Earl of March was born probably in Clare After the death of Richard 2. he was the next Heir to the Crown but was willing to yield the same to K. Henry 4. so he might receive and enjoy his private Patrimony kept from him by the said Henry but he could obtain neither Being afterwards employed by this King in a War against Owen Glendor the Welsh Rebel he was taken Prisoner and neglected by the King who had only exposed him to danger under pretence of Honour he made a shift to ransom himself Yet did he but exchange a Welsh for an Irish Prison kept 20 years in restraint in his own Castle of Trim in the end of the Reign of Henry 4. all the Reign of Henry 5. and the beginning of Henry 6. He dyed an 1454. without issue leaving Anne his Sister his Heir and was buried in Clare Saints St. Edmund K. of the E. Angles was cruelly tortured to death at Hoxton in this County by the Pagan Danes an 870. His Body was placed in a goodly Shrine richly adorned with Jewels at Bury in this County Of him a Popish Author When the Christians seeking his Corps were lost in a Wood did call to one another where art where art where art The Martyred head answered here here here Here is a threefold cord artificially twisted the full length of which I leave to the learned Author and will only add that if those Christians could not hear a Treble voice they were as deaf as the Forger was impudent who first hammered out such a base lye The Glorious Memory of this Martyr-King needs not the rotten Varnish of such Falsities The Town of Bury bears his Name Robert Grosthead bred in Oxford was eminent for Religion and Learning He became Bishop of Lincoln 1235. He wrote 300 Treatises whereof most are extant in Manuscript in Westminster Library He was a stout Opposer of Popish Oppression Such his Piety that though loaded with Curses from the Pope he generally obtained the reputation of a Saint He dyed 1254. Martyrs Rowland Taylor was bred in Cambridge became Dr. of Lawes and Rector of Hadley in this County He was a proper and comely person a great Scholar painful Preacher charitable to the Poor and cheerful in his Behaviour The same Devotion had different looks in several Martyrs frowning in stern Hooper weeping in meek Bradford and smiling constantly in pleasant Taylor Indeed some have censured his merry conceits as trespassing on the gravity of his calling especially when just before death But sure such Romanists who admire the temper of Sir Thomas More jesting with the Axe of the Executioner will excuse our Taylor for making himself merry with the Stake But though it be ill jesting with edged Tools whereof death is the sharpest yet since our Saviour hath blunted it his Servants may rather be delighted then dismayed with it Not long after Dr. Taylor set Arch-Bishop Cranmer his Patron a Copy of Patience who indeed wrote after it but not with so steady a hand and so even a Character of Constancy Taylor was Martyred at Hadley Feb. 9. 1555. Rob. Samuel Minister of Barfold in this County was tortured in Prison by the cruelty of Hopton Bishop of Norwich and Downing his Chancellour who allowed him every day but three Mouthfuls of Bread and three Spoonfuls of Water Fain would he have drunk his own Urine but his Thirst-parched Body afforded none I read how he saw a Vision of one all in White comforting and telling him that after that day he never should be hungry or thirsty which came to pass accordingly being within few hours after Martyred at Ipswich August 31. 1555. There was a Report that his Body when burnt did shine as bright as burnished Silver Some may possibly impute his Vision and this Appearance the first to his own and the latter to the Beholders Imaginations or both to the forgery of those who were more remote and unconcerned If to Imagination it is a plain Concession of the matter of Fact in both and consequently a granting of all such things which can be reasonably proved therein The Argument I shall use to prove that his Vision was supernatural shall be drawn from the Absurdity of the contrary Opinion For since Samuel was reduced as aforesaid to extream weakness his Body being parched his Humours fixed and his Spirits exhausted it is impossible that his languishing Phantasie should either produce or receive so bright an Idaea without the supernatural Assistance of Divine Power As for the appearance of his Body when burnt I will suppose salvo jure Omnipotentiae that some good Christians who beheld his last Suffering did by an Heroick act of Faith antedate the glorious State of a Future Resurrection And as Seaware or mud is sometimes found in the Net or on the Line after the Fish is catch'd so they having stretched out the hand of Faith for apprehending of a Christian verity might together with the same receive an erroneous imagination upon the then present occasion After all if both instances be charged with subsequent Forgery as to the matter of Fact I shall not insist any longer on them as not being so proveable by others as they are probable in themselves Cardinals Tho. Woolsey Son to an honest Butcher was born in Ipswich one of so vast undertakings that our whole Book will not afford room enough for his Character the writing whereof I commend to some Eminent person of his Foundation of Christs-Church in Oxford He was Cardinal of St. Cecily and dyed Heart-broken with grief at Leicester 1530. without any Monument of which Dr. Corbet one of his Colledge thus complains If Thou art thus neglected what shall we Hope after death that are but Shreds of Thee He was not guilty of mischievous Pride and was generally commanded for doing Justice when Chancellor of England Prelates Herb. Losing was deeply guilty of Simony in his Youth otherwise when he was Old being then wont to say When Young we went astray when Old we will amend He dyed 1119. and was buried in the Cathedral Church of Norwich Richard Angervile Son to Sir Richard was born at Bury and bred in Oxford He was Governour to King Edw. 3. whilst Prince and successively his Cofferer Treasurer of his Wardrobe Dean of Wells Bishop of Durham Chancellour and lastly Treasurer of England He bestowed on the Poor every Week 8 Quarters of Wheat baked in Bread When he removed from Durham to Newcastle 12 Miles he used to give 8 pounds to the poor and so proportionably in other places betwixt his Palaces He bequeathed his stately Library to the University of Oxford He dyed 1345. Jo. Paschal well descended bred a Carthusian and D. D. in Cambridge was Bishop first of Scutary then of Landaff under Edw. 3. He dyed 1361. Simon Sudbury alias Tibald was born at Sudbury He was made Arch-Bishop of Canterbury He began two Synods with Latine Sermons portending ill success to Wickliffe and his followers but
