sir Charles Porter Knt. William Adderly Esq Borough of Reading Sir William Rich Bar. Sir Henry Fane Kt of the Bath Borough of Wallingford William Jennens Esq John Wallis Esq Borough of Abington Simon Harcourt Esq Bucks 14. The Right Honourable Tho. Wharton Esq The Right Honourable Rich. Hambden Esq Town of Buckingham Sir Richard Temple Knight and Baronet Alexander Denton Esq Borough of Chipping-Wicomb William Jephson Esq Thom Lewes Jun. Esq Porough of Ayliâ—bury Sir Thomas Lee Bar. Thomas Lee Esq Borough of Agmondesham Will. Mountague Esq Edmond Waller of Beconsfield Esq Borough of Wendover Richard Beake Esq John Backwell Esq Borough of Great Marlow James Chase Esq Sir Will. Whitelocke Knt. Cambridge 6. Sir Levinus Bennet Bar. Sir Robert Cotton Knt. University of Cambridge Sir Robert Sawyer Kt. The Honourable Edward Finch Esq Town of Cambridge Sir John Cotton Bar. Granado Pigott Esq Chester 4. Sir John Mainwaring Bar. Sir Robert Cotton Kt. and Bar. City of Chester Sir Thomas Grosvenor Bar. Richard Leving Esq Cornwal 44. The Honourable Francis Robert Esq The Right Honourable Hugh Boscowen Esq Borough of Dunhivid alias Launceston The Right Honourable Will. Harbord Esq The Honourable Bernard Granville Esq Borough of Leskard Sir Bourchier Wray Kt. of the Bath and Bar. Emanuel Pyper Esq Brough of Lestwithiel Sir Bevill Grenville Kt. Walter Kendall Esq Borough of Truro Sir Henry Ashurst Bar. Henry Vincent Esq Borough of Bodmin Sir John Cutler Kt. and Bar. Nicholas Glynn Esq Borough of Helston Sir John St. Aubin Bar. Charles Godolphin Esq Borough of Saltash Sir John Carew Bar. Richard Carew Esq Borough of Camelford Ambrose Manaton Esq Henry Manaton Esq Borough of Port-Higham alias Westlow Edward Sevmour Esq Jonathan Trelawny Es Borough of Grampound John Tanner Esq Walter Vincent Esq Borough of Eastlow Charles Trelawny Esq Henry Trelawny Esq Borough of Peryn Sidney Godolphin Esq Alexander Pendarvi Esq Borough of Tregony Sir John Tremaine Kt. Serjeant at Law Hugh Fortescue Esq Borough of Bossiny Samuel Travers Esq Sir Peter Colleton Bar. Borough of St. Ives James Praed Esq William Harris Esq Borough of Foway Jonathan Rashleigh Esq Shadrach Vincent Esq Borough of St. Germans Daniel Elliot Esq Henry Fleming Esq Borough of St. Michael Francis Scobell Esq Humph. Courtney Esq Borough of Newport The Right Honourable Charles Lord Cheyne John Speccot Esq Borough of St. Maws Sir Joseph Tredenham Kt. John Tredenham Esq Borough of Kellington Francis Fulford Esq Cumberland 6. Sir George Fletcher Bar. Sir John Lowther of Whitehaven Bar. City of Carlisle Jeremiah Bubb Esq Christopher Musgrave Esq Borough of Cocker-mouth Sir Orlando Gee Kt. Sir Wilfred Lawson Bar. Derby 4. Sir Gilbert Clarke Kt. Henry Gilbert Esq Town of Derby The Honourable Anchitel Gray Esq Robert Wilmot Esq Devonshire 26. Francis Courtney Esq Samuel Rolle Esq City of Exeter Sir Edward Seymour Bar. Christopher Bale Esq Borough of Tornes Sir John Powell Bar. Henry Seymour Esq Borough of Plimouth The Honourable John Greenville Esq Borough of Oakhampton William Cary Esq Henry Nortleigh Esq Borough of Branstable The Right Honourable Sir George Hutchins Kt. Arth. Champneys Esq Borough of Plimpton Sir George Treby Kt. John Pollexsen Esq Borough of Honiton Sir William Drake Kt. and Bar. Sir Walter Yonge Bar. Borough of Tavistock The Honourable Robert Russel Esq Sir Francis Drake Bar Borough of Ashburton Sir Richard Reynel Kt. and Bar. William Stawell Esq Borough of Clifton Dartmouth and Hardness Sir Joseph Herne Kt. William Hayne Esq Borough of Beralston Sir Francis Drake Bar. John Swinfen Esq Borough of Tiverton Samuel Foote Esq Thomas Bere Esq Dorsetshire 20. Thomas Strangeways Esq Thomas Freke Esq Town of Pole Sir Nathaniel Napier Kt. and Bar. Sir John Trenchard Kt. Borough of Dorchester Sir Robert Nappier Kt. and Bar. James Gould Esq Borough of Lime Regis Henry Henley Esq John Burridge Esq Borough of Weymouth Sir John Morton Bar. Michal Harvey Esq Borough of Melcomb Regis Henry Henning Esq Nicholas Gould Esq Borough of Bridport John Michel Esq Sir Stephen Evance Kt. Borough of Snafton alias Shaftsbury Sir Matthew Andrews Kt. Edward Nicholas Esq Borough of Wareham Thomas Erle Esq William Okeden Esq Borough of Corf-Castle Richard Fownes Esq William Culliford Esq Durham 4. Sir Robert Eden Bar. William Lambton Esq City of Durham William Tempest Esq George Morland Esq Essex 8. Henry Mildmay Esq Sir Fran. Masham Bar. Borough of Colchester Samuel Reynolds Esq Edward Cary Esq Borough of Maldon Sir Thomas Darcy Bar. Charles Mountague Es Borough of Harwich The Right Honourable Charles Lord Chyne Sir Thomas Middleton Kt. Glocestershire 8. Sir John Guise
Bar. Sir Ralph Dutton Bar. City of Glocester William Cooke Esq William Try Esq Borough of Cirencester The Right Honourable Henry Powle Esq Richard Howe Esq Borough of Tewksbury Rich. Dowdeswell Esq The Right Honourable Sir Henry Capell Kt. Herefordshire 8. Sir John Morgan Bar. Sir Herbert Croft Bar. City of Hereford Paul Foley Esq Henry Cornwall Esq Borough of Lempster Tho. Conyngesby Esq John Dutton Colt Esq Borough of Weobly John Birch Esq Robert Price Esq Hertfordshire 6. Sir Tho. Pope Blount Bar. Ralph Freeman Esq Borough of St. Albans Sir Samuel Grimston Bar. George Churchill Esq Borough of Hertford Sir Will. Cowper Bar. Sir Will. Leman Bar. Huntingtonshire 4 The Honourable Robert Mountague Esq John Driden Esq Borough of Huntington The Honourable Sidney Wortly alias Mountague Esq The Honourable Richard Mountague Esq Kent 10. The Honourable Sir Vere Fane Knight of the Bath Sir John Knatchbull Bar. City of Canterbury Sir William Honywood Bar. Henry Lee Esq City of Rochester Sir Joseph Williamson Kt. Francis Clarke Esq Borough of Maidston Sir Tho. Taylor Bar. Thomas Ryder Esq Borough of Queenborough Sir John Bankes Bar. Robert Crawford Esq Lancashire 14. The Right Honourable Charles Lord Brandon Gerrard The Honourable James Stanley Borough of Lancaster Roger Kirby Esq Thomas Preston Esq Borough of Preston in Amounderness Christopher Greenfeild Esq Borough of Newton The Honourable George Cholmondely Esq Sir John Chichley Kt. Borough of Wiggaâ—â— Sir Rich. Standish Kt. Peter Shakerly Esq Borough of Clitheroe Anthony Parker Esq Roger Kenyon Esq Borough of Leverpool The Kight Honourable Richard Lord Colchester Tho. Norris of Speak Esq Leicester 4. The Right Honourable Bennet Lord Sherrard Sir Thomas Hesilridge Bar. Borough of Leicester Sir Edward Abney Kt. Lawrence Carter Esq Lincoln 12. The Right Honourable George Viscount Castleton Sir Tho. Hussey Bar. City of Lincoln Sir John Bolles Bar. Sir Edw. Hussey Bar. Borough of Boston Peregrine Berty Esq Sir William Yorke Kt. Borough of Great Grimsby Sir Edw. Ayscogh Kt. John Chaplin Esq Town of Stamford The Honourable Charles Bertie Esq William Hyde Esq Borough of Grantham Sir John Brownlowe Bar. Sir William Ellis Bar. Middlesex 8. Sir Char. Gerrard Bar. Ralph Hawtery Esq City of Westminster Sir Will. Poultney Kt. Sir Walter Clarges Bar. London Sir Will. Pritchard Kt. Sir Sam. Dashwood Kt. Sir Will. Turner Kt. Sir Tho. Vernon Kt. Monmouth 3 The Right Honourable Charles Lord Marquess of Worcester Thomas Morgan Esq Borough of Monmouth Sir Charles Kemeys Kt. Norfolk 12. Sir Jacob Astley Kt. and Baronet Sir William Cooke Bar. City of Norwich Thomas Blofeild Esq Hugh Bokenham Esq Town of Lyn Regis Sir John Turner Kt. Daniel Bedingfeild Esq Town of Great Yarmouth George England Esq Samuel Fuâ—ler Esq Borough of Thetford Baptist May Esq Sir Francis Guybon Kt. Borough of Castlerising Right Honourable Sir Robert Howard Kt. Robert Walpole Esq Northampton 9. Sir St. Andrew St. John Bar. John Parkhurst Esq City of Peterborough Will. Brownlowe Esq Gilbert Dolben Esq Town of Northampton Sir Tho. Samuel Bar. Sir William Langham Kt. Town of Brackley The Honourable Sir William Egerton Knight of the Bath John Blencowe Sergeant at Law Borough of Higham-Ferrers Thomas Andrews Esq Northumberland 8. William Forster Esq Philip Bickerstaff Esq Town of Newcastle upon Tine Sir Ralph Carr Kt. William Carr Esq Borough of Morpeth The Right Honourable Charles Lerd Morpeth Roger Fenwick Esq Town of Berwick upon Tweed Sir Francis Blake Kt. â—amuel Ogle Esq Nottingham 8. Sir Scroop How Kt. Will. Sacheverel Esq Town of Nottingham Char. Hutchinson Esq Richard Slater Esq Borough of Eastretford John Thornehagh Esq Town of Newark upon Trent The Right Honourable William Lord Eland The Honourable Nicholas Sanderson Esq Oxon 9. The Right Honourable Mountague Lord. Norreys Sir Robert Jenkinson Bar. University of Oxon. The Honourable Heneage Finch Esq Sir Tho. Clerges Kt. City of Oxon. The Honourable Henry Bertie Esq Sir Edw. Norreys Kt. Borough of New-Woodstock Sir Tho. Littleton Bar. Thomas Wheate Esq Borough of Banbury Sir Robert Dashwood Kt. and Bar. Rutland 2. Sir Tho. Mackworth Bar. Bennet Sherrard Esq Salop 12. The Honourable Richard Newport Esq Edward-Kynaston of Oately Esq Town of Salop. The Honourable Andrew Newport Esq Richard Mitton Esq Borough of Bruges alias Bridgenorth Sir William Whitmore Bar. Sir Edward Acton Bar. Borough of Ludlow Thomas Hanmer Esq William Gower