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A08306	Speculum Britanniae. The first parte an historicall, & chorographicall discription of Middlesex. Wherin are also alphabeticallie sett downe, the names of the cyties, townes, parishes hamletes, howses of name &c. W.th direction spedelie to finde anie place desired in the mappe & the distance betwene place and place without compasses. Cum priuilegio. By the trauaile and vew of Iohn Norden. Anno 1593; Speculum Britanniae. Part 1	Norden, John, 1548-1625?; Keere, Pieter van den, ca. 1571-ca. 1624, engraver.	1593 (1593)	STC 18635; ESTC S113229	40,877	140

HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE DIEV ET MON DROIT SPECVLVM BRITANNIAE The first parte An historicall chorographicall discription of Middlesex Wherin are also alphabeticallie sett downe the names of the cyties townes parishes hamletes howses of name c. W th direction spedelie to finde anie place desired in the mappe the distance betwene place and place Without compasses CVM PRIVILEGIO BY THE TRAVAILE AND VEW OF Iohn Norden Anno 1593 TO THE HIGH AND MOST MIGHTY EMPRES ELIZABETH BY THE DIVINE PROVIDENCE QVEENE OF ENGLAND FRAVNCE AND IRELAND POWERFVL PROTECTOR OF THE FAITH AND VNDOVTED RELIGION OF THE MESSIAH THE MOST COMFORTABLE NVRSING MOTHER OF THE ISRAEL OF GOD IN THE BRITISH ISLES HER HIGHNES LOYALL SVBIECT IOHN NORDEN IN ALL HVMILITIE CONSECRATETH HIS SPECVLVM BRITANNIAE E R HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE SEMPER EADEM TO THE RIGHT HONORABLE SIR WILLIAM CECILL KNIGHT LORDE BVRGHLEY Lordhigh Treasurer of England and of hir Maiesties most Honorable priuy Counsell HAuing by your Honorable meane my good Lord obteined at the hands of my sacred SOVEREIGNE gratious passe priuiledge for mine intended labours the description of famous ENGLAND I cannot but in dutie render vnto your Honor condigne thanks and withall diligence and dutifull endeuour proceed therein hoping that although in regarde of my long sicknes other impediments this beginning carrie not so absolute perfection as in your wisedome may be required yet may I enioy your patient directions and gratious assistance I shall effect the residue more fully to answere Honorable expectation Your Honors in all dutie IO. NORDEN TO THE CONSIDERATION OF THE HONORABLE WISE AND LEARNED ALthough I cannot but confesse that I am the vnwoorthiest of manie in this lande and especiallie in these daies of surpassing knowledge to vndertake after other farre more deseruing so commendable a labor which requireth arte industrie learning countenance and charge wherewith I am not so fullie furnished as some other Yet it may please you in fauour to accept of my willingnes and beare with my wants And the rather for that it hath beene helde heeretofore an excuse in curtesie Velle bene though in this age more ripe in experience is expected Optimè perficere which neither altogither escapeth without emulation I as ouercome with a desire to take pains to profite my Countrey rest vndoubtfull that the wise and learned will not onely tollerate but in fauour accept this simple beginning The fruits of my trauell tend not alone to my selfe in priuate but to the publike ease of many In lieu whereof my hope and desire is that he that can reprooue will friendly reforme what he findeth iustly faultie So shall my proceedings grow to more perfection and I by all endeuour will seeke to accomplish what may answere discret affections Nihil vbique placet IO. NORDEN Aduertisements touching the vse of this labor IT is to be noted that for your ease I haue in the list of the Map of the Shire set downe certaine deuisions letters and figures the deuisions are in steed of a scale of the miles the lesser cōtaining one the greater two miles The letters and figures serue for the present finding of any place desired in the Map which places are found in the Alphabet with the letter and figure that direct to the place desired A matter of so great facilitie as needeth no example He that desireth to know the distance betweene places in the Map without compasses the vse of the crossing lines which serue for a vniuersall scale through the Map answereth his desire Whereas