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A64730	Cosmography and geography in two parts, the first, containing the general and absolute part of cosmography and geography, being a translation from that eminent and much esteemed geographer Varenius : wherein are at large handled all such arts as are necessary to be understand for the true knowledge thereof : the second part, being a geographical description of all the world, taken from the notes and works of the famous Monsieur Sanson, late geographer to the French King : to which are added about an hundred cosmographical, geographical and hydrographical tables of several kingdoms and isles of the world, with their chief cities, seaports, bays, &c. drawn from the maps of the said Sanson : illustrated with maps.	Sanson, Nicolas, 1600-1667.; Blome, Richard, d. 1705.; Varenius, Bernhardus, 1622-1650. Geographia generalis. English.	1682 (1682)	Wing V103; ESTC R2087	1,110,349	935

inhabited by Gentry and Persons of Honour as are Hampsted Highgate Hornsey Tottenham-Highcross Muswel-Hill Edmonton c. Towns near adjacent to London London London the epitomy and glory of the Kingdom was the Seat of the British Empire as now the Royal-Chamber of our Kings a City of great antiquity said to be built by Brute the Trojan but all agree it was re-edified by King Lud in Anno Mundi 5131 who called it Luddestown It is seated in a healthful Air and no less pleasantly than commodiously on the banks of the Thames which severeth it into two but unequal parts which are joyned together by a stately Stone-bridge so covered with Houses that it seemeth rather a Street than a Bridge This City is begirt with a Wall first built by Constantine the Great at the suit of his Mother Helena and hath for entrance 7 principal Gates but now as contemning bondage it hath enlarged it self on all sides with spacious Suburbs insomuch that she hath joyned her self to the City of Westminster which name is now swallowed up all passing under the general name of London The City of Westminster according to Mr. Norden in his description of Middlesex was in time past called Thorney or Dorney and was an Isle encompassed with the Thames which divided it self and one branch passed between Chairin-Cross and Kingstreet through St. James's including Tut-hill which said Isle was so called as being overgrown with Briars and Thorns but in the time of King Lucius it is said to be cleansed and the foundation of the great Temple of St. Peters was laid which was raised out of the ruins of a former delicated to Apollo where the Trinobantes or Troinovantes did sacrifice Bulls Bullocks Stags and such like Beasts to Diana Tauropolia whom the Gentiles called the Queen of Heaven This City or part of London is the noblest though not the longest being taken up by the King the Nobility Gentry and such as have their dependancy on the Court or Law being sufficiently graced with fair and beautiful Edifices as 1. The Palaces of his Majesty Whitehall and St. James's to which is joyned a small but delightful Park wherein is a Pall-Mall said to be the best in Christendom 2. The Courts of Judicature and Houses of Parliament now all known by the general name of Westminster-hall and was anciently the Palace of the Kings of England 3. It s collegiate-Collegiate-Church of Westminster which was formerly the Temple of St. Peter and now renowned for its Chapel built by King Henry the Seventh being beautified with the Tombs of the Kings and Queens and many of the Nobility of England nor is it less famous for the Inauguration of our Kings and Queens 4. The Palace of her Majesty Somerset-house and 5. The Houses of the Nobility And thus much for the City of Westminster The Eastern part or Suburbs of London beyond the Tower is taken up by those that have relation to the Sea and the whole City thus taken is now of a great extent being in length from Black-wall in the East to Tuttle-fields in the West about six miles in breadth 1 2 and in some places 3 miles and is said to make in circuit about 14 or 15 miles in which extent are numbred about 500 Streets and Lanes and contains according to computation about 75000 Houses and by the great number of Houses the Inhabitants may be guest at which without doubt are very numerous and if we consider its great Trade and Commerce with other Nations its Riches Jurisdiction bounds and populousness its good Government the ingenuity of its Inhabitants in Letters Arts and Manufactures c. it may deservedly be numbred with any City of the highest rank in the World The Buildings of note belonging to this City are its Inns of Court and Chancery Guildhall a stately Structure where the Courts of Judicature are held and where the Lord Major Aldermen and Common Council meet for the negotiating the Affairs of the City The Royal Exchange built quadrangular now said to be the best in the known World The Tower a place or large extent well furnished with a Magazin or Arsenal of warlike Munition both for Sea and Land-service and doth contain according to observation a Kings Palace a Prison an Armory a Mint a Wardrobe and an Artillery each having their peculiar Officers and for Buildings resembleth a Town having a Parochial Church exempted from the Jurisdiction of the Archbishop Gresham Colledge given to the City by Sir Tho. Gresham with the allowance of liberal Salaries to professors of several Arts and Sciences to read Lectures for the advancement of Learning amongst the Citizens The Colledge of Heralds called the Heralds Office where the Records for the Arms Descents and Pedigrees of the Nobility and Gentry are kept Doctors Commons which is taken up by the Civilians The Colledge of Physitians The Halls of the several Incorporated Companies The Houses of Correction amongst which that of most note is Bridewell a large Building The Hospitals viz. St. Bartholomews Christ-Church and the Charter-house or Suttons Hospital being the noblest Hospital in the Kingdom in which are well maintained 80 Old men and 40 Boys The Sessions House for the trial of Malefactors and lastly its Churches and Free Schools This City within the Walls and Freedom is divided into 26 Wards and the Government thereof committed to the care of so many Aldermen each having the overseeing of his several Ward and besides these Aldermen there are 2 Shoriffs which are yearly chosen as also a Lord Major who is the principal Magistrate To the making a compleat City there are several principal parts or helps required for the supportation thereof and without which it cannot well stand to wit Husbandry and Artificers for the providing Food and Rayment for its Inhabitants Arms and Ammunition for its defence the Priesthood for Divine worship Judges Councellors c. for the administration of Justice and Traffick for the bringing in of Riches In all which this City in a liberal measure is blest with County of Monmouth MONMOVTHSHIRE This County formerly part of Wales is blest with a healthful Air and although very hilly and woody yet is exceeding fertil especially the Eastern parts which are not so hilly as the Western the Hills feeding abundance of Cattle and Sheep and the Valleys bearing great crops of Corn and Grass and the rather for its being watered with so many fresh Streams the chief of which are the Vske Wye Munow Ebunith Scoway and the Rumney which fall into the Severn Sea It is divided into Hundreds in which Tract are seated 127 Parish Churches and is traded unto by 7 Market Towns Monmouth Monmouth no less pleasantly than commodiously seated on the banks of the Wye and Munow which doth almost encircle it over each of which is a Bridge In the midst of the Town near the Market-place standeth a once stately but now ruinous Castle It is a fair large well built and inhabited

