of his Estate and gave the King and others what remained thereof not regarding Sir H. Grey his Brother by a 2 d. Venter of Wrest in this County who therefore declined the Honour Thus the Earldom of Kent lay asleep in the Family of the Greys almost 50 years viz. from 15. H. 8 till 13 of Queen Eliz. when she advanced Reginald Grey Grandfather to Sir H. Grey aforesaid who had Recruited himself with Revenues to be Earl of Kent An. 1571. Reginald dying Childless within the year Hen. his Brother the Subject of our present description succeeded to this Honour A Person truly Noble expending the Income of his own Estate and his Ladies Joynture Mary the Relict of Edw. E. of Darby in Hospitality He was a Cordial Protestant on the same Token that being present at the Execution of Queen of Scots when she requested the Nobility there to stand by and see her Death he fearing something of Superstition hardly assented thereunto On the other side he was as far removed from Faction deserving the Character given him by Mr. Cambd. A Person highly Honoured with all the Ornaments of true Nobility He left no Issue except some will behold him in some sort Parent of Sidney-Coll in Camb. as one of the Executors to the Foundress thereof who both proved and improved her Will besides her Personal Benefaction thereunto And being the Surviving Executor he did Perpetuate the Fellowships formerly Temporary according to his Trust He dyed An. 1613. Fr. Cleark Knight born at Eaton-soton in the Lordship called the Paersonage A Noble Benefactor to Sidney-Coll augmenting all the Scholarships of the Foundation and erecting a fair Range of Buildings So skilful he was that he computed to a Brick what was necessary for the finishing thereof He founded four new Fellowships The Gift was felt before the Giver a meer Stranger was seen He dyed An. Dom. 163. Memorable Persons A Woman lived dyed and is buried at Dunstable where is her Epitaph who had 19 Children at 5 Births viz. 3.3.3.5 and 5. Noted Sheriffs The Family of the Blundells whereof Sir Edw. Blundel behaved himself right Valiantly in the Expedition to the Isle of Ree Rich. Basset and Albericus de Veer The last of whom was made monarch M. 2. by Maud the Emp. E. of Oxford And the first was his under-Sheriff in this County Hen. de Essex Bar. de Raleigh in Ess and Hereditary Standard-bearer of England He in the Battle at Coleshul in Flintsh between the English and the Welsh casting away his Courage and Banner together occasioned a great overthrow of the English and was therefore challenged in Combat by Rob. de Momford Knight and by him overcome in Duel His Inheritance was forfeited to the King and he himself made a Honourable Retreat into a Convent and under a Coul betwixt Shame and Sanctity blushed out the Remainder of his Life Dav. Archdeacon whose Ancestors probably having been Ecclesiasticks left him that Surname Rob. Braybrook and Hen. Fil. Hen. Br. and Rob. Pater monarch K. Jo. A loving Reciprocation of Sheriff and under Sheriff betwixt Father and Son Under-Sheriff to his Father that was his Duty Under-Sheriff to his Son that was his Courtesie Indeed I can Name one under-Sheriff to his own Father being a Gent. of right Worthy Extraction and Estate which Son afterwards became Lord Ch. Justice and Treasurer of England Edward Eldest Son to the King A great Honour to this Shire and Buck. where he was Sheriff for five years together monarch H. 3. Yea the Imperial Crown found him in that Office when it fell unto him Barthol de Fowen being under-Sheriff Th. Hoo. A famous Man whom King Hen. 6 made Knight of the Garter and Lord Hoo and Hastings monarch H. 6. He left four Daughters thus Married 1. Anne to Sir Jeffrey Bullen 2. Eleanor to Sir Rich. Carew 3. Jane to Rob. Cople Esquire 4. Eliz. to Sir Jo. Devenish From the first of these was Queen Eliz. descended Some of the issue Male were lately extant in Hartfordshire Jo. Wenlock was returned Knight of the Town of his Principal Residence to the Parl. 12. H. 6. and afterwards created Bar. of Wenlock and Knight of the Garter fought Valiantly and lost his Life in the Battle of Teuxbury He dyed without Issue and his Estate came to E. 4. From his Cousin and Heir-general the Lauleys in Shropshire are descended Sir Jo. St. John Knight Father Son and Grandson were of the same Name and Dignity The Father monarch H. 7. Sheriff in the time of H. 7. was Son to Sir Oliver St. John by Marg. Daughter and Sole Heir to Sir Jo. Beauchamp She was afterwards Married to Jo. D. of Somerset to whom she bare Margaret Mother to King Hen. 7. Will. Gascoine was a younger Brother of Ganthorp-house in Yorkshire and was setled at Cardington in this County by marrying the Inheretrix thereof He was afterwards twice Sheriff under H. 8. Knighted and Comptroller of the House of Cardinal Woolsey A rough-Man preferring rather to profit than please his Master The Prelates Wisdom knowing Thrift to be the Fuell of Magnificence often advised with this his Servant His Name and Estate are Extinct in this County Jo. Mordant Ar. of Ancient Extraction monarch H. 8. married one of the Daughters and Heirs of Hen. Vere of Addington in Northamptonshire By Aged Persons he was remembred by the Name of John of the Woods I was born under the shadow and felt the warmth of them So great a Master was he of Timber in that County besides large Possessions in Essex and elsewhere King Hen. 8. owning him deservedly for a Wise Man created him Bar. Mordant of Turvey Will. Windsor Knight descended from Walt. Fitz Otho Castle keeper of Windsor in the time of Will the Conquerour and was by King H. 8. created Bar. Windsor of Bradenham in Buckinghamshire Ancestor to the present Lord Windsor descended from him by an Heir general so that Hickman is his Surname Fr. Russel Knight Son to Jo. Lord Russel afterwards Earl of Bedford monarch E 6. Succeeding his Father in his Honour so great was his Hospitality that Queen Eliz. was wont to say of him That he made all the Beggars He founded a small School at Wobourn and dying in great Age and Honour was buried at Cheneys 1585. Oliver St. John Ar. By Queen Eliz. made Lord St. John of Bletso in this County and left two Sons who succeeded him to this Honour First John whose only Daughter Anne was married to Will Lord Esfingham was Mother to Eliz. now Count. Dowager of Peterborough his Second Son Oliver blessed with a Numerous Issue and Ancestor to the present Earl of Bullingbrook Will. Dormer Knight was Son to Rob. by Jane Newdigate his Wife monarch Q Ma. He had by Mary Sidney his Wife a Daughter married to the Count of Feria when he came over hither with King Phil. This Count under pretence to visit his Sick Lady remaining here did very earnestly move a Match
