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A50824	The new state of England under Their Majesties K. William and Q. Mary in three parts ... / by G.M.	Miege, Guy, 1644-1718?	1691 (1691)	Wing M2019A; ESTC R31230	424,335	944

Carteret Lord Carteret John Bennet Lord Ossulston George Legg Lord Dartmouth Giles Allington Lord Allington John Stawell Lord Stawell Francis North Lord Guilford ●idney Godolphin Lord Godolphin ●lenry Jermin Lord Dover ●ohn Jeffreys Lord Jeffreys ●enry Waldegrave Lord Waldegrave ●dward Griffin Lord Griffin Hugh Cholmondley Lord Cholmondley John Ashburnham Lord Ashburnham Archbishops 2 and Bishops 24. Dr. William Sandcroft Lord Archbishop of Canterbury Dr. Thomas Lampleugh Lord Archbishop of York Dr. Henry Compton L. Bishop of London Dr. Nathaniel Crew L. Bishop of Durham Dr. Peter Mew L. Bishop of Winchester Dr. Herbert Crofts L. Bishop of Hereford Dr. Thomas Wood L. Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry Dr. William Lloyd L. Bishop of Norwich Dr. Thomas Barlow L. Bishop of Lincoln Dr. William Beau L. Bishop of Landaff Dr. William Lloyd L. Bishop of S. Asaph Dr. Robert Frampton L. Bishop of Glocester Dr. Francis Turner L. Bishop of Ely Dr. Thomas Smith L. Bishop of Carlisle Dr. Thomas Sprat L. Bishop of Rochester Dr. Thomas Ken L. Bishop of Bath and Wells Dr. Thomas White L. Bishop of Peterborough * Dr. Jonathan Trelawney L. Bishop of Exeter Dr. Thomas Watson L. Bishop of S. Davids * Dr. Gilbert Burnet L. Bishop of Salisbury * Dr. Humphry Humphrys L. Bishop of Bangor * Dr. Nicholas Stratford L. Bishop of Chester * Dr. Edward Stillingfleet L. Bishop of Worcester * Dr. Simon Patrick L. Bishop of Chichester * Dr. Gilbert Ironside L. Bishop of Bristol * Dr. John Hough L. Bishop of Oxford 1. Note That the Lord President of the Council takes place of all Dukes not of the Royal Bloud 2. That the Lord Great Chamberlain of England the Lord Steward of the Kings Houshold and the Lord Chamberlain of the Houshold take place above all of their Degree 3. That the Archbishop of Canterbury takes place next to the Princes of the Blood and above all the Nobility and Great Officers The Archbishop of York above all the Nobility and Great Officers except the Lord Keeper and the rest of the Bishops next after the Viscounts and above the Temporal Barons Whereof the Bishops of London Durham and Winchester do always precede the other Bishops the rest taking place according to the Seniority of their Consecrations A True List of the Knights Citizens and Burgesses of the Parliament at Westminster in October 1690. Bedfordshire 4. THE Honourable Edward Russel Esq Thomas Browne Esq Town of Bedford Thom. Hillersdon Esq Thom. Christie Esq Berks 9. Sir Hen. Winchcombe Bar. Sir Humfrey Forster Bar. Borough of New-Windsor Sir Charles Porter Knt. William Adderly Esq Borough of Reading Sir William Rich Bar. Sir Henry Fane Kt of the Bath Borough of Wallingford William Jennens Esq John Wallis Esq Borough of Abington Simon Harcourt Esq Bucks 14. The Right Honourable Tho. Wharton Esq The Right Honourable Rich. Hambden Esq Town of Buckingham Sir Richard Temple Knight and Baronet Alexander Denton Esq Borough of Chipping-Wicomb William Jephson Esq Thom Lewes Jun. Esq Porough of Ayli●bury Sir Thomas Lee Bar. Thomas Lee Esq Borough of Agmondesham Will. Mountague Esq Edmond Waller of Beconsfield Esq Borough of Wendover Richard Beake Esq John Backwell Esq Borough of Great Marlow James Chase Esq Sir Will. Whitelocke Knt. Cambridge 6. Sir Levinus Bennet Bar. Sir Robert Cotton Knt. University of Cambridge Sir Robert Sawyer Kt. The Honourable Edward Finch Esq Town of Cambridge Sir John Cotton Bar. Granado Pigott Esq Chester 4. Sir John Mainwaring Bar. Sir Robert Cotton Kt. and Bar. City of Chester Sir Thomas Grosvenor Bar. Richard Leving Esq Cornwal 44. The Honourable Francis Robert Esq The Right Honourable Hugh Boscowen Esq Borough of Dunhivid alias Launceston The Right Honourable Will. Harbord Esq The Honourable Bernard Granville Esq Borough of Leskard Sir Bourchier Wray Kt. of the Bath and Bar. Emanuel Pyper Esq Brough of Lestwithiel Sir Bevill Grenville Kt. Walter Kendall Esq Borough of Truro Sir Henry Ashurst Bar. Henry Vincent Esq Borough of Bodmin Sir John Cutler Kt. and Bar. Nicholas Glynn Esq Borough of Helston Sir John St. Aubin Bar. Charles Godolphin Esq Borough of Saltash Sir John Carew Bar. Richard Carew Esq Borough of Camelford Ambrose Manaton Esq Henry Manaton Esq Borough of Port-Higham alias Westlow Edward Sevmour Esq Jonathan Trelawny Es Borough of Grampound John Tanner Esq Walter Vincent Esq Borough of Eastlow Charles Trelawny Esq Henry Trelawny Esq Borough of Peryn Sidney Godolphin Esq Alexander Pendarvi Esq Borough of Tregony Sir John Tremaine Kt. Serjeant at Law Hugh Fortescue Esq Borough of Bossiny Samuel Travers Esq Sir Peter Colleton Bar. Borough of St. Ives James Praed Esq William Harris Esq Borough of Foway Jonathan Rashleigh Esq Shadrach Vincent Esq Borough of St. Germans Daniel Elliot Esq Henry Fleming Esq Borough of St. Michael Francis Scobell Esq Humph. Courtney Esq Borough of Newport The Right Honourable Charles Lord Cheyne John Speccot Esq Borough of St. Maws Sir Joseph Tredenham Kt. John Tredenham Esq Borough of Kellington Francis Fulford Esq Cumberland 6. Sir George Fletcher Bar. Sir John Lowther of Whitehaven Bar. City of Carlisle Jeremiah Bubb Esq Christopher Musgrave Esq Borough of Cocker-mouth Sir Orlando Gee Kt. Sir Wilfred Lawson Bar. Derby 4. Sir Gilbert Clarke Kt. Henry Gilbert Esq Town of Derby The Honourable Anchitel Gray Esq Robert Wilmot Esq Devonshire 26. Francis Courtney Esq Samuel Rolle Esq City of Exeter Sir Edward Seymour Bar. Christopher Bale Esq Borough of Tornes Sir John Powell Bar. Henry Seymour Esq Borough of Plimouth The Honourable John Greenville Esq Borough of Oakhampton William Cary Esq Henry Nortleigh Esq Borough of Branstable The Right Honourable Sir George Hutchins Kt. Arth. Champneys Esq Borough of Plimpton Sir George Treby Kt. John Pollexsen Esq Borough of Honiton Sir William Drake Kt. and Bar. Sir Walter Yonge Bar. Borough of Tavistock The Honourable Robert Russel Esq Sir Francis Drake Bar Borough of Ashburton Sir Richard Reynel Kt. and Bar. William Stawell Esq Borough of Clifton Dartmouth and Hardness Sir Joseph Herne Kt. William Hayne Esq Borough of Beralston Sir Francis Drake Bar. John Swinfen Esq Borough of Tiverton Samuel Foote Esq Thomas Bere Esq Dorsetshire 20. Thomas Strangeways Esq Thomas Freke Esq Town of Pole Sir Nathaniel Napier Kt. and Bar. Sir John Trenchard Kt. Borough of Dorchester Sir Robert Nappier Kt. and Bar. James Gould Esq Borough of Lime Regis Henry Henley Esq John Burridge Esq Borough of Weymouth Sir John Morton Bar. Michal Harvey Esq Borough of Melcomb Regis Henry Henning Esq Nicholas Gould Esq Borough of Bridport John Michel Esq Sir Stephen Evance Kt. Borough of Snafton alias Shaftsbury Sir Matthew Andrews Kt. Edward Nicholas Esq Borough of Wareham Thomas Erle Esq William Okeden Esq Borough of Corf-Castle Richard Fownes Esq William Culliford Esq Durham 4. Sir Robert Eden Bar. William Lambton Esq City of Durham William Tempest Esq George Morland Esq Essex 8. Henry Mildmay Esq Sir Fran. Masham Bar. Borough of Colchester Samuel Reynolds Esq Edward Cary Esq Borough of Maldon Sir Thomas Darcy Bar. Charles Mountague Es Borough of Harwich The Right Honourable Charles Lord Chyne Sir Thomas

Middleton Kt. Glocestershire 8. Sir John Guise Bar. Sir Ralph Dutton Bar. City of Glocester William Cooke Esq William Try Esq Borough of Cirencester The Right Honourable Henry Powle Esq Richard Howe Esq Borough of Tewksbury Rich. Dowdeswell Esq The Right Honourable Sir Henry Capell Kt. Herefordshire 8. Sir John Morgan Bar. Sir Herbert Croft Bar. City of Hereford Paul Foley Esq Henry Cornwall Esq Borough of Lempster Tho. Conyngesby Esq John Dutton Colt Esq Borough of Weobly John Birch Esq Robert Price Esq Hertfordshire 6. Sir Tho. Pope Blount Bar. Ralph Freeman Esq Borough of St. Albans Sir Samuel Grimston Bar. George Churchill Esq Borough of Hertford Sir Will. Cowper Bar. Sir Will. Leman Bar. Huntingtonshire 4 The Honourable Robert Mountague Esq John Driden Esq Borough of Huntington The Honourable Sidney Wortly alias Mountague Esq The Honourable Richard Mountague Esq Kent 10. The Honourable Sir Vere Fane Knight of the Bath Sir John Knatchbull Bar. City of Canterbury Sir William Honywood Bar. Henry Lee Esq City of Rochester Sir Joseph Williamson Kt. Francis Clarke Esq Borough of Maidston Sir Tho. Taylor Bar. Thomas Ryder Esq Borough of Queenborough Sir John Bankes Bar. Robert Crawford Esq Lancashire 14. The Right Honourable Charles Lord Brandon Gerrard The Honourable James Stanley Borough of Lancaster Roger Kirby Esq Thomas Preston Esq Borough of Preston in Amounderness Christopher Greenfeild Esq Borough of Newton The Honourable George Cholmondely Esq Sir John Chichley Kt. Borough of Wigga●● Sir Rich. Standish Kt. Peter Shakerly Esq Borough of Clitheroe Anthony Parker Esq Roger Kenyon Esq Borough of Leverpool The Kight Honourable Richard Lord Colchester Tho. Norris of Speak Esq Leicester 4. The Right Honourable Bennet Lord Sherrard Sir Thomas Hesilridge Bar. Borough of Leicester Sir Edward Abney Kt. Lawrence Carter Esq Lincoln 12. The Right Honourable George Viscount Castleton Sir Tho. Hussey Bar. City of Lincoln Sir John Bolles Bar. Sir Edw. Hussey Bar. Borough of Boston Peregrine Berty Esq Sir William Yorke Kt. Borough of Great Grimsby Sir Edw. Ayscogh Kt. John Chaplin Esq Town of Stamford The Honourable Charles Bertie Esq William Hyde Esq Borough of Grantham Sir John Brownlowe Bar. Sir William Ellis Bar. Middlesex 8. Sir Char. Gerrard Bar. Ralph Hawtery Esq City of Westminster Sir Will. Poultney Kt. Sir Walter Clarges Bar. London Sir Will. Pritchard Kt. Sir Sam. Dashwood Kt. Sir Will. Turner Kt. Sir Tho. Vernon Kt. Monmouth 3 The Right Honourable Charles Lord Marquess of Worcester Thomas Morgan Esq Borough of Monmouth Sir Charles Kemeys Kt. Norfolk 12. Sir Jacob Astley Kt. and Baronet Sir William Cooke Bar. City of Norwich Thomas Blofeild Esq Hugh Bokenham Esq Town of Lyn Regis Sir John Turner Kt. Daniel Bedingfeild Esq Town of Great Yarmouth George England Esq Samuel Fu●ler Esq Borough of Thetford Baptist May Esq Sir Francis Guybon Kt. Borough of Castlerising Right Honourable Sir Robert Howard Kt. Robert Walpole Esq Northampton 9. Sir St. Andrew St. John Bar. John Parkhurst Esq City of Peterborough Will. Brownlowe Esq Gilbert Dolben Esq Town of Northampton Sir Tho. Samuel Bar. Sir William Langham Kt. Town of Brackley The Honourable Sir William Egerton Knight of the Bath John Blencowe Sergeant at Law Borough of Higham-Ferrers Thomas Andrews Esq Northumberland 8. William Forster Esq Philip Bickerstaff Esq Town of Newcastle upon Tine Sir Ralph Carr Kt. William Carr Esq Borough of Morpeth The Right Honourable Charles Lerd Morpeth Roger Fenwick Esq Town of Berwick upon Tweed Sir Francis Blake Kt. ●amuel Ogle Esq Nottingham 8. Sir Scroop How Kt. Will. Sacheverel Esq Town of Nottingham Char. Hutchinson Esq Richard Slater Esq Borough of Eastretford John Thornehagh Esq Town of Newark upon Trent The Right Honourable William Lord Eland The Honourable Nicholas Sanderson Esq Oxon 9. The Right Honourable Mountague Lord. Norreys Sir Robert Jenkinson Bar. University of Oxon. The Honourable Heneage Finch Esq Sir Tho. Clerges Kt. City of Oxon. The Honourable Henry Bertie Esq Sir Edw. Norreys Kt. Borough of New-Woodstock Sir Tho. Littleton Bar. Thomas Wheate Esq Borough of Banbury Sir Robert Dashwood Kt. and Bar. Rutland 2. Sir Tho. Mackworth Bar. Bennet Sherrard Esq Salop 12. The Honourable Richard Newport Esq Edward-Kynaston of Oately Esq Town of Salop. The Honourable Andrew Newport Esq Richard Mitton Esq Borough of Bruges alias Bridgenorth Sir William Whitmore Bar. Sir Edward Acton Bar. Borough of Ludlow Thomas Hanmer Esq William Gower Esq Borough of Wenlock Sir Will. Forester Kt. George Weld Esq Town of Bishops-Castle William Oakeley Esq Somerset 18. Sir Edward Phillips Kt. Nathaniel Palmer Esq City of Bristol Sir Richard Hart Kt. Sir John Knight Kt. City of Bath Sir William Basset Kt. Joseph Langton Esq City of Wells Edward Barkeley Esq Hopton Wyndham Esq Borough of Taunton John Speke Esq Edward Clark Esq Borough of Bridgwater Sir Francis Warr Bar. Henry Bull Esq Borough of Minehead Borough of Ilchester Sir Edw. Winham Bar. John Hunt Esq Borough of Milborn-Port Sir Thomas Travel Kt. Sir Charl. Carteret Kt. Southampton 26. The Right Honourable Charles Lord Marquess of Winchester Richard Norton Esq City of Winchester The Right Honourable William Lord Pawlet Frederick Tilney Esq Town of Southampton Sir Char. Windham Kt. Sir Benj. Newland Kt. Town of Portsmouth The Honourable Edward Russel Esq Nicholas Hedger Alderman Borough of Yarmouth The Right Honourable Sir John Trever Kt. Speaker Charles Duncombe Esq Borough of Petersfield Robert Michel Esq Richard Holt Esq Borough of Newport alias Medona Sir Robert Holmes Kt. Sir Will. Stephens Kt. Borough of Stockbridge Will. Mountague Esq Richard Whithed Esq Borough of Newtown The Right Honourable Richard Earl of Ranelagh Thomes Done Esq Borough of Christ-Church Francis Gwyn Esq William Ettrick Esq Borough of Whitchurch Henry Wallop Esq The Honourable James Russel Esq Borough of Lemington John Burrard Esq Thomas Dore Esq Borough of Andover The Honourable Francis Pawlet of Amport Esq John Pollen Esq Staffordshire 10. The Honourable John Grey Esq Walter Chetwind Esq City of Lichfield Robert Burdet Esq Richard Dyot Esq Borough of Stafford John Chetwind Esq Jonathan Cope Esq Borough of Newcastleunder Line Sir William Levison Gower Bar. Sir Thomas Bellot Bar. Borough of Tamworth Sir Henry Gough Kt. Michael Biddulph Esq Suffolk 16. Sir Samuel Barnardiston Bar. Sir Gervas Elwes Bar. Borough of Ipswich Sir John Barker Bar. Sir Charles Blois Bar. Borough of Dunwich Sir Robert Rich Kt. and Bar. Sir Philip Skippon Kt. Borough of Orford Thomas Glemham Esq Thomas Felton Esq Borough of Alborough Sir Henry Johnson Kt. William Johnson Esq Borough of Sodbury John Robinson Esq Borough of Eye Henry Poley Esq Thomas Davenant Esq Borough of St. Edmonsbury Sir Robert Davers Bar. Henry Goldwell Esq Surrey 14. Sir Rich. Onslow Bar. Sir Franc. Vincent Bar. Borough of Southwark Anthony Bower Esq John Arnold Esq Borough of Blechingly Thomas Howard Esq Sir Robert

Clayton Kt. Borough of Rygate Sir John Parsons Kt. John Parsons Esq Borough of ●uilford Morgan Randyll Esq Foot Onslow Esq Borough of Gatton Sir John Thompson Bar. Thomas Turgis Esq Borough of Haslemere Geo. Rodeney Bridges Esq Denzill Onslow Esq Susser 20. Sir John Pelham Bar. Sir Will. Thomas Bar. City of Chichester Sir Thomas Miller Kt. Thomas May Esq Borough of Horsham John Machell Esq Thomas White Jun. Gent. Borough of Midhurst Sir William Morley Knight of the Bath John Lewkner Esq Borough of Lewes Thomas Pelham Esq Richard Bridger Esq Borough of Shoreham Sir Edward Hungerford Knight of the Bath John Pery Esq Borough of Bramber Nicholas Barbon Esq Dr. John Radcliffe Borough of Steyning Sir John Fagge Bar. Robert Fagge Esq Borough of East-Greensted The Honourable Thomas Sackvile Esq Sir Thomas Dyke Bar. Borough of Arundel William Morley Esq James Butler Esq Warwickshire 6. William Bromely Esq Andrew Archer Esq City of Coventry Richard Hopkins Esq John Stratford Esq Borough of Warwick The Right Honourable William Lord Digby William Colemore Esq Westmorland 4. The Right Honourable Sir John Lowther of Lowther Bar. Sir Christopher Musgrave of Musgrave Kt. and Bar. Borough of Appleby The Honourable William Cheyne Esq Charles Boyle Esq Wilthshire 34. The Right Honourable Edw. Viscount Cornbury Sir Walter S. John Bar. City of New Sarum Thomas Hoby Esq Thomas Pitt Esq Borough of Wilton Sir Richard Grubham How Kt. and Bar. Thomas Windham Esq Borough of Downton Sir Charles Raleigh Kt. Maurice Bockland Esq Borough of Hindon Robert Hide Esq Thomas Chaffyn Esq Borough of Westbury The Honourable Peregrine Bertie Esq Richard Lewys Esq Borough of Hytesbury William Ash Esq Will. Trenchard Esq Borough of Calne Henry Baynton Esq Henry Chivers Esq Borough of the Devizes Sir Tho. Fowles Kt. Walter Grubb Esq Borough of Chipenham Richard Kent Esq Alexander Popham Esq Borough of Malmesbury The Honourable Goodwin Wharton Esq Sir James Long Bar. Borough of Criclade Edmund Webb Esq Charles Fox Esq Borough of Great Bedwin The Right Honourable Anth. Viscount Falkland Sir Jonath Raymond Kt. Borough of Ludgersale Thomas Neale Esq John Deane Esq Borough of Old Sarum Sir Thomas Mompesson Kt. William Harvey Esq Borough of Wootton-Basset Henry St. John Esq John Wildman Jun. Esq Borough of Marlborough Sir John Ernle Kt. Sir George Willoughby Kt. Worcestershire 9. Sir John Packington Kt. Thomas Foley Esq City of Worcester Sir John Somers Kt. William Bromely Esq Borough of Droitwich The Right Honourable● Richard Earl of Bellemont ●hilip Foley Esq Borough of Evesham Sir James Rushout Bar. Edward Rudge Esq Borough of Bewdley Henry Herbert Esq Yorkshire 30. The Right Honourable Thomas Lord Fairfax Sir Joyn Kay Bar. City of York Robert Waller Esq Henry Thompson Esq Town of Kingston upon Hull John Ramsden Esq Charles Osborne Esq Borough of Knaresborough William Stockdale Esq Thomas Fawkes Esq Borough of Scareborough Will. Thompson Esq Francis Thompson Esq Borough of Rippon Sir Edm. Jenings Kt. Sir Jonath Jenings Kt. Borough of Richmond Sir Mark Milbanck Bar. Theodore Bathurst Esq Borough of Heydon Henry Guy Esq Matth. Appleyard Esq Borough of Boroughbrig Sir Henry Goodrick Kt. and Bar. Sir Bryan Stapleton Borough of Malton Sir William Strickland Bar. William Palmes Esq Borough of Thriske Thomas Frankland Esq Richard Staines Esq Borough of Aldborough Sir Mich. Wentworth Kt. Christopher Tancred Esq Borough of Beverly Sir Michael Wharton Kt. William Gee Esq Borough of North-Allerton Sir William Robinson Bar. Thomas Lascells Esq Borough of Pontefract The Honourable Henry Dawney Esq Sir John Bland Bar. BARONS of the Cinque-Ports 16. Port of Hastings The Honourable John Beaumont Esq Peter Gott Esq Town of Winchelsea Sir Robert Austin Bar. Samuel Western Esq Town of Rye Sir John Austen Bar. Sir John Darrel Kt. Port of New Rumney Sir Charles Sidley Kt. John Brewer Esq Port of Hythe Sir Philip Butler Bar. Will. Brockman Esq Port of Dover Thomas Papillon Esq James Chadwick Esq Port of Sandwich John Thurbarne Serjeant at Law Edward Brent Esq Port of Seaford William Campion Esq Henry Pelham Esq WALES 24. Anglesey 2. The Right Honourable Rich. Viscount Bulkely Town of Beaumaris Thomas Bulkely Esq Brecon 2. Sir Rowland Gwyn Kt. Town of Brecon Jeossery Jeffreys Esq Cardigan 2. Sir Carbety Price Bar. Town of Cardigan Hector Philips Esq Carmarthen 2. Sir Rice Rudd Bar. Town of Carmarthen Richard Vaughan Esq Carnarvan 2. Sir Wil. Williams of Vaynal Bar. Town of Carnarvan Sir Robert Owen Kt. Denby 2. Sir Richard Middleton Bar. Town of Denby Edward Brereton Esq Flint 2. Sir Roger Puleston Kt. Town of Flint Thomas Whitley Esq Glamorgan 2. Bussey Mansel Esq Town of Cardiffe Thomas Mansell Esq Merioneth 1. Sir John Wynne Kt. and Bar. Montgomery 2. Edward Vaughan Esq Town of Montgomery Charles Herbert Esq Pembroke 3. Sir Hugh Owen Kt. Town of Haverford-west Sir William Wogan Kt. Town of Pembroke Arthur Owen Esq Radnor 2. Richard Williams Esq Town of New Radnor Robert Harley Esq In all 513. A List of the Lords and others of His Majesties most Honourable Privy Council with the Clerks of the Council HIS Royal Highness Prince George Thomas Marquess of Camarthen Lord President Henry Duke of Norfolk Earl Marshal Charles Duke of Bolton Robert Earl of Lindsey Lord Great Chamberlain of England William Earl of Devonshire Lord Steward Charles Earl of Dorset Lord Chamberlain Aubrey Earl of Oxford William Earl of Bedford Thomas Earl of Pembroke and Montgomery John Earl of Bath Charles Earl of Macclesfield Daniel Earl of Nottingham Secretary of State William Earl of Portland Thomas Earl of Faulconberg Charles Earl of Monmouth John Earl of Marlborough Richard Earl of Scarborough Henry Earl of Warrington Ralph Earl of Montague Henry Viscount Sidney Henry Lord Bishop of London Francis Lord Newport Marquess of Winchester Lord Chief Justice Holt. Sir Robert Howard Sir Henry Capel Sir Henry Goodrick Sir John Lowther Vice-Chamberlain Richard Hampden Esq Hugh Boscawen Esq Thomas Wharton Esq Comptroller of the King's Houshold Edward Russel Esq William Harbord Esq Henry Powle Esq Master of the Rolls Lords Commissioners of the Privy Seal William Cheyne Esq Sir John Knatchbull Bar. Sir William Palteney Kt. The Clerks of the Council Sir John Nicholas Kt. Mr. Blathwait Mr. Mountague Mr. Coleing A List of the Lords Commissioners and other Officers of the Court of Chancery The Lords Commissioners Sir John Trevor Knight Sir William Rawlinson Knight Sir Geo. Hutchins Knight Masters of Chancery Henry Powle Esq Master of the Rolls whose S●cretary is Mr. John Rawlinson Sir William Child Sir John Hoskins Sir John Franklyn Sir Adam Oatley Sir Robert Legar Sir John Edgeburg Sir James Astrey Sir Miles Cook Roger Meredith Esq John Methwyn Esq Samuel Keck Esq The Six Clerks in Chancery Sir Rob. Marsham Kt. Sir W. Perkins Kr. ●hem Bridges Esq Littleton Powel Esq Rich. Garth Esq Basil Herne Esq The Cursitors Mr. Abraham Nelson Principal Mr. Mich. Terry Assistants Mr. Geo. Davies Assistants For Suffolk and

