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A50038	The natural history of Lancashire, Cheshire, and the Peak in Derbyshire with an account of the British, Phœnician, Armenian, Gr. and Rom. antiquities in those parts / by Charles Leigh ...	Leigh, Charles, 1662-1701?	1700 (1700)	Wing L975; ESTC R20833	287,449	522

stabb'd in the Senate and in the Chappel an admirable and lively Draught of the Resurrection Hence we were conducted into the Chambers which are Noble and Great and most richly Inlaid with the choicest Woods and Compose a very stately Gallery At the upper End of it is his Grace's Closet richly beautify'd with Indian Paint where there are various Figures of Birds as Drawn by the Native Indians Here stands a stately Looking-Glass which when you approach it reflects the whole Gallery back again and so deceives the Sight that the Walk seems to continue to the Eye though you have reach'd the Bounds of the Gallery The next Curiosity were the Gardens very delightful pleasant and stately adorn'd with exquisite Water Works the First we observe is Neptune with his Sea-Nymphs from whence by the turning of a Cock immediately issue forth several Columns of Water which seem'd to fall upon Sea-Weeds Not far from this is another Pond where Sea-Horses continually rowl and near to this stands a Tree composed of Copper which exactly resembles a Willow by the turning of a Cock each Leaf distils continually Drops of Water and lively represents a Shower of Rain From this we pass'd by a Grove of Cypress upon an Ascent and came to a Cascade at the Top of which stand Two Sea-Nymphs with each a Jarr under the Arm the Water falling thence upon the Cascade whilst they seem to squeeze the Vessels produces a loud rumbling Noise like what we may imagine of the Egyptian or Indian Cataracts At the Bottom of the Cascade there is another Pond in which is an Artificial Rose by turning of a Cock the Water ascends through it and hangs suspended in the Air in the Figure of that Flower There is another Pond wherein is Mercury pointing at the Gods and throwing up Water besides there are several Statues of Gladiators with the Muscles of the Body very lively display'd in their different Postures The Pile is not yet finish'd but will assuredly be a very compleat and magnificent Structure and worthy of so illustrious a Family Haddon-House is a stately Building with noble Gardens the Seat of the Right Honourable the Earl of Rutland and worthy the Sight of the Curious I shall now in the next place proceed to give an Account of the Earls of Derby the First of whom were the Peverels Earls of Nottingham and Derby as Mr. Cambden transmits it to us from good Authorities Afterwards King Richard the First gave and confirm'd to his Brother Iohn the County and Castle of Nottingham Lancaster Derby c. with the Honours belonging to them and the Honours of Peverel After him those of the Family of the Ferrars are allow'd to be Earls whom King Iohn created Earls of Derby with his own Hands but his Two Sons William and Robert in the Civil Wars were stripp'd of this Dignity and many Possessions of Robert were given by King Henry the Third to his younger Son Edmund and Edward the Third by Act of Parliament gave Henry of Lancaster the Son of Henry of Lancaster the Earldom of Derby to him and his Heirs and likewise assign'd him a Thousand Marks yearly during the Life of Henry his Father From that Time this Title continu'd in the Family of Lancaster till King Henry the Seventh bestow'd it upon Thomas Stanley who had not long before marry'd Margaret the King's Mother afterwards William the Sixth Earl of Derby of this Family a Man of great Worth and Honour enjoy'd it when the Author Mr. Cambden writ this William departing this Life Anno Dom. 1642. was succeeded by Iames his Son and Heir Eminent for his good Services to King Charles the First as was also his Excellent Lady Charlote who with a true Masculine Bravery sustain'd the Siege of Latham-House against the Parliament's Forces when my Grandfather Colonel Chisnell Commanded under her He receiv'd Two Commissions One from His Majesty King Charles the First for a Regiment of Horse the Other from his Highness Prince Rupert for a Regiment of Foot in which are these Expressions For the Desence of the True Protestant Religion by Law establish'd the Liberty and Property of the Subject and Defence of His Majesty's Person which is an invincible Argument of the Degeneracy of the contrary Party who wou'd calumniate these worthy Patriots with being Abettors of Popery and Arbitrary Power The worthy Earl after the Fight of Worcester being unfortunately taken in Cheshire was on the Fifteenth of October Beheaded at Bolton in Lancashire He was succeeded by his Son Charles and he by his Eldest Son and Heir William the present Earl he had Issue Iames Lord Strange by Elizabeth Grand-daughter of the late Duke of Ormond and Daughter to the late Earl of Ossory This young Gentleman in the ripening Bloom of his Years had all the Marks of a sweet Temper real Honour and solid Judgment that in those Years cou'd possibly be expected but to the unspeakable Loss of his Parents and the universal Sorrow of