of Buckingham meant to pass with his Army over Severn there was so great an Inundation of Water that Men were drowned in their Beds Houses were over-turned Children were carried about the Fields swimming in Cradles Beasts were drowned on Hills Which rage of Water continued ten days and has been ever since called The Duke of Buckingham's Water The most NOTABLE EVENTS In the Reign of King HENRY the VII KIng Henry the VII whether doubting A. D. 1485. The King's Guard first ordained any sudden Attempt upon his Person or whether he dâ—â—d it to follow the Example of France â—â— the â—â—ery beginning of his Reign he ordered a Band of tall personable Men to be attending upon him which was called the King's Guard which no King before and all Kings since have used In this King's Time was the sweating-Sickness The Sweating Sickness its Cure in London of which two Lord Mayors and six Aldermen died in eight days time The Cure for it was If it took them in the day to lye down in their Cloaths for 24 hours and not stir if in the night not to stir out of Bed for the like time and to keep themselves from motion as much as could be In the 2d year of King Henry the VII A Carver made Sheriff of London John Persival the Mayor of London's Carver waiting at his Table was chosen one of the Sherifss of London only by Sir John Collet's then Mayor drinking to him in a Cup of Wine as the custom is to drink to him whom he list to name Sheriff and forthwith the said Persival sate down at the Mayor's Table and covered his Head and was afterward Mayor himself In the 6th year of Henry the VII thâ—â— Granada won by the Spaniards Spaniards won the great and rich City and Countrey of Granada from the Moors and thereupon the King of Spain was entituled The Catholick King In the Month of May was holden a solemn A Justs at Sheen Justing at the King's Palace of Sheen now called Richmond which continued the space of a Month in which Justs Sir James Parker running against a Gentleman named Hugh Vaughan by reason of a faulty Helmet was hit in the Mouth at the first Course so that his Tongue was born to the hinder part of his Head so that he died upon the Place This King by his good Husbandry and His Riches at his Death oppression of his Subjects by those hated Persons Empson and Dudley left behind him at his Death 1800000 l. This King was the first that ordained a Yeomen of the Guard when first instituted Company of tall strong men naming them Yeomen of the Guard to be attending about the Person of the King to whom he appointed a Livery by which to be known and a Captain by whom to be chosen In this Time was made that excellent First suing in forma pauperis Law for admission of poor Suitors in forma Pauperis without paying Fee to Councellor Attorney or Clerk Another That Murtherers should be First Burning in the Hand burnt on the brawn of the left Hand with the Letter M. and Thieves with the Letter T. so that if they offended a second time they should have no mercy but be put to death and this to reach to all Clerks convict In his 18th year King Henry being himself The Name of Merchant-Taylors first given a Brother of the Taylors Company as divers Kings before had been viz. Richard the III. Edward the IV. Henry the VI. Henry the V. Henry the IV and Richard the II. also 11 Dukes 28 〈◊〉 and 48 Lords he now gave to them the Name and Title of Merchant-Taylors as a Name of Worship to endure for ever In this King's Time the Priviledge of Sanctuaries abrogated Sanctuaries was very much abated with permission of the Pope In his 1â—â—th year on Bartholomew-day Large Hail-stones at the Town of St. Needs in Bedfordshire there fell Hailstones that were measured 18 inches about The most notable and extraordinary EVENTS In the Reign of King HENRY the VIII AMongst many of King Henry the A. D. 1509. Masking first in England Eighth's jovial Devices he at Greenwich with II more was disguised after the manner of Italy called A Mask a thing not seen before in England They were apparelled all in Garments long and broad wrought all with Gold with Vizards and Caps of Gold and after the Banquet done these Maskers came in with six Gentlemen disguised in Silk bearing staff-Torches and desired the Ladies to dance and after they had danced and communed together took their leave and departed In a War that King Henry the VIII had The Emperor takes Pay of King Henry with France the Emperor Maximilian took Pay of King Henry as his Souldier an Honour never done before to any King of Europe It is a strange thing what George Buchanan relates as being present of James now King of Scotland who intending to have a A strange Vision War with England a certain old Man of venerable Aspect and clad in a long blue Garment came to him and leaning familiarly on the Chair where the King sate said I am sent to thee O King to give thee warning that thou proceed not in the War thou art about for if thou do it will be thy ruine And having so said he pressed through the Company and vanished out of sight for by no enquiry it could be found what became of him Pope Julius the II. sent to King Henry a Henry the VIII had the Title of Christianissimus Cap of Maintenance and a Sword and being angry with the King of France transferred by Authority of the Lateran Council the Title of Christianissimo from him upon King Henry Soon after which King A Justing Henry had a Justs wherein himself and the Duke of Suffolk were Defendants against all comers who having the Duke of Longueville and the Lord of Clermont to be Spectators spread the Fame of their Chivalry into foreign Nations He used a new kind of Justing in manner volant as fast as one could follow another which was very delightful to the Beholders This King and Francis King of France A magnificent Interview had an Interview which was so magnificent that the Vale of Audrea where they met is since called The Camp of Cloth of Gold The Particulars are too tedious for this place so that he that would see more may find it at large in Page 266. This King for writing against Luther The Title of Defender of the Faith given had by the Pope the Title given him of Defender of the Faith In this King's Time Sir William Fitz-Williams A noble Action landing in the Haven of Trâ—â—pert with 700 Men he beat 6000 French that sought to impeach his Landing took their Bulwarks and much Ordnance in them burned the Suburbs of the Town of Treport and all in five hours and then returned A. D. 1531.
