ENGLAND'S Remarques Giving an Exact Account of the Several Shires Counties and Islands in ENGLAND and WALES In every of which you have I. How the County is bounded II. The Length Breadth and Circumference III. The Temperature of the Air and Fertility or Barrenness of the Soil IV. What Commodities each Shire or County affordeth V. In what Diocess and how many Parishes in it VI. The Number of Parliament-Men Hundreds and Market-Towns VII In every Shire you have the Name of the City or Shire-Town with the Latitude thereof and how it bears with the reputed and measured distance of the same from London the Road to the same how Governed and the Coat of Arms and what other things are therein Remarkable VIII You have the Names of such Noble Families as have been Dukes or Earls of each County since their first Constitution IX Whatsoever is Eminent or Remarkable thorowout the whole Kingdom To which is added a Travelling Map describing the Principal Roads thorow-out England London Printed for Langley Curtis in Goat-Court upon Ludgate-Hill and sold by Tho. Mercer at the Half Moon under the South-east Corner of the Royal Exchange in Cornhill 1682. TO THE READER THE Apophthegme of Chilo One of the Seven Wise-Men of Greece Nosce teipsum was not unworthily Consecrated to Apollo at Delphos None being a competent Judge of others who doth not first know himself and no person can judge of another Countrey unless he knows his Own Therefore Nosce Patriam is as necessary an Adage especially to those whose Ample Fortunes and Natural Inclinations call them into Foreign Countreys As Chilo's APOPHTHEGME is to all Persons whatsoever Many in this Age travel into France and other Adjacent Countreys and perhaps at their Return are able to give you an Account how many Provinces c are contained in the Countrey they have Travelled when at the same time they scarce know any more Land in England than their Fathers or their own Inheritance But here as in a Map you may at first View give an Account of any thing Remarkable in England be the Question asked either in England or Foreign Parts Which by perusing this Little Manual you will soon find The Names of the several Counties in England BArkshire Pag. 1 Bedfordshire Pag. 5 Buckinghamshire Pag. 8 Cambridgeshire Pag. 11 Cheshire Pag. 15 Cornwall Pag. 20 Cumberland Pag. 27 Derbyshire Pag. 31 Devonshire Pag. 33 Dorsetshire Pag. 40 Durham the Bishoprick and City Pag. 45 Essex Pag. 48 Gloucestershire Pag. 52 Hantshire Pag. 58 Hertfordshire Pag. 63 Herefordshire Pag. 67 Huntingtonshire Pag. 72 Kent Pag. 75 Lancashire Pag. 84 Leicestershire Pag. 90 Lincolnshire Pag. 94 Middlesex Pag. 99 Norfolk Pag. 133 Northamptonshire Pag. 140 Northumberland Pag. 145 Nottinghamshire Pag. 149 Oxfordshire Pag. 153 Rutlandshire Pag. 159 Shropshire Pag. 162 Somersetshire Pag. 166 Staffordshire Pag. 174 Suffolk Pag. 179 Surrey Pag. 185 Sussex Pag. 189 Warwickshire Pag. 194 Westmoreland Pag. 200 Wiltshire Pag. 204 Worcestershire Pag. 211 Yorkshire Pag. 215 The Names of the Counties in Wales ANglesey Pag. 226 Brecknockshire Pag. 229 Cardiganshire Pag. 232 Caernarvanshire Pag. 235 Caermardenshire Pag. 238 Denbyshire Pag. 241 Flintshire Pag. 244 Glamorganshire Pag. 248 Merionethshire Pag. 251 Monmouthshire Pag. 254 Montgomeryshire Pag. 258 Pembrokeshire Pag. 261 Radnorshire Pag. 266 Of the Islands about England THe Isle of Man Pag. 268 The Isle of Wight Pag. 271 The Isle of Jersey Pag. 273 The Isle of Garnsey Pag. 275 An Exact Map of England with the Roads from London to all the other parts of this Kingdome T. Cross Sculpsit N Counties Names 1 Bark sh 2 Bedford sh 3 Buckingham sh 4 Cambridge sh 5 Cheshire 6 Cornwall 7 Cumberland 8 Derby sh 9 Devon sh 10 Dorset sh 11 Durham 12 Essex 13 Glocester sh 14 Hant. sh 15 Hertford sh 16 Hereford sh 17 Huntington sh 18 Kent 19 Lancashire 20 Leicester sh 21 Lincoln sh 22 Middlesex 23 Norfolk 24 Northampton sh 25 Northumberland 26 Nottingham sh 27 Oxford sh 28 Rutland sh 29 Shrop. sh 30 Somerset sh 31 Stafford sh 32 Suffoll 33 Surrey 34 Sussex 35 Warwick sh 36 Westmorland 37 Wilt. sh 38 Worcester sh 39 York sh 40 Anglesey Ish 41 Brecknock sh 42 Cardigan sh 43 Carnarvan sh 44 Carmarden sh 45 Denbigh sh 46 Flint sh 47 Glamorgan sh 48 Merioneth sh 49 Monmouth sh 50 Montgomery sh 51 Pembroke sh 52 Radnor sh It is divided into Twenty Hundreds viz. Farington Ganfield Hormer Oake Wanting Shrivenham Lainborn Kentbury Westisle Morton Faircrosse Braye Reading Charlton Sonning Cookham Wargrove Bernersh Riplessmore Theale And in these Hundreds are Twelve Market-Towns viz. Abbington M. and Fr. Wallingford Tu. and F. Faringdon Tu. Ockingham Tu. Maiden-Head W. Hungerford W. East-Isley W. Newberry Th. New-Windsor Sa. Wanting Sa. Reading Sa. Lainborne This Shire hath formerly had in it six Castles of which there now remains only that magnificent one of Windsor one of his Majesties Palaces In this Castle the Victorious Prince Edward the third was born In it is instituted the most honourable Order of the Garter of St. George a signal of Martial Prowess And in the Chappel of this Castle there lye interred the Bodies of Henry the 6. Edward the 4th Henry the 8th and as is supposed of King Charles the First The first Institution whereof was in Anno Dom. 1350. And those that first received the order were Edward the 3d. Edward Prince Henry Duke of Lancaster Tho. Earl of Warwick Captain de Bonch Ralph Earl of Stafford W. Mountecut E. of Sal. Roger Mert ' Earl of March John de Lisle Knight Tho. Burwash K. Jo. Beauchamp K. John de Mohun K. Hugh Courtney K. Tho. Holland K. John Grey K. Ri. Fitz-Simon K. Miles Stapleton K. Tho. Wall K. Hugh Wrothsley K. Nele Loring K. John Chandos K. James de Andley K. Otho Holland K. Henry Eme King Zanchet Dabridg Will. Paganell K. The Chief Town is Reading lying in the Latitude of 51 degrees 28 min. And West from London and is distant therefrom 32 Miles viz. To Cole-Brooke 15 to Maiden-head 22 to Reading 32 but by more accurate and late Admeasurement it is found to be 44 Miles distant from London The Town of Reading is Governed by a Mayor and Aldermen The Arms of the County The Field is Argent three Castles Gules over the middlemost a Bucks Face erect of the second Horned Or On a chief Vert between the Bucks Horns the Arms of England and France Quartered Remarkable things in this Shire In the year of our Lord 1387. And in the 11 year of Richard the 2d At Radcot-bridge The Duke of Glocester the Earls of Arundel Warwick Derby and Nottingham Encountered with Robert Vere Duke of Ireland maintained against them by King Richard the 2d Where the said Duke was put to flight who with swimming over the Thames hardly escaped drowning In this Encounter in the Dukes behalf Sir Tho. Molineux Constable of Chester with many others lost their lives In the year 1100. At Enchamsteed
Amounderne Blackburn Laisand West Darbie Salford And in these Hundreds are 26 Market-Towns viz. Boulton Mon. Blackborn M. Wigan M. and Fr. Poulton Mon. Cartmill Mon. Hornby Mon. Haws-head Mon. Rochdale Tues Charley Tu. Ormek rk Tues Kirkham Tues Prescot Tues Hâ—slington Wed. Coln Wed. Warington W. Preston W. F. S. Bury Thurs Gastinge Th. Vlverston Th. Lancaster Sa. Manchester Sa. Clitheroe Sa. Leverpoole Sa. Dalton Sa. Leigh Great Eccleston The Shire-Town in this County is Lancaster lying in the Latitude of 54 deg 10. min. And it beareth from London N. W. by N. and is distant therefrom 187 miles Thus From London to Barnet 10. to St. Alban 20. to Dunstable 30. to Stony Stratford 44. to Toceter 50. to Daventry 60. to Coventry 74. to Lichfield 94. to Rugeley 99. to Stone 110. to Newcastle 116. to Warrington 136. to Newton 141. to Wiggan 148. to Preston 162. to Garstang 172. to Lancaster 187. But by a more exact admeasurement upon this Road it is found to be distant from London 232 miles This Town is very pleasantly situate but the Inhabitants thereof do not much abound in Wealth It is built on the South-side of the River Lon The principal Glory of this Town consisteth in the Church the Castle and the Bridge and in it are many fair and long Streets To this Town K. Edward the Third granted a Mayor and two Bailiffs which are elected out of 12 Brethren assisted by 24 Burgesses by whom it is yearly Governed with the supply of 2 Chamberlains a Recorder Town-Clerk and 2 Sergeants at Mace The Arms of this Town is Party per Fesse Vert and Gules in Chief a Quadrangle of Castles walled Argent and in Base a Lyon of England The Earls and Dukes of this County are Edmond Croukback Earl John of Gaunt D. The Kings of England of the House of Lancaster were Henry the IV. Henry the V. Henry the VI. Henry the VII Those of the House of York Edward IV. Edward V. Richard III. After many Battels and conflicts at length by the happy Marriage of Henry the 7th K. of England next Heir to the House of Lancaster with Elizabeth Daughter and Heir to Edward the 4th of the House of York the Red and white Roses were United Although Lancaster be the Shire Town yet the Town of Manchester far exceedeth it which is famous not only for the Church Colledge and Market-Place but for the great resort to it for Cloathing It was by Anthony the Emperour called Mancunium and was made the Fort and Station of the Romans Bible Chester also in this County though but a little Town hath been esteemed and called The Richest Town in Christendom Things Remarkable in this County Along the Sea side in many places lye heaps of Sand upon which the People pour Water till it contract a Saltish humour from the Sand and this they boyl with Turff till it become White Salt Not far from Fourness Fells is the greatest standing Water in England of a wonderful depth and stretching it self out for the space of 10 miles together all Paved in the bottom with Stone This Water is called the Miander Meer and there breeds in it a kind of Fish called a Chare which is no where else to be found The Mosses in this Shire are very unwholsom but the upper Coat of this Mossy Earth being pared away it yields a fat Earth for Fuel And in divers places under this mossy Earth good Marl is found to inrich the Land On the Banks of the River Irwell there is found a reddish Stone And about Manchester are Quarries of very good Stone By Chatmosse is a low moisy Ground very large a great part of which saith Cambden the Brooks swelling high carried quite away with them whereby the Rivers were corrupted and a number of fresh Fish perished In this place now lyes a low Vale watered with a small Brook