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A13460	The honorable, and memorable foundations, erections, raisings, and ruines, of divers cities, townes, castles, and other pieces of antiquitie, within ten shires and counties of this kingdome namely, Kent, Sussex, Hampshire, Surrey, Barkshire, Essex, Middlesex, Hartfordshire, Buckinghamshire, and Oxfordshire: with the description of many famous accidents that have happened, in divers places in the said counties. Also, a relation of the wine tavernes either by their signes, or names of the persons that allow, or keepe them, in, and throughout the said severall shires. By John Taylor.	Taylor, John, 1580-1653.	1636 (1636)	STC 23764A; ESTC S113524	21,803	64

which Richard was King of the Romanes and Earle of Cornewall This Castle ruined is also famous for the residence there of that most Illustrious Royall Spark Edward the Black Prince and lastly it is memorable for being the Birth-place of King Richard the third Barkhamstead hath two Taverns allowed or kept by Stephen Besowth and Francis Baker At Tring William Blacknall At Stevenedge Iohn Nodes At Whethamstead Thomas Stepping At Redburne Prudence Miles At Sabridgeworth Iohn Burr At Walton George Honor. At Colney or Coney William Tompson Barnet is a good Market towne for Sheepe and Beasts it is a great thorow fare and famous for the Battle fought neere it on Easter day the 14th of Aprill 1471 betwixt King Edward the 4 and the Earles of Warwick and Oxford where Warwick was ●…ine and with great slaughter of men on both sides King Edward had a bloudy victory Barnet hath these Tavernes Iohn Brisco at the Antelop Henry Owen at the red Lyon Thomas Brisco at the Rose the Crowne At B●…ldock 2 Iames Haiday and Iohn Thurgood At Stevenledg Iohn Nodes At Stansted Abby Iohn Giver At the Bell at Richmonsworth Sara Marsh. At Bishops Hatfield William Walker and Elizabeth Barefoot Hartford is the Provinciall towne of this Shire there is a Castle as some write built by King Edward the first this towne hath been much larger and in greater prosperity and accompt for it had 4 Churches namely All-Saints and Saint Andrews which are now standing the other 2 are decayed or down their names were Saint Maries and Saint Michaels Hartford hath these 3 Tavernes Will. Scant at the Bell Anne Vinmunt Tho Noble Henry Chalkley and Henry Butler these 4 persons last named doe inhabit and allow the other a Tavernes there being the signes of the Glove the Angell At Hempstead 2 Will Smith Dorcas Goodwin At Hitchin three George Haiday Thomas Harding Priscilla Warner At Hoddesden Iohn Sydes at the Black Lyon and Francis Williams at the Chequer At Waltham Crosse two Katherin Holt at the Bell and Rosamond Hawton At Royston three Leonard Hamond Anne Crofts and Thomas Hagger At Watford 2 Edward How and Henry G●…ry At Markatstreet Iohn Crane At Wellwin Iesper Wilshire At Barkway Iohn Rawley and Thomas Smith Ware is a great thorow-fare and hath many faire Innes with very large Bedding and one high and mighty Bed called The Great Bed of Ware a man may seeke all England over and not find a married couple that can fill it Ware hath 3 Tavernes Wil Cross or Wil Raste at the Crown Shelton Amery Christopher Robinson widow Hall at the George also she keepes a Wine-seller at the Christopher At Bishops-starford two George Hawkins and Iohn Cheyny At Buntingford two Edward Bullen and Anne Hensham At Wormeley Rich Bishop at the Black Lyon At Much-hadham Edmund Rustat At Puckeridge two Sir Iohn Wats doth allow one and the other is inhabited or allowed under one Will Northage Saint Albanes is famous for Antiquity and for the death of our English Proto-martyr St. Alban hee was martyr'd there in the raig●…e of Dioclesian the Emperor Ann. 268. After he had suffred many torments lastly his head was struck off and immediatly the executioner was struck blind Off a king of the Mercians built the goodly Abby Church there An. 795. and the said Church was dedicated to Christ and St. Alban from whom the