in the collection of the Alphabeticall table there are heere and there dispersed houses of Nobility Gentrie I craue fauorable consideration though I haue not so narrowly acquired their interestes as that may assure me that they be all the true ownoures in fee of the places which they are resident in which thing to obserue as it doth not meerely appertaine to my purpose So were it a matter intricate and the more for that information often vncertaine must be of necessitie the chiefest guide therein Such therefore as I conceiue most doubtfull for want of certaine certificat I haue noted with two starres thus ** Also in this commencement of my trauailes I haue obserued certain funeral monuments with the armes if any theron rest vndefaced which if it may be fauorably conceiued I shall with more diligence obserue the like hereafter whereby may be preserued in perpetuall memory that which time may deface and swallow vp in obliuion Also by this obseruation many may be certified of the places where their auncestors and allies are interred and by the coates finde out their vnknowne kinred Negotium ex negotio seritur IOHN NORDEN Io. Nordenivale ad primam partem sui SPECVLI BRITANNIAE VAde liber Speculi caput es tua mēbra sequentur ELISABETHA potens arxque patrona tua est Quid si in te domin úmque tuum ruet inuidus audax Tu dominúsque tuus tutus inermis eris Ito foràs valeásque liber te forte sagaces Incultum voluant caetera culta forent Ibis in orbe gerens quamuis tua fata libelle Ardua principio spes meliora canit ELISABETHA valens altissima maxima firma Auxilium quandò sceua procella venit Haec tibi conductum non te pericula tangunt Digna patrona illa est spesque salusque tua The Saxon Alphabet A b c d E f g H i k l M n o p q r S s t u ƿ X x y a A b b c c d d e e f f g g h h i i k k l l m m n n o o p p q q r r S S s s t t u u w w X X x x y y AE Æ ae ae Th Ð th ð th þ and that ꝧ A BRIEFE DECLARATION OF THE TITLES INHABITANTS DIVISIONS AND SCITVATION OF ENGLAND or BRITANNIA maior a necessary introduction to our Speculum Britanniae NOtwithstanding it resteth vncertaine how when and by whom this our BRITANNIA was first peopled yet to satisfie such as expect the iudgements and opinions of some auncient writers concerning the same Berosus in Chald. an t Annius in Beros Caesar Com. I thinke it not impertinent to scite the affirmation of * Some suspect that the historie of Berosus was but counterfeit falsly fathered vpon hu name therefore helde of no great authoritie Berosus who saith that Samothes called also Mesech brother to Gomer and Tuball called also Dis the sixt sonne of Iaphet the sonne of Noah came into this land about 252. yeres after the floud who called it Samothea 3593. yeeres past in which name it continued vntill Albion the sonne of Neptune who discended of Cham entred the same and chaunged the name of Samothea into ALBION This Albìon raigned about 562. Ringman in des Europae yeeres after the floud in the yeere of the worlds creation 2219. 3340. yeeres since Plinie calleth it ALVION

betweene it and Syon entreth into the Thames This worde Brent among the countrey people of those partes signifieth Brent the word how the people take the signification and is taken for all brookes riuers and currants of water therefore is euerie small brooke called the Brent among them Neere vnto this place Edmond Ironside Edm. Ironsides conflict with the Danes assaulted the Danes which he had driuen from the siedge of London and there put manie of them to the sword and put the residue to flight about anno Christi 1016. the place appeereth by this carracter ✚ Brentford old H. 14. a little thorowfare * Bushoppes hall F. 22. the house of the Lord Wentwoorth Blackwall G. 22. neere which is a harbor in the Thamis for shipping Blackwall why so called the place taketh name of the blackenes or darkenes of the water bankes or wall at that place Brompton G. 16. ** Boston G. 12. where dwelleth Iherome Halley Esquire Bedfont west H. 6. Bedfont east H. 8. * Brumfielde C. 20. the house of Skeuington Esquire C. Cannons D. 10. Crowch ende D. 18. * Coanie Hatch D. 18. there dwelleth Trot Gentleman Clapton E. 22. ** Canburie or Cannonburie E. 20. a house