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A38421	England's remarques giving an exact account of the several shires, counties, and islands in England and Wales. In every of which you have I. How the county is bounded. II. The length, breadth, and circumference. III. The temperature of the air, and fertility or barrenness of the soil. IV. What commodities each shire or county affordeth. V. In what dioces, and how many parishes in it. VI. The number of Parliament-men, hundreds, and market-towns. VII. In every shire you have the name of the city or shire-town, with the latitude thereof, and how it bears, with the reputed and measured distance of the same from London, the road to the same; how governed, and the coat of arms, and what other things are therein remarkable. VIII. You have the names of such noble families as have been dukes or earls of each county since their first constitution. IX. Whatsoever is eminent or remarkable thorow-out the whole kingdom. To which is added a travelling map, describing the principal roads thorow-out England.		1682 (1682)	Wing E3027; ESTC R218203	95,213	312

in this shire a Well boyled up with streams of Blood for 1● days together the Water of this Spring making red all other Water where it came In this Shire is the Vale of White-Horse one of the Fruitfullest Vales of England Bedford-shire THis Shire is bounded on the East by Hertford-shire and Cambridge-shire On the West by Buckingham-shire On the South by Hertford-shire On the North by Northampton-shire and Huntington-shire It containeth in length 24 miles in breadth 12 miles in Circumference 72 miles The Air in this Shire is very Temperate and hath very plenteous Soyl in the North part thereof occasioned by the watering of the River Ouse which often overfloweth it the Southern part is not so fertile but is made to be so by industry and it yieldeth the best Barley in England The Country is generally Champion but in many places intermixed with Meadow and Pasture-grounds The Chief Commodities are Corn Cattle Butter Cheese and Poultry It is in the Diocess of London and hath in it 116 Parishes and out of this Shire are elected 4 Members to sit in Parliament Knights 2 Bedford 2 It is divided into Nine Hundreds viz. Stodden Willy Barford Redbornspike Wixamtree Biggleswad Clifton Flitt Manshead And in these Hundreds are 10 Market-Towns viz. Luton Monday Bedford Tu. and Sa. Leighton Tu. Biggleworth Tu. Dunstable Wed. Ampthil Th. Woburn Fr. Shefford Fr. Tuddington Sa. Patton Sa. In this Shire were some Castles viz. Woodhill Eaton Temsford and Ampthil an Honour now belonging to the Crown The Chief Town in this Shire is Bedford lying in the Latitude of 52 degrees 10 m. and bears N. W. by N. from London and is distant therefrom 40 Miles viz. Thus From London to Barnet 10. To St. Albans 20. To Luton 28. To Barton Clay 33. To Bedford 40. but by a more accurate Admeasurement it is found to be 48 miles distant from London Through the Town of Bedford runneth the River Ouse having a Stone-bridge over it This Town is governed by a Major Two Bayliffs two Chamberlains a Recorder a Town-Clerk and 3 Serjeants with Maces The Arms of the Town of Bedford is a Demy-Eagle the Wings displayed over a Castle upon a Hill all Proper The Names of those honourable Families which have the Titles of Dukes and Earls of Bedford Dukes John Plantaginet George Nevell Earls Ingelram Covey John Russell On New-years day 1399 just before the War between the two Houses of York and Lancaster began the above mentioned River Ouse sudainly ceased its Course and stood still so that men did pass three Miles together on foot in the depth of the Channel and backwards the Waters swelled up to a very great height It is storied that once in Bedford Town K. Offa's Leaden Tomb hath often appeared to such that look not after it but to them that seek for it it never appears At Aspel Gowiz in this Shire near Woburn is a certain Earth which turneth Wood into Stone and that a Wooden Ladder was to be seen in a Monastery neer adjoyning which having lain a good while covered with this Earth was digged out again all stone Dunstable a Town in this Shire standing upon a Chalkey-Hill hath 4 streets in it and in each of them a Pond which are fed only with Rain for they have not a Well in the Town less than 24 Cubits deep and yet these Ponds are never dry Buckingham-Shire THis Shire is bounded on the East by Bedford-shire and Hertford-shire On the West by Oxford-shire On the South by Bark-shire And on the North by Northampton-shire and Bedford-shire It containeth in Length 39 Miles In breadth 18 and in Circumference 138. The Air in this Shire is very pleasant wholesome and temperate yielding good content both to mind and body The soyl is Rich Fat and Fruitful yielding abundance of Grass Corn and Cattle for it maintains an infinite number of Sheep whose Fleeces are much admired for their fineness through the whole Turkish Empire The Shire is chiefly divided into two parts by the Chiltren Hills which run through the Middle thereof The Vale below is Plain and Champion a Clay stiff and rough Soyl naked of Wood but abounding in Meadow Pasture and