4to History of Parismus History Gentle Craft 4to A TABLE of the most remarkable persons and things contained in this work THE end and matter of the Work Page 1 2 Legenda non semper Credenda Page 3 Canonization costly ibid. And best after mature deliberation Page 4 The Office of the Ancient Cardinals of St. Pauls ibid. The Constitution of Pope Paul II. concerning the Cardinals Hat Page 5 Cardinal Norfolk a rare if not single President ibid. The Clergy of Brittain the Glory of the World Page 6 The Antiquity of the Office of Lord Chancellour of England Page 7 The value of that great Office Page 8 The Etymology and office of Lord High Admiral of England Page 9 King Henry VIII first assumed the Title of King of Ireland ibid. Sir Ed. Montague's choice Page 10 The first Circumnavigators of the World ibid. King Henry VIII his great skill in Musick Page 12 The Heads of Charity Visito Poto Cibo c. Page 13 A perswasive to Charity ibid. The dates and degrees of the English Reformation Page 14 Younger Sons are raised by their Virtue to the dignity of Lord Mayors of London Page 15 The first division of England into Shires Page 16 The Office of Sheriff ibid. Causes of the alteration of Sirnames Page 19 Bark-shire had no Earl till an 1607. Page 20 Popish Cavil some for Martin some for Luther Page 21 Instances of fortunate and eminent Sons of Clergy-men Page 22 Of the English Gentry by Nation and Profession Page 25 26 c. Of the Queens Majesty Page 28 Of the Kings Majesty Page 29 BARK-SHIRE Commodities Oaks Bark Trouts Page 31 The Beggars reason for going naked viz. all my Body is Face Page 32 Exposition of the Proverb When our Lady falls into our Lord's lap let England beware of a sad mishap Page 33 An observable Proverb relating to Ireland Page 37 The Lives of four Children of King Edward I. Page 37 38 The life of King Edward III. King Henry VI. Page 38 39 The life of St. Edmund Page 40 The early dawning of the Gospel in Barkshire Page 41 King Henry VIII his pity towards 3 Martyrs Page 42 Humanum est errare Answer to a great Cavil Page 43 Arch-Bishop Laud refused to be made Cardinal ibid. The life of Bishop Godwin Page 44 The life of Arch-Bishop Laud Page 45 The life of Sir John Mason who saw 5 Princes ibid. Of Sir Hen. Umpton Ambassadour His publick Challenge Page 46 47. The life of King Alfrede Page 50 Of Jo. Kendrick who gave above 20000 l. to the poor Page 51 Of Tho. Cole the rich Clothier of Reading ibid. The life of Sir Jo Howard Page 54 The lives of Sir Rob. Harcourt and Will. Essex Page 55 The lives of Sir Humphrey Foster Sir Francis Inglefield Sir John Williams and Henry Lord Norrice Page 56 The life of Richard Lord Lovelace Page 57 The Qualifications c. of Baronets ibid. Of the Battle of Newbury Page 58 BEDFORD-SHIRE Proverbs Page 60 The life of Margaret Beaufort Countess of Richmond and Darby Page 61 King Henry III. his smart reply to Sylvester of Carlile Page 62 The life of Henry Grey Earl of Kent Page 64 The life of John Mordant first Baron of Turvey Page 65 The life of Sir Francis Russel afterwards Earl of Bedford Page 68 BUCKINGHAM-SHIRE Proverbs Page 69 The life of St. Edburg ibid. A great Fiction about Sir Rumbald as I am a Christian Page 70 The life of Sir George Crook Lord Chief Justice of England Page 74 The lives of Sir William Windsor and Arthur Gray Bar. of Wilton ibid. Of the Noble and Antient name of the Cheneys Page 82 CAMBRIDGE-SHIRE Proverbs Page 83 The life of Thomas Westfield Bishop of Bristol Page 87 The life of Jo. Tiptoft Earl of Worcester ibid. The life of Matthew Paris Page 89 Will. Collet was Caterer to Selden c. Page 95 The life of Sir Edward North Baron of Catlidge The life of Sir Jo. Huddlestone CHESHIRE The Antiquity of that County Palatine Page 98 The Life of W. Booth Bishop of York and Lawrence and John his Brothers Page 100 101 The life of Bishop Chaderâ—on Page 102 The life of Bishop James ibid. The life of Sir Tho. Egerton Lord Chancellour of England Page 103 The life of the Lord Chief Justice Crew Page 104 The life of Sir Hugh Calveley Page 105 The life of Sir Robert Knowles ibid. The life of John Speed first Taylor then Historian Page 108 The life of Sir Jo. Brereton Page 110 The life of Sir Hugh Cholmley The Battle of Rowton-Heath Page 112 CHESTER The life of Bishop Dounham Page 114 The lives of David and Sir Henry Middleton Page 115 The life of Tho. Offley Page 117 Who three dishes had of daily Roast Page 117 An Egg an Apple and the third a toast Page 117 CORNWAL Commodities Diamonds Ambergrease Pilchards Tin Page 120 The wonders ibid. The life of Will de Greenvil Lord Chancellour of England Page 122 The life of Jo. Arundel Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield Page 123 The life of W. Noy ibid. The life of King Arthur ibid. The Enterprize of Jo. Arundel of Trerice Page 124 Richard D. of Cornwal was High Sheriff of the County for term of his Life Page 128 The Battles of Liskerd and Stratton Page 130 CUMBERLAND Commodities Pearls black Lead Copper Page 132 The life of Arch-Bishop Grindal Page 135 The life of Sir Richard Hutton the honest Judge Page 136 The life of Sir Jo. Banks ibid. The life of Richard Crakenthorpe D. D. Page 136 The life of Maud Daughter to the Lord Lucy Page 139 Richard D. of Glocester Sheriff of this County Page 140 DERBY-SHIRE Commodities The best Lead Page 141 The punishment of stealing Oare twice ibid. The life of Cardinal Curson Page 142 The life of Phil. de Repingdon alias Rampington Page 143 The life of Bishop Cook ibid. The life of Sir Jo. Cook Secretary of State Page 144 The life of Sir Anthony Fitz-Herbert ibid. The life of Sir Hugh Willoughby Page 145 The life of Thomas Linacer Page 146 The life of Elizabeth Hardwick Countess of Shrewsbury Page 147 DEVON-SHIRE The high Character of the Gentry given by Q. Eliz. Page 148 The wonders of the Pit and Hanging-Stone Page 149 The life of Cardinal Courtney Page 151 Bishop Foliot's encounter with the Devil ibid. The Character of Bishop Jewâ—â— Page 153 The life of D. Prideaux Bishop of Worcester Page 153 154 The life of Sir Arthur Chichester Page 154 The life of Lord Chief Justice Herle Page 155 The life of Sir Jo. Cary ibid. The life of the unfortunate Judge Hankford ibid. The life of Sir Jo. Fortescue Page 156 The life of Sir Lewis Pollard and Sir Jo. Doderidge ibid. The life of Sir Richard Greenvil Page 157 The life of James Lord Audley ibid. The life of the ambitious Tho. Stuckley Titular Earl of Wexford Page 158 The life of the most Noble General Monk Duke of Albermarl Page 159 The life of
Page 459 The life of Judge Skipwith Page 460 The life of the Lord Chief Justice Husee ibid. The life of J. Anderson ibid. The life of Peregrine Berty Lord Willoughby Page 461 The Tree of Food Raiment and Harbour Page 463 The life of Sir W. Mounson ibid. The Benefactions of R. Sutton Esq Page 467 The Blacksmiths Book of Herauldry Page 468 MIDDLESEX Commodities and Manufactures Page 470 Proverbs Page 471 The life of King Edward VI. ibid. A câ—sâ—om of the Jewes Page 472 The benefactions of Alice Wilkes Page 475 The benefactions of Sir Julius Caesar ibid. Branford Fight Page 477 LONDON The Millers Riddle applyed to the Thames Page 479 The Fire that happened on the Bridgâ— ibid. Proverb Page 481 The Life and death of W. Sautre Page 486 The life of Arch-Bishop Heath Page 487 The life of Bishop Cotton Page 488 The life of Dr. Davenant Bishop of Sarum Page 489 The life of Bishop Wren The life of Sir Thomas More Page 490 Sir W. Paget Chancellour to 4 successive Princes Page 491 The life of the Earl of Strafford ibid. A politick Cordial Page 493 The life of Sir Thomas Roper Page 494 The life of Edmund Spencer Page 497 Campian's Life Page 499 An Innocent She-Pope Page 500 The Founder of Dulwich Colledge Page 501 WESTMINSTER Eastminster what Page 503 The Life of King Edward I. c. Page 505 The Birth and Character of the King's Majesty Charles II. Page 506 The Birth and Character of His Royal Highness James Duke of York Page 507 The life of Mary Princess of Orange ibid. The life of Princess Elizabeth Page 508 The life of Princess Anne Page 509 The life of Princess Katharine ibid. The life of Prince Charles ibid. The life of Bishop Warner Page 510 The life of Sir Francis Bacon ibid. The life of Benjamin Johnson Page 512 NORFOLK Mr. Aylmer took Sanctuary in a Wine-Butt Page 516 The life of Sir Edward Coke Page 518 The life of Sir Clement Paston Page 522 Dr. Thorp's Life Page 524 The life of John Skelton ibid. D. Perne a notorious Trimmer mortally wounded with a Jest Page 527 The benefactions of Henry Howard Earl of Northampton Page 528 The punishment of striking within the Verge Page 529 NORWICH Dr. Goslin's Life Page 531 NORTHAMPTON-SHIRE The chief Town stands on other Mens Legs Page 534 The County abounds with Nobility ibid. The life of Queen Elizabeth Wife to Edward II. Page 355 The life of King Richard Crookback Page 536 The life of St. Werburgh ibid. The life of W. le Zouch Page 537 The life of Francis Godwin Bishop of Hereford Page 539 The life of Sir Christopher Hatton ibid. The life of Sir W. Fitz-Williams Page 540 The life of Sir Isaac Wake ibid. The life of Sir W. Catesbye Page 541 The life of Sir Richard Empson ibid. The life of Lord Chief Justice Montague Page 542 The life of Sir Augustine Nicols Page 543 The life of Sir Robert Dallington ibid. The life of John Fletcher Page 549 The life of Sir Henry Montague ibid. The life of Dr. Preston Page 546 The benefactions of Henry Chichley Page 547 The life of Ed. Montague Baron of Baughton Page 548 An instance of Gratitude Page 550 NORTHUMBERLAND Charity reversed instanced in St. Ebba Many are chast that they may preserve their Noses She parted with her Nose that she might preserve her Chastity One breeds Teeth at 110 years of Age Page 557 NOTTINGHAM-SHIRE Where is the best Liquorish Page 558 The life and death of Arch-Bishop Cranmer Page 559 The life of Sir John Markham Page 560 The life of Robin Hood Page 561 OXFORD-SHIRE A description of the Vniversity Page 573 The life of King Richard Caeur de Lion Page 576 The life of Prince Edmund Page 577 The life of Edward the Black Prince Page 578 The life of Thomas of Woodstock Duke of Glocester Page 578 The life of Anne Beauchamp Countess of Sarisbury ibid. The life of St. Frideswide Page 579 The life of St. Edwold ibid. The life of St. Edw. the Confessor Page 550 The life of Cardinal Pullen ibid. The life of Cardinal Joyce ibid. The life of Bishop Bancroft Page 582 The life of Sir Dudley Carleton ibid. The life of Sir John Norris ibid. The life of Sir Francis Knowls Page 584 The life of Thomas Lydgate Page 586 Anne Green hang'd and recovered Page 579 RUTLAND-SHIRE A large description of a small Gentleman Page 582 SHROP-SHIRE The life of Richard Plantagenet Duke of York Page 584 The life of St. Oswald Page 585 The life of Thomas Gataker Page 586 The life of Robert of Shrewsbury Bishop of Bangor ibid. The life of Robert Burnel Chancellour of England Page 587 The life of Robert of Shrewsbury Bishop of Bath and Wells ibid. The life of Arch-Bishop Talbot Page 588 The life of Lord Chancellour Bromley Page 589 The life of Sir John Walter Page 590 The life of Edward Littleton Lord Keeper ibid. The life of the Martial Talbot Page 591 The life of Old Parr Page 594 The life of Sir Roger Owen Page 596 SOMMERSET-SHIRE Lapis Calaminaris found here Page 797 The best Mastiffs bred here Page 740 The Parable of Jotham misapplyed Page 741 The properties of the waters of Bath Page 742 St. Dunstan's Life Page 743 The life of Bishop Hooper ibid. The life of Joceline Bishop of Wells Page 744 The life of Thomas Beckington Bishop of Bath and Wells ibid. The life of Sir Amias Poulet Page 745 The decision of Lord Chief Justice Fitz-James Page 746 Tho life of Sir John Popham Page 747 The life of the valiant Courcy Earl of Ulster ibid. Sir Amias Preston's Challenge to Sir Walter Rawleigh Page 749 Ferguson Senior or Henry Cuffee Page 750 The life of Sir John Harrington Page 751 Silver-tongued Sidenham Page 751 The Life of Robert Person Page 752 Coriat's Picture Page 754 The Skirmish at Martials Elm ibid. BRISTOL Bristol Milk a Remedy against Crudities Page 754 Hugh Eliot first discovered the New found Land Page 756 The life of Thomas Norton the Chymist Page 757 The life of W. Grocine Page 758 Dr. White Founder of Sion-Colledge Page 759 STAFFORD-SHIRE Wherein is found good Alabaster Page 760 The Life of Cardinal Pole Page 761 The life of Sir Thomas Littleton Judge Page 763 The life of Dudley Sir Richard Empson's Partner Page 764 The life of Sir John Bromley ibid. The life of John Dudley Duke of Northumberland Page 765 The Bagnols ibid. SUFFOLK The life of Edmund Mortimer Page 773 The life of St. Edmund King of the East-Angles Page 774 The life and death of Dr. Taylor ibid. The strange circumstances of the death of Robert Samuel Page 775 Cardinal Woolsey Founder of Christ-Colledge in Oxford Page 776 The life of Bishop Gardiner Page 778 The life of Bishop Brownrig Page 780 The life of Sir Nicholas Bacon Page 781 The life of Sir William Drury Lord Deputy of Ireland Page 782 The life of Sir Robert Naunton Secretary of State Page 783
The life and violent death of the Lord Chief Justice Cavendish ibid. The life of Sir Thomas Wentworth Page 784 Dr. Butler's Life Page 786 Scroop the Anchorite's life Page 788 The Tragedy of Roxana Page 789 Foundress of Clare-Hall in Cambridge Page 791 The occasion of the addition of the Dagger to the Arms of London Page 792 A Cordial testimony of Loyalty or a costly Pearl diffused in a Royal Health Page 792 SURREY Wherein the best Fullers Earth Page 794 Richmond and Non-such built by King Henry VII and VIII ibid Vertue of Epsom Waters ibid The life of Prince Henry Son to King Charles I. Page 795 The life of Arch-Bishop Cranley Page 796 The life of Bishop Parkhurst Page 797 The lives of Arch-Bishop and Bishop Abbot's Page 798 The life of Charles Howard Earl of Nottingham Page 799 The life of Sir Robert Dudley Page 800 The life of William Ockham Page 801 The life of Dr. Hammond Page 802 The life of Dr. Sanders ibid. Elizabeth Weston a great Scholar Page 803 Of the Family of the Sackvills Page 805 The Family of the Ashburnhams ibid. The life of Sir Nicholas Carew Page 804 The life of George Goring Earl of Norwich Page 806 SUSSEX Plentiful in Iron Talk Page 807 The Manufactures are great Guns ibid. Arundel-Castle a Local Earldom Page 808 The life of Arch-Bishop Winchelsey Page 810 The life of Thomas Bradwardine Page 811 The life of the Lord Treasurer Burwash ibid. The lives of Dr. Barlow Bishop of St. Davids and Dr. Juxton Bishop of Hereford Page 812 The life of the Lord Treasurer Sackvil Page 813 The life of Judge Jeffrey Page 814 The life of Sir William Pelham Page 815 The life of Sir Anthony Shirley c. ibid. The life of Mr. Selden Page 818 The life of Dr. Stapleton Page 819 VVARWICK-SHIRE A sudden inundation in Coventry Page 823 The life of Anne Nevil Married to Edward Prince of Wales Page 825 The life of Edward Plantagenet Son to George Duke of Clarence ibid. The life of St. VVolstan ibid. The life of Cardinal Macklesfield Page 826 The life of Bishop Stratford Page 827 The supposed Original of the word Veize Page 828 The life of Sir Nicholas Throckmorton Page 829 The life of Sir Edward Conway ibid. The life of John Digby Earl of Bristol ibid. The life of William Shakespear Page 831 The life of Sir Fulk Grevil Page 832 The life of John Lord Harrington Page 835 Edge-Hill Fight Page 836 WESTMORLAND The life of Queen Katharine Parr Page 838 The life of Cardinal Bambridge Page 839 A pleasant Adventure of the Knave of Clubâ— Page 841 The life of Bishop Potter Page 841 The life of Sir Edward Bellingham Page 842 Foundress of Appleby Hospital ibid. The Office of Sheriff made Hereditary Page 845 WILT-SHIRE The life of Margaret Plantagenet Countess of Salisbury Page 848 The life of Jane Seymore ibid. The life of St. Adelme Page 849 The life of St. Edith Page 850 The life of Cardinal VVinterburn Page 851 The life of Johannis Sarisburiensis Page 852 The life of the Lord Chancellour Edendon ibid. The life of Bishop Thornborough Page 853 The life of Edward Seymor Duke of Sommerset Page 854 The life of Sir Ol. St John Lord Grandison Page 855 The life of Sir Francis Cottington Page 856 The life of Sir Nicholas Hide ibid. Lansdown and Round-way Fights Page 862 VVORCESTER-SHIRE The life of St. Richard Page 864 The life of Bishop Bonner Page 866 The life of Sir Thomas Coventry Lord Keeper Page 867 The life of Judge Littleton Page 868 The life of Richard Beauchamp Earl of VVarwick Page 869 The life of Sir Edward Kelly Chymist Page 870 The life of Sir Edwin Sandys Page 872 VVorcester-Fight YORK-SHIRE The life of King Henry I. The life of Richard Plantagenet Duke of York Page 883 The life of St. Hilda or the English Huldah Page 884 The life of St. John of Beverly The life of St. Thomas Plantagenet Earl of Darby Page 885 The life of Cardinal Fisher Page 887 The life of Bishop Melton ibid. The life of Dr. Scroop Page 888 The life of Dr. Coverdale Page 890 The life of Arch-Bishop Loftus ibid. Prince Henry committed by Sir W. Gascoine Page 891 The life of the Lord Chief Justice VVray Page 892 The life of Lord Chancellour Puckering Page 893 The life of Sir George Calvert ibid. The life of the Lord Clifford Page 895 The life of Sir George Ripley Page 896 The life of Dr. VVhitacre Page 903 The Battle of Marston-Moor Page 910 YORK The life of Edward Freese The life of Bishop Morton Page 915 The life of Sir Robert Car Page 917 VVALES The Division thereof Page 921 Cardigan yields Royal Mines Page 922 Matthew Glin the supposed Author of Metheglin Page 923 The life of Cardinal Sertor The life of Mr. Broughton Page 930 The life of Hugh Holland ibid. ANGLESEY The Mother of VVales Page 931 BRECNOCK-SHIRE The wonder of Mouchy Denny Page 934 The life of Giles de Bruse Page 935 The life of Thomas Howel Bishop of Bristol Page 936 The life of Henry Stafford Duke of Buckingham ibid. The Protestation of Nesta ibid. CARDIGAN-SHIRE First reduced to the English Dominion Page 938 CARMARTHEN-SHIRE The Life of Bishop Ferrar Page 940 The life of Sir Rice ap Thomas Page 941 The life of VValter Devereux Earl of Essex ibid. The life of Merline CARNARVON-SHIRE The life of King Edward IV. Page 944 The life of Bishop Vaughan Page 946 DENBIGH-SHIRE The life of Leoline Bishop of St. Asaph Page 948 The life of Bishop Goodman The life of Sir Hugh Middleton Page 949 FLINT-SHIRE The smallest Shire in Wales Page 950 The life of Elizabeth Countess of Holland ibid. The life of St. Asaph Page 951 The life of Owen Glendower Page 952 Pilgrimages to St. Winifred's Well Page 954 GLAMORGAN-SHIRE The life of Sir Edward Carne Page 955 MERIONETH-SHIRE Wherein are comely Inhabitants Page 956 The life of St. Thelian Page 957 A Tribute of 300 Wolves Page 958 MONTGOMERY-SHIRE Where excellent Horses are bred ibid. The Life of George Herbert Page 959 The life of Edward Herbert Baron Cherbury Page 960 Hawis Gadarn a Lady of Remark ibid MONMOUTH-SHIRE Not subject to the Welsh Jurisdiction Page 962 The life of King Henry V. ibid. The life of Cantilupe Bishop of Worcester Page 964 The life of Richard Strongbow Page 965 The life of Sir Roger Williams ibid. The life of William Herbert Earl of Pembroke Page 966 The life of Jeffrey of Monmouth ibid. The life of Henry Plantagenet first Duke of Lancaster Page 967 The life of W. Johnes ibid. W. Evans put little Jeffrey in his Pocket Page 988 PEMBROKE-SHIRE Peopled by Flemings Page 969 The Life of Henry Tuthar ibid. The life of St. Justinian Page 971 The life of Giraldus Cambrensis ibid. RADNOR-SHIRE The rigorous Laws of King Henry IV. Enacted for the effectual suppression of Insurrections in Wales Page 974 Lib. 11. c. 6. * Rom. 16.11 * Mr. Dreyden Lord Bac. Ess p. 215. Cambd. Rem tit Moneyar Eng. Mart. Math. par Maâ—jor An. Dom. 1217. Fox Act. Mon. p. 817. Fox Act. mon. p. 1211. Fox Act. Mon. p. 1934. Math. West Flor. Hist AMP. Godwin Catalogue of Bishops of Bath c. Sir Jo. Hayward E. â— Stow E. 6. p. 612 Cambd. Eliz. S. N. Bale Scrip. Brit. cent 5. Numb 19. AMP. Math. 13.32 2 Sam. 23.19 S. N. Brit. Kent Shield of Wheath a Treatise 2. Bromp Chron. p. 887. AMP. Polyal AMP. Q. Q Q. * Car. Surw. of Cornw. Q. Bract. l. 3. Tract 2. De Mir. pecci Surv. Lond. Matth. 3. Q. A. M. P. S. N A. M. P. S. N. S. N. †The Pope assumes to himself his Name and Authority S. N. †In the beginning of the long Parliament S. N. * Gen. 4.22 S. N. AMP. REM AMP. AMP. S. N. AMP. AMP. AMP. * Mr. Jo. Gore REM REM REM REM AMP. S. N. S. N. * Is. 51.1 AMP. * Leaden AMP. * Stow p. 245. S. N. S. N. AMP. AMP. S. N REM AMP. S. N. * Jo. 3.12 REM S. N. * Speed of this County * Dr. Heyl. Hist of King Charles AMP. S. N. S. N. * Manuscr Libr. Cott. AMP. * Pitz de Scrip. Ang. p. 804. * Chron. 34.12 * Cant. 3.4 AMP. Hist of Irel.