in the hands of Atee Gentleman It was builded by prior Bolton prior of Saint Bartholmewes in Smithfield in the time of H. 8. Childes hill E. 16. Chalcot or Chalkhill E. 16. Cowley F. 6. Chelsey G. 18. Chelsey why so called So called of the nature of the place whose strond is like the chesel which the sea casteth vp of sand pebble stones Therof called Cheselsey breefely Chelsey as is Chelsey in Sussex north of Chychester which standeth vpon the very edge of the sea as this * Chelsey on the Thamise Queene ELIZABETH hath there a faire house The Lord Dacres hath there a faire house Cheswicke H. 14. belonging to a prebend of Paules now in the handes of Doctor Goodman Deane of Westminster where he hath a faire house whereunto in the time of any common plague or sicknes as also to take the aire he withdraweth the schollers of the colledge of Westminster * Colham Collumbe or Colneham G. 6. a house of the Earle of Darbies which taketh name Colneham of the scytuation thereof so neere a branch of Colne streame Colbrooke or Colnebroke G. 6. one little part wherof is in MIDDLESEX as farre as the bridge the rest is Buckingham shire Craneford H. 8. It is so called of the forde or brooke called by the name of Crane Carleton or Charleton K. 8. D. Dalis D. 14. Dryuers hill D. 14. * Durance B. 20. the house of Robert Wroth Esquire ** Durhams B. 14. Lacye Gentleman a house in the hands of Daleson hill E. 14. Dormans well F. 10. the house of the Lo. Dacres * Drayton G. 6. a house late the Lord Pagets E. Edgeworth D. 12. consisting of one maine streete the west side whereof belongeth to little Stanmer called also Whitchurch the other part hath a church in it selfe ƿorþ ƿorþ in the Saxon toong signifieth a place fruitefull and fit in regarde of the apt scytuation thereof to be inhabited this ƿorþ standing on the very edge of the shire may be called Edgeworth of some but corruptly Edgeware East end D. 16. a member of Finchley Edmondton or Edelmeton C. 20. In the Church whereof are sundry ancient monuments the most of them defaced among which is a tombe of gray Marble circumscribed thus Hic iacent corpora Thomae Carleton cuiusdā dni Thomas Careleton buried istius villae qui obiit 21. die Februar Anno Do. 1447. Elizabethae vxo ris eius filiae Adae Francis militis per quam habuit dominium whose arms are these There is also one Iohn Kirketon Esquire Iohn Kirketen buried whose monument is of white free stone erected in the south wall of the Church and seemeth as auncient as the Church it selfe but there is no record of the time of his decease his armes are these There is a fable of one Peter Fabell that lyeth in the same Church also Peter Fabell buried who is saide to haue beguiled the Deuell by pollicie for money But the Deuell is deceite it selfe and hardly deceiued Edmonton streete C. 20. Enfield B. 20. sometime parcell of the land of the Duke of Lancaster now Queene Elizabeths The chace called Enfield chace taketh name of this place It is called of some Enfen and so recorded Enfen in regarde of the Fenny scytuation of some part thereof vpon the marshes or meerish ground which though now brought to be good meadow and profitable pasture it hath beene in time past fenney thereof taking the name Enfen or Infen now Enfielde But these fenney grounds are now on the east as the chace in the west profitable neighbors not onely vnto Enfield but to many other poore inhabitants neere Elinge called great Elinge G. 12. Thomas frowike buried In the Church whereof lyeth buried Thomas Frowike sometime owner of Gunnersbury or Gunwelsbury an auncient seat within the same parish Eueney H. 6. a ferme house belonging vnto the Deane and chapter of Westminster Enfielde house A. 20. Queene ELIZABETHS builded by an Earle of Worcester F. Frith called also New hall D. 14. sometime the Therlebyes now Richard Weekes Gentleman Lord Frowike by purchace Finchley D. 16. In the Church whereof lyeth the Lord Frowyke Lord chiefe Iustice of England in the time of H. 6. vnder a Marble toombe where hath beene his picture and armes in brasse with circumscription about the toombe but now defaced his armes onely remayning in the chauncell window in this manner There is also