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A50038	The natural history of Lancashire, Cheshire, and the Peak in Derbyshire with an account of the British, Phœnician, Armenian, Gr. and Rom. antiquities in those parts / by Charles Leigh ...	Leigh, Charles, 1662-1701?	1700 (1700)	Wing L975; ESTC R20833	287,449	522

seems were for the Preservation of the Memory of Two Centuriont that had so many Years faithfully and worthily served the Romans there In the Year 1692 under the Root of an Oak in Med-Lock near Knot-Mill was found a Stone Three Quarters long Fifteen Inches broad Eleven Inches thick with the Letter'd side downward which Mr. Cambden saw not at least before the Finishing his Britania but is now to be seen in the Garden of Holme the Seat of Sir Iohn Bland Bar to whom that Estate descended the same formerly belonging to the Moseley's in Right of his Wife a Lady of great Temper Piety and Prudence The Inscription of the Stone is thus FORTVNAE CONSERVA TRICI LVCIVS SENACIANIVS MARTIVSBLEG VI. VICT. This seems to be an Altar dedicated to Fortune by Lucius Senecianus Martius Brutus a Commander in the Sixth Legion which remained in York in the Time of Severus his being there after he had vanquished Albinus General of the Britains and reduced their State under his Obedience It was surnamed Victrix and is plac'd by Dio in Lower Britain and the Twentieth Legion surnamed also Victrix remain'd at Chester which was plac'd in Higher Britain This Division it seems was made by the said Severus and the Country about it where these Legions were were divided into little Regions since call'd Hydes This was part of the Kingdom of Deiara several of whose Youth being sent to Rome and Pope Gregory admiring their Beauty sent over Augustine to convert the English Edward the First King of the West Saxons and afterwards of the Mercians sent into the Kingdom of the Northumbers an Army of the Mercians saith Hoveden ordering that they should fortifie the City of Manchester and place valiant Soldiers in it it being defac'd by the Danes It was a Frontier Town betwixt the Mercians that inhabited Cheshire and Derbyshire and the Northumbers inhabiting Lancashire and Yorkshire and in their Wars and mutual Incursions was sometimes possessed by the Mercians and sometimes the Northumbers Thus far our Author proceeds As to the present State of the Town it is vastly populous of great Trade Riches and Industry particularly for the Fustian Manufacture and Printing them as for those likewise which are call'd Manchester Wares both which are now sent all over the Kingdom as well as to the Indies It is watered by the Rivers Erwell and Irke Little can be added of Lancaster for Antiquity save that it was doubtless a Roman Fortress as appears by the Roman Wall and Road leading to it it is at this time a very thriving Corporation and an improving Port Its Eminency chiefly lies in this that many Branches of the Royal Family have enjoy'd Titles deriv'd from it which for the Dignity of the County in general I will enumerate as briefly as possible The First that was stiled Lord of the Place in the Beginning of the Norman Government was Roger of Poictou surnamed Pictarensis because his Wife came out of Poictou in France He was succeeded in that Honour by William Earl of Morton and Warren upon whose Death King Richard the First bestow'd it on his Brother Iohn afterwards King of England of whom Gualter De Hemingford and R. Hoveden gives this Account That King Richard shew'd great Affection to his Brother Iohn for besides Ireland and the Earldom in Normandy he bestow'd upon him such great Preferment in England that he was in a manner Tetrarch there For he gave him Cornwall Lancaster Nottingham and Derby with the adjacent Country and many other Things After this King Henry III. Son of King Iohn promoted his younger Son Edmund Crouchback he having been prevented of the Kingdoms of Sicily and Apuleia to the Earldom of Lancaster giving it in these Words The Honour Earldom Castle and Town of Lancaster with the Cow-Pastures which at this Day they call Vaccaries from thence and Forest of Wiresdale Lownsdale New-Castle under Lime with the Mannor Forest and Castle of Pickering the Mannor of Scateby the Village of Gormancester and the Rents of the Town of Huntingdon Edmund had Issue Thomas Henry and Iohn who died unmarried which Thomas was Second Earl of Lancaster and was succeeded in that Honour by his Brother Henry whose