forcing Rubbish into its own Channel which shall render the waters thereof impenetrable by the Eye and ungrateful to the Palate His Book is prohibited by his Holiness whilst the lying Legend is permitted to be read without controul If Jeffrey be guilty of mistakes they are such as make not for the Popes advantage He was Bishop of St. Asaph and flourished 1152. Thomas of Monmouth wrote an History of St. William the Child that was Crucified by the Jews in Norwich in hatred of our Saviour He flourished 1160 under King Henry 2. Benefactors to the Publick AMP. Henry Plantagenet first Duke of Lancaster was born in Monmouth Castle the chief Seat of his Barony He is commonly Sirnamed the Wryneck and by others more rightfully the good Duke of Lancaster He was Head of the Guild of Corpus-Christi in Cambridge and the first Founder of a Colledge so called in that University Indeed the Land was little he conferred thereon but great the Countenance of so eminent a person in procuring and setling their Mortmain He dyed 1361. and was buried in the Collegiate Church at Leicester which he Founded Blanche his only Daughter which had Issue was Married to John of Gaunt Duke of Lancaster Since the Reformation W. Johnes born in Monmouth was forced thence for not being able to pay 3 s. and 4 d. Flying to London he became first a Porter and then a Factor and going over into Hamborough made such a Vent for Welsh Cottons that what he found Drugs at home he left Dainties beyond Sea He Founded a fair School in Monmouth allowing 50 pounds yearly for the Master with 100 pounds Salary to a Lecturer besides a Stately Almshouse for 20 poor Folk each of them having 2 Rooms and a Garden with half a Crown a Week All which Benefactions he submitted to the oversight of the Honourable Company of Haberdashers in London who at this day right worthily discharge their trust herein He dyed 16 Memorable Persons William Evans was two yards and an half in height being Porter to King Charles I. He was somewhat lame knocking his Knees together and going out squalling with his Feet yet made he a shift to Dance in an Antimask at Court where he drew little Jeffrey the Dwarf out of his Pocket He dyed 163 Note this was made a Shire an 27. Henry 8. but not solemnly setled till 5 years after An. 1607. the Moor in this County sustained by the breaking in of the Severn Sea PEMBROKE-SHIRE PEmbroke-shire is surrounded on all sides with the Sea save on the North-East where it boundeth on Cardigan and the East where it butteth on Carmarthen-shire 'T is very plentiful of all things necessary for Man's livelyhood and the East part thereof is the pleasantest place in all Wales It affordeth plenty of Fish especially about Tenby-y-Piscoid having its name from the abundance thereof A part of this County is peopled by Flemings placed there by King Henry 1. to defend the Land given them against the Welsh and their Country is called Little England beyond Wales In this County there is a Breed of very good Faulcons called Peregrines King Henry 2. passing hence into Ireland cast off a Norway Goshawk at one of these but the Goshawk taken at the source by the Faulcon soon fell down at the Kings Foot which performance in this ramage made him yearly send hither for Eyesses Of Buildings the Cathedral of St. David is most eminent begun by Bishop Peter in the Reign of King John The Roof thereof is higher then any in England It acknowledged subjection neither to Rome nor Canterbury till the Reign of King Henry 1. Princes Henry Tuthar Son to Edmund Earl of Richmond and Margaret his Lady was born at Pembroke in the Reign of King Henry 6. When a young man he lived in Exile in France where he contracted a permanent habit of Frugality Having vanquished King Richard 3. in Bosworth-field and Married Elizabeth eldest Daughter to King Edward 4. He Reigned King of England by the name of Henry 7. He is generally conceived a most politick Prince yet many think his judgment failed him when refusing the proffer of Columbus for discovering of America but such his wariness he would not tamper with costly Contingencies He was the first King who secretly sought to abate the formidable greatness the Parent of many former English Rebellions in the English Peerage Hereby he taught the Commons to claim Jurisdiction by the name of Priviledge and made them able in time to contest with Sovereignty He survived his Queen by whom he had the best Title to the Crown about five years His greatest fault was grinding his Subjects with grievous exactions He was most Magnificent in those Structures he left to Posterity amongst which his Devotion to God is seen in two Chappels the one at Cambridge the other at Westminster His Charity to the poor in the Hospital of the Savoy his Magnificence to himself in his own Monument of guilded Copper and his vanity to the World in building a Ship called the Great Harry of equal cost say some with his Chappel which soon after sunk into the Sea He much employed Bishops in his service finding them honest and able He deceased at Richmond April 22. 1509. and was buried in his Magnificent Chappel at Westminster having prohibited by his Will the Interment of any person or persons whatsoever therein save those of the Royal Blood Saints Justinian a Noble Briton with his own inheritance built a Monastery in the Island of Ramsey in this County where many Monks lived happily under his Jurisdiction until three of them murdered him in hatred of his Sanctity about 486. His Body was brought to Menevia and there interred by St. David and since much famed for supposed Miracles Writers Giraldus Cambrensis whose Sirname was Barry and some say Fitz-Girald was born at Tenby being Son to William Barry an Englishman by his Wife Angareth Daughter of Nesta Daughter of Rhese Prince of South-Wales He was Nephew to David the second Bishop of St. David by whom he was made Arch-Deacon of Brecknock He was wont to complain that the English did not love him because his Mother was a Welsh-woman and the Welsh did hate him because his Father was an Englishman though by his excellent Writings he deserved of England well of Wales better and of Ireland best of all making a Topographical description of all three But acting in the last as a Secretary under King John with great industry and expence Having Travelled to Jerusalem he wrote De Mirabilibus Terrae Sanctae Having had ill success at Court he attained to no considerable Dignity For a long time no preferment was proffered him above a beggarly Bishoprick in Ireland At last the See of St. David was the highest place he attained Giraldus himself tells us the true reason thereof that he was ever beheld oculo novercali because being a Welshman by the surer side and then such the antipathy of the English that they
born in Verulam was Martyred under Dioclesian An. 303. Note that there grows good Liquoras on the ruinous Walls of that City Popes Nicholas Son to Rob. Breakspear born at Abbots-Langley was Lay-brother in the Abbey of St. Albans He was afterwards Pope of Rome by the Name of Adrian 4. having recommended himself to the Chair by his converting the Norwegians He was Choakt with a Fly 1158. Whose Nephew Boso was made Cardinal 1155. Prelates Richard de Ware al. Warren was made Abbot of Westminster 1260 and afterwards Treasurer of England to E. 1. He made that Pavement at Westminster which is a Master-piece of Art He died 1283. Ralph Baldock wrote a History of England and was made B. of London by E. 1. He gave above 200 l to repair the East part of St. Pauls where upon clearing the Foundation there were a great number of Heads of Oxen found which probably had been sacrificed to Diana He died 1313. Jo. Barnet was made B. of Worc. then translated to Bath and Wells hence to Ely and was Lord Treasurer of England He died 1373. Th. Rudburn was Chancellour of the University of Oxf. 1420. A great Scholar and Mathematician His mildness procured him the Love of persons of Honour He built a Tower over the Gate of Merton Coll. He wrote a Chron. of England and was B. of St. Dav. He flourished 1419. Statesmen Sir Edw. Waterhouse Knight born at Helmsted-bury of an ancient Family since the time of H. 3. His Father was Auditor to H. 8. who foretold that this Edward when but a Child would be the Crown of all his Fathers Children and a Man of great Honour and Wisdom fit for the Service of Princes And accordingly he grew in the Favour of great Persons and Knowledge of the Affairs of State Walt. Devereux E. of