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A43536	Erōologia Anglorum. Or, An help to English history Containing a succession of all the kings of England, and the English-Saxons, the kings and princes of Wales, the kings and lords of Man, and the Isle of Wight. As also of all the arch-bishops, bishops, dukes, marquesses, and earles, within the said dominions. In three tables. By Robert Hall, Gent.	Peter Heylyn, 1600-1662.	1641 (1641)	Wing H1713; ESTC R216457	108,040	378

England since the first entrance of the ROMANS As Also of the Kings and Princes of Wales the Kings and Lord of Man and the Isle of Wight together with the Princes and Lords of Powys Printed at London 1641. THE PREFACE TO THE CATALOGVE Of the KINGS of ENGLAND THe Realme of England is th●t Southerne and more flourishing part of the Isle of Britaine that which was civi●ized by the Romans and made a Province of their Empire when as the Northe●ne parts thereof were ●ither neglected or not conquered When it was under the command of the Roma● Emperours it wanted not its proper and peculiar Kings over the chiefest and most principall of their Tribes and Nations it being the custome of that Empire as Tacitus hath truely noted habere servitutis instrumenta etiam Reges Of these inferiour tributary Kings those which were in their severall times of more power then others may probably be thought to have assum'd unto themselves the stile and title of Kings of the Britons even as in after times during the heptarchy of the Saxons those which gave law unto the rest did call themselves and were accounted the Kings or Monarchs of the English But those inferiour petite Kings being in tract of time worne out and almost all the South reduced under the immediate command of the Roman Empire either the Emperours themselves or such of their Lieutenants as did here usurpe the regall state were stiled Kings of Britaine till Constantine the Great united it inseparably to the Roman Diadem And in him ended the first line of the Kings of Britaine according to the British story The second line of Kings beares da●e from the departure of the Romans who being called from hence to looke unto their Empire in the Continent le●t their possessions here unto the ●ury of the Scots and Picts who dwelling in the Northerne and unconquered parts attempted to subdue the Southerne For the repressing of whose rage the Britons chose themselves a King out of Armo●ica now called Bretag●e being extracted from the old British bloud which had not long before beene planted in that Region by the Roman Emperours Whose li4e continued here not long till they were dispossessed both of Crowne and Countrey by the Saxons a German people called in by Vortiger to oppose the Scots and other Nations of the North. Who having by degrees subdued all that which formerly had beene conquered by the Romans the Countrey beyond Severne excepted onely divided it amongst themselves into seven Kingdomes which finally being all brought under by the West-Saxon Kings did at last settle and continues in the name of England A Kingdome though of small extent compared unto the greater Countries of France Spaine and Germany yet of so high esteeme abroad that it may challenge an equality with either of them and in some kinde hath had preced●ncie before them For to the honour of this Realme as well before as since it had the name of England we may say thus much It was the first Kingdome which received the faith of Christ which was here planted as it is affirmed by Gildas upon certaine knowledge toward the latter end of Tiberius Empire Tempore ut scimus summo Tiberii Cae●aris as his owne words are which by computing of the times will fall to be five yeares before Saint Peter came to Rome and but five yeares after the death of our Redeemer It shewed unto the world the first Christia● King whose name was Lucius and gave unto the Church her first Christian Emperour even the famous Constantine here borne by whose example and incouragement the saith was generally received over all the Empire and all the Temples of the Idols either demolished or forsaken It also was the first Christian Kingdome out of which the Jewes those bitter and most obstinate enemies of the Crosse of Christ were universally expulsed and our of which the insolent and usurped Supremacie of the Popes of Rome was first ejected after they had a long time domineered in the Church of Christ. The one of