town hath denomination The Brazen Font in the Church was brought out of Scotland by Sir Richard Lea Knight An. 1543. in the 36 yeare of the raigne of K Henry the 8. This towne is also famous for two memorable bloody Battels there betwixt K. Edward the 4. and K. Henry the 6. where both the Kings had various fortunes It hath these Wine tavernes the Blow Bore the Lyon the Kings Armes Kingslangley is also famous for being sometimes the residence of Kings Edmund of Langley Son to K. Edward the third was borne there K. Richard the second was first buried there It hath a tav●…m kept or allowed by Rose Deacon At Abbots Langley one Nicholas Breakespeare was borne who was afterwards Pope of Rome by the name of Hadrian the 4th he died suddenly chok'd with a Fly in his Cup. This County of Hartford had at the suppression of Popery 22 Religious houses as Abbies c. It hath 8 divisions or hundreds namely Odsey Caysho Branghing Hartford Hiching Edwinstree Broadwater and Dacorum This County hath 18 Market townes 120 Parishes and 52 Tavernes Hampshire HAmpshire or Hantshire is a goodly rich County abounding in Corne Wood Pasture and much enriched with innumerable Commodities from the Sea Southampton is a faire sweet pleasant town it hath had triall of both fortunes often it was quite consumed by fire in the raigne of K. Edward the 3. Anno 1337. since when it is better re-edified and much increased well defenced with Wals 〈◊〉 rets a Haven and a strong Castle built by K. Richard the second it is rich in Marchants and Inhabitants and by the grant of K. Henry the 6. it is a County of it selfe It hath 8 Wine Tavernes either allowed or inhabited by Thomas Miles Tho Stoner Tho. Smith Augustine Reignolds Oliver Stoner Elizabeth King Eliz Nevey and Eliz Elzey At Mew-church Benjamin Newland At Alton 3. Io. Butler Io. Goldsbery Basill Kemp. At Basing-stoake three Anne Cross or Robert White at the Bell Avis Tate or Anthony Spittle at the Maydenhead Thomasin Barrell or Captaine Marlow at the George Kingwood is a very ancient towne it was in estimation and prosperity more than 1100. yeares ago in the raigne of Cerdicus K. of West Saxons Anno 508 it is now a good Market town hath 2 taver●…ers allowed by Will Tarvar and Iohn Wiseman At Petersfield two Richard Goodwin and Agnes Wood. At Stokebridge one Francis Leison At Hava●…t William Woolgar At Fareham Anne Wilks At 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Anne Tinkeridg Rachell Tinkeridg Mary Williams At Buckland Henry Fabyn Tichfield where K. Henry the sixt was married to the valiant Virago Qu. Margaret daughter to Reinard Earle of Anjou titularie king of Scicilia and Ierusalem There is a goodly house the chiefe seat and residence of the honorable Earle of South-hampton Tichfield hath one Tavern Rich Brown At Andover three Iohn Milier Iohn Hercy and Mary So●…h At Hook Bridget Woolse the signe of the B●…ll At Romsey three Alexander Elver William Bloys and Dorothy Loa●… Christ-Church by the Saxons it had once a Castle in it of a good strength the towne was much repaired by one Ralph Flammard Bp. of Durham Anno 1094. in the raign of K. Rufus or William the 2. this Bishop was Deane of this Christ Church and there he erected a fair Monastery This town hath one Taverne Iohn Powson At Warnford Richard Woods and Mabell Vin●… At Limmington George Castle At Castbrooke Margaret Hayles At Newport in the Isle of Wight one Iohn Iames may or doth keepe three Tavernes At N●…wtowne 〈◊〉 Taylor At Cowse three Morgan Adams