King Edw. 4. and lyeth buried under a fair Monument in the Cathedral of VVorcester Edmund Dudley Esq was Son to John Dudley Esq second Son to John Sutton first Baron of Dudley though he was slandered by some as being the Son of a Carpenter He Married the Daughter and Heir of the Visc Lisle Being bred in the Study of the Laws he was made one of Puisne Judges and wrote an excellent book Entitled the Tree of the Common VVealth He was employed by K. Henry 7. to put his Penal Statutes in Execution which he did with severity cruelty and extortion K. Henry 8. resigned this Dudley and Sir Richard Empson his Partner to Justice so that they were made a Peace-Offering to popular anger 1510 being Executed at Tower-Hill Sir Thomas Bromley Knight was an 1. Mary made Lord Chief Justice of the Kings Bench holding his place hardly a year Souldiers Jo. Bromley Esq branched from the Bromleys in Shropshire was born at Bromley He recovered the English Standard which was taken by the French at the battle near Corby in France In reward of his Valour King Henry 5. whose Arms he had followed in France made him a Knight Batchelor Captain of Dampfront and great Constable of Bossevile le Ross in France and granted by Letters Patent 40 pounds in Land a year to him and his Heirs Hugh Stafford Lord Bourchier having on the same account conferred on him a yearly Pension of 40 pound during his life Sir John dyed about the middle of the Reign of Hen. 6. John Dudley Duke of Northumberland Son to Edward Dudley Esq and would willingly be reputed of this County a descendant from the Lord Dudley therein He was a proper wise and valiant Man and generally till his last project prosperous But he was also notoriously wanton intolerably ambitious a constant dissembler prodigiously profuse so that he had sunk his Estate had he not met with a seasonable support of Abbey-Land King Henry 8. first Knighted him then Created him Visc Lisle Earl of Warwick and Duke of Northumberland Under Queen Mary he contrived the setling of the Crown on Queen Jane his Daughter in Law for which Treason he was Executed an 1. Mary much bemoaned by Martial Men whom he had formerly endeared in his good service in the French and Scotish Wars He left two Sons who survived to great Honour Ambrose Earl of Warwick Heir to all that was good and Robert Earl of Leicester Heir to all that was great in his Father The Bagnols or Bagenhalts were formerly a Family of such remark in this County that before the Reign of Hen. 8. there scarce passed an ancient Evidence which is not attested by one of that Name And having for a time sunk into a low condition was afterwards restored to their genuine Lustre when Ralph and Nicholas Sons to John Bagnol of Newcastle in this County were both Knighted for their good service the one in Mussleborough Field the other in Ireland Their Sons Samuel and Henry were for their Martial merit advanced to the same degree Seamen William Minors Son to Richard Gent. of Hallenbury-Hall was born at Vttoxater who afterwards coming to London became so prosperous a Mariner that he hath safely returned eleven times from the East-Indies and now peaceably enjoyeth what he painfully hath gotten living in or near Hartford at this present year 1660. Writers John Stafford a Franciscan born in Stafford wrote a Latine History of England about 1380. W. de Lichfield D. D. and Rector of All-hallowes the Great in Thames-street London a Learned and Godly Man wrote many Books one Entituled The complaint of God unto sinful men There were found in his Study after his death 3083 Sermons of his own Writing He dyed an 1447. and was buried in the Quire of his own Church Robert Whittington born at Lichfield was an indifferent but conceited Grammarian He coped with W. Lillie and others in comparison of whom he was but a crackling Thorn Since the Reformation Henry Stafford Baron of Stafford was Son to Edw. Duke of Buckingham beheaded under K. Hen. 8. The Barony descended unforfeited to this Henry placed here not as a trans but a Cis-Reformation-man for translating the Book of Dr. Fox Bishop of Hereford a favourer of Luther into English Of the difference of the Power Ecclesiastical and Secular He dyed 1558 some Months before the beginning of Q. Elizabeth Sampson Erderswik Esq born at Sandon of Ancient and Worshipful Extraction was a Gentleman accomplished with all Noble Qualities Affability Devotion and Learning Being a great Antiquary he began a description Eâ—tituled a View of Stafford-shire an 1â—93 which hath directed me in matters of difficulty relating to 〈◊〉 County He repaired and new glazed the Church of Sandon wherein he Erected a Monument for himself with his Statue in Stone and lyeth now Interred dying April 11 1603. Of him Mr. Cambden sayes Venerandae Antiquitatis fuit Cultor Maximus Thomas Allen descended from Allanus de Buckenhole Lord of Buckenhole in the Reign of Edw. 2. was bred in Glocester-Hall in Oxford a most excellent Mathematician where he succeeded to the skill and scandal of Frier Bacon as accounted a Conjurer He was much in favour with Robert Earl of Leicester His Writings are detained in some private hands He dyed towards the end of K. James Edward Leigh of Rushwel-Hall Esq alive wrote Critica Sacâ—a with many other worthy Works which will make his judicious Industry known to Posterity Elias Ashmole Esq alive born in Litchfield a great Antiquary Chymist Herauld Mathematician John Lightfoot D. D. alive hath deserved well of the Churches of England for his exact insight in Hebrew and Rabbinical Learning Romish Exile Writers W. Gifford an extract of the Family of Chillington was a man of much motion Being bred in Oxford he went over to Lovain where he became B. D. whence going to Paris he was highly prized by H. Duke of Guise who made him Arch-Bishop of Rhemes and the Cardinal his Brother who gave him a Pension of 200 Crowns a year He became afterwards Dean of St. Pet. the Isle in Rome then Rector of the University of Rhemes and at last a Benedictine at Delaware in Lorain He founded a Convent for English Monks at St. Mallower in France and another at Paris for those of the same Profession He was alive 1611. Benefactors to the Publick Sir Stephen Jennings Lord Mayor of London built a fair School at Wolver-Hampton Another being erected by Mr. Tho. Allen at Vtceter Martin Noel Esq born in Stafford bred Scrivener in London built and largely endowed an Hospital in the Town of his Nativity the first considerable Fabrick of that kind in this County Memorable Persons Tho. Tarlton born at Condover in Shropshire Here he was in the Field keeping his Fathers Swine when a Servant of Robert Earl of Leicester passing this way was so highly pleased with his odd Answers that he brought him to Court where he became the most famous Jester
Of them was Privy-Councellor to four Sir Th. Smith Knight born in Abbington bred in the University of Oxf. God and himself raised him to the Eminency he attained unto unbefriended with any Extraction Emulating Sir Th. Smith Senior Secretary of State he had equalled him in Preferment if not prevented by Death This Sir Thomas was Master of the Requests and Secretary to King James He died Nov. 28. 1609. and was buried in the Church of Fulham in Middlesex under a Monument erected by his Lady Frances Daughter to William Lord Chandes and since the Countess of Exeter Souldiers Henry Vmpton Knight born at Wadley in this County was Son to Sir Edward Vmpton by Anne the Relick of Jo. Dudley Earl of Warwick and eldest Daughter of Edward Seymor D. of Somerset He was employed by Queen Elizabeth Ambassadour into France where in the Month of May An. 1592. being sensible of some injury offered by the D. of Guise to the Honour of the Queen of England he sent him this Challenge Forasmuch as lately in the Lodging of my Lord Du Mayne and in Publick elsewhere impudently indiscreetly and over boldly you spoke boldly of my Soveraign whose sacred Person here in this County I represent To maintain both by Word and Weapon her Honour which never was called in Question by people of Honesty and Vertue I say you have wickedly lyed by speaking so basely of my Soveraign and you shall do nothing else but lye whensoever you shall dare to tax her Honour Moreover that her Sacred Person being one of the most Complete and Vertuous Princess that lives in this World ought not to be evil spoken of by the Tongue of such a perfidious Traitor to her Law and Country as you are And hereupon I defie you and Challenge your Person to mine with such manner of Arms as you shall like or choose be it either on Horse-back or on Foot Nor would I have you to think any inequality of Person between us I being issued of as great a Race and Noble House everyway as your self So assigning me an indifferent place I will there maintain my Words and the Lie which I gave you and which you should not endure if you have any Courage at all in you If you consent not to meet me hereupon I will hold you and cause you to be generally held for the arrantest Coward and most slanderous Slave that lives in all France I expect your Answer I find not what Answer was returned This Sir Henry dying in the French Kings Camp before Lofear and his Corps brought over was buried in Farrington Church July 8. 