Sound Streight of Belt there where the Mediterranean Sea is and In our Continent are the Streight of Gibraltar Fars or Haven of Messi●a Eur●pe or tourn passage of Negroponte Streight of Gallipoli or the Dardanelles Str. of Constantinople or Channel of the Black Sea Streight of Cassa or Vospero Lakes and which may be called Seas as In our Continent the Sea of Bachu or Sala Sea of Zabaque or Tana In the other Continent the Lake or Sea of Parime Lakes as In Europe the Lake of Earne Lake of Werner Lake of Ladoga Lake of Geneve Lake of Constance Lake of Balaton Lake of Majeur In Asia the Lake of Sodom or the Dead-Sea Lake of Astamar or Vastan Lake of Burgian Lake of Kithay Lake of Chiamay Lake of Cincui-Hay In Africa the Lake of Zaire and Zambere Lake of Zafflan Lake of Niger Lake of Bouchaira In America Septen●rional the great Lake of Canada Lake of Mechoacan Lake of Chapala Lake of Mexico Lake of Nicaragua Meridional the Lake of Maracaybo Lake of Titicaca Lake of Eupana or de los Xarajes The most famous RIVERS In our Continent and its Isles are to wit in EUROPE and in the Kingdoms Countreys or Regions of Spain as the Douro the Tagus the Guadiana the Guadalquivir the Ebro or Iberus Italy as the Tiber the Arno the Po. Turkey in Europe as the Danube or Donaw the Drin the Orfee or Alfee the Vardar the Marize France as the Loire the Garone the Rhosne the Seyne Low-Countreys as the Escault the Meuse Germany as the Rhine the Weser the Elbe the Oder Poland as the Weisser or Vistule the Niemen the Duna or Dzwina the Niester the Nieper or Boristene Sweden as the Torne Moscovia as the Wolga the Dwine the Don or Tana England as the Thames the Severn the Trent Scotland as the Tay. Ireland as the Shennon ASIA and in the Kingdoms Countreys or Religions of Turkey in Asia as the Euphrates the Pactolus the Tygris the Acheron the Jordaine the Orontes the Lali the Chrysorhous Georgia as the Araxes and the Farza Arabia as the Caybar and the Astan Persia as the Tiritiri the Gehun the Bendimir and the Tostar India as the Indus the Tapta the Ganges the Gemeni the Mecon and the Pegu. China as the Quiam or Jamsuquiam Tartaria as the Oby the Gehan the Tartar the Palisanga the Jeniscey the Albiamu the Chesel and the Jaick AFRICA and in the Kingdoms Countreys or Regions of Morocco as the Tensift and the Sus. Fez as the Ommiraby Suba the Mullulus and the Cherser Barbary as the Mulvia the Maber the Magrada the Capes the Rio Major the Chol the Suffegmarus the Masurius the Tefflisus and the Mina Aegypt as the Nile Bilidulgerid as the Suz the Buzedota the Darha and the Albus Zaara as the Ghir and the Equestris the Negroes as the Niger which is divided in the Senega the Gambia the Rio Grande and the Cano. Higher Aethiopia as the Quilmanci Nubia the Zaire and the Marabus Lower Aethiopia as the Zambere divided in the Curama the Barame the Spiritu Sancto the Rio dos Infantos In the other Continent or in AMERICA Septentrionale and in the Kingdoms Countreys c. of Canada or New France as those of Canada or St. Lawrence Toppahanock Penobscot Pautu●xat Nansamud Chesapeac or Pouharan May la Trinite Apamatuck Pamanuc and Patawomeck Florida as those of Rio de Flores Rio de Spirito Sancto Rio de Neives and Rio grande Mexico or New Spain as those of Spiritu Sancto towards the East Spiritu Sancto towards the West Panuco Guaxacoalco Baranja Zacatula Desaguadero of Nicaragua AMERICA Meridionale and in the Kingdoms Countreys c. of Terra Firma Guiana and Peru as those of Darien Viapoco St. Martha Cayanna Corritine Brebice Orinoque Apuruvaca Essequebe Madelaine Desaguadero of Peru. Brazil as those of Orethane or the Amazons Maragnon or Miari Taboucorou Rio Janiero Rio grande or Potengi Rio Real Parayba Paraguay as those of Paraguay or de la Plata All the Kingdoms Regions Countries Isles c. in the World may be comprehended under these two Heads viz. Known Anciently and in our Continent as EUROPE with its Kingdoms Estates Isles c. may be considered in three times three parts and then The three most Southern parts are the Kingdoms Estates and Isles of Spain and Portugal with its Isles of Majorca Minorca c. Italy with its Estates and Isles of Sicily Sardinia Corsica Isles of Naples c. Turkey in Europe with its Estates and Isles The 3 Innermost parts and within the Continent are the Kingdoms and Estates of France Germany and Belgium with its several Estates as the Swisses the Grisont c. Poland with its several Estates towards the Danube as Transylvania Moldavia c. The three most Northern parts or Kingdoms and Isles of Great Britain and Ireland Scandinavia or Denmark Sweden Norway Moscovy with its Dutchies and Kingdoms ASIA with its Kingdoms Countreys Isles c. as they are found In firm Land as Turkey in Asia with its Countreys Isles c. Georgla Arabia Persia India as it is divided into the China Empire of the great Mogul Peninsula of India within the Ganges Peninsula of India without the Ganges Tartaria the Land of Jesso the Land of Papous In Isles as In the Ocean a● the Isles of Japon Isles of Larrons Isles of Sonde Philippine Isles Isles of Ceylan and the Maldives In the Mediterranean Sea as in the Levant Sea in the Archipelago About China Persia Arabia c. AFRICA with its Kingdoms Isles c. as it is divided and found in Africa or Lybia Exteriour or outwards as Barbary Bilidulgerid Aegypt Interiour or inwards as Zaara or Desart the Countries of the Negroes Guinee Aethiopia higher as Nubia Aethiopia or the Empire of the Abyssines lower as Congo Monomotapa Caffres And divers Isles which are found In the Mediterranean Sea as the Isle of Malta c. In the Western Ocean as the Canary Isles the Isles of Cape Verd the Isles of St. Thomas In the Eastern Ocean as the Isle of Madaga car the Isle of Zocotora c. Lately and in the other Continent as AMERICA with its Kingdoms Regions Countreys Isles c. as they are divided and found in America Septentrionale as Canadian or the Artick Lands as Groen and Esloti●and Izland c. Canada or New France with its Estates Isles c. Florida Mexican or Mexico or New Spain with its Audiences of Mexico Guadalajara Guatemala and St. Domingo The Caribbe Isles America Meridionale as Peruvian or Terra Firma with its Estates Provinces and Isles Guiana Peru with its Audiences of Quito Lima Dela Plata Chili with its Jurisdictions Brasilian or B●●zil with its Capitane● Paraguay or Rio de la Plata with its Parts or Provinces the Magellanick Land c. Unknown or not fully discovered and lieth either under the Artick or Circles as Antartick Circles as Nova Guinea Terra del Fuego Maletur Psitracorum Regio and the