An Act was made That Annats forbidden to be paid to Rome Bishops should pay no more Annats or Money for Bulls to the Pope forasmuch as it was proved there had been paid for Bulls of Bishops since the 4th year of Hâ—â—nry the VII an 160000 l. besides what had been paid for Pardons and other Dispensations Another Act was also then made That No more Appeals to Rome no Person should appeal for any Cause out of this Realm to the Court of Rome but from the Commissary to the Bishop and from the Bishop to the Archbishop and from the Archbishop to the King and all Causes of the King to be tryed in the Upper House of the Convocation The Clergy of England being now charged King Henry supream Head of the Church by the King's Council to be in a Praemunire for maintaining the Cardinal Woolsey's Legantine Power in their Convocation concluded an humble Submission in writing and offered the King an 100000 l. to have their Pardon by Parliament Which Offer after some labour was accepted and their Pardon promised in which Submission the Clergy called the King The supream Head of the Church About the Time that this King married Obligations of Knighthood Ann Bullen all men that had 40 l. a year Land were either obliged to be Knighted or to pay a Fine In the 26th year of this King there was The Pope's Authority abolished an Act made which authorized the King to be supream Head of the Church of England and the Pope's Authority to be utterly abolished On the 10th of June 1541. Sir Edmund The Manner and Ceremony of cutting off the Hand of one that strikes in the King 's Court. Knevet of Norfolk Kt. was arraigned before the Officers of the Green-cloth for striking Mr. Cleer of Norfolk within the Tennis-Court of the King's House Being found guilty he had Judgment to lose his right Hand and to forfeit all his Lands and Goods Whereupon there was called to do Execution First The Serjeant-Surgeon with his Instruments pertaining to his Office then the Serjeant of the Wood-yard with a Mallet and a Block to lay the Hand upon then the King's Master-Cook with a Knife to cut off the Hand then the Serjeant of the Larder to set the Knife right on the Joynt then the Serjeant-Farrier with fearing Irons to fear the Veins then the Serjeant of the Poultry with a Cock which Cock should have his Head smitten off on the same Block and with the same Knife then the Yeomen of the Chandry with Searcloths then the Yeomen of the Scullery with a Pan of Fire 〈◊〉 heat the Irons and two Forms for all Officers to set their Stuff on then the Serjeant of the Cellar with Wine Ale and Beer then the Serjeant of the Ewery with Bason Ewer and Towels All things being thus prepared Sir William Pickering Knight-Marshal was commanded to bring in his Prisoner to whom the Chief Justice declared his Offence which the said Knevet confessed and humbly submitted himself to the King's mercy only he desired the King would spare his right Hand and take his left Because said he if my right Hand be spared I may live to do the King good service Of whose Submission and reason of his Suit when the King was informed he granted him to lose neither of his Hands and pardoned him also of his Lands and Goods A. D. 1542. About this Time Arthur Vicount Lisle dieth of excess of Joy Plantagenet Vicount Lisle base Son to King Edward the IV. having been imprisoned upon suspicion of a Practice for betraying of Callice to the French whilst he was the King's Lieutenant there was found to be innocent of the Fact And thereupon the King to make him some reparation for his Disgrace sent him a Ring and a very gracious Message whereat the Vicount took so great Joy that the night following of that very Joy he died In the 30th year of this King it was ordained First Registers in Churches by Cromwel the King's Vicar-General That in all Churches there should be kept a Register of every Wedding Christning and Burial within the same Parish for ever In his 31st year the King first instituted First Gentlemen Pensioners and appointed 50 Gentlemen called Pensioners to wait upon hâ—â—s â—â—erson assigning to each of them 50 l. a year for the maintenance of themselves and two Horses In his 37th year the Brothel-houses Stews put down called the Stews on the Bank-side in Southwark were put down by the King's Commandment and it was done by Proclamation and sound of Trumpet In his 23d year it was enacted That Meat sold by weight Butchers should sell their Meat by weight Beef for a half penny the pound and Mutton for three farthings King Henry in his 24th year built his St. James built Mansion-house of St. James where he made a fair Park In this King's Time one Foxley Pot-maker A great Sleeper to the Tower of London fell asleep and could not be wakened at 14 days In this King's Time also lâ—â—ved Anthony Anthony Fitz-Herbert Fitz-Herbert who has writ 〈◊〉 learnedly of the Law The most NOTABLE EVENTS In the Reign of King EDWARD the Sixth THE Reign of King Edward the VI. A. D. 1547. A miraculous Victory was ushered in with a miraculous Victory over the Scots the Duke of Somerset the Protector of England being General of the English Forces in which Battel there were of the Scots slain above 14000 and on the English Party only 50 Horse-men and one Foot-man After some Rebellions in the West in An uncourteous Guest this King's days Sir William Kingston being Provost-Marshal one Boyer Mayor of Bedwin in Cornwal had been amongst the Rebels but enforced The Provost sent him word he would come and dine with him the Mayor hereupon made great Provision A little before Dinner the Provost took the Mayor aside and required him to put up a pair of Gallows against Dinner was done which the Mayor did Presently after Dinner the Provost taking the Mayor by the Hand entreated him to lead him to the Gallows where being come he asked the Mayor If they were strong enough Yes said the Mayor Well then said the Provost get you up speedily for they were provided for you and the Mayor was hanged accordingly A. D. 1551. In the Reign of King Edward English Laws in Ireland the VI. the charge was given that Ireland should be governed by English Laws In a Parliament in the 4th year of this Priests Children legitimate A Miraculous Birth King Priests Children were legitimate In his 6th year at Middleton-stony 11 miles from Oxford a Woman brought forth a Child which had two perfect Bodies from the Navel upwards the Legs for both the Bodies grew out at the middle where they both were joyned and had but one Issue for the Excrements of them both They lived 18 days and were Women-Children This year also were
1189. Order of the Garter whence began from blue Ribbons that King Richard the I. gave to his Noblemen with an Oath to be true to him when he was going his Expedition into the holy Land When King Richard was in the holy A City that was built before theFlood Land he took particular care of Joppa and put a Colony in it of Christians for that it is a City of Palestine that was built before the Flood and hath belonging to it a Haven of great convenience After this Expedition of King Richard's Whence the Title of Kings of Jerusalem into the holy Land the Kings of England for a long time were styled Kings of Jerusalem A worthy Servant Once when the King was hawking in the holy Land he was set upon by several Turks and had not escaped but that one of his Servants named William de Batrellis cryed out in the Saracen Tongue That himself was King and so to save his King let himself be taken King Richard sitting once at Dinner in His strange haste to relieve Vernoil his little Hall was advertised that King Philip had besieged Vernoil He was so moved at it that he presently caused 〈◊〉 Wallbefore him to be beat down and swore a great Oath that he would not turn his face until he were revenged Thus in haste he goes to Vernoil whither he was no sooner come but the King of France made as much haste to be gone not without some loss and more disgrace In this Time there was a Trouble at Robin Hood and little John home though not to the King yet to the Kingdom For Robin Hood accompanied with one little John and a 100 stout Fellows more molested all Passengers upon the High-way of some it is said that he was of noble Blood at least made noble no less than an Earl for some deserving Services but having wasted his Estate in riotous Courses very Penury forced him to take this course in which yet it may be said that he was honestly dishonest for he seldom hurt any Man never any Woman spared the Poor and only made prey of the Rich till the King setting forth a Proclamation to have him apprehended it hapned he fell sick at a certain Nunnery in Yorkshire called Berkleys and desiring there to be let Blood was betrayed and bled to death This King granted the City of London to Mayor and Sheriffs first of London be governed by two Sheriffs and a Mayor as now it is and to give the first of these Magistrates the Honour to be remembred The Names of the Sheriffs were Henry Cornhill and Roger Reyner and the Name of the first Lord Mayor was Henry Fitz-Alwin who continued Mayor during his Life which was 24 years Fabian only says these were Bayliffs and that there was no Mayor or Sheriffs of London till the 10th year of King John A certain Priest told King Richard that King Richard's Daughters how disposed he had three Daughters viz. Pride Covetousness and Leachery which the King taking merrily called the Company about him and said I am told by a