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A29627	An historical account of Mr. Rogers's three years travels over England and Wales giving a true and exact description of all the chiefest cities, towns and corporations in England, Dominion of Wales, and town of Berwick upon Twede : together with the antiquities, and places of admiration, cathedrals, churches of note in any city, town or place in each county, the gentleman above-mentioned having made it his whole business (during the aforesaid time) to compleat the same in his travelling, : to which is annexed a new map of England and Wales, with the adjacent parts, containing all the cities and market towns bound in just before the title.	Brome, James, d. 1719.; D. J.	1694 (1694)	Wing B4857; ESTC R39940	65,229	160

the Charters by which the Scotch King stood obliged to do Homage to the King of England and thereupon ensued a great War betwixt them for King David being spurred on by the French King Invaded England and having made a great Road into the Northern Counties and spoiling and burning every where as they went along at length at Durham his Army was routed and himself taken Prisoner being first sent to the Tower afterward committed to this Castle where during his consinement he engraved upon the Walls of his Deportment the History of our Saviour's Death and Passion the Relicts of which are still to be seen After eleven Years Imprisonment he was restored against to his Kingdom by paying a good Ransom for his Liberty but before he returned he was one of the four Kings that was nobly Treated by Henry Picard a Vintner then Lord Mayor of London These were the four Kings Edward the Third King of England John King of France David King of the Scots and the King of Cyprus together with Edward The Black Prince all bearing him company at the same Table this was about the Year 1358. But before I leave this Town I cannot but take notice of one thing more memorable in our Age this being the first place where King Charles the First set up his Royal Standard against the Rebels in the late unhappy Wars and when the King's Forces were forced to leave it the Castle was quite demolished We went from hence to view the Chair of Robin-Hood of which it follows Having pleasured our selves with the Antiquities of this Town we took Horse and went to visit the Well and ancient Chair of Robin-Hood which is about a Mile within the Forest of Shirwood Being placed in that Chair we had a Cap which they say was his very formally put upon our Heads and having performed the usual Ceremonies befitting so great a Solemnity we received the Freedom of the Chair and were incorporated into the Society of that renowned Brotherhood but that we may not receive such Privileges without an honourable mentioning of the Persons that left them to Posterity know we must that the Patent was bequeathed to the inferior Rangers of this Forest by Robin Hood and Little John honourable Personages indeed being the chief Lords of some most renowned Robbers in the Reign of King Richard the First This same Robin Hood entertained one Hundred tall Men all good Archers with the Spoil he daily made himself Master of whom four Hundred tho' every way well Accoutred to give Battel durst scarce make an Onset He suffered no Woman to be violated oppress'd oa any ways molested poor Men's Goods he spared and did relieve them very liberally with what he got from the rich Carles He killed none and by this means he did for a long time keep up the Order of Knight Errants Having for some time pleased our selves with our new Brothers that very curteously entertained us we went from hence into Yorkshire The County of York is the greatest Shire by far of all England and is thought to be in a temperate measure fruitful If in one place there be stony and sandy barren ground in another place there are for it Corn-fields as rich and fruitful if it be void and destitute of Woods here you shall find it shadowed in another place with most thick Forests The Length extendeth from Hart-hill in the South to the Mouth of Tees in the North which is near seventy Miles the breadth from Flambrough-head to Horn-Castle upon the River Lun is Eighty the whole circumference three hundred and eight Miles HELMSLEY a Mannor in Yorkshire hath two Parks and a Chase in it said to be about 146 Miles in compass and had 40000 Timber-Trees and 200 Acres of Wood. There are many Free-holders there The whole Shire is divided into 3 parts which according to the 3 Quarters of the World are called The West-Riding The East-Riding The North-Riding West-Riding for a good while is compassed in with the River Ouse with the bound of Lancashire and with the South limits of the Shire and beareth toward the West and South East-Riding looketh to the Sun-rising and the Ocean which together with the River Derwent encloseth it North-Riding reacheth Northward hemmed in as it were with the River Tees with Derwent and a long race of the River Ouse YORK is the fairst City in all this County and deservedly reputed the Second of England for its Greatness and Munificence the pleasantness of its Situation the Buildings are stately and beautiful The whole City is rich glorious and honourable