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A51537	A most choice historical compendium fitted for the use of all ingenious and inquisitive persons who are curious to know what wonderfull events have come to pass for almost 1000 years, under the figure 8, from 818 to 1688 inclusive : wherein is briefly comprised, the life and death, rise and fall of kings, queens, noblemen, clergymen, warriors and several famous poets : with many other curious remarks and observations, not here mention'd / written in a plain method, by A.M., Gent.	A. M., Gent.	1692 (1692)	Wing M3; ESTC R9727	48,168	167

was made Bishop of Waterford and Lord Treasurer of Ireland and after Archbishop of Tuam and twice Lord Chief Justice of that Kingdom He dyed an 1288. and was buried in Trinity Church in Dublin St. Dunstan born in and Abbot of Glassenbury was Bishop of London and Worcester and Archbishop of Canterbury and for promoting of Monkery was reputed a Saint His skill in Smithery was so great that the Goldsmiths in London are incorporated by the name of the Company of St. Dunstans He dyed Anno 988. He was the strictest of the Clergy against the marriages of Priests in his life time Sewald bred in Oxford was Scholar to St. Edward who was wont to say to him Sewald Sewald thou wilt have many afflictions and dye a Martyr Nor did he miss much of his mark therein though he met with peace and plenty at first when Archbishop but afterwards opposing the Pope who intruded one Jordan an Italian to be Dean of York he was for his contempt Excommunicated Note that at the same time there were 300 benefices possessed by Italians who did not only teach in the Church but misteach by their lascivious and debauched conversations Let us now return to Sewald who never returned into the Popes favour but dyed of grief in the state of Excommunication An. 1258. yet was he reputed a Saint in vulgar estimation Eleanor Eldest Daughter to King Ed. I. and Queen Eleanor born at Windsor afterwards was married by Proxy a naked sword interposing between her and his body to Alphons King of Arragon who dyed before the consummation of marriage The Princess was afterwards married to H. 3. Earl of Berry in France from whom the Dukes of Anjou and Kings of Sicil are descended She dyed An. 1298. Edward III. Son to Ed. II. and Queen Isabel born at Windsor a pious and fortunate Prince was Passive in deposing of his Father practised on in his minority by his Mother and Mortimer His French Victories speak both of his Wisdom and Valour and though the conquests by H. 5. were thicker his were broader in France and Scotland though both in length a like as lost by by their immediate Successors He was the first English King that coyned Gold He first stamped the Rorse Nobles having on one side Jesus autem transiens per medium illorum ibat and on the Reverse his own Image with a Sword and Sheild sitting in a Ship waving on the Sea He had a numerous and happy Issue by Philippa his Queen after whose death being almost 70 years old he cast his assections on Alice Pierce his Paramour to his dishonour it being true what Epictetus returned to Adrian the Emperor asking of him what love was In puero pudor in virgine Rubor in Foemina furorin Juvene Ardor in sene Risus In a Boy Bashfulness in a Maid Blushing in a Woman Fury in a young Man Fire in an Old Man Folly However this King had few equals none superiours for Wisdom Clemency and Courage He dyed An. Dom. 1378. Wulstan of Brandsford was Prior of Worcester and built a most beautifull Hall in his Convent Hence he was preferred Bishop of Worcester 1338. He was verus pontisex in the Grammatical notation thereof building a fair Bridge at Brandsford over the River Teme and dyed not long after Jo. Eversden was breda Monk in Bury Abby whereof he was Cellerer or Caterer but mounting himself above this mean imploy he buried himself in Poetry Law and History whereof he wrote a fair Volume from the beginning of the World Being a Monk he was not fond of Fryers And observeth that when the Franciscans first entred Bury a few years before his death there hapened a hideous Hurricane lev●lling Trees Towers yet went they out with a clam at the time of the dissolution He dyed 1338. Anno 1378. Note that in this year in the Reign of Richard II. the Sussexians of Rye and Winchel-sea imbarked for Normandy and afterwards entred by night into a Towncalled Peter's Port took all such Prisoners who were able to pay ransom and safely returned home with their spoils amongst which were some Bells the French had formerly taken from the Towns in this County which they lately invaded It was a worthy advice which William Earl of Arundel gave to his Son Henry