Priest here that I have three Daughters and I desire you to be witness how I would have them bestowed My Daughter Pride upon the Templers and Hospitalers my Daughter Covetousness upon the Monks of the Cistercian Order and my Daughter Leachery upon the Clergy NOTABLE EVENTS In the Reign of King JOHN ABout this Time William King of Scots A. D. 1199. came to London to visit King John William King of Scots did Homage to King John and there did Homage to him for his Kingdom of Scotland though some say but only for the Counties of Northumberland and Cumberland King John divorced his Wife Avis for King John divorceth his Wife being akin to him in the 3d. degree and marries another This King being at variance with his Nobles they sent to Lewis the French King's Son to head them who came over and was kindly received at London This King made very hard Taxations of Barbarous Cruelty all Persons especially of the Jews amongst whom there was one that would not be ransomed till the King caused every day one of his great Teeth to be pulled out by the space of seven days and then he was content to give the King 10000 Marks of Silver not to pull the other out having but one left King John was the first that caused Sterling Sterling Money Money to be coyned In his Time the English Laws were first Laws first in Ireland planted in Ireland and he enlarged the Royal Style with the Title of Lord of Ireland This King surrendred his Crown to Pandulphus King John surrendred his Crown to the Pope the Pope's Legate to be disposed of as the Pope should think fit Pandulphus kept the Crown several days before he restored it and did not then but upon condition that he and his Successors should hold the Kingdom of the See of Rome at the annual Tribute of a 1000 Marks About this Time the Kingdom was interdicted The Kingdom interdicted by the Pope for six years in which Time there was no publick Exercise of Religion no Churches open nor no Sacrament administred The Later an Council was now held under Auricular Confession and Transubstantiation Pope Innocent the III. in which was established the Pope's Power over Princes and in Matters of Faith Auricular Confession and Transubstantiation In this King's Time the Stone-Bridge of London-Bridge finished London was finished by the Merchants By this King 35 of the most substantial Common-Council-men first in London Citizens of London were chosen out for the Common-Council of the City In this King's Time were great Thunders and Lightnings and Showers with Hail-stones as big as Eggs Fishes taken armed with Helmets and Shields like Knights but much greater in proportion In Suffolk a Fish was taken that was like a Man Simon Turvey a wonderful Scholar both A learned Man becamâ—â— an Ideot for Parts and Reading became so dull that he could scarce read it was thought a Judgment upon him for his Pride in Learning NOTABLE EVENTS In the Reign of King HENRY the Third KIng Henry the III confirmed the Charters A. D. 1216. Charters confirmed of Magna Charta and Charta de Forestis granted by King John This King keeping his Christmas at York A bountiful Feast the Marriage was solemnized between Alexander King of Scots and Margaret his Daughter to the Feast of which Solemnity it is said the Archbishop gave 600 fat Oxen which were all spent at one Meal and besides the Feast cost him 4000 Marks This King's Son Edward marrying Eleanor Prince of Wales whence first the King of Spain's eldest Daughter was invested by his Father with the Dukedom of Aquitain Ireland Wales Bristow Stamford and Grantham and from hencesorward the King 's eldest Son was immediately upon his Birth Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester This King
general Pardon was now granted for A strange sort of general Pardon all Offences to all the King's Subjects but only 50 whose Names he would not express but reserved them to his own knowledge that when any of the Nobility offended him he might at his pleasure name him to be one of the number excepted and so keep them still within his danger In his 11th year King Richard created Barons first made by Letters Patents John Beauchamp of Holt Baron of Kiderminster by his Letters Patents the first that was so made for before this Time Barons were always made by calling them to Parliaments by the King 's Writ In a Parliament in this King's Time An Image made to speak there was a certain Image of Wax made by Necromancy which at an hour appointed spoke these words The Head shall be cut off the Head shall be lift up aloft the Feet shall be lift up above the Head About the year 1280 the making of Guns first invented and used Guns was found by a German who having beaten Brimstone in a Mortar to powder and covering it with a Stone it hapned that as he struck Fire a spark chanced to fall into the Powder which caused a Flame of such force that it raised the Stone a great height which after he perceived he made a Pipe of Iron and tempered the Powder with some other Ingredients and fo finished that deadly Engine The first that used it were the Venetians against the Inhabitants of Genoa NOTABLE EVENTS In the Reign of King HENRY the IV. THis King Henry fighting against the A. D. 1399. This King's Valour Nobles that rebelled slew 36 with his own hands Prince Henry this King's Son being very Prince Henry made a Prisoner disorderly and keeping ill Company one of his Companions being arraigned for Felony before the Lord Chief Justice he went to the King's Bench-Bar and offered to take the Prisoner away by force but being withstood by the Lord Chief Justice he stept to him and struck him over the Face whereat the Judge nothing abashed rose up and told him That he did not this Astrint to him but to the King his Father in whose Place he sate and therefore to make him know his Fault he commanded him to be committed to the Fleet The Prince quietly submitted to the Sentence and suffered himself to be led to Prison In this King's days Burning and Execution Burning Atheists when first by Fire for Controversies in Religion was first put in practice In the 3d. year of this King at Danbury An Appearance of the Devil in Essex the Devil appeared in likeness of a grey Friar who entring the Church put the People in great fear and the same hour with a Tempest of Whirlwind and Thunder the top of the Steeple was broken down and half the Chancel scattered abroad NOTABLE EVENTS In the Reign of King HENRY the Fifth THE first Parliament in this King's A. D. 1412. A Subsidy granted without asking Time grant him a Subsidy without asking for it the like of which was never known before nor since the Kings being in capacity to ask At the Siege of Seyns in France King First Garter-King at Arms. Henry created an Officer of Arms to be King of Heralds over the Englishmen and entitled him Garter This King having notice of his Son's The King 's Prophetical Saying Birth and Christning Prophetically said Good Lord I Henry of Monmouth shall small time reign and much get and Henry born at Windsor shall long time reign and lose all but God's Will be done In his 9th year in a Parliament holden Gold paid by weight at Westminster it was ordained That no man should offer Gold in payment unless it were weight and thereupon were appointed Balances and Weights In a Synod at Rochester in this King's The Scriptures ordered to be in Latin for which a just Judgment falls on the Bishop of Canterbury Time Sir John Oldcastle was pronounced to be an Heretick by the Archbishop of Canterbury who then enacted a Decree That the holy Scriptures ought not to be translated into the English Tongue But mark the Judgment that fell upon his Tongue whose Roots and Blade soon after grew so big in his Mouth and Throat that he could neither speak nor swallow down Meat but in horrour lay languishing till at last starved by Famine he died This King was perhaps the greatest that King Henry the V. his Character ever reigned in England 'T is said he was so temperate in his Diet and so free from Vain-glory that 't was truely said he had something in him of Caesar that Alexander the Great had not that he would not be drunk and something of Alexander that Caesar had not viz. that he would not be flattered NOTABLE EVENTS In the Reign of King HENRY the Sixth IN King Henry the Sixth's Time the A. D. 1422. 40000 French frighted with the Name of Salisbury Earl of Salisbury got so great a Name in France that only naming of him was enough to fright 20000 French as appeared when the French Constable with 40000 Men besieged the Town of St. James de Benuron and having made a breach fit for Assault whilst his Captains stood straining of courtesie which of them should first enter Sir Nicholas Burdet with all his Forces sallied forth crying aloud A Salisbury A Salisbury which Name-struck such a Consternation in the Besiegers that they all stood like men amazed of whom 600 were slain 200 drowned in the Ditches 50 taken Prisoners with 18 Standards and the Constable was glad to quit the Place and desert the Siege 'T is said that Roger Bullingbrook a Necromancer A Necromantick Art and Margery Jordan the Witch of Eye in Suffolk devised a Picture of Wax in proportion of the King by Sorcery that had such effect on the King's Body that as the Wax consumed so the King's Body consumed for which they were both condemned Soon after the good Duke of Gloucester Five Men hanged at Tyburn yet lived after was secretly murthered five of his menial Servants viz. Sir Roger Chamberlain Kt. Middleton Herber Artzis Esq and John Needham Gent. were condemned to be hanged drawn and quartered and hanged they were at Tyburn let down quick stript naked marked with a Knife to be quartered and then the Marquess of Suffolk brought their Pardon and delivered it at the Place of Execution and so their Lives were saved It was observed of this King that no His Misfortune in War Enterprize of War ever prospered when he was present In the 32d year of this King the Lord Lord Mayor goes by Water to take his Oath Mayor of London first began to go by Water to Westminster to take his Oath where before they used to go by Land In this King's Time the Art of Printing Printing first in England was found out at Mogunce in Germany by a Knight called John
