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A38421	England's remarques giving an exact account of the several shires, counties, and islands in England and Wales. In every of which you have I. How the county is bounded. II. The length, breadth, and circumference. III. The temperature of the air, and fertility or barrenness of the soil. IV. What commodities each shire or county affordeth. V. In what dioces, and how many parishes in it. VI. The number of Parliament-men, hundreds, and market-towns. VII. In every shire you have the name of the city or shire-town, with the latitude thereof, and how it bears, with the reputed and measured distance of the same from London, the road to the same; how governed, and the coat of arms, and what other things are therein remarkable. VIII. You have the names of such noble families as have been dukes or earls of each county since their first constitution. IX. Whatsoever is eminent or remarkable thorow-out the whole kingdom. To which is added a travelling map, describing the principal roads thorow-out England.		1682 (1682)	Wing E3027; ESTC R218203	95,213	312

themselves In St. Cleere's-Parish in Cornhil there are upon a Plain 6 or 8 Stones such as are upon Salisbury-Plain which like them too will be mistaken in their telling so that when they are told over again they will be found either more or less than before At Hall near Foy is a Fagot all of one piece of Wood naturally grown so and it is wrapped about with a Band and parted at the ends into 4 Sticks one of which Sticks is subdivided into two others It was carefully preserved many years by the Earl of Devon being reckoned as a fore-token of his Progeny for his Estate is now come into the hands of 4 Cornish Gentlemen one of whose Estates is divided between two Heirs In Landers Park there grows an Oak that bears Leaves speckled with white and another the like in East Hundred called Painters Oak There are 2 Lakes near St. Agnes Hill in one of them Fish will live and thrive but not in the other By Helford is a great Rock lying upon the ground the top whereof is hollow which holdeth water and ebbs and flows as the Sea doth Mainamber a very great Rock in this Shire lyes or resteth upon other smaller Rocks and the push of a finger will sensibly move it to and fro but all the force which men can use cannot move it from its place About 40 years since upon the Shore of this Shire was found by a Fisherman a huge mass of Ambergrease Among the many Ports Bays and Havens this Countrey hath about it that of Falmouth is so copious that 100 Ships may therein ride at Anchor apart by themselves so that from the tops of their highest Masts they shall not see each other and yet lye all safe under wind At Boskenna is a Trophy erected which are 18 Stones placed round pitched 12 foot each from other and another in the Centre far bigger than the rest to shew some Victory there obtained by the Romans or K. Athelston In many Places hereabouts are pieces of Armour both for Horse and Man digged out of the ground Cumberland IS bounded on the East by Northumberland and Westmorland On the West by the Irish Sea On the South by Westmorland and Lancashire and on the North by Scotland It containeth in length 56 Miles in breadth 32 Miles and in Circumference 173 Miles The Air is sharp and piercing but is much mitigated by the Northern Hills which break the Storm and falling Snow The Soil is fertile for the most part both for Corn and Cattle and the Maritime places are well furnished with Fish and Fowl and the Rivers bear a kind of Muscle that beareth Pearl The chief Commodities are Sheep Copper Brass Cole Fowl Fish Cloath and Black Lead It is in the Diocess of Chester and Carlisle and hath in it 58 Parishes Out of it are Elected 6 Members to sit in Parliament Knights 2 Carlisle 2 Cockermouth This County is not divided into Hundreds the former In it are contained 15 Market-Towns Cockermouth Mond Wigton Tuesday Brampton Tuesday Perith Tuesday Bootle Wednesday Whitehaven Thurs Ireby Thursday Kirk-swald Thurs Longtown Thursday Aston Moor Saturday Carlisle Saturday Egremont Saturday Ravenglas Saturday Keswick Saturday Abbeyholm Saturday The chief City in this Shire is Carlisle lying in the Latitude of 55 deg 0 min. Bearing from London N. N. W. and distant therefrom 2●● Miles Thus To Warington 136. To Lanca●● 187. To Kendall 203. To Carlisle 235. But 〈◊〉 more