At Winslow Nicholas Brinsall At Chaffant Robert Ducke At Burnham Iohn Phipp. At Oney Lewis Ablestone Brill is so ancient that King Edward the confessor had a house in it and sometimes kept hi●… Court there It hath bin formerly a Market town●… it is a place most fertill and fruitfull and hath brave beautifull and pleasant prospect It hath on●… Taverne the Kings Armes kept by Christophe●… Gregorie At Brickhill two Iohn Hutchinson and Iane Holmes At Cheneis Iohn Barefoot At Hanslap Richard Perry At Newport Pagnell two Iohn Prest●… and Elizabeth VVhite At Slowgh two the Crowne and the White Hart Iohn Checkley At Fenny streetford Iohn Kims At Ever William Atkins Alesbery as some say so called for brewing of most mighty Capitoll Ale as browne as a Berry it is a good Market town and hath these tavernes and fignes Ioseph Sexton Ieffrey Standley and Anne Goldsworth the George the Kings head and the Bush. At Amersham Iohn Cr●…ss Edward Bayly and Tobias Saunders At Challey Robert Paine At Marsh Gibbon Mary Robins At Beconsfield Richard Bentley Sara Hayles the Bell. East Wickham or high VVickham is a faire town and a Maior town with these tavernes the Lyon the Nagshead and the Katherin VVheele but Mr. George VVells may if he pleas●… keep one more At West-wickham Mary VVells At Farnham Royall VVilliam Baldwin At Chessham Daniell VV●…st and Eliz VVolfe At Aeton two Francis Dickinson and Peter VViggor the signes there are the Christopher and the Su●… At Missenden two VVilliam Harris and Thomas Gardner At Whit-church VVilliam Theed At●…vinghoe ●…vinghoe Edward Anthony At Wendover two Richard Rowell and Ralpb Hill the Lyon Stonystretford is so named for the place where it stands and much of the Countrey neere it is very stony there is a Taverne there the signe of the Cock Lloyde At Amelford two the Sarazens head the Bush. Colebrooke is a great through-fare and hath these taverns the George the Estrich the Katherin wheel Thomas Meale Thomas Charley Iohn Childe At Prince Resborow VVilliam Hastlegrove Buckingham is the Provinciall Towne of this Shire and hath these Tavernes the Cock and the Bush Alexander Stotusbury and Elizabeth Pollard This County had at suppression of Monasteries Abbies Nunneries Priories Frieries Colleges and Hospitals 22. It hath 8 divisions or hundreds Assenden Stock Newport Burnham Buckingham Disborough Collstow Alesbery It hath 11 Market Townes 185 Parishes and 47 Tavernes Oxfordshire OXfordshire is scarce second to any County in England for plenty of Corne and Pasturage Wood and Fruits of all sorts that this kingdome yields It is also excellently watred with fine sweet Rivers as Ouse or Isis which some doe c●…ll the Thames and the little River Cherwell also glides into it so that this Shire is furnish'd in plenty with fresh River fi●…h of sundry kinds Banbury is a goodly faire Market towne and as the learned Cambden it is famous for Cakes Cheese and Zeale it hath three saverns kept by Martin VVright Elizabeth Collins and Mathew Alsop At Stoken Church Augustine Belson the signe the White Hart. At Nettlebed two Iohn VVhite Ioh. Crowch the signes are the Bull and the Lyon At Watlington Elizabeth Colebrooke At Bampton Simon Turner Burfourd is a good Market towne but beware of a Burfourd Bayt for it may breed the Staggers there are 3 Tavernes inhabited or allowed under Edmund Hening Agnes Dalby and Simon Hator At Chippingnorton two Christopher Deane and Henry Cornish At VVitney Tho. Brooke at the Kings Armes Dorchester was a faire and goodly Citie 1000 yeares agoe for in anno 642. Oswald King of Northumberland was a Godfather to one Cingilse a king of the West Saxons which king was converted from Paganisme to Christianity and was then and there baptized in this town of Dorchester The Cuines whereof that are neere it doe shew in part how far the ancient greatnesse extended it is now but a little Towne the River of Tame doth fall into Isis hard by this Towne it hath one taverne inhabited or allowed by Elizabeth Bernard At Stratton Awdley there is one Taverne under the licence of Iohn Burlace Esquire At Enstone Richard Canning and Mary Ayldworth Thame is a good Market towne and is so named from the River of Tame or Thame that waters it it hath two Tavernes Thomas Ballow and Richard Kendall the signes are the Red Lyon and the Swan At Benson one Edward Snelling VVoodstocke house or the Kings Pallace there was built by King Henry the 1. and the Park there was also by him enclosed This house was after made a Pallace of private pleasure by