both in respect of its being governed by a Lord Mayor who moderates in all Cases of Temporal Affairs as also by an Archbishop who is Judge in all Spiritual Matters The River Ouse flowing with a gentle Stream from the North part cutteth it in twain and divided as it were into two Cities which are conjoined with a stone Bridge having one mighty Arch. There is a Cathedral Church dedicated to Saint Peter an excellent fair and stately Fabrick near unto which there is the Prince's House commonly called The Mannour York was a Colony of the Romans Ptolomey and Antonine and also by a piece of Money coined by the Emperour Severus in the reverse whereof we read COL EBORACUMLEG VI. VICTRIX Severus had his Palace in this City and here at the hour of death gave up his last breath with these words I entered upon a State every way troublesome and I leave it peaceable even to the Britains There are many fine Seats of Persons of Quality by reason of the Pleasantness of its Soil which abounds in Plenty of all things and for Pleasure and Recreation it affords the most of any County in England In the North-Riding of this County is Ounsbery-Hill or Rosebery-Topping which mount-up a mighty height and maketh a goodly shew a farre off so often as the Head thereof hath his cloudy Cap on lightly there followeth rain whence they have a proverbial Rhime When Rosebery-Topping wears a Cap Let Cliveland then beware a clap I could have particuliz'd several other Towns and Villages in this Shire but what has been related is most material and again the Volume is but small and would not bear it In this County there are 459 Parishes under which are very many Chappels for number of Inhabitants equal unto great Parishes We went from hence into the Bishoprick of Durham of which it follows Durham The chief Town in Latin Dunelmum a County Palatine and a Bishop's See 't is situated upon a Hill and encompassed almost round by the River Were is also shaped in form of an Egg and strongly fortified both by Art and Nature There is a stately Cathedral which makes a fine and lofty shew with an high Tower in the midst and two Spires at the West end The County in general is very pleasant and rich in its Mountains with Iron and Coals and its Vallies with Corn and Grass But before I leave this County

the Diabolical Regions The Second Wonder Is Mamtar 't is a high steep Cliff and from the top of which Cliff or Rock the Sand tho' the Air be never so Calm doth continually trickle to the bottom Night and Day and now and then great Stones fall down with a very great Noise and do much affright the poor Neighbouring Inhabitants On the top of it bubbles up a Fountain which in some places streams down the Cliff The Third Wonder Is a Fountain which Ebbs and Flows like the Sea receiving an influence from the Moon and observing the same regular Motions by which the Ocean it self continually is regulated The Fourth Wonder Is called the Marble Stones by their orderly Dispositions into several rows one row higher than another it seems rather to be the contrivance of Art than of Nature but that we ought not to Derogate from that great Parent whose production are continually Rare and Unimitable The Fifth Wonder Is Elden Hole near unto the Fourth Wonder 't is reputed a bottomless Abyss and could never as yet by any Art be Fathomed The Mouth of it is wide and craggy but the inward recesses contracted and intrecate There is a Story that they let a Man down by Ropes and Candles to light him to give an Account of this infernal Pit but paid dearly for his Presumption with the loss of his life for his Boldness The Sixth Wonder Is Buxtons-Well about two Miles from the fifth Wonder it glories in a hot Well 't is inclosed in a very fair Stone Building erected formerly by the Earl of Shrewsbury the Operation is very near to that of the Cross Bath having two Springs of Water the one within a hand breadth of the other and one is Hot the other cold as Ice The Seventh and last Wonder Is Pool Hole 't is a Hollow Cave under a very high Rock bearing some resemblance with that by the City of Wells called Ochy Hole but not containing in it self half so great Varieties From hence we went into Cheshire It is a County Palatine and of great Note for plenty of several Commodities as also for most excellent Cheese and the Men and Women are generally Acounted very Handsome here There is in this County great store of Salt-Springs Mettals and Mines and in the River Dee is plenty of Salmons on the South part of Cheshire Trees are very frequently found by Diging under the Ground which is believed have been here ever since Noah's Flood The chief Town of this County is West Chester a City famous for its Antiquity and Situation and no less for its Renown 't is Built in the form of a Quadrant with very spacious Houses neat and uniform and environed with a very strong Wall and hath a Castle stands upon a high Hill near the River Dee strongly Fortified Here are several Churches which are very Antient and goodly Fabricks but especially for the Cathedrals The Houses are very fairly Built and along the chief Streets are Galleries or Walking-places they call them Rows haing Shops on both sides through which a Man may walk dry