are Assessors with the Popes Priests who are Assistants and Deacons Qui serviunt Servo Servorum Dei who are Attendants on his Holiness The Bishops are seven viz. Bishop of 1 Hostia 2 Sabine 3 Porto 4 Alba 5 Preneste in which three last places these Englishmen respectively have been Bishops viz. R. Kilwardby Nic. Breakspeare Bernar. Anglicus and Sim. Langham 6 Rufine 7 Tusculane Cardinal Priests are accounted twenty eight amongst whom Steph. Langhton was Card. of St. Chrysogon An. 1212. Tho. Woolsey of St. Cecily 1515. John Morton of St. Anastasia 1493. Will. Alan of St. Martin in the Mount 1587. Ancherus 1261 and Chr. Bambridge 1511 of St. Praxis Boso of St. Crosses Jerusalem 1156. Rob. Curson 1211 and Rob. Summercote 1234 of St. Steph. in Mount Celius Th. Bourchier of St. Cyriacus in the Baths Rob. Pullen of St. Eusebius 1144. Boso of St. Puntiana 1160. John Fisher of St. Vitalis 1535. Of Cardinal Deacons there are sixteen whereof Boso was the only Englishman and Card. of St. Cosmus and Damian Their habit is Scarlet Pope Paul II. made it Penal for any beneath their Order in Rome to wear a Red hat The Cardinal-Bishops took place of the Emperour before his Coronation and of other Kings The Popes were to be chosen by and out of that Order The Cardinal-Deacons were oftentimes elected to the Popedom before the Cardinal-Priests There is at this day a Brother of the late Duke of Norfolk enjoys the Title and Dignity of Cardinal 'T is alledged by some that Englishmen being of a different Religion from his Holiness and in a manner exiles abroad and not furnished with sufficient Estates are therefore seldom honoured with that Dignity which has been fatal to several Englishmen for Card. Mackelsfield was buried four Months before his Cap was brought him Card. Sertor died in Italy in the juncture of time inter pileum Datum Susceptum Card. Fisher when his Cap was come to Calis had his head strucK off at Tower-Hill Card. Somercot was Poysoned in the Conclave to prevent his Election to the Popedom Card. Evosham was sent the same way on the same occasion Card. Bambridge was Poisoned at Rome by one of his Servants being an Italian As for Prelates the Catalogue shall begin about the time of King H. 3. And continue to the 1. El. CHAP. V. Since the Reformation SUch Prelates are the same with the last mentioned in Title but not in Tenure in Dignity tho not in Doctrine holding their Places of the King and professing the Protestant Religion these Hundred and thirty years Amongst these many are allowed even by Malice it self for their Living Preaching and Writing to have been the Champions of Truth and Vnity verifying the Observation of Forreigners That the Clergy of Brittain is the Glory of the World These Prelats we digest in five Companies under their respective Arch-Bishops 1 Arch-Bishop Cranmer's 2 Arch-Bishop Parker's 3 Arch-Bishop Whitgift's 4. Arch-Bishop Abbot's 5. Arch-Bishop Juxton's whose Chairs were shaken in the late Troubles I know the Man to whom Mr. Charles Herle President of the Assembly said somewhat insultingly I tell you news last Night I buried a Bishop dashing more at his Profession then Person in Westminster Abby to whom the other replyed Sure you buried him in hope of Resurrection CHAP. VI. Of States-men UNder this head I intend to Write of those who have been by their Princes Favor preferred to the Offices and Dignities of Lord Chancellor Lord Treasurer of England Lord Admiral of England Secretary of State to whom some Lord Deputies of Ireland are added The word Chancellour is derived by some à Cancellendo from Cancelling things amiss and mitigating the rigour of the Common Law by the Rules of Equity The Chancellour is the highest Officer of the Land and his Jurisdiction is either ordinary in the exercise of which he is to proceed according to the Laws and Customs of the Realm or Extraordinay and as to this he proceeds Secundùm Aequum Bonum in the Court of Conscience where three things are to be judged Covin Accident and Breach of Confidence Cook Jurisd of Courts He also keeps the Great Seal As for the Antiquity of the Office King Ethelred appointed the Abbot of Elye Quatenus Ecclesiam de Elye extunc et semper in Regis Curia Cancellarii ageret Dignitatem which albeit it was void in Law to grant the Chancellourship in Succession yet it proveth that then there was a Court of Chancery The Lord Keeper is in effect the same with the Lord Chancellour save that some will have the Lord Chancellors Place ad terminum Vitae and the Lord Keepers ad placitum Regis Sure it is that because Nicholas Heath late Arch-Bishop of York and Chancellour of England was still alive tho outed of his Office Sir Nich. Bacon was made Lord Keeper and in his time the Power of the Keeper was made equal with the Authority of the Chancellour by Act of Parliament The Catalogue begins with Sir Tho. Moor before whom Clergy-Men were Chancellours and these are entered under the Title of Eminent Prelats As for the Lord Treasurer His Office was ever beheld as a Place of great Charge and Profit One well skill'd in the Perquisits thereof said The value of the place was worth some thousands of Pounds to him who after Death would go instantly to Heaven twice as much to him who would go to Purgatory and a Nemo scit to him who would adventure to go to a worse place The Catalogue begins at Will. Lord Paulet Marquess of Winchester because before him Clergy-Men generally enjoyed the Dignity As to Secretaries of State there are two of them Principal Secretary and the Secretary of State the first for Forraign the other for Domestick business as some would have it their Salaries were in the late Kings time some two hundred Pounds a Piece and five hundred Pounds apiece for Intelligence and secret Service the Catalogue begins with Th. Cromwel in the reign of H. 8. Lord Admiral follows the Original of which word is Amir in Arabick a Prince and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 in the Greek belonging to the Sea the Occasion of the composition of the two Languages seems to be the extent of the Sultans Dominions in the time of the Holy War from Sinus Arabicus to the North Eastern part of the Midland-Sea where a Barbarous kind of Greek was spoken and we do not mend the matter in pronouncing Admiral for Amiral There was a Triumvirate of Admirals for the North South and West The Jurisdiction of the first reached from the Mouth of the Thames to the outmost Orcades and had Yarmouth for his prime residence The second from the Thames Mouth to the Lands end his station at Portsmouth The third from the Lands end to the Hebrides his station Milford Haven Rich. Fitz Allen Earl of Arundel was made the first Admiral of all England John Vere Earl of Oxford was 1. H. 7 Admiral of England and kept
it during his Life afterwards according to the pleasure of the Prince Men took their turns in that Office because of this uncertainty there are some Admirals inserted under the Title of States-Men and Vice-Admirals under the Topic of Seamen As for Lord-Deputies of Ireland they were constituted upon the Conquest of that place by H. 2. and have there continued the same Power under that and the other titles of Lord Liuetenants and Lord Chief Justices with this difference that a Lord Lieutenant might have made a Deputy and as to the last there was sometimes one and at other times two Lord Chief Justices of all Ireland The Word Lieutenant denotes the largeness of his Power which represents the Kings Ireland was divided in former times into many petty Kingdoms yet before H. 8. the Kings of England were content with the Title of Lords of Ireland King Henry assumed that of King for Quod efficit tale est magis tale and the Commission whereby King H. 2. made Will. Fitz Adelm his Lieutenant of Ireland hath this Direction To the Arch-Bishops Bishops Kings c. CHAP. VII Of Judges and Writers on the Common Law CApital Judges are 1. The Chief Justice of the Kings Bench. 2 Of the Common-Pleas 3. The Chief Baron of the Exchequer The first is called the Lord Chief Justice of England to whom the Chief Justice of the Com. Pleas is inferiour in Place tho in Profit he be above him so that some have out of design quitted that to accept this Amongst whom was Sr. Ed. Montague in the reign of H. 8 who in defence of his Choice said I am now an old Man and love the Kitchin above the Hall The Chief Baron is employed in the Exchequer about the Kings Revenue The Catalogue begins about the time of E. 1. As for Writers of the Common Law I have placed them with the Judges CHAP. VIII Of Souldiers and Seamen I Begin with the first at E. 3. As for Seamen 't is agreed there are the best of that Profession in England The four first Circum-Navigators of the World were 1. Magellanus a Spaniard 2. Sir Francis Drake an English Man 3. Sir Th. Candish an Engl. 4. Oliver Noort an Hollander This last had an Englishman one Capt. Mellis Pilot. The Catalogue begins in the time of E. 3. CHAP. IX Of Writers on the Canon and Civil Law Physick Chymistry and Chyrurgery IN the days of Queen Eliz. some able Civilian was wont to be joyned in Commission with the Ambassador then they were deservedly dignified tho in the late times disgraced by those who aimed at no less then Universal Confusion I have given a List of some eminent Civilians and Canonists as also of Physicians and of the most noted Chymists and Chyrurgions that occurr CHAP. X. Writers OF whom Gildas leads the Army and they are either such as wrote before or since the Reformation the former being either Historians Philologists or Divines The two last are hinted at by Dr. Collins as comprised under the words of the Apostle Salute Philologus and Olympas As for History both Ecclesiastical and Civil it has been Written by many tho farced by the Monks before the Reformation with Fictions To these we have added Poets which Profession was not a little honoured by King James who waved his Crown in the two and twenty shilling Pieces and wore the Laurel in his new twenty shilling pieces Tho Poets being always poor Bays were rather the Emblem of Wit then Wealth since King James no sooner began to wear them but he presently fell two shillings in the Pound in publick Valuation Some are of Opinion that there is always one Laureal Poet in England And there is at this time one of a profound knowledge and most solid Judgment whose Memory in spite of the teeth of Time will always last to all succeeding ages Musick is nothing else but Wild Sounds civilized into Time and Tune so extensive that it stoopeth to Beasts and mounteth as high as Angels for Horses will do more for a Whistle then for a whip And We know no more what Angels do above Save only that they Sing and that they Love Musick was taught with other Learning by the Bards and long after 't was no small honour to the profession that King Hen. 8. could sing his part and used to compose services for his own Chappel which you may imagine were in b acre since he was naturally well vers'd in that Key Since the Reformation were some Romish Writers who were banished with whom I knock off CHAP. XI Of Publick Benefactors BUilders of Churches lead the Van. The Proverb is Pater Noster built Churches and Our Father plucks them down to confute this some have endeavoured to pluck down both Churches and Our Father And as this is Sacrilegious and Irreligious so it is no less unjust to Violate the Monuments of those who were the Founders and Benefactors which was very much practised in the late times when the bones of Henry Keble Ld. Major of London 1511 who rebuilded Aldermary Church were sixty years after inhumanely cast out of the Vault wherein they were Buried Free Schools and Colledges come in the next place from which I pass to Bridges which keep our Island a Continent to it self There is a Memorable passage in History of Q. Maud for being to pass the River Ley about Stratford she was almost drowned in the riding over it but this proved the bad cause of a good effect for hereupon she built the beautiful Bridge there for the benefit of Travellers I will in the next place visit Almshouses which ought not to be abolished tho some corruptions should continue in their foundations Let the Charitably minded do what when where how to whom and how much God and their own Goodness shall direct them Schoolmen reduce corporal Charity to seven Heads Visito Poto Cibo Redimo Tego Colligo Condo That is Visit men in Misery give Drink to the thirsty Meat to the hungry Rescue the Captive cover the Naked dress the Wounded bury the Dead Which works are placed like the seven Planets whilst to Redeem Captives stands like the Sun in the midst of all the rest I could wish that there were in London a Corporation of able and honest Merchants impowred to receive and imploy the charity of well affected People for a General Goal-delivery of all English Captives in Tunis Tripoli Algier Sally c. For why should the Romanists be more charitable then we When their Religion was publickly currant in England the Order of the Holy Trinity was instituted for The Redemption of Captives I have distinguished the Benefactors since from them before the Reformation Of the Stating of the Word Reformation We may take notice of three distinct Dates and different degrees of our English Reformation 1 The Civil part thereof when the Popes Supremacy was Banished in the Reign of K. Hen. VIII 2. When the Church-service was reformed as far as that
Superstition favoured Learned Men more then Lazie Manks which may be the cause he was not solemnly Sainted with other Saxon Kings who did not so much deserve Since the Reformation Pet. Chapman born at Cokeham bred an Iron-monger in Lond. at his Death bequeathed five pounds a year to two Scholars in Oxford as much to two in Camb. and five Pounds a year to the poor of the Town of his Nativity besides sixty Pounds to the Prisons of Lond. c. The time of his Death is unknown Jo. Kendrick born at Reading bred a Draper in Lond. His State may be compared to the Mustard-seed from a small encreasing to a prodigious bigness If Benefactors were digested as David's Worthies Mr. Kendrick would be if not the last of the first the first of the second three His Charity began at his Kindred proceeded to his Friends and Servants to whom he left large Legacies concluded with the Poor on whom he bestowed above 20000 Pounds Reading and Newbury sharing the deepest therein as appears by his Printed Will He dyed 30 Sept. 1624. and is buried in St. Christophers Lond. to the Curate of which Parish he gave 20 Pounds a year for ever Rich. Wightwick Batchellor of Divinity was Rector of East-Isley in this County His Benefice not very great may appear a Bishoprick by his Bounty to Pembroke-Coll in Oxf. to which he gave 100 Pounds a year for 3 Fellows and 4 Scholars When he dyed is unknown Memorable Persons Tho. Cole commonly called the Rich Clothier of Reading He is reported a Man of vast Wealth maintaining 140 Menial Servants besides 300 poor People whom he set on Work insomuch that his Wains with Cloth filled the High-way from Reading to Lond. to the stopping of King H. I. in his Progress which King gratified Cole with a Standard-yard the length of his Royal-Arm but the Truth is was the Arm of E. I. which was the Adequation of a Yard This whole story is uncertain yet Cole may be accounted Eminent in this kind Jo. Winscombe commonly called Jack of Newbury was indeed the most considerable Clothier England ever beheld He kept 100 Looms in his House each of them managed by a Man and a Boy In the Expedition to Flodden-field against Ja. King of Scotland he marched with 100 of his own Men well Mounted to shew that the Painful in Peace could be Valiant in War He Feasted King Hen. 8 and his first Queen Kath. at his own House yet extant at Newbury the Church of which he built from the Pulpit to the Tower Inclusively He dyed about 1520 some of his Name and Kindred of great Wealth in this County As to the Gentry in this County Will. Fachel or Vachel was right Ancient having an Estate in and about Reading And the Family of the Pusays is so Ancient that they were Lords of Pusay a Village near Faringdon long before the Conquest in the time of King Canutus holding their Lands by the Tenure of Cornage viz. by Winding of a Horn when the Enemies made their Approach which that King gave their Family and which their Posterity still Extant at this day do produce But generally the List of Sheriffs is the most Comprehensive Catalogue of the English Gentry Noted Sheriffs monarch R. I. Will. Briewere of mean Extraction yet he was such a Minion to King Rich. I. that he created him Baron of Odcomb in Somersetshire One Fulk-paynel gave this William the Town of Bridgwater that he might procure for him the King's favour which he had lost Seeing he left no Son partition was made of his Inheritance amongst his Daughters married into the Honourable Families of Breos Wake Mohun La-fert and Percy Phillip Son of Rob. and Alan de Marton joynt Sheriffs in this County Rog. Bishop of Covent Lich. Sher. in this County He was Surnamed de Molend monarch H. 3 aliàs Longespee and was Nephew to King Hen. III. Phil. de la Beach The Seat of this Family was at Aldworth monarch E. 2. where their Statues on their Tombs are yet extant They were most Valiant Men their Male issue was extinct in the next Kings Reign whose Heir General was marryed to the Ancient Family of Whitlock Th. Chaucer sole Son to Geffery Chaucer the Famous Poet monarch H. 4. from whom he inherited fair Lands at Dunning-Castle in this County and at Ewelme in Oxf. He married Maud Daughter and Coheir of Sir Jo. Burwash by whom he had Alice married to Will. de la Pole D. of Suffolk He lyeth buried under a fair Tomb in Ewelme Church with this Inscription Hic jacet Th. Chaucer Armiger quondam Dominus istius villae patronus istius Ecclesiae qui ob 13. Nov. An. Dom. 1434. Matilda uxor ejus quae ob 28. Apr. 1436. Th. Wickham Kinsman and next heir to Will. VVickham that famous Bishop of VVinchester monarch H. 5. who notwithstanding above 6000 pounds bequeath'd in Legacies left to Thomas 600 pound Lands a year As for his Arms viz. Arg. 2 Cheverons S. between 3 Roses G. The most ingenious Sir Isaac VVake conceiveth those Cheverons or Couples in Architecture given him in Relation to the two Colledges he built in Oxford and VVinchester Jo. Gowfere or Golofre monarch H. 6. the first who is Styled Esquire as he was Sheriff This Addition grew afterwards more fashionable for after that Jack Straw one of the Grandfounders of the Levellers was defeated the English Gentry to appear above the Mobile did in all publick Instruments insert their Native or acquired Qualifications Sir Jo. Howard Knight Son to Sir Rob. Howard monarch E. 4. soon after was Created a Baron by Edw. IV. and Duke of Norfolk by King Rich. III. as Kinsman and one of the Heirs of Anne Dutchess of York and Norfolk whose Mother was one of the Daughters of Th. Mowbray Duke of Norfolk Soon after he lost his Life in Bosworth-field in the Quarrel of him who had given him his Honour From him descended the Noble and Numerous Family of the Howards of whom four Earls viz. Arundel Notingham Suffolk and Barkshire and two Barons viz. Mowbray and Estrick sat in the last Parliament of King Ch. I. Verstegan the great Antiquary will have their Name to be Holdward that is Keeper of a Castle or Trust and they have well answered unto their Name Did not Th. Howard Earl of Surrey well Hold his ward by Land when in the Reign of King H. 8. he Conquered the Scots in Floddon-field and took James IV their King Prisoner And did not Charles Howard afterward Earl of Nottingham hold his ward by Sea in 88. when the Armado was defeated Humph. Foster Ar. Afterward Knighted lies Buried in St. Martins in the Fields Lond. with this Inscription Of your Charity pray for the Soul of Sir Humphrey Foster Knight whose body lies buried here in Earth under this Marble Stone who deceased 18 Sept. 1500. On whose Soul Jesu have mercy Amen Robert Harecourt Knight right Ancient is this
Family in France monarch H. 7. which is said to have flourished there 800 years Of this Family whose Arms is G. two Bars O. a younger Branch coming over at the Conquest fixed it self at Staunton Harecourt in Oxford-shire In the Reign of King Jo. Richard Harecourt of Staunton marrying Orabella Daughter of Saer de Quincy Earl of Winchester had the Mannor of Bosworth in Leicester-shire for his Wives Portion Robert Harecourt was made Knight of the Garter by E. 4. From him Lineally descended the Valiant Sir Simon Harecourt lately slain in the Wars against the Rebels in Ireland whose Son a hopeful Gentleman enjoys the Mannor of Staunton to this day Jo. Basket an Esquire of Remark and Martial Activity in his younger days and after removed to Devnish in Dorsetshire to whom he going into France committed the Care of that Country Will. Essex Ar. a worthy Man of great Command in this County monarch H. 6. whereof he was four times Sheriff and the first of his Family who fixed in Lambourn therein for he married Elizabeth Daughter and sole Heir of Tho. Rogers of Benham whose Grand-father Jo. Rogers had married Elizabeth Daughter and Heir of Jo. Shotesbroke of Bercole in this County whose Ancestors had been Sheriffs in Bark-shire An. 4.5 and 6. E. 3. by whom he received a large Inheritance This Will afterwards Sir Will. was Son to Th. Essex Esquire Remembrancer and Vice-Treasurer to E. 4. who died Nov. 1. 1500 and lyeth buried in the Church of Kensington Middlesex He derived himself from Henry de Essex Bar. of Rawley and Standard-bearer of England and his Posterity have lately assumed his Coat viz. Arg. an Orle G. There was lately a Baron of this Family with Revenues of a Baron Humph. Foster Knight a Lover of Protestants in the most dangerous times and spake to the Quest in the behalf of Mr. Marbeck that good Confessor Yea he Confessed to Henry 8. that never any thing went so much against his Conscience as his attending by Command the Execution of three poor Men Martyred at Windsor Francis Inglefield Knight afterwards Privy-Councellour to Queen Mary monarch E. 6. and so zealous a Romanist that after her Death he left the Land with a most large Inheritance and lived for the most part in Spain He was a most industrious Agent to solicite the Cause of the Queen of Scots He was a great Promoter of and Benefactor to the English Colledge at Valladolid in Spain where he lyeth interred A Family of his Alliance is still Worshipful extant in this County Jo. Williams Knight was before the Expiration of the year of his Sherivalty made by Queen Mary monarch Queen Mary Lord Williams of Tame in Oxford In which Town he built a small Hospital and a very fair School He with Sir Henry Bennyfield were Joynt-keepers of the Lady Elizabeth whilst under Restraint being as Civil as the other was cruel to her Bishop Ridley when Martyred requested this Lord to stand his Friend to the Queen that those Leases might be confirmed which he had made to poor Tenants which he promised and performed accordingly Henry Norrice Son-in-Law to the Lord Williams aforesaid monarch Queen Elizab. was by Queen Elizabeth created Bar. of Norrice in Ricot in Oxford He was Son to Sir Henry Norrice who suffered in the Cause of Queen Anne Bullen Grand-Child to Sir Edward Norrice who married Friswide Sister and co-heir to the last Lord Lovell He was Father to the Martial Blood of the Norrices Elizabeth his Grand-Child sole Daughter and Heir unto Francis Norrice Earl of Bark-shire and Baroness Norrice was married to Edward Wray Esquire whose only Daughter Elizabeth Wray Baroness Norrice lately deceased was married unto Montague Bartue Earl of Lindsey whose Son a Minor is Lord Norrice at this day Edward Vmpton Knight this ancient Name was extinct in the days of our Fathers for want of issue Male and a great part of their Lands devolved by an Heir general to G. Puffen of Wadley Esquire whose Care is commendable in preserving the Monuments of the Vmptons in Farrington Church and restoring such as were defaced in the Civil War Besilius Fetiplace The Seat of the Family was at Lee thence called Besiles Lee in this County until Elizabeth Daughter and Heir of Will. Bes last of the Name was married to Richard Fetiplace whose Great-grand-Child was named Besile to continue the Remembrance of their Ancestors Richard Lovelace Knight a brisk Gentleman in the Reign of Queen Elizabeth making use of Letters of Mart monarch King James had the Success to seize on a large Remnant of the King of Spains Fleet charged with Silver King Charles created him Lord Lovelace of Hurley Sir Jo. Darell Baronet Of which Order Note the Qualifications monarch King Charles Service and Dignity For the first 1. They were to be Men of honest Reputation 2. Descended at least of a Grand-father that bare Arms. 3. Having Estate of 1000 pounds a year two Thirds thereof at least in Possession the rest in Reversion expectant on one Life only holding in Dower or Joynture As to the Second 1. Each of them was to advance towards the planting of the Province of Vlster in Ireland with Money enough to maintain 30 Foot for three years after the Rate of eight pence a day for each Man 2. The first years Wages was to be paid down on the passing of their Patent the Remainder as they contracted with the Kings Commissioners Authorized to treat of and conclude the same For the last viz. their Dignity 1. They were to take place with their Wives and Children respectively immediately after the Sons of Barons and before all Knights-Batchelors of the Bath and Banneret save such Solemn ones as afterwards should be created in the Field by the King there Present under the Standard Royal displayed 2. The Addition of Sir was to be prefixed before their Names 3. The Honour was to be Hereditary and Knight-hood not to be denied to their eldest Sons of full Age if desiring it 4. There was added to their Arms a Bloody hand in a Canton or Escutcheon at their Pleasure The King did undertake that they should never exceed 200 and none were to be substituted upon a Vacancy And that no other new Order should be superinduced Battles Newbury I. 1643. Sept. 20. Earl of Essex having raised the Siege of Glocester and returning towards London was followed by the Kings Army both sides might be traced by a Tract of bloody Foot-steps especially at Auborn in Wilts where they had a smart Encounter At Newbury the Earl made a stand Here hap'ned a fierce Fight on the East side of the Town The Parliament was conceived to lose the most the King the most considerable Persons amongst whom the Earl of Carnarvon and Sunderland the Viscount Faulkland Collonel Morgan Victory and Loss was equally shared on both sides which were so filled with their Supper that the next day they had no Stomach for Breakfast but keeping their Stations were
by Heart the second Book of the Aeneads which he learnt at School without missing a Verse He was an excellent Preacher He attended King Ja. his Chaplain into Scotland and after his return was preferred Dean of Westminster then Bishop of Salisbury He was Hospital and Generous He dyed and was buried An. Dom. 1622. Th. Son to Will. Westfield D. D. born An. Dom. 1573. in Ely bred at Jes Coll. in Camb. where he was Fellow He was Assistant to Bishop Felton whilst Minister of St. Mary-le-Bow in Cheapside after Rector of Horsney and great St. Barth Lond. where in his Preaching he went through the 4 Evangelists He was afterward made Arch-Deacon of St. Albans and at last Bishop of Bristol The Parl. had a good Opinion of him as appears by this Order 13. May 1643. From the Committee of Lords and Com. for Sequestration of Delinquents Estates Vpon information in the behalf of the B. of Bristol That his Tenants refuse to pay him his Rents it is ordered by this Committee that all profits of his Bishoprick be restored and a safe Conduct be granted him to pass with his Family to Bristol being himself of great Age and a Person of great Learning and Merit Jo. Wylde By his Will he desired to be buried in the Cathedral-Church near the Tomb of Paul Bush the first Bishop And as for my Worldly Goods the words of his Will which as the times now are I know not well where they be nor what they are I give c. to my Wife Eliz. He dyed June 28. 1644. and lyeth buried according to his own desire An Anagram made on him by his Daughter was Thomas Westfield I dwell the most safe Statesmen Jo. Tiptoft Son and Heir of Jo. Lord Tiptoft and Joyce his Wife Daughter and Coheir of Edw. Charlton Lord Powis by his Wife Eleanor Sister and Coheir of Edmund Holland Earl of Kent was born at Everton in this County He was bred at Baliol-Coll in Oxf. where he attained to great Learning and by H. 6. was afterwards created first Viscount then Earl of Worcester and Lord High Constable of England and by E. 4. Knight of the Garter The Skies began to Lowre and Threaten Civil Wars and the House of York fell sick of a Relapse Mean time this Earl could not be discourteous to Hen. 6. who had so much advanced him nor disloyal to Edw. 4. in whom the Right of the Crown lay For an Expedient he quitted his own and visited the Holy-Land At Rome in his passage by an Elegant Latin Speech he drew the Admiration of all the Auditors and Tears from the Eyes of the Pope Pius II. He returned from Christs-Sepulchre to his own in England in an unhappy time if sooner or later he had found Edward on that Throne to which now H. 6 was restored and whose Restitution was only remarkable for the Death of this Worthy Lord. Treason was charged on him for secretly siding with King Edw. On this account he lost his life The Ax then did at one blow cut off more Learning in England then was left in the Heads of all the Surviving Nobility His Death hap'ned on St. Lukes day 1470. Edw. Lord Tiptoft his Son was restored by Edw. 4. Earl of Worcester but dying without Issue his Inheritance fell to his three Aunts Sisters to the Learned Lord aforesaid viz. 1. Philip married to Th. Lord Ross of Hamlake 2. Joan Wife of Sir Edm. Inglesthrop of Borough-green in this County 3. Joyce married to Sir Edw. Sutton Son and Heir of John Lord Dudley from whom came Edw. Sutton Lord Dudley and Knight of the Garter Jo. Cheeke Knight Tutor to Ed. 6. and Secretary of State born in Camb. Of him see our Church-History Souldiers When the rest of the East-Angles cowardly fled away in the Field from the Danish Army the Men of the County of Camb. did manfully resist whence it was that whilst the English did rule the praise of the People of Cambridgeshire did most eminently flourish At the coming of the Normans they made so stout a Resistance that the Conqueror who did fly into England was glad to creep into Ely Cambridgeshire-men commonly passed for a Proverb tho now like old Coyn almost grown out of request Indeed the Common-people have Robust bodies able to carry 8 Bushels of Barley on their Backs whereas 4 are found a sufficient Load for Men of other Counties and I doubt not but if there were occasion their Arms and Hands would appear to be as good as their Backs and Shoulders Writers Math. Paris probably born in this and bred-in the next County where the Name is right Ancient long before they were setled at Hildersham which accrued to them by their Marriage with the Daughter and Heir of the Buslers He was a Monk at St. Albans skilled in Poetry Oratory and Divinity as also in Painting Graving c. But his Genius chiefly disposed him to the Writing of Histories wherein he wrote a large Chronicle from the Conquest unto the year of our Lord 1250. where he concludes with this Distich Siste tui metas studii Mâ—â—â—â—aee quietas Nec ventura petas quae postera proferat aetas Matthew here cease thy Pen in peace and study on no more Nor do thou aim at things to come which next Age hath in store Yet resuming the Work he continued it to 1259. A catching disease with Authors my self being concerned to obey the importunity of others contrary to their own inclination His History is impartially and judiciously save whereby he indulgeth too much Monkish Miracles and no Writer so plainly discovereth the Pride Avarice and Rapine of the Court of Rome so that he seldom kisseth the Popes toe without Biting it The Papists insinuate a suspicion that such Reflections are forged but all the Candour imaginable has been used in the Editions of that Author first by Math. Parker and then and especially by Doctor Will. Wats This Matthew left off living and writing An. 1259. Tho he had sharp Nailes he had clean Hands strict in his own and striking at the loose Conversation of others and for his Eminent Austerity was not only employed by Pope Innocent 4. to visit the Monks in the Diocess of Norwich but also was sent unto Norway to reform the Discipline in Holni a fair Covent Helias Rubeus in Engl. Rous or Red bred D. D. in Camb. A great Courtier and Gracious with the King Wrote a Book contra Nobilitatem inanem 'T is thought he flourished about the year 1266. Jo. Eversden was bred a Monk in Bury-Abby whereof he was Cellerer or Caterer but his mounting above this mean Employ he buried himself in Pâ—â—try Law and History whereof he wrote a fair Volume from the beginning of the World Being a Monk he was not fond of Fryars And observeth that when the Franciscans first entred Bury An. 1336. there hap'ned a hideous Hericano levelling Trees Towers c. Yet went they out with a Calm at the time
