4to History of Parismus History Gentle Craft 4to A TABLE of the most remarkable persons and things contained in this work THE end and matter of the Work Page 1 2 Legenda non semper Credenda Page 3 Canonization costly ibid. And best after mature deliberation Page 4 The Office of the Ancient Cardinals of St. Pauls ibid. The Constitution of Pope Paul II. concerning the Cardinals Hat Page 5 Cardinal Norfolk a rare if not single President ibid. The Clergy of Brittain the Glory of the World Page 6 The Antiquity of the Office of Lord Chancellour of England Page 7 The value of that great Office Page 8 The Etymology and office of Lord High Admiral of England Page 9 King Henry VIII first assumed the Title of King of Ireland ibid. Sir Ed. Montague's choice Page 10 The first Circumnavigators of the World ibid. King Henry VIII his great skill in Musick Page 12 The Heads of Charity Visito Poto Cibo c. Page 13 A perswasive to Charity ibid. The dates and degrees of the English Reformation Page 14 Younger Sons are raised by their Virtue to the dignity of Lord Mayors of London Page 15 The first division of England into Shires Page 16 The Office of Sheriff ibid. Causes of the alteration of Sirnames Page 19 Bark-shire had no Earl till an 1607. Page 20 Popish Cavil some for Martin some for Luther Page 21 Instances of fortunate and eminent Sons of Clergy-men Page 22 Of the English Gentry by Nation and Profession Page 25 26 c. Of the Queens Majesty Page 28 Of the Kings Majesty Page 29 BARK-SHIRE Commodities Oaks Bark Trouts Page 31 The Beggars reason for going naked viz. all my Body is Face Page 32 Exposition of the Proverb When our Lady falls into our Lord's lap let England beware of a sad mishap Page 33 An observable Proverb relating to Ireland Page 37 The Lives of four Children of King Edward I. Page 37 38 The life of King Edward III. King Henry VI. Page 38 39 The life of St. Edmund Page 40 The early dawning of the Gospel in Barkshire Page 41 King Henry VIII his pity towards 3 Martyrs Page 42 Humanum est errare Answer to a great Cavil Page 43 Arch-Bishop Laud refused to be made Cardinal ibid. The life of Bishop Godwin Page 44 The life of Arch-Bishop Laud Page 45 The life of Sir John Mason who saw 5 Princes ibid. Of Sir Hen. Umpton Ambassadour His publick Challenge Page 46 47. The life of King Alfrede Page 50 Of Jo. Kendrick who gave above 20000 l. to the poor Page 51 Of Tho. Cole the rich Clothier of Reading ibid. The life of Sir Jo Howard Page 54 The lives of Sir Rob. Harcourt and Will. Essex Page 55 The lives of Sir Humphrey Foster Sir Francis Inglefield Sir John Williams and Henry Lord Norrice Page 56 The life of Richard Lord Lovelace Page 57 The Qualifications c. of Baronets ibid. Of the Battle of Newbury Page 58 BEDFORD-SHIRE Proverbs Page 60 The life of Margaret Beaufort Countess of Richmond and Darby Page 61 King Henry III. his smart reply to Sylvester of Carlile Page 62 The life of Henry Grey Earl of Kent Page 64 The life of John Mordant first Baron of Turvey Page 65 The life of Sir Francis Russel afterwards Earl of Bedford Page 68 BUCKINGHAM-SHIRE Proverbs Page 69 The life of St. Edburg ibid. A great Fiction about Sir Rumbald as I am a Christian Page 70 The life of Sir George Crook Lord Chief Justice of England Page 74 The lives of Sir William Windsor and Arthur Gray Bar. of Wilton ibid. Of the Noble and Antient name of the Cheneys Page 82 CAMBRIDGE-SHIRE Proverbs Page 83 The life of Thomas Westfield Bishop of Bristol Page 87 The life of Jo. Tiptoft Earl of Worcester ibid. The life of Matthew Paris Page 89 Will. Collet was Caterer to Selden c. Page 95 The life of Sir Edward North Baron of Catlidge The life of Sir Jo. Huddlestone CHESHIRE The Antiquity of that County Palatine Page 98 The Life of W. Booth Bishop of York and Lawrence and John his Brothers Page 100 101 The life of Bishop Chaderâ—on Page 102 The life of Bishop James ibid. The life of Sir Tho. Egerton Lord Chancellour of England Page 103 The life of the Lord Chief Justice Crew Page 104 The life of Sir Hugh Calveley Page 105 The life of Sir Robert Knowles ibid. The life of John Speed first Taylor then Historian Page 108 The life of Sir Jo. Brereton Page 110 The life of Sir Hugh Cholmley The Battle of Rowton-Heath Page 112 CHESTER The life of Bishop Dounham Page 114 The lives of David and Sir Henry Middleton Page 115 The life of Tho. Offley Page 117 Who three dishes had of daily Roast Page 117 An Egg an Apple and the third a toast Page 117 CORNWAL Commodities Diamonds Ambergrease Pilchards Tin Page 120 The wonders ibid. The life of Will de Greenvil Lord Chancellour of England Page 122 The life of Jo. Arundel Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield Page 123 The life of W. Noy ibid. The life of King Arthur ibid. The Enterprize of Jo. Arundel of Trerice Page 124 Richard D. of Cornwal was High Sheriff of the County for term of his Life Page 128 The Battles of Liskerd and Stratton Page 130 CUMBERLAND Commodities Pearls black Lead Copper Page 132 The life of Arch-Bishop Grindal Page 135 The life of Sir Richard Hutton the honest Judge Page 136 The life of Sir Jo. Banks ibid. The life of Richard Crakenthorpe D. D. Page 136 The life of Maud Daughter to the Lord Lucy Page 139 Richard D. of Glocester Sheriff of this County Page 140 DERBY-SHIRE Commodities The best Lead Page 141 The punishment of stealing Oare twice ibid. The life of Cardinal Curson Page 142 The life of Phil. de Repingdon alias Rampington Page 143 The life of Bishop Cook ibid. The life of Sir Jo. Cook Secretary of State Page 144 The life of Sir Anthony Fitz-Herbert ibid. The life of Sir Hugh Willoughby Page 145 The life of Thomas Linacer Page 146 The life of Elizabeth Hardwick Countess of Shrewsbury Page 147 DEVON-SHIRE The high Character of the Gentry given by Q. Eliz. Page 148 The wonders of the Pit and Hanging-Stone Page 149 The life of Cardinal Courtney Page 151 Bishop Foliot's encounter with the Devil ibid. The Character of Bishop Jewâ—â— Page 153 The life of D. Prideaux Bishop of Worcester Page 153 154 The life of Sir Arthur Chichester Page 154 The life of Lord Chief Justice Herle Page 155 The life of Sir Jo. Cary ibid. The life of the unfortunate Judge Hankford ibid. The life of Sir Jo. Fortescue Page 156 The life of Sir Lewis Pollard and Sir Jo. Doderidge ibid. The life of Sir Richard Greenvil Page 157 The life of James Lord Audley ibid. The life of the ambitious Tho. Stuckley Titular Earl of Wexford Page 158 The life of the most Noble General Monk Duke of Albermarl Page 159 The life of