where Trees have been digged up lying along The Wood of these Trees burns very bright so that some think them to be Fir Trees But Cambden questions whether they be not Subterraneous Trees growing under Ground as well as Plants and other Creatures Upon the very top of Pendle Hill grows a peculiar Plant called Clowdesberry as coming out of the Clouds This Hill lately did the Countrey near it much harm by abundance of water gushing out of it And this is remarkable for whensoever the top of it is covered with a Myst it is an infallible sign of Rain Besides this Hill there are not far from it two others viz. Ingleborrow and Penigent which seem to touch the Clouds In the River Lune near Cockerfand Abby is great store of Salmon Leicestershire THis Shire is bounded on the East by Lincolnshire On the West by Warwickshire On the South by Northamptonshire And on the North by Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire It containeth in length 30 miles In breadth 26 miles And in Circumference 100 miles The Air of this Shire is mild and wholsom making the Inhabitants very healthy and long liv'd The Soil is good for the production of Corn Cattle and Coles The principal Commodities are Pease Beans Cattle and Wool It is in the Diocess of Lincoln and hath in it 192 Parishes Out of it are elected 4 Parliament Men. Knights 2 Leicester 2 Its Division is into 6 Hundreds viz. West Goscote Sparkingho Goodlaxton Gartrey East Goscote Framland And in these Hundreds are 12 Market-Towns viz. Hinckley Mon. Mont Sorell Mon. Melton Mowbrey Tu. Harborough Tu. Bâ—sworth Wednes Loughborow Th. Waltham Would Th. Hallaton Th. Lutterworth Th. Billesden Frid. Leicester Sat. Asby de la Zouch Sa. The Principal Town in this Shire is Leicester lying in the Latitude of 52 deg 41 min. It beareth from London N. N. W. and is distant therefrom 78 miles Thus From London to Barnet 10. to St. Albans 20. to Dunstable 30. to Stony-Stratford 44. to Northampton 54. to Haverborough 66. to Leicester 78. But by more accurate admeasurement along the Road 98 miles This Town is said to be built by King Leir who lived 844 years before the Birth of Christ By whom this City is annually Governed I do not find but the Arms of the Town seem to be the same with that of Robert de Bellemont who was first Earl thereof which is Gules a Cinquefoil Ermine pierced of the Field The Earls of Leicester since the first Constitution are Robert de Bellemont Simon de Montefort Ranulph Earl of Chester Simon de Montefort Edmond Crouchback Will. de Bavar E. of Holland John of Gaunt D. of Lancaster Robert Dudley Things remarkable in this County Near Bosworth upon Redemore the last of the 13 Battels between the two Houses of York and Lancaster was fought whose dissention spent England more Blood than did the winning of France In which Battel Richard the Tyrant and Usurper by Henry Earl of Richmond with 4000 men were slain and but 10 only on the Earl's part lost their Lives The Corps of the Dead King
stately Houses and Palaces both publick and private The chief among which are First The Palaces of the King Whitehall and St. James the first being the Residence of His Sacred Majesty the other of his Royal Highness James Duke of York to which is joyned a delightful Park so called in which is a Pall-Mall said to be the best in Europe Secondly the Courts of Judicature and Houses of Parliament now known by the Name of Westminster-Hall a large Structure which was anciently the Palace of the Kings of England Thirdly Its Collegiate Church of Westminster which was the Temple of St. Peter raised out of the Ruines of a former dedicated to Apollo where the Trinobants did Sacrifice to Diana Tauropolia This Temple of St. Peter was destroyed by the Danes and re-edified by Dunstan Bishop of London in the year 960. Fourthly King Henry's Chappel being a most magnificent and curious Edifice beautified with the stately Tombs of the Kings and Queens with many of the Nobility of England renowned for the inauguration of our Kings and Queens now a Collegiate Church Fifthly Somerset-House a large and stately Structure belonging to the King situate upon the Thames Sixthly The New-Exchange a place well stored with variety of Shops and Goods to which may be added Seventhly The several Houses of the Nobility as Wallingford-House the Seat of the Earl of Arlington Northumberland-House the Residence of the Countess of Northumberland York-House belonging to the Duke of Buckingham but now turned into smaller Buildings and made new Streets of Houses Salisbury-House belonging to the Earl of Salisbury converted into a New-Exchange and a Street of smaller Houses Worcester-House to the Marquess of Worcester The Savoy formerly an Hospital now the Habitation of several Families where they have their Houses apart and here is His Majesties Wardrobe kept Arundel-House belonging to the Duke of Norfolk and Essex-House to the Duke of Somerset now also turned into small Buildings and made a Street to the Thames side Then Exeter-House Bedford-House Clarendon-House Leicester-House Southampton-House with divers others too many to be mentioned in this small Discourse The Limits of this City ends at Temple-Bar where the Liberty of London beginneth which we shall next speak of Of LONDON This City within the Walls and Freedom is divided into 26 Parts or Wards governed by a Lord Mayor so many grave Aldermen and two Sheriffs the yearly Choice of which was granted them by Patent from King John to these Henry the Third added some Aldermen these Aldermen take charge of the 26 Wards aforesaid and called from them Aldermanries The names of the Wards are thus called viz. 1. Tower-street 2. Portsoken 3. Aldgate 4. Limestreet 5. Bishopsgate 6. Broadstreet 7. Cornhil 8. Langhorn 9. Billingsgate 10. Bridgwater within 11. Candlewick 12. Walbrook 13. Dowgate 14. Vintrey 15. Cordwainer 16. Cheap 17. Coleman-street 18. Basinghall 19. Aldersgate 20. Cripplegate 21. Farringdon within 22. Faringdon without 23. Breadstreet 24. Queenhithe 25. Castle-Baynard 26. Bridgwater without viz. the Burrough of Southwark 1. Towerstreet Ward so termed from the Tower unto this Ward belongs Sydon-lane or Seething-lane part of Mark-lane Minchen-lane and Beer-lane Water-lane then Harp-lane in this Lane is the Bakers-Hall then the two Lanes called Church-Lanes and next to them Foul-lane then the Church of St. Dunstan's in the East the Custome-house and Key now bravely rebuilt and adorned 2. Portsoken Ward the East part of the Tower is in it then the Hospital of St. Katharine then East-Smithfield and Tower-hill where is the Store-house for keeping Provisions for the Navy Royal called the Slaughter-house the Merchant-Taylors have in this Ward Alms-houses for 14 Women next the Minories then the Church of St. Buttolph then is Hoglane near Goodmans-fields the Ward ending at Petticoat-lane 3. Aldgate Ward so named from the Gate the chief Street beginneth at the Gate betwixt the Gate and Limestreet in it is Bricklayers-Hall then Billeter-lane then Fenchurch-street till you come to Culver-alley then Crossed or Crouched-Friars Woodroof-lane Hart-street the North end of Mark-lane where the Ward endeth 4. Limestreet Ward here stands Leaden-Hall formerly a Storehouse for Provision for the Poor now a Market-place for Butchers Tanners Meal-men and Wool no Market in the World for variety of Provision able to stand in competition with it Tere is no Parish-Church or place for Divine Service in this Ward 5. Bishopsgate Ward part is without the Gate from St. Mary Spittle to Bishopsgate which Lanes and Alleys of note are Bethlehem East of the New Postern West by Moorfields and almost half of Houndsditch in this Ward is the Church of St. Buttolph without the Gate Fishers-folly the old Artillery-ground St. Mary-Spittle within the Gate is Bishopsgate-street so called of the Gate unto the East end of St. Martins-Outwitch where is Gresham-Colledg then by the West corner of Leaden-hall down that was called Grass-street to the Corner over against the Church great St. Hellens and little St. Hellens where is Leather-sellers-Hall 6. Broadstreet Ward so named from the Street in it is Throgmorton-street Threadneedle-street half Finch-lane and Scalding-alley in it is Alhallows in the Wall Winchester-street Carpenters-Hall Winchester-house the Hall between Winchester-street and Broad-street called the Glass-house in Broad-street are Sir Thomas Gresham's Alms-houses here standeth St. Peters the Poor of which Parish was formerly made this Rhime In the Parish of St. Peters the Poor There 's no Ale-house nor Tavern nor Sign at a door The Case is altered now quoth Ploydon The St. Augustine-Friers now the Dutch Church in this Ward is Drapers-Hall the House formerly of Cromwel Earl of Essex Bartholomew-lane and Merchant-Taylors-Hall in Threadneedle-street 7. Corn-hil Ward so called from a Corn-Market formerly kept there the chief Ornaments of this Ward are a famous Monument erected by Sir Thomas Gresham who named it the Burss afterwards by Queen Elizabeth called the Royal-Exchange it is the Place of publick meeting for Merchants whereunto they twice every day resort between twelve and one at Noon and six and seven at Night a stately Structure now said to be the best in the known World built quadrangular of Free-stone with a lofty Tower at the South entrance and Walks round the main Building over which are above 200 Shops for rich Wares and well stored with variety of all sorts The Church of St. Peter accounted the oldest Church in London the Church of St. Michael now rebuilt and bravely adorned also the South end of Finch-lane and the North end of Burching is in this Ward 8. Langborn Ward so termed of a Bourn or Brook of sweet Water that ran in it in which is Fenchurch-street Lombard-street half of Lime-street in which was Pewterers-Hall Dionys Back-church half of Birching-lane some few Houses in Philpot-lane St. Clements-lane down to St. Clements Church St. Nicholas-lane down beyond St. Nicholas Church a small portion of Abchurch-lane part of Beerbinder-lane Alhallows-Lombard-street St. Mary Wolnoth 9. Billingsgate Ward the Ornaments of this