King Henry the second where hee injoyed his fading contentment with the faire Rosamond Clifford The town is a pretty Market towne and chiefly famous for the breeding of the worthy Ieffrey Chancer the most ancient Arch-Poet of England VVoodstocke hath sometimes but one Taverne and sometimes two according to the pleasure of Mr. Tho Rayer At Tatsworth two Iohn Poyner and Elizabeth Tanner At Paddington two Katherin Bennet and Mary ●…ker At Is●…p two Edward Stoakley VVilliam Bradley Kings head Princes Armes At Wheatley two Iohn Smith and Athaliah Robinson Hendley or Henley is an excellent Market town with these Tavernes the VVhite hart and the Elephant Also there is a Taverne with a Bush only at the Bowling Green without the Towne in Ox ford way Robert Heyborne Richard Pinder and Iohn Stevens Oxford AS the glorious Beames of the resplendant Sun cannot be made more coruscant by the light of a silly Taper and as a drop of raine augments not the boundlesse Ocean so would any thing that should be spoken or written by mee in the praise of this famous University and City be most needlesse or impertinent The vigour of Hercules could not be encreased with the strength of a Pismire it is high presumption to shew Apollo the grounds of Poetry or to teach the Muses whose habitation is there and there is the inexhausible Magazin of all Arts Learning and good littrature therfore with that little parcell of Latine which is translated out of Greeke and spoken by Apelles the famous Painter Ne Sutor Vltra Crepidam I will take leave of the University and speake of the Tavernes which are five Francis Harris William Turner Thomas Hallom William Grice and Humphrey Budwit the signes are the Mermayd the Swan the other three are onely Bushes This Shire had at the suppression of the Romish Religion of Monasteries Abbies Nunneries c. 26. This County is devided into 14 hundreds or devisions namely Langtree Bloxham Tame Banburie Wootton Binfield Ewelme Pitton Chadlington Bampton Bullington Plowghley Dorchester and Lewknor Also Oxfordshire hath 11 Market Townes 208 Parishes and 40 Wine Tavernes The totall of all the Tavernes in all the ten Shires and Counties aforesaid are 686 or thereabouts FINIS

reason o●… the deepenesse of the Fourd or River there where Ships of great Burthen may safely Ride at Ankor there is a faire and usefull Do●…ke for the building or mending of the Kings Ships it hath also a goodly storehouse for provision for the said ships Deptford is sometimes called East-Greenewich This Towne hath these Taverne Licences or Inhabiters The Kings Head The Mermayd The Sunne and the Ship the parties that keepe or maintaine them are William Tyle Richard Aileworth Ieffrey Nixon William Dring Eltham where the King hath a faire Sommer House at the first it was founded by Anthony Beck Bishop of Durham who gave it to Elinor wife to king Edward the first but since often Re-edified by succeeding Princes It hath a Taverne under the name of one Nathanael Mercer Greenewich for scituation and prospect a Paradice of pleasure the Pallace there was first built by Humphrey Duke of Glocester in the Reigne of King Henry the 6. Since when it hath beene Re-edified and made more large and sumptuous by King Henry the 7. Which Pallace also was begun be enlarged by the late vertuous Queene Anne ●…t now finished by our gracious Queene Mary his Towne is most famous for the Birth of that ●…dmired Wonder of her Sexe Queene Elizabeth ●…ho was borne there in the yeare of Grace 1533. ●…ptember the 7. Greenewich hath these Wine Tavernes ●…he Beare The Crowne The Kings Armes The ●…rinces Armes The Rose And which I should ●…ave named first the Ship kept by Henry Noris Also there is a Taverne with a Bush onely kept ●…y Gregory Martin and the Kings Armes at Dept●…ord bridge in Greenewich Parish Darentfourd so called because it is scituate on the River Darent it is vulgarly named Dartfourd there was once a Nunnery built by King Edward the third which after was made a House for King Henry the 