and Breadth Page 1 Boadicea 2 Bonds first sealed 10 Becket Tho. 14 Black Prince 21 A Bishop's Chastity 49 Blasphemy 51 London-Bridge 53. and finisht 53 Shower of Blood 53 Barons 63 Barons first executed 64 A Bishop rescued from the King by force ibid Shower of Blood 78 A miraculous Birth 95 Last Banneret in England 99 A Pond of Blood 108 C. CAractecus Page 4 Cadwallader ibid Constantine ibid Cambridge founded 7 Church-Rights sold. 10 Charles the I. 36 Charles the II. 37 Committee of Safety 39 Canutus 48 Scotch Custom 49 Children born with Horse-tails 52 A barbarous Cruelty 57 Common-Councel-men first in London 58 Charters confirm'd 59 A false Christ. 60 Richard Clare his Valour 61 Coronation-Chair brought from Scotland into England 62 The Value of Calice 66 Clergies Tax ibid Chaucer 68 A noble Citizen of London 69 Combat between Katrington and Annesley ib Character of King Henry the V. 75 A wonderful Cock 78 Cap of Maintainance 89 King Henry the VIII supream Head of the Church 90 First Registers in Churches 92 Cranmer Archbishop his Heart not burnt 96 East-India Company 100 First Master of Ceremonies 103 A monstrous Child 105 King Charles murdered 108 D. DAnes first invade England Page 6 Second Invasion of Danes ibid Drake Captain 34 Dangerfield 45 A Dwarf 63 A great Dearth 65 First Dauphin of France 66 Dukes first created 67 An Appearance of the Devil 74 â—â—fender of the Faith Title 90 Dolphins 95 Captain Drake 99 English first Drunkards ibid Dublin-University 100 A great Drought 101 Deer-killers Penalty 104 Duels restrain'd 105 Countess of Derby's Resolution 108 Lady Eleanor Davis 109 E. ENgland's Length and Breadth Page 2 Its first Inhabitants ibid Their Wives ibid England when so call'd and why 6 Divided into Parishes ibid Kings-Evil first cured 7 A dreadful Example ibid Divided into Circuits 14 Edward the I. sirnamed Long-shanks 17 Edward Caernarven ibid Edward the III. Crowned 19 Edward the IV. 26 Edward the V. 27 Edward the VI. 32 Elizabeth Queen ibid Ethelred 48 Strange Earthquake 49 53 Elephant first seen in England 60 Emperor takes Pay of King Henry 88 A prodigious Earthquake 100 Another 101 F. FIre in London Page 39 Great Fire in London 49 A bountiful Feast 59 Vast Expences in France 60 A great Frost 68 4000 French frighted at the Name of Salisbury 76 A Fort taken by one Man 99 A monstrous Fish 100 G. GOspel first preach'd in England Page 3 First publickly professed here ibid Gaviston 18 Garter first instituted 21. 54 Lady Jane Grey 32 Gunpowder Plot. 35 Guns first used 66 Knights of Garter first ibid Guns first invented 72 First Garter King at Arms. 74 Gold paid by Weight 75 King's Guard first ordained 85 Granada won by the Spaniards 86 An uncourteous Guest 94 H. HEptarchy Page 4 5 Henry the I. Crown'd at Westminster 11 His Death and Issue 12 Henry the II. Plantagenet 13 Henry the III. Crowned 16 Henry the IV. 22 Henry the V. 23 Henry the VI. 24 Henry the VII 28 Henry the VIII 29 Hell Kettles 40 First Burning in the Hand 87 Large Hailstones ibid Ceremonies of Cutting off the Hand for Courtstriking 91 John Hopkins 97 Hacket's strange Reconciliation 99 King James presented with 70 Teams of Horses 103 I. IReland conquer'd Page 14 John King Crown'd at Westminster 15 First Justice of Peace 21 Joan de Lorrain 24 James the I. King 35 James the II. King 40 Installation at Windsor 45 First Lord of Ireland 50 Johannes de Temporibus ibid Ireland first entred by the English 51 Submits to King Henry 52 King of Jerusalem's Title whence 54 Laws first in Ireland 58 A devout Jew 60 Man-Island conquered 66 A noble Justing 70 An Image made to speak 72 King Edward the IV. sits as Judge 79 A melancholy Judge 80 A magnificent Interview 89 King Henry his Justing ibid Viscount Lisle dies of Joy 92 St. James's built 93 English Laws in Ireland 95 A wonderful Journey 104 K. THe Kingdom interdicted by the Pope P. 58 Knighthood compell'd 60 Knights-Templers imprisoned 64 Earl of Kent beheaded 65 Manner of Knighting 70 Obligations of Knighthood 91 Knights-Baronets first created 104 L. A Learned Man became an Ideot Page 59 Laws first pleaded in English 67 Legitimacy by Parliament 71 Barons first made by Letters Patents ibid Lions die in the Tower 77 Judge Littleton 82 Wonderful Lightning at Whitecomb 108 M. FIrst Lord Mayor and Sheriffs of London Page 15. 