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A62166	Anglorum speculum, or, The worthies of England in church and state alphabetically digested into the several shires and counties therein contained : wherein are illustrated the lives and characters of the most eminent persons since the conquest to this present age : also an account of the commodities and trade of each respective county and the most flourishing cities and towns therein.	Sandys, George, 1578-1644.	1684 (1684)	Wing S672; ESTC R7882	366,503	734

other Fugitives that they might live beyond the Seas and receive their Revenues out of England which the Queen refusing the Count moved Pope Pius IV to Excommunicate her tho his Wife opposed it Buckinghamshire BUckinghamshire is 44 Miles in length from North to South in breadth 15 Miles Fruitful especially in the Vale of Alesbury the County is named from the chief Town both from Buccen a Saxon word signifying Beeches here abounding The best and biggest Sheep are in the Vale aforesaid and at Wicombe there is kept abundance of Tame Pheasants As for Manufactures this County liveth more by its Lands then Hands Proverbs I. Buckinghamshire Bread and Beef The first Fine the latter Fat II. Here if you beat a Bush 't is odds youl 'd start a Thief In former times Trees and Bushes abounding yielded the Rogues Shelter Saints St. Edburg Daughter to Redwald King of the E. Angles embraced a Monastical life at Alesbury where her Body being buried was afterwards removed to Edburgton now Edburton in Suff. her Native County St. Rumald Rumbald or Grumbald The Name 's enough in allusion to these Variations of his Name let me tell ye 't is said that assoon as Born he cryed out three times I am a Christian Martyrs Jo. Scrivener Martyred at Amersham An. Dom. 1521. His own Children were forced to set the first Fire upon him For which was pretended the Law Deut. 13. 6. Thine Hand shall be first upon him Prelates Rich. Wendover Rector of Bromley in Kent where the Bishop of Rochester hath a Palace which See being Vacant he was chosen Bishop thereof but Edmund Arch-bishop of Cant. refused to give him Consecration because he was Unlearned Wendover appealed to the Pope and procured Consecration by his Authority and supplyed by Publick goodness what he wanted in Literature wherefore after his Death he was by express Mandat of H. 3. Buried in the Church of Westminster as another Jehoiadah Jo. Buckingham bred at Oxford A great Disputant and good Scholar as his Works do declare Preferred Bishop of Lincoln but after removed by the Pope to Litchfield a place of less credit Buckingham being for the best or none resigned An. 1397. and dyed a private Monk at Cant. where he lies buried in Christ-Church He indented with the Prior and Convent at Canterbury to build him a Chantry-Chappel near his S●…pulcher which I find not performed Jo. Young born at Newton-longvile and bred at New-Coll in Oxf. where in the Register there are ●…o Youngs reckoned Fellows of that Foundation of which one said that seeing the Colledge was always New well may many Fellows be Young therein This John became Warden thereof and afterwards was made Bishop of the fair City Callipolis in Greece by vertue of which Titular Dignity he had a Vote in General Councils He was made Master of the Rolls An. 1. H. 8. and dyed or resigned his Place eight Years after He lies buried in New-Coll-Chappel Jo. Holyman born in Codington bred in New-Coll Oxf. Afterward●… Benedictine in Reading was by 1. Queen Mary made Bishop of Bristol upon the Deprivation of Paul Bush He lived peaceably and dyed seasonably before the end of Queen Maries Reign 1558. Since the Reformation Jo. Harley born in the Parish of Newport-Paganel bred Fellow then School-Master in Magd. Coll. Oxf. in the days of H. 8. A hearty because concealed Protestant For in the first week of the Reign of Edw. 6. he Publickly Preached Anti-papal Doctrine whereupon the Vice-Chancellour hurried him up to Lond. for an Heretick there to Answer for his contempt But the case was altered and Harley preferred to be Tutor to the Sons of John E. of Warwick and thence he was made Bishop of Hereford He dyed about the 50th year of his Age before the then future troubles An. Dom. 1554. Of whom a Scholar of his Flos Domui Harlaeus Socius Ludique Magister Celsus deinde Throno celsior inde Polo Rob. Aldrich born at Burnham and bred in Kings Coll. in Camb. and Proctor there An. 1525. Erasmus stileth him Blandae eloquentiae juvenem He was afterward School-Master then Fellow and Provoster of Eaton and at last Bishop of Carlile An. 1537. by King H. 8. He was never a through paced Papist much less a Persecuter of Protestants tho a complyer with some superstitions He dyed at Horn-Castle in Lincolnshire An. 1555. Will. Alley born at Wickham bred first at Eaton then in Kings Coll. where he was admitted An. Dom. 1528 Being first Batchelor of Arts he became Lecturer in St. Pauls whose Lectures a●● extant in Print He was consecrated Bishop of Exeter July 14. 