de Ugogne Domo d'Osula Lake of Como Como Novarese Novare Vigevanase Vigevan Lodesan Lodi Pavese Pavia Laumelline Valenca Alexandrin Alexandria de la Paille Tortonese Tortona Cremonese Cremona GENES or GENOA a Signieury and Republick which is divided into Eastern River Genoa or Genes Sarzana Western River Vintimiglia Arbengue Savona The Dutchy of MONFERRAT as it belongs To the Duke of Mantoua Alba Aqui. To the Duke of Savoy Trin Casan In Piedmont appertaineth To the French Pignerol To its peculiar Prince Masseran In the Estate of Millain appertaineth To the Swisses Lugan Locarne Bellinzone To the Grisons Churcoire Chiavenna Sondrio Bormio In the Estate of Genes or Genoa appertaineth To his peculiar Prince Monaco or Mourgues To the Duke of Savoy Oneglia To the Catholick King Finale Pontremoli Between Piedmont Monferrat c. To the Pope or Church Montaldo c. Lower and comprehendeth the Estates of The Signleury and Republick of VENICE where are Bergamese Bergame Cremase Crema Bressan Bressia Veronois or Veronese Verona Vicentin or Vicentinois Vicenza Padouan Padoua Polesine de Rovigo Rovigo Dogado or Duchy Venice or Venetia Chiogia Caorla Torcello Muran Coast of Trevisane Trevigi Feltrin Feltri Bellun●is Cuidad de Bellune Cadorin Pie di Cadore Friouli Cuidad de Austria Aquileja Cuidad de Friouli Concordia Palma la Nova Istria Cabo d'Istria Ci●ta Nuova Parenzo and Pola MANTOUA to his Dukedom that of Mantoua Mantoua Viadana Goito MODENE and REGGE c. to their Dukedoms Dukedom of Modene Modene Dukedom of Regge Regio or Regge Principality of Carpi Carpi Signieury of Carfagnan Castelnove de Carfagnan PARMA and PLACENZA to their Dukedoms Dukedom of Parma Parma Dukedom of Placenza Placenza TRENTE to his Bishoprick where are Trent Bolzan In the Signieury of Venice appertaineth To the Pope or Church Ceneda To the House of Austria Gorice Trieste Pedena In the Estate of Mantoua are to their Lords The Dukedoms of Guastalle Sabionete The Counties of Bozolo or St. Martin Castillon della Stivere Between the Estates of Mantoua and Modene are The Dutchy of Mirandola The County of Novelcare In the Estate of Modene and to the Duke of Modene are The Signieuries of Correge Sassuol In the Estates of Parma to their particular Princes are The Estates of Palavicin Bourg St. Domino The Estate of Land● Bourg val di Taro. The Signieury or Republick of VENICE called the ESTATE of FIRM LAND which is possessed in ITALY to wit Bergamose Bergamo Martinengo Chuson Cremase Crema Bressan Bressia Salo Azola Orsi Nuovi Veronoise Verona Peschiera Legnago Vicentin or Vicentenoi● Vicenza Lonigo Padouan Padoua Este Moutagnana Castel Baldo Monselice Campo St. Petro Citadella Pieve di Sacco Polesine de Rovigo Rovigo Adria Dogado Venice or Venetia Chioggit Caorla Torcello Grado Murano Marano Maestre Coast of Trevisane Trevigi Serravalle Feltrin Feltri Bellunoise Cuidad de Bellune Cadorin Pieve di Cadore Friouli Cuidad de Austria Aquileja ●alma la Nova Cuidad de Friouli Concordia and Chiusa ESTATE of or in the SEA which is possessed On the Coas●● of Istria Capo d'Istria Citta Nuova Parenzo Pola St. Juan de Duino Dalmatia or Esclavonia Nona Zara Novigrad Tina Sebenico St. Nicolo Traw Spalato Salona Almissa Starigrad Vesicchio Cataro Budua Dolcigno Epire Torre de Butrinto Perga And the Isles In the Gulph of Venice Chergo Cherso Ossero Ossero Veggia Veggia Arba Arba. Pago Pago Solta Solta Brazza Neresi Lesina Lesina Torta Torta Issa Meo Curzo Curzo Of the Levant Corfu Corfu Cape St. Angusto Zephalonia Zephalonia Zante Zante Cerigo Caps●li Crete or Candia now the Grand Seigniors Candia Retimo Canea Sittia Suda Spinalonga Belvidere Verapolo Castel Theodoro Grabuso Turluru Teno Teno Micone Micone And between the Estates of the VENETIANS are To the Pope or Church on the Coast of Trevisane Ceneda To the House of Austria in Friouli and Istria Gradisca Trieste Pedena To the Signieury of Ragusa on the Coast of Dalmatia Ragusa To the Turk on the Coast of Albania c. Castal Nuova la Valona The Estates of the CHURCH or POPE comprehendeth Twelve Provinces in ITALY of which Seven are between the TIRRHENE and the APENNIN to wit the Campagne de Rome where are Roma or Rome Ostia Erascati Tivoli Palestrina Veletri Segni Anagni Ferentino Alatri Velori Terracina Patrimony of St. Peter Veij Citta Castellana Sutri Porto Civita vechia Cor●eto Monte Flascone Orvietin Orviero Aquapendente Terre Sabine Narni Terni Ombrie or the Dutchy of Spoleto Spoleto Fuligue Nocera Norcia Rieti Amelia Todi Assisio Perusin Perugia Fratti County of Citta di Castello Five are between the APENNIN and the GULPH of VENICE to wit the Region or Quarter of Ancone Ancona Jesi Osmo Recanati St. Maria Lauretane Fermo Ripa Tr●nsone Ascoli Macerat● Tolentino St. Sever●no Camerino and Fabriano Dutchy of Urbin Urbin Eugubbio Cagli Sinigagl●a Fossomb●one Fano Pesaro St. Leo Durance Romague or Romandioa Ravenna Rimini Sarsina Cesena Cervia Bertinoro Forli ●aenza Imo●a Ferrarese Perrara Comach●o Mesola Bologno●s Bologna Bolognese Also In the Kingdom of Naples The Dutchy and City of Beneven●o In the Estate of Venice The City of Ceneda Between Piedmont Divers places among which are Montaldo St. Step●ano c. Monserrat and Genes are Divers places among which are Montaldo St. Step●ano c. In FRANCE and Between Dauphin Languedoc and Provence the County of Avignon and of Venaiscin where are Avignon Carpent●as Cavaillon Vaison Venasque Lisle Vaureas Pont de Sorgues Chaun neuf du Pape Malausa●e Brantes Rostored freed or quitted from the Jorisdiction or Sup●emacy of the Church or Pope divers Estatea 〈◊〉 among which are the Kingdoms of Naples Naples Sicily Messina Sardaigne Cagliari Arragon Syracuse Jerusalem Jerusalem Hungary Bude England London Ireland Dublin Dukedoms of Par●a C●s●ro Bra●ciano County of Ronciglione Principalities or Selgnories of Radicosani Masseran Republick of St. Marino A Mapp of ITALY Those cheife Estates Isles are the Dukedome of Toscania The Republique Venice the Estates of the Church The ki●●●●● of Naples The Illes of Sicile Sardane Corsica c. In which said parts ●re Included seuerall other Estates provinces of less note PIE TE the R t honble Robert Pierreponte Earle of Kingston upon Hull viscount-Newark Lord Pierreponte Maunvey He●●●● This Mapp is Humbly D. D by R.B. ITALY ITALY lies in the midst of the three most Southern parts of Europe It is formed like a Boot and washed on all sides by the Sea viz. by the Adriatick or Gulph of Venice behind by the Iyrrhenian before and by the Ionian at the foot only the top of the Boot is contiguous to France and Germany from which it is parted by the Alpes Extent of the Roman Empire The extent of the Roman Empire before Constantine Ruled and the division thereof was accounted to be about 3000 Miles in length to wit from the River Euphrates Eastward to the Irish Ocean Westward and in breadth from Mount Atlas Southward to