it may appear to be the more proble Way for the Delinquents Reformation Such is the Temper of some Men that far from being likely to be reclaimed by a publication of their Offence they will rather grow obdurate and impudent when they perceive their Reputation to be lost To all the foresaid Punishments and Censures of the Church both the Laity and Clergy are subject But there are other Punishments to which the faulty Clergy only are liable which are four in Number commonly called Suspensio ab Officio Suspensio a Beneficio Deprivatio a Beneficio and Deprivatio ab Officio The first is when a Minister for a time is declared unfit to execute his Office The second when he is for some time deprived of the Profits of his Benefice Both which are wont to be for smaller Crimes Deprivatio a Beneficio is when a Minister for a greater Crime is wholly and for ever deprived of his Living And the last is when he is wholly and for ever deprived of his Orders which is properly called in English a Deposing or Degradation This is commonly for some hainous or Capital Crime And then the Minister is solemnly stript by the Bishop of his Priestly Vestments in the presence of the Civil Magistrate to whom he is then delivered to be Punished as a Lay-man for the like Offence THE CATALOGUE And first a List of Their Majesties Houshold-Officers and Servants attending their present Service according to the late Establishment LOrd Steward of the King's Houshold William Earl of Devonshire The Lord Chamberlain Charles Earl of Dorset The Master of the Horse Henry Nassaw Lord Overkirk In the Accompting House Treasurer and Cofferer of the Houshold Francis Lord Viscount Newport Comptroller Thomas Wharton Esquire Master of the Houshold Thomas Felton Esq Clerks of the Greencloth Sir William Forester Knight Sir James Forbes Knight Clerks Comptrollers Peter Isaac Esq Thomas Vivian Esq Yeomen Petley Garnham Charles Morgan Grooms Gilbert Thornburgh John Shaw Messenger Henry Sampson Bakehouse The Clerk Henry Gascoigne Esq Yeomen Henry Hartloe Grooms Edward Ball William Walton Pantry Gentleman and Yeoman Richard Walker Yeoman Mouth to the Queen Charles Potter Grooms William Lingen Thomas Whitmore Charles Justice Cellar Serjeant Matthew Harvey Esq Gentleman and Yeoman Richard Dalton Yeoman Mouth to the Queen and Keeper of Ice and Snow James Frontine Joynt Grooms Richard Jones Francis Clark Yeoman Field to the King James Hyman Yeoman Field to the Queen Philip Lemon Groom Charles Watts Buttery Gentleman and Yeoman Peter Bechon Yeoman David Lloyd Grooms Henry Cockseidge John Murray Thomas Jones Spicery Joint Clerks Joseph Somner Esq Charles Toll Esq Purveyor Peter la Vine Chandlery Serjeant Daniel Deering Esq Yeomen Richard Vokins John Higham Grooms Richard Tull Thomas Pavey John Melon Confectionary Yeomen John Du Commun Peter Mortimer Grooms Peter Derains Richard Thurman Ewry Yeomen Benjamin Pordage Josias Poulter Grooms Peter Berry Edward Reddish Laundry Laundress of the Table and Houshold Linnen Mrs. Jane Potter Kings Privy Kitchin Chief Clerk James Clark Esq Second Clerk Charles Issac Esq Third Clerk Thomas Webb Esq Master Cook Patrick Lamb Esq Yeoman of the Mouth Ulrich Horitiner Yeoman Pottagier Joseph Centlivre Grooms John Lincicomb James Beacher Children Gabriel Cooper Phillip Drew Two Scourers Six Turn-broaches One Door-keeper Queens Privy Kitchin Master Cook James Castres Esq Yeoman of the Mouth Stephen Leimbeck Yeoman Emanuel Hicks Grooms Leonard Welbeck Arthur Beacher Children John Sell William Golding Two Scourers Four Turn-broaches One Door-keeper Houshold Kitchin Master Cook Henry Smith Esq Yeoman John Thompson Groom Henry Sandes Children John Prichard William Arnold Two Scourers Four Turn-broaches One Door-keeper Larder Yeomen Jasper Lisney Luke Smith Grooms Nicholas Howard John Whilden Robert Bray Accatry Serjeant James Halsey Esq Joint Clerks Thomas Fox Esq Henry Lowman Esq Yeoman of the Salt Stores Hugh Mayo Poultry Clerk Roger Jackson Esq Yeoman Andrew Whittingham Grooms Esme Clark Anthony Scarlet Scalding-House Yeomen James Goodwinne John Cranwell Grooms John Thornburgh Henry York Pastry Clerk Matthew Perkins Esq Yeomen Patrick Lamb Samuel Brown Grooms William Murray A Child One Salsary-man One Furner Scullery Clerk Robert Manning Esq Yeomen Thomas Hardyman Francis Forrester Grooms James Tooth Samuel Farley Pages Thomas Robinson John Alsop Children James Rodd Josuah Nightingale Thomas Fox Two Pan-keepers Wood-yard Clerk John Thompson Esq Yeoman Edward Siston Grooms Jaspar English Leonard Hancock Almonry Sub-Almoner Jonathan Blagrave Yeoman Thomas Norris Groom Richard Bennet Verge Clerk John Hardesty Coroner Robert White Harbingers Gentlemen Harbingers Matthew Whitfield Esq William Tozer Esq Yeomen William Wall Hugh Jones Peter La Roche James Tye William Merrit Porters at the Gate Serjeant Porter Michael Hubbert Esq Yeomen John Dawson Richard Miller Charles Segar Grooms Aaron Kinton John Gibbons James Lovet Cartakers Yeomen Harold Miller Charles Scoresby John Zevenhoven Grooms Edward Kilmayne Ralph Blackwell John Pierman Officers of the Hall Marshal Charles Parsons Daily Waiter William Everal Waiters John Kemp Thomas Moody Knight Marshal Sir Edward Villiers Kt. Five Marshals Men Leicester Nichols Bulstrode Burt Booth Cock and Cryer William Sampson Porter at St. Jame's Yeoman Henry Rainsford Vnder the Lord Chamberlain THe Vice-Chamberlain Sir John Lowther Knight The Cup-bearers Sir John Pettus Kt. Edward Lloyd Esq James Compton Esq Thomas Boteler Esq Carvers Will. Champenies Esq Clement Saunders Esq Sir Rob. Killegrow Jos Rossington Esq Sewers Richard Smith Esq Robert Saintclair Esq John Skelton Esq Nicholas Fenn Esq Esquires of the Body Henry Kingsmel Esq Sir Tho. Granthan Kt. The Gentlemen Ushers of the Privy-Chamber Henry Austin Esq Sir John Eloes Kt. Sir Edward Sutton Kt. Spencer Gerard Esq Grooms of the Privy Chamber Thomas Duppa Esq Robert Thompson Esq Christopher Jeffrys Esq Humphrey Graves Esq Gentlemen Ushers Daily Waiters Sir Thomas Duppa Kt. and Black Rod. Fleetwood Sheppard Esq Jeremy Bubb Esq and David Michel Esq Gentlemen Ushers Quarter Waiters Robert Jeggon Esq Henry Cooling Esq Francis Ashton Esq Robert Murray Esq Jeremy Chaplain Esq James Meyrick Esq William Smith Esq Alex. Griffith Esq Barbers Mr. Simon de Brienne Mr. William Fremin Pages Mr. John Fen Mr. John Dawson Mr. Alex. Reynold Mr. Charles Segar To the Great Chamber Grooms or Messengers William Whitmore Henry Rogers Edward Kennet Charles Sheppard Edward Cooper Richard Llewellin Josias Sewe● Amandy Houwart Richard Sherer Adam Lisney Humphrey Ambler Michael Michel Arnold Waldwyn James Cook The Gentlemen of the King's Bed-Chamber William Earl of Portland Groom of the Stole and first Gentleman of the Bed-Chamber James Duke of Ormond Charles Earl of Monmouth Charles Earl of Shelkirk Henry ●iscount Sidney James Earl of Drumlangrig John Earl of Clare John Earl of Marlborough Richard Earl of Scarborough 48 Gentlemen of the Privy Chamber in Ordinary The Right Honourable the Earl of Mountalexander The Right Honourable the Lord Viscount Buttavant Sir William Haward Kt. Sir Walter Plunket Kt. Sir Jam. Humbleton Kt. Sir Purbeck Temple Kt. Sir Matth. Andrews Bar. Charles

Nich. Eyre Esq Sir Ja. Chamberlen Bar. Sir Phillip Coote Kt. Sir Robert Barkham Bar. Sir Thomas Piers Bar. William Hambleton Esq Sir Robert Bacon Bar. Sir James Caldvel Bar. Sir John Ashfeild Kt. Sir Thomas Wiseman Kt. Sir John Clayton Kt. Sir William Waler Kt. Sir John Sparrow Kt. Edward Bulwer Esq Charles Ridegrew Esq John Spicer Esq Dalby Thomas Esq Sabaya Coal Esq Sir Francis Lawly Bar. Sir Tho. Grantham Kt. Sir John Morton Bar. John Duval Esq Sir Thomas Ogle Kt. Sir Char. Rawleigh Kt. Sir Edward Sutton Kt. Sir John Elloways Kt. Sir Edmond Andros Kt. Edward Randolph Esq Roger Whitley Esq James Hambleton Esq Bezaleel Knight Esq Thomas Wheate Esq Tracy Ketchmay Esq Peter Stepkin Esq Sir Edw. Eveling Bar. Sir Jame Clark Kt. Sir Robert Killegrew William Killegrew Esq The Honourable Arthur Annesly Esq James Colley Esq Sir Francis Vincent Kt. Grooms of the Bed-Chamber Charles Trelawney Col. John Sayers Esq Piercy Kirke Esq Adrian Van Borcelan Esq Hatton Compton Esq Emanuel Scroophow Esq James Stanley Esq Pages of the Bed-Chamber or Back-Stairs Mr. Maximilian van Amen Mr. John Sewel Mr. William Watson Mr. John Smith Mr. Benjamin De la Fontain Mr. Randolph Kegne The Secretaries of State Daniel Earl of Nottingham Henry Lord Viscount Sidney Clerks of the Signet Sir John Nicholas Kt. Nicholas Morris Esq Sir Will. Trumbal Kt. John Gauntlet Esq Master of the Great Wardrobe Ralph Earl of Montague His Deputy Robert Nott Esq The Clerk Laurence Townsend Esq Master of the Robes Mounsieur Zulesteyn Clerk of the Robes James Gibbons The Yeoman Bransenbargh The Grooms Gilbert Spencer Benjamin Drake Brusher Patrick Williams Page of the Robes Charles Bland Master of the Jewel-house Sir Francis Lawley Bar. Treasurer of the Chamber Sir Rowland Gwyn Privy Purse William Earl of Portland Groom of the Stole Master of the Ceremonies Sir Charles Cotterel Kt. His Assistant and Marshal La Bache Kings of Arms. Sir Thomas S. George Knight Garter Sir Henry S. George Knight Clarencieux Sir John Dugdale Kt. ●arroy Heralds of Arms. Robert Devenish Esq York Herald Henry Dethick Esq Richmond Herald Francis Burghill Esq Somerset Herald Thomas Holford Esq Windsor Herald Gregory King Esq Lancaster Herald Charles Mawson Esq Chester Herald Pursuivants of Arms. John Gibbon Bluemantle Peerse Mauduit Rougedragon Laurence Cromp Portcullis Peter Le Neve Rougecroix Serjeants at Arms. Sir Roger Harsnet Kt. Thomas Topham Esq John Topham Esq Edmund Williamson Esq Orlan Fitz. Symous Esq John Temple Esq Thomas Charnock Esq Richard Shoreditch Esq Philip Ryley Esq Groom Porter Thomas Neal Esq Master of the Revels Henry Killegrew Esq His Yeoman Harris Knight Harbinger Simon Smith Esq Keeper of the Standing Wardrobe Child Esq Keeper of the Removing Wardrobe Yeoman Thomas Sackvill Esq Grooms Peter Humes Jonathan Chase Pages Thomas Taylor Michael Ballow Christopher Smith Keeper of the private Armory Peter Beaubuisson Surveyor of the Chamber and Dresser George Wellington House-Keeper at Whitehall Piercy Kirk Esq Theater-Keeper at Whitehall John Clark Gallery-Keepers Richard Champion William Pawlet Messengers in Ordinary George Bromwich Clerks of the Checque Samuel Clark Clerks of the Checque Philip Maddox Henry Legat Thomas Smith Thomas Beak St. John Taylor Henry Evans James Kitson George Collings Ralph Young Simon Chapman William Sharp Samuel Cook Francis Clark Edward Gibs Stephen Gythins Henry Allen Christopher Seymour John Freeman Charles Keynge Robert Knowles Nicholas Hill John Thompson Thomas Davis William Richardson Ralph Gibs John Loggins Joh Bale William Knight James Manners John Jones Henry Sheldon John Symonds Peter Newlyn William Sutton George Fry Richard Poyke John King George Shipside Charles Maris Peter Marisco Messenger of the Press Robert Stephens Master Faulconer Charles Duke of S. Albans Sergeant of the Hawks William Russel Esq Master of the Hart and Buck-hounds James de Gastigny Esq Rangers Of S. James's Park John Earl of Bath Of Hide-Park William Chiffinch Esq Master of the Barges Warner Master of the Tennis Courts Captain Thomas Cook The King's Physicians Dr. John Hutton Dr. Charles Frazier Dr. William Stokehan Dr. Thomas Goodman Apothecaries John Chace Abraham Rottermond Dr. John Jones Surgeons William van Loon Esq Surgeon to his Majesties Person Charles Peter Surgeon of the Houshold To which add Principal Painter John Riley Esq Poet Laureate Thomas Shadwell Esq Hydrographer John Seller Library-Keeper Henry Thynne Esq Bookseller Major Will. Churchill Publick Notary Officers of the Works Surveyor General Sir Christopher Wren Master of the Mechanicks Sir Samuel Morland Comptroller William Talman Esq Pay-master Thomas Lloyd Esq Clerks of the Works Leo. Gamon Henry Symons Charles Browne John Scarborough Henry Winstanly Nicholas Hawksmoor Mason John Oliver Carpenter Matthew Banks Sergeant Painter Robert Streeter Sergeant Plummer Charles Atherton Bricklayer Maurice Emet Joyner Alexander Froth Glazier William Ireland Plaisterer John Grove Other Tradesmen sworn Servants to his Majesty Jeweller Sir Francis Child Goldsmith Bernard Eale Mercer Draper James Smithsby Watch-maker Thomas Herbert Officers and Servants under the Master of the Horse The Avener and Clark Marshal Anthony Row Esq Querries or Ecquerries Sir Henry Hobart Bar. Henry Ireton Esq John Letten Esq Thomas Butler Esq Thomas Fairfax Esq James Cockain Esq Peter Lorin Grammar Esq Pages of Honour Joost Capel Esq Nicholas Needham Esq Charles Dormer Esq Sergeant of the Carriages James Du Peron Master of the Studs and Surveyor of the Race Michael Studholme Surveyor of the Stables Francis Negus The Riding Surveyor Robert Hayes Clerk of the Avery Robert Manley Yeoman of the Stirrup Peter Paul Jeundcalf The Yeomen Riders John Walfraet Clerk of the Stables Euvestre Jollyvet Sergeant Farrier Andrew Snape Marshal Farrier Andrew Snape Junior Yeoman Farrier Richard Snape Groom Farriers John Willis Humphrey Bannes William Harris Esquire Saddler John Rawlins Yeoman Saddler Laurence Schacht Groom-Saddler Francis Francklyn Coach-maker Samuel Aubery Purveyors and Granitors Anthony Row Arthur Powell Robert Bainton Riding Purveyor Richard Pye Keeper of the Mews Brian Conery The three other Keepers John Robson Thomas Eagle West Young The Coachmen Derick Stork Jacob de Grave Robert Young William Welsh Samuel Kelby William Noble The Footmen George Sewell John Haycock Henry Callop John Davis Isaac White Thomas Hall Richard Sampson John Cooper John Scarping Giles Vandreburg Jacob Wigering John Watke Abraham Barton Cren Hendrick Bed Daniel van Breda John van Leven A List of the Gentlemen Pensioners under Their Captain John Lord Lovelace Lieutenant Henry Heveningham Esq Standard-bearer Boucher Fane Esq Clerk of the Checque Robert Manley Esq Thomas Hales Esq Abraham Clerk John Hubbart Walter Baker Sir Ger. Fleetwood Daniel Vivian Thomas Chid Sir Tho. Knyveton Bar. Charles Turner William Rolls Abraham Carter Amb. Seckum John Cooper Abraham Duplex Thomas Orme John Tidcomb Charles Norton Thomas Butler Thomas Pyrke Paul Colton Alexander Barham Charles Summer Edward Wroth Henry Paget Philip Reeves John Grub Thomas Freckleton Henry Bowyer Thomas Musgrave Henry Lenny Henry Purefoy William Pitts Nicholas Arnold Sir Christopher Humphreville Kt. William

Huntingt Mr. Nelson For Nottingh Northamp Mr. Terry For Devon and Kent Mr. Davies For Devon and Kent Mr. Shorthose For Essex and Berks. Mr. Abr. Skinner For Hartf and Derbysh Mr. Mat. Colborn For Lond. and Middlesex Mr. S. Laytow For Lond. and Middlesex Mr. Hen. Martin For Lond. and Middlesex Mr. Wil. Fish For Lincoln and Somers Mr. Hen. Caesar For York and Westm Mr. J. Hawkins For York and Westm Mr. Jo. Paget For Glocester and Camb. Mr. J. Hungerford For Glocester and Camb. Mr. Fra. King For Southampt and Warw. Mr. J. Reynolds For Norfolk and Cumb. Mr. Cha. Pickering For Dors and Northumb. Mr. Will. Finch For Leicest and Cornwal Mr. John Hussey For Surrey and Salop. Mr. Steph. Terry For Heref. and Monm Mr. Osb. Newman For Oxon and Rutl. Mr. Rob. Hart. For Staff and Wiltsh Mr. Jer. Hale For Bedf. and Buck. Mr. Ric. Plompton For Sussex and Glocest Mr. Wil. Wickliff Clerk of the Crown in Chancery Henry Barker Esq His Deputy Tho. Milton Esq Clerk of the Office Mr. Ralph Hale The Register Deputy-Registers Mr. Geo. Edwards Mr. Carew Guidot Mr. Edw. Goldsborough Mr. Richard Price The Deputy-Register for filing the Reports and Keeper of the Books of Entry Mr. Richard Bournford The Entring Clerks in the Register's Office Mr. Robert Davenish and Mr. Henry Davenish Secretary of the Presentation of the Spiritual Benefices Mr. Richard Brook Clerk of the Patents I Richard Pigot Clerk of the Affidavits Mr. Samuel Poynter Clerk of the Hanaper Mr. Edward Seymore The Principal Clerks in the Petty-Bag Office Mr. Aaron Pingrey Mr. John Lloyd Mr. John Dauling Clerks in the Rolls Chappel Mr. William Grimes Mr. Woodford Mr. Sam. Killingworth Mr. Henry Watson Mr. Vincent Mr. Haley Clerks in the Inrollment Office Mr. Andrew Young Mr. Edw. Portington Master of the Subpoena Office Sir Walter Vane Kt His Deputy Mr. Nich. Hook Master of the Patent Office Sir Richard Pigot Kt. His Deputy Mr. Brook The two Clerks Mr. Richard Pickering and Mr. Nicholas Nichols In the Alienation Office The Commissioners Peregrine Bertue Esq The Commissioners John Sanderson Esq The Commissioners William Glandvil Esq The Civilian formerly a Doctor Mr. George Morley His Clerk to indorse the Writs Mr. Bernard Halfpeny Receiver of the Fines Edward Nicholas Esq The Register Mr. Thomas Web. Porter Charles Brook Examiners in Chancery William Adderly Esq Francis Twisden Esq To which add the Usher to the Court of Chancery Mat. Bluck Esq Cryer Mr. James Sparrow Warden of the Fleet Richard Manlove Esq Sergeant at Arms George Charnock Esq A List of the Judges and Officers of the Court of Kings Bench. The Judges Sir John Holt Lord Chief Justiee Sir William Dolben Justices Sir William Gregory Justices Sir Giles Eyres Justices Clerk of the Crown in the Kings Bench. Sir Samuel Astrey Kt. His Secondary Simon Harcourt Esq The Entring Clerks Mr. Rob. Seyliard Chief Clerk Mr. Rich. Horton Mr. John Weekely Mr. John Cook Mr. William Eyre Mr. Lionel Fanshaw Mr. Rice Foulks Mr. Benedict Brown Mr. Rob. Wintour Mr. Wil. Leighton Mr. Edward Croke Praenotary or the Kings chief Clerk on the Plea-side Sir Robert Henley Kt. His Secondary Mr. Richard Aston Receiver and Signer of Writs Mr. Thomas Bromfield To which add the Masters of the Nisi-Prius Office Custos Brevium and Recordorum Thomas Goodwin Esq Masters of the Nisi-Prius Office Custos Brevium and Recordorum Simon Foulks Esq Clerk of the Rules Robert Pugh Esq His Deputy Mr. Barth Pickering Clerks of the Papers on the Plea-side Mr. Robert Stone Mr. Giles Clark Clerk of the Errors Mr. Thomas Waerg Clerk of the Bills of Middlesex Mr. Fr. Rouse Clerk for filing Declarations Mr. John Slater Clerk of the Remembrances and Dockets Mr. Robert Walker Clerk of the Bails and Posteas Mr. Fr. Thacker Filazers and Exigenters For Bedf. Mr. Child For Berks. Mr. Rob. Hastings For Kent Cornwal Nott. Warw. Cumberl Rutland Northumb Suff. Mr. James Fuller For Darbyshire Mr. Tho. Statham For Devon Mr. John Green For Dors Mr. John Martin For Essex Mr. Geo. Woodson For Gloc. London Middesex and Surrey Mr. John Teye For Hartf Mr. Wil. Ravenhill For Heref. Mr. Wil. Hastings For Huntingt Mr. For Kent Mr. Tho. Bathurst For Leicest Mr. William Benson For Lincoln Mr. John Browning For Monmouth Mr. John Smith For Norfolk Mr. William Avery For Northampt. Mr. Godfrey Wildbore For Oxon Mr. Henry Dod. For Salop Mr. Basil Herne For Somers Mr. Rob. Randal For Southampton Town and County Mr. Francis Caplyn For Staff Mr. Michael Martin For Sussex Mr. Rich. Aylwin For Westmorl Mr. John Hind For Wiltshire Mr. Sam. Porter For Worcest Mr. For Yorksh Mr. George Woodson For Canterbury Mr. For Coventry Mr. For Bristol Mr. John Ayres For Exeter Mr. For Glocester Mr. Henry Ewen For Kingston upon Hull Mr. William Osborn For Lincoln Mr. For Newcastle upon Tine Mr. For Norwich Mr. For Nottingham Mr. William Bennet For Pool Mr. For York Mr. Marshal hereditary of the Kings Bench William Lenthal Esq Marshal sworn William Brigs Esq Sealer of Writs Keeper of the Stamp Head-Cryer Mr. Coling Under-Criers Mr. John Partridge Mr. Ushers Tipslaves Mr. William Atton Mr. Weaver Mr. John Hopper Mr. Fielder A List of the Judges and Officers of the Court of Common Pleas. The Judges Sir Henry Pollixfen Lord Chief Justice Sir John Powel Justices Sir Tho. Rokesby Justices Sir Peyton Ventris Justices Custos Brevium Sir Joseph Ash Kt. His Deputy William Thursby Esq Chief Praenotary John Cook Esq His Secondary Mr. Richard Cook Clerk of the Jdgments Mr. Leyton Second Praenotary Thomas Winford Esq His Secondary Mr. Charles Cox Clerk of the Judgments Mr. Will. Winford Third Praenotary Charles Tempest Esq His Secondary Mr. George Walker Clerk of the Judgments Mr. George Wheeler Clerk of the Warrants Mr. William East His Deputy Mr. Robert Fish Clerk of the Essoins Mr. William Hall Clerk of the Juries Mr. Sympson His Deputy Mr. Rich. Hamden Chirographer Francis Lane Esq Secondary John Storer Esq Register Francis Blake Esq Clerk of the Proclam Mr. Tho. Basket Clerk of the King's Silver Henry Ludlow Esq Clerk of the Seal Clerk of the Treasury Mr. Green Keeper of the Treasury Mr. Williams Clerk of the Inrolment of Fines and Recoveries Mr. Edw. Mills Clerk of the Out●●wries Mr. Franklyn Clerk of the Errors Mr. Halse Clerk of the Supersedeas Mr. Rich. Abbot Chief Proclamator Marshal and Barrier John Walker Esq Filazers For Bedford Berks Bucks and Oxon. Mr. Francis Child For Lond. Middlesex Cambr. and Huntington Mr. Philips For Devon Dorset Somerset Exeter Bristol and Pool Mr. Guy Fuller For Glocestersh Worcestersh and their respective Cities Corn. and Heref. Mr. Henry Dottin For Warwicksh Leicestersh Nottinghamsh and Nottingham Town Derby and City of Coventry Mr. Spicer For Salop Staff Northamptonsh Rutland and City of Litchf Mr. Shephard For Suffolk Mr. Ric. Middlemore For Norfolk and Norwich Mr. Caunter For Essex and Hartf Mr. Herbert For Kent Surrey and Sussex Mr. Hodgson