1560. and dying 1576 lyeth buried under a fair Marble in his own Cathedral Rich. Cox born at Whaddon and bred for some years in Kings Coll. in Camb. when Card. Woolsey had erected Christ-Church in Oxf. he removed hither the most hopeful Plants of Cambridge and this Rich. Cox amongst the rest He became afterwards Schoolmaster of Eaton where he had Haddon for his Scholar Hence he was sent to be instructor to Prince Edw. At last he was preferred Bishop of Ely 1559. Continuing 21 years he dyed An. Dom. 1580. Th. Bickley born at Stow bred first Chorister then Scholar then Fellow in Magd. Coll Oxf. He brake the consecrated Host with his hands and stamp'd it mi●…er his feet in the Colledge-Chappel Afterwards he lied over into France and there lived all the Reign of Queen Mary Returning into England he became Chaplain to Arch-bishop Parker who preferred him Warden of Merton-Coll wherein he continued 20 years When he was above 80 years of Age he was made Bishop of chester and lived 11 years in that See He dyed 1596. He led a single life and left an 100 Pounds to Merton-Coll and other Monies to Pious uses Jo. King born at Warnhall Rob. King the last Abbot of Osney and first Bishop of Oxford being his great Uncle was Dean of Christ-Church then Bishop of London being full fraught with all Episcopal Qualities He dyed An. Dom. 1618. being buried in the Quire of St. Pauls with this Epitaph RESURGAM His Faith standing over him for an Hearse as is expressed in an Elegy made upon him Rich Montague born at Dorney bred at Eaton thence successively he was chosen Fell. of Kings Coll. in Camb. of Eaton Parson of Standford Rivers in Essex Canon of Windsor Parson of Petworth elected Bishop of Chichester and at last of Norwich He spent much on Reparations He was exact in Latin and Greek and in Vindication of Tithes wrestled with the great Antiquary of England of Books he wrote a Treatise called Appello Caesarem which without his intent occasioned much trouble in this Land and began an Ecclesiastical History and set forth an Apparatus which if finished might be put in the Ballance with Baronius his Church Annals they would have swayed with them for Learning and weighed them down for Truth Hen. King D. D. Son to the forementioned Jo. King Bishop of Lond. and his Wife

repaired the Walls of the City He died 1478. Jo. Incent Dr. of Law was born at Berkhamsted founded a fair School there confirmed by Act of Parliament allowing the Master 20 l. the Usher 10 l. per An He died in the Reign of E. 6. Sir Th. White born at Rixmansworth was Merchant Taylor in London where he was Lord Mayor An. 1553. He built Gloucester-hall and endowed St. Jo. Coll. in Oxford He bestowed great sums of Money on several Corporations for poor Freemen Since the Reformation Richard Hale Esquire born at Cudicot was Grocet in London He founded a fair School allowing 40 l. a year to the Master at Hartford He died An. 16-0 Whose Family doth flourish with Worship at Kings-Walden Edward Bash Knight was born at Aldnam gave 20 l. per An. for the maintenance of a School-Master at Stansted besides his benefaction to Pet. House in Cambridge He died 1605. Noted Sheriffs An. 16. Henry Cock Knight was Cofferer to Q. Elizabeth and K. James who lay in his House at his first coming out of Scotland to London His Daughter was married to the Lord Delaware 44. Edward Denny Knight presented K. James at his first coming out of Scotland with a gallant Horse rich Saddle and Furniture He was created Baron Denny of Waltham Th. Connisby Ar. being told that his potent Adversary had prevailed to make him Sheriff said I will not keep a Man the more or a Dog the fewer on that account Hereford-shire HEreford-shire hath Worc. and Shrop. on the N. Glouc. on the E. Mounm on the S. Brecknock and Radnorsh on the W. in Form almost a circle of about 35 miles Diameter The great Age of the Inhabitants is a sign of the