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-Abbey-Land King Henry 8. first Knighted him then Created him Vise 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 Uttoxater 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 Entituled a View of Stafford-shire an 1593. which hath directed me in matters of difficulty relating to this 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 Utceter 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 to Q. Eliz. When the Queen was out of humour he could undumpish her at his pleasure He prepared in some cases for the highest Favourits an advantagious access to her Majesty In a word he told the Queen more of her Faults then most of her Chaplains and cured her Melancholly better than all her Physicians Much of his Merriment say in his Looks and Actions according to his Epitaph Hic situs est cujus poterat vox actio vultus Ex Heraclito reddere democritum His Jests never were prophane scurrilous nor satyrical as in which plurimum Salis nihil veneni He dyed about the end of Q. Eliz. James Sands of Horborn lived 140 and his Wife 120 years He outlived 5 Leases of 21 years which were made to him after his Marriage Walt. Parsons first an Apprentice to a Smith grew so tall that a hole was made for him in the Ground to stand therein to make him adequate with his Fellow-Workmen He afterwards was Porter to K. James a proper place seeing he might serve both for Tower and Spy to give notice upon occasion of the approach of the Kings Enemies He would make
and was buried at Winehester An. 901. He loved Religion more then Superstition favoured Learned Meâ—… 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-mongeâ—… in Lond. at his Death bequeathed five pounds a yeaâ—â— to two Scholars in Oxford as much to two in Caâ—â— and five Pounds a year to the poor of the Town of is Nativity besides sixty Pounds to the Prisons â—…f 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 â—â— a prodigious bigness If Benefators were digested as David's Worâ—…hies Mr. Kendrick would be if not â—…he 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 Legaâ—…ies concluded with the Poor on whom he bestowâ—…d above 20000 Pounds Reading and Newbury sharâ—…ng 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 Beâ—…esice not very great may appear a Bishoprick by his Bounty to Pembroke-Coll in Oxf. to which he gave 100 Pounds a year for 〈◊〉 Fellows and 4 Scholars When he dyed is unknown Memorable Persons Tho. Cole commonly called the Rich Clothier of Readâ—…ng He is reported a Man of vast Wealth mainâ—…aining 140 Menial Servants besides 300 poor People whom he set on Work insomuch that his Wains with Cloth filled the High-way from Readâ—…ng to Lond. to the stopping of King H. I. in his Progress which King gratified Cole with a Standardard the length of his Royal-Arm but the Truth â—…s 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 welâ—… 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 sâ—… 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 who the Enemies made their Approach which that King gave their Family and which their Posterity stiâ—â— Extant at this day do produce But generally thâ—â— List of Sheriffs is the most Comprehensive Cataloguâ—… of the English Gentry Noted Sheriffs Will. Briewere of mean Extraction yeâ—… he was such a Minion to King Rich. â—â— that he created him Baron of Odcomb in Somersetshire One Fulk-paynel gave this William the Town of Bridgâ—… water 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 â—…arried into the Honourable Families of Breos Wake Mohun La-fert and Percy Phillip Son of Rob. and Alan de Marton joynt Sheâ—…iffs in this County Rog. Bishop of Covent Lich. Sher. in this County He was Surnamed de Molend â—…lià s Longespee and was Nephew to King Hen. III. Phil. de la Beach The Seat of this Family was at Aldworth 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 â—…he Famous Poet 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 â—…a Pole D. of Suffolk He lyeth buried under a fair Tomb in Ewelme Church with this Inscription Hic â—…acet 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 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 Rosâ—…es 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 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 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 Bosworthfield 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 iâ—… the Reign of King H. 8. he Conquered the Scots iâ—… 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. wheâ—… 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 Anâ—…ient is this
find it more profitable to Match within their County than to bring a Bride out of other Shires being more easily acquainted 〈◊〉 put to less Charge at home Cardinals Will. Makilsfield probably born in this County tho reputed a Conventrian because then Cheshire was in the Diocess of Coventry and Liech See his Character in Warwickshire Prelates Will. Booth first bred in Greys-Inn in London in the Study of Com. Law till upon proffer of a Chancellours place in St. Pauls he took orders Afterwards consecrated Bishop of Liechfield and six years after Translated to York and after twelve years dyed and was buried in St. Maries Chappel in Southwell 1464. Lawr. Booth half Brother to Will was bred and became Master of Pemb. Hall in Camb. and was Chancellour of that University He made the Composition between the University and the K. Coll. and was an Eminent Benefactor to his own bestowing thereon all the Tenements since Alienated betwixt it and St. Botolphs Church amongst which was St. Thomas Hostle He Exonerated the Colledge of â—… Pension of five Pounds which he redeemed and conferred thereon the mannor and Patronage of Overâ—…on Waterfield in Hunt He was preferred Chancelâ—…or to Marg. Queen to H. 6. and An. 13 E. 4. made Lord High Chancellor it seems his Publick Spirit was neither for York nor Lanc. but England having first been Bishop of Durham afterwards Arch-bishop of York and built in the first the Gate of Aukland-Colledge and bought for the latter the Mannor Baâ—…erfed nigh London He kept the Master-ship of Pemb. Hall till the day of his Death that place being Ambitious of his Patronage Jo. Booth Brother to Lawr. aforesaid Batchelor of Laws was consecrated Bishop of Exeter An. 6. E. 4. 1466. He built the Bishops Chair or Seat in â—…his Cathedral which hath not its equal in England but the softest Cushion belonging to it was taken away when Bishop Vescy Alienated the Lands thereof When the Bishop had finished this Chair he could not quietly sit down therein such were the troubles arising from the Wars between York and Lanc. Therefore retiring to his Private Habitation at Horsley in Hampshire he dyed 1478. and was buried in St. Clem. Danes in London These three Brothers had an eldest Brother Sir Roger Booth Knight of Barton in Lanc. Father of Margaret Wife of Ralph Nevil third Earl of Westâ—…erland Th. Savage born at Maklefield His Father a Knight bred a Doctor of Law in Camb. Hence aâ—… was preferred Bishop of Rochester and at last Arch-bishop of York A greater Courtier than Clerk deâ—…trous in managing secular Affairs a mighty 〈◊〉 man He was the first who was privately installâ—…d by his Vicar He maintained a Numerous Family and built much at Scroby and Cawood He dyed 〈◊〉 his Body being buried at York his heart at Maklefield in a Chappel of his own Erection Since the Reformation Will. Chaderton D. D. of worthy Extraction iâ—… this County bred a Fellow and Mr. of Queens Coll. iâ—… Camb. and chosen first the Lady Margarets then the Kings professor in Divinity to whom Doctor Whitaker succeeded Made Bishop of Chester An. 1579. then of Lincoln 1594. He dyed 1608. His Virtuous Grand-Daughter married to Mr. Jocelin Esquire writ The Mothers Legacy to her unborn Infant and dyed in Travel Will. James D. D. born in this County and bred in Christs-Church in Oxf. was President of the University Colledge and Dean and Bishop of Durham He had been Chaplain to Rob. Dudley Earl of Leicester and Ministred Comfort to him near the hour of Death He was a Principal means of recovering Durham-house to his See which House was granted by E. 6. to the Lady afterwards Queen Eliz. for Term of Life and lay neglected till Bishop Jaâ—…er regained it and repaired the Chappel to his great cost He once entertained Queen Eliz. very much to her Satisfaction Otherwise it was with a following Bishop of that See being reproved by King Ja. for some neglect of his Officers he Survived that reproof not a full Twelve-month Jo. Richardson born in this County of a most Worshipful and Ancient Family bred in the University of Dublin where he was Graduated Doctor in Divinity and afterwards was made Bishop of Ardagh in Ireland in the late Rebellion he came over into England A Grave Man and good Divine verifying the Rule Bonus Texturius bonus Theologus for he carried a Concordance in his Memory The Larger Annotations especially on Ezekiel an Elaborate Work Challenge him in a great measure for the Author Our Bishop who had been relieved had his bounty to bestow on others and by his Will bequeathed a considerable Legacy to the Colledge of Dublin He dyed An. 1658. Aet 74. Statesmen Sir Thomas Egerton Knight extracted from an Ancient Family in this County so Eminent a Lawyer that Queen Eliz. made him her Solicitor then Master of the Rolls then Keeper of the Great Seal An. 38 of of her Reign A man of great Wisdom and Gravity quick Wit solid Judgment ready Utterance and great integrity An. 1. Jac. he was made Lord Chancellor the same in effect with Lord Keeper and of Lord Elismer he was created Viscount Brackley 1616. Great was the Contention for many years together betwixt this Lord of Equity and Sir Edw. Coke the Oracle of Justice at Westminster-Hall His civil Death by Resignation hap'ned a few days before his Natural Death after which his Body was buried in Duddleston in this County He left a fair Estate to his Son who was afterwards Created Earl of Bridgewater When he observed King James to be profuse to the Scots he advised him to preserve his crown-Crown-lands seeing he or his Successors might meet with Parliaments which would not supply his occasions but on such Conditions as would not be very acceptable It was aâ— ordinary Speech with him Frost and Fraud end in Foâ— He dyed 1616. Capital Judges Sir Humph Starkey probably born in this County so skilled in the Law that he was preferred Bar. of the Exchequer about â—â— Hne 7. Whereas that Age was justly complaining of the Extortions of the Kings Officers as Empsâ—â— and Dudley c. nothing of that nature is laid in his charge He dyed An. ult H. 7. was buried in Leonard Shore-ditch Where his Epitaph begins Orate Sir Hen. Bradshaw Knight so noted a Lawyer that An. 6. E. 6. he was Ch. Bar. of the Exchequer demeaning himself therein to his great Commendation I have cause to conceive that this Judge was outed of his place 1. Ma. finding no more mention of him Sir Randel Crew so great a Lawyer that 22 Ja was made Lord Chief Justice of the Kings Bench. and therein served two Kings tho scarce two years 〈◊〉 his Office with great Integrity He declared his Judgment against the project of the LOAN and thereupon he was by Writ discharged from his place after which he lived long at Westm much praised for his Hospitality The Gown being put off he had a warm Suit remaining