Essex lying on his death-Bed said to him Oh my Ned farewell thou art the faithfullest and friendliest Gentleman that ever I knew Sir Jo. Perrot Dep. of Ireland would do nothing in State-Affairs without him He was afterwards in the Reign of Q. Elizabeth Knighted then made Privy-Councellor for Ireland and Chancellor of the Exchequer therein Where he was highly instrumental in modelling the Shires as they now are He boldly signed the Instrument wherein the Earl of Desmond was proclaimed Traitor when other Privy-Councellours dreading the Earls greatness durst not do the same He died at Wood-Church 1591. leaving no Issue Henry Cary Visc of Faulkland in Scotland was born at Aldnam A most accomplished Gentleman and compleat Courtier He was made by K. James Dep. of Ireland He married the Daughter and Heir of Sir Lawrence Tanfield Chief Bar. of the Exchequer by whom he had a fair Estate in Oxf. He died 1620. Souldiers Sir Henry Cary was made by Q. Elizabeth Lord Chamb. Baron of Hunsden He said to his Servants when they had drawn their Swords in his Quarrel against one Mr. Colt You Rogues may not I and my Neighbour change a Blow but you must interpose His custom in Swearing and Obscenity in Speech tho it may induce some of the Modern improvers of such Liberal Arts to Swear He was a fine Gentleman yet it made him seem a worse Christian than he was and a better Knight of the Carpet then he could be He might have been with the Queen whatsoever he would himself but would be no more then what he was preferring enough above a Feast in that Nature He was a Man of great Candour Loyalty and Courage The first Northern Commotion was suppressed by him after which the Queen sent him a Congratulatory Letter in which she highly commended his Wisdom Valour and Fidelity When he lay on his death-Bed the Queen was pleased to give him a Visit and caused a Patent for the Earldom of Wiltshire be drawn up and the Robes to be made and both to be laid upon his Bed But this Lord whose Dissimulation was as his Latine Madam said he seeing you counted me not worthy of this Honour whilst I was living I count my self unworthy of it now I am dying He deceased 1596. and lyeth buried in Westminster-Abbey being the direct Ancestor to the Earls of Dover and Monmouth Physicians Jo. Giles born at St. Albans was Physician to Philip K. of France then D. D. and the first English Dominican Rob. Grosthead B. of Linc. lying on his death-Bed sent for him and expected double comfort from him He died 1253. Writers Alex. Nequam was born in St. Albans to the Abbot of which he wrote for Admission Si vis veniam Sin autem tu autem To whom the Abbot return'd Si vis venias Si Nequam nequaquam One Philip accosts Nequam thus Et niger nequam cum sis cognomine Nequam Nigrior esse potes Nequior esse nequis To whom Nequam rejoyn'd Phi nota faetoris lippus malus omnibus horis Phi malus Lippus totus malus ergò Philippus Yet Nequam was Miraculum ingenii He was Canon of Exeter and lyes buried at Worcester William of Ware was Instructor to Jo. Duns Scotus He flourished under H. 3. 1270. Jo. Mandevile Knight born at St. Albans wrote his own Wonderful Itinerary through Afric c. He was wont to say of that Age Virtue is gone the Church is despised the Clergy doe err the Devil reigns and Simon is his Deputy He died 1370. Nicholas Gorham a Dominican bred in Merton Colledge in Oxford spent his life in France He commented almost on all the Scriptures He died at Paris 1400. Jo. Whethamstead was Abbot of St. Albans in the adorning of which Church he spent above 6000 pounds On the North side of the Church he set up the Statues of those Heathen Philosophers who had testified of the Incarnation of Christ Having written above 80 Treatises he died 1440. Jo. Bourchier Baron Berners of an Honourable Family whose ancient Seat was Tharfield in this County For his good Service in mauling Michael Joseph the Black-smith leader of the Cornish Rebells against K. Henry 7. 1496 he was made Chief Governour of Calis He translated many and wrote some Books He was the second Author the Lord Tiptoft being the first since the decay of Learning He died 1532. 'T is said the Berners Estate is descended to the Knyvets in Norf. Since the Reformation Th. Cartwright of St. Jo. Coll. in Cambridge whence he fled in Q. Maries time was Marg. Professor in the Reign of Q. Elizabeth He was the Champion of the Presbyterian Party He died An. 1603. Arthur Capel Esquire of Hadham was by Charles 1. created Baron 1641. After the surrender of Oxford he retired to his House from whence he went to Colchester His Loyalty to his Master was proof against all Batteries and Sollicitations of his Enemies He was beheaded 1648. Undaunted on the Scaffold Hence one alluding to his Arms a Lyon Ramp in a field G. betwixt 3 Crosses made these following Lines Thus Lyon-like Capel undaunted stood Beset with Crosses in a field of blood He wrote a
knockt on the head as foolish Sidney was by his own forwardness and was restless till his return He was then in the Zenith of Reputation when he return'd Victorious from Cadiz tho he very quickly awakened the Queens jealousie by his Popularity His declination commenced upon his unfortunate Expedition into Ireland which with his absence from the Queen and his ensuing return to Court without leave were without any difficulty by his Enemies laid hold upon as a sure Foundation on which they might build the Earls Ruin and he himself did not a little contribute thereunto when he headed a Company of disaffected Persons who with their Swords in their Hands required that Evil Councellors might be removed from the Queen under that Pretence affording their zealous tho too weak assistance to the distressed Essex But the Gun-powder of their zeal did no other Execution than blow their own Heads up into a vain expectation of the Conquest of Terra incognita their Designs into a final disappointment and the once beloved Earl into the final displeasure of the Queen 1600. He was valiant liberal to Scholars and Souldiers nothing distrustful if not too confident of Fidelity in others Revengefulness was not bred but put into his Disposition When one flattered him to his Face for Valour No said he my Sins ever made me a Coward In a Word his failings were neither so foul nor so many but that the Character of a right worthy Man belongs to his Memory Writers Roger of Hereford bred in Camb. wrote a Book of Judicial Astrology and was skilful in Metalls c. by which he was acceptible to the Nobility He Flourished 1170. under H. 2. William Lemster D. D. in Oxford was a Franciscan He wrote Collations on the Master of Sentences and Questions in Divinity Since the Reformation Richard Hackluit of Ancient Extract bred in Oxford was Prebend of Westminster He set forth a Collection of the English Sea Voyages a work of great Honour in England He died in the beginning of King James leaving a fair Estate to his Son a Spend-thrift who said he had cheated the covetous Vsurer who had given him spick and span-new Money for the old Land of his Great Grand-Father Jo. Guillim of Welsh Extraction Born in this County was Pursuivant of Arms by the name of Portsmouth then Rouâ—eâ—roix He wrote that Learned Treatise called the Display of Heraldry of which one Writes But let me tell you this will be the harm In Arming others you your self disarm Sic vos non vobis c. He died about the end of King James Jo. Davies of Hereford was the great Master of the Pen in England for fast fair close and various Writing and could Flourish with his Fancy in Poetry as well as with his Pen. He died in the midst of the Reign of King