W. Wilford Page 160 The life of Sir Humphrey Gilbert Page 161 The life of Sir Walter Rawleigh who would demonstrate the errours of his Traducers a posteriori ibid The life of the famous Hooker Page 163 The life of the Lord Pomery Page 164 Nich. and Andr. Tremane twins alike in all lineaments c. Page 165 The Stratagem of Sir Richard Edgecomb Page 166 EXETER The Fatal Castle of Rugemont Page 167 The life of Princess Henrietta Dutchess of Orleans Page 168 The Character of the famous Iscanus Bishop of Exeter ibid. DORSET-SHIRE Commodities Salt Tobacco-pipe Clay wild madder Page 171 The Life of St. Edward Son to King Edgar ibid. The life of Arch-Bishop Morton Page 173 The life of Arch-Bishop Stafford ibid. The life of Bishop Turbevil ibid. The life of the valiant Sir Richard Bingham Page 175 The Original of White-Hart-Silver Page 177 The descent of the Newburgs ibid. DURHAM The life of Cicely Nevil Daughter to the E. of Westmerland Page 178 The life of Venerable Bede Page 179 The life of John Wickliffe Page 180 The lives of the Nevils ibid. The life of Bishop Horn and Bishop Cosen ibid. The life of Anthony Lord Gray and Rector of Burbach Page 183 ESSEX Where Vulgar wits are said to multiply exceedingly Page 184 The Commodities Page 185 The life of Henry Fitz-Roy Son to Henry VIII Page 186 The life of St. Helen ibid. The Miracle of St. Osith Page 187 The life of Arch-Bishop Bourcher Page 188 The life of the facetious Dr. Jegon Page 189 The life of the Lord Chancellour Audley Page 190 The life of Sir Anthony Cook famous for his learned Daughters ibid. The life of Tho. Howard Earl of Suffolk Page 191 With his Magnificent Entertainment of King James Page 192 The life of Tho. Ratcliffe Earl of Suffolk Page 193 The life of Sir Francis Vere Page 194 The life of Tho. Waldensis Page 195 The Character of Francis Quarles ibid. The life of Joseph Mede Page 196 The life of Sir Walter Mildmey Page 197 The supposed occasion of the Barons War ibid. The Siege of Colchester Page 200 GLOCESTER-SHIRE King James his Observation of fruitful Pastures Page 202 Commodities Tobacco Steel Syder ibid. The Legend of St. Kenelme Page 204 Biâ—hop Ruâ—hal's fatal mistake Page 205 The liâ—â— of Bishop Fox ibid. Local Treason or a Treasonable Castle Page 206 Neal's invention of Nâ—gs Head Page 208 A treatise found in the belly of a Cod ibid. The life of Sir Thomas Overbury ibid. The fatal effects of Fear Page 212 HANT-SHIRE Commoditiesâ— Honey c. Page 213 Thâ— life of King Henry I Page 214 The life of P. Arthur Brother to King Henry VIII ibid. The life of St Edburg Page 215 The death of Katharine Gouches ibid. The 〈…〉 Sir Richard Rich Page 218 The life of W. Pawlet Marqâ—ess of Winchester ibid. King James his Character of Sir Thomas Lakes ibid. Whiâ—ehead's blunt Râ—partee to Q. Elizabeth Page 221 The â—ase of a Tâ—eble Character viz. Pits the Drone Page 222 A Plough drawn by dogs Page 223 HERTFORD-SHIRE Is the Garden of England The life of Edmund Earl of Richmond Page 370 The life of Pope Nicholas ibid. King Henry VIII his prediction concerning Sir Ed. Waterhouse Page 371 The life of Sir Henry Cary Page 372 The life of Alexander Nâ—quam Page 373 The Character of Thomas Cartwright Page 375 The life of the Loyal Lord Capel ibid. Thomas Conisby's Resolution Page 377 HEREFORD-SHIRE Of a good Alâ— Page 377 The wonder of Bonâ—-Well ibid. Appearance of two Parelion's ibid. Thomas Cantilupe the last Canonized Englishman Page 378 The Life of Card. de Easton The severe punishment of several Cardinals Page 379 The fatal Riddle concerning King Edward ibid. The Life of the Earl of Essex Page 380 The Spend-thrifts Requiem Page 382 Woodstock Labyrinth Page 383 A Religious President for Persuming ibid. The life of Sir James Crofts Page 384 HUNTINGTON-SHIRE Protestant Nunnery Page 386 The life of St. Elâ—â—ed Page 387 The life of Bishop White Page 388 A through-paced Poet Page 389 The life of Sir Robert Cotton the great Antiquary ibid. The life of Stephen Marshal B. D. Page 391 Cromwel's Vncle Page 392 KENT Of the Royal Navy and Navigation Page â—â—â— Proverbs Page 3â—â— The life of King Henry VIII Page 39â— The life of Q. Mary ibid The life of Q. Elizabeth Page 399 King James in his Prayer resolved to have respect to the Virgin Mary Page 400 The lives of Princess Sophia and Prince Charles ibid. The life of St. Elphage The fatal death of Judge Hales Page 402 The life of Cardinal Kemp ibid. The life of Sir Edward Poynings Page 405 The life of Sir Anth. St. Leger Page 406 The life of Sir Henry Sidney ibid. The life of Sir Philip Sidney Page 407 The life of Sir Francis Walsingham ibid. The life of Sir Henry Finch Page 409 W. Adams the first effectual discoverer of Japan ibid. The life of Dr. Harvey Page 411 The Life of the Loyal Sir Thomas Wiat Page 412 Charnock's Miscarriage Page 413 The life of Dr. Bois Page 414 Sir John Philpot's Fleet Page 415 A strange account of a Woman in dispair Page 417 Sir Tho. Cheney Privy Councellour to four Soveraign Princes Page 419 CANTERBURY The Life of Arch-Bishop Langton Page 421 A vindication of Musick in Churches Page 422 The life of Simon Langton ibid. LANCASHIRE The Inhabitants generally devout Page 424 Fishing with Spades ibid. The life and death of John Rogers Page 425 The life and death of John Bradford ibid. The life of Cardinal Alan Page 426 The life of Bishop Barnes Page 428 The life of Arch-Bishop Bancroft Page 429 The 6 Properties of a