8. Where he did sometimes keepe his Court Dartford hath these Tavernes At the Bull George Hanger At the Cocke William Somers At the White Hart Elizabeth Glover Gravesend as the Learned Antiquary Master Camden writes is so called because it is the end of the Greve Reeve or Port Greves government or bounds It is a Towne famous for receipt of ●…ll Nations having at any time more faire Lodgings and provision for Entertainment then many Townes hath that are thrice as great It ha●… oftentimes lodged Kings Princes and Forreig●… Ambassadors it is divided into two Parishe●… namely Gravesend and Milton It hath the Wine Tavernes William Vernon at the Ange●… Richard Tucker at the Ship Thomas Toung at t●… Anker William Diston at the Bull. The Christ●…pher Thomas Skilhorne at the Horne Seavenoake so called because seven great Oake●… growing there abouts it is a good Market Towne and a great thorow-fare and hath these Tavernes The Crowne the Cat and the Bull they are Tavernes in the tuition or by the Licenses of Margery Pocock Debora Pocock and William Petley Tunbridge or the Towne of Bridges so called by reason it hath five stone Bridges for passage over the River which River is devided there into so many severall Branches it is lately famous for a healthfull approved sweet medicinable water that cures or eases many diseases The Tavernes there are at the dispose of two women namely Martha Bartlet and Elizabeth Frye Maydstone a faire spacious sweet pleasant rich and populous Market Towne hath these Taverns or Taverne keepers Iohn Taylor Thomas Davis and Agnes Shorey Rochester is a fine N●…ate Citie long sinc●… founded by a Bishop named Hamo it was destroyed by Atheldred King of the Mercians Anno 676. it hath been oftentimes spoyled by th●… Danes the Castle there hath been a strong piec●… of defence it was built by a Bishop named Gun●…dulph it was raced and spoyl'd in the Baron wars in King Henry the third's Raigne Th●… Cathedrall Church there was built by Aeth●…lber King of Kent The goodly s●…one Bridge ther●… was built by Sir Robert Knowles Knight with s●…ch Spoyles as hee had valliantly gotten from th●… French in the Raigne of King Richard the second Rochester hath these Tavernes Thomas Lovell a●… the Kings head Dorothy Allen or Thomas Mot a●… the Bull Iohn Stone or Ambrose Groome at th●… White-hart and Iohn Dom●…w or Iohn Philpot a●… the Crowne Queenburrough was built by King Edward th●… third in the honour of Queene Phillip his Wife there is a Tavern which serves for Minster as wel●… as for Queenburrough it is a●… the dispose or keeping of Iames Iacob This Towne is famous for my Arrivall there from London thither with a Boa●… o●… Browne Paper Anno 1619. Feversham a good Towne it was sometimes the residence of Athelstane King of Kent where hee enacted Lawes it is also famous for a sump●…uous Aboey ●…uilt there by King Stephen and there 〈◊〉 Queene Mawd his wife and his Sonne ●…ince Eustace were s●…pulchred It hath three Ta●…ernes at the Ship Walter Moyses the other two ●…elongs to S●…muell Thurstone and Iames Hudson At the Towne of Ashfourd there may be three ●…avernes for Thomas Mascall may or doth keepe ●…wo the other doth belong to Peter Colebrand At Chepsted one Anthony Fuller At Lenham one Robert Tray. At Egerton one Elizabeth Faireway At Erith one Giles Sidgwick At Kenthatch one Edmund Plomley At Gowthurst one Thomas Cowchman At Ashe one Iohn Tompson At Br●…mley two Toby Priest Iohn Halfepenny ●…he Bell the Hart. At Chattham Francis Giles At Folkstone one Elizabeth March At Ferningham one Iohn Rad●…liffe At El●…m two Iane Cuntrey Robert Fox At Crayford one Ralph Meykins at the Angell At Lamberhurst Mary Astone At Greenehive one Miles Croxton the signe Callice Sands At Leed●…s one Edward Lloyde Canterbury or the Kentish Burough or Citi●… is ancient and renowned it hath Metropolitan dignitie chiefe over England Augustine the Monke●… about the 67 yeare of Christ came into Britaine●… and at Canterbury kept his residence where by hi●… Doct●…ine and