Felton B. of Ely his Father in Law was a Limner the best of our Age employed into Italy to purchase Pictures for E. of Arundel Returning by Marseilles and his money failing him he used to walk a long time with a swift pace on the Exchange there every Morning and Evening A civil Monsieur observing him told him That if Will. would convert his Reciprocal into a Progressive Motion directed to his own Country he would provide him a light Habit and competent Money for a Footman To which Proposal consenting he footed it through France being more than 500 English Miles and returned safely into England Where he was generally employed to make the Initial Letters in the Patents of Peers c. He was an Excellent Herauld by the Title of and which was the Crown of all a very Honest Man Exemplary his Patience in Sickness tho a Complication of Diseases seized on him He dyed at the Herauld Office 1649. Noted Sheriffs monarch H. 8. Th. Eliot Mil. born some say in Suff. had his Habitation in this County being well skilled in Greek and Latine he was the Author among other excellent Books of Defensorium Bonarum Mulierum or the defence of good Women an excellent Latine and English Dictionary the Stock on which B. Cooper grafted his Dictionary He dyed 1546. and was buried at Carlton in this County Th. Cromwel Ar. made Baron of Okeham was Chancellour of the University Edward North Mil. skilled in the Law and an able Manager of Publick Affairs was employed in the Court of Augmentation Made by Queen Ma. Baron of Catlidge in this County A considerable Benefactor to Peter-house in Camb. where under his Picture there is this Distich Nobilis hic vere fuerat si Nobilis ullus Qui sibi principium Nobilitatis erat He was Father to Roger Lord North and Great-Grand-Father to Dudley Lord North now surviving monarch E. 6. Jo. Huddleston Mil. To whom Queen Mary came privately when Jane Grey was proclaimed Queen to Saltston and rid thence behind his Servant the better to disguise her self to Framlingham-Castle She afterwards made him her Privy-Councellor and among other Great Boones bestowed the bigger part of Cambridge-Castle then much ruined upon him with the Stones whereof he built a fair House in this County I behold his Family as Branched from the Huddlestons in Cumb. Jo. Cuts Mil. A most Bountiful House-Keeper monarch Q. El. to whose House Queen Eliz. whilst there was Peace with Spain consigned the Spanish Ambassador in the Sickness at London This Spaniard being first Scandalized at the Knights short Surname was afterwards very well satisfyed with his large Entertainment Where note that the Spanish Gentlemen have generally long names tho short Commons Hen Cromwell Mil. Son to Rich. Cromwell Esquire Sher. 32 H. 8. to whom his Valour and Activity so endeared him as he bestowed on him so much Abbey-land in this County as at this day is worth 20000 Pounds a year He was not allied tho acquainted with Th. Lord Cromwell the Mauler of Monasteries Cromwell the pretended protected Grand-Child to this Sheriff having on a certain occasion owned that that Lord was not related to his Family in the least degree Jervase Clifton Knight By King Ja. created Baron of Leighton had a fair Estate at Barrington in Som. whence he removed to Huntingtonshire on his match with the Sole Daughter and Heir of Sir Hen. Darcy of Leighton-bromswold Kath. sole Daughter to Jervase was married to Esme Steward D. of Lennox to whom she bare the truly Illustrious James D. of Richmond monarch K. Ja. Sim. Steward Knight lived after he was knighted a Fellow-Commoner in Trinity-hall The sixth in lineal descent from John Steward who married Talmach a Maid of Honour to Queen Joan and Swore allegience to H. 4. Cheshire CHeshire lyeth in form of an Axe having Lanc. on the North Darby and Staff on the East Shropshire on the South Denbigh Flintshire and the Irish Sea on the West the longest part 44 and the broadest 25 Miles The County was reputed a Palatinate before the Conquest and it is much to Lanc. in that honour being related to Che. as the copy to the original being Palatinated but by E. 3 Granting that the D. of Lanc. should have Regal Jurisdiction So fully and freely as the Earl of Chester And whereas Records are written in the Comon Law Contra Coronam Dignitatem Regis â—n this County they run thus Contra Dignitatem gladii Cestriae It aboundeth with all Necessaries for Mars life All the Rivers here either rise or through some Pool And of Lakes of this Cheshire abounds and therefore has great plenty of Carps Tenches Trouts Eels The Gentry are Remarable for their Numerousness Antiquity many of their Ancestors being fixed here before the Conquest their Loyalty and Hospitality One said pleasantly that it appears they are good House-keepers by the Wheaton-sheaves so frequently given in their Coats of Arms The Original whereof was in Conformity to Hugh Kivelios the fifth Earl who gave Az. 6. Garbs or Sheaves O. Natural Commodities are Salt Cheese whence some say is the Word Cheshire 9. Chees-shire Whereof the best of England is made here yet are not their Cows Housed in the Winter Milstones great and good in Mowcop-hill For Buildings Beestones-Castle situated on a steep Hill carried away the credit Erected by Raynulf the third Earl of Chester a beautiful structure levelled to the ground since the late Wars of which Leland Prophesies a Restauration As for Wonders it is said there is a Pool adjoyning to Brereton wherein great Logs of Timber are seen to swim for certain days together before the Death of any Heir of that House but I have heard this contradicted by the Right Honourable Lord Brereton now living who told me that lately some Persons concerned in the Event upon observation of the Critical time could not behold the prodigy and that the time of the motion of those Logs is as uncertain as the Original cause of loosness is Proverbs I. Cheshire chief of Men which Challenge the Men of Cornwall or Kent are ready to Answer But rather than any difference shall arise Wise-men will allow of many Chiefs Indeed the Cestrians have in all their Undertakings demeaned themselves Valiantly King Rich. II in dangerous times sent for 2000 of them to attend him and in time a suspicious Parl. the Number was doubled Pity it was their Valour was once wasted against themselves in the Terrible Battle beteen H. 4. and H. Piercy Sirnamed Hotspur Of which Drayton There Dutton Dutton kills a Done doth kill a Done One side fought for Mortimer who should be King by Right the other for H. 4. who was Actually so The Loyalty of the first side is not so much impeached by the Voice of Fame as it is disproved by Voice of the Law which Supposes Treason may be committed against one that is only a King de facto which Limitation was more Applicable to R. 3. than it
the Reign of H. 8. Since the Reformation Rob. Brassy born at Bunbury i. e. Boniface-bury bred D. D. in Kings Coll. in Camb. whereof he was Provost Being Learned and Stout he Publickly protested against the Visitors of the University in the Reign of Queen Ma. as to his own Colledge thereby taking off the Edge of these Persecuting Commissioners When many Doctors of Camb. were resolved to sell their Right in Stâ—rbridge-fair for a Trifle to the Towns-men he dashed their designs which Manly Opposition prevented the Vice-Chancellours holding the Stirrup to the Mayor He dyed An. Dom. 1558. and lies buried on the South-side of the Chapple Geo. Palin born at Wrenbury was bred a Merchant in London free of the Company of Girdlers We may call his Benefactions the Golden-gridle of Charity for with our Saviour he went about doing good To Wrenbury he gave 200 pounds to purchase Lands for the relief of the poor For building an Alms-house in and about London 900 pounds To St. Johns Coll. in Camb. 300 l. To the Hospital of St. Th. in Southwark 50 l. To the Preachers at Pauls-Cross 200 l. Toward a Chime in Bow-Church 100 l. To six Prisons in and about London 60 l. To Brason nose-Coll in Oxf. two Scholarships to each yearly 4 l. To the Coll. of St. Jo. Bap. in Oxf. 2 Scholarships of the same value To Christ-Church-Hospital 300 l. To the Church and Poor of Wrenbury to buy them Gowns 70 l. c. He dyed about the beginning of the Reign of King Ja. Jo. Brereton Knight a Branch of that well spred-tree in this County one of the first Scholars of the Foundation of Sidney-Coll then having studied the Law went into Ireland and was at last made the Kings Serjeant therein Having got a good Estate he gave well nigh 3000 l. to Sidney-Coll after 40 years absence A pure Gift because 't was loaded with no Detrimental Conditions in the acceptance He dyed about the year 1633. Jo. Barnston D. D. born of an Ancient Family a Fellow of Brason-nose Coll. in Oxf. and Chapl. to Chanc. Egerton Being Judge of the Consistory when a Church-Warden was Sued for a Chalice stoln out of his House not the proper place of Custody Well said the Doctor I am sorry the Cup of Vnion should be the cause of difference among you I doubt not but either the Thief will out of Remorse restore it or some other as good will be sent unto you and according by his secret Charity the Doctor provided another He founded an Hebrew Lecture in Brasen-nose-Coll and dyed An. 1642. Memorable Persons Will. Smith an Ancient Surname in this County was made Pursuivant of Arms by the Name of Raugaragon He wrote a Geographical and Historical Description of this County set forth by Mr. Crew Will. Web. M. A. was Clerk of the Mayors Court in Chester and under-Sheriff in this County 13. Jac. He compiled a Descripton of Cheshire and Chestern Randel Crew Esquire second Son to Sir Clisby who was Son to Judge Crew drew an exact Map of Cheshire with his Pen which the Gravers skill could but little improve He went beyond the Seas where he was Assassinated by some French-men and honourably buried with general Lamentation of the English at Paris 1656. Noted Sheriffs An. 56. Hugh de Hatton monarch H. 3. whose Ancestors had Lands at Hatton in this County by the Grant of Will the Conq. From him is Lineally descended the Learned and Religious Sir Christ Hatton Knight of the Bath who set forth Pious Meditations on the Psalms created by King Ch. I. Bar. of Hatton in Kerby in Northamp The Original of the Conquerors Grant is in this Lords Possession and was preserved in the Civil-Wars tho his Library was then Plundred 3. Sr. Hugh Cholmly or Cholmondesly bought his Knighthood in the Field at Leigh in Scotland monarch Q. Ma. He was five times High-Sheriff of this County and sometimes of Flint-sh and for many years one of the two Dep. Lieutenants thereof He was President of the Marches of Wales under the Right honourable Sir Hen. Sidney Knight He was esteemed for 50 years a Father of his Country and dying An. 157 was buried in the Church of Malpass under a Tomb of Alabaster leaving a Son Heir to his Vertues and Estate Jo. Savage direct Anchestor to Sir Th. Savage Knight and Bar. created by King Ch. I. Baron Savage of Rock Savage in this County This Lord. a great Statesman married Eliz. Eldest Daughter and Coheir of Th. Lord Darcy of Chich. Viscount Colchester and E. of Rivers Honours entailed on his Posterity and now enjoyed by the Right Honourable Th. Savage E. of Rivers Battles Rowton-heath 1645. Sep. 24. His Majesty being informed that Col. Jones had seized the Suburbs and strong Church of St. Johns in Chester Marched Northward for the relief thereof Poins a Parliament-General pursued his Majesty At Rowton-heath within three Miles of Chester the Kings Army made a halt whilst his Majesty with some Prime Persons marched into the City Next day a fierce Fight hapned on the Heath betwixt the Kings and Poins's Forces the latter going off with the greater loss 'T was conceived that had the Royalists pursued the Single Enemy before they were recruited they had finally worsted him which Fatal Omission oppertunities omitting of no after-games proved their overthrow For next day Col. Jones drew out his Men into the Field so that the Royalists being charged on the Heath in Front and Rear and having no Foot were defeated before a considerable party of Horse designed for their Relief were sent from Chester who came too soon to engage themselves as they came too late to Succour their Friends Here fell the youngest of the three Noble Brethren who lost their Lives in the King's Service Bernard Steward Earl of Liechfield Chester CHester is a fair City on the North-side of the River Dee so Ancient that the first Founder thereof is forgotten much beholden to the Earls of Chester for Encrease and Ornaments The Walls thereof were lately in good repair especially betwixt the New-Tower and the Water-gate For An. 1569. a Personal Fight hap'ning betwixt the two Sheriffs thereof Rich. Massey and Pet. Lycherband they were fined to mend that part of the Wall The East-gate was committed formerly to the Custody of the Earl of Oxford Bride-gate to the Earl of Shrewsbury Water-gate to the Earl of Darby and North-gate to the Mayor of the City which is built in form of a Quadrant having four Streets that meet in the middle thereof affording a Pleasant Prospect Here under the Rows or Galleries a kind of Building peculiar to this City the Passengers may walk dry in wet Weather without coming into the Streets As for Buildings St. Werburges Church is a fair Structure whereof the Tower begun 1508. is unfinished built long before the Conquest and being ruined was repaired by Hugh Lupus first Earl It was afterwards made by King Hen. 8. one of his five Royal Bishopricks Oxf.
Saints St. Alkmund Son to Alred King of Northum slain in Battle occasioned by the Vice-Roy of Worcester in pursuing of his Title to some Lands was notwithstanding reputed a Martyr However it was believed Miracles were done at St. Alkmunds Church where his Body was interred whither the Northern People made Pilgrimages till discomposed by the Reformation Martyrs Joan Wast a blind Woman in Derby and an Innocent tho no Fool was burnt for the Testimony of the truth by the Command of B. Bains Cardinals Rog. Curson of Worshipful Extraction bred in Oxf. was afterwards Doctor in Paris and lastly a Cardinal in Rome by the Title of St. Steph. in Mount Celius He Accompanied Pelagius when the City Damiata in Egypt was taken under Jo. Brenn King of Jerusalem He wrote many Books and came over into England as the Popes Legate in the Reign of H. 3. Phil. de Repingdon or Repton became D. D. in Oxf. A great Assertor of the Doctrine of Jo. Wickliff but he recanted An. 1483. and became a Persecuter wherefore he was termed by those he molested Rampington He was made Abbot of Leicester An. 1400. Chancellor of Oxf. 1405. Bishop of Lincoln 1408. and was created by Pope Greg. 12. Card. of St. Nerius c. tho he had solemnly sworn he would make no more Cardinals till the Schisme in Rome were ended He resigned his Bishoprick An. 1420. Prelates Will. Gray Son to the Lord Gray of Codnor was as Honourable He first studied in Baliol-Coll in Oxf. then at Ferrara in Italy where he was an Auditor of Guarinus of Verona He was made by King H. 6. Procurator in the Court of Rome and was freely Elected to the Bishoprick of Ely An. 9. E. 4. 1469. he was Lord Treasurer the last Clergy-man that ever was preferred to that Office until Bishop Juxton in our daies enjoyed it He dyed 1478 and lies buried in the Church of Ely Since the Reformation Geo. Cooke D. D. Brother to Sir Jo. Cooke Secr. of State was born at Trusley and bred in Pemb. Hall in Camb. and then Minister of Bigrave in Hertf. Hence successively made Bishop of Bristol and Hereford a Grave Meek man and much beloved He was in the same Condemnation with the rest of his Brethren for subscribing the Protest in Parl. in defence of their Priviledges so that to prevent his want he was relieved by his Rich Relations He dyed about the year 1650. Statesmen Sir Jo. Cook younger Brother to Sir Francis was born at Trusley of Ancient and Worshipful Parentage He was bred Fell. of Trin. Coll. in Camb. and there became an Eminent Rhetorick Lecture And having Travelled beyond the Seas he returned Rich in foreign Language Observations and Experience Being related to Sir Fulk Grevil Lord Brook he was made Secretary of the Navy then Master of the Requests and at last Secr. of State He was a good Protestant and dyed 1644. Capital Judges and Writers on the Law Jo. Stathom born in the Reign of King H. 6. wrote an Abridgement of the Laws much esteemed for its Antiquity tho as I heard not much follow'd at this day in which Book I found a passage viz. that the Miller of Matlock took Toll twice because he heard the Rector of the Parish Read Tolle Tolle that is Crucifie him c. A Felonius Fruit of Latine Service Sir Anth. Fitz Herbert Son of Ralph H. Esquire was born at Norbury He was first the King Serj. at Law and then 14. H. 8. One of the Justices of the Com. Pleas. He wrote that Treasure of the Common-Law de Naturâ Brevium and a choice Abridgement of the Laws c And 't is Pity that there is not due and speedy care taken for the setting forth a new and more Correct Edition of the latter He lies interred in Norbury-Church Sea-Men Sir Hugh Willoughby Extracted from a Right worthy and Ancient Stock at Riseley in this County was An. ult E. 6. Employed for the North-East Passage and made Captain Gen. of a Fleet for Discovery of unknown Countries Their Commission bore date from the year of the World 55â—5 because they might have occasion to present it to Pagan Princes They departed from Debtford May 10. 1553. steering N. N.E. by a Tempest Aug. 2 they lost the Bonaventure the two other Ships viz. the Bona Esperanza Admiral and the Good Confidence which were all that were left being Shattered Sir Hugh holding on his Course descried a Land 160 Leagues from Synam an Isle belonging to the King of Denmark in lat 72. deg Which therefore was then called Willoughby-land But in Jan. 1554. He with most of his Company was Frozen to Death in the River or Haven called Arzina in Lapland And the Bonaventure returning safe performed afterwards Great Service in opening the Trade to Moscovy And now for your Diversion Note that in Lapland it is Death to Marry a Maid without her Parents or Friends Consent wherefore the Rights of all being saved The Maid must run with her Sweet-heart not for Tryal of Skill but of her Will and having the Advantage of a considerable part of the Race has it meerly in her own choice to signifie her dislike of his Person by out-running him or her consent to Matrimony by a Voluntary Hault under pretence of tying her Garter before she comes to the end of the Race All Parties being hereby concluded it is Penal for the Man to renew the motion of Marriage after a Repulse in the manner aforesaid Physicians Th. Linacer born in Derby bred in Oxf. and beyond the Seas was the first Restorer of Learning in our Nation a Man of an honest Conversation His Translation of Galen is not inferior to the Original in Purity of Style King Hen. 7. and 8. were both his Patrons He founded two Publick Lectures in Oxf. and one in Camb. for Physick 'T is said that a little before his Death he turned Priest and began to Study the Scripture with which formerly he was unacquainted insomuch that reading the 5 6 and 7 Chapters of St. Math. he vowed that either this was not the Gospel or we were not Christians He dyed An. Dom. 1524. and lieth buried at St. Pauls under a stately Monument built by Dr. John Caius another Phoenix of the same Profession springing from Linacer's Ashes and coming into general Credit after his Death Writers Th. Asburn D. D. was one of the Synod which Condemned Wickliff for Heresie Yet he asswaged the fury of the enraged People when they threatned to burn the Convent about the Augustinian Fryers Ears because Pateshul one of their Order in a Sermon Preached by him had some passages in Wickliff's Favour Benefactors to the Publick since the Reformation Eliz. Hardwick whose third Husband was Geo. Earl of Shrewsbury a Lady of undaunted Spirit founded a stately Alms-house for 12 poor People in Derby The Queen of Scots having been committed to her Husband the aforesaid Earl Queen Eliz. asking the Countess at Court how that Queen
of Meux in Berry Sir Adrian Fortescue Porter of Calice came over with Hen 7. by whom he was Created Knight Banneret Sir Hen Fortescue was Lord Chief Justice of Ireland highly esteemed for his many Vertues especially for his Sincerity in so tempting a place Sir Lewis Pollard of Kings Nimet Serj. of Law and one of the Judges of the Kings Bench in the time of H. 8. was a Man of singular Knowledge and worth He had by his Lady Eliz. 11. Sons whereof four were Knighted viz. Sir John of Ford Sir Richard and Sir George All the rest especially John Arch-Deacon of Sarum were well Advanced and 11. Daughters Married to the most Potent Families in this County so that by this Match almost all the Ancient Gentry in this County are allied This Memorable Knight dyed An. 1540. Sir Jo. Doderidge bred in Oxf. a General Scholar was second Justice of the Kings Bench. His Soul consisted of two Essentials Ability and Integrity holding the Scale of Justice with a steady Hand He is Famous for the Expression That as Old and infirm as he was he would go to Tyburn on Foot to see such a Man hang'd that should proffer Money for a place of Judicature it being necessary that those who buy such Offices by whole Sale should sell Justice by Retail to make themselves Savers He was commonly called The Sleeping Judge because he would sit on the Bench with his Eyes shut a Posture of attention He dyed leaving no issue 1628. and was interred in our Lady's Chappel in Exeter This County for Lawyers is next to Norfolk Three Serjeants were made at one time Serj. Glanvil Sen. Dew and Harris of whom it was said One gained One spent and One gave as much as the other Two The Town Tavistock furnisheth the Bar at this time with a Constellation of Pleaders wherein the biggest Stars are Serj. Glanvil and Serjeant Maynard Souldiers Sir Rich. Greenvil Knight lived and was Richly Landed at Bediford He was one of the 12 Peers who Accompanied Rob. Fitz-Haimon in his Famous Expedition against the Welsh and received in his Partage when the Conquered Country was divided good Land at Neath in Glamorganshire But he bestowed all his Military Acquests in Founding and Endowing a Monastery dedicated to the Virgin Mary at Neath for Cistertians He afterwards lived at Bediford under the Reign of W. Rufus 1100. and may seem to have Entailed Valour on his Name and still Flourishing Posterity Ja. Lord Audley had his principal Mansion at Barstable Famous for his Valour at the Battle of Poictiers in Fr. where the Black Prince rewarded him with a yearly Pension of 500 Marks which he gave to his four Esquires having as he said received this Honour by their means For which he begged the Prince's Pardon because he gave it away without his License and withal represented to him the Merit of his Esquires and his Resolutions to spend his own Estate in the Prince's Service The Prince Extolling his Bounty as well as Valour raised his former Pension into 1000 Marks This Noble Lord dyed about the beginning of King Rich. 2. Th. Stuckley was a younger Brother of an Ancient and Worshipful Family near Illfracombe One of good parts but great Ambition Having spent his Patrimony and undertaking the Plantation of Florida he blushed not to tell Queen Eliz. That he preferred rather to be Soveraign of a Mole-hill then the highest Subject to the greatest King in Christendom and that he was assured he should be a Prince before his Death I hope said the Queen I shall hear from you when you are Stated in your Principality I will Write unto you quoth Stuckley In what Language said the Queen He returned In the Stile of Princes To our dear Sister His fair Project of Florida being blasted for lack of Money he went into Ireland where missing the Preferment he expected he went over with a Treacherous Intent into Italy There he wrought himself with incredible Dexterity into the very Bosom of Pope Pius 5. Vaunting that with 3000 Souldiers he could beat all the English out of Ireland The Pope loading him with the Titles of Bar. of Ross Visc Murrough Earl of Wexford Marq. of Lemster furnished him with 800 Souldiers paid by the King of Spain for the Irish Expedition but Stuckley chose rather to Accompany Sebastian King of Portugal with two Moorish Kings into Africa where behaving himself valiantly with his 800 Men in the Battle of Alcaser he was slain An. 1578. In vain he had given good Counsel to these Furious Kings to refresh their faint Souldiers before the Fight for rushing on after their first Landing they buried themselves together in the same Ruin A fatal Fight wherein one Day was slain Three Kings that were and One that would be fain Geo. Monk highly descended Commenced Captain in the Martial Vniversity in the Low Countries noâ— per Salâ—um but from a private Souldier Being Governour of Scotland no Power or Policy of O. C. could fright him thence from which as a Castle he took the Prospect of our English Affairs He perceived that since the Martyrdom of King Charles several sorts of Government like the Sons of Jesse before Samuel passed before the English People but neither God nor our Nation had chosen them He resolved therefore to send for the Heroick David out of a Forraign Field as well assured that the English Loyalty would never be at rest till fixed in the Center thereof He secured Scotland in faithful Hands to have all his Foes before his Face and entreth England with a strong Army in Reputation consisting of excellent Foot but Lean tired Horse compleated by the Wise Conduct of their General The Loyal English did rather Gaze on then pray for him as ignorant of his intentions the private Man as the Apostle observes not knowing how to say Amen to what is spoken in an unknown Language Now began the English to be sensible that they were deluded with the Pretences of Religion and Liberty into Atheisme and Vassalage and therefore Remonstrating their Grievances they refused farther payment of Taxes Lambert cometh forth of Lond. abounding more with outward Advantages then General Monk wanted Dragon-like he breathed out nought but Fire and Fury chiefly against the Church and Clergy But he met with a St. George who struck him neither with Sword nor Spear but gave his Army a mortal wound without wounding it his Souldiers dwindled away and Lambert was too Weak to stop them The Hinder-part of the Parl. plyed the General with many Addresses He returned an Answer neither granting nor denying their desires giving them hope too little to trust yet too much to distrust him He was an absolute Riddle and no Ploughing with his Heifer to Expound him Indeed had he appeared what he was he had never been what he is a Deliverer of his Country But such must be as Dark as Midnight who mean to Atchieve Actions as bright as Noon-day After he had pulled down the