good Scholar Page 432 The â—rance of George Walker an infant Page 433 Mr. Chetham's Benefactions Page 434 The Battle of Preston Page 435 LEICESTER-SHIRE Where the inhabitants of a certain Village have a ratling kind of speech Page 437 The life of Jane Katharine and Mary Grey ibid. The life and death of Latimer Page 439 The life of Bishop Langton Page 440 The life of Roger de Martival ibid. The life of Dr. Hall Page 441 The life of the Duke of Buckingham ibid. The life of Judge Belknap Page 442 The life of the Lord Chief Justice Cateline Page 443 The life of W. Burton Page 445 The life of Richard Vines ibid. The life of John Cleaveland Page 446 Sir John Poultney's Benefactions ibid. The Pectoral Bird of Thomas Burdet and the occasion of his death Page 448 LINCOLN-SHIRE Foolish Fowls have fine flesh Page 450 The life of King Henry IV. Page 453 The Lives of Gilb. de Sempringham and Cardinal Somercote Page 454 A Remark on the imprisonment of Pope Urb. 8 Page 455 The life and cruel death of W. Ascough D. L. Page 456 The life of Bishop Fox ibid. Arch-Bishop Whitgifts Anagram Page 457 The life of Edward Fines Earl of Lincoln Page 458 The life of Thomas Lord Bury ibid. The life of the Lord Treasurer Cecil
Page 459 The life of Judge Skipwith Page 460 The life of the Lord Chief Justice Husee ibid. The life of J. Anderson ibid. The life of Peregrine Berty Lord Willoughby Page 461 The Tree of Food Raiment and Harbour Page 463 The life of Sir W. Mounson ibid. The Benefactions of R. Sutton Esq Page 467 The Blacksmiths Book of Herauldry Page 468 MIDDLESEX Commodities and Manufactures Page 470 Proverbs Page 471 The life of King Edward VI. ibid. A câ—sâ—om of the Jewes Page 472 The benefactions of Alice Wilkes Page 475 The benefactions of Sir Julius Caesar ibid. Branford Fight Page 477 LONDON The Millers Riddle applyed to the Thames Page 479 The Fire that happened on the Bridgâ— ibid. Proverb Page 481 The Life and death of W. Sautre Page 486 The life of Arch-Bishop Heath Page 487 The life of Bishop Cotton Page 488 The life of Dr. Davenant Bishop of Sarum Page 489 The life of Bishop Wren The life of Sir Thomas More Page 490 Sir W. Paget Chancellour to 4 successive Princes Page 491 The life of the Earl of Strafford ibid. A politick Cordial Page 493 The life of Sir Thomas Roper Page 494 The life of Edmund Spencer Page 497 Campian's Life Page 499 An Innocent She-Pope Page 500 The Founder of Dulwich Colledge Page 501 WESTMINSTER Eastminster what Page 503 The Life of King Edward I. c. Page 505 The Birth and Character of the King's Majesty Charles II. Page 506 The Birth and Character of His Royal Highness James Duke of York Page 507 The life of Mary Princess of Orange ibid. The life of Princess Elizabeth Page 508 The life of Princess Anne Page 509 The life of Princess Katharine ibid. The life of Prince Charles ibid. The life of Bishop Warner Page 510 The life of Sir Francis Bacon ibid. The life of Benjamin Johnson Page 512 NORFOLK Mr. Aylmer took Sanctuary in a Wine-Butt Page 516 The life of Sir Edward Coke Page 518 The life of Sir Clement Paston Page 522 Dr. Thorp's Life Page 524 The life of John Skelton ibid. D. Perne a notorious Trimmer mortally wounded with a Jest Page 527 The benefactions of Henry Howard Earl of Northampton Page 528 The punishment of striking within the Verge Page 529 NORWICH Dr. Goslin's Life Page 531 NORTHAMPTON-SHIRE The chief Town stands on other Mens Legs Page 534 The County abounds with Nobility ibid. The life of Queen Elizabeth Wife to Edward II. Page 355 The life of King Richard Crookback Page 536 The life of St. Werburgh ibid. The life of W. le Zouch Page 537 The life of Francis Godwin Bishop of Hereford Page 539 The life of Sir Christopher Hatton ibid. The life of Sir W. Fitz-Williams Page 540 The life of Sir Isaac Wake ibid. The life of Sir W. Catesbye Page 541 The life of Sir Richard Empson ibid. The life of Lord Chief Justice Montague Page 542 The life of Sir Augustine Nicols Page 543 The life of Sir Robert Dallington ibid. The life of John Fletcher Page 549 The life of Sir Henry Montague ibid. The life of Dr. Preston Page 546 The benefactions of Henry Chichley Page 547 The life of Ed. Montague Baron of Baughton Page 548 An instance of Gratitude Page 550 NORTHUMBERLAND Charity reversed instanced in St. Ebba Many are chast that they may preserve their Noses She parted with her Nose that she might preserve her Chastity One breeds Teeth at 110 years of Age Page 557 NOTTINGHAM-SHIRE Where is the best Liquorish Page 558 The life and death of Arch-Bishop Cranmer Page 559 The life of Sir John Markham Page 560 The life of Robin Hood Page 561 OXFORD-SHIRE A description of the Vniversity Page 573 The life of King Richard Caeur de Lion Page 576 The life of Prince Edmund Page 577 The life of Edward the Black Prince Page 578 The life of Thomas of Woodstock Duke of Glocester Page 578 The life of Anne Beauchamp Countess of Sarisbury ibid. The life of St. Frideswide Page 579 The life of St. Edwold ibid. The life of St. Edw. the Confessor Page 550 The life of Cardinal Pullen ibid. The life of Cardinal Joyce ibid. The life of Bishop Bancroft Page 582 The life of Sir Dudley Carleton ibid. The life of Sir John Norris ibid. The life of Sir Francis Knowls Page 584 The life of Thomas Lydgate Page 586 Anne Green hang'd and recovered Page 579 RUTLAND-SHIRE A large description of a small Gentleman Page 582 SHROP-SHIRE The life of Richard Plantagenet Duke of York Page 584 The life of St. Oswald Page 585 The life of Thomas Gataker Page 586 The life of Robert of Shrewsbury Bishop of Bangor ibid. The life of Robert Burnel Chancellour of England Page 587 The life of Robert of Shrewsbury Bishop of Bath and Wells ibid. The life of Arch-Bishop Talbot Page 588 The life of Lord Chancellour Bromley Page 589 The life of Sir John Walter Page 590 The life of Edward Littleton Lord Keeper ibid. The life of the Martial Talbot Page 591 The life of Old Parr Page 594 The life of Sir Roger Owen Page 596 