certain Officers under them the principal of them hath the Title of Bailiff who in Civil Causes hath the assistance of 12 Jurors to determine differences and minister Justice in this order viz. In Criminal Matters 7 In Matters of Reason and Equity 5. Their 12 are chosen out of the 12 Parishes so that no man goeth farther to complain than to his own Jurate in ordinary Controversies But matters of moment and difficulty are determined before the Bailiff in a general Meeting Things Remarkable in this Island The Inhabitants speak French but very corruptly There are 2 small Islands adjacent to this Island the one called St. Albans the other Hillary The most of the Sheep bred in this Island have 4 Horns apiece IV. Of GARNSEY Island THis Island is encompassed by the Brittish Sea as Jersey was It containeth in length 13 miles In breadth 9 miles And in Circumference 36 miles The Temperature of the Air and Climate differs nothing from that of Jersey The Soil is very fruitful yielding great plenty of Grass for their Sheep and other Cattel The chief Commodities are Sheep Fish Fowl Sider The Government of this Island is much the same with that of Jersey Their Customes and Conditions do more resemble the people of England It hath in it 10 Parishes One Market-Town being also a Haven and is called St. Peter's Port. Things Remarkable in this Island The Fields of this Island in the Summer time are so naturally garnished with Flowers of all sorts that saith Speed being in it he might conceit himself to be in a pleasant artificial Garden The Inhabitants within these 100 years have taken great delight in planting of Fruit-Trees especially Apples of which they make store of Syder Amongst the Rocks of this Island are found a hard Stone called Emerill much used by Goldsmiths and Lapidaries for their cutting of other precious Stones In this Island is neither Toad Adder Snake or other venomous Creature to be found But in Jersey though the Air and Climate be the same with this of Garnsey they have great store of such Creatures THere are 2 other Islands namely Holy Island and Farre Island in neither of which is any thing Remarkable and so I shall say nothing concerning them The Names of the several Cinque-Ports of England and in what County each of them are viz. Dover in Kent Rumney in Kent Sandwich in Kent Hastings in Sussex Rye in Sussex Seaford in Sussex Winchelsey in Sussex An Account of the several Monasteries Priories Frieries Nunneries Colledges and Hospitals in every County in England and Diocesses in Wales which were Demolished in the Reign of K. Henry the VIII and the Annual Revenue of them Counties Names Monasteries Priories Frieries Nunneries Colledges Hospitals Valuation l. s. d. Barkshire 5 2 1 3 3 2 6368 12 8 Bedfordshire 1 6 3 4 3 3 3054 10 3 Buckinghamshire 1 1 1 2 1 0 0730 01 11½ Cambridgeshire 9 14 4 7 1 4 4002 11 10 Cheshire 5 1 3 2 3 1 1447 2 0½ Cornwall 11 3 1 0 2 0 1287 0 6½ Cumberland 4 4 1 2 22 0 2549 12 9 Derbyshire 8 2 0 3 3 1 1055 12 11½ Devonshire 14 10 1 2 1 1 5394 2 6 Dorcetshire 7 2 2 3 3 1 4520 6 9 Durham 4 0 0 1 10 4 2696 15 0 Essex 13 14 3 2 2 4 7013 8 6 Gloucestershire 11 3 1 2 1 5 7302 5 10½ Hantshire 8 10 6 3 3 4 7218 17 5 Herefordshire 2 6 1 2 0 1 0522 4 5 Hertfordshire 2 12 3 5 1 3 4076 3 10 Huntingdonshire 2 4 0 2 8 1 2743 5 6½ Kent 9 13 6 9 1 13 8840 18 7½ Lancashire 5 5 0 0 6 0 2288 19 8½ Leicestershire 9 6 0 3 4 5 4833 11 9½ Lincolnshire 32 24 5 6 5 3 1 1664 12 0½ London 3 3 0 4 2 11 1 2595 8 0 Middlesex 3 3 5 2 9 5 3550 0 8 Counties Names Monasteries Priories Frieries Nunneries Colledges Hospitals Valuation l. s. d. Norfolk 12 20 16 5 9 4 6128 1 3 Northamptonshire 6 6 4 7 7 3 4731 15 6 Nottinghamshire 3 6 2 1 4 3 2763 7 7½ Northumberland 2 2 4 3 3 1 1252 15 10 Oxfordshire 7 7 5 4 1 3 3078 1 6 Rutlandshire 0 1 0 0 0 1 0043 12 4 Shropshire 8 5 6 0 3 2 2757 14 6½ Staffordshire 4 10 2 5 8 3 1902 17 3½ Somersetshire 10 8 2 3 5 6 9324 17 2 Suffolk 13 15 3 3 4 1 5390 7 9 Surrey 3 4 3 0 1 1 4883 14 0½ Sussex 8 9 3 5 3 4 3355 10 7 Warwickshire 4 10 3 6 6 4 3839 3 0 Wiltshire 3 13 4 4 4 8 4044 17 1½ Westmorland 1 0 1 0 0 0 0166 10 6 Worcestershire 7 4 2 2 2 2 4896 1 8 Yorkshire 33 10 11 23 15 10 1 4611 3 5 Asaph Diocess 4 0 0 1 0 1 0808 5 5 Bangor Diocess 5 1 3 0 2 0 0298 18 2 David Diocess 6 5 2 0 7 0 1548 3 7 Landaffe Diocess 6 6 3 1 1 0 0925 12 0  314 290 126 142 198 129 183508-1-11½ A TABLE shewing the Beginning of the Reigns the time of the Reigning the Termination or Ending of the Reigns and the number of Years since the ending of the Reigns of every of the English Saxon and Danish Monarchs from King Egbert to the Norman Conquest Kings Names Began to Reign Reigned Years Ended their Reign Since their Reign 1 Egbert 818 18 836 842 2 Ethelwolf 836 21 857 821 3 Ethelbald 857 1 858 820 4 Ethelbert 858 5 863 815 5 Etheldred 863 10 873 805 6 Alfred 873 27 900 778 7 Edward I. Saxon 900 24 924 754 8 Ethelstan 924 16 940 738 9 Edmund 940 6 946 732 10 Edred 946 9 955 723 11 Edwyn 955 4 959 719 12 Edgar 959 20 979 699 13 Edward II. Saxon. 979 27 1006 672 14 Ethelred 982 34 1016 662 15 Edmond II. 1016 1 1017 661 The Danish Line 16 Canutus 1017 20 1037 641 17 Herold I. 1037 3 1040 638 18 Hardicanutus 1040 2 1042 626 19 Edward Confessor 1042 23 1065 613 20 Herold II. 1065 2 1067 611 The Saxon Line restored A TABLE OF THE KINGS and QUEENS of ENGLAND since the Norman Conquest Kings and Queens Born anno Began to Reign Reigned Y. M. Since their Reigns Ended Buried at William 1 1023 1066 October 14. 20 11 591 September 9. Caen Norm William 2 1057 1087 September 9. 12 11 578 August 2. Winchester Henry 1 1068 1100 August 2. 35 4 543 December 1. Reading Stephen 1105 1135 December 1. 18 11 524 October 26. Feversham The Saxon Line Restored Henry 2 1132 1154 October 25. 35 9 489 July 6. Fountever Richard 1 1152 1189 July 6. 9 9 479 April 6. Fountever John 1165 1199 April 6. 17 6 462 October 19. Worcester Henry 3 1207 1216 October 19. 56 1 406 November 16. Westminster Edward 1 1239 1272 November 16. 34 8 371 July 7. Westminster Edward 2 1283 1307 July 7. 19 6
the Earth In the year 1571. Marsley Hill in the East part of this Shire with a roaring Noise removed it self from the place where it stood and for three days together travelled from its old Seat It began this Motion on Saturday the 17th of February about 6 of the Clock at Night and by 7 of the Clock the next Morning it had gone about 200 foot carrying with it Sheep in their Coats Hedge-rows and Trees whereof some were overthrown and those that stood upon the Plain are now firmly growing upon the Hill Those that were East are turned West and those in the West are turned East In this remove it overthrew Kinnaston Chappel and turned two High ways near 300 foot from their old Paths The Ground that thus removed was about 26 Acres which opening it self Rocks and all bore the Earth before it for about 1200 foot without any stay leaving Pasturage in the place of Tillage and Tillage overspread the Pasturage Thus overwhelming its lower parts it mounted to a Hill 12 Fathom high and there rested after three days Travel Huntington-Shire THis Shire is bounded on the East by Cambridgeshire On the West by Northamptonshire On the South by Lincolnshire And on the North by Northamptonshire It containeth in length 23 Miles In Breadth 18. And in Circumference 65 Miles The temperature of the Air of this County is not so good as in other parts of England in respect of the great quantity of Meers in it yet the Natives that dwell about them are healthful and live very long but Strangers are subject to much Sickness For the Soyl the Hilly part is for the Plough and the Valley for Pasture which is accounted as good as any in England The Chief Commodities are Corn and Cattle It is in the Diocess of Lincoln and hath in it 79 Parishes Out of it are elected 4 Parliament Men. Knights 2 Huntingdon 2 Its Division is into 4 Hundreds viz. Norman Cross Hurstingstone Leightenstoned Toltan And in these Hundreds are 6 Market-Towns viz. St. Ives Mond Yaxley Tuesd Ramsey Wedn. St. Neots Thurs Kimbolton Friday Huntingdon Sat. The Principal Town in this County is Huntingdon lying in the Latitude of 52 deg 21 min. It bears from London N. by W. And is distant therefrom 48 miles Thus From London to Edmonton 6. to Waltham-Cross 12. to Ware 20. to Puckeridge 24. to Royston 33. to Huntingdon 48. But by more accurate admeasurement upon the Road it is found to be 57 miles By Charter from K. John this Town hath a peculiar Coroner Profit by Toll and Custom Recorder Town-Clerk and 2 Bailiffs annually Elected The Seal of this Town is in a Ring a Huntsman with Dog Staff c. all Proper The Earls of this County since the first Constitution are Waldeof E. of Huntingdon Simon de St. Lizio E. Henry Prince of Scotland E. William Clinton E. Guyford Angolesme E. John Holland F. Thomas Gray E. William Herbert George Hastings Things remarkable in this Shire At Aleyceston in this Shire are two little Springs the one Fresh the other somewhat Brackish The latter is good for Leprosie and Scabs and the other for dim Sights Wittlesmere-Lake and other Meers near it in this Shire do sometimes in fair and calm weather suddenly rise tempestuously with Water-quakes by reason of Vapours breaking violently out of the Earth Kent KEnt is bounded on the East by the Narrow Seas On the West by Surrey On the South by Sussex And on the North by Essex It contains in length 60 miles In breadth 30. And in Circumference 170 miles The Air of this County is neither so serene nor wholsom as other parts of England are which is occasioned by the many Vapours that arise from the Sea and River of Thames which almost encompass the same making it a kind of Peninsula And as it is not so healthy and clear neither is it so cold as other parts of England especially in the lower places near the Sea for the Snow upon a Thaw in the Winter will sooner be dissolved in the Valleys than on the Hilly parts of this County For the Soil thus much in general may be said The Weald for Wood. East-Kent for Corn. Rumney for Meadow Tenham for an Orchard Sheppey and Reculver for Wheat Thannet for Barley And Hedcorn for the Brood of big fat and commended Capons The chief Commodities of this County are Corn and Fruit. It is in the Diocesses of Canterbury and Rochester and hath in it 408 Parishes Ten Members are elected out of it to sit in Parliament Knights 2 Canterbury 2 Rochester 2 Maidston 2 Queenborough 2 Its Division is into 5 Lathes 67 Hundreds viz. 1 Sutton Black Heath Bromeley Lesnes Axtane Rookesly Godsheath Westerham Somerden 2 Aylesford Hâ—o Shamele Toltingtroe Chetham Wortham Larkfield Littlefield Twyford Tunbridge Watchlingston West Bamfield Brenchley Marden Eghorne Maidstone 3 Scray Milton Tenham Feversham Becton Felbore Chart Wye Byircholt Galehill Ashford Blackborne Tenderden Barkley