For Wiltsh Southampton and South-hampton Town Mr. Nath. Ryder For York City of York and Kingston upon Hull Mr. Tho. Stringer For Lincolnsh and City of Lincoln Mr. Lydel For Northumb. Westmorl Cumberl and Newcastle upon Tine Mr. Farrington For Monmouthsh Mr. Yates Exigenters Charles Broughton Esq Mr. John Faringdon Mr. Thomas Gouge Mr. Norcliffe Mr. Yates one of the Filazers Cryers Mr. Whorhood Mr. Holmes Mr. Booth Mr. Gray Court-Keeper Mr. Smith A List of the Judges and Officers of the Court of Exchequer The Barons Sir Robert Atkins Lord Chief Baron Sir Edward Nevil Barons Sir Nich. Lechmore Barons Sir John Turton Barons The Cursitor Baron Bradbury Esq King's R●●embrancer Ayloff Esq in right of Charles Lord Viscount Fanshaw Deputy Remembrancer Tobias Eden Esq His Secundary Robert Den Esq Eight Attornies in the Kings Remembrancer's Office Tho. Hall Esq first Secondary and Butler Buggin Esq second Secondary Mr. George Watts Mr. Francis Butler Mr. Gabr. Armiger Mr. William Bathurst Mr. William Walker Mr. John Eyres Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer Sir John Osborn Kt. Remembrancer of the First-Fruits and Tenths Sir Charles Porter Kt. His Deputy William Porter Esq Two Clerks Mr. William Prittiman and Mr. Walter Smith Pipe Office Clerk of the Pipe Robert Russel Esq Comptroler John Potenger Esq Secondaries Walter Wallinger Esq and Mr. Tho. Cole Attorneys Joseph Cranmer Simon Musgrave Charles Milborne Peter Frowd Philip Tulley William Wroth. Office of Pleas. Master of the Office Richard Beresford Esq Secondary and first Attorney Tho. Arden Esq The other Attorneys Mr. Charles Hayns Mr. Samuel Anderson and Mr. David Feilder Forein Opposer Charles Whitacre Esq Clerk of the Estreats John Hastings Esq Auditors of the Imprest Thomas Done Esq Brook Bridges Esq Auditors of the Revenue Sir Jos Seymour Kt. John Philips Esq Anthony Stevens Esq John Shales Esq Anthony Parsons Esq VVilliam Aldworth Esq Herbert Esq Auditor for VVales Receiver of the first Fruits Revenue and Clerks of the Nichils Mr. Thomas Squib Chief Usher John VValker Esq His Deputies or Under-Ushers Mr. Samuel Brewster Mr. August Brewster Mr. VVilliam Ballow Mr. VValter Peirce Marshal Mr. Michael Baker Of the Dutchy of Lancaster The Chancellour Robert Lord Willoughby Baron of Eresby Vice-Chancellour James Lighboun Esq Attorney General Edward Northey Esq Clerk of the Dutchy Cheek Gerard Esq Receiver General Sir John Elwes Kt. Auditors John Fanshaw Esq for the North. Tobias le Gros Esq for the South Deputy Clerk Mr. Benjamin Ayloff Deputy Register Mr. John Baker Attorneys Mr. Richard Husbands who is likewise Deputy Auditor for the North and Mr. Thomas Asheton Usher Mr. Thomas Desborough Messenger Mr. Abraham Millen Their Majesties Attorney and Sollicitor General Sergeants and Council at Law Attorney General Sir George Treby Kt. Sollicitor General Sir John Somers Kt. Sergeants at Law Their Majesties Sergeants Sir Ambrose Philips Sir William-Tomson Sir William Wogan Sir Nathaniel Bond Sir John Tremain Sir John Trenchard The other Sergeants Sir Robert Shaftoe Kt. Sir Francis Pemberton Kt. Thomas Rawlins Esq Thomas Stroude Esq Edward Bigland Esq Sir Creswel Levinz Kt. John Windham Esq Edwyn Wyat Esq Edward Birch Esq An●hony Farrington Esq John Jeffreson Esq Thomas Powel Esq John ●ate Esq William Killingworth Esq Hugh Hodges Esq Thomas Geers Esq Christopher Milton Esq John Powel Esq Sir Francis Withins Kt. William Leffant Esq John Rotheram Esq V● Denn Esq Salathiel Lovell Esq Sir Henry Chancy Kt. Henry Trinder Esq Henry Fuller Esq John Thurburn Esq William Pawlet Esq Henry Hatsell Esq John Blencow Esq Roger Bellwood Esq Council at Law Sir William Williams Kt. and Bar. Mr. Conyers Sir Charles Porter Kt. Mr. Trevor Sir William Whitlock Kt. Mr. Cooper A List of the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury and other Officers appointed for Managing Their Majesties Revenue The Lords Commissioners of the Treasury Sidney Lord Godolphin Sir John Lowther Kt. Richard Hambden Esq Sir Stephen Fox Kt. Thomas Pelham Esq Their Se●retary William Jephson Esq Chancellour of the Exchequer Richard Hampden Esq one of the Lords Commissioners The Chamberlains Sir Nicholas Steward Hilliard Esq Deputy Chamberlains Mr. John Low Mr. Peter Le Neve Auditor of the Receipts Sir Robert Howard The four Tellers Henry Maynard Esq Francis Villiers Esq John Loving Esq Thomas Howard Esq Clerk of the Pells William Wardour Esq Ushers of the Receipt Mr. Packer c. Tally-Cutter Mr. Samuel Langford Officers of the Custom Revenue The Commissioners of the Custom-House The Honourable George Booth Esq The Honourable Sir Richard Temple Baronet and Knight of the Bath The Honourable Sir John Woorden Bar. The Honourable Sir Robert Southwell Kt. The Honourable Sir Robert Clayton Kt. The Honourable Sir Patience Ward Kt. The Honourable Henry Guy Esq Collector Inwards Sir John Shaw Collector Outwards Sir Nicholas Crisp Customer of the Cloth and petty Customs Customer of the great Customs Edward Bertie Esq Comptroller general of the Accompts Giles Litcot Esq Comptroller of the Cloth and. petty Customs Richard Breton Surveyor general George Nicholas Surveyor of the Out-Ports Register of the Seizures John Earl Surveyors of the Land-Waiters George Talbot Thomas Blechynden Robert Burgoine Henry Serpant John Ward Isaac Manley William Parsons Surveyor of the Searchers Peregrine Bertie Esq The Searchers Henry Canby Richard Boys Edward Le Neve Laurence Prior John Man John Greathead Usher of the Custom-House Matthew Humburston Officers of the Excise The present Commissioners Sir Henry Ashurst Baronets Sir John Morden Baronets Sir Samuel Dashwood Knights Sir Humphrey Edwin Knights William Strong Esquires John Foche Esquires Stephen Evans Esquires The Register and Secretary Edward Noel Esq Auditor John Birch Esq Comptroller Elias Ashmole Esq House-Keeper Richard Ferguson Officers of the General Post-Office Post-Master General Major Wildman Comptroller of the Outland Office John VVildman Junior Esq Comptroller of the Inland Office Thomas Gardener Esq Receiver General Mr. Stephen Lilly Accomptant General Mr. George Serle Six Clerks of the forein Office Mr. John Leeson Mr. Ashburnham Frowd Mr. John Saladine Mr. William Sweeting Mr. Francis Clewitt Mr. Ferand Spence Six Clerks of the Roads of the Inland Office Mr. John Salter For Chester Road. Mr. John Middleton For the North Road. Mr. Richard Minors For Bristol Road. Mr. William Serle For the Western Road. Mr. Francis Garret For the Kentish Road. Mr. James Cumber For Yarmouth Road. Of the Peny-Post Office The Comptroller Nathan Castleton Esq The Accomptant Mrs. Thomas Lawe The Receiver Mr. Francis Gelling A List of the Officers of the Mint in the Tower of London Warden of the Mint Benjamin Overton Esq Master and Worker Thomas Neale Esq Comptroller James Hove Esq Assay-Master Sir John Brattell Auditors Thomas Dove and Brook Bridge● Esq Surveyor of the Melting George Evans Esq Weigher and Teller Thomas Fitch Esq King's Chief Clark Thomas Hall Esq Engineer of the Mint Mr. Thomas Doyley Graver Henry Harris Esq Provost Mr. Thomas Anderson M●●ter Mr. Jonathan Ambrose A List of the Officers of the Ordnance The Master General of the Ordnance

Lieutenant General Sir Henry Goodrick Kt. and Bar. Surveyor John Charleton Esq Clerk of the Ordnance Sir Thomas Littleton Kt. Keeper of the Stores Thomas Gardiner Esq Clerk of the Deliveries Philip Musgrave Esq Assistant Surveyor William Boulter Esq Treasurer or Pay-master Charles Bertie Esq Master Gunner Capt. Richard Leak Principal Engineer Sir Martin Beckman Kt. Keeper of the small Guns Mr. Charles Beaumont The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty and of the Admirals The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty The Earl of Pembroke and Montgomery The Earl of Carbery Sir Michael Wharton Bat. Sir Thomas Lee Bat. Sir John Chichley Bat. Sir John Lowther Bat. William Sacheveril Esq Admirals Sir Richard Haddock Kt. Henry Killigrew Esq Sir John Ashby Kt. A List of the Commissioners and other Principal Officers belonging to the Navy The Commissioners Sir Richard Haddock Kt. Charles Sergison Esq Sir John Tippet Kt. Sir Richard Beach Kt. The Treasurer Edward Russel Esq Comptroller Sir Richard Haddock Kt. Surveyor Sir John Tippet Kt. Clerk of the Acts Charles Sergison Esq Victuallers of the Navy Thomas Papilion Simon Macne John Agur Humphrey Ayles and James How Esquires Commissioners for Sick and Wounded Seamen and exchange of Prisoners of War Thomas Addison Esq Edward Leigh Esq Anthony Shepherd Esq John Starkey Esq Of the Martial Court THis Court you have too short an Account of in my Third Part Page 91. I therefore beg leave here to inlarge upon it 'T is called the Martial or Military Court or High Court of Chivalry otherwise the Court of Honour and in Latine Curia Militaris The Place anciently appointed for holding thereof was the King's Hall wherein the Constable and Earl Marshal of England sat as Judges Where any Plaintiff in case of Dignities or Matters of Arms or of any other Sute or Controversy concerning Nobility Gentility or Arms might sue the Defendant But now that great Office of Constable of England is hid aside the whole Power is vested in the Earl Marshal And the Present Possessor of that honourable Office is his Grace Henry Duke of Norfolk Earl Marshal of England Who has appointed the Hall in the Colledge of Arms to be the Place for Keeping the said Court. And upon Application made to him by any of the Nobility or Gentry of this Kingdom being abused in Matters of Honour and Arms may there have relief from his Grace Officers belonging to this Court Their Majesties Advocate William Odys Dr. of Laws Register of the Court Robert Plott Dr. of Laws Secretary and Seal-Keeper Francis Negus Esq Deputy-Register Mr. John Cheek Proctors Samuel Francklyn Esq Batchelour of Laws Mr. Ralph Suckley Mr. Everard Exton Batchelour of Laws Mr. John Hill Mr. Francis Nixon Mr. Robert Chapman Mr. Samuel Wiseman Mr. Keate Waller Marshal of the Court. Mr. John Curry A List of the Lords Lieutenants Bedford Earl of Bedford Berks Duke of Norfolk Bucks Earl of Bridgewater Cambr. Earl of Bedford Cheshire Earl of Warrington Cornwal Earl of Bath Cumberland Earl of Carlisle Derbysh Earl of Devon Devonsh Earl of Bath Dorcetsh Earl of Bristol Essex Earl of Oxford Gloc. and Heref. Earl of Maclesfield Hartfordsh Earl of Shrewsbury during the Minority of the Earl of Essex Huntingt Earl of Manchester Kent Earl of Winchelsey Lancashire Earl of Derby Leicestersh Earl of Rutland Lincolnsh Earl of Lindsey Middlesex Earl of Clare Monmouthsh Earl of Maclesfield Norfolk Duke of Norfolk Northampt. Earl of Monmouth Northumb. Earl of Scarborough Nottinghamsh Earl of Kingston Oxon Earl of Abington Salop Lord Visc Newport Somersetsh Lord Visc Fitz-Harding Southampton Duke of Bolton Staffordsh Lord Paget Suffolk Lord Cornwallis Surrey Duke of Norfolk Sussex Earl of Dorset and Middlesex Warwicksh Earl of Northampton Wiltshire Earl of Pembroke Worcestersh Earl of Shrowsbury York East-Riding Earl of Kingston York North Riding Earl of Falconberg York West-Riding Earl of Derby South and North Wales Earl of Maclesfield Governours of Garrisoned Places Barwick Christ Babington Esq Calshot Francis Pawlet Esq Carlisle Jeremiah Bubb Esq Chepstow Chester Sir John Morgan Cinque-Ports Col. John Beaumont Esq Dartmouth Nich. Roope Esq Graves-end William Selwyn Esq Guernsey Lord Hatton Holy Island Hull Marquess of Caermarthen Hurst-Castle Henry Holmes Jersey Lord Jermyn Isle of Wight Sir Robert Holmes Landguard-Fort Henry Killigrew Esq S. Maws Pendennis Earl of Bath Plimouth Earl of Bath Portland Portsmouth John Gibson Esq Scarborough Scilly Islands Sheerness Robert Crawford Esq Tinmouth Sir Edw. Villiers Tower of London Lord Lucas Upner Castle Robert Minors Esq Windfor Castle Duke of Norfolk Governours of Foreign Plantations Of Jamaica Earl of Inchqueen Virginia Lord Effingham New York Col. Sloughter Barbadoes James Kendal Col. Leeward Islands Col. Godrington As for New England the Governor is not yet setled Mary-Land Pensylvania and Carolina are governed by their respective Proprietors who have there their Deputies Their Majesties Embassadors Envoys and Residents Abroad At Vienna Lord Paget At Constantinople Sir William Hussey In Holland Lord Dursley Spain William Stanhop Esq Flanders John Eckart Esq Sweden William Duncomb Esq Denmark Robert Molesworth Esq Brandenburg James Johnston Esq Lunenburg and Brunswick Sir William Dutton Colt Swisserland Thomas Cox Esq Hamburg Sir Paul Rycaut Geneva Philibert Herbert Esq Agent in Germany Hugh Hughes Gent. Consuls in Foreign Parts At Venice Hugh Broughton Esq Cadiz S. Maries Sevil S. Lucar in Spain Wartin Nescomb Robert Godschall Walter Doleman E●● Alicant Genoua Leghorn Naples in Italy Thomas Kirk Esq Robert Serle Esq Sir George Davis Kt. Argiers in Barbary Thomas Baker Esq Foreign Ministers at present residing in their Majesties Court. Spain Don Pedro de Ronquillo Ambassador in Ordinary Portugal Don Simon de Soza de Magellanes Envoy Extraordinary Sweden Baron Leyonbergh Envoy Denmark Monsieur Alfeldt Envoy Holland The Heer Van Zitters Ambassador in Ordinary Brandenburg Monsieur Dankelman Envoy Lunenburg Baron de Schutz Envoy Extraordinary Savoy The President de la Tour Envoy Extraordinary Vienna Monsieur Hofman Resident A Scheme of the Sovereign and Knights Companions of the most Noble Order of the Garter ●●e King of Denmark The Sovereign The King of Sweden Prince George of Denmark * Elector of Brandenb Earl of Oxford Earl of Strafford Duke of Beaufort Earl of Bedford Duke of Southampton Earl of Mulgrave Duke of Newcastle Marquis of Caerm   Duke of Richmond Duke of Hamilton Duke of Somerset Duke of Northumb. Duke of Norfolk Earl of Peterborough Earl of Rochester Earl of Feversham Earl of Sunderland Duke of Ormond * Earl of Devonshire   A List of the Knights made by His Present Majesty King William Knights Baronets Hender Moulesworth Esq created Baronet July 19th 1689. Sir John Ramsden of Yorkshire Esq created Baronet Dec. 30. 1689. Sir William Robinson of Newby in Yorkshire Esq created Baronet Febr. 13th 1689. Knights Batchelours Anthony Keck Esq Counsellor at Law Knighted at Whitehall March 5th 1688. William Rawlinson Esq One of the Lords Commissioners of the Chancery Knighted at Whitehall March 5th

its Course and so severed it self that Men went about 3 Miles together on foot in the bottom of the Channel the Waters swelling up backwards to a great height Bedford the County-Town lies North-west and by North 40 Miles from London thus From London to Barnet 10 10 more to St. Albans 8 from thence to Luton 5 more to Baru● Clay thence to Bedford 7. A Town pleasantly seated on the Banks o● the River Ouse that parts it into two and over which there is a fair Stone Bridge Called Bedford from the Beds and Lodgings on the Ford built on both sides of the River for the use of Travellers A Town which in proces● of time is grown to that bigness as to contain in it 5 Parish Churches whereof 3 on the North and 2 on the South-side of the River Famous in former times for the great Battel fought in the adjoyning Fields Anno 572 in which Cuthwolf the Saxon vanquished th● Britains and became Master of the Country But more famous for giving the Title of Duke to John of Lancaster Regent of France for Kin● Henry VI and to Jasper of Hatfield Uncle 〈◊〉 Henry VII After whom it was dignified b● King Edward VI Anno 1548 with the Title o● an Earldom in the Person of the then Lon● Admiral John Russel and from him descende● in a right line to the truly Noble and right Honourable William Russel the present Earl of Bedford and Knight of the Order of the Garter Lastly this Town has two Markets a Week on Tuesdays and Saturdays well furnished with all sorts of Provisions The other Market-Towns are Tuddington Sat. Potton Sat. Luton Mund. Leighton Tue. Biglesworth Tue. Dunstable Wedn. Ampthill Thur. Woburn Frid. Shefford Frid. Among which Dunstable the chief of all is seated on a Hill in a chalky dry Ground Built by King Henry I. out of the Ruins of the ancient Magiovinium for the better suppressing of one Dun a notorious Robber that used to pester these Parts from whom it came to be called Dunstable It has 4 Streets in it and in each of 'em a Pond fed only with Rain and yet these Ponds are never dry No Springs here to be found without digging a very great depth But as it is seated in the high Road from London to West-Chester formerly known by the Name of Watling-street 't is a well frequented Town and accommodated with several good Inns for Travellers In this Town King Edward I. caused a Cross or Column to be erected adorned with Statues and the Arms of England c. in Memorial of Eleanor his Queen this being the Place where her Corps rested in her Journey from Lincolnshire where she died to Westminster Abbey where she was interred About this Town are caught abundance of Larks which are esteemed the best in England and where they are the best dressed Leighton is seated in the Borders of Buckinghamshire upon a River that runs Northward into the Ouse This is a good large Town having a Bridge over the River which leads to Buckinghamshire And its Market is very considerable especially for all sorts of fa●● Cattle Luton a pretty good Town borders upon both the Counties of Hartford and Bucking ham and Potton upon Cambridgeshire Woburn on a rising Ground is much frequented by Passengers in their Journeys from London to Northampton Formerly of some account for its fine Monastery as it is at present fo● its Free School founded by Francis Earl of Bedford Near this Town is Aspley where the natur● of the Soil is such that it petrifies Wood. An● about this Town is digged up excellent Fulle●● Earth in great plenty Biglesworth is pleasantly seated on the Ive● over which it has a Stone-bridge This Town formerly but inconsiderable is grown into request since it became a Thorough-fare for Coaches especially between London and York Shefford is situate on the other side of the ●vel West and by South from Biglesworth between two Rivulets which joyn below th● Town and fall together in one stream into th● Ivel Ampthill 5 Miles South of Bedford is a● Honour belonging to the Crown Graced with a fine Seat and Park in its Neighbourhood be longing to the Earl of Alesbury To conclude this County formerly was Part of the ancient Kingdom of Mercia and its Inhabitants part of the Catieuchlani as the Romans called them is now in the Diocese of London Out of it are elected besides the two Knights of the Shire but two Members to sit in Parliament the Right of Election being in the Town of Bedford Buckinghamshire Buckinghamshire or Bucks another Inland County is bounded on the East by Bedford and Hartford Shires and part of Middlesex on the West by Oxfordshire Northward by Northamptonshire and Southward by Barkshire It contains in Length from North to South about 40 Miles in Breadth from East to West 18. The Whole divided into eight Hundreds wherein 185 Parishes and 15 Market Towns A Country blest with a very temperate and healthful Air and with a rich and fertile Soil yielding Grass and Corn in great abundance especially the Vale lying Northwards South-Eastward it rises into Hills called the Chiltern which afford a great deal of Wood. An infinite Number of Sheep is bred especially in the Vales of this Country whose Fleece is much esteemed for its fineness As for Rivers here is Northward the Ouse and a small Stream that runs into it about the middle of the County the Tame and in the South-East Parts the Coln which severs part of this County from that of Middlesex Buckingham the chief Place of it lies Northwest and by West 44 Miles from London Viz. 6 to Acton 9 more to Vxbridge 9 more to Amersham to Wendover 6 more thence 4 to Ailesbury and 10 more to Buckingham A goodly Town seated in a fruitful Soil on the Banks of the River Ouse rising not far from it and over which it has 3 fair Stone Bridges 'T is pretty well frequented and inhabited and its Market which is kept on Saturdays well served with Provisions In times past it was fortified by King Edward the elder The Town-Hall stands in the North Part of the Town and the Chappel founded by Tho. Becket is now converted into a Free School Otherwise not much observable but for those many noble Personages which have had the Title of Earls and Dukes thereof The last Duke was George Villiers who died in the late Reign He was Son to George Viscount Villiers Baron of Whaddon first created Earl of Buckingham by King James the First and afterwards Duke thereof Anno 1623. He was Lord Admiral of England and High Chamberlain and was slain by Felton The other Market Towns are Newport Sat. Ailesbury Sat. Risborough Sat. Marlow Sat. Oulney Mund. Agmundesham Tues Colebrook Wed. Chesham Wed. Winslow Thur. Wendover Thur. Beaconfield Thur. Stony-Stratford Frid. Ivingo Frid. High Wickham Frid. Amongst which Newport Stoney-Stratford and Oulney are all three seated on the Ouse Ailesbury on the Tame Marlow near

the Thames and Colebrook on the Coln Newport or Newport Pagnel a goodly Town has two Bridges over the Ouse and is of chief note for the Bone-lace here made Stony Stratford a Place of great Antiquity being the Lactodurum of the Romans is a good large Town containing two Parish Churches And as it lies in the Way from London to the North-West Parts of England it is well accommodated with Inns for Travellers This is the Way called Wailing-street being a Military High-Way of the Romans which crossed all the Country At this Place King Edward the Elder obstructed the Passage of the Danes whilst he fortified Towcester against them And here King Edward Lerected a beautiful Cross in Memorial of his Queen Eleanor whose Corps rested here in her Journey from Lincolnshire where she died to Westminster Abbey the Place of her Sepulture Wickham situate in a low and fertile Vale on a small River which falls into the Thames is a Town which for largeness and fair Buildings is not inferiour to any in the County Here the County Assises are commonly kept and sometimes at Ailesbury Ailesbury stands in a most fruitful Vale on the rising of a little Hill compassed about with many very pleasant green Meadows and Pastures The Vale in great repute for grazing of Cattel and feeding innumerable Flocks of Sheep whose fine Fleeces are in great esteem A Vale famous of old for S. Edith who bid●ling the World Adieu betook her self to this Vale where she lived a pious and holy life The Town more remarkable of late for the Title of an Earldom it gives to the Right Honourable Thomas Bruce the present Earl of Ailesbury and Earl of Elgin in Scotland Derived to him from his Father Robert Bruce Baron of Kinlos Earl of Elgin and Lord Whorlton in Yorkshire Who was created by King Charles II. Baron of Skelton Viscount Bruce of Ampthill and Earl of Ailesbury March 18th 1664. Advanced afterwards to the Place of Lord Chamberlain of his Majesties Houshold soon after the late Kings Accession to the Crown upon the Decease of his Predecessor the Earl of Arlington Beaconfield is seated on a dry Hill not far either from Wickham or Amersham A goodly Town which being on the high Road from London to Oxford is very well accommodated with Inns. Marlow is probably so called from the great store of Marl or Chalk here dug up which adds no small advantage to the Husbandmen who inrich their Grounds with it But besides all these Market Towns here 's Eaton upon the Thames opposite to Windsor which deserves a Place here for its fine Colledge and famous School of Literature founded by that Pious Prince King Henry the Sixth Lastly this County which formerly was Part of the ancient Kingdom of the West Saxons and its Inhabitants part of the Catieuchlani as the Romans called them is now in the Diocese of London Out of it are elected besides the two Knights of the Shire 12 Members of Parliament viz. two out of each of these Towns Buckingham Ailesbury Chipping-Wickomb Agmundesham Wendover and Marlow CHAP. VI. Of Cambridge Cheshire and Cornwal Cambridgeshire CAMBRIDGESHIRE another Inland County has for its Bounds Eastward both Suffolk and Norfolk Westward Northampton Huntington and Bedford shires Northward Lincolnshire Scuthward Essex and Hartfordshire It extends it self in Length from North to South 35 miles in Breadth from East to West 20. The Whole divided into 17 Hundreds 163 Parishes and 8 Market-Towns 'T is for the most part a pleasant fruitful Champain Country abounding in all Things necessary stored with Meadows and Pastures plentiful of Corn and Barley and abundantly furnished with Fish and Fowl The Northern Parts indeed are Fenny and therefore less fruitful of Corn. But that Defect is sufficiently supplied another way I mean by that plenty of Cattel Fish and Fowl that are bred in those Fens 'T is true the Air in those Parts is something the worse for them One Thing this County may boast of besides Essex viz. the Saffron it yields in great plenty which is the dearest Commodity that England produces The Herb called Scordium or Water Germander of which the Cordial Dioscordium is made grows here also very plentifully About 2 miles South-Eastward from Cambridge is a Ridge of Hills called Hog-magog Hills retaining yet the remembrance of the Danish Station and whereof the Country people tell fine fabulous Stories On the top of these Hills is seen a Rampier so strengthened formerly with a threefold Trench that the Place was counted to be in a manner Impregnable As for Rivers here is the Ouse which runs through the midst of it from West to East and then bending its Course to the North parts this County from Norfolk till it discharges it self at Lyn into the Sea The South Parts are watered with two lesser Streams the one called Cam and the other Grant both which joyn together into one Stream near Cambridge under the first Name and so run together Northward into the Ouse The North Parts indeed are too much watered by the frequent Overflowings of the Ouse and other Streams that have turned most of those Parts into Marshes I should now fall to the Description of Cambridge but that it is a Place of that Consequence as to deserve a particular Description by it self For which I refer you together with that of Oxford to the Conclusion of this Part. And so I proceed to a View of the other Places of chief note in this County which are Market-Towns besides Cambridge The other Market-Towns are Ely Sat. Wisbich Sat. Newmarket Tue. Caxton Tue. Royston Wedn. Linton Thu. Merche Frid. Among which Ely is situate in an Isle of that name occasioned by the divided streams of the Ouse and other lesser Rivers turning a great part of this Tract into Fens and Marshes A Place of no great beauty or reputation being seated in a foggy and unhealthful Air but only for being a Bishops See and a County Palatine since the ●eign of Henry I. Newmarket is partly in this County and partly in Suffolk It stands in such a plain that it has a Prospect three quarters of the Compass almost to the Bounds of the Horizon the South-East Parts being more rising Ground and ending in Woodland A famous Plain both for Hunting and Horse-races where the Kings of England use yearly to divertise themselves for some Days before Winter To which purpose there is a House built on Cambridge side for their Reception The Town it self is composed of a well-built Street and being a great Thorough-fare the Townsmen live chiefly upon Passengers besides the Advantage of the Court when the King goes thither It consists of two Parishes one in Suffolk the other in Cambridgeshire It s Market is well served particularly with Fish and wild Fowl from the fenny Parts as it is with Pigeons from the Fiekling The Women here imploy themselves very much in spinning of white Work And not far from this Town is the huge Ditch called