Parish Churches and is traded unto by 12 Market Towns Leicester delightfully seated in a healthful Air rich Soil Leicester and on the Banks of the Stour over which it hath two Bridges It is a place of more antiquity than beauty being said to be built by King Leir and called Caer-Lerion wherein Authors say he placed a High-Priest to serve in the Temple of Janus which he caused to be built and wherein he was buried This Town was also had in great request in the time of the Romans also Ethelred King of the Mercians erected here an Episcopal See which he soon translated elsewhere to its great impoverishment but the noble Lady Edelfled not only repaired it but also encompassed it with a strong Wall and much added to its Riches so that it soon became a place of a great Trade which glory and riches it lost by the Spoils it sustained by Rob. Bossu the Crouch-back Earl of this Shire As to its present state it is a Borough and Town Corporate governed by a Major Aldermen and sub-Officers is dignified with the title of an Earldom is well inhabited hath indifferent good Buildings sendeth two Representatives to Parliament containeth 3 Parish Churches and its Market on Saturdays is well served with Corn Provisions and Country commodities From this Town Crouch-back Richard set forth with great strength and pomp to Redmore near Bosworth where on the 22 of August 1485 in a bloody Battle there fought for the deciding the differences betwixt the Houses of York and Lancaster he was slain yielding both himself and the victory to Henry of Richmond who was proclaimed King in the field and the next day the body of the said Richard was disgracefully brought back torn and naked and as meanly buried in the Gray-Friars of Leicester in a Stone-chest which now is made use of in an Inn for a Drinking-trough for Horses Loughborough Loughborough delightfully seated on the banks of the Sour over which it hath a Bridge amongst fertil Meadows and near Charwood Forrest It is a handsom Town beautified with fair Buildings and a large Church and hath a very considerable Market for Corn Cattle Sheep and Provisions on Thursdays Melton-Mowbray Melton-Mowbray well seated in a fertil Soil and on the banks of the Eye which almost encircleth it over which are two fair Stone-bridges It is an indifferent large and well built Town and hath a very considerable Market on Tuesdays for Corn Cattle Hogs Sheep Provisions c. Lutterworth Lutterworth seated on the Swift and in a good Soil an indifferent Country Town beautified with a large and fair Church which hath a lofty spired Steeple and its Market on Thursdays is well served with Corn and Country commodities Near this Town is a Spring so cold that in a short time it turns Straws and small Sticks into Stone LINCOLNSHIRE County of Lincoln described a County of a large extent and doth divide its form bounds and division into Hundreds The Soil is of a different temperature the Western and Northern parts being very pleasant and grateful to the Husbandman both for Corn and rich Pastures which feed great store of Cattle and the Eastern and Southern parts are fenny barren and unfit for Corn but in recompence hath great plenty of Fish and Fowl The Air upon the South and East parts is thick and foggy occasioned through the Fenny grounds but the other parts good and healthful It is well watered with Rivers as the Humber Trent Idell Dane Wash Witham Welland c. which lose themselves in the Sea The chief Commodities that this County produceth are Corn Cattle Fish Fowl Flax Wool Alablaster c. This County is severed into 3 principal Divisions or Parts viz Lindsey Holland and Kesteven which are divided into 30 Hundreds in which are numbred 631 Parish Churches and is traded unto by 31 Market Towns Lincoln Lincoln a City of great antiquity and hath been far more magnificent and spacious than now it is whose ruinous places doth witness the same being said to have had 50 Churches which now are reduced to 15 besides its Cathedral or Minster said to be one of the finest loftiest and stateliest structures in England This City in the time of the Britains was of great strength and fame containing 1070 Mansions and 900 Burgesses with 12 Lage-men having Sac and Soc and in the time of the Normans it was esteemed one of the best peopled Cities in the Isle and enjoyed a great Trade both by Sea and Land insomuch that King Edward the Third ordained here his Staple for the Mart of Wools Leather and Lead But it s pristine glory has been much eclipsed by the several shocks of ill Fortune it hath met with nevertheless it is a place well inhabited and frequented enjoyeth a good Trade and its Markets on Fridays is well served with Provisions and its Shops furnished with Commodities It is pleasantly seated on the side of a Hill and on the River Witham which divideth it self into several streams and waters in the lower part of the City over which are divers Bridges for the accommodation of the Inhabitants in their passage to and sro It is dignified with an Episcopai See where the Bishop hath his Palace and whose Diocess is the greatest of any in England numbring within its Jurisdiction 1255 Parishes of which 577 are Impropriations The civil Government of this City is committed to the care of a Major 2 Sheriffs 12 Aldermen who are clothed in Scarlet besides a Recorder Town Clerk 4 Chamberlains a Sword-bearer 4 Serjeants at Mace c. It enjoyeth ample Immunities sendeth two Representatives to Parliament and is a County within it self whose Liberties extends about 20 miles in compass and is called the County and City of Lincoln The Isle of Axholme made so by the Rivers Trent Dun Idel Isle of Axholms and others It is a large tract of ground in which are seated several Towns the flat and lower part of the Isle towards the Rivers is Moorish and yieldeth a sweet Shrub called by the Inhabitants Gall. In this part have been great and tall Fir-trees digged up And the middle part which is a rising ground is fertil and produceth great store of Flax. Barton seated on the Humber Barton where there is a considerable Ferry into Yorkshire which doth much advantage the Town which is large and stragling yet hath but an indifferent Market on Saturdays Grimsby Magna seated near the Humber or rather the Sea Grimsby Magna and in a flat and Marshy rich ground This Town was formerly very large having two Parish Churches enjoyed a good Trade but its Harbour which was then commodious being choaked up hath much eclipsed its trade and grandure having now but one Church which for largeness giveth place to few Cathedrals Here was formerly a Castle an Abby a Nunnery 2 Priories and 2 Chantries which time hath reduced to ruins and in their places are erected Houses It