James Romish Exile Writers Humphrey Ely Bred in Oxford was Professor of the Canon and Civil Laws at Pont-muss in Lorain He Died and was Buried there 1604. with two Epitaphs viz. He eased others of Poverty being himself almost pinched therewith and Wonder not that England is clouded with Heresies here her Son lies Benefactors Jo. Walter Born in Hereford Bred in London was Clerk of Drapers-Hall Having vowed he would give the surplusage of his Estate to Pious uses Accordingly he built and endowed a fair Alms-house in Southwark another at Newington both in Surrey on which and other Pious Uses he expended well nigh 10000 l. whereof 20 l. per an he gave to Hereford he died and was Buried at London 1656. Memorable Persons Rosamund Daughter of Walter Lord Clifford was a Mistress-piece of Beauty and therefore Concubine to H. 2. and Mother to William Longespee Earl of Salisbury King Henry is said to have Built a Labyrinth at Woodstock to hide this his Mistress from Jealous Juno Queen Eleanor who yet getting access to her caused her death She was Buried at Godstow-Nunnery near Oxford with this Epitaph Hîc jacet in Tumbâ Rosa Mundi non Rosa munda Non redolet sed olet quae redolere solet Hugh Bishop of Lincoln caused her Bones to be scattered which afterwards were gathered by the Nuns and put into a perfumed Bag where they continued till the Reign of H. 8. An. 8. Rich. de Baskevil from a Town in Normandy so named monarch E. 2. Whose Ancestors immediately after the Conquest were Benefactors to the Abbey of Saint Peters in Glouc. Note This County had Sheriffs long before H. 2. 26. Walter Devereux Probably the same who Married Anne Daughter and Heir to William Lord Ferrers of Chartley monarch H. 6. and in her right was Created Lord Ferrers He was Father to John Lord Ferrers of Chartley who Married Cecily Sister to Henry Bourchier Earl of Essex and was Father to Walter Devereux Lord Ferrers Created Viscount Hereford by King Ed. 6. and was Father to Sir Richard Devereux Knight Father to Walter Devereux first Earl of Essex of that Family 14 Ja. Baskevile 18 Jo. Mortimer 19 Richiard de la Bere a Leash of Valiant Knight Batchelors were by H. 7. an 1. made Knights Bannerets monarch E. 4 11. Richard Cornwall Knight attended the Duke of Suffolk into France An. 15. H. 8. at what time they took the Town of Roy monarch H. 8. of which Sir Richard took possession Sir James Crofts was priviledged from being Sheriff monarch Q. Eliz. by his attendance on the Court and Camp For his supposed complyance with Wyate he was convicted of High-Treason under Queen Mary but was restored by Queen Elizabeth and made Governor of the Town and Castle of Barwick He behaved himself Valiantly at the Siege of Lieth yet in the Second assault when the English were worsted the blame fell on him as if he favoured the French and maligned the Lord Grey then General so that he was outed of his Government of Barwick yet he continued Privy-Councellor and Controller of the Houshold to the Queen He was one of the Commissioners in 88 to Treat with the Spaniard in Flanders His inheritance is lately devolved to Hen. Crofts D. D. and Dean of Hereford 40 Thomas Conisby Founded a place in Hereford for poor People 43 Jacob Scudamore was Father to Sir Jo. Created by King Charles Viscount Slego in Ireland This Lord was employed Leiger Ambassadour in France and during the Tyranny of the Protectorian times kept his secret Loyalty to his Soveraign Hospitality to his Family and Charity to the distressed Clergy Huntington-shire HVntington-shire is surrounded with Nothampton Bedford and Cambridge-shires and is hardly 20 miles in length The goodness of the Land may be collected from the plenty of Convents erected therein the fourth part of the whole having been Abbey-Land All England can hardly shew in so short a distance so pleasant a Park as Waybridge so fair a Meadow as Portsholme and so fruitful a Town for Tillage as Godmanchester all three situated within 3 miles Of Buildings Kimbolton-Castle was the Joynture of Q. Katherine Dowager
him the name of Amang-us i. e. Amongst-us But he growing afterwards a famous Scholar and Statesman took upon him the Name of Dr. Magnus and was famous thereby both at home and abroad He was a great benefactor to the Town of his Nativity and founded a faâ—r School there He flourished as I take it under Henry 8. Noted Sheriffs An. 15 W. Hollis Knight called the Good Sir W. for his Hospitality and other Virtues was Son to Sir W. Lord Mayor of London monarch Q. Eliz. father to Jo. Hollis Lord Houghton of Houghton created Earl of Clare An. 22 Charles I and Grandfather to the Right Honourable Jo. the present Earl of Clare Rob. Pierpoint Arm. was afterwards created Baron Pierpoint and Earl of Kingston upon Hull monarch James An. 4 Car I. His Ancestors coming over with the Conquerour first fixed at Hurst Pierpoint in Sussex and thence removed into this County There was another Rob. who lived in great dignity under E. 3. Oxford-shire OXford-shire hath Bark-shire on the S. Glocester-shire on the W. Buckingham-shire on the E. Warwick-shire and Northampton-shire on the N. A plentifull County whereof the Chief City Oxford was lately for some years together a Court a Garrison and an University The Natural Commodities are Fallow Deer the most ancient Park is said to have been at Woodstock in this County Wood now in decay is relieved by Coals For preservation of Shot-over-woods it was alleadged by the University That Oxford being one of the eyes of the Land and Shot-over-woods the Hair of the eye lids the loss thereof must needs prejudice the sight with too much moisture flowing therein As for Buildings the Colleges in Oxford exceed the most in Christendome for the generality of their Structure and equal any for the largeness of their Endowments A moiety of their Founders were Prelates who provided them the Patronages of many good Benefices Of these Colleges Vniversity is the Oldest Pemb. the youngest Christ-Church the greatest Lincon the least Magdalen the neatest Wadham the most uniform New-College the strongest and Jesus-College the poorest New-College for the Southern Exeter for Western Queens for Northern Brazon-nose for North-Western men St. John's for Londoners Jesus for Welshmen and at other Colleges almost indifferently for men of all Countries Merton Famous for Schoolmen Corpus-Christi for Linguists Christs-Church for Poets All-Souls for Orators New-College for Civilians Brazen-nose for Disputants Queens College for Metaphysicians Exeter for a late Series of Regius Professors Magdalen for ancient St. Johns for modern Prelates Corpus-Christi-College was formerly called the College of Bees which industrious creatures were as it seems Aborigines from the first building of the College and An. 1630 there was an incredible mass of Honey found over the Study of Ludovicus Vives that Mellifluous Doctor The Library in some respects equals any in Europe and in most kinds exceeds all in England standing as Diana amongst the Nymphs In the infancy of Christianity the Library of York bare away the Bell founded by Arch-Bishop Egbert Before the Dissolution of the Abbeys that at Ramsey was the greatest Rabbin abounding chiefly with Jewish Books Guildhall Library founded by Richard Whittington was deprived of 3 Cart loads of choice Manuscripts in the days of Edward 6. Since the Reformation that of Benet in Cambridge founded by Math. Parker exceed any Collegiate Library in England And of late the Library of that University augmented with the Archi-episcopal Library of Lambeth is grown the Second in the Land Of Private Libraries