Cranbrooke Rolvenden Selbrightenden East Barnfield Newyndene 4 St. Augustine Ringslow Blengate Whitestable Westgate Downchamford Preston Bredge Kinghamford Seasalter Wingham Eastry Corniloe Bewksbrough Longport 5 Shepway Folkestane Lovingborne Stowting Heane Byrcholtsran Streats Worth Ham Langfoâ—t S. Martin Newchurch Alowsbridge Oxney In these Hundreds are contained 29 Market-Towns viz. Eltham M. Wrotham Tu. Lenham Tu. S. Mary Cray W. Westram W. Gouldhurst Wye Yhurs Rumney Th. Lydd Th. Fockestone Th. Bromley Th. Maidstone Th. Rochester Fr. Tunbridge Fr. Tenderden Fr. Smarden Fr. Woolwich Fr. Malinge Sa. Milton Sa. Cranbrooke Sa. Hyth Sa. Bartford Sat. Sevenoke Sat. Gravesend W. S. Feversham W. S. Canterbury W. S. Dover W. S. Sandwich W. S. Appledoor This County aboundeth with Navigable Rivers that of Medway which divideth the County being the chief In this County are also four Cinque-Ports viz. Dover Rumney Sandwich Winchelsey Of these four Dover with the Castle is the chief and by ancient Authors hath been accounted the Lock and Key to the whole Realm of England This County hath the happiness to be possessed of two Cities and Bishops Sees viz. Canterbury and Rochester strengthened with 27 Forts and Castles and graced with 8 of the Kings Palaces and beautified with many Stately Buildings The chief and principal City in this County is Canterbury the See of the Metrapolitan of England It lyeth in Latitude of 51 deg 17 min. And bears East from London being distant therefrom 44 miles Thus From London to Dartford 12. to Rochester 23. to Sittingborn 31. to Canterbury 44 miles But being measured upon the Road its distance from London is found to be 56 miles This City was as Historians record built 900 years before the Nativity of our Saviour and was the first erected School for Education in Arts and Sciences and was the motive which induced Sigibert King of the East Angles to lay his foundation for Cambridge University In this City were Married K. John and Isabella his Wife and also with the Marriages of
Kine In the year of our Lord 1348. a Plague began in London about Alhallontide and continued till the year 1357. which is 9 years where it was observed That those that were born after the beginning of this Mortality had but 28 Teeth whereas before they had 32. In Anno 1411. Guild-hall in London was built In the 4th year of Edw. the 3d. A Solemn Tournament or Jousting which lasted three days was held in Cheapside London near to Soper-lane where a Scaffold was erected for the Queen Philippa and her Ladies to sit on to see the Jousting which Scaffold fell and though there was no hurt done the King threatned to punish the Carpenters that erected it for their neglect till the Queen upon her knees intreated pardon for them In the 11th year of his Reign was so great a Plenty that in London A Quarter of Wheat was was sold for 2 s. A fat Oxe for a Noble A fat Sheep for 6 d. Five Pigeons for a Peny A fat Goose for two Pence A Pig for a Peny In the 14th year of Richard the 2d on Christmas day a Dolphin was taken up at London Bridge of a monstrous growth and 10 foot long In a Parliament time in this Kings Reign a certain Image was made of Wax by Necromancy which at an hour appointed uttered these words The Head shall be cut off The Head shall be lift up aloft The Feet shall be lift up above the Head This Parliament was called the Marvellous Parliament In the 3d year of Henry the 5th upon Candlemas Day 7 Dolphins came up the River of Thames whereof 4 were taken Upon the 8th of November in the 7th year of K. Henry the 6th the Duke of Norfolk passing through London Bridge His Barge being set upon the Piles overwhelmed so that 37 persons were Drown'd and the Duke with some others that escaped were fain to be drawn up with Ropes In the 18th year of Henry the 6th All the Lions in the Tower died And upon the 18th day of July in the same year the Postern Gate between the two Tower Hills sunk by night above 7 foot into the Ground In the 10th year of King Henry the 7th in the digging a new Foundation in the Church of St. Mary Hill in London the Body of Alice Hackney who had been Buried in that Church 175 years before was found whole of Skin and the Joynts of her Arms pliable her Corps was kept above ground 4 days without annoyance and then Buried again In the 15th year of his Reign was a great Plague of which there died in London in that year 30 Thousand persons In the 9th year of K. Henry the 8th there hapned a Sweating Sickness whereof a number of People died especially in London so thar in 3 and sometimes in 2 hours it took away mens lives It began in July and continued till the middle of December In the 20th year of his Reign in the end of May began another Sweating Sickness in London which infected all places of the Realm In the 27th year of Henry the 8th upon Tuesday in Easter VVeek William Foxley Pot-maker for the Mynt of the Tower of London fell asleep and could not be waked with pinching or burning till 14 days after and when he awaked was found in all points as if he had slept but one night and he lived 40 years after In the second year of Edward the 6th St. Anns Church by Aldersgate in London was consumed by Fire In his 5th year was a Sweating Sickness again more violent than those foregoing for in the first VVeek it began in London there died there 800 persons and it was so violent that it took men away in 24 hours sometimes in 12 and some in less In this Sickness besides divers Persons of Quality and account there died two Sons of Charles Brandon Duke of Suffolk both dying within an hour one of another and in such order that both of them died Dukes In the 2d year of Q. Mary on the 15th of February in the Sky appeared a Rainbow reversed i. e. the Bow downwards and the ends upwards Also 2 Suns shined at one time being a good distance asunder In the 4th year of her Reign Burning Agues and other-strange Diseases took away very many people so that in London between the 20th of October and the last of December there died seven Aldermen In her 5th year upon the last of September there fell such great store of Rain that Westminster Hall was full of VVater and Boats were rowed over Westminster Bridge into King-street In the 3d year of Q. Elizabeth the Spire of St. Paul's Cathedral in London being 260 foot high above the Stone-work being made of VVood and covered with Lead was with Lightning burnt down together with the Roof of the Church and Steeple and all in less than 5 hours time Also in this year of her Reign were produced many monstrous Births viz. a Mare brought forth a Foal with two Heads and a long Tail growing out between the two Heads A Sow farrowed a Pig with 2 Bodies 8 Feet and but one Head In her 6th year a great Pestilence raged in London whereof there died there in one year 21 Thousand and 5 Hundred persons In her 8th year there died in London in 10 Months space 7 Aldermen In her 15th year appeared the new Star or Comet in Cathedra Cassiopoea In her 17th year the River Thames Ebb'd and Flowed twice in one hour And upon the 9th of September the Heavens seemed to be all on fire In her 26th year was a great Plague in London of which there died besides the Lord Maior and three Aldermen 17 Thousand 8 hundred and 90. and Michaelmas Term was held at St. Albans In the first year of K. James the Plague was so violent in London that from the 23th of December to the 12th of December following there died in London and the Liberties 38 thousand 244 persons whereof of the Plague 30 thousand 568 of which in one Week 3 thousand and 90. In his 3d year a great Porpus was taken at West Ham a mile and half within the Land and a few days after a Whale was divers times seen above the Water in the River of Thames which was judged to exceed the biggest Ship upon the River but tasting the fresh Water retired into the Sea In his 6th year 1609. A Frost began in December and lasted till April following In the 12th year of his Reign the New-River Water was brought to London In the year 1623. on Friday Octob. 24. A Romish Priest Preached in the Afternoon at Hunsdon House in the Black Fryers London in an upper Chamber where 300 persons were assembled to hear him when about the middle of the Sermon a great part of the Floor brake and fell down in the fall whereof the Priest was slain and near 100 of his Auditors and as many more maimed In the 7th year of King Charles the First upon the 29th of May a
Star appeared visible at Noon the Sun shining clear at which time the King rode to St. Paul's Church to give thanks for the Queens safe delivery of her second Son Prince Charles now our most gracious Soveraign whom God grant long to Reign over us In the 8th year of his Reign near one half of the Houses upon London Bridge were burnt to the tops of the Arches In the year 1643. The most Magnificent Cross in Cheapside London was demolished In the 17th year of K. Charles the Second Began a dreadful Pestilence in the City of London continuing from the beginning of May till the end of December where there died in London and within the Bill of Mortality of the Plague and of other Diseases 97306. besides many more not taken account of On the 2d 3d 4th 5th of September in the 18th year of his Reign in the space of three days were in London consumed by Fire Fourscore and Ten Parish-Churches and above Thirteen Thousand Dwelling-Houses Norfolk THe County of Norfolk is bounded on the East by the German Ocean On the West by Cambridgeshire and Lincolnshire On the South by Suffolk And on the North by the German Ocean It containeth in length 50 Miles In breadth 35. And in Circumference 145 Miles The Temperature of the Air in this County is very sharp especially in the Champion and near the Sea and the Spring and Harvest here are very late The Soil in many places is very good but generally of Clay or fat Chalk And although it be healthy in some places yet by composture of Sheep the Heaths are made mighty Rich for Corn so that when they are laid again from bearing of Corn they yield a more sweet and plentiful feeding for Sheep The Chief Commodities of this County are Stuff Stockings Wool Corn Coals and Conies Herrings and other Fish It is in the Diocess of Norwich and hath in it 660 Parishes Out of it are Elected 12 Members to sit in Parliament Knights 2 Norwich 2 Kings-Lynn 2 Yarmouth 2 Thetford 2 Castle-rising 2 Its Division is into 31 Hundreds viz. Smethdon Brothercross North Grenehoe Halfe North Erpingham Tunstad Happing West Flegg Blowfield