England since the first entrance of the ROMANS As Also of the Kings and Princes of Wales the Kings and Lord of Man and the Isle of Wight together with the Princes and Lords of Powys Printed at London 1641. THE PREFACE TO THE CATALOGVE Of the KINGS of ENGLAND THe Realme of England is thâ—t Southerne and more flourishing part of the Isle of Britaine that which was civiâ—ized by the Romans and made a Province of their Empire when as the Northeâ—ne parts thereof were â—ither neglected or not conquered When it was under the command of the Romaâ— Emperours it wanted not its proper and peculiar Kings over the chiefest and most principall of their Tribes and Nations it being the custome of that Empire as Tacitus hath truely noted habere servitutis instrumenta etiam Reges Of these inferiour tributary Kings those which were in their severall times of more power then others may probably be thought to have assum'd unto themselves the stile and title of Kings of the Britons even as in after times during the heptarchy of the Saxons those which gave law unto the rest did call themselves and were accounted the Kings or Monarchs of the English But those inferiour petite Kings being in tract of time worne out and almost all the South reduced under the immediate command of the Roman Empire either the Emperours themselves or such of their Lieutenants as did here usurpe the regall state were stiled Kings of Britaine till Constantine the Great united it inseparably to the Roman Diadem And in him ended the first line of the Kings of Britaine according to the British story The second line of Kings beares daâ—e from the departure of the Romans who being called from hence to looke unto their Empire in the Continent leâ—t their possessions here unto the â—ury of the Scots and Picts who dwelling in the Northerne and unconquered parts attempted to subdue the Southerne For the repressing of whose rage the Britons chose themselves a King out of Armoâ—ica now called Bretagâ—e being extracted from the old British bloud which had not long before beene planted in that Region by the Roman Emperours Whose li4e continued here not long till they were dispossessed both of Crowne and Countrey by the Saxons a German people called in by Vortiger to oppose the Scots and other Nations of the North. Who having by degrees subdued all that which formerly had beene conquered by the Romans the Countrey beyond Severne excepted onely divided it amongst themselves into seven Kingdomes which finally being all brought under by the West-Saxon Kings did at last settle and continues in the name of England A Kingdome though of small extent compared unto the greater Countries of France Spaine and Germany yet of so high esteeme abroad that it may challenge an equality with either of them and in some kinde hath had precedâ—ncie before them For to the honour of this Realme as well before as since it had the name of England we may say thus much It was the first Kingdome which received the faith of Christ which was here planted as it is affirmed by Gildas upon certaine knowledge toward the latter end of Tiberius Empire Tempore ut scimus summo Tiberii Caeâ—aris as his owne words are which by computing of the times will fall to be five yeares before Saint Peter came to Rome and but five yeares after the death of our Redeemer It shewed unto the world the first Christiaâ— King whose name was Lucius and gave unto the Church her first Christian Emperour even the famous Constantine here borne by whose example and incouragement the saith was generally received over all the Empire and all the Temples of the Idols either demolished or forsaken It also was the first Christian Kingdome out of which the Jewes those bitter and most obstinate enemies of the Crosse of Christ were universally expulsed and our of which the insolent and usurped Supremacie of the Popes of Rome was first ejected after they had a long time domineered in the Church of Christ. The one of these performed by King Edward the first the other by King Henry the eighth Not to say any thing in this place of their warres and victories in France Spaine Scotland the Netherlands the Isle of Cyprus and the Holy land In these regards the Kings of England as they are aâ— absolute so they are as sacred as of any Countrey whatsoever What ever things are proper unto Supreme Majesty Scepters and Crownes â—he Purple Roâ—e the Gloâ—e or golden Ball and Vnction have beene as long theirs as any others The foure first are by Leland a â—â—â—ous Antiquarie ascribed unto King Aâ—thur who did begin his reigne Anno 506. which was as soonâ— as they were ordinarily in use with the Roman Emperours And thiâ— doth Leland justifie out of an ancient Seale of the said King Arthurs kept in his time as an especiall monument in the Abbie of Westminster As for their Vnction or Annointing it appeares by the old Roman Prâ—vinciall and the ancient practise that of all the Kings of Christendome there were none anciently annointed but the two Emperours of the East and West the Kings of France England Sicilie and Hierâ—salem By reason of which Vnction or annointing besides what is united or annexed to the Crowne Impâ—riall of this Realme it was declared Term. Hilarii 33. Edward 3. that the Kings of England were capaces jurisdictionis spiritualis capable of Spirituall or Ecclesiasticall jurisdiction As after in the reigne of King Henry the eighth it was declared rather then enacted that the Kings highnesse was the Supreme head of the Church of England and that he had authority to reforme all errours heresies and abuses in the same 26. Henry 8. cap. 1. Which title or Supreme head though used by King Edward 6. in aâ—l his â—eigne and by Queene Mary for awhile was changed by Queene Elizabeth into that of Supreme Governour and it is now reckoned as a part of the stile of the Kings of England that they are Supreme Governoâ—rs in all their Dominions and Countries over all persons in all causes as well Ecclesiasticall as Temporall Now as the Kings of England are absolute at home so are they no lesse honoured and esteemed abroad the Emperour being accounted filius major Ecclesiae the eldest sonne of the Church the King of France filius minor or the second sonne and the King of England filius tertius adopâ—ivus the third and the adopted sonne In generall Councels the King of France took place at the Emperours right hand the King of England on his left and the King of Scots having precedencie next before Castile And whereas since the time of Charles the fifth the Kings of Spaine have challenged the precedencie of all Christian Princes yet in the time of King Henry 7. Pope Iulius gave it to the English before the Spaniard Nay lest the Kings of England might fall short in any thing wherein their neighbour Princes glory they also have an adjunct or
5 Roderick sirnamed the Great who divided Wales betweene his three sonnes allottiâ—g unto each his partthe Countrey being divided into North-Wâ—les South-Wales and Powys-land which had their severall Lords and Princes as hereafter followeth The Principality and Princes of South-Wales SOuth Waâ—es in the division of the Countrey amongst the sonnes of Roderick Mawr â—ell unto Cadel the second sonne It contained all that quantity and tract of ground which now we call the Counties of Glamorgan Pembroke Carmarthen Cardigan and part of Brecknock which being the richer and more fruitfull part of Wales and lying most open to invasion both by sea and land was soonest brought under the command of the Kings of England The principall seat of the Princes of it was Dynâ—sar or Dynevor Castle not farre from Carmarthen who thence were called by their subjects the Kings of Dynevor and whilest they stood upon their owne legges were these that follow A. Ch.   877 1 Cadell second sonne of Roderick  2 Howell 907 3 Howell Dha 948 4 Owen  5 â—neas  6 Theodore Mawr 1077 7 Rhese I. 1093 8 Gryffith I.  9 Rhese II.  10 Gryffith II. in whom ended the line of the Princes of South-Wales his Countrey being conquered by the English and his two sonnes Meredith and Cynerick taken by King Henry the second who caused their eyes to be put out After which time South-Wales was reckoned as a part of the Realme of England The Principality and Princes of North-Wales NOrth-Wales in the division of the Kingdome of Wales fell to the share of Amarawd the eldest sonne of Roderick Mawr the last King thereof with a superiorâ—ty of power over both the rest who were but homagers to this It contained in it all that territory which now doth comprehend the Counties of Merioneth Deâ—bigh Flint Carnaâ—von and the Isâ—e of Anglesey which being the more mountainous parts and consequently of more difficult accesse then the others were as they did longest keepe their liberties so doe they still preserve their language from the incursions of the English Abersâ—aw in the Isle of Anglesey was the Princes seate who were hence sometimes called the Kings of Abersraw and were these ensuing A. Ch.   8077 1 Amarawd eldest sonne of Roderick 913 2 Idwallo 3 Merick  4 Joanes 1067 5 Conan 1099 6 Gryffith 1120 7 Owen 1178 8 David I. 1194 9 Llewellen I. 1240 10 David II. 1246 11 Llewellen II. the last of the Princes of Wales of the British bloud of whom and the conclusion of his race see the following Catalogue The Kings and Princes of it according to the History of Wales IN the History of Wales writ by Humphrey Lloyd the Kings and Princes of Wales are reckoned differently from that succession of them before laied downe The reason of which difference may be that he reciteth there the Predominant Princes such as gave law unto the rest whether of North-Wales South-Wales or of Powys-land even as wee see was done before in summing up the Monarchs of the English Saxons out of the severall Kingdoms in that Heptarchie Now for his Catalogue of the Welch both Kings and Princes he recites them thus A Ch.   688 1 Ivor 720 2 Roderick Moâ—winoâ— 755 3 Conan Tindaethwy 820 4 Mervyn Urich 843 5 Roderick Mawr 877 6 Amarawdh 913 7 Edward Voel 940 8 Howel Dha 948 9 Jevaf and Jago 982 10 Howel ap Jevaf 984 11 Cadwallan ap Jevaf 986 12 Meredith ap Owen 992 13 Edwal ap Meiric 1003 14 Aedan ap Blegored 1015 15 Lhewellen ap Sitâ—ylt 1021 16 Jago ap Edwall 1037 17 Gryffith ap Llewellen 1061 18 Blethyn and Rhywallon 1073 19 Trahaern ap Caradoc 1078 20 Gryâ—â—ith ap Conan 1137 21 Owen Gwineth 1169 22 David ap Owen 1194 23 Llewellen ap Jorweth 1240 24 David ap Llewellen 1246 25 Llewellen ap Gryffith the last Prince of Wales of the British race who lost his life and principality to King Edward the first Anno 1282. After whose death the King perceiving that the Welch had no affection to be ruled by strangers sent for his Queene then great with child to come unto him to Carnarvon and hearing that shee was delivered of a sonne called the Welch Lords together and proffered them a Prince to beare rule amongst them of their owne nation one who spake no word of English and such a one whose life no man could tax To such a Prince when they had all sworn to yeeld obedience he named his new-borne sonne unto them and made him their Prince since when the eldest sonnes of England have commonly beene created Princes of Wales The Princes of it of the bloud Royall of England WALES thus brought under the obedience of the Kings of England hath since beene commonly the honourary title and possession of their eldest sonnes Not that they challenge it as of due belonging to them but take it from their Fathers as of speciall Grace by solemne creation and investure tenendum