1596. He had allowed him a Barrons Heirs because dying Ambassadour Leigier Writers Hugh of Reading quitted his Expectances of a fair Estate and embraced a Monastical life till at last he became Abbot of Reading He is highly commended by the Learned and writ a Book of Questions fetcht from the Scripture Roger of Windsor Chanter of the Convent of S. Albans was the Kings Historian He flourished An. Dom. 1235. Robert Rich Son to Edward and Mabel his Wife Brother of S. Edmund Arch-Bishop of Canterbury was born at Abbington in this County He wrote a Book of the Life Death and Miracles of his Brother and died about the year of our Lord 1250. Richard of Wallingford a Black-Smith's Son was bred at Merton-Colledge in Oxford a Monk at last Abbot of S. Albans where being a good Mathematician especially as to the Mechanick part thereof he made a Clock with much Pain more Cost and most Art Being a Calender as well as Clock shewing the Fixed Stars and Planets the Ebbing and Flowing of the Sea c. but my Author did not inform me if the Canonical hours were mark't on the Clock He died An. Dom. 1326. Since the Reformation Henry Bullock probably born in this County where his Name appears in a Worshipful Estate He was bred a Fellow and Doctor of Divinity in Queens-Colledge in Cambridge a general Scholar familiar with Erasmus calling him Bovillum in his Epistles to him At Cardinal Wolsey's instance he wrote against Luther tho otherwise his Affections were biased to the Protestant Party When he died is unknown Will. Twis born at Spene an ancient Roman City bred at New-Colledge in Oxford and there became a General Scholar Good at plain Preaching better at Disputing and best in Living He became Preacher in Spinhamlands Towards his Death he was slighted by Sectaries it being usual for New-lights to neglect those who have born the heat of the Day His Latin Works speak him able in Controversie He was Moderate Prolocutor in the Assembly of Divines And dying in Holborn he was buried at Westminster An. Dom. 164 Will. Lyford born at Peysmer and bred at Magdalen-Coll in Oxf. Proceeded there Batchelour of Divinity 1631. He was also Fellow of that Foundation He was troubled in Conscience for having Resigned his place for Money to his Successour but before his Death he made Restitution He had a comely Countenance and modest Mind a Courteous Carriage and meek Spirit He was afterwards Preacher at Shirburn in Dorsetshire and tho both Pious and Painful he had his share of Obloquie from such factious Persons as could not abide the wholsome Words of sound Doctrine He dyed about 1652 tho his Memory lives in his Learned Works Romish Exile Writers Th. Hyde born at Newbury bred Master of Art in New-Coll in Oxf. was made Canon of Winchester and chief Master of the School there He with Jo. Martial about the beginning of the Reign of Queen Eliz. went beyond the Seas This Hyde is Charactered by one of his own profession to be A Man of upright Life of great Gravity and Severity He wrote a Book of Consolation to his Fellow Exile and dyed An. Dom. 1597. Benefactors to the Publick Alfrede the fourth Son to King Athelwolf born at Wantage An excellent Scholar tho he was past 12 years of Age before he knew one Letter He was a Curious Poet an Excellent Musician a valiant and successful Souldier fighting seven Battles against the Danes in one year at last Conquered them and reduced them to the Profession of Christianity He gave the first Institution or according to others the best Instauration to the University of Oxford A Prince who cannot be Painted to the Life without his Loss no Words reaching his Worth He divided 1. every natural day as to himself into 3 parts viz. 8 hours for his Devotion and 8 for Business and the remainder for Sleep and Refection 2. His Revenues into 3 parts one for War a second for his Court and the third for Pious uses 3. His Land into 32 Shires 4. His Subjects into Hundreds and Tithings consisting of 10 Persons mutually Pledges for their Good Behaviour He left Learning where he found Ignorance Justice where he found Oppression and Peace where he found Destraction And having Reigned 34 years he dyed and was buried at Winchester An. 901. He loved Religion more then
Superstition favoured Learned Men more then Lazie Manks which may be the cause he was not solemnly Sainted with other Saxon Kings who did not so much deserve Since the Reformation Pet. Chapman born at Cokeham bred an Iron-monger in Lond. at his Death bequeathed five pounds a year to two Scholars in Oxford as much to two in Camb. and five Pounds a year to the poor of the Town of his Nativity besides sixty Pounds to the Prisons of Lond. c. The time of his Death is unknown Jo. Kendrick born at Reading bred a Draper in Lond. His State may be compared to the Mustard-seed from a small encreasing to a prodigious bigness If Benefactors were digested as David's Worthies Mr. Kendrick would be if not the last of the first the first of the second three His Charity began at his Kindred proceeded to his Friends and Servants to whom he left large Legacies concluded with the Poor on whom he bestowed above 20000 Pounds Reading and Newbury sharing the deepest therein as appears by his Printed Will He dyed 30 Sept. 1624. and is buried in St. Christophers Lond. to the Curate of which Parish he gave 20 Pounds a year for ever Rich. Wightwick Batchellor of Divinity was Rector of East-Isley in this County His Benefice not very great may appear a Bishoprick by his Bounty to Pembroke-Coll in Oxf. to which he gave 100 Pounds a year for 3 Fellows and 4 Scholars When he dyed is unknown Memorable Persons Tho. Cole commonly called the Rich Clothier of Reading He is reported a Man of vast Wealth maintaining 140 Menial Servants besides 300 poor People whom he set on Work insomuch that his Wains with Cloth filled the High-way from Reading to Lond. to the stopping of King H. I. in his Progress which King gratified Cole with a Standard-yard the length of his Royal-Arm but the Truth is was the Arm of E. I. which was the Adequation of a Yard This whole story is uncertain yet Cole may be accounted Eminent in this kind Jo. Winscombe commonly called Jack of Newbury was indeed the most considerable Clothier England ever beheld He kept 100 Looms in his House each of them managed by a Man and a Boy In the Expedition to Flodden-field against Ja. King of Scotland he marched with 100 of his own Men well Mounted to shew that the Painful in Peace could be Valiant in War He Feasted King Hen. 8 and his first Queen Kath. at his own House yet extant at Newbury the Church of which he built from the Pulpit to the Tower Inclusively He dyed about 1520 some of his Name and Kindred of great Wealth in this County As to the Gentry in this County