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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

352 January 25. Gloucester Edward 3 1312 1326 January 25. 51 5 301 June 21. Westminster Richard 2 1366 1377 June 21. 22 3 279 September 29. Westminster The Line of Lancaster Henry 4 1367 1399 September 29. 13 6 265 March 20. Canterbury Henry 5 1584 1412 March 20. 9 5 256 August 31. Westminster Henry 6 1421 1422 August 31. 38 6 218 March 4. Windsor The Line of York Edward 4 1442 1460 March 4. 23 1 195 April 9. Winchester Edward 5 1433 1471 April 9. 0 2 195 June 18. Not known Richard 3 1448 1483 June 18. 2 2 193 August 22. Leicester The Families United Henry 7 1459 1485 August 22. 2 2 193 August 22. Leicester Henry 8 1491 1508 April 22. 2 2 193 August 22. Leicester Edward 6 1537 1547 January 28. 37 10 132 June 28. Windsor Q. Mary 1518 1553 July 6. 6 5 125 July 6. Westminster Q. Eliz. 1533 1558 November 17. 44 4 76 March 24. Westminster The Union of the two Kingdoms James 1566 1602 March 24. 22 0 53 March 27. Westminster Charles 1 1600 1625 March 27. 23 11 30 January 30. Windsor Charles 2 1630 1648 January 30. Whom God grant long to Reign A CATALOGUE of the Peers and Nobility of England according to their Precedence Dukes James Duke of York and Albany Earl of Vlster Lord High Admiral of England the King 's only Brother Created Jan. 27. 1643. Rupert Duke of Cumberland and Earl of Holdernesse Jan. 24. 1643. The Lord Chancellor Keeper Treasurer Privy Seal Take place of all the other Dukes Thomas Howard Duke of Norfolk Francis Seymour Duke of Somerset George Villiers Duke of Buckingham Christopher Monk Duke of Albemarle James Fitz-Roy Duke of Monmouth Henry Cavendish Duke of New-Castle Charles Lenos Duke of Richmond Charles Fitz-Roy Duke of Southampton Henry Fitz-Roy Duke of Grafton Marquesses Charles Pawlet Marq. of Winchester Henry Somerset Marq. of Worcester Henry Pierrepoint Marq. of Dorchester Earls The L. High Chamberlain of England Steward of the King's Houshold Chamberlain of the King's Houshold Take Place of all Earls in respect of their Places Aubry de Vere Earl of Oxford Charles Talbot Earl of Shrewsbury Anthony Grey Earl of Kent William Stanly Earl of Derby John Manours Earl of Rutland Theophil Hastings Earl of Huntington William Russell Earl of Bedford Philip Herbert Earl of Pembroke Edward Clinton Earl of Lincoln Charles Howard Earl of Nottingham James Howard Earl of Suffolk Charles Sackville Earl of Dorset and Middlesex James Cecill Earl of Salisbury John Cecill Earl of Excester John Egerton Earl of Bridgewater Robert Sidney Earl of Leicester James Compton Earl of Northampton Edward Rich Earl of Warwick Holland Will. Cavendish Earl of Devonshire William Fielding Earl of Denbigh John Digby Earl of Bristol Charles Sackvill Earl of Middlesex and Dorset Gilbert Holles Earl of Clare Oliver St. John Earl of Bullingbrook Charles Fane Earl of Westmorland Robert Montague Earl of Manchester Charles Howard Earl of Berkshire John Sheffield Earl of Mulgrave William Leg Earl of Marlborough Thomas Savage Earl of Rivers Robert Berty Earl of Lindsey John Cary Earl of Dover ex Charles Knollys Earl of Banbury Henry Mordant Earl of Peterborough Thomas Gray Earl of Stamford Heneage Finch Earl of Winchelsey Charles Dormer Earl of Caernarvan Mountjoy Blount Earl of Newport Philip Stanhop Earl of Chesterfield John Tufton Earl of Thanet