another Marble stone hauing the picture of a woman whereon is inscribed thus Ioan la feme Thomas de Frowicke gist icy le dit Thomas Pense de giser aueque luy There lyeth also buried vnder a Marble stone in the Chauncell of the Church one Thomas Aldenham Esquire sometime Chirurgion to King Henrie the sixt who died in Anno 1431. Thomas Aldeuham his armes Fryarne Barnet C. 18. ** Fryarne Mannor C. 18. Sir Iohn Popham knight Lord chiefe Iustice of England sometime maketh there his abode ** The Folde B. 16. the house of Fulham H. 16. of the Saxons called fullonham which as Master Camden taketh it signifieth Volucrum domus the habitacle of birdes or the place of fowles fullon and fuglas in the Saxon toong doe signifie fowles and Ham or Hame as much as home in our toong So that fullon Ham or fuglasHame is as much to saie as the home house or habitacle of fowle It may be also taken for Volucrum amnis the riuer of fowle for Ham also in many places signifieth Amnis a riuer But it is most probable it should be of lande fowle which vsually haunt groues and clusters of trees whereof in this place it see-meth hath beene plentie * There is an auncient house belonging to the sea of London moated aboute Henry the

yeeldeth no small releefe vnto the same which also as is recorded in histories hath beene holden at diuers other places in this land It is not yet forgotten The tearme remooued to Hertford no doubt how the God offended visited not onely this Citie but also London with a dangerous late infection insomuch as the last Michaelmas Terme was remooued to Hertforde castle which pinched the poore and made the rich to complaine in both these Cities yet a more gentle forewarning of his displeasure he cannot shew who longing for new obedience in vs calleth vs by diuers meanes and without speedie and harty repentance we shall likewise perish The principal high waies from London through Middlesex and towards what especiall places in England they lead THe way noted with this figure 2. leadeth to Stanes thence towards Sarisburie Exeter and other places in the west 3. Leadeth to Colnebrooke towardes Windsore Reading Bath Bristow c. 4. To Vxbridge and so towardes Oxford Gloucester south Wales 5. To Egewoorth towards Woodstocke Buckingham Warwicke Stafford Worcester Chester and north Wales 6. To S. Albans towards Bedford Northampton Leicester Darby c. 7. Towardes Waltham Hartforde Bedforde Huntingdon Cambridge into Norfolke towardes Lincolne Yorke and the Northen parts 9. To Stratford on the Bow and so into Essex and Suffolke 10. Leadeth into Surrey and Sussex 11. To Kingston vpon Thamis Guyldford Farneham Winchester Arrondell Chechister Southampton Portesmouth c. Noblemen and Gentlemen for the most part hauing houses or residence within this Shire A. sir Ed. Anderson Lord chiefe iustice of the common plees pag. 21. George Ashbie pag. 16. George Atee pag. 17. George Alleley at Daleson hill pag. 18. B. L. Burghley L. High Treasurer of England pag. 38. L. Barnes pag. 37. William Burrowes at lyme house pag. 36. Richard Bellamy The Bushop of London pag. 20. C. L. Compion pag. 37. 41. L. Corbet pag. 21. L. Cornewell pag. 18. L. Cockeram at Hamsted pag. 22 Iohn Cunstable at old Ford. pag. 37. Iohn Cornewallies pag. 22. Iohn Carle at Maribone park D. E. of Darby at Istleworth pag. 17. L. Dacres pag. 17. 18. 23. F. sir Iohn Fortescue knight one of hir Maiest priuy counsel pag. 21. sir Fleetewood pag. 19. G. ladie Gresham pag. 37. ladie Gylman at Twickenham pag. 41 ladie Gomershall pag. 16. ladie Gifford pag. 37. ladie Goddarde at Tottenham personage pag. 41. ladie Gerrard pag. 223. H. Ierome Halley pag. 17. Iohn Hatrey at Riselyp pag. 38. sir Rowlande Haywarde knight at Clapton pag. 17. sir Huggines at Meerstreet pag. 37. sir Io. Harrington at Stepney pag. 39. sir Hare at Pymmes pag. 38. K. auditor King neer Finchley pag. 20. aldermā Kempton at Hadley pag. 21. Thom. Kneuet at S. Iames parke L. Iohn Lyons pag. 41. Iohn Leeke pag. 41. Iohn Lacye pag. 18. M. Iohn Middlemore pag. 19. sir Richard Martyn knight neere Tottenham N. L. North. pag. 22. George Nicholson at Twickenham pag. 41. O. earle of Oxforde pag. 37. alderman Offley at Clapton pag. 17. P. sir