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A50824	The new state of England under Their Majesties K. William and Q. Mary in three parts ... / by G.M.	Miege, Guy, 1644-1718?	1691 (1691)	Wing M2019A; ESTC R31230	424,335	944

it may appear to be the more proble Way for the Delinquents Reformation Such is the Temper of some Men that far from being likely to be reclaimed by a publication of their Offence they will rather grow obdurate and impudent when they perceive their Reputation to be lost To all the foresaid Punishments and Censures of the Church both the Laity and Clergy are subject But there are other Punishments to which the faulty Clergy only are liable which are four in Number commonly called Suspensio ab Officio Suspensio a Beneficio Deprivatio a Beneficio and Deprivatio ab Officio The first is when a Minister for a time is declared unfit to execute his Office The second when he is for some time deprived of the Profits of his Benefice Both which are wont to be for smaller Crimes Deprivatio a Beneficio is when a Minister for a greater Crime is wholly and for ever deprived of his Living And the last is when he is wholly and for ever deprived of his Orders which is properly called in English a Deposing or Degradation This is commonly for some hainous or Capital Crime And then the Minister is solemnly stript by the Bishop of his Priestly Vestments in the presence of the Civil Magistrate to whom he is then delivered to be Punished as a Lay-man for the like Offence THE CATALOGUE And first a List of Their Majesties Houshold-Officers and Servants attending their present Service according to the late Establishment LOrd Steward of the King's Houshold William Earl of Devonshire The Lord Chamberlain Charles Earl of Dorset The Master of the Horse Henry Nassaw Lord Overkirk In the Accompting House Treasurer and Cofferer of the Houshold Francis Lord Viscount Newport Comptroller Thomas Wharton Esquire Master of the Houshold Thomas Felton Esq Clerks of the Greencloth Sir William Forester Knight Sir James Forbes Knight Clerks Comptrollers Peter Isaac Esq Thomas Vivian Esq Yeomen Petley Garnham Charles Morgan Grooms Gilbert Thornburgh John Shaw Messenger Henry Sampson Bakehouse The Clerk Henry Gascoigne Esq Yeomen Henry Hartloe Grooms Edward Ball William Walton Pantry Gentleman and Yeoman Richard Walker Yeoman Mouth to the Queen Charles Potter Grooms William Lingen Thomas Whitmore Charles Justice Cellar Serjeant Matthew Harvey Esq Gentleman and Yeoman Richard Dalton Yeoman Mouth to the Queen and Keeper of Ice and Snow James Frontine Joynt Grooms Richard Jones Francis Clark Yeoman Field to the King James Hyman Yeoman Field to the Queen Philip Lemon Groom Charles Watts Buttery Gentleman and Yeoman Peter Bechon Yeoman David Lloyd Grooms Henry Cockseidge John Murray Thomas Jones Spicery Joint Clerks Joseph Somner Esq Charles Toll Esq Purveyor Peter la Vine Chandlery Serjeant Daniel Deering Esq Yeomen Richard Vokins John Higham Grooms Richard Tull Thomas Pavey John Melon Confectionary Yeomen John Du Commun Peter Mortimer Grooms Peter Derains Richard Thurman Ewry Yeomen Benjamin Pordage Josias Poulter Grooms Peter Berry Edward Reddish Laundry Laundress of the Table and Houshold Linnen Mrs. Jane Potter Kings Privy Kitchin Chief Clerk James Clark Esq Second Clerk Charles Issac Esq Third Clerk Thomas Webb Esq Master Cook Patrick Lamb Esq Yeoman of the Mouth Ulrich Horitiner Yeoman Pottagier Joseph Centlivre Grooms John Lincicomb James Beacher Children Gabriel Cooper Phillip Drew Two Scourers Six Turn-broaches One Door-keeper Queens Privy Kitchin Master Cook James Castres Esq Yeoman of the Mouth Stephen Leimbeck Yeoman Emanuel Hicks Grooms Leonard Welbeck Arthur Beacher Children John Sell William Golding Two Scourers Four Turn-broaches One Door-keeper Houshold Kitchin Master Cook Henry Smith Esq Yeoman John Thompson Groom Henry Sandes Children John Prichard William Arnold Two Scourers Four Turn-broaches One Door-keeper Larder Yeomen Jasper Lisney Luke Smith Grooms Nicholas Howard John Whilden Robert Bray Accatry Serjeant James Halsey Esq Joint Clerks Thomas Fox Esq Henry Lowman Esq Yeoman of the Salt Stores Hugh Mayo Poultry Clerk Roger Jackson Esq Yeoman Andrew Whittingham Grooms Esme Clark Anthony Scarlet Scalding-House Yeomen James Goodwinne John Cranwell Grooms John Thornburgh Henry York Pastry Clerk Matthew Perkins Esq Yeomen Patrick Lamb Samuel Brown Grooms William Murray A Child One Salsary-man One Furner Scullery Clerk Robert Manning Esq Yeomen Thomas Hardyman Francis Forrester Grooms James Tooth Samuel Farley Pages Thomas Robinson John Alsop Children James Rodd Josuah Nightingale Thomas Fox Two Pan-keepers Wood-yard Clerk John Thompson Esq Yeoman Edward Siston Grooms Jaspar English Leonard Hancock Almonry Sub-Almoner Jonathan Blagrave Yeoman Thomas Norris Groom Richard Bennet Verge Clerk John Hardesty Coroner Robert White Harbingers Gentlemen Harbingers Matthew Whitfield Esq William Tozer Esq Yeomen William Wall Hugh Jones Peter La Roche James Tye William Merrit Porters at the Gate Serjeant Porter Michael Hubbert Esq Yeomen John Dawson Richard Miller Charles Segar Grooms Aaron Kinton John Gibbons James Lovet Cartakers Yeomen Harold Miller Charles Scoresby John Zevenhoven Grooms Edward Kilmayne Ralph Blackwell John Pierman Officers of the Hall Marshal Charles Parsons Daily Waiter William Everal Waiters John Kemp Thomas Moody Knight Marshal Sir Edward Villiers Kt. Five Marshals Men Leicester Nichols Bulstrode Burt Booth Cock and Cryer William Sampson Porter at St. Jame's Yeoman Henry Rainsford Vnder the Lord Chamberlain THe Vice-Chamberlain Sir John Lowther Knight The Cup-bearers Sir John Pettus Kt. Edward Lloyd Esq James Compton Esq Thomas Boteler Esq Carvers Will. Champenies Esq Clement Saunders Esq Sir Rob. Killegrow Jos Rossington Esq Sewers Richard Smith Esq Robert Saintclair Esq John Skelton Esq Nicholas Fenn Esq Esquires of the Body Henry Kingsmel Esq Sir Tho. Granthan Kt. The Gentlemen Ushers of the Privy-Chamber Henry Austin Esq Sir John Eloes Kt. Sir Edward Sutton Kt. Spencer Gerard Esq Grooms of the Privy Chamber Thomas Duppa Esq Robert Thompson Esq Christopher Jeffrys Esq Humphrey Graves Esq Gentlemen Ushers Daily Waiters Sir Thomas Duppa Kt. and Black Rod. Fleetwood Sheppard Esq Jeremy Bubb Esq and David Michel Esq Gentlemen Ushers Quarter Waiters Robert Jeggon Esq Henry Cooling Esq Francis Ashton Esq Robert Murray Esq Jeremy Chaplain Esq James Meyrick Esq William Smith Esq Alex. Griffith Esq Barbers Mr. Simon de Brienne Mr. William Fremin Pages Mr. John Fen Mr. John Dawson Mr. Alex. Reynold Mr. Charles Segar To the Great Chamber Grooms or Messengers William Whitmore Henry Rogers Edward Kennet Charles Sheppard Edward Cooper Richard Llewellin Josias Sewe● Amandy Houwart Richard Sherer Adam Lisney Humphrey Ambler Michael Michel Arnold Waldwyn James Cook The Gentlemen of the King's Bed-Chamber William Earl of Portland Groom of the Stole and first Gentleman of the Bed-Chamber James Duke of Ormond Charles Earl of Monmouth Charles Earl of Shelkirk Henry ●iscount Sidney James Earl of Drumlangrig John Earl of Clare John Earl of Marlborough Richard Earl of Scarborough 48 Gentlemen of the Privy Chamber in Ordinary The Right Honourable the Earl of Mountalexander The Right Honourable the Lord Viscount Buttavant Sir William Haward Kt. Sir Walter Plunket Kt. Sir Jam. Humbleton Kt. Sir Purbeck Temple Kt. Sir Matth. Andrews Bar. Charles

Clayton Kt. Borough of Rygate Sir John Parsons Kt. John Parsons Esq Borough of ●uilford Morgan Randyll Esq Foot Onslow Esq Borough of Gatton Sir John Thompson Bar. Thomas Turgis Esq Borough of Haslemere Geo. Rodeney Bridges Esq Denzill Onslow Esq Susser 20. Sir John Pelham Bar. Sir Will. Thomas Bar. City of Chichester Sir Thomas Miller Kt. Thomas May Esq Borough of Horsham John Machell Esq Thomas White Jun. Gent. Borough of Midhurst Sir William Morley Knight of the Bath John Lewkner Esq Borough of Lewes Thomas Pelham Esq Richard Bridger Esq Borough of Shoreham Sir Edward Hungerford Knight of the Bath John Pery Esq Borough of Bramber Nicholas Barbon Esq Dr. John Radcliffe Borough of Steyning Sir John Fagge Bar. Robert Fagge Esq Borough of East-Greensted The Honourable Thomas Sackvile Esq Sir Thomas Dyke Bar. Borough of Arundel William Morley Esq James Butler Esq Warwickshire 6. William Bromely Esq Andrew Archer Esq City of Coventry Richard Hopkins Esq John Stratford Esq Borough of Warwick The Right Honourable William Lord Digby William Colemore Esq Westmorland 4. The Right Honourable Sir John Lowther of Lowther Bar. Sir Christopher Musgrave of Musgrave Kt. and Bar. Borough of Appleby The Honourable William Cheyne Esq Charles Boyle Esq Wilthshire 34. The Right Honourable Edw. Viscount Cornbury Sir Walter S. John Bar. City of New Sarum Thomas Hoby Esq Thomas Pitt Esq Borough of Wilton Sir Richard Grubham How Kt. and Bar. Thomas Windham Esq Borough of Downton Sir Charles Raleigh Kt. Maurice Bockland Esq Borough of Hindon Robert Hide Esq Thomas Chaffyn Esq Borough of Westbury The Honourable Peregrine Bertie Esq Richard Lewys Esq Borough of Hytesbury William Ash Esq Will. Trenchard Esq Borough of Calne Henry Baynton Esq Henry Chivers Esq Borough of the Devizes Sir Tho. Fowles Kt. Walter Grubb Esq Borough of Chipenham Richard Kent Esq Alexander Popham Esq Borough of Malmesbury The Honourable Goodwin Wharton Esq Sir James Long Bar. Borough of Criclade Edmund Webb Esq Charles Fox Esq Borough of Great Bedwin The Right Honourable Anth. Viscount Falkland Sir Jonath Raymond Kt. Borough of Ludgersale Thomas Neale Esq John Deane Esq Borough of Old Sarum Sir Thomas Mompesson Kt. William Harvey Esq Borough of Wootton-Basset Henry St. John Esq John Wildman Jun. Esq Borough of Marlborough Sir John Ernle Kt. Sir George Willoughby Kt. Worcestershire 9. Sir John Packington Kt. Thomas Foley Esq City of Worcester Sir John Somers Kt. William Bromely Esq Borough of Droitwich The Right Honourable● Richard Earl of Bellemont ●hilip Foley Esq Borough of Evesham Sir James Rushout Bar. Edward Rudge Esq Borough of Bewdley Henry Herbert Esq Yorkshire 30. The Right Honourable Thomas Lord Fairfax Sir Joyn Kay Bar. City of York Robert Waller Esq Henry Thompson Esq Town of Kingston upon Hull John Ramsden Esq Charles Osborne Esq Borough of Knaresborough William Stockdale Esq Thomas Fawkes Esq Borough of Scareborough Will. Thompson Esq Francis Thompson Esq Borough of Rippon Sir Edm. Jenings Kt. Sir Jonath Jenings Kt. Borough of Richmond Sir Mark Milbanck Bar. Theodore Bathurst Esq Borough of Heydon Henry Guy Esq Matth. Appleyard Esq Borough of Boroughbrig Sir Henry Goodrick Kt. and Bar. Sir Bryan Stapleton Borough of Malton Sir William Strickland Bar. William Palmes Esq Borough of Thriske Thomas Frankland Esq Richard Staines Esq Borough of Aldborough Sir Mich. Wentworth Kt. Christopher Tancred Esq Borough of Beverly Sir Michael Wharton Kt. William Gee Esq Borough of North-Allerton Sir William Robinson Bar. Thomas Lascells Esq Borough of Pontefract The Honourable Henry Dawney Esq Sir John Bland Bar. BARONS of the Cinque-Ports 16. Port of Hastings The Honourable John Beaumont Esq Peter Gott Esq Town of Winchelsea Sir Robert Austin Bar. Samuel Western Esq Town of Rye Sir John Austen Bar. Sir John Darrel Kt. Port of New Rumney Sir Charles Sidley Kt. John Brewer Esq Port of Hythe Sir Philip Butler Bar. Will. Brockman Esq Port of Dover Thomas Papillon Esq James Chadwick Esq Port of Sandwich John Thurbarne Serjeant at Law Edward Brent Esq Port of Seaford William Campion Esq Henry Pelham Esq WALES 24. Anglesey 2. The Right Honourable Rich. Viscount Bulkely Town of Beaumaris Thomas Bulkely Esq Brecon 2. Sir Rowland Gwyn Kt. Town of Brecon Jeossery Jeffreys Esq Cardigan 2. Sir Carbety Price Bar. Town of Cardigan Hector Philips Esq Carmarthen 2. Sir Rice Rudd Bar. Town of Carmarthen Richard Vaughan Esq Carnarvan 2. Sir Wil. Williams of Vaynal Bar. Town of Carnarvan Sir Robert Owen Kt. Denby 2. Sir Richard Middleton Bar. Town of Denby Edward Brereton Esq Flint 2. Sir Roger Puleston Kt. Town of Flint Thomas Whitley Esq Glamorgan 2. Bussey Mansel Esq Town of Cardiffe Thomas Mansell Esq Merioneth 1. Sir John Wynne Kt. and Bar. Montgomery 2. Edward Vaughan Esq Town of Montgomery Charles Herbert Esq Pembroke 3. Sir Hugh Owen Kt. Town of Haverford-west Sir William Wogan Kt. Town of Pembroke Arthur Owen Esq Radnor 2. Richard Williams Esq Town of New Radnor Robert Harley Esq In all 513. A List of the Lords and others of His Majesties most Honourable Privy Council with the Clerks of the Council HIS Royal Highness Prince George Thomas Marquess of Camarthen Lord President Henry Duke of Norfolk Earl Marshal Charles Duke of Bolton Robert Earl of Lindsey Lord Great Chamberlain of England William Earl of Devonshire Lord Steward Charles Earl of Dorset Lord Chamberlain Aubrey Earl of Oxford William Earl of Bedford Thomas Earl of Pembroke and Montgomery John Earl of Bath Charles Earl of Macclesfield Daniel Earl of Nottingham Secretary of State William Earl of Portland Thomas Earl of Faulconberg Charles Earl of Monmouth John Earl of Marlborough Richard Earl of Scarborough Henry Earl of Warrington Ralph Earl of Montague Henry Viscount Sidney Henry Lord Bishop of London Francis Lord Newport Marquess of Winchester Lord Chief Justice Holt. Sir Robert Howard Sir Henry Capel Sir Henry Goodrick Sir John Lowther Vice-Chamberlain Richard Hampden Esq Hugh Boscawen Esq Thomas Wharton Esq Comptroller of the King's Houshold Edward Russel Esq William Harbord Esq Henry Powle Esq Master of the Rolls Lords Commissioners of the Privy Seal William Cheyne Esq Sir John Knatchbull Bar. Sir William Palteney Kt. The Clerks of the Council Sir John Nicholas Kt. Mr. Blathwait Mr. Mountague Mr. Coleing A List of the Lords Commissioners and other Officers of the Court of Chancery The Lords Commissioners Sir John Trevor Knight Sir William Rawlinson Knight Sir Geo. Hutchins Knight Masters of Chancery Henry Powle Esq Master of the Rolls whose S●cretary is Mr. John Rawlinson Sir William Child Sir John Hoskins Sir John Franklyn Sir Adam Oatley Sir Robert Legar Sir John Edgeburg Sir James Astrey Sir Miles Cook Roger Meredith Esq John Methwyn Esq Samuel Keck Esq The Six Clerks in Chancery Sir Rob. Marsham Kt. Sir W. Perkins Kr. ●hem Bridges Esq Littleton Powel Esq Rich. Garth Esq Basil Herne Esq The Cursitors Mr. Abraham Nelson Principal Mr. Mich. Terry Assistants Mr. Geo. Davies Assistants For Suffolk and

For Wiltsh Southampton and South-hampton Town Mr. Nath. Ryder For York City of York and Kingston upon Hull Mr. Tho. Stringer For Lincolnsh and City of Lincoln Mr. Lydel For Northumb. Westmorl Cumberl and Newcastle upon Tine Mr. Farrington For Monmouthsh Mr. Yates Exigenters Charles Broughton Esq Mr. John Faringdon Mr. Thomas Gouge Mr. Norcliffe Mr. Yates one of the Filazers Cryers Mr. Whorhood Mr. Holmes Mr. Booth Mr. Gray Court-Keeper Mr. Smith A List of the Judges and Officers of the Court of Exchequer The Barons Sir Robert Atkins Lord Chief Baron Sir Edward Nevil Barons Sir Nich. Lechmore Barons Sir John Turton Barons The Cursitor Baron Bradbury Esq King's R●●embrancer Ayloff Esq in right of Charles Lord Viscount Fanshaw Deputy Remembrancer Tobias Eden Esq His Secundary Robert Den Esq Eight Attornies in the Kings Remembrancer's Office Tho. Hall Esq first Secondary and Butler Buggin Esq second Secondary Mr. George Watts Mr. Francis Butler Mr. Gabr. Armiger Mr. William Bathurst Mr. William Walker Mr. John Eyres Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer Sir John Osborn Kt. Remembrancer of the First-Fruits and Tenths Sir Charles Porter Kt. His Deputy William Porter Esq Two Clerks Mr. William Prittiman and Mr. Walter Smith Pipe Office Clerk of the Pipe Robert Russel Esq Comptroler John Potenger Esq Secondaries Walter Wallinger Esq and Mr. Tho. Cole Attorneys Joseph Cranmer Simon Musgrave Charles Milborne Peter Frowd Philip Tulley William Wroth. Office of Pleas. Master of the Office Richard Beresford Esq Secondary and first Attorney Tho. Arden Esq The other Attorneys Mr. Charles Hayns Mr. Samuel Anderson and Mr. David Feilder Forein Opposer Charles Whitacre Esq Clerk of the Estreats John Hastings Esq Auditors of the Imprest Thomas Done Esq Brook Bridges Esq Auditors of the Revenue Sir Jos Seymour Kt. John Philips Esq Anthony Stevens Esq John Shales Esq Anthony Parsons Esq VVilliam Aldworth Esq Herbert Esq Auditor for VVales Receiver of the first Fruits Revenue and Clerks of the Nichils Mr. Thomas Squib Chief Usher John VValker Esq His Deputies or Under-Ushers Mr. Samuel Brewster Mr. August Brewster Mr. VVilliam Ballow Mr. VValter Peirce Marshal Mr. Michael Baker Of the Dutchy of Lancaster The Chancellour Robert Lord Willoughby Baron of Eresby Vice-Chancellour James Lighboun Esq Attorney General Edward Northey Esq Clerk of the Dutchy Cheek Gerard Esq Receiver General Sir John Elwes Kt. Auditors John Fanshaw Esq for the North. Tobias le Gros Esq for the South Deputy Clerk Mr. Benjamin Ayloff Deputy Register Mr. John Baker Attorneys Mr. Richard Husbands who is likewise Deputy Auditor for the North and Mr. Thomas Asheton Usher Mr. Thomas Desborough Messenger Mr. Abraham Millen Their Majesties Attorney and Sollicitor General Sergeants and Council at Law Attorney General Sir George Treby Kt. Sollicitor General Sir John Somers Kt. Sergeants at Law Their Majesties Sergeants Sir Ambrose Philips Sir William-Tomson Sir William Wogan Sir Nathaniel Bond Sir John Tremain Sir John Trenchard The other Sergeants Sir Robert Shaftoe Kt. Sir Francis Pemberton Kt. Thomas Rawlins Esq Thomas Stroude Esq Edward Bigland Esq Sir Creswel Levinz Kt. John Windham Esq Edwyn Wyat Esq Edward Birch Esq An●hony Farrington Esq John Jeffreson Esq Thomas Powel Esq John ●ate Esq William Killingworth Esq Hugh Hodges Esq Thomas Geers Esq Christopher Milton Esq John Powel Esq Sir Francis Withins Kt. William Leffant Esq John Rotheram Esq V● Denn Esq Salathiel Lovell Esq Sir Henry Chancy Kt. Henry Trinder Esq Henry Fuller Esq John Thurburn Esq William Pawlet Esq Henry Hatsell Esq John Blencow Esq Roger Bellwood Esq Council at Law Sir William Williams Kt. and Bar. Mr. Conyers Sir Charles Porter Kt. Mr. Trevor Sir William Whitlock Kt. Mr. Cooper A List of the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury and other Officers appointed for Managing Their Majesties Revenue The Lords Commissioners of the Treasury Sidney Lord Godolphin Sir John Lowther Kt. Richard Hambden Esq Sir Stephen Fox Kt. Thomas Pelham Esq Their Se●retary William Jephson Esq Chancellour of the Exchequer Richard Hampden Esq one of the Lords Commissioners The Chamberlains Sir Nicholas Steward Hilliard Esq Deputy Chamberlains Mr. John Low Mr. Peter Le Neve Auditor of the Receipts Sir Robert Howard The four Tellers Henry Maynard Esq Francis Villiers Esq John Loving Esq Thomas Howard Esq Clerk of the Pells William Wardour Esq Ushers of the Receipt Mr. Packer c. Tally-Cutter Mr. Samuel Langford Officers of the Custom Revenue The Commissioners of the Custom-House The Honourable George Booth Esq The Honourable Sir Richard Temple Baronet and Knight of the Bath The Honourable Sir John Woorden Bar. The Honourable Sir Robert Southwell Kt. The Honourable Sir Robert Clayton Kt. The Honourable Sir Patience Ward Kt. The Honourable Henry Guy Esq Collector Inwards Sir John Shaw Collector Outwards Sir Nicholas Crisp Customer of the Cloth and petty Customs Customer of the great Customs Edward Bertie Esq Comptroller general of the Accompts Giles Litcot Esq Comptroller of the Cloth and. petty Customs Richard Breton Surveyor general George Nicholas Surveyor of the Out-Ports Register of the Seizures John Earl Surveyors of the Land-Waiters George Talbot Thomas Blechynden Robert Burgoine Henry Serpant John Ward Isaac Manley William Parsons Surveyor of the Searchers Peregrine Bertie Esq The Searchers Henry Canby Richard Boys Edward Le Neve Laurence Prior John Man John Greathead Usher of the Custom-House Matthew Humburston Officers of the Excise The present Commissioners Sir Henry Ashurst Baronets Sir John Morden Baronets Sir Samuel Dashwood Knights Sir Humphrey Edwin Knights William Strong Esquires John Foche Esquires Stephen Evans Esquires The Register and Secretary Edward Noel Esq Auditor John Birch Esq Comptroller Elias Ashmole Esq House-Keeper Richard Ferguson Officers of the General Post-Office Post-Master General Major Wildman Comptroller of the Outland Office John VVildman Junior Esq Comptroller of the Inland Office Thomas Gardener Esq Receiver General Mr. Stephen Lilly Accomptant General Mr. George Serle Six Clerks of the forein Office Mr. John Leeson Mr. Ashburnham Frowd Mr. John Saladine Mr. William Sweeting Mr. Francis Clewitt Mr. Ferand Spence Six Clerks of the Roads of the Inland Office Mr. John Salter For Chester Road. Mr. John Middleton For the North Road. Mr. Richard Minors For Bristol Road. Mr. William Serle For the Western Road. Mr. Francis Garret For the Kentish Road. Mr. James Cumber For Yarmouth Road. Of the Peny-Post Office The Comptroller Nathan Castleton Esq The Accomptant Mrs. Thomas Lawe The Receiver Mr. Francis Gelling A List of the Officers of the Mint in the Tower of London Warden of the Mint Benjamin Overton Esq Master and Worker Thomas Neale Esq Comptroller James Hove Esq Assay-Master Sir John Brattell Auditors Thomas Dove and Brook Bridge● Esq Surveyor of the Melting George Evans Esq Weigher and Teller Thomas Fitch Esq King's Chief Clark Thomas Hall Esq Engineer of the Mint Mr. Thomas Doyley Graver Henry Harris Esq Provost Mr. Thomas Anderson M●●ter Mr. Jonathan Ambrose A List of the Officers of the Ordnance The Master General of the Ordnance