Recorder of Leâ—…d He is Eminent for the Speech he made in Parl. An. 10. Jac. when account was taken of 40 Gentlemen in the House of Commons which were not 20 and some of them not 16 years of Age. Formely said the Recorder Martyn it was the Custom of Old Men to make Law â—…o young ones but now Nature is invaded and inverted seeing young Men Enact Laws to govern their Fathers He dyed 1616. Whose Kinsman Will. Martyn bred a Student in the Laws were a Treatise Of the Kings of England since the Conqueâ—â— By a Passage in which reflecting on the Royal 〈◊〉 or the Scotch Nation he irrecoverably lost King â—â— his Favour He dyed 1616. Will. Tucker D. D. Dean of Lichfield wrote a Book de Charismate Of the Kings of England their Gracious healing of the Evil dedicating the same to Queen Eliz. in which he vindicated such Cures from Imposture and the Usurpation of the French c. His Congee d'elire was signed to Elect him Bishop of Glocester but it was revoked by King James so that the Doctor may be said to have worn half a 〈◊〉 Jo. Berkham set forth Doctor Crackenthorp his â—â—stâ—â—ume Works and was helpful to Jo. Speed in Composing his English History yea he wrote the whole Life and Reign of King John which of all iâ—… that Book is the most profoundly Pen'd Mr. Gâ—â—lim in his Heraldry was much beholden to the Doctor 's Emendations He was a greater Lover of Coyns than Money That excellent Collection in Oxf. Library was his Gift to the Arch-bishop before the Arch-bishop gave it to the University He dyed 1641. Benefactors Joan Tuckvile Widow procured the Possession and Consecration of a Parcil of Ground for the interment of such as were Executed at Heavy-tree allowing Land to buy a Shroud for every one of them She dyed about the beginning of the Reign of Queen Eliz. Dorsetshire DOrsetshire hath Devonshire on the West Som. and Wiltshire on the North Hampshire on the East and the Narrow-Sea on the South in length 40 and in the broadest part 26 Miles It aboundeth with all the necessaries for Man's Life has plenty of Sheep Timber Freestone nor wanteth it Veins of Marble in the Isles of Purbeck There is also Salt made in this County and it can cloth it self with its own Wool of which Broad-Cloth is here made And to all this an excellent Air and the Conveniency of Navigation The Natural Commodities are Tenches abounding in the River Stowre Tobacco-Pipe-Clay carried to Lond. from Poole and the Isle of Wight and at Lond. it is worth 30 Shillings the Tun. Hemp betwixt Bemister and Byrd-port Wild-Madder at Hod-Hill c. For Buildings Lulworth-Castle and Sherburn-Lodge are most Eminent Indeed the Rhyme holds true Generally of English Structures The North for Greatness the East for Health The South for Neatness the West for Wealth Proverbs I. As much a Kin as Lenson-hill to Pilsen-peâ—… Spoken of those who are Neigbours and no Relations The first of these two Hills is wholly the other partly in the Parish of Broad-Windsor when of once I was Minister yet Sea-men make a Relation betwixt them calling the one the Cow and the other the Calf as being Eminent Sea-marks II. Stab'd with a Byrdport Dagger That is Hang'd the best Hemp growing about Byrdport III. Dorsetshire Dorsers i. e. Panniers Saints Edward Son to Edgar King of England was in his Infancy whipt by Elfrida his Mother-in-law with Wâ—…r Candles so that afterwards he could never endure the sight of any such Candles When he was King Elfrida managed for the most part all the Affairs of State and afterwards caused this Edward to be Stab'd at Corfe-Castle whither he had come to visit her An. 978. Intending by that Murder to make way for her Son Ethelred to the Kingdom He was buried at Shaftsbury which formerly was called St. Edwards Cardinals Jo. Morton born at St. Andrews Milborne of a Worshipful Family still Extent was made Bishop of â—…y 1578. He proposed the Marriage of Eliz Eldest â—…aughter to E. 4. of the House of York to Hen. Earl Richmond H. 7. of the House of Lanc. which â—…liance this Earl did account his surest Title to the â—…rown The Bishop was made by that King Chanâ—â—llour of England and afterwards Arch-bishop of â—…ant He was a great Instrument in advancing a Voâ—â—ntary Contribution to the King through the Lands â—…ersuading Prodigals to part with their Money beâ—â—use they did spend it most and the Covetous beâ—â—use they might spare it best This Bishop with â—…ast cost cut a new Channel in the Fennes He enâ—…oyned his Executors to maintain 20 poor Scholars in â—…xf and 10 in Camb. 20 years after his Death which â—…ap'ned 1500. Prelates Jo. Stafford Son to Humph. 6th Earl of Staff was born at Hooke made Bishop of Wells and was 18 years Chancellour of England and at last Arch-biâ—…hop of Cant. He dyed at Maidstone 1452. Rob. Morton Brother to Card. Morton was made by his Means Bishop of Worcester 1486. He dyed 1497. and lyeth buried in St. Pauls in Lond. Ja. Turbevil of a Worshipful Family in this County was made Bishop of Exeter 1556. at which time it was said he was a Baron but a Bare one so miserably had that Cathedral been Polled Yet â—…he obtained amongst other Lands the Restitution of the fair Mannor of Crediton or Kiron from Queen Mary which was again alienated in the Reigâ—… of Queen Eliz. This Bishop staved off Persecutiâ—â— from those of his Jurisdiction He was deprived iâ—… the beginning of Queen Eliz. Since the Reformation Th. Winniffe born at Sherborne D. D. Chapl. â—â— Prince Henry for a passage in his Sermon about â—â—domer was committed close Prisoner to the Toâ—â— and during his imprisonment a Great Lord begg'd â—â— Church-preforment No said King Ja. I 〈◊〉 not thus to part with the Man At which the Lord â—â— he intended only to try the Kings Resolution â—â— that he knew the Doctor to be a Man of great â—â—rit He was chosen Bishop of Lincoln 1642. He dyed An. 1654. and was buried at Lamburn in â—â— the Conclusion of his Epitaph being Anima hee raâ—â—â—ta in coelos non Laudationem quaerit sed Imitationem â—â— the same place had his Father been buried Souldiers Th. Basket Esquire of Divelish much confided iâ—… for his Wisdom and Valour by King Hen. 8. He wâ—â— commonly called Little Mr. Basket the Great Souldier He dyed about 1530. Jo. Russel born at Kingston-Russel bred beyond the Sea was a Man of great Accomplishment and was recommended by Phil. King of Castile Father to Ch. 5. Emp. to Hen. 7. as a Person of Great Abilities he could see more with his one Eye than many others could do with two King Hen. â—… made him Comptroller of the Houshold and Privy Councellor and An. 1538. erected him Lord Russel and made Keeper of the Privy Seal A good sharâ—… of the Golden Showre of Abbey-Lands fell into his â—â—ap King E. 6. who
been formerly neglected The Buildings in this County are either Castles or Castle-like ableto resist a tumultuary incursion Proverbs I. To carry Coals to Newcastle That is to busy ones self in a needless employment II. From Berwick to Dover 300 miles over That is from one end of the Land to the other III To take Hectors Cloak That is to deceive aâ—â—iend who confideth in his faithfulness 'T is said that one Hector Armstrong of Harlaw betrayed his friend Th. Piercy Barl of Northumberland for mony and afterwards fell into so great poverty and contempt that he durst not go abroad IV. We will not lose a Scot. That is We will lose nothing how inconsiderable soevor The Proverb began during the Enmity betwixt the 2 Kingdoms V. A Scotish Mist may wet an Englishman to the skin That is small mischiefs in the beginning if not seasonably prevented may prove very dangerous VI. A Scotish-man and a Newcastle grindstone travil all the World over Occasioned by the curiosity of the one and the goodness of the other VII If they come they come not and if they come not they come That is if the Borderers came the Cattle of the Vicinage came not home from their Pasture but were by them intercepted c. The 4 following Proverbs are Scotish VIII Lang or ye cut Faulkland-Wood with a penknife It is spoken of such means which are insufficient for the effecting of any end or design IX He is an Aberdeen 's man taking his word again Aberdeen is a Town in the County of Mar in Scotland X. He was born in August This is said to be meant as a Periphrasis of a aliquorish person A Yule Feast may be quaâ—… at pasche That is Christmass-cheer may be digested and the Party hungry again at Easter Saints St. Ebba Daughter to Edilfrid King of Northum was Prioress of Coldingham in Scotland She with others out off their Noses that their Beauty might be no hait to the lustfull Danes She flourished 630. Prelates since the Reformation Geo. Carleton born at Norham bred in Oxford was one of the 4 Divines sent by King James to the Synod of Dort He was Bishop of Landaff afterwards of Chichester A man of good affections solid Judgment and clear Invention He wrote amongst others 2 Treatises called A Thankfull Remembrance of Gods mercy and a Confutation of Judicial Astrology When Young he was grave in his manners so when old he was youthful in his parts even to his death which hapned An. 1. Ch. Valentine Cary born at Barwick extracted from the Cary's Barons of Hunsdon was bred in Cambridg where he was Vice-Chancellor An. 1612. He was preferred Dean of St Pauls and at last Bishop of Exeter A compleat Gentleman and excellent scholar Tho some Contest hapned betwixt him and the City of Exeter yet he was bountiful above expectation in relieving the poor thereof when it was visited with the Sickness He died 1626. and lyes buried in St Pauls London Rich. Holeworth D. D. born at Newcastle bred in Cambridg Rector of St Peter in the Poor in London Arch-deacon of Huntington at last Mr. of Emanuel Colledg incurred the Censures of Factious Innovators in London at the beginning of the Civil wars Most candid his disposition being wont to check himself when in Passion He was imprisoned for a Sermon he preached in Cambridg After he had procured his Liberty he waited on his Majesty in the Isle of Wight He was Proffered the Bishoprick of Bristol but refused it Some shoot by the aim of their own fancies who report him to have said He would not wear a Bristol-stone Tho he was a zealous assertor of Episcopacy he esteemed the acceptance of that Bishopprick unsafe and unseasonable He afterwards took the Deanry of Worcester The Treatise called the Valley of Vision is in all probability none of his Dying about 1650 he was buried in St. Pet. Broadstreet Souldiers This County breedeth most hardy Men. The Borderers have been embroyled in several Battles against the Scotch Witness the Battel of Chevy chase An. 29 Henry 8. about which time Henry Earl of Northumberland died peaceably at Hackney near London tho reported to be slain in that battle Physicians W. Turner born at Morpeth bred in Cambridge was a general Scholar and very zealous in the Protestant Religion writing much in the defence thereof and much molested for the same by Bishop Gardner and others After long imprisonment he escaped and fled beyond the Seas At Ferrara in Italy he commenced Dr. in Physick He wrote a great Herbal and a Book of Physick for the English Gentry besides several other Treatises He died in Germany as I conjecture in the Reign of Queen Mary Whose Contemporary and fellow Confessor Th. Gibson born at Morpeth wrote a Book of Herbs as also a Treatise entitled The Treasons of the Prelates since the Conquest He was alive in the last of Queen Mary Writers Ralph Frechbourne bred a Souldier Scholar Traveller became at last a Frier He attended Rich. Earl of Cornwall and King of the Romans into the Holy land whence he brought the Carâ—â—lites into England and built for them a House â—â— Holme in Northumberland He wrote Books of pious Exhortations and Epistles and after he had been 14 years Provincial of his Order died and was buried at Holme 1274. Johannes Scotus born at Dunston a Franciscan Frier got the Title of Doctor Subtilis He maintained against the Thomists that the Blessed Virgiâ—… was conceived with sin He died of a fit of an Apoplexy at Colen Benefactors to the Publick Stephen Brown Grocer was born at Newcastle afterwards Knighted and made Lord Mayor of London 1438. In which year happened a Great Famin caused much by unseasonableness of weather but more by some Huckstring husbandmen who properly may be termed Knaves in Grain Sir Stephen sent some ships to Dantz whose seasonable return with Rye suddainly sunk grain to reasonable rates whereby many a languishing life was preserved He was one of the first Merchants who in want of Corn shewed the Londoners the way to the Barn-dore I mean into Spruseland Rob. Woodlark Provost of King's Colledge in Cambridge in the Raign of Edward 4. bought 3 Tenements in Milne street and erected them a small Colledge by the Name of St. Katharine's Hall Memorable Persons Machell Vivan a Scoth-man born near Abberdeen beneficed in this County within 3 miles of Alnwick An Old Man of 110 years of Age was famous for a new growth of his hair breeding of three teeth in the space of 2 years and reading of small Print without spectacles whereas 40 years before that time he had used them for the biggest Print He had 5 Children after he was 80 years of Age. Note The Countess of Desmond alive 1589 is said to have recovered her teeth after she had cast them 3 severall times and to have lived 140 years Anderson Merchant in Newcastle lost a Ring in the River which being afterwards found in the Belly of a