Iohn Popham knight Lorde chiefe Iustice of England pag. 20. Ric. Peacocke at Northend pag. 37. Ric. Plumbe at Northende by Fulham Ric. Paine at Harlstone green pag. 23. Ric. Payne neer Harnesey pag. 21. Q. Ric. Quynnye at Chalcot or Chalkhill pag. 17. R. Ric. Roane pag. 25. Ric. Ryth at Twickenham pag. 41. alderman Roe pag. 36. alderman Ryder at Stepney pag. 39. ladie Isabell Counties of Rutland at Steyney pag. 39 S. sir Thomas Sherley pag. 39. sir Sewell at Cannons pag. 17. sir Skenington neere Harnesey pag. 21. sir Skeuington pag. 17. sir Sadler ad Edmonton pag. 18. sir doctor Seysar neere Tottenham T. sir Trott pag. 17. sir Throgmorton at Stepney pag. 39. sir Thomson at Lalam pag. 36. V. sir Vaghan at Littleton pag. 36. W. L. Wentworth pag. 17. Iohn Wallison at Riselipe pag. 38. Robert Wroth. pag. 17. 37. William Waade pag. 16. Richard Weeks at Hamsteed pag. 22. FINIS I craue patience though I haue not giuen to euerie man his addition of Esquire or Gent. for that I may easely erre therein without the especiall aide of an expert Herault To the right worshipful M. WILLIAM WAADE Esquire one of the clearks of hir Maiesties most Honorable priuie Counsell SIR I cannot rest vnreadie in desire to yeeld requitall of your aide extended towards the publication of this first part of my SPECVLVM BRITANNIAE wherin I must and do thankfullie acknowledge your good inclination not towards me onely but to all such as indeuour matters tending to publike good In lieu therfore of a farther faithful recompence accept I beseech you my willing indeuor vntil time afforde ablenes to make better repay In magnis voluisse dat est I. N. A I Lettori HAspeso molti di per Amor vostro A pinger queste carte famigliare Citte castelli fiume deliniare Le terre misurar Nordeno nostro Non guardate à le carte ne à l'inchiostro Perche è vna cosa che non sa parlare Guardate pur se l'opra vi può entrare Se'l specchio ui piace che vimostro Non otiòsa mà faticosa impresa è questo specchio del Britanno lido Non è composto senza molta spesa Non cercano tal ' opr ' alcuno nido Norden il specchio tuo senza contesa Risplenderà dou'è più chiaro il grido Ar. Oln. Ingenuo lectori de opere Authore te●rastichon QVem tulit is punctum qui miscuit vtile dulci Nordenus tulit hunc vtile dulce canens Vtile dulce canit digni laude ille liberque Nam placet prodest vtile dulce canens Notitia nobile nomen Robertus Nicolsonus Sur le Miroir de grand Bretaigne de M. Ichan Norden GArdez gentils regardez cest ' ouurage Tres-doctes Dames tres-sages Sieurs Moult delectant voz yeulx voz sens coeurs Cy fait Plaisir auec Profit mariage Chacun Degre rumine chachun Aage Ce petit liure plein de grands doulceurs Rend luy louange qui doulces rend odeurs Que chacun fait qui est sçedil auant ou sage Les autres sont autheurs d' Enui ' vice Ennemis a vertu sciens Notice Vilipendans les oeuures de sçedil auoir Mais nobles doctes gentils esprits Qui compte tiennent des elegans escripts Hault priseront NORDEN son cler Miroir N'ayant espour qu' en Dieu Robert Nicolson Corrections In pag. 11. line 5. for eighteene read thirteene In pag. 21. for Io. Fortescue esquire read sir Iohn Fortescue knight In pag 27. for 5191. read 3911. In the same pag. for Antonius read Antoninus In pag. 47. for Staple Inne read Lyons Inne

colde water It is called in some records Kullebourne In the time of H. the 1. Herbert abbot of Westminster by permission of Gylbert byshop of London and by consent of the conuent graunted to 3. Maides the Hermitage there which one Gorbone builded with all the lande of that place Kingesburie E. 12. LONDON ●●●●ers Grocers Drapers Fishmongers Goldsmiths Skinners Merchantaylors Haberdashers Salters Ironmongers Vintners Clothworkers Pieter Vanden Keere fecit 1593. 