Lieutenant General Sir Henry Goodrick Kt. and Bar. Surveyor John Charleton Esq Clerk of the Ordnance Sir Thomas Littleton Kt. Keeper of the Stores Thomas Gardiner Esq Clerk of the Deliveries Philip Musgrave Esq Assistant Surveyor William Boulter Esq Treasurer or Pay-master Charles Bertie Esq Master Gunner Capt. Richard Leak Principal Engineer Sir Martin Beckman Kt. Keeper of the small Guns Mr. Charles Beaumont The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty and of the Admirals The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty The Earl of Pembroke and Montgomery The Earl of Carbery Sir Michael Wharton Bat. Sir Thomas Lee Bat. Sir John Chichley Bat. Sir John Lowther Bat. William Sacheveril Esq Admirals Sir Richard Haddock Kt. Henry Killigrew Esq Sir John Ashby Kt. A List of the Commissioners and other Principal Officers belonging to the Navy The Commissioners Sir Richard Haddock Kt. Charles Sergison Esq Sir John Tippet Kt. Sir Richard Beach Kt. The Treasurer Edward Russel Esq Comptroller Sir Richard Haddock Kt. Surveyor Sir John Tippet Kt. Clerk of the Acts Charles Sergison Esq Victuallers of the Navy Thomas Papilion Simon Macne John Agur Humphrey Ayles and James How Esquires Commissioners for Sick and Wounded Seamen and exchange of Prisoners of War Thomas Addison Esq Edward Leigh Esq Anthony Shepherd Esq John Starkey Esq Of the Martial Court THis Court you have too short an Account of in my Third Part Page 91. I therefore beg leave here to inlarge upon it 'T is called the Martial or Military Court or High Court of Chivalry otherwise the Court of Honour and in Latine Curia Militaris The Place anciently appointed for holding thereof was the King's Hall wherein the Constable and Earl Marshal of England sat as Judges Where any Plaintiff in case of Dignities or Matters of Arms or of any other Sute or Controversy concerning Nobility Gentility or Arms might sue the Defendant But now that great Office of Constable of England is hid aside the whole Power is vested in the Earl Marshal And the Present Possessor of that honourable Office is his Grace Henry Duke of Norfolk Earl Marshal of England Who has appointed the Hall in the Colledge of Arms to be the Place for Keeping the said Court. And upon Application made to him by any of the Nobility or Gentry of this Kingdom being abused in Matters of Honour and Arms may there have relief from his Grace Officers belonging to this Court Their Majesties Advocate William Odys Dr. of Laws Register of the Court Robert Plott Dr. of Laws Secretary and Seal-Keeper Francis Negus Esq Deputy-Register Mr. John Cheek Proctors Samuel Francklyn Esq Batchelour of Laws Mr. Ralph Suckley Mr. Everard Exton Batchelour of Laws Mr. John Hill Mr. Francis Nixon Mr. Robert Chapman Mr. Samuel Wiseman Mr. Keate Waller Marshal of the Court. Mr. John Curry A List of the Lords Lieutenants Bedford Earl of Bedford Berks Duke of Norfolk Bucks Earl of Bridgewater Cambr. Earl of Bedford Cheshire Earl of Warrington Cornwal Earl of Bath Cumberland Earl of Carlisle Derbysh Earl of Devon Devonsh Earl of Bath Dorcetsh Earl of Bristol Essex Earl of Oxford Gloc. and Heref. Earl of Maclesfield Hartfordsh Earl of Shrewsbury during the Minority of the Earl of Essex Huntingt Earl of Manchester Kent Earl of Winchelsey Lancashire Earl of Derby Leicestersh Earl of Rutland Lincolnsh Earl of Lindsey Middlesex Earl of Clare Monmouthsh Earl of Maclesfield Norfolk Duke of Norfolk Northampt. Earl of Monmouth Northumb. Earl of Scarborough Nottinghamsh Earl of Kingston Oxon Earl of Abington Salop Lord Visc Newport Somersetsh Lord Visc Fitz-Harding Southampton Duke of Bolton Staffordsh Lord Paget Suffolk Lord Cornwallis Surrey Duke of Norfolk Sussex Earl of Dorset and Middlesex Warwicksh Earl of Northampton Wiltshire Earl of Pembroke Worcestersh Earl of Shrowsbury York East-Riding Earl of Kingston York North Riding Earl of Falconberg York West-Riding Earl of Derby South and North Wales Earl of Maclesfield Governours of Garrisoned Places Barwick Christ Babington Esq Calshot Francis Pawlet Esq Carlisle Jeremiah Bubb Esq Chepstow Chester Sir John Morgan Cinque-Ports Col. John Beaumont Esq Dartmouth Nich. Roope Esq Graves-end William Selwyn Esq Guernsey Lord Hatton Holy Island Hull Marquess of Caermarthen Hurst-Castle Henry Holmes Jersey Lord Jermyn Isle of Wight Sir Robert Holmes Landguard-Fort Henry Killigrew Esq S. Maws Pendennis Earl of Bath Plimouth Earl of Bath Portland Portsmouth John Gibson Esq Scarborough Scilly Islands Sheerness Robert Crawford Esq Tinmouth Sir Edw. Villiers Tower of London Lord Lucas Upner Castle Robert Minors Esq Windfor Castle Duke of Norfolk Governours of Foreign Plantations Of Jamaica Earl of Inchqueen Virginia Lord Effingham New York Col. Sloughter Barbadoes James Kendal Col. Leeward Islands Col. Godrington As for New England the Governor is not yet setled Mary-Land Pensylvania and Carolina are governed by their respective Proprietors who have there their Deputies Their Majesties Embassadors Envoys and Residents Abroad At Vienna Lord Paget At Constantinople Sir William Hussey In Holland Lord Dursley Spain William Stanhop Esq Flanders John Eckart Esq Sweden William Duncomb Esq Denmark Robert Molesworth Esq Brandenburg James Johnston Esq Lunenburg and Brunswick Sir William Dutton Colt Swisserland Thomas Cox Esq Hamburg Sir Paul Rycaut Geneva Philibert Herbert Esq Agent in Germany Hugh Hughes Gent. Consuls in Foreign Parts At Venice Hugh Broughton Esq Cadiz S. Maries Sevil S. Lucar in Spain Wartin Nescomb Robert Godschall Walter Doleman E●● Alicant Genoua Leghorn Naples in Italy Thomas Kirk Esq Robert Serle Esq Sir George Davis Kt. Argiers in Barbary Thomas Baker Esq Foreign Ministers at present residing in their Majesties Court. Spain Don Pedro de Ronquillo Ambassador in Ordinary Portugal Don Simon de Soza de Magellanes Envoy Extraordinary Sweden Baron Leyonbergh Envoy Denmark Monsieur Alfeldt Envoy Holland The Heer Van Zitters Ambassador in Ordinary Brandenburg Monsieur Dankelman Envoy Lunenburg Baron de Schutz Envoy Extraordinary Savoy The President de la Tour Envoy Extraordinary Vienna Monsieur Hofman Resident A Scheme of the Sovereign and Knights Companions of the most Noble Order of the Garter ●●e King of Denmark The Sovereign The King of Sweden Prince George of Denmark * Elector of Brandenb Earl of Oxford Earl of Strafford Duke of Beaufort Earl of Bedford Duke of Southampton Earl of Mulgrave Duke of Newcastle Marquis of Caerm   Duke of Richmond Duke of Hamilton Duke of Somerset Duke of Northumb. Duke of Norfolk Earl of Peterborough Earl of Rochester Earl of Feversham Earl of Sunderland Duke of Ormond * Earl of Devonshire   A List of the Knights made by His Present Majesty King William Knights Baronets Hender Moulesworth Esq created Baronet July 19th 1689. Sir John Ramsden of Yorkshire Esq created Baronet Dec. 30. 1689. Sir William Robinson of Newby in Yorkshire Esq created Baronet Febr. 13th 1689. Knights Batchelours Anthony Keck Esq Counsellor at Law Knighted at Whitehall March 5th 1688. William Rawlinson Esq One of the Lords Commissioners of the Chancery Knighted at Whitehall March 5th

1688. Henry Pollixfen Esq Lord Chief Justice of the Common-Pleas Knighted at Whitehall March 5th 1688. Charles Sidley Knighted at Whitehall March 12. 1688. Thomas Pilkington Esq Lord Mayor of London Knighted April 10th 1689. William Whitelock Esq of the Middle-Temple Knighted April 10th 1689. Robert Harrison Esq Knighted at Whitehall April 12. 1689. Captain John Ashby and Captain Clovesty Shovel both Knighted on Shipboard May 16th 1689. Charles Hedges of Doctors Commons London Judge of the Admiralty Knighted at Whitehall June 4th 1689. Edward Mosely of Huling in Lancashire Esq Knighted at Whitehall June 4th 2689. Ralph Box of London Esq Knighted at Whitehall Octob. 25th 1689. Christopher Lethulier and John Houblon Knighted at Whitehall Octob. 29th 1689. Edward Clerk Alderman and Francis Child Goldsmith Knighted at Whitehall Octob. 29th 1689. Nicholas Lechmere Esq One of the Barons of the Exchequer All four Knighted in the Bedchamber at Whitehall Oct. 31. 1689. Tho. Rokesby Esq One of the the Justices of the Common-Pleas All four Knighted in the Bedchamber at Whitehall Oct. 31. 1689. Giles Eyres Esq One of the Justices of the Kings-Bench All four Knighted in the Bedchamber at Whitehall Oct. 31. 1689. Peyton Ventris Esq one of the Justices of the Common-Pleas All four Knighted in the Bedchamber at Whitehall Oct. 31. 1689. John Turton Esq One of the Barons of the Exchequer All Knighted in the Bedchamber at Whitehall Oct. 29. 1689. George Hutchins Esq One of the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury All Knighted in the Bedchamber at Whitehall Oct. 29. 1689. Will. Wogan Esq Their Majesties Serjeants at Law All Knighted in the Bedchamber at Whitehall Oct. 29. 1689. J. Tremain Esq Their Majesties Serjeants at Law All Knighted in the Bedchamber at Whitehall Oct. 29. 1689. W. Thompson Esq Their Majesties Serjeants at Law All Knighted in the Bedchamber at Whitehall Oct. 29. 1689. J. Trenchard Esq Their Majesties Serjeants at Law All Knighted in the Bedchamber at Whitehall Oct. 29. 1689. John Somers Esq their Majesties Sollicitor General All Knighted in the Bedchamber at Whitehall Oct. 29. 1689. James de Castillo Knighted at Whitehall Dec. 1. 1689. William Cranmer Merchant Knighted at Whitehall Dec. 14th 1689. Thomas Miller of Chichester Esq Knighted at Whitehall Dec. 23. 1659. Pury Cust of Stamford Esq Knighted at Whitehall April 10th 1690. William Hussey of London Merchant lately sent Embassador to Constantinople Knighted at Whitehall April 17th 1690. Joseph Herne of London Merchant Governor of the East-India Company Both Knighted at Kingsington Sept. 15th 1690. Thomas Cook of London Goldsmith Deputy-Governor of the said Company Both Knighted at Kingsington Sept. 15th 1690. George Meggot Esq of Horsey Down in Surrey Knighted at Kinsington Oct. 9th 1690. Stephen Evans of London Knighted at Kinsington Octob. 14th 1690. A List of the present Deans both in England and Wales S. Asaph Bangor Bristol Canterbury Carlisle Chester Chichester Christchurch in Oxford S. Davids Durham Ely Exeter Glocester Hereford Lichfield Lincoln Norwich S. Pauls London Peterborough Rochester Salisbury Wells Westminster Winchester Windsor and Woolverhampton Worcester York Dr. Bright Dr. Jones Dr. Levet Dr. Sharp Dr. Mr. Musgrave Dr. Ardern Dr. Hawkins Dr. Aldrich Dr. Ellis Dr. Greenvill Dr. Spencer Dr. Annesly Dr. Jane Dr. Benson Dr. Addison Dr. Brevint Dr. Fairfax Dr. Tillotson Dr. Kidder Dr. Ullock Dr. Pearce Dr. Bathurst Dr. Sprat Bp. of Rochester Dr. Meggot Dr. Haskard Dr. Hicks Dr. Wickham The Colledge of Civilians called Doctors Commons exercent in London DR George Oxinden Dean and Official Principal of the Arches-Court of Canterbury and Vicar General of the Arch-Bishop of Canterbury Sir Charles Hedges Kt. Dr. of Laws Judg of the High Court of Admiralty Master of the Faculties and Chancellor of the Diocese of Rochester Sir Richard Raines Kt. Dr. of Laws Judg of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury and Chancellor to the Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry Dr. Thomas Bourchier Commissary of the Diocese of Canterbury Dr. Watkinson Vicar-General to the Arch-Bishop of York Sir Thomas Pinfold His Majesties Advocate-General Chancellor to the Lord Bishop of Peterborough and Official to the Dean and Chapter of St. Pauls Dr. Edward Masters Chancellor to the Lord Bishop of Exeter Dr. William Oldys Their Majesties Advocate for the Office of Lord High Admiral of England and to the Lords of the Prizes and Chancellor of the Diocese of Lincoln Dr. Henry Falconbridge Chancellor to the Bishop of St. Davids Dr. Pepper Chancellor to the Bishop of Norwich Dr. Henry Newton Chancellor to the Bishop of London Dr. Henry Aileworth Chancellor to the Bishop of Oxford Sir Timothy Baldwin Chancellor to the Bishops of Hereford and Worcester Dr. Briggs Chancellor to the Bishop of Chichester The Honourable Mountague Batchelor of Laws Chancellor to the Bishop of Durham Dr. John Cook Chancelor to the Bishop of Ely Morley Batchelor of Laws Chancellor to the Bishop of Winchester Dr. Powel Chancellor to the Bishop of St Asaph Dr. Richard Parsons Chancellor to the Bishop of Glocester Dr. Henry Jones Chancellor to the Bishop of Landaff Dr. Nicholas Chancellor to the Bishop of Carlisle Dr. Baylie Chancellor to the Bishop of Bath and Wells Dr. Wainwright Chancellor to the Bishop of Chester Dr. Jones Chancellor to the Bishop of Bristol Dr. Pennington Chancellor to the Bishop of Bangor Chancellor to the Bishop of Salisbury Doctors of Laws Sir William Trumball Kt. late Ambassador at Constantinople Dr. John Edisbury Official to the Dean and Chapter of Westminster Dr. Joseph Taylor Dr. Charles Davenant Dr. Fisher Littleton Dr. John St. John Dr. George Brampston Dr. Stephen VValler Dr. Mathew Tindale Dr. John Conant Dr. Thomas Lane Dr. Richard Paget Dr. Philip Foster Dr. Bryan VValton Dr. John Harwood Dr. John Rudston Registers Thomas Oughton Gent. Register to the High Court of Delegates John Clements Esq Register of the Arches Court of Canterbury Thomas Smith Deputy Register Thomas Tillot Actuary of the same Orlando Gee Esq Register of the High Court of Admiralty Thomas Bedford Gent. Deputy Register John Cheek General Marshal Proctors of the Arches and in all other Courts Samuel Francklyn Esq Batchelor of the Laws Their Majesties Proctor-General Mr. Ralph Suckley Mr. Everard Exton Mr. Batchel of Laws Mr. VVilliam Cole Mr. John Hill Mr. Ric. Newcourt Mr. Thomas Smith Mr. Francis Nixon Mr. Godfrey Lee. Mr. Robert Chapman Mr. Thomas Tillot Mr. Thomas Swallow Mr. Peter Parret Mr. Thomas Rock Mr. Samuel Wiseman Mr. John Hungerford Mr. John Miller Mr. Thomas Shepard Mr. Keate VValler Mr. Edward Shaw Mr. John Lovell Mr. Richard Martin Mr. John Roberts Mr. Robert Bargrave Mr. John Tomlinson Mr. George Sayer Mr. Robert Constable Mr. Robert Peirson Mr. John Playdell Mr. John Chase Mr. Joseph Patten Mr. Goldsmith Mills Mr. Edward Cooke The Prerogative Office or Registry for the Prerogative Wills in the Arch-Bishoprick of Canterbury Register of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury Everard Exton Batchelor of Laws Deputy Register Mr. Thomas VVelham Clerks in the said Office Mr. Charles Pinfold