Tho. Weston Earl of Portland Will. Wentworth Earl of Strafford Robert Spencer Earl of Sunderland Nicholas Lerke Earl of Scarsdale John Wilmot Earl of Rochester Henry Jermin Earl of St. Albans Edw. Montague Earl of Sandwich James Butler Earl of Brecknock Henry Hyde Earl of Clarendon Arthur Capel Earl of Essex Robert Brukenel Earl of Cardigan Arthur Annesley Earl of Anglesey John Greenvill Earl of Bath Charles Howard Earl of Carlisle William Craven Earl of Crave Robert Bruce Earl of Aylesbury Richard Boyle Earl of Burlington Henry Bennet Earl of Arlington Anth. Ashly Cooper Earl of Shaftsbury George Fitz-Roy Earl of Northumberland Henry Howard Earl of Norwich William Herbert Earl of Powys Edw. Henry Lee Earl of Litchfield Charles Fitz-Charles Earl of Plymouth Thomas Leonard Earl of Sussex Thomas Osborn Earl of Darby John Maitland Earl of Gilford Lewis de Duras Earl of Feversham Charles Earl of Burford Viscounts Leicester Devereux Viscount Hereford Francis Brown Viscount Montague James Fiennes Viscount Say and Seale Edward Conway Viscount Conway Baptist Noel Viscount Cambden William Howard Viscount Stafford Thomas Bellasis Viscount Faulconberg John Mordant Viscount Mordant George Savill Viscount Hallifax Robert Paston Viscount Yarmouth Francis Newport Viscount Newport of Bradford Barons George Nevill Lord Abergavenny James Touchet Lord Audly Charles West Lord De la Ware George Berkley Lord Berkley Thomas Parker Lord Morley and Montage Cogniers Darcy Lord Darcy and Meynel William Stourton Lord Stourton Henry Lord Sandys de la Vine Benj. Mildmay Lord Fitzwater Thomas Windsor Lord Windsor Wingfield Cromwell Lord Cromwell Ralph Eure Lord Eure. Philip Wharton Lord Wharton Will. Willoughby Lord Willoughby of Parham William Pagett Lord Paget Charles North Lord North and Baron Grey of Rolston William Bruges Lord Shandois James Berty Lord Norris William Petre Lord Petre. Digby Gerard Lord Gerard of Gerard Bromley Charles Stanhop Lord Stanhop Henry Arundell Lord Arundel of Wardour Christopher Roper Lord Tenham Robert Grevill Lord Brook Edw. Montague Lord Mountague of Boughton Ford Grey Lord Grey of Wark John Roberts Lord Roberts John Lovelace Lord Lovelace John Pawlet Lord Pawlet William Maynord Lord Maynard George Coventry Lord Coventry James Lord Esrick Charles Mohun Lord Mohun William Boteler Lord Boteler Edw. Herbert Lord Herbert of Cherbury Francis Seymore Lord Seymour Thomas Leigh Lord Leigh of Stoneleigh Christopher Hatton Lord Hatton Richard Byron Lord Byron Richard Vaughan Lord Vaughan Charles Smith Lord Carington Will. Widdrington Lord Widdrington Humble Ward Lord Ward Tho. Culpepper Lord Culpepper Isaac Astley Lord Astley John Lucas Lord Lucas John Bellasis Lord Bellasis Edw. VVatson Lord Rokingham Charles Gerard Lord Gerard of Brandon Gilbert Sutton Lord Lexinton Char. Kirkhaven Lord Wotton Marm. Langdale Lord Langdal Will. Croft Lord Croft dead John Berkley Lord Berkly of Stratton Denzil Holles Lord Holles Char. Cornwallis Lord Cornwallis George Booth Lord De la Mere. Horatio Townsend Lord Townsend John Crew Lord Crew John Frescheville Lord Frescheville Rich. Arundell Lord Arundel of Trerice Thomas Butler Lord Butler of Moor Park Thomas Clifford Lord Clifford of Chudley Richard Butler Lord Weston Charles North Lord Grey of Rollston and L. North of Cartlidge Heneage Finch Lord Daventry The Lords Spiritual Sancroft Arch-Bishop of