Tillage It is in the Diocess of London and hath in it 185 Parishes and out of this Shire are Elected Fourteen Members to sit in Parliament Knights 2 Buckingham 2 Cheping-Wiccomb 2 Aylesbury 2 Agmondesham 2 Wendover 2 Merlow 2 It is divided into Eight Hundreds viz. Newport Buckingham Cotstowe Ashenden Aylesbury Burnham Disborough Stocke And in these Hundreds are 15 Market-Towns viz. Oulney Mond Amersham Tu. Cole-brooke W. Chesham W. Winslow Th. Wendover Th. Baconfield Th. Stony Stratford Fr. Ivingoe Fr. High Wickham F. Buckingham S. Newport Sat. Alisbury Sa. Risborough Sa. Great Marlow Sa. This Shire hath been strengthened with 4 Castles now all demolished The Chief Town in this Shire is Buckingham lying in the Latitude of 52 degrees 2 minutes and bearing from London N. W. by W. and is distant therefrom 44 Miles viz. From London to Acton 6. To Uxbridge 15. To Amersham 24. To Wendover 30. To Aylesbury 34. To Buckingham 44. but by more accurate Admeasurement 60 Miles This Town is pleasantly seated upon the River Ouse which circuites the Town on every side saving the North and over it are 3 Stone-Bridges The names of these Honourable Families who have born the Titles of Earls of Bedford Walter Gifford Earl Richard Stanbow Earl Thomas of Woodstoke Earl Humphry Stafford Earl The Town of Buckingham is governed by a Bailiff and 12 Principal Burgesses The Arms of the Town of Buckingham is Party per Pale Gules and Sable over all a Swan Argent Crowned and chained Or. Remarques in this County There is little remarkable in this Shire only in it grows abundance of Beech in the Chalky part of it The Sheep bred in the Vales have exceeding fine Fleeces and where their Land is worn out as about Marlow they inrich it again by Chalking of it so that it bears Corn abundantly Cambridge-Shire IS bounded on the East by Suffolk and Norfolk On the West by Bedford-shire and Huntington-shire On the South by Essex and Hertford-shire And on the North by Lincoln-shire This Shire containeth in Length 35 Miles In Breadth 20 Miles And in Circumference 130 Miles Cambridge-shire cannot be commended for a serene or wholesome Air especially the Northern parts thereof for that the Fens do so infect the Air thereabout Their chief Commodities are Cattle Malt and Saffron It is in the Diocess of Ely and hath in it 163 Parishes And out of this Shire are elected to sit in Parliament Knights 2 Vniversity of Cambridge 2 Town of Cambridge 2 It is divided into Seventeen Hundreds viz. Wisbich Girvij or Wichford Ely Staplehow Cheveley Raddesley Stane Chelford Flendish Northstowe Chesterton Papworth Stow. Wetherlee Arningford Tripelow Witlesford And in these Hundreds are Eight Market-Towns viz. New-Market Tues Caxton Tues Royston Wed. Linton Thurs March Frid. Cambidge

of Bristol built upon the Rivers Avon and Frome Competitor for Merchandize almost with London and with York for beauty It standeth partly in this County and partly in Somersetshire but being a County of it self will acknowledge obedience to neither Things remarkable in this County In the year 1471. At Tewksbury was fought the Battel between K. Edward 4. and K. Hen. 6. wherein P. Edward the General was slain Q. Margaret taken Prisoner Tho. Earl of Devonshire John Mardosset L. Wenlake and Ed. D. of Somerset taken and Beheaded In the Quire of the Cathedral Church of Gloucester in an Arch thereof is a Wall built in form of a Semicircle but very full of Corners and if a man speak with a very low Voyce at the one side or end of it and another lay his Ear to the other he may very easily hear every syllable that the other pronounces though the distance be very considerable At Stroud in this County they Die Scarlet the Water there having a peculiar quality to give the right tincture And about Radminton no Snakes or Adders are to be found yet there are holes there called Swallow-holes where the Waters after great Rain or in VVinter when the Springs run fall into the bowels of the Earth and are no more seen nor is it known whither ever they rise again At Alderley 8 miles from the Severn upon the Hills there to this day are found Cockles Periwinkles and Oysters of solid Stone These Stones are found near the surface of the Earth and if you dig any depth you find none of them At Lassington a mile from Gloucester are found Stones called Star Stones they are about the thickness of a half Crown but no broader than a Silver peny They are flat and five pointed like a Star or Mullet They are of a Grey colour and on the flat sides naturally engraven in fine works as one Mullet within another I have seen many of them joyned together flat to flat like Columbs 2 or 3 inches long These single Stones being put into Vinegar have a motion as other Astroits have though not so lively At Puckle Church are digged Stones natural broad blewish and hard about half a foot thick square and flat fit for Tomb-stones They lye in Beds 6 or 8 one above another The uppermost Bed near the surface of the Earth insomuch that near the Town in the High-way for 10 Perches or more you may ride upon a Pavement as it were of one continued Stone so near do these Beds joyn together Hantshire THis