Tavatham South Erpingham Eynsford Gallowe Frecbridge Laundiche Milforde Forehoce Humbleyarde Hensteade Loe Clavering Earshaw Depwarde Dysse Guiltcrosse Shorpham Wayland South Grenehoe Walsham Clackelosse Grymshooe And in these Hundreds are 28 Market-Towns viz. Lyn Tues Sat. East Harling Tues Foulsham Tues Caston Tues Norwich W. F. S. Harlston Wed. Watton Wed. Attlebury Thurs Fakingham Thu. North Walsham Th. Dis Frid. Wymondham Fr. East Deareham Fr. Snetsham Fri. Walsingham Fri. Yarmouth Sat. Thetford Sa. Hingham Sa. New Bakenham Sa. Swafham Sa. Downham Sa. Holt Sa. Burnham Market Sa. Cromer Sa. Repham Sa. Alesham Sa. Worfled Sa. Sechy every second Monday Three New Markets Attlebury Southwold Winfield The Sea-Coasts of this County are very fortunate in Fish and on these Coasts are very good Harbours of which Lyn and Yarmouth are the Chief both of them of great Traffick And Wells and Blackney are next in estimation The chief place in this County is the ancient City of Norwich lying in the Latitude of 52 deg 12 min. and bears from London N E. by N. and is distant therefrom 90 miles Thus From London to Waltham Cross 12. to Ware 20. to Puckeridge 24. to Barkway 31. to Witlecford Bridge 41. to New-Market 53. to Thetford 69. to Attleborough 79. to Windham 84. to Norwich 90. But by a more accurate admeasurement upon the Road it is distant 108 miles It is a City flourishing in Peace Plenty Wealth and Honour It is situate upon the River Hierus in a pleasant Valley but upon rising ground In the 17th year of K. Stephen it was founded and made a Corporation In Edward the First 's time inclosed with a fair Wall It was first Governed by 4 Bailiffs Then by Henry the 4th in Anno 1403. erected into a Majoralty and County The Arms of this City are Gules a Castle triple Towred Argent in Base a Lyon of England or Passant Gardant Or. Lyn also in this County having been an ancient Borough under the Government of a Bailiff was by K. John made Liber Burgus who gave them a Cup which to this day honoureth their Corporation Henry the Third enlarged their Charter and granted them to choose a Maior Loco Praeposito unto whom K. Henry the 8th added 12 Aldermen a Recorder and other Officers and the bearing of a Sword before the Maior and further he changed their Name from Major Burgensis Lyn Episcopi to Major Burgensis Lyn Regis Yarmouth being the Key of the Coast seated by the Mouth of the River Year and is an ancient Member of the Cinque Ports being very well built and fortified This Town growing populous was by K. Henry the 3d made a Corporation under 2 Bailiffs The Earls and Dukes of Norfolk since the first Constitution Richard Gaiet E. of Norfolk William of Boloign E. of Norfolk Hugb Bigod E. of Norfolk Thomas Brotherton E. of Norfolk Tho. Moubray D. of Norfolk Richard of Shrewsbury D. of Norfolk L. Howard D. of Norfolk Things Remarkable in this County This County of Norfolk hath been infested with two remarkable Rebellions The first of them was commenced by John Litister a Dyer in Norwich calling himself King of the Commons who led 50 Thousand Soldiers into the Field and forcibly carried the Lord Morley and Scales and other Knights besides and caused them to serve him at his Table but he was shortly overthrown by Henry Spencer Bishop of Norwich and deservedly Hanged Anno 1381. The other was under the leading of Robert Ket a Tanner of Windham who in a Conflict forced the Lord William Par Marquess of Northampton to flight and slew the Lord Shefield in the Field but after many Outrages done to the City of Norwich was taken by John Dudley E. of Warwick having 5000 of his followers slain and himself takee and Hanged upon the top of the Castle Anno 1543. Cambden Reports that the Inhabitants of this County are naturally very capable of the niceties and quirks of the Law and those of them that bend their Studies that way prove generally excellent Lawyers On the Shore of this County viz. by Yarmouth is every year in the Month of September the worthiest fishing for Herrings in all Europe which draweth great concourse of People thither and maketh the Town much Richer all the year after The River Bure in this County is incredibly full of Fish In the River Tore by Norwich there is great plenty of a Fish they call a Ruffe which hath a Body all prickled over it delights in Sandy places and is much like a Perch in colour brown and duskish above but of a pale yellow beneath it is marked by the Chaws with a double course of half Circles the Eye for the upper part of it is of a dark brown and the lower part somewhat yellowish and the ball of it black
There is a line goes along the back which is as it were fastned to the body by an overtwart thrid it is all spotted with black specks over the Tale and Fins 'T is a wholsom Fish and eats tender and short as a Perch This Fish is rarely taken in any other River and this is observable of it that when the Fish is angry the Fins stand up stiff and after its anger is over they fall flat again At St. Bennets in the Holm Cockles and Periwinckles are digged out of the Ground The Ground about Winterton is the Richest Fattest Rottenest and easiest to Plough of any in England Upon the Shoar of this Shire Jet and Amber are often found and sometimes Hawks are taken Northampton-Shire IS bounded on the East by Cambridge-shire On the West by Warwickshire On the South by Buckinghamshire And on the North by Lincolnshire and Leicestershire It containeth in length 55 miles In breadth 26 miles And in Circumference 125 miles The Air is Temperate good and wholsom The Soil is Champion Rich and fruitful and it is well peopled and is the seat of many Noble Families of this Kingdom The Chief Commodities of this Shire are Corn Cattel Sheep and Wood. It is in the Diocess of Peterborough and hath in it 326 Parishes Out of it are elected 9 Members which sit in Parliament Knights 2 Peterborough 2 Northampton 2 Brackley 2 Higham-Ferrers 1 Its Division is into 20 Hundreds viz. Nassaburge Willibrooke Corby Polbrook Navisford Huxloe Rothwell Guylesborrow Orlington Fansey Newbottle Grove Spelboe Hamfordshoe Higham ferryes Wymersley Towcester Warden Norton Cleley Sutton And in these Hundreds are 13 Market-Towns viz. Rothwell Mond Thrapston Tuesd Tonchester Tues Kings Cliff Tu. Wellingborough Wed. Brackley Wedn. Daventry Wed. Kettering Friday Northampton Satur. Peterborough Sat. Oundle Sat. Higham Ferrers Rockingham The principal place in this County is the Town of Northampton lying in the Latitude of 52 deg 14 min. It bears from London N. W. and is distant therefrom 54 miles Thus From London to Barnet 10. to St. Albans 20. to Dunstable 30. to Stony-stratford 34. to Northampton 54. But by more accurate admeasurement upon the Road it is found to be 65 miles This Town is seated at the meeting and confluence of two Rivers and saith Speed for Circuit Beauty and Building may be ranked with most of the Cities of this Land It hath formerly been built all of Stone and walled about with a high and strong Wall This Town is yearly Governed by a Mayor two Bailiffs 12 Magistrates a Recorder a Town-Clerk a Common Council of 48 Burgesses with 5 Sergeants to execute business The Arms of this Town of Northampton are Gules a Watch-Tower on a Hill Proper supported by 2 Lions Rampant Or. The Names of the Earls of Northampton since the Norman Conquest Siward E. of Northampton Simon Scutlis E. of Northampton William Bohun E. of Northampton Humphrey Bohun E. of Northamp Thomas Woodstock E. of Northamp Humphrey Stafford E. of Northamp William Parr M. Henry Haward E. of Northamp Will. Compton E. of N. Things Remarkable in this County Upon the 26th of July 1469. at Edgcot in this County upon Danes Moor a bloody Battel was fought by the Lords of the North their Captains being Sir John Comers and Robin of Risdale against K. Edward the 4th William Herbert E. of Pembrook was the King's General who together with his Brother Richard and Richard Woodvill Lord Rivers Brother to the Queen with his Son were all four there taken with other 10 Gentlemen and all of them carried to Banbury and there Beheaded There were also 5000 of their men slain the greatest part whereof were Welsh men After this Victory Robin of Risdale hasted to the King's Mannor House at Grafton and there surprized Earl Rivers the Queens Father and his Son John and had them Beheaded at Northampton The Town of Northampton hath three times felt the smart of Civil Dissention The first was in Anno 1106. by Robert William and Henry Brethren and Sons to the Conqueror who spoiled it and all the Countrey adjoyning The second was Anno 1263. by K. Henry the 3d. who surprized it against his Rebellious Barons and broke down the Walls thereof The third was Anno 1459. in which Town was taken K. Henry the 6th by the Earls of Warwick and March supporters of the Title of York wherein were slain Humphrey Stafford D. of Buckingham John Talbot E. of Shrewsbury and the Lords Beamount and Egremount with many more and the King was by the Lords conveyed to London From some Ascents in this County may be seen at one view 30 Parish-Churches and many more Windmils By Collyweston in this County Slate Stones are digged The River Nun runs by the South side of Peterborough in the middle of which saith William of Swaffham is a Gulf so deep and cold withal that in Summer time no Swimmer is able to Dive to the bottom of it and yet it is never frozen in Winter for there is a Spring in it whence the Water always rises and bubleth up which keeps it from freezing Northumberland THis County is bounded on the East by the German Ocean On the West by Cumberland On the South by the Bishoprick of Durham And on the North by Scotland It containeth in length 60 miles In breadth 40 miles And in Circumference 145 miles The Temperature of the Air of this Shire of it self is sharp and piercing but the German Ocean doth somewhat abate the edge of this sharpness and helps to dissolve the Snow and Ice The Soil is barren having neither fertility of Ground for Corn or Cattel it being naturally rough and hard to be manured But those parts by the Sea side and by the River Tyne good Husbanding of it hath made it reasonable fertile The principal Commodities are Sea-Coals Fish and Fowl It is in the Diocess of Durham and hath in it 460 Parishes Out of it are elected 8 Parliament Men. Knights 2 New-Castle upon Tyne 2 Morpeth 2 Berwick upon Tweed 2 Its Division is not into Hundreds but into 6 Wards In the County are 6 Market-Towns viz. 1 New-Castle Tues and Sat. 2 Hexam Tues 3 Morpeth Wednes 4 Weller Thurs 5 Alnewick Satur. 6 Barwick Sat. The Principal Town in this County is New-Castle lying in the Latitude of 55 deg 3 min. It bears from London N. by W. And is distant therefrom 212 miles Thus From London to Waltham-Cross 12 miles to Ware 20. to Royston 33. to Huntington 48. to Stamford 69. to Grantham 85. to Newark 95. to Tuxford 105. to Doncaster 123. to Ferrybridge 134. to Tadcaster 142. to York 150. to Burrough-bridge 163. to Northallerton 176. to Darlington 186. to Durham 200. to New-Castle 212. But being accurately measured upon the Road the distance is found to be 276. It hath in it 4 Churches and a strong VVall about it in which there are eight Gates It is much ennobled by the Haven which the River Tyne maketh being of that