Esq Borough of Wenlock Sir Will. Forester Kt. George Weld Esq Town of Bishops-Castle William Oakeley Esq Somerset 18. Sir Edward Phillips Kt. Nathaniel Palmer Esq City of Bristol Sir Richard Hart Kt. Sir John Knight Kt. City of Bath Sir William Basset Kt. Joseph Langton Esq City of Wells Edward Barkeley Esq Hopton Wyndham Esq Borough of Taunton John Speke Esq Edward Clark Esq Borough of Bridgwater Sir Francis Warr Bar. Henry Bull Esq Borough of Minehead Borough of Ilchester Sir Edw. Winham Bar. John Hunt Esq Borough of Milborn-Port Sir Thomas Travel Kt. Sir Charl. Carteret Kt. Southampton 26. The Right Honourable Charles Lord Marquess of Winchester Richard Norton Esq City of Winchester The Right Honourable William Lord Pawlet Frederick Tilney Esq Town of Southampton Sir Char. Windham Kt. Sir Benj. Newland Kt. Town of Portsmouth The Honourable Edward Russel Esq Nicholas Hedger Alderman Borough of Yarmouth The Right Honourable Sir John Trever Kt. Speaker Charles Duncombe Esq Borough of Petersfield Robert Michel Esq Richard Holt Esq Borough of Newport alias Medona Sir Robert Holmes Kt. Sir Will. Stephens Kt. Borough of Stockbridge Will. Mountague Esq Richard Whithed Esq Borough of Newtown The Right Honourable Richard Earl of Ranelagh Thomes Done Esq Borough of Christ-Church Francis Gwyn Esq William Ettrick Esq Borough of Whitchurch Henry Wallop Esq The Honourable James Russel Esq Borough of Lemington John Burrard Esq Thomas Dore Esq Borough of Andover The Honourable Francis Pawlet of Amport Esq John Pollen Esq Staffordshire 10. The Honourable John Grey Esq Walter Chetwind Esq City of Lichfield Robert Burdet Esq Richard Dyot Esq Borough of Stafford John Chetwind Esq Jonathan Cope Esq Borough of Newcastleunder Line Sir William Levison Gower Bar. Sir Thomas Bellot Bar. Borough of Tamworth Sir Henry Gough Kt. Michael Biddulph Esq Suffolk 16. Sir Samuel Barnardiston Bar. Sir Gervas Elwes Bar. Borough of Ipswich Sir John Barker Bar. Sir Charles Blois Bar. Borough of Dunwich Sir Robert Rich Kt. and Bar. Sir Philip Skippon Kt. Borough of Orford Thomas Glemham Esq Thomas Felton Esq Borough of Alborough Sir Henry Johnson Kt. William Johnson Esq Borough of Sodbury John Robinson Esq Borough of Eye Henry Poley Esq Thomas Davenant Esq Borough of St. Edmonsbury Sir Robert Davers Bar. Henry Goldwell Esq Surrey 14. Sir Rich. Onslow Bar. Sir Franc. Vincent Bar. Borough of Southwark Anthony Bower Esq John Arnold Esq Borough of Blechingly Thomas Howard Esq Sir Robert
Clayton Kt. Borough of Rygate Sir John Parsons Kt. John Parsons Esq Borough of â—uilford Morgan Randyll Esq Foot Onslow Esq Borough of Gatton Sir John Thompson Bar. Thomas Turgis Esq Borough of Haslemere Geo. Rodeney Bridges Esq Denzill Onslow Esq Susser 20. Sir John Pelham Bar. Sir Will. Thomas Bar. City of Chichester Sir Thomas Miller Kt. Thomas May Esq Borough of Horsham John Machell Esq Thomas White Jun. Gent. Borough of Midhurst Sir William Morley Knight of the Bath John Lewkner Esq Borough of Lewes Thomas Pelham Esq Richard Bridger Esq Borough of Shoreham Sir Edward Hungerford Knight of the Bath John Pery Esq Borough of Bramber Nicholas Barbon Esq Dr. John Radcliffe Borough of Steyning Sir John Fagge Bar. Robert Fagge Esq Borough of East-Greensted The Honourable Thomas Sackvile Esq Sir Thomas Dyke Bar. Borough of Arundel William Morley Esq James Butler Esq Warwickshire 6. William Bromely Esq Andrew Archer Esq City of Coventry Richard Hopkins Esq John Stratford Esq Borough of Warwick The Right Honourable William Lord Digby William Colemore Esq Westmorland 4. The Right Honourable Sir John Lowther of Lowther Bar. Sir Christopher Musgrave of Musgrave Kt. and Bar. Borough of Appleby The Honourable William Cheyne Esq Charles Boyle Esq Wilthshire 34. The Right Honourable Edw. Viscount Cornbury Sir Walter S. John Bar. City of New Sarum Thomas Hoby Esq Thomas Pitt Esq Borough of Wilton Sir Richard Grubham How Kt. and Bar. Thomas Windham Esq Borough of Downton Sir Charles Raleigh Kt. Maurice Bockland Esq Borough of Hindon Robert Hide Esq Thomas Chaffyn Esq Borough of Westbury The Honourable Peregrine Bertie Esq Richard Lewys Esq Borough of Hytesbury William Ash Esq Will. Trenchard Esq Borough of Calne Henry Baynton Esq Henry Chivers Esq Borough of the Devizes Sir Tho. Fowles Kt. Walter Grubb Esq Borough of Chipenham Richard Kent Esq Alexander Popham Esq Borough of Malmesbury The Honourable Goodwin Wharton Esq Sir James Long Bar. Borough of Criclade Edmund Webb Esq Charles Fox Esq Borough of Great Bedwin The Right Honourable Anth. Viscount Falkland Sir Jonath Raymond Kt. Borough of Ludgersale Thomas Neale Esq John Deane Esq Borough of Old Sarum Sir Thomas Mompesson Kt. William Harvey Esq Borough of Wootton-Basset Henry St. John Esq John Wildman Jun. Esq Borough of Marlborough Sir John Ernle Kt. Sir George Willoughby Kt. Worcestershire 9. Sir John Packington Kt. Thomas Foley Esq City of Worcester Sir John Somers Kt. William Bromely Esq Borough of Droitwich The Right Honourableâ— Richard Earl of Bellemont â—hilip Foley Esq Borough of Evesham Sir James Rushout Bar. Edward Rudge Esq Borough of Bewdley Henry Herbert Esq Yorkshire 30. The Right Honourable Thomas Lord Fairfax Sir Joyn Kay Bar. City of York Robert Waller Esq Henry Thompson Esq Town of Kingston upon Hull John Ramsden Esq Charles Osborne Esq Borough of Knaresborough William Stockdale Esq Thomas Fawkes Esq Borough of Scareborough Will. Thompson Esq Francis Thompson Esq Borough of Rippon Sir Edm. Jenings Kt. Sir Jonath Jenings Kt. Borough of Richmond Sir Mark Milbanck Bar. Theodore Bathurst Esq Borough of Heydon Henry Guy Esq Matth. Appleyard Esq Borough of Boroughbrig Sir Henry Goodrick Kt. and Bar. Sir Bryan Stapleton Borough of Malton Sir William Strickland Bar. William Palmes Esq Borough of Thriske Thomas Frankland Esq Richard Staines Esq Borough of Aldborough Sir Mich. Wentworth Kt. Christopher Tancred Esq Borough of Beverly Sir Michael Wharton Kt. William Gee Esq Borough of North-Allerton Sir William Robinson Bar. Thomas Lascells Esq Borough of Pontefract The Honourable Henry Dawney Esq Sir John Bland Bar. BARONS of the Cinque-Ports 16. Port of Hastings The Honourable John Beaumont Esq Peter Gott Esq Town of Winchelsea Sir Robert Austin Bar. Samuel Western Esq Town of Rye Sir John Austen Bar. Sir John Darrel Kt. Port of New Rumney Sir Charles Sidley Kt. John Brewer Esq Port of Hythe Sir Philip Butler Bar. Will. Brockman Esq Port of Dover Thomas Papillon Esq James Chadwick Esq Port of Sandwich John Thurbarne Serjeant at Law Edward Brent Esq Port of Seaford William Campion Esq Henry Pelham Esq WALES 24. Anglesey 2. The Right Honourable Rich. Viscount Bulkely Town of Beaumaris Thomas Bulkely Esq Brecon 2. Sir Rowland Gwyn Kt. Town of Brecon Jeossery Jeffreys Esq Cardigan 2. Sir Carbety Price Bar. Town of Cardigan Hector Philips Esq Carmarthen 2. Sir Rice Rudd Bar. Town of Carmarthen Richard Vaughan Esq Carnarvan 2. Sir Wil. Williams of Vaynal Bar. Town of Carnarvan Sir Robert Owen Kt. Denby 2. Sir Richard Middleton Bar. Town of Denby Edward Brereton Esq Flint 2. Sir Roger Puleston Kt. Town of Flint Thomas Whitley Esq Glamorgan 2. Bussey Mansel Esq Town of Cardiffe Thomas Mansell Esq Merioneth 1. Sir John Wynne Kt. and Bar. Montgomery 2. Edward Vaughan Esq Town of Montgomery Charles Herbert Esq Pembroke 3. Sir Hugh Owen Kt. Town of Haverford-west Sir William Wogan Kt. Town of Pembroke Arthur Owen Esq Radnor 2. Richard Williams Esq Town of New Radnor Robert Harley Esq In all 513. A List of the Lords and others of His Majesties most Honourable Privy Council with the Clerks of the Council HIS Royal Highness Prince George Thomas Marquess of Camarthen Lord President Henry Duke of Norfolk Earl Marshal Charles Duke of Bolton Robert Earl of Lindsey Lord Great Chamberlain of England William Earl of Devonshire Lord Steward Charles Earl of Dorset Lord Chamberlain Aubrey Earl of Oxford William Earl of Bedford Thomas Earl of Pembroke and Montgomery John Earl of Bath Charles Earl of Macclesfield Daniel Earl of Nottingham Secretary of State William Earl of Portland Thomas Earl of Faulconberg Charles Earl of Monmouth John Earl of Marlborough Richard Earl of Scarborough Henry Earl of Warrington Ralph Earl of Montague Henry Viscount Sidney Henry Lord Bishop of London Francis Lord Newport Marquess of Winchester Lord Chief Justice Holt. Sir Robert Howard Sir Henry Capel Sir Henry Goodrick Sir John Lowther Vice-Chamberlain Richard Hampden Esq Hugh Boscawen Esq Thomas Wharton Esq Comptroller of the King's Houshold Edward Russel Esq William Harbord Esq Henry Powle Esq Master of the Rolls Lords Commissioners of the Privy Seal William Cheyne Esq Sir John Knatchbull Bar. Sir William Palteney Kt. The Clerks of the Council Sir John Nicholas Kt. Mr. Blathwait Mr. Mountague Mr. Coleing A List of the Lords Commissioners and other Officers of the Court of Chancery The Lords Commissioners Sir John Trevor Knight Sir William Rawlinson Knight Sir Geo. Hutchins Knight Masters of Chancery Henry Powle Esq Master of the Rolls whose Sâ—cretary is Mr. John Rawlinson Sir William Child Sir John Hoskins Sir John Franklyn Sir Adam Oatley Sir Robert Legar Sir John Edgeburg Sir James Astrey Sir Miles Cook Roger Meredith Esq John Methwyn Esq Samuel Keck Esq The Six Clerks in Chancery Sir Rob. Marsham Kt. Sir W. Perkins Kr. â—hem Bridges Esq Littleton Powel Esq Rich. Garth Esq Basil Herne Esq The Cursitors Mr. Abraham Nelson Principal Mr. Mich. Terry Assistants Mr. Geo. Davies Assistants For Suffolk and