sibi Haeredibus suis Regibus Augliae to hold to them and their heires Kings of England our Kings not being willing to deprive themselves of such a power of gratifying and obliging their eldest sonnes as they saw occasion Edward 2. who had been summoned by his Father unto the Parliament by the name of Prince of Wales and Earle of Chester summoned his eldest sonne King Edward 3. by no other name then Earle of Chester and Flint Edward 3. first used the ceremony of creation by letters Patents and investiture which hath since continued and for the want of which Edward 6. Queene Mary and Queen Elizabeth however in their severall turnes they have beene called Princes and Princesses of Wales were not truely such Those which were so created either by Parliamentary Writ or especiall Charter are these that follow A. Ch.    1 Edward of Carnarvon eldest sonne of King Edward the first 1344 2 Edward the black Prince eldest son of King Edward the third 1377 3 Richard of Burdeaux eldest sonne unto the black Prince 1399 4 Henry of Monmouth eldest sonne of King Henry the fourth 1454 5 Edward of Westminster onely son of King Henry the sixth 1472 6 Edward of Westminster eldest son of King Edward the fourth 1483 7 Edward Earle of Salisbury eldest sonne of King Richard the third 1492 8 Arthur the eldest sonne of King Henry the seventh 1506 9 Henry Duke of Yorke second sonne to King Henry the seventh after K. Henry the eighth 1610 10 Henry eldest sonne of King Iames the first Monarch of Great Britaine 1616 11 CHARLES Duke of Yorke second sonne of King Iames now the second Monarch of Great Britaine Princes and Lords of Powys-land POwys-land is the third part of Wales but the least of all containing onely the whole County of Montgomery and part of Radnor Brecknock Denbigh and Shropshire The chiefe seate hereof was Matravall in Montgomery shire from whence the Princes of it would be called the Kings
obedience to their Metropolitan and in all solemne Pompes were commonly their Crosse-bearers The Diocese hereof is the least in England containing onely a small part of Kent and therein not above 98. Parishes of which 36. impropriate for ordering of which jurisdiction there needed not but one Arch-Deacon which is he of Rochester Nor is the valuation much either of the Bishoprick or of the Clergy the one being in the Kings bookes 358 li. 3. s. â— d. q. the other paying for their tenth the least of any of the English viz. 222. li. 14. 6 d. ob q. And yet this little See hath yeelded to this Realme one Chancellour one Lord Keeper of the great Seale and one Lord Treasurer and to the Church of Rome one Cardinall The Bishop of this Church writes himselfe Roffensis Bishops of Rochester A. Ch.   606 1 Justus tr to Canterbury 622 2 Romanus 631 3 Paulinus Arch-Bishop of Yorke 644 4 Ithamar 656 5 Damianus 669 6 Putta 676 7 Quichelmus 681 8 Gebmundus 693 9 Tobias 717 10 Adulfus 741 11 Duina 747 12 Eardulfus  13 Diora  14 Weremundus 800 15 Beornmod  16 Tadnoth  17 Bedenoth  18 Godwinus 19 Cutherwolf  20 Swithulsus  21 Buâ—ricus  22 Cheolmund  23 Chireserth  24 Burrhicus  25 Alfanus 984 26 Godwinus II.  27 Godwinus III. 1058 28 Siwardus 1075 29 Arnostus 1077 30 Gundulphus 1108 31 Radulphus tr to Cant. 1115 32 Barnulphus S. 1125 33 Johannes 1137 34 Ascelirâ—â—s 1147 35 Walterus 1183 36 Gualeranus 1185 37 Gilbertus Glanvill 1214 38 Benedictus 1227 39 Henry de Samford 1238 40 Richard de Wendover 1251 41 Laurent de S. Martino 1274 42 Walt. de Merton L. Chan. 1278 43 John de Bradfeild 1283 44 Tho. de Inglethorp 1291 45 Tho. de Wuldham 1319 46 Haimo de Heath 1352 47 John de Shepey L. Treas 1361 48 Gul. de Witlesey tr to Worcest 1363 49 Tho. Trilley 1372 50 Tho. Brinton 1389 51 Gul. de Bottlesham 1400 52 Joh. de Bottlesham 1404 53 Richard Young 1419 54 John Kemp tr to Chichester 1422 55 John Langdon 1434 56 Tho. Browne tr to Norwich 1436 57 Gul. de Welles 1443 58 John Lowe 1467 59 Tho. Rotheram tr to Lincoln 1471 60 John Alcock L. K. tr to Worcester 1476 61 John Russell tr to Lincoln 1480 62 Edm. Audley tr to Hereâ—ord * 1492 63 Tho. Savage tr to London 1496 64 Rich. Fitz-James tr to Chicâ—ester 1504 65 John Fisher Cardinall 1536 66 John Hilsey 1539 67 Nic. Heath Almoner tr to Worc. 1544 68 Henry Holbech tr to Lincoln 1547 69 Nic. Ridley tr to London 1550 70 Jo. Poyner tr to Winton 1551 71 John Scory tr to Chichester 1554 72 Maurice Griffâ—n 1559 73 Edm. Gheast tr to Sarum 1571 74 Edm. Freake tr to Norwich 1576 75 John Piers Almoner tr to Sarum 1578 76 Jo. Young 1605 77 Gul. Barlowe tr to Lincoln 1608 78 Rich. Neyle tr to Lichfeild 1611 79 John Buckeridge tr to Ely 1627 80 Walt. Curle tr to Welles 1630 81 John Bowle now Bishop 1637. 1637 82 John Warner Deane of Lichfeild now Bishop of Rochester 1641. SALISBURY and the Bishops there THe Bishoprick of Salisbury succeeded in the rights of two severall Dioceses whereof the one had its Cathedrall or chiese See at Sherborn in the County of Dorset the other at Wilton once the chiefe towne of Wiltshire but since the growth of Salisbury very much decayed Of these the ancienter was Sherborn whose Diocese extended once over all those Countries which are now subject to the jurisdiction of Salâ—â—bury Bristol Welles and Exeter But Welles and Exeter being made peculiar Dioceses Anno 905. as we there have shewed another was erected the same time at Wilton also Which when it had continued under nine Bishops and no more was then againe united unto Sherborne and both together presently removed to Salisbury as being the chiefe City of these parts and consequently more fit for a Bishops See And yet it stayed not long there neither being removed againe in little time unto a more convenient place For by Hermâ—nnâ—â— it was fixed upon the hill in that old fortified towne now called old Salisbury which being found by soone experience to be no proper seate for a Bishops dwelling the See was presently brought lower and with it the towne Hermâ—nnus who removed the See from Sherborne did first begin the Church at old Sarum for so some Latine writers call it which Osmund his successor finished Rich. sirnamed Poore the fourth-from Osmund removed the See into the Valley and first began that Church which wee now see standing which being finished in the yeere 1258. by Bishop Bridport was ded cated to the honour of the blessed Virgin Thus was the See of Sherborne removed to Salisbury where it hath ever since continued in great fame and lustre As for the priviledges of this Church the Bishops anciently did claime to be Praecentors to their Metropolitan and of more late dues to bee Chancellours of the most noble order of the Gaâ—ter Which office being instituted by King Edward 4. and by him vested in the person of Rich. Beauchamp of Sarum and his successors in that See was after in the new Starutes made by Henry 8. left solely to the Kings disposing either to Clergy-man or Lay-man as to them seemed best Nor hath it beene enjoyed by any Clergy-man since that time though in the yeere 16â—8 it was much laboured for by Bishop Cotâ—oâ— This Diocese containeth in it the Counties of Berks and Wiltes for that of Dorset was dismembred from it by King Henry 8. and laied to Bristol and in them two 544. Parish Churches of which 109. are impropriations It hath moreover three Arch-Leacons viz. of Salisbury Berks and Wilts is valued in the Kings bookes 1367. li. 11. s. 8. d. the Clergy paying for their tenth 901. li. 8. s. 1. d. Finally this See hath yeelded to the Church one Saint and to Rome two Cardinals unto the Realme of England one Lord Cheife Justice three Lord Chancellours two Lord Treasurers as many Masters of the Rolls two Chancellours tâ— the University of Oxford and one to Cambridge The Bishops of this See we will Marshall thus Bishops of Sherborne A. Ch.   705 1 Adhelmus 709 2 Fordhere 738 3 Herewaldus  4 Ethelwaldus  5 Denesrith  6 Wilbertus 817 7 Easthanus 868 8 Eadmundus 872 9 Eheleage  10 Alfy  11 Asserius sirnamed Menevensis 883 12 Swithelmus alias Sigelmus  13 Ethelwaldus II. after whose death this Diocese was divided into many parts those of Welles Cridington and Saint Germans both which now make Exeâ—er being taken out of it Anno 905. by Plegmundus Arch-Bishop of Canterbury At which time also there was another See erected for these parts at Wilton whose seate was sometimes there and sometimes also at Ramsbury and Sunning Bishops of Sherborn Wilton A. Ch.   905 14
of speciall renowne for piety whose reliques the said Bishops carried up and downe with them in all their wandrings till at the last they were deposited in this Church as in a place of rest and safety The founder of it that Aldwinus by whom the See was fiâ—st here setled But his foundation being taken downe by William de Carileso about the first entrance of the Norâ—ans that which now standeth was begun by him in the place thereof and finished by Ranulphus Flambard his next successour Somewhat hath since beene added to it by Bishop Fernham and Thomas Weiscomb Priâ—ur hâ—reof about the yeere 1242. Nor did Saint Cuâ—hbert onely give name unto the Church but also unto all that countrey which now we call the Bishopricke of Durham and anciently was called Saint Cuthberts Patrimony For upon 〈◊〉 and his successours in that See was all the countrey betweene Tois and Tine conferred by Alfred King of England which his donation was confirmed and in part increased by his successours Edward Athelstan and Câ—ute the Dane So fortified it was with priviledges and royall grants that at the comming in of the Norman Conquerer the Bishop was reputed for a County Palatine and did engrave upon his Seal an armed Chivalier holding a naked sword in one hand and in the other the Bishops armes Nay it was once adjudged in law that the Bishop was to have all forfeitures Escheates within the liberties ut Rex habet extra as the King of England had without But these immunities and priviledges were in part impaired by the Statute of King Henry 8. 27. H. 8. c. 25. and altogether with the lands and whole rights thereof conferred upon the Crowne by Act of Parliament in the last yeere of the â—aigne of King Edward 6. But in the second Parliam of Qu. Maries reigne that Act was totally repealed and a reviver made of the said late dissolved Bishopâ— and all the royalties therof 1. Mar. c. 6. As for the Ecclesiasticall jurisdiction the Diocese thereof containeth the County of Northumberland and that which properly and distinctly is entituled the Bishopricke of Durham each of the which hath an Arch-Deacon of its owne in both 135. Parishes whereof 87. impropriate the Clergy of the which pay for their tenth unto the Crowne 385. li. 5. s. 6. d. ob the Bishopricke being valued in the first fruit Office 1821. li. 1. s. 5. d. qa The Bishops of this Church doe write them selves in Latine Dunelmenses of which five have beene dignified with the name of Saints one with the Patriarchate of Hierusalem and one with the title of a Cardinall in the Church of Rome There have been also of them one Lord Chiefe Justice five LL. Chancellours three LL. Treasurers one principall Secretary of Estate one Chancellour of the University of Oxford and two Masters of the Rolls Which wee will now lay downe in order even the whole succession beginning with those who had their See and habitation in the Isle of Lindisfarne Bishops of Lindisfarne A. Ch.   637 1 S. Ardanus 651 2 S. Finanus 661 3 Colmannus 664 4 Tuda 665 5 S. Eaâ—a 684 6 S. Cuthbertus 687 7 S. Eadbertus 698 8 Egbertus 721 9 Ethelwoldus 738 10 Kenulfus 781 11 Higbaldus 802 12 Egbertus II 819 13 Egfridus 845 14 Eanbertus 854 15 Eardulfus  16 Cuthardus 915 17 Tilredus 927 18 Witherdus 944 19 Uhtredus  20 Sexhelmus  21 Aldredus 968 22 Alfius alias Elfinus 990 23 Aldwinus who first setled the See at Durham from whence both hee and his successors have beene â—â—â—led Bishops of Durham 1020 24 Eadmundus 1048 25 Eadredus 1049 26 Elgelricus  27 Egelwinus 1071 28 Walcher Earle of Northuâ—b 1080 29 Gul. de Carileso L. Ch. Justice Vacat sedes Annos 4. 