from one end to another NANTWICH which the River Wever first visiteth is reputed the greatest and fairest built Town of all this Shire after Chester It is called the White-wich or Salt-pich because the whitest Salt is there boiled This Shire containeth 13 Market Towns and 68 Parishes We went next into Shropshire Or the County of Salop is for the most part Rich in Corn and Cattle and glories in in its most famous City of Shrewsbury which is compassed almost round by the River Severn having two fair Bridges upon it and is Fortified both by Art and Nature It is like a Horse-shew in the opening place and doubtless deserves the Observation of all Travellers more than any Town or City in this Nation and is built upon the Riseing of a Hill the Churches are very fair and Spacious it is inhabited with both Welsh and English speaking both Languages One of their Rarities there is their Cakes such as cannot be made so well in any other place of England and many things here is very observable which I shall not mention because they have been allready so well set fourth by other Pens From hence we went into LUDLOW is one of the chiefest Towns in this County and is of greater Antiquity than Beauty 't is Situated by a pleasant River and is famous for its Castle built by Roger Earl of Mountgomery who environed it with a Wall a Mile in compass afterwards when Robert Earl of Shrewsbury and Eldest Son to Mountgomery was taken in his Rebellion against Henry the First and was banished out of the Land the King took this Castle into his own Hands after this it was given away from the Crown by King Henry the Second and came into the Family of the Lacys and Mortimors at last to be the inheritance of the Princes of Wales And by this means beginning to be in great request the Inhabitants erected a very large Church to make it more Famous and in a little time it excelled all its Neighbourhood and out-shin'd them in Lustre and Dignity for King Henry the Eighth instituted here the Counsel of the Marches of Wales in which he Ordered there should be a President Secretary Attorney and Solicitor four Justices of some of the Neighbouring Counties of Wales and as many other Privy Counsellours as the Prince of Wales should Elect to be Assistant to himself in this Court being erected for his own particular Use and Service We staid in this Town but two Nights and went from hence into Staffordshire Is very Rich in Pasture and Cattle and enriched by the River Trent Trigenta as some will have it because there are Thirty several Streams or Rivolets which run into it or Thirty several sorts of Fish which Swims within its Streams However 't is very Advantageous to the whole County the first Town of Note we came to in this County was STAFFORD is situated on a pleasant Soil sweet Air Environed with a Wall and Fortified with Gates and adorned with two Churches and a Spacious Free-School and a large Market-place and the Houses very Handsome and Beautiful it is Governed by a Mayor and Aldermen not far from the Town are to be seen the Ruins of an old Castle Situated upon a Hill heretofore belonging to the Barons of Stafford LICHFIELD This City is low Seated of good Largeness and Fair withall divided into two parts with a shallow pool of clear Water which Parts notwithstanding join in one by the means of two Bridges or Causeys made over that have their Sluces made to let out the Water It was beautified with a very goodly Cathedral Church which being round about compassed with a fair Wall-Castle-like and garnished besides with fair Houses of Prebendaries and with the Bishop's Palace also mounting up on high with three Pyramids or Spires of Stone making a lovely shew and for elegant and proportional Building it did yield to

and Ireland nevertheless was attended with the same ill Fortune and Success which had been too long his Attendance And having but a small Army in comparison of the numberless Number of Rebells that were poured in upon him was totally Defeated in this City several of his Nobles slain and took Prisoners the rest forced to fly for their Lives and himself constrained to make his Escape as privately as he could and to betake himself into a Wood in Staffordshire where he hiding himself in the Shady Bows of a well spread Oak he found more pitty and security from the Trees and Woods than from his own unnatural and Bloody Subjects who for the fear of God by whom Kings Reign as well as their Allegiance which they have sworn to him ought to have been his continual Protection and Safe-good However 't is restor'd again to its Lustre and like the Phenix is raised again out of the Ashes to its native Splender and Magnificence being still Governed by a Mayor two Sheriffs and a Court of Aldermen with other Officers fit to preserve it in that Bravery to which it hath now attained From hence we went next into Herefordshire Having sufficiently satisfied our selves with the Varieties of that City we came into the Confines of the Eastern part of Herefordshire which is very Rocky and Mountainous at the first but having passed those Rocky parts we began to find the County more pleasant to the Eye We discovered it to be a fertile Soil the Vallies thick with Corn and the Meadows