the whole Country he unfortunately died the last Year at Venice of the small Pox in the Course of his Travels The present Earl has now Two Brothers but no issue Male Persons of great affability true Conduct and Bravery as the World is sufficiently convinced of by their repeated Actions in Flanders in the Service of his present Majesty King William the Third Having thus far proceeded in the Antiquities of these Countries which unquestionably add to the Glory of them in laying before us the Regard the Romans had by erecting their Colonies and forming their Stations for the Security of these Parts of Britain it remains now for the Satisfaction of the Reader that I give him an Explanation of the Reverses of the Coins dug up in different Places here I pretend not hereby to add many to the numerous Catalogues collected and explained by the Care of preceding Antiquaries but that I may give what is due to these Parts of our Isle esteemed indeed obscure and barren by many one may by these Reverses form some Idaea's of the Extent of the Roman Empire and their wondrous Transactions carried on in those Times One thing is observable here that as it was an universal Custom in Egypt and China to deliver their Sentiments by Hieroglyphical Representations so in those Days the Roman Emperors were no less devoted to that Piece of Vanity I shall not observe any strict Method in the Successions of the Emperors but give you the Coins indifferently as they came to my Hands On the Reverse of one of Iulius Caesar's Coins was Mars with a Spear or Scutum or Target which doubtless denoted his Warlike Temper On one of Augustus Caesar's was Pallas with these following Letters DESID P. R. thus interpreted the Desire of the Roman People which sufficiently evidences to us the great Encouragement given to Learning in those Days at which Time it was those great Masters of Eloquence and Poetry flourished viz. Cicero Virgil Horace c. Others of his

Carolus Leigh M. D. W. Faithorn delin I Savage sculp THE NATURAL HISTORY OF Lancashire Cheshire AND THE Peak in Derbyshire WITH AN ACCOUNT OF THE British Phoenician Armenian Gr. and Rom. ANTIQUITIES IN THOSE PARTS By CHARLES LEIGH Doctor of Physick OXFORD Printed for the AUTHOR and to be had at Mr. George West's and Mr. Henry Clement's Booksellers there Mr. Edward Evet's at the Green-Dragon in St. Paul's Church-yard and Mr. Iohn Nicholson at the King 's Arms in Little-Britain LONDON MDCC IMPRIMATUR GUIL PAINTER S. T. P. Vice-Cancel Oxon. To His GRACE JAMES Duke of ORMOND Chancellor of the University of OXFORD To the Reverend the Vice-Chancellor THE DOCTORS PROCTORS HEADS of Colleges and Halls AND THE Rest of the Learned MEMBERS OF THAT Flourishing and Famous University THIS WORK is humbly Dedicated IT was some Years since by Recommendation from several of the Heads of Houses Professors and Doctors of Physick that this Work was undertaken it is therefore from You that it presumes to seek a Protection which if it has the Honour and Happiness to obtain the Censorious Criticks may shew their ill Temper but will be too Weak to wound it I must own it may be look'd upon by some perhaps as a Piece of Arrogance for so obscure a Pen to solicite a Protection from such a Learned and Honourable Body But since the Sun that great Luminary of the Universe sometimes gilds the darkest Grotto's I presume therefore so far as not totally to despair of Your Favour I do with the profoundest Gratitude acknowledge that an Encouragement from so many Learned Persons contributed no small Matter to this Undertaking and had that been wanting the Difficulties I met with were so many and so insuperable I should not have been able to have accomplish'd my Design The Method I have taken in this Book which has been a Work of Seventeen Years is chiefly to relate Matter of Fact having seen the Misfortunes of many in swelling their Books with Digressive Quotations and Chimerical Hypotheses and as the French observe frequently losing the Truth by Argument I can solace my self with this that I dread not to be Contradicted in any Instance I have mentioned having been Critically Curious in each Observation and Experiment and those frequently repeated It is my Hopes that several Matters in the following Sheets may occur that in future Ages may not only tend to the Wealth and Honour of those Counties but the Improvement of Natural History and the general Good of Mankind no Counties in England affording so great a Variety of Mines Minerals and Mettals with other choice Products and the most surprizing Phaenomena of Nature if it happen to have this Effect it will be to the infinite Satisfaction of Your Ever-devoted Most Humble Obliged and Obedient Servant Charles Leigh To His Excellency WILLIAM Duke of Devonshire c. ONE OF THE Lords Justices of ENGLAND The Right Honourable WILLIAM Earl of Derby c. The Right Honourable RICHARD Earl Rivers c. WITH The Rest of the Nobility and Gentry Encouragers of this WORK My Lords and Gentlemen THERE are particular Spirits in Mankind which soar above the common Level Hence it is that true Patrons of Learning and Honour have such an Influence over those who move in a lower Orb