Will. Fachel or Vachel was right Ancient having an Estate in and about Reading And the Family of the Pusays is so Ancient that they were Lords of Pusay a Village near Faringdon long before the Conquest in the time of King Canutus holding their Lands by the Tenure of Cornage viz. by Winding of a Horn when the Enemies made their Approach which that King gave their Family and which their Posterity still Extant at this day do produce But generally the List of Sheriffs is the most Comprehensive Catalogue of the English Gentry Noted Sheriffs monarch R. I. Will. Briewere of mean Extraction yet he was such a Minion to King Rich. I. that he created him Baron of Odcomb in Somersetshire One Fulk-paynel gave this William the Town of Bridgwater that he might procure for him the King's favour which he had lost Seeing he left no Son partition was made of his Inheritance amongst his Daughters married into the Honourable Families of Breos Wake Mohun La-fert and Percy Phillip Son of Rob. and Alan de Marton joynt Sheriffs in this County Rog. Bishop of Covent Lich. Sher. in this County He was Surnamed de Molend monarch H. 3 aliàs Longespee and was Nephew to King Hen. III. Phil. de la Beach The Seat of this Family was at Aldworth monarch E. 2. where their Statues on their Tombs are yet extant They were most Valiant Men their Male issue was extinct in the next Kings Reign whose Heir General was marryed to the Ancient Family of Whitlock Th. Chaucer sole Son to Geffery Chaucer the Famous Poet monarch H. 4. from whom he inherited fair Lands at Dunning-Castle in this County and at Ewelme in Oxf. He married Maud Daughter and Coheir of Sir Jo. Burwash by whom he had Alice married to Will. de la Pole D. of Suffolk He lyeth buried under a fair Tomb in Ewelme Church with this Inscription Hic jacet Th. Chaucer Armiger quondam Dominus istius villae patronus istius Ecclesiae qui ob 13. Nov. An. Dom. 1434. Matilda uxor ejus quae ob 28. Apr. 1436. Th. Wickham Kinsman and next heir to Will. VVickham that famous Bishop of VVinchester monarch H. 5. who notwithstanding above 6000 pounds bequeath'd in Legacies left to Thomas 600 pound Lands a year As for his Arms viz. Arg. 2 Cheverons S. between 3 Roses G. The most ingenious Sir Isaac VVake conceiveth those Cheverons or Couples in Architecture given him in Relation to the two Colledges he built in Oxford and VVinchester Jo. Gowfere or Golofre monarch H. 6. the first who is Styled Esquire as he was Sheriff This Addition grew afterwards more fashionable for after that Jack Straw one of the Grandfounders of the Levellers was defeated the English Gentry to appear above the Mobile did in all publick Instruments insert their Native or acquired Qualifications Sir Jo. Howard Knight Son to Sir Rob. Howard monarch E. 4. soon after was Created a Baron by Edw. IV. and Duke of Norfolk by King Rich. III. as Kinsman and one of the Heirs of Anne Dutchess of York and Norfolk whose Mother was one of the Daughters of Th. Mowbray Duke of Norfolk Soon after he lost his Life in Bosworth-field in the Quarrel of him who had given him his Honour From him descended the Noble and Numerous Family of the Howards of whom four Earls viz. Arundel Notingham Suffolk and Barkshire and two Barons viz. Mowbray and Estrick sat in the last Parliament of King Ch. I. Verstegan the great Antiquary will have their Name to be Holdward that is Keeper of a Castle or Trust and they have well answered unto their Name Did not Th. Howard Earl of Surrey well Hold his ward by Land when in the Reign of King H. 8. he Conquered the Scots in Floddon-field and took James IV their King Prisoner And did not Charles Howard afterward Earl of Nottingham hold his ward by Sea in 88. when the Armado was defeated Humph. Foster Ar. Afterward Knighted lies Buried in St. Martins in the Fields Lond. with this Inscription Of your Charity pray for the Soul of Sir Humphrey Foster Knight whose body lies buried here in Earth under this Marble Stone who deceased 18 Sept. 1500. On whose Soul Jesu have mercy Amen Robert Harecourt Knight right Ancient is this
the Reign of H. 8. Since the Reformation Rob. Brassy born at Bunbury i. e. Boniface-bury bred D. D. in Kings Coll. in Camb. whereof he was Provost Being Learned and Stout he Publickly protested against the Visitors of the University in the Reign of Queen Ma. as to his own Colledge thereby taking off the Edge of these Persecuting Commissioners When many Doctors of Camb. were resolved to sell their Right in Stâ—rbridge-fair for a Trifle to the Towns-men he dashed their designs which Manly Opposition prevented the Vice-Chancellours holding the Stirrup to the Mayor He dyed An. Dom. 1558. and lies buried on the South-side of the Chapple Geo. Palin born at Wrenbury was bred a Merchant in London free of the Company of Girdlers We may call his Benefactions the Golden-gridle of Charity for with our Saviour he went about doing good To Wrenbury he gave 200 pounds to purchase Lands for the relief of the poor For building an Alms-house in and about London 900 pounds To St. Johns Coll. in Camb. 300 l. To the Hospital of St. Th. in Southwark 50 l. To the Preachers at Pauls-Cross 200 l. Toward a Chime in Bow-Church 100 l. To six Prisons in and about London 60 l. To Brason nose-Coll in Oxf. two Scholarships to each yearly 4 l. To the Coll. of St. Jo. Bap. in Oxf. 2 Scholarships of the same value To Christ-Church-Hospital 300 l. To the Church and Poor of Wrenbury to buy them Gowns 70 l. c. He dyed about the beginning of the Reign of King Ja. Jo. Brereton Knight a Branch of that well spred-tree in this County one of the first Scholars of the Foundation of Sidney-Coll then having studied the Law went into Ireland and was at last made the Kings Serjeant therein Having got a good Estate he gave well nigh 3000 l. to Sidney-Coll after 40 years absence A pure Gift because 't was loaded with no Detrimental Conditions in the acceptance He dyed about the year 1633. Jo. Barnston D. D. born of an Ancient Family a Fellow of Brason-nose Coll. in Oxf. and Chapl. to Chanc. Egerton Being Judge of the Consistory when a Church-Warden was Sued for a Chalice stoln out of his House not the proper place of Custody Well said the Doctor I am sorry the Cup of Vnion should be the cause of difference among you I doubt not but either the Thief will out of Remorse restore it or some other as good will be sent unto you and according by his secret Charity the Doctor provided another He founded an Hebrew Lecture in Brasen-nose-Coll and dyed An. 1642. Memorable Persons Will. Smith an Ancient Surname in this County was made Pursuivant of Arms by the Name of Raugaragon He wrote a Geographical and Historical Description of this County set forth by Mr. Crew Will. Web. M. A. was Clerk of the Mayors Court in Chester and under-Sheriff in this County 13. Jac. He compiled a Descripton of Cheshire and Chestern Randel Crew Esquire second Son to Sir Clisby who was Son to Judge Crew drew an exact Map of Cheshire with his Pen which the Gravers skill could but little improve He went beyond the Seas where he was Assassinated by some French-men and honourably buried with general Lamentation of the English at Paris 1656. Noted Sheriffs An. 56. Hugh de Hatton monarch H. 3. whose Ancestors had Lands at Hatton in this County by the Grant of Will the Conq. From him is Lineally descended the Learned and Religious Sir Christ Hatton Knight of the Bath who set forth Pious Meditations on the Psalms created by King Ch. I. Bar. of Hatton in Kerby in Northamp The Original of the Conquerors Grant is in this Lords