good example of life hee confirmed and established many in the Christian Fait●… causing it to spread and flou●…ish by his paineful Ministery so that after a holy and lawdable lif●… ended hee dyed and was buried in that Honorabl●… City It hath these Tavernes Elizabeth Lockley or William Terry at the Rose Edward Den at th●… White-hart Iames Penn or George B. at the Red. Lyon Elizabeth Bridg at the Sarazers head Miles Bull or Warham Iemut at the B●…ll William Mann Esquire hath also a Taverne License Robert or Susan Turner Alias Baker at the Ch●…quer Peter Winn or Christopher Baldwin at the Sun 8. At Milton and Newington one William Dickins At Staplehurst one VVilliam Poynet At Wye one Simon Allen. At Strowd one Edward Monox At Lewsham one Elizabeth Tarpley At Sandway one Iohn White At Mard●…n one Anthony Young At Yalding one Richard Pix At Offham one Thomas Tresse At New Romney three Susan Wood Sara Wood Smith Tookey At Hawkhurst one Agnes Viney At Bersted one Thomas Holford Deale where stands a strong

manner the Lords rebelliously to compell the King and the King to defend his person and Royall Prerogative and at last after much councell and debating they forc'd the King to yield to such conditions as were never observ'd Stanes is a good through fare and hath these ●…avernes Thomas Wilkins Iohn Shorter and Margaret Venman the signes are the Bush the Bell and the Lyon This County had of Religious houses a ●…es Nunneries Priories Frieries Colleges and Hospitalls nine London within and without the Walles and Liberties thirty one It hath these hundreds or divisions Edmonton Gore Finsbury and Wenulocks Barne Osulston Elthorne Istleworth Spelthorne It hath seventy three Parishes three Market Townes and a hundred and one Wine savernes Essex ESsex or East Saxony is a good a great and a rich County stored plentifully with Wood Fish Flesh Butter Cheese Saffron and as good Calves as any other County or Countrey whatsoever in a word it is stored with any thing or all things needfull Colchester stands neere the River Colne it is 〈◊〉 wasled Towne with fifteene Churches and one other a most stately building now ruined with an old Castle which Time hath brought into a Consumption This Towne is famous for Adtiquity it was built by Coylus a good King of Britaine it is said that this Coylus was father to Queen Hellen who was borne or brought up in this Towne she was the mother of Constantine the great Emperor who ●…lt Constantinople Colchester hath these seven ●…e Tavernes Francis Kitteridg Iohn Portkell Lawrence Browne Mary Spilesby Mary Bloomfield Elizabeth Wyles Elizabeth Wade At Barking Ioan Gowen or George Lilly at the Bull. At Braintree two Iohn Sparhawke and Ralph Burton At M●…nningtree George Springet and Robert Heywood At Abridge Samuell Newbold At So●…field Anne Dae At Epping Iohn and Mary Archer at the Cock. At Grayes Thomas Farnell Edward Knightly At Danbury William Dickins At Harlow Iohn Iosceline At Rochfourd Iudith Rix. At Orsed neere Graies Anthony Web. At Raynam Iohn Slany At Wethersfield Iohn Aldridge At Sampford Magna Ireffrey Baker At Pritle well Thomas Wait. At Thacksted Edward Constable At Stork Charles Newman At Woodham-series Oliver Higham At Springfield Richard Smith At Thorpe Iohn Beriffe At Wivenhoe Iohn Parker At 〈◊〉 Dame Martha Harris B●…entwood or Burntwood is an ancient Towne and had a Market and a Faire allowed by King Stephen and continued ever since It hath these Tavernes the Crowne the Angell but there are three in all kept or allowed by Richard Smith Iane Taylor and Iohn Camper the Angell At high ●…asterne Robert Plat. At Dagnam Ioan Bird. At Lexden Iohn Pottler At Leigh Iames Hare At Southweald Edward Woodford At Aveley Lucy Ringsoll At Saint Ozith Thomas Rand. At Bardfield Iohn Rudland At South Ockenden Elizabeth Wortley At Dedham Iohn Wills At Horndon Nicholas Richold At Upminster Elizabeth Saward At Tarling Dina Has●…er At Blackmore Iohn P●…chy At Little Waltham Abel White At Eastcolne Samuell Burton Ingarstone a