Canterbury Rich. Sterne Arch-Bishop of York Isaac Barrow Bishop of St. Asaph Humphrey Lloyd Bishop of Bangor Peter Mew Bishop of Bath and Wells Guy Carleton Bishop of Bristol Edward Rainbow Bishop of Carlisle John Pierson Bishop of Chester Ralph Brideoake Bishop of Chichester Thomas Wood Bishop of Coventry Lichf William Lucie Bishop of St. Davids Nathanael Crew Bishop of Durham Peter Gunning Bishop of Ely Thomas Lamplugh Bishop of Excester John Prichard Bishop of Gloucester Herbert Crofts Bishop of Hereford VVilliam Lloyd Bishop of Landaffe Thomas Barlow Bishop of Lincoln Henry Compton Bishop of London Anthony Sparrow Bishop of Norwich John Fell Bishop of Oxford Joseph Henshaw Bishop of Peterborough John Dolben Bishop of Rochester Seth VVard Bishop of Salisbury George Morley Bishop of VVinchester James Fleetwood Bishop of VVorcester A CATALOGUE of all the Bishopricks in the two Provinces of Canterbury and York The Names of what Cities Shires or Counties are in each Diocess How many Parishes in each Diocess How many of them are Impropriations The Annual Revenue of each Bishoprick as it is in the Kings Book And how the Clergies Tenths are rated in each of them In the Province of CANTERBURY The Diocess of Canterbury Parishes Impropriations Valuation l. s. d. q. Clergies Tenths l. s. d. q. Kent part 257 000 2816-17-09-1 0651-18-02-1 St. Asaph Part of Denbigh Flint Montgomery Merioneth Shropshire 121 000 0187-11-06-0 0186-19-07-3 Bangor All Carnarvan Anglesey Part of Denbigh Montgomery Merioneth 107 036 0131-16-04-0 0151-14-03-1 Bath and Wells Somersetshire all 388 160 0533-01-03-0 0353-18-00-3 Bristol Bristol City Dorsetshire all 236 064 0338-08-04-0 0353-18-00-3 Chichester Parishes Impropriations Valuation l. s. d. q. Clergies Tenths l. s. d. q. Sussex all 250 112 0677-01-00-3 0287-02-00-3 Coventry and Lichfield All Darbyshire Staffordshire Part of VVarwickshire Shropshire 557 250 0559-18-02-3 0590-16-11-1 Eely All Cambridgeshire Eely Isle 141 075 2134-18-05-3 0384-14-09-1 St. Davids All Pembrookshire Cardiganshire Radnorshire Brecknockshire Part of Monmouth Hereford Montgomery Glamorgan 308 120 0457-01-10-3 0336-14-10-0 Excester All Devonshire Cornwall 604 239 0500-00-00-0 1200-15-02-0 Gloucester Parishes Impropriations Valuation l. s. d. q. Clergies Tenths l. s. d. q. Gloucestershire all 267 125 0315-17-02-0 0358-15-00-0 Hereford Herefordshire all Shropshire part 313 136 0768-10-06-3 340-02-02-2 Landaffe Part of Glamorgan Monmouth 107 098 0154-14-01-0 155-05-04-0 Lincoln All Lincolnshire Leicestershire Bedfordshire Buckinghamshire Huntingdonshire Hertfordshire part 1255 577 0894-10-01-2 751-14-06-0 London All Middlesex Essex Part of Hertfordshire 622 189 1119-08-40-0 821-15-01-0 Norwich All Norfolk Suffolk 1181 385 0899-18-07-2 1117-13-00-1 Oxford Parishes Impropriations Valuation l. s. d. q. Clergies Tenths l. s. d. q. Oxfordshire all 195 88 0354-16-04-2 255-08-00-0 Peterborough All Northamptonshire Rutlandshire 293 91 0414-19-11-0 520-16-08-0 Rochester Kent Part. 098 36 0358-03-02-1 222-14-06-3 Salisbury All Barkshire VViltshire 544 109 1367-11-08-0 901-08-01-0 Worcester VVorcester all VVarwickshire part 241 071 1049-17-03-3 228-00-00-0 Winchester All Surrey Southampton Isle of VVight Isle of Jersey Isle of Garnsey Sark and Ald. 362 131 2973-04-02-3 846-01-00-0 In the Province of YORK The Diocess of York   Impropriations Valuation