Possession and was preserved in the Civil-Wars tho his Library was then Plundred 3. Sr. Hugh Cholmly or Cholmondesly bought his Knighthood in the Field at Leigh in Scotland monarch Q. Ma. He was five times High-Sheriff of this County and sometimes of Flint-sh and for many years one of the two Dep. Lieutenants thereof He was President of the Marches of Wales under the Right honourable Sir Hen. Sidney Knight He was esteemed for 50 years a Father of his Country and dying An. 157 was buried in the Church of Malpass under a Tomb of Alabaster leaving a Son Heir to his Vertues and Estate Jo. Savage direct Anchestor to Sir Th. Savage Knight and Bar. created by King Ch. I. Baron Savage of Rock Savage in this County This Lord. a great Statesman married Eliz. Eldest Daughter and Coheir of Th. Lord Darcy of Chich. Viscount Colchester and E. of Rivers Honours entailed on his Posterity and now enjoyed by the Right Honourable Th. Savage E. of Rivers Battles Rowton-heath 1645. Sep. 24. His Majesty being informed that Col. Jones had seized the Suburbs and strong Church of St. Johns in Chester Marched Northward for the relief thereof Poins a Parliament-General pursued his Majesty At Rowton-heath within three Miles of Chester the Kings Army made a halt whilst his Majesty with some Prime Persons marched into the City Next day a fierce Fight hapned on the Heath betwixt the Kings and Poins's Forces the latter going off with the greater loss 'T was conceived that had the Royalists pursued the Single Enemy before they were recruited they had finally worsted him which Fatal Omission oppertunities omitting of no after-games proved their overthrow For next day Col. Jones drew out his Men into the Field so that the Royalists being charged on the Heath in Front and Rear and having no Foot were defeated before a considerable party of Horse designed for their Relief were sent from Chester who came too soon to engage themselves as they came too late to Succour their Friends Here fell the youngest of the three Noble Brethren who lost their Lives in the King's Service Bernard Steward Earl of Liechfield Chester CHester is a fair City on the North-side of the River Dee so Ancient that the first Founder thereof is forgotten much beholden to the Earls of Chester for Encrease and Ornaments The Walls thereof were lately in good repair especially betwixt the New-Tower and the Water-gate For An. 1569. a Personal Fight hap'ning betwixt the two Sheriffs thereof Rich. Massey and Pet. Lycherband they were fined to mend that part of the Wall The East-gate was committed formerly to the Custody of the Earl of Oxford Bride-gate to the Earl of Shrewsbury Water-gate to the Earl of Darby and North-gate to the Mayor of the City which is built in form of a Quadrant having four Streets that meet in the middle thereof affording a Pleasant Prospect Here under the Rows or Galleries a kind of Building peculiar to this City the Passengers may walk dry in wet Weather without coming into the Streets As for Buildings St. Werburges Church is a fair Structure whereof the Tower begun 1508. is unfinished built long before the Conquest and being ruined was repaired by Hugh Lupus first Earl It was afterwards made by King Hen. 8. one of his five Royal Bishopricks Oxf.
new supply of Souldiers sent to him for Assistants Hubert de Burozo succeeded the former in his Office No less a Couragious Judge having advised K. Hen. 3. to cancell the Great Charter alledging that since it had been granted by that King during his Minority it was of no Force in Law An. 20. Johan de Northwood of a right Ancient Family before the Conquest monarch E. 1. Their chief Residence was Northwood in the Parish of Milto Church One of their Heirs was married into the Family of the Nortons 16. Rich. Waller in the time of H. 5. took Charles monarch H. 4. D. of Orleans Prisoner at the battel of Agin-Court and brought him over to England where he held him in honourable restraint at Grome-Bridge He was a Benefactor to the repair of Spelherst Church The Prince assigned to him and his Heirs an Additional Crest viz. the Arms of France hanging by a Label on an Oak with the Motto Hic fructus Virtutis From this Richard Sir William Waller is lineally descended 23. Will. Crowmer was taken by Jack Cade the Rebel and committed by his Worship to the Fleet in London because as Jack said he was guilty of Extortion in his Office Jack having catch'd him would not leave him so but being attended with other venturous Lads brought him to Mile-End and there reformed the Gentleman by cutting off his Head which they set upon a long Pole on London Bridge John Scot Arm. was Knighted and was much trusted and employed by E. 4. who made him one of his Privy Council and Knight Marshal of Callis and sent him with others Ambassadour to the Dukes of Burgundy and Brittain to bring back the Earls of Pembrook and Richmond He lyeth buried in the Church of Braborne An. 3. Rich. Blakenbury was nearly allied to Sir Rob. Constable of the Tower monarch R. 3. who dipped his fingers so deep in the Blood of King Ed. 5. and his Brother An. 5. William Boleyn Mil. was made Knight of the Bath at the Coronation of R. 3. monarch H. 7. He married a Daughter and Coheir of Th. Butler E. of Ormond by whom he had among others Sir Th. Boleyn E. of Wiltshire 10 Jo. Peach with the Kentish Gentry made Perkin who landed then in Sandwich shrink his Horns back again into the shell of their Ships and brought 150 of Perkin's men up to London He was Knighted for his good service An. 5. Jo. Norton monarch H. 8. Mil. went over a Captain with the 1500 Archers under the Conduct of Sir Ed. Poynings to assist Marg. Dutchess of Savoy against the D. of Guelders where this Sir Jo. was Knighted by Charles Young Prince of Castile and afterwards Emperour He lyeth buried in Milton Church 7. Th. Cheyney Arm. Knighted by H. 8. was a Spritely Gentleman living and dying in great Honour a Favourite and Privy-Councellor to four successive Kings and Queens viz. H. 8. E. 6. Q Mary and Q. Elizabeth 11 Jo. Wiltshire Mil. was Comptroller of Calis An. 21. H. 7. He founded a Chappel in the Parish of Stove An. 3. Moile Finch Mil. married Elizabeth Daughter and Heir to Sir Th. Heneage Vice-Chamb to Q. Elizabeth monarch K. James and Chancellour of the Duchy of Lancaster She in her Widowhood by the Special favour of K. James was honoured Viscountess Maidston and afterwards by the great grace of K. Charles 1. created Countess of Winchelsey both Honours being Entailed on the Issue Male of her Body To which her Grandchild the right Honourable Heneage lately gone Ambassadour to Constantinople doth succeed Canterbury CAnterbury an ancient City during the Saxon Heptarchie was the chief Seat of the Kings of Kent Here Becket had his death here Edward the Black Prince and K. Hen. 4. had their Interment The Metropolitan Dignity first conferred by Gregory the Great on Lond. was for the Honour of Augustine afterwards bestowed on this City It is pleasantly Situated being surrounded with a fertile Soil well Wooded and commodiously Watered by the River Stoure called Durrwhen in Brit. i. e. a swift River tho it needs scouring Of Buildings Christ-Church first dedicated and after 300 years Intermission to Th. Becket restored to the Honour of our Saviour is a Stately Structure being the performance of several successive Arch-Bishops it is much adorned with Glass Windows painted with excellent Colours tho none of the best Figures Yet 't is said a Forraign Ambassadour proffered a vast price to transport the East Window of the Quire beyond