accurate admeasurement upon the Ro●● 301 Miles This City is pleasantly seated betwixt the 〈◊〉 Rivers Eden Petterell and Cand. In the days 〈◊〉 Egfrid K. of Northumberland was walled about and again defaced by the Danes and so con●●nued 200 years till the time of K. Rufus w●● rebuilt the Castle and placed therein a Colo●● of Flemings This County hath formerly been strengthen●● with 25 Castles which were dissolved by K●●● Henry the 8th The Earls of Carlisle since the first Constitution are Hen. Clifford Earl of Cumberland Marcatus Earls of Carlisle Ron. Meschems Earls of Carlisle Andrew Harkley Earls of Carlisle James Hay Earls of Carlisle Charles Howard Earls of Carlisle Prince Rupert Duke of Cumberland The Coat Armor of the City Carlisle is Argent a Castle between two Roses Or In a Chief Gules a Lyon Passant Gardant of the second The Base Wavy Argent and Sable The Principal things remarkable in this County are The Picts Wall extending through the main Land from Sea to Sea built all of Stone it was 8 foot broad and 12 high and from the West Seat to the mouth of Tine in length near 100 Miles ascending and descending over great Crags and high Hills the track whereof in many places is yet to be seen At the end of every thousand Paces there was erected a Watch-Tower in which Soldiers were kept for the securing of the same At Salcelds upon the River Eden is a Trophy of Victory erected called by the Inhabitants Long Meg and her Daughters This Monument consists of 77 Stones each 10 foot high above ground and one of them namely Long Meg is 15 foot high Skiddaw-Hill riseth up with two mighty high heads and beholds Scruffell-Hill in Scotland By the mists rising and falling upon this Hill they foresee the change of weather and signifie the same by this Proverb If Skiddaw have a Cap Scruffell wots full well of that In this County there are two other exceeding high Hills viz. Lavvellin and Casticand Upon the Shore of this Shire Trees are many times at Low water discovered by the blowing of the Wind which at other times are covered with Sand. And Trees without Boughs are often digged out of the mossy places which in the Summer time the Countrey People discover by the direction of the dew for the dew never stands upon those places under which these Trees lye Upon the Picts Wall grow Vulnerary Plants which the Scotch Chirurgeons make annual journies to gather which they suppose were first planted by the Romans Derbyshire IS bounded on the East by Nottinghamshire On the West by Staffordshire On the South by Leicestershire And on the North by Yorkshire It containeth in length 34 Miles In breadth 26. And in Circumference 130 Miles The temperature of the Air of this Shire as most of the Inland Counties of England are is very wholsom The Soyl in the South and East Parts very rich but the North and West Parts very hilly with a black and mossy barren ground These two different Soils are severed by the River Derwent the Water whereof in some places is made black by the Earth it passeth by The Commodities of this Shire are Milstones Crystal Alabaster Whetstones And in the Peak Pit-Cole Iron and Lead It is in the Diocess of Lichfield and Coventry and hath in it 106 Parishes Out of it are elected 4 Parliament Men. Knights 2 Derby 2 Its Division is into Six Hundreds viz. Highis Peak Hund. Scarsdale Hund. Workesworth Hund. Appletree Hund. Ofap Hund. Reppington Hund. And

the Earth In the year 1571. Marsley Hill in the East part of this Shire with a roaring Noise removed it self from the place where it stood and for three days together travelled from its old Seat It began this Motion on Saturday the 17th of February about 6 of the Clock at Night and by 7 of the Clock the next Morning it had gone about 200 foot carrying with it Sheep in their Coats Hedge-rows and Trees whereof some were overthrown and those that stood upon the Plain are now firmly growing upon the Hill Those that were East are turned West and those in the West are turned East In this remove it overthrew Kinnaston Chappel and turned two High ways near 300 foot from their old Paths The Ground that thus removed was about 26 Acres which opening it self Rocks and all bore the Earth before it for about 1200 foot without any stay leaving Pasturage in the place of Tillage and Tillage overspread the Pasturage Thus overwhelming its lower parts it mounted to a Hill 12 Fathom high and