that of Treas Burleigh's was the best for the use of Statesmen the Lord Lumlie's for an Historian the Earl of Arundel's for a Herauld Sir Rob. Cottens for an Antiquary and Arch-Bishop-Usher 's for a Divine with many others as Lord Brudnel's Lord Hatton's c. which were routed in our Civil wars or transported into forreign parts Oxford Library was founded by Humphry D. of Glocester confounded in the Reign of Edward 6. and refounded by Sir Th. Bodley and the bounty of daily benefactors As for the Kings Houses in this County Woodstock is Justly to be preferred where the Wood and Water-Nymphs might equally be Pleased in its Situation Here Queen Elizabeth was Prisoner in the Reign of Queen Mary Here she escaped a dangerous fire Here hearing a Milk-maid merrily singing in the Park she wished for an exchange of her Condition with the Maid's Here Henry 2. built a Labyrinth which is now vanished Enston made by Th. Bushel Esq sometime Servant to Fr. Bacon Lord Verulam is a Place by Nature pleasant and adorned with Art Proverbs I. You were born at Hogs-Norton This is a Village properly call Hoch-Norton whose Inhabitants it seems formerly were so rustical in their behaviour that clownish people are said to be born at Hogs-Norton II. To take a Burford bait That is to be drunk III. Banbury Zeal Cheese and Cakes Some would have Veal put for Zeal IIII. He looks as the Devil over Lincoln The Devil 's picture did over-look Lincoln-College It is appliable to envious persons V. Lincoln-shire Testons are gon to Oxford to study in Brazen-Nose That is Testons now corruptly called Testers worth 6 d. were in the Reign of Henry 8. debased and so mixed with copper and brass that they were not above 3 s. 4 d. the ounce looking so red with the allay that they blushed for shame as conscious of their own corruption VI. Send Verdingales to Broad Gates in Oxford Verdingales formerly worn by women pent-housed their 's Gowns far beyond their bodies and were as some say a barricado against the assaults of Wantons but as others affirm a convenient cover of the fruits of wantonness the first Inventress thereof being known for a light hous-wife These grew so great that their Wearers were to enter ordinary Doors side-ways as the Scotch Pedlars do with their Packs on their backs VII Chronica sipenses cum pugnent Oxonienses Post aliquot menses volat ira per Anglinienses Mark the Chronicles aright When Oxford Scholars fall to fight Before many months expired England will with war be fired By this are properly intended the Contests betwixt Scholars and Scholars which were observed predictional as if their Animosities were the Index of the Volume of the Land There were shrewd Bickerings betwixt the Southern and Northern Men in the University not long before the bloody War of the Barons did begin The like hapned twice under R. 2. before the fatal Fights betwixt Lancaster and York tho there were no Broyls in Oxford before the late Civil Wars Princes Richard Son to H. 2. and Queen Eleanor was the 6 th King since the Conquest born in Oxford 1157. Whilst a Prince he was undutiful to his Father or to qualifie the Matter over-dutiful to his Mother whose Domestick Quarrels he always espoused To expiate his offence when King he with Philip King of France undertook a Voyage to the Holy-Land where through the Treachery of Templary Cowardise of the Greeks diversity of the Climate and
have been the most effectual way of ruining the Lord absolutely and infallibly The first making of Venice Glasses in England began at the Crochet Friers in London about the beginning of the Reign of Queen Elizabeth by one Jacob Venaline an Italian As for the Buildings in this County Chichester Cathedral is a fine Fabrick built after it had been twice burnt by Bishop Seffride 2. an 1193. The Country Folk say the Master Workman built Sarisbury and his Man the Church of Chichester but this is a mistake since Seffride lived under King John and Bishop Poor who founded Sarisbury lived much later under Hen. 3. This Church was Beautified by Bishop Sherborn in the Reign of Henry 7. Lately a great part thereof hath fallen to the ground Arundel Castle is of great esteem the rather because a Local Earldome is cemented to the Walls thereof Some will have it named from Arundel the Horse of Beavois the great Champion though this Castle was so called long before that imaginary Horse was Foaled that is long before the Conquest from the River Arund running hard by it Petworth the House of the Earls of Northumberland is most famous for a stately Stable which affordeth standing in State for 60 Horses with all necessary accommodations Proverbs I. He is none of the Hastings That is he is slow and dull the Proverb bearing only a nominal counter-relation to the Noble and ancient Family of the Hastings formerly Earls of Pembroke and still of Huntington There is also a Haven of that name in this County which is said to have been built in all hast by William the Conquerour Martyrs Grievous the persecution in this County under Jo. Christopherson the Bishop thereof Such his havock in burning poor Protestants in one year that had he sat long in that See and continued after that Rate there needed no Iron Mills to rarifie the Woods of this County The Papists admire him as a great Divine which I will not oppose but only say as the Man said of his surly Mistriss She hath too much Divinity for me Oh! that She had some more Humanity Cardinals Herbert de Bosham was a Manubus unto Tho. Becket at whose Murder-Martyring he was present and had the discretion to make no resistance He wrote the story of his Masters death Going over into Italy he was by Pope Alex. 3. made Arch-Bishop of Beneventum and in Dec. 1178. created Cardinal Prelates Jo. Peckham born of obscure Parents bred in Oxford and beyond the Seas became Arch-Bishop of Canterbury by the Popes favour for which he afterwards paid 4000 Marks He neither feared the Layty nor flattered the Clergy and was a great punisher of Pluralists He transmitted the Canons place at Lyons which he held for life to his Successors who held the same in Commendam some hundred years after He built and endowed a Colledge at Wingham yet left a great Estate to his Kindred whose descendants are possessed of the same at this day in this and the next County He dyed 1294. Robert Winchelsey bred in Merton-Colledge in Oxford where after having travelled he proceeded D. D. and became Chancellour of the University successively Can. of Pauls Arch-Deacon of Essex and Arch-Bishop of Canterbury He went to Rome and obtained his Pall of Pope Celestine refusing a Cardinals Cap offered unto him After his return confiding in the Canon of the Councel of Lions which forbad the Clergy to pay Taxes to Princes without consent of the Pope he created much molestation to himself King Edw. 1. using him first very harshly till at last he overcame all with his Patience A worthy Prelate excellent Preacher Being Learned himself he loved and preferred Learned Men. Prodigious his Hospitality being reported that Sundays and Fridays he fed no fewer then 4000 Men when Corn was cheap and 5000 when it was dear After his death 1313 poor men used to repair to his Tomb and present their Petitions to him Tho. Bradwardine descended of an ancient Family at Braâ—w in Hereford whence they removed and setled in this County for three Generations was born in or near Chichester and bred in Merton-Colledge in Oxford where for his skill in the Mathematicks and Divinity he was called Dr. Profundus He was Confessor to Edw. 3. To his Prayers the Conquest of France was by some imputed He Preached Piety to the Army He was Consecrated at Avignon Arch-Bishop of Canterbury at which time he was accounted somewhat Clownish both because he could not mode it with the Italians but chiefly because he was advanced for his Merit and not for his Money In his excellent Book De Causâ Dei he complaineth grievously of the prevalent Errours of Pelagius He dyed 1349. Tho. Arundel Son to Robert and Brother to Richard Fitz-Allen both Earls of Arundel was Arch-Bishop of York the fourth Arch-Bishop of Canterbury having been Bishop of Ely at 22 years of Age. He was thrice Lord Chancellour of England viz. an 10. and 15. Rich. 2. and 11 Hen. 4. He was by Rich. 2. banished the Land after his Brother was beheaded Restored by Hen. 4. to his Arch-Bishoprick In Parliament he was the Churches Champion for preservation of her Revenues He was the first who persecuted the Wicklevites with Fire and Faggot This Noble Person who had stop'd the Mouths of many Servants of God from Preaching his Word was himself famished to death by a swelling in his Throat Feb. 20. 