goodness of the Air Serj. Hoskin entertain'd K. James with a Morish Dance of 10 aged people all of them making up more then 1000 years This County exceeds in 4 W's Wood Wheat Wooll and Water Much Syder is made here so that the County deserves the Name of Pomerania Cambden says This County is not content to be accounted the second in England Salmons are here in season all the Year long and are found in the River Wy As for Wonders Bone-Well near Richard's Castle is always full of Bones of little Fishes of which it can never be emptied but that they return again An. 1461 three Suns appeared at the Battel fought betwixt E. 4. and Ja. Butler Earl of Ormond c. An. 1575 Marcley-Hill shaked and roared for 3 days together and raised it self into an higher Place Proverbs 1. Blessed is the Eye that is betwixt Severn and Wye It is intended to signifie either the blessedness of Pleasure or Safety 2. Lemster bread and Weably Ale viz. the best Saints Ethelbert K. of the E. Angles was murdered at Sutton-Wallis by Quendred Wife to Offa K. of Mercia An. 793. and was buried at Hereford Th. Cantilupe well descended Chanc. of Oxford and B. of Hereford He died about 1282. in Tuscany whence his Bones were immediately sent into England He was Canonized by Pope Jo. 22. Note his Father possessed Abergavenny Castle He was so highly honoured by the Bishops of Hereford that waving their ancient Arms they assumed those of Cantilupe viz. G. 3 Leopards Heads inverted each with a Flower de Luce in his Mouth He was the last English Man who was canoniz'd Martyrs Sir Jo. Oldcastle Sheriff of Hereford An. 7 H. 4. was Lord Cobham in Right of his Wife A valiant Man but a Wicklevite so that he lost his Life on that account v. Eccl. Hist Cardinals Adam de Easton or Eaton first very Poor and mean was D. D. in Oxford Afterward he was made Cardinal at Rome by the Title of St. Cicilie Pope Urban who created did likewise annihilate him confining him for 25 Years to an empty and dark Abyss or Dungeon for suspicion of some Treachery as for the like reason he caused five other Cardinals to be put in a Sack and cast into the Sea in that manner sending them as joynt Ambassadours to Neptune According to the ancient Roman Law De Sicariis a Cock c. ought to have been put in the Sack with the Cardinals and 't is very strange that Peter understanding the usefulness of that Creature should have been so ill-natur'd as to withhold that Herauld of Repentance from his devoted Servants By Pope Boniface Successor to Urban our Cardinal was restored to all his Dignities and sent over into England to R. 2. with ample commendation He died 1397. and was buried in the Church of St. Cicilie Jo. Breton Dr. of the Laws was Famous in that Profession and lived in the Reign of E. 1. by whose Authority he wrote a Treatise of the Laws of England the Tenor whereof runneth in the Kings Name thus We will c. His Work after great variation of the Laws is still in great and general repute He was made B. of Hereford by H. 3. He died about 1275. Adam de Orlton D. L. born in Hereford where he was Bishop He Murdered E. 2. being moved thereunto by this Riddle Edwardum occidere nolite timere bonum est Jo. Grandesson born at Ashperton of high Extraction and B. of Exeter would not suffer the Arch-bishop of Cant. to visit his Diocess He arched the Roof of his Cathedral builded and endowed a rich Colledge of St. Mary Ottery to which Benefactions he was enabled by perswading all the Secular Clergy to make him sole Heir to their estates He died 1369. Since the Reformation Miles Smith D. D. born in Hereford was the Son of a Fletcher and bred in Oxford The last Translation of the Bible was referred to the review of B. Bilson and this Doctor who made the Preface to it He was preferred B. of Glouc. by K. James He was a Man of great meekness He died 1624. Souldiers Rob. Devereux Son to Walt. E. of Essex was born at Nethwood He was a Master-piece of Court and Camp He entered the Court with the Advantages of Pity for his Fathers sake Kindred by his Mothers side Favour as being Son in Law to Leicester Merit being a Beautifull Courteous and Noble Person The Queen afterwards made him the wanton to her fond Affection When the Earl privately left the Court to see some Military Service in France the Queen passionately in Love with his Person grievously complained of his absence and often said We shall have this young Fellow 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