SOMMERSET-SHIRE Lapis Calaminaris found here Page 797 The best Mastiffs bred here Page 740 The Parable of Jotham misapplyed Page 741 The properties of the waters of Bath Page 742 St. Dunstan's Life Page 743 The life of Bishop Hooper ibid. The life of Joceline Bishop of Wells Page 744 The life of Thomas Beckington Bishop of Bath and Wells ibid. The life of Sir Amias Poulet Page 745 The decision of Lord Chief Justice Fitz-James Page 746 Tho life of Sir John Popham Page 747 The life of the valiant Courcy Earl of Ulster ibid. Sir Amias Preston's Challenge to Sir Walter Rawleigh Page 749 Ferguson Senior or Henry Cuffee Page 750 The life of Sir John Harrington Page 751 Silver-tongued Sidenham Page 751 The Life of Robert Person Page 752 Coriat's Picture Page 754 The Skirmish at Martials Elm ibid. BRISTOL Bristol Milk a Remedy against Crudities Page 754 Hugh Eliot first discovered the New found Land Page 756 The life of Thomas Norton the Chymist Page 757 The life of W. Grocine Page 758 Dr. White Founder of Sion-Colledge Page 759 STAFFORD-SHIRE Wherein is found good Alabaster Page 760 The Life of Cardinal Pole Page 761 The life of Sir Thomas Littleton Judge Page 763 The life of Dudley Sir Richard Empson's Partner Page 764 The life of Sir John Bromley ibid. The life of John Dudley Duke of Northumberland Page 765 The Bagnols ibid. SUFFOLK The life of Edmund Mortimer Page 773 The life of St. Edmund King of the East-Angles Page 774 The life and death of Dr. Taylor ibid. The strange circumstances of the death of Robert Samuel Page 775 Cardinal Woolsey Founder of Christ-Colledge in Oxford Page 776 The life of Bishop Gardiner Page 778 The life of Bishop Brownrig Page 780 The life of Sir Nicholas Bacon Page 781 The life of Sir William Drury Lord Deputy of Ireland Page 782 The life of Sir Robert Naunton Secretary of State Page 783
The life and violent death of the Lord Chief Justice Cavendish ibid. The life of Sir Thomas Wentworth Page 784 Dr. Butler's Life Page 786 Scroop the Anchorite's life Page 788 The Tragedy of Roxana Page 789 Foundress of Clare-Hall in Cambridge Page 791 The occasion of the addition of the Dagger to the Arms of London Page 792 A Cordial testimony of Loyalty or a costly Pearl diffused in a Royal Health Page 792 SURREY Wherein the best Fullers Earth Page 794 Richmond and Non-such built by King Henry VII and VIII ibid Vertue of Epsom Waters ibid The life of Prince Henry Son to King Charles I. Page 795 The life of Arch-Bishop Cranley Page 796 The life of Bishop Parkhurst Page 797 The lives of Arch-Bishop and Bishop Abbot's Page 798 The life of Charles Howard Earl of Nottingham Page 799 The life of Sir Robert Dudley Page 800 The life of William Ockham Page 801 The life of Dr. Hammond Page 802 The life of Dr. Sanders ibid. Elizabeth Weston a great Scholar Page 803 Of the Family of the Sackvills Page 805 The Family of the Ashburnhams ibid. The life of Sir Nicholas Carew Page 804 The life of George Goring Earl of Norwich Page 806 SUSSEX Plentiful in Iron Talk Page 807 The Manufactures are great Guns ibid. Arundel-Castle a Local Earldom Page 808 The life of Arch-Bishop Winchelsey Page 810 The life of Thomas Bradwardine Page 811 The life of the Lord Treasurer Burwash ibid. The lives of Dr. Barlow Bishop of St. Davids and Dr. Juxton Bishop of Hereford Page 812 The life of the Lord Treasurer Sackvil Page 813 The life of Judge Jeffrey Page 814 The life of Sir William Pelham Page 815 The life of Sir Anthony Shirley c. ibid. The life of Mr. Selden Page 818 The life of Dr. Stapleton Page 819 VVARWICK-SHIRE A sudden inundation in Coventry Page 823 The life of Anne Nevil Married to Edward Prince of Wales Page 825 The life of Edward Plantagenet Son to George Duke of Clarence ibid. The life of St. VVolstan ibid. The life of Cardinal Macklesfield Page 826 The life of Bishop Stratford Page 827 The supposed Original of the word Veize Page 828 The life of Sir Nicholas Throckmorton Page 829 The life of Sir Edward Conway ibid. The life of John Digby Earl of Bristol ibid. The life of William Shakespear Page 831 The life of Sir Fulk Grevil Page 832 The life of John Lord Harrington Page 835 Edge-Hill Fight Page 836 WESTMORLAND The life of Queen Katharine Parr Page 838 The life of Cardinal Bambridge Page 839 A pleasant Adventure of the Knave of Clubâ— Page 841 The life of Bishop Potter Page 841 The life of Sir Edward Bellingham Page 842 Foundress of Appleby Hospital ibid. The Office of Sheriff made Hereditary Page 845 WILT-SHIRE The life of Margaret Plantagenet Countess of Salisbury Page 848 The life of Jane Seymore ibid. The life of St. Adelme Page 849 The life of St. Edith Page 850 The life of Cardinal VVinterburn Page 851 The life of Johannis Sarisburiensis Page 852 The life of the Lord Chancellour Edendon ibid. The life of Bishop Thornborough Page 853 The life of Edward Seymor Duke of Sommerset Page 854 The life of Sir Ol. St John Lord Grandison Page 855 The life of Sir Francis Cottington Page 856 The life of Sir Nicholas Hide ibid. Lansdown and Round-way Fights Page 862 VVORCESTER-SHIRE The life of St. Richard Page 864 The life of Bishop Bonner Page 866 The life of Sir Thomas Coventry Lord Keeper Page 867 The life of Judge Littleton Page 868 The life of Richard Beauchamp Earl of VVarwick Page 869 The life of Sir Edward Kelly Chymist Page 870 The life of Sir Edwin Sandys Page 872 VVorcester-Fight YORK-SHIRE The life of King Henry I. The life of Richard Plantagenet Duke of York Page 883 The life of St. Hilda or the English Huldah Page 884 The life of St. John of Beverly The life of St. Thomas Plantagenet Earl of Darby Page 885 The life of Cardinal Fisher Page 887 The life of Bishop Melton ibid. The life of Dr. Scroop Page 888 The life of Dr. Coverdale Page 890 The life of Arch-Bishop Loftus ibid. Prince Henry committed by Sir W. Gascoine Page 891 The life of the Lord Chief Justice VVray Page 892 The life of Lord Chancellour Puckering Page 893 The life of Sir George Calvert ibid. The life of the