the Devil's Ditch Royston stands in the bottom of a Hill partly in this County and partly in Hartfordshire Whose Market is very considerable for Malt especially Lastly this County which formerly was Part of the Kingdom of the East-Angles and its Inhabitants part of the Iceni as the Romans called them is now in the Diocess of Ely Out of it are elected besides the 2 Knights of the Shire 4 Members of Parliament viz. 2 by the Town of Cambridge and 2 more by the Vniversity Cheshire CHESHIRE a Maritime County in the North-West Parts of England is bounded on the East by Derbyshire and Staffordshire on the West partly by the Irish Sea partly by Flintshire and Denbighshire two Counties of Wales Northward by Lancashire Southward part by Denbighshire and part by Shropshire and Staffordshire It contains in Length from East to West about 45 Miles in Breadth from North to South 25. The Whole divieled into 7 Hundreds 85 Parishes and 13 Market Towns As flat as this Country is yet it is not without several noted Hills besides the Mountains which divide it from Darby and Stafford Shires It has also several Woods and Forests as namely Delamere and Maclesfield Forests and is so well stored with Parks that almost every Gentleman has one peculiar to himself Heaths and Mosses are frequent here but the first serve to feed Sheep and Horses and Mosses to make Turves of for Fewel As for Rivers this Country is well watered with them the South-west Parts with the Dee the middle with the Weever and the North Parts with the Mersey which divides this County from Lancashire The Dee affords great plenty of Salmon And 't is observable of this River that upon the fall of much Rain it rises but little but if the South Wind beat long upon it it swells â—nd overflows the Grounds adjoyning Here are â—lso many Meres and Pools in all which are aâ—undance of excellent Fish Here the Air for Temperature and the Soil for Fertility is inferiour to none and far exâ—eeding the Neighbouring Counties It s chief Commodities are Corn Cattel Sheep Fish Fowl Salt and Cheese the best â—n all England Chester otherwife called West-Chester by reason of its Western Situation is the chief Place of this County bearing from London North-West and distant therefrom by common Computation 150 Miles thus Viz. from London to St. Albans 20. from thence to Stony-Stratford 24 to Daventry 16 more from Daventry to Coventry 22 thence to Lichfield â—o more to Stone 18 to Nantwich 15 and to Chester 15 more This City was raised from the Fort Ostorius Lieutenant of Britain for the Emperour Clauâ—ius And 't is pleasantly seated on the River Dee about 25 miles from its fall into the Sea the River widening it self all the way to a great breadth But the Channel is so choakt up with Sand for some Miles that all Ships now â—ome to a Place called the New Key about 6 miles distance Over the River it has a fair Stone-bridge â—uilt upon 8 Arches with a Gate at each â—nd from whence issue the Walls of the City â—n a quadrangular form high and strongly â—uilt In this Wall are 4 Gates viz. the East-Gate Bridge-gate Water-gate and North-Gate the first being esteemed one of â—he stateliest Gates in England Besides these â—our principal Gates there are three others of â—ess note called the Posterns and on the Wall are 7 Watch-towers and broad Battlements for Pieces of Ordnance On the South side is a stately strong Castle built in a circular form with a Court-yard about it inclosed with a Wall In the North Part is the Cathedral adjoyning to which is the Bishops Pallace In short this City is beautify'd with divers fair Buildings both publick and private and graced with large and well-ordered Streets which are supplied with fresh Water by Conduit Pipes from a Tower at the Bridge calleâ— Water-Tower 35 yards high and 8 broad Along the chief Streets are Galleries or Rowâ— as they call them with Shops on one side through which Galleries one may walk freâ— from Wet in the greatest Showers As to the Number of Parishes in it I finâ— no less than ten so well frequented this Plaâ—â— is by Gentry and Tradesmen For besides thâ— Assises held here twice a Year Chester being a County Palatine has also its Courts Palatine kept here And as it stands commodiously for Ireland with which it has a greaâ— Intercourse so it is a constant Thorough-farâ— for that Kingdom Of late it has been of particular Note foâ— being the Rendezvous of great part of ouâ— Forces that have been transported for thâ— Reduction of Ireland and Highlake on thâ— North-side of the River's Mouth for being thâ— proper Place for Shipping 'T was in this City of Chester that King Edgaâ— had his Barge rowed by way of Homage bâ— seven Kings of the Scots and Britains from 〈◊〉 Johns Church to his Pallace himself as sâ—preme Lord holding the Helm And 't is observable that the eldest Sons of the Kings 〈◊〉 England whether it be by birth or death 〈◊〉 their elder Brothers are ipso facto Earls of Chester The other Market Towns are Nantwich Sat. Middlewich Sat. Congleton Sat. Knutsford Sat. Malpas Mund. Maxfield Mund. Altrincham Tue. Fordsham Wedn. Sanbich Thu. Northwich Frid. Stopford Frid. Tarvin Frid. Amongst which Nantwich and Fordsham are feated on the Banks of the Weever Stopford on the Mersey Northwich and Congleton on the Dane which runs into the Weeve Middlewich on the Croke near its fall into the Dane Maxfield or Maclesfield on the Bollin Sandbich on the Welock Nantwich Middlewich and Northwich are of chief note for their Salt-pits but the first especially which next to Chester is the greatest and the fairest built Town in the County Here is the best white Salt made and great plenty of it At Congleton they make great store of Points Purses and leather Gloves Sandbich is only famous for its Ale sold at London for 12 pence the bottle which for strength and clearness does equalize Canary Maxfield or Maclesfield is a large and fair Town which drives a great Trade of Buttons But it is of most note for giving the Title of Earl to the Right Honourable Charles Gerard Earl of Maclesfield c. This County formerly a Part of the ancient Kingdom of Mercia and its Inhabitants part of the Cornavii as the Romans called them is now in the Diocese of Chester The Earls hereof were anciently accounted Palatines since William the Conquerour gave this Earldom to Hugh Lupus a noble Norman to be holden as freely by his Sword as the King himself held England by his Crown which was the Tenure of all Counts Palatine more like Princes than Subjects And though it be now and has long been reannexed to the Crown yet it still holds the Rights and Priviledges of a County Palatine having for the administration thereof a Chamberlain a Justice for the Common-Pleas of the Crown two Barons of the Exchequer a Sheriff an
afford excellent Fish and wild Fowl in great plenty A noted Place in former time for its wonderfull rich Abbey which continued in its glory till its Dissolution by King Henry VIII This County which formerly was Part of the Kingdom of Mercia and its Inhabitants Part of the Iceni as the Romans called them is now in the Diocese of Lincoln Out of it are elected besides the two Knights of the Shire but two Parliament Men and these out of Huntington Kent KENT in Latin Cantium so called as being seated in a Canton or Corner of the Kingdom is a large rich and pleasant Country â—â—ying between the Thames and the Narrow Seas So that it is invironed on all sides with the Sea except Westward where it borders both upon Surrey and Sussex It contains in Length from East to West 60 Miles in Breadth from North to South 30. The Whole divided into five Lathes called Sutton Aylesford Scray St. Augustine and Shepway Lathes and these into 67 Hundreds wherein 408 Parishes and 30 Market Towns Which is an Argument of its Populousness But the Air is neither so serene nor so healthful here as in other Counties especially near the Sea and Marshes which makes this Country so noted for its Kentish Agues Now that you may know in few words the Nature of this Country both as to its Air and Soil I shall bring in the Remark made upon it which is that there are 3 Ridges of Hills in Kent one called Health without Wealth the second Health and Wealth and the third Wealth without Health Others as to the Soil give this different Character of it The Weald for Wood East Kent for Corn Rumney for Meadow Tenham for an Orchard Shepey and Reculver for Wheat Thanet for Barley and Hedcorn for Capons In general this may be said of Kent that it is a Country very good for Corn and fit for Pasturage according to the several Plots and Parts thereof and wondrous full of fruitful and well-ordered Orchards from whence the City of London is supplied with most sorts of Fruit but chiefly with Pippins and