and frequented Town enjoying large Immunities and sendeth a Burgess to Parliament It is governed by a Major 2 Bailiffs 15 Common Councellors a Town Clerk and other sub-Officers and hath a considerable Market for Corn and Provisions on Saturdays Chepstow Chepstow seated on the side of a Hill which is washed with the Wye near its fall into the Severn a Town formerly very famous and of great resort being said to be raised out of the ruins of Venta Silurum the chief City of the Silures It is a large well built inhabited and frequented Town and hath a Market on Saturdays which is very good for Corn and Provisions and very considerable for Swine Carlion or Caerleon an ancient and flourishing City of the Romans Carlion which is evidenced by the ruins of its stately Buildings as Palaces Temples and Theaters enclosed within fair Walls the Water-pipes Vaults Hot-houses and Roman Coins oft digged up And here the Noble Arthur kept his Court and here was a famous Colledge for 200 Students in Astronomy and other the liberal Arts and Sciences This Town which is indifferent large is commodiously seated on the banks of the Vske over which it hath a large wooden Bridge yet its Houses for the generality are built of Stone and its Market which is but indifferent is on Thursdays Vske seated on a River so called a large Town uske beautified with well built Stone-houses and hath a very good Market on Mondays and Fridays Abergavenny seated at the meeting of the Vske and the Keveny Abergavenny once a place of great strength It is a large Town hath well-built Houses enjoyeth a good Trade for Flanels and Straw-Hats here made in great plenty and its Market which is on Tuesdays is very considerable for Cattle Provisions c. County of Norfolk The County of NORFOLK is of a different Soil but may be comprised under two heads to wit Champain and Wood-land yet notwithstanding about the Towns it is of a Claiey Chalkey and fat Earth and not without Wood. That which is comprised under the head of Champain is along the Sea-Coasts and from Thetford to Burnham and so Westwards and affords great plenty of Corn and on the Heaths great flocks of Sheep are fed The Wood-land part is chiefly for grasing yet not without Corn ground The ancient Inhabitants known to the Romans were the Iceni and afterwards became part of the Kingdom of the Angles The Commodities that this Country plentifully affordeth are Worsteds Stockings Norwich Stuffs and Herrings The chief Rivers that water this County are the Owse Waveny Yare and the Thryne It is generally well inhabited with Gentry is very populous and full of Towns and Villages numbring 660 Parish Churches which are the most of any County in England and is traded unto by 27 Market Towns Norwich a City of great antiquity Norwich and formerly of as great splendor when the Seat of the East Angles since which it hath undergone several calamities by Fire Sword and Pestilence and notwithstanding all its shocks of Ill fortune it is at present a fair large and populous City and enjoyeth a great Trade especially for their Stockings Stuffs and Manufactures here made It is commodiously seated on the banks of the Yare which severeth it but is joyned together by several Briges and in a pleasant Valley It is about a mile and half in length and almost of the like breadth and is encompassed with a Wall except on the side seated on the River and hath 12 Gates for entrance and for Divine worship 32 Parish Churches bisides Chapels It s chief buildings are the Cathedral the Bishops Palace the Palace of the Duke of Norfolk the Market-house the Cross and the House of Correction made of Free-stone Here is an Hospital where 100 poor Men and Women are maintained This City may not improperly be called an Orchard in a City or a City in an Orchard by reason of the pleasant intermixture of the Houses with Trees It was first governed by 4 Bailiffs but in the Reign of Henry the Fourth it was incorporated into a Majoralty and made a County whose limits extend to Eaton-Bridge It enjoys several Immunities sends Burgesses to Parliament and is the See of a Bishop Its Markets on Wednesdays Fridays and Saturdays are very great and well stored with Corn living Cattle Leathen Yarn Worsteds and all sorts of Provisions Lynn Lynn or Lynn Regis seated almost at the influx of the Owse into the Washes a fair large and well-built Borough Town numbring 3 Parish Churches of good antiquity enjoying ample Immunities which were granted them for their good service against the outlawed Barons in the Isle of Ely It is governed by a Major 12 Aldermon hath a Recorder Sword-Bearer and other sub-Officers sendeth its Representatives to Parliament for its defence is encompassed about with a Wall and a deep Trench is well watered having 2 Rivulets which run through the Streets which are passed over by 15 Bridges It is well inhabited by Merchants and Tradesmen having a commodious Haven and its Markets on Tuesdays and Saturdays are well served with Commodities and Provisions Yarmouth Yarmouth seated on the Yare at its influx into the Sea It is a place of great strength as well by Nature as Art being esteemed the Key of this Goast The Town is large yet hath but one Church but that is so large that it serveth for two Ministers Its Buildings are good it is a place of a great resort is well inhabited and traded unto and the more as being the ready passage to Holland for the Packet-Boat and other Vessels About this Coast great abundance of Herrings are caught in September and as great quantities of Mackerels in the Summer season It is a Town Corporate having for its chief Magistrates 2 Bailiffs it enjoyeth several Immunities and sends Burgesses to Parliament It s Market is on Saturdays which is very great for Corn Fish and Provisions Windham Windham seated in a dirty bottom hath an indifferent good Market for Corn and Provisions on Fridays but chiefly for Stockings Wooden-Spoons Yapps and Spindles which are here made and sold by the Inhabitants in great abundance Swasham Swasham seated on a Hill a large and well built Town full of Inns end well inhabited by Shopkeepers who drive a good trade It s Market which is on Saturdays is very well served with Corn and Provisions being esteemed one of the best Market Towns in the County North Walsham North Walsham seated in a level not far from the Sea a fine Market Town which on Thursdays is well provided with Corn Flesh and other Commodities County of Northampton described NORTHAMPTON an Inland County of a fat and rich Soil both for Tillage and Pasturage every way recompencing the Husbandmans pains and industry both for its excellent Grain and for feeding and breeding of store of Sheep Horses and Cattle insomuch that here is observed to be less wast