Lord Clifford Page 895 The life of Sir George Ripley Page 896 The life of Dr. VVhitacre Page 903 The Battle of Marston-Moor Page 910 YORK The life of Edward Freese The life of Bishop Morton Page 915 The life of Sir Robert Car Page 917 VVALES The Division thereof Page 921 Cardigan yields Royal Mines Page 922 Matthew Glin the supposed Author of Metheglin Page 923 The life of Cardinal Sertor The life of Mr. Broughton Page 930 The life of Hugh Holland ibid. ANGLESEY The Mother of VVales Page 931 BRECNOCK-SHIRE The wonder of Mouchy Denny Page 934 The life of Giles de Bruse Page 935 The life of Thomas Howel Bishop of Bristol Page 936 The life of Henry Stafford Duke of Buckingham ibid. The Protestation of Nesta ibid. CARDIGAN-SHIRE First reduced to the English Dominion Page 938 CARMARTHEN-SHIRE The Life of Bishop Ferrar Page 940 The life of Sir Rice ap Thomas Page 941 The life of VValter Devereux Earl of Essex ibid. The life of Merline CARNARVON-SHIRE The life of King Edward IV. Page 944 The life of Bishop Vaughan Page 946 DENBIGH-SHIRE The life of Leoline Bishop of St. Asaph Page 948 The life of Bishop Goodman The life of Sir Hugh Middleton Page 949 FLINT-SHIRE The smallest Shire in Wales Page 950 The life of Elizabeth Countess of Holland ibid. The life of St. Asaph Page 951 The life of Owen Glendower Page 952 Pilgrimages to St. Winifred's Well Page 954 GLAMORGAN-SHIRE The life of Sir Edward Carne Page 955 MERIONETH-SHIRE Wherein are comely Inhabitants Page 956 The life of St. Thelian Page 957 A Tribute of 300 Wolves Page 958 MONTGOMERY-SHIRE Where excellent Horses are bred ibid. The Life of George Herbert Page 959 The life of Edward Herbert Baron Cherbury Page 960 Hawis Gadarn a Lady of Remark ibid MONMOUTH-SHIRE Not subject to the Welsh Jurisdiction Page 962 The life of King Henry V. ibid. The life of Cantilupe Bishop of Worcester Page 964 The life of Richard Strongbow Page 965 The life of Sir Roger Williams ibid. The life of William Herbert Earl of Pembroke Page 966 The life of Jeffrey of Monmouth ibid. The life of Henry Plantagenet first Duke of Lancaster Page 967 The life of W. Johnes ibid. W. Evans put little Jeffrey in his Pocket Page 988 PEMBROKE-SHIRE Peopled by Flemings Page 969 The Life of Henry Tuthar ibid. The life of St. Justinian Page 971 The life of Giraldus Cambrensis ibid. RADNOR-SHIRE The rigorous Laws of King Henry IV. Enacted for the effectual suppression of Insurrections in Wales Page 974 Lib. 11. c. 6. * Rom. 16.11 * Mr. Dreyden Lord Bac. Ess p. 215. Cambd. Rem tit Moneyar Eng. Mart. Math. par Maâ—jor An. Dom. 1217. Fox Act. Mon. p. 817. Fox Act. mon. p. 1211. Fox Act. Mon. p. 1934. Math. West Flor. Hist AMP. Godwin Catalogue of Bishops of Bath c. Sir Jo. Hayward E. â— Stow E. 6. p. 612 Cambd. Eliz. S. N. Bale Scrip. Brit. cent 5. Numb 19. AMP. Math. 13.32 2 Sam. 23.19 S. N. Brit. Kent Shield of Wheath a Treatise 2. Bromp Chron. p. 887. AMP. Polyal AMP. Q. Q Q. * Car. Surw. of Cornw. Q. Bract. l. 3. Tract 2. De Mir. pecci Surv. Lond. Matth. 3. Q. A. M. P. S. N A. M. P. S. N. S. N. †The Pope assumes to himself his Name and Authority S. N. †In the beginning of the long Parliament S. N. * Gen. 4.22 S. N. AMP. REM AMP. AMP. S. N. AMP. AMP. AMP. * Mr. Jo. Gore REM REM REM REM AMP. S. N. S. N. * Is. 51.1 AMP. * Leaden AMP. * Stow p. 245. S. N. S. N. AMP. AMP. S. N REM AMP. S. N. * Jo. 3.12 REM S. N. * Speed of this County * Dr. Heyl. Hist of King Charles AMP. S. N. S. N. * Manuscr Libr. Cott. AMP. * Pitz de Scrip. Ang. p. 804. * Chron. 34.12 * Cant. 3.4 AMP. Hist of Irel.
Of them was Privy-Councellor to four Sir Th. Smith Knight born in Abbington bred in the University of Oxf. God and himself raised him to the Eminency he attained unto unbefriended with any Extraction Emulating Sir Th. Smith Senior Secretary of State he had equalled him in Preferment if not prevented by Death This Sir Thomas was Master of the Requests and Secretary to King James He died Nov. 28. 1609. and was buried in the Church of Fulham in Middlesex under a Monument erected by his Lady Frances Daughter to William Lord Chandes and since the Countess of Exeter Souldiers Henry Vmpton Knight born at Wadley in this County was Son to Sir Edward Vmpton by Anne the Relick of Jo. Dudley Earl of Warwick and eldest Daughter of Edward Seymor D. of Somerset He was employed by Queen Elizabeth Ambassadour into France where in the Month of May An. 1592. being sensible of some injury offered by the D. of Guise to the Honour of the Queen of England he sent him this Challenge Forasmuch as lately in the Lodging of my Lord Du Mayne and in Publick elsewhere impudently indiscreetly and over boldly you spoke boldly of my Soveraign whose sacred Person here in this County I represent To maintain both by Word and Weapon her Honour which never was called in Question by people of Honesty and Vertue I say you have wickedly lyed by speaking so basely of my Soveraign and you shall do nothing else but lye whensoever you shall dare to tax her Honour Moreover that her Sacred Person being one of the most Complete and Vertuous Princess that lives in this World ought not to be evil spoken of by the Tongue of such a perfidious Traitor to her Law and Country as you are And hereupon I defie you and Challenge your Person to mine with such manner of Arms as you shall like or choose be it either on Horse-back or on Foot Nor would I have you to think any inequality of Person between us I being issued of as great a Race and Noble House everyway as your self So assigning me an indifferent place I will there maintain my Words and the Lie which I gave you and which you should not endure if you have any Courage at all in you If you consent not to meet me hereupon I will hold you and cause you to be generally held for the arrantest Coward and most slanderous Slave that lives in all France I expect your Answer I find not what Answer was returned This Sir Henry dying in the French Kings Camp before Lofear and his Corps brought over was buried in Farrington Church July 8. 