there rested after three days Travel Huntington-Shire THis Shire is bounded on the East by Cambridgeshire On the West by Northamptonshire On the South by Lincolnshire And on the North by Northamptonshire It containeth in length 23 Miles In Breadth 18. And in Circumference 65 Miles The temperature of the Air of this County is not so good as in other parts of England in respect of the great quantity of Meers in it yet the Natives that dwell about them are healthful and live very long but Strangers are subject to much Sickness For the Soyl the Hilly part is for the Plough and the Valley for Pasture which is accounted as good as any in England The Chief Commodities are Corn and Cattle It is in the Diocess of Lincoln and hath in it 79 Parishes Out of it are elected 4 Parliament Men. Knights 2 Huntingdon 2 Its Division is into 4 Hundreds viz. Norman Cross Hurstingstone Leightenstoned Toltan And in these Hundreds are 6 Market-Towns viz. St. Ives Mond Yaxley Tuesd Ramsey Wedn. St. Neots Thurs Kimbolton Friday Huntingdon Sat. The Principal Town in this County is Huntingdon lying in the Latitude of 52 deg 21 min. It bears from London N. by W. And is distant therefrom 48 miles Thus From London to Edmonton 6. to Waltham-Cross 12. to Ware 20. to Puckeridge 24. to Royston 33. to Huntingdon 48. But by more accurate admeasurement upon the Road it is found to be 57 miles By Charter from K. John this Town hath a peculiar Coroner Profit by Toll and Custom Recorder Town-Clerk and 2 Bailiffs annually Elected The Seal of this Town is in a Ring a Huntsman with Dog Staff c. all Proper The Earls of this County since the first Constitution are Waldeof E. of Huntingdon Simon de St. Lizio E. Henry Prince of Scotland E. William Clinton E. Guyford Angolesme E. John Holland F. Thomas Gray E. William Herbert George Hastings Things remarkable in this Shire At Aleyceston in this Shire are two little Springs the one Fresh the other somewhat Brackish The latter is good for Leprosie and Scabs and the other for dim Sights Wittlesmere-Lake and other Meers near it in this Shire do sometimes in fair and calm weather suddenly rise tempestuously with Water-quakes by reason of Vapours breaking violently out of the Earth Kent KEnt is bounded on the East by the Narrow Seas On the West by Surrey On the South by Sussex And on the North by Essex It contains in length 60 miles In breadth 30. And in Circumference 170 miles The Air of this County is neither so serene nor wholsom as other parts of England are which is occasioned by the many Vapours that arise from the Sea and River of Thames which almost encompass the same making it a kind of Peninsula And as it is not so healthy and clear neither is it so cold as other parts of England especially in the lower places near the Sea for the Snow upon a Thaw in the Winter will sooner be dissolved in the Valleys than on the Hilly parts of this County For the Soil thus much in general may be said The Weald for Wood. East-Kent for Corn. Rumney for Meadow Tenham for an Orchard Sheppey and Reculver for Wheat Thannet for Barley And Hedcorn for the Brood of big fat and commended Capons The chief Commodities of this County are Corn and Fruit. It is in the Diocesses of Canterbury and Rochester and hath in it 408 Parishes Ten Members are elected out of it to sit in Parliament Knights 2 Canterbury 2 Rochester 2 Maidston 2 Queenborough 2 Its Division is into 5 Lathes 67 Hundreds viz. 1 Sutton Black Heath Bromeley Lesnes Axtane Rookesly Godsheath Westerham Somerden 2 Aylesford H●o Shamele Toltingtroe Chetham Wortham Larkfield Littlefield Twyford Tunbridge Watchlingston West Bamfield Brenchley Marden Eghorne Maidstone 3 Scray Milton Tenham Feversham Becton Felbore Chart Wye Byircholt Galehill Ashford Blackborne Tenderden Barkley Cranbrooke Rolvenden Selbrightenden East Barnfield Newyndene 4 St. Augustine Ringslow Blengate Whitestable Westgate Downchamford Preston Bredge Kinghamford Seasalter Wingham Eastry Corniloe Bewksbrough Longport 5 Shepway Folkestane Lovingborne Stowting Heane Byrcholtsran Streats Worth Ham Langfo●t S. Martin Newchurch Alowsbridge Oxney In these Hundreds are contained 29 Market-Towns viz. Eltham M. Wrotham Tu. Lenham Tu. S. Mary Cray W. Westram W. Gouldhurst Wye Yhurs Rumney Th. Lydd Th. Fockestone Th. Bromley Th. Maidstone Th. Rochester Fr. Tunbridge Fr. Tenderden Fr. Smarden Fr. Woolwich Fr. Malinge