55 Magna Charta 17 Evil May-day 29 Man hang'd for his Master 32 Mary Queen ibid Monmouth lands at Lyme 42 Defeated and beheaded 43 A Lord devoured by Mice 49 Miracles 58 Maid of Leicestershire 61 Montfort's Audacity ibid Sir John Mandevil 65 Judgement on King Edward's Murderers 83 Name of Merchant-Taylors first given 87 Masking first used in England 88 Meat sold by Weight 93 Mass restored 96 A strange Mortality 98 N. NUns of Codington Page 48 French Navy of 1287. 7 Necromantick Art 76 Last Nuncio in England 98 O. Oswald Page 6 Oxford-University founded 7 Oliver Usurper 37 Oates his Plot. 40 Perjury and Punishment 41 Oath of Allegiance 105 P. AN English-man elected Pope Page 15 Peterkin and Symnel 28 Protestancy founded 32 Abolished 33 Old Parr his Age. 37 Plague in London 39 First Parliament in England 49 Two Popes at once 53 A Bondman came to be Pope ibid King John resigns his Crown to the Pope 48 A wonderful Preservation 63 First Coronation-Pardon 65 A wonderful Pestilence 67 Great Plenty 68 A King obliged to attend the Parliament 70 A strange sort of general Pardon 71 Prince Henry made a Prisoner 73 King Henry the 5ths Prophesie 74 Printing first used in England 77 A wonderful Prodigy ibid The Fickleness of Parliaments 80 First suing in forma Pauperis 86 Popes Authority abolished 91 First Gentlemen-Pensioners 93 Priests Children legitimated 95 A Plague 105 R. ROmans first enter England Page 2 Their Departure 3 Rosamond 14 Richard Coeur de Lion 15 Robin Hood and Little John ibid. 55 Richard the II. 22 Richard the III. 28 King Richard's Reply to the Priest 56 A â—â—ot of Sheep 64 A strange Rainbow 96 A vast Rain ibid Rain of Fire from Heaven 110 S. SAxons Invasion Page 4 Stephen Earl of Blois Crown'd at Westminster 12 His Valour Death Issue 13 Salisbury Church built 16 Scotland subjected 17 Spencers 18 Scots invade England 20 Straw and Tyler 22 A wonderful Sorceress 53 William King of Scots does Homage to King John 57 Sterling Money ibid. 58 King of Scots does Fealty to King Edward 62 Title to Scotland surrendred 65 Defrauding Souldiers punished 66 A Subsidy granted without asking 74 Scriptures ordered to be in Latin 75 A wonderful Slaughter 79 King Edward marries his Subject 80 Sheep sent to the King of Arragon ibid Strange Examples of Severity 81 Length of Shoos Noses 82 Inundation of the Severn 84 Sweating Sickness 85 A Carver made Sheriff ibid A Just at Sheens 86 Sanctuaries
A MEMORIAL FOR THE LEARNED OR MISCELLANY of choice Collections from most Eminent Authors IN History Philosophy Physick and Heraldry By J. D. Gent. Ex paucis plurima concipit Ingenium Licensed LONDON Printed for George Powell and William Powle over against Lincolns-Inn Gate in Chancery-Lane and in Holborn-Court in Gray's Inn 16 〈…〉 〈◊〉 To the Right Honourable HENRY Lord GREY BARON of RUTHYN c. My Lord THE ensuing Treatise being sent me from a conceal'd Author with permission to make it publick I soon had my Opinion of it confirm'd by better Judgments that as it discover'd vast labour in the Compiling so it would prove of equal Use and Advantage to the Reader Hereupon I found a double Care incumbent upon me both to secure it from Errors of the Press and procure its Recommendation to the World by the Patronage of some Honourable Person which the Author's Modesty has render'd more needful Whither therefore should I betake my self for protection of this Performance but where 〈◊〉 and Generosity are united and where is this Union more illustrious than in your Lordship who are blest with such Endowments of Art and Nature as even adorn your Quality and bring access of Honour to your Family already famous for a long Race of Ancestors This were a sufficient Glory when your Lordship had arriv'd to years of perfection but your early Genius disdains the slower methods of Time and makes you mature in Knowledg in the blossom of your Age. Beside the sweetness of Disposition and acquaintance with the Muses your Lordship has already brought home the Improvement of Travel to that eminent degree as must soon render you an Ornament to our Court and Blessing to our Countrey Illud demùm absolutum esse Ingenium quod ad Rempublicam simulque scientias factum sit This in the opinion of Barclay is the Perfection of a Gentleman and a Character whereof your Lordship has already given signal Instances It must never be forgotten how early your Lordship like another Scipio was concern'd for the Publick and in our late Trouble with generous Loyalty raised a Troop of Horse for his Majesties and your Countries Service This single Specimen were enough to create that vast Expectation which your