that they are enabled by that borrowed Lustre to dart such Reflections as raise some Sort of Men to that Pitch of Thought that can allure them to the Perusal of a Book So little indeed by a great many is Learning esteem'd and a Publick Good encouraged that an Author like an Ass in the Indies may be overloaden with Treasure but the Brambles in his tedious Fatigues are frequently his Recompence The Poets how unhappy soever they may have been upon other Accounts have had their Moecenas's in all Ages to guard them from the Fury of the Criticks while the Philosopher generally like Truth the Object of his Intentions and Discourse comes into the World naked It 's only his Innocence and Integrity that skreens him from their Malevolent Censures but to add Lustre and Energy to his Performances is to derive it from the Patronage of the Great which gives to 'em if the Metaphor be not too uncouth a kind of Perpetual Living Since therefore so many Noble Personages and Worthy Gentlemen have been pleased so far to incourage this Undertaking by honouring both it and me with your Generous Subscriptions I hope you will pardon this in me who cannot but now and ever shall acknowledge it with the deepest Sense of Gratitude and remain with the Profoundest Respest My Lords and Gentlemen Your most Obedient and Oblig'd Servant Charles Leigh THE EPISTLE TO THE Candid Reader I Cannot but be conscious to my self that several Errors may occur in the following Work which have slipt my Observation but in relation to those I have only this to say as an Apology for my self the Work consisting of that Variety of Subjects I had so many different Persons to deal with I could not give that attendance to the Press which otherwise I would have done and that if any material ones be met with they are not mine There are some of the Plates which are figured twice over but those being wrought off while I was in Oxford the Error could not be rectify'd but those are ranged in the Book with their proper Explications so that the Fault is not material It is said of Demosthenes when he gave the Athenians an Account how their Ancestors fought by Land at Marathon and by Sea at Salamis he took not the least Notice of their being Victorious but all he aim'd at was to conceal that Tragical one at Chaeronea If therefore the candid Reader in the ensuing Work meets with any thing which may be of Use or Divertisement to him I hope he 'll be so benign as to erase or at least correct the Errors since the Author though he may be apt to flatter himself to have been in some measure happy in the Former may be as unfortunate in the Latter The Design of the whole Work is briefly recited in the Preface to that therefore I refer him and shall not presume upon his Patience by Harangues and Repetitions but subscribe my self His Humble Servant Charles Leigh THE PREFACE SO different are the Tempers of Men and so various the Impressions made upon their Minds that as it would be an high piece of Folly in me to expect the Favours of all so on the other hand 't is equally prudent to be arm'd against the Criticisms of many who will be apt to quarrel with divers Things contain'd in this Work the Method whereof wherein I have endeavour'd to be as concise as I could having evaded Quotations from others as far as the Subject would bear I shall briefly touch upon having first premised that what is recited therein is chiefly from my own Observation and Experiments This Work therefore is divided into Three Books the First relating to Natural

seems were for the Preservation of the Memory of Two Centuriont that had so many Years faithfully and worthily served the Romans there In the Year 1692 under the Root of an Oak in Med-Lock near Knot-Mill was found a Stone Three Quarters long Fifteen Inches broad Eleven Inches thick with the Letter'd side downward which Mr. Cambden saw not at least before the Finishing his Britania but is now to be seen in the Garden of Holme the Seat of Sir Iohn Bland Bar to whom that Estate descended the same formerly belonging to the Moseley's in Right of his Wife a Lady of great Temper Piety and Prudence The Inscription of the Stone is thus FORTVNAE CONSERVA TRICI LVCIVS SENACIANIVS MARTIVSBLEG VI. VICT. This seems to be an Altar dedicated to Fortune by Lucius Senecianus Martius Brutus a Commander in the Sixth Legion which remained in York in the Time of Severus his being there after he had vanquished Albinus General of the Britains and reduced their State under his Obedience It was surnamed Victrix and is plac'd by Dio in Lower Britain and the Twentieth Legion surnamed also Victrix remain'd at Chester which was plac'd in Higher Britain This Division it seems was made by the said Severus and the Country about it where these Legions were were divided into little Regions since call'd Hydes This was part of the Kingdom of Deiara several of whose Youth being sent to Rome and Pope Gregory admiring their Beauty sent over Augustine to convert the English Edward the First King of the West Saxons and afterwards of the Mercians sent into the Kingdom of the Northumbers an Army of the Mercians saith Hoveden ordering that they should fortifie the