l. s. d. q. Clergies Tenths l. s. d. q. Nottinghamshire Yorkshire part 581 336 1609-19-02-0 1113-17-09-3 Carlisse Cumberland part VVestmorland all 093 018 0530-04-11-2 0161-01-07-2 Chester All Cheshire Lancashire Part of Yorkshire Cumberland 256 101 0420-01-08-0 0435-12-00-0 Durham Durham all Northumberland part Yorkshire part 135 087 1821-01-05-1 0385-05-06-2 Man The Isle of Man 017 The Total Number of Dukes 11 Marquesses 3 Earls 73 Viscounts 11 Barons 66 Baronets 668 Arch-Bishops 2 Bishops 24 Principal Secretaries of State 2 Judges 12 Judges of the Court of Kings Bench 4 Judges of the Court of Common Pleas 4 Barons of Exchequer 4 Counties in England 39 Counties in VVales 13 Islands 8 Parliament Men 509 Hundreds 768 Market-Towns 713 Parishes 9241 FINIS

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 Diocess 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 thorowout the whole Kingdom To which is added a Travelling Map describing the Principal Roads thorow-out England London Printed for Langley Curtis in Goat-Court upon Ludgate-Hill and sold by Tho. Mercer at the Half Moon under the South-east Corner of the Royal Exchange in Cornhill 1682. TO THE READER THE Apophthegme of Chilo One of the Seven Wise-Men of Greece Nosce teipsum was not unworthily Consecrated to Apollo at Delphos None being a competent Judge of others who doth not first know himself and no person can judge of another Countrey unless he knows his Own Therefore Nosce Patriam is as necessary an Adage especially to those whose Ample Fortunes and Natural Inclinations call them into Foreign Countreys As Chilo's APOPHTHEGME is to all Persons whatsoever Many in this Age travel into France and other Adjacent Countreys and perhaps at their Return are able to give you an Account how many Provinces c are contained in the Countrey they have Travelled when at the same time they scarce know any more Land in England than their Fathers or their own Inheritance But here as in a Map you may at first View give an Account of any thing Remarkable in England be the Question asked either in England or Foreign Parts Which by perusing this Little Manual you will soon find The Names of the several Counties in England BArkshire Pag. 1 Bedfordshire Pag. 5 Buckinghamshire Pag. 8 Cambridgeshire Pag. 11 Cheshire Pag. 15 Cornwall Pag. 20 Cumberland Pag. 27 Derbyshire Pag. 31 Devonshire Pag. 33 Dorsetshire Pag. 40 Durham the Bishoprick and City Pag. 45 Essex Pag. 48 Gloucestershire Pag. 52 Hantshire Pag. 58 Hertfordshire Pag. 63 Herefordshire Pag. 67 Huntingtonshire Pag. 72 Kent Pag. 75 Lancashire Pag. 84 Leicestershire Pag. 90 Lincolnshire Pag. 94 Middlesex Pag. 99 Norfolk Pag. 133 Northamptonshire Pag. 140 Northumberland Pag. 145 Nottinghamshire Pag. 149 Oxfordshire Pag. 153 Rutlandshire Pag. 159 Shropshire Pag. 162 Somersetshire Pag. 166 Staffordshire Pag. 174 Suffolk Pag. 179 Surrey Pag. 185 Sussex Pag. 189 Warwickshire Pag. 194 Westmoreland Pag. 200 Wiltshire Pag. 204 Worcestershire Pag. 211 Yorkshire Pag. 215 The Names of the Counties in Wales ANglesey Pag. 226 Brecknockshire Pag. 229 Cardiganshire Pag. 232 Caernarvanshire Pag. 235 Caermardenshire Pag. 238 Denbyshire Pag. 241 Flintshire Pag. 244 Glamorganshire Pag. 248 Merionethshire Pag. 251 Monmouthshire Pag. 254 Montgomeryshire Pag. 258 Pembrokeshire Pag. 261 Radnorshire Pag. 266 Of the Islands about England THe Isle of Man