Lordship will questionless make good Wherefore that the present Age may long enjoy your Vertues and Aceomplishments and Posterity your Example is the zealous Prayer of My Lord Your Lordships most devoted humble Servant N. Tate The Author's PREFACE THE true design of a Preface according to my Apprehension being to explain the meaning of the Title and to give the Reader a more copious Notion of the ensuing Treatise with its Design I must first tell you why we call this A Memorial for the Learn'd A Memorial implies something that reminds us of what we have known before but the Memory has almost lost it or some part of it which makes our Notion imperfect till it be recolâ—cted by this means And by A Memorial for the Learn'd we mean a succinct Account of those things wherewith the studious have been unacquainted by large and learned Tracts which being apt to be forgotten are presently remitted to memory by this small Treatise The Propriety therefore of this part of our Title I suppose no body will deny As to the Books we have chosen to epitomize they are certainly the best that could be thought on the fame of whose Authors will certainly remain to the Worlds Nè plus ultra It remains therefore that we acquaint you with our Proceedings and justifie our Method First then You have a short Memorial of English History beginning before the Invasion of Britain by Julius Caesar and from thence continued to September 1682. wherein you have The Length and Breadth of England an Account of its first Inhabitants the Romans Invasion of it its Division into Parishes the Dane and Saxon Invasions the Foundation of Universities and Colledges with all remarkable Passages before the Conquest And from thence an Account of the Life and Death of each King his most notable Acts Coronation Heirs and Issues to the Death of King Charles the Second of ever blessed memory abstracted from the best Chronicles and from thence continued with the notable Passages of our present blessed Monarch's Reign till the beginning of September 1685. Secondly You have a Collection of the most remarkable Occurrences Adventures notable Exploits and wonderful Casualties in Sir Richard Baker's Chronicle discoursed with all possible Brevity So that having had the material Remarks of a Chronicle before Both together make One perfect whereby you have in this small Treatise what is most worthy notice in the largest Volumes Thirdly You have an Epitome of the most eminent Lord Bacon's Works being Abstracts from his History of Life and Dâ—â—ath the length and shortness of Life in living Creatures length of Life in Man Medicines for long Life and the Porches of Death In all which we have scarce omitted any thing though expressed here with much Brevity We 〈◊〉 deseend to his Centuries wherein there is much curious Learning but most part fit only for Chymists and Physicians that dive into the most hidden Secrets of Nature Those Experiments that are either pleasant or practicable or of use we have taken wherein are many admirable Curiosities of Nature especially fit for Countrey-Gentlemen to practise and others to discourse of Fourthly You have the Epitome of Vulgar Errors wherein we found a vast number such as are most worthy Notice or not publickly known All which things our Author has handled with so curious a Pen that every Sentence carries with it something that is extraordinary Wherefore we have all along followed his Sayl as close as we could omitting to the best of our judgment nothing that is remarkable or pleasant Fifthly An Abridgment of Honour wherein you have first The Priviledges due to Gentility and afterwards all the several Titles of Honour and Priviledges due to the female Sex and lastly the Precedence amongst the Nobility and Peers of the Land with their Issues extracted chiefly from Carter's Analysis of Honour and other Treatises on that Subject Wherefore this Compendium if truly look'd into we question not but the ingenious Reader will find it to answer its proposed Ends in being a Memorial for the Learn'd or Miscellany of Learnings most useful Parts And that it may accordingly prove of Advantage to all that peruse it is the only Hope and Aim of him who will ever endeavour to prove himself as every Man ought A true Servant of his Countrey J. D. AN ALPHABTICAL Table TO THE Historical Part. A. AUrelius Ambrosius's Arrival Page 4 Arthur King ibid Armada Spanish 34 Argile 44 Athelstone his Miracle 48 Archbishops their Superiority 52 Auricular Confession and Transubstantiation 58 Aldermen first in London 60 Atheists first burnt 73 Annals forbidden to be paid to Rome 90 No more Appeals ibid A strange Apparition 101 A sad Accident 107 Armies in the Air. 108 B. BRitains Length