1596. He had allowed him a Barrons Heirs because dying Ambassadour Leigier Writers Hugh of Reading quitted his Expectances of a fair Estate and embraced a Monastical life till at last he became Abbot of Reading He is highly commended by the Learned and writ a Book of Questions fetcht from the Scripture Roger of Windsor Chanter of the Convent of S. Albans was the Kings Historian He flourished An. Dom. 1235. Robert Rich Son to Edward and Mabel his Wife Brother of S. Edmund Arch-Bishop of Canterbury was born at Abbington in this County He wrote a Book of the Life Death and Miracles of his Brother and died about the year of our Lord 1250. Richard of Wallingford a Black-Smith's Son was bred at Merton-Colledge in Oxford a Monk at last Abbot of S. Albans where being a good Mathematician especially as to the Mechanick part thereof he made a Clock with much Pain more Cost and most Art Being a Calender as well as Clock shewing the Fixed Stars and Planets the Ebbing and Flowing of the Sea c. but my Author did not inform me if the Canonical hours were mark't on the Clock He died An. Dom. 1326. Since the Reformation Henry Bullock probably born in this County where his Name appears in a Worshipful Estate He was bred a Fellow and Doctor of Divinity in Queens-Colledge in Cambridge a general Scholar familiar with Erasmus calling him Bovillum in his Epistles to him At Cardinal Wolsey's instance he wrote against Luther tho otherwise his Affections were biased to the Protestant Party When he died is unknown Will. Twis born at Spene an ancient Roman City bred at New-Colledge in Oxford and there became a General Scholar Good at plain Preaching better at Disputing and best in Living He became Preacher in Spinhamlands Towards his Death he was slighted by Sectaries it being usual for New-lights to neglect those who have born the heat of the Day His Latin Works speak him able in Controversie He was Moderate Prolocutor in the Assembly of Divines And dying in Holborn he was buried at Westminster An. Dom. 164 Will. Lyford born at Peysmer and bred at Magdalen-Coll in Oxf. Proceeded there Batchelour of Divinity 1631. He was also Fellow of that Foundation He was troubled in Conscience for having Resigned his place for Money to his Successour but before his Death he made Restitution He had a comely Countenance and modest Mind a Courteous Carriage and meek Spirit He was afterwards Preacher at Shirburn in Dorsetshire and tho both Pious and Painful he had his share of Obloquie from such factious Persons as could not abide the wholsome Words of sound Doctrine He dyed about 1652 tho his Memory lives in his Learned Works Romish Exile Writers Th. Hyde born at Newbury bred Master of Art in New-Coll in Oxf. was made Canon of Winchester and chief Master of the School there He with Jo. Martial about the beginning of the Reign of Queen Eliz. went beyond the Seas This Hyde is Charactered by one of his own profession to be A Man of upright Life of great Gravity and Severity He wrote a Book of Consolation to his Fellow Exile and dyed An. Dom. 1597. Benefactors to the Publick Alfrede the fourth Son to King Athelwolf born at Wantage An excellent Scholar tho he was past 12 years of Age before he knew one Letter He was a Curious Poet an Excellent Musician a valiant and successful Souldier fighting seven Battles against the Danes in one year at last Conquered them and reduced them to the Profession of Christianity He gave the first Institution or according to others the best Instauration to the University of Oxford A Prince who cannot be Painted to the Life without his Loss no Words reaching his Worth He divided 1. every natural day as to himself into 3 parts viz. 8 hours for his Devotion and 8 for Business and the remainder for Sleep and Refection 2. His Revenues into 3 parts one for War a second for his Court and the third for Pious uses 3. His Land into 32 Shires 4. His Subjects into Hundreds and Tithings consisting of 10 Persons mutually Pledges for their Good Behaviour He left Learning where he found Ignorance Justice where he found Oppression and Peace where he found Destraction And having Reigned 34 years he dyed and was buried at Winchester An. 901. He loved Religion more then
Geometry Physick and Metals and was well skilled in Anatomy Cosmography and Musick He wrote also of Auricular Confession and De Negotio Eucharistiae with which subjects no Roman Catholick is to meddle He flourished under King Edward 6. about 1550. Thomas Phacer was bred I believe first in Oxford then in London a general Scholar and well versed in the Common Law wherein he wrote a Book De Naturâ Brevium He afterwards proceeded Dr. of Physick He Translated out of the French many useful Books 1. Of the Pestilence 2. Of the Grief of Children 3. Of the Nature of Simples 4. The Regiment of Natural Life He likewise Translated Virgil's Eneads He dyed and was buried in London 1550. Albane Hill Dr. of Physick wrote much on Galen and was famous at home and abroad flourishing as I conjecture about 1550. Writers Petrok bred in Ireland fixed himself in Cornwal after his return the place of his abode being called Petrok Stow corruptly Pad-Stow where many eminent Scholars were brought up under him He delighted in and wrote a Book of Solitary Life He was reputed a Saint and there is a Church at Exeter dedicated to his Memory Gildas the fourth studied in Ireland He wrote of the Wonders and first Inhabitants of Britain King Arthur c. of Perceval and Lancelot He flourished 860. Blegabride Langauride a great Scholar and Dr. of both Laws was Arch-Deacon of the Church of Landaffe He to the Honour of his Country and use of Posterity Translated the Laws of Howel the most modest King of Wales and flourished 914. Salephilax the Barde set forth a Genealogy of the Britains and flourished 920. Gwalterus Calenius Arch-Deacon of Oxford highly prized for his great Learning went over into Britain in France and thence retrieved an ancient Manuscript