Pag. 268 The Isle of Wight Pag. 271 The Isle of Jersey Pag. 273 The Isle of Garnsey Pag. 275 An Exact Map of England with the Roads from London to all the other parts of this Kingdome T. Cross Sculpsit N Counties Names 1 Bark sh 2 Bedford sh 3 Buckingham sh 4 Cambridge sh 5 Cheshire 6 Cornwall 7 Cumberland 8 Derby sh 9 Devon sh 10 Dorset sh 11 Durham 12 Essex 13 Glocester sh 14 Hant. sh 15 Hertford sh 16 Hereford sh 17 Huntington sh 18 Kent 19 Lancashire 20 Leicester sh 21 Lincoln sh 22 Middlesex 23 Norfolk 24 Northampton sh 25 Northumberland 26 Nottingham sh 27 Oxford sh 28 Rutland sh 29 Shrop. sh 30 Somerset sh 31 Stafford sh 32 Suffoll 33 Surrey 34 Sussex 35 Warwick sh 36 Westmorland 37 Wilt. sh 38 Worcester sh 39 York sh 40 Anglesey Ish 41 Brecknock sh 42 Cardigan sh 43 Carnarvan sh 44 Carmarden sh 45 Denbigh sh 46 Flint sh 47 Glamorgan sh 48 Merioneth sh 49 Monmouth sh 50 Montgomery sh 51 Pembroke sh 52 Radnor sh It is divided into Twenty Hundreds viz. Farington Ganfield Hormer Oake Wanting Shrivenham Lainborn Kentbury Westisle Morton Faircrosse Braye Reading Charlton Sonning Cookham Wargrove Bernersh Riplessmore Theale And in these Hundreds are Twelve Market-Towns viz. Abbington M. and Fr. Wallingford Tu. and F. Faringdon Tu. Ockingham Tu. Maiden-Head W. Hungerford W. East-Isley W. Newberry Th. New-Windsor Sa. Wanting Sa. Reading Sa. Lainborne This Shire hath formerly had in it six Castles of which there now remains only that magnificent one of Windsor one of his Majesties Palaces In this Castle the Victorious Prince Edward the third was born In it is instituted the most honourable Order of the Garter of St. George a signal of Martial Prowess And in the Chappel of this Castle there lye interred the Bodies of Henry the 6. Edward the 4th Henry the 8th and as is supposed of King Charles the First The first Institution whereof was in Anno Dom. 1350. And those that first received the order were Edward the 3d. Edward Prince Henry Duke of Lancaster Tho. Earl of Warwick Captain de Bonch Ralph Earl of Stafford W. Mountecut E. of Sal. Roger Mert ' Earl of March John de Lisle Knight Tho. Burwash K. Jo. Beauchamp K. John de Mohun K. Hugh Courtney K. Tho. Holland K. John Grey K. Ri. Fitz-Simon K. Miles Stapleton K. Tho. Wall K. Hugh Wrothsley K. Nele Loring K. John Chandos K. James de Andley K. Otho Holland K. Henry Eme King Zanchet Dabridg Will. Paganell K. The Chief Town is Reading lying in the Latitude of 51 degrees 28 min. And West from London and is distant therefrom 32 Miles viz. To Cole-Brooke 15 to Maiden-head 22 to Reading 32 but by more accurate and late Admeasurement it is found to be 44 Miles distant from London The Town of Reading is Governed by a Mayor and Aldermen The Arms of the County The Field is Argent three Castles Gules over the middlemost a Bucks Face erect of the second Horned Or On a chief Vert between the Bucks Horns the Arms of England and France Quartered Remarkable things in this Shire In the year of our Lord 1387. And in the 11 year of Richard the 2d At Radcot-bridge The Duke of Glocester the Earls of Arundel Warwick Derby and Nottingham Encountered with Robert Vere Duke of Ireland maintained against them by King Richard the 2d Where the said Duke was put to flight who with swimming over the Thames hardly escaped drowning In this Encounter in the Dukes behalf Sir Tho. Molineux Constable of Chester with many others lost their lives In the year 1100. At Enchamsteed