Robert were commanded to the contrary under the pain of the Popes Curse Tutbury was annexed to the Dutchy of Lancaster and some small matter was restored to John Dudley Castle high and pleasantly seated and in the Reign of King Edw. 6. well built was adorned by John Dudley Duke of Northumberland who claiming the Title thereof had thrust out John Sutton Lord Dudley a weak man and entangled with Debts who therefore got the Name of Lord Quondam But after the Execution of that Duke Queen Mary restored Edward the Son of the aforesaid poor Lord. Proverbs I. In April Doves Flood is worth a Kings good Dove is a River parting this and Derby-shire much batling the Meadows thereof II. Wotton under Weaver where God came never Though it is probable that Wotton is a dismal place covered with Hills from the light of the Sun yet this Proverb set off with such a dark ground does the more plainly discover its own profane Complexion Saints There was a Grand Massacre committed by the Pagans under Dioclesian on the Christians in Britain and elsewhere particularly in the place where Lichfield now standeth whose names and numbers are utterly unknown St. Bertelin a Brittan of Noble Birth lived an Eremite in the Woods near Stafford anciently called Bithiney Wolfadus and Ruffinus loving in their Lives in their Death they were not divided They were Murdered by their Bloody Father the Pagan King of Mercia There is the Chappel of Burnweston built in a Woody place whither Ruffinus had fled for a while from his Fathers fury Cardinals Reginald Pole born at Stoverton-Castle 1500 was second Son to Sir Richard Knight of the Garter and nearly related to King Henry 7. His Mother Margaret Countess of Salisbury was Neice to King Edw. 4. and Daughter to George Duke of Clarence He was bred in Corpus-Christi Colledge in Oxford preferred afterwards Dean of Exeter King Henry 8. allowing him a Pension sent him beyond the Seas He studied at Padua conversed much with the Patricians of Venice and in fine became a perfect Italian and could not be prevailed upon by the King or his Friends to return to England whereupon his Pension was withdrawn Living afterwards in a Venetian Monastery he attain'd great Credit for his Eloquence Learning and good Life It was not long before he was made Deacon Cardinal by the Title of St. Mary in Cosmedin by Pope Paul 3. who sent him Ambassadour to the Emperour and the French King to incite them to War against K. Hen. 8. Afterwards he retired to Viterbo in Italy where his House was the Sanctuary of Lutherans and he himself became a Racking but no through paced Brotestant Insomuch that being appointed one of the three Presidents of the Council of Trent he endeavoured to have Justification determined by Faith alone During his living at Viterbo he was taxed for begetting a Bastard which Pasquil Published in Verses affixed to his Pillar That Blade being made all of Tongue and Teeth would not stick to tell where the Pope trod his Holy Sandals awry Yet he had some Relation to the Beast in the Apocalyps in that under the Name of Pasquil there has been a successive Corporation of Satyrists After the death of Paul 3. Pole was at midnight in the Conclave chosen to succeed him the refusal whereof under the notion of a deed of darkness was by the Italians lookt upon as a piece of dulness in our Cardinal Next day expecting a re-Election he saw Julius 3. his professed Enemy chosen in his place Yet afterwards he became Alterius Orbis Papa when made Arch-Bishop of Canterbury by Queen Mary He was a Person free from Passion His Youthful Books are full of the Flowers of Rhetorick whilst those of his old Age are dry and dull He dyed few hours after O. Mary November 17. 1558. Prelates Edmund Stafford Brother to Ralph first Earl of Stafford and Son to Edmund Baron of Stafford was by King Rich. 2. preferred Bishop of Exeter and under King Henry 4. was Chancellor of England He added two Fellowships to Stapletons-Inn in Oxford first named by him Exeter-Colledge and setled Lands for the maintenance and made good Statutes for the good order of the same He dyed 1419 and was buried in his own Cathedral W. Dudley Son of John Baron Dudley of Dudley-Castle in this County and bred in Univer Colledge in Oxford became Dean of Windsor and afterwards Bishop of Durham He dyed at London 1483 and was buried in VVestminster Edmund Audley Son to the Lord Audley of Heyley in this County whose Sirname was Touchet was bred in Oxford where he built the Quire of St. Maries adorning it with a Musical Organ He was preferred Bishop of Rochester then of Hereford and at last of Salisbury He dyed at Ramsbury 1624 and was buried in his own Cathedral in a Chappel of excellent Artisâ—…ce of his own Erection Lawyers Sir Thomas Littleton Knight was Son to Thomas VVestcote Esq and Elizabeth Littleton his Wife He was bred in the Study of the Laws in the Inner Temple and became Serjeant and Steward of the Court of the Marshal-sea of the Kings Houshould to Henry 6. By Edw. 4. an 6 reg he was made one of the Judges of the Common-Pleas and an 15. reg Created Kt. of the Bath He deserved as well of our Common as Justinian of the Civil Law whose Book of Tenures is counted Oraculous in that kind Commented upon by the Learned Sir Edward Coke He Married Joan Daughter and Coheir of W. Boerly of Bromsecraft Castle in Salop by whom he had three Sons Founders of three Families still flourishing 1. William fixed at Frankley in this County where his Posterity is eminently extant 2. Richard whose Issue remain at Pillerton-Hall in Shropshire 3. Thomas whose Linage continues in Worcestershire This Reverend Judge dyed an 21. of 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 standered by some as being the Son of a Carpenter He Married the Daughter and Heir of the Vise 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 Shrepshire 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 Lord Admiral of England He was one of the first Favourers and Furtherers of the discovery of Russia He died 154. Whose Son Ch. Howard succeeded his Father in the Admiralty an hearty Gentleman and cordial to his Soveraign of a most proper person one reason why Q. Elizabeth reflected so much upon him The first Evidence he gave of his Prowess was when the Emperours Sister the Spouse of Spain with a Fleet of 130 Sails passed the narrow Seas his Lordship accompanied with 10 Ships only environed their Fleet and enforced them to stoop gallant and strike Sail. In 88. at the first News of the Spaniards approach he towed at a Cable with his own hands to draw out the Harbour bound Ships into the Sea He was Commander of the Sea Forces at the taking of Cadiz and for his good Service there he was made Earl of Nottingham Having been a Guest at the Consecration of Matthew Parker at Lambeth many years after he confuted those Lies which the Papists tell of the Nags Head in Cheapside He resigned his Admiralty in the Reign of King James to the Duke of Buckingham and dyed about the end of that Kings Reign Seamen Sir Robert Dudley Son to Robert Earl of Leicester was born at Shene became a most compleat Gentleman and endeavoured in the Reign of King James to prove his legitimacy his Mother being Douglas Shefeld and meeting with much opposition from the Court in distaste left the Land and went over into Italy where he became a Favourite to the Duke of Florence who used his directions in all his Buildings Legorn was much beholding to him for its fairness and firmness as chief Contriver of both Upon his refusal to come home into England all his Lands there were siezed on by the King These his losses doubled the Dukes love to him as being a much meriting Person an excellent Mathematician Physician and Navigator In Queen Elizabeths dayes he had sail'd with three small Ships to the Isle of Trinidad in which Voyage he sunk and took nine Spanish Ships whereof one an Armada of 600 Tun. Ferd. 2. Emperour of Germany conferred on him and his Heirs the Title of a Duke of the Sacred Empire Writers Nich. Ockham a Franciscan in Oxford where he was the 18th publick Lecturer of his Convent flourished 1320. W. Ockham born in Ockham was bred under J. Scotus whose Principles he afterwards disproved heading the Nominals against the Reals followers of Scotus This Will undertook Pope Jo. 23. and gave a Mortal wound to his Temporal Power over Princes The Court of Lewis of Bavaria the Emperour being then the Sanctuary of this Will yet he was Excommunicated by the Pope and condemned for an Heretick by the Masters of Paris who burnt his Books which were much esteemed by Luther yet the Pope taking Wit in his Anger Will. was afterwards restored to his State and the Reputation of an acute Schoolman his Epitaph reflects on his Spirit of Contradiction Sed jam mortuus est ut apparet Quod si viveret id negaret But now he 's dead as plainly doth appear Yet would deny it were he living here He flourished under K. Edw. 3. and dying 1330 was buried at Monchen in Bavaria Jo. Holbrook a profound Philosopher and Mathematician was much esteemed of the English Nobility He is conjectured to have flourished in the 14th Century George Ripley see York-shire Since the Reformation H. Hammond D. D. born at Chertsey was Fellow of Magdalen-Colledge in Oxford till preferred Canon of Christs Church and Orator of the University He may be called an Angelical Doctor for his Countenance Sanctity Meekness Charity this demonstrated by his keeping many a poor Royalist from famishing bestowing yearly as was believed 200 pounds for their relief and his Knowledge being general in Antiquity Controversie c. His excellent Controversial Treatises Comments and Practical Catechism do abundantly declare the accomplishments of his Mind and the stability of his great Soul He dyed of the Stone at West wood in Worcestershire By his Will he impowred Dr. Humphrey Henchman since Bishop of Sarum his sole Executor to expend according to his discretion in relief of poor people not exceeding 200 pounds Romish Exile Writers Nich. Sanders born at Charlewood in this County where his Family still continueth Worshipful was bred Batchelour of the Laws in New-Colledge Going to Rome he was there made D. D. and Kings Professor thereof at Lovain He was Learned and Malicious and presumed to write Passages without Truth because on a subject beyond Memory His Libellous Treatise has been sufficiently answered by that Learned Baronet Sir Roger Twisden a great Champion in a good Cause in the defence of which and in the confounding of malicious falshoods he was protected by the Kings ancient Prerogative justified by the Laws of the Land and directed by the plainest Rules of right Reason It is observable that Sanders who surfeited with Falshoods was famished for lack of food in Ireland 1580. Benefactors to the Publick Henry Smith Esq born at VVandsworth was Alderman of London He gave 6000 pounds to buy Lands for a perpetuity for the relief and setting of the poor to work in Croidon Kingston Guilford Durking Fernham Rigate 1000 pounds for each place Besides many other liberal Legacies bequeathed to pious uses He dyed Jan. 13. 1627. 79 Aet and lyeth buried in the Chancel of VVandsworth Memorable Persons Elizabeth VVeston a Virgin of gentile Extraction was a great Scholar flourishing about 1600 of whom Janus Dousa Angla vel Angelica es vel prorsus es Angelus immo Si Sexus vetat hoc Angelus est Animus Joseph Scaliger praiseth her no less in Prose There is an Ancient and Worshipful Family of her Name flourishing at Sutton in this County The Birth and Quality of this Virgin had she lived in the dayes of King James and been presented to him as another Maid was would have left no room for that Kings inquisitiveness in asking if she could spin as he did in the case of the other who could Speak and Write pure Latine Greek and Hebrew Noted Sheriffs Edw. 3. An. 1. Andrew Sackvil The Family of the Sackvils is as ancient as any in England taking their Name from Sackvil a Town of their Possession in Normandy Before this time Sir Robert Sackvil Knight younger Son of Herbran was fixed in England and gave the Mannor of Wickham in Suffolk to the Abbey of St. John de Bap. in Colchester about the Reign of Will. Rufus Sir Jo. his Son was one of the Assistance to 25 Peers appointed to see the Liberties of Magna Charta performed whose Son Richard was a principal Baron of whose house Hubert de Avesty held some Lands whose Granchild Sir Jordan was taken Prisoner at the Battle of Emesham in the Reign of Henry 3. for siding with the Barons against him whose Son Andrew the Kings Ward was imprisoned in Dever an 3. Edw. 1. and afterwards by the Kings command Married Ermyntide a
and afterwards lived about the Court. Being an Elegant Poet he Translated Lucan into English some affirm that he took some disgust at Court because his Bays were not gilded enough nor his Verses rewarded by King Charles I. according to his Expectation He afterwards wrote on History of this State in the beginning of the Civil Wars He died suddenly in the night 1652. Jo. Selden born at Salvington within the Parish of East Terring was Son to Jo. by his Wife Margaret Daughter and Heir of Tho. Barker of Rushington descended from a Knightly Family in Kent He was bred in Hart hall in Oxford then in the Inner Temple in London where he attained great skill in the Law and all Antiquity He traced all the dimensions of Arts and Languages as appear by the many and various Works which he hath written whereof Lay-Gentlemen prefer his Titles of Honour Lawyers his Mare Clausum Antiquaries his Spicilegium ad Eadmerum Clergy-men like best his Book de Diis Syris and worst his History of Tithes For which Book having been called to an account before the High Commission 't is said that afterwards he was no Friend to Bishops never affecting the Men nor cordially approving their Calling But it is certain Mr. Selden did in a Letter to Arch-Bishop Laud express his unfeigned contrition for setting forth of the said Book of Tithes That which afterwards Entituled him to a general popularity was his pleading with Mr. Noy for an Habeas Corpus for such Gentlemen who were imprisoned for refusal of the Loan He had very many Ancient and Modern Coyns and dyed exceeding Wealthy His large and excellent Library is now reposited Bodly within a Bodly in the matchless Library of Oxford Romish Exil'd Writers George Martin born at Macfield bred in Oxford was Tutor to Phil. Earl of Arundel Son to Tho. Duke of Norfolk After he had Travelled to Rome he became Professor of Divinity in the English Colledge of Rhemes He wrote much in defence of the Romish Faith one of his Books being Entituled A Detection of Corruptions in the English Bible He dyed 1582. and was buried in