Sa. Milton Sa. Cranbrooke Sa. Hyth Sa. Bartford Sat. Sevenoke Sat. Gravesend W. S. Feversham W. S. Canterbury W. S. Dover W. S. Sandwich W. S. Appledoor This County aboundeth with Navigable Rivers that of Medway which divideth the County being the chief In this County are also four Cinque-Ports viz. Dover Rumney Sandwich Winchelsey Of these four Dover with the Castle is the chief and by ancient Authors hath been accounted the Lock and Key to the whole Realm of England This County hath the happiness to be possessed of two Cities and Bishops Sees viz. Canterbury and Rochester strengthened with 27 Forts and Castles and graced with 8 of the Kings Palaces and beautified with many Stately Buildings The chief and principal City in this County is Canterbury the See of the Metrapolitan of England It lyeth in Latitude of 51 deg 17 min. And bears East from London being distant therefrom 44 miles Thus From London to Dartford 12. to Rochester 23. to Sittingborn 31. to Canterbury 44 miles But being measured upon the Road its distance from London is found to be 56 miles This City was as Historians record built 900 years before the Nativity of our Saviour and was the first erected School for Education in Arts and Sciences and was the motive which induced Sigibert King of the East Angles to lay his foundation for Cambridge University In this City were Married K. John and Isabella his Wife and also with the Marriages of

being ragged and torn and the next day was laid all naked upon a Horse and trussed like a Hog behind a Pursevant at Arms and was as homely Buried in the Grey Fryers in Leicester after whose Ruine his Grave rests as obscure being all overgrown with Weeds and Nettles but the Stone Chest in which he was laid was preserved and is now made use of for a Trough in a common Inn for Horses to drink in This Battel was fought the 22 of August 1485. Near Lutterworth is a spring so cold that within a short time it turneth straws and small sticks into Stone In the North part of this Shire are store of Pit-Coals which are of the nature of hardned Bitumen The People of Carleton cannot pronounce their words well but almost all of them have a naturable kind of Speech fetching their words with much ado deep out of their Throats In the Rocks about Belvoir Castles are sometimes found the Astroits or Star-Stones resembling little Stars joyned one to another wherein are to be seen at every corner 5 beams and in every beam in the middle is small hollowness At Barrow is digged the best Lime-stone in all England being extraordinary strong In St. Martin's Church in Leicester lyeth the Body of Mr. Robert Herricke one of the Aldermen of Leicester and Elizabeth his Wife he was three times Maior of that Corporation they lived fifty two years together and seldom or never had under twenty in family and never in that time Buried either Man Woman or Child and lived to see their Children and their Childrens Children and their Children to the number of One Hundred forty and two Lincolnshire LIncolnshire is bounded on the East by the German Ocean On the West by Leicestershire On the South by Cambridge and Northamptonshire And on the North by Yorkshire It containeth in length 60 miles In breadth 44 miles And in Circumference 170 miles The Temperature of the Air upon the East and South part the Air is thick and foggy by reason of the fen-Fen-Grounds thereto adjoyning but withal very moderate and pleasing The Soil of this County on the North and West parts is abundantly fertile pleasant and Rich stored with Pasturage Arable and Meadow Grounds The East and South parts is Fenny and Brackish and for Corn barren But for Fowl and Fish no County in the Kingdom can compare with it The Chief Commodities that this Shire affordeth are Wool fat Cattle Fish Fowl Horses Flax and Alabaster It is in the Diocess of Lincoln and hath in it 630 Parishes Out of it are elected 12 Members which sit in Parliament Knights 2 Lincoln 2 Boston 2 Grimsby 2 Stamford 2 Grantham 2 The Shires Division is into three parts viz. Lindsey Kesteven And Holland And these 3 Divisions contain 30 Hundreds viz. Lindsey Division Manlie Yarborough Brodley Ludbrough Walchcroft Aslacoe Carringham Well Lawris Wraggoe Gartrie Loutheask Calceworth Candleshy Hill Bullingbrook Horn-Castle Kesteven Liberty Lanyo Boothby Loveden Flaxwell Ashwardburn Wivebridge Grantham Aveland Beltisloe Nesse Holland Division