these performed by King Edward the first the other by King Henry the eighth Not to say any thing in this place of their warres and victories in France Spaine Scotland the Netherlands the Isle of Cyprus and the Holy land In these regards the Kings of England as they are a● absolute so they are as sacred as of any Countrey whatsoever What ever things are proper unto Supreme Majesty Scepters and Crownes ●he Purple Ro●e the Glo●e or golden Ball and Vnction have beene as long theirs as any others The foure first are by Leland a ●●●ous Antiquarie ascribed unto King A●thur who did begin his reigne Anno 506. which was as soon● as they were ordinarily in use with the Roman Emperours And thi● doth Leland justifie out of an ancient Seale of the said King Arthurs kept in his time as an especiall monument in the Abbie of Westminster As for their Vnction or Annointing it appeares by the old Roman Pr●vinciall and the ancient practise that of all the Kings of Christendome there were none anciently annointed but the two Emperours of the East and West the Kings of France England Sicilie and Hier●salem By reason of which Vnction or annointing besides what is united or annexed to the Crowne Imp●riall of this Realme it was declared Term. Hilarii 33. Edward 3. that the Kings of England were capaces jurisdictionis spiritualis capable of Spirituall or Ecclesiasticall jurisdiction As after in the reigne of King Henry the eighth it was declared rather then enacted that the Kings highnesse was the Supreme head of the Church of England and that he had authority to reforme all errours heresies and abuses in the same 26. Henry 8. cap. 1. Which title or Supreme head though used by King Edward 6. in a●l his ●eigne and by Queene Mary for awhile was changed by Queene Elizabeth into that of Supreme Governour and it is now reckoned as a part of the stile of the Kings of England that they are Supreme Governo●rs in all their Dominions and Countries over all persons in all causes as well Ecclesiasticall as Temporall Now as the Kings of England are absolute at home so are they no lesse honoured and esteemed abroad the Emperour being accounted filius major Ecclesiae the eldest sonne of the Church the King of France filius minor or the second sonne and the King of England filius tertius adop●ivus the third and the adopted sonne In generall Councels the King of France took place at the Emperours right hand the King of England on his left and the King of Scots having precedencie next before Castile And whereas since the time of Charles the fifth the Kings of Spaine have challenged the precedencie of all Christian Princes yet in the time of King Henry 7. Pope Iulius gave it to the English before the Spaniard Nay lest the Kings of England might fall short in any thing wherein their neighbour Princes glory they also have an adjunct or

honoured with the name of Kings of the North humbers and are marshalled thus A. Ch.     547 1 Ella and Ida.   2 Adda and Elappea   3 Theodwald   4 Frethulfe   5 Theodorick 589 6 Ethelrick 593 7 Ethel●ride 617 8 Edwine the first christned King 633 9 Osrick 634 10 S. Oswald 643 11 Oswy who having subdued Oswin● King of Deira was the first absolute King of all Northumberland 671 12 Egfride 686 13 S. Alfride 705 14 Osred 716 15 Kenred 718 16 Osrick II. 729 17 Ceolnulph 738 18 Egbert 758 19 Oswulph 759 20 Edilwald 765 21 Alured 774 22 Ethelred 778 23 Al●wald 789 24 Osred II. 794 25 Etheldred II. After whose death this Kingdome much molested by the Danes became a Province of the West-Sax●●s The Kingdome and Kings of MERCIA THe last and greatest of the seven Kingdomes of the Saxons was that of Mercia so called for that being seared in the middle of the whole Countrey it was a March or border unto all the rest which abutted on it It comprehended the Counties of Gl●●cester Hereford Worcester Warwick Leicester Rutland Northampton Lincoln Bedford Nottingham B●ckingham Oxford Darby Stafford Shropshire Cheshire and that other part of Hertfordshire which was not under the Kingdome of the East-Saxons By reason of this great extent of Empire ●hey were a long time very powerfull and over-awed their neighbour Princes till at the last the fatall period being come it fell into the Armes of the West-Saxons after it enjoyed these twenty Kings which hereafter follow A. Ch.     582 1 Cridda the first King of Mercia 593 2 Wibba 614 3 Cheorl 626 4 Penda 656 5 Peada the first christned King 