St. Stephens Church in Rhemes Tho. Stapleton born at Henfield of a very good Family was observed by those of his own Perswasion to have been born in the same Year and Month wherein Sir Thomas More was beheaded as if Divine Providence had purposely drop'd from Heaven an Acorn in place of the Oak that was fell'd He was bred in New-Colledge in Oxford and became Canon of Chichester which place he quitted an 1. Eliz. and having fled beyond the Seas he became Catechist at Doway which Office he having discharged to his commendation he was preferred Kings Professor of Divinity in Lovain and was 40 years together undertaker General against all Protestants Dr. Whitaker Professor in Cambridge experimentally professed that Bellarmine was the fairer and Stapleton the shrewder Adversary He dyed and was buried in St. Peters in Lovain 1598. Benefactors to the Publick since the Reformation Richard Sackvil Eldest Son of Thomas Earl of Dorset had his Barony if not his Birth at Buckhurst A Learned Gentleman to whom the Greek and Latine were as familiar as his own Native Tongue Succeeding his Father in that Earldom he enjoyed his Dignity not a full year He erected a Colledge at East Greensted in this County for 31 poor people to serve Almighty God therein endowing the same with 330 pounds a year out of all his Lands in England By Margaret sole Daughter to Tho. Duke of Norfolk he left two surviving Sons Richard and Edward of admirable parts successively Earls after him and dying was buried in Withiham in this County Memorable Persons John Henry and Thomas Palmer were Sons to Edward Palmer Esquire of Angmarine by his Wife Daughter to one Clement of Wales who for his effectual assisting of King Henry 7. from his Landing at Milford Haven untill the Battle of Bosworth was brought by him into England and rewarded with good Lands in this and the next County It happened that their Mother being a full fourthnight inclusively in Labour was on Whitsunday delivered of John her eldest Son on the Sunday following of Henry her second Son and the Sunday next after of Thomas her third Son These three were Knighted for their Valour by King Henry 8. They have a Worshipful and numerous Posterity in Sussex and Kent amongst whom Sir Roger Palmer Aged 80 years lately deceased and Cofferer to the late King averred the Truth of the aforesaid Relation Leonard Mascal of Plumsted was the first who brought over into England from beyond the Seas Carps and Pippins about an 5. Henry 8. 1514. W. Withers being a Child of about 11 years of Age an 1581. lay in a Trance 10 dayes without any sustenance and at last coming to himself uttered to the standers by many strange Speeches inveighing against Pride Covetousness and other outragious sins Note that an 1378 in the Reign of Richard 2. the Sussexians of Rye and Winchelsey embarqued for Normandy and afterwards entered by night into a Town called Peters Port took all such Prisoners who were able to pay ransome and safely returned home with the Spoil amongst which were some Bells the French had formerly taken from the Towns in this County which they lately invaded It was a worthy advice which William Earl of Arundel gave to his Son Henry Fitz-Allen never to trust his Neighbours the French which I would recommend to the Inhabitants of this County WARWICK-SHIRE WArwick-shire hath Leicester and Northamptonshire on the East Oxford and Glocester-shire on the South Worcester on the West and Staffordshire on the North thereof It extends 33 Miles from North to South and 26 from East to West This County is the Heart but not the Core of England The Woodland thereof may want what the Fieldon affords As for the pleasure thereof an Author saith that from Edge hill one may behold it as the Garden of Eden The Sheep here are very large especially about Warm-Leighton There is a plentiful growth of Ashes in the Woodland of this County and much Coal digged up at Bedworth As for Buildings Coventry sheweth two fair Churches yet such their vicinity that the Arch-Angel eclipseth the Trinity Then St. Maries in Warwick a beautiful Structure owes its life to the Monuments of the dead therein most being Earls of Warwick So numerous is the Church with its Appendances that the Minister can accommodate one Clergy-man of all dignities and degrees to repose them in several Chappels and Vestries by themselves Kenelworth had the strength of a Castle and beauty of a Princes Court a vast and withal a comely Structure the Porch being proportionable to the rest of the Fabrick It was demolished since the end of the Wars The Castle of Warwick overlooketh the Town being pleasantly Scituated on a rising Hill affording a very fine Prospect mostly of the Lands of the present Owner Robert Lord Brook The Cross of Coventry all for Ornament
nothing for Superstition was begun 1541 an 33. and finished 1544 36 Henry 8. at the sole cost of Sir William Hollis Lord May or of London great Grand-father to the Right Honourable the Earl of Clare The wonders of this County are that at Lemington within two Miles of Warwick there issue out within a stride of the Womb of the Earth two Springs the one salt and the other fresh On Friday April 17 1607. there happened in Coventry such an inundation no considerable Rain preceding that continued for the space of three hours wherein it overflowed more then 250 dwelling houses to the great dammage of the Inhabitants vanishing away as quickly as it did rise and note the City has no River near it save a small Brook over which generally one may make a Bridge with a stride As for Medicinal Waters there is at Newenham a Spring the water whereof drunk with Salt loosneth with Sugar bindeth the Body It is sovereign against Ulcers and Imposthumes and the Stone though Mr. Speed affirms that it turned Wood into Stone Proverbs I. He is the black Bear of Arden By this is meant Guy Beauchamp Earl of Warwick a grim person and surly of Resolution who in spite of all opposition caused the death of Pierce Gaveston that Minion of Edward 2. at a Hill within two Miles of Warwick Arden is a Forrest anciently occupying all the wood-Wood-land part of this County 'T is applyed to such who without any other Authority then that of their Countenance or Disposition strike terrour into others II. As bold as Beauchamp Though there was a series of successive undauntedness in the Noble Family of the Earls of Warwick yet I conceive that Thomas first of that name gave the chief occasion to this Proverb He being arrived with King Edward 3. at Hogges in Normandy 1346. was the first man who landed and being followed by one Esquire and six Archers is reported to have fought against a 100 Armed men and in hostile manner to have overthrown every one who withstood him having at one shock slain 60 Normans and removed all resistance so that the Kings whole Army landed in safety The Heirs Male of this name are long since extinct though some deriving themselves from the Heirs general are extant at this day Ill. The Bear wants a Tail and cannot be a Lion This abated the jealousie the Dutch had of Robert Earl of Leicester descended from the ancient Earls of Warwick Governour of the Low-Countries being suspected to hatch a design of making himself Sovereign Commander over the Low-Countries whilst he diffused his own Coat of the green Lion with two Tails and sign'd all instruments with the Crest of the Bear and Ragged Staff Then it was that this Proverb was written under his Crest set up in publick places Ursa caret caudâ non queat esse Leo. The Bear he never can prevail To Lion it for lack of Tail It is applyed to such who aspire to what is above their power to atchieve IV. He is true Coventry-blew It seems the best Blews are dyed in Coventry It is applyed to such an one who is a faithful Friend Princes Anne Nevil Daughter and coheir to Richard Nevil Earl of Warwick was probably born in Warwick Castle She was Married to Edward Prince of Wales sole Son to Henry 6. afterwards murdered by Richard Duke of Glocester who took to Wife the same Anne She died for grief 1464 though others suspect a Grain was given her for the greater dispatch to another World Edward Plantag Son to George Duke of Clarence was the last Male Heir of the Royal Family His Mother was Isabella eldest Daughter to Richard Nevil Earl of Warwick and he was born in Warwick-Castle Being kept close Prisoner by Edward 4. Richard 3. and Henry 7. he was rendred weak in his Intellectuals Upon the proposal of Marriage for Prince Arthur with Katharine Daughter of Ferdinand King of Spain this Edward was taken out of the way to the end all Titles might be cleared The Lady Katharine Dowager was wont to acknowledge the death of her two Sons an ill success of her match as Heavens judgment on her Family for the murdering of this Earl which happened 1499. Saints St. Wolstan born in Long Jetington was Bishop of VVorcester a man of great Candour and an opposer of the French fickleness and the Italian pride for which he was hated by VVilliam the Conqueror and Lanfrak Arch-Bishop of Canterbury and by them commanded to resign his Episcopalibus Upon this the Honest Bishop repaired to the Monument of Edward the Confessor and there offered up his Episcopal Habiliments These said he from you I received and to you I resign them This his plain dealing not only recovered his Bishoprick but also purchased to him the reputation of a Saint He was active in promoting VVilliam Rufus to the Kingdom in prejudice of his eldest Brother Robert Martyrs Laurence Saunders a Priest was Martyred in Coventry February 8. 1555. Robert Glover born at Mancetor Gentleman was Martyred in Coventry September 0. 1555. Cornel. Bongey born at Coventry a Capper was Martyred at Coventry September 20 1555. Jo. Carles born at Coventry a Weaver was Martyred at the Kings Bench London Julius Palmer born at Coventry and bred in Magdalens-Colledge in Oxford was burnt in Newbury Confessors John Glover Brother to the aforementioned Robert escaped miraculously whilst his Brother without the intention of his enemies fell into their hands Cardinals VVilliam Macklesfield born 't is said in Coventry was made B. D. in Paris Dr. at Oxford and became General of the Dominican Order He was by Pope Benedict 11. created Cardinal with the Title of St. Sabine but dyed in London before his Cap was brought him yet this chief part of a Cardinal I mean the Cap was with great solemnity set on his Tomb. Peter Petow of an ancient Family flourishing for a long time at Chesterton was a Franciscan afterwards Cardinal being created by Pope Paul 3. 1557. who also made him Legat a Latere and Bishop of Salisbury Queen Mary in favour to Cardinal Pole prohibited this Legats entrance into her Court He dyed in France 1558. Prelates John Stratford Son of Robert and Isabel was born at Stratford and preferred by the Pope Bishop of VVinchester whereupon falling into the displeasure of Richard 2. for a time he took it in so ill part that he forsook that King whilst in his extremity This cost him the displeasure of Queen Mother and Edward 3. till at last converted by his Constancy they turned their frowns into smiles upon him When Arch-Bishop of Canterbury he furnished the King with great sums at his first setting forth for France but when the King afterwards sent for another supply instead of Coyn the Bishop sent him Counsel whereat the King returning into England was so highly offended that the Bishop was fain to pass his publick Purgation in Parliament by which he was restored to the Reputation of his innocence He