1413. and lyeth Buried in the Cathedral of Canterbury H. Burwash of Noble Alliance a Covetous Ambitious Rebellious and Injurious Person was recommended by Barth de Badilismer Bar. of Leeds in Kent to Edw. 2. who preferred him Bishop of Lincoln Having fallen into the Kings displeasure and forfeited his Temporalities though afterwards restored he was most forward to assist the Queen in the deposing of her Husband He was twice Lord Treasurer once Chancellour and once Ambassadour to the Duke of Bavaria He dyed 1340. There 's a merry Story that he was condemned after his death to be a Green Forrester because in his life time he had violently enclosed other Mens Grounds into his own Park Since the Reformation W. Barlow D. D. was Canon of St. Osiths then Prior of Bisham in Bark-shire afterwards preferred by Hen. 8. Bishop of St. Asaph whence he was Translated to St. Davids thence an 3. Edw. 6. to Bath and Wells Having fled in the dayes of Queen Mary he was superintendent of the English Congregation at Embden Returning afterwards into England he was made by Queen Elizabeth Bishop of Chichester He had a numerous and prosperous Female Issue He dyed December 10 1569. W. Juxton born at Chichester was bred at St. Johns Colledge in Oxford where he commenced Doctor of Law and became Pres of the Colledge He was admirably Master of his Pen and Passion By K. Charles I. he was preferred Bishop first of Hereford then of London and for some years Lord Treasurer of England in the legal and prudent management of which Office
much Moderation At last he was Preacher at St. Magdalens Bermondsey being a solid Divine and a man made up of piety pity and patience He was visited with many and most acute diseases the Gout Stone and Ulcer in his Bladder and another in his Kidneys His Liberality knew no bottom but an empty Purse so bountiful he was to all in want He dyed 1654. and was buried in his own Parish All I shall add is this distick Whites ambo Whitehead Whitgift Whitakerus uterque Vulnera Romano quanta dedere Papae Romish Exile Writers Jo. Young was Fellow of St. Johns-Colledge in Cambridge at first a parcel-Protestant Translating into English the Book of Arch-Bishop Cranmer of the Sacrament he became a zealous Papist and great Antagonist of Mart. Bucer and an able disputant He was Vice-Chancellour of Cambridge 1554 Master of Pemb. Hall Professor of Divinity and Rector of Landbeach nigh Cambridge but lost all his preferment an 1. Elizabeth being deprived and imprisoned He dyed 1579. Jo. Mush bred in the English-Colledge at Doway and in Rome whence returning into England he fished for Proselytes for 20 years together being for some considerable time imprisoned at last he procured his Enlargement In his time happened the Schisme betwixt the Jesuits and Priests which threatned Ruine to the Church of Rome Mush went to Rome about it and was very instrumental in Composing of those differences Returning into England he was assistant to the English Arch-Priest He wrote among other books Vitam Martyrium D. Margaretâ— Clithoreae Whether D. be for Domina or Diva Lady or Saint I know not I take her for some Gentlewoman in the North who for some practices in maintenance of her Religion became obnoxious to the severity of the English Law He lived 1612. Benefactors to the Publick Thomas Scot born at Rotheram which he assumed for his Name was Fellow of Kings-Colledge afterwards Master of Pemb. Hall in Cambridge and Chancellour of the University He built on his proper cost saving something helped by the Scholars the fair Gate of the School with fair Walks on each side and a Library on the East thereof This Thomas having felt the sharp tusks of the Boar when imprisoned by King Richard 3. for resigning the Great Seal of England to Queen Elizabeth the Relict of King Edward 4. he advanced that Kings Crest being the Boar on the aforesaid Gate meerly to ingratiate himself He was successively Provost of Beverly Bishop of Rochester Lincoln and lastly Arch Bishop of York Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal and Chancellour of England Many were his Benefactions to the Publick of which none more remarkable then his founding 5 Fellowships in Lincoln-Colledge in Oxford He dyed at Cawood of the Plague 1500. Jo. Alcocke born at Beverly where he built a Chappel and Founded a Chantry for his Parents was D. D. in Cambridge and became Bishop of Ely and was preferred Lord Chancellour of England by King Henry 7. He turned the old Nunnery of St. Radegund Founded by Malcolm King of Scotland into a New Colledge called Jesus in Cambridge He was a Learned and Pious Man deceasing 1500. Since the Reformation Mr. Harrison of Leeds built a new Church in that Town the old one being too small for the numerous Parishoners Memorable Persons Paulinus de Leeds was so far from buying a Bishoprick that when a Bishoprick bought him he refused to accept it King Henry offering him the Bishoprick of Carlile with an Addition of 300 Marks to the yearly Revenue which he refused He flourished 1186. W. de la Pole born at Ravensford for Wealth and Skill in Merchandize inferiour to none in England resided at Kingston upon Hull He lent King Edward 3. many thousands of pounds in recompence whereof the King made him Valect i. e. Gent. of the Bed-Chamber and Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer c. giving him the Precedency and Honour of a Knight Banneret though he was not made in the Field with the usual Ceremony He dyed about 1350. Noted Sheriffs Edward 2. An. 9. Simon Ward the Male line of his ancient Family expired in Sir Christopher Ward Standard bearer to King Henry 8. at Bolleign He lived at Grindal leaving three Daughters Married to the Families of Strickland Musgrave and Osborn Edward 3. An. 17. Thomas de Rokeby was twice 1351 and 1355 Lord Justice of Ireland He in part extirpated the damnable Custom of Coigne and Livery in that Kingdom whereby the Commander in Chief extorted from the people Horse-meat Mans meat and Money at pleasure without any satisfaction for the same This Custom was begun in the time of King Edward 2. by Maurice Fitz-Thomas Earl of Desmond In reference to which this Rokeby used to say that he would eat in Wooden dishes but would pay for his Meat Gold and Silver Henry 4. An. 8. Thomas Rokeby Junior Mil. overcame and took by the sole assistance of this Shire Prisoners Henry Piercy Earl of Northumberland and the Lord Barldolfe who began War against the King Henry 5. An. 8. Halvatheus Maulever Mil. had his Sirname in Latine Malus Leporarius from his unskilfulness in