1099 30 Ranulfus Flamhard L. Treas 1128 31 Galfredus Rufus L. Chan. 1143 32 Gul. de S. Barbara 1154 33 Hugh Pudsey E. of Northomb * 1197 34 Philip de Pictavia 1217 35 Rich. de Marisco 1228 36 Rich. Poore 1241 37 Nich. de Fernham 1250 38 Walt. de Kirkham 1260 39 Rob. Stitchell 1274 40 Rob. de Insula 1283 41 Ant. Beck Patriark of Hierusalem 1311 42 Rich. Kellowe 1317 43 Ludowick Beaumont * 1333 44 Rich. de Bury L. Ch and L. Treas 1345 45 Tho. Hatfeild princ Secretary 1381 46 John Fordham L. Tr. tr to â—â—ly 1388 47 Walt. Skiâ—lawe 1406 48 Tho. Langley Card. L. Ch. 1438 49 Rob. Nevill * 1457 50 Lawrence Boothe L. Chan. 1476 51 Gul. Dudley * 1383 52 John Sherwood 1494 53 Rich. Foxe tr to Winton 1502 54 Gul. Sevier Chan. of Oxford 1507 55 Chr. Bambridge Master of the Rolls tr to Yorke 1508 56 Tho. Ruthall 1523 57 Tho. Wolsey then 〈…〉 of Yorke 1530 58 Cuthbert Tunstall 〈…〉 Rolls 1360 59 James Pilking 1577 60 Rich. 〈…〉 Vacat sedes Annos 2. 1589 61 Maâ—â—h Huâ—â—on tr to Yorke 1594 62 Tobias Matthew tr to Yorke 1606 63 Gul. James 1617 64 Rich. Neyle tr to Winton 1628 65 John Howson 1632 66 Tho. Morton now Bishop of Durham Anno 1641. HEXAM and the Bishops there THe Bishoprick of Hexam Hagulâ—â—ad or Hextold was founded in the infancie of the Saxon Church The seate thereof called by the old Laâ—ines Axelâ—dunum by Beâ—a Hagulstadiensis by us now Hexam the first who had the name of Bishop there being S. Eata the fifth Bishop of Lindisfarne Ten Bishops it enjoyed successively and then by reason of the spoyle and ravin of the Danes it discontinued the jurisdiction of it being added to the See of Yorke From this time forwards Hexamshire was held to be a fee of that Arch-Bishoprick and had reputation of a County Palatine but taken from that See by K. H. 8. of which consult the Statute 37. H. 8. c. 16 and by authority of Parliament united to the County of Northumb. Now for the Bishops of this Hexam they are these that follow A. Ch.   655 1 S. Eata Bishop of Lindisfarne 685 2 S. John of Beverley tr to Yorke 709 3 S. Acca 734 4 Frithebertus 769 5 Alhmundus  6 Tilherus 789 7 Ethelbertus 787 8 Heandredus 809 9 Eanbertus  10 Tidferthus the last Bish of Hexam MAN and the Bishops there TOuching the Isle of Man we have spoke already in our first Table The Bishoprick here of was first erected by Pope Gregory of that name the fourth and for its Diocese had this Isle and all the Hebrides or Westerne Ilands aâ—ent Scotland The Bishop hath his seate in Russin or Casletowne as now we call it and in the Latine is entituled Sodoâ—ensis But whâ—n this Isle was made a member of the English Empire the Westerne Isles withdrew themselves from the obedience of their Bishop and had a Bishop of their own whom they entitle also Sodorensis but commonly Bishop of the Isles The Patronage of the Bishoprick was given together with the Iland by K. H. 4. unto the Stanleys who still keep it and
on the vacancie thereof they nominate their designed Bishop unto the King who having given his Royall assent dismisseth him to the Arch-Bishop of Yorke for his consecration This is perhaps the reason why the Bish. of Man is no Lord of Parliament because not at the Kings disposing none having suffrage in that house but those that hold immediately of the King himselfe nor is it reason that they should Whether the Bishop of this Isle was anciently a Suâ—â—ragan to the See of Yorke I can hardly say I finde ordered in the Act of Parliament 33. H. 8. c. 31. wherein the Bishoprick of Chester was made a member of that Province that that of Man should be reputed of it also which may perhaps perswade one that it was otherwise before The Diocese hereof containeth onely 17 Parishes of the which five are Market Townes the rest Villages the people of them all being very conformable unto the rites and ceremonies of the Church of England Now for the Bishops of this See I can meete with few and therefore shall desire those who are more conversant in the businesse of this Isle to supply this want and make a perfect catalogue of the Bishops of Man out of the fragments here ensuing Bishops of Man  ✚ ✚ ✚ A. Ch.   Michael Bishop of Man 1203 Nicolas 1217 Reginald 1257 Richard Bishop of Man dedicated the Church of S. Maries in Russin  ✚ ✚ ✚  Heâ—â—â— Mann who died Anno 1556  John Merick  George Lloyd removed to Chester An.  1604.  Forster  Parry now Bishop of Man 1641. THE THIRD TABLE OR A CATALOGVE OF All the Dukes Marquesses and Earles which have been in England since the first entrance of the NORMANS TOGETHER With the honourary Offices which they or any of 〈◊〉 have enjoyed in their severall times The Preface to the ensuing Catalogne of Dukes Marquesses and Earles THe Kings of England as they are the fountaine of all authority and jurisdiction in their owne Dominions so are they the founâ—aine also of all civill honour which they dispose of and dispence as to them seemes best Kingâ— have so much of God in them whose Deputies they are on earth as many times where they finde merit and desert to raise the poore out of the dust that they may set them with the Princes even with the Princes of their people Now for their honourary attributes which by our Kings have beene conferred upon their Subjects the ancientest are those of Earle and Baron the Kings of England of the Norman race not giving unto any the stile of Duke untill that Edw. the third created his sonne Edward the black Prince Duke of Cornwall Anno 1336. As for the title of Marquesse that was made honourary by King Richard the second who first created his great favourite Robert de Vere then Earle of Oxford Marquesse of Dublyn as afterwards he made his Cosen German Iohn de Bausort one of the sonnes of Iohn of Gaunt by Katherine Swinfort then Earle of Somerset the first Marquesse Dorset But that of Earles hath beene as ancient in this Kingdome as the line of Normandy William the Conquâ—râ—r advancing many to that honour at his first enâ—â—ance on this State both to reward them for their service and oblige them to him Of which ranke were the Earles of Arundâ—ll Chester Cornwall Kent Oxford with some others Anno 1067. being the next yeere after he attained the Kingdome Which with the other Earles of ancient creation were commonly endowed de tertio denario placitorum Comitatus with the third penny of the pleas of that County wherof they were Earles the other two parts being accompted by the Sheriffe the Vice-Comes into the Exchequer for the Kings use And though we mean to go no lower in our following Catalogue then the stile of Earle yet by the way we may take notice that Viscount here became an honourary title in the time of K. H. 6. who in the 18. of his raigne advanced Sir Iohn Beaumâ—nt unto that honour and gave him place above all Barons as Richard 2. gave his new Marquesses precedencie before all Earles Now at the ennobling of deserving persons into these high dignities it is and hath beene of later times the custome of the Kings of England to give unto them some set pension for the support of their estate which is now generally brought unto this proportion that Viscounts have a fee of 20. markes Earles of 20. li. Marquesses of 40. markes and Dukes of 40. li. assigned unto them out of some part or other of the Kings revenues Which bounty I observe not to have beene used in the creation of a Baâ—on excepting onely that it pleased his sacred Majesty now being when hee created the righâ— honourable Montjoy Blount now Earle of Newport L. Montjoy of Thurleston in the County of Darby to give unto him and his heires a fee of 20. markes per annum which I note here by reason of the singularity and rarenesse of it Nor have the Kings of England beene â—â—customed to frame new honourary titles for the advancement of those men which are dear unto them but to preferre them before others of the same honourary ranke and order Henry the sixth bearing especiall affection unto Henry Beauchamp Earle of Warwick first made him the prime Earle of England or Praecomes Angliae And when he after made him Duke of Warwick hee ordered him to have precedencie next after the Duke of Norfolke and before the Duke of Buckingham The â—ame King Henry making his halfe-brother Edmund of Hâ—dham Earle of Richmond gave him the place above all Earles and next of all unto the Dukes Thus did King Iames of blessed memory conferre upon the Earle of Nâ—â—tingham on his surrendry of the place and Office of Lord Admirall the seniority and precedencie of the Mowbraies out of which house he was extracted during the life of the said Earle And thus his sacred Majesty now being when he created the right honourable the Visâ—ount Walling ford Earle of Banbury gave him precedencie before all Earles created since his Majesties happy comming to the Crowne And in the Patent of creation of the right honourable the Lord Montjoy 3. Can there was a clause of precedencie inserted before all the Barons of that yeere by which hee forthwith had the place both of the Lord Craven and the Lord Falconbridge though created before him So absolute a power have our English Monarchs in the dispensing of their honours and maâ—shalling those persons whom they have advanced to these high dignities As for the Female sex they have no reason to complaine that they have beene neglected or omitted in the distributing of these honourary rewards and dignities some of them having had the happinesse to taste the bounty of the Prince in the highest honours For thus the Lady Margaret dâ— Brotherton daughter of Thomas of Brotherton Earle of Norfolke was by King Richard the second made Dutchesse of Norfolke Anno