Shire is bounded on the East by Sussex and Surrey On the West by Dorsetshire and Wiltshire On the South by the Brittish Sea And on the North by Berkshire It containeth in Length 66 miles In Breadth 30 miles And in Circumference 176. The Air is Temperate but thick by reason of the Vapours arising from the Sea and Rivers whose plenty of Fish and their increase do plentifully satisfie the injuries they sustain by the Vapours The Soil is rich for Corn and Cattle plentiful for Wood and pleasant for Pasturage and happy in all Commodities either for Sea or Land In it are four Principal Havens viz. Portsmouth Titchfield Homble Southampton all of them commodious both to let in and loose out Ships of very great burthen The chief Commodities of this Shire are Corn Cattle Iron Wool Honey and Kersies It is in the Diocess of Winchester and hath in it 253 Parishes Out of it are elected 26 Members to sit in Parliament Knights 2 Winchester 2 Southampton 2 Portsmouth 2 Yarmouth 2 Petersfeild 2 Newport alias Medena 2 Stockbridge 2 New-town 2 Christ-Church 2 Whitchurch 2 Limington 2 Andever 2 Its Division is into 39 Hundreds viz. Evinger Kingscleer Holshot Odiham Crandall Alton Barmanspit Chutley Basingstoke Overton Parstow Andevor Wherewell Micheldever Buntesborow Sutton Selborn Eastermeane Meanestoke and Suberton Fawley Buddlesgate Kingsunborn Bartonstacy Thornegate New Forrest Fordingbridge Ringwood Christ-Church Redbridge Waltham Mansbridge Tichfield Portsdown Portsmouth Bosmere Hailing Fartham Finchdean And in these Hundreds are 16 Market-Towns viz. Southampton Tu. F Kingsclere Tues Winchester W. and S. Basing-Stoke W. Ringwood W. Alceston Th. Petersfield S. Alton Sat. Odiam S. Andover S. Ramsey S. Lamington S. Portsmouth Th. S. Newport in Isle of Wight W. and Sa. Christ-Church White-Church In the Shire are many Strong Castles as Hurst Calshot Southampton St. Andrews Worth Porchester and the South Castle besides Bulworks and Blockhouses for the Countries defence In this County is the City of Winchester And the Arms of this City are Gules a Castle between two Lyons of England in Fess and between four other Castles in square all Or. The Principal Town in this Shire is Southampton lying in the Latitude of 50 deg 56 min. It bears from London S. W. by W. and is distant therefrom 60 miles thus From London to New Brainford 8. to Stanes 15. to Bagshot 25. to Alton 39. to Alesford 47. to Twiford 54. to Southampton 60. But the distance measured upon the Road is 78 miles This Town of Southampton is Populous Rich and Beautiful most strongly Walled about with Square Stone The Honours of this Shire are dignified by Marquesses and afterwards Earls of Winchester and Southampton The Names of which since the first Constitution are as followeth 1. Cliton a Saxon Earl of Winchester 2. Sear Quincy Earl of Winchester 3. Hugh Spencer Earl of Winchester 4. Lodowick Bruget Earl of Winchester 5. William Pawlet Marquess of Winchester 6. Bogo or Beavous Earl of Southampton 7. William Fits William E. of Southampton 8. Thomas Wriotheosley E. of Southampton Remarkable things in this Shire At Portsmouth they boyl Salt out of Salt water which is our Bay Salt which by boyling again they make exceeding white Out of the Walls of Silcester a decayed Town in this Shire grow huge Oaks containing 10 Loads or 500 solid foot of Timber a piece The Isle of Wight is in this Shire the Air whereof is very wholsom and the Inhabitants live long It yields plenty of Corn and fine Wool As also Conies Hares Pheasants Partridges c. In the year 1176. it rained in this Island a Shower of Blood for two hours together At Wickham in this Shire are Medicinal Waters About Portsmouth are bred a Race of small Dogs like Beagles which they use there to hunt Moles with which they hunt as their natural Game In this County are these Castles Midwood Winchester and Odiam which were so strong that in the time of King Jobn Thirteen Englishmen defended the Fort for fifteen days against Lewis of France who with a great Force assaulted it Hertfordshire THis Shire is bounded on the East by Essex On the West by Buckingham and Bedfordshire On the South by Middlesex And on the North by Cambridgeshire It containeth in length 30 Miles in breadth 28 Miles and in Circumference 130 Miles The Temperature of the Air is sweet and healthful and is seated in a Climate neither too hot

K. Henry the Third and K. Edward the First And with the Interments of Edward the Black Prince Henry the Fourth and Joan his Wife And at Feversham were interred K. Stephen and Maud his Queen After divers afflictions by the Danes this City was at length fortified by Richard the Second and afterwards Walled about by Simon Sadbury Arch-Bishop of that See Next to Canterbury Rochester requires the preheminence of all the other Towns Historians report that this City was first built by Julius Caesar How or by whom these two Cities are Governed I do not find But the Arms of Canterbury is Gules Martlets in a Chief Argent a Lyon Passant Guardant Or. And the Arms of Rochester is Argent a Plain Cross Gules with an R in the Centre Or. In Chief a Lyon of England The Earls since the first Constitution