Jo. de Beigny Knight Lord of Edge-Lifford long'd earnestly for his youngest Son employed in the Wars against the Saracens in Spain and used to say Oh that I might but once Embrace my Son I would be content to dye presently And afterwards his Son returning unexpectedly he expired with an Extasie of Joy He flourished under King E. 3. Child of Ancient Extraction at Plimstock hunting at Dart-More lost his Company and Way in a bitter Snow and having killed his Horse he crept into his hot Bowels for warmth and wrote this with his Blood He that finds and brings me to my Tomb The Land of Pemstock shall be his Doom The Monks of Tavistock finding him Frozen to Death and being too Nimble for the Men of Plimstock buried him and the Abbot accordingly got that Rich Mannor into his Possession The Bridge built in the place where the Monks passed over the River is called Guils-Bridge to this day Nich. and Andr. Tremane were Twins alike in all Lineaments and felt like pain tho at a distance and without any intelligence given they equally desired to Walk Travel Sit Sleep Eat and Drink together In this they differed that at New Haven in France the one was a Captain of a Troop the other but a private Souldier There they were both slain together 1564. Noted Sheriffs 2. Rich. Comes that is Earl monarch H. 2. viz. of Devonshire who Married Avis Daughter and Heir of Reginald E. of Cornwal the base Son of Hen. 1 27. Will. Brewer whose Mother unable to maintain him cast him into the Brakes in New-Forrest where Hen. 2. found him He was made by Rich. 1. Baron of Odcomb and his Inheritance was by his Daughters and Heirs derived to Breos Wake la Fort and Percy Will. Yoo His Worshipful Family in this County give for their Arms Ar. a Cheveron monarch E. 3. S. between 3 Turky-Cocks in their pride proper Jo. Damerel Throwely in Dartmore his Chief Mannor came to his Family by Match with the Eldest Daughter and Coheir of Moeles who Married Avis sole Heir to Sir Will. le Prouze in the Reign of E. 2. monarch R. 2. her two younger Sisters being Married to North-coat and Wibery amongst whom a great Inheritance was divided and by a Writ of Partition An. 14. E. 3. Throwely fell to the share of Damerel Rich. Edgecombe Knight being Zealous in the Cause of the Earl of Richmond afterwards King H. 7. monarch H. 7. was too cunning for those whom King Rich. sent to apprehend him for upon their approach he tumbled his Cap with a Stone in it into the Water which by the noise it made and the Swimming of the Cap induced them to believe he had drowned himself He built a Chappel in the place where he had lurk'd King Hen. 7. rewarded his Loyalty by bestowing the Castle of Totnes upon him Pet. Carew Knight had much ado to save his Life monarch E. 6. when Imprisoned for his Complyance with Sir Tho. Wyate Afterwards he did signal Service in the Irish Wars He dyed 1575. monarch Q. Eliz. Rob. Dennis Knight erected An. 1592. a fair Almshouse in the Suburbs of Exeter for 12 poor Aged Men allowing to each an Herber and 12 pence weekly The Family descended from the Danes is now extinct the Heir General being Married into the House of the Rolles Amias Bampfield of Ancient and Worthy Extraction one of whose Ancestors Married to a Daughter and Coheir of the Lord Semaur whereby a fair Inheritance at South-Molton in this County accrued to this Family iâ— which Church this Amias with his Father lyeth Pâ—ttimore near Exeter hath been their prime Habitation ever since the time of King E. 1. Exeter Exeter is of a Circular Form Situated on the Top of a Hill and since Nature is the Scavenger thereof is a very cleanly City As for Manufactures Cloathing is plyed in this City with great Industry and Judgment the return of Serges alone in this City amounting weekly tho Trading be now Sick to 3000 Pounds This City was highly Commendable for its Loyalty when besieged by Perkin Werbeck in the Reign of H. 7. and by the Western Rebels in the Reign of E. 6. and in our time by the Parl. Forces in the Reign of King Ch. I. Their Valour was invincible in the two first and their Loyalty unstained in the last rewarded by their Enemies with the best made and best kept Articles Of Buildings the Cathedral is a most Beautiful Structure Here also is that Castle which when R. 3. ask'd its Name was called Rugement to the great astonishment of that Usurper who had heard he should never prosper after he had met Rugemont or rather Richmond in K. 7. In this City 13 Churches were exposed to sale by the Publick Cryer and bought by well affected Persons who preserved them from Destruction For Wonders take this one when Exeter was besieged by the Parl. Forces so that only the South side towards the Sea was open unto it an incredible Number of Larks were found in that open quarter which were sold for two pence the dozen and tho it may be alledged that they were â—ighted thither by the shooting or that being Winter they shelrted themselves in the Southern parts or lastly that they were invited thither by some sort of Seeds that had been there lately sown yet the Cause of Causes was Divine Providence providing a feast for many poor People Princes Henrietta youngest Child of King Charles and Queen Mary was born at Bedford-house in this City An. 1644. June 16. After her long and sad Night of Affliction the Day dawn'd with her in her Brothers happy return Since she is Married to the D. of Orleans I had the Honour to be once Chaplain to that Princess Prelates Bartholm Iscanus the Oracle of Learning and Religion in his time was Bishop of Exeter and opposed Beckets insolence He dyed An. 1185. Having been intimate with Baldvinus Devonius of poor Parentage a Man of great Learning and Merit made Bishop of Worcester then Arch-bishop of Canterbury An Eloquent Man and Pious Preacher He attended King Rich. 1. into Palestine and dyed there 1190. Walt. Bronscombe of mean descent by his own Industry raised himself to be Bishop of Exeter where he built and endowed a Hospital He also founded a fair Colledge at Perin in Cornwall He instituted an Annual Festival to the Angel Gabriel and left Land to defray the cost of the Solemnity tho I believe it was only observed in his own Diocess Yet he is said to have compassed the Mannor of Bishops-Clift to his Church by indirect means Writers Joseph Iscanus was a Golden Poet in a leaden Age. This our English Maro had for his Mecenas Baldwin Arch-bishop of Cant. The Dutch-men Printed a poem of this Joseph under the Name of Cornelius Nepos who lived in the Days of Tully Will. of Exeter D. D. in Oxf. and afterward Canon of the Cathedral in Exeter being back'd with Pope John 23 he was able
Arch-bishops Restoration then being poor he was made by Arundels means Bishop of Lond. and dyed 1404. Since the Reformation Rich. Howland born at Newport-Ponds consecrated Bishop of Peterborough dyed June 1600. Jo. Jegon born at Coxhall Mr. of Bennet-Coll and thrice Vice-Chancellour of the University of Camb. He was both Grave and Facetius The Mulcts of the Undergraduats were by him one time expended in new whiting the Hall of the Coll. Whereupon a Scholar hung up these Verses on the Skreen Dr. Jegon Bennet-Colledge Master Brake the Scholars-head and gave the Walls a Plaister To which the Doctor Annexed Knew I but the Wagg that writ these Verses in a Bravery I would commend him for his Wit but whip him for his Knavery He was made Bishop of Norwich by King Ja. as being mighty Zealous for the Church of England He dyed An. 1618. Sam. Haresnet born at Colchester was Bishop of Chich. then of Norw and at last Arch-bishop of York and Privy Councellor to King Ch. II. He founded and endowed a fair Grammer-School at Chigwell He bequeathed his Library to Colchester provided they were kept in a decent Room for the use of the Clergy of that Town He dyed An. 1631. Augustine Linsel D. D. born at Bumsted was exact in Greek Hebrew and all Antiquity 〈◊〉 was Bishop of Peterborough and thence removed to Hereford where he dyed 163 Statesmen Sir Th. Audley Keeper of the Great Seal 1532. was An 24. H. 8. made Knight of the Garter Lord Chancellour of England and Baron Audley of Audley End in this County He got a Grant of the Priory of the Trinity now Dukes Place in Ealdgate Ward Lond. the first that was dissolved He had one only Daughter who was Married to Th. last D. of Norfolk He dyed 1544. and was buried in the Church of Saffron Walden He founded and endowed Magd. Coll. in Camb. for the maintenance of able Poets Sir Rich. Morison Knight skilled in Languages and in the Laws was frequently employed Ambassadour by H. 8. and E. 6. unto Ch. 5. Emp. c. He began a Beautiful House a Cashobery but before he had finished it and after he had fled beyond the Seas he dyed in Strasburgh An. 1556. Sir Anth. Cook Knight Great-Grand-child to Sir Th. Lord Mayor of Lond. was born at Giddy-Hall He was one of the Governours to Ed. 6. whilst Prince His Daughters were Learned in Greek and Latine and Poetry of whom Mildred was Married to Will. Cecil Lord Treasurer and Ann to Nich. Bacon Lord Chanc. of England and Katherine to Hen. Killigrew This Kath. being unwilling her Husband Sir Hen. should be sent Ambassadour to France wrote to her Sister Mildred these Verses Si mihi quem cupio cures Mildreda remitti Tu bona tu melior tu mihi sola â—oror Sin male cunctando retines vel tranâ— Mare mittes Tu Mala tu pejor tu mihi nulla soror It si Connubiam tibi pax sit omnia loeta Sin mare Cecili nuntio bella Vale. This Sir Anth. dyed An. 1576. leaving a fair Estate to his Son Sir Th. Smith Knight born at Saffron-Walden was by order of King Hen. 8. brought up beyond the Seas He was afterwards Secr. of State to Queen Eliz. and a great Benefactor to both Universities He dyed An. 1577. Th. Howard second Son to Th. last D. of Norf. by Marg. Heir to Th. Lord Audle was by Queen Eliz. made Baron of Audley and Knight of the Garter and King Ja. who beheld his Father a State Martyr for the Queen of Scots An. 1. Regni advanced him Lord Chamberlain and Earl of Suff. any An. 12 Lord Treasurer of England When made Chancellour of the University of Camb. he answered the Orators Speech by telling him Tho he knew no Latine he knew the Sence to make him wellcome and that he would serve the Vniversity faithfully c. Upon which the Vice-Chanc Hasnet requested him to entertain King Ja. at Camb. which accordingly he did in a very Magnificent Manner at the expence of above 5000 l. Hence after his Death Th. his second Son Earl of Barkshire succeeded him in the Place He dyed at Audley-End An. 1626. being Grandfather to the Right Honourable Ja. Earl of Suff. Rich. Westory probably Son to Sir Jerom Sher. in this County An. 21. Eliz. impaired his Estate to improve himself with Publick Accomplishments and was no looser when made Chancellour of the Exchequer and An. 4. Car. I. Lord Treasurer of England He was created Earl of Portland An. 18. Car. I. and dyed An. 163 Capital Judges Sir Jo. Bramstone born at Maldon and bred in the Middle-Temple was by King Ch. I. made Lord Chief Justice of the Kings Bench. One accomplished with all Qualities requisite for a Person of his place Having Married Serj. Bruertons Widow he paid near 3000 l. to Sidney-Coll which that Serjeant bequeathed by his Will imperfect in it self and invalid in the Rigour of the Law His opinion was for Ship-money which cost him much trouble He dyed about 1646. Souldiers Rob. Fitz. Walter born at Woodham-Walters highly beloved by Rich. 1. and King Jo. until the latter banished him because he would not Prostitute his Daughter to his Pleasure The French entertain'd him joyfully till upon a Truce betwixt France and England an English Man Challenged any of the French and was answer'd and unhorsed by this Fitz-Walter Hereupon King Jo. sent for him and restored his Lands to him with License to repair his Castles and particularly Bainards-Castle in Lond. He was Vulgarly Stiled The Marshal of Gods Army and Holy-Church He dyed An. Dom. 1234. and lyeth buried in the Priory of Little-Dunmow Sir Jo. Haukewood Son to Gilbert a Tanner was born at Sible Heningham and bound an apprentice to a Taylor in Lond. Afterwards he served King E. 3. in the French Wars and was Knighted for his Valour Then he served the City and then Free-State of Florence which rewarded his Gallant Service with a Rich Statue and Sumptuous Monument wherein his Ashes remain honoured at this day He had a Son born in Italy Naturalized An. 7. H. 4. He dyed very Aged An. 1394. 18. R. 2. Th. Ratcliffe Lord Fitz-Walter and Earl of Suss was twice Deputy of Ireland A most Valiant Man by whose Diligence and Prudence the threatning Clouds of Rebellion were dispersed in his time Afterwards at the Court of England he opposed Rob. Earl of Leicester He dyed An. Dom. and was buried in the Church of St. Olives Hartfleet in London Sir Fr. Vere rigid in Nature and undaunted in dangers served on the Scene of all Christendom where War was acted One Master-piece of his Valour was at the Battle of New-port where he was attended by the Ragged Regiment Another was when for three years he defended Ostend against a strong Army He dyed in the beginning of the Reign of King Ja. His younger Brother Sir Horace had as much Courage and more Meekness so Pious that he first made his
born in Verulam was Martyred under Dioclesian An. 303. Note that there grows good Liquoras on the ruinous Walls of that City Popes Nicholas Son to Rob. Breakspear born at Abbots-Langley was Lay-brother in the Abbey of St. Albans He was afterwards Pope of Rome by the Name of Adrian 4. having recommended himself to the Chair by his converting the Norwegians He was Choakt with a Fly 1158. Whose Nephew Boso was made Cardinal 1155. Prelates Richard de Ware al. Warren was made Abbot of Westminster 1260 and afterwards Treasurer of England to E. 1. He made that Pavement at Westminster which is a Master-piece of Art He died 1283. Ralph Baldock wrote a History of England and was made B. of London by E. 1. He gave above 200 l to repair the East part of St. Pauls where upon clearing the Foundation there were a great number of Heads of Oxen found which probably had been sacrificed to Diana He died 1313. Jo. Barnet was made B. of Worc. then translated to Bath and Wells hence to Ely and was Lord Treasurer of England He died 1373. Th. Rudburn was Chancellour of the University of Oxf. 1420. A great Scholar and Mathematician His mildness procured him the Love of persons of Honour He built a Tower over the Gate of Merton Coll. He wrote a Chron. of England and was B. of St. Dav. He flourished 1419. Statesmen Sir Edw. Waterhouse Knight born at Helmsted-bury of an ancient Family since the time of H. 3. His Father was Auditor to H. 8. who foretold that this Edward when but a Child would be the Crown of all his Fathers Children and a Man of great Honour and Wisdom fit for the Service of Princes And accordingly he grew in the Favour of great Persons and Knowledge of the Affairs of State Walt. Devereux E. of Essex lying on his death-Bed said to him Oh my Ned farewell thou art the faithfullest and friendliest Gentleman that ever I knew Sir Jo. Perrot Dep. of Ireland would do nothing in State-Affairs without him He was afterwards in the Reign of Q. Elizabeth Knighted then made Privy-Councellor for Ireland and Chancellor of the Exchequer therein Where he was highly instrumental in modelling the Shires as they now are He boldly signed the Instrument wherein the Earl of Desmond was proclaimed Traitor when other Privy-Councellours dreading the Earls greatness durst not do the same He died at Wood-Church 1591. leaving no Issue Henry Cary Visc of Faulkland in Scotland was born at Aldnam A most accomplished Gentleman and compleat Courtier He was made by K. James Dep. of Ireland He married the Daughter and Heir of Sir Lawrence Tanfield Chief Bar. of the Exchequer by whom he had a fair Estate in Oxf. He died 1620. Souldiers Sir Henry Cary was made by Q. Elizabeth Lord Chamb. Baron of Hunsden He said to his Servants when they had drawn their Swords in his Quarrel against one Mr. Colt You Rogues may not I and my Neighbour change a Blow but you must interpose His custom in Swearing and Obscenity in Speech tho it may induce some of the Modern improvers of such Liberal Arts to Swear He was a fine Gentleman yet it made him seem a worse Christian than he was and a better Knight of the Carpet then he could be He might have been with the Queen whatsoever he would himself but would be no more then what he was preferring enough above a Feast in that Nature He was a Man of great Candour Loyalty and Courage The first Northern Commotion was suppressed by him after which the Queen sent him a Congratulatory Letter in which she highly commended his Wisdom Valour and Fidelity When he lay on his death-Bed the Queen was pleased to give him a Visit and caused a Patent for the Earldom of Wiltshire be drawn up and the Robes to be made and both to be laid upon his Bed But this Lord whose Dissimulation was as his Latine Madam said he seeing you counted me not worthy of this Honour whilst I was living I count my self unworthy of it now I am dying He deceased 1596. and lyeth buried in Westminster-Abbey being the direct Ancestor to the Earls of Dover and Monmouth Physicians Jo. Giles born at St. Albans was Physician to Philip K. of France then D. D. and the first English Dominican Rob. Grosthead B. of Linc. lying on his death-Bed sent for him and expected double comfort from him He died 1253. Writers Alex. Nequam was born in St. Albans to the Abbot of which he wrote for Admission Si vis veniam Sin autem tu autem To whom the Abbot return'd Si vis venias Si Nequam nequaquam One Philip accosts Nequam thus Et niger nequam cum sis cognomine Nequam Nigrior esse potes Nequior esse nequis To whom Nequam rejoyn'd Phi nota faetoris lippus malus omnibus horis Phi malus Lippus totus malus ergò Philippus Yet Nequam was Miraculum ingenii He was Canon of Exeter and lyes buried at Worcester William of Ware was Instructor to Jo. Duns Scotus He flourished under H. 3. 1270. Jo. Mandevile Knight born at St. Albans wrote his own Wonderful Itinerary through Afric c. He was wont to say of that Age Virtue is gone the Church is despised the Clergy doe err the Devil reigns and Simon is his Deputy He died 1370. Nicholas Gorham a Dominican bred in Merton Colledge in Oxford spent his life in France He commented almost on all the Scriptures He died at Paris 1400. Jo. Whethamstead was Abbot of St. Albans in the adorning of which Church he spent above 6000 pounds On the North side of the Church he set up the Statues of those Heathen Philosophers who had testified of the Incarnation of Christ Having written above 80 Treatises he died 1440. Jo. Bourchier Baron Berners of an Honourable Family whose ancient Seat was Tharfield in this County For his good Service in mauling Michael Joseph the Black-smith leader of the Cornish Rebells against K. Henry 7. 1496 he was made Chief Governour of Calis He translated many and wrote some Books He was the second Author the Lord Tiptoft being the first since the decay of Learning He died 1532. 'T is said the Berners Estate is descended to the Knyvets in Norf. Since the Reformation Th. Cartwright of St. Jo. Coll. in Cambridge whence he fled in Q. Maries time was Marg. Professor in the Reign of Q. Elizabeth He was the Champion of the Presbyterian Party He died An. 1603. Arthur Capel Esquire of Hadham was by Charles 1. created Baron 1641. After the surrender of Oxford he retired to his House from whence he went to Colchester His Loyalty to his Master was proof against all Batteries and Sollicitations of his Enemies He was beheaded 1648. Undaunted on the Scaffold Hence one alluding to his Arms a Lyon Ramp in a field G. betwixt 3 Crosses made these following Lines Thus Lyon-like Capel undaunted stood Beset with Crosses in a field of blood He wrote a
knockt on the head as foolish Sidney was by his own forwardness and was restless till his return He was then in the Zenith of Reputation when he return'd Victorious from Cadiz tho he very quickly awakened the Queens jealousie by his Popularity His declination commenced upon his unfortunate Expedition into Ireland which with his absence from the Queen and his ensuing return to Court without leave were without any difficulty by his Enemies laid hold upon as a sure Foundation on which they might build the Earls Ruin and he himself did not a little contribute thereunto when he headed a Company of disaffected Persons who with their Swords in their Hands required that Evil Councellors might be removed from the Queen under that Pretence affording their zealous tho too weak assistance to the distressed Essex But the Gun-powder of their zeal did no other Execution than blow their own Heads up into a vain expectation of the Conquest of Terra incognita their Designs into a final disappointment and the once beloved Earl into the final displeasure of the Queen 1600. He was valiant liberal to Scholars and Souldiers nothing distrustful if not too confident of Fidelity in others Revengefulness was not bred but put into his Disposition When one flattered him to his Face for Valour No said he my Sins ever made me a Coward In a Word his failings were neither so foul nor so many but that the Character of a right worthy Man belongs to his Memory Writers Roger of Hereford bred in Camb. wrote a Book of Judicial Astrology and was skilful in Metalls c. by which he was acceptible to the Nobility He Flourished 1170. under H. 2. William Lemster D. D. in Oxford was a Franciscan He wrote Collations on the Master of Sentences and Questions in Divinity Since the Reformation Richard Hackluit of Ancient Extract bred in Oxford was Prebend of Westminster He set forth a Collection of the English Sea Voyages a work of great Honour in England He died in the beginning of King James leaving a fair Estate to his Son a Spend-thrift who said he had cheated the covetous Vsurer who had given him spick and span-new Money for the old Land of his Great Grand-Father Jo. Guillim of Welsh Extraction Born in this County was Pursuivant of Arms by the name of Portsmouth then Rouâ—eâ—roix He wrote that Learned Treatise called the Display of Heraldry of which one Writes But let me tell you this will be the harm In Arming others you your self disarm Sic vos non vobis c. He died about the end of King James Jo. Davies of Hereford was the great Master of the Pen in England for fast fair close and various Writing and could Flourish with his Fancy in Poetry as well as with his Pen. He died in the midst of the Reign of King James Romish Exile Writers Humphrey Ely Bred in Oxford was Professor of the Canon and Civil Laws at Pont-muss in Lorain He Died and was Buried there 1604. with two Epitaphs viz. He eased others of Poverty being himself almost pinched therewith and Wonder not that England is clouded with Heresies here her Son lies Benefactors Jo. Walter Born in Hereford Bred in London was Clerk of Drapers-Hall Having vowed he would give the surplusage of his Estate to Pious uses Accordingly he built and endowed a fair Alms-house in Southwark another at Newington both in Surrey on which and other Pious Uses he expended well nigh 10000 l. whereof 20 l. per an he gave to Hereford he died and was Buried at London 1656. Memorable Persons Rosamund Daughter of Walter Lord Clifford was a Mistress-piece of Beauty and therefore Concubine to H. 2. and Mother to William Longespee Earl of Salisbury King Henry is said to have Built a Labyrinth at Woodstock to hide this his Mistress from Jealous Juno Queen Eleanor who yet getting access to her caused her death She was Buried at Godstow-Nunnery near Oxford with this Epitaph Hîc jacet in Tumbâ Rosa Mundi non Rosa munda Non redolet sed olet quae redolere solet Hugh Bishop of Lincoln caused her Bones to be scattered which afterwards were gathered by the Nuns and put into a perfumed Bag where they continued till the Reign of H. 8. An. 8. Rich. de Baskevil from a Town in Normandy so named monarch E. 2. Whose Ancestors immediately after the Conquest were Benefactors to the Abbey of Saint Peters in Glouc. Note This County had Sheriffs long before H. 2. 26. Walter Devereux Probably the same who Married Anne Daughter and Heir to William Lord Ferrers of Chartley monarch H. 6. and in her right was Created Lord Ferrers He was Father to John Lord Ferrers of Chartley who Married Cecily Sister to Henry Bourchier Earl of Essex and was Father to Walter Devereux Lord Ferrers Created Viscount Hereford by King Ed. 6. and was Father to Sir Richard Devereux Knight Father to Walter Devereux first Earl of Essex of that Family 14 Ja. Baskevile 18 Jo. Mortimer 19 Richiard de la Bere a Leash of Valiant Knight Batchelors were by H. 7. an 1. made Knights Bannerets monarch E. 4 11. Richard Cornwall Knight attended the Duke of Suffolk into France An. 15. H. 8. at what time they took the Town of Roy monarch H. 8. of which Sir Richard took possession Sir James Crofts was priviledged from being Sheriff monarch Q. Eliz. by his attendance on the Court and Camp For his supposed complyance with Wyate he was convicted of High-Treason under Queen Mary but was restored by Queen Elizabeth and made Governor of the Town and Castle of Barwick He behaved himself Valiantly at the Siege of Lieth yet in the Second assault when the English were worsted the blame fell on him as if he favoured the French and maligned the Lord Grey then General so that he was outed of his Government of Barwick yet he continued Privy-Councellor and Controller of the Houshold to the Queen He was one of the Commissioners in 88 to Treat with the Spaniard in Flanders His inheritance is lately devolved to Hen. Crofts D. D. and Dean of Hereford 40 Thomas Conisby Founded a place in Hereford for poor People 43 Jacob Scudamore was Father to Sir Jo. Created by King Charles Viscount Slego in Ireland This Lord was employed Leiger Ambassadour in France and during the Tyranny of the Protectorian times kept his secret Loyalty to his Soveraign Hospitality to his Family and Charity to the distressed Clergy Huntington-shire HVntington-shire is surrounded with Nothampton Bedford and Cambridge-shires and is hardly 20 miles in length The goodness of the Land may be collected from the plenty of Convents erected therein the fourth part of the whole having been Abbey-Land All England can hardly shew in so short a distance so pleasant a Park as Waybridge so fair a Meadow as Portsholme and so fruitful a Town for Tillage as Godmanchester all three situated within 3 miles Of Buildings Kimbolton-Castle was the Joynture of Q. Katherine Dowager
the Nation and advantage of the Protestant Religion Those Vseful Instruments remaining in safer Custody will serve upon occasion to pair the Nails if not to cut the Fingers of Sanctified Ambition From this Library Secretaries of State c. have recovered lost Originals This Sir Robert was a Man of publick Spirit it being his principal endeavour in all Parliaments wherein he served so often that the Prerogative and Priviledge might run in their due Channel and in truth he did cleave the Pin betwixt the Soveraign and the Subject He was wont to say that He had the least share in himself whilst his Country and Friends had the greatest Interest in him He died at his House in Westminster May 6. An. 1631. Aet 61. Tho one may truly say his Age was adequate to the continuance of the Creation Such was his exact Skill in all Antiquity By Eliz. Daughter and Coheir of William Brocas Esquire he had only one Son Sir Th. now living who by Margaret Daughter to the Lord Will. Howard Grand-child to Th. D. of Norf. hath one Son Ja. Cotton Esquire and 2 Daughters Lucie and Frances The Posthume Works of this Worthy Knight are lately set forth to the great profit of Posterity Steph. Marshall born at God-Manchester and bred in Eman. Coll. in Camb. was Minister at Finchfield in Ess and after long discontinuance B. D. in Camb. To the long Parliament he was in their Fasts and Preaching their Trumpet in their Sickness their Confessor in their Assembly their Councellour in their Treaties their Chaplain and in their Disputations their Champion He was of so supple a Soul that he brake not a joynt yea sprained not a Sinew in all the alteration of Times and his Friends put all on the account not of his unconstancy but Prudence who in his own Practice as they conceive reconciled the various Lections of St. Pauls Precept Rom. 12.11 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Serving the Lord and the times He is said on his death Bed to have given full satisfaction to such who formerly suspected his sincerity to the Presbyterian Discipline dying An. 1655. He was buried in the Abbey of Westm Exile Romish Writers Rich. Broughton born at Great Steuckley bred and made Priest at Rhemes in Fr. was afterward in England made Assistant to the English Arch-Priest in propagation of the Roman Catholick Cause He wrote an English Ecclesiastical Hist from the first planting of the Gospel to the coming in of the Saxons He was living in the latter end of K. James Benefactors Ambrose Nicholas born at Needenworth Salter then Lord Mayor in London 1576. founded 12 Alm-houses in Mungwel-Street with competent maintenance Sir Wolstan Dixie born at Catworth Skinner then Lord Mayor in London 1585. gave 600 l. to Eman. Coll. in Camb. to the founding of a Fellowship erected a Free-School at Bosworth in Leic. and endowed it where his Family flourish at this day in worshipfull Estate Rich. Fishbourn Gent. born in Hunt gave 2000 l. for the buying of Impropriations in the North and setling a preaching Ministery where most want thereof he bequeathed as much to the Company of Mercers and the same sum to Huntington with 1000 Marks to Christ-Church Hosp He professed on his death-Bed that to his Knowledge he had got no part of his goods unjustly having got it in the Service of Sir Baptist Hicks after Visc Cambden Memorable Persons Sir Oliver Cromwell Knight Son to Sir Hen. Knight of Hinching Brooke gave K. James and his Court a prodigious entertainment He was an upright dealer Sir Jo. Leamon Lord Mayor of London having bought the fair Mannor of Warboise of him affirmed that it was the cheapest Land that ever he bought and yet the dearest that ever Sir Oliver sold None that bought of him was ever put to a three pence Charge to make good his Title He was very Loyal always beholding the Vsurpation and Tyranny of Nephew and Name-sake with Hatred and Contempt He died 1654. Kent KEnt a Kingdom in the Sax. Heptarchie hath the Thames on the N. the Sea on the E. and S. Surrey and Sussex on the W. in length 53 Miles and in breadth 26. A considerable part of the County is called Weald that is Wood-land Ground the Inhabitants whereof are called Wealdish Men. The general goodness of the Soyl may be gathered from the greatness of the Kentish breed of Cattle The natural Commodities are Cherries first planted here by K. Hen. 8. Saintfoine or Holy Hay a great Fertilizer of Barren Ground Trouts at Forditch Weld or Wold a Seed sown with Barley and peeping out of the Earth when this is cut The use of it is to dy the best Yellow Then Madder for making Reds and Violets whereof there are Crop-Madder betwixt 4 and 5 l. the Hundred Vmber owe between 3 and 4 l. and Pipe or fat-Madder about 1 l. 10 s. It was some 2 years since sown by Sir Nich. Crisp at Debâ—ford The next is Flax the best in England The Manufactures are Cloth in great credit Thread at Maidston As for Buildings the Cathedral of Rochester hath a venerable aspect of Antiquity The Kings Palaces here are 3. viz. 1. Greenwich affording a most pleasant Prospect 2. Eltham not altogether so wholsome and 3 Otford which Arch-bishop Warham did so enlarge and adorn that Cranmer his Successor was in some sort forced to exchange it with H. 8. on no gainful Conditions Cobham the House of the late D. of Richmond and the fair Mansion House of Sir Edward Hales Baronet when finished will carry away the credit from all the Buildings in this County A Wonderful Accident hapned Aug. 4. 1585 in the Hamlet of Mottingham in a Field belonging to Sir Percival Hart. Betimes in the Morning the Ground began to sink 3 great Elm Trees were suddenly swallowed into the Pit and before 10 of the clock no part of them could be discerned the Concave being suddenly filled with Water The Hole was above 50 Fathoms deep Ten yards distance from that place there was another piece of ground sunk in like manner Of Ships the most best and biggest are built at Woolwich and Winter near Chattam The great SOVERAIGN built at Dulwich a Lieger Ship for State is the greatest Ship our Island ever saw I am informed that the Mystery of Shipwrights for some discents hath been preserved successively in Families of whom the Pets about Chattam are of singular regard Queen Eliz. erected a Navy-Royal continued and encreased by her Successors of the best Ships ever Europe beheld whereas before her time our Kings hired Vessels from Hamburgh Lubeck and Genoa The Model of our great Ships primitively were our own and we have improved the Patterns of those Frigots that were taken from the Dunkerkers in the daies of the D. of Buck. Lord Admiral 2 of which still survive in his Majesties Navy by the Name of Providence and Expedition The Navy-Royal exceeds all other Kingdomes and States in Europe for 1. Swiftness 2. Strength