Promise which he made to the Dolphin who sent him a Barrel of Paris Tennis-Balls sending such English-Balls that they proved fatal to them He dyed at Boys St. Vincent ult Aug. 1422. and was brought over with great Solemnity and interred in Westminster-Abbey Saints St. Amphibalus a Citizen of Carlion See the Saints in Hereford St. Aaron a wealthy Citizen of Carlion was Martyred under Dioclesian the Emperour 30. Note that the three first British Martyrs viz. Alban Amphibalus and Aaron have the first a Latine the second a Greek and the third an Hebrew Name St. Julius of Carlion suffered with Aaron aforesaid Note that Carlion now a small Town was once a great City reaching a Mile in length and comprehending St. Julian's a House of late Sir William Herbert's nowa Mile distant from the Town Cardinals Geffery of Monmouth is avouched by some to have been made Cardinal but it is improbable that so much honour should be done unto him whilst living who was so solemnly disgraced after his death his Books being then publickly prohibited by the Court of Rome See Writers in this Shire John of Monmouth D. D. and Canon of Lincoln was chosen Bishop of Landaff 1296. after that See had been 7 years vacant He was a Learned and Pious Divine Besides other Benefactions to his See he procured the Rectory of Newland in the Forrest of Dean to be appropriated thereto But Bishop Kitchin afterwards impoverished the same more then all his Predecessors had endowed it in 400 years This John dyed April 8. 1322. and was buried in St. Maries Chappel Walter Cantilupe Son to William the elder Lord Cantilupe whose prime residence was at Abergavennie in this County was made by Henry 3. Bishop of Worcester He would not yield to the Popes Legate who complained of many Clergy-men keeping their Livings against the Canons intending to make room for the Popes Favourites or force such irregular incumbents to a Composition He was one of a keen nature whose two-edged spirit did cut on both sides against the King and Pope Against the former he sided with the Barons to whom he promised Heaven for the reward of their Rebellion against their Prince though it cost him an Excommunication from the Pope who was the more forward in denouncing that fatal Sentence against him because he had told Rusland his Legate coming hither 1255. that he would preferr him to be hang'd on the Gallows rather then ever consent to such expilation of the Church as aforesaid Lying on his death bed he was touched with true remorse for his disloyalty and obtained Absolution He dyed February 1â—…67 whom I behold as Uncle to Thomas the Sainted Bishop of Heresord Souldiers Richard de Clare alias Strongbow born probably at Stringule Castle was Earl of Stringule and Pembrook A person of effectual performance It happened that Mac Murugh an 1167. being expelled his Territories for several Tyrannies by the Lords of Meath and Conaight repaired to King Henry 2. and invited him to Ireland That Politick King sent over this R. Strongbow with 1200 Men who possessed himself of the Ports of Leinster and Mounster with large Lands thereunto belonging insomuch that the King growing jealous of his greatness remanded him home and commanded him to surrender his Acquest into his hands which done he received them by regrant from the King save that Henry reserved the City of Dublin for himself This Strongbow is commonly called Domitor Hiberniae the Tamer of Ireland Yet some of the great Lords there did still retain the Power and Title of King Witness the Preface in the Commission whereby King Henry 2. made William Fitz-Adelme his Lieutenant of Ireland Archiepiscopis Episcopis Regibus c. Salutem This Earl dyed at Dublin 1177. Sir Roger Williams born of an ancient Family at Penross was first a Souldier of Fortune under the Duke of Alva and afterwards served Queen Elizabeth A man extreamly forward to Fight When a Spanish Captain challenged Sir John Norris to fight a single Combat which was beneath him to accept being a General this Roger undertook the Don. And after they had fought some time both Armies beholding them without any hurt they pledged each other a deep draught of Wine and so friendly departed Another time at mid night he assaulted the Camp of the Prince of Parma nigh Venloe slew some of the Enemies and pierced to the Tent of the General He bravely defended Sluse whilst any hope of help William Herbert Earl of Pembrook with Sir Richard his Brother were both valiant Men and as fast Friends to King Edward 4. as professed Foes to Richard Nevil Earl of Warwick Leading the Army of the Welsh in the Battle of Banbury with their Poll-Axes they twice made way through the Battle of the Northern men which sided with King Henry 6. without any Mortal Wound There passeth a Tradition in the Noble Family of the Herberts of Chierbury that this Sir Richard their Ancestor slew that day 140 Men with his own hands in passing and repassing through the Army Guns not being then in fashion the Poll-Axe was the next Mortal Weapon especially in such a dead Hand as this Knight had He is reported also to be of a Giants Stature the Peg being extant in Montgomery Castle whereon he used to hang his Hat at dinner which no Man of an ordinary height can reach with his hand at this day However both these brave Brethren circumvented with the subtilty of their Foes Odds at any time may be bet on the side of Treachery against Valour were brought to Banbury beheaded and buried the Earl at Tinterne and Sir Richard at Abergaveny in this County Writers Jeffrey of Monmouth alias ap Arthur Translated and Compiled the various British Authors into one Volume He hath many things from the British Bards which though improbable are not therefore ipso facto untrue yet Humanum est errare and Tradition having run a great way from its clear Original may swell into a rapide Stream violently 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 Wry neck 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
Wye which cutteth overthwart the West corner of this Shire where meeting with some stones which impede its motion on a sudden for want of ground to glide on hath a violent downfal which place is termed Raihader Gowy that is the Fall of Wye Hereupon he supposeth it not improbable that the Englishmen forged that word for the name of this Shire terming it Radnor-shire Prelates Elias and Guilielmus de Radnor were both born in Old Radnor both Bishops of Landaff and both eminent being eminent for nothing the former dying May 6. 1240. the latter June 30. 1256. Note when Owen Glyndower-dwy inveigled by some skilled in Merlin's Prophesies that the time was come wherein the Britains through his assistance should recover their ancient Liberty raised a Rebellion making War against the Earl of March Heir apparent to the Crown of England and Principality of Wales King Henry 4. enraged at his proceedings Enacted these rigorous Lawes ensuing First That no Welshman should purchase Lands nor be chosen into any Office in City or Town c. or bear Armour within any City Besides if a Welshman should sue an Englishman it was ordained that he should be tryed and judged by Englishmen That all English Burgesses who Married Welshwomen should forfeit their Liberties No Congregation or Council was to be permitted to the Welsh but in presence of the Officers of the Seigniory That no Victuals should be brought into Wales unless by the License of the King and Council That no Welshman should have any Castle c. That no Welshman should be capable of any Office of State or in any Court of Judicature and that no Englishman Marrying a Welsh woman should enjoy any Office in Wales FINIS A TABLE of the most remarkable persons and things contained in this work THE end and matter of the Work Page 1 2 Legendâ—… non semper Credenda Page 3 Canonization costly ibid. And best after mature deliberation Page 4 The Office of the Ancient Cardinals of St. Pauls ibid. The Constitution of Pope Paul II. concerning the Cardinals Hat Page 5 Cardinal Norfolk a rare if not single President ibid. The Clergy of Brittain the Glory of the World Page 6 The Antiquity of the Office of Lord Chancellour of England Page 7 The value of that great Office Page 8 The Etymology and office of Lord High Admiral of England Page 9 King Henry VIII first assumed the Title of King of Ireland ibid. Sir Ed. Montague's choice Page 10 The first Circumnavigators of the World ibid. King Henry VIII his great skill in Musick Page 12 The Heads of Charity Visito Poto Cibo c. Page 13 A perswasive to Charity ibid. The dates and degrees of the English Reformation Page 14 Younger Sons are raised by their Vertue to the dignity of Lord Mayors of London Page 15 The first division of England into Shirec Page 16 The Office of Sheriff ibid. Causes of the alteration of Sirnames Page 19 Bark-shire had no Earl till an 1607. Page 20 Popish Cavil some for Martin some for Luther Page 21 Instances of fortunate and eminent Sons of Clergy-men Page 22 Of the English Gentry by Nation and Profession Page 25 26 c. Of the Queens Majesty Page 28 Of the Kings Majesty Page 29 BARK-SHIRE Commodities Oaks Bark Trouts Page 31 The Beggars reason for going naked viz. all my Body is Face Page 32 Exposition of the Proverb When our Lady falls into our Lord's lap let England beware of a sad mi shap Page 33 An observable Proverb relating to Ireland Page 37 The Lives of four Children of King Edward I. Page 37 38 The life of King Edward III. King Henry VI. Page 38 39 The life of St. Edmund Page 40 The early dawning of the Gospel in Barkshire Page 41 King Henry VIII his pity towards 3 Martyrs Page 42 Humanum est errare Answer to a great Cavil Page 43 Arch-Bishop Laud refused to be made Cardinal ibid. The life of Bishop God win Page 44 The life of Arch-Bishop Laud Page 45 The life of Sir John Mason who saw 5 Princes ibid. Of Sir Hen. Umpton Ambassadour His publick Challenge Page 46 47. The life of King Alfrede Page 50 Of Jo. Kendrick who gave above 20000 l. to the poor Page 51 Of Tho. Cole the rich Clothier of Reading ibid. Of Jack of Newbury Page 52 The life of Sir Jo Howard Page 54 The lives of Sir Rob. Harcourt and Will. Essex Page 55 The lives of Sir Humphrey Foster Sir Francis Inglefield Sir John Williams and Henry Lord Nottice Page 56 The life of Richard Lord Lovelace Page 57 The Qualifications c. of Baronets ibid. Of the Battle of Newbury Page 58 BEDFORD-SHIRE Proverbs Page 60 The life of Margaret Beaufort Countess of Richmond and Darby Page 61 King Henry III. his smart reply to Sylvester of Carlile 62 The life of Henry Grey Earl of Kent Page 64 The life of John Mordant first Baron of Turvey Page 65 The life of Sir Francis Russel afterwards Earl of Bedford Page 68 BUCKINGHAM-SHIRE Proverbs Page 69 The life of St. Edburg ibid. A great Fiction about Sir Rumbald as I am a Christian Page 70 The life of Sir George Crook Lord Chief Justice of England Page 74 The lives of Sir William Windsor and Arthur Gray Bar. of Wilton ibid. Of the Noble and Antient name of the Cheneys Page 82 CAMBRIDGE-SHIRE Proverbs Page 83 The life of Thomas Westfield Bishop of Bristol Page 87 The life of Jo. Tiptoft Earl of Worcester ibid. The life of Matthew Paris Page 89 Will. Collet was Caterer to Selden c. Page 95 The life of Sir Edward North Baron of Catlidge The life of Sir Jo. Huddlestone CHESHIRE The Antiquity of that County Palatine Page 98 The Life of W. Booth Bishop of York and Lawrence and John his Brothers Page 100 101 The life of Bishop Chaderton Page 102 The life of Bishop James ibid. The life of Sir Tho. Egerton Lord Chancellour of England Page 103 The life of the Lord Chief Justice Crew Page 104 The life of Sir Hugh Calveley Page 105 The life of Sir Robert Knowles ibid. The life of John Speed first Taylor then Historian Page 108 The life of Sir Jo. Brereton Page 110 The life of Sir Hugh Cholmley The Battle of Rowton-Heath Page 118 CHESTER The life of Bishop Dounham Page 114 The lives of David and Sir Henry Middleton Page 115 The life of Tho. Offley Who three dishes had of daily Roast An Egg an Apple and the third a toast Page 117 CORNWAL Commodities Diamonds Ambergrease Pilchards Tin Page 120 The wonders ibid. The life of Will de Greenvil Lord Chancellour of England Page 122 The life of Jo. Arundel Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield Page 123 The life of W. Noy ibid. The life of King Arthur ibid. The Enterprize of Jo. Arundel of Trerice Page 124 Richard D. of Cornwal was High Sheriff of the County for term of his Life Page 128 The Battles of Liskerd and Stratton Page 130
would admit An 1. Ed. 6. 3. When the same after the Marian interruption was resumed and more refined in the Reign of Q. El. The first of these I may call the Morning Star The Second the Dawning of the Day The third the rising of the Sun As to the Prelats and Writers in Q. Maries days their inclinations are discovered in their Writings and by their Actions CHAP. XII Memorable Persons THE former Heads were like Private Houses but this Topick is like a publick Inn admitting all Comers and Goers having any extraordinary not vicious Remark upon them Such therefore who are over under or beside the Standard of Common Persons for strength stature fruitfulness vivacity c. are lodged under this Head under which I also repose such Mechanicks who have reached a clear note above others in their Vocation and Eminent improvers of Arts being Founders of that Accession which they add thereunto CHAP. XIII Of Lord Mayors of London AFter the Death of the King the Lord Majors Office and Authority continues a whole year whereas most other Offices determine with the Kings Death Younger Sons are raised to this Dignity by their own Vertue which affords an Illustrious Example and gives the greatest Encouragement to all well-disposed Youth Some Shires are destitute of this Honourable Office tho 't is probable they may come to arrive at the Priviledge of Majorality for Sir Richard Chiverton Skinner descended of a right Ancient and Worshipful Family having been lately the first in Cornwal has opened the door there for others to follow after him Some in London have refused the Office and Fined and thereby have Charitably increased the Stock of the City CHAP. XIV Why a Catalogue of the English Gentry in the Reign of H. 6. is inserted in this Book IN the days of H. 6 under pretence of routing out Felons Outlaws c. Opposition was made to the House of York which was the Occasion that a List of Gentry was made As to the Method of the Catalogue among the Commissioners the Bishop of the Diocess is first put after whom follow Earls Barons Knights of the Shire Note here that in the time of H. 6 de such a place was left off and the addition of Knight or Squire was assumed tho not generally in all places CHAP. XV. Of Sheriffs SHeriff is a Reeve or Overseer of a Shire in Latin Vicecomes or Deputy of an Earl or Count