Shirbeck Kirton Ellowe And in these Hundreds are 35 Market-Towns viz. Barton Mon. Caster alias Spilsby Mon. Salsby M. Market-Stanton M. Stamford M. Fr. Sleaford M. Gainsbury Tuesd Barton Tu. Market Rasen Tue. Bullingbrook Tues Spalding Tues Alford Tues Grinsby Mag. W. Binbrook W. Lowthe W. and Sa. Boston W. and Sa. Glamford Thurs Burgh Th. Market-Deeping Th. Folkingham Th. Holbich Th. Wragby Th. Naverby Th. Lincoln Friday Tatershall Fr. Kirton Sat. Thongcaster Sa. Waynfleet S. Horn-Castle S. Bourn S. Grantham Sa. Demington Sa. Saltfleet Croyland Barwell The principal Place in this Shire is the famous and ancient City of Lincoln Lying in the Latitude of 53 degrees It bears from London N. by W. And is distant therefrom 103 miles Thus From London to Waltham 12. to Ware 20. to Buntingford 27. to Royston 33. to Huntingdon 48. to Stilton 57. to Peterborough 62. to Market-Deeping 70. to Sleaford 88. to Lincoln 103. In the time of the Normans this was one of the best Cities of England being the chief place to which Merchants did resort and Traffick In this City did K. Edward the Third ordain his Staple for the Mart of Wools Leather and Lead The Government of this City is annually committed to a Maior 2 Sheriffs 12 Aldermen in Scarlet a Sword a Hat of Estate a Recorder Sword-bearer and 4 Sergeants with Maces The Arms of this City are Argent on a plain Cross Gules a Flower-de-luce Or. The Names of the Earls of Lincoln since the Norman Conquest William de Romar Gilbert de Gant Randal E. of Chester Robert de Quiney John de Lacy. Tho. E. of Lancaster John of Gaunt John de la Poole Henry Brandon Edward Clynton Things remarkable in this Shire Upon the 5th of September 1140. In the City of Lincoln was fought the great Battel between Randolph E. of Chester and Robert E. of Gloucester against K. Stephen in defence of Maud the Empress where K. Stephen was taken Prisoner and carried to Bristol and there kept in Irons Again in this Shire on the 19th of May 1217. A Battel was fought by K. Henry the 3d against his Disloyal Barons who aided Lewis Dolphin of France in which Conflict the French were put to flight and therein dyed the E. of Perch with 400 Knights of that party And divers Earls and Persons of Note taken Prisoners In the Fens in this County have in Nets been taken at one Draught in the Month of August 3000 Mallards and other Fowl of the like kind The Ground about Crowland in this Shire is so rotten that one may thrust a Pole into it 30 foot deep And in a place called Holland there the Ground is so wet that as one stands upon it the Earth will shake under his feet and he will be ready to sink into it Here are also many Quick-Sands which have a wonderful force both to draw to them and to hold fast that which they have drawn The Inhabitants of those parts have no fresh water only Rain-water and that in Pits which if they be deep turns the water brackish presently And if they be shallow they dry up as soon About Barton upon Humber are abundance of Pewets Godwits Knotts and Dottrels a simple kind of Bird yet much given to imitating which Birds are caught by Candle-light in this manner The Fowler stands before the Bird and if he put out an Arm the Bird stretches out a Wing if he set forward a Leg or put forward his Head the Bird doth the like and imitates the Fowler 's gesture so long till he drawing nearer and nearer by degrees at length casts his Net over him and takes him Middlesex MIddlesex is bounded on the East by Essex On the West by Buckinghamshire On the South by Kent and Surrey And on the North by Hertfordshire It containeth in length 24 Miles In breadth 18 Miles And in Circumference 95 Miles The Air of this County is very healthful as being all a Gravel

stately Houses and Palaces both publick and private The chief among which are First The Palaces of the King Whitehall and St. James the first being the Residence of His Sacred Majesty the other of his Royal Highness James Duke of York to which is joyned a delightful Park so called in which is a Pall-Mall said to be the best in Europe Secondly the Courts of Judicature and Houses of Parliament now known by the Name of Westminster-Hall a large Structure which was anciently the Palace of the Kings of England Thirdly Its Collegiate Church of Westminster which was the Temple of St. Peter raised out of the Ruines of a former dedicated to Apollo where the Trinobants did