Pugnae est ubi Victus gaudet uterque Et tamen alteruter se superasse dolet For Men of other Studies Lindwood the Canonist Cosins and Cowel eminent in the Civil Laws Bracton Briton Dier and Coke as eminent for their Knowledge in the Laws of England Johannes de Sacro Bosco the Author of the Book of the Sphere Roger Bacon a noted Mathematician in the darker Times The Lord Bacon Viscount of S. Albans Sir Thomas More Lord Chancellour one of the Restorers of Learning to the Isle of Great Britain Sir Henry Savile of Eaton the Reviver of Chrysostom Sir Henry Spelman a learned Antiquary and a religious Assertor of the Churches Rights Cambden the Pausanias of the British Islands Matthew Paris Roger Hoveden Henry of Huntington William of Malmesbury Matthew of Westminster and Thomas of Walsingham all known Historians For Poetry Gower and Lydgate a Monk of Bury The famous Geosry Chaucer Brother in Law to John of Gaunt the great Duke of Lancaster Sir Philip Sidney and the Renowned Spencer Sam. Daniel and Michael Drayton That the Lucan and This the Ovid of the English Nation Beaumont and Fletcher not inferiour unto Terence and Plantus And lastly Ben. Johnson equal to any of the Ancients for the exactness of his Pen and the Decorum he kept in the Dramatick Poems never before observed on the English Theater CHAP. II. Of the English Names and of their Way of Computing CHristian Names says Cambden were first imposed for the Distinction of Persons Surnames for the Distinction of Families The first amongst the English are either Saxon as Edward Gilbert Henry Richard Walter William c. Or taken out of the Holy Writ as Abraham Jacob James Jsaac c. 'T is rare for the English to have two Christen Names together as they have in Germany But it is not unusual with them to christen Children by their Godfathers Surnames which is unpractised beyond Sea The Ancients took particular care to give their Children significative and good Names according to the Proverb Bonum Nomen Bonum Omen And the Pythagoreans affirmed the Minds Actions and Successes of Men to be according to their Fate Genius and Name In short such was Mens Superstition of old in this particular that they used a kind of Divination by Names called Onomantia which was condemned by the last General Council The Story of Augustus the Emperour is remarkable upon this Subject The Day before his Sea-fight at Actium the first Man he met was a poor Man driving his Ass before him Augustus demanded his Name and he answered Eutyches that is Happy-man then he asked his Asse's Name which proved to be Nicon that is Victor Augustus took it for a good Omen and having accordingly obtained the Victory there he built Nicopolis or the City of Victory and erected brazen Images of the Man and his Ass Alfonso IV. King of Castille had two Daughters by one of the Daughters of Henry II. King of England The Eldest Vrraca by Name was far surpassing her Sister Blanche in beauty Lewis VIII of France sent to Alfonso to demand one of the Daughters They were both presented to the Ambassadors Choice who inquiring of their Names preferred the Lady Blanche and made choice of her contrary to all expectation The Name of Vrraca though the more beautiful Lady proved unpleasing and that of the Lady Blanche signifying Fair and Beautiful carried it as a Name that would be more acceptable in France For my part though I am not so much a Pythagorean as to think a Mans Name should interpret his Fate yet I think it not amiss to name Children with Names of a happy signification as it was usual among the Primitive Christians were it but to stir them up to live according to their Names and not give themselves the lie As for the English Surnames they are generally Saxon some few Danish as Whitfeld and Wren The Whitfelds a very ancient Family came over with King Canute into England and their chief Br●nch is continued to this day in Northumberland with a good Estate In Q. Elizabeths Time there was a Whitfeld sent hither Embassadour from the King of Denmark But the Surnames now of best account in England are Local and so were many Names among the Romans Those you will find deduced from Places in Normandy or Countries adjacent being either the Patrimonial Possessions or native Places of such as served the Conqueror or came in after out of Normandy As Mortimer Albigny Percy Gournay Devereux Nevil Ferrers Montfort Courtney Cressy c. Or from Places in England and Scotland as Barkley Clifford Lumley Ratcliff Willoughby Douglas Some of which Local Names were formerly used with de prefixt but of late generally neglected or joyned to the Name as Darcy Devereux Others had at prefixed as At More At Wood At Down which has been removed from some and has been conjoyned to others as in these Atmore Atwood Atwells c. Many have also had their Names from Rivers as Trent Eden Swale Stoure From Trees near their Habitations as Oak Box Elder Beech. Some from their Situation in respect to adjoyning Places as North South East West according to the Greek Names Anatolius Zephyrius c. Others from several Parts of a House as Hall Parlour Cellar Lodge c. From Towns where they were born or from whence they came without being Lords or Possessors of them as Compton Egerton Or from several Denominations of Land and Water as Hill Wood Warren Field Ford Pool and Wells Among Foreiners several retained the Names of their Countries as Scot Picard Fleming French Lombard Poitevin German And these had commonly Le prefixt in Records and other Writings as Le Fleming Le Picard Next to these Local Names I shall take notice of those that have been assumed by some Families from Civil Honours and Dignities as King Duke Prince Lord Baron Knight and Squire probably because their Ancestors ha●acted such Parts or were Kings of the Bean Christmas Lords c. Agreeable to which are the old Greek and Roman Names Archelaus Augustulus Regulus Basilius Caesarius Flaminius though they were neither Kings Caesars Dukes or Priests Others have been assumed from Offices as Chamberlain Steward Page Cook Spencer Gardener Butler Porter Foster Parker Faulconer Fowler Forester Woodward Clark Sergeant c. From Ecclesiastical Functions as Bishop Abbot Priest Monk Dean Deacon But most of all from Trades as Taylor Smith Potter Fisher Baker Chapman Spelman c. Some from Parts of the Body as Head Arm Leg Foot Others from Qualities of the Body good or bad as Greathead Whitehead Strong Armstrong Long Low Short Fair and Bell in the same sense Fairfax and Whitelock in the same sense Thin Heile or healthful c. No more to be disliked than these Roman Names Romulus and Nero which signify Strong Capito Ped● Labeo Naso Longus Longinus Minutius Crispus Calvus Gracchus Salustius Cocles and the like Not a few got their Names from the Colour of their Complexions

of the Officers of Arms with a Sergeant at Arms and two Trumpets went before to Temple-Bar where the Lord Mayor Aldermen and Sheriffs were by this time arrived and had ordered the Gates to be shut The Herald at Arms knocked thereat and the Sheriffs being come to the Gate on Horse-back he acquainted them That he came by Order of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal assembled at Westminster to demand Entrance into that famous City for the Proclaiming of WILLIAM and MART King and Queen of England France and Ireland and the Dominions and Territories thereunto belonging and therefore required their speedy Answer Whereupon the said Sheriffs ordered the Gates to be opened Thus the Head-Bayliff Constables and Beadles of Westminster being left without the Bar the rest of the Proceeding entered Where they found the Lord Mayor Aldermen Recorder and Sheriffs all in their Formalities and on Horse-back Except the Lor● Mayor who was in his Coach attended by the Sword-bearer and other of his Officers The Proceeding being there joyfully received they made a Stand between the two Temple-Gates and Proclaimed Their Majesties a second time From whence they marched towards Cheapside a Class of the City-Trumpets and the Lord Mayor's Livery-men leading the Way the said Aldermen and Lord Mayor falling into the Proceeding And near Wood-street end the Place where Cheap-side Cross formerly stood they made another stand and Proclaimed Their Majesties a third time At last arriving at the Royal Exchange about two of the Clock they Proclaimed Them a fourth time Each Proclamation was ecchoed with universal Acclamations of Joy by the Multitudes of people which crowded the Streets Windows and Balconies the Streets all the way from Temple-Bar to the Royal Exchange being lined with four Regiments of the City Militia And the Night was concluded with Bonfires Ringing of Bells and all other Expressions of Duty and Affection towards Their Majesties King WILLIAM and Queen MARY with hearty Wishes for Their long and happy Reign Their Coronation was performed at Westminster in Manner following Apr. 11th 1689. Their Majesties being come about Noon from Whitehall to the Palace at Westminster where the Nobility and others who were to go into the Proceeding were assembled came down in State from the House of Lords to Westminster-Hall then fitted up for this great Solemnity Where being seated on the Throne the Sword of State the Curtana or pointless Sword being an Emblem of Mercy and the two pointed Swords together with the gold Spurs were presented to Their Majesties and laid on a Table before Them Then the Dean and Prebends of Westminster having before brought the Crowns and other Regalia in solemn Procession from the Collegiate Church there came up the Hall and presented them severally to Their Majesties Which being likewise laid on the Table were together with the four Swords and Spurs delivered to the Lords appointed to carry them in the Procession which was thus First marched The Drums and Trumpets The Six Clerks in Chancery two abreast as the rest of the Proceeding went Chaplains having Dignities The Aldermen of London Masters in Chancery Sollicitor and Attorney General Gentlemen of the Privy Chamber Judges Then the Children of Westminster and of the King's Chappel The Choir of Westminster Gentlemen of the Chappel Prebend of Westminster Master of the Jewel-House Privy Counsellors not Peers Two Pursuivants The Baronesses Barons Bishops A Pursuivant A Vicountess The Vicounts Two Heralds The Dutchesses The Dukes Two Kings of Arms. The Lord Privy Seal Lord President of the Council Arch-bishop of York The Prince of Denmark Two Persons in Robes of State representing the Dukes of Aquitain and Normandy Next the Lords who bore Their Majesties Regalia with the Sergeants at Arms going on each side of them Viz. The Earl of Manchester carrying S. Edward's Staff and the Lord Grey of Ruthen now Vicount of Longueville the Spurs The Earl of Clare carrying the Queen's Scepter with the Cross and the Earl of Northampton the King's The Earls of Shrewsbury Derby and Pembroke the three Swords Then Garter King Arms between the Vsher of the Black Rod and the Lord Mayor of London The Lord Great Chamberlain single The Earl of Oxford with the Sword of State between the Duke of Norfolk Earl Marshal and the Duke of Ormond Lord High Constable for that Day Next the Earl of Bedford with the Queen's Scepter of the Dove and the Earl of Rutland with the Kings The Duke of Bolton with the Queens Orb and the Duke of Grafton with the Kings The Duke of Somerset with the Queen's Crown and the Earl of Devonshire Lord Steward of the King's Houshold and Lord High Steward of England for that Day with the King's Crown The Bishop of London with the Bible between the Bishop of S. Asaph with the Paten and the Bishop of Rochester with the Chalice The KING and QUEEN followed next under a rich Canopy born by Sixteen Barons of the Cinque-Ports the King assisted by the ●ishop of Winchester and the Queen by the Bishop of Bristol Both Their Majesties array'd in Royal Robes of Crimson Velvet furred with Ermine the King with a Velvet Cap and the Queen with a gold Circlet on her head His Majesties Train born by the Master of the Robes assisted by the Lords Eland Willoughby Lansdowne and Dunblain and Her Majesties by the Dutchess of Somerset assisted by the Ladies Eliz. Pawlet Diana Vere Eliz. Cavendish and Henrietta Hyde The Gentlemen Pensioners marched on each side of the Canopy Next to the King followed a Gentleman and two Grooms of the Bed-Chamber And after the Queen a Lady of the Bed-Chamber and two of Her Majesties Women Who were followed by the Captain of His Majesties Gard between the Captain of the Yeomen of the Gard and the Captain of the Band of Pensioners And these by the Officers and Band of the Yeomen of the Gard who closed the Proceeding Thus Their Majesties with all the Nobility in Crimson-Velvet Robes and their Coronets in their hands and the rest of the Proceeding being richly habited or wearing their proper and peculiar Robes proceeded on foot upon blue Cloth spread from the Steps of the Throne in Westminster-Hall to the Steps of the Theater in the Quire of the Collegiate Church of S. Peter Westminster The whole Passage was Railed in and Garded with Their Majesties Horse and Foot-Gards all the Way and Houses on each side being Crowded with vast Number of Spectators expressing their great Joy and Satisfaction by loud repeated Acclamations Being entred the Church and the Nobility and others all duly placed Their Majesties ascended the Theater Who being seated in their Chairs of State the Bishop of London who performed this great Solemnity began with the Recognition which ended with a mighty Shout Then Their Majesties Offered and the Lords who bore the Regalia presented them at the Altar where they were deposited After that the Litany was sung by two Bishops And after the Epistle Gospel and Nicene Creed the Bishop

Nich. Eyre Esq Sir Ja. Chamberlen Bar. Sir Phillip Coote Kt. Sir Robert Barkham Bar. Sir Thomas Piers Bar. William Hambleton Esq Sir Robert Bacon Bar. Sir James Caldvel Bar. Sir John Ashfeild Kt. Sir Thomas Wiseman Kt. Sir John Clayton Kt. Sir William Waler Kt. Sir John Sparrow Kt. Edward Bulwer Esq Charles Ridegrew Esq John Spicer Esq Dalby Thomas Esq Sabaya Coal Esq Sir Francis Lawly Bar. Sir Tho. Grantham Kt. Sir John Morton Bar. John Duval Esq Sir Thomas Ogle Kt. Sir Char. Rawleigh Kt. Sir Edward Sutton Kt. Sir John Elloways Kt. Sir Edmond Andros Kt. Edward Randolph Esq Roger Whitley Esq James Hambleton Esq Bezaleel Knight Esq Thomas Wheate Esq Tracy Ketchmay Esq Peter Stepkin Esq Sir Edw. Eveling Bar. Sir Jame Clark Kt. Sir Robert Killegrew William Killegrew Esq The Honourable Arthur Annesly Esq James Colley Esq Sir Francis Vincent Kt. Grooms of the Bed-Chamber Charles Trelawney Col. John Sayers Esq Piercy Kirke Esq Adrian Van Borcelan Esq Hatton Compton Esq Emanuel Scroophow Esq James Stanley Esq Pages of the Bed-Chamber or Back-Stairs Mr. Maximilian van Amen Mr. John Sewel Mr. William Watson Mr. John Smith Mr. Benjamin De la Fontain Mr. Randolph Kegne The Secretaries of State Daniel Earl of Nottingham Henry Lord Viscount Sidney Clerks of the Signet Sir John Nicholas Kt. Nicholas Morris Esq Sir Will. Trumbal Kt. John Gauntlet Esq Master of the Great Wardrobe Ralph Earl of Montague His Deputy Robert Nott Esq The Clerk Laurence Townsend Esq Master of the Robes Mounsieur Zulesteyn Clerk of the Robes James Gibbons The Yeoman Bransenbargh The Grooms Gilbert Spencer Benjamin Drake Brusher Patrick Williams Page of the Robes Charles Bland Master of the Jewel-house Sir Francis Lawley Bar. Treasurer of the Chamber Sir Rowland Gwyn Privy Purse William Earl of Portland Groom of the Stole Master of the Ceremonies Sir Charles Cotterel Kt. His Assistant and Marshal La Bache Kings of Arms. Sir Thomas S. George Knight Garter Sir Henry S. George Knight Clarencieux Sir John Dugdale Kt. ●arroy Heralds of Arms. Robert Devenish Esq York Herald Henry Dethick Esq Richmond Herald Francis Burghill Esq Somerset Herald Thomas Holford Esq Windsor Herald Gregory King Esq Lancaster Herald Charles Mawson Esq Chester Herald Pursuivants of Arms. John Gibbon Bluemantle Peerse Mauduit Rougedragon Laurence Cromp Portcullis Peter Le Neve Rougecroix Serjeants at Arms. Sir Roger Harsnet Kt. Thomas Topham Esq John Topham Esq Edmund Williamson Esq Orlan Fitz. Symous Esq John Temple Esq Thomas Charnock Esq Richard Shoreditch Esq Philip Ryley Esq Groom Porter Thomas Neal Esq Master of the Revels Henry Killegrew Esq His Yeoman Harris Knight Harbinger Simon Smith Esq Keeper of the Standing Wardrobe Child Esq Keeper of the Removing Wardrobe Yeoman Thomas Sackvill Esq Grooms Peter Humes Jonathan Chase Pages Thomas Taylor Michael Ballow Christopher Smith Keeper of the private Armory Peter Beaubuisson Surveyor of the Chamber and Dresser George Wellington House-Keeper at Whitehall Piercy Kirk Esq Theater-Keeper at Whitehall John Clark Gallery-Keepers Richard Champion William Pawlet Messengers in Ordinary George Bromwich Clerks of the Checque Samuel Clark Clerks of the Checque Philip Maddox Henry Legat Thomas Smith Thomas Beak St. John Taylor Henry Evans James Kitson George Collings Ralph Young Simon Chapman William Sharp Samuel Cook Francis Clark Edward Gibs Stephen Gythins Henry Allen Christopher Seymour John Freeman Charles Keynge Robert Knowles Nicholas Hill John Thompson Thomas Davis William Richardson Ralph Gibs John Loggins Joh Bale William Knight James Manners John Jones Henry Sheldon John Symonds Peter Newlyn William Sutton George Fry Richard Poyke John King George Shipside Charles Maris Peter Marisco Messenger of the Press Robert Stephens Master Faulconer Charles Duke of S. Albans Sergeant of the Hawks William Russel Esq Master of the Hart and Buck-hounds James de Gastigny Esq Rangers Of S. James's Park John Earl of Bath Of Hide-Park William Chiffinch Esq Master of the Barges Warner Master of the Tennis Courts Captain Thomas Cook The King's Physicians Dr. John Hutton Dr. Charles Frazier Dr. William Stokehan Dr. Thomas Goodman Apothecaries John Chace Abraham Rottermond Dr. John Jones Surgeons William van Loon Esq Surgeon to his Majesties Person Charles Peter Surgeon of the Houshold To which add Principal Painter John Riley Esq Poet Laureate Thomas Shadwell Esq Hydrographer John Seller Library-Keeper Henry Thynne Esq Bookseller Major Will. Churchill Publick Notary Officers of the Works Surveyor General Sir Christopher Wren Master of the Mechanicks Sir Samuel Morland Comptroller William Talman Esq Pay-master Thomas Lloyd Esq Clerks of the Works Leo. Gamon Henry Symons Charles Browne John Scarborough Henry Winstanly Nicholas Hawksmoor Mason John Oliver Carpenter Matthew Banks Sergeant Painter Robert Streeter Sergeant Plummer Charles Atherton Bricklayer Maurice Emet Joyner Alexander Froth Glazier William Ireland Plaisterer John Grove Other Tradesmen sworn Servants to his Majesty Jeweller Sir Francis Child Goldsmith Bernard Eale Mercer Draper James Smithsby Watch-maker Thomas Herbert Officers and Servants under the Master of the Horse The Avener and Clark Marshal Anthony Row Esq Querries or Ecquerries Sir Henry Hobart Bar. Henry Ireton Esq John Letten Esq Thomas Butler Esq Thomas Fairfax Esq James Cockain Esq Peter Lorin Grammar Esq Pages of Honour Joost Capel Esq Nicholas Needham Esq Charles Dormer Esq Sergeant of the Carriages James Du Peron Master of the Studs and Surveyor of the Race Michael Studholme Surveyor of the Stables Francis Negus The Riding Surveyor Robert Hayes Clerk of the Avery Robert Manley Yeoman of the Stirrup Peter Paul Jeundcalf The Yeomen Riders John Walfraet Clerk of the Stables Euvestre Jollyvet Sergeant Farrier Andrew Snape Marshal Farrier Andrew Snape Junior Yeoman Farrier Richard Snape Groom Farriers John Willis Humphrey Bannes William Harris Esquire Saddler John Rawlins Yeoman Saddler Laurence Schacht Groom-Saddler Francis Francklyn Coach-maker Samuel Aubery Purveyors and Granitors Anthony Row Arthur Powell Robert Bainton Riding Purveyor Richard Pye Keeper of the Mews Brian Conery The three other Keepers John Robson Thomas Eagle West Young The Coachmen Derick Stork Jacob de Grave Robert Young William Welsh Samuel Kelby William Noble The Footmen George Sewell John Haycock Henry Callop John Davis Isaac White Thomas Hall Richard Sampson John Cooper John Scarping Giles Vandreburg Jacob Wigering John Watke Abraham Barton Cren Hendrick Bed Daniel van Breda John van Leven A List of the Gentlemen Pensioners under Their Captain John Lord Lovelace Lieutenant Henry Heveningham Esq Standard-bearer Boucher Fane Esq Clerk of the Checque Robert Manley Esq Thomas Hales Esq Abraham Clerk John Hubbart Walter Baker Sir Ger. Fleetwood Daniel Vivian Thomas Chid Sir Tho. Knyveton Bar. Charles Turner William Rolls Abraham Carter Amb. Seckum John Cooper Abraham Duplex Thomas Orme John Tidcomb Charles Norton Thomas Butler Thomas Pyrke Paul Colton Alexander Barham Charles Summer Edward Wroth Henry Paget Philip Reeves John Grub Thomas Freckleton Henry Bowyer Thomas Musgrave Henry Lenny Henry Purefoy William Pitts Nicholas Arnold Sir Christopher Humphreville Kt. William