are Odo Bishop of Boyen Will. Iprese E. of Flan. Hubert de Burgh Edmond Woodstock Tho. Holland Edmond Graye Things remarkable in this County are The Medicinal Wells at Tunbridge the Virtues of the Waters of them are sufficiently known At Egerton is a Spring whose Water turns Wood into Stone Three miles South from Tunbridge on the edge of Sussex in a white sandy Ground are divers huge craggy Stones of strange forms whereof two of the greatest stand so close together and yet are divided with so streight a Line as one would think they had been sawn asunder The River of Medway loseth it self under ground and riseth again at Loose not far from Cox-Heath There are three Ridges of Hills in Kent viz. The first is that which runs by Boxtey Dettling Hellingborn c. and is called Health without Wealth The second is that which runs by Sutttonulcomb Booton Malherf c. and is called Health and Wealth The third is that which runs by Tenderden and is called Wealth without Health At Motingham 8 miles from London in Anno 1585. August the 4th after a violent Tempest of Thunder and Rain the Ground suddenly began to sink and three great Elms growing upon it were carried so deep into the Earth that no part of them could any more be seen The compass of the hole is said to be 240 foot about and a Line of 50 Fathom plummed down into it finds no bottom In Tenderden-Steeple about the Belfrey there is a Stone which as the Rain falls upon it out of the Air or the Rain drippings from other Stones about it grows in about 5 or 6 years very manifestly which having been pared away with an Instrument grows up again as high as before Upon the Shoars of the Isle of Sheppey are found weighty Stones out of which Brimstone and Coperas are tryed by boyling them in a Furnace for that purpose Near unto Feversham are Pits of great depth narrow at the mouth and very broad below which have distinction of Rooms or Chambers within them and Pillars of Chalk as it were to support them Great store of Samphire grows on the Cliffs between Deal and Dover At Dengenesse for a mile and more together do naturally grow abundance of hollow Trees among nothing but Beach and Pebbles And Westward from this place Pease grow naturally in Clusters as Grapes do which differ but little in taste from Field Peasen Also between Th●net Isle and Sandwich a kind of Hops grow natural y among the Beach and Pebbles In the Isle of Sheppey there are no Moles and if any be carried over thither they suddenly dye The River Stowre that runs through Canterbury breeds the best Trouts in the South-east parts of England At Boxley-Abby about 2 miles from Maidstroe is a Spring the water whereof in 9 days will turn Sticks and small Wood into Stone In the year 1596 upon the 18th of December a mile and half from Westram Southward and not many miles from Motingham Two Closes lying together separated with a Hedg of hollow Ashes then was found a part thereof about 12 Perches long to be sunk six foot and an half deep the next morning 15 foot more the third morning 80 foot more at least and so daily that great Trench of Ground containing in length about 80 Perches and in breadth 28 Perches began with the Trees and Hedges on it to loose it self from the rest of the Ground lying round about it and withal to move and shoot Southward day and night for Eleven days The Ground of two water Pits the one 6 foot deep the other 12 foot deep and about 4 Perches over in breadth having sundry Tuffs of Alders and Ashes growing in the bottom with a great Rock of Stone under them were not only removed out of their places and carried towards the South at least 4 Perches apiece but withal mounted aloft and became hilly with their Sedge Flags and black mud upon the tops of them higher than the face of the Water which they had forsaken by 9 foot and in the place from which they were removed other Ground which lay higher is descended receiving the Water which lyes upon it Moreover in one place of the plain Field there is a great hole made by sinking of the Earth to the depth of 30 foot at the least being in breadth in some places 2 Perches over and in length 5 or 6 Perches Also there is a Hedge 30 Perches long carried Southward with his Trees 7 Perches at the least Divers other Sinkings there be in several other Places viz. One of 60 foot another of 47 and another of 34 foot By means of which confusion it is come to pass that where the highest Hills were there be the deepest Dales and the lowest Dales are become the highest Hills The whole measure of breaking was about 10 Acres In the year 1651. in the Parish of Lenisham 6 miles from London a Medicinal Water was found out and is much frequented Lancashire IS bounded on the East by Yorkshire On the West by the Irish Sea On the South by Cheshire And on the North by Cumberland and Westmorland It contains in length 57 miles In breadth 32 miles And in Circumference 65 miles For the Temperature of the Air it is thin and piercing and not troubled with gross Mysts or Fogs The People are very Comely Strong Healthful long liv'd and not subject to Novel Diseases For the Soil It is not very fruitful yet it breeds a great number of Cattel and those of a very great proportion having goodly Heads and large spread Horns It yieldeth great store of Coles and a competent increase of Flax. The Plain of this County is very good for Wheat and Barley but that which lyes at the bottom of the Hills is best for Oats The chief Commodities that this County affords are Cole Cattel Fowl Fish and Flax. It is in the Diocess of Chester and hath in it 61 Parishes And out of it are elected 14 Members to sit in Parliament Knights 2 Lancaster 2 Preston 2 Newton 2 Wigan 2 Clitherow 2 Liverpoole 2 Its Division is into 6 Hundreds viz. Loynsedale