at Mace The Arms of the Town of Shrewsbury is Azure 3 Leopards heads Or. Things Remarkable in this County That the Air of this County is healthful as is aforesaid was versified in old Tho. Parre of Alderbury who was 152 years old who about two years before he died was brought up to London to K. Charles the First and dyed there in Anno 1635. At Wenlock in the time of Richard the Second was found a rich Mine of Copper At â—itchford in this Shire is a Well or Spring in a private man's Yard wherein floweth a thick skum of liquid Bitumen which being cleared and taken off one day will have the like upon it again on the morrow Upon that plot of Ground where the ancient City Wroxcester lay the Earth is more blackish than any elsewhere in the whole County and bears excellent good Barley In the third year of Q. Elizabeth the Town of Oswestre in this County 200 Houses in the space of two hours were consumed with Fire Dr. Fuller in his History of The Worthies of England quoteth a Proverb which is attributed to the Women of this County namely this He that Marries a Wife in Shropshire must carry her into Staffordshire or live in Cumberland The gingle of which Proverb and the reflexion of it upon the Women saying That this County of Shropshire affordeth as good Housewifes and as meek Women as any County in England of the like magnitude Somerset-Shire THis Shire is bounded on the East by Wiltshire On the West by Devonshire On the South by Dorsetshire And on the North by Gloucestershire It containeth in length 62 miles In breadth 32 miles And in Circumference 204 miles The Temperature of the Air is mild pleasing and delightful especially in the Summer Season The Soil is Wet Mirey and Moorish but as it is foul so it is fruitful and on every side garnished with delightful Meadows and beautified with many large Mansion-Houses and the Seven Sea beating upon it on the North side The chief Commodities of this County are Corn Cattel Lead and Bristol Stones It is in the Diocess of Bath and Wells and in it are contained 385 Parishes Out of it are elected 18 Members to sit in Parliament Knights 2 Bristol 2 Bath 2 Wells 2 Taunton 2 Bridgewater 2 Minehead 2 Ilchester 2 Milborn Port 2 Its Division is into 42 Hundreds viz. Chewe Chewton Bathforme Keynsham Bruton Cattesayshe Norton-ferry Frome Wellow Killmersdon Glaston Horethorne Wells and Melford Whitston North Curry Milverton Carhampton Wyllyton and Free-Mannor Whitleigh Canington North Petherton Anderfield Huntspill Puriton Abdicke Bulston Kingsbury S. Petherton Crewkerne Sommerton Pitney Stone Tintin hull Houndsborough Barwick Coker Martock Winterstoake Portbury Brempstone Brent Hartcliffe and Bedminster And in these Hundreds are 30 Market-Towns viz. Somerton Mond Chard Mond Glassenburrough Tu. N. Curry Tu Sat. Wivescomb Tu. Pensford Tu. Wrinton Tu. North Petherton Tu. Wincaunion W. Ilchester W. Taunton W. and S. Bristol W. and Sat. Bath W. and S. Wells W. and S. Frowmselwood Wed. Axebridge Th. South Petherton Th. Wellington Th. Bridgewater Th. Canesham Th. Shepton Mallet Fr. Evill Fr. Dunster Fr. Wruton Sa. Langport S. Crokehorn S. Ilmister S. Wattchet S. Dalverton S. Phillips Norton This County is famous for that in it are three Cities viz. Bath Wells and Bristol Bath taketh its name from the Wells or Springs which there break forth Bath taketh its name from the Hot Baths there But the principal City though not so ancient as the other two is Bristol It lies in the Latitude of 51 deg 32 min. It bears from London West and is distant therefrom 94 miles Thus From London to New Brainford 8 miles to Maidenhead 22. to Reading 32. to Newberry 47. to Marlborough 62. to Chipenham 77. to Marshfield 84. to Bristol 94. But by more accurate admeasurement upon the Road the distance from London is found to be 115 Miles This City is fair and well seated and for beauty may compare with any City in England of the bigness and may well deserve the old Saxon name Bright-stall whose pleasantness is much augmented by reason of the River Avon runs through the middle of it and the Severn running under all the Streets cleanses the City from all manner of filth It is not wholly seated in this County but one part of it is in Gloucestershire It is Governed both by a Bishop and a Maior a competent number of Aldermen and other Officers for the management of Civil affairs The Arms of the City is Gules a Castle upon a Hill by the Seaside and a helm of a Ship under Sail passing by all proper The Earls and Dukes of Somerset and Bath since the first Constitution Rheonald de Mohum Lord of Dunster and E of Somerset John Beauford Duke of Somerset Henry fits Roy Duke of Somerset Edward Somer Duke of Somerset Phllip Chamdew Earl of Bath John Boucheir Lord Fitz Warren Earl of Bath Henry Dawbney John Greenvile Earl of Bath Things Remarkable in this County Camalet a very steep Hill hard to be ascended on the top whereof are seen the Lineaments of a large and ancient Castle which is said to have been the Palace of King Arthur The Church-yard of Avelena or Glassenborough where K. Arthur's Sepulchre was searched for by Order of K. Henry the 2d and was there found under a Stone with an Inscription upon it almost 9 foot under ground The principal Rarity of this County is the Baths which are in number four viz. The Kings Bath The Queens Bath The Cross Bath And the Hot Bath The King's Bath lies in the middle of the City being about 60 foot Square and it hath about the middle of it many hot Springs rising whence it hath the greater heat The Queens Bath hath no Spring in it but only receives the Water from the King's Bath from which it is only divided by a Wall for which reason it is more Temperate than the Kings In these 2 Baths there is a Pump to Pump Water upon the Diseased where strong Embrocations are required The Croâ—â— Bath and the Hot Bath are in the West part of the City The Cross Bath is Triangular and about 25 foot long and as broad at one end It hath not so many Springs as the King's Bath and the Hot Bath have and therefore is of a more gentle heat About 100 foot from the Cross Bath is the Hot Bath so called because formerly when it was not so large as now it is it was much hotter than the rest Near the River Frome are Pit-Coals digged with which Smiths use to soften Iron By the Sea-side not far from Axbridge about the year 1625. a parcel of Land swelled up like a Hill and of a sudden clave asunder and fell down again into the Earth and in the place of it remains a great Pool At Kingsham in the Stone-Quarries there are found Stones in the form of Serpents At Bristol it Flows 13 or 14 foot in height every Tide
in this Shire that Hunters when they and their Horses are tired do drink of though it be in the hottest weather they both become presently as fresh as if they had not run at all Suffolk IS bounded on the East by the German Ocean On the VVest by Cambridgshire On the South by Essex And on the North by Norfolk It containeth in length 48 miles In breadth 24 miles And in Circumference 156 miles The Temperature of the Air is exceeding good and is by some Physicians thought to be the best in England especially in the parts about Bury The Soil consists of Clay and rich Marle The chief Commodities are Butter Cheese Linnen and Woollen Cloath It is in the Diocess of Norwich and hath in it 575 Parishes Out of it are Elected 16 Members to sit in Parliament Knights 2 Ipswich 2 Dunwich 2 Orford 2 Aldborough 2 Sudbury 2 Eye 2 St. Edmonds-Bury 2 Its Division is into 22 Hundreds viz. Lackford Thingoe Risbridge Babergh Thredwastrye Blackborn Stowey Conford Bosmere Sampford Colneis Carleford Thredling Hartesmere Floxone Lones Milford Plumesgate Blithing Wangford Mutford Lothingland And in these Hundreds are 29 Market-Towns viz. Orford Mon. Hadleigh Mon. Lavenham Tu. Mendlesham Tu. Halesworth Tu. Haverill Wedn. Bildeston Wed. Needham W. Woodbridge W. Lestoff W. Bury Wed. Stow-Market Th. Tansdale Th. Saxmundham Th. Sowley Th. Bungay Th. New-market Th. Ikesworth Fr. Moldenhall Fr. Clare Fri. Neyland Fr. Debenham Fr. Sudbury Sa. Aye Sa. Franglingham S. Aldborough S. Dunwich S. Becles S. Ipswich W. F. Sa. Newland The Principal Town is Ipswich lying in the Latitude of 52 deg 8 min. It bears from London N. E. and is distant from thence 55 miles Thus From London to Rumford 10 miles to Burntwood 15. to Chelmsford 25. to Keldon 35. to Colchester 43. to Ipswich 55. But by more accurate admeasurement on the Road it is found to be distant from London 68 miles This Town of Ipswich hath been formerly VValled about by a Rampire of Earth and is a Town which for Commerce and fair Buildings may deserve the name of a City and that no inferiour one neither for its Trade Circuit and Situation may equalize any part of the Land This Town is yearly Governed by two Bailiffs and Ten Port-men in Scarlet and 24 Common-Council men in Purple a Recorder a Town-Clerk 5 Sergeants whereof one is for the Admiralty a Beadle and common Cryer all in Blew with the Towns Arms on their Sleeves which Arms are Party per pale Gules a Lion Rampant Or. And Azure 3 Sterns of Ships Argent The Dukes and Earls of Suffolk created since the Conquest Robert Vfford Earl of Suffolk William de la Pool D. of Suffolk Charles Brandon D. of Suffolk Henry Gray D. of Suffolk Thomas Howard E. of Suffolk The Dukes and Earls of Clare created since the Norman Conquest Gilbert de Clare E. of Clare Lionel Son to K. Edward the 3d. D. of Clarence Thomas Lancaster Duke of Clarence George Brother to K. Edward the 4th D. of Clarence John Holes E. of Clare Things Remarkable in this County Besides the Principal in this County viz. Ipswich this Town of St. Edmonds Bury is remarkable For 1. In it was