of Maldon Sir Thomas Darcy Bar. Charles Mountague Es Borough of Harwich The Right Honourable Charles Lord Chyne Sir Thomas Middleton Kt. Glocestershire 8. Sir John Guise Bar. Sir Ralph Dutton Bar. City of Glocester William Cooke Esq William Try Esq Borough of Cirencester The Right Honourable Henry Powle Esq Richard Howe Esq Borough of Tewksbury Rich. Dowdeswell Esq The Right Honourable Sir Henry Capell Kt. Herefordshire 8. Sir John Morgan Bar. Sir Herbert Croft Bar. City of Hereford Paul Foley Esq Henry Cornwall Esq Borough of Lempster Tho. Conyngesby Esq John Dutton Colt Esq Borough of Weobly John Birch Esq Robert Price Esq Hertfordshire 6. Sir Tho. Pope Blount Bar. Ralph Freeman Esq Borough of St. Albans Sir Samuel Grimston Bar. George Churchill Esq Borough of Hertford Sir Will. Cowper Bar. Sir Will. Leman Bar. Huntingtonshire 4 The Honourable Robert Mountague Esq John Driden Esq Borough of Huntington The Honourable Sidney Wortly alias Mountague Esq The Honourable Richard Mountague Esq Kent 10. The Honourable Sir Vere Fane Knight of the Bath Sir John Knatchbull Bar. City of Canterbury Sir William Honywood Bar. Henry Lee Esq City of Rochester Sir Joseph Williamson Kt. Francis Clarke Esq Borough of Maidston Sir Tho. Taylor Bar. Thomas Ryder Esq Borough of Queenborough Sir John Bankes Bar. Robert Crawford Esq Lancashire 14. The Right Honourable Charles Lord Brandon Gerrard The Honourable James Stanley Borough of Lancaster Roger Kirby Esq Thomas Preston Esq Borough of Preston in Amounderness Christopher Greenfeild Esq Borough of Newton The Honourable George Cholmondely Esq Sir John Chichley Kt. Borough of Wigga●● Sir Rich. Standish Kt. Peter Shakerly Esq Borough of Clitheroe Anthony Parker Esq Roger Kenyon Esq Borough of Leverpool The Kight Honourable Richard Lord Colchester Tho. Norris of Speak Esq Leicester 4. The Right Honourable Bennet Lord Sherrard Sir Thomas Hesilridge Bar. Borough of Leicester Sir Edward Abney Kt. Lawrence Carter Esq Lincoln 12. The Right Honourable George Viscount Castleton Sir Tho. Hussey Bar. City of Lincoln Sir John Bolles Bar. Sir Edw. Hussey Bar. Borough of Boston Peregrine Berty Esq Sir William Yorke Kt. Borough of Great Grimsby Sir Edw. Ayscogh Kt. John Chaplin Esq Town of Stamford The Honourable Charles Bertie Esq William Hyde Esq Borough of Grantham Sir John Brownlowe Bar. Sir William Ellis Bar. Middlesex 8. Sir Char. Gerrard Bar. Ralph Hawtery Esq City of Westminster Sir Will. Poultney Kt. Sir Walter Clarges Bar. London Sir Will. Pritchard Kt. Sir Sam. Dashwood Kt. Sir Will. Turner Kt. Sir Tho. Vernon Kt. Monmouth 3 The Right Honourable Charles Lord Marquess of Worcester Thomas Morgan Esq Borough of Monmouth Sir Charles Kemeys Kt. Norfolk 12. Sir Jacob Astley Kt. and Baronet Sir William Cooke Bar. City of Norwich Thomas Blofeild Esq Hugh Bokenham Esq Town of Lyn Regis Sir John Turner Kt. Daniel Bedingfeild Esq Town of Great Yarmouth George England Esq Samuel Fu●ler Esq Borough of Thetford Baptist May Esq Sir Francis Guybon Kt. Borough of Castlerising Right Honourable Sir Robert Howard Kt. Robert Walpole Esq Northampton 9. Sir St. Andrew St. John Bar. John Parkhurst Esq City of Peterborough Will. Brownlowe Esq Gilbert Dolben Esq Town of Northampton Sir Tho. Samuel Bar. Sir William Langham Kt. Town of Brackley The Honourable Sir William Egerton Knight of the Bath John Blencowe Sergeant at Law Borough of Higham-Ferrers Thomas Andrews Esq Northumberland 8. William Forster Esq Philip Bickerstaff Esq Town of Newcastle upon Tine Sir Ralph Carr Kt. William Carr Esq Borough of Morpeth The Right Honourable Charles Lerd Morpeth Roger Fenwick Esq Town of Berwick upon Tweed Sir Francis Blake Kt. ●amuel Ogle Esq Nottingham 8. Sir Scroop How Kt. Will. Sacheverel Esq Town of Nottingham Char. Hutchinson Esq Richard Slater Esq Borough of Eastretford John Thornehagh Esq Town of Newark upon Trent The Right Honourable William Lord Eland The Honourable Nicholas Sanderson Esq Oxon 9. The Right Honourable Mountague Lord. Norreys Sir Robert Jenkinson Bar. University of Oxon. The Honourable Heneage Finch Esq Sir Tho. Clerges Kt. City of Oxon. The Honourable Henry Bertie Esq Sir Edw. Norreys Kt. Borough of New-Woodstock Sir Tho. Littleton Bar. Thomas Wheate Esq Borough of Banbury Sir Robert Dashwood Kt. and Bar. Rutland 2. Sir Tho. Mackworth Bar. Bennet Sherrard Esq Salop 12. The Honourable Richard Newport Esq Edward-Kynaston of Oately Esq Town of Salop. The Honourable Andrew Newport Esq Richard Mitton Esq Borough of Bruges alias Bridgenorth Sir William Whitmore Bar. Sir Edward Acton Bar. Borough of Ludlow Thomas Hanmer Esq William Gower Esq Borough of Wenlock Sir Will. Forester Kt. George Weld Esq Town of Bishops-Castle William Oakeley Esq Somerset 18. Sir Edward Phillips Kt. Nathaniel Palmer Esq City of Bristol Sir Richard Hart Kt. Sir John Knight Kt. City of Bath Sir William Basset Kt. Joseph Langton Esq City of Wells Edward Barkeley Esq Hopton Wyndham Esq Borough of Taunton John Speke Esq Edward Clark Esq Borough of Bridgwater Sir Francis Warr Bar. Henry Bull Esq Borough of Minehead Borough of Ilchester Sir Edw. Winham Bar. John Hunt Esq Borough of Milborn-Port Sir Thomas Travel Kt. Sir Charl. Carteret Kt. Southampton 26. The Right Honourable Charles Lord Marquess of Winchester Richard Norton Esq City of Winchester The Right Honourable William Lord Pawlet Frederick Tilney Esq Town of Southampton Sir Char. Windham Kt. Sir Benj. Newland Kt. Town of Portsmouth The Honourable Edward Russel Esq Nicholas Hedger Alderman Borough of Yarmouth The Right Honourable Sir John Trever Kt. Speaker Charles Duncombe Esq Borough of Petersfield Robert Michel Esq Richard Holt Esq Borough of Newport alias Medona Sir Robert Holmes Kt. Sir Will. Stephens Kt. 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Sir Jeoffry Jefferies Sir Nath. Haws Sir William Strong Sir John Jefferies Sir Adrian Quiney Sir John Wallis Sir John Cogs Sir John East Sir Richard Pearce Sir Edmund Bolter Clerk John Burret Muster-Master Joseph Hide Messenger Benjamin Leech The present Governours of the Charter-House Archbishop of Canterbury Lord President of the Council Duke of Ormond Duke of Beaufort Marquis of Hallifax Earl of Craven Earl of Clarendon Earl of Rochester Earl of Mulgrave Earl of Berkly Bishop of London Bishop of Wincester Master of the House Thomas Burnet Esq Under-Officers The Register Mr. William Lightfoot Receiver Robert Pain Esq Auditor Mr. Richard Spour Physician Dr. Walter Needham Chaplain Mr. John Patrick Reader Mr. Charles Ludgole Organist Mr. Nicholas Love School-Master Mr. Thomas Walker Usher Mr. John Stacy A List containing the Names of the present Chancellor Vice-Chancellor Heads of Colledges and Halls Proctors Orator and Professors in the Vniversity of Oxford The Chancellour His Grace James Duke of Ormond Vice-Chancellor Dr. Jonathan Edwards Heads of Colledges University Colledge Dr. Edw. Farrar Master Baliol Colledge Dr. Rog. Mander Master Merton Colledge Dr. Tho. Clayton Warden Exeter Colledge Dr. Arth. Bury Rector Oriel Colledge Dr. Rob. Say Provost Queen's Colledge Dr. Tim. Halton Provost New Colledge Dr. Hen. Beeston Warden Lincoln Colledge Dr. Fitz-Herbert Adams Rector All-Souls Colledge Dr. Leopold Finch Warden Magdalen Colledge Dr. John Hough President and Bishop of Oxford Brazen Nose Colledge Dr. J. Meare Principal Corpus Christi Colledge Dr. Tho. Turner Presisident Christ-Church Colledge Dr. Henry Aldrich Dean Trinity Colledge Dr. Ralph Bathurst President S. Johns Colledge Dr. Will. Levinz President Jesus Colledge Dr. Jonathan Edwards Principal Wadham Colledge Dr. Thomas Dunster Warden Pembroke Colledge Dr. John Hall Master Heads of the Halls Magdalen Hall Dr. Will. Levet Principal Edmund Hall Dr. John Mill Principal Alban Hall Dr. Tho. Bouchier Principal Hart Hall Mr. Will. Thornton Principal S. Mary Hall Mr. Will. 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the Garter 219 Knights Baronets 223 Knights of the Bath 224 Knights Batchelours Ibid. Knights Banerets 229 L. LAnd-Forces 177 Language of the English 12 English Laws 59 Lent-Preachers 171 The Lord Lieutenant's Power 179 Way of Living among the English 31 M. MAritime Power 181 Earl Marshal of England 131 Master of the Horse 161 Master of the Houshold 149 150 Master of the Wardrobe 160 Master of the Robes 162 Master of the Revels 163 Master of the Ceremonies 164 Maundy Thursday the Ceremony of that Day 173 English Measures 53 Merchants 229 Militia 178 Millenarians 70 Mint-Officers 51 N. ENglish Names 21 Nobility of England their Creation and Distinction 210 c Their Priviledges 215 Noble Women 258 O ORder of the Garter 219 Ordination of Priests and Deacons 251 Ordnance its Office and Officers 194 c. Original of the English 1 c. Oxford Regiment 168 P. PArsons 250 Patrons of Churches 252 Pledging the Original of it 43 Post-Office 47 Poverty a description thereof 230 Power of the King by Sea and Land 113 Prebendaries 248 Prerogative of the King 109 Presbyterians 68 President of the Council 129 Prince of Wales 122 Prince George 208 Princess Ann ibid. Privy Purse 162 Privy Seal 129 Proclamation of the King 98 Pursuivants 163 Q. QVakers 70 Sovereign Queen of England 121 Queen Mary's Character 143 Queen Consort 122 Queen Dowager 122 The present Queen Dowager 207 R. ENglish Recreations 39 Recusants 71 Reformation of the Church of England 63 Regency 117 Religion of England 61 Religion alters the Temper of Men 71 Revenues of the King of England 115 Revenues of the present King Queen 199 Revenues of the Clergy 253 Revenues of the Bishops 244 Rural Deans 249 S. SCotlands Union with England 85 c. Sergeants at Arms 163 Servants 266 Act of Settlement 119 Sextons 257 Ship-yards and their Officers 190 Sidesmen 257 Marks of Sovereignty 94 High Steward of England 126 Lord Steward of the King's Houshold 148 Succession to the Crown 118 T. TEmper of the English 4 Tenure in Villenage 268 Title of the King to the Crown of France 89 Tobacco the Benefits of it 38 The great Trade of England 55 Train-Bands see Militia The English way of Travelling 46 The Lord High-Treasurer 128 Treasurer of the King's House 150 V. S. VAlentines Day 45 Vestry 258 Vicars 253 The Vnreasonableness of the present disaffected Party 144 W. WAles its Union with England 84 Wardrobes of the King 160 Weights used in England 52 Women 258 Laws concerning them 260 261 Y. YAchts 186 Yeomen 228 Yeomen of the Gard 167 The Table FOR THE THIRD PART A ALdermen 73 Alienation Office 53 Apprentices Laws concerning them 112 A●●zes 80 Attachment 95 B. BAyliffs 74 Benefit of the Clergy 58 C. CHancery see Court Circu●ts 80 Clerk of the Market 72 Commission of Assize 81 Commission of Nisi-prius ib. Commission of Peace 82 Commission of Oyer Terminer ib. Commission of Gaol-delivery ib. Committees 30 c. Common Pleas see Court Constables 77 Convocation 96 Coroners 71 Privy Council 43 County Court 68 Court of Chancery 49 Court of King's Bench 55 Court of Common Pleas 59 Court of Exchequer 62 Court of Dutchy of Lancaster 66 Court of Admiralty 91 Court of Marshalsea 94 Court of Requests 94 Court Martial 91 215 Court Leet 75 Court Baron 76 Courts of Conscience 94 Prerogative Court 102 Court of Arches 100 Court of Audience 102 Court of Delegates 103 Court of Peculiars 104 Court of the Lord Mayor of London 106 Court of Aldermen at Lond. 107 Court of Common Council 108 Court of Goal-Delivery 110 Court of the London Sheriffs 111 Court of the Chamberlain ib. Court of the Orphans 114 Cursitors Office 52 H. HEadboroughs 77 House of Lords 11 House of Commons 12 Hustings 109 J. GRand Jury 70 L. A List of the Kings Houshold Officers and Servants 135 A List of the Gentlemen of the King's Bedchamber 144 A List of the Gen●l Pensioners 152 A List of the Yeomen of the Guard Officers 153 A List of the Officers of the four Troops of Horse ib. A List of the Officers of the Oxford Regim 158 A List of the Officers of the Foot-guards 159 A List of the Chappel Royal 161 A List of the Queens Houshold 163 A List of the Nobility 168 A List of the Bishops 174 A List of the House of Commons 175 A List of the Privy Council 191 A List of the Lords Commissioners and Officers of the Court of Chancery 193 A List of the Judges and Officers of the C. of Kings Bench 19● A List of the Judges and Officers of the C. of Common Pleas 200 A List of the Judges and Officers of the C. of Exchequer 203 A List of the Judges and Officers of the Dutchy of Lancast 206 A List of the Attorney a●● Solicitor General Sergeants and Council at Law ib. A List of the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury 208 A List of the Officers of the Custom 209 A List of the Officers of the Excise 210 A List of the Officers of the General Post-Office 211 A List of the Officers of the Mint 212 A List of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty 213 A List of the Admirals 214 A List of the Commissioners other Officers belonging to the Navy ib. A List of the Officers of the Martial Court 215 A List of the Lords Lieutenants 216 A List of the Governours of Foregn Plantations 219 A List of the Consuls in Foreign Parts 220 A List of the Foreign Ministers residing here ibid. A List of the Knights of the Garter 221 A List of the Knights made by K. William 222 A List of the Deans in England Wales 225 A List of the Colledge of Civilians 226 A List of the Colledge of Physicians 230 A List of the Lord Mayor and Aldermen of London 232 A List of the Lieutenancy of London 234 A List of the Governours of the Charterhouse 236 A List of the Chancellor Vice-Chancellor Heads of Colledges and Halls Proctors Orator and Professors in Oxford University 237 A List of the Chancellor Vice-Chancellor Heads of Colledges and Halls Proctors Orator and Professors in Cambridge 239 M. MAster 's of Chancery 50 Master of the Rolls 51 Mayors 73 P. PAper-Office 47 Parliament of England 1 Pie-powder Court 96 Privy Council 43 Q. QVarter Sessions 70 S. SEcretaries of State 45 Sheriffs 67 Sheriffs Turn 68 Signet-Office 47 Speaker of the House of Lords 10 Speaker of the House of Commons 14 Stewards 75 Subpoena Office 53 Swainmote 95 T. TRial of Malefactors 83 W. WArden of the Fleet 54 ERRATA PART I. Page 4. line 12. read Wiltshire p. 7. l. 10. dele of and l. 12. r. third p. 29. l. 5. r. Lincoln p. 81. in the list 1. Burntwood p. 89. l. 11. r. be p. 116. l. 10. r. Rockingham p. 291. l. 25. r. 1209. p. 302. r. only Grocer's Hall p. 324. l. 6. r. 25. p. 329. l. 13. r. 9000. p. 331. l. 16. r. manner p. 341.

each of these Towns Lanceston Liskerd Liskil or Liswithie● Truro Bodmin H●lston Saltash Camelford We● and East Lowe Grampond Penrin Tregny B●●ney S. Ives Fouay S. Germains S. Michae● Newport S. Mawes and Kellington When this County was under the Earls o● Cornwal they gave great Immunities and Li●erties to those that workt in the Mines And when this Earldom reverted to the Crown in King Edwards Time he gave it to his Son surnamed the Black Prince advancing that Title to that of a Dukedom and erected a Lord War●●en of the Stanneries to have the Government thereof Since which time the eldest Sons of the Kings of England whether it be by Birth or by the Death of their elder Brothers are ipso facto Dukes of Cornwal as they are Earls of Chester without any Creation being at age to sue their Livery how young soever Of the Isles of Scilly West of Cornwal about 24 miles distant ●ies a Cluster of small Islands called by us the Isles of Scilly by the Dutch Sorlings and by the ancient Greeks Hesperides from their Western Situation Cassiterides from the Tin-Mines they found amongst them They are reckoned to be 145 in Number most of 'em very fruitful in Corn and Pasturage and plentifully stored with Conies Cranes Swans He●ons and other wild Fowl Scilly which communicates its Name to the rest was formerly counted the chief of these ●slands But now S. Maries has got the pre●minency being about 8 miles in circuit the biggest and most fertile of all having the conveniency of a large and commodious Harbour and fortified with a strong Castle built in the Reign of Q. Elizabeth These Islands after the Romans had forsaken their Holds in Britain returned again into the power and possession of the Natives From whom it was subdued and added to this Crown by Athelstane the eighth King of England and since that time governed as a part of Cornwal CHAP. VII Of Cumberland Derbyshire and Devonshire Cumberland CVMBERLAND is a Maritime County in the North-West Parts of England Bounded on the East by Northumberland and Westmorland on the West by the Irish Sea on the North by Scotland on the South by Westmorland and Lancashire It s Length from North to South is about 5● miles its Breadth from East to West some thing less than 40. The Whole divided no● into Hundreds but Wards five in Number wherein 58 Parishes and 15 Market Towns This Country is generally Mountainous and some of the Hills both very high and stee● Those of most note are Skiddaw Haraknot Black coum and Wry-nose On the Top of this last on the high Way-side are placed 3 stones caled the Shire-stones standing within a foot o● each other one in this County another i● Westmorland and the third in Lancashire As for Rivers and Meres here is abundance ●● them the principal River known by the Nam● of Eden Here the Air is pretty sharp and piercing though the Country be something sheltered b● the Northern Hills And as hilly as this Country is yet the Hil● thereof are not so barren but that they feed great Flocks of Sheep and other Cattel whilst ●ts fruitful Valleys bear good Crops of Corn and its rich Meadows excellent Pasture The Sea and Rivers on the other side strive ●n a manner to furnish it with plenty of Fish and wild Fowl And which is remarkable here they have Muscles that bear a sort of Pearl But besides Rivers here are a great many Meers or Lakes yielding great plenty of Fish but chiefly Vlles Water bordering both upon Cumberland and Westmorland In the Bowels of the Earth not only Coals for Fewel but also Lead and Copper are found in great plenty Of all the Counties in England this shews the most Roman Antiquities The principal of which is the Picts Wall a prodigious Stone-wall built by the Romans for their security against the Incursion of the raging Picts the track whereof in many places is yet to be seen This Wall was 8 foot broad and 12 high reaching cross the Country from Carlisle to Newcastle that is from Sea to Sea at least 80 miles Thus it ascended and descended over great Crags and high Hills with Watch-Towers erected at every thousand Paces in which Souldiers were kept for its Defence At Salkeld on the Eden is a Trophy of Victory erected called by the Inhabitants Long Meg and her Daughters This Monument consists of ●7 Stones each 10 foot above ground and one of them namely Long Meg is 15 foot high Carlisle the chief Place of this County bears from London North-North-West and is distant from it 235 miles thus From London to Buckingham 44 for the particulars of which I refer you to Buckinghamshire to Coventry 30 more from thence to Lichfield 20 to Sto● 16 more thence to Warington 32 to ●an●●ster 45 to Kendall 16 more and from thence to Carlisle 32. A City pleasantly seated on the South Bank of the River Eden within few miles of its fa● into the Sea being watered besides East an● West with two lesser Rivers the Pettrel an● Canda at their fall into the Eden So that it i● in a manner surrounded with three Rivers except towards the South This is a Town o● great Antiquity flourishing even in the time o● the Romans upon whose Departure it suffered much by the Scots and Picts Afterward being utterly defaced by the Danes it lay dejected for about 200 years till William Ruf●● rebuilt it After him Henry the First hi● Brother and Successor made it a Bishops See Thus by degrees it recovered it self being now a fine City well inhabited and a Place of good Trade chiefly for Fustians It is begirt with fine Walls fortified with a Castle and Cittade● beautified with a Cathedral of curious Workmanship and dignify'd with the Title of an Earldom at this time injoy'd by the Right Honourable Edward Howard Earl of Carlisle c. Derived to him from his Father Charles Howar● created Earl of Carlisle by King Charles II. Anno 1661. And the said Charles Son and He●● of Sir William Howard was great Grand-chil● of the Lord William Howard third Son of Thomas Duke of Norfolk In the Year 1663. h● was sent Embassador Extraordinary by the sai● King Charles to the Courts of Moscovy Sweden and Denmark And some Years after h● was sent again with the same Character t● the King of Sweden to whom he carried the Garter The other Market Towns are Egremont Sat. Ravenglas Sat. Keswick Sat. Alston-Moor Sat. Abbey-holm Sat. Cockermouth Mund. Perth Tue. Wigton Tue. Brampton Tue. Bootle Wedn. White-Haven Thu. Ireby Thu. Kirkswald Thu. Longtown Thu. Amongst which Perith or Penrith seated between Eimont a River on the South-side and Lowther another River on the West is counted the second Town of note in this County being large well built and inhabited by Tradesmen but Tanners especially Cockermouth a goodly Town is so called from its Situation on the River Cocker near its fall into the Derwent by which two