Sacrifice to Diana Tauropolia This Temple of St. Peter was destroyed by the Danes and re-edified by Dunstan Bishop of London in the year 960. Fourthly King Henry's Chappel being a most magnificent and curious Edifice beautified with the stately Tombs of the Kings and Queens with many of the Nobility of England renowned for the inauguration of our Kings and Queens now a Collegiate Church Fifthly Somerset-House a large and stately Structure belonging to the King situate upon the Thames Sixthly The New-Exchange a place well stored with variety of Shops and Goods to which may be added Seventhly The several Houses of the Nobility as Wallingford-House the Seat of the Earl of Arlington Northumberland-House the Residence of the Countess of Northumberland York-House belonging to the Duke of Buckingham but now turned into smaller Buildings and made new Streets of Houses Salisbury-House belonging to the Earl of Salisbury converted into a New-Exchange and a Street of smaller Houses Worcester-House to the Marquess of Worcester The Savoy formerly an Hospital now the Habitation of several Families where they have their Houses apart and here is His Majesties Wardrobe kept Arundel-House belonging to the Duke of Norfolk and Essex-House to the Duke of Somerset now also turned into small Buildings and made a Street to the Thames side Then Exeter-House Bedford-House Clarendon-House Leicester-House Southampton-House with divers others too many to be mentioned in this small Discourse The Limits of this City ends at Temple-Bar where the Liberty of London beginneth which we shall next speak of Of LONDON This City within the Walls and Freedom is divided into 26 Parts or Wards governed by a Lord Mayor so many grave Aldermen and two Sheriffs the yearly Choice of which was granted them by Patent from King John to these Henry the Third added some Aldermen these Aldermen take charge of the 26 Wards aforesaid and called from them Aldermanries The names of the Wards are thus called viz. 1. Tower-street 2. Portsoken 3. Aldgate 4. Limestreet 5. Bishopsgate 6. Broadstreet 7. Cornhil 8. Langhorn 9. Billingsgate 10. Bridgwater within 11. Candlewick 12. Walbrook 13. Dowgate 14. Vintrey 15. Cordwainer 16. Cheap 17. Coleman-street 18. Basinghall 19. Aldersgate 20. Cripplegate 21. Farringdon within 22. Faringdon without 23. Breadstreet 24. Queenhithe 25. Castle-Baynard 26. Bridgwater without viz. the Burrough of Southwark 1. Towerstreet Ward so termed from the Tower unto this Ward belongs Sydon-lane or Seething-lane part of Mark-lane Minchen-lane and Beer-lane Water-lane then Harp-lane in this Lane is the Bakers-Hall then the two Lanes called Church-Lanes and next to them Foul-lane then the Church of St. Dunstan's in the East the Custome-house and Key now bravely rebuilt and adorned 2. Portsoken Ward the East part of the Tower is in it then the Hospital of St. Katharine then East-Smithfield and Tower-hill where is the Store-house for keeping Provisions for the Navy Royal called the Slaughter-house the Merchant-Taylors have in this Ward Alms-houses for 14 Women next the Minories then the Church of St. Buttolph then is Hoglane near Goodmans-fields the Ward ending at Petticoat-lane 3. Aldgate Ward so named from the Gate the chief Street beginneth at the Gate betwixt the Gate and Limestreet in it is Bricklayers-Hall then Billeter-lane then Fenchurch-street till you come to Culver-alley then Crossed or Crouched-Friars Woodroof-lane Hart-street the North end of Mark-lane where the Ward endeth 4. Limestreet Ward here stands Leaden-Hall formerly a Storehouse for Provision for the Poor now a Market-place for Butchers Tanners Meal-men and Wool no Market in the World for variety of Provision able to stand in competition with it Tere is no Parish-Church or place for Divine Service in this Ward 5. Bishopsgate Ward part is without the Gate from St. Mary Spittle to Bishopsgate which Lanes and Alleys of note are Bethlehem East of the New Postern West by Moorfields and almost half of Houndsditch in this Ward is the Church of St. Buttolph without the Gate Fishers-folly the old artillery-Artillery-ground St. Mary-Spittle within the Gate is Bishopsgate-street so called of the Gate unto the East end of St. Martins-Outwitch where is Gresham-Colledg then by the West corner of Leaden-hall down that was called Grass-street to the Corner over against the Church great St. Hellens