and dangers of the Times He thought that Intelligence could not be bought too dear the Cause that so great a Statesman left so small an Estate and that so Publick a Person was so privately buried in St. Pauls An. 1590. His only Daughter Frances was successively matched to three matchless Men Sir Philip Sidney Rob. E. of Essex and Richard Earl of Clanricard Capital Judges and Writers on the Law Sir Jo. Fineux born probably at Swinkfield bestowed on him by Th. Criol a Lord in the Reign of E. 2. was for 24 years L. Ch. J. of the K. Bench. viz. from 11 H. 7. to 17. H. 8. He was a great Benefactor to St. Augustines in Cant. and was of great Prudence Justice Piety and Humanity He died about 1526. and lyes buried in Christ-Church in Cant. Sir Rog. Manwood born at Sandwich was by Q. Eliz. preferred second Justice of the Com. Pleas and afterwards Chief Bar. of the Exchequer He was one of the Commissioners who sate on the Trial of the Q. of Scots He wrote a Learned Book of the Forrest Laws He erected and endowed a Free-School at Sandwich and died An. 35 Eliz. 1593. Sir Hen. Finch Knight of Right Worshipful Extraction the ancient Surname being Herbert was Serj. at Law to K. James and wrote a Book of the Law which is much esteemed He wrote also another learned Book of the Calling of the Jews by which he was brought into some trouble K. James conceiving that Sir Hen. advanced the Common-Wealth of the Jews to the depressing Christian Monarchies He was Father unto Sir Jo. Finch L. Ch. J. and for a time Lord Keeper and Baron of Fore-ditch Souldiers In former times the leading of the Front in Armies absolutely belonged to the Men of Kent When the Cornish had that priviledge in the time of K. Arthur it was only Temporary and when the Men of Archenfeld in Herâ—ford-sh prescribed to have it that was only local as being confined to the Welsh Warrs Seamen Will. Adams born at Gillingham served the English Company of Barbary Merchants 10 years and was for 14 years Employed by the Dutch in India Being Pilot to their Fleet of 5 Sail he conducted them to Japan being the first English-man who effectually discovered that Island and in order to the settlement of Trade endured many Miseries He died at Firando in Japan 1612. Civilians Nich. Wotton Son to Sir Rob. was born at Bockton-Malherb He was the first Dean of 2 Metrapol Churches of Cant and York and of those Cathedrals Also Privy Councellour to 4. Successive Soveraigns K. Hen. 8. E. 6. Q. Ma. Q. Eliz. was Employed 13 several times in Embassies to Forreign Princes He refused the Arch-Bishoprick of Cant. He died An. 1566. and was buried in Cant. Giles Fletcher D. L. and Brother to Rich. B. of Lond. was a most Excellent Poet Commissioner into Scotl. Germ. and the Low Countrys for Q. Eliz. and her Ambassador into Russia Secretary of Lond. and Master of the Court of Requests His Russian Embassy to settle the English Merchandise was his Master-piece to Theodore Juanowich D. of Muscovia He came thither in 88. when some Hollanders envying the free Trade of the English had done them bad Offices and when a false report was generally believed that the Spanish Armado had worsted the English Fleet. Yet our Doctor demeaned himself with such Cautiousness that he procured many priviledges for the English Merchants exemplified in Mr. Hackluit Having returned home he gave God hearty Thanks for being rid out of the power of that Barbarous Prince and wrote a Book called The Russian Common-wealth the printing whereof was not permitted by Q. Eliz. Physicians Rob. Floyd of a Knightly Family was bred in Oxf. and beyond the Seas A great Philosopher and Physician He was of the Order of the Rosa-Crucians His Books are Mystical as his Discourses were He died An. 1637. Will. Harvey born at Folkston and bred in Caius-Coll in Camb. where he proceeded Dr. of Physick 5 years also he studied at Padua He was afterwards Physician to Ch. 1. and was not only Dr. Medicinae but Dr. Medicorum For this was he who first found out the Circulation of the Blood Tho he lived a Batchelor he may be said to have left three hopefull Sons to Posterity his Books 1. De Circulatione Sanguinis 2. De Generatione 3. De Ovo This Dr. had made a good progress in laying down a Practice of Physick conformable to his Thesis of the Circulation of blood but was plundred of his Papers in the Civil War Yet Posterity will acknowledge the improvements of this opinion as Superstructures on his Foundations and thankfully pay the fruit to his Memory He hath since been a second Linacre and great Benefactor to the Colledge of Physicians at Lond. He died An. Dom. 1657. Writers Jo. of Kent was sent Legate by Pope Innoc. 4. into Engl. He flourished 1248. Haimo of Feversham went to Paris where he was inter Aristotelicos Aristotelissimus He was Provincial then General of the Franciscan Order in Engl. when on his death-Bed he received a Visit from the Pope He died 1260. Having first corrected the Roman Breviary Sim. Stock lived an Hermite in a hollow Tree whence his name tho B. D. of Oxf. He left behind him many superstitious Books Being 80 years of Age he had a Revelation that before his Death he should behold a Holy Order of Carmelites come out of Syria which fell out accordingly Simon coming out of his Oak to meet them which is as true as that he was fed 7 years with Manna in Mount Carmel Th. Haslewood an Augustinian Frier in Leeds a good Scholar and fruitful Historian He flourished under E. 2. 1321. in a Manuscript in Librar Cotton he mentions how Edw. the Black Prince took K. Jo. of Fr. Captive vanquished Hen. an Usurper in Spain and restored Peter K. of Spain Since the Reformation Sir Th. Wiat Senior Knight was born at Allington-Castle Being Servant to H. 8. he fell into his disfavour about the business of Q. Anne Bullen till by his Innocence Industry and Discretion he extricated himself He was one of great Learning admirable Ingenuity and answered his Anagram Wiat a Wit He translated David Psalms into English Metre Of him Leland Let Florence fair her Dante 's justly boast And Royal Rome her Petrarchs numbred feet In English Wiat both of them doth Coast In whom all graceful Eloquence doth meet Being sent Ambassador by Hen. 8. to Ch. 5. Emp. before he took shipping he died of the Pestilence An. 1541. Leonard Diggs Esq one of excellent Learning and deep Judgment was very skilful in Architecture and Fortification He printed his Tectonicon Prognostick general Stratiotick c. He flourished 1556 and died I think about the beginning of Q. Eliz. His Learning seems to run in the Blood of his Family Witness Sir Dudley Diggs of Chilham-Castle made Mr. of the Rolls 1636. whose Abilities will be in perpetual remembrance And the Son of
the Bird the Bird extendeth his Legs and Wings going towards the Fowler till surprised in the Net But it is observed that the Foolisher the Fowl or Fish the finer the Flesh thereof Pippins very good about Kirton in Holland Note when they are graffed on a Pippin Stock they are called Renates There are very good Doggs in this County as Fleet-Hounds Grey-Hounds originally employed in the Hunting of Grays that is Brocks and Badgers Mastiffs for Bull and Bear the Sport being much affected therein especially near Stamford As for Buildings no County affords worse Houses or better Churches and these are made of Polished Stone imported from other Parts so that what might seem a Parodox is true here The further from Stone the better the Churches The Cathedral of Lincoln whose Floor is higher than the Roof of many Churches is a Magnificent Structure Three other Bishopricks viz. Ely Peterborough and Oxford were carved out of this Diocess Of the Houses of the Nobility Tattershall belonging to the Right Honorable the E. of Lincoln has been advanced by degrees to the modern Magnificence thereof Grimsthorp built by Ch. D. of Suff. to entertain H. 8. in his Progress into these Parts is now in the Possession of the Right Honorable E. of Lindsey For Wonders At Fishtoft no Mice or Rats are found insomuch that Barns built party per pale in this and the next Parish on one side are annoyed on the other side being Fishtoft Moiety are secured from this Vermin Some 140 years since at Harlaxton there was found turn'd up by one Ploughing the Ground a Golden Helmet of Antick-fashion studded with precious Stones probably of some prime Roman Commander It was presented to Q. Kath. Wife to H. 8. Proverbs 1. Lincoln-shire Bag-pipes which inspire the heavy Heels of Country Clowns overgrown with Hair and Rudeness probably the Ground work of the Poetical Fiction of Dancing Satyrs 2. As loud as Tom of Lincoln This Shire carries THE BELL from all other places in England 3. All the Carts that come to Crowland are shod with Silver Crowland being a Mossy Ground so that a Horse can hardly come to it 4. 'T is height makes Grantham Steeple stand awry This Steeple seems crooked to the beholders and Eminency exposeth the uprightest Persons to exception 5. As mad as the Baiting Bull at Stamford Will. E. Warren Lord of this Town in the time of K. Jo. standing upon the Castle Walls of Stamf. saw two Bulls fighting for a Cow in the Meadow till the Butchers Doggs pursued one of the Bulls running Mad clean through the Town The Earl being mightily pleased with the sight gave all those Meadows called the Castle Meadows where first the Bull Duel began for a Common to the Butchers of the Town after the first Grass was eaten on Condition that they find a Mad Bull the day six Weeks before Christmass for the continuance of that sport every year But as for the Sober Bull of Stamford he was not so freakish as to leave his Cow after such a fair riddance of his Horn-mad Corrival 6. He looks as the Devil over Lincoln Lincoln Minster being one of the Stateliest Structures in Christendom 't is supposed that the Devil of Malice if you please overlook'd this Church when first finished with a tetric Countenance as maligning Mens costly Devotion 7. He was born at Little Wittham A Charitable Periphrasis of a Fool tho probably the first Inventor of this Proverb was born near the same Village 8 Grantham Gruel 9 Grits and a Gallon of Water Appliable to those who multiply what is superfluous and omit what is necessary in their Discourse or Actions 9. They held together as the Men Marham when they lost their Common Ironicall that is they were divided c. Others take it to be an Expression of ill success Note This County is Famous for these here Natives Contemporaries in the Reign of Queen Elizabeth Edward Clinton Lord Admiral William Cecil Lord Treasurer Jo Whitgift Arch-bishop of Canterbury and Peregrine Bartu Lord General in Fr. Sir Edmond Anderson Lord Chief Justice Th. Wilson D. L. and Secretary of State Princes Henry eldest surviving Son of Jo. of Gaunt D. of Lancaster was born in the Castle of Bullinbrook He was Couragious Choleric and Ambitious cunning to catch careful to keep and industrious to improve all advantages Being disobliged by R. 2. he complotted with a good part of the Nobility to depose him whose Miscarriages ill success and Debauchery exposed him to their Fury After the Murder of King Richard Henry reigned with much opposition He persecuted the Wickliffites who had been patronized by his Father thereby to be ingratiated with the Clergy When Duke he wore on his head an Antick hood On his death-bed he complained of his Sufferings in Keeping nothing bewayling his sin in getting the Crown Fire and Faggot was kindled in his Reign in England to burn Pardon the Prolepsis poor Protestants and happy had it been had they been quenched at his death which hapned 1413. Saints St. Botolph probably of English Nativity lived at and gave Name to Botolphs Town corruptly Boston in this County Gilb. de Sempringham of Noble Extraction deformed in Body but of Subtil Wit and great Courage obtained Licence of the Pope to found those Hermophradite Convents of Monks and Nuns under one roof with no impregnable partitions 'T is said he saw 13 Convents 700 Monks 1100 Nuns of his Order of which the Convent Sempringham was the Prince residence He died 1189. Hugh born in Lincoln was stoln and crucified when 9 years of Age by the Jews in derision of Christ 1255. Martyrs Anne Aâ—kewe Daughter of Sr. William Knight was born at Kelsey in this County She went to Heaven in a Chariot of Fire July 16. 1546. V. Eccl History Cardinals Rob. Somercot a discreet and Learned man was made Cardinal of St. Stephens by Pope Greg. 9. An. 1231. He was a true Lover of his Countreymen the Cause that his Choler was twice raised when the Pope said in his presence that there was not a faithfull Man in England tho wisely he repressed his Passion After this Pope's death he was the foremost of the 3 Elects for the Papacy But the Italians were too hard for the Honest Englishman being made away by Poison in the Holy Conclave 1241. Prelates William of Ganesborough a Franciscan in Oxford was sent over by King E. 1. with Hugh of Manchester to Phil. King of France to demand reparation for some Dammages in Aquitain He was a mighty Champion of the Popes Infallibility And for his good service Pope Boniface 8. preferred him Bishop of Worcester 'T was a wag who said upon a Report of the close Imprisonment of Pope Urbane 8. Now it is true Papa non Potest errare that is the Pope cannot straggle This William died 1308. William Ayrmin descended of ancient Family still extant at Osgodby was Keeper of the Seal and Vice-Chancellor to King E. 2. 1319. and was about
Lord Dep. of Ireland where he vigorously endeavored the reduction of the Irish to Obedience to the King and profit to the Exchequer but some believe the means he used for that good end were not Legal Being charged in Parliament with many Crimes he pleaded that they amounted not to Treason But the Parliament found an Almighty expedient of giving the Name and stamping the signature of Accumulative Treason on that Brave Gentleman's past Actions By a Clause in the 25 of Edward 3. after an enumeration of many particular Treasons it is in general Enacted that whatsoever the Parliament should hereafter declare to be Treason should be accounted so by Vertue of that Statute It seems the Parliament did only pursue their power given them by that Act. But there are two things worth the consideration in this Case first According to the aforesaid Statute Such Crimes as were afterwards to be declared Treasonable ought to be of like Nature with those Treasons which are specified in the said Act. Secondly If the Parliament had made those Misdemeanors Constructive Treason before that my Lord Strafford had committed them he could have had no colour for the Plea he made But seeing where there is no Law there is no Transgression my Lord of Strafford at the time of his Misdemeanours committed was guilty of no Treason and if it was possible for him to become guilty of the same ex post facto I leave to the Learned to determine The Parliament provided his Condemnation should not pass into Precedent Some hours before his suffering he fell fast asleep alledged by his Friends as an Evidence of the clearness of his Conscience He was beheaded 1641. He hath an everlasting Monument in the great Character given him 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Med. 2. p. 6. I looked upon my Lord of Strafford as a Gentelman whose Abilities might make a Prince rather affraid than ashamed in the greatest Affairs of State c. King Charles II. hath made his Son a Knight of the Garter Lyonel Cranfield Merchant Man of a great Sense was made by King James Lord Treasurer Baron of Cranfield and Earl of Middlesex Having lost the Treasurers Place by the means of the D. of Buckingham into whose displeasure he had fallen he was wont to say that the way to preserve Life was to get to be Lord Treasurer of England for they never dye in their Place which was true for 4 Successions He was a Wise and Good Man He dyed about 1644. Writers on the Law Fleta who being in the Fleet wrote an Excellent Treatise of the Common Law before the 14. R. 3. He lived about the end of E. 2. and beginning of E. 3. Christopher St. German of an ancient Family read constantly a Chapter in the Bible every night to his Family lived and dyed unmarried without the least spot on his Reputation gave Counsel and Help to all his People gratis He was excellently skilled in the Civil Canon and Common Law and Scripture Witness his Book of Doctor and Student In his several Works he plainly appeareth a Champion for the Reformation He lived to be above 80 years Old dying 1593. and was buriâ—d at St Alphage London William Rastal one of the Justices of the Kings Bench wrote the Life c. of his Uncle More and made a Comment on the Statutes of England Being a zealous Papist he fled in the Raign of Edward 6. into Flanders where he wrote against Bishop Jewel He died 1565. Souldiers Sir Th. Roper the Surname formerly Furneaux Son to Th. Servant to Queen Elizabeth was Page to Sir Jo. Norrice and was Captain of a Foot Company at 16 years of Age. Being Privy Councellour and having acquired the Reputation of a Valiant Souldier by his Services in Connaught Vlster in Ireland and Brest in France in his Voyage to Portugal at Bergen in the Netherlands c. he was An. 3. Car. created Baron of Bauntree and Visc Baltinglasse in Ireland When in Ireland he put himself in Irish Trouzes and was imitated by other English-men which easie Habit tended 〈◊〉 the more effectual execution on their Enemies He died at Ropers Rest 164. and was buried in St. Jo. Church in Dublin Civilians Sir Hen. Martin Knight bred in Oxford a great Civilian and an Eminent Advocate in the High Court of Commission and afterwards Judge of the Prerogative Court and also of the Admiralty so that as King James said pleasantly He was a mighty Monarch in his Jurisdiction over Sea and Land He died 1642. Physicians Richardus Anglicus bred first in Oxford became afterwards in Paris one of the most Eminent Writers in the Profession of Physick He Flourished 1230. Jo. Phreas bred in Oxford was afterward an Auditor of Guarinus in Ferrara He read Physick successively at Ferrara Florence Padua and Rome Pope Paul 2. made him Bishop of Bath and Wells but he died of Poison as is thought before his Consecration 1465. Andr. Borde bred I think in Oxford was Physician to Henry 8. His Book the first written of that Faculty in English was dedicated to the Colledg of Physicians in London He died in the Reign of Queen Mary Writers Nothelmus of London Bishop of London then Arch-Bishop of Canterbury wrote the Gests of Greg. the Great c. which are inserted in Bede's Church-History He died 736. William Fitz-Stephen descended of Norman Nobility was a Monk in Canterbury He wrote amongst others a Latin Book of the Description of London He flourished 1190. Albricius of London wrote a work of the Original of Heathen Gods He flourished 1217. William Sengham poor but Witty wrote de Fide and Legibus affirming the Gospel of Christ to be the onely Law for the Salvation of men about the time that a Book called The Eternal Gospel or rather the Infernal Gospel was obtruded on the World by the Friers He flourished 1260. Laurentius Anglicus bred in Paris opposed the Mock-Gospel of the Friers and wrote against False Preachers but afterwards being frightned with the Popes Thunderbolts he cowardly recanted He flourished An. 1260. Nich. Lyra a Jew by Nation and born probably in the Old Jury was converted by some Franciscans He vigorously confuted the Jews He wrote Commentaries on all the Old and New Testament keeping close to the Text therefore uncharitable the Censure Lyra delirat tho sometimes he may be wide of the mark He dyed in Paris 1340. Bankinus of London an Augustinian Frier a Violent Opposer of the Wicklevites was stopped some think Killed by the Violence of an Earthquake when ready to dispute against them in a publick Council He flourished 1382. Robert Ivory D. D. in Cambridge and President Gen. of the Carmelites adorned the Library of White Friers with his own and other Books and dyed 1392. Juliana Barnes of an ancient and Illustrious Family the Diana of her Age for Hunting c. of which with Hawking and Fishing she wrote 3 Treatises She wrote also a Book of Heraldry She
flourished 1460 under H. 6. Robert Fabian Sheriff of London 1493. wrote 2 Chronicles 1. From Brutus to the death of Henry 2. another from the 1. of King Richard to the death of King Henry 7. He was an Excellent Poet. A modern Master-wit in the contest betwixt the Poets of our Age maketh Apollo to adjudge the Laurell to an Alderman of London because to have most wealth was a sign of most wit But had the Scene of this Competition been laid 140 years since c. Apollo would have given the Laurel to this our Alderman He died 1512 and was buried at the Church of Alhallows After his death Cardinal Woolsey caused them to burn all the Copies of his Book which he could come by because therein he had made too clear Discovery of the Revenues of the Clergy Th. Lupset Greek Prof. at Oxford was known unto Erasmus He was diverted from Divinity by Woolsey He was in favour with Hen. 8. and died of a Consumption 1532. in Lond. and buried at St. Alphage Since the Reformation Jo. Rastal Printer undertook to prove Purgatory by Reason He was a Good Mathematician and made a Comedy of Europe Asia and Africa He wrote a Book against Jo. Frith which he afterwards recanted and a Book of the Terms of the Law and an Index to J. Fitz-Herbert He was Father to Rastal the Famous Lawyer He died and was buried at London 1536. Edw. Hall bred in K. College became a Judge in the Sheriffs Court He wrote an elegant Hist of the Warrs of York and Lanc. He died 1547 and was buried in St. Sithes Church Will. Fulke D. D. and Marg. Professor in Camb. when Young wrote a Book of Meteors Being a solid Divine he confuted the Rhemish Translation of the Bible He died 1589. Edm. Spencer bred in Camb. A great Poet who imitated Chaucer 'T is said that he presented Q. Eliz. with a Poem with which she was so well pleased that she commanded the Lord Treasurer Cecil to give him 100 l. and when he alledged that Sum was too much then give him Quoth the Q. what is Reason but being delayed he presented these Lines to the Queen I was promised on a time To have Reason for my Rhyme From that time unto this Season I receiv'd nor Rhyme nor Reason Hereupon the Q. gave strict Order for the present payment of 100 l. He was afterwards Secretary to the Lord Gray Deputy of Ireland He was an Excellent Linguist Antiquary Philosopher Mathematician yet so poor as being a Poet that he was thought Fami non Famae scribere Returning into England he was robb'd by the Rebels of that little he had and dying for Grief in great Want 1598 was honourably buried nigh Chaucer in Westminster The expence of his Funeral and Monument was defrayed at the sole charge of Rob. first of that Name E. of Essex Jo. Stow bred at learning no higher then a good Grammar-Scholar became an useful Historian and very accurate in the Notation of Time Besides his Chron. of England he hath written a large Survey of London He died 1605 and lyeth buried in the Quire of St. Andr. Vndershaft There was another of his Name a Monk of Norwich 1440. Giles Fletcher equally loved of the Muses and Graces wrote a Poem entitled Christs Victory Having commenced D. D. he became Preacher first in St. Maries then in Suff. where being slighted by his clownish Parishioners he fell into Melancholy and died in a short time 162 His Brother Phineas of Cambridge wrote an excellent Poem called The Purple Island c. Jo. Donne a Man of excellent Wit large Travail and choice Experience in his reduced Age became D. D. and Dean of St. Pauls He died 1631. and lyeth buried in St. Pauls His Life is written by Mr. Isaac Walton Romish Exile Writers Jo. Heiwood writes of himself that he applied Mirth more then Thrift many mad Plays and did few good Works His Jests were biting He printed English Proverbial Epigrams and his pleasant Monumenta Literaria After the Death of Q. Mary who highly favoured him he fled for Religion He died 156. Whose Son Jasper a Jesuit was executed in the Reign of Q. Eliz. Maurice Chamnee bred a Frier in the Charterhouse He only escaped when 18 of his Order lost their lives by him written for refusing the Oath of Supremacy 'T is said he warped to the Will of H. 8. to preserve his Convent from Destruction He dyed beyond the Seas 1581. Edm. Campian bred in Oxf. being Deacon of the Protestant Church he renounced that Order and fled beyond the Seas A Man of great Parts and no less Ostentation Coming over into England with Father Parsons to reduce it to the Church of Rome he fetched over many Neuters before to his perswasion by his Ten Reasons in pure Latine and pithily penned He was quickly caught by the Setters of Secretary Walsingham imprisoned examined on Matters of State and saw rather than felt the Rack but a while after he was engaged in 4 solemn Disputations in the Chappel in the Tower to make good a bold Challenge he had made against all Protestants concerning Scripture the Church the Sacrament and Justification and 't is said whatever Questions he there answered that he answered not the general expectation of his own Party He was executed 1581. Benefactors to the Publick Th. Pope Knight Architect under God of his own Fortune employed under the Lord Cromwell an Instrument of the second magnitude got his share at the dissolution of the Abbeys and refunded a considerable proportion for what he received for the Building endowing of Trin. Coll. in Oxf. He died about the beginning of the Reign of Q. Eliz. There are in Oxford-shire many descendants from him continuing in a worshipful Estate the Chief of the Family being the E. of Down in Ireland on the same token that K. James came in Progress to the House of Sir Pope Knight when his Lady was lately delivered of a Daughter who was presented to K. James with this Paper of Verses See this little Mistress here Did never sit in Peter's Chair Or a Tripple Crown did wear And yet she is a Pope No Benefice she ever sold Nor did dispence with Sins for Gold She hardly is a Sevenight Old And yet she is a Pope No King her Feet did ever kiss Or had from her worse Look then this Nor did she ever hope To Saint one with a Rope And yet she is a Pope A Female Pope you 'l say A Second JOAN No sure she is Pope Innocent or none Th. Curson Armorour being much afflicted with a sad Accident one having shot another in his Shop tho during his absence resolved to give all his Estate to pious uses and accordingly disposed of some hundreds of pounds for the use of the poor in Alhallows Lumbard-Street where he was born and other Parishes He died 16 Edw. Allin a Stage-Player and Roscius of our Age built a fair Colledge at Dulwich in Kent for