College by Edm. de Gonvil 1353. Repaired by J. Caius Dr. of Physick 1557. Kings College by King Henry the Sixth 1441. Queens College by Margaret his Wife in the same Year Katharine-Hall by R. Woodlark Provost of Kings College 1475. Jesus College by J. Alcock Bishop of Ely 1497. Christs College by Mar. Countess of Derby where the College of Gods House stood 1505. St. John's College by the same 1508. Magdalen College by T. Audley Lord Chancellor of England 1542. Trinity College by Henry the Eighth 1546. Emmanuel College by Sir Walter Mildmay 1584. Sidney Suâ—â— College by Frances Countess of Suâ—â— Daughter of Sir William Sidney 1598. There is a story of King Edward the He Reigned A. D. 1042. Confessor that as he lay in his Bed in an Afternoon with his Curtains drawn a Courtier came into his Chamber where finding the Kings Casket open which Hugoline his Chamberlain had forgot to shut he took out as much Coin as he could conveniently carry and went away and came again a second and a third time when the King spake to him and bad him speedily be packing whilest he was well for if Hugoline should take him he should not only lose all he had but stretch an Halter And when Hugoline came and missing it was troubled the King said be not troubled for the man that had it hath more need of it than we have This King Edward was the first that The Kings-Evil first Cured cured the Kings-Evil Earl Godwin whose Daughter this King married took Bread and eat it in witness that he was not guilty of the death of A dreadful Example Prince Alfred but as soon as he had received the Bread he was choaked at the Table before the King at Windsor WILLIAM the Conquerour was the A. D. 1066. base Son to Robert Duke of Normandy He began his Reign Octob. 14th A. D. 1066. He was very cruel to the English and took part of every mans Estate and also exacted very great Taxes He died at Roan in Normandy A. D. 1087. forsaken of all his Courtiers his Body was left unburied till one Harluims a poor Country Knight at his own charge conveyed it to Caen. His Issue were Robert Richard William Henry and six Daughters In his time it was decreed at Rome That the See of York should be stiled Primas Angliae and that of Canterbury Primas totius Angliae The setting Seals to Bonds and Writings First use of sealing Bonds was now first used in England there being before only Witnesses to them WILLIAM Sirnamed Rufus though A. D. 1087. not eldest Brother gained the voices of the Council and was Crowned A. D. 1087. This King fairly promised to abolish the over-hard Laws made by his Father He set to Sale the Rights of the Church The Church Rights sold. preferring those therein that would give the most He was wont to say that Christs Bread was sweet dainty and most delicate for Kings When Duke Robert had mortgaged Normandy to him hearing as he sat at meat the Main in Normandy was straitly Besieged and his Subjects distressed he swore his wonted Oath By St. Luke's Face that His Expedition into Normandy he would not turn his back till he was with them and thereupon commanded the Wall of the House to be broke down that he might go the next way leaving orders for his Nobles to follow him but the Winds being contrary and the Seas raging his Pilot desired him to stay till they were appeased to whom the King said Hast thou ever heard that a King hath been drowned Therefore hoise up thy Sails I charge thee and be gone Which accordingly being done the King making such haste relieved the City before it was expected and settled all things in a short time and being returned into England as he was Hunting in New Forest Sir Walter Tyrrel a French Knight shooting at a Stag the Arrow glanc'd against a Tree and struck the King into the Breast with which he immediately died August 1. A. D. 1100. His Death His Body laid in a Colliers Cart was drawn with one poor Jade till the Cart broke where for a while the Corps was laid in the dirt but afterwards was conveyed to Winchester and there buried in Burial the Cathedral Church There did several strange Wonders happen in this Kings Reign as Earthquakes Blazing-stars and the like HENRY for his Learning stiled Beauclerk A. D. 1100. promising many good things was with the general