〈◊〉 one of the for●●●● 12 Compaines 〈◊〉 Lo. Mayor 〈◊〉 Cyte comenly 〈…〉 a. Bushops gate streete b. Papie c. Alballowes in the wall d. S Taphyns e. Sylner sheete f. Aldermanburye g. Barbican h Aldesgate streete i Charterhowse k Holborne Conduct l. Chauncery lane m. Temple barr n. Hobourn o. Grayes Inn lane p. S Androwes q. Newgate r. S. Iones s S Nic shambels t. Cheap syde u. Bucklers bury w. Brodestreele x. The stockes y. The Exchanng z. Cornehill 2. Colmanstreete 3. Bassings hall 4. Honnsditche 5. Leadon hall 6. Gratious streete 7. Heneage house 8. Fancshurche 9. Marke lane 10. Minchyn lane 11. Paules 12. Easteheape 13. Eleestreete 14. Fetier lane 15. S. Dunshous 16. Themes sh treete 17. Lōdon stone 18. Olde Baylye 19. Clerkenwell 20. W●nchester 〈◊〉 21. Battle hriage 22. Bermodsoy streete Ioannes 〈◊〉 descrips●●● Kenton E. 10. Knightesbridge G. 18. Densington G. 16. Kingstonwyke K. 14. It is a Hamlet neere Kingstone vpon Thamis standing in MYDDLESEX and is so called Wike whence deriued for that it is a rowe of houses leading into Kingstone which rowe of houses in Lattine is called Vicus in our toong Vyke or Wyke of the Saxons pyc Vadianus an excellent Geographer Vadian Cosme saith that Vicus in opido via est domorum seriem complexa Vike is a way or passage in a towne being orderly compact of houses which we also cala streete In Rome are divers of these streetes as Vicus affricus Vicus ciprius Vicus celeratus Vicus sceleratus Roma Kenton K. 10. L. London F. 20. the most famous Citie in all Brytaine which Erasmus vpon the Proverbe Rhodii sacrificium saith is deducted of Lindus a citie of the I le of Rhodes Stephanus calleth it Lyndonium the Saxons Londenscaster Londenbiryg Londenƿyc Ptolomey Cornelius Tacitus and Antonius Londiniu and Longidinium Amianus Londinum the Welchmen Lundayne we call it London Ieffrey of Monmouth Troia nova or Ternouantum Newe Troy some call it Luddes-Towne of Ludde the eldest sonne of Helie Leland taketh it to be Trenouans new Towne for that in the british toong Tre signifieth a towne M. Camden seemeth in some sort to yeelde that it should be called London of the British word Lhwn which signifieth a woode or else he will haue it London or Londinum of the British word Lhong which signifieth ships or shipping in regarde that our Thamis yeeldeth such apt accesse for ships euen to the citie There is great varietie among writers who first founded this Citie Some will haue Brute the Troian to be first builder of it but Brute and his historie is meerely reiected of manie in our daies It was reedefied by Lud in the yeere of the worlds creation 5131. Bale who builded the wals about it and erected Ludgate who also changed the name of Trenouant into Luddestowne now London for which alteration of Troye to Luddestowne Gildas Galfrid Monuni ponticus Brit. hist. lib. 1. great contention arose among the Britons as reporteth Gildas and others But our late writers will not consent heereunto Insomuch as this famous Citie lacketh the truth of it foundation as many other famous monuments also do But it nowe reteineth the name of London famous through the whole worlde A Citie of great Marchandize populous rich and beautifull This Citie was burned and greatly wasted by the host of the pagan Danes in the time of king Alphred Greg. in past London burned as reporteth Gregory in his Pastorale about the yeere of Christ 872. London reedefied This Alphred about the yeere 886. in the 35. yeere of his natiuitie reedefied this Citie beautifieng the same with faire buildings and committed the custody thereof to Alphred Earle of Mercia Fabyan as the same Gregorie reporteth A great part of London was againe burned about the yeere of Christ 981. At what time it had most buildings from Ludgate towards Westminster and little where the heart of the Citie nowe is but buildings scattered heere and there out of forme and order So that it seemed inferior to diuers other Cities of this land as Lincolne Canterbury Yorke and others as by the role of Winchester appeereth But after the conquest it was reedefied and by the conquerour greatly increased So that by degrees it is become a most ample and stately Citie far excelling all other in this land This Citie was before the conquest made by William Duke of Normandy gouerned by Portreeues called of the Saxons portgerefas whom the Germans call Burgreues The gouernement of London which gouernement Richard the first altered and appoimed two baylifes Who in the time of King Iohn and by his command were discharged for a time by 35. elders or heads of the Citie for a contempt against the King But they were not long in