Son Henry was in Parliament created Duke of Lancaster being the Second Dukedom that was erected in England that of Cornwall being the First in the Person of Edward the Black Prince and left Two Daughters Maud Dutchess of Bavaria and Blanch married to Iohn of Gaunt so call'd because he was born at Ghent in Flanders Fourth Son of Edward the Third who thereby coming to the whole Estate and being now equal to many Kings in Wealth was created Duke of Lancaster by his Father he also obtain'd the Royalties from him and the King then advanced the County of Lancaster into a Palatinate By this Rescript wherein after he had declar'd the great Service he had done his Country at Home and Abroad he adds We have granted from Us and our Heirs to our Son aforesaid that he during his Term of Life shall have within the County of Lancaster his Chancery and his Writs to be issued out under his own Seal belonging to the Office of Chancellor his Justices likewise as well for Pleas of the Crown as for other Pleas relating to Common Law to have Cognizance of them and to have Power of making all Executions whatsoever by his Writs and Officers and to have all other Liberties and Royalties whatsoever appertaining to a County Palatine as freely and fully as the Earl of Chester within the said County is known to have Nor was he only Duke of Lancaster but by Marriage with Constantia Daughter to Peter King of Castile sometime bore the Title of King of Leon and Castile but by Contract he parted with this Title and in the Thirteenth of King Richard the Second was created Duke of Aquitaine by Consent of Parliament to the great Dissatisfaction of the Country At that Time his Titles were Iohn Son to the King of England Duke of Aquitaine and Lancaster Earl of Derby Lincoln and Leicester and High Steward of England After this Henry de Bullingbrook his Son succeeded in the Dutchy of Lancaster who having deposed Richard the Second obtained the Crown and conferr'd that Honour upon Henry his Son afterwards King of England and that he might entail it upon him and his Heirs for ever he had an Act of Parliament made in these Words We being unwilling that our said Inheritance or Liberties by reason of our now assuming the Regal Seat and Diguity shou'd be any ways chang'd transferr'd diminish'd or impair'd but that our said Inheritance with its Liberties and Rights aforesaid shou'd in the same Manner and Form Condition and State wherein they descended and fell to us and also with all and singular Liberties Franchizes and Priviledges Commodities and Profits whatsoever which our Lord and Father in his Life-time had and held it for term of his Life by Grant of the late King Richard and wholly

in Cheshire described B. 2. p. 1. seq Shells Marine found deep under Ground in Lancashire c. B. 1. p. 62. In Marle-Pits p. 119. Remarkable ones named p. 120. Pearly and Chalky kinds of Shells and the Formation of them B. 2. p. 47. seq Taken out of an Hog's Bladder ibid. Sibilla Belgica on a Coin B. 3. p. 49. Slurry what it is B. 1. p. 56. seq Smith Bishop Founder of Brazen-Nose College in Oxford B. 2. p. 14. Sol c. on Coins explain'd B. 3. p. 66. Sope-stone where and the Nature of it B. 1. p. 57. Sparling-fisher a Bird described B. 1. p. 161. Spars several sorts of them where found and described B 1. p. 68. seq Uses in Physick p. 70. seq A black Spar that affords a diverting Phoenomenon ibid. Spikes of Corn four on Coins the Meaning B. 3. p. 53. Spout at Sea described B. 1. p. 127. The Account confirm'd by Dampier ibid. seq Springs an Account of the Origin of them B. 1. p. 28 c. A Spring impregated with Sulphur where p. 31. Springs arising out of Bass accounted for ibid. seq Stag's Head entire found deep under Ground and where B. 1. p. 62. More of it p. 184. Stalactides where found and described B. 1. p. 69. seq Stones of exact Symmetry deep in the Earth B. 1. p. 129. Stones of different Forms Colour c. taken out of the Bodies of Animals B. 2. p. 47. Standish in Lancashire a Roman Signet and Coins found there described B. 3. p. 81. The Vessel wherein the Coins were p. 82. Star-fish described B. 1. p. 133. Star-slime what it is examin'd B. 1. p. 154. seq Sturgeon the Figure of it B. 3. p. 185. Sulphur in Baths why it tinges of a different Colour accounted for B. 1. p. 34. seq Several sorts described p. 77. seq Etymology ibid. Syren c. on Coins the Meaning B. 3. p. 56. T Talcs where found and the Nature of them B. 1. p. 