than a Cart with six Horses could draw the Oyl being boyled out of his Head was Parmacittee In her 22d year a strange Apparition A strange Apparition hapned in Somersetshire 60 Personages all cloathed in black a Furlong distance from those that beheld them then another like Number and Company appeared these encountred one another and then vanished away and again they appeared all in bright Armour and encountred one another and so vanished away This was examined before Sir George Norton and sworn by four honest Men that saw it to be true In her six and twentieth year being Another Earthquake the year 1588 in Dorsetshire a Field of three Acres in Blackmore with the Trees and Fences moved from its Place and passed over another Field travelling in the High-way that goeth to Herne and there stayed In her five and thirtieth year many A great Drought Cattel died for want of Water and the River of Thames did so fail that a Horse-man might ride over at London-Bridge EXTRAORDINARY EVENTS In the Reign of King JAMES AS King James coming first to London A. D. 1603. King James presented with 70 Teams of Horses at Godmanchester near Huntington the Bailiffs of the Town presented him with 70 Team of Horse all traced to tail new Plows At which the King wondring they said It was the ancient Custom so to do when any King of England passed through the Town and by which as being the King's Tenants they held their Land King James having now Ambassadors The first Master of the Ceremonies sent to congratulate his coming to the Crown from all Parts first erected the Place of Master of the Ceremonies allowing 200 l. a year Fee and the first that had the Place was Sir Lewis Lewkenor a Gentleman who besides other good Parts was very skilful in the neighbouring Languages In the year 1612 King James began Knights-Baronets first created the Order of Knights called Baronets because they take place next to Barons younger Sons and he appointed certain Laws to make them capable that should be admitted First That they should maintain the number of 30 Foot-Souldiers in Ireland for three years then that they should be Gentlemen of Blood of three Descents and lastly should have Land of Inheritance in poâ—â—ession or immediate reversion to the value of a 1000 l. per annum And to keep the number from swarming he confined it to 200 and as the Issue should fail the Order to cease In this King's Time Mr. Hugh Middleton Water brought to London a Goldsmith of London brought Water to the City from the two great Sâ—â—rings of Chadwel and Amwel in Hertfordshire having cut a Channel from thence to a Place neaâ—â— Islington whither he conveyed it to a large Pond and from thence in Pipes of young Elms to all Places of the City In the 17th of this King Bernard Calvert A wonderful Journey of Andover rode from St. Georges-Church in Southwark to Dâ—â—ver from thence passed by Barge to Callice in France and from thence returned back to St. Georges-Church the same day setting out about Three in the morning and returned about Eight at night frâ—â—sh and lusty This King set forth a Proclamation restraining Penalties for Deer-killers all Persons under great Penalties for killing of Deer or any kind of Fowl used for Hawking In a Parliament holden the third year The Oath of Allegiance of his Reign the Oath of Allegiance was devised and ordained and soon after ministred to all sorts of People By this King 's Appointment a strict Duels restrained Decree passed in the Star-Chamber against Duels or single Combats and a strict Law against Stabbing This King added one Judge to every Five Judges in every Court Court which made them five and increased the number of Gentlemen-Pensioners to 200. In his first year in London there died in A Plague one Week 3090 Persons In the year 1613 on the 17th of April A monstrous Child in the Parish of Standish in Lancashire a Maiden Child was born having four Legs four Arms two Bellies joyned to one Back one Head with two Faces the one before the other behind like the Picture of Janus This year also in the Parish of Christs-Church A Man and Child burnt to death by Lightning in Hampshire John Hitton lying in Bed with his Wife and a young Child by them was himself and Child burnt to death with Lightning no Fire appearing on them though they continued burning three days till they were consumed to ashes EXTRAORDINARY EVENTS In the Reign of King CHARLES the I. THE first year of King Charles's Reign A. D. 1625. A Term at Reading the Term because of the Plague in London was kept at Reading and special Instructions were given to the Judges to put the Laws in execution against Recusants About the Month of July 1629 there A Fray in Fleerstreet hapned a great Fray in Fleetstreet upon the rescue of Captain Bellingam which was attempted by some Students of the Temple wherein some were hurt and carried to Prison This drew together about 500 Gentlemen who beat the Sheriffs Officers and released their Friends then the Lord Mayor and Trained-Bands coming the Trained-Bands fired only with Powder at this the Gentlemen having Pistols engaged very fiercely in earnest and killed five of the Trained-Bands but were by number at last overcome and Ashurst and Stamford two of their Captains taken who were afterwards for the Murther executed at Tyburn Leighton a Scotch-man for writing a seditious A strange Punishment Book called Ziâ—â—ns Plea was sentenced in the Star-Chamber to be whipt and stigmatized to have his Ears cropt and Nose slit which Sentence was soon after inflicted upon him About the year 1630 Sir Giles Allington Sir Giles Allington marries his Neece married his Neece for which in a Court consisting of eight Bishops and four other Commissioners he was sentenced to be fined to the King 12000 l. to stand obliged in the Penalty of 20000 l. never to co-habit or come near his Neece more and to be committed to Prison or put in sufficient Bail till both he and his Neece shall have done Penance at Pauls-Cross and at Great St. Mariâ—â—s at Cambridge at a day appointed by the Court The Judges offering to proceed in this Business received a Check from the King In the 7th year of this King May the A Star seen at Noon at the Birth of King Charles the II. 29th a Star appeared visibly at Noon the Sun shining clear at which Time the King rode to St. Pauls Church to give thanks for the Queens safe delivery of her 2d Son Prince Charles In his 16th year the Earl of Haddington A sad Accident in Scotland having recovered some Pieces of Ordnance which the Garrison of Berwick had seized at Dunce returned back to Dowglass where sitting merry at Dinner with about 20 Knights and Gentlemen on a sudden
Expedition into France Army into France and first of all took Harflew Sept. 22. 1414. Then went to Agencourt on Octob. 24. where the French had pitched with six some say ten times the number of the English whereupon the King offered to part and surrender what he had won but the French would not yield making sure account of Victory had prepared a Chariot for the Captive King and all other things for that purpose The Battel beginning King Henry encouraged his Souldiers and with their small company the English won the day having every man his Prisoner Of the English A wonderful Victory were slain the Duke of York Earl of Suffolk two Knights one Squire and 28 private Souldiers Of the French were slain 4000 Princes Nobles Knights and Esquires and 10000 common Souldiers and more than these taken After which he came home and in a short time returned there with another Army where at last he was Proclaimed Regent of France and had He is Proclaimed Regent of France His Marriage Homage sworn to him and his Marriage with the Lady Catharine was with all Solemnity celebrated at Troyes After which he hastes into England with his Queen and in a short time after he went into France again where he had not been long before His Death Burial and Issue he fell sick of a burning Fever and Flux whereof he died Aug. 31. 