and little St. Hellens where is Leather-sellers-Hall 6. Broadstreet Ward so named from the Street in it is Throgmorton-street Threadneedle-street half Finch-lane and Scalding-alley in it is Alhallows in the Wall Winchester-street Carpenters-Hall Winchester-house the Hall between Winchester-street and Broad-street called the Glass-house in Broad-street are Sir Thomas Gresham's Alms-houses here standeth St. Peters the Poor of which Parish was formerly made this Rhime In the Parish of St. Peters the Poor There 's no Ale-house nor Tavern nor Sign at a door The Case is altered now quoth Ploydon The St. Augustine-Friers now the Dutch Church in this Ward is Drapers-Hall the House formerly of Cromwel Earl of Essex Bartholomew-lane and Merchant-Taylors-Hall in Threadneedle-street 7. Corn-hil Ward so called from a Corn-Market formerly kept there the chief Ornaments of this Ward are a famous Monument erected by Sir Thomas Gresham who named it the Burss afterwards by Queen Elizabeth called the Royal-Exchange it is the Place of publick meeting for Merchants whereunto they twice every day resort between twelve and one at Noon and six and seven at Night a stately Structure now said to be the best in the known World built quadrangular of Free-stone with a lofty Tower at the South entrance and Walks round the main Building over which are above 200 Shops for rich Wares and well stored with variety of all sorts The Church of St. Peter accounted the oldest Church in London the Church of St. Michael now rebuilt and bravely adorned also the South end of Finch-lane and the North end of Burching is in this Ward 8. Langborn Ward so termed of a Bourn or Brook of sweet Water that ran in it in which is Fenchurch-street Lombard-street half of Lime-street in which was Pewterers-Hall Dionys Back-church half of Birching-lane some few Houses in Philpot-lane St. Clements-lane down to St. Clements Church St. Nicholas-lane down beyond St. Nicholas Church a small portion of Abchurch-lane part of Beerbinder-lane Alhallows-Lombard-street St. Mary Wolnoth 9. Billingsgate Ward the Ornaments of this

There is a line goes along the back which is as it were fastned to the body by an overtwart thrid it is all spotted with black specks over the Tale and Fins 'T is a wholsom Fish and eats tender and short as a Perch This Fish is rarely taken in any other River and this is observable of it that when the Fish is angry the Fins stand up stiff and after its anger is over they fall flat again At St. Bennets in the Holm Cockles and Periwinckles are digged out of the Ground The Ground about Winterton is the Richest Fattest Rottenest and easiest to Plough of any in England Upon the Shoar of this Shire Jet and Amber are often found and sometimes Hawks are taken Northampton-Shire IS bounded on the East by Cambridge-shire On the West by Warwickshire On the South by Buckinghamshire And on the North by Lincolnshire and Leicestershire It containeth in length 55 miles In breadth 26 miles And in Circumference 125 miles The Air is Temperate good and wholsom The Soil is Champion Rich and fruitful and it is well peopled and is the seat of many Noble Families of this Kingdom The Chief Commodities of this Shire are Corn Cattel Sheep and Wood. It is in the Diocess of Peterborough and hath in it 326 Parishes Out of it are elected 9 Members which sit in Parliament Knights 2 Peterborough 2 Northampton 2 Brackley 2 Higham-Ferrers 1 Its Division is into 20 Hundreds viz. Nassaburge Willibrooke Corby Polbrook Navisford Huxloe Rothwell Guylesborrow Orlington Fansey Newbottle Grove Spelboe Hamfordshoe Higham ferryes Wymersley Towcester Warden Norton Cleley Sutton And in these Hundreds are 13 Market-Towns viz. Rothwell Mond Thrapston Tuesd Tonchester Tues Kings Cliff Tu. Wellingborough Wed. Brackley Wedn. Daventry Wed. Kettering Friday Northampton Satur. Peterborough Sat. Oundle Sat. Higham Ferrers Rockingham The principal place in this County is the Town of Northampton lying in the Latitude of 52 deg 14 min. It bears from London N. W. and is distant therefrom 54 miles Thus From London to Barnet 10. to St. Albans 20. to Dunstable 30. to Stony-stratford 34. to Northampton 54. But by more accurate admeasurement upon the Road it is found to be 65 miles This Town is seated at the meeting and confluence of two Rivers and saith Speed for Circuit Beauty and Building may be ranked with most of