the Devil's Ditch Royston stands in the bottom of a Hill partly in this County and partly in Hartfordshire Whose Market is very considerable for Malt especially Lastly this County which formerly was Part of the Kingdom of the East-Angles and its Inhabitants part of the Iceni as the Romans called them is now in the Diocess of Ely Out of it are elected besides the 2 Knights of the Shire 4 Members of Parliament viz. 2 by the Town of Cambridge and 2 more by the Vniversity Cheshire CHESHIRE a Maritime County in the North-West Parts of England is bounded on the East by Derbyshire and Staffordshire on the West partly by the Irish Sea partly by Flintshire and Denbighshire two Counties of Wales Northward by Lancashire Southward part by Denbighshire and part by Shropshire and Staffordshire It contains in Length from East to West about 45 Miles in Breadth from North to South 25. The Whole divieled into 7 Hundreds 85 Parishes and 13 Market Towns As flat as this Country is yet it is not without several noted Hills besides the Mountains which divide it from Darby and Stafford Shires It has also several Woods and Forests as namely Delamere and Maclesfield Forests and is so well stored with Parks that almost every Gentleman has one peculiar to himself Heaths and Mosses are frequent here but the first serve to feed Sheep and Horses and Mosses to make Turves of for Fewel As for Rivers this Country is well watered with them the South-west Parts with the Dee the middle with the Weever and the North Parts with the Mersey which divides this County from Lancashire The Dee affords great plenty of Salmon And 't is observable of this River that upon the fall of much Rain it rises but little but if the South Wind beat long upon it it swells ●nd overflows the Grounds adjoyning Here are ●lso many Meres and Pools in all which are a●undance of excellent Fish Here the Air for Temperature and the Soil for Fertility is inferiour to none and far ex●eeding the Neighbouring Counties It s chief Commodities are Corn Cattel Sheep Fish Fowl Salt and Cheese the best ●n all England Chester otherwife called West-Chester by reason of its Western Situation is the chief Place of this County bearing from London North-West and distant therefrom by common Computation 150 Miles thus Viz. from London to St. Albans 20. from thence to Stony-Stratford 24 to Daventry 16 more from Daventry to Coventry 22 thence to Lichfield ●o more to Stone 18 to Nantwich 15 and to Chester 15 more This City was raised from the Fort Ostorius Lieutenant of Britain for the Emperour Clau●ius And 't is pleasantly seated on the River Dee about 25 miles from its fall into the Sea the River widening it self all the way to a great breadth But the Channel is so choakt up with Sand for some Miles that all Ships now ●ome to a Place called the New Key about 6 miles distance Over the River it has a fair Stone-bridge ●uilt upon 8 Arches with a Gate at each ●nd from whence issue the Walls of the City ●n a quadrangular form high and strongly ●uilt In this Wall are 4 Gates viz. the East-Gate Bridge-gate Water-gate and North-Gate the first being esteemed one of ●he stateliest Gates in England Besides these ●our principal Gates there are three others of ●ess note called the Posterns and on the Wall are 7 Watch-towers and broad Battlements for Pieces of Ordnance On the South side is a stately strong Castle built in a circular form with a Court-yard about it inclosed with a Wall In the North Part is the Cathedral adjoyning to which is the Bishops Pallace In short this City is beautify'd with divers fair Buildings both publick and private and graced with large and well-ordered Streets which are supplied with fresh Water by Conduit Pipes from a Tower at the Bridge calle● Water-Tower 35 yards high and 8 broad Along the chief Streets are Galleries or Row● as they call them with Shops on one side through which Galleries one may walk fre● from Wet in the greatest Showers As to the Number of Parishes in it I fin● no less than ten so well frequented this Pla●● is by Gentry and Tradesmen For besides th● Assises held here twice a Year Chester being a County Palatine has also its Courts Palatine kept here And as it stands commodiously for Ireland with which it has a grea● Intercourse so it is a constant Thorough-far● for that Kingdom Of late it has been of particular Note fo● being the Rendezvous of great part of ou● Forces that have been transported for th● Reduction of Ireland and Highlake on th● North-side of the River's Mouth for being th● proper Place for Shipping 'T was in this City of Chester that King Edga● had his Barge rowed by way of Homage b● seven Kings of the Scots and Britains from 〈◊〉 Johns Church to his Pallace himself as s●preme Lord holding the Helm And 't is observable that the eldest Sons of the Kings 〈◊〉 England whether it be by birth or death 〈◊〉 their elder Brothers are ipso facto Earls of Chester The other Market Towns are Nantwich Sat. Middlewich Sat. Congleton Sat. Knutsford Sat. Malpas Mund. Maxfield Mund. Altrincham Tue. Fordsham Wedn. Sanbich Thu. Northwich Frid. Stopford Frid. Tarvin Frid. Amongst which Nantwich and Fordsham are feated on the Banks of the Weever Stopford on the Mersey Northwich and Congleton on the Dane which runs into the Weeve Middlewich on the Croke near its fall into the Dane Maxfield or Maclesfield on the Bollin Sandbich on the Welock Nantwich Middlewich and Northwich are of chief note for their Salt-pits but the first especially which next to Chester is the greatest and the fairest built Town in the County Here is the best white Salt made and great plenty of it At Congleton they make great store of Points Purses and leather Gloves Sandbich is only famous for its Ale sold at London for 12 pence the bottle which for strength and clearness does equalize Canary Maxfield or Maclesfield is a large and fair Town which drives a great Trade of Buttons But it is of most note for giving the Title of Earl to the Right Honourable Charles Gerard Earl of Maclesfield c. This County formerly a Part of the ancient Kingdom of Mercia and its Inhabitants part of the Cornavii as the Romans called them is now in the Diocese of Chester The Earls hereof were anciently accounted Palatines since William the Conquerour gave this Earldom to Hugh Lupus a noble Norman to be holden as freely by his Sword as the King himself held England by his Crown which was the Tenure of all Counts Palatine more like Princes than Subjects And though it be now and has long been reannexed to the Crown yet it still holds the Rights and Priviledges of a County Palatine having for the administration thereof a Chamberlain a Justice for the Common-Pleas of the Crown two Barons of the Exchequer a Sheriff an

South empties it self into the Trent and so divides the County into East and West The Soil in the South and East Parts is very fruitful and yields both good Grass and Corn. But the North and West Parts being both Hilly and Stony with a black and mossy barren Ground are not so fertile Yet they are not without some rich Valleys and on the Hills themselves are bred abundance of very good though not very large Sheep For Fewel it is not beholden to Wood the Woods having been destroyed in a great measure by the Countries Iron-Works Lead-mines and Coal-Delfs But 't is so well stored with Coals that it supplies with this sort of Fewel many neighbouring Counties as Leicester Northampton Rutland and Lincoln Whose Inhabitants frequently bring Barley to sell at Darby and load themselves back with Coals For Buildings it affords not only good Clay for Bricks but also store of Free-Stone or durable Greet Stone and in many parts Lime-stone both useful in Building and for manuring the Ground Here is also Alabaster Crystal black and grey Marble not only very durable but such as polishes well As for Mill-Stones and Whet-stones here 's whole Quarries of 'em in the working whereof a great many hands are imployed before they come to be dispersed over the Nation But the chiefest Commodity of this Country is Lead which for goodness or Plenty yields to no Place in the World Famous for this is the Peak of Derbyshire as well as for its Quarries but particularly for its three wonderful Caves This Peak ly's amongst the Mountains in the North-West Parts and its three Caves of a wonderful vast height length and depth are known by the Names of Devils Arse Elden-hole and Pools hole From the Devils Arse a Water comes which is said to ebb and flow 4 times in an hour as the Well in the Peak Forest and to keep its just Tides Noted besides for the strange Irregularities of the Rocks within the Water Eldenhole is very spacious but wi●h a low and narrow entrance The Waters which trickle down from the top thereof do congeal into Stone and hang like Isicles in the root thereof Some are hollow within and grow Taper-wise very white and not unlike to Crystal But the greatest Wonder of all is that of Buxton-Wells Nine Springs arise out of a Rock in the compass of 8 or 9 Yards eight of which are warm and the ninth very cold These Springs run from under a square Building of Free Stone and about 300 foot off receive another hot Spring from a Well inclosed with four flat Stones near unto which another very cold Spring bubbles up These Waters are experimentally found good for the Stomach and Sinews and good to bathe in And now I come to Mineral Waters I cannot but mention Kedlaston Well Quarndon and Stanly Springs The first of which being in Kedl●ston Parish is noted for having cured as 't is said the Leprosy and for being singular in the Cure of old Ulcers Quarndon Springs are two Springs about a mile and a half from Derby much of the nature of Tunbridge-Waters in Kent and the Spaws in Yorkshire as strong of the Mineral and as effectual in the Operation As for Stanly-Spring 't is of the same nature but not so strong But about Wirksworth there 's a warm and a cold Spring so near each other that one may put one hand in the cold and the other in the warm Derby the Shire-Town from whence the County it self is denominated bears from London North and by West and is distant therefrom 98 miles thus From London to Leicester 78 as you may see in Leicestershire thence to Lougborough 8 and to Derby 12 more This Town is seated upon the West Bank of Derwent from whence probably the Name of Derby is extracted over which there is a fine Bridge of free Stone and upon the Bridge a Chappel called St. Maries Chappel But besides Derwent which empties it self but 6 miles lower into the Trent this Town has the Conveniency of a Brook rising Westward and running through it under nine several Bridges 'T is a large populous and rich Place few inland Towns equalizing it Here are five Parish Churches of which that of All-Saints is the fairest Whose Tower-Steeple in which are 8 tunable Bells built at the only Charge of the young Men and Maids about the Reign of Q. Mary is equalled for height and beauty by few in the Nation Here is also a fair Hall built not many years since of free Stone at the Counties Charge where the Assizes are constantly kept In short 't is a Place of good Trade and Resort no less famous for good Ale than Banbury for its Cakes and Cheese Here is chiefly a great Vent for Barley which they make into Malt and so sell it again in Cheshire Lancashire and the North of this County It s Market is on Fridays which is very great for Cattel Corn and all Provisions besides small Markets on Wednesdays and Saturdays Lastly this Town is dignify'd with the Title of an Earldom now in the person of the Right Honourable William Stanley Earl of Derby and Lord of the Isle of Man Descended to him from his Ancestor Thomas Lord Stanley and of Man created Earl of Derby by King Henry VII Anno 1486. Which Title was first injoy'd by the Earls of Ferrers and Derby and afterwards by several Princes of the Royal Family till it came as I said before to Thomas Lord Stanley by Creation The other Market Towns are Chesterfield Sat. Ashbourn Sat. Alfreton Mund. Bakewell Mund. Wirksworth Tue. Tideswal Wedn. Dronfield Thu. Bolsover Frid. Drawfield Amongst which Chesterfield is pleasantly seated in a good Soil for the most part on the South-side of a little Hill and that between two small Rivers A Town which by the Ruins of it does seem to be of good Antiquity and therefore likely to have had some more ancient Name now buried in its Ruins It was made a free Borough in the time of King John And hard by it was the Battel fought between King Henry III and his Barons in which Robert de Ferrers Earl of Derby being taken Prisoner lost his Estate and Dignity though not his Life But that wherein it has most cause to glory is that from an ordinary Market Town it is become the Seat of an Earldom the Stile and Title of Earl of Chesterfield being conferred by King Charles I. upon Philip Lord Stanhop of Shelford created Earl of Chesterfield Anno 1628. From whom it descended next by Henry his eldest Son to the Right Honourable Philip Lord Stanhop the present Earl of Chesterfield Wirksworth is so called from the Worth of the Lead-Works And 't is the greatest Lead-Market in England This County formerly Part of the ancient Kingdom of Mercia and its Inhabitants part of the Coritani is now in the Diocese of Lichfield Out of it are elected besides the two Knights of the Shire but two Parliament Men and these two by

Derby Town But before I leave this County I cannot but observe that of all Parts of England which in general is famous for its Stone-Bridges Derbyshire is of special note upon that very account Witness amongst the rest Burton-Bridge on the River Trent in the Borders of Staffordshire which has no less than 35 large Stone Arches 'T was at this Bridge that Edward II. put to flight Thomas Earl of Lancaster and many of the Barons Here is also Swarkeston Bridge over the same River reputed to be near a mile in length but much of it is rather a Causey than a Bridge To which add Monks-Bridge over the Dove to say nothing more of St. Maries Bridge at Derby Scarsdale a Division or Part of this County wherein stands Chesterfield is a Valley incompassed with Rocks and Mountains as the Name imports Dale in the Saxons Language signifying a Valley and Scaire a craggy Rock Observable only for giving the Title of Earl to the Right Honourable Robert Leak the present Earl of Scarsdale Derived to him from his Father Nicholas Son of Francis Leak Lord Deyncourt of Sutton Created Earl of Scarsdale by King Charles I. Anno 1645. Devonshire DEVONSHIRE a Maritime County in the West of England lies open to the Sea both Northward and Southward on the North being bounded with the North Sea otherwise called the Severn Sea or S. George's Channel which parts it from Wales and on the South with the South Sea commonly called the Channel which parts England from France But Eastward it is bounded by Somersetshire and Dorsetshire and Westward by Cornwal It contains in Length from East to West about 52 miles in Breadth from North to South 46. The whole divided into 33 Hundreds wherein 3●4 Parishes and 32 Market Towns The Air of this County is sharp and wholesom The Soil in some Parts generally beautified with fresh and pleasant Meadows in other Parts shaded with great store of Woods but in few places not so fit for Corn as most other Counties 'T is true good Husbandry supplies that Defect and adds unto it by cost and industry what it wants by Nature Amongst the many Rivers wherewith 't is abundantly watered the Tamer which parts it from Cornwal the Turridge the Taw Ex and Dart are the chiefest In short this County is well provided with Flesh Fish and Fowl And as for Sea-Fish Pilchards and Herrings chiefly are here fished in great abundance Noted besides for its Wools and Clothings the best and finest Kerseys in the Kingdom being here made but chiefly for its Tin and Lead-Mines Exeter the chief Place of it ly's West-South-West from London about 130 miles thus Viz. from London to Salisbury 70 miles as you may see in the Description of Wiltshire From Salisbury to Shaftsbury 15 and to Sherburn 12 more from Sherburn to Crookham 10 thence to Axminster 9 and to Exeter 22 more This City is so called from the River Ex on the East-banks whereof it is seated and over which it has a fair Stone bridge not above 12 or 15 miles from its fall into the Sea 'T is a large and well compacted City and a Place of good Trade But the River is so choaked up that all Vessels are forced to load and unload their Goods at Topsham about 3 miles distance Within its Walls and Suburbs are reckoned besides the Cathedral no less than 15 Parish-Churches It has the Priviledge of two Markets weekly kept on Wednesdays and Fridays Noted besides for giving the Title of Duke Marquess and Earl to several noble Personages Of Duke to John Holland Earl of Huntington made Duke of Exeter by King Richard II and to Tho. Beaufort Earl of Dorset created Duke of Exeter by King Henry V. Next to whom this Title was injoy'd by John and Henry Holland both of them Admirals Afterwards the Title of Marquess of Exeter was by King Henry VIII conferred upon Henry Courtney Earl of Devonshire Succeeded in it by his Son Edward Courtney with whom this Title died But in the Reign of King James I Tho. Cecil Lord Burleigh was by that King created Earl of Exeter Anno 1605. From whom is descended in a right Line the Right Honourable John Cecil the present Earl of Exeter The other Market Towns are Kings-bridge Sat. Plimpton Sat. Totness Sat. Ashburton Sat. Chidley Sat. Merton Sat. Okehampton Sat. Tavestock Sat. Torrington Sat. Holsworthy Sat. South-Molton Sat. Columpton Sat. Crediton Sat. H●rniton Sat. Axminster Sat. Plimouth Mund. Thu. Bediford Tue. Tiverton Tue. Ottery Tue. Dodbrook Wed. Newton-Abbot Wed. Modberry Thu. Culliton Thu. Bow Thu. Chu●mleigh Thu. Dartmouth Frid Barnstaple Frid Hatherly Frid Besides Ilfarcomb Combemerton Bradnidge and Sidmouth whose Market-Days I am ignorant of Among which Plimouth and Dartmouth are two noted Harbours in the Channel but the first especially Seated between the Tamer and the Plime at both their falls into the Sea the Plime being but a small River from whence Plimouth however has took its Denomination 'T is one of the best Ports in England having a safe and commodious Haven strongly fortified on both sides A Place of great importance to the Kingdom not only for his Majesty's but for Merchants Ships outward or homeward bound to anchor in upon any Casualty The Conveniency whereof has so improved this Town from a poor fishing Village that it is now grown up to Stateliness Lastly this Place is dignify'd with the Title of an Earldom now in the person of the Right Honourable Other Windsor Earl of Plimouth c. Derived to him from his Grandfather Thomas Created Earl of Plimouth by King Charles II. But the first that injoy'd this Title was Charles Fitz Charles commonly called Don Carlos created Baron of Dartmouth Viscount Totnes and Earl of Plimouth Anno 1675. who soon after died at Tangier Dartmouth so called from its Situation at the Mouth of the River Dart is also a good Port Town having a commodious Haven well frequented and traded unto There 's in it three Parish Churches And it gives the Title of Baron to the Right Honourable George Leg made Baron of Dartmouth by King Charles II. Few miles from Dartmouth to the North-East is the Bay called Torbay of chief note for the Descent here made by his present Majesty and his Land-Forces from Holland upon the fifth of Nov. being Gun-powder Treason Day 1688. From Torbay to the Coast of Dorsetshire there is not a Sea-Town of any note but Sidmouth Which indeed was a good Port Town as well as Seaton and Budley near adjoyning before their Havens were choaked up with Sands Now 't is but a small Fisher-Town On the North Coast you will find Combemerton Ilfarcomb and Hartland all of them but mean Towns But at some distance from that Sea lies Barnstaple a good trading Place seated on the River Yaw over which it has a large Bridge Further Westward you will find Bediford Torrington and Hatherley all three on the Towridge Over which River Bediford has a large Stone-bridge

of arched Work consisting of 24 Peers and so high that a Vessel of 50 or 60 Tuns may pass under it Which Accommodation has made it a Place of good account and trade Torrington a pretty large Town is chiefly noted for giving the Title of Earl to the Right Honourable Arthur Herbert lately created Earl of Torrington by our present King and made Lord Admiral of Their Majesties Fleet. Whereas this Title was before in the Person of the Duke of Albemarle deceased Tavestock is seated on the Tave Modberry betwixt the Arme and the Aune Totness on the Dart and Ashburton near it Chidley on the Tinge Crediton upon Credit and Forton both which run into the Ex Tiverton at the fall of the Leman into the Ex Columpton on the Culme Honiton on the Otter Axminster on the Ax. Totness among the rest is an ancient little Town about 6 miles from the Influx of the Dart into the Sea It stands on the fall of a Hill lying East and West Honoured once with the Title of an Earldom in the person of George Lord Carew of Clopton Created Earl of Totness by King Charles I. Anno 1625. He was Son of George Carew Dr. of Divinity Arch-Deacon of Totness and afterwards advanced to the Deanry of Windsor But dying without Issue male the Title died with him In the Reign of King Charles II. this Town gave the Title of Viscount as is said before to Charles Fitz Charles Earl of Plimouth but that Title also went with him into the Grave Tiverton otherwise called Twiford-Town is a Town of good account for the Cloths he●● made which create a good Trade among th● Inhabitants Crediton seated betwixt two Hills and in ● rich Soil is divided into two Parts the on● called the East Town and the other the West 'T is very well inhabited and drives a good Trade of Serges There is a fair Churc● in it built Cathedral-wise this Town having been formerly the Bishops See before it was by King Edward the Confessour transferred to Exeter Lastly this County which formerly wa● Part of the Kingdom of the West-Saxons and its Inhabitants together with those of Cornwal known by the name of Danmonii among the ancient Romans is now in the Diocese o● Exeter Out of it are elected besides the two Knights of the Shire no less than 2● Members to sit in Parliament Viz. two ou● of each of these following Towns Exeter Plimouth Plimpton Totness Okehampton Honito● Barnstaple Tavestock Ashburton Tiverton Bera●stan and two more out of these three Town● Clifton Dartmouth and Hardness This County has had Earls of several Families Of which the Rivers and Courtneys hel● the Title long as now the Cavendishes may do who have possession of it in the fourth Generation The first Earl of this Family was William Lord Cavendish of Harwick created Earl of Devon by King James I. Anno 1618. And from him is descended in a right Line the Right Honourable William Cavendish the present Earl of Devonshire Lord Steward of the King's Houshold To conclude over against Devonshire a good way off in the Severn Sea is an Island called Lundey not above 5 miles long and 2 broad but begirt about with dangerous unapproachable Rocks having but one entrance into it and that so narrow that two men can hardly go a-breast An Island though situate in the midst of the salt and brackish Ocean far enough from any Land that yields notwithstanding many Springs of fresh Water for the Use of its Inhabitants who dwell for the most part in a Town of the same Name with the Island CHAP. VIII Of Dorsetshire Durham and Essex Dorsetshire DORSETSHIRE or the County of Dorset is another Maritime County in the West of England Bounded Eastward by Hampshire Westward by Devonshire and Somersetshire Northward by Wiltshire and part of Somersetshire and Southward by the British Sea commonly called the Channel It s Length from East to West is about 4● miles and its Breadth where broadest 25. The Whole divided into 29 Hundreds wherein 248 Parishes and 29 Marke● Towns Here the Air is very good and healthful an● the Country as pleasant being watered wit● many fine Streams gliding through its ric● Meadows The principal whereof are the Stower and the Frome The Soil is fat and fruitful abounding with rich Pastures and such Corn-fields as seldom deceive the hopes of the Husbandman S● that here is abundance of great and smal● Cattel and commonly great plenty of Corn. The North Parts being somewhat flat have the richest Meadows and are not destitute of Woods and Timber-trees but in Winter sadly clogged with Dirt. An Inconveniency the South Parts are freer from as consisting most of Hills or Downs which being overspread with innumerable Flocks of Sheep proves no small profit to the Inhabitants And here are many though not large Valleys in which most Towns and Gentlemens Houses are seated the better to avoid those sharp Blasts this Southern Part is subject unto lying so open and destitute of Woods as it does Fish and wild Fowl here 's great plenty of both from its Sea and Rivers Dorchester the chief Place hereof bears from London South-West and by West and is distant therefrom about 100 miles thus To Basingstoke 39 from thence to Stokebridge 16 to Dunkton 12 more thence to Cranburn 9 to Blandford 9 more and 12 from thence to Dorchester A Town of great antiquity as appears by ●any pieces of the Roman Coyn found near 〈◊〉 Once of a large Compass as may be con●ctured by the tract of the Walls and Trenches ●ut so spoiled and plundered by the Danes who ●●so pulled down the Walls that it could never ●ecover its former wealth and beauty It was also fortified and set out with a ●oodly Castle which being decay'd and ruin●us was converted into a Monastery and after●ards demolished I come now to its present ●tate This Town is pleasantly seated on the South●●de of the River Frome and on the Roman Causey called Via fossa about 5 miles from the ●ea It consists of three fair Streets and as ma●y Parish Churches the Inhabitants driving a Trade of Kersies and other Things Here is 〈◊〉 good Market kept on Saturdays and this is the Place where the County Assises are also kept Noted besides for the Title of Marquess it gave ●nce to Henry Lord Pierrepont Created Marquess ●f Dorchester by King Charles I. Anno 1645. And in the late Reign for giving the Title of Countess to the Lady Catherine Sidley advanced ●o that Dignity by King James the Second The other Market Towns are Shaftsbury Sat. ●landford Sat. ●arham Sat. Middleton Mund. Pool Mund. and Thu. Weymouth Tue. Frid. Melcomb Regis Tue. Frid. Cerne-Abbas Wedn. Cranborn Wedn. Abbots-Bury Thu. Corfe-Castle Thu. Sturminster Thu. Frampton Thu. Sherburn Thu. Sat. Wimbern Minster Frid. Lime Bridport Evershot Bemyster Among which Lime Bridport Weymouth and Melcomb Regis Pool and Warham are so many Harbours and Weymouth the principal Now

