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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
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

Copers-hall ●● 25. Brian Tuke Knight was Treasurer of the ●●amber to H. 8. He lies buried in St. Marg. in Loth●●y Lond. Lealand says he was a very Eloquent Man ●●d Bale affirms he wrote Observations on Chau●●r c. ●● 3. Sir Jo. Gates descended from Sir ●●effrey Marshal of Calis and Capt. of ●●e Isle of Wight who dyed An. 1477. is charg●● with Sacrilege and engaging in the Title of ●…ueen Jane for which he was beheaded An. 1. Ma. ●●53 ●● 1. Ralph Rowlet Knight Married ●●e of the Daughters of Sir Anth. Cook ●…is Family is extinct his Daughter Marrying into ●●e Honourable Family of the Maynards 12. Ja. Altham Esquire whose Arms were Pa●…ly of 6. Erm. and Az. on a Chief G. a Lyon Ramp O. was Ancestor to now living at Mark-hall mad●… Knight of the Bath at the Coronation of King Ch. 〈◊〉 whose Accomplished Civility addeth much to the Ho●…our of his Family Hen. Maynard Knight Father 〈◊〉 Will. who was bred in St. Jo. Co●● 〈◊〉 Camb. where he founded a Log●… Professor and Created Bar. of Wicklow in Irel. a●● Easton in this County whose Son Will. Lord M●…nard hath been so Noble an Encourager of 〈◊〉 Studies that my Hand deserveth to wither w●● my Heart passeth him by without a Prayer for his goo●… success 15. Paul Banning Knight and Bar. afterward●… Vise Banning of Sudbury left a large Estate no●… discendible to the Wives of the Marq. of Dorchester Vise Grandison the Lord Dacres of the South a●● Hen. Murry Esquire of the Bed-Chamber to Ki●● Ch. I. Jo. Lucas Esquire equalling his Ertraction with his Vertues was at O●●● made Baron by King Ch. I. The Battles The now in this County yet the Siege of Colchester must not be forgotten Know then that the Remnant of the Royalists routed in Kent with much difficulty recovered this County and not being able to march farther or bid Battle to their Numerous Enemies sheltered themselves in Colchester which in few days they fortifyed above imigination tho the Stone outside of the Wall remained ruinous Nor was 〈◊〉 General Fairfax they feared so much as Gene●●l Famine having too much of the best Sauce and 〈◊〉 little of the worst meat insomuch that they ●…ere forced to make Mutton of those Creatures ●…hich kill Sheep and Beef of Cattle which never wore ●…orns till they were forced to submit to the ●…orst of Conditions Here those two worthy ●…nights Sir Ch. Lucas and Sir Geo. Lisle the one ●…minently a whole Troop of Horse the other a Com●…any of Foot were cruelly Sentenced and shot to Death whose Bodies have since had a Civil Resurre●…ion restored to all possible outward honour by Pub●●ck Funeral Solemnities Note that An. 1581. in the Hundred of Dengy ●…nd An. 1648. in the Hund. of Rochford an Army ●…f Mice shaved off the Grass at the bare Roots which withered to dung was infectious to Cattle The March following numberless Flocks of Owls from ●…ll parts flew thither and destroyed them Gloucestershire GLoucestershire hath Worc. Warw. on the North and Wilt. on the East Som. on the South ●…eref with the River Wye on the West and is in ●…ength 48 miles in the broadest part 28. The Severn ●…unneth through it 'T is said this County was much more fruitful in former times than it is now Tho it affords not the best Tillage yet for Pasturage there is Land near Slimbridge where in the Spring time let it be bit to the Roots as is reported a Wand said along therein over-night will be cor●…red with new grown Grass by the next Morning Which being represented to King Ja. in other Terms viz. that the Wand could not be seen next morning he replyed I know a place in Scotland where if a Hors●… be left over Night he cannot be seen in the Morning But the difference is Palpable between long Grass and long Fingers or betwixt the Grass stealing 〈◊〉 of the Earth without and a Mans stealing of 〈◊〉 Horse with a Felonious intent The Natural Commodities in this County are Tabacco which gre●… formerly about Winchcomb but is since prohibited by Act of Parliament Oak the best in England 〈◊〉 in Dean-Forrest in this County In the Reign of Quee●… Eliz. the Spaniard sent an Ambassadour over purposely to get Oak destroyed privately in Engl. The next is Steel which was made in abundance by Sir Basil Brooke who had a Patent prohibiting the importation of Forraign Steel but it was afterwar●● revoked The Manufactures are Cloathing as good 〈◊〉 any in England the best Wool growing on Cots-woo●…-Hills in this County Mustard the best in Eng●… at Tewksbury Then Wine formerly growing here witness the places called the Vineyards and in this Shire there were Rent-wines paid in great Proportions Sider a Liquor more proper for the Eng●● Climat Of Buildings The Abbey since Cathedral Church of Gloucester is a Beautiful Fabrick consisting of a continued Window-work where if you spea●… against a Wall softly another shall hear yo●… Voice better a good way off then near hand occasioned probably by some hollow behind the Wall The City is bound by Act of Parl. to maintain and repair this Church As for Civil Structures our ●…e Wars laid a Finger on Barkeley their Arms 〈◊〉 Sudeley Castle but their Loynes on Cambden-house 〈◊〉 one of the newest and neatest in Engl. built by Bap●●st Hicks Visc Cambden press●● down to the ●…oundation As for Wonders there are frequently ●●und at Aldersey Oysters Cockles c. of Stone ●…hich are Lusus Naturae and cannot in reason be sup●●sed to have been real Fish The Higre that is ●●e confluence of fresh and Salt Water in the Severn ●…hich is attended with terrible Flashings and Noise 〈◊〉 that that River may seem to be troubled with a Fit ●…f the Mother The last is a kind of devouring ●…ird coming in the Harvest-time tho seldom in●● this County which can cut an Apple at one Snap ●…ith its long Bill which Rapacious Creature drinks ●…p Hogsheads of Sider at the first hand Proverbs I. As sure as God's in Gloucestershire This pro●…ably was superstitiously inferred from the Multi●…ude of Abbeys formerly Extant in this County II. ●…ou are a Man of Duresley This is taken for one who breaks his word I hope the Inhabitants of ●…uresley will resolve to confute this Proverb by their ●…ractice whatsoever was the first occasion thereof ●…II It is long in coming as Cot swold Barley It is ap●…lyed to such things as are slow but sure The Corn ●…n the Wowlds being exposed to the Winds is backward at first but afterwards overtakes the forwardest in this County IV. He looks as if he had ●…ived on Tewksbury Mustard It is spoken of such who have a severe or sad Countenance V. The Tracies have always wind in their 〈◊〉 Founded on a false Tradition since Sir Will. Tr●… was most active against four Knights who kill●… Th. Becket it is imposed on Tracies for Mirac●●● Penance that