peculiar title annexed unto the stile Imperiall For where the King of France is stiled Christianissimus most Christian and the King of Spaine Catholiâ—us or the Catholick King the King of England hath the title of Defensor fidei oâ— the defender of the Faith A title not so much conferred on King Henry 8. by the Popes of Rome as confirmed unto him For in a Charter of King Richard 2. unto the University of Oxford the same stile occurres for which and other proofes hereof consult the Epistle Dedicatory before Doctor Cracaâ—â—horp against the Arch-Bishop of Spalato and Sir Isaâ—c Wake in his Rex Platonicus But now we goe unto the Kings South-Britaine or ENGLAND The Kings thereof according to the British story from I. Caesar unto Constantine  1 CAssibelan  2 Theomantius  3 Cymbeline  4 Guiderius A. Ch   45 5 Arviragus called Prâ—â—â—sagâ—â— by Hector Bâ—â—â—ius 73 6 Marius 125 7 Coilus 180 8 Lucius the first Christned King of Britâ—ine and the world who dying without Children left the 〈◊〉 Emperours his heire 207 9 Severus Emperour of Rome 211 10 Bassianus sonne of Severus 218 11 Carausius a noble Briton 225 12 Alectus 232 13 Aesclepiodorus 262 14 Coilus II. 289 15 Helena daughter of Coilus and Constantius Emp. of Rome  16 Constantine sonne of Helena and Constantius who added or uniteâ— his estate in Britaine unto the Monarchy of Rome South-Britaine or England the Kings thereof from the departure of the Romans unto the setling of the Saxons A. Ch.   431 1 COnstantine of Arâ—orica or little Britaine 443 2 Constantius sonne of Constantine 446 3 Vortiger Earle of thâ— Gevisses who called in the Saxons 464 4 Voâ—â—imer 〈…〉 471 5 Vortiger againe 481 6 Aurelius Ambrosiuâ—â—â—â—cond sonne of 〈◊〉 500 7 Uâ—er Pendâ—â—gon 〈◊〉 son of Const. 506 8 Arthâ—r son of Vter â—â—â—dragon 542 9 Constantine II. next Cousin of Arthur 546 10 Conan 576 11 Vorhpor 580 12 Malgo. 586 13 Careticus 613 14 Cadwan 635 15 Cadwallan 678 16 Cadwalladar After whose death the Saxons having totally subdued all the Countrey on this side the Severne â—he British Princes were no longer called Kings of Britaine but Kings of Wales of whâ—m more hereafter The Kingdome and Kings of Kent THe Saxons being called in by Vortiger to resist the Scots and other people of the North did by degrees expulse the Britons and having totally subdued the Countrey erected in the same seven Kingdomes Of these the ancientest was that of Kent confined within that County onely the Kings these that follow A. Ch.   455 1 Hengist the first King of 〈◊〉 488 2 Eske or Osca 512 3 Octa. 532 4 Immerick 561 5 Ethelbert S. the first Christned King the founder of S. Pauls in London 617 6 Edbald 641 7 Ercombert 665 8 Egbert 673 9 Lotharius 686 10 Edrick 693 11 Wightred 726 12 Egbert II. 749 13 Ethelbert II. 759 14 Alricus 794 15 Ethelbert III. sirnamed Pren. 797 16 Cuthred 805 17 Baldred who in the yeare 827. lost both his life and Kingdome unto Egbert King of the WEST-SAXONS The Kingdome and Kings of the SOUTH-SAXONS THe Kingdome of the South-Saxons was begun by Ella a noble Captaine of that people It contained the two Counties of Sussex and Survey which were thence denominated the first so called quasi South sex the Countrey of the South-Saxons the second qâ—asi South rey as lying on the South of the river Tâ—amise This Kingdome lasted but a while and had onely these foure Kings that follow viz. A. Ch.   488 1 Ella the first King of the Soâ—th-Saxoâ—s 514 2 Cissa  3 Ethelwolf or Edilwach the first Christned King of the South-Saxons  4 Berthun and Authun two brothers both joyntly reigning and both joyntly vanquished by Cradâ—all King of the WEST-SAXONS The Kingdome and Kings of the WEST-SAXONS THe third in order of these Kingdomes and that which did in fine prevaile over all the rest was that of the West-Saxons It contained in it the Counties of Cornwall Devon Dorset Sommerset Wiltes Southampton and Berks the Kings these A. Ch.   522 1 Cerdicus the first King 17. 539 2 Kinricus 29. 565 3 Celingus or Cheâ—line 10. 595 4 Celâ—icus 5. 600 5 Ceolwolf 614 6 Kingil the first christned King 646 7 Kenewalchin 31. 677 8 Sigebertus 1. 678 9 Esâ—win 2. 680 10 Centwin 7. 687 11 S. Cedwalla 3. 690 12 Ina 35. who first gave thâ— Peter-pence to the Church of Rome 725 13 Ethelard 14. 739 14 Cuthbert 16. 755 15 Sigebert II. 1. 756 16 Kinulphus 31. 787 17 Bithrick 13. 800 18 Egbert of whom see more in the Saxon Monarchs The Kingdome and Kings of the EAST-SAXONS THe Kingdome of East-Saxons is the fourth in order of the Heptarchie begunne in Anno 527. some five yeares after that of the Wâ—st-Saxons It comprehended the Counties of Essex Midlesex and part of Hertfordshire the Kings these that follow A. Ch.   527 1 Erchenwme 587 2 Sledda 596 3 S. Seber tthe first Christned King of the East Saxons and first founder of S. Peters in Westminster  4 Seward and Sigebert 623 5 Sigebert the little  6 Sigebert III. 661 7 Swithelme 664 8 Sighere 664 9 S. Sebba  10 Sigherd  11 Seofride 701 12 Offa. 709 13 Selred 747 14 Suthred subdued by Egâ—ert King of the West-Saxons and his Kingdome made a member of that rising Empire The Kingdome and Kings of the EAST-ANGLES NExt to the Kingdome of the East-Saxons was that of the East-Angles containing in it the Counties of Norfolke Suffolke and Cambridge shire with the Isle of Ely and had these Kings following A. Ch.   575 1 Uffa the first King 582 2 Titullus 593 3 Redwald the first christned King 624 4 Erpenwald 636 5 S. Sigebert 638 6 Egric 642 7 Anna. 654 8 Ethelbeâ—t 656 9 Edelwald 664 10 Alduffe 683 11 Elsewolfe 714 12 Beorne 714 13 S. Etheldred 749 14 Ethelbert II. who died Anno 793. 870 15 S. Edmund After whose slaughter by the Danes and that his Kingdome had beene long wasted by that people it was at last united to the West-Saxons by King Edw the elder The Kingdome and Kings of the NORTH-HUMBERS THe Kingdome of the North humbers or Northumberland was the fifth in course of time of the Saxon Heptaâ—chy it was divided into two parts or Provinces the one of which was called Bernicia the other Dâ—ira of which the former called Bernicia was founded by one Ida Anno 547. the other by one Ella his fellow and companion in armes Anno 559. This last contained the whole Countries from the North of Humber to the Twede viz. the Counties of Yorke Durham Lancaster Westmorland Cumberland and Northumberland the other all that part of Scotland which lieth betweene the river Twede and the Frith of Edenbourg which was as farre as ever the Romans had gone before them Those Kings of either which were more powerfull then the other were
honoured with the name of Kings of the North humbers and are marshalled thus A. Ch.   547 1 Ella and Ida.  2 Adda and Elappea  3 Theodwald  4 Frethulfe  5 Theodorick 589 6 Ethelrick 593 7 Ethelâ—ride 617 8 Edwine the first christned King 633 9 Osrick 634 10 S. Oswald 643 11 Oswy who having subdued Oswinâ— King of Deira was the first absolute King of all Northumberland 671 12 Egfride 686 13 S. Alfride 705 14 Osred 716 15 Kenred 718 16 Osrick II. 729 17 Ceolnulph 738 18 Egbert 758 19 Oswulph 759 20 Edilwald 765 21 Alured 774 22 Ethelred 778 23 Alâ—wald 789 24 Osred II. 794 25 Etheldred II. After whose death this Kingdome much molested by the Danes became a Province of the West-Saxâ—â—s The Kingdome and Kings of MERCIA THe last and greatest of the seven Kingdomes of the Saxons was that of Mercia so called for that being seared in the middle of the whole Countrey it was a March or border unto all the rest which abutted on it It comprehended the Counties of Glâ—â—cester Hereford Worcester Warwick Leicester Rutland Northampton Lincoln Bedford Nottingham Bâ—ckingham Oxford Darby Stafford Shropshire Cheshire and that other part of Hertfordshire which was not under the Kingdome of the East-Saxons By reason of this great extent of Empire â—hey were a long time very powerfull and over-awed their neighbour Princes till at the last the fatall period being come it fell into the Armes of the West-Saxons after it enjoyed these twenty Kings which hereafter follow A. Ch.   582 1 Cridda the first King of Mercia 593 2 Wibba 614 3 Cheorl 626 4 Penda 656 5 Peada the first christned King 659 6 Wulfherâ— 675 7 Ethelred 704 8 Kenred 709 9 Chelred 716 10 Ethelbald 758 11 Offa. 796 12 Egfride 797 13 Kenwolf 819 14 Kenelm 820 15 Ceolwolf 811 16 Bernulf 824 17 Ludecan 826 18 Withlafe 839 19 Berthulf 85â— 20 Burdred After whose death this Kingdome having beene shrewdly shaken in a great battell fought near Burford Comit. Oxoâ— wherein King Ethelbalâ— was vanquished and his whole strength broken by Cuthbert or Cuthred King of the West-Saxons then his tributary and after no lesse shrewdly shaken by the valiant Egbert became a Province of that Empire The Monarchs of the English-SAXONS THe Saxons though they were divided into the seven Kingdomes before named were for the most part subject unto one alone who was entituled Râ—x Gentis Anglorum or King of the English Nation those which were stronger then the rest giving the law unto them in their severall turnes till in the end they all became incorporated into the Empire of the West-Saxons Which Monarchs who they were and of whence entituled is next in order shewne A. Ch.   455 1 Hengist King of Kent 481 2 Ella King of the South-Saxons 495 3 Cerdick King of the West-Saxons 534 4 Kenrick King of the West-Saxons 561 5 Cheuline or Celingus King of the West-Saxons 562 6 Ethelbert King of Kent 616 7 Redwald King of the East-Angles 617 8 Edwin King of Northumberland 634 9 Oswald King of Northumberland 643 10 Oswy King of Northumberland 659 11 Wulfhere King of Mâ—rciâ— 675 12 Ethelred King of Mercia 704 13 Kenred King of Mercia 709 14 Chelred King of Mercia 716 15 Ethelbald King of Mercia 758 16 Offa King of Mercia 794 17 Egfride King of Mercia 796 18 Kenwolf King of Mercia 800 19 Egbert the sonâ—e of Alâ—mond King of the West-Saxons the first and absolute Monarch of the whole Heptarchy who having vanquished all or most of thâ— Saxâ—n Kings and added their estates unto his owne commanded the whole Countrey to be called by the name of ENGLAND The Kings whâ—reof after thâ— Countâ—â—y was so named are these that follow The Kings of ENGLAND of the Saxon Race A. Ch.   800 1 Egbert the 18 King of the West-Saxons the 19 Monarch of the English and first King of England 37. 837 2 S. Ethelwolf 20. 857 3 Edelbald 858 4 Edelbert 5. 863 5 Edelfride 9. 873 6 S. Alured who totally reduced the Saxons under one Monarchy and founded the University of Oxford 23. 900 7 Edward the elder 24. 924 8 Athelstane 16. 940 9 Edmund 6. 946 10 Eadred who stiled himselfe King of Great Britaine 955 11 Edwin 4. 959 12 S. Edgar 16. 975 13 Edward the younger 3. 678 14 Ethelred 1016 15 Edmund Ironside The Danish Race 1017 16 Canutus King of Danâ—mark 20. 1037 17 Harald Harfager 4. 1041 18 Hardie Cnute 4. The Saxons repossessed 1045 19 S. Edward who founded and endowed the Church of Westminster and was the first that cured the disease called the Kings-evill leaving the same hereditary to his successors 1066 20 Harald the sonne of Godwin usurped the Crowne and shortly lost both it and his life to boote to William Duke of Nâ—rmandy The NORMAN Race 1067 21 William Duke of Normandy sirnamed the Conquerour 22. 1089 22 William Rufus 13. 1102 23 Henry Beauclerk 35. 1136 24 Stephen E. of Bloys 19. The Saxon line restored 1155 25 Henry II. descended by his Grandmother from the bloud Royall of the Saxons 34. 1189 26 Richard Coeur de Lyon 1â— 1201 27 John 17. 1218 28 Henry III. 56. 1274 29 Edward I. 34. 1308 30 Edward II. 19. 1327 31 Edward III. 50. 1377 32 Richard II. The line of Lancaster 1399 33 Henry IV. 15. 1414 34 Henry V. 9. 1423 35 Henry VI. 38. The line of Yorke 1461 36 Edward IV. 23. 1483 37 Edward V. 1483 38 Richard III. 3. The families united 1486 39 Henry VII 23. 1508 40 Henry VIII 39. 1547 41 Edward VI. 6. 1553 42 Queene Mary 5. 1558 43 Queene Elizabeth 45. The union of the Kingdomes 1602 44 JAMES King of Scots reassumed the title of Great-Britaine 1625 45 CHARLES by the grace of God King of Great Britaine France and Ireland the 63. King in descent from the West-Saxon Cerdick the 64. Monarch of the English and 45. King of England in descent from Egbert whom God long preserve Kings of WALES THe Britons being outed of their Countrey by the conquering Saxons retired themselves beyond the Severn and therein fortified themselves which Countrey thereupon came to bee called Wales and the people Walsh or Welch men Not that the word Walsh signified in the Saxon language a Foreiner or Alien as it is â—conceived for how could they be called Aliens in their native Countrey but Wales and Wallish for Galles and Gallish by changing G into W according to the custome of the Saxons The Britons being descended of the Gaules kept their old name still though somewhat altered in the letter as before is said and to this day the French doe call the Prince of Wales by the name of le Prince de Galles At first their cheifes were honoured with the title of Kings of Wales aâ—d are these that follow A. Ch.   690 1 Idwallo 30. 720 2 Roderick 35. 755 3 Conan 63. 818 4 Mervyn 25. 843