Woodvill or Wydevill born at Grafton bred in then Chanc. of Oxford was made B. of Salisbury 1482. His Memory is supported rather by the Buttresses of his great Relations than the Foundation of his own Deserts For he was Son to Jaquet Dutchess of Bedford and Rich. Wydevill Earl of Rivers Brother to Elizabeth Queen of England and Brother in Law to Edward 4. Heart-broken with grief with the Tragedies he beheld in his own Family caused by the Cruelty of King Richard 3. he died about 1484. Since the Reformation Ja. Montague Son to Sir Rich. Knight was born at Boughton bred in Christ-college in Cambridge was after Mr. of Sidney-college which he freed from a debt of 20 l. yearly payable to Trin. College He expended 100 Marks to bring running water into the Kings-ditch in Cambridge He was afterwards Bishop of Bath and Wells then of Winchester being highly in favour with King James whose Works he translated into Latin He died 1618 and lyeth buried in the Church of Bath Fr. Godwin Son to Th. Bishop of Bath and Wells was born at Hanningham 1561. and became D. D. in Christs-Church in Oxford Sub-Dean of Exeter and afterwards Bishop of Landaffe An. 40 Eliz. 1601. He was a good Man grave Divine skilfull Mathematician pure Latinist and incomparable Historian to whose painful Endeavors the whole Church Militant is much beholding He was translated by King James to Hereford and died in the Reign of King Charles An. 162 Jo. Owen born at Burton Latimers where his Father was Minister was bred in Jesus-College in Cambridg where he commenced D. D. and was Chaplain to King Charles whilst he was a Prince King Charles being troubled with 2 Competitors advanced this modest Doctor to the Bishoprick of St. Asaph to end the contest He outlived his Vote in Parliament and survived to see all Contempt cast on his Order which he bare with Moderation and died 164 ... Rob. Skinner D. D. born at Pisford and bred in Oxford became a Preacher in London and Dean of Hence he was preferred Bishop of Brist then of Oxford and is still and long may he be living Statesmen Sir Christopher Hatton born at Holdenby of an ancient Family was beloved of the Queen for his handsom Dancing better for his Proper Person and best of all for his Abilities The Queen at last preferred him Lord Chancellor of England He by his Power and Prudence convinced some sullen Serjeants who thought him not throughly learned in the Laws of their Errours and his own Abilities His Zeal for the Discipline of the Church of England gave the first being to a scandalous report that he was Popishly affected It brake his heart that the Queen rigorously demanded the present Payment of some Arrears and falling into a mortal Disease he could not be recovered by the Queens broth 's which some affirm her Majesty brought to him with her own hands He died 1591. and was buried in the Quire of St. Paules Sir W. Fitz-Williams born at Milton married the Sister of Sir Henry Sidney Lord Dep. of Ireland where himself was 5 times Dep. and when Walt. Earl of Essex was sent over Governour of Vlster he took his Commission from this Sir W. then Lord Dep. He was Serviceable towards the reduction of that Kingdom in raising a Composition in Munster and in setling the Possessions of the Lords and Tenants in Monohan His Vigilancy was most conspicuous in 88. when the routed Armado in its return dared not to land in Ireland except against their Wills when driven by tempest when they found the Shore worse than the Sea unto them Some impute the Irish Rebellion which afterwards brake out to this Deputies Severity in imprisoning suspected Persons for concealed Spanish Goods tho this gave only the Irish a Mantle for their intended Wickedness He died An. 15. Sir Isaack Wake honorably descended was bred in Oxford where he was Orator of the Univ. He was afterwards Secretary to Sir Dudley Charleton Secretary of State and from his was advanced into the Kings service and employed Ambassadour to Venice where he neglected his own Commodity to attend his Majesties Imployment the reason that he died only rich to his own Conscience He was afterwards appointed Leiger for France and designed Secretary of State had not Death prevented him at Paris He was accomplished with all Qualifications requisite for publick Employment King Charles allowed the Expences for his Funeral and at his Majesties Command his Corps was brought over to England and buried in the Castle of Dover An. 16 Capital Judges and Writers on the Law Martin de Pateshull was made Justice of the Common Pleas An. 1. H. 3. He was 4th Dean of St. Pauls Sir Tho. Billing dwelt at Ashwell was made Chief Justice of the Kings Bench An. 6. E 4. Whose Lands have since by the Lovils descended to the Shirlies He married for his 2d Wife Mary Daughter and Heir of Robert Nosenham of Conington in Hunt the Relict of W. Cotten whose Issue possess her Inheritance at this day and she lyeth entombed in Westminster Sir W. Catesbye whose Family flourished at Ashby St. Leger was advanced by W. Lord Hastings into the Notice and Favour of Richard 3. tho ill requiting it when betraying him who caused his Preferment He was a man well Learned in the Laws of the Land and sure great pity it was that he had not had more Truth or less Wit He was eminently all Officers in every Court of Judicature Witness the Libell which Collingborn made and which cost him his Life for the same The Rat and the Cat and Lovel the Dog Do Govern all England under the Hog He died probably before the end of R. 3. Sir Richard Empson another Catesbye was eminent for having odious for abusing his skill in the Law active for his Prince injurious to the People He was Chancellor of the Dutchy of Lancaster and from a Sieve-maker's Son at Towceter in this County where he was born came to sift the Estates of the wealthiest Men in England For Henry 7. vexed that he had refused Columbus his proffer whereby the West Indies fortunately discovered fell to Ferd. King of Spain resolved to discover Indies in England and to this purpose made Empson Promoter General to press the Penal Statutes all over the Land Impowred hereby this prolling Knight did grind the faces of the Rich and Poor bringing the grist thereof to the K. and keeping the Toll thereof to himself whereby he advanced a vast Estate which now with himself is reduced to nothing He united the Houses of York and Lanc. in the Kings Coffers taking notice of no person for his good service but making all equally obnoxious to Forfeitures This Empson scoffingly demanding of a Judicial Astrologer in Warw. When the Sun would change Even then said the Astrologer when such a wicked Lawyer as you go to Heaven In the beginning of H. 8. he was beheaded 1510. Edw. Mountague born at Brigstock was made
Lord Chief Justice of the Kings Bench An. 30. H. 8. His Motto was Equitas Justitiae Norma In his time tho the Golden Showers of Abby-Lands rained amongst great Men it was long before he would open his lap scrupling the acception of such Gifts and at last received but little in proportion to others An. 37. H. 7. he was made Chief Justice of the Common Pleas a descent in Honour but ascent in profit In drawing up the Will of E. 6. and setling the Crown on Lady Jane for a time he swam against the Tide and Stream of D. Dudley till at last he was carried away with the Stream Outed of his Office An. 1. Mary he found that Contentment in his Hospital-Hall in Northampton-shire which he could not find in Westm Hall He died An. 1556. and lyeth buried in the Church of Weekley Sir Augustine Nicolls born at Eckton was freely made by K. James one of the Judges of the Com. Pleas. That K. commonly called him the Judge that would give no money He was renowned for his Patience to hear both Parties all they could say a happy Memory and singular Sagacity to search into the material circumstances and exemplary Integrity even to the rejection of Gratuities after Judgment given He forbearing to Travel on the Lords Day wrote a Reformation on some of his own Order He loved Plain and profitable preaching being wont to say I know not what you call Puritanical Sermons but they come nearest to my Conscience He died as he went the Northern Circuit and lyeth buried in Kendall-Church in Westmorland Sir Robert Dallington born at Geddington bred a Bible-Clerk in Bennet-Colledg He was afterwards a School-Master in Norf. and after having travelled Secretary to Francis Earl of Rutland His accurate Aphorisms on Tacitus witness his Excellent Wit and Judgment At last he was Knighted and preferred Mr. of the Charter-House At the end of a Latin Speech spoken by a School-Boy with which he was welcomed to that Hospital there was a Distick to this effect Do not the least part of your trust disdain Nor grudge of Boyes to take the Care again He died An. 162. Jo. Fletcher Son of Rich. D. D. had an excellent Wit He with Fr. Beaumont Esq like Castor and Pollux most happy when in conjunction raised the English to equal the Athenian and the Roman Theatre Beaumont being the Ballast of Judgment Fletcher the Sail of Phantasie both compounding a Poet to Admiration Meeting once in a Tavern to contrive the rude draught of a Tragedy Fletcher undertook to kill the King therein his words being overheard by a Listner he was accused of High Treason till the mistake soon appearing that the Plot was only against a Dramatick and Scenical King all wound off in Merriment Fletcher surviving his Partner wrote good Comedies himself tho inferiour to the former and no wonder if a single thred was not so strong as a twisted one He died as I am informed of the Plague An. 1. Car I. 1625. Sir Hen. Montague Grandson to Sir Edward Lord Chief Justice of the Kings Bench was born at Boughton He raised himself as was foretold in his Childhood above the rest of his Family by the pregnancy of his parts He was bred in Christ's Colledge in Cambridge then in the Middle Temple He became Serjant at Law was Knighted by King James 1602. and was Recorder of London made Lord Chief Justice of the Kings Bench 1616. Lord Treasurer of England 1620. created Baron of Kimbolton and Visc Mandevile afterwards Earl of Manchester made President of the privy Councel then Lord Privy Seal at which time he brought the Court of Requests into such repute that what was formerly called the Almes-Basket of the Chancery had in his time well nigh as many Suits and Clients as the Chancery it self His Motto was Movendo non mutando me His Meditations on Life and death written in time of his health may be presumed to have left good impressions on him preparatory for his death which hapned 164. Writers Jo. of Northampton in lat Jo. Avonius a Carmelite an Eminent Mathematician wrote a Book entitled The Philosophers Ring a Perpetual Almanack a Masterpiece of that Age. He flourished 1340. Robert Holcot born in Holcot and bred in Oxford became a Dominican in Northam A learned and prudent Man He wrote many famous Treatises He died of the plague 1349 at Northam before he had finished his Lectures on Ecclesiastes Note The Plague about that time so raged in England that our Chroniclers affirm scarce a tenth person of all sorts was left alive Robert Dodford born at Dodford was a Benedictine Monk in Ramsey He wrote Postills on the Proverbs which the envy of time hath intercepted from us He flourished about 1370. Pet. Peteshull an Augustinian in Oxford disliking his Order procured a dispensation to relinquish it and became Honorary Chaplain to Pope Vrbain 6. He afterwards promoted the Doctrine of Wickliffe and in his Exposition of the Prophesie of Hildegardes so taxed the pride and laziness of all Friers that his Book was burnt and himself fled to escape the same Fate He flourished 1390. Since the Reformation Robert Crowley bred in Oxford confuted Miles Hogheard who wrote against the poor Protestants He fled to Frankford in the Reign of Queen Mary and in the Reign of Q. Eliz. was made Vicar of St. Giles without Cripple-gate London where he lyes buried having died 1588. Eusebius Paget born at Cranford and bred in Oxford was commonly called the Golden Sophister He was Minister in London and wrote an excellent book called the History of the Bible and Catechism of the 40 short Questions Ja. Preston D. D. born in Heyford and bred in Cambridge was so far from Eminency before he commenced Master of Arts that he was but a little above Contempt Soon after his skill in Philosophy rendred him to the general respect of the University He was the greatest Pupil-manager in England The Duke used him to work the Puritan Party then most active in Parliament to his compliance And tho this Dr. was most powerfull with them he was at last found useless to the intended Purpose He was therefore called by one the Court Comet blazing for a time and fading soon afterwards He was a perfect Politician and used Lapwing-like to flutter most on that place which was furthest from his eggs He had perfect command of his Passion with the Caspian Sea never ebbing nor slowing and would not alter his composed Pace for all the whipping which Satyrical Wits bestowed on him He never had Wife or Cure of Souls and leaving a plentiful no invidious estate died 1628. Th. Randolph born at Hougton was bred Fell. in Trinity College in Cambridg The Muses may seem not only to have Smiled but to have been tickled at his Nativity such the Festivity of his Pomes of all sorts He died 163 Nick. Estwick B. D. born at Harowden and bred in Cambridg was 40 years Parson of Warton
a Cistertian in Ford Abbey and bred in Oxford was Abbot of Wells Some Books he Dedicated to Reginald Bishop of Bath and flourished 1193. Alexander of Essebie the Prince of English Poets in his Age put our English Festivals into Verse and wrote the History of the Bible with the Lives of some Saints in an Heroick Poem He became Prior of Esseby-Abbey and flourished under Hen. 3. 1220. Adam of Marsh born probably at Brent-marsh was D. D. in Oxford Robert Grosthead and he joyntly compared the Scripture being afterwards Franciscan Frier in Worcester he furnished the Library thereof with excellent Manuscripts He flourished 1257. Hugo de Belsham his Corrival got the Bishoprick of Ely from him Since the Reformation H. Cuffe born at St. George Hinton was Fellow of Merton-Colledge in Oxford and Secretary to Robert Earl of Essex with whom he engaged in his Rising an 1600. being Arraigned at Westminster he was cast 〈◊〉 being proved against him that whilst Essex was in Consultation with his Complices this Cuffe had for promoting that Plot alleadged this Verse out of Lucan Viribus utendum est quas fecimus Arma ferenti Omnia dat qui justa negat For which he suffered He wrote an excellent Book of the difference of the Ages of Man Jo. Harrington Knight had a fair Estate at Kelston near Bath was Master of St. John's Colledge and afterwards one of the most ingenious Poets of the English Nation witness his Translation of Orlando Furioso out of Italian c. Being at an Ordinary in Bath with some Gentlemen of greater Estates than himself the Maid that waited at Table attended him with a particular observance and being demanded the reason I understand said she you are a very witty man and if I should displease you in any thing I fear you would make an Epigram of me He made an Addition to Bishop Godwins Catalogue of Bishops He left a fair Estate to a Learned and Religious Son and dyed about the middle of the Reign of K. James His Father suffered Imprisonment and lost One Thousand Pound for carrying a Letter to the Lady afterward Queen Eliz. from whom his Mother was sequestred as an Heretick and all by Gardiner's means Samuel Daniel born near Taunton was an exquisite Poet and a Judicious Historian witness his Lives of the English Kings since the Conqueror untill Edw. 3. He was servant in Ordinary to Q. Anne In his old Age he rented a Farm in VVilt-shire and dyed about the end of K. James Humphrey Sidenham born at Dalverton of an Ancient and Worshipful Family was bred a Fellow in Wadham Colledge So eminent a Preacher that he was commonly called Silver-tongued Sidenham He wrote learned Sermons of which that called the Athenian Babler was most remarkable He dyed 1650. Romish Exile Writers Jo. Gibbon leaving the Land was by Pope Greg. 13. made Canon in the Church of Bonn he was afterwards Rector of the Jesuits-Colledge in Triers He wrote a Book in which he endeavoured to prove that the Pope was not Antichrist He dyed 1589. Rob. Person bred in Oxford whence he was expelled for his Viciousness went to Rome whence he returned with Campian to preserve this Nation 1589. Some of his own party offended with his ill-nature intended to resign him to the Queens Officers He was Satyrical and so much of a Politician as to provide for his own saftety who would look on direct give ground abet on other Mens hands but never plaid so as to adventure himself into England He wrote a shrewd Book of the Succession to the English Crown setting it forth under the Name of Dolman He had an Authoritative influence on all the English Catholicks He was 23 years Rector of the Colledge at Rome where he dyed 1610. Jo. Fen born at Montacute and Batchelour of the Laws in Oxford fled into Flanders thence into Italy whence returning he fixed at Lovain He wrote many and Translated more books and dyed 1613. Note there lived a rigid Non-Conformist of his Sirname about Coventry who in his latter Will and Testament rail'd against the Hierarchy Jo. Collington bred in Oxford was taken with Campian and Condemned but being Reprieved after some Travel he advanced his Religion in England for 30 years together He was alive 161◠Benefactors to the Publick The Lady Mohun obtained from her Husband Jo. Lord Mohun of Dunstor so much ground for the Commons of the Town of Dunstor as she could in one day compass about going on her naked Feet She dyed as is conjectured in the Reign of Hen. 5. Since the Reformation Nich. Wadham of Merrifieild Esq having great length in his Extraction breadth in his Estate and depth in his Liberality Marryed Dorothy Daughter to the Secretary Sister to the first Lord Peters His Hospital house was an Inn at all times a Court at Christmas This worthy Pair being Issuless Erected the Colledge of VVadham in Oxford His Estate after his Death descended to Strangwayes Windham VVhite c. He was buried in the Church of Ilminster Phil. Biss of a worthy Family at Spargrave Commenced D. D. in Magdalens-Colledge in Oxford and was Arch-Deacon of Taunton He bequeathed his Library consisting of so many Folio's as were valued at One Thousand Pound to VVadham-Colledge then newly Founded One Epitaph made on him begins Bis fuit hic natus c. in allusion to his Name He dyed about 1614. Memorable Persons Sir Jo. Champneis born at Chew bred Skinner in London and Lord Mayor thereof 1535. was the first private Man who in his house next Cloth-VVorkers-Hall built a Turret to oversee his Neighbours in the City which delight in his Eye was punished with blindness some years before his Death Tho. Coriat born at Odcombe and bred in Oxford A great Grecian carried Folly which the Charitable call Merriment in his Face and had a Head in form like an inverted Sugar-loaf He lay alwayes in his Cloaths to save both labour and charge in shifting Prince Henry allowed him a Pension and kept him for his Servant Sweet-meats and Coriat made up the last course at all Entertainments being the Courtiers Anvil to try their Wits upon sometimes he returned the Hammers as hard knocks as he received His Book called Coriat's Crudities is not altogether useless Being hardy he undertook to travel on foot to the East-Indies and dyed in the midst of his Journey Noted Sheriffs An. 14. Jo. Paulet Arm. an Accomplisht Gentleman monarch K. James and bountiful House-keeper was by King Charles I. Created Baron Paulet of Hinton St. George in this County whose Right Honourable Son and Heir Jo. Lord Paulet now succeedeth in that Barony Modern Battles The Skirmish at Martials-Elm 1642. made much noise in Mens Ears a Musket gave a greater report then a Canon since and is conceived to have first broken the Peace of the Nation As for the Encounter at Lang-Port where the Kings Forces under the Lord Goring were defeated July 12 1645 it was rather a Flight than
delinquency in our Civil Wars STAFFORD-SHIRE STafford-shire hath Cheshire on the North-West Darby-shire on the East and North-East Warwick-shire and Worcester-shire on the South and Shrop-shire on the West It lyeth from North to South in form of a Lozenge in length 40 and in breadth 26 Miles A most pleasant and fruitful County wherein Beau-desert is the beautiful Barony of the Lord Paget The best Alabaster in England is found about Castle-Hay in this County The great Manufacture here is Nails As for Buildings the neat Church of Lichfield was ruined in the Civil Wars 'T is said of the Close of Lichfield that the Plague which long had raged therein did abate at the first shooting of a Cannon at the siege thereof Of Civil Buildings Tutbury-Castle is a stately Structure affording a large and brave Prospect It was formerly the Seat of the Lord Ferrars Earl of Derby and was forfeited to Hen. 3. by Robert de Ferrars Earl of Darby who had sided with Simon Mumford against that King because he did not advance a Fine of 5000 pounds at the time appointed The English Clergy willing to relieve Jo. the Son of this Earl Robert were commanded to the contrary under the paâ—n of the Popes Curse Tutbury was annexed to the Dutchy of Lancaster and some small matter was restored to John Dudley Castle high and pleasantly seated and in the Reign of King Edw. 6. well built was adorned by John Dudley Duke of Northumberland who claiming the Title thereof had thrust out John Sutton Lord Dudley a weak man and entangled with Debts who therefore got the Name of Lord Quondam But after the Execution of that Duke Queen Mary restored Edward the Son of the aforesaid poor Lord. Proverbs I. In April Doves Flood is worth a Kings good Dove is a River parting this and Derby-shire much batling the Meadows thereof II. Wotton under Weaver where God came never Though it is probable that Wotton is a dismal place covered with Hills from the light of the Sun yet this Proverb set off with such a dark ground does the more plainly discover its own profane Complexion Saints There was a Grand Massacre committed by the Pagans under Dioclesian on the Christians in Britain and elsewhere particularly in the place where Lichfield now standeth whose names and numbers are utterly unknown St. Bertelin a Brittan of Noble Birth lived an Eremite in the Woods near Stafford anciently called Bithiney Wolfadus and Ruffinus loving in their Lives in their Death they were not divided They were Murdered by their Bloody Father the Pagan King of Mercia There is the Chappel of Burnweston built in a Woody place whither Ruffinus had fled for a while from his Fathers fury Cardinals Reginald Pole born at Stoverton-Castle 1500 was second Son to Sir Richard Knight of the Garter and nearly related to King Henry 7. His Mother Margaret Countess of Salisbury was Neice to King Edw. 4. and Daughter to George Duke of Clarence He was bred in Corpus-Christi Colledge in Oxford preferred afterwards Dean of Exeter King Henry 8. allowing him a Pension sent him beyond the Seas He studied at Padua conversed much with the Patricians of Venice and in fine became a perfect Italian and could not be prevailed upon by the King or his Friends to return to England whereupon his Pension was withdrawn Living afterwards in a Venetian Monastery he attain'd great Credit for his Eloquence Learning and good Life It was not long before he was made Deacon Cardinal by the Title of St. Mary in Cosmedin by Pope Paul 3. who sent him Ambassadour to the Emperour and the French King to incite them to War against K. Hen. 8. Afterwards he retired to Viterbo in Italy where his House was the Sanctuary of Lutherans and he himself became a Racking but no through paced Protestant Insomuch that being appointed one of the three Presidents of the Council of Trent he endeavoured to have Justification determined by Faith alone During his living at Viterbo he was taxed for begetting a Bastard which Pasquil Published in Verses affixed to his Pillar That Blade being made all of Tongue and Teeth would not stick to tell where the Pope trod his Holy Sandals awry Yet he had some Relation to the Beast in the Apocalyps in that under the Name of Pasquil there has been a successive Corporation of Satyrists After the death of Paul 3. Pole was at midnight in the Conclave chosen to succeed him the refusal whereof under the notion of a deed of darkness was by the Italians lookt upon as a piece of dulness in our Cardinal Next day expecting a re-Election he saw Julius 3. his professed Enemy chosen in his place Yet afterwards he became Alterius Orbis Papa when made Arch-Bishop of Canterbury by Queen Mary He was a Person free from Passion His Youthful Books are full of the Flowers of Rhetorick whilst those of his old Age are dry and dull He dyed few hours after Q. Mary November 17. 1558. Prelates Edmund Stafford Brother to Ralph first Earl of Stafford and Son to Edmund Baron of Stafford was by King Rich. 2. preferred Bishop of Exeter and under King Henry 4. was Chancellor of England He added two Fellowships to Stapletons-Inn in Oxford first named by him Exeter-Colledge and setled Lands for the maintenance and made good Statutes for the good order of the same He dyed 1419 and was buried in his own Cathedral W. Dudley Son of John Baron Dudley of Dudley-Castle in this County and bred in Vniver Colledge in Oxford became Dean of Windsor and afterwards Bishop of Durham He dyed at London 1483 and was buried in VVestminster Edmund Audley Son to the Lord Audley of Heyley in this County whose Sirname was Touchet was bred in Oxford where he built the Quire of St. Maries adorning it with a Musical Organ He was preferred Bishop of Rochester then of Hereford and at last of Salisbury He dyed at Ramsbury 1624 and was buried in his own Cathedral in a Chappel of excellent Artifice of his own Erection Lawyers Sir Thomas Littleton Knight was Son to Thomas VVestcote Esq and Elizabeth Littleton his Wife He was bred in the Study of the Laws in the Inner Temple and became Serjeant and Steward of the Court of the Marshal-sea of the Kings Houshold to Henry 6. By Edw. 4. an 6 reg he was made one of the Judges of the Common-Pleas and an 15. reg Created Kt. of the Bath He deserved as well of our Common as Justinian of the Civil Law whose Book of Tenures is counted Oraculous in that kind Commented upon by the Learned Sir Edward Coke He Married Joan Daughter and Coheir of W. Boerly of Bromsecraft Castle in Salop by whom he had three Sons Founders of three Families still flourishing 1. William fixed at Frankley in this County where his Posterity is eminently extant 2. Richard whose Issue remain at Pillerton-Hall in Shropshire 3. Thomas whose Linage continues in Worcestershire This Reverend Judge dyed an 21. of
Experience though of a corpulent Body especially in his old Age so that he would be not only out of breath but also almost out of life with going to Westminster-Hall to the Star-Chamber According to his Motto Mediocria Firma he never attained because he never affected any great Estate He was not for invidious Structures but delighted in Domo Domino Pari such as was his house at Gorhambury in Hartford And therefore when Q. Elizabeth coming thither in Progress told him My Lord your house is too little for you no Madam said he But it is your Highness hath made me too great for my house He left rather a good then a great Estate to his Posterity whose eldest Son Sir Edward was the first Baronet of England He dyed Feb. 20. 1578. and lyeth buried in the Quire of St. Pauls In a Word he was a good man a grave Statesman a Father to his Country and a Father to Sir Francis Bacon Sir W. Drury descended of a Worshipful Family long flourishing at Haulsted answered his name Drury in Sax. Pearle in the pretiousness of his disposition clear and hard innocent and valiant His Youth he spent in the French Wars his middle in Scotland and his Old Age in Ireland He was Knight Marshal of Barwick at what time the French had possessed themselves of the Castle of Edenburgh in the Minority of King James Queen Elizabeth employed this Sir Will. with 1500 to besiege the Castle which service he right worthily performed reducing it within few dayes to the true Owner thereof He was appointed Lord President of Munster 1575. where he executed impartial justice in spight of the Opposers thereof entring Kerry with a competent Train of 140 Men with which he forced his Return through 700 Men belonging to the Earl of Desmond who claimed Kerry as a Palatinate peculiarly belonging to himself In the last year of his Life he was made Lord Deputy of Ireland dying at Waterford 1598. Sir Robert Naunton was descended from an ancient Family extant at or before the time of the Conquerour who rewarded the Chief of that Name for his Service with a great Inheritrix given him in Marriage whose Lands were then estimated at 700 pounds a year For a long time they were Patrons of Alderton in this County Sir Robert was bred in Trinity-Colledge in Cambridge and Proctor of the University 1600. He wrote in his Youth I conjecture an excellent piece called Fragmenta Regalia He was afterwards sworn Secretary of State to King James Jan. 8. 1617. which place he discharged with great ability and dexterity during which one Wiemark was called to an Account for saying the Head of Sir Waltar Raleigh beheaded that day would do very well on the Shoulders of Sir Robert Naunton and having alleadged in his own Justification that two heads were better than one he was for the present dismissed Afterwards Wiewark being with other wealthy persons called on for a Contribution to St. Pauls first subscribed 100 pounds at the Council Table but was glad to double it after Mr. Secretary had told him two hundred were better then one Sir Robert dyed 163. leaving one Daughter who first was Married to Paul Visc Banning and after to the Lord Herbert eldest Son to Philip Earl of Pembroke Capital Judges Jo. de Metingham Lord Chief Justice of the Common-Pleas in the Reign of Edw. 3. When all the rest of the Judges an 18. Edw. 3. were fined and outed for Corruption this Jo. and Elias de Beckingham continued in their places whose innocence was of proof against all Accusations King Edw. 3. an 20. reg directed a Writ to him about the stinting of the number of the Apprentices and Atturneys at Law to 140 or thereabouts according to the discretion of this Judge and his Assistants whereof a certain number were to be provided out of every County what may better avail for their Court and the good of the people of the Land Sir Jo. Cavendish Knight born at Cavendish in this County where his Name continued untill the Reign of King Henry 8. was made Lord Chief Justice of the Kings Bench an 46. Edw. 3. He dyed a violent death an 5. Rich. 2. on this occasion J. Raw a Priest contemporary with J. Straw and Wat Tyler advanced Robert Westbroom a Clown to be King of the Commons in this County having 50000 followers These for eight dayes together in savage sport caused the Heads of great persons to be cut off and set on Poles to kiss and whisper in one anothers ears Chief Justice Cavendish chanced to be then in the Country to whom they bare a double pique for his Honesty and Learning Besides they had lately heard that Jo. Cavendish his Kinsman had killed their Idol Wat Tyler in Smithfield Whereupon they drag'd the Reverend Judge with Sir Jo. of Camb. Prior of Bury into the Market place there and beheaded them whose innocent blood remained not long unrevenged by Spencer the Warlike Bishop of Norwich by whom this Rascal Rabble of Rebels was routed and ruined 1381. Sir Robert Broke a great Lawyer and Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas in the Reign of Q. Mary wrote an excellent Abridgement of the Law His Posterity still flourish in a Worshipful Equipage at Nacton nigh Ipswich in this County Souldiers Sir Th. Wentworth of Nettlested descended from the Wentworths in York-shire was Created Baron Wentw. by King Henry 8. He was a Valiant Gentleman a Cordial Protestant and his Family a Sanctuary of such Professors By his means Jo. Bale was converted from a Carmelite The Memory of this Lord is much but unjustly blemished because Calis was lost the last of Q. Mary under his Government the manner thus The English being secure by reason of their late Conquest at St. Quintin and the Duke of Guise having notice thereof sat down before the Town on New-years day Next day he took the Forts of Rise-bank and Newnam-Bridge which 't is suspected were betrayed Within three dayes the Castle of Calis which commanded the City and was under the command of Sir Ralph Chamberlain was taken the French being first repulsed back by Sir Anth. Ager the only Man of note who was killed in the Fight entred the City the next day being Twelfth day Then resistance being in vain the Lord Wentworth Deputy thereof was forced to take what terms he could get that the Townsmen should depart though plundered to a groat with their Lives and himself with 49 more should remain Prisoners to be put to ransom Queen Mary might thank her self for losing this Key of France because hanging it at her side with so slender a string there being but 500 Souldiers effectually in the Garrison The Lord Wentworth was condemned for High-Treason during his absence but Queen Mary soon after dying he was tryed and acquitted by his Peers in the Reign of Queen Elizabeth though Sir Jo. Harlston Governour of Rise-bank and Sir Ralph Chamberlain Governour of Calis-Castle were both condemned but their