the Seas As Pictures are the Books painted Windows were in time of Popery the Library of Laymen V. Somners Antiquities Proverbs 1. Canterbury Tales a Book of Chaucer so called it is applied to all Feigned and Pleasant Stories c. such as the Miracles of Becket some helpfull as when perceiving his old Palace at Otford to want water he struck his staff into the dry ground still called St. Thomas his Well whence Water runneth plentifully to serve that House Others spitefull as when because a Smith dwelling in that Town had clogged his Horse he ordered that no Smith afterwards should thrive in that Parish Prelates Steph. Langton born in England bred in Paris was one of the greatest Scholars of the Christian World in his Age. He was consecrated Cardinal of St. Chrysogone and then by the Pope intruded Arch-Bishop of Canterbury in defiance of King John He wrote Comments on all the Old and some on the New Testament He first divided the Bible into Chapters which Robert Stephens a Frenchman subdivided into Verses Others attribute the Division into Chapters to that able Antiquary Sir Henry Spelman who was the Improver but not the Inventor Langton divided also the Kingdom of England reducing King John to sad extremities He died and was buried at Canterbury 1228. Souldiers William Prude Esq Lieutenant Collonel in the Low Countreys was slain July 12 1632 at the Siege of Mastricht His body was brought into England and buried in the Cathedral of Canterbury part of his Epitaph being Stand Souldiers ere you march by way of Charge Take an Example here that may inlarge Your Minds to noble Action He fear'd not Death midst all Harms He bare as much of Piety as Arms. Now Souldiers on and fear not to intrude The Gates of Death by th' Example of this Prude He married Mary Daughter of Sir Adam Sprackling Knight and had Issue by her four Sons and three Daughters his surviving Son Searles Prude having erected his Monument Writers Osbern of Canterbury an admirable Musician and therefore a great Favourite to Lanfrank the Arch-Bishop He was the English ju-bal as to the curiosity of Musick in our Churches An Art which never any spake against who understood it otherwise Apollo is in a sad case if Midas his Ears must be the Judges He wrote the Life of St. Dunstan in Latine flourished under William the Conqueror An. 1070. Simon Langton Brother to Stephen Arch-Bishop was Arch-Deacon of Canterbury who Carne Sanguine revelante encreased both
before it was acted In the acting of a Tragedy he had formerly written of R. 3. Jo. Palmer afterward Dean of Peterborough who personated K. Rich. therein had his head so possessed with a Prince-like Humor that ever after he did what he then acted in his prâ—digal Expences Dr. Legg bequeathed 600 l. for the building of the East-Part of his College He died An. 1607. Northamptonshire NOrthampton-shire a long narrow Inland County stretched from the N. E. to S. W. bordereth on 9 several Counties viz. on the E. Camb. Hunt on the W. Warwick-shire on the N. Linc. Rutl. and Leic. on the S. Bedford Buckingham and Oxford It is a fruitful and populous County as any in England Here there is very little Wast Ground so that this Shire is an Apple without Core or Rind All the Rivers therein are bred there which argues the elevation of the Ground The Language of the Inhabitants is very proper There is a Heath in this County nigh to Stamford which hath variety of very rare Plants growing upon it The Natural Commodities besides Grass Corn c. are Salt-Peter most whereof is found in Dove-Houses and most Dove-houses in this great Corn-County Then Pigeons in Hebrew Jonah which comes from a Root which signifies to spoil and destroy They are thought to be the Causers of Dearth and are indeed devouring Innocents This Shire needs no Manufactures yet the Town of Northampton may be said to stand chiefly on other Mens Leggs where if not the best the most and cheapest Boots and Stockins are bought in England Upon Trial of the Cloth Manufacture in this County their Cloth ran very course tho their Wool be fine Among Buildings the Cathedral of St. Peter challengeth the precedency of all in England for a Majestick Western Front of Columel-work The Cloysters of this Cathedral were lately pulled down to repair the Body thereof As for civil Structures Holdenby-House built by Sir Christopher Hatton once a stately Structure is now demolished Next Burleigh-House nigh Stamford built by W. Lord Cecil is a House of great State and Magnificence Withorpe built by Th. Cecil E. of Exeter to retire to as he pleasantly said out of the Dust whilst his great House of Burleigh was a sweeping Castle-Ashbey the Noble Mansion of the E. of Northampton was most beautiful before a casual Fire deformed part thereof Besides these there be many others no County in England yielding more Noblemen no Noblemen in England having fairer Habitations The Wonder of this Shire is that within the Demesnes of Baughton the Barony of the Right Honorable Edward Lord Montague there is a Spring which is conceived to turn Wood into Stone As for Medicinal Waters Wellinborough-Well was very famous in the daies of Queen Mary who lay many weeks thereat Proverbs I. The Mayor of Northampton opens Oysters with his Dagger This Town being 80 miles from the Sa Sea-Fish may be presumed stale therein II. He that must eat a buttered Faggot let him go to Northampton Because it is the dearest Town in England for fuel Princes Elizabeth Daughter of Sir Richard Woodvill by the Lady Jaquet his Wife formerly the Relict of Jo. D. of Bedford was born at grafton-Grafton-Honour She was Widow to Sir Jo. Grey who lost his life for the House of Lancaster and petitioned King Edward to take off the sequestration from her Joynture She afterwards became the Royal consort of that King tho it was not long before the Tempest of his lust drove him to another Shore which had a greater share in his Affections This Lady lived to see the Death of her Husband Murder of her 2 Sons and the rest of her Children and tho her Daugh. was afterwards married to H. 7. that King was not over dutiful to her nor over-loving to her Daughter She died An. 14 She finished Queens College in Cambridge where I had my first breeding begun by Queen Marg. Wife to Henry 6 an implacable Enemy to her Husband so that the 2 Houses of York and Lancaster had their first Amity in that Foundation Rich. Plantagenet Crook-back Son to Rich. D. of York was born at Fothinghay Castle Valour and Eloquence met in his Person He compassed the Crown by Cruelty and the Killing of his Nephews the 2 Sons of Edward 4. When King he made good Laws He lost the Crown and his life in the Battle of Bosworth An. 1435. having performed in the Fight all the Offices of a Wise General and Valiant Souldier He knew it was all one for him to die as to survive success Kath. D. to Sir Th. Par and last Wife to Henry 8. was probably born in this County See Westmerland Saints Werburgh D. to Wolpher Prince of Merica was a Nun at Ely whence returning to Wedon formerly her Father's Palace she turn'd that place into a Monastery She had also Juridiction over the Monastery of Trekinghan in Linc. where she was buried the Gates of which place are fabulously reported to have open'd of themselves when the Men of Hamburge which was also within her Jurisdiction came for her Corps to bury it according to the direction given in her Will. 