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

my Author that the Sea hath overflowed much Land on this Coast About Kilgarran are abundance of Salmons taken And there also is a place called Salmons-Leap for this Reason The Salmon coveteth to get into fresh-water Rivers to Spawn and when they come to places where the water falls down suddenly from some higher place as many such there be they use this piece of natural Policy They bend themselves backward and take their Tails in their Mouths and with all their force unloosing their Circle on a suddain he mounteth up before the fall of the Stream And therefore these downright Falls or rather Cataracts of water are called Salmon-Leaps In the Island of Scalmey on the West side of this Shire there grows abundance of wild Thyme Radnorshire THis Shire is bounded on the East by Herefordshire On the West and South by Brecknockshire And on the North by Montgomeryshire It containeth in length 27 miles In breadth 20 miles And in Circumference 8 miles This Shire hath cold Air and sharp because of the Snow lying long unmelted under the shady Hills and hanging Rocks of which there are many The Soil saith Speed is hungry though not barren but that on the East and South parts is the best The North and West are rough and churlish and hardly bettered by painful Labour so that they serve chiefly for the reering of Cattel and Horses Their Commodities are Cattel Cheese and Horses It is in the Diocess of Hereford And hath in it 52 Parishes Out of it are elected 2 Members to sit in Parliament Knight 1 Radnor 1 Its Division is into 6 Hundreds viz. Knighton Rayadergowy Kevenllice Radnor Poinscastle Collowyni And in these Hundreds are 3 Market-Towns viz. New Radnor Thurs Knighton Thurs Prestaine Saturday The Shire-Town is Radnor It lies in the Latitude of 52 deg 22 min. It bears from London W. N. W. And is distant therefrom 115 miles Thus From London to Worcester 85 miles as in Worcestershire to Radnor 115. But by more accurate admeasurement the distance is found to be 148 miles from London The Town of Radnor is pleasantly seated under a Hill whereon formerly stood a large and strong Castle Although Radnor be the Shire-Town yet Prestayn for beauteous Building is the best in this Shire a Town of good Commerce and Trade and of late years much frequented There is no Remarque of note in all this Shire OF THE ISLANDS ABOUT England I. Of MAN Island THis Island lyeth open on the East against Lancashire On the West against Ireland On the South against Anglesey And on the North against Scotland It containeth in length 35 miles In breadth in the broadest place 10 miles And in Circumference 82 miles The Air is cold and sharp and needs must having for a shelter nothing but a Wall of Water The Soil is reasonable fruitful both for Corn and Cattel and by the industry of the Inhabitants yieldeth sufficient of every thing for its self and a moderate supply for other Countries The chief Commodities are Corn Cattel Fish Hemp and Flax. The People of this Island are happy in this That all Controversies are there determined by certain Judges whom they call Deemsters chosen among themselves without Writings or other charges If any complaint be made to the Magistrate of wrong done or received he presently takes up a Stone and fixeth his mark upon it and delivereth it to the Plaintiff by vertue of which he both calls his Adversary to appearance and also Summons his Witnesses If the Cause be more difficult or litigious and cannot be ended by the Magistrate it is then referred to 12 men whom they term The Keys of the Island This Island is so well managed for Civil Rule and Government that every man there possesseth his own in peace and safety No man liveth in fear of losing what he hath And the men there are not inclinable to Robbing Pilfering or Licentious living The Inhabitants are generally Religiously given and do much Reverence to their Pastors daily frequenting the Church and avoiding all Controversies either Ecclesiastical or Civil The Gentrey do much imitate the people of Lancashire both for their honest Carriage and good House-keeping Things Remarkable in this Island The middle part of this Island riseth up with high Hills the highest of which is called Sceafull from the top whereof upon a cleer day a man may easily behold three Kingdoms at once viz. England Scotland and Ireland The Women of this Countrey whensoever they go out of their doors gird themselves about with their Winding-sheet that they purpose to be Buried in to shew themselves mindful of their Mortality If a Woman at any time be condemned to die she is sowed up in a Sack and flung from a Rock into the Sea In the South part of the Island the Speech of the Inhabitants doth much incline to the Irish Tone as the Northern Inhabitants Speech doth to the Scotch The Island is defended by 2 Castles in it are 14 Parishes and 5 Market-Towns II. Of WIGHT Island THis Island is encompassed round with the Brittish Sea It containeth in length 20 miles In breadth 12 miles and in Circumference 60 miles The Air is delightful and very wholsom The Soil is very fruitful produceing Corn not enough only to supply the Inhabitants of the Island but to supply other neighbouring people The Sea about this Island is exceeding full of Fish And the Land is well stored with Grain and Cattel and almost all places are stored with Conies Hares Partridges and Pheasants The chief Commodities are Cattel Sea-Fowl Corn and Fish It is in the Diocess of Worcester And hath in it 36 Parishes It s Division is into two Medens viz. East-Meden West-Meden In it are 3 Market-Towns The Principal Town in this Island is Newport lying in the Latitude of 50 deg 35 min. This Town of Newport is well seated and much frequented It is very populous It hath an entrance into the Island from the Haven and a passage for Vessels of small Burthen unto the Key It is Governed by a Maior and Burgesses Things Remarkable in this Island In the year of Christ 1176. in this Island it raigned a Shower of Blood which continued the space of 2 hours III. Of JERSEY Island THis Island lyeth upon the Brittish Sea and hath upon the North parts the Coasts of Hampshire and on the South the Countrey of Normandy It containeth in length 10 miles In breadth 6 miles And in Circumference 38 miles It is a very delightful and pleasant Island The Soil is very fertile and produceth great store of Corn and Cattel but especially Sheep in abundance whose Wool is very fine and white of which they make Stockings The chief Commodities are Fish Cattel Sheep Lobsters Wool and in Summer the best Lobsters England affords Firing as Wood is very scarce and their chief firing is Turff Furze c. In the Island are 12 Parishes and 4 Castles The Captain is the Governour of the Island who appointeth

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