Cherries which are counted the best in England On the Cliffs between Deal and Dover there grows a great store of Samphire The same is well watered with Rivers For besides the Thames that washes its North Parts here is the Medway which in a manner parts it in the middle the Stower that runs by Canterbury the Tun through Tunbridge and the Rother upon which Appledore is seated not to mention the lesser Streams Of all the Counties in England this was the first Kingdom of the Heptarchy and had a particular King to it self which no other County ever had Neither was it conquered by the Normans the Kentish Men yielding upon Articles and having their ancient Franchises and Customs confirmed to 'em by William the Conqueror One of which is the Cavelkind whereby they are not so bound by Copy-hold as in other Parts of England Lands of this nature being equally divided here among the male Children and for want of Males among the Females By the same Law they are at age at 15 years old and they may sell or make over the Land without the consent of the Lord. Also the Son tho of a convicted Father for Felony or Murder succeeds him in such Kind of Lands The Kentish Men besides have this to glory in that they were the first Christians of this Island And this is the only County at this time that has two Cities or Episcopal Sees namely Canterbury and Rochester Canterbury the chief Place of this County is 46 miles East of London Viz. from London to Dartford 12 to Rochester 11 more from thence to Sittingborn 10 and to Canterbury 13 more A City of great Antiquity if it was built as some Authors aver 900 years before Christ 'T is seated on the River Stower noted for breeding the best Trouts in the South East Parts of England and is counted in the Lath of S. Augustine The Buildings of it but mean and the Wall which encompasses it in a decayed condition The greatest Ornament of all is the Cathedral wherein ly interred the Bodies of eight Kings For this City had been the Seat of the Kings of Kent till given by Ethelbert the first Christian King of this Country to Augustine the first Archbishop thereof and his Successors Whereupon the King removed his Seat to Reculver a Town by the Sea-side In this Cathedral is also interred the Body of Thomas Becket once Archbishop hereof that famous Saint so reverenced by the Romanists In this City and its Suburbs are reckoned 14 Parish Churches besides a Meeting-place under the Cathedral for the Walloonâ— that dwell in this City who are very numerous and drive a considerable Trade of the Stuffs they make here It has two Markets a Week Wednesdays and Saturdays the latter of which is the most considerable But to the honour this City has had of being the Regal Seat of the first Kings of Kent and of being to this day the See of the Primate of England let us add the Coronation of King John and Queen Izabel his Wife the Marriages of Henry II. and Edward I and the Interments of Edward the black Prince King Henry the Fourth and Queen Joan his Wife all which was performed in this Place The other Market-Towns are Eltham Mund. Wrotham Tue. Lenham Tue. Westram Wedn. S. Mary Cray Wedn. Goldburst Wedn. Gravesend Wedn. Sat. Feversham Wedn. Sat. Dover Wedn. Sat. Sandwich Wedn. Sat. Wye Thu. Rumney Thu. Lyd Thu. Folkstone Thu. Maidstone Thu. Bromley Thu. Rochester Frid. Tunbridge Frid. Tenderden Frid. Woolwich Frid. Smarden Frid. Malinge Sat. Milton Sat. Cranbrook Sat. Hythe Sat. Ashford Sat. Sevenoke Sat. Dartford Sat. Appledore Among which Rockester requires the preeminence as a Bishops See and the second for Antiquity in all the Island It is seated upon the Medway over which it has a stately Stone-bridge one of the fairest in England It consists most of one principal Street which extends it self a long way the Houses being but ordinary as they are inhabited for the most part but by Trades-men and Inn-keepers Yet besides the Honour it has of being a Bishops See it is dignify'd with the Title of an Earldom in the Person of the Right Honourable Laurence Hyde Earl of Rochester Viscount Hyde c. Which Title was formerly enjoy'd by three Wilmots And before them there was a Viscount of this Place Sir Robert Carr being created Viscount of Rochester Anno 1611. and afterwards Earl of Somerset Adjoyning to this City is Chatham also seated on the Banks of Medway A long Thorough-fare Town well inhabited by Seamen and Shipwrights as being the principal Station of the Royal Navy and having a good Dock and Store-houses for the building and equipping of his Majesties Ships Maidstone is seated also on the Medway but near the head of it This is the Town where the County-Goal Sessions and Assizes are kept being conveniently seated for
that what is worse for the Rider is best for the Abider And besides Corn and Cattle wherewith this Country is plentifully stored here are insome Parts especially towards Wiltshire rich Lead-Mines to the great benefit not only of the County but of the whole Kingdom These Mines are found particularly in the Hills called Mendip-Hills of no small Profit to the Owners As for its Diamonds commonly called Bristol-Stones I refer you to Bristol in Glocestershire Besides the Severns Mouth whereby the North-West Part of this Country is watered here is the Avon which parts this County from Glocestershire the Parret the Tor Tone Frome and others well stored with excellent Fish In this County are three Cities Bristol Bath and Wells Bristol indeed stands also in Glocestershire and as I have already described it there I shall pass it over here Bath bears West and by South from London and is distant therefrom 94 miles Viz. from London to Reading 32 miles as you may see in Parkshire from thence to Newbery 15 and to Marlborough 15 more thence to Chipenham 15 and to Bath 13 more It is so called from its Medicinal hot Baths much resorted unto from all Parts as being found by long experience to be of great virtue in the curing of Aches and other Distempers It s Situation is on the River Avon over which it has a Stone-Bridge and there it lies in a low and small Plain surrounded with Hills very high and steep out of which issue forth several Springs of Water which pay Tribute to it This is a Place of great Antiquity as does appear by many Roman Inscriptions and Images commonly found in the Walls which incompass it And where the Abbey now stands 't is said there was of old a Temple consecrated to Minerva the Goddess of Fountains and Baths In short 't is a fine City graced with well-built Houses and for divine Worship havâ—â—â— a Parish Church besides its Cathedral The Baths in it are four in number viz. the Cross and the hot Bath in the West Parts of the City the King 's and the Queen's-Bath in the middle The Cross Bath so called from a Cross that formerly stood in the midst of it is Triangular about 25 foot long and as broad at one end This is of a more gentle heat than the rest because it has fewer Springs About 100 foot from it is the Hot-Bath so called because formerly it was much hotter than the rest when it was not so large as now it is The King's Bath is about 60 foot square and has about the middle of it many hot Springs rising whence it has the greater heat The Queen's Bath has no Spring in it but only receives the Water from the King's Bath from which it is only divided by a Wall and so it is more temperate than the King 's In these two Baths is a Pump to pump Water upon the Diseased where strong Embrocations are required In every one of the Baths are Seats of Stone for the conveniency of those that use ' em But from 8 a Clock in the morning till about 3 in the afternoon these Baths are shut up and none permitted entrance being then so very hot that they work and cast up a filth from the bottom The Inhabitants of Bath do not only find a great advantage by these Medicinal Springs but also by their Cloth Manufacture wherein they drive a considerable Trade And for Provisions they have two Markets a Week viz. Wednesdays and Saturdays This City is Partner with Wells the Bishops See in the Title Episcopal Noted besides for giving the Title of Earl to the Right Honourable John Granvile created Earl of Bath by King Charles the II. Anno 1661. Which Title was formerly injoy'd by the Heirs of John Bourchier who was created Earl of Bath by King Henry VIII Anno 1536 but went away from that Family by the Death of Henry Bourchier dying without Issue male Wells seated at the foot of a Hill is so called from the Springs and Wells that spring about it 'T is a small City but well inhabited and adorned with fair Buildings both publick and private The Cathedral among the rest is a stately Pile of building having in the West End a Frontispiece of excellent Imagery and carved Stone-work dedicated to S. Andrew and said to be first built by Ina King of the West-Saxons Adjoyning to it is the Bishops Pallace built in the manner of a Castle and fortified with Walls and a Mote and on the other side are the Prebends Houses c. The Market-house is also a neat Building supported by Pillars Lastly this City has two Markets a Week on Wednesdays and Saturdays as Bath The other Market-Towns are Bruton Sat. Langport