659 6 Wulfher● 675 7 Ethelred 704 8 Kenred 709 9 Chelred 716 10 Ethelbald 758 11 Offa. 796 12 Egfride 797 13 Kenwolf 819 14 Kenelm 820 15 Ceolwolf 811 16 Bernulf 824 17 Ludecan 826 18 Withlafe 839 19 Berthulf 85● 20 Burdred After whose death this Kingdome having beene shrewdly shaken in a great battell fought near Burford Comit. Oxo● wherein King Ethelbal● was vanquished and his whole strength broken by Cuthbert or Cuthred King of the West-Saxons then his tributary and after no lesse shrewdly shaken by the valiant Egbert became a Province of that Empire The Monarchs of the English-SAXONS THe Saxons though they were divided into the seven Kingdomes before named were for the most part subject unto one alone who was entituled R●x Gentis Anglorum or King of the English Nation those which were stronger then the rest giving the law unto them in their severall turnes till in the end they all became incorporated into the Empire of the West-Saxons Which Monarchs who they were and of whence entituled is next in order shewne A. Ch.     455 1 Hengist King of Kent 481 2 Ella King of the South-Saxons 495 3 Cerdick King of the West-Saxons 534 4 Kenrick King of the West-Saxons 561 5 Cheuline or Celingus King of the West-Saxons 562 6 Ethelbert King of Kent 616 7 Redwald King of the East-Angles 617 8 Edwin King of Northumberland 634 9 Oswald King of Northumberland 643 10 Oswy King of Northumberland 659 11 Wulfhere King of M●rci● 675 12 Ethelred King of Mercia 704 13 Kenred King of Mercia 709 14 Chelred King of Mercia 716 15 Ethelbald King of Mercia 758 16 Offa King of Mercia 794 17 Egfride King of Mercia 796 18 Kenwolf King of Mercia 800 19 Egbert the son●e of Al●mond King of the West-Saxons the first and absolute Monarch of the whole Heptarchy who having vanquished all or most of th● Sax●n Kings and added their estates unto his owne commanded the whole Countrey to be called by the name of ENGLAND The Kings wh●reof after th● Count●●y was so named are these that follow The Kings of ENGLAND of the Saxon Race A. Ch.     800 1 Egbert the 18 King of the West-Saxons the 19 Monarch of the English and first King of England 37. 837 2 S. Ethelwolf 20. 857 3 Edelbald 858 4 Edelbert 5. 863 5 Edelfride 9. 873 6 S. Alured who totally reduced the Saxons under one Monarchy and founded the University of Oxford 23. 900 7 Edward the elder 24. 924 8 Athelstane 16. 940 9 Edmund 6. 946 10 Eadred who stiled himselfe King of Great Britaine 955 11 Edwin 4. 959 12 S. Edgar 16. 975 13 Edward the younger 3. 678 14 Ethelred 1016 15 Edmund Ironside The Danish Race 1017 16 Canutus King of Dan●mark 20. 1037 17 Harald Harfager 4. 1041 18 Hardie Cnute 4. The Saxons repossessed 1045 19 S. Edward who founded and endowed the Church of Westminster and was the first that cured the disease called the Kings-evill leaving the same hereditary to his successors 1066 20 Harald the sonne of Godwin usurped the Crowne and shortly lost both it and his life to boote to William Duke of N●rmandy The NORMAN Race 1067 21 William Duke of Normandy sirnamed the Conquerour 22. 1089 22 William Rufus 13. 1102 23 Henry Beauclerk 35. 1136 24 Stephen E. of Bloys 19. The Saxon line restored 1155 25 Henry II. descended by his Grandmother from the bloud Royall of the Saxons 34. 1189 26 Richard Coeur de Lyon 1● 1201 27 John 17. 1218 28 Henry III. 56. 1274 29 Edward I. 34. 1308 30 Edward II. 19. 1327 31 Edward III. 50. 1377 32 Richard II. The line of Lancaster 1399 33 Henry IV. 15. 1414 34 Henry V. 9. 1423 35 Henry VI. 38. The line of Yorke 1461 36 Edward IV. 23. 1483 37 Edward V. 1483 38 Richard III. 3. The families united 1486 39 Henry VII 23. 1508 40 Henry VIII 39. 1547 41 Edward VI. 6. 1553 42 Queene Mary 5. 1558 43 Queene Elizabeth 45. The union of the Kingdomes 1602 44 JAMES King of Scots reassumed the title of Great-Britaine 1625 45 CHARLES by the grace of God King of Great Britaine France and Ireland the 63. King in descent from the West-Saxon Cerdick the 64. Monarch of the English and 45. King of England in descent from Egbert whom God long preserve Kings of WALES THe Britons being outed of their Countrey by the conquering Saxons retired themselves beyond the Severn and therein fortified themselves which Countrey thereupon came to bee called Wales and the people Walsh or Welch men Not that the word Walsh signified in the Saxon language a Foreiner or Alien as it is ●conceived for how could they be called Aliens in their native Countrey but Wales and Wallish for Galles and Gallish by changing G into W according to the custome of the Saxons The Britons being descended of the Gaules kept their old name still though somewhat altered in the letter as before is said and to this day the French doe call the Prince of Wales by the name of le Prince de Galles At first their cheifes were honoured with the title of Kings of Wales a●d are these that follow A. Ch.     690 1 Idwallo 30. 720 2 Roderick 35. 755 3 Conan 63. 818 4 Mervyn 25. 843