hunting of the Hare Henry 6. An. 11. Henry Bromfleet Mil. was sent the year following with other Ambassadours to the Council of Basil and returning was created Lord Vescy in the right of his Mother And though in his Patent that Title was entailed on his Heir-Males only yet Margaret his sole Daughter and Heir Married to Jo. Lord Clifford Father to Henry first Earl of Northumberland of that Sirname derived the Barony into that Family which at this day they enjoy 22. Edmund Talbot Mil. though not related to the house of Shrewsbury was of a Family of ancient extraction ever since King Henry 2. He was Father to Sir Thomas one very zealous for the House of York and a servant to King Richard 3. who bestowed an Annuity of 40 pounds per Annum on him A Branch of these Talbots are removed into Lancashire and from those in York-shire Col. Thomas Talbot is descended Edward 4. Henry Vavasor Mil. It is observed of this Family that they never Married an Heir or buried their Wives The place of their habitation is called Hasel-Woâ—d out of which Mannor the stones were taken that built St. Maries Abbey in York Henry 8. An. 2. Radulphus Eure alias Evers Mil. was created Baron and Lord Warden of the Marches towards Scotland where he gave signal demonstrations of his Fidelity and Valour in resisting and opposing the Scots From him the present Lord Evers is descended 5. William Piercy Mil. was probably of the Family of the Piercy's-Hays whose ancient possession was Riton hard by the River Rhidals 23. Nicholas Fairfax Mil. the Sirname signifying Fair Hair had for his Motto Fare Fac Say Doe His Namesake Sir Nicholas of Bullingbrook was Knight of the Rhodes in the Reign of King Edward 4. being Charactred Cavaliero molto spiritoso e Prudente Q. Mary An. 3. Christopher Metcalfe Mil. attended on
and setled a vast Territory on Sybil her sole Daughter Married afterwards to Milo Earl of Hereford Note that when Mr. Speed in pursuance of his Description of England passed this County 8 persons who had been Bayliffs of Brecknock gave him courteous entertainment CARDIGAN-SHIRE CArdigan-shire is washed on the West with the Irish Sea and parted from Merioneth-shire by the River Dovi from Brecknock-shire by Tovy and on the South from Carmarthen and Pembroke-shire by Tyvy Being in form like a Horn wider towards the North and has a Cornu-copia universal plenty This County though remotest to England was soonest reduced to the English Dominion as being nearer to the Sea which afforded a more convenient passage to the English who were potent in Shipping and invaded this County in the Reign of VVilliam Rufus and Henry 1. bestowed the same entirely upon VVilliam de Clare In former times plenty of Bevers did breed in the River Tyvy in this County Proverbs I. Talaeth Talaeth that is Fine Fine When Roderick divided Wales betwixt his three Sons he ordered that each of them should wear upon his Bonnet or Helmet a Coronet of Gold set with pretious Stones called in British Talaeth and they from thence Ytri trwysâ—c Talaethioc that is three Crowned Princes Now it is applyed to the uppermost part of the head attire of Children yea the English men have that which they call the Crown of a Cap. II. Bâ— Arthur and 〈◊〉 That is Arthur was not but whilst he was 'T is Honourable for old Men if they can truly say we have been brave Fellows III. Ne Thorres Arthur Nawdd gwraig that is King Arthur did never violate the refuge of a woman For that King was the Mirrour of Manhood By the Woman 's Refuge many understand her Tongue and no valiant Man will revenge her words with his blows IV. Calen y Sais wrah Gimro That is the Heart of an Englishman towards a Welshman This was invented whilst England and Wales were at deadly Feude and is applyed to such who are possessed with prejudice or only carry an outward complyance with Cordial Affection V. Ni Cheitw Cymbro oni Gollo That is the Welshman keeps nothing until he hath lost it When the British recovered their lost Castles from the English they doubled their diligence and valour keeping them more tenaciously then before VI. A fo Pen bid Bont That is He that will be a Head let him be a Bridge This is of a fictitious Original Benigridan a Welsh General is said to have carried his Army one by one we must imagine on his back over a River in Ireland where there was neither Bridge nor Ferry These Proverbs are generally used in VVales Note that in this Principality of VVales there was an ancient Play wherein the stronger put the weaker into a sack whence the English By-word He is able to put him up in a Bag. VII Na difanco y Beriglawr That is Vilifie not thy Parish Priest This may be lookt upon as a true penitential Proverb since the Citizens of Llan-Badern-Vaure that Lland-Badern the great cruelly slew their Bishop which City and Bishoprick afterwards dwindled into nothing CARMARTHEN-SHIRE CArmarthen-shire hath Pembroke-shire on the West the Severn Sea on the South Cardigan-shire on the North Brecknock and Glamorgan-shire on the East This County being not so Mountainous as others in Wales affords plenty of Grain Grass Wood and Fish Here there is a place called Golden Grove belonging to the Right Honourable Richard Vaughan Baron of Emelor in England and Earl of Carbery in Ireland who plentifully relieved many eminent Divines during the late Sequestration 'T is said that in this Maritime-shire there is a Fountain which ebbs and flows conformable to the Sea There are likewise here strange Subterranean Vaults conceived the Castles of routed people in the Civil Wars Martyrs Robert Ferrar an English man a prime Martyr of this County was a Man not unlearned but somewhat indiscreet or rather uncomplying so that he may be said with St. Lawrence to be broyled on both sides being persecuted both by Protestants and Papists He was preferred Bishop of St. Davids by the Duke of Sommerset then Lord Protector who was put to death not long after Some conceived that the Patrons fall was the Chaplains greatest guilt and encouraged his Enemies against him Of these two were afterwards Bishops in the Reign of Queen Elizabeth viz. Thomas Young Arch-Bishop of York and Rowland Merrick Bishop of Banger Souldiers Sir Rice ap Thomas Knight little less then a Prince in his Country was called by the Author of Praelia Anglorum the Flower of the Britains He repaired to King Henry 7. lately landed at Milford Haven with contemptible Forces with a considerable accession of choice Souldiers marching with them to Bosworth-Field where he right valiantly behaved himself He was in reward of his good service made Knight of the Garter He rebuilt Emeline in this County and called it New-Castle being one of his Principal Seats and one of the latest Castles in Wales In the 4th year of King Henry 8. he conducted 500 Horse at the Siege of Therouene VValt de Devereux Son of Devereux and Cicely his VVife sole Sister to Thomas Bourchier last Earl of Essex was born in the Town of Carmarthen and by Queen Elizabeth Created Earl of Essex in Right of his Mother Being a Martial Man he Articled with Queen Elizabeth to maintain such a proportion of Souldiers at his own cost and to have the fair Territory of Clandebuy in the Province of Vlster in Ireland for the Conquering thereof To maintain his Army he sold his fair inheritance in Essex Over he goes into Ireland with a noble Company of Kindred and Friends supernumerary Volunteers above the proportion of Souldiers agreed upon Sir W. Fitz-Williams Lord Deputy of Ireland suspecting to be Eclipsed by this great Earl sollicits the Queen to maintain him in full power of his place Hereupon it was Ordered that the Earl should have his Commission from this Lord Deputy which with much importunity and long attendance he hardly obtained and that with no higher Title then Governour of Vlster After many impressions not over successfully made in Vlster he was by the Lord Deputy remanded into the South of Ireland where he spent much time to little purpose From Munster he was sent back into Vlster where he was forbidden to follow his blow and use a Victory he had gotten Yea on a sudden stript out of his Commission and reduced to be Governour of 300 Men. He embraced all these Changes with prodigious constancy Pay-days in Ireland came very thick Moneys out of England very slow his Noble Associates began to withdraw common Men to mutiny so that the Earl himself was at the last recalled home Not long after he was again sent over with the Title of Earl Marshal of Ireland where he fell into a strange looseness not without suspicion of Poyson and dyed 1576. Aet 36. His Soul he piously resigned