nor too cold occasioned by the many Rivers which run through this Shire The Soil is Rich Plenteous and Delightful and yields abundance of Corn Cattle Wool and Grass and is destitute of nothing that is either Pleasant or Profitable to the Life of Man The Principal Commodities are Wheat Barley and Malt. It is in the Diocesses of London Chichester and Lincoln and hath in it 120 Parishes Out of it are Elected 6 Members which sit in Parliament Knights 2 St. Albans 2 Hertford 2 Its Division is into 8 Hundreds viz. 1. Odsey 2. Edwinstreet 3. Branging 4. Brodewater 5. Hitching 6. Dacor 7. Hertford 8. Caisho And in these Hundreds are 18 Market-Towns Barnet Mon. Barkhamsted M. Buntingford M. VVatford Tues Ware Tues Hitching Tues Sabsworth Wed. Hempsted Thurs Hatfield Th. Hodsdon Th. Bishop Stafford Th. Baldock Th. Stevenedge Frid. Tringe Frid. Stondon Fr. Hertford Sat. S. Albans Sat. Rickmanswortb Sat. Stevenedge and Redbourn 2 new Markets The Principal Town in this Shire is Hertford lying in the Latitude of 51 deg 50 min. bearing from London N. by W. and is distant therefrom 20 Miles Thus From London to Barnet 10. to Hertford 20. But the way upon the Road is 22 miles measured This Town of Hertford though the Shire-Town is not the richest the turning of the way through Ware having much hindred Travellers from going through it It hath been formerly a Baliwick but is now governed by a Mayor nine Burgesses a Recorder and Two Serjeants their Attendants The Arms of Hertford is A Hart in a Field Proper The Earls of Hertford are Roger Earl of Clare and Hertford Edward Senior Earl of Hertford In this County three remarkable Battels of Civil dissention in England have been fought viz. The First on the 23d of May 1455. in the Town of St. Albans by Richard D. of York the Earls of Warwick and Salisbury and Lords of Fow Cambridge and Cobham against K. Henry the 6. In whose defence Edw. D. of Somerset Henry E. of Northumberland and John Lord Clifford with 5000 more lost their Lives The King himself wounded in the Neck with an Arrow the D. of Buckingham and Lord Sudley in their Faces Humphrey E. of Stafford in his right Hand and the E. of Dorset almost slain There were on the Dukes part only 600 slain The King by them was brought to London and a Reconciliation made by their advancements unto Dignities and Offices The Second Battel was also fought at St. Albans on the 17th of February being Shrove-Sunday by Q. Margaret against the Dukes of Norffolk and Suffolk the Earls of Warwick and Arundel who by force kept the King her Husband with them and by constraint he held and on their side fought till the Field was lost and the Lords fled when with great joy he was received by his Queen and young Prince Edward The Third Battel was fought in Anno 1471. upon the 14th of April being Easter-Day near High Barnet by the Earls of Warwick and Oxford and Marquesso Mountaculo against K. Edw. 4. who led with him K. Henry the 6th his Prisoner unto that Field and that day obtained the Victory against his Enemies There were Slain in this Battel Richard Nevil the stout E. of Warwick with his Brother the Marquess and the E. of Oxford put to flight and the Duke of Excester sore wounded and left in the Field for Dead On the King's part were Slain the Lords Cromwell Bowcher and Barns and on both parts the number of 10000 