City of Manchester and place valiant Soldiers in it it being defac'd by the Danes It was a Frontier Town betwixt the Mercians that inhabited Cheshire and Derbyshire and the Northumbers inhabiting Lancashire and Yorkshire and in their Wars and mutual Incursions was sometimes possessed by the Mercians and sometimes the Northumbers Thus far our Author proceeds As to the present State of the Town it is vastly populous of great Trade Riches and Industry particularly for the Fustian Manufacture and Printing them as for those likewise which are call'd Manchester Wares both which are now sent all over the Kingdom as well as to the Indies It is watered by the Rivers Erwell and Irke Little can be added of Lancaster for Antiquity save that it was doubtless a Roman Fortress as appears by the Roman Wall and Road leading to it it is at this time a very thriving Corporation and an improving Port Its Eminency chiefly lies in this that many Branches of the Royal Family have enjoy'd Titles deriv'd from it which for the Dignity of the County in general I will enumerate as briefly as possible The First that was stiled Lord of the Place in the Beginning of the Norman Government was Roger of Poictou surnamed Pictarensis because his Wife came out of Poictou in France He was succeeded in that Honour by William Earl of Morton and Warren upon whose Death King Richard the First bestow'd it on his Brother Iohn afterwards King of England of whom Gualter De Hemingford and R. Hoveden gives this Account That King Richard shew'd great Affection to his Brother Iohn for besides Ireland and the Earldom in Normandy he bestow'd upon him such great Preferment in England that he was in a manner Tetrarch there For he gave him Cornwall Lancaster Nottingham and Derby with the adjacent Country and many other Things After this King Henry III. Son of King Iohn promoted his younger Son Edmund Crouchback he having been prevented of the Kingdoms of Sicily and Apuleia to the Earldom of Lancaster giving it in these Words The Honour Earldom Castle and Town of Lancaster with the Cow-Pastures which at this Day they call Vaccaries from thence and Forest of Wiresdale Lownsdale New-Castle under Lime with the Mannor Forest and Castle of Pickering the Mannor of Scateby the Village of Gormancester and the Rents of the Town of Huntingdon Edmund had Issue Thomas Henry and Iohn who died unmarried which Thomas was Second Earl of Lancaster and was succeeded in that Honour by his Brother Henry whose Son Henry was in Parliament created Duke of Lancaster being the Second Dukedom that was erected in England that of Cornwall being the First in the Person of Edward the Black Prince and left Two Daughters Maud Dutchess of Bavaria and Blanch married to Iohn of Gaunt so call'd because he was born at Ghent in Flanders Fourth Son of Edward the Third who thereby coming to the whole Estate and being now equal to many Kings in Wealth was created Duke of Lancaster by his Father he also obtain'd the Royalties from him and the King then advanced the County of Lancaster into a Palatinate By this Rescript wherein after he had declar'd the great Service he had done his Country at Home and Abroad he adds We have granted from Us and our Heirs to our Son aforesaid that he during his Term of Life shall have within the County of Lancaster his Chancery and his Writs to be issued out under his own Seal belonging to the Office of Chancellor his Justices likewise as well for Pleas of the Crown as for other Pleas relating to Common Law to have Cognizance of them and to have Power of making all Executions whatsoever by his Writs and Officers and to have all other Liberties and Royalties whatsoever appertaining to a County Palatine as freely and fully as the Earl of Chester within the said County is known to have Nor was he only Duke of Lancaster but by Marriage with Constantia Daughter to Peter King of Castile sometime bore the Title of King of Leon and Castile but by Contract he parted with this Title and in the Thirteenth of King Richard the Second was created Duke of Aquitaine by Consent of Parliament to the great Dissatisfaction of the Country At that Time his Titles were Iohn Son to the King of England Duke of Aquitaine and Lancaster Earl of Derby Lincoln and Leicester and High Steward of England After this Henry de Bullingbrook his Son succeeded in the Dutchy of Lancaster who having deposed Richard the Second obtained the Crown and conferr'd that Honour upon Henry his Son afterwards King of England and that he might entail it upon him and his Heirs for ever he had an Act of Parliament made in these Words We being unwilling that our said Inheritance or Liberties by reason of our now assuming the Regal Seat and Diguity shou'd be any ways chang'd transferr'd diminish'd or impair'd but that our said Inheritance with its Liberties and Rights aforesaid shou'd in the same Manner and Form Condition and State wherein they descended and fell to us and also with all and singular Liberties Franchizes and Priviledges Commodities and Profits whatsoever which our Lord and Father in his Life-time had and held it for term of his Life by Grant of the late King Richard and wholly