72. Tempest a terrible one and when in Lancashire B. 1. p. 6. The Effects of it p. 7. Thermometer Experiment with it B. 1. p. 54. Thule the Etymology of it B. 1. p. 4. More to the same Purpose B. 3. p. 76. Tiberius Emperor his Coins B. 3. p. 57. A Coin of his found at Chester p. 90. Tideswell a Spring in Derbyshire ebbs and flows with an Enquire into the Reason of it B. 1. p. 25 c. Timpanites a Species of the Dropsie B. 2. p. 68. Accounted for p. 69. Titus Vespasian Emperor his Coins B. 3. p. 48. His Affairs in Britain p. 73. A Coin of his found at Chester p. 91. Toad very poisonous but the Excellency of its Use in Physick demonstrated B. 1. p. 154. seq Tobacco-Pipe Clay B. 1. p. 57. Townley Richard Esq his Letter to Dr. Croon about the Invention of an Instrument for dividing a Foot into 40000 parts B. 2. p. 17. seq His Instrument described p. 19. seq Another Letter about the Quantity of Rain falling Monthly for divers Years p. 21. seq His Table of Rain p. 25. His Observations of the Ecclipse of the Sun p. 26. Trajanus Ulpius Emperor his Affairs in Britain B. 3. p. 73. A Coin of his found at Standish p. 92. Trees found deep under Ground discuss'd B. 1. p. 61. seq Tripos with a Star on Coins the Meaning B. 3. p. 53. Triumviri their Coin explicated B. 3. p. 54. Trout and Grayling plentiful at Buxton and the best in England B. 1. p. 147. V Valerianus Caesar c. his Coins explain'd B. 3. p. 66. Valerius Maximus c. on Coin B. 3. p. 67 68. Valerius Divus Augustus Emperor his Coins B. 3. p. 71. Venus Victrix on Coins explicated B. 3. p. 51. Item p. 56. Verus Lucius a Coin of his found at Standish B. 3. p. 93. Vespasian Emperor his Affairs in Britain B. 3. p. 73. Coins of his found at Chester p. 90. Vesta cover'd c. on Coins explicated B. 3. p. 58. Via Trajana c. Coins the Meaning B. 3. p. 61. Victoria wing'd upon Coins explicated B. 3. p. 49. With her Two Snakes p. 55. Upon a Coelestial Sphere c. ibid. Item p. 56. Item p. 66. Viper in Lancashire described B. 1. p. 147. An Enquiry wherein its Poison consists p. 148. It s Flesh Medicinal ibid. Vitellius Emperor his Coin B. 3. p. 90. Vitriol three sorts of it where found and described B. 1. p. 73. seq Vitriol-Spring where B. 1. p. 30. Its Produce of Vitriol ibid. More of Vitriol p. 39. Up-Holland an Idol found there B. 3. p. 81. Urceus Lituus c. on Coins and why B. 3. p. 53. W Waters that cast up Marine-Shells B. 1. p 28. At Burnley in Lancashire accounted for p. 37. Natron found there and at Hanbridge p. 38. Its uses in Physick ibid. Waters of a Stiptick Taste and the Nature of them p. 48. Coldness in Waters whence p. 53. Waters out of Bass B. 1. p. 40. Waters Chalybeat where B. 49. Proceed not from the Pyrites and why ibid. seq Waters Mineral See Mineral-Waters Waters purging where and the Rise and Nature of them described B. 1. p. 45. More of these Waters p. 46. Farther discuss'd p. 50. seq Waters rank'd amongst the Acidulae where and contain Natron B. 1. p. 43. Experiments thereupon p. 47. Waters Saline where and the Rise of them B. 1. p. 43. The Nature of the Salt made from them ibid. seq Waters Sulphureous Saline accounted for B. 1. p. 40. seq Winder-Meer described B. 1. p. 141. seq Wire a River in Lancashire the Fishing there B. 1. p. 22. Woman with Horns in Lancashire B. 2. p. 3. seq An Enquiry into the Reason ibid. One with Child frighted and the Effect p. 4. Item p. 118. One with a Crow upon Coins explicated B. 3. p. 50. More of a Woman with Horns ibid. Woodcocks where they breed B. 1. p. 164. Woodward Dr. his Experiments concerning the Vegetation of Mint c. B. 1. p. 107. seq His Corollary therefrom examin'd and refuted by the Author p. 110. seq Wrong in his Notion of Petrifactions p. 115. FINIS ADVERTISEMENT There is newly Printed for John Nicholson at the King 's Arms in Little-Britain London A Compleat Dictionary of the Greek and Roman Antiquities explaining the obscure Places in Classic Authors and Ancient Historians relating to the Religion Mythology History Geography and Chronology of the Ancient Greeks and Romans their Sacred and Prophane Rites and Customs Laws Polity Arts and Engines of War Also an Account of their Navigations Arts and Sciences and the Inventors of them with the Lives and Opinions of their Philosophers Compiled Originally in French at the Command of the French King for the Use of the Dauphin the Dukes of Burgundy Anjou and Berry By Monsieur DANET Made English with the Addition of very Useful MAPPS