Rivers it is almost incompassed It lies about 8 miles from the Sea between two Hills upon one of which stands the Church and upon the other a Castle It s chief Trade is of course broad Cloaths here made And here is a Custom common to most other Market Towns of this County to hire Servants at their Fairs to which end such as want either Service or Servants do resort hither Egremont and Ravenglass are seated not sar from the Sea The first on the Banks of a River over which it has two Bridges Ravenglass betwixt two Rivers which together with the Sea incompass three Parts of it White-Haven is situate on a Creek of the Sea at the North end of a Hill where is a great Rock or Quarrey of hard white Stone which gives name unto it This Harbour is of late much improved in its Buildings being well frequented and inhabited and driving a good Trade to Ireland Scotland Chester Bristol and other Places Whose chief Trade is of Salt and Coals here plentifully digged up for which they bring in exchange several good Commodities Keswick seated in a Valley hemmed in with Hills has been a famous Town for Copper Mines and much frequented by mineral Men who had here many Smelting Houses But now it is gone to decay Not far from this Town is dug up Wadd or Black Lead in great plenty Formerly they reckoned in this County 25 Castles few of which are remaining most of them being decayed and gone to ruin Lastly this County which in the time of the Heptarchy was part of the Kingdom of Northumberland and whose Inhabitants as well as those of most part of the North besides were called Brigantes by the ancient Romans is partly in the Diocese of Carlisle and partly in That of Chester For the South Part of it called Copeland lying betwixt the Rivers Duddon and Darwent is within the Arch. Deaconry of Richmond in Chester-Diocese and all the rest of the County in the Diocese of Carlisle Out of this County besides the two Knights of the Shire there are but four Members chosen to sit in Parliament 2 from Carlisle and 2 from Cockermouth In the North Parts of it is a Tract called Gillesland from whence the Earl of Carlisle intitles himself Baron Dacre of Gillesland and South-Westward near the Sea stands the Barony of Millum In short this County became first an Earldom in the Reign of King Henry VIII who bestowed the Title upon Henry Lord Clifford Anno 1525 in whose Issue it continued till the Year 1642 the last that injoyed it being also a Henry Clifford Of an Earldom it became a Dukedom in the Person of the late Illustrious Prince Rupert second Son of Frederick Prince Elector Palatine and of Elizabeth his Wife the only Daughter of King James the first being Created Duke of Cumberland and Earl of Holderness by King Charles I. his Uncle Anno 1643. He died without Issue at Whitehall Nov. 29. 1682. And the Title of Duke of Cumberland is now in the Person of his Royal Highness Prince George of Denmark Of the Isle of Man Isle of Man The Isle of Man lying most of it opposite to Cumberland between this County and the North of Ireland this I think therefore to be the most proper Place to take notice of it This Island runs in Length from North to South about 30 miles and in Breadth where it is broadest 10 miles The Whole divided into two Parts North and South the Inhabitants of the one having affinity with the Scotch and the other with the Irish And in these Parts defended by Two Castles are reckoned 17 Parishes and but 5 Market Towns It is generally an High-land on the Sea-Coast and that well garded with Rocks The middle part of it runs up into high Hills The highest of all called Seafull has this very remarkable in it That from the Top of it on a clear Day one may easily behold three Kingdoms at once viz. England Scotland and Ireland England Eastward Scotland Northward and Ireland Westward The Air of this Island is sharp and subject to high Winds but 't is healthful And as sharp as it is in Winter yet the Frosts are short and the Snow does not ly very long in the Valleys The Soil is pretty fruitful both in Corn and Pasture affording good store of Wheat and other Grain and feeding good Flocks of Sheep and Herds of Cattle but none of the biggest size Here are also red Deer abundance of Conies and Fowl of sundry sorts In a little adjacent Island called the Isle of Calf is abundance of Puffins a sort of Sea Fowl that breeds in Cony-holes chiefly used for their Feathers and Oyl made of them But their Flesh being pickled or salted as it has a Fish-like taste so it comes little short of Anchoves And as for Fish both the Sea and Rivers yield great plenty of it It s chief Places are Douglas Laxi and Rams●y on the East Shore Rushin on the South and Peel with its strong Castle on the West Shore 'T was about the Year 1340 that this Island was conquered from the Scots by William Montacute Earl of Salisbury who was thereupon honoured with the Title of King of Man Afterwards it was sold to the Lord Scrope who being convicted of Treason forfeited it to the Crown Henry IV. gave it to Henry Pierce Earl of Northumberland the last that kept it with the Title of King But he proving also false to his Sovereign the King gave it to William Lord Stanley whose Grandchild Thomas Lord Stanley was created Earl of Derby In whose House this Estate has continued hitherto with the Title of Lord of Man though a King in effect For he has here all kind of Civil Power and Jurisdiction over the Inhabitants and the very Nomination of the Bishop of Man but still under the Fief and Sovereignty of the Crown of England And as to the Bishop he must be presented to the King for his Royal Assent then to the Archbishop of York for his Consecration Which is the Reason why the Bishop of Man is no Lord of Parliament none being admitted to that Honour but such as hold immediately of the King himself Derbyshire DERBYSHIRE or as some spell it DARBYSHIRE an Inland County is bounded on the East by Nottinghamshire on the West by Cheshire and Staffordshire on the North by Yorkshire and on the South by Leicestershire And it lies so in respect to the rest of ENGLAND that the South Parts of this County are in a manner the Center of it It is in Length from North to South about 34 miles and in Breadth from East to West 16. The Whole divided into six Hundreds wherein 106 Parishes and 10 Market Towns The Temperature of the Air of this County is very wholsom as most of the Inland Counties are Next to the River Trent wherewith the South Parts of it are irrigated that of chief note is Derwent which crossing the Country from North to

of arched Work consisting of 24 Peers and so high that a Vessel of 50 or 60 Tuns may pass under it Which Accommodation has made it a Place of good account and trade Torrington a pretty large Town is chiefly noted for giving the Title of Earl to the Right Honourable Arthur Herbert lately created Earl of Torrington by our present King and made Lord Admiral of Their Majesties Fleet. Whereas this Title was before in the Person of the Duke of Albemarle deceased Tavestock is seated on the Tave Modberry betwixt the Arme and the Aune Totness on the Dart and Ashburton near it Chidley on the Tinge Crediton upon Credit and Forton both which run into the Ex Tiverton at the fall of the Leman into the Ex Columpton on the Culme Honiton on the Otter Axminster on the Ax. Totness among the rest is an ancient little Town about 6 miles from the Influx of the Dart into the Sea It stands on the fall of a Hill lying East and West Honoured once with the Title of an Earldom in the person of George Lord Carew of Clopton Created Earl of Totness by King Charles I. Anno 1625. He was Son of George Carew Dr. of Divinity Arch-Deacon of Totness and afterwards advanced to the Deanry of Windsor But dying without Issue male the Title died with him In the Reign of King Charles II. this Town gave the Title of Viscount as is said before to Charles Fitz Charles Earl of Plimouth but that Title also went with him into the Grave Tiverton otherwise called Twiford-Town is a Town of good account for the Cloths he●● made which create a good Trade among th● Inhabitants Crediton seated betwixt two Hills and in ● rich Soil is divided into two Parts the on● called the East Town and the other the West 'T is very well inhabited and drives a good Trade of Serges There is a fair Churc● in it built Cathedral-wise this Town having been formerly the Bishops See before it was by King Edward the Confessour transferred to Exeter Lastly this County which formerly wa● Part of the Kingdom of the West-Saxons and its Inhabitants together with those of Cornwal known by the name of Danmonii among the ancient Romans is now in the Diocese o● Exeter Out of it are elected besides the two Knights of the Shire no less than 2● Members to sit in Parliament Viz. two ou● of each of these following Towns Exeter Plimouth Plimpton Totness Okehampton Honito● Barnstaple Tavestock Ashburton Tiverton Bera●stan and two more out of these three Town● Clifton Dartmouth and Hardness This County has had Earls of several Families Of which the Rivers and Courtneys hel● the Title long as now the Cavendishes may do who have possession of it in the fourth Generation The first Earl of this Family was William Lord Cavendish of Harwick created Earl of Devon by King James I. Anno 1618. And from him is descended in a right Line the Right Honourable William Cavendish the present Earl of Devonshire Lord Steward of the King's Houshold To conclude over against Devonshire a good way off in the Severn Sea is an Island called Lundey not above 5 miles long and 2 broad but begirt about with dangerous unapproachable Rocks having but one entrance into it and that so narrow that two men can hardly go a-breast An Island though situate in the midst of the salt and brackish Ocean far enough from any Land that yields notwithstanding many Springs of fresh Water for the Use of its Inhabitants who dwell for the most part in a Town of the same Name with the Island CHAP. VIII Of Dorsetshire Durham and Essex Dorsetshire DORSETSHIRE or the County of Dorset is another Maritime County in the West of England Bounded Eastward by Hampshire Westward by Devonshire and Somersetshire Northward by Wiltshire and part of Somersetshire and Southward by the British Sea commonly called the Channel It s Length from East to West is about 4● miles and its Breadth where broadest 25. The Whole divided into 29 Hundreds wherein 248 Parishes and 29 Marke● Towns Here the Air is very good and healthful an● the Country as pleasant being watered wit● many fine Streams gliding through its ric● Meadows The principal whereof are the Stower and the Frome The Soil is fat and fruitful abounding with rich Pastures and such Corn-fields as seldom deceive the hopes of the Husbandman S● that here is abundance of great and smal● Cattel and commonly great plenty of Corn. The North Parts being somewhat flat have the richest Meadows and are not destitute of Woods and Timber-trees but in Winter sadly clogged with Dirt. An Inconveniency the South Parts are freer from as consisting most of Hills or Downs which being overspread with innumerable Flocks of Sheep proves no small profit to the Inhabitants And here are many though not large Valleys in which most Towns and Gentlemens Houses are seated the better to avoid those sharp Blasts this Southern Part is subject unto lying so open and destitute of Woods as it does Fish and wild Fowl here 's great plenty of both from its Sea and Rivers Dorchester the chief Place hereof bears from London South-West and by West and is distant therefrom about 100 miles thus To Basingstoke 39 from thence to Stokebridge 16 to Dunkton 12 more thence to Cranburn 9 to Blandford 9 more and 12 from thence to Dorchester A Town of great antiquity as appears by ●any pieces of the Roman Coyn found near 〈◊〉 Once of a large Compass as may be con●ctured by the tract of the Walls and Trenches ●ut so spoiled and plundered by the Danes who ●●so pulled down the Walls that it could never ●ecover its former wealth and beauty It was also fortified and set out with a ●oodly Castle which being decay'd and ruin●us was converted into a Monastery and after●ards demolished I come now to its present ●tate This Town is pleasantly seated on the South●●de of the River Frome and on the Roman Causey called Via fossa about 5 miles from the ●ea It consists of three fair Streets and as ma●y Parish Churches the Inhabitants driving a Trade of Kersies and other Things Here is 〈◊〉 good Market kept on Saturdays and this is the Place where the County Assises are also kept Noted besides for the Title of Marquess it gave ●nce to Henry Lord Pierrepont Created Marquess ●f Dorchester by King Charles I. Anno 1645. And in the late Reign for giving the Title of Countess to the Lady Catherine Sidley advanced ●o that Dignity by King James the Second The other Market Towns are Shaftsbury Sat. ●landford Sat. ●arham Sat. Middleton Mund. Pool Mund. and Thu. Weymouth Tue. Frid. Melcomb Regis Tue. Frid. Cerne-Abbas Wedn. Cranborn Wedn. Abbots-Bury Thu. Corfe-Castle Thu. Sturminster Thu. Frampton Thu. Sherburn Thu. Sat. Wimbern Minster Frid. Lime Bridport Evershot Bemyster Among which Lime Bridport Weymouth and Melcomb Regis Pool and Warham are so many Harbours and Weymouth the principal Now

Trade for the Stuffs here made and of some note for its excellent Oysters In short 't is the richest fairest and best traded Town in the whole County from whence the Earl Rivers takes his Title of Viscount Yet in regard it stands in the extremity of all the County the Sessions and Assizes are held most commonly at Chelmsford which is almost in the middle of it It s Market is kept on Saturdays and is well served with Provisions The other Market-Towns are Maldon Sat. Harwich Tue. Cogshall Sat. Manytre Tue. Walden Sat. Billerakey Tue. Dunmore Sat. Waltham Abbey Tue. Hatfield Sat. Braintre Wedn. Raleigh Sat. Rumford Wedn. Hornden Sat. Buntwood Thu. Barkin Sat. Epping Thu. and Frid. Cheping-Onger Sat. H●ulsteed Frid. Cheping-Onger Sat. Chelmsford Frid. Cheping-Onger Sat. Thanted Frid. Among which Maldon and Harwich are two noted Harbours The first by the Romans called Camelodunum a Town of great antiquity and the Seat of Cunobelin King of the Trinobantes about the Time of Christ's Birth 'T is seated on the River Chelmer about 7 miles from the Sea between which and the Sea ly two small Isles called Northey and Osey It has one Street about a mile in length and is well inhabited In short 't is one of the chief Places in the whole County particularly noted for giving the Title of Viscount to the Earl of Essex In the Parts adjoyning to this Town are excellent Pastures which feed store of Sheep amongst other Cattel of whose milk they make Cheese And on the utmost Promontory stood an ancient City of the Romans called Ithancester where the Fortenses with their Captain kept their Station or Gard in the Dedination of the Roman Empire for the Security of these Parts against the Saxon Rovers Nothing of which is now remaining but the Ruins of a thick Wall where many Roman Coyns have been found And out of the Ruins of this City was built S. Peters upon the Wall Harwich lies the furthest East of any by the Sea-side and at the mouth of the River Stower So that 3 Parts of it are surrounded with Water The Town is not large but well inhabited and frequented not only for the commodiousness and safety of its Harbour but because it is the readiest Passage for Holland and the Station for the Packet-Boats imploy'd for that purpose But there is a great Inconveniency to the Inhabitants the Brackishness of its Waters Which puts the Inhabitants upon the necessity of being supplied with sweet Water from other Places The Towns of chief note besides are Chelmsford where the Assizes for the County are usually held Burntwood or Brentwood a Place of good Antiquity Rumford a great Thorough-fare and Walden or Saffron-Walden seated on an Ascent among pleasant Fields of Saffron from which the Owners reap good Profit Not far from Walden is one of the Royal Houses called Audley-end a very stately Building built by the Right Honourable Thomas Howard Earl of Suffolk then Treasurer of England And upon the Thames over against Gravesend in Kent stands Tilbury Fort which commands that Passage This County which formerly was part of the Kingdom of the East-Saxons from whence it came to be called Essex and its Inhabitants together with those of Middlesex known among the ancient Romans by the Name of Trinobantes is now in the Diocese of London Famous among other things for giving the Title of Earl to several Families as the Mandeviles the Bohuns the Bourchiers Thomas Lord Cromwel William Lord Parre and three D'Evreux before it came to the present Family of the Capels And the first Earl of this Name was Arthur Capel the late Earl of Essex advanced to this Title by King Charles II. Anno 1661 afterwards made Lord Lieutenant of Ireland and some years after his Return sent to the Tower in order to make him a Sacrifice with the Lord Russel and others to the Popish Faction But his Title is revived in the person of his Son and Heir the Right Honourable Algernon Capel the present Earl of Essex Lastly out of this County are elected besides the two Knights of the Shire six Members of Parliament Viz. two from Colchester two from Harwich and two more from Maldon CHAP. IX Of Glocestershire Hampshire and Hartfordshire Glocestershire GLOCESTERSHIRE a large Inland County is bounded on the East by Warwickshire and Oxfordshire on the West by Monmouthshire and part of Herefordshire Northward by Worcestershire Southward by Wiltshire and Somersetshire It contains in Length from North to South 50 miles and in Breadth from East to West about 25. The Whole divided into 30 Hundreds wherein 280 Parishes and 26 Market Towns This is in general a most pleasant and fruitful Country blessed with a full Course of the River Severn That Part thereof which is beyond the River is overspread with Woods all which included in one Name made the Forest of Dean That part which buts upon Oxfordshire is swelled up with Hills called the Corswold Hills but these are in a manner covered with Sheep which yields a Wool of a notable fineness Whereof great Quantities of Cloth are here made that find vent throughout all England and divers forein Countries Between these two I mean the Forest and the Hills is seated a most fruitful Vale yielding most sorts of Grain to admiration and formerly stock'd with Vines and Vineyards The want of which is now supplied with Cider which they make here in great abundance Next to the Severn which crosses the Country from North to South here 's the Avon which parts it from Somersetshire the Wye which severs it in part from Monmouthshire besides the Stroud and the Isis All which afford great plenty of Fish and the Severn particularly abundance of Salmon The Forest of Dean which ly's in the West-side of the County between the Severn and the Wye is reckoned to be 20 miles long and 10 broad A Place formerly much more woody than it is at present the Iron Mines that are here having consumed a good part of the Wood. Glocester the County Town is 81 miles distant West and by North from London Viz. from London to Colebrook 15 to Maidenhead 7 more and 11 from thence to Nettlebed from Nettebed to Abington 12 to Faringdon 10 more to Perrors Bridge 14 more and 12 from thence to Glocester A City of good Antiquity and first built by the Romans to whom it was known by the Name of Glevum It ly's stretched out in length on the Severn over which it has a fine Bridge and on the Banks thereof a large Key or Wharf very commodious for the Merchandize and Trade of the Place The Streets are generally fair and the Town well built upon an easy Ascent the Streets descending every way from the Cross It has been formerly walled about with a strong Wall except on the Rivers side and some Remains of its Walls are still in many places to be seen which shew what strength they were of The City is not very large but very well inhabited

it gave it out that the Body of Joseph of Arimathea lay there Interred Certain it is that this was a Shelter to the Britains in the latter Times of the British Churches when they were miserably harassed and persecuted by the Pagan Saxons And it might be as Dr. Stillingfleet says of far greater request among the Britains because it was the Place where King Arthur was buried Whose Body was found there very deep in the Earth in the Reign of Henry II with a Latine Inscription on a leaden Cross expressing that King Arthur lay there buried in the Island of Avalon And his Body was laid so deep for fear of the Saxons this being a Place of Retreat in the British Times but not without the apprehension of their Enemies Invasion Axebridge is so called from the River Axe on which it is situate Pensford and Canesham ly North and by East from Axebridge both seated on the Chire and the last at its very fall into the Avon near Bristol Philip-Norton and Froumselwood stand near the Froume on the Confines of Wiltshire Shepton-Malles and Somerton ly South and by West from 'em both pretty large but poor Towns Whereas Somerton as I said before was once a Place of such note that the Shire took its Name from it Ilchester so called from the River Ill or Yeovel upon which it is seated is a Town of great Antiquity and was once a Place of good Strength Then it had 16 Parish Churches now reduced to two However this is the Place where the County-Goal is kept Evil or Yeovel stands upon the same River and grows by the decay of of its Neighbour Ilchester Win●aunton stands on the side of a Hill in the Road to London and is a good Market-Town for Cheese especially Minehead Watchet and Dunster ly all three by the Sea-side But the first has the best Harbour and is a Place of some Trade especially into Ireland West from which towards Devonshire stands another Sea-Town called Porlock noted for its Bay or Harbour sometimes resorted unto by Seamen in those Parts But to conclude this County in general is noted for two Things besides the fore-mentioned The first for giving the Title of Duke to his Grace Charles Seymour the present Duke of Somerset Marquess of Hartford c. Descended from Edward Seymour Duke of Somerset and Lord Protector of King Edward the Sixth who was beheaded Anno 1552. But upon the Restauration of King Charles the Second the Title was restored to the Line in the person of William Seymour the great Grandchild of the foresaid Duke from whom it is now devolved to the present Duke Brother to Francis who was killed in Italy 'T is remarkable besides that this County was few Years since the Scene which brought the late Duke of Monmouth with many of his Followers to their tragical End and gave an Opportunity to the Popish Party by the uncontroulable Authority of the late King James to hurry on their Design of Intailing Popery and Slavery upon these Nations Which was wonderfully defeated under God by the Magnanimity of our present King Lastly this County which formerly was Part of the Kingdom of the West-Saxons and its Inhabitants Part of the Belgae in the Time of the Romans is now in the Diocese of Ba●h and Wells Out of it are elected besides the two Knights of the Shire 16 Members of Parliament Viz. Two out of each of these following Places Bristol Bath Wells Taunton Bridgewater Minehead Ilchester and Milburn Port. Which last stands on the Confines of Dorsetshire In the South Parts of this County is a sharp Hill called Montacute which gives the Title of Viscount to the Right-Honourable Francis Brown the present Viscount Montacute Derived to him from Anthony Brown created Viscount Montacute in the Reign of Queen Mary Anno 1354 being descended from the Lady Lucy Daughter of John Nevil Grandchild of Tho. Montacute Earl of Salisbury who was created Lord Montacute and afterwards Marquess Montacute by King Edward the fourth Staffordshire STAFFORDSHIRE an Inland County is bounded Eastward by Derbyshire and part of Warwickshire parted from the first for the most part by the River Dove Westward by Cheshire and Shropshire Northward by Cheshire and part of Derbyshire and Southward by Worcestershire It s Length from North to South is at least 40 miles its Breadth from East to West about 25. The whole divided into five Hundreds where in 130 Parishes and 18 Market-Towns The Air is counted here pretty good and healthfull but it is somewhat sharp in Winter As for the Soil 't is true the greatest Part of the Country is taken up with Moors and Woods insomuch that one may go the whole length of the County and see little but Heaths and Moors But they are such as yield both profit and pleasure Profit by breeding Multitudes of Sheep Deer and Conies and many of 'em by the Husbandmans Industry yielding very good Corn. Pleasure for they afford the greatest plenty of Heath-Game of any County in the Kingdom either by Hawking or Hunting And so great was formerly the Number of Parks and Warrens in this Shire that there was scarce any Gentlemans Seat in the County but what had both Park and Warrens The chief Forests are those of Cank and Kinvare and among Chases those of Needwood Peasey and Alderwas Hay In short the North Part of this Country is full of Hills and Woods the South stored with Coals and Mines of Iron and the middle Part being watered with the River Trent adorned with fair Corn-fields and Meadows And yet in the North-Parts the Pastures near the River Dove yield the sweetest and fattest Mutton in England For Manuring the Ground here 's plenty both of Lime and Marl. For Building abundance of Timber and Stone which last for its fineness and durableness is held in good esteem A sort of Plaister is made of the Lime which soon after it is laid grows as white as Snow and as hard as a Stone Here is also a good deal of Alabaster and in some Places salt Springs yielding plenty of white Salt not much inferiour to the best Salt in Cheshire The Hills of most note are Mowcop-hill in the Confines of Cheshire where Mill-stones are got Dudley-hill which affords a fine Prospect the Shaw which overlooks the Counties of Darby and Leicester and the Wever With Rivers Springs and Brooks no County in England is better watered than this Besides the Trent here is the Dove the Churnet the Blithe the Line the Tean the Sowe the Penk the Manifold and several others some emptying themselves into the Dove as this dees into the Trent and all of them stored with most sorts of fresh-water Fish The Trent of special note for its Pikes Pearches Fels and Graylings the Dove for its Trouts and the Blithe for Eels And over all these Rivers are reckoned at least 24 Stone-bridges But as the Gentry here are not so curious in their private Buildings as they be in other