erected the first Christian Church by Sigebert K. of the East Angles in which K. Edmond was Buried and in Memory of him the famousest Monastery in the World erected 2. For the Beauty and Buildings of this Town and Abbey I shall refer the Reader to the Character which Leyland gives of it viz. This The Sun hath not seen a Town more finely seated or so delicately upon the East ascent of a Hill with a River running on the East side Nor a more stately Abbey either for Revennues or incomparable magnificence in whose prospect appeareth rather a City than a Monastery so many Gates for entrance and many of them Brass so many Towers and a most glorious Church upon which attend 3 others standing all in the same Church-yard all of them very fine and of curious Artifice Not far from this Town a great Battel was fought by Robert Bassu E. of Leicester against his Soveraign K. Henry the 2d But Bassu was overthrown by Ri. Lucye the King 's High Justice Bassu and his Wife taken Prisoners and many English and Flemings slain In the 30th year of K. Henry the 2d near unto Orford there was taken a Fish in the shape of a Man which Fish was kept by Barthol de Glandevile in the Castle at Orford above 6 Months he spoke not one word all manner of meats he eat but delighted chiefly in raw Fish often-times they brought him to the Church but he never shewed any sign of adoration at length for want of looking to he stole to the Sea and was never more seen At Downham Bridge near unto Ipswich in the 10th year of Queen Elizabeth 17 Monstrous Fishes some of them being 27 foot in length In the year 1555. a crop of Pease without sowing or Tillage grew in the Rocks between Orford and Aldebrough when by unseasonable weather a great Dearth of Corn was in the Land there in the Month of August were gathered above 100 Quarters and in blossoming remained as many more where Grass never grew nor Earth ever seen but 3 yards solid Rock under their Roots Surrey IS bounded on the East by Kent On the West by Hantshire and Barkshire On the South by Sussex And on the North by Middlesex the River Thames dividing those two Counties This County containeth in length 40 miles In breadth 37. And in Circumference 130 miles The Temperature of the Air is sweet and wholsom For the Soil saith Speed it is better stored for Game than Grain and the wholsomness of the Air issues from the Sandiness of the Soil And notwithstanding it is wealthy enough both in Corn and Pasture especially in the North parts towards the River of Thames The chief Commodities of this County are Corn Box Fullers Earth and Walnuts It is in the Diocess of Winchester and hath in it 140 Parishes Out of it are elected 14 Members which sit in Parliament Knights 2 Southwark 2 Blechingly 2 Ryegate 2 Guildford 2 Gatton 2 Haslemore 2 Its Division is into 13 Hundreds viz. Chersey Woking Fernham Godalming Emley Kingston Brixton Croydon Tanridge Reygate Copthorne Darking Black-Heath And in these Hundreds are 7 Market-Towns viz. Reygate Tues Darking Thurs Farnham Thurs Croydon Sat. Kingston Sat. Gilford Sat. Ewell Besides the Burrough of Southwark which keeps Market equal with London The principal Town in this County is Guilford lying in the Latitude of 51 deg 13 min. It bears from London S. W. by W. and is distant therefrom 25 miles Thus From London to Kingston 10 miles to Cobham 17. to Guildford 25. But by more accurate admeasurement it is found to be 30 miles from London This County saith Speed is barren indeed of Cities or Towns of great estate yet is she stored with many Princely Houses yea and 5 of His Majesties Palaces so
352 January 25. Gloucester Edward 3 1312 1326 January 25. 51 5 301 June 21. Westminster Richard 2 1366 1377 June 21. 22 3 279 September 29. Westminster The Line of Lancaster Henry 4 1367 1399 September 29. 13 6 265 March 20. Canterbury Henry 5 1584 1412 March 20. 9 5 256 August 31. Westminster Henry 6 1421 1422 August 31. 38 6 218 March 4. Windsor The Line of York Edward 4 1442 1460 March 4. 23 1 195 April 9. Winchester Edward 5 1433 1471 April 9. 0 2 195 June 18. Not known Richard 3 1448 1483 June 18. 2 2 193 August 22. Leicester The Families United Henry 7 1459 1485 August 22. 2 2 193 August 22. Leicester Henry 8 1491 1508 April 22. 2 2 193 August 22. Leicester Edward 6 1537 1547 January 28. 37 10 132 June 28. Windsor Q. Mary 1518 1553 July 6. 6 5 125 July 6. Westminster Q. Eliz. 1533 1558 November 17. 44 4 76 March 24. Westminster The Union of the two Kingdoms James 1566 1602 March 24. 22 0 53 March 27. Westminster Charles 1 1600 1625 March 27. 23 11 30 January 30. Windsor Charles 2 1630 1648 January 30. Whom God grant long to Reign A CATALOGUE of the Peers and Nobility of England according to their Precedence Dukes James Duke of York and Albany Earl of Vlster Lord High Admiral of England the King 's only Brother Created Jan. 27. 1643. Rupert Duke of Cumberland and Earl of Holdernesse Jan. 24. 1643. The Lord Chancellor Keeper Treasurer Privy Seal Take place of all the other Dukes Thomas Howard Duke of Norfolk Francis Seymour Duke of Somerset George Villiers Duke of Buckingham Christopher Monk Duke of Albemarle James Fitz-Roy Duke of Monmouth Henry Cavendish Duke of New-Castle Charles Lenos Duke of Richmond Charles Fitz-Roy Duke of Southampton Henry Fitz-Roy Duke of Grafton Marquesses Charles Pawlet Marq. of Winchester Henry Somerset Marq. of Worcester Henry Pierrepoint Marq. of Dorchester Earls The L. High Chamberlain of England Steward of the King's Houshold Chamberlain of the King's Houshold Take Place of all Earls in respect of their Places Aubry de Vere Earl of Oxford Charles Talbot Earl of Shrewsbury Anthony Grey Earl of Kent William Stanly Earl of Derby John Manours Earl of Rutland Theophil Hastings Earl of Huntington William Russell Earl of Bedford Philip Herbert Earl of Pembroke Edward Clinton Earl of Lincoln Charles Howard Earl of Nottingham James Howard Earl of Suffolk Charles Sackville Earl of Dorset and Middlesex James Cecill Earl of Salisbury John Cecill Earl of Excester John Egerton Earl of Bridgewater Robert Sidney Earl of Leicester James Compton Earl of Northampton Edward Rich Earl of Warwick Holland Will. Cavendish Earl of Devonshire William Fielding Earl of Denbigh John Digby Earl of Bristol Charles Sackvill Earl of Middlesex and Dorset Gilbert Holles Earl of Clare Oliver St. John Earl of Bullingbrook Charles Fane Earl of Westmorland Robert Montague Earl of Manchester Charles Howard Earl of Berkshire John Sheffield Earl of Mulgrave William Leg Earl of Marlborough Thomas Savage Earl of Rivers Robert Berty Earl of Lindsey John Cary Earl of Dover ex Charles Knollys Earl of Banbury Henry Mordant Earl of Peterborough Thomas Gray Earl of Stamford Heneage Finch Earl of Winchelsey Charles Dormer Earl of Caernarvan Mountjoy Blount Earl of Newport Philip Stanhop Earl of Chesterfield John Tufton Earl of Thanet Tho. Weston Earl of Portland Will. Wentworth Earl of Strafford Robert Spencer Earl of Sunderland Nicholas Lerke Earl of Scarsdale John Wilmot Earl of Rochester Henry Jermin Earl of St. Albans Edw. Montague Earl of Sandwich James Butler Earl of Brecknock Henry Hyde Earl of Clarendon Arthur Capel Earl of Essex Robert Brukenel Earl of Cardigan Arthur Annesley Earl of Anglesey John Greenvill Earl of Bath Charles Howard Earl of Carlisle William Craven Earl of Crave Robert Bruce Earl of Aylesbury Richard Boyle Earl of Burlington Henry Bennet Earl of Arlington Anth. Ashly Cooper Earl of Shaftsbury George Fitz-Roy Earl of Northumberland Henry Howard Earl of Norwich William Herbert Earl of Powys Edw. Henry Lee Earl of Litchfield Charles Fitz-Charles Earl of Plymouth Thomas Leonard Earl of Sussex Thomas Osborn Earl of Darby John Maitland Earl of Gilford Lewis de Duras Earl of Feversham Charles Earl of Burford Viscounts Leicester Devereux Viscount Hereford Francis Brown Viscount Montague James Fiennes Viscount Say and Seale Edward Conway Viscount Conway Baptist Noel Viscount Cambden William Howard Viscount Stafford Thomas Bellasis Viscount Faulconberg John Mordant Viscount Mordant George Savill Viscount Hallifax Robert Paston Viscount Yarmouth Francis Newport Viscount Newport of Bradford Barons George Nevill Lord Abergavenny James Touchet Lord Audly Charles West Lord De la Ware George Berkley Lord Berkley Thomas Parker Lord Morley and Montage Cogniers Darcy Lord Darcy and Meynel William Stourton Lord Stourton Henry Lord Sandys de la Vine Benj. Mildmay Lord Fitzwater Thomas Windsor Lord Windsor Wingfield Cromwell Lord Cromwell Ralph Eure Lord Eure. Philip Wharton Lord Wharton Will. Willoughby Lord Willoughby of Parham William Pagett Lord Paget Charles North Lord North and Baron Grey of Rolston William Bruges Lord Shandois James Berty Lord Norris William Petre Lord Petre. Digby Gerard Lord Gerard of Gerard Bromley Charles Stanhop Lord Stanhop Henry Arundell Lord Arundel of Wardour Christopher Roper Lord Tenham Robert Grevill Lord Brook Edw. Montague Lord Mountague of Boughton Ford Grey Lord Grey of Wark John Roberts Lord Roberts John Lovelace Lord Lovelace John Pawlet Lord Pawlet William Maynord Lord Maynard George Coventry Lord Coventry James Lord Esrick Charles Mohun Lord Mohun William Boteler Lord Boteler Edw. Herbert Lord Herbert of Cherbury Francis Seymore Lord Seymour Thomas Leigh Lord Leigh of Stoneleigh Christopher Hatton Lord Hatton Richard Byron Lord Byron Richard Vaughan Lord Vaughan Charles Smith Lord Carington Will. Widdrington Lord Widdrington Humble Ward Lord Ward Tho. Culpepper Lord Culpepper Isaac Astley Lord Astley John Lucas Lord Lucas John Bellasis Lord Bellasis Edw. VVatson Lord Rokingham Charles Gerard Lord Gerard of Brandon Gilbert Sutton Lord Lexinton Char. Kirkhaven Lord Wotton Marm. Langdale Lord Langdal Will. Croft Lord Croft dead John Berkley Lord Berkly of Stratton Denzil Holles Lord Holles Char. Cornwallis Lord Cornwallis George Booth Lord De la Mere. Horatio Townsend Lord Townsend John Crew Lord Crew John Frescheville Lord Frescheville Rich. Arundell Lord Arundel of Trerice Thomas Butler Lord Butler of Moor Park Thomas Clifford Lord Clifford of Chudley Richard Butler Lord Weston Charles North Lord Grey of Rollston and L. North of Cartlidge Heneage Finch Lord Daventry The Lords Spiritual Sancroft Arch-Bishop of Canterbury Rich. Sterne Arch-Bishop of York Isaac Barrow Bishop of St. Asaph Humphrey Lloyd Bishop of Bangor Peter Mew Bishop of Bath and Wells Guy Carleton Bishop of Bristol Edward Rainbow Bishop of Carlisle John Pierson