liking of the People Crowned at Westminster in A. D. 1100. He constituted many good Laws and rejected those that were formerly too severe by which he wholly gained the hearts of the People Robert being returned from the Holy Land claimed the Kingdom but at length the difference between these two Brethren was reconciled on these terms That Henrâ—â— should enjoy the Crown during his life paying to Robert 3000 Marks by the year After this King had taken pleasure in Hunting in Normandy he made a great repast of Lampreys upon which he fell exceeding sick and after seven days sickness died A. D. 1135. at the Town of St. Denis His Death His Body was brought to Reading and there buried in the Abbey which himself had founded Besides his Lawful Issue William and His Issue Maud he is said to have had fourteen illegitimate In the Year 1111. at Dunmow in Essex the Lady Juga Founded a Priory for black Nuns which afterwards became a House of Monks who 't is said did allow a Gammon of Bacon to such married couples as repented not of their bargain a year and a day after their Marriage nor made any Nuptial transgression in word or deed This they were to make a solemn Oath of STEPHEN Earl of Blois Son to A. D. 1135. Adelicia Daughter to the Conquerour was admitted King by the working of his Brother Henry Bishop of Winchester but chiefly through the means of Hugh Bigot who took this Oath That King Henry upon his Death-bed had dis-inherited his Daughter and appointed Stephen to succeed him He was Crowned at Westminster on St. Stephen's day in A. D. 1135. His entrance was peaceable but by little and little civil discords increased with which and the incursions of the Welsh Scots and Maud the Empress he was continually disturbed He was a very valiant King as was shewn His Valour by his encounter with Robert Earl of Gloucester and Ranulph Earl of Chester where after a long Fight his Horse and Foot flying and leaving him almost alone he with his Battle-Ax drove back whole Troops assailing him with an undaunted courage till his Battle-Ax broke and after that till his Sword flew in pieces but was knock'd down and taken and carried to the Empress So the Empress for a while ruled all but Stephen by the diligence of the Bishop of Winchester after a while gained it again He died at Dover being troubled with His Death the Iliack Passion and
are called White-spurs His paternal Coat is also bettered and the eldest Son of that Coat-Armour is ever an Esquire Esquires by Birth are the younger Sons By Birth of the Nobility as of Earls Viscounts and Barons and the eldest Sons of Knights their eldest Sons successively Those by Office are the Serjeants at By Office Law Sheriffs Escheators the Serjeant of every Office in the Court but these Dignities die with themselves and their Offices Of Knighthood in general and of the Knight-Batchelor OF the Distinctions by Knighthood Distinctions of Knights there are many in other Parts of the World but in England only these Knights-Batchelors Knights of the Bath Knights-Bannerets Knights-Baronets and Knights of the Garter This Titlâ—â— coming to be a Reward 〈◊〉 Degree of Honour is thought to be in imitation of the Equestris Order in Rome to which men were only advanced for extraordinary Vertue and notable Merit who only were admitted to beautifie the Caparisons of their Horses and their Armour with Gold from whence they were called Equites aurati The usual Ceremony of late in Dubbing The Ceremony in Dubbing a Knight is a stroke over the Shoulder with a Sword with these words Sois Chivaler 〈◊〉 nom de Dieu by the King or some by his Commission though the Spur hath lately been observed also Landfrank Archbishop of Canterbury made William the 2d a Knight in his Fathers Time but the Name of Batchelor Knight Batchelors when first added to it seems not to have been till the 33d of Henry the 3d. Of the Knight of the Bath IT is ever to be observed that when the word Knight is found without any addition of Distinction it is meant by the Knight-Batchelor Of the Order of the Bath the first that are taken notice of is in Froissart who gives an account of 46 When first made by Henry the 4th but Mr. Selden is of an opinion they were long before The Honour is invested with a great deal of noble Ceremony too tedious to insert They are distinguished ordinarily by the Their Distinction 〈◊〉 of a red Ribbon cross the left 〈◊〉 as Knights of the Garter by the 〈◊〉 and have this Priviledge above all 〈◊〉 their