of Matravall It was bestowed by Roderick Mawr in his division of Wales on Mervyn his youngest son and did continue in his line a long time together but much afflicted and dismembred by the Princes of Northwales who cast a greedy eye upon it The first Prince of it was called Mervyn but we have no good constat of his successors the last that held it all entire was Meredith ap Blethin who divided it betweene his two sonnes Madoc and Gryffith of the which Madoc died at Winchester Anno 1160. and Gryffith was by Henry the first of England created Lord Powys the residue of Powys-land which pertained to Madoc depending still upon the fortune of North-Wales The Lords of Powys A. Ch.    1 Gryffith ap Meredith  2 Owen Cynelioc  3 Gwenwynnin  4 Gryffith ap Gwenwynnin  5 Owen ap Gryffith 6 John Charleton one of the Bed-chamber to King Edward the second married Hâ—wys daughter of Owen ap Gryffith 1353 7 John Charleton Lord Powys 1360 8 John Charleton Lord Powys 1374 9 John Charleton Lord Powys 1401 10 Edward Charleton Lord Powys 1420 11 Henry Grey nephew of Edward Lord Powys by his daughter Iane created Earle of Tanquerville by King H. 5.  12 Richard Gray Lord Powys  13 John Gray Lord Powys  14 John Gray Lord Powys  15 Edward Gray the last Lord Powys of the race of Mervyn sonne of Roderick King of Wales 1629 16 William Herbert of Red-castle sonne of Edward second sonne of William Herbert Earle of Pembroke created Lord Powys 5. Car. Apr. 2. now living 1641. Kings and Lords of MAN THe Isle of MAN is situate so equally betweene England and Ireland that once it was a controversie unto the which it appertained but was in fine adjudged to England in that some venemous wormes brought hither did not furthwith die which kinde of creatures the nature of the Irish soyle will by no meanes brooke It was once subject unto the crowne and Kingdome of Northumberland but from them taken by the Danes Norwegians and other people of the North in their irruptions on these parts who having mastered it ordained therein a Peâ—it King of their owne Nation who thus succeeded one another A. Ch.  Kings of MAN 1065 1 Godred the sonne of Syrrie 1066 2 Fingall sonne of Godred 1066 3 Godred the sonne of Harald 1082 4 Lagman eldest sonne of Godred 1089 5 Dopnald sonne of Tade 1098 6 Magnus King of Norway 1102 7 Olave third sonne of Godred 1144 8 Godred sonne of Olave 1187 9 Reginald base sonne of Godred 1226 10 Olave the lawfull sonne of Godred 1237 11 Herald sonne of Olave 1249 12 Raignald II. brother of Harald 1252 13 Magnus II. brother of Raignald 1266 14 Magnus King of Man being deceased without issue Alexander third King of the Scots partly by conquest and parâ—ly by money paied to the Norwegians brought this and all the rest of the Westerne Isles under his obedience After this time it was sometimes dependant on the Crowne of Scotland and sometimes on England according as their fortunes varied till in the end it was regained finally from the Scots by William Montacute Earle of Salisbury who was descended from the ancient Kings of Man and by him after sold to the Lord Scrope on whose attainder it fell unto the Crowne of England and changed Lords as followeth Kings and Lords of MAN of English bloud A. Ch.   1340 1 William Earle of Salâ—sbury K. 1395 2 William Lord Scrope K. 1399 3 Henry Earle of Northumberland Lord. 1403 4 William Lord Stanley Lord of Man  5 John Lord Stanley Lord of Man  6 Thomas Lord Stanley Lord of Man  7 Thomas Lord Stanley Lord of Man created Earle of Darbie by K. Henry 7. 1503 8 Thomas Stanley Earle of Darby Lord of Man 1521 9 Edward Stanley Earle of Darby Lord of Man 1572 10 Henry Stanley Earle of Darby Lord of Man 1593 11 Ferdinando Stanley Earle of Darby Lord of Man 1604 12 William Stanley now Earle of Darby and Lord of Man 1640. Lords and Kings THe Isle of Wight abutting on the coast of Hampshire was taken from the English by William Fitz-Osborne Earle of Hereford in the time of William Duke of Normandy and King of England who thereupon became the first Lord therof After whose death the proscription of his sonne Roger it fell unto the Crowne and was by Henry the second bestowed upon the family of the Ryvers Earles of Devon On the extinction of which line it fell againe unto the Crowne in the time of King Edward the first and in the same hath since continued giving the title onely of one King and one Lord to two Potent subjects Now for the Lords and King they are these here following A. Ch.    1 William Fitz-Osborne Earle of Hereford 1072 2 Roger de Breteville Earle of Hereford  3 Richard de Ryvers Earle of Devon  4 Baldwin de Ryvers Earle of Devon 1154 5 Richard de Ryvers Earle of Devon 1161 6 Baldwin de Ryvers Earle of Devon 7 Richard de Ryvers Earle of Devon  8 William de Ryvers Earle of Devon 1216 9 Baldwin de Ryvers Earle of Devon 1245 10 Baldwin de Ryvers Earle of Devon 1261 11 Isabell sister to Earle Baldwin and wife to William de Fortibuâ— surrendred up her interest in this Iland to King Edward the first 1445 12 Henry Beauchamp Earle of Warwick Anno 23. of Henry 6. was crowned King of the Isle of Wight and shortly after made Duke of Warwick 1466 13 Richard Lord Wideville Earle Ryvers made by King Edward 4. Lord of the Wight THE SECOND TABLE OR A CATALOGVE OF All the Bishops which have governed in the Church of England and VVales since the conversion of the SAXONS Together with the honourary Offices which they or any of them have enjoyed in the civill government Divided into two parts Printed at London 1641. THE PREFACE TO THE ENSUING CATALOGUE of Arch-Bishops and Bishops THE â—aith of Christ being here planted as â—aith Gildaâ— tempore summo Tiberii Caesaris towards the latter end of Tiberius Caesar was as it seemes concealed and hidden â—ill the time of Lucius who publikely making profession of it procured three Archiepiscopall seates to be erected at Yorke Caer-Leon upon Vsk and London for the North West and Southerne parts and suffragan Bishops to be allotted and assigned unto each of them Of these and their successors wee have little Constat onely some foot-steps in some places whereby we may discerne the ruine of religion which had beene made here by the Saxons But when the Saxons were converted to the Christian faith they grew more zealous of the same then formerly they had beene a verse from it and gave it suddenly a generall and unanimous admittance Which being done that part of England which was then in their possession was divided into the two Provinces of Canteâ—bury and Yorke the ancient Britons
increase of piety For this end he procured an Act of Parliament for the erecting of new Bishopricks by his letters Patents 31. H. 8. c. 9. and did accordingly erect sixe new Bishops Sees viz. at Bristol Oxford Westminster Gloucester Peterburgh and Chester According to the tenor of which Act he did immediately erect sixe new Bishopricks on the foundations of such ancient Moâ—asteriâ—s as 〈◊〉 â—hought fittest for that purpose and most convenient of honour in regard of their situation Wherein he failed not any where so much as in this of Bristol the Diocese thereof being very much distant from the See aâ—que alio sub sole 〈◊〉 Now for this Bishoprick the seate thereof is Bristol as before I said one of the fairest Cities in the Realme of England and a just County in it selfe The Cathedrall Church is dedicated by the name of Saint Austins founded by Robert Fitz-Harding sonne to a King of Danemarke once a Citizen here and by him stored with Canons Regular Anno 1148. But this foundation being dissolved King H. 8. made it a Bishops See and placed therein a Deane and sixe Prebendaries as it still continueth For 32. yeeres together in Qu Eliz. time it had never a Bishop but all that while was held in Commendam by the Bishops of Gloucester the Patrimony of the Church being in the interim much wasted The Diocese hereof containeth besides the City of Bristol the whole County of Dorset belonging heretofore to the See of Salisbury and therein 236. Parishes of which 64. impropriated It hath onely one Arch-Deacon which is he of Dorset is valued in the Kinges bookes 383. li. 8. s. 4. d. and answereth for the tenth of the' Clergy 353. li. 18. s. ob q. Bishops of Bristol A. Ch.   1542 1 Paul Bush. 1554 2 John Hoiiman died 1558.   ✚ ✚ ✚ ✚ 1589 3 Richard Fletcher translated to London 1593.   ✚ ✚ ✚ ✚ 1603 4 John Thornbourgh translated to Worcester 1617 5 Nicolas Felâ—on translated to Ely 1619 6 Jo. Serchfeild 1622 7 Robert Wright translated to Lichfeild 1632 8 George Cooke translated to Hereford 1636 9 Robert Skinner now Bishop there 1641. CHICHESTER and the Bishops thereof THe See of Chichester was anciently in the Isle of Selsey not farre from thence first planted there by Wilfrid Arch-Bishop of Yorke who being banished his Countrey by Egfride King of the Nortâ—umbers did preach the Gospel to the South-Saxons To him did Edilwach the South-Saxon King assigne this Iland for his seate and after Cedwall King of the West-Saxons having wonne this Kingdome built in the same a Monastery which he made the Bishops See Here it continued till the time of Bishop Sâ—igâ—â—d who first removed the See to Chichester the principall City of these parts first built by Cissa the second King of the South-Saxons and by him called Cissan-Ceaster The Cathedrall Church was anciently dedicated to Saint Peter new built by Radulph the third Bishop here after the See removed by Stigand which being almost all consumed by a raging fire was afterwards rebuilt and beautified by Siffridus the second But to proceede this See hath yeelded to the Church two Saints to the Realme three Lord Chancellours to the Court two Almoners one Chancellour to the University of Oxford and anciently the Bishops here were Confessours to the Queenes of England for which they have to shew an ancient Charter and had allowance for the same This Diocese containeth the County of Sussex and in the same 250. Parishes whereof 112 impropriated It hath moreover two Arch-Deacons viz. of Chichester and Lewys is valued in the Kings bookes at 677. li. 1. s. 3. d and answereth for a tenth of the whole Clergy 287. li. 2. s. ob q. Bishops of Selsey A. Ch.    1 Wilfride 711 2 Eadbertus  3 Eolla 733 4 Sigelmus allaâ— Sigfridus  5 Alubrith  6 Osa vel Bosa  7 Giâ—elherus  8 Toâ—a  9 Wigthun  10 Ethelulfus  11 Beornegus  12 Coenrede 131 13 Gutheard 960 14 Alfredus 970 15 Eadhelmus 980 16 Ethelgarus 988 17 Ordbright  18 Elmar 1019 19 Ethelricus 1038 20 Grinkeâ—ellur 1047 21 Heca 1057 22 Agelricus after whose death the Bishops See and Chaire was removed to Chichester and from henceforth they were entituled by the name of Bishops of Chichester A. Ch.   1070 23 Stigandus  24 Gulieâ—mus  25 Radulphus 1125 26 Seffridus  27 Hilarius 1174 28 John de Greenford 1187 29 Sâ—ffridus II. 1199 30 Simon de Welles 1209 31 Nicolas de Aquila 1215 32 Richard Poore tr to Salisbury 1217 33 Radulph de Warham 1223 34 Radulph de Nevill L. Chan. * 1245 35 S. Richard sirnamed de la Wich 1253 36 John Clipping 1261 37 Sâ—ephen de Berkstede 1288 38 S. Gilbert de Scon. Leofardo  39 John de Langton L. Chan.  40 Robert Stratford L. Chan. 1362 41 Gul. de Lenn 1369 42 Gul. Reade 1385 43 Thomas Rushooke  44 Richard Mitford translated to Sarum 1395 45 Robert Waldby 1396 46 Robert Reade 1417 47 Stephen Patrington 1418 48 Henry Ware 1422 49 John Kempe transl to London 1423 50 Thomas Poldon translated to Worcester 1428 51 John Rickingale 1430 52 Simon Sidenham  53 Richard Praty Chancellour of Oxford 1445 54 Adam Molius Clerke of the Counsell 1450 55 Reginald Peacock 1458 56 John Arundell 1477 57 Edward Story 1504 58 Richard Fitz-James translated to London 1508 59 Robert Sherborn 1536 60 Richard Sampson translated to Lichfeild 1543 61 George Day 1551 62 John Scory after of Hereford 1557 63 John Christopherson 1559 64 William Barlowe 1570 65 Richard Curâ—eys 1585 66 Thomas Bickley 1596 67 Anth. Watson Bishop Almoner 1605 68 Lancelor Andrewes tr to Ely 1609 69 Sam. Harsenet tr to Norwich 1619 70 George Charleton 1628 71 Richard Montagu tr to Norwich 1638 72 Brian Duppa now Bishop and Tutor to the Prince his Highnesse COVENTRY AND LICHFEILD and the Bishops thereof THhe Bishoprick of Coventry and Lichfeild is like that of Bath and Welles a double name a single Diocese The Bishops See originally at Lichfeild from thence removed to Chester and from both â—o Coventâ—y Hence is it that the Bishops are called sometimes Cestreâ—ses sometimes Lichfeildenses sometimes Coventrienses and now of late Bishops of Coventry and Lichfeild For in the yeere 1088. being that very yeere wherein the See of Welles was removed to Bath Robert de Limesey did remove this See â—o Coventry Hugo Novant the sixth from him brought it backe to Lichfeild not without great opposition of the Monkes of Coventry and in the end the difference finally was composed by Bishop Savensby much after the same manner as before at Welles For here it was agreed on that the Bishop should be denominated from both places and that precedencie in the stile Episcopall should be given to Coventry that they should choose their Bishop â—lternatim in their severall turnes that they should both make one