for its Salt-Pits or Wiches having three Fountains that afford great plenty of Water for the making of Salt which is excellent white and good for which here is drove a good Trade Sturbridge Sturbridge seated on a Flat and on the Stower over which it hath a Bridge it is a good and well-built Town hath the accommodation of a good Free-School with a Library and its Market on Fridays is well furnished with Corn Provisions and Swine Kidderminster Kidderminster feated under a Hill and on the Severn where the Stower loseth it self dividing the Town in twain an ancient Bailiwick-Town beautified with a fair Church hath well-built Houses is well inhabited and much traded unto for its Stuffs called Kidderminster-Stuffs and its Market which is on Thursdays is considerable for Corn Gottle Provisions and several Country-commodities Bewdley Bewdley a Bailiwick-Town which sends Burgesses to Parliament pleasantly seated on the Severn and near the Forest of Wire which in former time was a place of great delight and much resorted unto It is a neat and well-built Town enjoyeth a good Trade for Mault Leather and Caps called Bewdley-Caps here made and hath a Market on Saturdays chiefly considerable for Barly YORK-SHIRE County of York describ'd the largest County in England being above 300 miles in compass and although thus spacious for the generality is indifferent fertil yielding good plenty of Cattle Corn Fowl and Fish for if one part is stony sandy and barren other parts make amends and although there are great store of Heaths and Moors which are barren ground yet are they profitable to the Inhabitants for the feeding of Cattle In this County the Romans had several Stations and here were abundance of Abbeys Monasteries and Religious Houses many of which were of great note eminency and wealth The chief Manufactures of this Shire are Stockings Alum Jett Lime Knives Pins c. but above all Cloth in great plenty It is fevered into three distinct parts and called the North-Riding the East-Riding and the West-Riding which said Ridings or Parts are subdivided into 26 Wapontacks or Hundreds viz. the North into Eleven the East into Six and the West into Nine and in all these Wapontacks are numbred 563 Parish Churches besides abundance of Chapels of Ease by reason of the largeness of the Parishes many of the Chapels being as large as Parishes in other parts of England The North-Riding of Yorkshire may not improperly be divided into Richmondshire Cleaveland a fertil part North-Allerton and Blackmore very Mountainous Craggy and Moorish The chief places in this Riding are York City of York which next to London claimeth the Priority of all others in the Kingdom a place of great antiquity and fame having its rise from the Romans who had it in such great esteem that Severus their Emperour had here his Palace and here ended his days and had those Funeral Rites solemnized on his Corps according to their custom And here Fl. Valerius Constantius surnamed Chlorus bid adue to the World and in his room his Son Constantine was here proclaimed Emperour Nor did this City thus flourish only in the time of the Romans but was of great repute in all succeeding Ages and hath in all the revolutions and changes under the Saxons Danes and Normans preserved its ancient lustre and is at present a fair large and beautiful City adorned with many splendid Buildings both publick and private is very populous much resorted unto and well inhabited by Gentry and wealthy Tradesmen and numbreth about 30 Parish Churches and Chapels besides its Cathedral or Minster a most stately Structure dedicated to St. Peter Amongst its publick Buildings of note these may be taken notice of The Bishops-Palace its Chapter-House a curious piece of Architecture the Princes-House called the Mannor and the Courts of Judicature held for the Neighbouring Marches according to that of Ludlow It is a City and County within it self enjoyeth large Immunities sendeth Burgesses to Parliament is governed by a Lord Major 12 Aldermen clad in Scarlet 2 Sheriffs 12 Common Council 8 Chamberlains a Recorder Town Clerk Sword-Bearer and Common Serjeant with other sub-Officers It is a place of great strength being well fortified and enclosed with a strong Wall on which are many Turrets or Watch-houses and hath for entrance 4 Gates and 5 Posterns It s scituation is no less pleasantly than commodiously seated on the Owse which severeth it in two parts but joyned together by a fair Stone-bridge and to conclude its Markets on Thursdays and Staturdays are very considerable and well served with Flesh Fish Fowl c. as are its Shambles on the Week-days with Provisions Malton or New-Malton seated on the Derwent Malton over which it hath a good Stone-bridge It is composed of two Towns the New and the Old Malton and both containing 3 Parish Churches it is a place well inhabited and accommodated with good Inns hath weekly two Markets on Tuesdays and Saturdays which is one of the best in the County for Horses living Cattle Provisions and most Country-commodities especially Vtensils for Husbandry and as a Borough Town which is but meanly built electeth Parliament men Pickering or the Honour of Pickering a pretty good Town Pickering belonging to the Dutchy of Lancaster hath a famous Old Castle now ruinous in which they keep their Courts for the hearing of Causes under 40 s. in the said Honour which includeth several Villages which as it were encompass it so that the adjacent Country is called Pickering-Lith the Forest of Pickering and the Liberty of Pickering It s Market which is on Mondays is well served with Corn and Provisions Scarborough a place of great strength as well by Nature as Art Scarborough being seated on a steep Rock with such craggy Cliffs that it is almost inaccessible and beareth so into the Sea that it is washed on all parts except on the West where it yieldeth access by a strait passage Cliff or Gullet where it hath a strong Wall On the top of this Rock is a very fair green and large Plain containing about 60 Acres of ground and hath a little Well of Fresh-water springing out of the Rock and for its further defence hath a strong Castle now made use of by his Majesty for a Garrison This Town is not very large but well built and inhabited enjoyeth a good Trade having a commodious Key with several Vessels belonging to it which are employed by them and during the Herring-season for the Fishing Trade they being plentifully taken on this Coast This place is of note for its famous Spaw much resorted unto as well by Foreigners as the English It is a Town Corporate electing Parliament men is governed by two Bailiffs and a Common Council and hath two Markets weekly on Thursdays which is of good account and on Saturdays which is but small Not far from this Town is Robinhoods-Bay so called from Robinhood that noted Robber in the Reign of