called Portland Castle built by Henry VIII And almost opposite to it on the Lands side towards Weymouth stands another called Sandford Castle Which two Castles command all Ships that pass into this Road. The whole Peninsule does shew it self from the top of the Rocks in a Flat and is in compass about 7 miles The Ground is very good for Corn and indifferent for Pasture but so destitute of Wood and other Fewe● that the Inhabitants are fain to dry their Cow-dung and burn it Which Defect i● made up another way by its Quarries o● excellent free Stone for Building and tha● in such plenty that they make use of it fo● their Fences On the South-East-side stands the only Church in the Isle and that so near the Sea● that to fence it from its furious Waves the Church-yard Banks were fain to be walled to an incredible height And here it is that Portland Race shews it self For so they call the Meeting of the two Tides here with so great striving and beating of the Waves that 't is not safe even in the calmest Season for Barks to pass over it This Peninsule has been dignify'd with the Title of an Earldom first in the person of Richard Weston created Earl of Portland by King Charles I. Anno 1632 and continued in his Son Jeremy then in Charles Son and Heir of Jeremy and lastly in Thomas Weston Uncle to Charles the late Earl of Portland But since the late Revolution our present King was pleased to confer this Title upon the Right Honourable William Bentinck the present Earl of Portland and Groom of the Stole to His Majesty East of Portland lies Purbeck an Island or rather a Peninsule that takes up the South-East part of this County about 10 miles in length and 6 in breadth reaching from Luckford Lake to the Channel So that it is surrounded with the Sea North East and South and Westward with Rivers within less than a ●ile In this Compass of Ground are many small Towns whereof Corfe is the chief Seated on the banks of a River running through the middle parts of Purbeck into Luckford Lake and that in a barren Soil betwixt two Hills upon one of which stands a Castle called from ●he Town Corfe-Castle A Castle that had great Priviledges granted to the Lords thereof ●s the free Warren Chase over all the Isle ●ea-wracks Freedom from the Lord Admiral ●f England c. To conclude this County formerly Part of the Kingdom of the West-Saxons and its Inhabitants the ancient Durotriges is now in the Diocese of Bristol Out of it are elected besides the two Knights of the Shire 18 Members of Parliament Viz. two out of each of these following Towns Dorchester Pool Lime Weymouth Melcomb Regis Bridport Shaftsbury Warham and Corfe-Castle Of this County there have been both Marquesses and Earls the Title of Marquess first injoy'd by the Beauforts and after them by the Greys the last that possessed it being Henry Grey Duke of Suffolk who was beheaded in the Year 1553. The Title of Earl was conferred by King James I. upon Thomas Sackvil Lord Buckhurst created Earl of Dorset Anno 1603 in whose Line it has continued hitherto the present Earl hereof being the Right Honourable Charles Sackvil Earl of Dorset and Middlesex and Lord High Chamberlain of his Majesties Houshold Durham DVRHAM a Maritime County in the North of England is bounded Eastward by the German Ocean Westward by Cumberlan● and Westmorland Northward by Northumberland and Southward by the River Tees which parts it from Yorkshire It s Length from East to West is about 3● miles its Breadth from North to South 30 The Whole divided into four Wakes no● Hundreds wherein 118 Parishes and 6 Ma●ket-Towns Here the Air is pretty sharp and keen no● only by reason of the Climate but because 〈◊〉 its Hilliness especially the West Parts of i● So true it is that those Northern Counties which are so nearly related to Scotland by their Situation participate likewise of its nature This County is so well watered what with the Sea and what with the Rivers that it is almost incompassed with Water Next to the River Tine which parts it for some miles from Northumberland and the Tees from Yorkshire here is the Ware which runs through Durham and Derwent into the Tine As the Soil of it is different so it is in some Parts fertile in others barren and accordingly inhabited The Eastern Part is Champain and bears plenty of Coal the Southern is the most fertile the Western is hilly and barren and thin of Woods and Towns But it is recompensed by its Store of Coal Lead and Iron Mines Durham the County Town bears from London North by West and is distant therefrom by common Computation 200 miles That is 150 miles to York for the Particulars of which I refer you to Yorkshire and 50 miles more to Durham Viz. from York to Borough-bridge 13 to North-Allerton 13 more 10 from thence to Darlington and 14 more to Durham Whose Situation is upon Hills and Bottoms of Hills all surrounded with Hills but the ●ow Parts watered with the River Ware which incircles the best Part of it and over which there are two Stone-Bridges If what Mr. Bloom says of it in his Britannia was true when it was published the Case is altered I have been often upon the Place but could never find it fair and neatly compacted nor so beautified as he represents it nor its Market-Place so spacious nor its Trade so flourishing On the contrary 't is a good retiring Place free from the noise and hurry of Trade unless it be upon Saturdays on which Day the Market is kept Here indeed one may live plentifuly and breath good Air at an easy rate The greatest Ornament of this Place is the Castle and the Cathedral The Castle where the Bishop makes his Residence is I confess a stately Fabrick raised on the top of a Hill by William the Conquerour with all the Advantages both of a Pallace and a Castle Over against it on the same Hill stands the Cathedral whose Structure has this Defect that it is built of a soft mouldering Stone Between both these is a spacious Place called the Green On one side whereof is the Hall where the Assizes are kept with a handsom publick Library erected and founded by Dr. Cosins the late Bishop of Durham and on the other side a Row of Alms-Houses the standing Fruits of his Charity At Nevils Cross near Durham a bloudy Battel was fought the 20th of Oct. 1346 between the English and the Scots where David Bruce King of Scots was taken Prisoner by one Copland a Man of a mean degree but Knighted for this Action Then was Queen Philip Wife to King Edward III in person in the Field the Battel being managed by the Lords Mowbray Percy and Nevil The market-Market-Towns besides Durham it self are Darlington Mund. Bernard-Castle Wedn. Bishop Aukland Thu. Sunderland Frid. and Stainthorp Darlington is a good

Severn Banks stands Berkley Castle which gives Name to a noble and ancient Family dispersed in many Places of this Kingdom and whereof they were made Barons by King Henry the II. Whereas before that time they were called Fitz-Harding as being descended from one Robert Fitz-Harding of the Blood-Royal of the Danes William Lord Berkley of this House descended from the Mowbraies who amongst other Titles were Earls of Nottingham was in the Year 1432 created Viscount Berkley by King Richard III afterwards Earl of Nottingham and Earl Marshal by King Henry VIII and finally Marquess Berkley by the same King Anno 1509. But dying without Issue all those Titles ended with him Only the Title of Lord Berkley continued in the Collateral Line till advanced to the Title of Earl by King Charles II. Anno 1679. in the person of the Right Honourable George Earl of Berkley Viscount Dursley c. To conclude this County which formerly was Part of the Kingdom of Mercia and its Inhabitants with those of Oxfordshire known among the ancient Romans by the Name of Dobuni is now partly in the Diocese of Glocester and partly in that of Bristol On t of it are elected besides the two Knights of the Shire six Members of Parliament Viz. 2 out of Glocester 2 out of Tewksbury and 2 more out of Cirencester In this Case Bristol is counted in Somersetshire Hampshire HAMPSHIRE or HANTSHIRE otherwise called the County of Southampton from Southampton the Shire-Town is a Maritime County Bounded on the East by Surrey and Sussex on the West by Wiltshire and Dorsetshire on the North by Barkshire and on the South by the Channel or British Sea It s Length from North to South is about 46 miles its Breadth from East to West 30. The Whole divided into 39 Hundreds wherein 253 Parishes and 16 Market-Towns This County is rich in all Commodities both of Sea and Land and those Parts of it which ●y furthest from the Sea of a pure and excellent Air. In particular the Country is well cloathed with Wood affords plenty of Iron which is here wrought from the Mines with abundance of Wool which the Inhabitants make Cloths and Kerseys of and the best sort of Hony As for Rivers here is in the West Parts of the County the Avon and the Stower a Dorsetshire River which meet together at their fall into the Sea More Eastward you will find the Test and the Itching which also meet at their fall into the Sea and that near Southampton In this County is the New Forest about 30 miles in compass A Forest which William the Conquerour so delighted to hunt in that to make it compleat and intire he caused many Towns and Villages with no less than 36 Parish-Churches to be pulled down and levelled with the ground But this Exorbitance of his did not escape unpunished For in this very Forest Richard his second Son was goared by a Deer and died William his third Son was accidentally slain by Sir Walter Tyrrel and his Grandchild Robert Curtoyse being in pursuit of the Game was struck by a Bough into the Jaws and died Southampton the Shire-Town bears from London South-West by West and is distant therefrom 60 miles thus From London to Stanes 15 to Bagshot 10 more thence to Alton 14 to Alesford 8 more from Alesford to Twiford 7 and to Southampton 6 more This Town is commodiously seated at the very Mouth of the Rivers Test and Itching both which Streams being here united together into one go under the Name of Hampton which is more like an Arm of the Sea than a River And 't is capable of Ships of good Burden to the very Key which is very commodious for lading and unlading of Ships Accordingly this Town has flourished for some time and injoy'd a great Trade with France especially being conveniently seated opposite to Normandy and its adjacent Isles Jersey and Garnsey It has been likewise a Place of good Defence surrounded with a double Ditch and strong Walls with several good Towers and fortified besides with a Castle At present both its Trade and Strength are very much decay'd and diminished However it is still of that extent as to contain five Parish Churches And though it be within the County yet it is as some other Towns a County of it self for which it stands beholding to King Henry VI. The Bishops of Winchester were anciently reputed to be Earls of Southampton and are so stiled in the new Statutes of the Garter made by Henry VIII But that Title has been since otherwise disposed of Thomas Wriothesley Lord Chancellour being created Earl of Southampton by King Edward VI. Anno 1547. In whose Line it has continued till it died with Thomas Wriothesley Lord Treasurer Anno 1667. In the Reign of Charles II. After whom Charles Fitz-Roy Lord Limrick eldest Son to the Dutchess of Cleveland was created Baron of Newberry Earl of Chichester and Duke of Southampton Anno 1675. For Provisions and other Commodities this Town has two Markets a Week viz. Tuesdays ●nd Fridays But though Southampton be properly the Shire Town yet the City of Winchester outloes it upon several accounts and theresore deserves a particular Description by it self Winchester the Venta Belgarum of the ancient Romans is pleasantly seated in a Valley betwixt Hills and on the Banks of the River Itching A City of great Antiquity and noted among the Romans for being the Place where the rich Imbroideries were made for their Emperours In the time of the Saxons it was twice consumed by fire and by them rebuilt being made the Royal Seat of the West-Saxon Kings and the chief Episcopal See Afterwards it felt with many other Places the fury of the Danes In the time of the Normans it was repaired and honoured with the keeping of the publick Records of the Kingdom But soon after it had a Relapse being sore oppressed during the Civil Wars of Maud the Empress and King Stephen At last it began in the Reign of Edward III. to recover it self having made it the Mart for Wool and Cloth At present this City contains within its Walls about a mile and a half in Circuit but not without some waste Here is a fine Hall where the Assizes and Sessions are kept for the County and in this Hall hangs up King Arthur's Round Table which is kept as a Monument For Divine Worship here are five Parish Churches Besides the Cathedral a large and beautiful Structure dedicated to the Holy Trinity and of special note for being the Sepulchre of many Saxon Kings and Queens besides two Kings of the Danish and two of the Norman Race For the Education of Youth here is in the Suburbs a fair Colledge liberally endowed and a place of good Literature built and endowed by William of Wickham for a Seminary to his other Colledge in Oxford And for the Relief of the Poor a very fair Hospital called S. Crosles not far off from the Colledge Here is also a goodly and

that purpose and a Place of good resort Gravesend is seated on a rising Hill on the Banks of the Thames A Town of great Refort for Travellers both by Sea and Land that either come up the Thames to London or go down the River in order to take Shipping well furnished therefore with Inns and other Houses of Entertainment but noted for their exactings Over against it in Essex is Tilbury-Fort that commands this Passage Nearer to London stands Dartford on the River Darent not far from its Influx into the Thames which gives good advantage to the Town in conveying their Goods to London The Town is large and being in Dover Road is therefore well accommodated with Inns and Houses of Entertainment Of chief note for the Rebellion begun here and headed by John Tiler commonly nick-named Jack-straw in the Reign of Richard the second Anno 1381. Woolwich seated on the Thames is remarkable for nothing but its Dock used for the Royal Navy But nearer to London stand Greenwich and Deptford two Towns of better account tho they be no Market-Towns The first is pleasantly seated on the Banks of the Thames a neat and healthful Place well inhabited and frequented by Gentry Adjoyning to which is a Royal House called Queen Elizabeth's Pallace with a Park about it yielding a fair Prospect Besides another Pallace by the Rivers-side first built by Humphrey Duke of Glocester and after him inlarged and beautify'd by several Kings till being fallen to ruin King Charles II. attempted to make it a stately Pile of Building but left it unfinished Adjoyning to Greenwich is Black-Heath noted for the Battels fought here against Rebels under the Reigns of Richard II. Henry VI. and Henry VII Deptford is another large Town divided into the Upper and the Lower seated the nearest to Surrey at the very fall of the Ravensburn a small River into the Thames among rich and low Meadows A Town well inhabited and frequented by Sea-men by reason of its Docks and Store-houses for the Navy Royal. Bromley stands upon the same River graced with the Bishop of Rochester's Seat a Country House by it One of whose late Predecessors I mean Dr. Warner founded here a Colledge for 20 Clergy-mens Widows Where each one hath a fair Apartment and 20 l. a Year Rent-Charge duly paid and for their publick Devotion a Chaplain provided with fair Lodgings and 50 l. a Year Rent-Charge Eltham seated on the South-side of Shooters●hill among Woods is a neat Town and well inhabited by Gentry Formerly honoured with ● Royal Pallace but laid aside and gone to decay since Greenwich came to be lookt upon as indeed it is a Place of greater Delight Near Westram on the Darent stands Otford on or near the same River a place of good Antiquity Noted for the Battel sought here betwixt King Edmund surnamed Ironside and Canute the Dane wherein Canute was put to flight with the Loss of 5000 Danes S. Mary Cray is so called from Cray a small but swift River on which it is situate in a Wood-land Country It s Market is very inconsiderable Sevenoke not far distant from thence is a Town of good Resort Here is an Hospital and a Free-School founded by one William Sevenoke Lord Mayor of London Anno 1418. who was a Foundling in this Town and from hence took his Name Tunbridge so called from the River Tun upon which it is seated within few miles of its fall into the Medway is a noted place for its mineral Waters so much resorted unto by the Gentry and drunk in the Summer-Season Known by the Name of Tunbridge-Wells tho' at some distance from thence at a Place called Speldherst Cranbrook is seated at the very head of the River Medway and Lenham at the Spring of the Stower Upon which last River you will find also both Ashford and Wye And upon the Rother Appledore an Island called Oxney-Isle This Island is seated in the South-West Parts of Kent towards Sussex incompassed with the River Rother and a lesser River that runs into it It has but 3 Towns in it Wittrisham Stonae and Ebony all three but inconsiderable North-Eastward near the Isle of Shepey lie Milton and Feversham the first a Place of good account in the Reign of Edward the Confessour but Feversham the best trading Place at this time For it has the Conveniency of a Creek that comes up to it which makes it the chief Port-Town for all this Part of Kent being well frequented by Hoys and such like small Vessels The Town is large and well inhabited and its Markets well served with Provisions But it is counted an Aguish Place Here was erected an Abbey by King Stephen where himself his Queen and Eustace his Son were buried Of late years it has been dignified with the Title of an Earldom in the Person of the Right Honourable Lewis de Duras Earl of Feversham c. And since that it has made a greater Noise in the World on the account of the late King 's landing there Incognito in the first Attempt he made to withdraw himself into France Not far from this Town are Pits of a great depth narrow at the mouth and very broad below with several distinct Rooms in 'em and Pillars of Chalk as it were to support them Whitstable and Reculver are two Sea-Towns few Miles North of Canterbury well frequented by Hoymen and Fishermen Reculver of special note for that Ethelbert the first Christian King of Kent had his Palace and did reside here It s Church remarkable for its lofty spired Steeple which serves for a Sea-Mark I come now to the Cinque-Port Towns that belong to this County Those are called CinqueForts which lying on the Coast of Kent and Sussex had great Priviledges granted them by former Kings the better to enable 'em to seture these Coasts against the Incroachments of France They were at first but five as is ●mply'd by the Word which is originally French But three more were added to 'em which makes up the Number of eight Whereof four are in this County Viz. Dover Sand●ich Hythe and N●w Rumney the others in Sussex to wit Rye Winchelsey Seaford and Hastings And of these in their proper place Dover the principal of 'em stands over against Calais in France the Passage by Sea being reckoned but 7 Leagues or 21 Miles over Seated it is in the very South-East Point of Kent in a Bottom among Cliffs from whence one may easily discern the Coast of France Upon one of those Cliffs stands the Castle both to command and defend the Town which some will have to be built by Julius Caesar A Castle of that importance that Philip King of France when Lewis his Son being called in hither by the factious Barons against King John had gotten many Towns and Forts without being able to get the mastery of this slighted all that was taken and said his Son had not one Foot of Land in England if he were not Master of Dover-Castle As to

of the Right Honourable Charles Sackvil Lord Buckhurst who was created Earl of Middlesex during the Life of his Father Richard Earl of Dorset Upon whose Death two years after he succeeded in the Earldom of Dorset Neither is it to be omitted that betwixt Brentford and Colebrook is a small Town reckoned as 3 Mannors viz. Arlington Shepston and Dawling From the first of these Mannors Henry Bennet the late Earl of Arlington took his Title Who was created first Baron of Arlington by King Charles the Second Anno 1664 afterwards Viscount Thetford and Earl of Arlington his Birth-place Anno 1672 and sworn Lord Chamberlain of his Majesty's Houshold in the Year 1674. Monmouthshire MONMOVTHSHIRE formerly a Welch County and now reckoned among the English is bounded on the East by the River Wye which parts it from Glocestershire on the West by two Welch Counties Brecknockshire and Glamorganshire Northward by Herefordshire and Southward by the Mouth of the River Severn It contains in Length from North to South about 25 miles in Breadth from East to West 20. The Whole divided into six Hundreds wherein 127 Parishes and 7 Market Towns It is blest not only with a healthfull and temperate Air but also with a rich Soil And though the Country be both hilly and woody yet all Parts thereof are fruitfull and scarce any barren The Hills are grazed upon by great and small Cattel and the Valleys laden with Corn and Grass It s fertility is much furthered by its being plentifully watered with so many Rivers the principal whereof are the Vske and the Wye the Rumney and the Monnow all which fall into the Severn Among which the first two are full of Salmon and Trouts Monmouth the County-Town bears from London West by North and is distant therefrom 99 miles thus Viz. from London to Glocester 81 miles as in Glocestershire and from Glocester to Monmouth 18. The Situation of it between two Rivers the ●onnow and the Wye is both very pleasant ●nd commodious The Town it self large and ●air well inhabited and frequented having ●he Conveniency of two Bridges one over the ●ye and the other over the Monnow Once ●rtified with a Wall and Ditch and in the ●ldst of the Town with a stately Castle the ●uins whereof are still to be feen In this Castle was born the renowned King Henry V ●he Conquerour of France from hence called ●enry of Monmouth Of some note besides ●r being the Birth-place of Geofry surnamed of Monmouth who wrote the History of Great Britain But of late times especially for being dignify'd with the Title of a Dukedom in the person of James the late Duke of Monmouth and since the late Revolution with the Title of an Earldom in the person of the Right Honourable Charles Mordant Earl of Monmouth c. It s Market kept on Saturdays is considerable for Corn and other Provisions The other Market-Towns are Chepstow Sat. Newport Sat. Pon● Pool Sat. Vske Mund. and Frid. Abergavenny Tue. Caer-Leon Thu. Chepstow stands upon the side of a Hill on the Banks of the Wye near its fall into the Severn A Town in former times famous and of great resort supposed to be raised out of the Ruins of Venta Silurum 4 miles distant the ancient and chief City of the Silures which flourished in the Days of Antonine the Emperour This Town says Cambden was fortified about with a Wall of a large Circuit and had a very spacious Castle once fronted by a Priory the better part of which being pulled down the rest was converted to a Parish Church At this present time the Town is large and well built well inhabited and frequented having a fair and high Bridge over the Wye And so it needs for here the River rises to a great height In the Year 1606. the Moor or Marsh near Chepstow was very much indamaged by the Severn For that Year at the Change of the Moon in February this River at a Spring-tide was driven back for 3 days together with a South Wind. Which made it swell so high that it came rushing in a main upon this Tract and carried all before it Newport a goodly Town is seated on the Uske over which it has a fair Bridge the Uske discharging it self not far off into the Severn where it has a good Haven bearing the Name of the Town Some miles East from this Haven is the Gold-Cliff so called from the golden Colour of the Stones that lie hereabouts which makes some suspect a Mine to be there And opposite to that Cliff about the midst of the Severn lieth a small Isle called Denny-Island Pont-Pool is but a small Town seated betwixt the Hills Of chief note for its Iron-Mills Vske a good large Town is so called from the River Uske on which it is situate with a Bridge over it 'T is beautified with well built Stone-houses and formerly was fortified with a large and strong Castle now ruinated According to Antonine here stood the little City Burrium But not far from it Northward is Ragland Castle a noble Seat belonging to the Duke of Beaufort Abergavenny by Antonine called Gobanium stands also upon the Uske where a small River Keveny by name empty's it self into it This is a Place of some strength being fortified with Walls and a Castle of great note in former times The Town is large the Houses well built and injoy's a good Trade for Flannels especially Caer-Leon by the Romans called Isca Silurum stands also upon the Uske a little above Newport and has a large wooden Bridge over the River This Town was once a famous and flourishing City in the time of the Romans where lay the second Roman Legion called Augusta to keep the Silures in aw The Ruins of its stately Buildings Palaces Temples Theaters together with the Water-pipes Vaults Hot-Houses Altars and Roman Coyns often digged up here do sufficiently evidence its former Antiquity and Greatness Here King Arthur kept his Court and in this City was a famous School or Colledge to learn Astronomy and other Arts. As for its present State the Town is pretty large and the Houses for the generality built of Stone It has yet the Ruins of a Castle standing To conclude this County formerly the Habitation of the Silures is in the Welch Diocese of Llandaff Besides the two Knights of the Shire there 's but one Member elected to serve in parliament and that 's out of Monmouth Norfolk NORFOLK a Maritime County of a large extent is bounded Eastward and Northward with the German Ocean Westward with the River Ouse which severs it from the County's of Lincoln and Cambridge Southward with the little Ouse and the Waveney which part it from Suffolk Thus Norfolk what with the Sea and what with the Rivers is so incompassed with Waters that it wants very little of being an Islland of it felf It contains in Length from East to West 50 miles in Breadth from North to South about 35. The Whole divided into 31

New Buckenham ly not far from Thetford to the Eastward Diss and Harleston on the Waveney Watton Windham Hingham Swafham and East-Derham do not ly far asunder about the middle of the County Further to the Northward you will find Repeham Caston Fakenham Walsingham Holt Ale●ham Worsted North Walsham and Hickling this last in a Marsh-Ground not far from the Sea Downham is upon the Ouse over which it has a Bridge leading into Cambridgeshire Snetham North of Lyn is seated on a bivuler not far from the Sea Burnham-Market and Cromere are two Sea-Towns in the North Parts of the County Between which is Clay another Sea-Town on three sides incompassed with Waters and once a Market Town but now discontinued And near it Wayborn-hope a noted Place amongst Seamen as is Winterton Ness or Point in the East which is very coldly seated And yet it is observed that the Ground about Winterton is one of the richest and fattest in England Among the aforesaid Towns Walsingham was formerly renowned as for its Colledge of Canons so for the continual Concourse of Pilgrims to this Place Who came hither to pay their Superstitious Devotion to the Blessed Virgin at a Chappel near the two Wells called to this day the Virgin Mary's Wells It was also a Place of note for its good Saffron Near Burnham-Market within 2 Miles from it to the Westward is a small Country-Town called Brancaster the Ruins of an ancient Town known by the Name of Branodunum Seated near the Sea-shore and a Place of good account in the time of the Romans who kept here a Garrison Not far from Hickling in the North-East Parts is the ancient decay'd Abbey of St. Bennet's in the Holme built by the Danish King Canute An Abbey so fortified afterwards by its Monks with Walls and Bulwarks that it seemed rather a Castle than a Cloyster and yet was betrayed by a Monk to William the Conqueror The Bishop of Norwich retains to this Day the Title of Lord Abbot of St. Bennets And it is observable that hereabouts both Cockles and Perwinkles are digged out of the Ground Lastly this County which is the largest in England next to Yorkshire but much more populous was Part of the Kingdom of the East-Angles in the time of the Heptarchy and its Inhabitants part of the Iceni as the Romans called them It is observed of the People in this County that they are notably industrious for Plough and Manufactures insomuch that one shall hardly see a Beggar throughout all the Country And yet which one would wonder at they are notable Wranglers and generally so well versed in the Quirks of the Law that they create more work for the Assizes than almost all the Circuit else Accordingly Norfolk is the County which commonly yields the best Breed of Lawyers and has furnished the Courts of Justice with many an emiment Man in the Laws of England But a great Antiquary has made another material Observation That in this County are a hundred Families of ancient Gentry that never were attainted of high Treason Which if it be true the Gentry here have had better fortune than the Dukes Dutchesses and Earls of Norfolk His Grace Henry Howard the present Duke of Norfolk derives his Title from his noble Ancestor John-Lord Howard created Duke of Norfolk by King Edward IV. Anno 1483 and descended from the Lady Margaret Dutchess of Norfolk Daughter of Tho. de Brotherton Earl of Norfolk first Son of King Edward I. Out of this County are elected besides the two Knights of the Shire ten Members of Parliament Viz. Two out of each of these following Places Norwich Kings I yn Yarmouth Thetford and Castle-rising Northamptonshire NORTHAMPTONSHIRE an Inland County is bounded on the East with the Counties of Cambridge Huntington Bedford and Buckingham on the West with Rutland Leicestershire and Warwickshire Northward with the Counties of Lincoln Rutland and Leicester Southward with Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire This County being long but narrow runs in Length from North to South ahout 50 miles and in Breadth from East to West but half The Whole divided into 20 Hundreds wherein 326 Parishes and 13 Market-Towns Here the Air is temperate and healthfull the Soil as rich either for Corn or Grass as in any Place in England And the Inhabitants find such a Profit here by Grazing and Tillage that they improve the Ground every where Insomuch that it is said there is less waste Ground in this County than in any other As for Rivers and other fresh Streams 't is as well watered as most Counties are It s principal Rivers are the Nen and the Weland both having their Rise here besides the Ouse which rises in the South Parts near Bucking hamshire A further Proof of the excellency of this County might be fetched from its Populousness For it is so garnished with Towns that in many Places 20 or 30 Steeples present themselves at one view And considering its Extent 't is said to be honoured with the Seats of as many if not more of the Nobility and Gentry as any County in the Kingdom Northampton the chief Place hereof ly's North-West from London and by common Computation is distant from it 54 miles thus From London to Barnet 10 thence to St. Allans 10 and to Dunstable 10 more from Dunstable to Stony Stratford 20 and to Northampton 10 more A Town pleasantly seated on the Banks of the River Nen where it meets with two Rivulets one from the North the other from the South And though it has suffered much by the sore hand of the Dane and other Calamities and of late particularly by the dreadfull Fire which buried it all in Ashes in September 1675 yet it has raised it self again more glorious than before So that for Circuit and Beauty it may at this time be ranked with many Cities Fortified heretofore with good Walls and a strong Castle and seated in so good an Air that once the Students of Cambridge had a mind to remove their University hither Here the Inhabitants drive a considerable Trade especially of Leather and its Market which is on Saturdays is well served with Provisions This Town is the Place where the County-Goal and the Assizes are kept Of special note for giving the Title of Earl to the Right Honourable George Compton the present Earl of Northampton Devolved to him from his noble Ancestor William Lord Compton and Lord President of Wales Created Earl of Northampton by King James I. Anno 1618. The other market-Market-Towns are Peterborough Sat. Oundle Sat. Higham-Ferrers Sat. Rothwell Mund. Thrapston Tue. Towcester Tue. King's Cliff Tue. Wellingborow Wed. Bra●kley Wed. Daventry Wed. Kettering Frid. Bodkingham Among which Peterborough is seated in a Nook or Angle of the County bordering upon Cambridgeshire and Huntingtonshire where formerly had been a Gulf or Whirlpool of an exceeding depth 'T is seated on the River Nen over which it has a Bridge leading into Huntingtonshire A Town of no great account but for being a