Chapter unto the Bishop in which the Prior of Coventry should be the principall man And so it stood till that the Priory of Coventry being dissolved by King Henry 8. the stile or title of the Bishop continuing as before it did there passed an Act of Parliament 33. H. 8. c. 29 to make the Deane and Chapter of Lichfeild the sole Chapter for the Bishop The Cathedrall Church here first built by Oswy King of the Mercians about the yeere 556. who gave unto the Bishops many faire possessions But that old Church being taken downe by Roger de Clinton the 36. Bishop of this Diocese that which now standeth was built by him in place thereof Anno 1148. and dedicated to the Virgin Mary and Saint Chad. In following times and almost in the infancie thereof the revenues of it were so faire that Lichfeild was thought fit to be the See of an Arch-Bishop And one it had no more his name Adulfus Anno 783. the Bishops of Winton Hereford Sidnacester Dorchester which two now make Lincoln and those of Elmham and of Dunwich both which now make Norwich being appointed to him for his Suffragans But with him and King Offa who procured it this great title died And now it is content to be a Bishoprick the Diocese whereof containeth the whole Counties of Darby and Stafford together with a good part of Warwickshire and Shropshire In these are comprehended 557. Parishes of which 250. are impropriate for better government whereof it hath foure Arch-Deaconries viz. of Stafford Darby Coventry and Shrewsbury It is valued in the Kings bookes 559. li. 18. s. 2. d. ob q. and for the Clergies tenth it commeth unto 590. li. 16. s. 11. d. q. and finally hath yeelded to the Church three S. to the Realme one Chancellour and three Lord Treasurers to Wales three Presidents one Chancellour to the University of Cambridge and to the Court one Master of the Wardrobe Arch-Bishops and Bishops of Lichfeild A. Ch.   656 1 Dwina  2 Cellach  3 Trumher  4 Jarumanus 669 5 Saint Chad or Cedda tr to York 672 6 Winfridus 672 7 S. Sexulfus 692 8 Headda alias Eatheadus 721 9 Aldwinus 733 10 Witta  11 Hemel 764 12 Cuthfridus  13 Berthunnus 785 14 Higbertus 793 15 Aldulphus the Arch-Bishopâ— Â 16 Humbertus  17 Merewinus  18 Higbertus II.  19 Ethelwaldus 857 20 Humbertus II. 864 21 Kinebertus 872 22 S. Cymbertusâ— Â 23 Tunbright  24 Ella 928 25 Alfgar 26 Kinsey  27 Winsey  28 Elphegus  29 Godwinus  30 Leofgarus  31 Brithmarus 1039 32 Wolfius L. Chancell 1054 33 Leofwine 1067 34 Petrus who removed the See to Chester Bishops of Coventry and Lichfeild 1088 35 Robert de Limesey removed the See to Coventry 1117 36 Robert Peccham 1119 37 Roger de Clinton * 1149 38 Walter Durdent 1161 39 Richard Peche 1182 40 Gerardus la pucelle 1186 41 Hugo Novant 1191 42 Galfridus de Muschamp 1210 43 Walter Grey translated to Worcester 1215 44 William de Cornhull 1220 45 Alexander de Savensby 1240 46 Hugh de Pateshul Lord Treasurer 1245 47 Roger de Weâ—â—ham 1257 48 Roger de Longespee 1295 49 Walter de Langton Lord Treasurer 1322 50 Roger de 〈…〉 Master of the Wardrope and Lord Treasurer 1360 51 Robert Stretton 1385 52 Walter Skirlaw transl to Welles 1396 53 Richard Scrope tr to Yorke * 1399 54 John Burghill 1415 55 John Ketterich 1419 56 Jacobus Carie. 1420 57 Gul. Heyworth 1447 58 Gul. Boothe 1452 59 Nicolas Close Chancellour of Cambridge 1453 60 Reginald Butler 1459 61 John Hales 1492 62 Gul. Smith tr to Lincoln 1496 63 John Arundel tr to Exeter 1503 64 Geofry Blythe L. Preâ— of Wales 1524 65 Roland Lee L. Pres. of Wales 1543 66 Richard Sampson L. President of Wales 1555 67 Radulph Bayne 1559 68 Thomas Bentham 1578 69 Gul. Overton 1609 70 George Abbot tr to London 1610 71 Richard Neile tr to Lincoln 1614 72 John Overall tr to Norwich 1618 73 Thomas Morton tr to Durham 1632 74 Robert Wright now Bishop of Coventry and Lichfeild 1641. SAINT DAVIDS the Arch-Bishops and Bishops of it SAint Davids now the seate of a Suffragan Bishop was once a Metropolitans Sâ—e in the Britâ—sh Church and long time the supreme Ordinary of the Welâ—h In the first planting of the Gospel in King Lucius time wee shewed that there were three Arch-Bishops seates appointed viz. at London York and of Caer-Leon upon Vsk. That of Caer-Leon upon Vsk was in the time of Arthur King of the Britons translatâ—d further off from the Saxons furie to a place called Menâ—w Menevia is the Latine name but since in memory of David the Arch-Bishop who so translated it by us called Saint Davids From the first name it is these Bishops use to stile themselves Menevenses When Austin the Monk first entred England the Metropolitan of Saint Davids had thâ—n remaining under his jurisdiction seven Suffragan Bishops all which gave meeting to the said Austin and his Associates for the composing of some differences which were between the old and the new-come Christians viz. the Bishop of Worcesâ—er Wicctorâ—m Llandaff Bangâ—r Hereford Llan-Elwy or Saint Asâ—pâ— Llan-Badern called in Latin Paternensis a place in Cardâ—gan shire the last is called in Latin Morganensis which possibly might have his seate in Margan of Glamorgan shire a place still so called Of these Llan Badern and this Morganensis are quite extinct and have long so beene Hereford and Worcester a long time reckoned as English Bishopricks and so none left unto the Metropolitan of S. Davids but Llandaff Bangor S. Asaphs Now for these Bishops of Saint Davids we finde that 26. of them retained the title of Arch-Bishops The last whereof was Sampson who in a time of pestilence transferd the Archiepiscopall Pall with the same the Archiepiscopall dignity to Dole in Bretagne yet his successours though they lost the name reserved the power of an Arch-Bishop nor did the residue of the Welch Bishops receive their consecration from any other hand then his till in the time of H. 1. Bernard the 46. Bishop of this See was forced to submit himselfe to the Church of Canterbury For the Cathedrall here it had beene oft spoyled and ruined by the Danes Norwegians and other Pirats as standing neare the Sea in the extreme corner of Pembroke shire That which we now see is the worke of Bishop Peter he was the 48. Bishop of this Diocese and by him dedicated by the name of Saint Andrew and Saint David though now Saint Andrew be left out and David onely beares the name This See hath had the greatest number of Bishops of any in England 91. in all and amongst them the Church hath had one Saint the Realme of England three Loâ—d Treasurers one Lord Privie Seale the Unâ—versity of Oxford one Chancellour and the Queene another The Dioceâ—e containeth the whole Counties of
56 John Hunden  57 John Smith 1478 58 John Marshall  59 John Ingleby 1504 60 Miles Salley 1516 61 George Athequa 1537 62 Robert Holgate translated to Yorke 1545 63 Anthony Kitchin Vacat sedes Annos 3 1566 64 Hugh Jones 1575 65 Gul. Blethin 1591 66 Gervase Babington translated to Oxford 1595 67 William Morgan tr the Bible into Welch 1601 68 Francis Godwin tr to Hereford 1618 69 George Carleton tr to Chich. 1619 70 Thoph Feild tr to S. Davids 1628 71 John Murrey Bishop of Kilfanore in Ireland 1639 72 Morgan Owen now Bishop there 1641. LINCOLN and the Bishops there THe Bishopricke of Lincoln like that of Exeter was once two Dioceses the Bishops of the which had their severall seates the one at Dorchester now a private Village seven miles from Oxford the other at Sianacester not farre from Gainsburgh as Camden thinkes in the County of Lincoln the ruines of the which are now invisible But Sidnacester being in little time united unto Dorchester the Bishops See was not long after removed to Lincoln and that by reason of a Canon made about that time viz. An. 1075. by which all Bishops were enjoyned to live in the most famous and conspicuous place within their Dioceses Which was the cause why many of our Bishops did about this time remove their Sees as we have seene already and shall see hereafter For the Cathedrall Church here it s of no more standing then the removall of the Bishops See to this place from Dorchester that which was once here founded by Paulinus Arch-Bishop of Yorke having beene long before this time quite ruined But when Remigius translated hither the Episcopall Chaire hee also built this Church for receipt thereof Which being not long after defaced by fire was for the most part repaired and beautified by Bishop Alexander one of his successours but brought unto that state in which now it is by Hugh of Burgundy and certaine other of the Bishops the Church is dedicated to the Virgin Mary and All-Saints As for the Diocese it is the greatest still for jurisdiction and was once one of the greatest for revenue in all the Kingdom But for the jurisdiction that hath been shortned though at severall times the Bishoprick of Ely being taken out of it by King Henry the first as those of Peterburgh and Oxford by King Henry 8. yet still it is the largest Diocese in all the Kiâ—gdome containing the whole Counties of Lincoln Leicester Huntingdon Bedford Buckingham and part of Herefordshire In which great quantity of ground there are 1255. Parishes whereof 577. are impropriations for government of which under the Diocesan there are sixe Arch-Deacons viz. of Lincoln Leicester Bedford Buckingham Stow Huntingdon The Clergies tenth is answerable unto this great extent of jurisdictioÌ„ being no lesse then 1751. li. 14. s. 6. d. The Bishoprick being valued at 894. li. 10. s. 1. d. ob in the K. bookes Now for the dignity of this seate wee will adde but this that it hath yeelded to the Church three Saints and to Rome one Cardinall unto the realme of England sixe Lord Chancellours and one Lord Treasurer and one Lord Keeper foure Chancellours to the University of Oxford two to Cambridge And that the Bâ—shops here were heretofore Vice â— Chancellours to the See of Canterbury Which being thus premised I shall proceede in ordering the Bishops here as I did at Exeter Bishops of Sidnacester A. Ch.   678 1 Eadhedus  2 Ethelwinus  3 Edgar  4 Kinelbertus 733 5 Alwigh 751 6 Eadulfus 764 7 Ceolulfus 787 8 Eadulfus II. after whose death this Church being a long time vacanâ— was joyned to Dorchester Bishops of Dorchester 635 1 Birinus 650 2 Agilbertus  ✚ ✚ ✚ 737 3 Tota 764 4 Edbertus  5 Werenbertus 768 6 Unwora 816 7 Rethunus 851 8 Aldredus 873 9 Ceolredus  10 Halardus  ✚ ✚ ✚ 905 11 Ceolulfus 12 Leoâ—winus who first united the See of Sidnacester unto that of Dorchester 960 13 Ailnothus  14 Ascwinus  15 Alshelmus  16 Eadnothus 1016 17 Eadhericus 1034 18 Eadnothus II. 1052 19 Ulfus Normannus 1053 20 Wulfinus after whose death Remigius his successour removed the Bishops See to Lincoln who from hence forward are to be entituled Bishops of Lincoln 1070 21 Remigius de Feschamp S. 1092 22 Robert Bloet L. Chan. 1123 23 Alexander L. Chan. 1147 24 Robert de Chesney Vacat sedes Annos 17. 