of the British Princes from Brutus to Cadwalader and Communicated the same to Jeffrey of Monmouth to be Translated by him into Latine He continued the same Chronicle for 400 years together till his own time He flourished 1120. under King Henry 1. Gualo Britannus was from his youth a Servant to the Muses and a lover of Poetry His Pen fell foul on the Monks writing invectives against their wantonness impostures and covetousness with such caution that he incurred no danger thereby He flourished 1170. under King Henry 2. William Breton a great Scholar and deep Divine was as some affirm a Franciscan at Grimsby in Lincoln-shire He wrote besides many other Books an Exposition of all the hard words in the Bible and such the reputation thereof that in the Controversie betwixt Standish Bishop of St. Asaph and Erasmus the former appeals to Breton's Book about the interpretation of a place in Scripture He dyed at Grimsby an 1356. Vtred Bolton travelled to Durham in troublesome times and there became a Benedictine The promptness and pleasantness of his parts commended all things that he did or said Coming to Oxford in the heat of the difference betwixt Wickliffe and his Adversaries he agreed in some things with him Whereupon one Jordan a Dominican falling foul upon him he expressed himself more openly for Wickliffe especially in that his smart Book Pro veris Monachis With which Jordan was so incensed that he used his utmost endeavour to get Bolton Excommunicated who flourished under King Richard 2. 1330. Jo. Gwent a Franciscan in Oxford became Provincial of his Order throughout all Britain He wrote a Learned Comment on Lombard's Common places and was a man of admirable prudence He dyed at Hereford 1348. Jo. Ede a Learned and Religious Man wrote several Comments on Aristotle Peter Lombard and the Revelation He was chief of the Franciscans Convent in Hereford where he was buried in the Reign of King Henry 4. 1408. David Boys in Latine Boethius studied in Oxford He procured the Writings of Jo. Barningham and bestowed them on the Library in Cambridge He was befriended by Eleanor Cobham Dutchess of Glocester whence we collect him at least a parcel Wickliffite He wrote amongst many others a Book of double Immortality and another about the madness of the Hagarens He was Prefect of the Carmelities in Glocester where he dyed 1450. Since the Reformation Sir Jo. Rhese alias Ap Ryse Knight Noble by his Lineage but more by his Learning was well versed in the British Antiquities and was a zealous Assertor of the credit of Welsh-Authors against Pol. Virgil. He wrote a Treatise of the Eucharist and was a favourer of the Reformation flourishing under King Edward 6. 1550. Jo. Griffin first a Cistertian in Hales-Abbey in Glocester became a Preacher after the dissolution of his Convent Preaching many Sermons in English and writing them in Latine He flourished under Edward 6. an 1550. Hugh Broughton of gentile but poor Parents was sent by Mr. Gilpin to Christs-Colledge in Cambridge of which he became Fellow He was famous for his skill in the Hebrew a great Ornament to that University He was somewhat hot and peremptory in his Opinions He wrote many Books whereof one called the Consent of Times carrieth the general commendation 'T is reported that he procured Mr. Gilpin his Maecenas to be molested by Dr. Barnes Bishop of Durham in expectation of his Parsonage as some shrewdly suspect At last being fixed in London he taught many Citizens and their Apprentices the Hebrew Tongue His Sermons were rather curious then edifying which was the cause that he had numerous Auditors He dyed about 1600. Hugh Holland Fellow of Trinity-Colledge in Cambridge was an excellent Latine Poet Being disaffected to the Protestant Religion he Travelled into Italy where he let fly freely against the credit of Queen Elizabeth Whence he went to Rome and in his return he touched at Constantinople where Sir Thomas Glover Ambassadour for King James called him to an account for his Scandalum Reginae and imprisoned him for some time Being enlarged he returned into England where missing of preferment he grumbled out the rest of his Life in visible discontentment He made Verses in description of the chief Cities in Europe wrote the Chronicle of Queen Elizabeths Reign and a Book of the Life of Mr. Cambden which were never Printed He had a competent Estate in good Candle-rents in London and dyed about the beginning of the Reign of King Charles I. ANGLESEY ANglesey in Latine Mona that is the English Island is surrounded on all sides with the Irish Sea save on the South where a small Fret called Menai sundreth it from the Welsh Continent having 20 Miles in the length and 17 in the breadth thereof It is seemingly barren and really fruitful affording plenty of good Wheat and Mill-stones to grind it There are several Trees digged up here out of marish places which are firm and fit for Timber They are black within as Ebony and are used by Carvers for inlaying Cupboards c. Yea Hasle-nuts are found under ground with sound Kernels in them Proverbs I. Mon Mam Cymbry that is Anglesey is the Mother of Wales because when other