who anciently presiding over a County gave names both to the Place and deputed Jurisdiction In the year 888. K. Alfred first divided England into Shires The Clerk of the Peace for each County in Mich. Term presents to the Lord Chief Justice six or more names of able Persons for the Office of Sheriff of whom three are presented to the King who pricks one to stand Sheriff for the County His Power is to suppress Riots secure Prisoners distrain for Debts execute Writs return Knights and Burgesses for Parliament empannel Juries attend the Judge see the Execution of Malefactors c. By 4. H. 4 5. Sheriffs are to abide within their Counties 'T is observed by some that anciently the Office of Sheriff was Honos sine onere in middle times Honos cum onere and in our days Onus sine Honore a burden without honour CHAP. XVI Of the Coats of Arms of Sheriffs ARms seem to have been Jure Divino to the Jews and their use is great both in War and Peace without them an Army neither has Method nor strikes terror and in peace Arms distinguish one Man from another Arms assumed according to one's fancy are but personal but Arms assigned by Princes are Hereditary The plainer the Coat is the more Ancient and Honourable two Colours are necessary and most highly honourable tho both may be blazoned with one word as Varrey formerly born by the Beauchamps of Haâ—…ch in Wiltshire and still quartered by the Duke of Somerset three are very honourable four Commendable five Excuseable more disgraceful One said of a Coat that it was so well Victualled that it might endure a Siege such was the Plenty and Variety of Fowl Flesh and Fish therein Or and Azure are the richest Argent and Sable the fairest Coats The Lion and Eagle are the most Honourable the Cross the most Religious beâ—…ring a Bend the best Ordinarie being a Belt athwart as a Fess is the same about the middle Herbs Vert being natural are better then Or. There are Reasons rendred for some bearings Thus whereas the Earls of Oxford anciently gave their Coat plain quarterly Gules and Or they took afterwards in the first a Mullet or Star Argent because the Chief of the House had a Falling-Star as is said alighting on his Shield as he was fighting in the holy-Holy-land Now for the Arms of Sheriffs we have added them ever since the first of King Richard 2. I will conclude this Discourse with a Memorable Record Claus 5 H. 5. Membr 15 in the Tower The King to the Sheriff Health c. because there are divers Men as we are informed which before these times in the Voyages made by us have assumed to themselves Arms and Coat-Armours where neither they nor their Ancestors in times past used such Arms c. and Propound with themselves to use and exercise the same in this present Voyage which God willing we intend to make And altho the Omnipotent disposeth his favours in things Natural as he pleaseth equally to the Rich and Poor yet We willing that every one of our Liege Subjects should be Esteemed and Treated in due manner according to the Exigency of his State and Condition We Command thee that in every place within thy Bailiwick where by our Writ we have lately shewn you cause to be Proclaimed that no Man of what State Degree or Condition soever he be shall take upon him such Arms or Coats of Arms save he alone who doth possess or ought to possess the same by the right of his Ancestors or by Donation and grant of some who had sufficient power to assign him the same and that he that useth such Arms or Coats of Arms shall on the day of his Muster manifestly shew to such Persons assigned or to be assigned by us for that purpose by vertue of whose gift he enjoyeth the same those only excepted who carried Arms with us at the Battle of Agincourt under the penalties not to be admitted to go with us in our aforesaid Voyages under his Command by whom he is for the present retained and of the loss of his wages as also of the rasing out and breaking off the said Arms called Coat-Armours at the time of his Muster aforesaid if they shall be shewn upon him or found about him And this you shall in no case omit Witness the King at the City of New Sarum June the Second CHAP. XVII Of the Alterations and Variations of Surnames SUrnames of Families have been altered and new Names assumed chiefly for Conceâ—…lment in time of Civil
Family in France which â—â— said to have flourished there 800 â—…ears Of this Family whose Arms is G. two Bars 〈◊〉 a younger Branch coming over at the Conquest â—â—xed it self at Staunton Hâ—…recourt in Oxford-shire In â—…he Reign of King Jo. Richard Harecourt of Staunton marrying Orabella Daughter of Saer de Quincy Earl of Winchester had the Mannor of Bosworth in Leicester-shire for his Wives Portion Robert Harecourt was made Knight of the Garter by E. 4. From him Lineally descended the Valiant Sir Simon Harecourt â—…ately slain in the Wars against the Rebels in Ireland whose Son a hopeful Gentleman enjoys the Mannor of Staunton to this day Jo. Basket an Esquire of Remark and Martial Actiâ—…ity in his younger days and after removed to Devnish im Dorsetshire to whom he going into France â—…ommitted the Care of that Country Will. Essex Ar. a worthy Man of great Command in this County whereof he was four times Sheriff â—…nd the first of his Family who fixed in Lambourn â—…herein for he married Elizabeth Daughter and sole Heir of Tho. Rogers of Benham whose Grand-father â—…o Rogers had married Elizabeth Daughter and Heir of Jo. Shotesbroke of Bercole in this County whose Ancestors had been Sheriffs in Bark-shire An. 4. 5. and 6. E. 3. by whom he received a large Inheritance This Will afterwards Sir Will. was Son to Th. Essex Esquire Remembrancer and Vice-Treasurer â—…o E. 4. who died Nov. 1. 1500 and lyeth buried in â—…he Church of Kensington Middlesex He derived himself from Henry de Essex Bar. of Rawley and Standard-bearer of England and his Posterity have â—…ately assumed his Coat viz. Arg. an Orle G. There was lately a Baron of this Family with Revenues oâ—… a Baron Humph. Foster Knight a Lover of Protestants iâ—… the most dangerous times and spake to the Quest in the behalf of Mr. Marbeck that good Confesser Yea he Confessed to Henry 8. that never any thing went so much against his Conscience as his attending by Command the Execution of three poor Meâ—… Martyred at Windsor Francis Inglefield Knight afterwards Privy-Councellour to Queen Mary and so zealous a Romanist that after heâ—… Death he left the Land with a most large Inheritance and lived for the most part in Spain He was a most industrious Agent to solicite the Cause of the Queen of Scots He was a great Promoter of and Benefactor to the English Colledge at Valladolid in Spain where he lyeth interred A Family of his Alliance is still Worshipful extant in this County Jo. Williams Knight was before the Expiration of the year of his Sherivalty made by Queen Mary Lord Williams of Tame in Oxford In which Town he built a small Hospital and a very fair School He with Sir Henry Bennyfield were Joynt-keepers of the Lady Elizabeth whilst under Restraint being as Civil as the other was cruel to her Bishop Ridley when Martyred requested this Lord to stand his Friend to the Queen that those Leases might be confirmed which he had made to poor Tenants which he promised and performed accordingly Henry Norrice Son-in-Law to the Lord Williams aforesaid was by Queen Elizabeth created Bar. of Norrice iâ—… Ricot in Oxford He was Son to Sir Henry Norrice who suffered in the Cause of Queen Anne Bullen Grand-Child to Sir Edward Norrice who married â—â—iswide Sister and co-heir to the last Lord Lovell â—…e was Father to the Martial Blood of the Norrices Elizabeth his Grand-Child sole Daughter and Heir â—…nto Francis Norrice Earl of Bark-shire and Baroness Norrice was married to Edward Wray Esquire whose â—â—ly Daughter Elizabeth Wray Baroness Norrice lateâ—â— deceased was married unto Montague Bartue Earl of Lindsey whose Son a Minor is Lord Norrice at â—…his day Edward Umpton Knight this ancient Name was â—…xtinct in the days of our Fathers for want of issue Male and a great part of their Lands devolved by â—…n Heir general to G. Puffen of Wadley Esquire whose Care is commendable in preserving the Monuments of the Umptons in Farrington Church and restoring â—…uch as were defaced in the Civil War Besilius Fetiplace The Seat of the Family was at â—…ee thence called Besiles Lee in this County until Elizabeth Daughter and Heir of Will. Bes last of the Name was married to Richard Fetiplace whose Great-grand-Child was named Besile to continue â—…he Remembrance of their Ancestors Richard Lovelace Knight a brisk Gentleman in the Reign of Queen Elizabeth making use of Letters of Mart â—…ad the Success to seize on a large Remnant of the King of Spains Fleet charged with Silver King Charles created him Lord Lovelace of Hurley Sir Jo. Darell Baronet Of which Order Note the Qualifications Service and Dignity For the first 1. They were to be Men of honest Reputation 2. Descended at least of a Grand-father that bare Arms. 3. Having Estate of 1000 pounds a year two Thirds thereof at â—…east in Possession the rest in Reversion expectant on one Life only holding in Dower or Joynture â— to the Second 1. Each of them was to advance towards the planting of the Province of Ulster in Irâ—â—land with Money enough to maintain 30 Foot foâ— three years after the Rate of eight pence a day foâ— each Man 2. The first years Wages was to be paiâ— down on the passing of their Patent the Remainde as they contracted with the Kings Commissioners Authorized to treat of and conclude the same Foâ— the last viz. their Dignity 1. They were to takâ— place with their Wives and Children respectively immediately after the Sons of Barons and before aâ— Knights-Batchelors of the Bath and Banneret save sucâ— Solemn ones as afterwards should be created in thâ— Field by the King there Present under the Standard Royal displayed 2. The Addition of Sir was tâ— be prefixed before their Names 3. The Honouâ— was to be Hereditary and Knight-hood not to be denied to their eldest Sons of full Age if desiring it 4. There was added to their Arms a Bloody hanâ— in a Canton or Escutcheon at their Pleasure Thâ— King did undertake that they should never exceeâ— 200 and none were to be substituted upon a Vacancy And that no other new Order should be superinduced Battles Newbury I. 1643. Sept. 20. Earl of Essex having raised the Siege of Glocester and returning towards London was followed by the Kings Army both sides might be traced by a Tract of bloody Foot-steps especially aâ— Auborn in Wilts where they had a smart Encounter Aâ— Newbury the Earl made a stand Here hap'ned a fierce Fight on the East side of the Town The Parliament was conceived to lose the most the King the moâ—â— considerable Persons amongst whom the Earl of Carâ—…von and Sunderland the Viscount Faulkland Colâ—…el Morgan Victory and Loss was equally shared on â—…th sides which were so filled with their Supper â—…at the next day they had no Stomach for Breakâ—â—st but keeping their Stations were rather contentâ—â— to Face then Fight one another Newbury II. Essex
and after his return was preferred Dean of Westminster then Bishop of Salisbury He was Hospital and Generous He dyed and was buried An. Dom. 1622. Th. Son to Will. Westfield D. D. born An. Dom. 1573. in Ely bred at â—…es Coll. in Camb. where he was Fellow He was Assistant to Bishop Felton whilst Minister of St. Mary-le-Bow in Cheapside after Rector of Horsney and great St. Barth Lond. where in his Preaching he went through the 4 Evangelists He was afterward made Arch-Deacoh of St. Albans and at last Bishop of Bristol The Parl. had a good Opinion of him as appears by this Order 13. May 1643. From the Committee of Lords and Com. for Sequestration of Delinquents Estates Upon information in the behalf of the B. of Bristol That his Tenants refuse to puy him his Rents it is ordered by this Committee that all profits of his Bishoprick be restored and a safe Conduct be granted him to pass with his Family to Bristol being himself of great Age and a Person of great Learning and Merit Jo. Wylde By his Will he desired to be buried in the Cathedral-Church near the Tomb of Paul Bush the first Bishop And as for my Worldly Goods the words of his Will which as the times now are I know not well where they be nor what they are I give c. to my Wife Eliz. He dyed June 28. 