1183 25 Walter de Constantiis L. Chan. 1186 26 S. Hugh 1203 27 Gul. Blesensis Vacat Annos 3. 1209 28 Hugo Wallis L. Chan. 1235 29 Robert Grosthead 1254 30 Henry Lexington 1258 31 Benedict de Gravesend 1280 32 Oliver Sutton 1300 33 John Aldbery 1319 34 Thomas Beake 1320 35 Henry Burwesh L. Treas * 1341 36 Thomas Le Beck 1351 37 John Sinwell 1363 38 John Bokingham 1397 39 Henry Beauford * 1405 40 Phil. de Repingdon Card. Ch Ox. 1420 41 Richard Flemming 1431 42 Gul. Grey 1436 43 Gul. Alnwick 1450 44 Marm. Lumley Chan. Camb. 1452 45 John Chadworth 1471 46 Thomas Rotheram Lord Chancel and Ch. Cambr. 1480 47 John Russell Lord Chan. and Chan. Oxford Vacat Annos 5. 1495 48 Gul. Smith Chan. Oxford 1412 49 Thomas Wolsey Almoner trransl to Yorke 1414 50 Gul. Atwater 1521 51 John Longland Chan. Oxford 1547 52 Henry Holbech 1552 53 John Tayler 1553 54 John White 1557 55 Thomas Watson 1559 56 Nicolas Bullingham 1570 57 Thomas Cowper tr to Winton 1584 58 Will. Wickham tr to Winton 1594 59 Will. Chadderton 1608 60 Will. Barlowe 1613 61 Rich. Neyle tr to Durham 1617 62 Geo. Monteine tr to London 1921 63 John Williams L. Keeper now Bishop of Lincoln 1641. LONDON and the Bishops there LOndon was heretofore the principall of the three Arch-bishopricks amongst the Britons and by Pope Gregory was intended to have beene so too amongst the English but that Saint Austin whom hee sent to convert the Saxons liking of Canterbury well resolved to set his staffe up there without going further This had before beene prophecied by Merlin that Dignitas Londoniae adornaret Doroberniam and was now accomplished What and how many were the Arch-bishops here we have no good Constat Sixteene are named by Bishop Godwin but with no great confidence but howsoever doe not come within my compasse who have confined my selfe to the Saxons time in the first infancie of whose conversion this City was designed for a Bishops See The Cathed Church built also in those early dayes by Ethelbert the first Christian King of all the English but afterwards much beautified and enlarged by Erâ—enwald the fourth Bishop Which Church of theirs being 500. yeeres after destroyed by fire that which now stands was built in the place thereof by Mauritiuâ— Richardus his successour and certaine others of the Bishops a great part of it at their owne charge the residue by a generall contribution over all the Kingdome And when it was
valued in the Kings bookes 899. li. 18. s 7. d. ob The tenth of the whole Clergy amounting to the summe of 1117. li. 13. s. ob Now for the line of Norwich it is thus drawne downe Bishops of the East-Angles A. Ch.   630 1 S. Felix 647 2 Thomas Diaconus 652 3 Bregilfus 665 4 Bisus by whom this Diocese was divided into those of Elmham 1 Bedwinus 2 Northbertus 3 Headulacus 734 4 Eadilfredus 5 Lanserthus 6 Athelwolfus 7 Alcarus 8 Sibba 9 Alherdus 10 S. Humbertus after whose death both Sees lay vacant for the space of 100. yeeres Dunwich 1 Acca 2 Astwolfus 3 Eadfarthus 4 Cuthwinus 5 Aldberthus 6 Aglafius 7 Hardulfus 8 Aelphunus 9 Thedfridus 10 Werâ—undus 11 Wilredus the last Bishop of Dunwich 955 11 Astulphus Bishop of both Sees  12 Alfridus  13 Theodredus  14 Athelstan  15 Algarus 16 Alwinus  17 Alfricus 1038 18 Alifrejus  19 Stigandus tr to Winton 1043 20 Grinketell 1047 21 Ethelmar  22 Herfastus who removed the See to Theâ—ford L. Chan.  23 Gul. Galsagus L. Chan. after whose death the Bishops See was removed to Norwich and his successours thence intituled Bishops of Norwich 1088 24 Herebert Losinga L. Chan. 1120 25 Everardus 1151 26 Gul. Turbus 1177 27 John Oxford 1200 28 John Gâ—ey L. Chiefe Justice Vacat Annos 7. 1222 29 Pandulphus 1226 30 Tho. de Blundeviâ—le 1236 31 Radulphus Vacat Annos 3. 1239 32 Gul. Ralegh tr to Winton 1244 33 Walter de Sufeild 1253 34 Simon de Wantam 1268 35 Roger de Skerwing 1278 36 Gul. Middleton 1288 37 Radul Walpoole translated to Ely 1299 38 John Salmon L. Chan. 1325 39 Robert Baldock Lord Chancellour 1325 40 William Ayermyn Lord Keeper and L. Treas 1337 41 Ant de Beck  42 Gul. Bateman 1354 43 Tho. Percy * 1370 44 Henry Spencer 1408 45 Alexander 1413 46 Richard Courtney * 1416 47 John Wakering 1426 48 Gulielmus Alnwick translated to Lincoln 1436 49 Tho. Browne 1445 50 Walter Hart. 1472 51 James Goldwell principall Secretary 1499 52 Tho. Jan. 1500 53 Richard Nix 1536 54 Gul. Rugg alias Reppes 1550 55 Thomas Thirleby translated to Ely 1554 56 John Hopton 1560 57 John Parkhurst 1575 58 Edm. Freke translated to Worcester 1584 59 Edm. Scambler 1594 60 Gul. Redman 1602 61 John Jegon 1618 62 John Overall 1619 63 Sam. Harsnet tr to Yorke 1628 64 Fr. White Almoner tr to Ely 1632 65 Richard Corbet 1635 66 Matthew Wrenn Deane of the Chappell tr to Ely 1638 67 Richard Montague Bishop of Norwich died 1641. OXFORD and the Bishops there THe Bishoprick of Oxford is of new erection first founded by King Henry 8. and by him endowed out of the lands belonging to the late dissolved Monasteries of Abingdon and Osney It was before a part of the Dioâ—ese of Lincoln and being now made a Bishoprick had first the Abbey Church of Osney being some halfe a mile from Oxford for its Cathedrall Anno 1541. from whence it was removed to Oxford about five yeeres after That which is now the Cathedrall was anciently dedicated to Saint Frideswide but being by King Henry made the Bishops See was entituled Christ-Church the Chapter there consisting of a Deane and eight Prebendaries by him also founded part of the lands which had been purchased or procured by Cardinall Wolsey for the indowment of his Colledge being allotted thereunto This Bishoprick was founded then An. 1541. and from that time unto the yeere 1603. when Doctor Bridges was made Bishop are 63 yeeres onely or there abouts of which it was kept vacant above 40 yeeres even almost all the long raigne of Queene Elizâ—beth to the impoverishing of the Church before well endowed The Diocese containeth onely the County of Oxford and therein 195 Parish Churches of which 88. are impropriated It hath but one Arch-Deacon which is he of Oxford is valued in the Kings bookes 354. li. 16. s. 4. d. ob the Clergies tenth comming unto 255. li. 8. s. Bishops of Oxford A. Ch.   1541 1 Robert King last Abbat of Osney Vacat Ann. 10. 1567 2 Hugh Curwyn Vacat Ann. 20. 1589 3 John Underhill Vacat Ann. 11. 1603 4 John Bridges 1619 5 John Howson tr to Durhum 1628 6 Richard Corbet tr to Norwich 1632 7 John Bancroft died Bishop of Oxford Anno 1640. PETERBURGH and the Bishops there THe Bishoprick of Peterburgh is of new erection and taken also out of Lincoln as Oxford was The Cathedrall Church was anciently a Monastery the place or towne of old called Medeshamstede but on the building of the Abby-Church founded by Wolâ—her King of the Mercians Anno 633. and by him dedicated to Saint Peter it gained the name of Peterburgh This Church by him thus built was after ruined by the Danes and againe built and beautified by Ethetwoldus Bishop of Winton Anno 960 or there abouts upon whose mediation it was exceedingly liberally endowed by Edgar then King of England Adulph then Chancellour to that King giving unto it also his whole estate Thus it continued in a flourishing and faire estate untill King Henry dissolved it and having so dissolved it did by his Letters Patents make it a Bishops See and founded also here a Chapter consisting of a Deane and sixe Prebendaries The Diocese hereto allotted containeth the two Counties of Northhampton in the which Peterburgh standeth and Rutland and in them both 293. Parishes whereof 91. are impropriate It hath but one Arch-Deacon which is entituled of Northhampton is valued in the Kings bookes 414. li. 19. s. 11. d. the Clergy paying for their tenth 520. li. 16. s. 8. d. Bishops of Peterburgh A. Ch.   1541 1 John Chamber the last Abhat of Peterburgh 1557 2 David Poole 1560 3 Edm. Scamber tr to Norwich 1584 4 Richard Howland 1600 5 Thomas Dove 1630 6 Gul. Pieâ—s tr to Welles 1632 7 Augustine Lindsell tr to Heref. 1634 8 John Dee of Chichester 1638 9 John Towers Dean of Peterburgh now Bishop here 1639. ROCHESTER and the Bishops there THe Bishoprick of Rochester is the most ancient next to Canterbury of all in England a Bishops See being here erected by that S. Austin who first did preach the Gospel unto the Saxons Anno 606. which was about ten yeeres after his entrance into England The Cathedrall Church here first â—rected by Ethelbert King of Kent when it was first made a Bishops See and by him dedicated to Saint Andrew which growing ruinous and dedicated was afterwards repaired by Gundulpâ—us one of the Bishops of the same about the yeere 1080. This Bishoprick was anciently and a long time together in the immediate Patronage of the Arch-Bishop of Cauterbury who did dispose thereof as to them seemed best and so continued till under the pretence of free and capitular elections the Popes had brought all Churches into their owne hands However after this the Bishops of Rochester owed more then ordinary