Sat. Crokehorn Sat. Ilmister Sat. Watchet Sat. Dulverton Sat. Chard Mun. Somerton Mun. Glassenbury Tue. Wivescomb Tue. Pensford Tue. Wrinton Tue. N. Petherton Tue. N. Curry Tue. Sat. Wincaunton Wedn. Ilchester Wedn. Froumselwood Wedn. Taunton Wedn. Sat. Axebridge Thu. S. Petherton Thu. Bridgewater Thu. Wellington Thu. Canesham Thu. Evill Frid. Dunster Frid. Shepton-Mallet Frid. Philip-Norton Minehead Among which Bruton seated on the River Brue is a well-built and inhabited Town that drives a good Trade for Clothing Serges and Maulting 'T is graced with a beautifull Church has a Free School founded by King Edward the Sixth and a very fine Alms-house Langport stands on the top of a Hill in a miry and moorish Country and near the River Parret which next to the Avon is the most considerable South-Petherton Crokehorn Chard and Ilmister ly not far asunder near the West-Borders of Dorsetshire the first two on the Banks of the Parret Dulverton on the Ex borders upon Devonshire Wivescomb Wellington North Curry and Taunton are seated on the River Tone Taunton the chief of all the List is a neat and populous Town graced with spacious Streets and a fine Bridge over the River Inhabited chiefly by Clothiers who drive a considerable Trade with the Cloths and Serges made here and in the adjacent Parts It contains two Parish Churches Bridgewater and Glassenbury are the two Places of chief note next to Taunton the first seated on the Parret the laft on the Tor and each with a Stone-Bridge over its proper River The first is a large well-inhabited and frequented Town adorned with the Title of an Earldom in the person of the Right Honourable John Egerton the present Earl of Bridgewater Derived to him from his Father John Egerton created Earl of Brigewater by King James I. Anno 1617. Which Title was formerly injoyed by Henvy Lord Dawbeney advanced from a Knight to this Dignity by King Henry VIII he being Son of that Giles Dawbeney who came in with King Henry VII from Bretagne in France But he dying without Issue this Title died with him till revived as aforesaid Glassenbury of old called the Island of Avalon is of chief note for its once famous and stately Abbey the Monks whereof for the Credit of
Places to amongst the numerous Towns that are here few can boast of any Beauty Stafford the Shire-Town from whence the County takes its Name bears from London North-West and is distant therefrom 104 miles thus From London to Northampton 54 miles for the particulars whereof I refer you to Northamptonshire from thence to Coventry 20 miles to Lichfield 20 more and thence to Stafford 10. A Town pleasantly seated on the Banks of the-River Sowe which washes its South and West Parts with a Bridge over it Formerly fenced with a Wall except where it was secured by a large Pool or Water on the North and East Here are two Parish-Churches a free School and a fine Market-Place The Streets are large and graced with many good Buildings And its Market which is kept on Saturdays is well served with most sorts of Provisions This Town did formerly belong to the noble Family of the Staffords first with the Title of Earl hereof and afterwards of Lord or Baron Henry Stafford was the last of that Line who dying Anno 1639 the Family of the Staffords died also with him But the next year after William Howard Knight of the Bath and second Son of Thomas Earl of Arundel and Surrey having to Wife a Daughter of the last Lord Stafford was by King Charles I. created Viscount and Lord Stafford Who being found Guilty of High Treason by his Peers Dec. 7th 1680 was beheaded upon Tower-Hill Dec. 29. But the Title was in the late Reign revived in his Son Henry the present Earl of Stafford Lastly though Stafford be the County-Town yet it is not the chief either for extent or beauty it being out-done by Lichfield a City and County of it self seated in a low and Moorish Ground on a shallow Pool by which it is divided into two Parts both joyned together by a Bridge and a Causey and making up a City of indifferent bigness In the South Part which is the greater of the two stands a Grammar-School for the Education of Children and an Hospital dedicated to S. John for the Relief of the Poor In the other Parts there 's nothing considerable but a fair Cathedral and that sufficient of it self to renoun the Place First built by Oswin King of Northumberland about the Year 656 who gave the Bishops hereof many Possessions Afterwards being taken down by Roger de Clinton the 37th Bishop of this Diocese that which now stands was built by him and dedicated to the Virgin Mary and S. Chad. Besides the Cathedral this City has 3 Parish Churches And its Weekly Markets kept on Tuesdays and Fridays are well served with Provisions But Lichfield is not only honoured with a Bishops See 'T is dignify'd besides with the Title of an Earldom in the person of the Right Honourable Edward Henry Lee who was created by Charles II. Baron of Spellesbury Viscount Quarendon and Earl of Lichfield Anno 1674. The other Market-Towns are Newcastle Mund. Stone Tue. Betles Tue. Pagets Bromley Tue. Tudbury Tue. Walsall Tue. Ridgeley Tue. Penkridge Tue. Brewood Tue. Leek Wedn. Vtoxeter Wedn. Wolverhampton Wedn. Checkley Thu. Burton Thu. Eccleshall Frid. Tamworth Sat. Among which Newcastle commonly called Newcastle under Line from the Rivulet Line upon which it is seated and that to distinguish it from Newcastle upon Tine in Northumberland is a large Town but mean in its Buildings most of 'em being thatched Vtoxeter and Tudbury are seated on the River Dove Stone and Burton upon Trent the first in the Road from London to Chester and the last famous for its Bridge leading into Derbyshire Pagets Bromley on the Blithe and Checkley on the Teane Tamworth is seated on the Tame where the Auker falls into it with a Stone-Bridge over each It stands part in this County and part in Staffordshire one part washed by the Tame and the other Part by the Auker In short 't is a good Town beautified with a large Church and strengthened with a small but strong Castle Walsall is seated on the top of a high Hill pretty well built and driving a good Trade of Nails Spurs Stirrups Bridle-bits and Bellows made here in great plenty Penkridge a Place of good Antiquity seated near the River Penk is now only famous for its Horse-Fair and chiefly for Saddle-Nags And Brewood for that the Bishops of this Diocese had here their Pallace before the Conquest Wolverhampton was only called Hampton till such time as one Vulver a devout Woman inriched the Town with a Religious House It stands upon a Hill and has a Collegiate Church annexed to the Deanry of Windsor About four miles from this Place stood the Oak where the late King Charles took Sanctuary for some Days after his Defeat at Worcester till he was conveyed to the House of Mrs. Jane Lane who was a chief Instrument in his Conveyance beyond Sea From whence this famous Tree came to be called the Royal Oak Lastly this County formerly Part of the Kingdom of Mercia and its Inhabitants part of the Cornavii is now in the Diocese of Lichfield and Coventry Out of it are elected besides the two Knights of the Shire eight Members of Parliament Viz. two out of each of these following Towns Stafford Lichfield Newcastle under Line and Tamworth CHAP. XV. Of Suffolk Surrey and Sussex Suffolk SVFFOLK a large Maritime County is bounded on the East with the German Ocean on the West with Cambridgeshire Northward with Norfolk and Southward with Essex Called Suffolk q. d. Southfolk in opposition to Norfolk which lies North from it It contains in Length from East to West about 45 miles in Breadth from North to South where broadest at least 30. The Whole divided into 22 Hundreds wherein 575 Parishes and 30 Market-Towns A strong Argument of its Populousness Here the Air is counted so wholsom that some London Physicians have prescribed it for the Cure of their consumptive Patients As to the Soil the Eastern Parts all along the Coast for five or six miles Inland are generally heathy sandy and full of bleaâ— Hills yet such as yield abundance of Rye Pease and Hemp and feed abundance oâ— Sheep The more Inland Part commonly called high Suffolk or the Wood-Lands is for the moâ—â— part Clay-Ground and is husbanded chiefly for the Dairy this County being noted foâ— its excellent Butter The Southern Parts along the Borders of Essex and Cambridgeshire are much of the same nature for Wood and Pasture-Ground But the Parts about Bury and to the North-West from thence are generally Champain abounding with excellent Corn of all sorts And as for Parks here are reckoned in this County near upon fifty For Rivers few Counties are so well watered Besides the little Ouse and the Waveney which part it from Norfolk here is the Stoure which severs it from Essex the Orwell or Gippe the Ore Blithe Deben and Breton c. Ipswich the chief Place hereof bears from London North-East and is distant from thence 55 miles thus From London to Colchester 43 miles