1422. and was buried at Westminster His Issue was only Henry of Windsor HENRY the Sixth of Windsor was A. D. 1422. Crowned about the eighth Month of his Age. The Government of England was committed to Humphrey Duke of Glâ—â—ucester and the Regency of France to John Duke of Bedford under whom things succeeded very prosperously In his time was that Famous French Shepherdess Joan of Lorrain Joan de Lorrain who put on Mans Apparel and opposed the English with great success but was at last taken and was burnt for Sorcery A. D. 1435. that Famous Patriot and General John Duke of Bedford died at Paris after which the English began to change their Affairs there for the worse and lost most of their strong Holds At last there was a Peace concluded between the two Kings A. D. 1444. was King Henry married His Marriage with Margaret Daughter to the Duke of Anjou and Lorrain after which the Kings Fortune declined both in England and France The Queen ruling all contrived the death of Duke Humphrey who was the only man that had hitherto kept things in His Troubles order by his Prudence By this time were all the English Fortunes in France lost The Duke of York raising many Rebellions in England and at last in a great Battel at St. Albans the Kings greatest Friends were most slain and himself taken After which York created himself Protector of England and by degrees works out the Kings ancient Counsellors yet many stood up for the King and many great Battels were fought Fortune favouring sometimes one and then another at last the Duke himself was slain by the Queens Forces near Wakefield And now his Son Edward Earl of March maintains his Quarrel The Queens Forces recover the King again howbeit the Lâ—â—ndoners Proclaimed the Earl Earl of March Proclaimed King His Issue of March King of England King Henry's Issue was only Edward He was a Prince free from Pride very devout chaste and modest He built Eaton College and Kings College in Cambridge The Art of Printing was found out in Printing first in England Germany by John Guttenburg and brought into England by Will. Caxton a Mercer of London who first practised the same in the Abby at Westminster A. D. 1471. EDWARD the IV. eldest Son to Richard A. D. 1461. Duke of York began to reign in the 20th year of his Age at which time Henry had many Friends who sought to re-settle him on his Throne On June the 28th was His Coronation Edward crowned and soon after King Henry and his Son Edward dis-inherited of their Claim to the Crown by Act of Parliament He takes to Wife the Lady Elizabeth Marriage Grey the Relict of his mortal Enemy Sir John Grey slain at the Battel of St. Albans who was crowned at Westminster May 26. 1465. But this his Marriage below himself was much to his disadvantage by making the Earl of Warwick formerly his very good Friend a strong Rebel against him who took the King Prisoner but the King made his Escape again But afterwards the Earl of Warwick drove him out of the Land and made Henry again King After which King Edward returns and in a Battel upon Gladmore the Great Warwick fighting couragiously was slain Death of the Earl of Warwick and King Henry again put into the Tower Afterwards Queen Margaret was defeated and King Henry's Son Edward taken and brought before the King where he speaking boldly was knock'd down and murdered Soon after Queen Margaret was taken and not long after the crook-back'd Duke Death of King Henry of Gloucester stabb'd harmless King Henry to the heart whose Body was buried at Chertsey in Surrey A. D. 1483. King Edward fell into a His Death and Burial dangerous and deadly Sickness whereof April the 9th he died and was buried at Windsor in the new-Chappel whose Foundation himself had laid 'T is said of him that he was just and merciful in Peace fierce in War and very familiar with his Subjects His Issue were Edward Richard His Issue George Elizabeth Cicely Ann Briget Mary Margaret and Catharine EDWARD the V. the eldest Son of King A. D. 1483. Edward the IV. being but 12 years of Age when his Father died was committed to the government of his Uncle Sir Anthony Woodville a worthy Person which much troubled Richard Duke of Gloucester his Enemy who sought his Life that thereby he might come to the Crown By evil Suggestions he wrought upon the greatest Men to take his part against the old Queen and as the King was coming to London to be crowned with a small Company he seiz'd those about him and imprisoned Sir Anthony Woodville amongst the rest Then brought the King to London pretending to be his Friend and there was made his Protector after which he got the Duke of York the King's Brother out of Sanctuary from the Queen and caused many of the chief Nobles to be barbarously massacred and instead of King Edward caused himself to be crowned King RICHARD the III. Son of Richard Duke A. D. 1683. of York was born with all his Teeth and Hair to his Shoulders which foreshew'd his monstrous Proceedings July the 6th he was crowned King at Westminster soon after which he caused the young King and Edward the V. and Brother murdered his Brother to be most inhumanely massacred But King Richard lived most miserably ever after being without the least quiet of Conscience and soon after the Duke of Buckingham his greatest Favourite proved his greatest Enemy
Religion The proposal of her Marriage with Philip of Spain caused great Insurrections and great Troubles and Sir Thomas Wiat one of the chief was beheaded These caused great suspicions of the Lady Elizabeth's having a hand in it whereupon she was committed to the Tower and then removed to Woodstock where Stephen Garner thinking to ensnare her Life askt her the meaning of those words of Christ Hoc est Corpus meum to which the Princess answered Christ was the Word that spake it He took the Bread and brake it And what the Word did make it That I believe and take it A. D. 1555. Several Bishops were burnt Bishops burnt at Oxford for the testimony of the Truth A. D. 1554. July 25th was the Marriage Her Marriage solemnized with Philip of Spain King Philip proved a great Friend to the Lady Elizabeth 'T was thought that the Queen was with Child and her delivery expected but it proved otherwise The English now lost their strong Holds in France The Queen died of a burning Fever HerDeath and Burial Novemb. 17. 1558. and was buried at Westminster Queen ELIZABETH the Restorer and A. D. 1558. Defender of the publick profession of the Apostolical Religion in England begun her Reign Novemb. 17. 1558. Jan. 15. she was crowned she soon put all things in the order as King Edward had left them There were several Rebellions in the Land but were all suppressed several likewise attempted to murther the Queen but were all taken and suffered death A. D. 1577. Novemb. 15. Captain Drake Captain Drake set Sayl from Plimouth and in three years wanting twelve days he encompassed the Earth A. D. 1588. the invincible Armado of the Spanish Armado Spaniards came against England but the English played their parts so well that they wearied out the Spaniards at Sea so that they were forced to return home with great loss and the English received a blessed deliverance Octogesimus octavus mirabilis annus Clade Papistarum faustus ubique piis The Queen now sent Forces against Spain which had very great success and annoyed them exceedingly And now again there were several attempts to Murther the Queen by Poison and otherwise but all being discovered they received their deserts There were likewise great Troubles in Ireland which continued a long time On the 24th of March 1602. died this Her Death and Burial most renowned Queen and was buried in Henry the Seventh's Chappel at Westminster 'T is said she was Spain's Rod Rome's ruin Netherland's relief Earth's joy England's Gem World's wonder Nature's chief King JAMES his Title to the Crown A. D. 1602. of England sprung from Henry the Seventh whose Male Issue failing in Queen Elizabeth the Off-spring of Margaret his eldest Daughter married to James the Fourth King of Scotland by him had Issue James the Fifth whose only Daughter and Child Queen Mary was Mother to James the Sixth King of Scotland who hearing of Queen Elizabeth's death came into England and was received with great joy and His Coâ—â—onation July 21. 1603. King James and Queen Ann were Crowned at Westminster by John Whitguift Arch-Bishop of Canterbury There were some now that plotted against the Kings Person but were taken and Executed He then caused himself to be stiled by Proclamation King of Great Britain A. D. 1604. Nov. 5. was that horrid Gun-powder Plot. Popish Plot of blowing up the Parliament House A. D. 1612. Nov. 6. Prince Henry died of a Fever who was very much lamented being a very hopeful Prince A. D. 1625. March 27. this Politick and His Death and Burial Peaceable Monarch died of an Ague at Theobalds and was buried at Westminster His Issue were Henry Charles Elizabeth His Issue and Mary and Sophia who both dyed young CHARLES the First was born at Dunferling A. D. 1625. in Scotland Nov. 19. 1600. No sooner had he celebrated his Father's Funerals but he hastened the coming over of his dearest Consort the Princess Henrietta Maria Daughter to Henry the Fourth King of France He was Crowned at Westminster His Coronation Feb. 2. 1626. A. D. 1630. May 29. was Prince Charles Prince Charles born born The sad accidents in this Kings Reign have been the Thesis of so many Pens that I think the inserting of it in this place to be needless only some short notes The first Blood that was spilt in this unhappy The beginning of the Civil Wars War was near Hull between the Kings Forces and Sir J. Hotham Aug. 24. 1642. The first remarkable Battel at Edge-hill in Warwick-shire where His Majesties Forces had something the better of the day A. D. 1648. Jan. 30. was this most Christian His Death and Burial and right worthy King beheaded and Feb. 9. was buried at Windsor by some of his Servants His Issue were Charles-James His Issue who died almost as soon as born Charles the Second James the Second whom God preserve Henry Mary Elizabeth Ann Katharine Henrietta Maria. 