1644. and lyeth buried according to his own desire An Anagram made on him by his Daughter was Thomas Westfield I dwell the most safe Statesmen Jo. Tiptoft Son and Heir of Jo. Lord Tiptoft and Joyce his Wife Daughter and Coheir of Edw. Charlton Lord Powis by his Wife Eleanor Sister and Coheir of Edmund Holland Earl of Kent was born at Everton in this County He was bred at Baliol-Coll in Oxf. where he attained to great Learning and by H. 6. was afterwards created first Viscount then Earl of Worcester and Lord High Constable of England and by E. 4. Knight of the Garter The Skies began to Lowre and Threaten Civil Wars and the House of York fell sick of a Relapse Mean time this Earl could not be discourteous to Hen. 6. who had so much advanced him nor disloyal to Edw. 4. in whom the Right of the Crown lay For an Expedient he quitted his own and visited the holy-Holy-Land At Rome in his passage by an Elegant Latin Speech he drew the Admiration of all the Auditors and Teart from the Eyes of the Pope Pius II. He returned from Christs-Sepulchre to his own in England in as unhappy time if sooner or â—â—ter he had found Edward on that Throne to which now H. 6. was restored and whose Restitution was only remarkable for the Death of this Worthy Lord. Treason was charged on him for secretly siding with King Edw. On this account he lost his life The Ax then did at one blow cut off more Learning in England then was left in the Heads of all the Surviving Nobility His Death hap'ned on St. Lukes day 1470. Edw. Lord Tiptoft his Son was restored by Edw. 4. Earl of Worcester but dying without Issue his Inheritance fell to his three Aunts Sisters to the Learned Lord aforesaid viz. 1. Philip married to Th. Lord Ross of Hamlake 2. Joan Wife of Sir Edm. Inglesthrop of Borough green in this County 3. Joyce married to Sir Edw. Sutton Son and Heir of John Lord Dudley from whom came Edw. Sutton Lord Dudley and Knight of the Garter Jo. Cheeke Knight Tutor to Ed. 6. and Secretary of State born in Camb. Of him see our Church-History Souldiers When the rest of the East-Angles cowardly fled away in the Field from the Danish Army the Men of the County of Camb. did manfully resist whence it was that whilst the English did rule the praise of the People of Cambridgeshire did most eminently flourish At the coming of the Normans they made so stout a Resistance that the Conqueror who did fly into England was glad to creep into Ely Cambridgeshire-men commonly passed for a Proverb tho now like old Coyn almost grown out of request Indeed the Common-people have Robust bodies able to carry 8 Bushels of Barley on their Backs whereas 4 are found a sufficient Load for Men of other Counties and I doubt not but if there were occasion their Arms and Hands would appear to be as good as their Backs and Shoulders Writers Math. Paris probably born in this and bred in the next County where the Name is right Ancient long before they were setled at Hildersham which accrued to them by their Marriage with the Daughter and Heir of the Buslers He was a Monk at St. Albans skilled in Poetry Oratory and Divinity as also in Painting Graving c. But his Genius chiefly disposed him to the Writing of Histories wherein he wrote a large Chronicle from the Conquest unto the year of our Lord 1250. where he concludes with this Distich Sistetui metas studii Matthaee quietas Nec ventura petas quae postera proferat atas Matthew here cease thy Pen in peace and study on no more Nor do thou aim at things to come which next Age hath in store Yet resuming the Work he continued it to 1259. A catching disease with Authors my self being concerned to obey the importunity of others contrary to their own inclination His History is impartially and judiciously save whereby he indulgeth too much Monkish Miracles and no Writer so plainly discovereth the Pride Avarice and Rapine of the Court of Rome so that he seldom kisseth the Popes toe without Biting it The Papists insinuate a suspicion that such Reflections are forged but all the Candour imaginable has been used in the Editions of that Author first by Math. Parker and then and especially by Doctor Will. Wats This Matthew left off living and writing An. 1259. Tho he had sharp Nailes he had clean Hands strict in his own and striking at the loose Conversation of others and for his Eminent Austerity was not only employed by Pope Innocent 4. to visit the Monks in the Diocess of Norwich but also was sent unto Norway to reform the Discipline in Holui a fair Covent Helias Rubeus in Engl. Rous or Red bred D. D. in Camb. A great Courtier and Gracious with the King Wrote a Book contra Nobilitatem inanem T is thought he flourished about the year 1266. Jo. Eversden was bred a Monk in Bury-Abby whereof he was Cellerer or Caterer but his mounting above this mean Employ he buried himself in Poetry Law and History whereof he wrote a fair Volume from the beginning of the World Being a Monk he was not fond of Fryars And observeth that when the Franciscans first entred Bury An. 1336. there hap'ned a hideous Hericano levelling Trees Towers c. Yet went they out with a Calm at the time of the Dissolution This John flourished under King E. 3. and dyed about the year 1338. Rich. Wetherset commonly called of Cambridge where he was Chancellour A great
made him Earl of Bedford 〈◊〉 him down to suppress the Western Commotion â—…d relieve Exter which he performed with great Wisdom Valour and Success He dyed 1554 and â—…as buried at Cheineys in Buck. Sir Rich. Bingham born'at Bingham's Melcom deâ—â—nded from Will de Bingham who held Lands in his County in the days of H. 3. was at the Siege â—â— St. Quintin in Fr. the sacking of Lieth in Scotland â—…rved in Candy under the Venetians against the Turks â—…en returned into the Netherlands His Judgment as much relied upon in 88 about ordering the â—…and-Army in Tilbery-Camp He was a Man of great â—…alour and Success in all his Undertakings Being â—…tewards president of Connaugh in Ireland he drove way O Rork that dangerous Rebel But his Actiâ—…s there being represented to Queen Eliz. as cruel â—â— was outed of his Offices and kept in Restraint â—â—ll Tyrone troubled Munster then he was sent Marâ—…al of Ireland and General of Leinser and had in all â—…obability suppressed that Rebel if he had not been â—…revented by Death at Dublin His Monument is at Westminser Abbey Sea-men Rich. Clerk of Weymouth Master of the Delight An. â—…583 went with Sir Humph. Gilbert for the discoâ—…ery of Noremberg but his Ship was cast away 70 â—…eagues from Land The Company got into the â—…hip-boat having but one Oar and continued there â—…ur days without eating any thing save the Weeds â—…hey found in the Sea After five Days Rowing a â—…panish Ship meeting them brought them to Biscay The Visitors of the Inquisition were diverted by the Masters favour after which Rich. and his Company came by France into England Geo. Summers Knight born in or near Lyme first discovered the Bermuda's nam'd the Summer Islands He was a Lamb on Land and a Lyon at Sea He dyed about 1610. Note that amongst 12 of Th. Cavendishes Men who were killed by the Spaniards at Cape Quinterno four of them belonged to this County viz. Will. King man in the Admiral Will. Biet of Weymouth in the Vice-Ad Hen. Blacknals of Weym and Will. Pit of Sherburn in the Hugh-Gallant The Survivours being 15 in Number revenged their Death upon 25 Spaniards and in spite of above a 100 remaining Spaâ—…iniards watered at the aforesaid Cope Civilians Sir To. Ryves Dr. of the Laws was born at Liâ—…tâ—… Langton a General Scholar and pure Latinist Witness his Book of Sea-Battles Afterwards he was made the Kings Advocate and indeed he had been formerly Advocate to the King of Heaven in his Book entitled the Vicars Plea a Treatise of much Law Learning Reason and Equity We have good proof of his Valour in the late Wars He dyed about 1652. Benefactors to the Publick since the Reformation Rob. Rogers born at Poole was Leather-Seller iâ—… Lond. dying a Batchelor bequeathed 333 l. for building of Alms-houses in Pool 150 l. for Prisoners neither Athists nor Papists 20 Nobles a Man 100 â—… for poor Preachers to each Man 10 pound 100 l. â—â— decay'd Artificers charged with Wife and Children 400 l. to the Merchant Adventurers for the relief fold and support of young Free-men 500 l. to Christs-â—…ospital 600 l. to Erect Alms-houses in and about Lond. 200 l. for a weekly Dole of Bread to the Poor â—…00 l. to the Leather-Sellers in trust for maintainâ—â—g of two Scholars in each University c. He â—…yed An. 1601. and lies buried in Christ-Church in Lond. Memorable Persons Th. de la Lynd Gent. kill'd a White Hart in Blackâ—…ore-Forrest which King Hen. 3. had reserved for â—…is own Chase Hereupon he and the whole Counâ—…y for not opposing him was fined and the fine â—â— paid into the Exchequer at this day by the Name of White-Hart-Silver Arth. Gregory of Lyme could force the Seal of a Letter with admirable Art Secr. Walsingham made great use of him about the Pacquets sent to Queen Mary of Scotland for his Service therein had he a Pension paid him He dyed at Lyme about the beginning of the Raign of King Ja. Will. Englebert born at Sherborne was an incomparable Ingineer much used in 88 and had 100 Marks Pension paid him yearly which he proffer'd to wave for a License to serve Forraign Princes but was denied He dyed at Westminster about 1634. Noted Sheriffs 8. Jo. Newburgh The Family of the Newburgs derive their Pedigree from a younger Son of H. the first Earl of Warwick of the Norman-line and 't is said they held Winfret with the whole Hundred by the Gift of Hen. 1. by the Service of Chamberlain in Chief of the Kâ—â—â— and under the Reign of Edw. 1. by Grand-Searjeâ—…t viz. by holding the Laver for the King to washâ—â— upon his Coronation day 4. Egidius Strangways Thomas â—â— the first Advancer of this Family â—â— this County whose Heirs built aâ—â— Seat at Milbery Th. More Knight dwelt at Melplash having iâ—… Frolick let loose many Malefactors was glad to pâ—â—cure a Pardon by the Mediation of Will. Pawlet 〈◊〉 Treasurer afterwards Marq. of Winch. to whâ—â—â— Son Sir Thomas he gave his Daughter in Manage Durham DUrham a Bishoprick hath Northumb. oâ—…â—â—â— North Yorkshire on the South the Germ. â—â— on the East and Cumberl and Westm on the West in form Triangular After the Bishop had been deprived of his Vote in the House of Lords thâ—… People for some years had no Representatives iâ—… Parliament Princes Cicely Nevil youngest Daughter and Child â—â— Ralph Earl of Westmerland who had 21 was maâ—…ried to Rich. D. of York and beheld her Eldest Son Edward King of England and enriched with a Numeâ—…ous Postery Yet were her Afflictions great for he saw her Husband kill'd in Battle her second Son â—…eo D. of Clarence cruelly Murdred Edward her Eldest Son cut off by his intemperance in his Prime â—…is two Sons Butcherd by their Uncle Richard who â—…as killed at the Battle of Bosworth Under all she â—…arried a Steady Soul and lived to see Eliz. her â—…rand-Child Married to Hen. 7. She lived 35 years Widow and dyed An. 10 of that King and was â—â—ried with her Husband in the Quire Fortheringhayâ—…hurch in Northam Which Quire being demolished â—â— the days of King Hen. 8. their Bodies lay in the â—…hurch-Yard without any Monument until Queen liz coming thither in Progress gave order that they â—…ould be interred in the Church and two Tombs to 〈◊〉 Erected over them The Dutchess Cicely had a â—…ardon from Rome hanging about her Neck plainly â—…egible She was a bountiful Benefactress to the Queens Coll. in Camb. Saints Venerable Bede born at and a Monk in Girway â—â—w Yarrow the most General Scholar of that Age â—â—pounded almost all the Bible Translated the Psalms â—â—d New-Testament into English and lived a Comâ—…ent upon those Words Shining as a Light in the â—…orld c. Phil. 2. 15. Credible Authors report he â—â—ver went out of his Coll. tho both Cambridge and â—…ome pretend to his Habitation He dyed An. 734. â—â—d his Corps was removed to Durham Confessors Jo. Wickliffe published