Rector of Tharfield in Hartford He was an excellent Hebrician He dyed 163. Samuel Ward was born at Haveril where his Father had been a Famous Minister according to his Epitaph Quo si quis scivit scitius Aut si quis docuit doctius At rarus vixit sanctius Et nullus tonuit fortius Grant some of knowledge greater store More Learned some in teaching Yet few in Life did Lighten more None thundered more in Preaching Sam. was bred in Sidn Colledge in Cambridge and became a great Scholar and excellent Preacher Being Minister in Ipswich he gained the Affections of the people by the tender care he had of them yet he had his Foes as well as Friends who complained of him to the High Com. where he met with some molestation He had three Brethren and it was said that these four put together would not make up the abilities of their Father nor were they offended with this Hyperbole One of them lately dead followed the Counsel of the Poet Ridentem dicere verum Quis vetat having in a jesting way delivered much smart truth of the times Sam. dyed 163. Jo. Boise born at Elmeseth bred in Cambridge was of the Quorum in Translating the Bible and whilst Chysostome lives Mr. Boise shall not dye such his learned pains on him in the Edition of Sir H. Savil. He dyed about the beginning of the Civil Wars Romish Exile Writers Robert Southwell wrote many Books and was reputed a dangerous Enemy to the State for which he was Imprisoned and Executed March 3. 1595. Benefactors to the Publick Elizabeth third Daughter of Gilb. Earl of Clare and Wife to Jo. Burgh Earl of Vlster in Ireland had her greatest Honour from Clare in this County She Founded Clare-Hall in Cambridge an 1343. Sir Simon Eyre born at Brandon first an Vpholster then a Draper in London whereof he was Lord Mayor 1445 on his own cost built Leaden-Hall for a common Garner of Corn to the City He left 5000 Marks to charitable uses He dyed Sept. 18. an 1459. and is buried in the Church of St. Mary Woolnoth in Lumbard-Street London Th. Spring the rich Clothier was born I believe at Laveham He built the Carved Chappel of Wainscot on the North side of the Chancel as also the Chappel at the South side of the Church He dyed 1510 and lyeth buried in his own Chappel Since the Reformation W. Coppinger was born at Bucks-hall in this County where his Family flourisheth in good esteem He was bred a Fishmonger in London whereof he became Lord Mayor 1512. He gave the half of his great Estate to pious uses I am sorry to see this Gentleman's ancient Arms substracted in point of honour by the addition of a superfluous Bordure Sir W. Cordal Knight had a fair Estate in Long-Melford and was well descended He became a Barrister Speaker of the Parliament and Privy Counsellour and Master of the Rolls to Queen Mary He founded a fair Almshouse at Melford and left a large allowance to the poor for Diet and Cloaths He continued Master of the Rolls till the day of his death 23 Eliz. Sir Robert Hicham Knight and Serjeant at Law born at or near Nacton purchased the Mannor of Framlingham from the Earl of Suffolk and entered into the same after great and many intervening Obstacles He left a great part of his Estate to pious uses and principally to Pembrook-Hall in Cambridge He dyed a little before the beginning of the Civil Wars Memorable Persons Jo. Cavendish Esq born at Cavendish was servant to Richard 2. when Wat Tyler played Rex in London whom he in assistance of Sir W. Walworth Lord Mayor of London dispatched by giving two or three mortal wounds The beginning of the bustle was that Wat took it mightily in dudgeon that Sir Jo. Newton did not make a mannerly approach to him upon which the said Lord arrested Wat and wounded him with his Dagger Hence the Arms of London were augmented with a Dagger King Richards discretion appeared very much in appeasing the tumult which happened 1381. Sir Th. Cook Knight and Sir W. Capel Knight born the first at Lavenham the later at Stoke-Neyland were bred Drapers in London and were Lord Mayors of the City Sir Will. is reported after a large entertainment for King Henry 7. to have burnt many Bonds in which the King stood obliged to him and at another time to have drank a dissolved Pearl which cost him many hundreds in an Health to the King Sir Th. was in danger of his Life for lending Money in the Reign of K. Edw. 4 Both dyed in Age Honour and Riches these transmitted to their Posterity The Cooks flourishing at Giddy-hall and the Capels at Hadham in Hartford Note Elizabeth Daughter of Sir Will. Capel was Married to Sir W. Pawlet Marquess of VVinchester and Mildred descended from Sir Th. Cook to VV. Cecil Lord Burleigh both their Husbands being Lord Treasurers of England Sir Tho. lyeth buried in the Church of Augustine Friars in London Sir VV. Capel in St. Bartholomews behind the Exchange Noted Sheriffs Q. Eliz. An. 18. Jo. Higham Arm. the ancient Sirname of the Lords Montaign in France was descended from Sir Clem. a Potent Knight 20. Robert Jermin a pious Man and a great Benefactor to Emanuel Colledge and a potent man was Father to Sir Th. Privy Councellor and Lord Chamberlain to King Charles I. Grandfather to Tho. and Hen. Esq the younger of these being Lord Chamberlain to our present Queen Mary and sharing in her Majesties sufferings was by King Charles II. made Baron and Earl of St. Albans 23. Nich. Bacon Mil. was the first Baronet in England 36. Tho. Crofts Arm. was Grandfather to Crofts who was created Baron Crofts by K. Cha. II. Sir Simond Dewes was Grandfather to Adrian descended from the Lords of Kessel in Gelderland who came thence in the time of their Civil Wars in the Reign of Henry 8. He was bred in Cambridge and became a great Antiquary He observed that the Ordinances of the late long Parliament did in Bulk and Number exceed all the Statutes made since the Conquest He dyed about 1653. SURREY SVrrey hath Middlesex on the North Kent on the East Sussex on the South Hant and Bark-shire on the West It is very near a Square of 22 Miles the Skirts whereof are fruitful and the inward parts barren though generally the Air be clear and the ways clean Here is the most and best Fullers Earth digged up near Rygate It is worth four pence a Bushel at the Pit and the Transportation thereof is prohibited The County likewise affords good Trouts and VVall-nuts and the best Box growing about Darking In this Shire there is the best Gardening for Profit King James about the end of his Reign gave 2000 pounds to Sir Francis Crane to build a House at Morelack for setting up a Manufacture of Tapestry and one Francis Klein a German was the designer thereof and united the Italian and Dutch perfections
been presented to him as another Maid was would have left no room for that Kings inquisitiveness in asking if she could spin as he did in the case of the other who could Speak and Write pure Latine Greek and Hebrew Noted Sheriffs Edw. 3. An. 1. Andrew Sackvil The Family of the Sackvils is as ancient as any in England taking their Name from Sackvil a Town of their Possession in Normandy Before this time Sir Robert Sackvil Knight younger Son of Herbran was fixed in England and gave the Mannor of Wickham in Suffolk to the Abbey of St. John de Bap. in Colchester about the Reign of Will. Rufus Sir Jo. his Son was one of the Assistance to 25 Peers appointed to see the Liberties of Magna Charta performed whose Son Richard was a principal Baron of whose house Hubert de Avesty held some Lands whose Granchild Sir Jordan was taken Prisoner at the Battle of Emesham in the Reign of Henry 3. for siding with the Barons against him whose Son Andrew the Kings Ward was imprisoned in Dover an 3. Edw. 1. and afterwards by the Kings command Married Ermyntide a Lady of the Houshold of Queen Eleanor whereby he regained a great part of his Inheritance which had been formerly forfeited whose Son Andrew first above mentioned was Ancestor to the truly Honourable Rich. now E. of Dorset Note Surrey and Sussex generally had distinct Sheriffs until the Reign of Edw. 2. when they were united then again divided an 9 Eliz. united an 13. divided agin an 12. K. Charles I. Rich 2. An. 19. Jo. Ashburnham was Ancester to Sir Jo. who Married Elizabeth Daughter of Sir Tho. Beaumont afterwards Created Viscountess Cramond in Scotland and had by her 2 Sons John of the Bed Chamber to K. Charles I. and II. and William Cofferer to his Majesty who will build their Name a story higher to Posterity And note this Family is of stupendious Antiquity the chief whereof was Sheriffs of Sussex and Surrey 1066 when VV. Duke of Normandy invaded England to whom K. Harauld wrote to assemble Posse â—omitatuum to make resistance against that Duke And the eminency hath equalled the Antiquity thereof having been Barons of England in the Reign of King Henry 3. Hen. 6. An. 29. Jo. Lewkenor afterwards Knight with 3000 others were slain in the Battle of Teuksbury valiantly fighting under P. Edward Son to K. Hen. 6. Hen. 7. An. 12. Math. Brown Arm. was Ancestor though not in the direct Line to Sir Anthony Standard-bearer of England second Husband of Lucy fourth Daughter to Jo. Nevel Marquess Montacute and Grand-father to Sir Anthony whom Q. Mary created Visc Montacute and whom Q. Eliz. much esteemed direct Ancestor to the right Honourable the present Visc Montacute who has a place and Vote in Parliament by an express clause in his Patent but otherwise no particular Title of a Baron Hen. 8. An. 10. Nich. Carew Mil. a jolly Gentleman was made Knight of the Garter by and Master of the Horse to Hen. 8. He built the fair house at Beddington in this County which by the advantage of the water is a Paradise of Pleasure 'T is said K. Hen. 8. being then at Bowls gave this Knight opprobrious Language betwixt jest and earnest to whom the other returned a stout Answer that was inconsistent with his Allegiance which cost him his Life The last of this Sirname adopted a Throgmorton on condition to assume the Name and Arms of Carew From him is Lineally descended Sir Nich. Carew Knight who I confidently hope will continue and encrease the Honour of his ancient Family Edw. 6. An. 1. Tho. Carden Mil. was 5 years before Endited for Heresie but K. Henry preserved him with some others of his Privy Chamber being in the same circumstances Q. Eliz. An. 20. George Goring whose names sake Sir George Goring was by Charles I. created Baron of Hurst Per-point in Sussex and afterwards Earl of Norwich He was the only instance of a Person of Honour who found Pardon for his Loyalty to his Sovereign Afterwards going beyond the Seas he was happily instrumental in advancing the Peace betwixt Spain and Holland and since the Restauration of K. Charles II. he was made Captain of his Majesties Guard Note that about 140 years ago one Mr. Clark hearing that the Market-house of Farnham in this County begun by him was not generally approved of but liked by some and disliked by others who found fault with the Model thereof and discouraged the Workmen caused this Distich to be writ in that House You who do like me give Money to end me You who dislike me give Money to mend me I wish the Advice may be practised all overt his County SUSSEX SVssex hath Surrey on the North Kent on the East the Sea on the South and Hantshire on the West It extendeth along the Sea 60 miles in length though not exceeding 20 in breadth A fruitful County though very dirty for Travellers All the Rivers in this County have their Fountains and Falls therein It is sufficient Evidence of the plenty of this County that the Toll of the Wheat Corn and Malt growing or made about and sold in the City of Chichester doth amount yearly at a half-penny a Quarter to 60 pounds and upwards Of Commodities Iron is plentiful in this County It is to be hoped that for the preservation of Woods a way may be found out to Chark Sea-coal in such manner as to render it useful for the making of Iron Then Talk produced in great abundance in this County is an excellent white Wash and a great astringent There is a Bird called Wheat-Ears so named because fattest when Wheat is ripe which is peculiar to this County a fine Bird though in season only in the heat of Summer A certain Gentleman concluded a great Lord a man of very weak parts because once he saw him at a Feast feed on Chickens when there were Wheat-Ears on the Table This County aboundeth with more Carpes then any other in England and is eminent for an Arundel Mullet a Chichester Lobster a Shelsey Cockle and an Amerly Trout The Manufactures are great Guns made of the Iron in this County A Monk in Mentz some 300 years since is generally reputed the first Founder of them when about the same time a Souldier found out Printing Jo. Oaven was the first Englishman who in England cast Brass Ordnance an 1535 Peter Baud a Frenchman an 1. Edw. 6. was the first who in England cast Iron Ordnance Tho. Johnson servant to Peter improved his Masters Art He dyed about 1600. There is also plenty of Glass made in this County and the Workmen thereof are much encreased since 1557 A certain Lord living near Cambridge upon his Petition got from Queen Elizabeth a grant of all the Plate in that University upon condition to find Glasses for the Scholars the performance of which condition at first and at all times after upon the casual or wilful breaking of the Glasses would
have been the most effectual way of ruining the Lord absolutely and infallibly The first making of Venice Glasses in England began at the Crochet Friers in London about the beginning of the Reign of Queen Elizabeth by one Jacob Venaline an Italian As for the Buildings in this County Chichester Cathedral is a fine Fabrick built after it had been twice burnt by Bishop Seffride 2. an 1193. The Country Folk say the Master Workman built Sarisbury and his Man the Church of Chichester but this is a mistake since Seffride lived under King John and Bishop Poor who founded Sarisbury lived much later under Hen. 3. This Church was Beautified by Bishop Sherborn in the Reign of Henry 7. Lately a great part thereof hath fallen to the ground Arundel Castle is of great esteem the rather because a Local Earldome is cemented to the Walls thereof Some will have it named from Arundel the Horse of Beavois the great Champion though this Castle was so called long before that imaginary Horse was Foaled that is long before the Conquest from the River Arund running hard by it Petworth the House of the Earls of Northumberland is most famous for a stately Stable which affordeth standing in State for 60 Horses with all necessary accommodations Proverbs I. He is none of the Hastings That is he is slow and dull the Proverb bearing only a nominal counter-relation to the Noble and ancient Family of the Hastings formerly Earls of Pembroke and still of Huntington There is also a Haven of that name in this County which is said to have been built in all hast by William the Conquerour Martyrs Grievous the persecution in this County under Jo. Christopherson the Bishop thereof Such his havock in burning poor Protestants in one year that had he sat long in that See and continued after that Rate there needed no Iron Mills to rarifie the Woods of this County The Papists admire him as a great Divine which I will not oppose but only say as the Man said of his surly Mistriss She hath too much Divinity for me Oh! that She had some more Humanity Cardinals Herbert de Bosham was a Manubus unto Tho. Becket at whose Murder-Martyring he was present and had the discretion to make no resistance He wrote the story of his Masters death Going over into Italy he was by Pope Alex. 3. made Arch-Bishop of Beneventum and in Dec. 1178. created Cardinal Prelates Jo. Peckham born of obscure Parents bred in Oxford and beyond the Seas became Arch-Bishop of Canterbury by the Popes favour for which he afterwards paid 4000 Marks He neither feared the Layty nor flattered the Clergy and was a great punisher of Pluralists He transmitted the Canons place at Lyons which he held for life to his Successors who held the same in Commendam some hundred years after He built and endowed a Colledge at Wingham yet left a great Estate to his Kindred whose descendants are possessed of the same at this day in this and the next County He dyed 1294. Robert Winchelsey bred in Merton-Colledge in Oxford where after having travelled he proceeded D. D. and became Chancellour of the University successively Can. of Pauls Arch-Deacon of Essex and Arch-Bishop of Canterbury He went to Rome and obtained his Pall of Pope Celestine refusing a Cardinals Cap offered unto him After his return confiding in the Canon of the Councel of Lions which forbad the Clergy to pay Taxes to Princes without consent of the Pope he created much molestation to himself King Edw. 1. using him first very harshly till at last he overcame all with his Patience A worthy Prelate excellent Preacher Being Learned himself he loved and preferred Learned Men. Prodigious his Hospitality being reported that Sundays and Fridays he fed no fewer then 4000 Men when Corn was cheap and 5000 when it was dear After his death 1313 poor men used to repair to his Tomb and present their Petitions to him Tho. Bradwardine descended of an ancient Family at Braâ—w in Hereford whence they removed and setled in this County for three Generations was born in or near Chichester and bred in Merton-Colledge in Oxford where for his skill in the Mathematicks and Divinity he was called Dr. Profundus He was Confessor to Edw. 3. To his Prayers the Conquest of France was by some imputed He Preached Piety to the Army He was Consecrated at Avignon Arch-Bishop of Canterbury at which time he was accounted somewhat Clownish both because he could not mode it with the Italians but chiefly because he was advanced for his Merit and not for his Money In his excellent Book De Causâ Dei he complaineth grievously of the prevalent Errours of Pelagius He dyed 1349. Tho. Arundel Son to Robert and Brother to Richard Fitz-Allen both Earls of Arundel was Arch-Bishop of York the fourth Arch-Bishop of Canterbury having been Bishop of Ely at 22 years of Age. He was thrice Lord Chancellour of England viz. an 10. and 15. Rich. 2. and 11 Hen. 4. He was by Rich. 2. banished the Land after his Brother was beheaded Restored by Hen. 4. to his Arch-Bishoprick In Parliament he was the Churches Champion for preservation of her Revenues He was the first who persecuted the Wicklevites with Fire and Faggot This Noble Person who had stop'd the Mouths of many Servants of God from Preaching his Word was himself famished to death by a swelling in his Throat Feb. 20. 1413. and lyeth Buried in the Cathedral of Canterbury H. Burwash of Noble Alliance a Covetous Ambitious Rebellious and Injurious Person was recommended by Barth de Badilismer Bar. of Leeds in Kent to Edw. 2. who preferred him Bishop of Lincoln Having fallen into the Kings displeasure and forfeited his Temporalities though afterwards restored he was most forward to assist the Queen in the deposing of her Husband He was twice Lord Treasurer once Chancellour and once Ambassadour to the Duke of Bavaria He dyed 1340. There 's a merry Story that he was condemned after his death to be a Green Forrester because in his life time he had violently enclosed other Mens Grounds into his own Park Since the Reformation W. Barlow D. D. was Canon of St. Osiths then Prior of Bisham in Bark-shire afterwards preferred by Hen. 8. Bishop of St. Asaph whence he was Translated to St. Davids thence an 3. Edw. 6. to Bath and Wells Having fled in the dayes of Queen Mary he was superintendent of the English Congregation at Embden Returning afterwards into England he was made by Queen Elizabeth Bishop of Chichester He had a numerous and prosperous Female Issue He dyed December 10 1569. W. Juxton born at Chichester was bred at St. Johns Colledge in Oxford where he commenced Doctor of Law and became Pres of the Colledge He was admirably Master of his Pen and Passion By K. Charles I. he was preferred Bishop first of Hereford then of London and for some years Lord Treasurer of England in the legal and prudent management of which Office
He was well reported of all Men and of the Truth it self He beheld with much Christian Patience those of his Order lose their Votes in Parliament much contempt poured on his Function whilst their Enemies hence concluded their final Extirpation would follow This Bishop was amongst others selected as Confessor to King Charles I. at his Martyrdom He formerly had had experience in the case of the Earl of Strafford that this Bishops Conscience was bottom'd on Piety the Reason that from him he received the Sacrament good Comfort and Counsel just before the perpetration of that horrid Murder a Fact so foule that it alone may confute the Errour of the Pelagians maintaining that all sin cometh by imitation the Vniverse not formerly affording such a precedent as if those Regicides had purposely designed to disprove the observation of Solomon that there is no new thing under the Sun King Charles II. an 1660 preferred him Arch-Bishop of Canterbury which place he worthily graceth at the Writing hereof Acceptus Fruin D. D. President of Magdalen-Colledge in Oxford was by K. Charles I. advanced Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield and since by K. Charles II. made Arch-Bishop of York and is now alive This County hath bred 5 Arch-Bishops of Canterbury at this instant claiming for her Natives the two Metropolitans of our Nation Statesmen Tho. Sackvil Son and Heir to Sir Richard Chancellour Sub-Treasurer of the Exchequer and Privy-Councellour to Queen Elizabeth by Winifred his Wife Daughter to Sir Jo. Bruges was bred in Oxford where he became an excellent Poet leaving both Latine and English Poems of his Composing to Posterity Then he became Barrister and afterwards in his Travels was for some time Prisoner at Rome whence returning to the possession of a fair Estate he wasted the greatest part thereof and afterwards being made as is reported to dance attendance on an Alderman of London who had gained great penny-worths by his former purchases of him he was sensible of the incivility and resolving to be no more beholding to Wealthy Pride he turned a thrifty improver of the Remainder of his Estate Others affirm that Queen Elizabeth his Cosin Germ. once removed diverted the torrent of his profusion by her frequent admonitions after which she made him Baron of Buckhurst in this County an 1566. Sent him Ambassadour into France 1571 into the Low Countries 1586. made him Knight of the Garter 1589. and Treasurer of England 1599. He was Chancellour of the University where he entertained Queen Elizabeth with a sumptuous Feast He was a person of so quick dispatch that his Secretaries seldom pleased him Thus having made amends to his house for his mispent time both in encrease of Estate and Honour being created Earl of Dorset by King James He dyed April 19. 1608. Capital Judges Sir Jo. Jeffrey Knight was preferred Secondary Judge of the Common Pleas thence advanced an 19. Elizabeth to be Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer He left one only Daughter and Heir Married to Sir Edward Montague since Baron of Boughton by whom he had but one Daughter Elizabeth Married to Robert Berty Earl of Linsey Mother to the truly Honourable Montague Earl of Linsey and Lord great Chamberlain of England This worthy Judge dyed an 21. Elizabeth Souldiers The Abbot of Battle after the French had invaded this County during the Non-age of King Richard 2. and the Dotage of his Council and taken the Prior of Lewis Prisoner Fortified Winchelsey effectually against the Enemy who in vain had attempted to storm the place and feared to venture a fair siege suspecting that they should be surrounded on all sides The Monsieurs therefore bid adieu to England and made for France as fast as they could An. Dom. 13 ... Sir W. Pelham Knight of an ancient and wealthy Family at Laughton was by Queen Elizabeth made Lord Chief Justice of Ireland betwixt the death of Sir W. Drury and the coming in of Arthur Gray Lord Lieutenant of Ireland In this juncture of time Desmond began his Rebellion 1579. inviting Sir W. Pelham to side with him who though he could not cure the wound for want of Force yet he kept it clean resigning the same in a recovering condition to the Lord Gray his Successor Afterwards he was Commander of the English Horse in the Low-Countries where he surprised Brabant Sir Anth. Shirley second Son to Sir Thomas set forth from Plimouth May 21. 1596. in a Ship called the Bevis of Southampton attended with six lesser Vessels His design for St. Thome was diverted by a Contagion occasioned by stinking Rain which within six hours after it fell turned to Maggots Turning therefore his course to America he took and kept the City of St Jago two dayes and nights with 280 Men wherein 80 were wounded in the service against 3000 Portugals Hence he made for the Isle of Fuego in the midst whereof was a Mountain Aetna-like always burning and the Wind did drive such a shower of Ashes upon them that one might have wrote his name with his Finger on the upper Deck Whence passing by the Island of Margarita he took St. Martha the Chief Town of Jamaica After much distress and desertion by the other Ships he returned into England Whose youngest Brother Sir Robert Shirley was entred by his Brother Anth. in the Persian Court. Here he performed so great service against the Turks that it drew the envy of the Persian Lords and love of the Ladies among whom one reputed a Kinswoman to the great Sophy was afterwards Married unto him and came over with him into England He much affected to appear in the Persian habit At last having as 't is said given the Persian Ambassadour a box on the ear upon some contest betwixt them they were sent both together into Persia to impeach one another Dr. Gough being joyned in Commission with Sir Robert but Neptune decided the Controversie before they came thither both of them dying on the Seas as I have been informed about the beginning of King Charles I whose eldest Brother Sir Tho. Shirley excited by the Atchievments of his two younger Brethren undertook Sea Voyages into Forreign parts to the great honour of his Nation but small enriching of himself As to the general performances of these three Brethren when Abatement is made for Poetical Embellishments contained in the Comedy made upon them c. the Remainder will speak them Worthies in their Generations Physicians Nich. Hostresham it seems from Horsham in this County a famous Physician wrote many Books amongst which one Contra dolorem Renum thus beginning A Stone is sometimes bred in the Kidneys c. Note this was long before Hops and Beer made therewith accounted by some the Original of the Stone in this Land were commonly used in England 1516. He having flourished 1443. Writers Lawrence Somercote was Can. of Chichester He studied the Law and went to Rome where through the favour of his Brother or Kinsman Robert Somercote Cardinal he was