Places to amongst the numerous Towns that are here few can boast of any Beauty Stafford the Shire-Town from whence the County takes its Name bears from London North-West and is distant therefrom 104 miles thus From London to Northampton 54 miles for the particulars whereof I refer you to Northamptonshire from thence to Coventry 20 miles to Lichfield 20 more and thence to Stafford 10. A Town pleasantly seated on the Banks of the-River Sowe which washes its South and West Parts with a Bridge over it Formerly fenced with a Wall except where it was secured by a large Pool or Water on the North and East Here are two Parish-Churches a free School and a fine Market-Place The Streets are large and graced with many good Buildings And its Market which is kept on Saturdays is well served with most sorts of Provisions This Town did formerly belong to the noble Family of the Staffords first with the Title of Earl hereof and afterwards of Lord or Baron Henry Stafford was the last of that Line who dying Anno 1639 the Family of the Staffords died also with him But the next year after William Howard Knight of the Bath and second Son of Thomas Earl of Arundel and Surrey having to Wife a Daughter of the last Lord Stafford was by King Charles I. created Viscount and Lord Stafford Who being found Guilty of High Treason by his Peers Dec. 7th 1680 was beheaded upon Tower-Hill Dec. 29. But the Title was in the late Reign revived in his Son Henry the present Earl of Stafford Lastly though Stafford be the County-Town yet it is not the chief either for extent or beauty it being out-done by Lichfield a City and County of it self seated in a low and Moorish Ground on a shallow Pool by which it is divided into two Parts both joyned together by a Bridge and a Causey and making up a City of indifferent bigness In the South Part which is the greater of the two stands a Grammar-School for the Education of Children and an Hospital dedicated to S. John for the Relief of the Poor In the other Parts there 's nothing considerable but a fair Cathedral and that sufficient of it self to renoun the Place First built by Oswin King of Northumberland about the Year 656 who gave the Bishops hereof many Possessions Afterwards being taken down by Roger de Clinton the 37th Bishop of this Diocese that which now stands was built by him and dedicated to the Virgin Mary and S. Chad. Besides the Cathedral this City has 3 Parish Churches And its Weekly Markets kept on Tuesdays and Fridays are well served with Provisions But Lichfield is not only honoured with a Bishops See 'T is dignify'd besides with the Title of an Earldom in the person of the Right Honourable Edward Henry Lee who was created by Charles II. Baron of Spellesbury Viscount Quarendon and Earl of Lichfield Anno 1674. The other Market-Towns are Newcastle Mund. Stone Tue. Betles Tue. Pagets Bromley Tue. Tudbury Tue. Walsall Tue. Ridgeley Tue. Penkridge Tue. Brewood Tue. Leek Wedn. Vtoxeter Wedn. Wolverhampton Wedn. Checkley Thu. Burton Thu. Eccleshall Frid. Tamworth Sat. Among which Newcastle commonly called Newcastle under Line from the Rivulet Line upon which it is seated and that to distinguish it from Newcastle upon Tine in Northumberland is a large Town but mean in its Buildings most of 'em being thatched Vtoxeter and Tudbury are seated on the River Dove Stone and Burton upon Trent the first in the Road from London to Chester and the last famous for its Bridge leading into Derbyshire Pagets Bromley on the Blithe and Checkley on the Teane Tamworth is seated on the Tame where the Auker falls into it with a Stone-Bridge over each It stands part in this County and part in Staffordshire one part washed by the Tame and the other Part by the Auker In short 't is a good Town beautified with a large Church and strengthened with a small but strong Castle Walsall is seated on the top of a high Hill pretty well built and driving a good Trade of Nails Spurs Stirrups Bridle-bits and Bellows made here in great plenty Penkridge a Place of good Antiquity seated near the River Penk is now only famous for its Horse-Fair and chiefly for Saddle-Nags And Brewood for that the Bishops of this Diocese had here their Pallace before the Conquest Wolverhampton was only called Hampton till such time as one Vulver a devout Woman inriched the Town with a Religious House It stands upon a Hill and has a Collegiate Church annexed to the Deanry of Windsor About four miles from this Place stood the Oak where the late King Charles took Sanctuary for some Days after his Defeat at Worcester till he was conveyed to the House of Mrs. Jane Lane who was a chief Instrument in his Conveyance beyond Sea From whence this famous Tree came to be called the Royal Oak Lastly this County formerly Part of the Kingdom of Mercia and its Inhabitants part of the Cornavii is now in the Diocese of Lichfield and Coventry Out of it are elected besides the two Knights of the Shire eight Members of Parliament Viz. two out of each of these following Towns Stafford Lichfield Newcastle under Line and Tamworth CHAP. XV. Of Suffolk Surrey and Sussex Suffolk SVFFOLK a large Maritime County is bounded on the East with the German Ocean on the West with Cambridgeshire Northward with Norfolk and Southward with Essex Called Suffolk q. d. Southfolk in opposition to Norfolk which lies North from it It contains in Length from East to West about 45 miles in Breadth from North to South where broadest at least 30. The Whole divided into 22 Hundreds wherein 575 Parishes and 30 Market-Towns A strong Argument of its Populousness Here the Air is counted so wholsom that some London Physicians have prescribed it for the Cure of their consumptive Patients As to the Soil the Eastern Parts all along the Coast for five or six miles Inland are generally heathy sandy and full of blea● Hills yet such as yield abundance of Rye Pease and Hemp and feed abundance o● Sheep The more Inland Part commonly called high Suffolk or the Wood-Lands is for the mo●● part Clay-Ground and is husbanded chiefly for the Dairy this County being noted fo● its excellent Butter The Southern Parts along the Borders of Essex and Cambridgeshire are much of the same nature for Wood and Pasture-Ground But the Parts about Bury and to the North-West from thence are generally Champain abounding with excellent Corn of all sorts And as for Parks here are reckoned in this County near upon fifty For Rivers few Counties are so well watered Besides the little Ouse and the Waveney which part it from Norfolk here is the Stoure which severs it from Essex the Orwell or Gippe the Ore Blithe Deben and Breton c. Ipswich the chief Place hereof bears from London North-East and is distant from thence 55 miles thus From London to Colchester 43 miles

Indignation Your Majesty answered the Lord Mayor calmly may do what you please therein and your City of London will prove still dutifull but she comforts her self with the Thoughts that your Majesty will leave the Thames behind you This River besides is so Kind that it seldom indamages any Part of this City by its Overflowings Here the highest Tides are upon a Land-floud and the Moon at full when sometimes it does swell over its Banks But then Westminster lying low feels alone the effects of it and that seldom further than the Cellars Whereas the Chambers and Upper Rooms at Rome and Paris are sometimes overflowed Rome by the Tiber and Paris by the Seine From this River the City by Water-Engines is in many places supplied with good Water But to serve with Water the North Parts of the City as the Thames does the South Parts it has the Conveniency of an artificial River commonly called the New River which was begun Anno 1608 and finished in five Years time A noble Undertaking of Sir Hugh Middleton who for this great Work deserves his Statue in Brass This River he brought from Amwell and Chadwell two Springs near Ware in Hartfordshire from whence in a turning and winding Course it runs near upon 60 miles before it reaches this City In this Undertaking fitter indeed for a Prince than any Subject there have been six hundred Men at once imployed which was a prodigious Charge The Channel in some Places 30 foot deep in others carried over Valleys 20 foot at least above Ground in open Troughs And over this River are 800 Bridges some of Stone some of Wood and others of Brick This City besides has the Conveniency of several Conduits of Spring-Water so commodiously placed that they serve all the chief Parts of it And it is so situated that in all Parts though on the highest Ground 't is abundantly served with Pump-Water the Pumps in many Places not six foot deep in the Ground For a constant Supply of Provisions besides the fruitfull County of Middlesex in which it stands and that of Surrey on the other side of the River both which are ready at hand to furnish it with their Provisions it is neighboured with many other plentifull Counties out of whose abundance this City lives in great plenty and seldom knows what Scarcity is The Conveyance so easy both by Land and Water that no City in Europe has better Conveniencies So large fair and smooth are the High Ways that lead from all Parts to it and so convenient is the River that almost all the Fewel for firing is brought up that Way to Town The Coals from Newcastle and the Wood from Kent and Essex some of which last comes also down the River from Surrey and Middlesex Lastly as it has the Command of the Sea so there is scarce any Blessing in the Terrestrial Globe but this City has her Share in it Moreover its Distance from the Sea which is about 60 Miles is a great Argument of the Founder's Wisdom For by that Distance as it is not so near as to be annoyed by the unwholsom Vapours of the Sea or to be suddenly surprised by an Enemies Fleet so it is not so far but that by the help of the Tide which comes up every 12 hours Ships of great burden may be brought into her bosom In point of Latitude 't is in 51 Degree 30 Minutes I come now to its full Extent with its Suburbs and Places adjacent It s Length from East to West that is from Lime-house to the further end of Mill-Bank in Westminster is above 7500 Geometrical Paces which comes to seven measured miles and an half at 1000 paces a mile that is about five computed miles or two Parisian Leagues and a half The Breadth indeed is not proportionable the City being built in Length for the Conveniency of the River And yet taking Southwark in on the other side of the River as it is under the Lord Mayor's Jurisdiction and joyned to London by the Bridge this vast City reaches there in Breadth from North to South that is from the further end of White-Chappel Street to St. George's Fields in Southwark near upon 3 miles So that I cannot but conceive that if London were cast as Paris into an orbicular Form the Circumference of it would be much larger than that of Paris So much it is increased in Buildings since the dismal Conflagration in the Year 1666. But whether it is profitable to the Body of the State or not to have so vast a Head may be made a Question And if Dr. Heylin had cause to complain in his time of its being grown then too big for the Kingdom he might with much more reason do it now Great Towns says he in the Body of a State are like the Spleen or Milt in the Body natural The monstrous Growth of which impoverishes all the rest of the Members by drawing to it all the animal and vital Spirits which should give nourishment unto them and in the end cracked or surcharged by its own fulness not only sends unwholsom Fumes and Vapours to the Head and heavy Pangs upon the Heart but draws a Consumption on it self He adds further that the Overgrowth of great Cities is of dangerous consequence not only in regard of Famine such Multitudes of Mouths not being easy to be fed but in respect of the irreparable Danger of Insurrections if once those Multitudes sensible of their own Strength oppressed with Want or otherwise distempered with Faction or Discontent should gather to a head and break out into Action These are all I confess very plausible Arguments But if we consider London as it is in a manner the Head of three Kingdoms at least the Seat of their Monarch I see nothing of Monstrousness in it On the other side London having the Conveniency of the Sea and of a navigable River is so much the less subject to a Famine for that in case of Scarcity at home it may be supply'd from abroad And as in so great a Body there be commonly different Parties led by opposite Interests so there is the less Cause to fear Insurrections because one Party keeps still another in aw Just so Geneva and Hamburg two free Cities do not subsist so much by their own Strength as by the Jealousy of the several States that neighbour upon ' em But the greatest Danger incident to great Cities and omitted by Dr. Heylin is in Case of Contagious Diseases Which the more Matter they find to work upon make so much the greater havock and like a raging Fire get strength by their Motion Witness the Year 1665 when at London there died of the Plague in one day no less than 1200. When all is done I have this to urge in the behalf of great Cities that they are a visible Sign of a flourishing State and such as draws Respect from its Neighbours who look upon it as the Luxuriancy and Result of its Wealth

Rent of the Shops above and below Stairs and the vaulted Cellars under Ground Which comes to about 4000 l. a Year besides 30 l. Fine which is paid for every Shop And as Dr. Chamberlain observes this goodly Fabrick not taking up quite an Acre of Ground is perhaps the richest piece of Ground in the whole World In our Way towards Westminster before we come to St. Pauls Cathedral are three Things worth taking notice of On the left hand a Statute of King Charles II. on Horseback in Stock-Market with a fine Conduit to it Bow steeple in the middle of Cheapside and on the right hand the Guild-hall The first done in white Marble at the Cost and Charges of Sir Robert Viner The other a solid and beautifull Structure composed of four of the Orders of Building which shews the rare Invention of the Architect The whole Height of it from the Ground is 225 foot and yet is but half so high as the intended Dome of St. Pauls Cathedral is designed to be Noted besides for its Ring of Bells reputed to be the best in all England Guildhall where the the City Courts of Judicature are held and where the Lord Mayor Aldermen and Common-Council meet for the Management of the City-Concerns is a spacious Building but more glorious within than without At the first coming in is a spacious Hall set out among other Things with the Pictures of Their Majesties King William and Queen Mary with those of several Judges Here are also two Giauts that stand up in their bulky Figures Blackwell-Hall is so near this Place and so famous for the Sale of Woollen-Cloths that I cannot pass it by in Silence The same was purchased by the Lord Mayor and Commonalty in the Beign of Richard II and has been since imployed as a Weekly Market-Place for all sorts of Woollen-Cloth broad and narrow brought from all Parts of the Kingdom there to be sold And it is to this day the greatest Market and Store-house for all sorts of Woolen-Cloth And now we come to St. Pauls Cathedral seated on the highest Part of all the City and first built by Sebert the first Christian King of the East-Saxons Before the Fire it was in Length 690 Foot that is 20 foot longer than St. Peter's in Rome which for beauty proportion and divers other Things excels all other Churches It s Breadth and Height were proportionable to the Length so that it stood upon so much ground as contained above 3 Acres and a half This famous Church as vast and solid as it was was devoured by that dreadfull Fire in the Year 1666. But some Years after Sir Christopher Wren having by the King's Command designed a new Model of it a new Foundation was laid accordingly And ever since this stately Fabrick has been carried on to that height we see it now So that for Greatness and Figure for Solidity Magnificence and curious-Architecture 't is like to excel all Churches in Christendom except in some particulars St. Peter's Church in Rome To this Cathedral belongs a Dean and thirty Prebendaries c. Within the Liberties The Two Sergeants Inns one in Fleetstreet and the other in Chancery-Lane Two Inns of Court the Inner and the Middle-Temple in Fleetstreet Five Inns of Chancery viz. Clifford's-Inn in Fleetstreet and these four in Ho●born Thavies Furnivals Bernards and Staple-Inns Without the Liberties Two other Inns of Court viz. Grays Inn in Holborn and Lincolns Inn in Chancery Lane Three Inns of Chancery viz. Clements Inn New Inn and Iyons Inn. The Sergeants Inns are so called because divers Judges and Sergeants at Law keep their Commons and Lodge there in Term-time The Number of these is about 26 who being arrived to the highest Degree in the Study of the Common Law have here their Lodging and Diet. Out of these are all the Judges of the Kings Bench Common Pleas and Exchequer elected by the King ●t being a Degree in the Common Law an●werable to that of Doctor in the Civil Law But whereas Doctors of Law are allowed to it covered within the Bar the Sergeants stand ●are-headed without the Bar only with Coifs ●or Caps on For they are called Servientes 〈◊〉 Legem and Servitutis Appellatio-est Ministe●ii Doctoris vero Magisterii The Degrees by which the Student in the ●ommon Law rises to that of a Sergeant are first by being bred 2 or 3 years in the University in the Study of Logick and Rhetorick with some Insight into the Civil Law Upon which he is admitted to one of the four Inns of Court where he is first called a Student or Inner-Barrister till after 7 Years Study he becomes a Mootman or Utter-Barrister and some Years after a Bencher Those are Utter-Barristers who from their Learning and Standing are called by the Benchers in the Mooting Time to plead and argue Moots that is doubtfull Cases and Questions And whilst they argue the said Cases they sit uttermost on the Forms of the Benchers Out of these Mootmen are chosen Readers for the Inns of Chancery where in Term-Time and Grand Vacations they argue Cases in the presence of Attorneys and Clerks In the four Inns of Chancery seated in Holbourn the Moots are read either by those of Grays-Inn or Lincolns-Inn and in the others by those of the two Temples The Benchers so called from the Bench whereon they sit at the upper end of the Hall are the Seniors to whom is committed the Government of the whole House and out of whose Number is yearly chosen a Treasurer who receives disburses and accounts for all Moneys belonging to the House Out of these are also chosen those Readers whose Reading is kept with so much feasting and solemnity To which are invited the chief Nobles Judges Bishops great Officers of the Kingdom and sometimes the King himself Such a Feasting as has cost some Readers 1000 l. After which the Reader wears a long Rob●different from other Barristers and is then in a capacity to be made a Sergeant at Law the Sergeants being usually chosen out of these Readers The Manner of their Choice is thus When the Number of Sergeants is small the Lord Chief-Justice of the Common Pleas by the advice and consent of the other Judges makes choice of some of the most grave and learned of the Inns of Court and presents their Names to the Lord Chancellour or Lord Keeper Who sends by the King 's Writ to each of them to appear on such a day before the King to receive the State and Degree of a Sergeant at Law At the appointed Time they being habited in party-coloured Robes come to Westminster-Hall accompany'd with the Students of the Inns of Court and attended by a Train of Servants and Retainers in their Cloth Liveries Where they take in publick a solemn Oath and are cloathed with Coifs which they wear always in publick After this they feast the great Persons of the Nation in a most splendid manner and present them with gold Rings

Sir Thomas Pilkington was chosen in his room In whose Person the Chance is turned almost quite contrary For if he do's outlive the Time appointed for his Mayoralty by his late Re-election instead of being Mayor but one Year according to the usual Course his Mayoralty will reach near two Years and a half Next to the Lord Mayor there are 26 Aldermen A Recorder Two Sheriffs A Chamberlain Besides the Vnder-Sheriffs the Town-Clerk or Common Clerk and a Remembrancer these two last being both Esquires by their Places The 26 Aldermen preside over the 26 Wards of the City a peculiar Alderman being assigned to every Ward Who has under him a certain Number of Common-Council-Men and one of them his Deputy besides Constables Scavengers Beadles c. Now the Aldermen who have been Lord Mayors and the three eldest Aldermen that have not yet arrived to that honourable estate are by the City-Charter Justices of Peace of the City Upon the Death of an Alderman the Lord Mayor issues out his Precept to the Ward whereof he was Alderman to chuse two substantial Men of the City and return their Names to the Court of Aldermen Which being done the Lord Mayor and Court of Aldermen select one of the two such as they judge fittest for that Station The Recorder is usually a grave and learned Lawyer well versed in the Laws and Customs of the City and in that Capacity is an Assistant to the Lord Mayor He takes his place in Councils and in Court before any Man that has not been Mayor and 't is he that delivers the Sentences of the whole Court The two Sheriffs of this City are also Sheriffs of the County of Middlesex They are yearly chosen in the Guildhall on Midsummer-Day by the Livery-Men of the respective Companies that is by the Citizens from among themselves A high Priviledge considering the Importance of this Magistracy especially in their power of Impanelling Juries Yet my Lord Mayor by his Prerogative may drink to any Citizen and nominate him to be one of the Sheriffs In which Case the Usage has been for the Commons to confirm such a Person and to elect another to serve with him However the new-chosen Sheriffs are not sworn till Michaelmas Eve and till then they do not enter upon their Office If any of the Parties chosen refuse to hold he inours a Penalty of 450 l. unless he do take his Oath that he is not worth ten thousand pounds Each Sheriff has under him an Vnder-Sheriff and six Clerks viz. a Secondary a Clerk of the Papers and four other Clerks He has also a certain Number of Sergeants and every Sergeant a Yeoman The Vnder-Sheriffs have also Clerks under them The Chamberlain is an Officer of great Power in the City For without him no man can set up Shop or follow his Trade without being sworn before him neither can one be bound an Apprentice to any Tradesman but by his Licence He may Imprison any that disobey's his Summons or anv Apprentice that misdemeans himself or else he may punish him in another manner But these are only general Notions of the chief Officers and Magistrates of London for the Particulars I refer you to the Courts of Judicature in my Third Part. In relation to Trade which is the Life of this City the Traders thereof are divided into Companies which are so many Bodies Politique all injoying large Privileges granted by former Kings unto them Those Companies are in all about 70 twelve whereof are called the Chief Companies Viz. The Mercers The Grocers The Drapers The Fishmongers The Goldsmiths The Skinners The Merchant Taylors The Haberdashers The Salters The Iron-Mongers The Vintners The Cloth-Workers Each Company or Mystery has a Master yearly chosen from among themselves and other subordinate Governours called Wardens and Assistants Such is the Harmony of this Government that these Companies do exactly correspond to the general Government of the City by a Lord Mayor and Common Council who are selected out of these several Companies For he that is chosen Lord Mayor must be free of one of these 12 Companies and if he be of any other Company he presently removes to one of these Which have got so great Credit and Reputation in the World that several Kings have honoured some of them by taking their Freedom thereof The present King was lately pleased to accept of the Freedom of the Company of Grocers presented to Him in a golden Box in the Name of the City by Mr. Box upon which he was Knighted by His Majesty In short such are the Priviledges of the Citizens of London that they are Toll-free throughout England And the Lord Mayor usually at the Request of any Citizen that trades in remote Parts grants him his Warrant or Certificate They have also the Priviledge to keep out all Artificers and Handicraftsmen not free of the City So that if a Freeman of London do imploy any such to work within the City or Liberties he is liable to the Forfeiture of 5 l. a Day and an Action lies against him for the same An Alien indeed may be imploy'd six Weeks but no longer And how severe soever this may seem to Foreiners yet it is grounded upon Equity For were it not for that Priviledge here would be such a Concourse of Foreiners that it would prove as it has by Experience the utter undoing of a great Number of poor Citizens and Freemen whose Livelyhood depends upon their Handicrafts Another great Priviledge they have is their sending no less than four Members to Parliament which is twice the Number of other Cities and Borough-Towns in England And it is observable that their Members do usually appear in their Scarlet-Robes the first Day the Parliament sits when all other Members except the Speaker of the House appear in their usual Habit. Thus the Lord Mayor of London under the gracious Influences of the English Monarchs makes a Figure more like a Prince than a Subject And the Citizens of London though under the same general Government as all the rest of the Kings Subjects yet live within themselves blest with so many Advantages that I can compare them no better than to the old Citizens of Rome under the best of their Emperours And indeed the main Thing which has incouraged Trade here to that degree as to render this Place so rich and flourishing is the great Charters Priviledges and Immunities it is invested with by the Munificence of several of the former Kings Whereby the Londoners are Impowered to chuse their own Magistrates to do themselves Justice to maintain their own Peace and pursue all the good and advantagious Ends of Trade with the better Success and greater Security In order to which they keep within themselves many Courts and Councils where they make Laws for the better Government of the several Ranks and Orders of Men among them And though these grand Priviledges were judged to be forfeited by the Court of Kings Bench upon the Quo