the edge of this Shire between Luckington and great Badminton They are about nine in Number all lying in a Row but of different Dimensions The Manner of them is two long Stones set upon the sides and broad Stones on the top to cover them The least of these Caves is 4 foot broad and some of them 9 or 10 foot long They are credibly thought not 〈◊〉 be Gyants Caves as the Country-people give it out but rather the Tombs of some heroick Men among the ancient Romans Saxons or Danes And that which makes it so much the more probable is that Spurs and pieces of Armour c. have been found there not long since by those who digged into them Lastly this County has given the Title of an Earl to several Families which now belongs to his Grace Charles Pawlet Duke of Bolton Marquess of Winchester Earl of Wiltshire and Baron S. John of Basing All which Titles except that of Duke devolved to him from his Ancestor William Pawlet Created Earl of Wiltshire and afterward Marquess of Winchester by King Edward VI. And that of Duke was lately conferred upon him by his present Majesty CHAP. XVII Of Worcestershire and Yorkshire Worcestershire WORCESTERSHIRE an Inland County is bounded on the East by Warwickshire and part of Glocestershire on the West by Herefordshire and part of Shropshire on the North by Staffordshire and on the South by Glocestershire It contains in Length from North to South about 35 miles in Breadth from East to West about 25. The Whole divided into seven Hundreds wherein 152 Parishes and 11 Market-Towns A County of an Air so temperate and a Soil so fortunate that it gives place to none about it either for health or plenty Abundant certainly it is in all sorts of Fruits this Climate can afford Pears and Cherries especially insomuch that here is made abundance of Perry Here are also many Salt-pits called Wiches which yield excellent Salt and such as for whiteness and hardness imitateth Loaf-Sugar 'T is true this County is pretty full of Hills but such Hills as are not barren yielding plenty of Wood and store of Pasturage whilst the Valleys on the other side feed abundance of Cattle and bear good Crops of Corn. Through these Valleys run so many Rivers that few Counties are better watered with fresh Streams Here we meet again that noble River the Severn which runs quite through the Country from North to South and affords here great store of fresh-Water Lampreys Besides the Avon the Team the Salwarp c. which run into the Severn and yield abundance of Fish Worcester the chief Place hereof and from whence the County is denominated bears from London West-North-West and is distant therefrom near upon 90 miles thus From London to Oxford 47 miles as you may see afterwards in my Description of Oxford from thence to Chipping-Norton 12 and to Campden 12 more thence to Pershore 10 and to Worcester 6 more Pleasantly seated on the East Bank of the Severn over which it has a fair Stone-Bridge with a Tower upon it and thence arising with a gentle ascent affords to the upper Parts a very goodly Prospect in the Vale beneath A City every way considerable for Situation neat Buildings Number of Churches and Wealth of the Inhabitants by reason of their Cloth-Trade which does here flourish very much This City called by Antonine and Ptolomy Branonium and by the Romans Vigornia is said to have been first built by the Romans the better to secure themselves from the Britains beyond the Severn But in the time of King Canute it suftered much from the Danes and afterwards by frequent Conflagrations which laid it almost waste and despairing of a Recovery Yet it rose at last out of its Ashes and by degrees so improved as to contain at present nine Parish-Churches besides the Cathedral This is a stately Structure in whose Quire are the Monuments of King John in white Marble and of Arthur Prince of Wales and Son to Henry VII in blak Jeat The Castle I shall say nothing of as having nothing left of it but the Name and Ruins But Worcester is particularly memorable for the Battel fought there Sept. 3. 1651. betwixt the late King Charles and the Parliament Forces wherein the King's Army was totally defeated So that he was fain to shift for himself and to wander six Weeks in Disguise about the Country till he was at laft transported from a Creek near Shoram in Sussex to Feccam near Havre de Grace in France Lastly this City has a long time given the Title of Earl and at last that of Marquess to the Family of the Somersets extracted by the Beauforts from John of Gaunt For Charles Somerset who was created Earl of Worcester by King Henry VIII was base Son of Henry Beaufort the 8th Duke of Somerset beheaded in Edward the fourth's Reign Lastly this City keeps 3 Markets a Week viz. Wednesdays Fridays and Saturdays The other Market-Towns are Bewdley Sat. Evesham Mund. Pershore Tue. Bromes-grove Tue. Tenbury Tue. Vpton Thu. Kidderminster Thu. Sturbridge Frid. Shipton Frid. Droitwich Frid. Among which Bewdley and Vpton stand upon the Severn the first in the North the other in the South Parts of this County Bewdley near the Forest of Wire was in former time a Place of great delight and of good account in the Reign of Henry VII where he built a retiring House for Prince Arthur and called it Ticken-Hall The Town at present is neat and well-built and injoys a good Trade for Barley Malt Caps and Leather Vpton is also a well-built Town and was of great account in the time of the Romans Not far from which are the Malvern-Hills and opposite to 'em Eastwards the Bredon-Hills Evesham or Evesholm and Pershore are both seated on the Avon over which they have each a Bridge The first esteemed the best Town in the County next to Worcester containing two or three Parish-Churches and driving a good Trade of Stockings especially The other a great Thorough-fare betwixt London and Worcester but somewhat decayed in its Trade since the Dissolution of its ancient Abbey Droitwich and Bromes-grove are both situate on the Banks of the Salwarp The first noted for its Salt-pits and the last for its Clothing Trade Not far from Droitwich is Fakenham-Forest and Norton-Wood which stand commodious for the Salt-Works to supply them with Wood for the boyling the brine in their Coppers Sturbridge and Kidderminster two goodly Towns stand both on the River Stower over which they have each a Bridge The first is situate on a Flat and has the accommodation of a Free-Shool with a Library Kidderminster is well inhabited much traded unto for its Stuffs and beautify'd with a very fair Church As for Tenbury and Shipton the first stands on the very edge of Shropshire upon the Banks of the River Tent. And Shipton upon Stower in a slip of the County taken off from Warwickshire To conclude this Connty now in the Diocese of Worcester
Civil Affairs by a MAYOR with the Title of Lord prefixt given to no Mayor in England but that of London and of late to the Mayor of York In the Time of the Romans he was called Prefect of London in the Saxons time Port-greeve and sometimes Provost of London and after the Coming in of the Normans Bayliff 'T was King Richard I who in the Year 1189 being the first of his Reign changed the Name of Bayliff into that of Mayor a French Word originally which has continued ever since This great and mighty Magistrate is yearly chosen by the Citizens upon Michaelmas Day the 29th of September The Body out of which he is chosen are the 26 Aldermen all Persons of great Wealth and Wisdom at least ought so to be Those that chuse him are first the Livory-men or Members of the several Companies of Tradesmen within the City and at last the Aldermen which is done in this manner First the Livery-Men do usually put up four Candidates out of which they chuse two by the Plurality of Voices and out of these two the Court of Aldermen select whom they think fit And though they be free in their Choice yet commonly they have a regard for the Senior Alderman that has not been Lord Mayor and give him the Precedence The Mayor Elect being Proclaimed is sworn first at Guildhall and afterwards at Westminster There he swears to maintain the Priviledges of the People and here to be True to the King The Installation-Day is the 29th of October a Month after the Election The Solemnity of which Day upon his Account is so great that no Magistrate in Europe appears with so much state and grandure as the Mayor of London upon his Installation First he go's by water to Westminster in his Barge of state accompanied with the Aldermen in all their Formalities with their Scarlet Robes and Chains of gold hanging before their Breasts The Twelve Companies also in their several Barges â—et out with their Arms Colours and Screamers on both sides attend him in their furred Gowns In his way he is saluted from the Shore with the noise of great Guns and as he passes by Whitehall the King from thence viewing the Solemnity gives him and his Brethren a Mark of his Respect At last being landed at Westminster Bridge the several Companies march in order to their Hall and after them the Mayor and Aldermen with the Sword and Mace before them the Sword-bearer with his Cap of Maintenance on his head At their Entrance into the Hall the Hall is Intertained with the harmonious Musick of a Set of Hoboys marching in order before them and playing all the Way First they walk round