Page 459 The life of Judge Skipwith Page 460 The life of the Lord Chief Justice Husee ibid. The life of J. Anderson ibid. The life of Peregrine Berty Lord Willoughby Page 461 The Tree of Food Raiment and Harbour Page 463 The life of Sir W. Mounson ibid. The Benefactions of R. Sutton Esq Page 467 The Blacksmiths Book of Herauldry Page 468 MIDDLESEX Commodities and Manufactures Page 470 Proverbs Page 471 The life of King Edward VI. ibid. A câ—sâ—om of the Jewes Page 472 The benefactions of Alice Wilkes Page 475 The benefactions of Sir Julius Caesar ibid. Branford Fight Page 477 LONDON The Millers Riddle applyed to the Thames Page 479 The Fire that happened on the Bridgâ— ibid. Proverb Page 481 The Life and death of W. Sautre Page 486 The life of Arch-Bishop Heath Page 487 The life of Bishop Cotton Page 488 The life of Dr. Davenant Bishop of Sarum Page 489 The life of Bishop Wren The life of Sir Thomas More Page 490 Sir W. Paget Chancellour to 4 successive Princes Page 491 The life of the Earl of Strafford ibid. A politick Cordial Page 493 The life of Sir Thomas Roper Page 494 The life of Edmund Spencer Page 497 Campian's Life Page 499 An Innocent She-Pope Page 500 The Founder of Dulwich Colledge Page 501 WESTMINSTER Eastminster what Page 503 The Life of King Edward I. c. Page 505 The Birth and Character of the King's Majesty Charles II. Page 506 The Birth and Character of His Royal Highness James Duke of York Page 507 The life of Mary Princess of Orange ibid. The life of Princess Elizabeth Page 508 The life of Princess Anne Page 509 The life of Princess Katharine ibid. The life of Prince Charles ibid. The life of Bishop Warner Page 510 The life of Sir Francis Bacon ibid. The life of Benjamin Johnson Page 512 NORFOLK Mr. Aylmer took Sanctuary in a Wine-Butt Page 516 The life of Sir Edward Coke Page 518 The life of Sir Clement Paston Page 522 Dr. Thorp's Life Page 524 The life of John Skelton ibid. D. Perne a notorious Trimmer mortally wounded with a Jest Page 527 The benefactions of Henry Howard Earl of Northampton Page 528 The punishment of striking within the Verge Page 529 NORWICH Dr. Goslin's Life Page 531 NORTHAMPTON-SHIRE The chief Town stands on other Mens Legs Page 534 The County abounds with Nobility ibid. The life of Queen Elizabeth Wife to Edward II. Page 355 The life of King Richard Crookback Page 536 The life of St. Werburgh ibid. The life of W. le Zouch Page 537 The life of Francis Godwin Bishop of Hereford Page 539 The life of Sir Christopher Hatton ibid. The life of Sir W. Fitz-Williams Page 540 The life of Sir Isaac Wake ibid. The life of Sir W. Catesbye Page 541 The life of Sir Richard Empson ibid. The life of Lord Chief Justice Montague Page 542 The life of Sir Augustine Nicols Page 543 The life of Sir Robert Dallington ibid. The life of John Fletcher Page 549 The life of Sir Henry Montague ibid. The life of Dr. Preston Page 546 The benefactions of Henry Chichley Page 547 The life of Ed. Montague Baron of Baughton Page 548 An instance of Gratitude Page 550 NORTHUMBERLAND Charity reversed instanced in St. Ebba Many are chast that they may preserve their Noses She parted with her Nose that she might preserve her Chastity One breeds Teeth at 110 years of Age Page 557 NOTTINGHAM-SHIRE Where is the best Liquorish Page 558 The life and death of Arch-Bishop Cranmer Page 559 The life of Sir John Markham Page 560 The life of Robin Hood Page 561 OXFORD-SHIRE A description of the Vniversity Page 573 The life of King Richard Caeur de Lion Page 576 The life of Prince Edmund Page 577 The life of Edward the Black Prince Page 578 The life of Thomas of Woodstock Duke of Glocester Page 578 The life of Anne Beauchamp Countess of Sarisbury ibid. The life of St. Frideswide Page 579 The life of St. Edwold ibid. The life of St. Edw. the Confessor Page 550 The life of Cardinal Pullen ibid. The life of Cardinal Joyce ibid. The life of Bishop Bancroft Page 582 The life of Sir Dudley Carleton ibid. The life of Sir John Norris ibid. The life of Sir Francis Knowls Page 584 The life of Thomas Lydgate Page 586 Anne Green hang'd and recovered Page 579 RUTLAND-SHIRE A large description of a small Gentleman Page 582 SHROP-SHIRE The life of Richard Plantagenet Duke of York Page 584 The life of St. Oswald Page 585 The life of Thomas Gataker Page 586 The life of Robert of Shrewsbury Bishop of Bangor ibid. The life of Robert Burnel Chancellour of England Page 587 The life of Robert of Shrewsbury Bishop of Bath and Wells ibid. The life of Arch-Bishop Talbot Page 588 The life of Lord Chancellour Bromley Page 589 The life of Sir John Walter Page 590 The life of Edward Littleton Lord Keeper ibid. The life of the Martial Talbot Page 591 The life of Old Parr Page 594 The life of Sir Roger Owen Page 596 SOMMERSET-SHIRE Lapis Calaminaris found here Page 797 The best Mastiffs bred here Page 740 The Parable of Jotham misapplyed Page 741 The properties of the waters of Bath Page 742 St. Dunstan's Life Page 743 The life of Bishop Hooper ibid. The life of Joceline Bishop of Wells Page 744 The life of Thomas Beckington Bishop of Bath and Wells ibid. The life of Sir Amias Poulet Page 745 The decision of Lord Chief Justice Fitz-James Page 746 Tho life of Sir John Popham Page 747 The life of the valiant Courcy Earl of Ulster ibid. Sir Amias Preston's Challenge to Sir Walter Rawleigh Page 749 Ferguson Senior or Henry Cuffee Page 750 The life of Sir John Harrington Page 751 Silver-tongued Sidenham Page 751 The Life of Robert Person Page 752 Coriat's Picture Page 754 The Skirmish at Martials Elm ibid. BRISTOL Bristol Milk a Remedy against Crudities Page 754 Hugh Eliot first discovered the New found Land Page 756 The life of Thomas Norton the Chymist Page 757 The life of W. Grocine Page 758 Dr. White Founder of Sion-Colledge Page 759 STAFFORD-SHIRE Wherein is found good Alabaster Page 760 The Life of Cardinal Pole Page 761 The life of Sir Thomas Littleton Judge Page 763 The life of Dudley Sir Richard Empson's Partner Page 764 The life of Sir John Bromley ibid. The life of John Dudley Duke of Northumberland Page 765 The Bagnols ibid. SUFFOLK The life of Edmund Mortimer Page 773 The life of St. Edmund King of the East-Angles Page 774 The life and death of Dr. Taylor ibid. The strange circumstances of the death of Robert Samuel Page 775 Cardinal Woolsey Founder of Christ-Colledge in Oxford Page 776 The life of Bishop Gardiner Page 778 The life of Bishop Brownrig Page 780 The life of Sir Nicholas Bacon Page 781 The life of Sir William Drury Lord Deputy of Ireland Page 782 The life of Sir Robert Naunton Secretary of State Page 783