Warranto brought in at the latter end of Charles II his Reign and a new Charter granted the City but with several Restrictions of great moment yet that Judgement was Reversed upon their late Application to the Parliament and their ancient Charter Confirmed So that Things run now as they did before that Judgment in their proper Channel For Military Affairs the City of London is a Lieutenancy of it self So that the Power of a Lord Lieutenant is in the Lord Mayor and Aldermen and other principal Members of the City for the Time being Who by a peculiar Commission from His Majesty are authorized to act as his Lieutenants in London for the ordering the City-Militia with the same Power that the Lord Lieutenants have in their respective Counties Now the City-Militia consists of 6 Regiments of Foot making about 90000 men besides the Hamlets of the Tower 2 Regiments and the Regiment of Southwark To which if we add the Militia of Westminster consisting of 2 Regiments called Holborn and Westminster each of 2000 men we find in all eleven Regiments But in case of Necessity the Auxiliaries are raised consisting of Apprentices which make up six Regiments more every Freeman that has two Apprentices finding one for that purpose To supply the City Train-Bands and Auxiliary men with Commanders there is a Nursery of Souldiers called the Artillery Company of above 60 Years standing This Company consists of 600 choice men commanded in chief by the King and under his Majesty by a Leader Who exercises this Company every Tuesday fortnight in the Artillery-Ground a spacious Place near Moorfields inclosed for that purpose with a fair Brick-Wall And the other Tuesday the Exercise is performed by the several Members of the Company who are there trained up to command most of them being Commanders of the Train-Bands They have a Court-Marshal consisting of a President Vice-President Colonel and 24 Members of the Company On the second Tuesday in February is their general Rendezvous every Year when they chuse their Officers Which besides the Leader are two Lieutenants 2 Ensigns 2 Sergeants a Provost Marshal 3 Gentlemen of Arms c. The Church-Government is by the Bishop of London The Parishes whereof for the most part provided with able and eminent Divines under the Title of Rector or Vicar are under his Jurisdiction And for maintaining these Divines with their Families there is in most Parishes a Parsonage or Vicarage-House with a yearly Allowance besides the Perquisites arising from Christenings Marriages and Burials Which Allowance since the Reformation falls much short of what it was in the time of Popery when besides the Tythes of the Tradesmens Gains the Mortuaries Obits c. the Priest tho' in a state of Celibacy had 3 shillings and 5 pence in the pound of the yearly Rent of all the Houses and Shops in his Parish Which afterwards was brought to 2 shillings 9 pence in the pound by an Act of Parliament under the Reign of Henry VIII and that confirmed by a subsequent Act. But since the Reformation this being lookt upon as too large an Allowance it has been so curtailed that 't will be hard to bring back that golden Age. 'T is true under the Reign of Charles II. a Regulation was made by Act of Parliament but it concerned only those Parishes whose Churches had been demolished by the dreadfull Fire And according to the several Extents of Parishes the Parsons thereof by virtue of that Act have a certain yearly Allowance none under 100 Pounds and none above 200 but most between one and two hundred Pounds The same to be raised in lieu of Tythe within the said respective Parishes by rating the Houses and Shops therein proportionably to their respective Rents As to those Parishes all over the City and Suburbs where there is besides the Parson a Lecturer he has his maintenance no otherwise than by a voluntary Contribution from the Parishioners As for the City of Westminster the Dean and Chapter are invested with all mander of Jurisdiction both Civil and Ecclesiastical not only within the City of Westminster but also in other Places of their Jurisdiction as the Precincts of S. Martin le Grand within the Walls of London and some Towns in Essex The Dean in particular has a Commission of Peace within the City and Liberties of Westminster The principal Officer in it called the High Steward of Westminster is usually one of the prime Nobility Under whom there is a Deputy Steward then the Bayliff and the two high Burgesses these chosen every Year Within the Precincts of Westminster but chiefly near the Court the Nobility and Gentry take up for the most part their Quarters But the proper Station of the Lawyers is in their Inns between the City and the Court and that of Merchants and Seamen in and about the East-end of the City Thus you have a short Description of the famous City of London the Metropolis of England the Seat of the British Empire the Epitome and Glory of this Kingdom A City which for Greatness Beauty Conveniencies Plenty of Provisions Commerce Riches and good Government is inferiour to none beyond Sea 'T is a Magazine of all sorts of Commodities necessary or expedient for the Use or Pleasure of Mankind The great Rendez-vous of the Nobility Gentry Courtiers Divines Lawyers Physicians Merchants Seamen of the best Artificers the most refined Wits and the greatest Beauties of the Land For a constant Supply of Provisions here are abundance of Markets the best furnished of any in Christendom but especially Leaden-Hall-Market near the Royal Exchange in the City the greatest Flesh-Market about the City and a great Magazine of Corn. So that there is scarce a great City in Europe where poor People or such as love a frugal Life may live cheaper or the splendid Liver gallanter To get a Livelyhood and raise himself in the World no Place like this by Mechanick or Liberal Arts by Merchandizing Offices Preferments c. For Conveniencies and Delight here all is at hand and scarce any Thing wanting that Money can purchase In point of Society here learned and unlearned high and low rich and poor good and bad may fit themselves any where And this I must needs say to the Praise of London that there is not a Place in Europe of such a vast Confluence of all sorts of People where Murders and Outrages so frequent in great and populous Cities beyond Sea are so seldom heard of Which argues a great deal of Wisdom in the Magistrate that so great a Body should be kept in so good Order William the Conquerour to prevent Disorders and Mischiefs in the Night commanded that in every Town and Village a Bell called Curfew-Bell a Corrupt Word from the French Couvre-feu should be rung every Night at 8 of the Clock and that all people should then put out their Fire and Candle This continued in his Reign and that of his next Successor William Rufus But Henry I. revoked

Democracy for ever all the World know's No Stone was left unturned and what came of it As soon as ever Opportunity served the very Presbyterians themselves joyned with the Royalists to bring in the exiled King and re-establish the ancient Government So soon the Nation grew sick of the Commonwealth and so strong was then the Current for Monarchy that without the shedding of a drop of Bloud the first was in a manner hissed out of the Nation and Monarchy restored with the greatest Pomp and Joy imaginable I set aside the Zeal of our English Clergy for Monarchy and their Influence upon the Laity The great Number alone of our Nobility and Gentry with their proportionable Ascendent upon the People makes me look upon it as a moral Impossibility for Commonwealth-Government ever to prevail here 'T is well known the Genius of Commonwealths is for keeping down the Nobility and extinguishing all those Beams of Royalty Therefore as 't is their Interest so I suppose it will be their Care to stick to Monarchy CHAP. VII Of the KING of ENGLAND And first of his Dominions Titles Arms his Ensigns of Royalty and Marks of Sovereignty THE King of England is otherwise called King of Great-Britain as being the sole Sovereign and supreme Head of this great and famous Island containing the two Kingdoms of England and Scotland besides the Principality of Wales Which Principality was first united by Conquest to the Crown of England Anno 1282 by King Edward I. Who overcame and slew in Battel Llewellen the last Sovereign Prince of Wales of the Race of Cadwallader the last King of the Britains After the Conquest thereof he took all the provident Care imaginable to secure it to the Crown but the Welsh seldom contained themselves within the bounds of true Allegiance till the Reign of Henry VII who was extracted from the Welsh Bloud In whose Successor's Reign Henry VIII they were made by Act of Parliament one Nation with the English subject to the same Laws capable of the same Preferments priviledged with the same Immunities and inabled to send Knights and Burgesses to the English Parliament So that the Name and Language only excepted there is now no Difference between the English and Welsh A very happy Union Scotland was also brought into Subjection by the same King Edward so that he received Homage of its King and Nobility and had there his Chancery and other Courts under a Viceroy But with much strugling they recovered at last their Liberty and set up a King of their own Robert Bruce who had the luck to be confirmed in it by the Defeat given to Edward II one of our unfortunate Kings 'T is true his Son King Edward III a most virtuous and valorous Prince changed the face of Affairs in Scotland and brought again the Scots to Obedience Insomuch that he excluded David the Son of Robert Bruce from the Crown then forced to fly into France and restored the House of Baliol to the Kingdom in the person of Edward Son of King John Baliol. Who upon his coming to the Crown did Homage to this King Edward as his Father had done to King Edward I. But 't was not long before the Scots quitted again their Subjection and Vassalage to the Crown of England the Roll of Ragman being treacherously delivered into their hands by Roger Mortimer Earl of March Which Roll contained a Confession and Acknowledgement of the Estates of Scotland subscribed by all their Hands and Seals whereby they owned the Superiority of the Kings of England not only in regard of such Advantages as the Sword had given them but as of their original and undoubted Right But setting aside this point of Vassalage the Kings of England are Kings of Scotland by a better Title For King James VI of Scotland and the first of England succeeded Q. Elizabeth in the Realm of England as the next Heir to the Crown Anno 1602 being descended by Mary Queen of the Scots his Mother from Margaret the eldest Daughter of Henry the VII King of England and Wife to James IV of Scotland And here the Wisdom and prudent Foresight of Henry is very remarkable Who having two Daughters bestowed the Eldest contrary to the Mind of his Council on the King of Scots and the younger on the French King that if his own Issue Male should fail as it did by the Death of his Grandson King Edward VI and that a Prince of another Nation must inherit England then Scotland as the lesser Kingdom should depend upon England and not England wait on France as upon the greater In which Succession of the Scots to the Crown of England the Prophecy of the fatal Stone received accomplishment I mean the Stone which the Scots lookt upon as their Palladium kept at Scone in Scotland the usual Place for the Coronation of the Scotish Kings upon which they received their Crown till the Removal of it unto Westminster by King Edward I. The Verses of old ingraven upon this Stone run thus Non fallat Fatum Scoti quocunque locatum Invenient Lapidem regnare tenentur ibidem Translated in old Meeter thus The Scots shall brook that Realm as natif Ground If Weirds fail not where ere this Stone is found Thus the Scots so often quelled and curbed by the English never subdued England but by this blessed Victory Ever since this happy Union Scotland has been deprived of its Kings Residence there who changed the worse Seat for the better But under the King there is a chief Governour appointed by his Majesty the Lord High Commissioner of Scotland who by that Title injoys the ordinary Power and Authority of a Viceroy In this manner Scotland has continued to this day a separate Kingdom governed by its own Laws 'T is true there have been several Attempts made to unite it into one Kingdom with England as Wales was by Henry VIII But hitherto they proved unsuccesfull So far we have cleared in few Words by History the whole Isle of Great Britain to the King of England with the numerous Islands about it the principal of which are the Isles of Shepey Thanet Wight Anglesey and Man The next that offers it self is the Kingdom of Ireland a great Part whereof was Conquered by the English about the Year 1172. in the Reign of Henry II and the Occasion thus Ireland being then divided amongst several ●petty Kings the King of Leinster was by the King of Meath driven out of his Kindom He fled to England for Refuge where applying himself to King Henry Henry resolved to attempt his Restauration which he did effectually and in the doing of it brought the best part of the Island under the English Subjection King John the Younger Son of Henry was the first who was Intituled Lord of Ireland Which Stile was granted him by Pope Urban III and continued to his Successors though in effect Kings thereof till the Year 1542 when Henry VIII was declared in an Irish Parliament King of

of the Kings of England when all Christendom in the Council of Constance was divided into Nations the English was one of the Principal and not Subaltern having its Voice of equal ballance with the Nations of France or Italy In those General Councils the Emperor of Germany was counted Major Filius Ecclesiae the King of France Minor Filius and the King of England Filius tertius adoptivus Whereas with submission methinks it had been more proper especially in such Assemblies to look upon the King of England as Primogenitus Ecclesiae the Eldest Son of the Church out of respect to the British King Lucius who as I said before was the first King in the World that imbraced Christianity In those Councils the King of France had place next the Emperour on his right hand the King of England next on his left hand and the King of Scotland next before Castille However the King of England acknowledges no Precedence to any Monarch but only to the Emperour and that upon the Score of Antiquity For the Crown of England is free and independent and therefore has been declared in Parliaments long since to be an Imperial Crown CHAP. VIII Of the Solemn Proclamation and Coronation of the King of England THE Kings of England are both Proclaimed and Crowned with so much Solemnity that it won't be improper to describe the Manner of it it being a Solemnity not at all disagreeable to the Design of this Work I begin with the Proclamation which is the first Step to the Crown And being we are upon the New State of England I shall describe the Manner how the present King William and Queen Mary were Proclaimed at Whitehall-Gate within Temple-Bar in Cheap-side● and the Royal Exchange Which happened o● the 13th of Febr. Anno 1688 9. The Lords and Commons being then Assembled at Westminster came to the Banquetting-House where they presented the Princ● and Princess of Orange the Instrument in Writing agreed upon for Declaring Their Highnesse KING and QUEEN of England France and Ireland with all the Dominions and Te●tories thereunto belonging and received Their Consent thereto About 11 of the Clock the said Lords and Commons came down to Whitehall Gate preceded by the Speakers of their respective Hous●● viz. the Marquess of Hallifax Speaker 〈…〉 Lords and Henry Powle Esq Speaker of 〈…〉 mons each of them attended by a 〈…〉 Arms in order to see Their Majesties 〈…〉 Being come down to the Gate there they found the Heralds of Arms the Sergeants at Arms the Trumpets and other Officers all in readiness being assembled by Order from the Duke of Norfolk Earl Marshal of England And Sr. Thomas S. George Knight Garter Principal King of Arms having received a Proclamation in Writing with an Order from the Lords House to the King's Heralds and Pursuivants of Arms for Publishing or Proclaiming the same forthwith the Persons concerned disposed themselves in Order before the Court-Gate for making the said Proclamation The Trumpets having sounded a Call three several times the last of which was answered by a great Shout of the vast Multitudes of People there assembled the Noise ceasing the said Garter King of Arms read the' Proclaimation by short Sentences or Periods Which was thereupon proclaimed aloud by Robert Devenish Esq York Herald being the Senior Herald in these Words VVHEREAS it has pleased Almighty God in his great Mercy to this Kingdom to vouchsafe as a Miraculous Deliverance from Popery and Arbitrary Power and that our Preservation is due next unto God to the Resolution and Conduct of His Highness the Prince of Orange whom God has chosen to be the Glorious Instrument of such an Inestimable Happiness to us and our Posterity And being highly sensible and fully persuaded of the Great and Eminent Vertues of her Highness the Princess of Orange whose Zeal for the Protestant Religion will no doubt bring a Blessing along with Her upon the Nation And whereas the Lords and Commons now Assembled at Westminster have made a Declaration and presented the same to the said Prince and Princess of Orange and therein desired Them to Accept the Crown who have Accepted the same accordingly We therefore the Lords Spiritual and Temporal and Commons Together with the Lord Mayor and Citizens of London and others of the Commons of this Realm Do with a full Consent Publish and Proclaim according to the said Declaration William and Mary Prince and Princess of Orange to be KING and QVEEN of England France and Ireland with all the Dominions and Territories thereunto belonging Who are accordingly so to be owned deemed accepted and taken by all the People of the aforesaid Realms and Dominions who are henceforward bound to acknowledge and pay unto The● all Faith and true Allegiance Beseeching God by whom Kings Reign to bless KING WILLIAM and QVEEN MARY with long and happy Years to Reign over us God save King William and Queen Mary Jo. Brown Cleric Parliamentorum Which being ended and the Trumpe● sounding a Flourish was answered by several repeated Shouts of the People And Direction being given to proclaim the same with in Temple-Bar in Cheap-side and at the Royal-Exchange the Proceeding marched in this manner I. The several Beadles of the Liberties of Westminister II. The Constables of the said Liberties all on foot with the high-Constable on horseback III. The Head-Bayliff of Westminster and his Men all on horseback with white Staves to clear the Way IV. A Class of Trumpets nine in all on horse-back the six first riding two and two and the three last together Followed by the Sergeant-Trumpeter carrying his Mace on the Shoulder V. A Pursuivant of Arms single a Pursui ●ant and a Sergeant at Arms and next an ●ther Pursuivant and 〈◊〉 Sergeant at Arms. The Pursuivants in ●heir rich Coats of the ●oyal Arms and each ●f the Sergeants carry●●g his Mace on his Shoulder all of them on horse-back VI. Four Heralds of Arms one after another each with a Sergeant at Arms on his left hand carrying his Mace on the Shoulder and the Heralds being all in their rich Coats of the Royal Arms. VII Garter King of Arms in his rich Coat of Arms carrying the Proclamation Accompany'd with Sr. Tho. Duppa Kt. Gentleman Vsher of the Black Rod in his Crimson Mantle of the Order of the Garter and his Black Rod of Office likewise on Horseback VIII The Speaker of the House of Lords in his Coach Attended by Sr. Roger Harsnet eldest Sergeant at Arms with his Mace IX The Speaker of the House of Commons in his Coach Attended by John Topham Esq Sergeant at Arms to the said House with his Mace X. The Duke of Norfolk Earl Marshal and Primier Duke of England in his Coach● with his Marshal's Staff in his hand XI The Peers in order in their Coaches XII The Members of the House of Commons in their Coaches In this Order they proceeded towards Temple-Bar And being come as far as the May-pole in the Strand two