de Merton Clerk 1267 Exeter Walter Stapleton E. of Excester 1316 Oriel K. Edward the II. 1324 Queens Robert Eaglesfield Clerk 1340 New Colledge Will. of Wickham B. of Winton 1379 Lincoln Richard Fleming B. of London 1427 All Souls Hen. Chichley A.B. of Canterbury 1438 Magdalen Will. of Wainflet B. of Winton 1458 Brasen Nose W. Smith B. of Lincoln and Sir Richard Sutton Knight 1511 Corpus Christi Richard Fox B. of Winton 1516 Christ-Church K. Henry the VIII 1546 Trinity Sir Thomas Pope 1554 St. Johns Sir Thomas White 1555 Jesus Dr. Hugh Price 1571 Wadham Nich. Wadham Doroth. his Wife 1612 Pembrook Thomas Tesdale Esq and Ri. Whitwich Cler. 1624 Halls in Oxford Alba Hall Hart Hall S. Mary Hall Edmund Hall Colcester Hall Magdalen Hall New-Inn Hall The Earls of Oxford since the first Constitution Vere E. of Oxford Hen. Stuart D. of Gloucester E. of Oxford Things Remarkable in this County The City of Oxford is a very healthful place which Mr. Cambden thinks is because it is defended from the South and West winds but lies open to the North East and East Winds On the Descent of Hoddenton Hill near Oxford rises a Spring which runs down towards Kings Mill lying over against Magdalen Colledge This Spring hath a petrifying quality and will in some short time if a stick be laid in it either turn it into Stone or have a strong crust about it Near unto Enisham in the South of this Shire is a Monument of huge Stones set round in Compass in manner of those of Stonehinge which as some saith were Metamorphosed from Men. But more probable they were there erected upon some great Victory obtained by Rollo the Dane This Shire is famous for that in it were born for K. Edward the Confessor was born in Islip Edward the Black Prince in Woodstock The Warlike Caw de Lyon in Oxford all in this County In the year 1552. at Middleton 7 miles from Oxford a Woman brought forth a Child which had two perfect Bodies from the Navel upwards which were so conjoyned together at the Navel that when they were laid out at length if one Head and Body were laid East the other would be West or in any other position And the Legs of both the Bodies were joyned together in the midst They were female Children and lived 18 days and they had but one issue for the Excrement of them both Rutlandshire THe least Shire in England It is bounded on the East by Lincolnshire On the West by Leicestershire On the South by Nottinghamshire And on the North by Leicestershire It containeth in length 14 miles In breadth 12 miles And in Circumference 42 miles The Air is Temperate wholsom and not subject to Foggs The Soil is Rich but of a Reddish colour insomuch that it changeth the colour of the Wool of the Sheep that feed upon it into a reddish colour The chief Commodities of this County are Corn Cattel Wool and Wood. It is in the Diocess of Peterborough And hath in it 48 Parishes Out of it are elected only 2 Parliament Men. Knights 2 Its Division is into Five Hundreds viz. Allstoe East Hundred Martinsley Wrange Dye Oukhamsook And in these Hundreds are 2 Market-Towns viz. Vppingham Wedn. Okenham Saturday The Principal Town in this Shire is Oakham lying in the Latitude of 52 deg 45 min. It bears from London N. N. W. And is distant therefrom 72 miles Thus From London to Barnet 10 miles to St. Albans 20. to Luton 28. to Bedford 40. to Wellingbury 52. to Kettering 57. to Uppingham 69. to Oakham 74. Oakham is a fair Market-Town and a Horshooe is the Badge thereof taken from a Royalty enjoyed by the Baron of the Lordship which is this If any Noble by Birth come within the Precinct of the same Lordship he shall forfeit as a Homage a Shooe from the Horse whereon he rideth unless he redeem it by Money In testimony whereof there are many Horshooes nailed upon the Shire-Hall Door and many of them of our English Nobilities whose names are stamped upon them as Hen. Hastings c. And in the Shire-Hall over the seat of the Judg is a Horshooe of Iron curiously wrought containing 5 foot and an half in length and the breadth thereof proportionable This Shire being small much Variety or many Curiosities cannot be expected to be found in it But Adjoyning to this County is the Town of Stamford an ancient University long before Oxford the Arms whereof is Party per Pale Gules 3 Lions passant guardant Or. And Checkey Or and Azure Shropshire THis Shire is bounded on the East by Staffordshire On the West by Denbyshire and Montgomeryshire On the South by Worcestershire and Herefordshire And on the North by Cheshire It containeth in length 38 miles In breadth 30 miles And in