abounding with Grass and well watered with Rivers the Hills covered with Sheep and the Hedges full of Apple-trees which bear a sort of Fruit called Red Streaks of which they make the best Cyder in England in a word we found it according to the usual report which is made of it to yield to no County in this Nation for three W. W. W. Wheat Wool and Waters to which formerly might have been added Wood but the Iron Works have destroyed it very much and made it now become less plentiful The first Town of Note we came to in this County was LEOMSTER Is a Town of great Request in this County and is of great Antiquity Some are of an Opinion that it received its Denomination from Linen Hemp or Flax because that grows thereabouts in plenty but it may be so called from Lana because it is reported to have the best Wool known by the Name of Leomster Ore and is said to make the finest Cloth in England and as its Wool makes the finest Cloth so doth its Wheat the purest Bread and they say hereabouts that for Leomster Bread and Weobly Beer none can Compare Concerning the Town it is Situated in a pleasant Valley and is Governed by a Bayliff and Aldermen and is Adorned with a very handsome Hall for the dispatching of publick Affairs We went from hence to HEREFORD The chief City hereof is Situated almost in the Middle of the County and Watered by two pleasant Rivers Wye and Lugg which by their happy Union not far from this City advance her Felicity and enrich her Soil Antiquaries are of an Opinion that this City had its Rise from Ariconium which at this Day hath no form at all of a Town as having been over-turned by an Earthquake as some do imagine it to have been in this Place which they now call Lenchester some three Miles distant from this City which they conceive to be so from the Ruines of old Walls that are here to be seen as likewise from four square Pareing Stones and thick Bricks as well as several Roman Coins digged up in the Earth though now all grown over with Trees Bushes and Brambles We observed when we went to Visit this place we saw several peices of an old Wall which do Argue the place to continue in it very great remains of Antiquity however her Sister Hereford which now is Beautiful by the pains of others claims rightly the Pre-eminence before all other places in this County wanting nothing for Pleasure and Profit to make her Renowned She is thought first to have shewn her Head in the time of the Saxon and it is supposed to have received great Helps and Increase by Religion and the Martyrdom of Ethelbert King of the East Angels who when he courted the Daughter of Offa King of the Mercians was treacherously put to death by Offa's Wife hereupon being Registered for a Martyr he had a Church built and dedicated to him by Milsred a petty King of this County which after the Establishment of a Bishop's See it grew to great Wealth and Honour and is thought never to have suffered any Misfortune until Confesser's time when Griffith Prince of South Wales and Algarus had raised a Rebellion against King Edward and led away Captive the Bishop Sacked the City and burnt the Cathedral afterwards the Normans at the East end of the Church by the River Wye built a strong Castle and fortified the City with a Wall and by the Trench near the Castle is a very fine Spring called St. Ethelbert's Well Within this City are four Parish-Churches and Bishop Reinelin in the Reign of King Henry the First founded the Cathedral which now is being a beautiful and magnificent Structure adorned with divers ancient Monuments of Bishops and Abbors The City is governed by a Mayor who is annually Sworn upon Michaelmas-Day 12 Aldermen a Recorder and divers Common-Councel-Men and by their Charter have Privileges for particular Companies and Societies amongst themselves who have several distinct Halls and Petty-laws Enacted for Regulating and Ordering their Affairs in Trade It hath three Markets a-Week in which there are plenty of Corn and all sorts of Provisions About two Miles from this County stands Rotheram as formerly belonging to the Family of Boddenham now in the Possession of the Family of Van Arker and is one of the delightfullest and sweetest Seats in all the County having a spacious Park before it the River Nye behind it pleasant Meadows on the one side and fruitful Tillage on the other and having had such great plenty of Apple-trees belonging to it as I have been credibly informed by those that then knew it That take but one Apple from each Tree it would make a Hogshead of Cyder Concerning some remarkable Things in this County c. BONE-well near Richard's Castle we went to visit to take some notice of Nature who is never more curious than in her Water-works presented us with another new Rarity a Well called Bone-well in the Water whereof are always bubling up several little Bones like Bones of Fishes and altho' they which be upon the Surface are with as great care as can be taken off yet others will immediately succeed in their room HOPTON's-well is not far from this the Water whereof is found very effectual for the Curing of several Maladies which have seized upon Poor Languishing Decriped Mortals it hath likewise been observed to by very good for the