disgrace but through their submission and the discreete handling of the matter by these 35. heads or elders of the Citie the King not onely forgaue the baylifes but granted vnto the Citie by his letters pattents that they should yeerely choose vnto the mselues a Ma yor which vsually is of one of the 12. companies mentioned in the Map of the Citie and two Shirifes who haue beene accustomed to take their oth vpon Saint Mathewes day nine daies befor Michelmas and vpon Michelmas day to take their charge but it is now otherwise The first Mayor was chosen in the tenth yeere of King Iohn The first Mayor of Lodnon Anno 1209. Euery May or was wont to be presented to the King wheresoeuer he was in England vntill Henrie the thirds time about Anno 1242. and before the King to be sworne after that it was referred to the Barons of the Exchequere and so continueth to this day Sir Iohn Allin knight twice Mayor of London gaue a coller of gold to be successiuely worne by the Mayor Anno 1544. In the time of H. 3. also the Aldermen of the Citie were or deined Alcermen of London who tooke rule of the particuler wardes thereof 25. in number and these Aldermen were yeerely changed as are the Shirifes but now it is otherwise which wardes and the parishes in them are these Tower ward S. Olafe Alhallowes at Berking S. Dunstane Billingsgate warde S. Botolph S. George in pudding lane S. Androw in Eastcheape S. Margaret Pattens S. Mary hill Dowgate warde S. Laurance Pountney Alhallowes the more Alhallowes the lesse Bridgestreete warde S. Bennet of grace Church S. Leonard in Eastcheape Newfishstreete S. Margaret in Bridgestreete S. Magnes in Bridgestreete Walbrooke warde S. Iohn in Walbrooke

Ptolomey 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Strabo Munster and others Munst Cosm will haue it ALBION ab albis rupibus of the white sea clifes which are in the south coast of the lande Some others will haue it come of the Greeke worde Olbion Olbion Cowp in Dict. which signifieth felix happie in regarde of their happines belike that first atchiued it So doth Strabo call Albania Strabo lib. 4. wherein he placeth the people Caucasiae felicem habitatu regionem a happie countrie to dwell in So is Gothia in the countrey language ierra bona a good countrey Some will haue it ALBION of Albina Dioclesians daughter which hath no próbabilitie Caxton It continued in the name of ALBION 608. yeeres vntill Brytus or Brutus Iulius arriuall who conquered the same about the yeere of the worldes creation 2828. 2734. Brutes arriuall Galf. Monum Bale Cent. 1. This Brute changed the name of ALBION into BRYTANE and the people Albionds into Britans or after some BRVTAYNE of the same Brute ●y being turned into v. Some will haue it BRITANNIA of Brytona a nymph of Greece Britanniae others rather holde that it shoulde take that name of a seperation as M. Twinus in Com. Twine in his Commentaries who saith Britannia is so called for that it is Locus diuorsio separatus ab eo cui adhaeserat a place seuered from another whereunto it was annexed and the more to fortifie his reason he coniectureth that this Britannia nowe an apparant Island was somtime Peninsula annexed vnto the maine of Fraunce which no doubt is true but not since the generall inundation by probabilitie whereby infinite chanels were eaten in the earth with the rage of so violent a floud and consequently many Islands dispersed as we see in the main Ocean and middle earth seas for surely if it had beene Peninsula or Istmus since the floud Plinie Plinie who liued neere 1500. yeeres before M. Twyne woulde haue as well mentioned such a conjunction as that part of the sea which runneth betweene England and Calleys which he calleth Mare Gessoriacum Mare Gessoriacū and which Ptolomey calleth Oceanus Britannicus But it seemeth that M. Twyne standeth vpon the opinion of Antonius Volscus a Poet who dreameth of a passage fiue miles in bredth betweene England and Fraunce from whom also Seruius Honoratus seemeth to say Seruius Honoratus that BRITANNIA was Olim iuncta continenti our Brytaine was ioined to the maine continent which secrets passe our apprehension Sir Thomas Eliot will haue Britannia to be Pritania Humfrey