Bishop of Chester Ralph Brideoake Bishop of Chichester Thomas Wood Bishop of Coventry Lichf William Lucie Bishop of St. Davids Nathanael Crew Bishop of Durham Peter Gunning Bishop of Ely Thomas Lamplugh Bishop of Excester John Prichard Bishop of Gloucester Herbert Crofts Bishop of Hereford VVilliam Lloyd Bishop of Landaffe Thomas Barlow Bishop of Lincoln Henry Compton Bishop of London Anthony Sparrow Bishop of Norwich John Fell Bishop of Oxford Joseph Henshaw Bishop of Peterborough John Dolben Bishop of Rochester Seth VVard Bishop of Salisbury George Morley Bishop of VVinchester James Fleetwood Bishop of VVorcester A CATALOGUE of all the Bishopricks in the two Provinces of Canterbury and York The Names of what Cities Shires or Counties are in each Diocess How many Parishes in each Diocess How many of them are Impropriations The Annual Revenue of each Bishoprick as it is in the Kings Book And how the Clergies Tenths are rated in each of them In the Province of CANTERBURY The Diocess of Canterbury Parishes Impropriations Valuation l. s. d. q. Clergies Tenths l. s. d. q. Kent part 257 000 2816-17-09-1 0651-18-02-1 St. Asaph Part of Denbigh Flint Montgomery Merioneth Shropshire 121 000 0187-11-06-0 0186-19-07-3 Bangor All Carnarvan Anglesey Part of Denbigh Montgomery Merioneth 107 036 0131-16-04-0 0151-14-03-1 Bath and Wells Somersetshire all 388 160 0533-01-03-0 0353-18-00-3 Bristol Bristol City Dorsetshire all 236 064 0338-08-04-0 0353-18-00-3 Chichester Parishes Impropriations Valuation l. s. d. q. Clergies Tenths l. s. d. q. Sussex all 250 112 0677-01-00-3 0287-02-00-3 Coventry and Lichfield All Darbyshire Staffordshire Part of VVarwickshire Shropshire 557 250 0559-18-02-3 0590-16-11-1 Eely All Cambridgeshire Eely Isle 141 075 2134-18-05-3 0384-14-09-1 St. Davids All Pembrookshire Cardiganshire Radnorshire Brecknockshire Part of Monmouth Hereford Montgomery Glamorgan 308 120 0457-01-10-3 0336-14-10-0 Excester All Devonshire Cornwall 604 239 0500-00-00-0 1200-15-02-0 Gloucester Parishes Impropriations Valuation l. s. d. q. Clergies Tenths l. s. d. q. Gloucestershire all 267 125 0315-17-02-0 0358-15-00-0 Hereford Herefordshire all Shropshire part 313 136 0768-10-06-3 340-02-02-2 Landaffe Part of Glamorgan Monmouth 107 098 0154-14-01-0 155-05-04-0 Lincoln All Lincolnshire Leicestershire Bedfordshire Buckinghamshire Huntingdonshire Hertfordshire part 1255 577 0894-10-01-2 751-14-06-0 London All Middlesex Essex Part of Hertfordshire 622 189 1119-08-40-0 821-15-01-0 Norwich All Norfolk Suffolk 1181 385 0899-18-07-2 1117-13-00-1 Oxford Parishes Impropriations Valuation l. s. d. q. Clergies Tenths l. s. d. q. Oxfordshire all 195 88 0354-16-04-2 255-08-00-0 Peterborough All Northamptonshire Rutlandshire 293 91 0414-19-11-0 520-16-08-0 Rochester Kent Part. 098 36 0358-03-02-1 222-14-06-3 Salisbury All Barkshire VViltshire 544 109 1367-11-08-0 901-08-01-0 Worcester VVorcester all VVarwickshire part 241 071 1049-17-03-3 228-00-00-0 Winchester All Surrey Southampton Isle of VVight Isle of Jersey Isle of Garnsey Sark and Ald. 362 131 2973-04-02-3 846-01-00-0 In the Province of YORK The Diocess of York  Impropriations Valuation l. s. d. q. Clergies Tenths l. s. d. q. Nottinghamshire Yorkshire part 581 336 1609-19-02-0 1113-17-09-3 Carlisse Cumberland part VVestmorland all 093 018 0530-04-11-2 0161-01-07-2 Chester All Cheshire Lancashire Part of Yorkshire Cumberland 256 101 0420-01-08-0 0435-12-00-0 Durham Durham all Northumberland part Yorkshire part 135 087 1821-01-05-1 0385-05-06-2 Man The Isle of Man 017 The Total Number of Dukes 11 Marquesses 3 Earls 73 Viscounts 11 Barons 66 Baronets 668 Arch-Bishops 2 Bishops 24 Principal Secretaries of State 2 Judges 12 Judges of the Court of Kings Bench 4 Judges of the Court of Common Pleas 4 Barons of Exchequer 4 Counties in England 39 Counties in VVales 13 Islands 8 Parliament Men 509 Hundreds 768 Market-Towns 713 Parishes 9241 FINIS
K. Henry the Third and K. Edward the First And with the Interments of Edward the Black Prince Henry the Fourth and Joan his Wife And at Feversham were interred K. Stephen and Maud his Queen After divers afflictions by the Danes this City was at length fortified by Richard the Second and afterwards Walled about by Simon Sadbury Arch-Bishop of that See Next to Canterbury Rochester requires the preheminence of all the other Towns Historians report that this City was first built by Julius Caesar How or by whom these two Cities are Governed I do not find But the Arms of Canterbury is Gules Martlets in a Chief Argent a Lyon Passant Guardant Or. And the Arms of Rochester is Argent a Plain Cross Gules with an R in the Centre Or. In Chief a Lyon of England The Earls since the first Constitution are Odo Bishop of Boyen Will. Iprese E. of Flan. Hubert de Burgh Edmond Woodstock Tho. Holland Edmond Graye Things remarkable in this County are The Medicinal Wells at Tunbridge the Virtues of the Waters of them are sufficiently known At Egerton is a Spring whose Water turns Wood into Stone Three miles South from Tunbridge on the edge of Sussex in a white sandy Ground are divers huge craggy Stones of strange forms whereof two of the greatest stand so close together and yet are divided with so streight a Line as one would think they had been sawn asunder The River of Medway loseth it self under ground and riseth again at Loose not far from Cox-Heath There are three Ridges of Hills in Kent viz. The first is that which runs by Boxtey Dettling Hellingborn c. and is called Health without Wealth The second is that which runs by Sutttonulcomb Booton Malherf c. and is called Health and Wealth The third is that which runs by Tenderden and is called Wealth without Health At Motingham 8 miles from London in Anno 1585. August the 4th after a violent Tempest of Thunder and Rain the Ground suddenly began to sink and three great Elms growing upon it were carried so deep into the Earth that no part of them could any more be seen The compass of the hole is said to be 240 foot about and a Line of 50 Fathom plummed down into it finds no bottom In Tenderden-Steeple about the Belfrey there is a Stone which as the Rain falls upon it out of the Air or the Rain drippings from other Stones about it grows in about 5 or 6 years very manifestly which having been pared away with an Instrument grows up again as high as before Upon the Shoars of the Isle of Sheppey are found weighty Stones out of which Brimstone and Coperas are tryed by boyling them in a Furnace for that purpose Near unto Feversham are Pits of great depth narrow at the mouth and very broad below which have distinction of Rooms or Chambers within them and Pillars of Chalk as it were to support them Great store of Samphire grows on the Cliffs between Deal and Dover At Dengenesse for a mile and more together do naturally grow abundance of hollow Trees among nothing but Beach and Pebbles And Westward from this place Pease grow naturally in Clusters as Grapes do which differ but little in taste from Field Peasen Also between Thâ—net Isle and Sandwich a kind of Hops grow natural y among the Beach and Pebbles In the Isle of Sheppey there are no Moles and if any be carried over thither they suddenly dye The River Stowre that runs through Canterbury breeds the best Trouts in the South-east parts of England At Boxley-Abby about 2 miles from Maidstroe is a Spring the water whereof in 9 days will turn Sticks and small Wood into Stone In the year 1596 upon the 18th of December a mile and half from Westram Southward and not many miles from Motingham Two Closes lying together separated with a Hedg of hollow Ashes then was found a part thereof about 12 Perches long to be sunk six foot and an half deep the next morning 15 foot more the third morning 80 foot more at least and so daily that great Trench of Ground containing in length about 80 Perches and in breadth 28 Perches began with the Trees and Hedges on it to loose it self from the rest of the Ground lying round about it and withal to move and shoot Southward day and night for Eleven days The Ground of two water Pits the one 6 foot deep the other 12 foot deep and about 4 Perches over in breadth having sundry Tuffs of Alders and Ashes growing in the bottom with a great Rock of Stone under them were not only removed out of their places and carried towards the South at least 4 Perches apiece but withal mounted aloft and became hilly with their Sedge Flags and black mud upon the tops of them higher than the face of the Water which they had forsaken by 9 foot and in the place from which they were removed other Ground which lay higher is descended receiving the Water which lyes upon it Moreover in one place of the plain Field there is a great hole made by sinking of the Earth to the depth of 30 foot at the least being in breadth in some places 2 Perches over and in length 5 or 6 Perches Also there is a Hedge 30 Perches long carried Southward with his Trees 7 Perches at the least Divers other Sinkings there be in several other Places viz. One of 60 foot another of 47 and another of 34 foot By means of which confusion it is come to pass that where the highest Hills were there be the deepest Dales and the lowest Dales are become the highest Hills The whole measure of breaking was about 10 Acres In the year 1651. in the Parish of Lenisham 6 miles from London a Medicinal Water was found out and is much frequented Lancashire IS bounded on the East by Yorkshire On the West by the Irish Sea On the South by Cheshire And on the North by Cumberland and Westmorland It contains in length 57 miles In breadth 32 miles And in Circumference 65 miles For the Temperature of the Air it is thin and piercing and not troubled with gross Mysts or Fogs The People are very Comely Strong Healthful long liv'd and not subject to Novel Diseases For the Soil It is not very fruitful yet it breeds a great number of Cattel and those of a very great proportion having goodly Heads and large spread Horns It yieldeth great store of Coles and a competent increase of Flax. The Plain of this County is very good for Wheat and Barley but that which lyes at the bottom of the Hills is best for Oats The chief Commodities that this County affords are Cole Cattel Fowl Fish and Flax. It is in the Diocess of Chester and hath in it 61 Parishes And out of it are elected 14 Members to sit in Parliament Knights 2 Lancaster 2 Preston 2 Newton 2 Wigan 2 Clitherow 2 Liverpoole 2 Its Division is into 6 Hundreds viz. Loynsedale