'T was presumed that Werburgh al. Wardburgh would prove a Tutelary Patroness of the Town or place which possessed her body Some have reported that she hath driven awry all Geese from Weden that they shall destroy no Grain thereabout She died An. 675. her body was afterward translated to Chester where H. Lupus built the Monastery of St. Werburghs converted into a Cathedral by Henry 8. Martyrs Jo. Curd a Shoemaker burnt in Northampton An. 1557. whose Blood was not chargeable on the Bishop but his bloody Arch-Deacons account Cardinal Henry Chichley born at Higham-Ferrers is said to have been made Cardinal by the Title of St. Eusebius Prelates Rich. and Adam of Northampton were both Bishops in Ireland the former Consecrated Bishop of Fernose 1282. died 1304. The later Consecrated 1322. died 1346. having first seen his Cathedral burnt by the Rebels W. le Zouch Son to Lord Zouch was born at Haringwort from Dean he became Arch-Bishop of York to whose care Edward 3. going into France committed the care of the North. This Arch-Bishop soon after bid Battle to David King of Scots at Durham on St. Luke's Eve whereon the Scotch King found such a Fast that he had little list to feast the day following being routed and taken Prisoner Hence a Poet of that Age Est Pater invictus sicco de Stipite dictus Zouch in French signifying the dry stump of a stick However his Family flourished as a Green-tree till withered in our memory when Edward the last Lord Zouch died without Issue male in the beg of King Charles This Prelate began a beautiful Chappel on the South-side of his Cathedrial He died and was buried before the Altar of St. Edmond 1352. Rob. Braybrooke was made Bishop of London 1381. and afterward Chancellour of England He died 1404. and was buried in the Chappel of St. Mary Lionell
Rector of Tharfield in Hartford He was an excellent Hebrician He dyed 163. Samuel Ward was born at Haveril where his Father had been a Famous Minister according to his Epitaph Quo si quis scivit scitius Aut si quis docuit doctius At rarus vixit sanctius Et nullus tonuit fortius Grant some of knowledge greater store More Learned some in teaching Yet few in Life did Lighten more None thundered more in Preaching Sam. was bred in Sidn Colledge in Cambridge and became a great Scholar and excellent Preacher Being Minister in Ipswich he gained the Affections of the people by the tender care he had of them yet he had his Foes as well as Friends who complained of him to the High Com. where he met with some molestation He had three Brethren and it was said that these four put together would not make up the abilities of their Father nor were they offended with this Hyperbole One of them lately dead followed the Counsel of the Poet Ridentem dicere verum Quis vetat having in a jesting way delivered much smart truth of the times Sam. dyed 163. Jo. Boise born at Elmeseth bred in Cambridge was of the Quorum in Translating the Bible and whilst Chysostome lives Mr. Boise shall not dye such his learned pains on him in the Edition of Sir H. Savil. He dyed about the beginning of the Civil Wars Romish Exile Writers Robert Southwell wrote many Books and was reputed a dangerous Enemy to the State for which he was Imprisoned and Executed March 3. 1595. Benefactors to the Publick Elizabeth third Daughter of Gilb. Earl of Clare and Wife to Jo. Burgh Earl of Vlster in Ireland had her greatest Honour from Clare in this County She Founded Clare-Hall in Cambridge an 1343. Sir Simon Eyre born at Brandon first an Vpholster then a Draper in London whereof he was Lord Mayor 1445 on his own cost built Leaden-Hall for a common Garner of Corn to the City He left 5000 Marks to charitable uses He dyed Sept. 18. an 1459. and is buried in the Church of St. Mary Woolnoth in Lumbard-Street London Th. Spring the rich Clothier was born I believe at Laveham He built the Carved Chappel of Wainscot on the North side of the Chancel as also the Chappel at the South side of the Church He dyed 1510 and lyeth buried in his own Chappel Since the Reformation W. Coppinger was born at Bucks-hall in this County where his Family flourisheth in good esteem He was bred a Fishmonger in London whereof he became Lord Mayor 1512. He gave the half of his great Estate to pious uses I am sorry to see this Gentleman's ancient Arms substracted in point of honour by the addition of a superfluous Bordure Sir W. Cordal Knight had a fair Estate in Long-Melford and was well descended He became a Barrister Speaker of the Parliament and Privy Counsellour and Master of the Rolls to Queen Mary He founded a fair Almshouse at Melford and left a large allowance to the poor for Diet and Cloaths He continued Master of the Rolls till the day of his death 23 Eliz. Sir Robert Hicham Knight and Serjeant at Law born at or near Nacton purchased the Mannor of Framlingham from the Earl of Suffolk and entered into the same after great and many intervening Obstacles He left a great part of his Estate to pious uses and principally to Pembrook-Hall in Cambridge He dyed a little before the beginning of the Civil Wars Memorable Persons Jo. Cavendish Esq born at Cavendish was servant to Richard 2. when Wat Tyler played Rex in London whom he in assistance of Sir W. Walworth Lord Mayor of London dispatched by giving two or three mortal wounds The beginning of the bustle was that Wat took it mightily in dudgeon that Sir Jo. Newton did not make a mannerly approach to him upon which the said Lord arrested Wat and wounded him with his Dagger Hence the Arms of London were augmented with a Dagger King Richards discretion appeared very much in appeasing the tumult which happened 1381. Sir Th. Cook Knight and Sir W. Capel Knight born the first at Lavenham the later at Stoke-Neyland were bred Drapers in London and were Lord Mayors of the City Sir Will. is reported after a large entertainment for King Henry 7. to have burnt many Bonds in which the King stood obliged to him and at another time to have drank a dissolved Pearl which cost him many hundreds in an Health to the King Sir Th. was in danger of his Life for lending Money in the Reign of K. Edw. 4 Both dyed in Age Honour and Riches these transmitted to their Posterity The Cooks flourishing at Giddy-hall and the Capels at Hadham in Hartford Note Elizabeth Daughter of Sir Will. Capel was Married to Sir W. Pawlet Marquess of VVinchester and Mildred descended from Sir Th. Cook to VV. Cecil Lord Burleigh both their Husbands being Lord Treasurers of England Sir Tho. lyeth buried in the Church of Augustine Friars in London Sir VV. Capel in St. Bartholomews behind the Exchange Noted Sheriffs Q. Eliz. An. 18. Jo. Higham Arm. the ancient Sirname of the Lords Montaign in France was descended from Sir Clem. a Potent Knight 20. Robert Jermin a pious Man and a great Benefactor to Emanuel Colledge and a potent man was Father to Sir Th. Privy Councellor and Lord Chamberlain to King Charles I. Grandfather to Tho. and Hen. Esq the younger of these being Lord Chamberlain to our present Queen Mary and sharing in her Majesties sufferings was by King Charles II. made Baron and Earl of St. Albans 23. Nich. Bacon Mil. was the first Baronet in England 36. Tho. Crofts Arm. was Grandfather to Crofts who was created Baron Crofts by K. Cha. II. Sir Simond Dewes was Grandfather to Adrian descended from the Lords of Kessel in Gelderland who came thence in the time of their Civil Wars in the Reign of Henry 8. He was bred in Cambridge and became a great Antiquary He observed that the Ordinances of the late long Parliament did in Bulk and Number exceed all the Statutes made since the Conquest He dyed about 1653. SURREY SVrrey hath Middlesex on the North Kent on the East Sussex on the South Hant and Bark-shire on the West It is very near a Square of 22 Miles the Skirts whereof are fruitful and the inward parts barren though generally the Air be clear and the ways clean Here is the most and best Fullers Earth digged up near Rygate It is worth four pence a Bushel at the Pit and the Transportation thereof is prohibited The County likewise affords good Trouts and VVall-nuts and the best Box growing about Darking In this Shire there is the best Gardening for Profit King James about the end of his Reign gave 2000 pounds to Sir Francis Crane to build a House at Morelack for setting up a Manufacture of Tapestry and one Francis Klein a German was the designer thereof and united the Italian and Dutch perfections