large well-built and inhabited Town graced with a fair Church whose Steeple is not inferiour to any in England and hath two Markets weekly viz. on Mondays which is but small and on Thursdays which is very great for Corn Cattle and Provisions In this County is Llansainan seated on the River Aled Llansalnan a small Town but of note for its Cave made in the side of a Rock or Stony-hill wherein are 24 Seats some bigger and some lesser known by the name of Arthur's Round-Table a place much frequented by Shepheards and Heardsmen Flintshire described The County of FLINT is not over Mountainous and those that are being interlaced with fertil Valleys affordeth plenty of Corn and Pasturage it hath great abundance of Hony but is very defective of Wood and Fruits It is indifferently well watered hath several safe Harbours for Ships to Ride and Anchor in and this part of the County hath plenty of Mines of Pit-Coal and the adjacent Mountains have store of Lead-Oar This Shire is famous for St. Winfrids-Well St. Winfrids-Well not far from Cajervis in English Holy-Well a place of great note and much resorted unto as well by those to Bath in as being esteemed very good for several Diseases as by Pilgrims out of their devotion in memory of that Christian Virgin Winfrid who was there ravished by a young Lord or Prince of the Country and to stop her Acclamations cruelly slew her and cut off her Head out of which place according to Report did immediately gush forth a Spring which is of so rapid a Stream that at a small distance it is able to drive a Mill. Over the Head of this Spring or Well there now standeth a Chapel built of Free-stone of curious workmanship and in the Chancel on the Glass-window is lively pourtraied the History of St. Winfrid of her life and how her Head was cut off and set on again by St. Reuno In the Well there groweth Moss of a most sweet and pleasant smell which is said to be St. Winfrids-hair Here are seated 28 Parishes and hath two Market Towns Flint Flint well seated on the Dee● of chief note for its now old and ruinous Castle and although the Shire-Town is but small and hath no Market but as a Borough-Town electeth Parliament man St. Asaph seated on the Elwy St. Asaph where it receiveth the Cluyd over each of which there is a Bridge a place of more fame for its antiquity than largeness or beauty being an ancient Episcopal See founded by Kentigerne a Scot Bishop of Glasco in Anno 560 of which about 300 that were unlearned employed their times in Husbandry within the limits of the said Monastery and the rest to a Holy life By this it may be judged their Bounds were exceeding large and upon his return into Scotland he ordained Asaph a godly man to be his Successor from whom the Town or City took its name which at present is not large not its Buildings very good chiefly glorying in its Cathedral It hath a small Market on Saturdays County of Merioneth described The County of MERIONETH is exceeding Mountainous and Rocky very unpleasant and for the generality much inclined to sterility bearing but thin Crops of Corn yet is found to feed good flocks of Sheep and Herds of Cattle from which the Inhabitants draw their chief Maintenance It is observed that these Mountains are of so great an height that in many places two men may stand and discourse together each upon a several Mountain but must travel some miles before they can come to meet It is well watered with Rivers and is well provided with red Deer Fowl and Fish and as this County is thus Mountainous and barren so is it as thinly inhabited numbring but 37 Parishes and those but ordinary and hath but three Market Towns Harlech Harlech seated on a Rock on the Sea-shoar a small Borough Town which is but thinly inhabited nor its Houses over well built although the chief of the County It is governed by a Major for its chief Magistrate sends a Burgess to Parliament and hath a mean Market This Town was once of a greater account for its strong and beautiful Castle highly seated commanding both Sea and Country adjoyning but was reduced to Ruins in the late unhappy Wars by the Parliamentteers this being a Garrison of the Kings Bala Bala seated near Pimble-Meer which is of a large extent through which the Dee is said to run but not to mingle with its water which is proved for that the Salmons plentifully taken in the Dee are not found in this Meer and likewise the Fish called Gwyniaid much like unto Whitings which is in as great plenty taken in this Meer are never found in the Dee This Town is Incorporated enjoyeth some Immunities is governed by Bailiffs hath an indifferent Market on Saturdays but the Town is mean and small County of Montgomery described MONTGOMERY-SHIRE very Hilly and Mountainous but interlaced with fertil Valleys both for Tillage and Pasturage and was in ancient time of note for its good breed of Horses Here are seated 47 Parish Churches and is traded unto by 6 Market Towns Montgomery the Shire-Town so called from Roger de Montgomery Montgomery Earl of Shrewsbury the first builder thereof It is well seated amongst rich grounds and on an easie Ascent of a Hill a place once fortified with a powerful Castle and fenced about with a Wall which was dismantled in the late Wars It is an indifferent large Town Corporate governed by Bailiffs sends a Burgess to Parliament and its Market which is on Thursdays is well resorted unto and hath a good Shambles Welch-Pool seated on the Severn and in a rich Vale Welch-Pool the greatest and best built Town Corporate in the County governed by Bailiffs is well inhabited enjoyeth a very good Trade for English Commodities from Bristol and its Market on Mondays is very considerable for Cattle Provisions and Flannels It s Castle called Powis-Castle which within the compass of its Wall containeth two Castles is of late a large and stately Pile of Building Llanvilling scituate in a Flat amongst the Hills Llanvilling and between the Cain and the Ebir it is a good Town and hath a considerable Market for Cattle Corn Wool and Provisions on Thursdays Within three miles of this Town is Matravan-Castle sometimes the Royal Seat of the Princes of Powis-Land SOVTH-WALES County of Pembroke described PEMBROKE-SHIRE called in Welsh Brechinean is said to take its name from one Brechanius a Prince who had a great Off-spring of 24 Daughters and all Saints It is a County for the generality very Mountainous some of which are exceeding high especially Monuchdenny-Hill not far from Brecknock which exalteth it self above the Clouds and although thus Hilly yet is not without many large and fertil Plains and Valleys both for Corn and feeding of Cattle and the more by reason of the Rivers Vske and