Circumference 135 miles The Air of this Shire is Wholsom Delectable and Good affording health to the Inhabitants in all the Seasons of the year The Soil is rich and it standeth upon a reddish Clay the Rivers make fruitful the Land and Severn supplies them with store of fresh Fish The chief Commodities this Countrey affords are Cloath Wheat Barley Wood Cattel Iron and Pit-Coal It is in the Diocess of Hereford and Lichfield and hath in it 170 Parishes Out of it are elected 12 Members to sit in Parliament Knights 2 Salop 2 Bruges alias Bridgnorth 2 Ludlow 2 Great Wenlock 2 Bishops Castle 2 Its Division is into 15 Hundreds viz. Bradford Pimhill Bradford Brymstery Wenlock Condover Oswestrey Forde Chirbury Clunne Purslowe Munslowe Overs Stottesden Shrewsbury And in these Hundreds are 15 Market-Towns viz. Oswestree Mon. Great Wenlock Mon. Ludlow Mon. Elsmeere Tu. Shipton Tu. Braiton Wed. Stretton Thu. Wem Th. Wellington Th. Bishops Castle Fri. Whitchurch Fri. Bridgenorth Sat. Newport Sat. Clebury Shrewsbury W. Th. Sat. The chief Town is Shrewsbury lying in the Latitude of 52 deg 47 min. It bears from London N. W. by W. And is distant therefrom 124 Miles Thus From London to Barnet 10. to St. Albans 20. to Dunstable 30. to Stony Stratford 44. to Toceter 50. to Daventry 60. to Coventry 74. to Meriden 78. to Bermingham 88. to Dudley 96. to Bridgenorth 108. to menlock 114. to Shrewsbury 124. But by admeasurement upon the Road it is found to be distant from London 155 miles This Town of Shrewsbury may be compared with most Cities and doth exceed many for fair Buildings large Streets and those many The Inhabitants Rich the principal Trade being in Staple Commodities as Cloath Frieze c. The Walls hereof are strong and of a large compass and by one side of it runneth the River Severn through the Wall are three entrances into the Town at the East and West over two fair Stone Bridges with Towers Gates and Bars the third entrance is at the North over which is a large Castle The Town is annually Governed by 2 Bailiffs elected out of 24 Burgesses a Recorder Town-Clerk and Chamberlain and 3 Sergeants

an extraordinary height in comparison of what it flows in other parts of the English Shore Near unto Bristol are those famous Rocks known by the name of St. Vincent's Rocks very ragged and hanging over the River Avon where also is a Well of warm Water very pleasing to the taste whose Water is much commended for the cure of Ulcers c. it being taken inwardly and applied outwardly it cures Old Sores with very good success On the upper side of these Rocks of St. Vincent are digged out Pelna'd Stones commonly called Bristol Stones or Diamonds some 4 cornered others 6 cornered which saith Speed are so bright of colour as they may equalize Indian Diamonds but not so hard Westward of St. Vincent's Rock is another Rock in which are found Diamonds inclosed in a kind of reddish Flint in a wonderful manner and the Earth thereabouts is read also At Chedder near Axbridge is a Spring so plentiful of Water presently that it drives 12 Mills within a quarter of a mile of the head of it There was a Walnut Tree saith Cambden in Glastenbury Church-yard that did never put out Leaf till St. Barnabas Day and upon that very day it was very rank and full of Leaves Near unto Glastenbury in Wivall Park was a Hawthorn that upon Christmas-Day sprouted forth as if it were in May. There is a Church in Bristol called the Temple the Tower whereof shakes to and fro when the Bells ring so that it hath divided it self from the rest of the Building from the top to the bottom the breadth of 3 fingers and openeth and shutteth whensoever the Bell is rung Mendip Hills in this Shire afford great abundance of Lead In the 22 year of Q. Elizabeth a strange Apparition appeared in this County 60 Personages all cloathed in Black a furlong in distance from those that beheld them and after their appearing and a little while tarrying they vanished away But immediately another strange company in like manner colour and number appeared in the same place and they encountred one another and so vanished away And the third time appeared that number again all in bright Armour and encountred one another and so vanished away Affidavit was made of the truth of this by 4 honest men that saw it to be true before Sir George Norton In the year 1607. a mighty West Wind brought in the River Severn with such violence that in some places in Somersetshire and Gloucestershire the Waters grew higher than the tops of the Houses and 80 persons in Somersetshire were drowned and damages done to the value of 26 thousand pounds Staffordshire THis County is bounded on the East by Derbyshire and Warwickshire On the West by Shropshire and Cheshire On the South by Worcestershire And on the North by Cheshire It containeth in length 45 miles In breadth 28 miles And in Circumference 142 miles The Air of this Shire is very healthful yet in the North parts and Moorlands it is very sharp the Wind blowing sharp and the Snow lying long The Soil on the South parts is very rich and fruitful but the North more barren in respect of the Mines The Meadows are very fruitful being moistned