Bishops See since the Reign of Henry VIII For as it is no plausible Place either for health or pleasure so it stands out of the way for Trade Yet it shews two handsom Streets a large Market-Place and a fair Parish Church besides the Abbey Which last from a Monastery founded by Wolpher the Mercian King is now become a Cathedral And from that Monastery dedicated by him to St. Peter This Town formerly known by the Name of Medanshede came to be called Peterburgh or Peterborough Dignify●d with the Title of an Earldom in the person of Henry Mordant the present Earl of Peterborough devolved to him from his Father John Lord Mordant created Earl of Peterborough by King Charles I. Anno 1627. Oundle is pleasantly seated on the Banks of the Nen over which it has two Bridges A well built and uniform Town beautified with a fair Church a free School and an Alms-house Nigh unto Oundle Northwards and upon the same River stands Fotheringhay-Castle invironed on all sides with pleasant Meadows Noted for that here Mary Queen of Scots was beheaded Thrapston Higham-Ferrers and Wellingborow ly all three upon the Nen the first two on the Eastern the last on the Western Banks and each of them with a Bridge over the River Higham-Ferrers has a Free-School for the Education of Youth and an Alms house for the Relief of poor people and was anciently strengthned with a Castle whose Ruins are yet to be seen Wellingborow pleasantly seated upon the Ascent of a Hill is a large and well inhabited Town injoying a good Trade beautified with a fair Church and having the Convieniency besides of a Free School Not far from Rothwell or Rowel is Naseby which is said to stand on the highest Ground in England near which the Avon and the Nen two considerable Rivers have their Spring-heads A noted Town for the Battel fought here June 14th 1645 where the Kings Forces commanded by Prince Rupert were totally routed by General Fairfax Towcester situate in a Valley and on the Banks of a small River that empty's it self in the Ouse is a Place of good Antiquity Cambden takes it for the ancient Tripontium which took its Name from 3 Bridges the Roman Port-way which in many places between it and Stony-Stratford shews it self being cut through by three Streams or Channels which the Rivulet there divides it self into About the Year 917. it was so strongly fortified as to resist the furious Assaults of the Danes At present 't is but a small Town beautified however with a fine Church Near this Place Eastward is Grafton a Road-Town in this part of Northamptonshire with a fine Park adjoyning to it and a Mannor-house of great Antiquity most part whereof was burnt and pulled down in the long Intestine War Anno 1643. Memorable for the Marriage here consummated betwixt Edward IV. and the Lady Grey the first King o● England since the Conquest that married his Subject This was the ancient Seat of the Family de Wideville Earls of Rivers And Richard the last of the male Line dying Anno 1490. did by his Will bequeath it amongst other Lands to Thomas Grey Marquess of Dorset In which Name it continued till Henry VIII with whom it was exchanged for other Lands in Leicestershire and so has ever since continued in the Crown Of late become of more remark for giving the Title of Duke to his Grace Henry Fitz-Roy created Baron of Sudbury Viscount Ipswich and Earl of Euston Anno 1672 and Duke of Grafton five years after Brackley a Town of Note when it was in a manner the Staple Town in the County for Wool is seated near the Spring of the Ouse upon the edge of the County towards Buckinghamshire It contains two Parish-Churches and had formerly a Colledge now made use of for a Free-School Daventry and Kettering are seated each of 'em upon a Rivulet that falls into the Nen. The first a great Road-Town from London to the North-West Counties and from thence hither The last North-East from that is delightfully seated on an Ascent and has a Sessions-House for the Justices of Peace of the County who sometimes assemble here Rockingham a small Town is seated on the Weland A Town of note in former Time for its Castle long since demolished Lastly this County together with Rutland make up the Diocese of Peterborough In the Time of the Saxons it made part of the Kingdom of Mercia and its Inhabitants in the Romans Time part of the Coritani Out of it are chosen besides the two Knights of the Shire seven Members of Parliament Viz. 2 out of Northampton 2 out of Peterborough 2 out of Brackley and 1 out of Higham-Ferrers CHAP. XIII Of Northumberland Nottinghamshire Oxfordshire and Rutland Northumberland NORTHVMBERLAND a Maritime County and the furthest North in England is bounded on the East by the German Ocean on the West by Cumberland and the Cheviot Hills which part it from Scotland Northward by the River Twede which divides it also from Scotland and Southward by the Bishoprick of Durham from which severed in part by the River Tine It s Form is triangular contains in Length from North to South about 40 long Miles and in Breadth from East to West at the broadest 30. The Whole divided into six Wards wherein 460 Parishes and but 6 Market-Towns The Air of this County is sharp and piercing in Winter and sometimes troubled with deep Snows and pinching Frosts sutable to its Climate But yet 't is nothing near so sharp as the People And by my late Experience here wet Weather is not so sensible and searching as it is in Middlesex 'T is possible the warm Breaths that continually come out of its numberless Colepits helps with the Vapours of the Sea to take off the rawness of a cold dampish Air. For the Soil as this County is nearly related to Scotland so it is one of the worst Counties in England being for the most part rough and hilly and hard to be manured Yet in some Parts chiefly towards the Sea it is fertile enough But the greatest Riches of this Country lies in the Bowels of the Earth full of Coal-mines Which supply with Coals not only this Country where that Fewel is always bought at very easy rates but a good Part of England besides and London particularly for whose Use many hundred Sail of Ships have yearly from hence their Loading The Coal-Pits made use of to get up this Treasure are all square commonly 7 or 8 foot in diameter and timbered from top to bottom some 30 some 40 more or less but few above 50 fadoms deep A great Depth for Workmen to go and rake a Livelyhood And yet here is a Legion of such Men bred and born to it that spend most of their Life in this Land of Darkness in continual Danger besides that of the Rope of being crushed below by a Thrust sometimes in Danger of Water and in some places of Fire The Way to go down these

is watered Among which the Iddie which empty's it self Northward into the Dun is the most considerable As for the Air 't is counted as good here especially in the sandy Parts as any where else in England Nottingham the Shire-Town from whence the whole County takes its Denomination is 94 miles from London to the North-West Viz. from London to Leicester 78 miles the Particulars whereof you may see in Leicestershire from thence to Loughborow 8 and to Nottingham 8 more 'T is seated about a mile on the North-side of the River Trent upon a Hill which overlooks it Over this River it has a fair Stone-bridge and another over the Lean a small River besides two other Bridges over two Ponds called the Cheney Bridges The Town is large containing 3 Parish Churches for Buildings fair Streets and a spacious Market-Place not yielding to many Cities But of most fame for its Castle which for strength stateliness and prospect did formerly challenge the precedency of most Castles in England Honoured besides with the Title of an Earldom at this time injoy'd by the Right Honourable Daniel Finch Earl of Nottingham and principal Secretary of State Descended to him from his Father Heneage Finch Lord High Chancellour of England in the Reign of King Charles II and by him created Earl of Nottingham Baron Finch of Daventry c. Which hapned soon after the Death of the Lord Charles Howard who dying without Issue male was the last of that Family which injoy'd that Title In short Nottingham is a Town well inhabited and frequented this being the Place where the County-Goal is and where the Assizes are held and injoy's as good a Trade as most Inland Towns For Provisions it has 3 Markets a Week Wednesdays Fridays and Saturdays this last the most considerable The other Market Towns are Southwell Sat. Redford Sat. Tuxford Mund. Newark Wedn. Worksop Wedn Mansfield Thu. Bingham Thu. Blith Thu. Southwell is seated on a Rivulet that falls not far off from hence into the Trent 'T is an ancient Town and has a Collegiate Church Redford is situate on the River Iddel Not far from which is Littleburg on the Trent noted for its Ferry much resorted unto for a Passage into Lincolnshire Tuxford from its Clay-Ground called Tuxford upon Clay has nothing remarkable in it but its Church and Steeple both very neat and pretty though in a dirty Soil For the Conveniency of Travellers this being a Road-Town to and from the North is accommodated with two very good Inns lately built Newark the Place of most note in this County next to Nottingham ly's in the high Road to York on the Banks of the River Trent where it divides it self into two Branches and makes up an Island before the Town This is a good large Town otherwise Inconsiderable but for its Market Place it s Church and Steeple and the Ruins of a stately Castle which are still to be seen 'T is true it gives the Title of Viscount to the Earl of Kingston Mansfield and Worksop are both in the Forest of Sherwood The first a good large Town graced with well-built Houses well inhabited and having a good Trade for Malt and other Provisions The other of chief note for the great store it yields of the best Licorish in all the Northern Parts As for Ringham and Blith they are but indifferent Towns and their Markets accordingly To conclude this County now in the Diocese of York was part of the ancient Kingdom of Mercia and its Inhabitants part of the C●ritani as the Romans called them Out of it are elected besides the two Knights of the Shire but six Members to serve in Parliament Viz. Two by Nottingham two by Newark and two more by Eastretford Oxfordshire OXFORDSHIRE another Inland County is bounded on the East by Buckinghamshire from which it is divided in part by the Chiltern-Hills on the West by Glocestershire on the North by the Counties of Warwick and Northampton on the South by the Thames which parts it from Parkshire It contains in Length from North to South about 40 Miles in Breadth from East to West 26. The Whole divided into 14 Hundreds 280 Parishes and 15 Market-Towns The Air of this County is mightily commended for its sweetness and temperateness as the Soil is for its fruitfulness Both which make this Country so much inhabited as it is by Gentry And that which adds much to it is the pleasantness of its Hills here well doathed with Wood and stored as well as the Downs with Variety of Game both for the Hawk and Hound Besides the Thames which waters the South Parts of it here 's the Tame and the Isis which make up the Thames the Cherwell the Windrush and the Evenlode So that this County is as well Irrigated as most are in the Kingdom Oxford the principal Place in this Shire from whence it takes its Name bears from London West-North-West and is distant therefrom 47 Miles thus From London to Vxbridge 15 to Beaconfield 7 more thence to High Wickam 5 to Stoken-Church 5 more from thence to Wheatly-Bride 9 and to Oxford 6 more A Place of that Importance especially in relation to the Muses that it deserves a particular Description for which I refer you together with that of London and Cambridge to the Conclusion of this Part. So I proceed to The other Market-Towns of this County Burford Sat. Deddington Sat. Watlington Sat. Woodstock Tame Bampton Wed. Chipping-Norton Wed. Banbury Thu. Henly Thu. Witney Thu. Burcester Frid. Fairford Bistow Coleford Among which Burford seated on an Ascent near the River Windrush in the West of Oxfordshire is a Town of good Antiquity Remarkable heretofore for a great Battle fought near it about the Year 750. between Cuthbert a Tributary King of the West-Saxons and Ethelbald the Mercian King whose insupportable Exactions Cuthbert could not indure In this Fight Cuthbert had the fortune to overthrow the Mercian King and to win his Banner wherein was depicted a golden Dragon The Memory whereof has continued for several Ages in the Custom used here of making a Dragon yearly and carrying it about the Town in great Jollity on Midsummer Eve with the addition of a Giant to it At present Burford is a famons Place for Saddles and something advantaged besides by the neighbouring Downs much resorted unto by the Gentry for Horse races Of late become of further note by giving the Title of Earl to the Duke of St. Albans Woodstock a well-compacted Borough-Town is pleasantly seated near a small River on a rising Ground with a large Park near it surrounded with a Wall and said to be the first inclosed Park In which was once a Royal House called Woodstock Bower built by King Henry I and inlarged by Henry II but demolished in the long Civil Wars In this House was born Edward the black Prince and in the Labyrinth that belonged to it the beautifull Rosamond King Henry the Second's Mistress catched her Death by the poysonous

Dose the jealous Queen forced upon her Whereupon she was interred at a Nunnery called Godstow not far from this Town with this Latin Epitaph Hàc jacet in Tumbâ Rosa Mundi non Rosa munda Non redolet sed olet quae redolere solet Tame so called from the River of that Name which with its Branches does almost incompass it is a pretty large Town having one spacious Street and in the midst of it the Market-Place Over the River is a Bridge which leads to Buckinghamshire so near this Town is seated to its Borders Here is a famous Free School with a small Hospital founded by the Lord Williams of Tame and its Market is eminent chiefly for the buying of Cattle which makes it much frequented by Grasiers and Butchers from London and other Parts Bampton near the Isis is a large Town within a larger Parish having several Places besides belonging to it It has a Chappel of Ease to which belong 3 Vicars with a liberal Maintenance Banbury for wealth and beauty the second Town in this County is seated in a Flat on the River Cherwell Memorable for a great Battle sought near it between the two Houses of York and Lancaster which proved so favourable to the Lancastrians that Edward the Pretender to the Crown was taken Prisoner in it This Town also has been dignify'd with the Title of an Earldom first in the person of William Lord Knolles created Earl of Banbury Anno 1626 and continued in his Son Nicholas the late Earl of Banbury Lastly in this Town is made a delicate sort of Cheese which has added something to its Fame Henley stands upon the Thames over which it has a fair Bridge 'T is a large Town Corporate driving a great Trade of Malt. And its Market is so considerable for Corn and Barley especially that there is often sold in one day about 300 Cart-load of Barley for the Malt-Trade of it The Barge-Men besides of Henley which make up a good Part of its Inhabitants gain a good Livelyhood by transporting of Malt Wood and other Goods to London From whence they bring in return such Commodities as they and the Inhabitants of the neighbouring Towns stand in need of Witney seated on the Banks of the River Windrush and not far from Burford is a large stragling Town Most of whose Inhabitants get a Livelihood by spinning and carding for Blankets and Rugs whereof the Clothiers here drive a good Trade Here is a Free School for the Education of Youth with a fine Library Not far from this Town and near Enisham is a Monument of huge and unwrought Stone called Roll-rich-Stones set in a circular Compass not unlike those of Stonehinge and supposed to be there erected in memory of some great Victory In this Tract of Ground is a Forest of a large extent called Whitwood-Forest At the Confluence of the Thame and Isis stands Dorcester Which indeed is no Market-Town but as it is seated on the Road is well frequented and accommodated with Inns. A Town formerly of more note than now it is when Berinus Apostle of the West Saxons had his Episcopal See here which was afterwards removed to Lincoln However it is graced to this day with a very large and fair Church To conclude Oxfordshire now in the Diocese of Oxford was Part of the ancient Kingdom of Mercia And its Inhabitants together with those of Glocestershire were known a mong the old Romans by the Name of Dobuni Out of it are elected besides the two Knights of the Shire eight Members to sit in Parliament Viz. 2 by the Vniversity and 2 by the City of Oxford 2 by Banbury and 2 more by Woodstock Rutland RVTLAND another Inland County and the smallest in England is bounded East and North by Lincolnshire Westward by Leicestershire and Southward by Northamptonshire from which it is severed by the River Weland It contains in Length from North to South 12 miles in Breadth from East to West but 〈◊〉 The Whole divided into five Hundreds wherein 48 Parishes and but 2 Market-Towns As little as this County is yet for quality it yields to none of the best either as to Air or Soil As for the Air it is temperate wholesom and not subject to Fogs The Soil exceeding good either for Corn or Pasture especially about the Vale of Catmoss For besides its plenty of Corn it feeds great Herds of Cattle and Flocks of Sheep whose Wool participates of the Colour of the Earth which is reddish 'T is also well cloathed with Wood. and watered with fresh Streams the chief among which are the Weland and the Wash Lastly this little County has more Parks considering its Extent than any other County in England Okeham the chief Place hereof bears from London North North-West and is distant therefrom 74 Miles thus From London to Bedford 40 for which see Bedfordshire from Bedford to Wellingbury 12 and to Kettering 5 more thence to Vppingham 12 and to Okeham 5 more Called Okeham as some would have it from the plenty of Oaks that grow in its Neighbourhood and seated in a rich and pleasant Valley called the Vale of Catmoss Its Buidings are indifferent good especially the Church the Free-School and the Hospital The Castle where the Assizes are held is a Place of more antiquity than beauty And its Market which is on Saturdays is indifferently well served with Provisions This Town has an ancient Priviledge belonging to its Royalty which is if any Noble-man enter within its Precinct on Horseback he forfeits a Shoe from his Horse unless he redeem it by Mony Which Homage has been acknowledged by several of ●he Nobility that have passed this Way as is evidenced by many Horse-Shoes nailed upon the Shire-Hall Door In which Hall over the Judges Seat is a Horse-Shoe of Iron curiously wrought 5 foot and a half long with a breadth proportionable Vppingham the other Market-Town seated on an Eminence is a pretty compacted and well-built Town having the Accommation of a Free School and an Hospital It s Market kept on Wednesdays is counted better than that of Okeham In short this County which formerly was Part of the Kingdom of Mercia and its Inhabitants Part of the Coritani as the Romans called them is now in the Diocese of Peterborough It is dignify'd with the Title of an Earldom now in the person of the Right Honourable John Mannors Earl of Rutland and Baron Ross c. Derived to him from his Ancestor Tho. Mannors created Earl of Rutland by King Henry VIII in the Year 1325 and descended by the Lady Ann his Mother from Richard second Son of Edmund of Langley Duke of York Out of this County are only elected the two Knights of the Shire to serve in Parliament CHAP. XIV Of Shropshire Somersetshire and Staffordshire Shropshire SHROPSHIRE or Salop an Inland County is bounded on the East with Staffordshire on the West with the Welch Counties of Denbigh and Montgomery on the North with Cheshire and on

Places to amongst the numerous Towns that are here few can boast of any Beauty Stafford the Shire-Town from whence the County takes its Name bears from London North-West and is distant therefrom 104 miles thus From London to Northampton 54 miles for the particulars whereof I refer you to Northamptonshire from thence to Coventry 20 miles to Lichfield 20 more and thence to Stafford 10. A Town pleasantly seated on the Banks of the-River Sowe which washes its South and West Parts with a Bridge over it Formerly fenced with a Wall except where it was secured by a large Pool or Water on the North and East Here are two Parish-Churches a free School and a fine Market-Place The Streets are large and graced with many good Buildings And its Market which is kept on Saturdays is well served with most sorts of Provisions This Town did formerly belong to the noble Family of the Staffords first with the Title of Earl hereof and afterwards of Lord or Baron Henry Stafford was the last of that Line who dying Anno 1639 the Family of the Staffords died also with him But the next year after William Howard Knight of the Bath and second Son of Thomas Earl of Arundel and Surrey having to Wife a Daughter of the last Lord Stafford was by King Charles I. created Viscount and Lord Stafford Who being found Guilty of High Treason by his Peers Dec. 7th 1680 was beheaded upon Tower-Hill Dec. 29. But the Title was in the late Reign revived in his Son Henry the present Earl of Stafford Lastly though Stafford be the county-County-Town yet it is not the chief either for extent or beauty it being out-done by Lichfield a City and County of it self seated in a low and Moorish Ground on a shallow Pool by which it is divided into two Parts both joyned together by a Bridge and a Causey and making up a City of indifferent bigness In the South Part which is the greater of the two stands a Grammar-School for the Education of Children and an Hospital dedicated to S. John for the Relief of the Poor In the other Parts there 's nothing considerable but a fair Cathedral and that sufficient of it self to renoun the Place First built by Oswin King of Northumberland about the Year 656 who gave the Bishops hereof many Possessions Afterwards being taken down by Roger de Clinton the 37th Bishop of this Diocese that which now stands was built by him and dedicated to the Virgin Mary and S. Chad. Besides the Cathedral this City has 3 Parish Churches And its Weekly Markets kept on Tuesdays and Fridays are well served with Provisions But Lichfield is not only honoured with a Bishops See 'T is dignify'd besides with the Title of an Earldom in the person of the Right Honourable Edward Henry Lee who was created by Charles II. Baron of Spellesbury Viscount Quarendon and Earl of Lichfield Anno 1674. The other Market-Towns are Newcastle Mund. Stone Tue. Betles Tue. Pagets Bromley Tue. Tudbury Tue. Walsall Tue. Ridgeley Tue. Penkridge Tue. Brewood Tue. Leek Wedn. Vtoxeter Wedn. Wolverhampton Wedn. Checkley Thu. Burton Thu. Eccleshall Frid. Tamworth Sat. Among which Newcastle commonly called Newcastle under Line from the Rivulet Line upon which it is seated and that to distinguish it from Newcastle upon Tine in Northumberland is a large Town but mean in its Buildings most of 'em being thatched Vtoxeter and Tudbury are seated on the River Dove Stone and Burton upon Trent the first in the Road from London to Chester and the last famous for its Bridge leading into Derbyshire Pagets Bromley on the Blithe and Checkley on the Teane Tamworth is seated on the Tame where the Auker falls into it with a Stone-Bridge over each It stands part in this County and part in Staffordshire one part washed by the Tame and the other Part by the Auker In short 't is a good Town beautified with a large Church and strengthened with a small but strong Castle Walsall is seated on the top of a high Hill pretty well built and driving a good Trade of Nails Spurs Stirrups Bridle-bits and Bellows made here in great plenty Penkridge a Place of good Antiquity seated near the River Penk is now only famous for its Horse-Fair and chiefly for Saddle-Nags And Brewood for that the Bishops of this Diocese had here their Pallace before the Conquest Wolverhampton was only called Hampton till such time as one Vulver a devout Woman inriched the Town with a Religious House It stands upon a Hill and has a Collegiate Church annexed to the Deanry of Windsor About four miles from this Place stood the Oak where the late King Charles took Sanctuary for some Days after his Defeat at Worcester till he was conveyed to the House of Mrs. Jane Lane who was a chief Instrument in his Conveyance beyond Sea From whence this famous Tree came to be called the Royal Oak Lastly this County formerly Part of the Kingdom of Mercia and its Inhabitants part of the Cornavii is now in the Diocese of Lichfield and Coventry Out of it are elected besides the two Knights of the Shire eight Members of Parliament Viz. two out of each of these following Towns Stafford Lichfield Newcastle under Line and Tamworth CHAP. XV. Of Suffolk Surrey and Sussex Suffolk SVFFOLK a large Maritime County is bounded on the East with the German Ocean on the West with Cambridgeshire Northward with Norfolk and Southward with Essex Called Suffolk q. d. Southfolk in opposition to Norfolk which lies North from it It contains in Length from East to West about 45 miles in Breadth from North to South where broadest at least 30. The Whole divided into 22 Hundreds wherein 575 Parishes and 30 Market-Towns A strong Argument of its Populousness Here the Air is counted so wholsom that some London Physicians have prescribed it for the Cure of their consumptive Patients As to the Soil the Eastern Parts all along the Coast for five or six miles Inland are generally heathy sandy and full of blea● Hills yet such as yield abundance of Rye Pease and Hemp and feed abundance o● Sheep The more Inland Part commonly called high Suffolk or the Wood-Lands is for the mo●● part Clay-Ground and is husbanded chiefly for the Dairy this County being noted fo● its excellent Butter The Southern Parts along the Borders of Essex and Cambridgeshire are much of the same nature for Wood and Pasture-Ground But the Parts about Bury and to the North-West from thence are generally Champain abounding with excellent Corn of all sorts And as for Parks here are reckoned in this County near upon fifty For Rivers few Counties are so well watered Besides the little Ouse and the Waveney which part it from Norfolk here is the Stoure which severs it from Essex the Orwell or Gippe the Ore Blithe Deben and Breton c. Ipswich the chief Place hereof bears from London North-East and is distant from thence 55 miles thus From London to Colchester 43 miles

wild Fowl from the Fens Spinning is here the principal Imployment of the poorer sort of Women Iksworth is but a small Market-Town which according to Cambden retains in its Name the Memory of the Iceni who partly dwelt in this County In this Town are yet some Remains of an ancient Priory founded by Gilbert Blunt Lord of the Town as also of a Guild-Hall where not many years since has been digged up a Pot of Roman Coyn bearing Inscriptions of divers Roman Emperours But besides the foresaid Market-Tows there are other Towns in Suffolk which upon some account or other do deserve a place here Exning or Ixning among others not far from Newmarket has at least as much right as Iksworth to claim its Name from the ancient Iceni This is the Place which gave Birth to St. Audry the Virgin Daughter of Anna King of the East-Angles who for her holy Life and Works of Piety was Canonized for a Saint From this Town to Ely Henry Bishop of Ely made a Causey or high Way Brandon seated upon the little Ouse over which it has a Bridge was once a Market-Town but has lost that Conveniency However 't is of some note for giving the Title of Baron to the Earl of Maclesfield And not far from it is a noted Ferry called from hence the Brandon Ferry where Things come up from the Isle of Ely Euston some miles from Brandon to the Eastward is also situate on the Banks of the little Ouse and that hard by Fackenham This indeed is but a small Place but as an Author describes it finely seated on a Flat in a fair Champain Country for pleasure and delight Which induced the late Earl of Arlington to raise a noble Structure there called Euston-Hall of extraordinary Beauty Adjoyning to which is a large Nursery containing 1560. Fruit-trees of several sorts besides artificial Fountains and a Canal which makes a pleasant noise as it falls into the River There is also to be seen a Grove of near ten thousand Trees a large Warren and many other Curiosities The Particulars whereof I shall wave to acquaint the Reader that upon the Marriage of the second Son of the Dutchess of Cleveland to the only Daughter of the Earl of Arlington it pleased King Charles II. that he should receive Denomination from the noble Seat aforesaid Accordingly he was created Baron of Sudbury Viscount Ipswich and Earl of Euston Anno 1672 and finally Duke of Grafton in the Year 1675. Off●on that is Offa's Town King of Mercia Who having treacherously murdered Ethelbert King of the East-Angles to whose Court he came an invited Guest Anno 793. and thereupon usurped his Kingdom erected here a small Castle on a Clay-hill The Ruins of which are yet apparent under the Name of Offton-Castle Rendlesham situate on the River Deben towards Orford is noted for being the Place where Redwald the first Christian King of the East-Angles kept his Court Who being afterward seduced by his Queen permitted an Altar to be placed in the Church for her Heathenish Sacrifices to Devils together with his Altar for the Worship of the true God Wickham or Wickham-Market North of Woodbridge and upon the same River is as big as many Market-Towns though its Market be now lost by reason of its Neighbourhood to Woodbridge 'T is a Stage-Town upon the Eastern London Road and one of those where general and Spiritual Courts are held for the Arch-Deacon of Suffolk to whom the Eastern Part of the County is assigned as the Western is to the Arch-Deacon o● Sudbury Here is a Spire-Steeple which serves as a Sea-mark to Saylers off the Whiting Sand by Orford Walderswick a Sea-Town near Sowolds Bay has a fine Church and Spire-Steeple which shews it to have been a much better Town than it is at present Blithborough a poor decayed Town not far West from Walderswick is so called from the River Blithe over which it has a Bridge Here are still to be seen the Ruins of a Priory founded by King Henry I and the Goal for the Division of Beckles as a Remembrance of the Session formerly kept here Of some note besides for being the Burial Place of Anna a Christian King of the East-Angles slain in the Field by Peuda the Mercian King The Church is very handsom still and that 's the only Ornament of this Place So much for the Towns of Suffolk What remains is to acquaint you that this County formerly a Part of the Kingdom of the East-Angles and its Inhabitants part of the Iceni as the Romans called them is now in the Diocese of Norwich Out of it are elected besides the two Knights of the Shire fourteen Members of Parliament Viz. Two out of each of these following Places Ipswich Dunwich Orford Alborough Sudbury Eye St. Edmundsbury Of this County there have been Dukes Marquesses and Earls And this last Title lives still in the person of the Right Honourable George Howard the present Earl of Suffolk Devolved to him from his Ancestor Thomas Lord Howard of Walden created Earl of Suffolk by King James the I. in the Year 1603. Surrey SVRREY an Inland County of no great extent is bounded on the East by Kent on the West by Barkshire and Hampshire Northward by Middlesex from which parted by the Thames and Southward by Sussex Called Surrey from its Situation on the South-side of the River Thames the Saxons calling that Rey which we term a River and so from Southrey came the Name of Surrey It contains in Length from East to West about 35 miles in Breadth from North to South 25. The Whole divided into thirteen Hundreds wherein 140 Parishes and yet but 8 Market-Towns The Skirts of this County are very rich and fruitfull especially towards the Thames where it yields plenty both of Corn and Grass but the middle Parts are somewhat hard and barren From whence the People use to say that their County was like a course piece of Cloth with a fine List But what the middle Parts want in Riches they supply with Pleasures as being famous for good Air and well stored with Parks the Downs affording excellent Opportunity as well for Horse-races as Hunting As for Rivers besides the Thames aforesaid here is none of any Note but the Wey which runs through Guildford the Mole through Darking and the Wandle whose Spring-head is at Croydon All which empty themselves into the Thames the first two near Hampton-Court and the last near Richmond Guilford the County-Town bears from London South-West by West and by common Computation is distant from it 25 miles thus From London to Kingston 10 miles from Kingston to Cobham 7 and to Guilford 8 more A Town no less pleasantly than commodiously seated on the River Wey which affords a good Advantage to the Inhabitants in the Conveyance of their Goods in Barges up to London much facilitated by the several Landlocks or Sluces on the said River In old time it was the Royal Mansion of the English Saxon