one of the compleatest Courtiers in Christendom Sir Th. Lake Ushered him into the Court whilst the Lady Lâ—…oy Countess of Bedford led him by the one hand and William E. of Pembrook by the other about the same time that Somerset began to decline Soon after he was Knighted created successively Bar. Visc Villiers E. Marq. D. of Buckingham and Knight of the Garter and had the Offices of Master of the Horse and Admiral conferred upon him He married his Neeces to Honourable Persons thereby both gratifying his Kindred and fortifying himself with noble alliance King Charles had as high a kindness for the Duke as King James had Thenceforward he became Plenipotentiary in the English Court some of the Scotch Nobility making room for him by their seasonable departure out of this Life The Earl of Bristol was justled out the Bishop of Linc cast flat on the floor the Earls of Pembrook and Carlile content to shine beneath him Holland behind him But tho he was the little God as Court he was the Great Divel in the Countrey being perfectly hated by the Commonalty and charged by them with all Miscarriages in Church and State John Felron apprehending himself injured stabbed the Duke to the heart at Borismouth 1620. His person could not be charged with any blemish save that some Criticks conceived his brows some what over pendulous a cloud which in the Judgment of others was by the beams of his eyes sufficiently dispelled V. his Monument in the Chappel H7 Capital Judges Sir Roh Belknap Chief J. of the Common pleas An. 8. E. 3 was displaced An. 11 R. 2. For this King intending to make away certain Lords viz. his Uncle the Duke of Glouo the Earls of Arâ—…nd Warwo Darby Not. demanded of his Judges whether he might by his Regal power revoke what was acted in Parliament To this all the Judges answered affirmatively Sir William Skipwith onely excepted and subscribed it Belknap to that his subseription added these words There wants nothing but an hurdle an horse and an halter to earry me where I may suffer the death I deserve for if I had not dont this I should have died for it and because I have done it I deserve death for betraying the Lords In the next Parlament all the Judges were arrested Sir Rob. Tresilian Chief J. of the Kings Bench executed and Belknap with others banished Sir Robert Catelin descended of the ancient Family of the Catelins in Northam was born at Biby An. 1. Eliz. he was made Lord Chief Justice of the Kings Bench. He had aprejudice at all those who writ their Names with analias whichmade a certain person ask him what exceptions his Lordship could take at Jesus Christ alias Jesus of Nazareth He died An. 16. Eliz. His Arms were Party par Cheveron Az. and O. which are quartered by the Right Honourable the Lord Spencer Earl of Sunder land this Judges Daughter and sole Heir being married to his Ancessor Some 40 years since a Gent. of his Name and Kindred had a Cause in Kings Benoh to whom the Chief Justice therein said Your Kinsman my Predecessor was a great Lawyer My Lord replied the Gent. he was a very Honest man for he lost a small Estate Writers William Leicester or De Montibus D. and Pr. D. in Oxford Eminent in Learning and beloved by the Nobility was known by the Name of Mr. William an Evidence sufficient to avouch his Magisteriality in all Learning He was Chanc. of Lincoln Church He flourished under King Jo. Rich. Belgrave wrote a Description of this County Theolog. Determinations and Ordinary Questions He was a Carmelite in Cambridge He flourished under E. 2. 1220. Rob. de Leic. a Fran. in Oxford was one that brought Preaching into Fashion in that age He wrote of the Hebrew and Rom. Chronological Computation He died at Lichfield 1348. Th. Ratcliffe an Augustinian in Leic. a Man of great parts wrote divers Books and flourished 1360. Barth Culie wrote of Generation and Corruption flourished under E. 3. William De. Lubbenham bred in Oxford Provincial of the Carmelites in Coventry wrote upon Aristotles Posteriors He died 1361. Jeffrey De Harby Provincial of the Augustines in Oxford and Confessor Privy Councellor to E. 3. wrote a Book in Praise of Poverty He died 1361. William De Folvill a Fran. in Cambridge maintani'd that Children under 18 might be admitted into Monastical Orders He died 1384. Hen. de Knighton Abb. of Leic. wrote his History from William the Conqeuror to R. 2. in whose time he died William Woodford a Fran. of profound Learning was depeuted by Th. Arundel Arch-bishop of Canterbury to confute Wickliffe's Opinions Th. Langton a Carmelite in London wrote Of their Ordinary Acts and Of the Trial of H. Crump D. D. c. He flourished under H. 4. 1400. Rob. de Harby a Carmelite in Linc. wrote Sermons of the Festivities of the Blessed Virgin He flourished 1450. Rich. Turpin born at Knaptoft was one of the Gentlemen in the English Garrison in Calais in Fr. in the Reign of H. 4. He wrote a Chronicle of his time and died 1541. Since the Refomation Hen. Smith called Silver-tongued was Preacher at St Clement Danes V. his Life writ by me Jo. Duport D. D. born at Shepshed thrice Vice-Chanc of the University of Cambridge was one of the Translators of the Bible He bestowed the perpetual Advowson of the Rectory of Harston on Je. Colledge He was happy in a Son Ja. Duport D. D. and Greek Prof. in Trinity Colledge He died 1617. William Burton Esq born at Lindley 1575 wrote an Alphabetical Description of the Towns and Villages in this County c. whose Younger Brother Robert Burton B. D. in Christ Church Oxford wrote the excellent Book called Democritus Junior of the Anatomy of Melancholy He died Rector of Segrave 1636. and had this Epitaph Paucis notus Paucioribus ignotus Hic jacet Democritus Junior Cui vitam pariter mortem Dedit Melancholia Rich. Vines M. A. born at Blazon and bred in Magd. Colledg in Cambridg was Schoolmaster of Hinckley then Minister of St Lawrence Jury in London Being the Champion he was called the Luther of his Party Employed by the Assembly in their Treaties at Uxbridg c. He forsook the Mastership of Pemb. Hall for refusing the Engagement Not a week before his Death Preaching at St. Gregories a rude Fellow cried out unto him Lift up your Voice For I cannot hear you To whom Mr. Vines returturned Lift up your ears for I can speak no louder He died 1655. Mr. Jacome Preached his Funeral Sermon Jo. Cleaveland Born at Hinckley where his Father was Vicar was Fellow of St John's in Cambridge and Advocate General in the Garrison of Newark A General Artist Pure Latinist Exquisite Orator and Eminent Poet. His lofty Fancy may seem to stride from the top of one Mountain to the top of another so making to it self a constant Champain and Level of continued Elevations He died 1658. and
Comedian The two first were Charactered in a Verse made by Queen Elizabeth coming into a Grammar School Persius a Crab-staff Bawdy Martial Ovid a fine VVag. Though the Genius of this our Poet was jocular he could be solemn and serious when occasion required as appears by his Tragedies so that He aclitus himself might afford to smile at his Comedies and Democritus scarce forbear to sigh at his Tragedies His Learning being very little Nature seems to have practised her best Rules in his production Many were the witty Combates betwixt him and Benjamin Johnson who like a Spanish Gallion was built far higher in Learning solid but slow in his performances whilst Shakespeare like an English Man of War less in bulk but lighter in Sailing could turn with all Tides tack about and take advantage of all Winds by the quickness of his wit and invention He dyed 16. and was buried at Stratford Michael Drayton born at Athelston was a pious Poet a Temperate man and a good natured Companion He changed his Laurel for a Crown of Glory 1631. and was buried in Westminster-Abbey Sir Fulke Grevil Knight Son to Sir Fulke Senior of Becham Court was bred in Cambridge He came to Court back'd with a fair Estate in the Reign of Queen Elizabeth He was a good Scholar and a great Friend to Learned Men Bishop Overal chiefly owed his preserment to him and Mr. Cambden tasted largely of his Liberality His Studies were most in Poetry and History as his works do witness King James created him Baron Brook of Beauchamp-Court as descended from the sole Daughter and Heir of Edward VVilloughby the last Lord Brook He was murdered 16. by a discontented servant who conceiving himself not soon or well enough rewarded first wounded his Master mortally and afterwards dispatched himself He lyeth buried in Warwick Church under a fair Monument whereon he is styled Servant to Queen Elizabeth Councellour to King James and Friend to Sir Philip Sidney dying unmarried his Barony descended on his Kinsman Robert Grevil Lord Brook Father to the Right Honourable Robert Lord Brook Nich. Byfield bred in Queens Colledge in Oxford entring into the Ministery was invited into Ireland But being wind-bound at Chester and having preached there with great approbation he was chosen Minister in the City being afterwards informed that his going over to Ireland would have been labour in vain He maintained the strict observation of the Lords day against Mr. Breerwood He was afterwards Minister of Isleworth in Middlesex where he Preached for 15 years together twice every Lords day and expounded Scripture every Wednesday and Fryday He dyed of the Stone in his Bladder which being taken out after his death was weighed and measured being 33 ounces and more in length 13 inches and above in measure about the breadth almost 13 inches and about the edge 15 and ½ Being of solid substance to look upon like Flint He was buried at Isleworth Philemon Holland bred in Trinity-Colledge in Cambridge a Doctor in Physick and fixed himself in Coventry He was the Translator General of his Age of whom one saith Holland with his Translations doth so fill us He will not let Suetonius be Tranquillus Many of his Books he wrote with one Pen whereon he himself versifies With one sole Pen I writ this Book made of a Grey Goose Quill A Pen it was when I it took and a Pen I leave it still He Translated Cambden's Britannia with many excellent Additions and was himself Translated to a better Life 16 ... Francis Holyoake born at Whitacre was Minister of Southampton He set forth Rider's Dictionary and dyed 16. James Cranford born at Coventry and bred in Oxford was benesiced in Northampton-shire afterwards Minister of St. Christophers in London A learned and pious man and a painful Preacher of much Humility Moderation and Charity Having sadly sympathized with the Sufferings of Church and State he dyed 1657. Romish Exile Writers William Bishop Son probably to John a Protestant and Patron of Brails in this County went first to Rhemes then to Rome whence being sent back into England he was siezed on and committed by Secretary Walsingham to the Marshalsey After 3 years being banished the Land he became a Doctor of Sorbon Afterwards he returned into England and for nine years laboured in the Popish Harvest And after another visit to his Holiness he returned to his Station till he was imprisoned at London At last being enlarged he went to Paris The Papists cry him up for a Glorious Coufessor of the Popish Faith who if any goodness in him should also be a thankful Confessor of the Protestant Charity permitting him twice to depart Prison Benefactors to the Publick Hugh Clapton born at Stratford and bred a Mercer in London whereof he was Lord Mayor 1491. built at Stratford a stately and long Stone Bridge of many Arches over the Avon many other Charities he bestowed and deceased 1496. Since the Reformation Hales Esquire founded and endowed a fair Grammar School in Coventry the Priory of which he had purchased from King Henry 8. Jo. Lord Harrington born at Combe-Abbey was no less Pious then Noble He began the Fashion of a diary wherein he registred his daily failings Being a wise Accomptant he used that method of Christion Arithmetick in numbering his dayes with such exactness that it seems he had but one day to account for and repent of before his death He was a most bountiful Benefactor to Sidney Colledge He dyed in his prime and unmarried being the last Male of that Honourable Family as one complains by way of Anagram Johannes Dominus Harringtonius insignit exat Ah! Unus Honor Domi. He left his two Sisters his Heirs Lucy Married to Edward Earl of Bedford and Anne who by Sir Robert Chichester had a Daughter Anne married to Thomas Earl of Elgin and Mother to Robert Lord Bruce who is at this day Heir apparent to no small part of the Lands but actually possessed of a large share of the Vertues of his great Uncle Memorable Persons Thomas Underhill Esquire was born at Neaber-Eatendon lived with his Wife 65 years having by her 13 Sons and 7 Daughters in Worshipful Equpage which was rendred illustrious by their Examplary Hospitality She dyed in July and he in October following 1603. Noted Sheriffs Q. Eliz. An. 27. An. Shugburg Arm. The Sirname of the Family is right ancient in the place of their Name and Habitation giving for their Arms the Stones Astroites in Herauldry reduced to Mullets which they most resemble found within their Mannor K. James An. 2. Richard Verney Mil. hunted the Powder-Traytors taking desperate courses after the discovery of their Plot out of this into the next Shire of Worcester 16. Francis Leigh Mil. was Created Baron of Dunsmore and afterwards Earl of Chichester by King Charles I. His eldest Daughter and Heir was Married to Thomas Earl of Southampton his younger to George Villiers Visc Grandison K. Charles I. An. 12. Thomas Leigh Mil. was
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 trwysoc 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. Ru Arthur ond tra fu 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 Emâ—…lor 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 Bangor 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 Ulster 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 Ulster After many impressions not over successfully made in Ulster 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 Ulster 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 to God his Lands much impaired descended to his Son Robert His Body being brought over was buried in Carmarthen His Widow Lady was soon remarried to Robert Earl of Leicester His Father and Grandfather dyed about the same time of their Age viz. the 36th year to which his Son Robert never attained Writers Ambrose Merlin born at Carmarthen is reported to have had an Incubus to his Father pretending to a pedigree older then Adam even from the Serpent himself VVe will allow the Serpent to be Father to his own Child I mean this monstrous Lie about Merlin's Birth Many are his pretended Prophesies whereof the British have a very high esteem though their own Proverb says Namyn Dduw nid oes dewin that besides God there is no Diviner Indeed Merlin's Prophesies did much mischief when his Interpreters put Owen Glendower on his Rebellion against King Henry 4. perswading him the time was come wherein he should recover the Welsh Principality which occasioned the making of cruel