of Gilb. and Ioane     ✚ ✚ ✚ 1337 11 Hugh L. Audley married Isabell sister and coheire of Gilb.     ✚ ✚ ✚ 1347 12 Tho. of Woodstock D. of Gloc. L. Constable *     ✚ ✚ ✚ 1398 13 Tho. L. Spencer grand son of Eleanor coheire of Gilb E.     ✚ ✚ ✚ 1414 14 Humf. son to K. H. 4. D *     ✚ ✚ ✚ 1461 15 Rich. Plantagenet brother to K. Edw. 4 L Adm. and Const. D. *     ✚ ✚ ✚ 1640 16 Henry 3 son of our dread Soveraigne L. K. Charles declared by his Royall Father D. of Gloces and so now entituled An. 164● but not yet created HARTFORD HArtford-shire is another of those Countries which formerly were inhabited by the Cattreuch●ani A Country as it is described by Camden rich in corne fields pastures meadowes woods groves and cleere riverets and which for ancient Townes may compare with any of its neighbours there being no one shire in England that can shew more places of antiquity in so small a compasse It conteines in it but 120 Parishes and of them 18 are market Townes The Shire-towne which doth also give denomination unto all the Country is Hertford seated on the banke of the river Lea by Beda called Herudford which some interpret the Red ford and others some the Ford of herts A Towne not much frequented nor greatly inhabited as overtopped by Ware which enjoyeth the through-fare and by S. Albans which enjoyeth the trade of all the Countrey The greatest commendation of it is in the antiquity and that it hath been longest ● title of honour of any other in this Country the Family of the Clares and Seymours having been long enobled with the stile of Earles of Hartford 1139 1 Gilbert de Clare 1152 2 Rog. de Clare 1174 3 Rich. de Clare   4 Gilb. de Clare 1230 5 Rich. de Clare 1262 6 Gilb. de Clare 1314 7 Gilb. de Clare     ✚ ✚ ✚ 1537 8 Edw. Seymour Visc. Beauchamp created Earle of Hartford by King Henry the 8 after D. of Somerset died 1551. * 1558 9 Edw. Seymour 1621 10 Wil. Seymour now E. of He●●ford 1641. HEREFORD HEreford-shire was in times past inhabited by the Silures A Countrey which besides that it is right pleasant is for yeelding of corne and feeding of cattell in all places most fruitfull and therewith passing well furnished with all things necessary for mans life insomuch that it would scorne to come hehind any one County in England the people using it for a byword that for three W.W.W. that is Wheat Wooll and Water it yeeldeth to no shire in all the Kingdome The name is taketh from Hereford the chief Town thereof which rose out of the ruines of old Ariconium here placed by Antonine the tract and foot-steps of which name it doth still retaine The Town is seated very pleasantly upon the banks of the River Wye in the middle of most flourishing Meadowes and no lesse plentifull corne fields and for defence thereof had once a strong and stately Castle which now time hath ruined The Normans became masters of the place assoone almost as they had made their entrance into England and unto them the Castle oweth its original and 2 yeares after the said Conquest it was made an Earldom and hath since given the title of Dukes Earles and Viscounts 1068 1 Wil Fitz-Osborn E. of Heref. 1072 2 Rog. de Breteville     ✚ ✚ ✚ 1141 3 Miles de Glocest. L. Co●   4 Rog. L. Co. 1154 5 W●lter L. Co.   6 Henry L. C.   7 Makel L. C.     ✚ ✚ ✚ 1199 8 Henry de Bohun grand-child of Marg. daughter of ● Miles L.C. 1220 9 Humf de Bohun L.C. 1275 10 Hum. de Bohun L.C. 1298 11 Hum. de Bohun L.C. 1322 12 Iohn de Bohun L.C. 1336 13 Hum. de Bohun L.C. 1361 14 Hum. de Bohun L.C. died 1372. *     ✚ ✚ ✚ 1397 15 Hen. of Bullingbrooke D. of Hereford married Mary daug and coheire of E. Hum. after the extinction of his line the Staffords did sometimes use the stile of Hereford *     ✚ ✚ ✚ 1547 16 Walt. d'Evreux Visc. descended by the Bourchiers from the Boh. * 1558 17 Walt. d'Evreux Visc. E. of Essex * 1576 18 Rob. d'Evreux Visc. E of Essex * 1604 19 Rob. d'Evreux now Visc. Heref and E. of Essex 1641. HOLDERNESSE HOldernesse is the name of a large Promontory or head-land in the East-riding of York-shire lying on the South-east of the river of Hull P●olomy seems to call it Ocellum a certaine Monk Cavam Deiram or the Hollow Country of the Dei●ians expressing in those words the new name of Holdernesse William the Conquerour gave this territory to Stephen the son of Od● of Champaig●e Lord of Aumerie in Normandy whose issue did continue Lords hereof whiles any issue of that house continued But that line being extinct in Aveline first wife of Edmund Earle of Lancaster the Earldome of Aub●rmarle and the honour of Holdernesse were seised into the Kings hands for default of heires It hath lien dormant since till these later days in which K. Iames bestowed this title on 1620 1 Iohn Ramsey Visc. Hadi●gton in Scotland cr E. of Holdernesse and Bar. of Kingston upon Thames 18 Iac. Dec. 30. Mort sans issue HOLLAND HOlland is one of the 3 parts of Lincol●sh situate on the South-West co●ner of it in the fennes and marishes The ground surrounded much with waters heretofore yeelded very small store of graine but great plenty of grasse and plentifully furnished ●oth with fish and fowle But now upon the dreyning of this fenny Country they begi● to plough it and sowe the same 〈◊〉 ploughed with rape-seed which yeelds a very great increase and is become a rich ●ommo●ity The Town of most antiq●ity is Crowland heretofore famous for the Abby valued at the supression at 1217 l. 5 s. 11 d. per Annum That of most trade and note is Boston a fine Town indeed and very famous for the lan●erne which is a very excellent sea-mark and a land-mark too And this with all is to be noted of this Country that howsoever one can hardly ●●nd a stone in it such is the softnesse of the soyle yet you shall no where finde more beautyfull Churches all built of square and polished stone It now giveth title of an E. to 1624 1 Hen. Rich L. Ke●sington cr E. of Holland 22 Iac. Apr. 3 now living and Chan. of Cam. 1641. HVNTINGDON HVntingdon-shire was heretofore inhabited by the Iceni A Country generally good for corne and tillage and towards the East where it adjoyneth on the fennes as rich in pasturage elsewhere it is as pleasant though not so profitable by reason of the rising hils and fine shady groves It hath been heretofore well beset with Woods and was indeed a Forest till the time of King Henry the second in the beginning of whose reigne disforested In this regard the

E. of Kingston upon Hull 4. Car. Iuly 25 who is now living Ann● 1641. LANCASTER LAncashi●e or the County Palatine of Lancaster was heretofore a part of the Brigants and lieth upon the Irish●ea ●ea to the North of Ch●shire The ground accounted not so fert●le as in other places fitter for oates and such leane corne than wheate or barley And yet it is observed with all that in t●ose parts thereof in which the husbandman is not wanting to it in cost and labour that there it yeldeth corne in a very good measure The ayre ther●of may seem to be very healthfull and one would easily co●jecture so by the complexion of the people which ar● faire and beautifull And yet the Country is not much inhabited as in the n●ighbouring shires about them there being in so large a quantity of ground as this shire con●aines not above 36 Parishes though indeed many Chappel● of Ease equall to P●rishes elsewhere for multitudes of people It takes name from the Town of Lancas●e● or more truly L●ncaster seated upon the banks of the river L●nc whence it had the name the Saxons adding Ceaster as in other places for the ●ermination The Town not very well peopled nor much frequented and yet of that authority and credit that it gives name to all the County and hath obteined this priviledge from K. Edw. the 3 that the Sessions and Assises should be held in no other place What Lords and Governours it had in the former times we regard not here The first time it became an Earldome was when K. H. 3 conferred that title on his 2 son Edm. and it was destin●te to greatnesse in the first foundation there being layed unto it at the ve●y first besides this County the whole con●iscated estates of the E●rles of Leices●er and Darby and the B●rony of Monmouth And into this by marriages accrewed in time the great estates of Wil. de Fortibus E. of A●merl● and Lord of Holdernesse 〈◊〉 and other goodly lands in Frances the Earldome of Lincoln and good part of that of Salisbury the Lorships of Ogmore and Kidwelly in Wales which were once the Chaworths Iohn of Ga●nt a d●d hereunto the Castles and Honours of Hertford and Thickhill and his son B●lling broke a moyetie of the lands of ●ohun being ● of Here●ord Essex and Northampton so that it was the greatest patrimony as I verily thinke of any subject Prince in Christendome Lancaster finally was made a County Palatine by K Edward the 3 and hath been hounoured with the●e Dukes and Earles of Lancaster 1267 1 Edm. ●lantagenet 2 son of K Hen. the 3 E. of Lanc. 1295 2 Tho. Plantagenet 1324 3 Hen. Planta 1345 4 Hen. Planta first D of L.   ✚ ✚ ✚ 1361 5 Iohn of Gaunt son of K. Edw. the 3 married the La. Blanch daughter of H. D. of Lanch ●399 ● Hen. of Bullingbroke son of Iohn of Gaunt after K. of Eng. by whom this County Palatine and all the lands and honors belonging and incorporate into the Dutchy of Lancaster were brought unto the Crown of Eng. though governed as an Estate apart then by its proper Officers as it continued til the time of K. Edw. the 4 who did appropriate it to the Crown and dissolved the former government thereof to which it was restored again by K. H. 7 and so still remaineth under the guidance of the Chancellor and other Officers of the same LEICESTER LEicester-shire is a part of the Coritani and ●ooke that name from Leicester the chiefe town thereof a town indifferent large and of a reasonable handsom building and as wel●raded as most inland towns that want as this the benefit of a navigable river It had once a very faire Collegiate Church within it a faire Abbey close unto 〈◊〉 and a strong Castle therewithall but all these the iniquity and inju●y ●f time hath ruined Only the Hospitall of all the antient edifices stands still undefaced As for the Countrey hence denominated it beares corne good pl●nty but is bare of woods the want of which is well supplyed with pit-coale with which the North part of the Country doth store al the rest It cō●eineth in the whole 200 Parishes and of them 12 are market Towns the biggest as in bulke being Leicester so in title too as that which hath beene honored even before the ●onquest with the stile and reputation of an Earldome and hath continued it till now in the names and families of these Earles of Leicester 1057 1 Algar the Saxon.   2 Edwyn died 1071.     ✚ ✚ ✚ 1103 3 Rob. de Bellomont 1118 4 Rob. de Bellomont 1167 5 Rob. de Beaumont L. S●ew 1190 6 Rob. de Beaum. L. high Stew.     ✚ ✚ ✚   7 Simon de Montf married Amicia sister and coheire to the last E. Ro. E. of Lei. and L high Stew. 1239 8 Simon de Mont. L. high St●w     ✚ ✚ ✚ 1267 9 Edm. E. of Lanc. L. high Stew. 1295 10 ●ho E. of Lanc. L. high St●w 1324 11 Hen. ● of Lanc. L. high Stew. 1345 12 Hen. D. of Lanc. L. high Stew. ✚     ✚ ✚ ✚ 1360 13 Wil of Bavaria E. of Heinalt married the La. Maud of Lanc.     ✚ ✚ ✚ 1361 14 Io. of Gaunt D. of Lan. L. Stew. ✚ 1399 15 Hen. D. of Lanc. L. high Stew. ✚     ✚ ✚ ✚ 1564 16 Rob. Dudley L. Denbigh L. S. and of the house to Q. E. died 1588. ✚ 1618 17 Rob Sidney Vise Li●le descended of a sister of the last Rob. E. of Leicest was by K. Iames cr E. of Leic. Aug. 2.   18 Robert Sidney now Earle of Leices Ambassadour extraordinary with the K of France Anno 1641. LINCOLN LIncoln-shire antiently belonged to the Core●ani A very large and spacious Countrey extending almost 60 miles in length and some 30 in breadth within which compasse are included 630 Parish Churches and of them 30 market Towns It is accounted very kindly ground for the yeeld of corn and feeding of cattell and furnished in the lower part thereof with good store of fowle which from hence are conveied to London in great abundance It takes name from the principall City by Ptolomy and Antonin● called Lindum and after by the Saxons Lind●colline either because it stands on so high an hill from the Latine Collis or that it had been formerly some Roman Colony A Town of great renown and strength in the times of the Britans and in the Normans time as saith William of Malmesbury it was one of the best peopled Cities of England a place of merchandise and traffick for al commers both by sea and land insomuch that 〈◊〉 then Bishop of Dorc●s●er thought fitting to translate hither his Episcopall see From this opinion it then had first began the Proverb that Lincoln was London is c. The Bishops of Lincoln what and how they were we have seen already We will now look a while on the Ea●les of Lincoln ●140