Lloyd also seemeth to say it should be Prid-caine which signifieth beautifull or white of colour S. Th. Eliot Humf. Lloyde though the c be omitted for more easier pronunciation which maketh it Pridaine Againe some will haue it come of Brith a british worde which signifieth painted which cōiecture I take to come of Caesars words where he saith Caesar Com. lib. 4. Omnes Britanni glasto se inficiunt all the Brytons besmere themselues and staine their bodies with oade of which worde Brith and tania a Greeke worde which signifieth Regnum a kingdome it is supposed to be aptly called Brithtania the countrey or kingdome of the Brithtons or depainted people Goropius Becanus seemeth to hold another opinion that it should be Bridania Goropius Becanus M. Camden wherof M. Camden maketh construction that Bri in Bridania should be free and so to make it Fredania or Free-denmarke Thus is our Britannia forced to sustaine sundry titles vnder one truth The seuerall titles of Brytaine as Brytannia Pritania Prid-caine or Pridayne Brithtania Brutania Bridania and such like according to as manie sundrie mens conceits But were not Brute so generally reiected in these our daies I could verie easely be drawne to assure me that it might be most truely Brutania of Brute the supposed conquerour and that Greeke worde tania a kingdome though Brute were no Greeke yet might he fitly conioyne this worde tania vnto his name Brute and so conclude it Brutania Brutania Bruti regnum the kingdome of Brute u being nowe turned into i as in other wordes Pessumus is nowe written Pessimus so are manie other Latine words Manie of late yeeres reiect the hystorie of Brute among others an Abbot sometime of S. Albons Iohn of Wheathamsted Io. de Wheathampst who wrote about the yere of Christ 1443. who saith plainly that Totus processus de Bruto illo est Poeticus potius quam historicus The whole matter of that Brute is Poeticall fabulous rather than a true hystorie This author liuing of late daies affoordeth reproofe of the most auncient But what antiquitie hath left and wee by tradition haue receiued Ipse sciolus dare not absolutelie denie vppon anie mans bare coniecture It is at this day called ENGLAND Anglorum terra England the land of Angles or Englishmen the Latins call it Anglia and the French Angle terre The Angli or Englishmen inhabited part of Germanie whom as I take it Ptolomey calleth Angili Angili Ptolomey and placeth them betweene the Casuari the Chemae neer the riuer Visurgis now Weser in that countrey which is now Westphalia Caes Com. who as Caesar saith Praedae ac belli inferendi causa ex Belgis transierunt came out of Belgia the lowe Countries to seeke releefe and to war with the Britons inuading most especially that part of the lande which borders vppon the south east or Germaine sea as Kent Sussex Essex Beda The Angles or Englishmen inhabited Cambridgeshire Isle of Elie Norffolke and Suffolke all which was called Eastanglia and the people East Angles The Saxons which came also with the Angles were dispersed and seated in other quarters of the lande as by the deuision and Heptarchie it will appeere The Saxons and Angles draue the Britons into Wales Aun dom 620. and Cornewall and other places of refuge And Egbert king of the west Saxons became sole Monarch of the whole land and called the same England of that part of Germany wherof he was wherin the Angili or Angles inhabited Some other will haue it England of Anglia Anglia the name of a Queene sometime of this Countrey But what whence or when she was they seeme not to report Others will haue it Anglia scytuate as it were in Angulo in a corner or newke by it selfe Which opinion is not altogither to be reiected for that Iulius Solinus saith Iulius Solinus that the sea coast of Gallia had beene the ende of the worlde but that the Isle of Britaine which standeth alone as it were in an angle for the largenes thereof deserueth the name of another worlde being seperated from the rest of the earth as Virgil saith Penitus toto diuisos orbe Britannos Iosephus in the oration of king Agrippa saith Ios lib. 2. cap. 26 bel Iud. The Romaines sought another world beyond the great Ocean sending their hostes into