the Hall where they pay their respects to each Court of Judicature and from the Hall they proceed to the Exchequer-Chamber where the New Lord Mayor is Sworn by the Barons This done they walk again in Procession round the Hall to invite the several Judges of each Court to Dinner at Guildhall And after this the whole Procession returns in the same manner by Water to Black-Friars From whence the Lord Mayor and Aldermen make their Cavalcade to Guildhall all mounted upon Horses richly Caparisoned the Livery-Men marching before in good order And now the Artillery men make their best appearance with their Buff-coats and Head-pieces But the most diverting Sight is that of the Pageants here and there in motion to divert the Spectators At last a most splendid Dinner to which besides the Judges many of the great Lords and Ladies the Privy Counsellours the forein Embassadors and oftentimes the King and Queen are invited concludes the Solemnity Such is the Magnificence of the Lord Mayor of London though always a Citizen and Tradesman being a Member of one of the 12 Companies Who for his great Dignity is usually Knighted by the King before the Year of his Mayoralty be expired unless he had received that Honour before whilst he was an Alderman as of late has been â—shal His Authority reaches not only all over this great City and part of the Suburbs except some particular Places but also on the Thames as far as the Mouth of it and Westward as far as Stanes-Bridge And so great is his Power that he may cause any Person inhabiting within London or the Liberties thereof to be Summoned to appear before him upon the Complaint of any Citizen and for Non-appearance may grant his Warrant to bring such Person before him For he has Power to determine Differences between Party and Party His Attendance whilst he is a Mayor is very considerable For besides his proper Servants first he has four principal Officers that wait on him as Lord Mayor who are reputed Esquires by their Places And those are the Sword-bearer the Common Hunt the Common Crier and the Water-Bayliff whose Places are very advantageous and purchased when vacant at a great rate from the Lord Mayor for the time being Besides them there is the Coroner 3 Sergeants Carvers 3 Sergeants of the Chamber 1 Sergeant of the Channel 4 Yeomen of the Waterside 1 Vnder Water-Bayliff 2 Yeomen of the Chamber 3 Meal-Weighers 2 Yeomen of the Wood-Wharf and several others Most of which have Servants allowed them with Livories Among which the Sword-bearer has a 1000 l. a Year allowed him for his Table in the Lord Mayor's House When he appears abroad on horseback which is his usual Appearance 't is with rich Caparison and always in long Robes sometimes of fine Scarlet-Cloth richly furred sometimes Purple and sometimes Puke with a black Velvet Hood over his Robes and a great Chain of Gold with a rich Jewel to it hanging from his Neck downwards Attended by several Officers walking before and on both sides of him He keeps an open Table all the Year to all Comers of any quality and so well furnished that it is always fit to receive the greatest Subject of England or of any other Potentate He has a Priviledge to hunt not only in Middlesex but also in Essex and Surrey and for this purpose has a Kennel of Hounds always maintained On the King's Coronation-Day he claims to be the chief Butler and bears the King's Cup among the highest Nobles of the Kingdom which serve on that Day in other Offices And upon the King's Death he is said to be the prime Person of England Therefore when King James I was invited to come and take the Crown of England Robert Lee then Mayor of London subscribed in the first place before all the Officers of the Crown and all the Nobility One Thing is observable which hapned not long since I mean four Mayors the City had in little more than half a Year viz. Sir John Shorter Sir John Eyles Sir John Chapman and Sir Thomas Pilkington For upon the Death of the first in September 1688 Sir John Eyles was made Lord Mayor and in October following the Charter being restored Sir John Chapman was chosen Lord Mayor Who dying in March following
Huntingt Mr. Nelson For Nottingh Northamp Mr. Terry For Devon and Kent Mr. Davies For Devon and Kent Mr. Shorthose For Essex and Berks. Mr. Abr. Skinner For Hartf and Derbysh Mr. Mat. Colborn For Lond. and Middlesex Mr. S. Laytow For Lond. and Middlesex Mr. Hen. Martin For Lond. and Middlesex Mr. Wil. Fish For Lincoln and Somers Mr. Hen. Caesar For York and Westm Mr. J. Hawkins For York and Westm Mr. Jo. Paget For Glocester and Camb. Mr. J. Hungerford For Glocester and Camb. Mr. Fra. King For Southampt and Warw. Mr. J. Reynolds For Norfolk and Cumb. Mr. Cha. Pickering For Dors and Northumb. Mr. Will. Finch For Leicest and Cornwal Mr. John Hussey For Surrey and Salop. Mr. Steph. Terry For Heref. and Monm Mr. Osb. Newman For Oxon and Rutl. Mr. Rob. Hart. For Staff and Wiltsh Mr. Jer. Hale For Bedf. and Buck. Mr. Ric. Plompton For Sussex and Glocest Mr. Wil. Wickliff Clerk of the Crown in Chancery Henry Barker Esq His Deputy Tho. Milton Esq Clerk of the Office Mr. Ralph Hale The Register Deputy-Registers Mr. Geo. Edwards Mr. Carew Guidot Mr. Edw. Goldsborough Mr. Richard Price The Deputy-Register for filing the Reports and Keeper of the Books of Entry Mr. Richard Bournford The Entring Clerks in the Register's Office Mr. Robert Davenish and Mr. Henry Davenish Secretary of the Presentation of the Spiritual Benefices Mr. Richard Brook Clerk of the Patents I Richard Pigot Clerk of the Affidavits Mr. Samuel Poynter Clerk of the Hanaper Mr. Edward Seymore The Principal Clerks in the Petty-Bag Office Mr. Aaron Pingrey Mr. John Lloyd Mr. John Dauling Clerks in the Rolls Chappel Mr. William Grimes Mr. Woodford Mr. Sam. Killingworth Mr. Henry Watson Mr. Vincent Mr. Haley Clerks in the Inrollment Office Mr. Andrew Young Mr. Edw. Portington Master of the Subpoena Office Sir Walter Vane Kt His Deputy Mr. Nich. Hook Master of the Patent Office Sir Richard Pigot Kt. His Deputy Mr. Brook The two Clerks Mr. Richard Pickering and Mr. Nicholas Nichols In the Alienation Office The Commissioners Peregrine Bertue Esq The Commissioners John Sanderson Esq The Commissioners William Glandvil Esq The Civilian formerly a Doctor Mr. George Morley His Clerk to indorse the Writs Mr. Bernard Halfpeny Receiver of the Fines Edward Nicholas Esq The Register Mr. Thomas Web. Porter Charles Brook Examiners in Chancery William Adderly Esq Francis Twisden Esq To which add the Usher to the Court of Chancery Mat. Bluck Esq Cryer Mr. James Sparrow Warden of the Fleet Richard Manlove Esq Sergeant at Arms George Charnock Esq A List of the Judges and Officers of the Court of Kings Bench. The Judges Sir John Holt Lord Chief Justiee Sir William Dolben Justices Sir William Gregory Justices Sir Giles Eyres Justices Clerk of the Crown in the Kings Bench. Sir Samuel Astrey Kt. His Secondary Simon Harcourt Esq The Entring Clerks Mr. Rob. Seyliard Chief Clerk Mr. Rich. Horton Mr. John Weekely Mr. John Cook Mr. William Eyre Mr. Lionel Fanshaw Mr. Rice Foulks Mr. Benedict Brown Mr. Rob. Wintour Mr. Wil. Leighton Mr. Edward Croke Praenotary or the Kings chief Clerk on the Plea-side Sir Robert Henley Kt. His Secondary Mr. Richard Aston Receiver and Signer of Writs Mr. Thomas Bromfield To which add the Masters of the Nisi-Prius Office Custos Brevium and Recordorum Thomas Goodwin Esq Masters of the Nisi-Prius Office Custos Brevium and Recordorum Simon Foulks Esq Clerk of the Rules Robert Pugh Esq His Deputy Mr. Barth Pickering Clerks of the Papers on the Plea-side Mr. Robert Stone Mr. Giles Clark Clerk of the Errors Mr. Thomas Waerg Clerk of the Bills of Middlesex Mr. Fr. Rouse Clerk for filing Declarations Mr. John Slater Clerk of the Remembrances and Dockets Mr. Robert Walker Clerk of the Bails and Posteas Mr. Fr. Thacker Filazers and Exigenters For Bedf. Mr. Child For Berks. Mr. Rob. Hastings For Kent Cornwal Nott. Warw. Cumberl Rutland Northumb Suff. Mr. James Fuller For Darbyshire Mr. Tho. Statham For Devon Mr. John Green For Dors Mr. John Martin For Essex Mr. Geo. Woodson For Gloc. London Middesex and Surrey Mr. John Teye For Hartf Mr. Wil. Ravenhill For Heref. Mr. Wil. Hastings For Huntingt Mr. For Kent Mr. Tho. Bathurst For Leicest Mr. William Benson For Lincoln Mr. John Browning For Monmouth Mr. John Smith For Norfolk Mr. William Avery For Northampt. Mr. Godfrey Wildbore For Oxon Mr. Henry Dod. For Salop Mr. Basil Herne For Somers Mr. Rob. Randal For Southampton Town and County Mr. Francis Caplyn For Staff Mr. Michael Martin For Sussex Mr. Rich. Aylwin For Westmorl Mr. John Hind For Wiltshire Mr. Sam. Porter For Worcest Mr. For Yorksh Mr. George Woodson For Canterbury Mr. For Coventry Mr. For Bristol Mr. John Ayres For Exeter Mr. For Glocester Mr. Henry Ewen For Kingston upon Hull Mr. William Osborn For Lincoln Mr. For Newcastle upon Tine Mr. For Norwich Mr. For Nottingham Mr. William Bennet For Pool Mr. For York Mr. Marshal hereditary of the Kings Bench William Lenthal Esq Marshal sworn William Brigs Esq Sealer of Writs Keeper of the Stamp Head-Cryer Mr. Coling