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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
england_n	earl_n	king_n	lancaster_n	4,569	5	11.5733	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A14275	A tale of tvvo swannes VVherein is comprehended the original and increase of the riuer Lee commonly called Ware-riuer: together, with the antiquitie of sundrie places and townes seated vpon the same. Pleasant to be read, and not altogether vnprofitable to bee vnderstood. By W.V.	Vallans, William.	1590 (1590)	STC 24590; ESTC S111492	14,794	26

chiefe Lordes sonnes of Britaine and Cornewall where Zepherinus then Bishop priuily instructed him in the fayth of Christ which at his returne he taught to Albon in such sort that openly professing the same they were in the time of the 〈◊〉 D●…sian ●…th martired Wherof you may reade in G●…ldas and Bede After this the Citie was yet in good estate vntill the time of the 〈◊〉 when Oct●… and Oesa taking it for their refuge were besieged by Vther Pendragon w●… brake the ●…es and defaced it A●…ter this by L●…tle and Litle it lang●…shed so that it became a deane or harbour of theeues and 〈◊〉 vntill King Offa about the yeare of our Lord 793. ●…ded an A●…ey in honor of S. A bon in a place calld 〈◊〉 hencefo●…rth the olde citie decaied and S. A●…bons flourished And Alfricke the seuenth Abbot of the house bought the fishing pond of the King and for that the Fishermen dayly endo●…aged the religious people it was with great ●…st dray●…ed made drie There remaineth at this day a street in S. Albons called Fishpo●…le street and for that there hath bene fou●…d about the Citie AAnchors keles of beates old nailes and such trash some haue supposed the Thames to haue runne that way which errour grewe by corruption of Gyldas booke where he mentioneth of S. Albons death but it is not so but heare what ancient recordes doo testifie concerning the same In the tune of K●…ng Edgar when Aegelred was Abbot he caused the ruines of Verolane to be searched the vaultes to bee vncouered and the pauements to be digged vp where he found Pillers peeces of antique worke thresholds door-frames pillers for windowes of fine masonrie worke some of Porphyrte some Touch some Alablaster all which were verte conuenient for his purpose besides hee found sockets of Lattyn and of brasse with diuers other thinges which hee reserued towardes the foundation of a new abbey which he intended to build But being preuented by death Edmerus his successor digged againe and found Idols Altars richly couered Iugs and cruses wi●…h puts some of wood some stone and some gold artificially wr●…ught and ca●…ed And proceeding farther hee found pots of gold siluer and some of brasse some with coyne and some with bones and ashes of such as haue bene burned or buried all which were reseru●…d and the mettels melted and kept for this new 〈◊〉 which 〈◊〉 at last 〈◊〉 was 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 great store of ●…ges and ●…old p●…leges and the new towne of S. Albons dayly more and more increased famous as well for the 〈◊〉 as also for two not●…ble 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 fought there 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the 〈◊〉 betwixt the two great h●…uses of York●… and 〈◊〉 Thus much of Vero●…ne whereof more might be said which for 〈◊〉 sa●… 〈◊〉 Bishop●… Hatfield or Hethfield Iohn Morton bishop of Ely builded th●…re a house which nowe belongeth to her 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 as Leland 〈◊〉 belonged once to th●… 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Ber●…yers from the●… to the Howards Th●… 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 suspect●…g that a tow●… of the house would ●…all by reason of the height tooke downe a part therof And king Henrie the eight making an exchange with the Duke newly reed●…ed the house sinc●… whose time it is hon●…red with the title of a Bar●… which Henry Cary Lord Chamberlaine of her Muest●… houshold ●…efetenant of Northfolke and Suffolke and Captaine of Barwike at this day enioyeth Hartford called by Antonine the Romans Durocobriuas the 〈◊〉 or Wel●…en call●…ed wa●…er Du●… Co●… Briua 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 them as also 〈◊〉 the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 signifieth ouer the water as Briua Odera Briua I●…ara which signifie passages ouer riuers of the same name The Saxons called it Herudford as in one booke remaining with Iohn Stowe a diligent ●…earcher and ●…reseruer of anti●…ties it is written H●…ford Bed●… in the fourth booke of his 〈◊〉 history ●…neth how Theodorus Archbishop of Canterb●… held 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 or pro●…ciall counsell at Herudford Anno. 670. but now it is corruptly as I thinke called Hartford which Leland interpreteth Cer●… vad●… the toord of 〈◊〉 it hath 〈◊〉 in olde time of good account as well by 〈◊〉 of the 〈◊〉 also of the 〈◊〉 the Castel was 〈◊〉 first by Ed●…ard 〈◊〉 in the ninth yeare of his raige as Henry Hun●…gton saith whose wordes 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Anno. 〈◊〉 sui construx●… H●…refordium castrum no●… 〈◊〉 sed pulcheri●…um tamen inter 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 sed clarissima tamen This castle hath 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 by the Clares and then by the Dukes of Lancaster for Roger de Clare in Henry the second his time was created Erle of Hartford And Robert Fitzwalter that came of the same house in king Steuens time did boldly affirme that the keeping of the Castle did of right belong vnto him Henry the third gaue the Castle with the honour belonging to it to William Ualence Erle of Penbroke Anno. 1247. After it fell to the Dukes of Lancaster who vsed to lodge at it verie often In the yeare of our Lord 1357 the Queene of Scottes sister to king Edward the third departed this life lying at Hartford with her sister in law the Queene of England and in the yeare 1458 for a fray made in Fleetestreet in London the king sent the principals of Clifford Furniuall and Barnardes In as prisoners to Hartford castle King Henry the sixt vsed often to keepe his Christmas there and to conclude king Edward the sixt was nursed and schooled there The priorie was builded by Ralfe Lord Lymesoy who came into England with William the Conquerour and was as the Monkes reported his sisters sonne The townesmen of late haue procured to themselues a new corporation and haue on the Saterday a good market and euery yeare three faires In Edward the 3. time as I haue seene in an olde record they had two markets in the weeke and but two fayres In the time of Henry the eight viz. 1507 there was a paper Mill at Hartford and belonged to Iohn Tate whose father was Mayor of London Waltham a market towne the Abbay was builded by king Harold who shortly after hee had built it was slaine by William the conqueror his mother with great and earnest si●…e obtained his body and intoumbed the same in the Abbay Aelners Crosse cōmonly called Waltham crosse K. Henry the first set it vp in memory of his wife who died in Lincolnshire and wheresoeuer her body was caried there hee erected a crosse with the armes of England Castile and Pontoys geuen ●…n the same of which the crosse in Chepe and Charing crosse be two of the fayrest TO HIS BELOUED FATHER IOHN Valans W. U. wisheth the grace of God with health and prosperitie THe dutie deare Father I owe vnto you the regard of my promise together with the remēbrance of your reasonable request doo not a litle mooue me to write a few words concerning the matter whereof at my being with you last we●…th certaine of our friendes talked A●… 〈◊〉 am well