with Springs and Rivers which run by them so that they be green in the midst of Winter and Woods it wanteth none witness the Cank The chief Commodities are Copper Lead Iron Alabaster and Pit-Coals It is in the Diocess of Litchfield and Coventry and hath in it 130 Parishes Out of it are elected 10 Parliament Men. Knights 2 Litchfield 2 Stafford 2 New-Castle under-Line 2 Tamworth 2 Its Division is into 5 Hundreds viz. Pyrehill Totmonslow Caddlestone Seisdon Offelwe And in these Hundreds are 18 Market-Towns viz. New-Castle under-Line Monday Stow Tu. Betles Tu. Pagets Browley Tu. Tutbury Tu. Walsall Tu. Ridgley Tu. Pankridge Tu. Brewood Tu. Littlefield Tu. Fr. Leeke Wed. Wolverhampton W. Vtoxiter W. Chickly Th. Burton on Trent Th. Ecleshall Friday Stafford Sat. Tamworth The principal City is Lichfield lying in the Latitude of 52 deg 50 min. Its bears from London N. W. and is distant therefrom 94 miles Thus From London to Barnet 10 miles to St. Albans 20. to Dunstable 30. to Stony-stratford 44. to Toceter 50. to Daventry 60. to Coventry 74. to Coleshill 82. to Lichfield 94. But by a more accurate admeasurement upon the Road it is found to be distant from London 118 miles This City of Lichfield was known by Beda by the name of Lucedfeld which Rosse doth interpret to be The Field of Dead Bodies for the number of Saints under the rage of Dioclesian there slain and for this cause it may be that the City bears for her Arms in an Escutcheon a Landskip with divers Martyrs in several manners Massacred But The Shire-Town is Stafford which is yearly Governed under 2 Bailiffs annually elected out of 21 Assistants called the Common-Council a Recorder a Town-Clerk and 2 Serjeants at Mace The Arms of this Town is Or on a Cheveron Gules a True-lovers knot of the first Ralph Stafford Earl of Stafford William Howard Viscount Stafford Things Remarkable in this County Upon the 23d of September Anno 1459. being the 38th year of K. Henry the 6th A bloody Battel was fought upon Blore-heath in this County by Richard E. of Salisbury in the quarrel of York against James Lord Audley General for K. Henry the 6th in which the Lord James was slain with many of the Gentry of Cheshire who in great favour had received the Young Prince's Livery of Swans and in his Right manfully fought and lost their lives namely Sir Hugh Venibles Sir Thomas Dutton Sir Richard Molineux Sir William Trowthek Sir John Leigh Sir John Donn and Sir John Edgerton Knights and of common Soldiers there were slain 2400. Also the two Sons of the E. of Salisbury were taken Prisoners and sent to Chester In Pensneth Castle saith Cambden is a Coal-Pit which was set on fire by a Candle through the negligence of a Digger the smoak of it is commonly seen and sometimes the Flame In this Shire they manure their Land with Lime The People about Wotton observe that when the VVind sits West it always produceth Rain But the East and South Wind here bring fair weather unless the Wind turn from the West into the South If the River Dove overflow its Banks and run into the adjacent Meadows in April it makes them extream fruitful This River uses to rise extreamly within 12 hours space but it will in 12 hours return again within its Banks But the River Trent being once up and over its Banks flows over the fields 4 or 5 days together ere the superfluous Water can get away The little River Hans runs under ground for three miles together Mr. Cambden saith that Necham speaks of a Lake in this County but says not where that foreshews things to come by its Roaring and no wild Beast will enter into it Gervase of Tilbury tells of a Lake called Mahall near Magdalen

on the Bank of the River Can and is of great Trade and resort and the Inhabitants are very industrious for making of Cloath and have great Vent and Traffick for the same for their Woollen Cloaths are vended through all parts of England The Town is annually managed by an Alderman chosen out of his 12 Brethren who are all distinguished from the rest by wearing of Purple Gowns The Alderman and his Senior Brother are always Justices of the Peace and Quorum They have also a Town-Clerk a Recorder 2 Sergeants at Mace and 2 Chamberlains The Arms of the Town is Quarterly two Coots the first Argent 3 Tees Sable The second Gules 3 Spears in Pale Argent The third like the second the fourth as the first The Earls of this County since the Norman Conquest John Duke of Bedford Earl of Somerset John Duke of Somerset Earl of Somerset John De Foix Earl of Somerset Ralph Nevill Earl of Somerset Francis Farrar Earl of Somerset Things remarkable in this County Near unto the River Loder is a Spring that Ebbs and Flows many times in a day In the same place are Stones like Pyramids some of them being 9 foot high and 14 foot thick pitched directly in a Row for a mile together In the River Can near unto Kendall are two Cataracts or Water-falls where the Waters descend with a great fall and mighty noise And when that which standeth North from the Neighbours living between them sounds cleerer and lowder than the other they certainly look for fair weather to follow But when that on the South side doth so they expect Foggs