1635. Tho. Parr died aged 152 years Tho. Parr CHARLES the Second was then in Holland 1648. when his Father was murthered and the then Parliament instead of Proclaiming him King resolved to assume the Government unto themselves nevertheless he was Proclaimed in Scotland and Ireland This Parliament that made such a stir were not above fifty Persons Jan. 1. King Charles the Second was Crowned in Scotland Crowned at Scoon in Scotland The English Parliament had very great success in all their attempts They beat the Marquess of Ormond in Ireland and overcame the Scots beat the Dutch by Sea In all which time Oliver Cromwel was General of the Land-Forces And A. D. 1653. April the 20. Oliver put a period to those long-winded Members at Westminster and constituted a Oliver's height Council of State of those he liked best and takes the Supream Power to himself A. D. 1658. June 25th the Town of Dunkirk was rendred by the Spaniards to the French and from them to the English Septemb. 3d. died that aspiring Usurper Oliver's death and great Politician Oliver of an Ague at Whitehall He was courted or feared by most of the Princes of Europe In Oliver's stead Richard his eldest Son was proclaimed Protector But he wanting the Politick Head of his Father the Army did what they pleased and called a Parliament of their own choosing to which Richard soon submitted And now the Parliament rules all again There were several Insurrections for the King but supprest General Lambert disliking the Parliament goes with his Army and displaces it and for a while he rules all and makes a Committee of Safety as he stiled them Committee of Safety And now there were more discontented men than ever being murmuring in all places and George Monk a General in Scotland comes into England with his Army where he was received very graciously being caressed by the Gentry all along his Journey and Lambert's Fortune
changed apace most of his Friends forsaking him and General Monk coming to London was received with much joy and every one had great hopes of a peaceable Government Then he ordered a free Parliament to be chose who A. D. 1660. April 20. assembled at Westminster on May 1. voted Votes for the Kings return That according to the Ancient and Fundamental Laws of this Kingdom Charles the Second is the Lawful King of these Nations which caused a general rejoycing over all England And His Majesty from his Court at Breda wrote very graciously to the General and Parliament who then sent him 50000 l. for a Present and the City to shew their gratitude sent him 10000 l. And May the 8th by Order of Parliament Charles the Second was at London Proclaimed at London with very great Solemnity Proclaimed King of England Scotland c. May 22. General Monk set forth of London to meet His Majesty who landed at Dover whom the King for his excellent Service was pleased to dignifie with the Honour of Knight of the Garter Master of his Horse Duke of Albemarle Earl of Torrington Baron Monk of Botheridge c. chief General of all his Land-Forces in the three Kingdoms and one of his Privy Council And now was the general Joy so great that it cannot be expressed The Regicides and chief Offenders punished and Loyalty truly recompensed A. D. 1661. on St. George's day was the His Coronation Magnificent Coronation of Charles the Second at Westminster by Dr. Juxton Arch-Bishop of Canterbury And now was the Book of Common-Prayer restored again to the Church May 14. Katharine the Infanta of Portugal arrived at Portsmouth His Marriage where she was married to Charles the Second King of England A. D. 1664. the War began with the Dutch And 1665. in May began the Great Plague in London Plague whereof died near 100000 Persons Upon the second of September began that dreadful Fire Fire in London the total Loss sustained by these devouring Flames was valued to be 9900000 l. Sterling In Feb. 1674. after many great Conflicts Peace with Holland between the Dutch and England was there a Peace concluded A. D. 1677. was the Marriage between the Lady Mary and His Highness the Prince of Orange celebrated at St. James's by the Bishop of London Anno Dom. 1679. began the sham-discovery Popish Plot. of the Popish Plot for which so many Persons suffered and which plainly appeared to be afterwards a contrivance of the Non-conformists from whom our gracious Monarch was wonderfully preserved by a Fire at New-market which occasioned him to leave that place sooner than he designed and by that means escaped the designed Ambuscado that was to have destroyed him at Hodsdon The extraordinary occurrences of his Reign about these times are printed by themselves and therefore here omitted Feb. 6. 1684. At Whitehall died our most His Death gracious King Charles the Good and Just which not only almost deluged England with Tears for so great a loss but he was generally lamented through all the Christian World He had no Legitimate Issue Feb. 14. He was Interred in Henry the His Funeral Seventh's Chappel at Westminster JAMES the Second the only Royal A. D. 1684. Brother to King Charles the Second and his undoubted Heir was on the sixth of February Proclaimed at London to the unexpressible joy and satisfaction of all Loyal Proclamation Subjects having the same day been graciously pleased to declare in Council That he would maintain the Protestant Religion as by Law established And truly we can attribute it to no less than the Divine Goodness and Mercy of Almighty God to these Kingdoms that notwithstanding the late strange and unreasonable Animosities against our now gracious Sovereign yet his coming to the Crown was received by his Subjects in all his Dominions with the greatest expressions of content and satisfaction imaginable April 23d being St. George's day he was His Coronation with very great State and Magnificence Crowned at Westminster with his dearest Consort Mary by Dr. Sancroft and Dr. Dolben the two Arch-Bishops and Dr. Turner Bishop of Ely Preached the Coronation-Sermon May the 16th Titus Oates the chief Titus Oates his Sentence for Perjury Evidence to the Popish Plot being convicted upon two Informations of Perjury received Sentence That he should pay a Fine of one thousand Marks for each Perjury should stand in the Pillory at Westminster-Hall Gate and at the Royal-Exchange be whipped twice viz. from Aldgate to Newgate and from Newgate to Tyburn all this was to be done in that week But besides for an Annual commemoration of his admirable faculty of Swearing it was ordered that four times every year upon the days on which he fathered his horrid falsities so long as he lived he should stand in the Pillory and the places to be The Royal-Exchange Temple-Gate Charing-Cross and Tyburn May the 19th the Parliament met and Parliament met unanimously chose Sir John Trevor Speaker who was also approved of by His Maiesty June the 11th the Duke of Monmouth The Duke of Monmouth his Landing at Lyme having Caballed with the Earl of Argyle to put their rebellious Designs in practice in England and Scotland at the same time landed at Lyme in Dorset-shire with about 150 Men after an Hostile manner where many of the like rebellious Principles flocked to him so that in few days he left Lyme and took the Field and marched with his Forces to Taunton and Bridgewater His first Repulse and from thence near Bristol to Canisham-Bridge where they were repulsed by a party of 100 of His Maiesties Horse Commanded by Collonel Oglethorp who there cut off two of Monmouth's best Troops of Horse From thence the Rebels marched near to Bath but His Majesties Forces being joyned there they marched in much fear and confusion backwards towards Frome and from thence to Philipsnorton where the Duke of Grafton encountred them very smartly in which Engagement Mr. May a Voluntier was killed with many common Souldiers From thence they went to Shepton-Mallet from thence to Wells and so to Bridge-water His Maiesties Forces commanded by the Earl of Feversham all the while pursuing them on â—â—uly the 5th came to Weston within three â—â—iles of the Rebels where they placed â—â—hemselves in a very advantageous Post â—â—ronting a spacious Plain having a Ditch before them in which posture next Mornâ—â—ng the late Duke of Monmouth resolved to attack them and to that end had with all possible silence in the Night drawn his Forces out of Bridge-water to the number of about 6000 Foot and 1200 Horse and towards Morning formed them in Battel and marched so with design to surprize the Earl of Feversham but he having advice of it by his Scouts was prepared to receive them though the number of his Souldiers was but small in comparison of the Rebels having but 2000 Foot and 700 Horse but here God