Fitz-Allen never to trust his Neighbours the French which I would commend to the inhabitants of this County and indeed now and forever to all England John Stratford of Stratford Warwickshire being born there was preferred by the Pope to the Bishopr of Winchest whereupon falling into the displeasure of Richard II. for a time he took it in so ill part that he forsook that King whilst in his extremity this cost him the displeasure of the Queen Mother and Edw. III. till at last converted by his constancy they turned their frowns into smiles upon him When he was Archbishop of Cant. he furnished the King with great sums of money at his first seting forth for France But when the King sent to him again for another supply instead of Coyn the Bishop sent him Counsel whereat the King returning into England was so highly offended that the Bishop was forced to pass his publick purgation in Parlia by which he was restored to the reputation of his Innocence He built and bountifully endowed a Beautiful Colledge in Stratford He dyed Anno 1348. having been a man of great charity meekness and moderation Ralph Straford his Kinsman was Bishop of London and there being a grievous Pestilence there this Bishop bought a piece of Land for the burial of the Dead lying near Smithfield called No mans Land Eustathius de Fauconbridge was chosen Bishop of London An. 6. Hen. III. He was chosen Chief Justice then Chancellor of the Exchequer and afterwards Treasurer of England and twice Ambassador to the King of France He dyed October 31. 1228. and was buried in the Presbytery Maurice Chamnee bred a Fryer in the Charter-House He only escaped when 18 of his Order lost their lives by him written for refusing the Oath of supremacy 'T is said he warped to the will of H. 8. to preserve his Covent from destruction He dyed beyond the Seas about 1580. Sir Amias Preston of an ancient Family at Cricket in Somerset An. 88. seized on the Admiral of the Galiasses wherein the Governour with most of his men were burnt or killed He took the Town of Puerto Sancto and the Isle of Cochi surprized the Fort and Town of Coro sacked the City of St. Jago put to Ransom the Town of Cumana and entred Jamaica all in the West Indies and returned home safely He sent a challenge to Sir Walter Raleigh the Privy Counsellor which was by him refused having a Wife and Children and a fair Estate and Sir Amias being a private and single Person though of good quality because Sir Walter condemned those for ill humours where the Hangman gives the Garland These two Knights were reconciled afterwards and Sir Amias dyed about the

after Queen Mary Novemb. 17. 1558. at Lambeth Sir John Cavendish Knight born at Cavendish in Suffolk where his name continued untill the Reign of King Henry 8. was made Lord Chief Justice of the Kings-Bench anno 46 Edw. 3. he died a violent death an 5 Rich. 2. on this occasion J. Raw Priest contemporary with J. Straw and Wat. Tyler advanced Robert Westbroom a Clown to be King of the Commons in this County having 50000 Followers these for eight days together in savage sport caused the Heads of Great Persons to be cut off and set on Poles to kiss and whisper in one anothers ears Chief Justice Cavendish chanced to be then in the Country to whom they bare a double Pique for his honesty and learning besides they had heard that John Cavendish his Kinsman had killed their Idol Wat. Tyler in Smithfield whereupon they drag'd the Reverend Judge with Sir John of Cambridge Prior of Bury to the Market-place and there beheaded them whose innocent bloud remained not long unrevenged by Spencer the warlike Bishop of Norwich by whom this Rascal Rabble of Rebels was rooted and ruined Leonard Maw was born at Rendlesham in Suffolk antiently the Residence of the Kings of E. Angles where King Redwald kept at the same time a Communion-Table and Altars for Idols was Master of Peter-House then of Trinity Colledge in Cambridge and in five years disengaged that Foundation from a great Debt He was Chaplain to King Charles whilst he was Prince and waited on him in Spain by whom he was made Bishop of Bath and Wells a good Scholar grave Preacher mild man and gentile in his deportment He died in 1638. and left some of his Estate to Mr. Simon Maw of Epworth in Lincolnshire Sir Fulk Grevil Kt. Son to Sir Fulk Senior of Beckam-Court Warw. was bred in Cambridge He came to Court backt with a fair Estate in the Reign of Queen Eliz. He was a good Scholar and a great friend to learned Men. Bishop Overall ow'd his Preferment chiefly to him and Mr. Camden tasted largely of his liberality His Studies were most in Poetry and History as his Works do witness King James created him Baron Brook of