the Cities of this Land It hath formerly been built all of Stone and walled about with a high and strong Wall This Town is yearly Governed by a Mayor two Bailiffs 12 Magistrates a Recorder a Town-Clerk a Common Council of 48 Burgesses with 5 Sergeants to execute business The Arms of this Town of Northampton are Gules a Watch-Tower on a Hill Proper supported by 2 Lions Rampant Or. The Names of the Earls of Northampton since the Norman Conquest Siward E. of Northampton Simon Scutlis E. of Northampton William Bohun E. of Northampton Humphrey Bohun E. of Northamp Thomas Woodstock E. of Northamp Humphrey Stafford E. of Northamp William Parr M. Henry Haward E. of Northamp Will. Compton E. of N. Things Remarkable in this County Upon the 26th of July 1469. at Edgcot in this County upon Danes Moor a bloody Battel was fought by the Lords of the North their Captains being Sir John Comers and Robin of Risdale against K. Edward the 4th William Herbert E. of Pembrook was the King's General who together with his Brother Richard and Richard Woodvill Lord Rivers Brother to the Queen with his Son were all four there taken with other 10 Gentlemen and all of them carried to Banbury and there Beheaded There were also 5000 of their men slain the greatest part whereof were Welsh men After this Victory Robin of Risdale hasted to the King's Mannor House at Grafton and there surprized Earl Rivers the Queens Father and his Son John and had them Beheaded at Northampton The Town of Northampton hath three times felt the smart of Civil Dissention The first was in Anno 1106. by Robert William and Henry Brethren and Sons to the Conqueror who spoiled it and all the Countrey adjoyning The second was Anno 1263. by K. Henry the 3d. who surprized it against his Rebellious Barons and broke down the Walls thereof The third was Anno 1459. in which Town was taken K. Henry the 6th by the Earls of Warwick and March supporters of the Title of York wherein were slain Humphrey Stafford D. of Buckingham John Talbot E. of Shrewsbury and the Lords Beamount and Egremount with many more and the King was by the Lords conveyed to London From some Ascents in this County may be seen at one view 30 Parish-Churches and many more Windmils By Collyweston in this County Slate Stones are digged The River Nun runs by the South side of Peterborough in the middle of which saith William of Swaffham is a Gulf so deep and cold withal that in Summer time no Swimmer is able to Dive to the bottom of it and yet it is never frozen in Winter for there is a Spring in it whence the Water always rises and bubleth up which keeps it from freezing Northumberland THis County is bounded on the East by the German Ocean On the West by Cumberland On the South by the Bishoprick of Durham And on the North by Scotland It containeth in length 60 miles In breadth 40 miles And in Circumference 145 miles The Temperature of the Air of this Shire of it self is sharp and piercing but the German Ocean doth somewhat abate the edge of this sharpness and helps to dissolve the Snow and Ice The Soil is barren having neither fertility of Ground for Corn or Cattel it being naturally rough and hard to be manured But those parts by the Sea side and by the River Tyne good Husbanding of it hath made it reasonable fertile The principal Commodities are Sea-Coals Fish and Fowl It is in the Diocess of Durham and hath in it 460 Parishes Out of it are elected 8 Parliament Men. Knights 2 New-Castle upon Tyne 2 Morpeth 2 Berwick upon Tweed 2 Its Division is not into Hundreds but into 6 Wards In the County are 6 Market-Towns viz. 1 New-Castle Tues and Sat. 2 Hexam Tues 3 Morpeth Wednes 4 Weller Thurs 5 Alnewick Satur. 6 Barwick Sat. The Principal Town in this County is New-Castle lying in the Latitude of 55 deg 3 min. It bears from London N. by W. And is distant therefrom 212 miles Thus From London to Waltham-Cross 12 miles to Ware 20. to Royston 33. to Huntington 48. to Stamford 69. to Grantham 85. to Newark 95. to Tuxford 105. to Doncaster 123. to Ferrybridge 134. to Tadcaster 142. to York 150. to Burrough-bridge 163. to Northallerton 176. to Darlington 186. to Durham 200. to New-Castle 212. But being accurately measured upon the Road the distance is found to be 276. It hath in it 4 Churches and a strong VVall about it in which there are eight Gates It is much ennobled by the Haven which the River Tyne maketh being of that