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A84183 An Exact account of the most remarkable fires which have happened in London and other places in England, from William the Conqueror to the reign of the best of kings, Charles the Second 1667 (1667) Wing E3575A; ESTC R42309 2,596 3

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An Exact Account of the most Remarkable Fires which have happened in LONDON And other Places in England from William the Conqueror to the Reign of the Best of KINGS CHARLES the Second FIve Hundred and Eighty Years since in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Eighty Five and the Twentieth of William the First called the Conqueror there hapned a dreadfull and very Great Fire in LONDON which devoured not onely Houses but Churches all the way from Ludgate to Aldgate not sparing that Matchless Fabrick the Church of St. Paul In the same Year ensued a great Famine with a Lamentable Mortality of Men and Cattel In the Year One Thousand Ninety Eight Five Hundred Sixty Seven Years since and in the Eleventh Year of William the Second called Rufus for the space of fifteen dayes great Flames of Fire were in several Places and at sundry times seen to the great Amazement of the Spectators In the Time of Henry the First which was in the Year One Thousand One Hundred Five Hundred Sixty Two Years agoe the Earth on a suddain discharged it self of horrid Flames which by the Art of Man could not be suppressed Soon after Chichester with the Principal Monastry was Burnt to the Ground Immediately after that from West-Cheap to Aldgate in London a Long Tract of Buildings was consumed by the mercilesse Element of Fire and least it should be charged with any partiality Worcester Rochester Winchester Glocester Bathe Lincoln Peter-borough with other Places did share in the like Calamity of their Metropolis In the Seventh Year of King Henry the Second One Thousand One Hundred Sixty One about Four Hundred Seventy Eight Years since at Osythes in Essex was seen a very Great Fiery Dragon which in its motion Burned severall Houses if we dare credit Sir Richard Baker in his Chronicle In the same Year almost the whole City of Canterbury was Burnt down On the Twenty Fourth of his Reign the City of YORK was Burnt In his Eight and Twentieth Year Barnwell near Cambridge with the Priory was Burnt not long after Chichester was Totally consumed by Fire In the same Kings Reign in the Year One Thousand One Hundred Eighty Eight the Town of Beverly was Burnt with St. John's Church One Thousand One Hundred Eighty Nine in the Time of Richard the First Four Hundred Sixty Eight Years since Mawling in Kent with the Nunnery was destroyed by Fire In the Reign of Henry the Third One Thousand Two Hundred and Sixteen Three Hundred Ninety Five Years since a great part of the City of Canterbury with the Church of St. Mildred was Burnt Also the Town of New-Castle upon Tine was Burnt with the Bridge In the One and Twentieth of Edward the First and in the Year One Thousand Two Hundred Ninety and Three Three Hundred and Sixty Years sinc● a Great Part of the Town of Cambridge with the Church of our Lady was Buried in Ashes by an irresistable Fire In his Twenty Seventh Year his Palace at Westminster with the Monastry adjoyning were consumed by Fire In the Seventh Year of Henry the Fourth One Thousand Four Hundred and Six Two Hundred Fifty Four Years since Reyston in Hartford-shire was Totally Burnt In the Fifth Year of Henry the Fifth One Thousand Four Hundred and Eighteen Two Hundred Forty Five Years since a great part of the City of Norwich was Burnt In the Third Year of Edward the Fourth One Thousand Four Hundred Fifty Three One Hundred Eighty Four Years since York Minster and the Steeple of Christs Church in Norwich was Burnt In the Year One Thousand Four Hundred Eighty Five a great Fire hapned in Bread-Street London which consumed the Street with three or four more adjoyning In the Fifteenth of Henry the Seventh in the Year One Thousand Five Hundred One Hundred and Fifty Nine Years since the Town of Babram in Norfolk was utterly consumed by Fire One Thousand Five Hundred Forty Eight in the Second Year of Edward the Sixth about One Hundred and Thirteen Years since St. Ann's Chur●● within Aldersgate was Burnt One Thousand Five Hundred Sixty One in the Third Year of the Reign of Queen Elizabeth Sixty Five Years since the Spire of the Cathedral Church of St. Paul being sive Hundred and Twenty foot from rhe Ground and Two Hundred and Sixty from the square Steeple where it was placed and was made of Wooden Materials but covered with Lead was by Lightning Burnt down together with the Roofs of that Large Church within the space of five hours which Roofs were soon after Re-edified but not the Spire In the Sixth of King James being in the Year One Thousand Six Hundred and Eight a Malt-House in the Town of St. Edmonds-Bury being by casualty set on fire continued burning till it had consumed One Hundred and Sixty Houses In the Year One Thousand Six Hundred and Thirteen on the Seventh of August the Town of Dorchester was totally Ruined by fire beginning in the House of a Tallow Chandler destroying all the Houses except a few near the Church and all their Wares and Goods to the value of Two Hundred Thousand Pounds yet not a Man or Woman Perished In the same Year Two Play-Houses that of the Globe on the Bank-side and the Fortune Play-House near Golden-Lane were both burnt to the ground The first by discharging a piece of Ordnance and the latter by a Candle In the Year One Thousand Six Hundred and Fourteen the Town of Stratford upon Avon was burned In One Thousand Six Hundred Thirty and Three and in the Eighth Year of King Charles the First that blessed Martyr A Fire brake out on London Bridge by which most of the Houses that were built upon it which when they were all standing made up a very Beautifull Street were burnt down to the ground I shall omit to speak of Fires which have hapned since as the blowing up f several Houses and Persons by Gun-power in Tower-Street The firing of everal Houses in Thread-needle-Street Fleet-Street and Fleet-Bridge But if my Eyes delug'd in tears to think on this last Unparalel'd Conflagration will assist me I will give a brief Account thereof On Sunday Morning between one and two of the Clock it being the Second of September One Thousand Six Hundred Sixty Six this much talkt of and Prodigious Year a Fire brake out in a Bakers House in Pudding-Lane which had by Twelve at Noon so strengthned its Force by too too many unhappy advantages As drought of the Season rotten Houses Pitch Tar Oyle with other Combustible Matter that all Endeavours prov'd ineffectual in the Obstruction of its irresistable Power It ran with that impetuosity dilating it self that soon New-Fish-Street the Bridge and a great part of Thames Street were all in flames The People all amazed and despairing to put a stop to its fury gave it leave to act its Tyranny which it did almost Universally through the Whole City This Sacrilegious fire as it had no mercy on Private Houses so it took no pity on Churches Hospitalls Halls the Exchange nay St. Pauls must once more be made a burning Sacrifice to its fury But I must desist since this sires true Description will take up more room then the narrow limits of a Sheet nay more This is the Reason why I am so Brief I am unwilling to renew your Grief Licensed the 2 d. of February 1667. Roger L' Estrange LONDON Printed for Richard Head at the Signe of the Bible in Heart in Little-Brittain 1667.