of 8 Market Towns Cardiff the fairest Town in all South Wales well seated on the River Tave Cardiff or Taff over which it hath a fair Bridge to which Vessels of small burthen do come to lade or unlade their goods and in a rich and fertil Soil both for Tillage and Pasturage It is a large and well built Town with good ordered and clean Streets containing within its Walls two Parishes but hath but one Church without the East-Gate is a large Suburb called Crockerton without the North-Gate stands the White-Friers and without the West-Gate a small Suburb adjoyning to the Black-Friers and in this part is seated the Castle which is a strong spacious and stately Building It is a Town Corporate governed by a Constable 12 Aldermen as many Capital Burgeffes a Steward Town-Clerk with sub-Officers enjoyeth several Immunities electeth a Parliament man is the place where the Assizes are kept is well frequented and traded unto its Inhabitants having a great intercourse of Traffick with Bristol and its Markets on Wednesdays and Saturdays are very good especially that on Saturdays which is the best in the County and very considerable for Gattle Corn Swine Sheep and all sorts of Provisions in great plenty and at easie rates Llandaff a City seated on the Taff but of a small extent Llandaff scarce comparable to an indifferent Town having not so much as a Market kept which is occasioned by its vicinity to Cardiff It s Cathedral is a spacious and superb Structure and near adjoyning are the Ruins of an Old Castle which was the ancient Palace of the Bishops Neath seated on a River so called over which it hath a Bridge Neath to which small Vessels come for the lading of Coals here had in great plenty to the profit of its Inhabitants It is a Town of great antiquity and of a good extent yet is it indifferent large is governed by a Port-Reve and hath a good Market for Provisions Swansey commodiously seated on the Sea-shoar Swansey an ancient Port-Reve Town which is large and well built which for Riches and Trade is esteemed the chief in the County and that by reason of their Coal-Pits and the great industry of its Inhabitants It hath weekly two Markets on Wednesdays and Saturdays which are very well frequented and traded unto affording great plenty of Commodities and Provisions County of Pembroke described PEMBROKE-SHIRE is of fertil Soil both for Tillage and Pasturage is well stored with Cattle and replenished with Rivers which with the Sea plentifully serveth the Inhabitants with Fish and Fowl and in the bowels of the Earth are plenty of Pit-Coal It is well inhabited and garnished with Towns numbring 145 Parish Churches and is traded unto by 8 Market Towns Pembrook Pembrook the chief Shire-Town seated on the Eastern and innermost Creek of Milford-Haven over which it hath two fair Bridges for the conveniency of passage It is a place of good account well frequented and inhabited by Gentlemen and Tradesmen is much resorted unto by Shipping by reason of which they have a Custom-house It is a place of good strength being fortified with a Wall on which are several Towers having three Gates for entrance and also with a strong Castle seated on a Rock It is a large Town Corporate containing two Parish Churches is graced with well built Houses is governed by a Major with other sub-Officers enjoyeth several Immunities sendeth a Burgess to Parliament and its Market which is on Saturdays is very good and well served with Provisions c. This Milford-Haven is esteemed the best in all England Milford-Haven not only for its largeness being capacious enough to give entertainment to about 1000 Sail of Ships at one time and to ride secure at a good distance one from the other but also for its variety of deep and safe Creeks and nooked Bays for Ships to harbour in having within it 13 Roads 16 Creeks and 5 Bays all which are known by their several names St. Davids St. Davids seated within a mile of the Sea in a barren Soil and very destitute of Wood. It was once a City of good account but at present is very small but thinly inhabited and its Market disused yet is it the See of a Bishop and its Cathedral kept in good order but the Bishops Palace is much ruinated Near unto St. Davids is a Promontory called St. Davids Land or Head from whence in a clear day Ireland may be seen and on the Rocks in these parts the Falcons have their Airies and breed Also here is Whitesand-Bay and at the extream point of the Promontory Ramsey Isle sheweth it self nigh to which are several small ones which together bear the name of the Bishop and his Clerks Haverford-West Haverford-West a Town and County of it self commodiously seated on the side of a Hill and on a Creek of Milford-Haven over which it hath a good Stone-Bridge which leadeth to Prendergast where there is a Church It is a very large and fair Town Corporate containing three Parish Churches is beautified with good Houses is well inhabited enjoyeth a good Trade having several Vessels belonging to the Town is the place where the Assizes are held and the County Gaol kept and hath weekly two Markets on Tuesdays and Saturdays which are very great for Cattle and Provisions It is governed by a Major a Sheriff and Common Council with Justices of the Peace it enjoyeth several Immunities keeping Courts and sending a Burgess to Parliament and near to this Town divers Gentlemen have their Seats Tenby Tenby seated on the Sea-shoar where it hath a commodious Haven or Road for Ships being formerly much frequented especially by Fishermen having a good Key enjoyeth a considerable Trade and its Inhabitants were wealthy but the Spoils it suffered in the late Wars hath much impoverished it notwithstanding it keeps its two Markets weekly on Wednesdays and Saturdays which are very well resorted unto for Corn Provisions and Fish Newport Newport seated near the Sea-shoar and on the foot of a high Hill a large but ill built and inhabited Town governed by a Port-Reeve and a Bailiff and hath a good Market for Corn Cattle and Provisions and here is a Wear for Fishing County of Radnor described RADNOR-SHIRE This County is of a sharp and piercing Air and very ungraceful to the Husbandman as being so Mountainous and Rocky yet is it well watered with Rivers It hath but 52 Parish Churches and is traded unto with three Market Towns New Radnor New Radnor well seated near the Spring-head of the Somergil and in a pleasant Valley at the foot of a profitable Hill for the feeding of Sheep and Cattle called the Forrest of Radnor It is a very ancient Town Corporate whose Jurisdiction reacheth 10 or 12 miles in compass is governed by a Bailiff and 25 Burgesses enjoyeth large Immunities and hath the election of a Parliament man It had formerly a Market