he were removed from Land to Sea and from Sea again to Land yet the Mice still followed him and at last devoured him In William the Conqueror's Time a private A brave Souldier Norwegian Souldier alone upon a Bridge resisted the whole Army of the English slew 40 and maintained the Place for several hours till one getting under the Bridge found means to thrust up a Spear into his Body and killed him Till the Time of Malcolme King of Scots A Scots Custom who was Co-temporary with William the 2d of England it was the custom among the Scots that when any Man married his Lord should lye the first night with his Wife This Law was abrogated by Margaret then Queen and was altered to a payment in Money Westminster-Hall was built by King William Westminster-Hall built the II. being 270 Foot long and 74 broad The High Court of Parliament was first First Parliament instituted by Henry the I. And in his Time the Order of the Templers Order of Templers began In this King's Time the Archbishop of A worthy Bishop York being desperate sick was told that nothing would cure him but to lye with a Woman but he answered That the Remedy was worse than the Disease and so died a Virgin In the Time of Henry the I. the River Thames almost dry Thames was so low that between the Tower and the Bridge men walked over on foot for the space of two days At this time in Lombardy there was an A strange Earthquake Earthquake that continued 40 days and removed Towns and Houses far from their former residence Raynerus a wicked Minister in the Reign of King Stephen going over Sea with his Wife the Ship in the midst of the Sea stood still and could not be moved till he was cast out of it In this King's Time lived Johannes de An old Man Temporibus of whom it is recorded that he lived 361 years Ireland first submitted it self to Henry the First Lord of Ireland II. who was first Lord thereof In this King's days in the Territory of Hell Kettles Derlington in the Bishoprick of Durham the Earth lifted up her self in the manner of a high Tower and so continued all day being Christmas-day and at night fell with a most horrible noise and the Earth swallowed it up that the Holes are to be seen at this day and are called by the Name of Hell Kettles At this time near Orford in Suffolk was taken a Fish that had the shape of a Man in all parts King Henry the II. caused his Son Henry King Henry causes his Son to be Crowned to be Crowned in his Time and carried the first Dish to the Table whereupon the Archbishop Roger said merrily to the new King What a wonderful Honour is this to have so noble a Waiter Why saith he what great Honour is it for him that is but the Son of a Duke to do service to me that am the Son of a King and Queen King Lewis now of France did the like by his Son Henry the II. was so troubled for the loss King Henry's Blasphemy of Mentz that he said He should never hereafter love God any more that had suffered a City so dear unto him to be taken from him It is memorable and worth observing A wonderful Accident of Thunder That when Philip King of France and King Henry had a Meeting between Turwyn and Arras for reconciling of Differences there suddenly hapned a Thunderbolt to light just between them with so terrible a crack that it forced them for that time to break off their Conference And afterward at another Meeting the like Accident of Thunder hapned again which so amazed King Henry that he had fallen off his Horse if he had not been supported by those about him Robert Fitz-Stephen was the first of all Ireland first entred by the English Englishmen after the Conquest that entred Ireland the first day of May in the year 1170 with 390 men and there took Wexford in the behalf of Derâ—â—tius Son of Merclerdach called Mac Murg King of Leymster In September following Richard Earl of Chepstow sirnamed Strongbow sailed into Ireland with 1200 men where he took Waterford and Dublin and married Eve the Daughter of Dernutius as he was promised From these beginnings King Henry being The Irish submit to King Henry then at rest from all hostile Arms both at home and abroad takes into his consideration the Kingdom of Ireland as a Kingdom which oftentimes afforded assistance to France and therefore purposing with himself by all means to subdue it he provides a mighty Army but to little purpose for without any Action the Irish soon submitted to him all but Roderick King of Connaght who then stood out But after some time he also submitted and all the Irish together with the Popes have agreed that King Henry and his Heirs shall be their King This King left behind him in his Coffers Henry the II. his Riches 900000 l. besides Plate and Jewels In his 21st year he divided England into Beginning of the Law Cirâ—â—uits Circuits and appointed Judges three for every Circuit to go twice a year to hear and determine Causes between Man and Man 'T is for certain said That some Persons Children born with Horses Tails cutting off the Horses Tails of Becket Archbishop of Canterbury their Children for several Generations were born with Horses Tails In this King's Time there was contention Superiority in the Archbishopricks for Superiority in the two Archbishopricks and the Pope gave it to Canterbury In this King's Reign there were two Two Popes at once Popes at once who continued for almost 20 years In this Time a Bond-man of Langley in A Bond-man came to be Pope Hertfordshire came to be Pope by the Name of Adrian the IV. This King began the Foundation of the London-Bridg Stone-Bridge over Thames In the 11th year of this King's Reign A greatEarthquake there was so great an Earthquake in Ely and Norfolk and Suffolk that it overthrew those that stood on their feet and made the Bells to ring in the Steeples In the 23d year a showr of Blood reigned A showr of Blood in the Isle of Wight for two hours together Morgan base Son to this King rather An Honour to be a King's Bastard than disown his Father and be a true Son accounted of a Knight refused the Bishoprick of Durham As King Henry was carried to be buried his Son Richard coming near the Corps it fell a bleeding at the Nose afresh There was a Princess in the Family of A wonderful Sorceress Anjou Ancestors to this King who being desired to take the blessed Eucharist she suddenly flew out at the Church-window and was never seen after NOTABLE EVENTS In the Reign of King RICHARD the First 'T IS thought that the Order of the Garter A. D.
in his Journey to France spent Vast Expences in France 2700000 l. which was more then than ten times so much now In the 25th year of this King Aldermen Aldermen first in London were first chosen within the City of London who then had the rule of the City and of the Wards of the same and were then yearly changed as now the Sheriffs are The City of London was now allowed to present their Mayor to the Barons of the Exchequer to be sworn which before was to be presented to the King where-ever he were In this King's Time a Proclamation was Who obliged to be Knighted set forth That all such as might dispend 15 l. a year in Land should receive the Order of Knighthood and those that would not or could not should pay their Fines There was a Man now that took upon A false Christ. him to be Christ and had five Wounds made in his Body in resemblance of our Saviour's and continuing obstinate in this humour he was taken and immured between two Walls A certain Jew chancing to fall in a Privy A devout Jew on a Saturday would not that day be taken out because it was the Sabbath the Earl of Gloucester would not suffer him to be taken out the next day because it was the Christian Sabbath and on the third day he was taken out dead In this King's Reign there was sent by An Elephant first in England the King of France the first Elephant that was ever seen in England Matthew Paris relates of a Maid now in A Miracle of Nature Leicestershire that being exactly watched was found in seven years together neither to eat nor drink but only that on Sundays she received the Communion and yet continued fat and in good liking Also in this Time a Child born in the A Dwarf Isle of Wight at 18 years of Age was but three Foot high who being brought to the Queen she kept him for a Monster of Nature Richard de Clare Earl of Gloucester in a A valiant Earl Battel against Baldwin de Gisnes a valiant Flemming employed by King Henry himself alone encountred 12 of his Enemies and having his Horse slain under him he pitched one of them by the Leg out of the Saddle and leapt into it himself and continued the Fight without giving ground till his Army came to rescue him Simon Montford was a Man of so audacious The strange Audacity of Montford a Spirit that he gave King Henry the Lye to his face and in presence of all his Lords the King feared him strangely for being frighted off the Thames by Thunder and meeting Montford who bid the King not fear for the danger was past the King said No Montford I fear not the Thunder so much as thee NOTABLE EVENTS In the Reign of King EDWARD the First IN King Edward the First 's Time Leolin A. D. 1274. Leolin the last Welsh Prince being the last Prince of Welsh Blood for Rebellion was slain and his Head set upon the Tower of London This King by the Statute of Rutland in Wales and England united the 12th year of his Reign united the Government of Wales to England At this time there were ten Competitors Baliol Scots King does Fealty to K. Edward for the Scotch Crown at last King Edward determined the Business and Baliol was chosen who did Homage and swore Fealty and Allegiance to King Edward as his liege Lord. King Edward caused the fatal Chair The Coronation-Chair brought into England wherein the Kings of Scotland used to be inaugurated to be brought into England and put in Westminster-Abbey amongst the Monuments where it still remains All the Scots swore Allegiance to this The Scots swear Allegiance to King Edward King except William Walleys who of a private Gentleman came to be their Guardian Angel In his Time three Men for rescuing of a Prisoner had their right Hands cut off at their Wrists In this King's Time the Title of Baron Barons was confined to such only as were called by Writ to serve in