hath a Steeple that groweth therein the Bell on a Yeugh-Tree and more Alehouses then Houses Barns c. being used for their Tipling Conventicles I mean good-fellowship Saints AMP. St. Thelian bred under Dubritius Bishop of Landaff was much envied for his Holiness by one of the Commanders of the Picts who harassed his Country That Bravo sent 2 lewd Strumpets supposing by their tempting tricks to entice this Holy Man These Women counterfieting madness whereby they might take the more liberty to themselves of filthy discourse returned distracted indeed not having understanding enough to relate the cause of their sad misfortunes which wrought so much on the Souldier that he received the Faith was Baptized and ever after had a great veneration for this our Saint who afterwards accompanied Sir Dav. Bishop of Menevia to Jerusalem and returning into his own Country by his fervent Prayers freed the same from the Plague wherewith it was then much infested He dyed February 9. about 563. Note that this County abounding with Sheep was not a little beholding to Ludwal their Prince who King Edgar imposing on him a yearly Tribute the presenting him with 300 Wolves did free this County from Wolves MONTGOMERY-SHIRE MOntgomery-shire hath Cardigan and Radnor-shire on the South Shrop-shire on the East Denbigh-shire on the North and Merioneth-shire on the West in this County are many high Hills and many delightful fruitful Vallies Montgomery is the chief Town of the County of which there never was any Earl until the Reign of King James who created Philip Herbert second Son to Henry Earl of Pembrook Baron Herbert of Shurland and Earl of Montgomery There are excellent Horses bred in this County Proverbs I. Y Tair Chiwiorydd In English the 3 Sisters whereby are meant the 3 Rivers of Wye Severn and Rhiddial arising all 3 in this County The Tradition is that these 3 Sisters were to run a race which should be first Married to the Ocean Severn and Wye having a great Journey to go chose their way through soft Meadows and kept on a Travellers pace whilst Rhiddial presuming on her short Journey staid before she went out and then to recover her lost time runs furiously in a distracted manner with her mad stream over all opposition It is applyable to children of the same Parents but of different dispositions and courses of lives so that their Cradles were not so near but their Coffins are as far asunder II. Pywys Paradwys Cymry That is Powis is the Paradise of Wales This Proverb referreth to Teliessen the Author thereof at what time Powis contained all that pleasant Land lying betwixt Wye and Severn III. Gwan di Bawlyn Hafren Hafren fydd hifel cynt That is fix thy Pale with intent to fence out his water in Severn Severn will be as before applyable to such who undertake projects above their power to perform Writers George Herbert born at Montgomery-Castle was bred Fellow in Trinity-Colledge in Cambridge and Orator of the University where he made a Speech of the return of Prince Charles out of Spain Waving worldly preferment he served at Gods Altar So pious his Life that as he was a Copy of Primitive he might be a Pattern of Sanctity to Posterity He never mentioned the Name of Jesus but with this Addition my Master next God the Word he loved the Word of God being heard often to protest That he would not part with one leaf thereof for the whole World By his good Example he gained many to the Church He was Preacher at Bemmerton nigh Salisbury where he built a fair House for his Successor and Prebendary at Leighton founded in the Cathedral of Lincoln where he built a fair Church with the assistance of some Friends free Offerings When a Friend of his went about to comfort him with the remembrance thereof as a good work he returned it is a good work if sprinkled with the Blood of Christ He dyed 163. Whose Brother Edward Herbert Son to Sir Richard Herbert Esq and Susan Newport his Wife was born at Montgomery-Castle Knighted by King James who sent him over Ambassadour to France Afterwards King Charles I. created him Baron of Castle-Island in Ireland and some years after Baron Cherbury in this County He was a most excellent Artist and rare Linguist studied both in Books and Men. He wrote a Treatise of the Truth in French extant at this day with great Honour in the Pope's Vatican He Married the Daughter and sole Heir of Sir William Herbert of St. Julians in Monmouth-shire with whom he had a large inheritance both in England and Ireland He dyed in August 1648. and was buried in St. Giles in ths Fields London A fair Monument of his own invention was begun and almost finished in the Church of Montgomery Memorable Persons Hawis Gadarn a Lady of remark sole Daughter and Heir to Owen ap Gruffyth Prince of Powis Wenwinwin was justly Sirnamed Gadarn i. e. Hardy Her 4 Uncles Lhewelyn Jo. Griffith Vaughan and David detained her inheritance from her Give said they a Girl a little Gold and Marry her God and Nature made Land for men to manage Hereupon Hawis complained to King Edward 2. who commiserating her condition consigned his Servant John Charleton born at Apple in Shropshire a Vigorus Knight to Marry her creating him in her Right Baron of Powis Being assisted with the Kings Forces he took three of her Uncles Prisoners about 1320 brought the fourth to a Composition and finally recovered all his Wives Estate procuring also the Lands of her Uncles in default of their Issue Male to be setled on her Julines Herring was born at Flambere-Mayre 1582. His Ancestors for the space of almost 200 years had been in their course chief Officers of Coventry Julines was bred in Sidney-Colledge in Cambridge and became Preacher at Calk in Derby-shire Shrewsbury and Rendbury in Cheshire being one of a Pious Life but disaffected to Church Discipline he was prohibited his Preaching here and called over to Amsterdam where he continued Preacher to the English Congregation some years well respected and dyed 1644. MONMOUTH-SHIRE MOnmouth-shire may be called an English-Welsh County For whereas formerly all Welsh Counties sent but one Knight to Parliament this had the priviledge of two and it is not subject to the Welsh Jurisdiction but to the Governance of the itinerant Judges who ride Oxford Circuit As for Manufactures the best Caps were formerly made at Monmouth where the Cappers Chappel doth still remain The Statute of the 13th of Queen Elizabeth c. 19. Enacting that Caps should be worn by all persons was repealed an 39. Eliz. Princes Henry of Monmouth Son to King Henry 4. by Mary one of the Daughters and Heirs of Humfrey de Bohun Earl of Hereford and whom he succeeded on the Throne being the fifth of that Name and began his Reign March 20. an 1413. Being extravagant in his Youth he had been by the King his Father expelled his Council substituting his younger Brother the Duke of