Men. Remarques in this County Near Fishpool-Street in St. Albans saith Cambden in our remembrance have Anchors of a great weight been digged up There is near St. Albans a Brook called Womere which never breaketh out but it foretelleth dearth or scarcity of Corn or else some danger suddenly to ensue At Ashwell in this County rise so many Sourses of Springs together that they presently drive a Mill and become a pretty big River Herefordshire IS bounded on the East by Gloucestershire and Worcestershire On the West by Radnorshire On the South by Monmouthshire And on the North by Shropshire It containeth in length 63 Miles in breadth 36 Miles And in Circumference 101 Miles The Air is very healthful temperate and wholsom The Soyl of this County is exceeding Rich for Corn and Cattle and about Lemster is the finest Wool in all England The Chief Commodities of this County are Syder Corn Wood and the best Wool in any part of England It is in the Diocess of Hereford and in it are 176 Parishes Out of it are elected 8 Parliament Men. Knights 2 Hereford 2 Lemster 2 VVeobly 2 Its Division is into 11 Hundreds viz. 1 Wignore 2 Wolsey 3 Broxash 4 Stretford 5 Radlow 6 Grimsworth 7 Greytree 8 Webtree 9 Ewjaslacy 10 Wormelow 11 Huntington In these Hundreds are 8 Market-Towns viz. Branyeard Monday Pembridge Tues Lidbury Tuesd Kyneton Wedn. Webley Thurs Rosse Thurs Lemster Friday Hereford Wed. Friday and Saturday The most eminent place in this County is the City of Hereford lying in the Latitude of 52 deg 12 min. and bearing W. N. W. from London and distant therefrom 101 miles thus From London to Maidenhead 22. to Nettlebed 33. to Alington 46. to Farrington 56. to Perrors-bridge 69. to Gloucester 81. to Rosse 91. to Hereford 101. But according to a more accurate admeasurement upon the Road it is distant from London 130 miles The City of Hereford is Walled about having six Gates for entrance and 15 Watch-Towers for defence It is yearly Governed by a Mayor chosen out of one of the 30 Citizens which are called the Election whoever after is known for an Alderman and cloathed in Scarlet the four eldest Aldermen are Justices of the Peace and graced with a Sword-bearer a Recorder a Town-Clerk and 4 Sergeants with Maces The Arms of the City of Hereford are Gules three Lyons Passant Guardant Or. The Earls of Hereford since the first Constitution are William Fitz Osbourn Earl Robert Bossue Earl Miles Consta of England Henry Bohun Earl Henry Bullingbrook D. Stafford Walter D'Evreux Visc Heref. Upon the 2d of February being Candlemas-Day in the year 1461. near Ludlow a great Battel was fought between Jasper E. of Pembrook and James Butler E. of Ormond and Wiltshire against Edward E. of March in which 3800 men were Slain The two Earls fled and Owen Tenther taken and beheaded Before this Battel began there appeared visible in the Heavens 3 Suns which after a while all joyned together and became One as before This caused Edward afterwards to give the Sun in his Glory for his Badge and Cognizance Things remarkable in this County By Snodhill Castle is a Quarry of Exellent Marble By Richards Castle is a Well called Bone-Well wherein are continually found little Fishes Bones but not a Fin to be seen which Well being wholly cleansed of them yet will the like come again But saith Mr. Speed no man knows whether they be produced naturally or brought thither in Veins through