Lords of the Privy Council at Dublin of whom Bishop Coren a Principal produced a Card for his Commission and was imprisoned for the affront After his enlargement he was very willing to make a reparation by getting the Commission renewed in England but was prevented by the Queens death Bishop Coren conformed with the first to the Reformation of Queen Elizabeth being ever sound in his heart He was for some time Chief Justice and Chancellour of Ireland till he quitted all his Dignities in Exchange for the Bishoprick of Oxford which being attended with more quiet was more welcome to him in his old Age. He dyed 1567. Barnaby Potter was born within the Barony of Kendal 1578. and bred in Queens Colledge in Oxford whereof he became Provost He was Chaplain in Ordinary to Prince Charles being accounted at Court the Penitential Preacher and by King Charles I. was preferred Bishop of Carlile He was commonly called the Puritanical Bishop and they said of him in the time of King James that Organs would blow him out of the Church which I do not believe the rather because he loved Vocal Musick and could bear his own part therein He was a constant Preacher and performer of Family duties of a weak Constitution Melancholly lean and a hard Student He dyed in Honour being the last Bishop that dyed a Member of Parliament 1642. Statesmen Sir Edward Bellingham Knight of an Ancient and Warlike Family was Servant of the Privy Chamber to King Edward 6. who sent him over Deputy of Ireland He first extended the English pale proceeding against the Irishry in a Martial course by breaking the Moors and Connors two Rebellious Sexts He built the Forts of Leix and Offaly to secure his new Acquisition and had setled the English Plantations therein had he not been suddenly revoked before two years were expired His Souldiers never knew whither they went till they were come whither they should go Thus he surprized the rude Earl of Desmond brought him to Dublin reformed him in Civility sometimes making him to kneel an hour together before he knew his Duty till he became a new man in his behaviour This Earl all his Life after highly honoured him and at every Meal would pray to God for good Sir Edward Bellingham When the Deputy returned into England he cleared himself of many faults laid to his charge recovering the King's favour and had been sent over Deputy again save that he excused himself by indisposition of Body and dyed not long after Writers Richard Kendal an excellent Grammarian and Schoolmaster extracted a Quintessence from a vast number of Latine Grammars and boasted like a conceited Pedant that Latine only to be elegant which was made according to his Rules He flourished under Henry 6. Since the Reformation Bernard Son of Edward Gilpin Esquire was born at Kentmire 1517. and bred in Queens Colledge in Oxford He disputed against Mr. Hooper who was afterwards Martyred when indeed he did follow his Argument with his Affections He afterwards became a zealous Protestant He was Rector of Houghton in the North and boarded in his house 24 Scholars the greater number poor mens Sons upon whom he bestowed Meat Drink Cloth and Education He kept a Table for his Parishioners every Sunday from Michaelmas to Easter He commended a Marryed life in Clergy-men himself living and dying a Batchelour He bestowed 500 pounds in the building and endowing of his School He was accounted a Saint in the Judgments of his very Enemies if he had any such Being full of Faith and good works he was put in his Grave as a heap of Wheat in due time swept into the Garner dying March 4. 1583. Aet 66. Richard Mulcaster of ancient Extraction was born in this County or Cumberland and bred in Kings Colledge in Cambridge afterwards in Oxford He was chosen the first Master of Merchant Taylors School in London where his Scholars profited so well that the Merchant Taylors intended to fix him as his Desk to their School till death should remove him This he perceived and therefore gave for his Motto Fidelis servus perpetuus Asinus but after 25 years he was made Master of Pauls School Such his Discipline that the Indulgence of Parents rather encreased then mitigated his severity on their offending Children He was Plagosus Orbilius and which quallified the matter unpartial Amongst the many excellent Scholars which he bred Bishop Andrews was most remarkable At last quitting the place he became Parson of Stanford Rivers and dyed about the middle of the Reign of Queen Elizabeth Christopher Potter D. D. Kinsman to Bishop Potter was bred in and Provost of Queens Colledge in Oxford He was Chaplain in Ordinary to King Charles I. and Dean of Worcester one of a sweet nature comely Presence courteous Carriage devout Life and deep Learning He wrote an excellent Book Entituled Charity mistaken answered by a Jesuit against whom Mr. Chillingworth took up the Cudgels He dyed in the beginning of the Civil War Benefactors to the Publick Robert Langton and Miles Spencer Doctors of Law joyntly built a fair School at Appleby Robert was bred in and a Benefactor to Queens Colledge in Oxford owing the Glasing of many Windows therein to his Beneficence on which Windows he caused his Sirname to be made in this manner viz. Long or Lang ton Anne Clyfford sole Daughter and Heir to George Earl of Northumberland Wife to Richard Earl of Dorset then to Philip Earl of Pembrock and Montgomery had her greatest Estate in the North She built and endowed a most beautiful Hospital at Appleby in this County and is still living Memorable Persons Richard Gilpin who was enfeoffed in the Lordship of Kent-mire-hall by the Baron of Kendal for his singular deserts killed the wild Bore that raging in the Mountains adjoyning much endammaged the Country people whence it is that the Gilpins give the Bore in their Arms. Note that in the Reign of King Edward 1. the Hereditary Sherivalty of this County was conferred on the Lord Clifford who married Sibel eldest Daughter to Robert de Vipont Henry Lord Clifford was by Henry 8. an 1525. Created Earl of Cumberland and when Henry the 5th Earl of that Family dyed lately without issue male the Honour of the Hereditary Sherivalty reverted unto Anne the third Daughter of George Clifford the third Earl of Cumberland the Relict of Richard Earl of Dorset and since of Philip Earl of Pembrook and Montgomery by whom she had two Daughters the elder Married to the Earl of Thanet and the younger Married to James Earl of Northampton WILT-SHIRE WIlt-shire hath Glocester-shire on the North Bark-shire and Hamp-shire on the East Dorset-shire on the South and Somerset-shire on the West From North to South it extendeth 39 Miles being in bredth 29. and in circumference 139-miles A pleasant County and of great variety It is plentiful in all English Commodities especially in Wool the Manufacture of Clothing being vigorously pursued and very good Whites made