Sons are free from Wardship Of Bannerets THIS was anciently an Order in France Manner of the Creation and except that in England they are not created by Patent nor the Title hereditary the same The Creation is almost the same with theirs by the solemn delivery of a Banner charged with the Arms of 〈◊〉 that is to be created and cutting off the end of a Pennon or Streamer to make it square into the shape of a Banner are called by some Equites vexilliarii This Knight is only made by the King By whom if present otherwise by the General only for his Deserts in the Field This Order was of so great estimation that divers Knights-Batchelors and Esquires served under them and by Decree of King James it is established That such as were made the King being personally present under his Standard displayed in an Army Royal in open War should take place before all Baronets Of Baronets THE Title of Baronet was erected by When first King James in the 9th year of his Reign He made divers on the 22d day of May the Proem or Argument being for to what end the propagating a Plantation in Ulster in Ireland to which the Aid of these Knights was ordain'd which was the Maintenance of 30 Souldiers in that Province for three years Their Titles were to descend to the Heirs male of their Body and to take place before all Knights-Batchelors Knights of the Bath and Knights Bannerets and that the Name of Baronet in all Writs Commissions and Styles should be added to his Sirname and that the addition of Sir should precede in all mentionings of his Name as the Title of Lady or Madam to the Wives of them and their Successors and that they should take place according to the date of their Patents inter se and so to their Successors They are created by Patent Of Barons THIS word Baron is most properly derived Whence from the word Baria in Greek which signifies Authoritas gravis This Honour of Baronage is of three The several kinds kinds By Tenure by Creation and by Writ Those by Tenure are Peers of the Land By Tenure and are the Barons spiritual Those by Writ are such as the King is By Writ pleased to summons to Parliament though but Gentlemen or Knights and is by some esteemed only temporary pro termino 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 but this cannot be by reason of the great Ceremony at their Creation The Title is also allowed to be hereditary Since these two sorts of Barons in the Time of Richard the 2d hath another been established which is Barons by Patent and By Patent indeed more usual in our later Times than those by Writ Thus in case there want Heirs male it many times descends to the Heirs female though not to her Husband but to their Issue This Dignity though the youngest hath Priviledge also the Priviledges belonging to all the Lords of thâ—â— Parliament As first in all Tryals of criminal Causes he is tryed by the Bench of Peers who all give Verdict not upon theâ—â— Oaths but upon their Honour with a great many more Priviledges But note that Marquesses and Earls Sons their Fathers living have not these Priviledges A Baron must go after the Ancientry of His 〈◊〉 his Ancestors Creation and the Baroness his Wife must go after the same A Barons eldest Son shall have the Place of the Banneret their younger Sons precede Knights-Batchelors and their Daughters go according to their Fathers Creation The form of their Creation is too tedious Of a Bishop THEY are with us three ways Barons of the Realm By Writ by Patent and by Consecration They precede all under the degree of Viscount in the Parliament House always placed on the King's right Hand They cannot be indicted for any Crime without special licence from the King they have likewise very many Priviledges The Viscount THE word in Latin is Vice-comes and it is a degree between an Earl and Baron The Count or Earl HE is the same that in Germany they call Grave as Palsgrave Landgrave c. The Dignity is of divers kinds for an Earl acknowledging no Superior is equal to a Prince The Marquess THIS word Marquess at first was used Whence first to all Earls and Barons that were Lords Marchers or Lords of the Frontiers and came afterward into a special Dignity between that of Duke and Earl The Ceremony of Creation much the same with that of an Earl and the Title Hereditary Of the Duke 〈◊〉 is said to be called Duke à ducendo Whence so called from his leading an Army 〈◊〉 There is not any Creation required 〈◊〉 this Honour and note that in all 〈◊〉 degrees of Honour