written of Orthography the Quantities of Syllables a Chronicle a Comment on Gabriel Biel On the divorce of King Henry 8. A Comment on Cato Varro c. He dyed 1535. and lyeth buried in the Chappel Masters of Musick William Lawes bred in Salisbury was of the Private Musick to King Charles I. He made several sorts of Musick for Voices and Instruments He disclaimed the covert and priviledge of the Office of Commissary and valiantly venturing his person was casually shot at the Siege of Chester The King commonly called him the Father of Musick He and his Brother were the Authors of the Composures of the Psalms He dyed 164. Benefactors to the Publick Thomas Stumps of Malmesbury an Eminent Clothier entertained as is said King Henry 8. and his Court-train coming unexpected with the plentiful Provision which was prepared for his Workmen who were forced to fast in the mean time He preserved Malmesbury Minster at the time of the general dissolution buying the same with a great sum of Money for the Townsmen by whom it was converted into a Parish Church He bought the Demesnes of Malmesbury Abbey for 1500 l. 2 s. ½ may there be many branches of such Stumps Memorable Persons Sutton of Salisbury a great Clothier in the time of King Henry 1. is by a mistake sâ—pposed to have bequeathed 100 l. to the Weavers of Salisbury which was not built till long after that King's time Michael Under-Sheriff to Sir Anthony Hungerford 1558. in the last of Queen Mary was a right Godly Man When the Writ de Haereticis Comburendis for the Execution of R. White and Jo. Hunt was brought to him instead of burning them he burnt the Writ and before the same could be renewed Dr. Geffrey the bloody Chancellour of Salisbury who procured it and Queen Mary were both dead Sir James Vicar Choral of the Church of Salisbury in the time of King Edward 6. was wholly addicted to the Study of Chymistry and pretended he had all his Skill by Inspiration He dyed about the beginning of Queen Elizabeth Noted Sheriffs Edward 3. An. 35. Henry Sturmy Lord of Woolfhall in this County Bailiff and Guardian of the Forrest of Savernake by right of Inheritance as all his Ancestors were from the time of King Henry 2. Their Hunters Horn is kept by the Seymours Dukes of Sommerset as a Monument of their descent from such noble Ancestors King Henry 6. An. 23. Jo. Basket Esquire had a dispensation from Pope Eugenius the 4th to choose a Confessor in the Parish of Salisbury who was impowred to commute his vowes of Pilgrimage to St. Peter Paul and James if he had made any such into other works of Piety Q. Elizabeth An. 11. Thomas Thin Mil. for his sudden Wealth was Summoned before the Councel some suggesting he had met with Tresor trove or used some indirect means He shewed that he had got the same by Marriage Industry and Frugality for the rest said he you have a good Mistriss Our Gracious Queen and I had a good Master the Duke of Sommerset Cambden saith that this Thomas was descended from the Ancient Family of the Bottevils 41. Walter Vaughan had for his Arms S. a Chev. betwixt three Childrens Heads cooped at the Shoulders Ar. their Peruques O. inwraped about their Necks with as many Snakes proper One of the Family is reported to have been born with a Snake about his Neck His Lands descended to Sir George a worthy Gentleman and after his issueless decease to a Brother of his who was born blind bred in Oxford and became Prebendary of Sarum K. Charles I. An. 1. Francis Seymour Mil. Grandchild to Edward Earl of Hartford and Brother to William Duke of Sommerset was by King Charles I. Created Baron of Troubridge in this County since for his Loyalty made Privy Councellour to King Charles II. and Chancellour of the Dutchy of Lancaster Battles Lansdoune Fight was fought in the Confines of this County and Sommerset July 13. 1643. and it seemed not so much an entire Battle as a heap of Skirmishes hudled together It may be said Victus Victor uterque fuit The Parliaments Forces beat the Royalists back five times with much disorder Sir Bevil Greenvil being slain in the Head of his Pikes Major Lowre in the Head of his party of Horse yet the Kings Forces alleadge demonstration of Conquest that Prince Maurice and Sir Ralph Hopton remained in the Heads of their Troops all Night and next Morning found themselves possessed of the Field and of the dead as also of Three Hundred Armes and Nine Barrels of Powder the Enemy had left behind them Round way Fight Five dayes after Prince Maurice with the Earl of Carnarvan returning and the Lord Wilmot coming from Oxford with a gallant supply of select Horse charged the Parliaments Forces under the Conduct of Sir William Waller With him were the Horse of Sir Arthur Haslerigg so well Armed that each Souldier seemed an impregnable Fortification But these were so smartly charged by the Prince that they fairly forsook the Field leaving the Foot which in English Battles bear the heat of the day to shift for themselves In the mean time Sir Ralph Hopton hurt lately with the blowing up of Powder lay sick and sore in the Town of Devizes His men wanted Match whom Sir Ralph directed to beat and boyl their Bed-cords and marching forth they effectually contributed to the total routing and ruining of the Parliaments Foot which remained Note King Edgar freed this Land from Wolves May the Flocks of this County be also freed from two legg'd Wolves Spanish Ewes whereof one being formerly brought over into England brought with it the first general contagion of Sheep and Hunger-Rot the effect of an over dry Summer WORCESTER-SHIRE WOrcester-shire hath Stafford-shire on the North Warwick-shire on the West Glocester-shire on the South Hereford and Shrop-shire on the West Being of a Triangular form it stretcheth from North to South 22 Miles from South to North-West 28 and thence to her North-East point 28 Miles The natural Commodities are Lampreys in the River Severn then Perry a Wine made of Pears There is also fine Salt made in this County which is reputed the second Salt Cellar in England There are found here many Salt Fountains but stopped up again for the preservation of Woods As for the Buildings in this County the Cathedral of Worcester was much defaced in the Civil Wars The Market Towns are generally handsomely built and no Shire in England can shew a brace of them so neat and near together as Beaudly and Kidderminster in this County being scarcely two Miles asunder Saints St. Richard born at Wich alias Droitwich bred in Oxford and beyond the Seas became Chancellour of Oxford then of Canterbury till at last he was chosen Bishop of Chichester He was a great Becketist a stout Opposer of Regal Power over Spiritual Persons on which and other accounts he wrote a Book to Pope Innocent the 4th against King Henry
much Moderation At last he was Preacher at St. Magdalens Bermondsey being a solid Divine and a man made up of piety pity and patience He was visited with many and most acute diseases the Gout Stone and Ulcer in his Bladder and another in his Kidneys His Liberality knew no bottom but an empty Purse so bountiful he was to all in want He dyed 1654. and was buried in his own Parish All I shall add is this distick Whites ambo Whitehead Whitgift Whitakerus uterque Vulnera Romano quanta dedere Papae Romish Exile Writers Jo. Young was Fellow of St. Johns-Colledge in Cambridge at first a parcel-Protestant Translating into English the Book of Arch-Bishop Cranmer of the Sacrament he became a zealous Papist and great Antagonist of Mart. Bucer and an able disputant He was Vice-Chancellour of Cambridge 1554 Master of Pemb. Hall Professor of Divinity and Rector of Landbeach nigh Cambridge but lost all his preferment an 1. Elizabeth being deprived and imprisoned He dyed 1579. Jo. Mush bred in the English-Colledge at Doway and in Rome whence returning into England he fished for Proselytes for 20 years together being for some considerable time imprisoned at last he procured his Enlargement In his time happened the Schisme betwixt the Jesuits and Priests which threatned Ruine to the Church of Rome Mush went to Rome about it and was very instrumental in Composing of those differences Returning into England he was assistant to the English Arch-Priest He wrote among other books Vitam Martyrium D. Margaretâ— Clithoreae Whether D. be for Domina or Diva Lady or Saint I know not I take her for some Gentlewoman in the North who for some practices in maintenance of her Religion became obnoxious to the severity of the English Law He lived 1612. Benefactors to the Publick Thomas Scot born at Rotheram which he assumed for his Name was Fellow of Kings-Colledge afterwards Master of Pemb. Hall in Cambridge and Chancellour of the University He built on his proper cost saving something helped by the Scholars the fair Gate of the School with fair Walks on each side and a Library on the East thereof This Thomas having felt the sharp tusks of the Boar when imprisoned by King Richard 3. for resigning the Great Seal of England to Queen Elizabeth the Relict of King Edward 4. he advanced that Kings Crest being the Boar on the aforesaid Gate meerly to ingratiate himself He was successively Provost of Beverly Bishop of Rochester Lincoln and lastly Arch Bishop of York Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal and Chancellour of England Many were his Benefactions to the Publick of which none more remarkable then his founding 5 Fellowships in Lincoln-Colledge in Oxford He dyed at Cawood of the Plague 1500. Jo. Alcocke born at Beverly where he built a Chappel and Founded a Chantry for his Parents was D. D. in Cambridge and became Bishop of Ely and was preferred Lord Chancellour of England by King Henry 7. He turned the old Nunnery of St. Radegund Founded by Malcolm King of Scotland into a New Colledge called Jesus in Cambridge He was a Learned and Pious Man deceasing 1500. Since the Reformation Mr. Harrison of Leeds built a new Church in that Town the old one being too small for the numerous Parishoners Memorable Persons Paulinus de Leeds was so far from buying a Bishoprick that when a Bishoprick bought him he refused to accept it King Henry offering him the Bishoprick of Carlile with an Addition of 300 Marks to the yearly Revenue which he refused He flourished 1186. W. de la Pole born at Ravensford for Wealth and Skill in Merchandize inferiour to none in England resided at Kingston upon Hull He lent King Edward 3. many thousands of pounds in recompence whereof the King made him Valect i. e. Gent. of the Bed-Chamber and Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer c. giving him the Precedency and Honour of a Knight Banneret though he was not made in the Field with the usual Ceremony He dyed about 1350. Noted Sheriffs Edward 2. An. 9. Simon Ward the Male line of his ancient Family expired in Sir Christopher Ward Standard bearer to King Henry 8. at Bolleign He lived at Grindal leaving three Daughters Married to the Families of Strickland Musgrave and Osborn Edward 3. An. 17. Thomas de Rokeby was twice 1351 and 1355 Lord Justice of Ireland He in part extirpated the damnable Custom of Coigne and Livery in that Kingdom whereby the Commander in Chief extorted from the people Horse-meat Mans meat and Money at pleasure without any satisfaction for the same This Custom was begun in the time of King Edward 2. by Maurice Fitz-Thomas Earl of Desmond In reference to which this Rokeby used to say that he would eat in Wooden dishes but would pay for his Meat Gold and Silver Henry 4. An. 8. Thomas Rokeby Junior Mil. overcame and took by the sole assistance of this Shire Prisoners Henry Piercy Earl of Northumberland and the Lord Barldolfe who began War against the King Henry 5. An. 8. Halvatheus Maulever Mil. had his Sirname in Latine Malus Leporarius from his unskilfulness in hunting of the Hare Henry 6. An. 11. Henry Bromfleet Mil. was sent the year following with other Ambassadours to the Council of Basil and returning was created Lord Vescy in the right of his Mother And though in his Patent that Title was entailed on his Heir-Males only yet Margaret his sole Daughter and Heir Married to Jo. Lord Clifford Father to Henry first Earl of Northumberland of that Sirname derived the Barony into that Family which at this day they enjoy 22. Edmund Talbot Mil. though not related to the house of Shrewsbury was of a Family of ancient extraction ever since King Henry 2. He was Father to Sir Thomas one very zealous for the House of York and a servant to King Richard 3. who bestowed an Annuity of 40 pounds per Annum on him A Branch of these Talbots are removed into Lancashire and from those in York-shire Col. Thomas Talbot is descended Edward 4. Henry Vavasor Mil. It is observed of this Family that they never Married an Heir or buried their Wives The place of their habitation is called Hasel-Woâ—d out of which Mannor the stones were taken that built St. Maries Abbey in York Henry 8. An. 2. Radulphus Eure alias Evers Mil. was created Baron and Lord Warden of the Marches towards Scotland where he gave signal demonstrations of his Fidelity and Valour in resisting and opposing the Scots From him the present Lord Evers is descended 5. William Piercy Mil. was probably of the Family of the Piercy's-Hays whose ancient possession was Riton hard by the River Rhidals 23. Nicholas Fairfax Mil. the Sirname signifying Fair Hair had for his Motto Fare Fac Say Doe His Namesake Sir Nicholas of Bullingbrook was Knight of the Rhodes in the Reign of King Edward 4. being Charactred Cavaliero molto spiritoso e Prudente Q. Mary An. 3. Christopher Metcalfe Mil. attended on
the Judges of York with 300 Horsemen all of his own Name and Kindred well mounted and suitably attired This Family was accounted the most numerous of any in England an 1607. He stocked the River Yower nigh his house with Crevishes Q. Eliz. An. 4. George Bowes Mil. had a great Estate in this County and greater in Durham He was besieged by the Northern Rebels an 1569. in Bernards-Castle which he delivered upon condition they might depart with their Armour After the suppression of the Rebels their Execution was committed to his care wherein he was severe unto Cruelty many well meaning people having been in their simplicity drawn in under a pretence of doing the Queen service These Sir George hung up by Scores by the Office of his Marshalship and had hung more if Mr. Bernard Gilpin had not interceeded for their Lives 23. Robert Stapleton Mil. descended from Sir Miles one of the first Founders of the Garter and Sheriff 29. Edward 3. met the Judges with 140 Men in suitable Liveries and was a very comely and eloquent Man equally charming both the senses of Discipline the Eyes and the Ears He married one of the Co-heirs of Sir Henry Sherington by whom he had a numerous Posterity 42. Francis Clifford Ar. succeeded his Brother George in the Earldom of Cumberland a worthy Gentleman made up of all honourable Accomplishments He was Father to Henry the 5th and last Earl of that Family whose sole Daughter and Heir was married to the Right Honorable the then Lord Dungarvon since Earl of Cork 45. Henry Bellasis Mil. was by King Charles I. created Baron Fauconbridge of Yarum as since his Grandchild by his eldest Son is made Visc Fauconbridge Jo. Bellasis Esquire who in the Garrison of Newark and elsewhere hath given ample testimony of his Valour and all noble Qualities is since advanced to the dignity of a Baron K. James An. 9. Henry Slingsby Mil. of an ancient Family whose Armes are Quarterly the first and the fourth G. a Chev. between two Leopards Heads and a Hutchet or Bugle Arg. the second and the third Arg. a Griffin Surgeant S. supprest by a Fess G. 11. George Savil Mil. and Bar. was of a Numerous Wealthy and Ancient Family of which Sir Jo. Savil was lately created Baron Savil of Pomfraict and his Son since Earl of Sussex K. Charles Sir Marmaduke Langdale was Sheriff 1641. who might have said as to the Kings side of Northern Actions Paâ—s ego magna fui But as for his raising of the Siege of Pomfraict felt before seen by the Enemy it will appear Romance-like to Posterity with whom it will find Plus Famae quam Fidei King Charles II. created him a Baron the Temple of Honour being of due open to him who had passed through the Temple of Vertue The Battles That at Marston-Moor July 2. 1644 was our English Pharsalian Fight to the Loyal Cavaliers Prince Rupert having raised the Siege at York drew out his Men into the Moor with intention to fight the Enemy though his Souldiers were weary and the expected Recruits were not come and besides if the Parliaments Army had been then let alone such were their Animosities that they had fallen foul among themselves had not the Prince preparing to fight them cemented their differences to agree against a General Enemy But the Prince was not informed of such differences But being pressed by the Kings Command to fight the Enemy speedily and having received Intelligence that the Enemy had the day before sent away 7000 Men who yet returned before the Fight he proceeded so far that it was too late to draw off the Parliaments Forces necessitating them to fight and about four of the Clock in the Afternoon the Battle began Some causlesly complain on the Marquess of New-castle that he drew not his Men soon enough according to his Orders out of York to the Prince's succour Such consider not that Souldiers newly relieved from a 9 weeks Siege will a little indulge themselves The Lord General Goring so valiantly charged the left Wing of the Enemy that they fairly forsook the Field General Leslie with his Scotish Army ran away more than a York-shire Mile and a Wee-Bet Fame with her Trumpet sounded their Flight as far as Oxford the Royalists rejoycing with Bonefires for the Victory But within few dayes their Bayes by a mournful Metamorphosis were turned into Willow For Cromwel with his Cuirassires did the work of that day Some suspected Collonel Hurry lately converted to the Kings side for foul play herein for he divided the Kings old Horse into small Bodies alledging this way the best way to break the Scotish Lanciers But those Horse alwayes used to charge together were much discomposed with this new Mode Besides a right Valiant Lord severed with a Ditch from the Enemy did not attend till the Foe forced their way unto him The Van of the Kings Foot being led up by the truly Honourable Collonel John Russel impressed with unequal numbers and distanced from seasonable succour became a Prey to their Enemy The Marquess of Newcastles white Coats who were said to bring their Winding sheet about them into the Field after thrice firing fell to it with the But-ends of their Muskets and were invincible till mowed down by Cromwel's Cuirassiers they were almost all slain Great was the Execution of that day Cromwel commanding his Men to give no Quarter Various the numbering of the slain of both sides yet I meet with none mounting them above 6. or sinking them beneath 3000. I remember no Person of Honour slain on the Kings side save the hopeful Lord Cary eldest Son to the Earl of Monmouth But on the Parliaments side the Lord Didup a lately created Baron was slain on the same token that when King Charles said that he hardly remembred that he had such a Lord in Scotland one returned that the Lord had wholly forgotten that he had such a King in England Soon after more then 60 Royalists of prime Quality removed themselves beyond the Seas so that hence forward the King's Affairs in the North were in a languishing Condition YORK YORK is an ancient City built on both sides of the River Ouse joyned with a Bridge of one Arch the largest in England Here the Roman Emperours had their Residence Severus and Valer. Constantius their death What it sacketh of London in bigness and beauty of Buildings it hath in cheapness and plenty of Provisions Of Manufactures it challengeth none peculiar to it self They send course Cloath to Hamborough and have Iron Flax c. in return But the Trade which is indeed but driven at York runneth of it self at Hull which of a Fishers Town is become a City's Fellow within 300 years being the Key of the North. As for the Buildings of York the Cathedral was built by Jo. Romaine William Melton and Jo. Thoresbury successive Arch-Bishops thereof the Family of the Piercy's contributing Timber of the Vavasors Stone thereunto It is famous
and setled a vast Territory on Sybil her sole Daughter Married afterwards to Milo Earl of Hereford Note that when Mr. Speed in pursuance of his Description of England passed this County 8 persons who had been Bayliffs of Brecknock gave him courteous entertainment CARDIGAN-SHIRE CArdigan-shire is washed on the West with the Irish Sea and parted from Merioneth-shire by the River Dovi from Brecknock-shire by Tovy and on the South from Carmarthen and Pembroke-shire by Tyvy Being in form like a Horn wider towards the North and has a Cornu-copia universal plenty This County though remotest to England was soonest reduced to the English Dominion as being nearer to the Sea which afforded a more convenient passage to the English who were potent in Shipping and invaded this County in the Reign of VVilliam Rufus and Henry 1. bestowed the same entirely upon VVilliam de Clare In former times plenty of Bevers did breed in the River Tyvy in this County Proverbs I. Talaeth Talaeth that is Fine Fine When Roderick divided Wales betwixt his three Sons he ordered that each of them should wear upon his Bonnet or Helmet a Coronet of Gold set with pretious Stones called in British Talaeth and they from thence Ytri trwysâ—c Talaethioc that is three Crowned Princes Now it is applyed to the uppermost part of the head attire of Children yea the English men have that which they call the Crown of a Cap. II. Bâ— Arthur and 〈◊〉 That is Arthur was not but whilst he was 'T is Honourable for old Men if they can truly say we have been brave Fellows III. Ne Thorres Arthur Nawdd gwraig that is King Arthur did never violate the refuge of a woman For that King was the Mirrour of Manhood By the Woman 's Refuge many understand her Tongue and no valiant Man will revenge her words with his blows IV. Calen y Sais wrah Gimro That is the Heart of an Englishman towards a Welshman This was invented whilst England and Wales were at deadly Feude and is applyed to such who are possessed with prejudice or only carry an outward complyance with Cordial Affection V. Ni Cheitw Cymbro oni Gollo That is the Welshman keeps nothing until he hath lost it When the British recovered their lost Castles from the English they doubled their diligence and valour keeping them more tenaciously then before VI. A fo Pen bid Bont That is He that will be a Head let him be a Bridge This is of a fictitious Original Benigridan a Welsh General is said to have carried his Army one by one we must imagine on his back over a River in Ireland where there was neither Bridge nor Ferry These Proverbs are generally used in VVales Note that in this Principality of VVales there was an ancient Play wherein the stronger put the weaker into a sack whence the English By-word He is able to put him up in a Bag. VII Na difanco y Beriglawr That is Vilifie not thy Parish Priest This may be lookt upon as a true penitential Proverb since the Citizens of Llan-Badern-Vaure that Lland-Badern the great cruelly slew their Bishop which City and Bishoprick afterwards dwindled into nothing CARMARTHEN-SHIRE CArmarthen-shire hath Pembroke-shire on the West the Severn Sea on the South Cardigan-shire on the North Brecknock and Glamorgan-shire on the East This County being not so Mountainous as others in Wales affords plenty of Grain Grass Wood and Fish Here there is a place called Golden Grove belonging to the Right Honourable Richard Vaughan Baron of Emelor in England and Earl of Carbery in Ireland who plentifully relieved many eminent Divines during the late Sequestration 'T is said that in this Maritime-shire there is a Fountain which ebbs and flows conformable to the Sea There are likewise here strange Subterranean Vaults conceived the Castles of routed people in the Civil Wars Martyrs Robert Ferrar an English man a prime Martyr of this County was a Man not unlearned but somewhat indiscreet or rather uncomplying so that he may be said with St. Lawrence to be broyled on both sides being persecuted both by Protestants and Papists He was preferred Bishop of St. Davids by the Duke of Sommerset then Lord Protector who was put to death not long after Some conceived that the Patrons fall was the Chaplains greatest guilt and encouraged his Enemies against him Of these two were afterwards Bishops in the Reign of Queen Elizabeth viz. Thomas Young Arch-Bishop of York and Rowland Merrick Bishop of Banger Souldiers Sir Rice ap Thomas Knight little less then a Prince in his Country was called by the Author of Praelia Anglorum the Flower of the Britains He repaired to King Henry 7. lately landed at Milford Haven with contemptible Forces with a considerable accession of choice Souldiers marching with them to Bosworth-Field where he right valiantly behaved himself He was in reward of his good service made Knight of the Garter He rebuilt Emeline in this County and called it New-Castle being one of his Principal Seats and one of the latest Castles in Wales In the 4th year of King Henry 8. he conducted 500 Horse at the Siege of Therouene VValt de Devereux Son of Devereux and Cicely his VVife sole Sister to Thomas Bourchier last Earl of Essex was born in the Town of Carmarthen and by Queen Elizabeth Created Earl of Essex in Right of his Mother Being a Martial Man he Articled with Queen Elizabeth to maintain such a proportion of Souldiers at his own cost and to have the fair Territory of Clandebuy in the Province of Vlster in Ireland for the Conquering thereof To maintain his Army he sold his fair inheritance in Essex Over he goes into Ireland with a noble Company of Kindred and Friends supernumerary Volunteers above the proportion of Souldiers agreed upon Sir W. Fitz-Williams Lord Deputy of Ireland suspecting to be Eclipsed by this great Earl sollicits the Queen to maintain him in full power of his place Hereupon it was Ordered that the Earl should have his Commission from this Lord Deputy which with much importunity and long attendance he hardly obtained and that with no higher Title then Governour of Vlster After many impressions not over successfully made in Vlster he was by the Lord Deputy remanded into the South of Ireland where he spent much time to little purpose From Munster he was sent back into Vlster where he was forbidden to follow his blow and use a Victory he had gotten Yea on a sudden stript out of his Commission and reduced to be Governour of 300 Men. He embraced all these Changes with prodigious constancy Pay-days in Ireland came very thick Moneys out of England very slow his Noble Associates began to withdraw common Men to mutiny so that the Earl himself was at the last recalled home Not long after he was again sent over with the Title of Earl Marshal of Ireland where he fell into a strange looseness not without suspicion of Poyson and dyed 1576. Aet 36. His Soul he piously resigned
under his Uncle of whom hereafter in Westminster-School then in Trinity-Colledge in Cambridge where he Commenced D. D. was successively preferred Prebend of Windsor Dean of Rochester and Bishop of Glocester He lived since but was no friend to the Reformation constantly complaining of the first Reformers amongst whom he noted Ridley as a very Odd Man One being then present My Lord says he He was an Odde Man indeed for all the Popish Party in England could not match him with his equal in Learning and Religion He is the only instance amongst 200 Bishops since Queen Elizabeth who was Popishly affected He was a harmless man hurtful to none but himself pitiful to the Poor hospitable to his Neighbours against the ruining of any of an opposite Judgment and gave the most he left to pious uses He was no contemptible Historian He was made Bishop 1624. and dyed about 1655. in Westminster Writers since the Reformation William Salesbury born in this County where his Family flourisheth at this day composed an English and Weâ—sh Dictionary Printed 1547. He dyed 1560. Benefactors to the Publick since the Reformation Sir Thomas Son of Sir Richard Exmew was born at Rithin and bred in London a Goldsmith and was Lord Mayor thereof 1517. Besides Benefactions in his own Country and to St. Mary Magdalens in Milk-street London where he lyes buried he made the VVater-Conduit by London VVall at Moor-Gate Gabriel Goodman Son of Edward Goodman Esq was born at Rithin afterwards D. D. in St. Johns-Colledge in Cambridge and Dean of VVestminster for forty years The Bible was Translated into VVelsh on his cost He founded a School-house in Rythin with a competent Salary and erected an Almshouse therein for 12 poor people He repaired the House for the Minster there called the VVarden of Rythin furnishing it with Plate c. which were to descend to his Successors He purchased a fair House thereunto at Cheswick in Middlesex where with his own hands he set a fair row of Elmes for a Retiring place to the Masters and Scholars at VVestminster He was made one of the Executors of the Will of our English Nestor the Lord Treasurer Cecil for the disposing of great sums to charitable uses He dyed 1â—01 and is buried in the Collegiate Church of VVestminster whereof he so well deserved as of all England Mr. Cambden performing his perambulation about it on his Expences Sir Hugh Middleton Son of Sir Richard Middleton was born at Denbigh and bred in London This is that worthy Knight who fetcht into London VVater on his own cost more then 24 Miles encountring all the way with an Army of Oppositions grapling with Hills strugling with Rocks fighting with Forests till in defiance of difficulties he had brought his Project to Perfection A potent person and an idle Spectator struck in and by his greatness possessed a Moiety of the profit whilst the Honour thereof will remain Eternally fixed to the Memory of Sir Hugh Middleton Note Robert Earl of Leicester by his bounty advanced the Building of a new Church in Denbigh FLINT-SHIRE FLint-shire named from Flint formerly an eminent place therein hath the Sea on the North Shrop-shire on the South Cheshire on the East and Denbigh-shire on the West The smallest Shire in VVales Flint the Shire-Town is no Market Town no nor St. Asaph a City and Bishops See till made so very late But it is near to Chester the Market General of these parts and besides every Village hath a Market in it self as affording all necessary Commodities This County was Parcel of the County Palatine paying 2000 Marks called a Mize at the Change of every Earl of Chester until the year 1568. For then upon the occasion of one Thomas Radford committed to Prison by the Chamberlain of Chester this County disjoyned it self from the Earldom of Chester and united it self to the Principality though I cannot see how the one or the other could be done without an Act of Parliament Proverbs I. Mwy nag un bw a yro Ynghaer That is More then on Yugh-Bow in Chester Cheshire men have been very famous for Archery It is applyed to such who take other folks Goods for their own being mistaken with the similitude and resemblance Princes Elizabeth the 7th Daughter of King Edward 1. and Queen Lleanor was born at Ruthland Castle where antiently a Parliament was kept an Edward 1. This Princess at 14 years of Age was Married to John first of that Name Earl of Holland Zealand c. and after his death to Humfrey Bohun Earl of Hereford and Essex High Constable of England by whom he had a numerous Issue She dyed 1316. and was buried in the Abby-Church of Saffron-Walden in Essex Saints Congellus or Comgallus is challenged by the Welsh for their Country-Man as being first Abbot of Banchâ—r in this County though Arch-Bishop Vsher makes him the first Abbot of Bangor in the North of Ireland He was one of a pious Life who wrote Learned Epistles and dyed an 600. Aet 85. St. Beno Instructor to St. Wenefride was it seems a good Chirurgeon to a Miracle who when VVenefride was beheaded by the Lustful Caradocus set her Head on again she living 15 years after Asaph born of Right Honourable Parentage was bred at Llan-Elvy under Mungo the Scotch Bishop of that place who had a Convent of 663 Monks almost the number of the Beast whereof 300 being more unlearned then the rest were employed in Husbandry Amongst the rest who attended Divine Service St. Asaph was eminently conspicuous for Piety and Learning insomuch that Mungo in Latine Quentigermu being called into his Country resigned both his Convent and Cathedral to him Here he demeaned himself with such Sanctity that Llan-Elvy was after his death called from him St. Asaph He was an assiduous Preacher having this Speech in his Mouth Such who are against the Preaching of Gods word envy Mans Salvation He is thought by some to have dyed about 569. After which his See was Vacant above 500 years until Jeffrey of Monmouth was placed there Prelates since the Reformation Richard Parry D. D. born at Ruthin was bred in Christs-Church in Oxford whence he was preferred Dean of Bangor and at last Bishop of St. Asaph consecrated December 30. 1604. Bishop Godwin being near to him in time and in his studies desireth to be his equal in other Episcopal Qualities Bishop Parry dyed 16. Souldiers Owen Glendower born in his ancient Patrimony of Glendower-Wye was bred in London a Student of the Common Law till he became a Courtier and Servant to King Richard 2. After whose death being in the wrong side of preferment he retired into Wales where there arose a difference between him and the Lord Gre of Ruthen about a Common which Owen by force recovered from Gre whom he killed Many spur'd his posting Ambition by telling him he was the true Heir to all North-Wales and now or never the time to regain it whereupon he brake into open Rebellion Being