Under-Criers Mr. John Partridge Mr. Ushers Tipslaves Mr. William Atton Mr. Weaver Mr. John Hopper Mr. Fielder A List of the Judges and Officers of the Court of Common Pleas. The Judges Sir Henry Pollixfen Lord Chief Justice Sir John Powel Justices Sir Tho. Rokesby Justices Sir Peyton Ventris Justices Custos Brevium Sir Joseph Ash Kt. His Deputy William Thursby Esq Chief Praenotary John Cook Esq His Secondary Mr. Richard Cook Clerk of the Jdgments Mr. Leyton Second Praenotary Thomas Winford Esq His Secondary Mr. Charles Cox Clerk of the Judgments Mr. Will. Winford Third Praenotary Charles Tempest Esq His Secondary Mr. George Walker Clerk of the Judgments Mr. George Wheeler Clerk of the Warrants Mr. William East His Deputy Mr. Robert Fish Clerk of the Essoins Mr. William Hall Clerk of the Juries Mr. Sympson His Deputy Mr. Rich. Hamden Chirographer Francis Lane Esq Secondary John Storer Esq Register Francis Blake Esq Clerk of the Proclam Mr. Tho. Basket Clerk of the King's Silver Henry Ludlow Esq Clerk of the Seal Clerk of the Treasury Mr. Green Keeper of the Treasury Mr. Williams Clerk of the Inrolment of Fines and Recoveries Mr. Edw. Mills Clerk of the Outâ—â—wries Mr. Franklyn Clerk of the Errors Mr. Halse Clerk of the Supersedeas Mr. Rich. Abbot Chief Proclamator Marshal and Barrier John Walker Esq Filazers For Bedford Berks Bucks and Oxon. Mr. Francis Child For Lond. Middlesex Cambr. and Huntington Mr. Philips For Devon Dorset Somerset Exeter Bristol and Pool Mr. Guy Fuller For Glocestersh Worcestersh and their respective Cities Corn. and Heref. Mr. Henry Dottin For Warwicksh Leicestersh Nottinghamsh and Nottingham Town Derby and City of Coventry Mr. Spicer For Salop Staff Northamptonsh Rutland and City of Litchf Mr. Shephard For Suffolk Mr. Ric. Middlemore For Norfolk and Norwich Mr. Caunter For Essex and Hartf Mr. Herbert For Kent Surrey and Sussex Mr. Hodgson
For Wiltsh Southampton and South-hampton Town Mr. Nath. Ryder For York City of York and Kingston upon Hull Mr. Tho. Stringer For Lincolnsh and City of Lincoln Mr. Lydel For Northumb. Westmorl Cumberl and Newcastle upon Tine Mr. Farrington For Monmouthsh Mr. Yates Exigenters Charles Broughton Esq Mr. John Faringdon Mr. Thomas Gouge Mr. Norcliffe Mr. Yates one of the Filazers Cryers Mr. Whorhood Mr. Holmes Mr. Booth Mr. Gray Court-Keeper Mr. Smith A List of the Judges and Officers of the Court of Exchequer The Barons Sir Robert Atkins Lord Chief Baron Sir Edward Nevil Barons Sir Nich. Lechmore Barons Sir John Turton Barons The Cursitor Baron Bradbury Esq King's Râ—â—embrancer Ayloff Esq in right of Charles Lord Viscount Fanshaw Deputy Remembrancer Tobias Eden Esq His Secundary Robert Den Esq Eight Attornies in the Kings Remembrancer's Office Tho. Hall Esq first Secondary and Butler Buggin Esq second Secondary Mr. George Watts Mr. Francis Butler Mr. Gabr. Armiger Mr. William Bathurst Mr. William Walker Mr. John Eyres Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer Sir John Osborn Kt. Remembrancer of the First-Fruits and Tenths Sir Charles Porter Kt. His Deputy William Porter Esq Two Clerks Mr. William Prittiman and Mr. Walter Smith Pipe Office Clerk of the Pipe Robert Russel Esq Comptroler John Potenger Esq Secondaries Walter Wallinger Esq and Mr. Tho. Cole Attorneys Joseph Cranmer Simon Musgrave Charles Milborne Peter Frowd Philip Tulley William Wroth. Office of Pleas. Master of the Office Richard Beresford Esq Secondary and first Attorney Tho. Arden Esq The other Attorneys Mr. Charles Hayns Mr. Samuel Anderson and Mr. David Feilder Forein Opposer Charles Whitacre Esq Clerk of the Estreats John Hastings Esq Auditors of the Imprest Thomas Done Esq Brook Bridges Esq Auditors of the Revenue Sir Jos Seymour Kt. John Philips Esq Anthony Stevens Esq John Shales Esq Anthony Parsons Esq VVilliam Aldworth Esq Herbert Esq Auditor for VVales Receiver of the first Fruits Revenue and Clerks of the Nichils Mr. Thomas Squib Chief Usher John VValker Esq His Deputies or Under-Ushers Mr. Samuel Brewster Mr. August Brewster Mr. VVilliam Ballow Mr. VValter Peirce Marshal Mr. Michael Baker Of the Dutchy of Lancaster The Chancellour Robert Lord Willoughby Baron of Eresby Vice-Chancellour James Lighboun Esq Attorney General Edward Northey Esq Clerk of the Dutchy Cheek Gerard Esq Receiver General Sir John Elwes Kt. Auditors John Fanshaw Esq for the North. Tobias le Gros Esq for the South Deputy Clerk Mr. Benjamin Ayloff Deputy Register Mr. John Baker Attorneys Mr. Richard Husbands who is likewise Deputy Auditor for the North and Mr. Thomas Asheton Usher Mr. Thomas Desborough Messenger Mr. Abraham Millen Their Majesties Attorney and Sollicitor General Sergeants and Council at Law Attorney General Sir George Treby Kt. Sollicitor General Sir John Somers Kt. Sergeants at Law Their Majesties Sergeants Sir Ambrose Philips Sir William-Tomson Sir William Wogan Sir Nathaniel Bond Sir John Tremain Sir John Trenchard The other Sergeants Sir Robert Shaftoe Kt. Sir Francis Pemberton Kt. Thomas Rawlins Esq Thomas Stroude Esq Edward Bigland Esq Sir Creswel Levinz Kt. John Windham Esq Edwyn Wyat Esq Edward Birch Esq Anâ—hony Farrington Esq John Jeffreson Esq Thomas Powel Esq John â—ate Esq William Killingworth Esq Hugh Hodges Esq Thomas Geers Esq Christopher Milton Esq John Powel Esq Sir Francis Withins Kt. William Leffant Esq John Rotheram Esq Vâ— Denn Esq Salathiel Lovell Esq Sir Henry Chancy Kt. Henry Trinder Esq Henry Fuller Esq John Thurburn Esq William Pawlet Esq Henry Hatsell Esq John Blencow Esq Roger Bellwood Esq Council at Law Sir William Williams Kt. and Bar. Mr. Conyers Sir Charles Porter Kt. Mr. Trevor Sir William Whitlock Kt. Mr. Cooper A List of the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury and other Officers appointed for Managing Their Majesties Revenue The Lords Commissioners of the Treasury Sidney Lord Godolphin Sir John Lowther Kt. Richard Hambden Esq Sir Stephen Fox Kt. Thomas Pelham Esq Their Seâ—retary William Jephson Esq Chancellour of the Exchequer Richard Hampden Esq one of the Lords Commissioners The Chamberlains Sir Nicholas Steward Hilliard Esq Deputy Chamberlains Mr. John Low Mr. Peter Le Neve Auditor of the Receipts Sir Robert Howard The four Tellers Henry Maynard Esq Francis Villiers Esq John Loving Esq Thomas Howard Esq Clerk of the Pells William Wardour Esq Ushers of the Receipt Mr. Packer c. Tally-Cutter Mr. Samuel Langford Officers of the Custom Revenue The Commissioners of the Custom-House The Honourable George Booth Esq The Honourable Sir Richard Temple Baronet and Knight of the Bath The Honourable Sir John Woorden Bar. The Honourable Sir Robert Southwell Kt. The Honourable Sir Robert Clayton Kt. The Honourable Sir Patience Ward Kt. The Honourable Henry Guy Esq Collector Inwards Sir John Shaw Collector Outwards Sir Nicholas Crisp Customer of the Cloth and petty Customs Customer of the great Customs Edward Bertie Esq Comptroller general of the Accompts Giles Litcot Esq Comptroller of the Cloth and. petty Customs Richard Breton Surveyor general George Nicholas Surveyor of the Out-Ports Register of the Seizures John Earl Surveyors of the Land-Waiters George Talbot Thomas Blechynden Robert Burgoine Henry Serpant John Ward Isaac Manley William Parsons Surveyor of the Searchers Peregrine Bertie Esq The Searchers Henry Canby Richard Boys Edward Le Neve Laurence Prior John Man John Greathead Usher of the Custom-House Matthew Humburston Officers of the Excise The present Commissioners Sir Henry Ashurst Baronets Sir John Morden Baronets Sir Samuel Dashwood Knights Sir Humphrey Edwin Knights William Strong Esquires John Foche Esquires Stephen Evans Esquires The Register and Secretary Edward Noel Esq Auditor John Birch Esq Comptroller Elias Ashmole Esq House-Keeper Richard Ferguson Officers of the General Post-Office Post-Master General Major Wildman Comptroller of the Outland Office John VVildman Junior Esq Comptroller of the Inland Office Thomas Gardener Esq Receiver General Mr. Stephen Lilly Accomptant General Mr. George Serle Six Clerks of the forein Office Mr. John Leeson Mr. Ashburnham Frowd Mr. John Saladine Mr. William Sweeting Mr. Francis Clewitt Mr. Ferand Spence Six Clerks of the Roads of the Inland Office Mr. John Salter For Chester Road. Mr. John Middleton For the North Road. Mr. Richard Minors For Bristol Road. Mr. William Serle For the Western Road. Mr. Francis Garret For the Kentish Road. Mr. James Cumber For Yarmouth Road. Of the Peny-Post Office The Comptroller Nathan Castleton Esq The Accomptant Mrs. Thomas Lawe The Receiver Mr. Francis Gelling A List of the Officers of the Mint in the Tower of London Warden of the Mint Benjamin Overton Esq Master and Worker Thomas Neale Esq Comptroller James Hove Esq Assay-Master Sir John Brattell Auditors Thomas Dove and Brook Bridgeâ— Esq Surveyor of the Melting George Evans Esq Weigher and Teller Thomas Fitch Esq King's Chief Clark Thomas Hall Esq Engineer of the Mint Mr. Thomas Doyley Graver Henry Harris Esq Provost Mr. Thomas Anderson Mâ—â—ter Mr. Jonathan Ambrose A List of the Officers of the Ordnance The Master General of the Ordnance