Beauchamp Court as descended from the sole Daughter and Heir of Edward Willoughby the late Lord Brook He was murdered 1608. by a discontented Servant who conceived himself not soon or well enough rewarded first wounded his Master mortally and afterwards dispatched himself He lieth buried in Warwick Church under a fair Monument whereon he is stiled Servant to Queen Elizabeth Counsellor to King James and Friend to Sir Phillip Sidney dying unmarried his Barony descended on his Kinsman Robert Grevil Lord Brook Father to the Right Honourable Robert Lord Brook Thomas Morton was Son to a famous Mercer reputed the first in York and allied to Cardinal Morton Archbishop of Canterbury He was bred in York-School with that Arch-Traitor Guy Faux and afterwards in St. Johns College in Cambridge and for his merit was chosen Fellow thereof before eight Competitors commencing D. D. He made his Position on his second Question contrary to the expectation of Dr. Playford replying upon him with some Passion commovisti mihi stomachum to whom Morton replied Gratulor tibi Reverende Professor de bono tuo stomacho coenabis mecum hac nocte He was successively preferred Dean of Gloucester Winchester Bishop of Chester Coventry and Lichfield and Durham The Foundation which he laid of foreign Correspondency with eminent Persons of different Perswasions when he attended as Chaplain to the Lord Evers sent by King James Embassador to the King of Denmark c. he built upon to the day of his Death In the late Long Parliament the displeasure of the House of Gommons fell heavy upon him partly for subscribing the Bishops Protestation for their Votes in Parliament partly for refusing to resign the Seal of his Bishoprick and baptizing a Daughter of John Earl of Rutland with the Sign of the Cross two faults which compounded together in the judgment of wise and honest men amounted to an high innocence yet the Parliament allowed him 800 l. a year a proportion above his brethren for his Maintenance but the Trumpet of their Charity gave an uncertain sound not assigning by whom or whence this sum should be paid Indeed the Severe Votes of Parliament ever took full effect according to his observation who did Anagram it Voted Outed But their merciful Votes found not so free performance However this good Bishop got 1000 l. out of Goldsmiths-Hall which afforded him support in his old Age. He wrote against Faction in defence of three innocent Ceremonies and against Superstition in his Treatise called the Grand Impostor Many of the Nobility deservedly honoured him but none more than John Earl of Rutland to whose Kinsman Roger Earl of Rutland he had formerly been Chaplain Sir George Savil civilly paid him his purchased annuity of 200 l. He died at Easton Manduit in Northamptonshire the House of Sir Henry Yelverton aged near 98. George Paling born at Wrenbury in Cheshire was bred a Merchant in London Free of the Company of Girdlers We may call his Benefactions The golden Girdle of Charity for with our Saviour He went about doing good To Wrenbury he gave 200 l. to purchase Lands for the relief of the Poor For building of an Alms-House in and about London 900 l. To St. Johns College in Cambridge 300 l. To the Hospital of St. Thomas in Southwark 50 l. To the Preachers at St. Pauls Cross 200 pounds Toward a Chime in Bow-Church 100 pounds To six Prisons in and about London 60 pounds To Brasen-Nose College in Oxford two Scholarships to each yearly 4 pounds To the College of St John Baptist in Oxford two Scholarships of the same value To Christs-Church-Hospital 300 l. To the Church and Poor of Wrenbury to buy them Gowns 70 pounds He died 1608. James Pilkington D. D. of an Ancient Family before the Conquest when the chief of them then sought for disguised himself a Thresher has for his Motto Now thus now thus in Allusion to the Head of his Flail or to himself embracing the safest condition for the present He was bred in Cambridge and fled an 1. of Mariae into Germany where he wrote a Comment on Ecclesiastes and the Epistles of St. Peter after his return he was made Bishop of Durham 1558 and nine years after the Northern Rebels came to Durham and tore the English Liturgy the Bishop had fared no better if they had found him when the Rebellion was suppress'd the Bishop commenced a Suit against Queen Eliz. for the Lands and Goods of the Rebels attainted in the Bishoprick as due to him but the Parliament interposing on special consideration pro hoc tempore adjudg'd them to the Queen and after eight years of the Rebellion he died in peace John Easday of most honourable Extraction bred in Cambridge was Dean of Canterbury He was the first Clergy-man who carried Tidings of