and Showers of Rain Near Kirkby Lonsdale are many deep and hollow places like Caves In ancient times the Pearl bearing Muscles were found upon this Shoar which conceive by the Dew they suck in And they are to be found at this day both here and in the Rivers of Cumberland Wiltshire THis County is bounded on the East by Berkshire and Hantshire On the West by Somersetshire On the South by Dorsetshire And on the North by Gloucestershire It containeth in length 52 miles In breadth 38 miles And in Circumference 142 miles This County is seated in a good Climate the Air is both sweet pleasant temperate and wholsom The Soil is fruitful and plentiful the Northern part rises up in delectable Hills furnished with large VVoods and the Valleys with pleasant Rivers namely Isis c. The South part is more level yielding Grass and Corn in abundance The middest of the County is most plain and therefore is called Salisbury Plain The chief Commodities of this Shire are Wool Wood and Sheep It is in the Diocess of Salisbury and hath in it 304 Parishes Out of it are chosen 34 Members which sit in Parliament Knights 2 New Sarum 2 Wilton 2 Downton 2 Hindon 2 Hytesbury 2 Westbury 2 Calne 2 Devizes 2 Chipenham 2 Malmesbury 2 Cricklade 2 Great Bedwyn 2 Ludgersal 2 Old Sarum 2 Wooton Basset 2 Marleborough 2 Its Division is into 29 Hundreds viz. Highworth Malmsbury Kingsbridge Damerham Nor. Chippenham Pottern Calne Selkley Ramsbury Kinwarston Elstube Swanborne Melkesham Bradford Whorwelsdown Westbury Warmister Haresbury Branche Amsbury Vnderditch Alderbury Frustfield Downton Cawden Danworth Dametham Mere Chalke And in these Hundreds are 23 Market-Towns viz. Bradford Monday Sundon Mon. Swindon Mon. Calne Tues Ashburn Tues Wilton Wednes Lavington Wed. Highworth Wed. Hindon Thurs Devizes Thurs Wootton Basset Th. Dunston Friday Anersbury Friday Westbury Friday Mere Marmister Werminster Sat. Tronbridge S. Chipnam S. Marleborough S. Malmesbury S. Creeklad S. Salisbury Tuesday and Saturday The principal Town in this County is the City of Salisbury lying in the Latitude of 51 deg 4 min. It bears from London W. S. W. And is distant therefrom 70 miles Thus From London to New Brainford 8 miles to Stanes 15. to Hartleyrow 31. to Basingstoke 39. to Whitchurch 49. to Andover 55. to Salisbury 70. But by a more accurate admeasurement on the Road it is found to be distant from London 83 miles This City for fair Buildings is inferiour to none and transcends all others for the benefit of Water almost every Street having a River running through the midst thereof The Arms of this City is Azure a Sword and a Key in Saltyre Or On a chief Argent 3 Lozenges Gules The Earls of Wiltshire and Salisbury since the first Constitution William Scroop Earl of Wiltshire Salisbury Samuel Butler Earl of Wiltshire Salisbury John Stafford Earl of Wiltshire Salisbury Henry Stafford Earl of Wiltshire Salisbury Thomas Bullen Earl of Wiltshire Salisbury William Panlet Earl of Wiltshire Salisbury Patrick Fitzwater Earl of Wiltshire Salisbury William Longspey Earl of Wiltshire Salisbury Henry Lacye Earl of Wiltshire Salisbury Tho. E. of Lancaster Earl of Wiltshire Salisbury William Montagule Earl of Wiltshire Salisbury Richard Nevill Earl of Wiltshire Salisbury George D. of Clarence Earl of Wiltshire Salisbury Robert Cecil Earl of Wiltshire Salisbury Things Remarkable in this County The Cathedral Church of Salisbury was begun to be built by Richard Poore Bishop of this See and in 40 years was brought to its perfect Splendor and Beauty It is a most Rich and Magnificent Church and in it are as many VVindows as there are days in the year viz. 365. As many Pillars of Cast Marble as there are hours in the year viz. 8760. As many Gates for Entrance as there are Months in the year viz. 12. In the edge of this Shire between Luckington and great Badminton is a place called the Caves They are upon the top of a rising Hill and about 9 in number Some of them are deeper and some shallower some broader and longer than others and they lie all together in a Row The manner of them is 2 long Stones set upon the sides and broad Stones upon the top to cover them The least of these Caves is 4 foot broad and some of them 9 or 10 foot long These are called by some of the ignorant Inhabitants The Gyants Caves But the more ingenious think them to be the Tombs of some Saxons Heroick Danes or Romans and the more probable for that in a late digging into them they have found Spurs old pieces of Armour c. In this Shire is a small Rill called Devorill which runneth a mile under ground In Ivy Church was found a Corps 12 foot long and a Book of very thick Parchment all written with great Roman Letters but when the Leaves were touched they mouldered to Dust Near the River Kennet in this Shire there breaks out Water in the manner of a suddain Landflood out of certain Stones standing aloft in open Fields which by the common people is accounted a fore-runner of dearth The Stonehenge upon Salisbury Plain is counted the most admirable Rarity this Island affordeth It is in this manner There are in a Pit great Stones standing upright some being 28 foot high and 7 foot broad in 3