Kings and then a Place of larger extent than now it is Near the River stand the broken Walls of an old large Castle and in the midst of the Town is a Church the West-end whereof made of arched Work and imbowed over Head seems to be very ancient In short the Town is beautifull well frequented and full of fair Inns. It contains 3 Parish Churches and its Market which is on Saturdays iis well served with Corn and other Provisions As for honourary Titles the first that had any from hence was Elizabeth Viscountels of Kynelmalky in Ireland Created Countess of Guilford during life by Charles II. Anno 1660. Then in the Year 1671. the same King conferred the Title of Earl of Guilford upon John Maitland the late Duke of Lauderdale in Scotland And after them Francis North Lord Keeper of the Great Seal was advanced to the Peerage by being made Lord Guilford The other market-Market-Towns are Southwark Sat. Kingston Sat. Croydon Sat. Reygate Tue. Darking Thu. Farnham Thu. Ewel Southwark commonly pronounced Suthrick stands opposite to the City of London on the Banks of the Thames A Place which for number of Buildings and Inhabitants goes beyond most of the Cities in England But for its Streets and Buildings they are but ordinary except the broad Street which leads from the Bridge to St. George's Church A Street beautified with fair Buildings raised from the Ashes of frequent Conflagrations this Place has been afflicted with And here the Inhabitants drive a considerable Trade with the whole County this being the most convenient Place for the Surrey Carriers that come up for whose Accommodation here is Multitude of Inns. The principal Church here is that of St. Mary over Rey formerly a Priory of the B. Virgin Next to which is St. George's Church Here is also a famous Hospital called St. Thomas's Hospital founded by the Citizens of London for the Relief of impotent Persons The King's Bench and the Marshalsea are two other noted Places and but too well known to many To which add the Bear-Garden where Prizes are fought and the common People diverted with the Fighting of Dogs with Bears and Bulls In short though this Place be counted Part of London and under the Lord Mayor's Jurisdiction yet it does still injoy several of its ancient Priviledges peculiar to it self as holding of Courts within themselves and electing of Members of Parliament c. And because it lies in Surrey as London does in Middlesex I thought it not improper to bring i● into this List Kingston is situate ten Miles South-West from London on the Banks of the Thames over which it has a Bridge leading into Middlesex A Town heretofore famous for the Coronation of the Monarchs of the English Saxons whence it had the Name of Kingston or Kings Town whereas before it went by the Name of Moreford And for Distinctions-sake 't is called Kingston upon the Thames to difference it from Kingston upon Hull in Yorkshire A Place in former times well known for its Castle belonging to the Clares Earls of Glocester And as for its present State 't is yet a goodly Town well accommodated with Inns for the Reception of Strangers and of late something advantaged by the King's Residence in Summer at Hampton-Court in its Neighbourhood as it is by the County-Assizes which are frequently held here Croydon is a long Town ten miles South from London Seated near the Spring-head of the Wandle which falls into the Thames at Wandsworth and in a manner begirt with Hills well cloathed with Wood affording good Game to the Hunter and furnishing London with great store of Charcoal This Town has but few good Buildings the Houses in it being for the most part but mean and ordinary But it has the advantage of being graced with a fine large Church set out with a lofty Steeple and with a Summer-Pallace of the Lord Archbishop of Canterbury Accommodated besides with an Hospital for the Relief of the Poor and a Free School for the Education of Youth From this Town to Farnham runs the Downs called Banstead Downs so noted for Hawking Hunting and Horse-racing And near the Town is a Bourn or Stream the Rising whereof has been sometimes observed to have been a Fore runner of some publick Calamity Reygate a good large Town is seated in the Vale called Holmes Dale and is now of chief note for the great plenty of excellent Fullers Earth which is digged up in its Neighbourhood Here is an ancient but ruinated Castle with a long Vault under Ground and a large Room at the end of it where if the Story be true the Barons met in Council in their War against King John Near this Town several Battels have been fought against the Danes which proved fatal to them Darking is situate on a Branch of the River Mole Where at the foot of White-Hill on which grow plenty of Box-trees the said River runs under Ground for above a Mile and rises again near Norbury The Place where it falls in is therefore called the Swallow Farnham seems to take its Name from the great Store of Fern that grows in its Neighbourhood It ly's on the edge of Surrey towards Hampshire watered by the River Wey and graced with an Episcopal Seat the usual Residence of the Bishops of Winchester Here King Alfred with a small Power had the good fortune to overcome the Danes of whom he made a great slaughter As for Ewel all I have to say is that it is but very mean and inconsiderable Other Places of Note in this County Richmond among the rest deserves the precedency A fair large and well built Town seatupon an easy ascent on the Banks of the Thames Whose pleasant and healthfull Situation has invited so many of the Gentry to be its Inhabitants Here King Henry VII built a stately Pallace which with Nonsuch and Otelands two other ●oyal Pallaces in this County has felt the sad effects of the Civil Wars in the Reign of Charles I. Here died several of the dearest Princes that ever England had Viz. King Edward III the Conquerour of France the beautifull Ann Wife to King Richard the Second and Daughter to the Emperour Charles the fourth the most wise Prince Henry the Seventh and the Wonder of her Sex the famous Queen Elizabeth Lambeth situate opposite to Westminster is a large Parish of chief note for being the Residence of the Lord Archbishop of Canterbury where he has a fine Pallace And though it is counted unwholsom to live in yet it is well inhabited and the Skirts of it graced with many Gentlemens and Citizens Houses Here Canute the last Danish King ended his Days among his Cups From Lambeth Westward you will find along the River Battersea Putney Moreclack three goodly Towns and at some distance from the River Newington Clapham and Wandesworth This last on the River Wandle which drives several Mills imploy'd by Londoners and of late much improved by the French Protestants that have

for the Education of Youth a free School and for decay'd Gentlemen a well indowed Hospital But the chief Beauty of it as heretofore so now is a most stately and magnificent Castle the Seat of Sir Fulk Grevill the late Lord Brooks by whom it was repaired at his great cost and charges In short this Town injoy's a good Trade chiefly for Mault and the rather as being the Place where the Assizes and general Sessions for the County are kept It s Market which is kept on Saturdays is great and well furnished with all sorts of Provisions But that which has added the most Lustre to this Town is the honourary Titles wherewith it has been dignify'd for several Ages Of Earl first in the person of Henry de Newburg Created Earl of Warwick by Wisliam the Conquerour Anno 1076 and continued in five more of his name viz. Roger William Waleran Henry and Thomas de Newburg From whom it passed through several Families either by Marriage or Bloud allied to the former Till at last the Title of Earl was by King Henry VI turned into that of Duke in the person of Henry Beauchamp who was made and crowned King of the Isles of Wight Jersey and Garnsey and soon after created Duke of Warwick 'T is true the Title of Duke went no further and that of Earl was renewed in the person of Richard Nevil who married Ann the Duke's Sister From him it went to George Duke of Clarence who married Ann Daughter of Richard Nevil and from George to Edward Plantagenet his Son From these it came to two Dud eys successively to wit John and Ambrose descended from the Lady Margaret Daughter of Richard Beauchamp Earl of Warwick And in the Year 1618. King James I. conferred it upon Robert Lord Rich of Leeze in whose Line it continued till Charles his great Grandson died without Issue Upon whose Death Robert Rich Earl of Holland his Cousin german succeeded in the Earldom of Warwick and so injoy'd both Titles Which fell by his Death to his Son the Right Honourable Edward Rich the present Earl of Warwick Near Warwick is a Cliff most delectably seated among Groves and fresh Streams and called Guy-Cliff from the Hercules of England Guy of Warwick Who having left off his noble and valiant Exploits betook himself as the Story say's to this Place where he led a kind of Hermetical Life and built a Chappel wherein he was interred But though Warwick be the County-Town and a considerable Place upon other accounts yet here is another of greater importance which therefore doth deserve a particular Description in this place before we proceed to the List of the Market-Towns And that is Coventry a City so called from an old Convent or Monastery founded by King Canute It stands upon a small Stream called Sherborn which joyning with another Stream runs not far from thence into the River Avon 'T is a fair neat and large City beautify'd with handsom Houses and spacious Streets besides a Cross of curious Workmanship and its two Churches of St. Michael and of the Holy Trinity that are loftily built It was formerly begirt with a fine Wall with 13 Gates giving entrance into the City and what with the Convent and the translating the See Episcopal from Lichsield hither it grew exceeding rich and wealthy 'T is true now it has neither Convent nor Episcopal See more than in the Ruin and Title and yet it does still continue its old Wealth being the best City for Trade in all these Parts and more than ordinarily frequented for an Inland Town Among other its Manufactures here are great quanti●ies of Cloths made and vended And its Market for Provisions is kept on Fridays It belonged once unto the Earls of Chester and after wards by many Conveniances to John of Eltham Earl of Cornwal whereby it became annexed to that Earldom Nor did it lose any thing but rather gain much by that Annexation Henry the VI laying unto it several adjacent Towns and Villages and making it with them a County Corporate clearly distinct from that of Warwick Thus Coventry though within the Confines of Warwickshire became exempted from its Jurisdiction And in the very first Year of the Reign of William the Conquerour it was honoured with the Title of an Earldom in the Person of Edwin a Saxon with whom the Title died and lay buried till the Reign of King James I when George Villiers the late Duke of Buckingham's Father was created Duke of Buckingham and Earl of Coventry Anno 1623. The other Market-Towns are Shipton Sat. Rugby Sat. Tamworth Sat. Nun-Eaton Sat. Henley Mun. Southam Mun. Sutton Cofield Mun. Aulcester Tue. Kyneton Tue. Atherston Tue. Coleshill Wedn. Stratford Thu. Bromicham Thu. Among which Stratford seated upon the Avon is one of the prsncipal it being a good Town well inhabited and driving a good Trade of Malt. It contains two Parish Churches and has over the River a fair Stone-bridge with several Arches Tamworth stands part in this County and part in Staffordshire where you will find it described Aulcester is seated on the Confluence of the Alne and the Arrow and not far from their fall into the Avon Shipton on the Stower Coleshill on the Cole Kyneton on a small River that runs into the Avon Rugby upon the Avon Nun-Eaton and Atherston near the Auker Henley on the Alne and Bromicham on the Rea. Among which Henley is called Henley in Arden to distinguish it from Henley in Oxfordshire Bromicham is a large and well built Town very populous and much resorted unto particularly noted few years ago for the counterfeit Groats made here and from hence dispersed all over the Kingdom It drives a great Trade of Iron and Steel Wares Saddles and Bridles which find good vent at London Ireland and other Parts But besides those Market-Towns there are three Places Shughury Lemington and Menham Regis of note for some particular Things The first for the Astroits or Star-Stones found about it Lemington for two Springs of Water that issue out there within a stride of each other but of different taste and operation the one being fresh and the other salt though at a great distance from the Sea Menham Regis for a Spring the Water whereof looks and tasts like Milk If drunk with Salt it loosens if with Sugar it binds the Body Said to be Sovereign against the Stone good to cure green Wounds Ulcers and Imposthumes and apt to turn Wood into Stone To conclude this County which formerly was part of the Kingdom of Mercia and its Inhabitants part of the Cornavii as the Romans called them is now in the Diocese of Lichsield Out of it are elected besides the two Knights of the Shire but four Members to sit in Parliament Viz. 2 by Warwick and 2 by Coventry Westmorland WESTMORLAND one of the worst Counties in England lies in the North-West and is called Westmorland as lying among Moors and Fells or high Hills for the most part unmanured

'T is bounded on the East with Yorkshire and the Bishoprick of Darham on the West and North with Cumberland and on the South with Lancashire Which last does so interfere with Westmorland along the Sea-Coast that this County has but one Corner to peep out upon the Sea which is about the Place where the Ken falls into it It contains in Length from North to South about 35 miles its Breadth from East to West about 25. The Whole divided into four Wards called Kendale Lensdale East and West Wards Wherein are contained 26 Parishes and 8 Market-Towns This County is very hilly there being two several Ridges of high Hills that cross the Country as far as Cumberland However it has especially in the Southern Parts many fruitfull Valleys with good Arable Meadow and Pasture-Grounds The Air by reason those Hills and the Northern Situation of the Country is very sharp and piercing and not so subject to the Fogs as many other Counties Whereby the People are very healthfull free from strange and infectious Diseases and commonly live to a great Age. As for Rivers this County is very well watered The principal of which are the Eden the Can or Ken the Lon and the Eamon The Can of some note for its two Cataracts or Water-falls near Kendall where the Waters descend with a great fall and noise From which the Country-people have made this Observation that when the North Water-fall sounds clearer and louder than the other 't is a certain presage of fair Weather But when the other does so they expect rainy Weather Here are also two noted Lakes or Meers the one called Vlles Water and the other Winder or Wimander Meer the first bordering both upon Cumberland and Westmorland and the last upon this County and Lancashire where you will find it described Kendall or Candale the Shire Town from whence one of the Wards or Divisions has the Name of Kendall Ward bears from London North-West and by North and is distant therefrom 201 miles thus From London to Lancaster 181 miles the particulars whereof you may see in Lancastire and from Lancaster to Kendall 14. It is seated in a Dale on the River Ken whence it had the Name built in the manner of a Cross two long and broad Streets thwarting one another besides some by-Streets The same is a rich populous and well-traded Town especially for the making of woolen Cloth Druggets Serges Hats and worsted Stockings whereby the poor people are imployed and the adjacent Parts inriched Over the River it has two fair Stone-Bridges besides another of Wood which leads to the Ruins of a Castle the Birth-place of Queen Catherine the sixth Wife to King Henry VIII Here is a fair and large Church to which as the Parish-Church belong 12 Chappels of Ease And by the Church-yard stands a Free-School being a large Building well indowed with good Exhibitions for poor Scholars going from hence to Queens Colledge in Oxford Here are also in this Town seven Companies viz. the Mercers Shearmen Cordwainers Tanners Glovers Taylors and Pewterers having their respective Halls for managing their Concerns And for Provisions here is a great Market which is kept on Saturdays Lastly this Town is an ancient Barony Noted besides for giving the Title of an Earl to John Duke of Bedford Regent of France and to John de Foix created Earl hereof by King Henry VI. The other Market-Towns are Appleby Sat. Burton Tue. Burgh Wed. Ambleside Wed. Orton Wedn. Kirby Lonsdale Thu. Kirby Stephens Frid. Fardondyke Among which Appleby Kirby Stephens Burgh and Orton are in East Ward Kirby Lonsdale and Burton in Lonsdale Ward Ambleside in Kendale Ward Appleby the Abellaba of the ancient Romans is memorable for its Antiquity 'T is pleasantly seated on the Banks of the River Eden over which ' it has a Stone-Bridge and does chiefly consist of one broad Street rising from North to South with an easy ascent In the upper Part of it stands a Castle once of good Strength in the nether end the Church and not far from it a free School In the East side of the Street leading to the Castle is an Amls-House or Hospital founded and liberally indowed by the Lady Clifford Where about the Year 1652 she placed a deceased Minister's Wife with her 12 Daughters whereof eleven Widows and the twelfth a maimed Maid She also purchased Lands which she settled upon Feoffees in Trust for the Repairing of the Church then very ruinous the School-House the Moot or Town Hall and the Bridge as Occasion required In this Town the Assizes and Bessions are usually held Kirby Lonsdale that is the Church-Town in Lonsdale is seated on the Banks of the River Lon in the pleasant and rich Vale of Lonsdale towards Lancashire A large and well-built Town well inhabited and resorted unto being the greatest Town in the County except Kendale Beautified with a fair Church and a large Stone-Bride and driving a good Trade for Cloth This Place gives Name to one of the four Divisions of the County from hence called Lonsdale Ward of some note besides for the many deep and hollow Caves near it Kirby Stephens a goodly Town is seated in East ward near the Skirts of the Hills which sever this County from Yorkshire Beautified with a fair Church and much improved by the Trade of making Stockings Near this Town is Wharton-Hall a Seat belonging to the Lord Wharton Burton an indifferent Town stands in a Valley near the great Hill called Farleton-Knot-Hill And Orton among the Heaths is so destitute of Wood that the people say they han't so much as a Stick to hang a Dog on I pass by the other Towns as inconsiderable to take notice of the Stone-Cross upon Stainmore-Hill a Hill so called for its being exceeding stony Stain in the North being the Word used for a Stone The Cross said to be erected upon a Peace concluded between William the Conquerour and Malcolm King of Scotland with the Arms of the King of England on the South-side and those of the King of Scotland on the North-side Which served for a Boundary as the Case stood then betwixt the two Kingdoms In the North-West Parts at the joyning of the River Eamont with the Lowther is Whinfeld Forest and hard by it Brougham-Castle which by the Coyns c. that have been there digged up seems to have been a Place of good account in the time of the Romans By the High-Way side leading between Lowther and Eamont Bridges is a large Circle of Ground with a fair Plain in the midst Which the Country-people give out to be the Place made use of by the Knight of the Round Table for their Tilts and Turnaments there being two opposite Passes to make their Approaches in And accordingly they call it King Arthur's Table At Shap a great Parish stood the only Abbey in this County founded by Thomas Son of Jospatrick in the Reign of Henry I● and seated near the River Lowther Not far from which

the Prince of Orange's Forces coming this way from the West Which two days after was followed by his Desertion of that Place and soon after by the Desertion of the Crown and Government Moreover this City has been for several Ages honoured with the Title of an Earldom 1. in the persons of Patrick and William D'Evreux successively 2. In two Williams surnamed Long-Espèe the first a base Son of King Henry II. by Rosamond 3. In two Nevils both Richards by their Christen-names 4. In the person of George Duke of Clarence who married Isabel Daughter of Richard Earl of Warwick 5. In Edward eldest Son of King Richard III. 6. In Margaret Daughter of George Duke of Clarence created Countess of Salisbury by King Henry VIII And lastly in the Family that now injoy's it the first being Robert Cecil Lord of Essendine and Viscount Cranborn created Earl of Salisbury by King James I. Anno 1605. From whom is descended the present Earl James Cecil Lastly this City is a Place well inhabited and frequented injoying a good Trade And its Markets on Tuesdays and Saturdays are very considerable for all sorts of Provisions The other Market-Towns are Marlborough Sat. Malmsbu●y Sat. Chippenham Sat. Werminster Sat. Troubridge Sat. Cricklade Sat. Bradford Mund. Swindon Mund. Calne Tue. Auburn Tue. Lavington Wedn. Wilton Wedn. Highworth Wedn. Devizes Thu. Hindon Thu. Wooten-Basset Thu. Downton Frid. Amersbury Frid. Westbury Frid. Mere Marmister Among which Marlborough or Marleburgh is next to Salisbury the most considerable Town in this County The Town called anciently Cunetio in Antonine's Itinerarium as the River Kennet was upon which it stands but by the Normans in whose Time this Town revived out of the Ruins of the old it was named Marleburgh as being seated in a chalky Soil which in some Places is still called by the name of Marl. A Town stretched out from East to West upon the ascent of a Hill watered by the Kennet not far from the head of it and having the conveniency both of a Forest and Chase in its Neighbourhood the first called Savernake-Forest and the other Aldburn Chase It had once a Castle belonging unto John surnamed Sans Terre who afterwards was King of England The Castle still famous in our Law-Books for a Parliament there held in the Reign of King Henry III. in which were made the Statutes from hence called of Marleburgh for the suppressing of Tumults But King Charles 1. at this Coronation made it yet more notable in making it the Honour as it was the Neighbour of James Lord Ley Lord Treasurer created by that King Earl of Marlbourough Anno 1625. Which Title continued in three Persons more of his Name and Family and since the late Revolution was conferred by our present King upon the Right Honourable John Churchill the present Earl of Marlborough This Town has suffered very much by the frequent Misfortune of Fire under which it groans to this day Near unto this Place is a Village called Rockley from divers Stones like Rocks pitcht up on end Among which there sometimes breaks forth a violent Stream of Water called Hungersbourn by the Country-people by whom 't is reputed as the fore-runner of a Dearth Malmesbury another good Town stands in the North-West Parts of the County pleasantly seated on a Hill near the Spring of the River Avon over which it has six Bridges being almost incircled with that River Chippenham and Bradford are also seated on the Avon and Troubridge near it Amersbury or Ambresbury commonly pronounced Ambsbury on the other Avon near the Stone-henge and but 6 miles North of Salisbury Upon which River near the Confines of Hampshire you will find also the Town called Downton or Duncton Calne is situate on a River so called which runs from East to West into the Bristol Avon This Town is noted for the Provincial Synod held here in the Year 977 to determine the hot Disputes in those Times between the Monks and the Priests concerning Celibacy But whilst they were debating the Matter in hand the Convocation-house suddenly fell down by which Fall several were slain and many cruelly wounded Wilton is seated between two Rivers the Willy Northward and the Nadder Southward From the first it took its Denomination as the whole County from Wilton Once the chief Town thereof and a Bishops See honoured with the Residence of nine several Bishops But by translating the See to Salisbury and carrying thither withall the Thorough-fare into the West-Country which before was here it fell by little and little to decay So that it is at present but a mean Town Yet still a Borough-Town the Place where the Knights of the Shire are chosen and where the Sheriff keeps his monthly County-Courts Werminster of old Verlucio a Town in former Time of very good account is seated at the Springs of the River Willy otherwise called Willybourn Westbury and Devizes are two Borough-Towns that is such Towns as fend Burgesses to Parliament The first situate on the Broke a small River that falls into the Avon Devizes at the very head of another Stream bearing the Name of the Town which likewise do's empty it self into the Avon I pass by the rest as Inconsiderable to take notice of Clarendon a fine spacious Park lying near to and Eastward of Salisbury 'T is seated upon a Hill on which stand twenty Groves severally inclosed and each a mile in compass Adorned in Times past with a Royal House which in process of time is falnto ruin But more remarkable for that in the Reign of Henry the Second Anno 1164 here was made a certain Recognition and Record of the Customs and Liberties of the Kings of England before the Prelates and Peers of the Kingdom for the avoiding Dissentions between the Clergy the Judges and Barons of the R●●lm Which Act was called The Constitutions of Clarendon whereof so many as the Pope approved have been set down in the Tomes of the Councils and the rest omitted But that which has added more lustre to Clarendon is its being Dignify'd with the Title of an Earldom first in the person of Edward Hyde sometime Lord Chancellour of England who was created Viscount Cornbury in Oxfordshire and Earl of Clarendon by King Charles II Anno 1661. Upon whose Death at Rouen in Normandy Dec. 19th 1674 he was succeeded in his Title by his eldest Son Henry Hyde the present Earl of Clarendon To conclude this County which formerly was Part of the Kingdom of the West-Saxons and its Inhabitants part of the Belgae as the Romans called them is now in the Diocese of Salisbury Out of it are chosen besides the two Knights of the Shire no less than 32 Members to fit in Parliament Viz. two out of each of these following Towns New Sarum or Salisbury Wilton Downton Hindon Westbury Heytesbury Calne the Devizes Chippen ham Malmesbury Cricklade Great Bedwin Lurgershal Old Sarum Wootton Basset and Marlborough But we must not omit the famous Caves that ly in