Werstanus 918 15 Ethelâ—aldus  16 Sigelmus II. 934 17 Alfredus 940 18 Wulfeinus 958 19 Alfwoldus 978 20 Ethelricus  21 Ethelsius  22 Brithwinus 1009 23 Elmerus  24 Brinwin  25 Elfwoldus after whose death Hermannus who had be fore beene Bishop of Wilton and resigned that Church because the Monkes of Malmesbury would not give him leave to remove his See Episco pall unto their Abby was made Bishop of Sherborne and having joyned both Sees together did shortly after remove both to Salisbury of which himselfe and his successors were afterwards entituled Bishops of Wilton 905 1 Ethelstanus  2 Odo 934 3 Osulphus 970 4 Alsstanus 981 5 Alfgarus  6 Siricus tr to Cant. 989 7 Alfricus tr to Cant. 998 8 Brithwoldus 1045 9 Hermannus the last Bishop of Wilton Bishops of Salisbury  26 Hermannus the 26 Bishop of this Diocese and first that had his See at Sarum 27 S Osmundus L. Chan. 1107 28 Rogerus L. Chiefe Justice Lord Chan. and L. Treas 1139 29 Jocelinus Vacat sedes Ann. 4. 1189 30 Hubertus Walter tr to Cant. 1193 31 Herebertus Pauper 1â—17 32 Richard Poore 1229 33 Robert Bingham 1247 34 Gul. Eboracensis 1256 35 Egidius de Bird-port 1263 36 Walter de la Wâ—le 1274 37 Robert de Wike-hampton 1284 38 Walter Scammell 1287 39 Henry de Braundston 1289 40 Gul. de la Corner 1291 41 Nicolas Longespee * 1298 42 Simon de Gandavo 1315 43 Roger de Mortivall 1329 44 Robert Wivill 1375 45 Radulph Erghum tr to Welles 1388 46 John Waltam Master of the Rolls and L. Treas 1395 47 Richard Metford 1407 48 Nicolas Bubwith tr to Welles 1408 49 Rob. Hallam Card. Chan. Oxford 1417 50 John Chaundler 1427 51 Robert Nevill * 1438 52 Will. Aiscoth Clerk of the Coun. 1450 53 Richard Beauchamp first Chan. of the G. * 1482 54 Lionell Widdeville Chancel Oxford * 1485 55 Tho. Langton tr to Winton 1493 56 John Blythe Master of the Rolls Chan. of Cambridge 1500 57 Henry Deane tr to Cant. 1502 58 Edmund Audley * 1524 59 Laurence Campejus Card. 1535 60 Nicolas Shaxton 1539 61 John Salcot alias Capon 1559 63 John Juell 1571 64 Edm. Gheast Bishop Almoner 1578 65 John Piers Bishop Almoner tr to Yorke Vacat Ann. 3. 1591 66 John Coldwell Vacat Ann. 2. 1598 67 Henry Cotton 1615 68 Robert Abbot 1618 69 Martin Fotherby 1620 70 Robert Tonson 1621 71 John Davenant died Bishop of Salisbury 1641. WESTMINSER Bishops Deans and Abbats THe Bishoprick of Westminster as it related to the Saxons was of late erection and being so erected was of small continuance but anciently in the Britons time the Church there was the See for the Arch-bishop of London For whereas some had found in some Record that the Arch-Bishops See was planted in the Church of Saint Peter in Cornhill certaine it is that that was a mistake for Saint Peters in Thorney Now Thorney is the ancient name of that which is since called Westminster and being an ancient Saxon name was farre more likely to be meant by the first reporter then that of Cornehill which is meerely moderne But this Arch-Bishoprick being brought to nothing by the Saxons Sebert the first christned King of Essex erected here a Church where the former was and dedicated it unto Saint Peter as was that before which standing Westward of Saint Pauls was by the common people commonly called Westminster This Temple of King Seberts being in tract of time growne ruinous and almost deâ—erted Edward the Confessour againe rebuilt and liberally endowed and stored with Monkes by him removed hither from Exeter After King Henry 3. taking downe the fabrick of the Confessour erected it as now it standeth save that the Abbats much enlarged it towards the West and that King Henry 7. built that most goodly Chappell at the East end thereof The Abbats here had Archiepiscopall jurisdiction within their liberties and had the keeping of the Regalia and a chiefe service in the Coronation of the Kings of England and place in Parliament in all which rights save that of Parliament the Deanes now succeed them For when this Monastery which at the suppression was valued at 3977. li. was dissolved by King Henry 8. first he erected here a Deanrie Anno 1539. then added to the Deane a Bishop Anno 1541. Thiâ—leby the Bishop having delapidated all the Patrimo ny to his See allotted and robbed S. Peter to pay Paul as the saying is was removed to Norwich and so the Bishoprick determined having continued nine yeeres onely and Middlesex which was the Diocese thereof was restored to London Queene Mary afterwards brought in an Abbat and her foundation being dissolved by Queene Elizabeth the made it a Collegiate Church consisting of a Deane and 12. Prebendaries as it still continues The Bishop Deanes and Abbat of Westminster A Ch.   1539 1 Gul. Benson the last Abbat and first Deane 1541 2 Thomas Thirleby the one and onely Bishop of Westminster tr to Norwich 1550. 3 Richard Coxe Deane after Bishop of Ely 1553 4 Hugh Weston Deane 1556 5 John Fechnam Abbat 1560 6 Gul. Bill Deane 1561 7 Gabriel Goodman 1601 8 Lanceloâ— Andrewes after Bishop of Chichester c. 1605 9 Richard Neyle after Bishop of Rochester c. 1610 10 George Monteine after Bishop of Lincoln c. 1617 11 Robert Tonsou after Bishop of Sarum 1620 12 John Williams Lord Keeper Bishop of Lincoln and Deane of Westminster 1641. WINCHESTER and the Bishops there THe Bishoprick of Winchester Wintoniensis in the Latine is of good antiquity and never changed the See since the first foundation as all the rest have done in the South-West parts The City once the Regal seat of the West Saxon Kings The Cathedrall Church first founded and endowed by Kingil or Kinegilsus the first Christian K. of West-Sax who gave unto it all the land within seven miles of Winchester Kinelwalchin son unto this Kingil went forwards with his fathers fabricke ratified his donation and added to it amongst other things the Manors of Alresford Downten and Worthy The Church now standing was begun by Bishop Walkelin the worke pursued by his successors but yet not finished till the time of William de Wickham who built the greatest part of the West end thereof The Chappels on the East end beyond the Quire had their severall founders The whole Church dedicated first unto Saint Amphibalus then to Saint Peter after unto Saint Swithin once Bishop here and last of all unto the blessed Trinity as it still continues The Bishops here are Chancellours to the See of Canterbury and Prelates of the most noble order of Saint George called the Garter which office was first vested in them by King Edward 3. at the first foundation of that Order and hath continued to them even since They were reputed anciently to be Earles of Southampton and are so stiled in the new Statutes of the Garter made by Henry 8.
Henry Bowet 1425 50 John Kemp L. Chan. tr to Cant. 1453 51 Gul. Boothe 1466 52 George Nevill L. Chan. * 1477 53 Lawrence Boothe 1480 54 Thomas Rotheram L. Chan. 1501 55 Thomas Savage 1508 56 Christopher Bambridge Card. 1515 57 Thomas Wolsey Card. L. Chan. 1531 58 Edward Lee. 1544 59 Robert Holgate Lord Pres. of the North. 1553 60 Nicolas Heath L. Chan. 1560 61 Tho. Young L. Pres. of the North. 1570 62 Edm. Grindall tr to Cant. 1576 63 Edwyn Sandys 1588 64 John Piers. 1594 65 Matthew Hutton 1606 66 Tobias Matthewes 1627 67 George Monteine 1628 68 Sam. Harsnet 1631 69 Richard Neyle who died Octob. 31. 1640. CARLILE and the Bishops there THe most of that which doth now make the Diocese of Carlâ—â—e was in the infancie of the English Church as I conceive it part of the Diocese of Whit herne or Casa Candida in the Province of Galloway now reckoned as a part of Scotland but then a parcell of the Kingdome of the North-Humbers But when the Scots had mastred all those countries beyond Tweede and Solway the towne of Carlile with the County of Cumberland in the which it standeth were severed from that Diocese Carlile with 15. miles about it being bestowed upon S. Cutbert Bishop of Lindisfarne by Egfride King of the North-Humbers Anno 679 the residue of the Countty submitting to the jurisdiction of the Arch-Deacon of Richmond then being subordinate the See of Yorke Thus it continâ—ed till the yeere 1133. what time a Bishops See was here first established and by that meanes another Suffragan Bishop â—dded to that Metropolitan The Cathedrall Church heâ—e had beene founded not long before by Walter Deputy of these parts for King William Rufus and by him dedicated to the honour of the blessed Virgin but finished and endowed by King Henry the first out of that wealth which the said Walter had amassed for that very purpose by the perswasion of Athulphus or Athelwolfus whom aftâ—rwards hee made the first Bishop there The Diocese containes the County of Westmorland and most part of Cumberland and therein onely 93. Parishes but those as all the Northerne are exceeding large and of them 18. are impropriate Arch-Deacon here was never any the jurisdiction being claimed by him of Richmoâ—d as anciently to him belonging The Bishoprick is valued in the Kings bookes 530 li. 4. s. 11. d. ob the Clergies tenth amounting onely unto 161. li. 1 s. 7. d. ob And yet this little See and so farre remote hath yeeldeâ— to this Kingdome one Chancellour and two LL. Treasurers besides three Chancellours unto the University of Cambridge Bishops of Carlile A. Ch.   1133 1 Athelwolsus or Athelwardus  2 Bernardus died Anno 1186. Vacat sedes Ann. 32. 1218 3 Hugo 1223 4 Walt. Mau-Clerke L. Treas 1247 5 Silvester de Everdon L. Chan. 1255 6 Tho. Vipont * 1258 7 Rob. Chause 1280 8 Rad de Ireton 1288 9 John de Halton 1318 10 John de Rosse 1332 11 John de Kirkby 1353 12 Gilbert de Welton 1363 13 Tho. de Appleby 1396 14 Robert Reade 1397 15 Tho. Merkes 1400 16 Gul. Strickland 1419 17 Roger Whelpdale 1423 18 Will. Barrowe 1430 19 Marm. Lumley L. Ch and Ch. Ca. * 1450 20 Nith Close tr to Lich. 1452 21 Gul. Percy Chan. of Camb. * 1362 22 John Kingscore 1464 23 Richard Scrope * 1468 24 Edw. Storey Ch. of Camb. 1478 25 Rich. Dunelmensis 1496 26 Gul. Sever tr to Durham 1503 27 Roger Leibourne 1504 28 John Penny 1520 29 John Kite 1537 30 Robert Aldrich 1356 31 Owen Ogilthorpe 1561 32 John Best 1570 33 Rich. Barnes tr to Durham 1577 34 John Mey 1598 35 Henry Robinson 1616 36 Robert Snowdon 1620 37 Rich. Milborne 1624 38 Rich. Senhouse 1628 39 Francis White tr to Norwich 1629 40 Barnabas Potter now Bishop of Carlile 1641. CHESTER and the Bishops there THe Bishoprick of Chester as it is here to be considered is of new erection one of those founded by King Henry 8. whereof we spake before when we were in Bristol Anciâ—ntly it was in the Diocese of Lichfeild one of the Bishops of which Church removing his See hither Anno 1075. as to the more remarkable and noted place occasioned that his successours many times were called Bishops of Chester But being severed from that Diocese by King Henry 8. it was erected into an Episcopall See made up of the revenue and jurisdiction of the two Arch-Deaconries of Richmond and Chester of which the first had jurisdiction over Richmondshire and part of Cumberland the other over Lanca-shire and Chest-shire It was at first â—oundation ordained to be of the Province of Canterbury and that in the letters Patents of the â—oundation of the same 33. H. 8. But the King taking into minde as well the long distance of the same from the See of Canterbury as also that the Arch Bishop of Canterbury had a sufficient number of Suffragans before whereas the Arch-Bishop of Yorke had but onely two did in the Ianuary following by Act of Parliament annex the same for ever to the Province of Yorke 33. H. 8. c. 31. The Cathedrall Church here was once a Monastery founded by Leofricus once an Officiary Count in these parts and by him dedicated to Saint Wereberg but repaired beautified endowed and stored with Monkes by Hâ—gh sirnamed Lupus the first Earle of Chester These Monkes being ejected by King Henâ—â— 8. he brought into their place a Deane and Prebendaries and made it of a Monastery a See Episcopall Whose Diocese containeth in the Counties before remembred 256 Parishes of which 101. are impropriations The Bishoprick is valued in the Kings bookes 42â— li. 1. s. 8. d. and for a tenth unto the Crowne the Clergy pay the yeerely summe of 435. s. 12. The Bishops of Chester A. Ch.   1541 1 John Bird removed hither from Bangor 1556 2 John Cotes 1556 3 Cuthbert Scott 1561 4 William Downeham 1579 5 William Chadderton tr to Lincoln 1595 6 Hugh Biller 1597 7 Riâ—h Vaughan tr to London 1604 8 George Lloyde 1616 9 Tho. Morton tr to Lichfeild 1618 10 John Bridgeman now Bishop of Chester 1641. DURHAM and the Bishops there THe Bishops See now fixed in Durham was first placed in Lindâ—â—arne a little Iland on the Sea-coast of Northumberland and there placed by the first Bishops of this Northerne region because of the primacie and solitude thereof which made it thought more fit and proper for devotion But both the Bishop and his Monkes being driven from thence by the mercilesse furie of the Danes who here raged extremely about the yeere of Christ 800. they wandred up and downe from place to place for 200. yeeres not finding any place where they might repose themselves in safety till in the end they sate them downe in Durham Anno 990. or there abouts where it hath ever since continued The Church here dedicated to Saint Cuthbert the 6. Bishop of Lindisfarne a man