Parliament In this King's Time there was a Rot of A Rot of Sheep Sheep which continued for 25 years together which 't was thought began by a Ship of incredible greatness brought out of Spain In his 16th year it chanced in Gascoin A wonderful Preservation that as the King and Queen sate in their Chamber upon a Bed talking together a Thunderbolt coming in at the Window behind them passed betwixt them and slew two of their Gentlemen that stood before them NOTABLE EVENTS In the Reign of King EDWARD the II. THis King going towards Scotland to A. D. 1307. King Edward beaten by the Scots raise the Siege of Striveling with an 100000 Men was defeated by the Scots who had but 30000 Men. This King being always at dissention First noble Blood shed since the Conquest with his Barons and they rebelling against him there was many of them taken and executed being the first that suffered in this manner in England since William the Conqueror This King was perswaded in his own Edward the II deposed Life-time to surrender his Crown to his Son and all Persons renounced Allegiance to him In this King's Time an Ordinance was Knights-Templers imprisoned made against Knights-Templers accused of Heresie and other Crimes and they were all apprehended and committed to divers Prisons The Bishop of Hereford being by this A Bishop rescued from the King by force King arrested for high-Treason the other Bishops came and rescued him by force In this King 's 8th year was so great a A greatDearth Dearth that Horses and Dogs were eaten and Thieves in Prison pluckt in pieces those that were newly brought in amongst them and eat them half alive which continuing three years brought in the end such a Pestilence that the living scarce sufficed to bury the dead In this King's Time lived John Mandevile Sir John Mandevile the great Traveller a Doctor of Physick and a Knight NOTABLE EVENTS In the Reign of King EDWARD the III. AT the Coronation of Edward the III. A. D. 1327. The first Coronation-Pardon a general Pardon was proclaimed which was the president and foundation of the Custom since used by all Kings that at their first coming to the Crown a general Pardon is always granted This King surrendred all his Title to Title to Scotland surrendred Scotland which his Grandfather had obtained there Edmond Earl of Kent this King's Uncle Edmond Earl of Kent beheaded being condemned for high-Treason was so generally beloved that he stood on the Scaffold from one a Clock till five before any one could be found to execute him In this King's Time the Isle of Man was Man-Island conquered conquered by William Mâ—â—ntacute Earl of Salisbury for which Service King Edward gave him the Title of King of Man 'T is said that this King
Almighty shewed his Justice declaring as it plainly appeared against such horrid Rebellions for though they were so vastly numerous in comparison of the Kings Forces besides took them upon the surprize and so had the advantage of the on-set yet they were so bravely received that first their Horse were routed by ours who coming in afterwards upon the Foot had so absolute a Victory that they The Defeat of the Rebels killed 2000 upon the place and took a vast number of Prisoners so that they were not able to make the least head again The next day the Lord Grey was taken who was Commander of the Rebels Horse and on the 8th of July the late Duke of Monmouth was also taken The Duke of Monmouth Beheaded and on the 15th Beheaded on Tower-Hill So that by the Divine Blessing of Almighty God not only this rebellious attempt brought the deserved vengeance upon its common promoters but even the very Root and Foundation is extirpated so that 't is to be hoped that we shall never again be acquainted with such Domestick strifes but may even forget what a Rebel means The Loyal Party and the Kings Forces Argyle in Scotland taken his Party routed and he Executed in Scotland were before-hand with us for they took Argyle on the 18th of June and ruined his Forces and on the 30th of the same Month he was Beheaded at Edenburgh by which means there is so absolute and serene a Peace and Concord amongst His Majesties Subjects and Affairs are in so happy a posture in all his Dominions that perhaps England hardly ever knew the like June the 29th Mr. Richard Baxter was Mr. Baxter Fined Fined 500 Marks and bound to his Good Behaviour for seven years for publishing his seditious Annotations on the New Testament And at the same time Mr. Tho. Dangerfield who the Term before was convicted Dangerfield's Sentence upon an Information for writing and publishing a Scandalous Libel received Sentence at the Kings-Bench-Bar That he should stand in the Pillory at Westminster-Hall Gate and the Royal-Exchange be whipt from Aldgate to Newgate and from Newgate to Tyburn and that he should pay a Fine of 500 l. and find Sureties for his Good Behaviour during life This man after having received the last of these Punishments viz. his whipping from Newgate to Tyburn was returning in a Coach when being met by a Gentleman to whom he gave a saucy Answer to an impertinent Question the Gentleman being nettled made at him with a small Bamboo Cane which so unfortunately hit the Sufferer in Kill'd by a strange Accident the Eye that it pierced to his Brain and soon deprived him of Life which being upon Tryal judged Murther the Gentleman was executed for it at Tyburn On July the 2d the Parliament was adjourned Parliament Adjourned till the 4th of August after the enacting of many good Statutes and being met on the 4th of August they were farther adjourned till the 9th of November On July 22th there was an Installation An Installation at Windsor at Windsor of three Knights of the Garter Henry Duke of Norfolk Earl-Marshal of England Henry Earl of Peterborough Groom of the Stool to His Majesty and Lawrence Earl of Rochester Lord High Treasurer of England It was performed in the Royal Chappel of St. George within the Castle by the Dukes of Ormond and Beaufort two Knights of the said Order Commissioned thereunto by the Sovereign with all the accustomed Ceremonies after which the new Installed Knights Entertained the Commissioners and the other Noblemen and Persons of Quality there present at a splendid Feast in the Kings great Guard-Chamber within the said Castle His Majesty for all the foresaid wonderful Blessings of Almighty God to himself and all his happy Subjects was pleased by Proclamation to order an Universal A General Thanksgiving Thanksgiving on July the 26th throughout the Kingdom to that All-wise and powerful King of Heaven and Earth by whom all Earthly Monarchs Rule and are preserved from the horrid Machinations and rebellious Designs of all Barbarous Caballers and Seditious Plotters whatsoever Wherefore what remains now but that all True and Loyal Subjects unite their Prayers to Almighty God for the long Life and happy Reign of our most Wise most Powerful and most Excellent Monarch And say God Save King JAMES the Second A COLLECTION Of the most remarkable Occurrences Adventures notable Exploits and wonderful Casualties mentioned in Sir Richard Baker's Chronicle I Shall first take notice of the admirable A. D. 516. Arthur of Britain his great Deeds Arthur Son to Uter and King of Britain who in twelve set Battels discomfited the Saxons and in one his Sword Callibourn managed by his own invincible Arm gave Death to 800 of his Enemies which is but one and perhaps not the greatest of his wonderful Deeds 'T was he instituted the Order of Knights of the Round Table Cadwalladar about the year 687 going Cadwalladar against the Saxons and praying to God for good success was informed by an Angel That it was God's pleasure that the Britains should not rule this Land any longer whereupon he desisted from his Enterprize and so England became a Colony of the Saxons anon England was made into an Heptarchy Etheldred Daughter to Anna King of Etheldred the East-Saxons was twice married and yet continued a Virgin and afterwards turned Nun. When the Danes first invaded England A. D. 866. Nuns of Coldington the Nuns of Coldington to keep themselves from being polluted by the Danes deformed themselves by cutting off their upper Lips and Noses King Athelstone going to encounter the A. D. 924. A Miracle Danes prayed to God to shew some sign of his rightful Cause whereupon striking with his Sword he struck it an ell deep into a hard Stone Canutus the first Danish King of England A. D. 1017. A precious Jewel gave to the Church of Winchester a precious Jewel in form of a Cross valued at as much as the yearly Revenues of all England 'T was he that convinced his Flatterers of his small Power by his endeavouring to command the Tides of the Sea at Southampton Bishop Wolston in King William the Conqueror's A. D. 1066. A strange Wonder Time being commanded by the King to leave his Bishoprick Wolston answered A better than thou O King gave me these Robes and to him I will restore them and thereupon went and struck his Staff upon St. Edward's Monument who had made him a Bishop where it stuck so fast that by no strength it could be removed till himself removed it with ease which so terrified the King that he entreated him again to accept of his Bishoprick In this King's Time there hapned the A Fire greatest Fire that ever was in London by which the Cathedral of Pauls was utterly destroyed A great Lord sitting at a Feast was set A Lord devoured by Mice upon by Mice and though