a suitable Garrison to it it may be looked upon as one of the strongest Holds in the Kingdom and the most capable of Defence 'T is a Borough-Town and a County of it self dignify'd with the Title of an Earldom in the person of the Right Honourrble William Pierpont the present Earl of Kingston upon Hull Viscount Newark c. From Hull there runs a Promontory which shoots its self forth a great way into the Sea A Promontory called by Ptolomy Ocellum and by us Holderness in which are divers Towns Honoured with the Title of an Earldom 1. In the person of John Ramsey Viscount Hardington in Scotland Created Earl of Holderness and Baron of Kingston upon Thames by King James I. Anno 1620. 2. In the person of the late Prince Rupert Count Palatine of the Rhine Created Duke of Cumberland and Earl of Holderness by King Charles I. in the Year 1643. 3. In the person of the Right Honourable Coniers D'Arcie the present Earl of Holderness advanced to that Dignity by King Charles II. Beverly a few miles North of Hull is seat●d on the Western Bank of the River Hull which gives passage for Boats and Barges ●own into the Humber 'T is a large Borough-Town containing two Parish-Churches ●nd well-inhabited both by Gentry and Tradesmen Of some note for being the Burial-Place of Sir John of Beverly Archbishop of York ●ho being weary of the World resigned up his Bishoprick and here ended his Days 〈◊〉 a holy Life about the Year 721. Heydon stands few miles East of Hull upon 〈◊〉 small River near its fall into the Humber 'T is an ancient Borough-Town formerly of great account and injoying a good Trade ●ill the Rise of its neighbour Hull occasioned ●ts Decay Howden a good large Town but unhealthfull is seated near the Confluence of the Ouse ●nd Derwent It gives name to a small Territory from hence called Owdenshire North-West from this Territory is another called Derwentwater lying betwixt the Ouse and the Derwent Honoured with the Title of an Earldom in the person of the Right Honourable Francis Ratcliff created Earl of Der●entwater by King James II. Pocklington a small Town stands North ●nd by East from Howden upon a small River that falls into the Derwent Kilham North-East from Pocklington is a long Town dri●y seated on the Woulds but in a good Soil for Corn. Burlington or Bridlington noted for its famous Bay from hence called Burlington-Bay stands high about a mile from the Sea But ●y the Sea-side is the Key called Burlington-Key where the Ships in the Harbour are supplied with such Provisions as they stand in need of The Town of some note besides for giving the Title of an Earl to the Right Honourable Richard Boyle Baron Clifford of Landsborough Youghal and Bandon Viscount of Kynalmeaky and Dungarvan and Earl of Cork in Ireland Created Earl of Burlington by King Charles II. Anno 1664. Within two miles from Burlington North-Eastward is that noted Promontory or Foreland called Flamborough-Head from Flamborough a small Town in it In the West-Riding upon the River Dun you will find Sheffield Rotheram and Duncaster Upon the Calder Halifax and Wakefield Near or upon the Are Skipton Bradforth Leeds Pontefract and Snathe Upon the Warfe Otley Wetherby and Tadcaster Betwixt the Are and Warfe Sherburn Upon the Ouse Selby On the Nyd Ripley and Knasborough Upon the Youre Rippon and Boroughbridge And on the Rible Settle Sheffield upon the Dun is a good large Town whose Houses are built of Stone It s Market is great for several Commodities but Corn especially which is much bought up here for the supply of some Parts of Derbyshire Nottinghamshire and the West of Yorkshire A Town that trades much besides by reason of the Iron Mines in these Parts in Iron Wares and Edge-tools especially Knives and Blades Whereof so ancient an Author as Chaucer takes notice speaking of a Person that had a Sheafield Whittle by his side Here is still to be seen the Rains of a Castle one of the five which were seated on this River all within ten miles distance Lastly this Town with divers others belongs to the Wapentake of Strafford Which gives the Title of an Earl to the Right Honourable William Wentworth the present Earl of Strafford Rotheram has a fine Stone-Bridge over the River Dun and its Houses are also built of Stone A Place of some note for giving birth to Thomas of Rotheram Archbishop of York who founded here a Colledge with three Schools for the instructing of Youth in Grammar Musick and Writing but long since laid aside Duncaster a great Thorough-fare in the Northern Road is so called from a Castle that stood here on the River Dun but not ●ong since ruinated In the Year 759. this Town was reduced to ashes and lay for some time in its Ruins But it was raised up again with a fair Church and Steeple And it is now a goodly Town well accommodated with Inns for Travellers and driving a good Trade of knit Wastcoats Peticoats Gloves and Stockings But we must not omit that of late years it became of more remark by giving the Title of Viscount to James Hay Baron of Sauley Created by King James I. Viscount of Duncaster and Earl of Carlisle Which from him passed to his Son and Heir James Hay but he dying without Issue-male the Title fell with him In the Reign of King Charles II. it was improved by that King to the Title of an Earldom which he conferred with the Title of Duke of Monmouth upon the late James Fitz-Roy Anno 1663. Halifax anciently called Horton stands betwixt the Calder and a small River that fal● into it 'T is a good large Town with Stone built Houses but seated in a barren Soil upon a steep descent of a Hill It is said to contain at least 10000 Inhabitants and ye● but one Parish-Church which Defect is indeed supplied by divers Chappels of Ease The Inhabitants noted for their Industry i● making of Cloth and other Manufactures but chiefly for the strict Law they have within themselves for the present Punishmen● of Cloth-stealers To which the Proverb alludes as it refers to Beggars and vagran● People From Hell Hull and Hallifax go● Lord deliver us The Town not further considerable till it attained the honour of giving the Title first of Viscount secondly o● Earl and lastly of Marquess to the Righ● Honourable George Savil the present Marquel● of Halifax To all which degrees of Honour he was successively advanced by King Charles II. About 6 miles from Halifax near the Calder and on a steep Hill is seated Almondbury the ancient Cambodunum A Place of great repute when the English-Saxons first began their Regal Government For it was then the Royal Seat and had in it a Cathedral built by Paulinus the Apostle of these Parts Here was also a Fort and Castle long since reduced to ruins Wakefield on the Calder is a large Stone-built Town of good Antiquity Over the River

High Admiral of England an Office held by Patent and of so great a Trust that it has usually been given to Princes of the Royal Bloud For the Lord High Admiral is Intrusted with no less than the Management of all Maritime Affairs with the Government of the King's Navy with Power of Decision in all Causes Maritime aswell Civil as Criminal of all Things done upon or beyond the Sea in any Part of the World in all Ports and Havens upon the Sea-Coasts and all Rivers below the first Bridge next towards the Sea In short the Admiralty being in a manner a separate Kingdom from the rest the Lord High Admiral may be reputed at least the Viceroy thereof A Multitude of Officers high and low are under him both at Sea and Land some of a Military others of a Civil Capacity some Judicial others Ministerial And under him is held the High Court of Admiralty the Places and Offices whereof are in his Gift The last High Admiral of England was the late King when Duke of York For since he came to the Crown the Office was executed by Seven Lords Commissioners as it is to this day CHAP. XIII Of Their present Majesties King WILLIAM and Queen MARY With a brief Account of Their Accession to the Crown KING WILLIAM our present Monarch is the only Issue of the late Illustrious Prince William of Nassaw Prince of Orange and of the Deceased Princess Royal Mary eldest Daughter to King Charles I who was wedded to the foresaid Prince in the Year 1641. His Majesty was born in Holland Nov. 4th 1650 ten days after his Fathers Death and was Christened by the Names of William Henry William being his Fathers Name and Henry his Grandfathers The House of Nassaw is an Ancient and most Illustrious Family so called from Nassaw a Town and County in Weteravia a Province of Germany That Branch of it from whence the King is descended had their usual Seat at Dillenburg not far from Nassaw before they settled in the Low-Countries whence for Distinctions sake they were named the Earls of Nassaw of the House of Dillenburg Otho of Nassaw who died Anno 1190 was the Founder of the present Family of the Princes of Orange out of which descended Adolph Earl of Nassaw who was chosen Emperour in the Year 1292. By the Marriage of Engelbert the seventh Earl of this House with Mary Daughter and Heir of Philip Lord of Breda in Brabant that Town and Barony with many other fair Estates in the Netherlands was added to the Family And by the Marriage of Henry the tenth Earl of Nassaw Anno 1515. with Claude of Chalons Sister and Heir of Philibert Prince of Orange this Principality bordering upon Provence and Dauphene within the Dominions of France accrued to the Family So much the worse for having so ill an Neighbour as the present French King who has long since rapaciously seized upon it but left however what he could not take away the King 's just Title to it In short our Gracious King William is the 18th Earl of Nassaw beginning with Otho aforesaid and the 7th Prince of Orange of his Family beginning with Rene of Nassaw Son of Henry and Claude who succeeded Philibert his Uncle in the Principality of Orange A Family as much honoured for the personal Merit of the Princes of it as any other in Europe and to which the States of Holland ow the Liberty and Greatness they injoy All the World knows how great a Patron and Assertor of the Belgick Liberties against the Spaniard was the most noble and generous Prince William of Nassaw one of his Majestie● Ancestors And to pass by the generous Exploits of his noble Successors till the present King William 't is well known what his Majestly has done to rescue not only his Native Country but the best Part of Europe from its Oppressors It has been of late Years both at home and abroad the Maxim of some Princes to outvy each other in preying upon and destroying not only their Neighbours but their own Protestant Subjects by all Methods of Perfidiousness and Cruelty To establish or maintain their Tyranny they went about to introduce a general Ignorance For where Subjects part with their Reason 't is easy for them to part with their Liberty witness those miserable Inslaved Countries where Popery domineers On the contrary the House of Orange has always appeared against that ravenous and inhumane Principle And as if Providence had appointed them for a Check to Tyranny God has been pleased accordingly to bless their just Indeavours Never the Liberty of England and the Protestant Interest in general lay more at stake than it did in the late Reign 'T is plain there was a general Design to extirpate Herely in a Popish Sense and to inslave all Europe The Plot was laid in the Reign of blessed King Charles who with a shew of Proteslantism made the Way smooth for Popery At last when all Things were finely prepared to the hand of his next Heir King Charles go's off the Stage and his Brother to play the last Act enters and ascends the Throne No Prince more Courteous more Obliging or more Promising at first than He was to his new Subjects The Church of England Triumphed in his Exaltation and Addressed Him from all Parts of the Kingdom as their Tutela● Angel The People in general look'd upon him as an Incomparable Hero who would quickly make it his Business to pull down the Hector of France and to carry the Glory of England beyond all his Predecessors In short so great were the Hopes of this King that Edward III and Henry V the most glorious Monarchs of England were upon his Account to be hissed out of our English Chronicles No body dreamed of a Popish Catechism to be the first step to this Glory nor of an Army to be raised for the defence of it Under whose shelter besides a secret League with France the Prerogative began presently to swell above its Banks the Laws to be Overwhelmed the Liberty and Property of the Subject Invaded the Church of England Crushed that had raised the King to the Throne Popery crowing over all the Nation and to crown all their Hopes presto a Prince of Wales In short to speak in terms of War the Miner was fix'd and we must either Surrender or be Stormed This was our Condition when the Prince of Orange our present King undertook our Deliverance and effected it under God in a miraculous manner Upon whose Approach our Mass-Hero fled left us to shift for our selves and the Popish Party to the mercy of the Rabble This hapned Dec. 11th 1688 a fatal Year in this and the foregoing Age to Popery i● England In that state of Anarchy what could the Nation do less than provide for a Settlement under the gracious Influences of the Prince Which was accordingly done in as regular 〈◊〉 Way as the present state of Affairs would ●ow King James having thus deserted the

the Kings of England The Gold to be offered is delivered to the King and Queen by the Lord Steward or some other of the principal Officers and it is Offered to God by Their Majesties as an Acknowledgement that by his Grace They hold their Kingdoms of him The other Days of the Year on which they make the same Offering are All-Saints New-Years Day Candlemas Annunciation Ascension Day S. John the Baptist and Michaelmas Day when only Gold is offered To which add Twelfth Day when Gold Frankincense and Myrrh are Offered by the King in several Purses The Lord Almoner is usually a Bishop Whose Office is to dispose of the Moneys allowed by the King for Alms of all Deodands and Goods of Self Murderers forfeited to the King and always bestowed in Alms to the Poor He has the Priviledge to give the King's Dish that is the first Dish at Dinner which is set upon the King's Table to whatsoever Poor-man he pleases or Mony in lieu thereof upon his Majesties account Wherever the Court resides 24 Poor men are nominated by the Officers of the adjacent Parish among whom Mony Bread and Beer or all Mony is equally divided at the Court Gate by the Lord Almoner Order at 7 of the Clock every Morning And it has been the Custom for every Poor-man before he received the Alms to repeat the Cre●● and the Lords Prayer in the presence of one of the King's Chaplains deputed by the Lord Almoner Besides there are many poor Pensioners to the King and Queen below Stairs who have a Competency duly paid unto them by the Almoner And when the King is in his Progress his Lordship or his Sub-Almoner for him is to scatter new-coined Two-pences in the Towns and Places where the King passes through in his Progress to a certain Sum by the Year The Lord Almoner is to see all these Things done for the Performance whereof he has 3 Officers allowed under him to wit a Sub-Almoner a Yeoman and a Groom And for that purpose there is at Court a particular Office from hence called the Almonry On Maundy Thursday being the Thursday before Easter so called from the French Mande a sort of Basket is performed the Ceremony of Washing the Feet of as many Poor-men as the Years the King has reigned Which is done sometimes by the King himself and in his absence by the Lord Almoner a piece of Humility taken from the Pattern of our Saviour When the Poor-mens Feet are washed he wipes them with a Towel Then he gives every one of them for Cloathing two Yards and a half of Woollen-Cloth Linnen-Cloth for Two Shirts a pair of Shoes and a pair of Stockings For Eating six Peny-loaves of Bread with 3 Dishes of Fish in Platters whereof one of Salt Salmon another of green Fish or Cod the third of pickle or red Herrings or red Sprats For Drink a Gallon of Beer and a Quart bottle of Wine And for Pocket Mony a red-leather Purse with as many single Pence as the King is Years old and in such another Purse as many Shillings as the King has reigned Years The Queen does also do the like to divers poor Women Lastly the King has a Clerk of the Closet who is commonly a reverend sober and learned Divine His Office is to attend at the King 's right hand during Divine Service to resolve all Doubts concerning Spiritual Matters and to wait on his Majesty in his Closet or private Oratory The Dean of the Chappel's Fee is 200 l. Yearly and a Table the Sub-Dean's 100 the Priests and Clerks of the Chappel each 70 l. The Lord Almoner has no Fee The Sub-Almoner has but 6 l. 18. sh a Year But the Yeoman has 30 and the Groom 20 l. a Year The Clerk of the Closet receives a Fee of 20 Nobles per Annum So far I have done with the King's Court which the Queen as His Royal Consort has a great share unto And yet Her Majesty has her own Court besides to Her self consisting both of Men and Women with a sutable Revenue to support it First she has   Per Annum     A Lord Chamberlain 1200 00 00 A Vice-Chamberlain 300 00 00 A Secretary 200 00 00 Three Gentlemen Ushers of the Privy Chaember each 200 00 00 Two Cup-bearers each 33 06 08 Two Carvers each 33 06 08 Two Sewers each 33 06 08 Three Gentlemen Ushers daily Waiters each 150 00 00 Four Gentlemen Ushers Quarterly Waiters each 75 00 00 Four Grooms of the Privy Chamber each 60 00 00 Two Pages of the Presence each 40 00 00 One Page of the Robes 30 00 00 Six Pages of the Back Stairs each 80 00 00 Six Grooms of the Great Chamber each 40 00 00 One Physician 300 00 00 One Apothecary 200 00 00 A Clerk of the Closet 06 13 04 A Treasurer and Receiver general 50 00 00 An Auditor general 100 00 00 The Auditor's Clerk 20 00 00 The Treasurer's Clerk 40 00 00 The Secretaries Clerk 10 00 00 Two Messengers each 11 01 08 A Porter of the Back-Stairs 40 00 00 A Master of the Barges 20 00 00 Four and twenty Watermen each 03 02 06 Officers and Servants of the Stables A Master of the Horse 800 00 00 Three Equerries each 220 00 00 Two Pages of Honour each 100 00 00 A Purveyor 40 00 00 A Yeoman Rider 100 00 00 A Yeoman of the Carriages 18 00 00 Five Coachmen each 75 00 00 Twelve Footmen each 53 00 00 Three Grooms each 40 00 00 Four Chairmen each 36 00 00 A Bottleman 50 00 00 A Groom Farrier 20 00 00 A Groom-Sadler 20 00 00 A Groom of the Stole and Lady of the Robes 1200 00 00 Five Ladies of the Bed Chamber each 500 00 00 Six Maids of Honour the first 300 00 00 The other five each 200 00 00 Six Women of the Bed-Chamber each 200 00 00 A Laundress 260 00 00 A Seamstress and Starcher 100 00 00 A Necessary Woman 60 00 00 A Woman to clean the Privy Chambers 30 00 00 CHAP. XVI Of their present Majesties Land and Sea Forces and the Management thereof THeir Majesties Land-Forces are either Ordinary as the Horse and Foot Guards the several Garrisons and the standing Militia of the Country Or Extraordinary as the present victorious Army in Ireland The Horse and Foot-Guards I have already described in the foregoing Account of the King and Queens Court where it appears they amount to 7000 Men at least The principal Garrisoned Places in England are Portsmouth Plimouth the Tower of London Windsor-Castle Chester Carlisle Hull Berwick Dover-Castle and these two Forts on the Thames Sheerness and Tilbury In the Isle of Wight there are constant Garrisons at Cowes Sandham Fort West-Yarmouth and Carisbrook So there is at Hurst and Calshot Castles upon two Points of Hampshire shooting forth into the Sea over against the said Isle To which add Upner Castle in Kent Landguard Fort in Suffolk Clifford Tower and Scarborough Castle

1688. Henry Pollixfen Esq Lord Chief Justice of the Common-Pleas Knighted at Whitehall March 5th 1688. Charles Sidley Knighted at Whitehall March 12. 1688. Thomas Pilkington Esq Lord Mayor of London Knighted April 10th 1689. William Whitelock Esq of the Middle-Temple Knighted April 10th 1689. Robert Harrison Esq Knighted at Whitehall April 12. 1689. Captain John Ashby and Captain Clovesty Shovel both Knighted on Shipboard May 16th 1689. Charles Hedges of Doctors Commons London Judge of the Admiralty Knighted at Whitehall June 4th 1689. Edward Mosely of Huling in Lancashire Esq Knighted at Whitehall June 4th 2689. Ralph Box of London Esq Knighted at Whitehall Octob. 25th 1689. Christopher Lethulier and John Houblon Knighted at Whitehall Octob. 29th 1689. Edward Clerk Alderman and Francis Child Goldsmith Knighted at Whitehall Octob. 29th 1689. Nicholas Lechmere Esq One of the Barons of the Exchequer All four Knighted in the Bedchamber at Whitehall Oct. 31. 1689. Tho. Rokesby Esq One of the the Justices of the Common-Pleas All four Knighted in the Bedchamber at Whitehall Oct. 31. 1689. Giles Eyres Esq One of the Justices of the Kings-Bench All four Knighted in the Bedchamber at Whitehall Oct. 31. 1689. Peyton Ventris Esq one of the Justices of the Common-Pleas All four Knighted in the Bedchamber at Whitehall Oct. 31. 1689. John Turton Esq One of the Barons of the Exchequer All Knighted in the Bedchamber at Whitehall Oct. 29. 1689. George Hutchins Esq One of the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury All Knighted in the Bedchamber at Whitehall Oct. 29. 1689. Will. Wogan Esq Their Majesties Serjeants at Law All Knighted in the Bedchamber at Whitehall Oct. 29. 1689. J. Tremain Esq Their Majesties Serjeants at Law All Knighted in the Bedchamber at Whitehall Oct. 29. 1689. W. Thompson Esq Their Majesties Serjeants at Law All Knighted in the Bedchamber at Whitehall Oct. 29. 1689. J. Trenchard Esq Their Majesties Serjeants at Law All Knighted in the Bedchamber at Whitehall Oct. 29. 1689. John Somers Esq their Majesties Sollicitor General All Knighted in the Bedchamber at Whitehall Oct. 29. 1689. James de Castillo Knighted at Whitehall Dec. 1. 1689. William Cranmer Merchant Knighted at Whitehall Dec. 14th 1689. Thomas Miller of Chichester Esq Knighted at Whitehall Dec. 23. 1659. Pury Cust of Stamford Esq Knighted at Whitehall April 10th 1690. William Hussey of London Merchant lately sent Embassador to Constantinople Knighted at Whitehall April 17th 1690. Joseph Herne of London Merchant Governor of the East-India Company Both Knighted at Kingsington Sept. 15th 1690. Thomas Cook of London Goldsmith Deputy-Governor of the said Company Both Knighted at Kingsington Sept. 15th 1690. George Meggot Esq of Horsey Down in Surrey Knighted at Kinsington Oct. 9th 1690. Stephen Evans of London Knighted at Kinsington Octob. 14th 1690. A List of the present Deans both in England and Wales S. Asaph Bangor Bristol Canterbury Carlisle Chester Chichester Christchurch in Oxford S. Davids Durham Ely Exeter Glocester Hereford Lichfield Lincoln Norwich S. Pauls London Peterborough Rochester Salisbury Wells Westminster Winchester Windsor and Woolverhampton Worcester York Dr. Bright Dr. Jones Dr. Levet Dr. Sharp Dr. Mr. Musgrave Dr. Ardern Dr. Hawkins Dr. Aldrich Dr. Ellis Dr. Greenvill Dr. Spencer Dr. Annesly Dr. Jane Dr. Benson Dr. Addison Dr. Brevint Dr. Fairfax Dr. Tillotson Dr. Kidder Dr. Ullock Dr. Pearce Dr. Bathurst Dr. Sprat Bp. of Rochester Dr. Meggot Dr. Haskard Dr. Hicks Dr. Wickham The Colledge of Civilians called Doctors Commons exercent in London DR George Oxinden Dean and Official Principal of the Arches-Court of Canterbury and Vicar General of the Arch-Bishop of Canterbury Sir Charles Hedges Kt. Dr. of Laws Judg of the High Court of Admiralty Master of the Faculties and Chancellor of the Diocese of Rochester Sir Richard Raines Kt. Dr. of Laws Judg of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury and Chancellor to the Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry Dr. Thomas Bourchier Commissary of the Diocese of Canterbury Dr. Watkinson Vicar-General to the Arch-Bishop of York Sir Thomas Pinfold His Majesties Advocate-General Chancellor to the Lord Bishop of Peterborough and Official to the Dean and Chapter of St. Pauls Dr. Edward Masters Chancellor to the Lord Bishop of Exeter Dr. William Oldys Their Majesties Advocate for the Office of Lord High Admiral of England and to the Lords of the Prizes and Chancellor of the Diocese of Lincoln Dr. Henry Falconbridge Chancellor to the Bishop of St. Davids Dr. Pepper Chancellor to the Bishop of Norwich Dr. Henry Newton Chancellor to the Bishop of London Dr. Henry Aileworth Chancellor to the Bishop of Oxford Sir Timothy Baldwin Chancellor to the Bishops of Hereford and Worcester Dr. Briggs Chancellor to the Bishop of Chichester The Honourable Mountague Batchelor of Laws Chancellor to the Bishop of Durham Dr. John Cook Chancelor to the Bishop of Ely Morley Batchelor of Laws Chancellor to the Bishop of Winchester Dr. Powel Chancellor to the Bishop of St Asaph Dr. Richard Parsons Chancellor to the Bishop of Glocester Dr. Henry Jones Chancellor to the Bishop of Landaff Dr. Nicholas Chancellor to the Bishop of Carlisle Dr. Baylie Chancellor to the Bishop of Bath and Wells Dr. Wainwright Chancellor to the Bishop of Chester Dr. Jones Chancellor to the Bishop of Bristol Dr. Pennington Chancellor to the Bishop of Bangor Chancellor to the Bishop of Salisbury Doctors of Laws Sir William Trumball Kt. late Ambassador at Constantinople Dr. John Edisbury Official to the Dean and Chapter of Westminster Dr. Joseph Taylor Dr. Charles Davenant Dr. Fisher Littleton Dr. John St. John Dr. George Brampston Dr. Stephen VValler Dr. Mathew Tindale Dr. John Conant Dr. Thomas Lane Dr. Richard Paget Dr. Philip Foster Dr. Bryan VValton Dr. John Harwood Dr. John Rudston Registers Thomas Oughton Gent. Register to the High Court of Delegates John Clements Esq Register of the Arches Court of Canterbury Thomas Smith Deputy Register Thomas Tillot Actuary of the same Orlando Gee Esq Register of the High Court of Admiralty Thomas Bedford Gent. Deputy Register John Cheek General Marshal Proctors of the Arches and in all other Courts Samuel Francklyn Esq Batchelor of the Laws Their Majesties Proctor-General Mr. Ralph Suckley Mr. Everard Exton Mr. Batchel of Laws Mr. VVilliam Cole Mr. John Hill Mr. Ric. Newcourt Mr. Thomas Smith Mr. Francis Nixon Mr. Godfrey Lee. Mr. Robert Chapman Mr. Thomas Tillot Mr. Thomas Swallow Mr. Peter Parret Mr. Thomas Rock Mr. Samuel Wiseman Mr. John Hungerford Mr. John Miller Mr. Thomas Shepard Mr. Keate VValler Mr. Edward Shaw Mr. John Lovell Mr. Richard Martin Mr. John Roberts Mr. Robert Bargrave Mr. John Tomlinson Mr. George Sayer Mr. Robert Constable Mr. Robert Peirson Mr. John Playdell Mr. John Chase Mr. Joseph Patten Mr. Goldsmith Mills Mr. Edward Cooke The Prerogative Office or Registry for the Prerogative Wills in the Arch-Bishoprick of Canterbury Register of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury Everard Exton Batchelor of Laws Deputy Register Mr. Thomas VVelham Clerks in the said Office Mr. Charles Pinfold