good Towne for Market and excellent neate entertainment for Travellers it hath these Tavernes Agnis White Iohn Bond. At Bocking Ioan Kent Francis Fit●…h At Chippingange●… Will. Stane Katherin Stane At Waltham Abby Tho More Mary Waterer At Walthamstow Ralph Baker Thomas Shaw Rumford is a sweet savery cleane and gainfull Market for Hoggs and all other sorts of swine and of what else is needfull for mans life It hath these Tavernes the Angell the Bell the White Hart and the Cocke At Rawleigh Rob. Luckin Tho Parker At Dunmow George Deane and Agnes Gynn At East Tiburly Iohn French At Boreham Iohn Lane At Halstead 3. William Thurstone Iohn Coe Thomas Harvie At Hithe neere Colchester Edward Legg Francis Allen. At Ilford Francis Blanchard the signe of the blew Boate. Wittam or Whittam is an ancient very faire through-faire It was built by King Edward the Elder in the yeare 914 which was 154 yeares before the Norman Conquest 722 yeares since It hath two Tavernes William Nevell alias Smith and Iohn Alexander At Stratford Langthon two Ralfe Keeling and William Lovell At Low Laighton or Laighton stone Roger Falkstone the signe of the Huntsman At Burnham Robert Rowdon At Hatfield Peverell Abigail Lane Hatfield Broadoake so called because a broad Oake being a goodly faire tree grew there that spread a great compasse It hath one Taverne kept by or for one Iohn Earle Chelmsford a faire goodly Market-towne hath these 4 Taverns Simon Wilmot George Solme Nicholas Sutton and Tho. Freeman the signes are the three Tunnes the Cock the Black boy and the Lyon At Bricksley Roger Greene. At Kelvadon Iohn Theedham Harwich hath an excellent good Road for shipping It is a good strong Towne well strengthened by Naturall scituation and Artificiall Fortresses it is not only full of people but honestly peopled for the most part of them The River Stoure there divideth Essex from Suffolke Harwich hath three Tavernes kept or allowed by Alice Farley Will. Hart and Margaret Moore At Brookstreet at the Bull Agmondesham Pickayes At Chigwell one allowed by Tho Pennington At Plashie and St. Annes Will. Chandler At Much Parindon Roger Worthington VValden or Saffron-walden so called for the great quantitie of Saffron that growes thereabouts It hath had a faire Castle which is now Ruinated It is a very good Market towne and it hath a Corporation with large Priviledges It hath three Tavernes allowed o●… inhabited by Simon VVillmott Katherine Bates and Thomas VVatton At Much Wakering Mawd Goldingham At newport Iohn Sell. At Little-baddo Abigail Lane At Much Waltham Abell VVhite Maldon was a Citie in the time of Calligula the Emperour above fourty yeares after Christ It was then called Camallodunum It hath beene spoyled by the Danes and since repayred by the Normans but by the industry of the people there it hath beene and is still a towne of great worth and reputation it hath a good Haven and a Taverne for a safe harbour kept or allowed by Ursula Edwards This Countie of Essex in the Reigne of King Henry 8. had at the suppression of Monasteries Abbies Nunneries Priories Frieries Colledges and Hospitals 35. Essex is divided into 20 severall Hundreds namely Vltford Hinckford Rorchford Chelmesford Chaford Winstree Lexden Dengie Ougar Tendring Thurstable Barstable Dunmow Waltham Freshwell Harlow Havering Clavering Becontree Wittham Essex hath one and twenty Market townes foure hundred and fifteene Parishes and one hundred and seven Tavernes Hartfordshire HArtfordshire is a County that surpasseth all Countries and Counties for making the best Malt and for good cleane High-waies conscionable short Miles meat drink lodging for travellers kind men women faire and honest and with any thing that is necessary this County is plentifully stored withall Barkhamstead is a good Market Towne and it had once a Castle there of strength the Ruines of it are there yet to be seene it hath been the habitation for Kings and Princes for the most noble Prince Richard Brother to the King of England dyed there