of Salisbury began the Sermon his Text being taken out of 2 Sam. 23. V. 3 4. The Sermon ended Their Majesties took the Oath And being conducted to their Regal Chairs placed on the Theater that they might be more conspicuous to the Members of the House of Commons who were seated in the North-Cross They were Anointed After the Unction they were presented with the Spurs and Sword invested with the Palls and Orbs and then with the Rings and Scepters At four of the Clock the Crowns were put upon their Heads at sight whereof all the People shouted the Drums and Trumpets sounded the great Guns were discharged and the Peers and Peeresses put on their Coronets Then the Bible was presented to Their Majesties and after the Benediction They vouchsafed to kiss the Bishops Being Inthroned first the Bishops and then the Temporal Lords did their Homage and Kissed Their Majesties left Cheeks In the mean while the Treasurer of the Houshold threw about the Coronation Medals which were of Silver about the bigness of a half-crown Piece representing of one side the King and Queen with their Names thus Gulielmus Maria Rex Regina And on the Reverse giddy-brained Phaethon unskilfully guiding the Chariot of the Sun with Jupiter above striking him with a Thunder-bolt and this Motto about it Ne Totus Absumatur that is Lest the whole World be Consumed with fire A very pat Emblem to the present Juncture as those may best judge who are well acquainted with the Story of Phaethon Next followed the Communion And Their Majesties having made Their second Oblation received the holy Sacrament Then the Bishop read the final Prayers After Prayers Their Majesties retired into S. Edward's Chapel where they were new Arrayed in Purple Velvet And in this Habit they returned to Westminster-Hall with Their rich Crowns of State upon their Heads and the Nobility their Coronets A splendid Dinner being prepared in the Hall for Their Majesties and the whole Proceeding the first Course for Their Majesties Table was served up with the proper Ceremony being preceded by the great Officers and the High Constable High Steward and Earl Marshal But the Tables of the Nobility c. were all ready furnished before their Coming in Before the second Course Charles Dymoke Esq Their Majesties Champion came into the Hall on horse-back between the High Constable and the Earl Marshal where be performed the Challenge After which the Heralds proclaimed Their Majesties Styles Dinner being ended and the whole Solemnity performed with great Splendour and Magnificence Their Majesties about eight in the Evening returned to Whitehall CHAP. IX Of the King's peculiar Prerogatives Also of His Power Court and Revenues in general BEsides the Royal Marks of Sovereignty inherent in the Crown of England the King has certain Priviledges properly called by the Name of Prerogatives which are so many Flowers of the Crown The principal are these that follow First all Estates for want of Heirs or by Forfeiture escheat or revert to the King To Him also belong all Lands of Aliens dying before Naturalization or Denization unless they leave Issue born within his Dominions All Waste Ground or Land recovered from the Sea All Gold and Silver Mines in whose Ground soever they are found All Wayfs Strays and Wracks not granted away by Him or any of his Predecessors All Treasure found as Gold Silver Plate Bullion c. the Owner whereof is unknown All Royal Fishes as Whales Dolphins c. And Royal Fowl as Swans not markt and swimming at liberty on the River The King by his Prerogative has the Right of Pre-emption of all Sorts of Victuals near the Court and may take Horses Carts Ships and Boats for his Carriages at reasonable Rates By his Letters Patent he may erect new Counties Cities Boroughs Universities Colledges Schools Hospitals Fairs Markets Forests Chases Free-Warrens c. And without his Authority no Forest Chase or Park can be made or Castle built He has Power likewise to Infranchise an Alien and make him a Denison whereby he is inabled to purchase Houses and Lands and to bear some Offices But none can be Naturalized but by King and Parliament The King only can give Letters of Mart or Reprisal And in case of Losses by Fire or otherwise He only can give Patents to receive the charitable Benevolences of the People without which no Man may ask it publickly Debts due to the King are in the first place to be satisfied in case of Executorship and Administratorship and till the Kings Debts be satisfied He may protect the Debtor from the Arrest of other Creditors He may Distrein for the whole Rent upon one Tenant tho he do not hold the whole Land Is not obliged to demand his Rent as others are and may sue in what Court he pleases and Distrain where he list No Occupancy can stand good against the King nor any Entry before Him prejudice him And the Sale of the Kings Goods in open Market do's not take away his Property therein All Receivers of Mony for the King or Accomptants to Him for any Branch of his Revenues are chargeable for the same at all times in their Persons Lands Goods Heirs Executors and Administrators And when any Debtor to the King is disabled to pay him by reason of Debts owing him which he has not been able to recover in such a Case the Kings Debtor being Plaintiff has some Priviledges above others by virtue of a Quo minus in the Exchequer In Doubtfull Cases always there ought to be a particular Regard and favourable Presumption for the King And Judgments against the King's Title are always entred with a Salvo Jure Domini Regis That if at any time the King's Council at Law can make out his Title better that Judgment shall not prejudice Him Which is not so for a Subject The King's Servants in Ordinary are free from Arrest also from all Offices that require their Attendance as Sheriff Constable Church-Warden c. And for reasonable Causes Him thereunto moving He may protect any Man against Suits at Law c. with a Noli Prosequi As to Church Matters the King by Act of Parliament is the Supream Head of the Church as He is of the State and is lookt upon as her Gardian and Nursing Father He is as Constantine the Emperor said of himself an external Bishop of the Church and in some Sense a Priest aswell as a King Therefore at his Coronation He is Anointed with Oyl as the Priests were at first and afterwards the Kings of Israel to intimate that his Person is Sacred and Spiritual and has the Dalmatica and other Priestly Vests put upon Him By virtue of his Prerogative He has Power to call a National or Provincial Synod and to make such Alterations in the Church-Discipline as they shall judge expedient And as He is the Lord Paramount or Supream Landlord of all the Lands in England so He has all over England the Supream

King Who in such Case usually make choice of such a Person among the Nobility as is fit for that Station whose private Interest is to preserve the Kings Life and Authority and to whom least benefit can accrue by his Death or Diminution Thus in the Case of Edward VI the Duke of Somerset his Uncle by the Mothers side was made Lord Protector during the Kings Minority And when this Rule has not been observed as in the Minority of Edward V it has proved of very ill consequence But this is observable withall that when th● King comes to be 24 Years of Age he may b● his Letters Patents under the Great Seal a●cording to a Statute made in the Reign of He●ry VIII revoke and utterly null whatsoeve● has been Enacted in Parliament during his M●nority When the King was Absent upon any so reign Expedition as several of our Kings have been with good success the Custom was for merly to constitute a Vicegerent by Commission under the Great Seal with the Tit● of Lord Warden or Lord Keeper of the Kingdom and sometimes that of Protector And such was the Latitude of his Power that except wearing of the Crown he was as great a● the King But sometimes the Kingdom durin● the King's Absence has been committed to th● Care of several Noblemen During the Absence of Henry VIII in France which hapned two several times the Quee● was made Regent And so is at this time o●● Gracious Queen Mary during his Majesties so reign Expedition So in case of the Kings Incapacity to govern either through Age or Weakness or by reason of some Incurable Disease a Gardian 〈◊〉 Regent is constituted to govern the Kingdom for Him Such a one was John Duke of L●● caster in the latter Days of King Edward 〈◊〉 appointed by the King himself who then what with Age and Weakness what with Sickness and Grief for the untimely Death of 〈◊〉 dear Son the Black Prince was much decay● both in Body and Mind I come now to the Succession to the Cr●● Which is not in England as in France Tur●● and amongst Barbarians by excluding Females from the Crown For the Crown of England in its natural Course descends from Father to S●n for want of Sons to the eldest Daughter and her Heirs for want of Daughter to the Brother and his Heirs for want of Brother to the Sister and her Heirs In short upon the Death of the King or Queen upon the Throne the next of Kindred though born out of the Dominions of England or of Parents not Subjects of England is immediately King or Queen before any Proclamation or Coronation And contrary to the Descent of Estates among Subjects the Half Blood inherits as in the Case of Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth who succeeded King Edward the Sixth though they were his Sisters only by the Father's side But the Government being lately Dissolved by King James his Misgovernment as well as Abdication the Crown was settled in this manner by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal and Commons assembled at Westminster in the Month of December Anno 1689. First upon William and Mary then Prince and Princess of Orange during their Lives and the Life of the Survivor of Them but the sole and full Exercise of the Regal Power to be only in and executed by the said Prince of Orange in the Names of the said Prince and Princess during their joynt Lives And after their Deceases the said Crown and Royal Dignity to be to the ●eirs of the Body of the said Princess And for default of such Issue to the Princess Anne of Denmark and the Heirs of her Body And for default of such Issue to the Heirs of the Body of the said Prince of Orange Upon which the said Prince and Princess now King and Queen of England c. did accept th● Crown and Royal Dignity of the Kingdoms o● England France and Ireland and the Dominions thereunto belonging And for preventing all Questions and Divisions in this Realm by reason of any pretended Titles to the Crown and for preserving a Certainty in the Succession thereof the Settlement of the Crown as aforesaid was Confirmed by an Act of the Insuing Parliament which passed the Royal Assent Dec 16. 1689. With this excellent Proviso That Whereas it hath been found by Experience that it is Inconsistent with the Safety and Welfare of this Protestant Kingdom to be Governed by a Popis● Prince or by any King or Queen Marrying Papist all and every Person and Persons tha● is are or shall be Reconciled to or shall hol● Communion with the See or Church of Rome or shall profess the Popish Religion or shal● Marry a Papist shall be Excluded and be soever Uncapable to Inherit Possess or Injoy th● Crown and Government of this Realm and Ireland and the Dominions thereunto belon●ing or any Part of the same or to Have Us● or Exercise any Regal Power Authority or J●risdiction within the same And in all and 〈◊〉 very such Case or Cases the People of the● Realms shall be and are hereby Absolved 〈◊〉 their Allegiance and the said Crown and Government shall from time to time Descend 〈◊〉 and be Injoy'd by such Person or Persons ●●ing Protestants as should have Inherit●● or Injoyed the same in case the said P●●son or Persons so Reconciled holding Co●munion or Professing or Marrying as afo●●said were naturally Dead By which Act further Confirmed and Asserted by the Act of Recognition passed in the last Session of Parliament the Crown is by Law for ever Insured into Protestant Hands and all Pretence of Popish Succession Nulled and Invalidated CHAP. XI Of the Royal Family Particularly of the Queen and the Sons and Daughters of England THe Queen of England is either a Sovereign or Queen Consort or else Queen Dowager When the Queen is Sovereign as were Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth the two Daughters of Henry VIII and Sisters of Edward VI. he is invested with all the Regal Power and ●cts as Sovereign And whoever she does marry ●o far from following her Husbands Condition ●he is her Husbands Sovereign as Queen Mary ●as Philip's The Case indeed of our present Queen Mary is ●ifferent She is a Sovereign joyntly with her ●usband King William but the Administration 〈◊〉 the Government and the sole Executive Power ●●lodged only in the King during their Joynt ●●ves Except the Time of his Majesties Absence 〈◊〉 his foreign Expedition during which Her ●jesty is Vested by a late Act of Parliament with the Administration and acts as Queen Regent A Queen Consort without Sovereignty is Reputed however the Second Person in the Kingdom and Respected accordingly The Law sets so high a value upon Her as to make it High Treason to conspire her Death or to violate her Chastity She has her Royal Court and Officers apart with a large Dower to maintain her Greatness And though she be an Alien born yet without Denization or Naturalization she may purchase Lands in

claim to do Services at the King's Coronation and to receive the accustomed Fees and Allowances In the Procession on the Coronation-Day 't is he that carries the King's Crown The Right Honourable the Earl of Devonshire was honoured with this great Office in the last Coronation Upon the Trial of a Peer he sits under a Cloth of State and his Commission is to proceed secundum Legem Consuetudinem Angliae He is not Sworn nor the Lords who are the Tryers of the Peer arraigned and tho he call all the Judges of the Land to assist him yet he is the sole Judge Next to the Lord High Steward is the Lord High Chancellour who in Civil Affairs now there is no High Steward is the highest Person in the Kingdom next to the Royal Family as the Arch-bishop of Canterbury is in Ecclesiastical His Oath is to do Right to all manner of People rich and poor after the Laws and Customs of the Realm truly to counsel the King and keep secret the King's Counsel to stand for the Rights of the Crown c. The Great Seal of England is in his Custody He is the Judge of the Court of Chancery otherwise called the Court of Equity where he is to judge not according to the Rigour and Letter of the Law but with Equity and Conscience He also bestow's all Ecclesiastical Benefices in the King's Gift under 20 l. a Year in the King's Books Since the Reign of Henry VII this great Office has been commonly executed by Lawyers whereas formerly Bishops and other Clergy-men learned in the Civil Laws were usually intrusted with it The Lord High Chancellour holds his Place but durante Regis Beneplacito during the King's Pleasure And his Place is counted to be worth 8000 l. a Year Anciently he had sometimes a Vice-Chancellour commonly called Keeper of the Great Seal But of later Times they differ only in Name For the late Kings have always beflowed the Great Seal either with the Title of Lord Keeper or of Lord Chancellour but still with the same Power and Right of Precedence Only the Lord Chancellour receives a Patent from the King for his Office which the Lord Keeper do's not and by the Title of Chancellour he is lookt upon as in greater favour with the King But his present Majesty since his Accession to the Crown thought fit to have this Office managed by Commissioners and accordingly it has been hitherto managed by three Lords Commissioners The third Great Officer of the Crown is the Lord High Treasurer who has the Charge and Government of all the King's Revenue kept in the Exchequer He has the Gift of all Customers Comptrolers and Searchers in all the Ports of England and the Nomination of all Escheators in every County He has also the Check of all the Officers imploy'd in collecting all the Revenues of the Crown He has power either by himself or with others joyned in Commission with him to let Leases of all the Crown-Lands And it is he that gives Warrants to certain Persons of Quality to have their Wine Custom-free Anciently he received this Office and Dignity by the delivery of the golden Keys of the Treasury which is now done by delivery of a white Staff to him by the King His Oath do's not differ much from that of the Lord Chancellour and he holds his Place as he do's during his Majesties Pleasure His Place is also reckoned to be worth 8000 l. per ann But this great Office is now executed by four Persons called the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury Next is the Lord President of the King 's Privy Council an Officer as ancient as King John's Time made by the King's Letters Patent under the Great Seal durante Beneplacito His Office is to manage the Debates in Council to propose Matters from the King and report the Transactions to his Majesty In the late Reigns this Office was often supplied by the Chancellour Next to the Lord President is the Lord Privy Seal whose Office is of great Trust and Skill He is so called from the Privy Seal which is in his custody All Charters and Grants of the King and all Pardon 's signed by the King pass through his hands before they come to the Great Seal of England And h●● ought not to put this Seal to any Grant with● out good Warrant under the King 's Privy Signet nor with Warrant if it be agains● Law or Custom until the King be first acquainted He manages also divers other Matters of less concernment which do not pass the Great Seal He is by his Place of the King 's Privy Council and takes his Oath accordingly besides a particular Oath as Lord Privy Seal Whe● there is a Court of Requests he is the chie● Judge of it His Place is also during the King's Pleasure 〈◊〉 and his Salary is 1500 l. per annum The sixth Great Officer of the Crown i● the Lord Great Chamberlain of England an Officer of State and of great Antiquity whose chief Business is on the Coronation-Day For it is his Office that Day to bring the King his Shirt Coyf and Wearing Cloaths before his Majesty rises and to carry at the Coronation the Coyf Gloves and Linnen to be used by the King upon that Occasion In the Church where the King is Crowned he undresses and attires his Majesty with Robes Royal and give● Him the Gold which is offered by Him at the Altar Before and after Dinner he serves the King with Water to wash his hands For this Service he has 40 Ells of Cri●●son Velver for-his own Robes the King 's Be● and all the Furniture of his Bed-Chamber all the King's Night-Apparel and the Baso● and Towels used at Dinner for his Fees He has also Livery and Lodging in the King's Court certain ●ees from all Peers of the Realm at their Creation and from each Arch-Bishop or Bishop when they do their Ho●●age or Fealty to the King To him belongs the Care of providing all Things in the House of Lords in Parliament-Time and therefore has an Apartment allowed him near the House of Lords This Office is Hereditary and belongs to the Earls of Lindsey The Lord High Constable is another great Officer but of too great Authority and Power to be continued and therefore is only created for the Solemnity of the King's Coronation The Duke of Ormond was High Constable in the last The next is the Earl Marshal of England an Officer of great Antiquity and anciently of great Power His proper Office is to summon the Nobility to the King's Coronation with such Directions for State and publick Appearance as becomes that Solemnity He also takes Cognizance of Matters of War and Arms out of the reach of the Common Law and in these Matters he is commonly guided by the Civil Law Neither can any obtain a Coat of Arms but he must first apply himself to the Earl Marshal to whom the Heralds Colledge is subordinate The last is the Lord

High Admiral of England an Office held by Patent and of so great a Trust that it has usually been given to Princes of the Royal Bloud For the Lord High Admiral is Intrusted with no less than the Management of all Maritime Affairs with the Government of the King's Navy with Power of Decision in all Causes Maritime aswell Civil as Criminal of all Things done upon or beyond the Sea in any Part of the World in all Ports and Havens upon the Sea-Coasts and all Rivers below the first Bridge next towards the Sea In short the Admiralty being in a manner a separate Kingdom from the rest the Lord High Admiral may be reputed at least the Viceroy thereof A Multitude of Officers high and low are under him both at Sea and Land some of a Military others of a Civil Capacity some Judicial others Ministerial And under him is held the High Court of Admiralty the Places and Offices whereof are in his Gift The last High Admiral of England was the late King when Duke of York For since he came to the Crown the Office was executed by Seven Lords Commissioners as it is to this day CHAP. XIII Of Their present Majesties King WILLIAM and Queen MARY With a brief Account of Their Accession to the Crown KING WILLIAM our present Monarch is the only Issue of the late Illustrious Prince William of Nassaw Prince of Orange and of the Deceased Princess Royal Mary eldest Daughter to King Charles I who was wedded to the foresaid Prince in the Year 1641. His Majesty was born in Holland Nov. 4th 1650 ten days after his Fathers Death and was Christened by the Names of William Henry William being his Fathers Name and Henry his Grandfathers The House of Nassaw is an Ancient and most Illustrious Family so called from Nassaw a Town and County in Weteravia a Province of Germany That Branch of it from whence the King is descended had their usual Seat at Dillenburg not far from Nassaw before they settled in the Low-Countries whence for Distinctions sake they were named the Earls of Nassaw of the House of Dillenburg Otho of Nassaw who died Anno 1190 was the Founder of the present Family of the Princes of Orange out of which descended Adolph Earl of Nassaw who was chosen Emperour in the Year 1292. By the Marriage of Engelbert the seventh Earl of this House with Mary Daughter and Heir of Philip Lord of Breda in Brabant that Town and Barony with many other fair Estates in the Netherlands was added to the Family And by the Marriage of Henry the tenth Earl of Nassaw Anno 1515. with Claude of Chalons Sister and Heir of Philibert Prince of Orange this Principality bordering upon Provence and Dauphene within the Dominions of France accrued to the Family So much the worse for having so ill an Neighbour as the present French King who has long since rapaciously seized upon it but left however what he could not take away the King 's just Title to it In short our Gracious King William is the 18th Earl of Nassaw beginning with Otho aforesaid and the 7th Prince of Orange of his Family beginning with Rene of Nassaw Son of Henry and Claude who succeeded Philibert his Uncle in the Principality of Orange A Family as much honoured for the personal Merit of the Princes of it as any other in Europe and to which the States of Holland ow the Liberty and Greatness they injoy All the World knows how great a Patron and Assertor of the Belgick Liberties against the Spaniard was the most noble and generous Prince William of Nassaw one of his Majestie● Ancestors And to pass by the generous Exploits of his noble Successors till the present King William 't is well known what his Majestly has done to rescue not only his Native Country but the best Part of Europe from its Oppressors It has been of late Years both at home and abroad the Maxim of some Princes to outvy each other in preying upon and destroying not only their Neighbours but their own Protestant Subjects by all Methods of Perfidiousness and Cruelty To establish or maintain their Tyranny they went about to introduce a general Ignorance For where Subjects part with their Reason 't is easy for them to part with their Liberty witness those miserable Inslaved Countries where Popery domineers On the contrary the House of Orange has always appeared against that ravenous and inhumane Principle And as if Providence had appointed them for a Check to Tyranny God has been pleased accordingly to bless their just Indeavours Never the Liberty of England and the Protestant Interest in general lay more at stake than it did in the late Reign 'T is plain there was a general Design to extirpate Herely in a Popish Sense and to inslave all Europe The Plot was laid in the Reign of blessed King Charles who with a shew of Proteslantism made the Way smooth for Popery At last when all Things were finely prepared to the hand of his next Heir King Charles go's off the Stage and his Brother to play the last Act enters and ascends the Throne No Prince more Courteous more Obliging or more Promising at first than He was to his new Subjects The Church of England Triumphed in his Exaltation and Addressed Him from all Parts of the Kingdom as their Tutela● Angel The People in general look'd upon him as an Incomparable Hero who would quickly make it his Business to pull down the Hector of France and to carry the Glory of England beyond all his Predecessors In short so great were the Hopes of this King that Edward III and Henry V the most glorious Monarchs of England were upon his Account to be hissed out of our English Chronicles No body dreamed of a Popish Catechism to be the first step to this Glory nor of an Army to be raised for the defence of it Under whose shelter besides a secret League with France the Prerogative began presently to swell above its Banks the Laws to be Overwhelmed the Liberty and Property of the Subject Invaded the Church of England Crushed that had raised the King to the Throne Popery crowing over all the Nation and to crown all their Hopes presto a Prince of Wales In short to speak in terms of War the Miner was fix'd and we must either Surrender or be Stormed This was our Condition when the Prince of Orange our present King undertook our Deliverance and effected it under God in a miraculous manner Upon whose Approach our Mass-Hero fled left us to shift for our selves and the Popish Party to the mercy of the Rabble This hapned Dec. 11th 1688 a fatal Year in this and the foregoing Age to Popery i● England In that state of Anarchy what could the Nation do less than provide for a Settlement under the gracious Influences of the Prince Which was accordingly done in as regular 〈◊〉 Way as the present state of Affairs would ●ow King James having thus deserted the

the Kings of England The Gold to be offered is delivered to the King and Queen by the Lord Steward or some other of the principal Officers and it is Offered to God by Their Majesties as an Acknowledgement that by his Grace They hold their Kingdoms of him The other Days of the Year on which they make the same Offering are All-Saints New-Years Day Candlemas Annunciation Ascension Day S. John the Baptist and Michaelmas Day when only Gold is offered To which add Twelfth Day when Gold Frankincense and Myrrh are Offered by the King in several Purses The Lord Almoner is usually a Bishop Whose Office is to dispose of the Moneys allowed by the King for Alms of all Deodands and Goods of Self Murderers forfeited to the King and always bestowed in Alms to the Poor He has the Priviledge to give the King's Dish that is the first Dish at Dinner which is set upon the King's Table to whatsoever Poor-man he pleases or Mony in lieu thereof upon his Majesties account Wherever the Court resides 24 Poor men are nominated by the Officers of the adjacent Parish among whom Mony Bread and Beer or all Mony is equally divided at the Court Gate by the Lord Almoner Order at 7 of the Clock every Morning And it has been the Custom for every Poor-man before he received the Alms to repeat the Cre●● and the Lords Prayer in the presence of one of the King's Chaplains deputed by the Lord Almoner Besides there are many poor Pensioners to the King and Queen below Stairs who have a Competency duly paid unto them by the Almoner And when the King is in his Progress his Lordship or his Sub-Almoner for him is to scatter new-coined Two-pences in the Towns and Places where the King passes through in his Progress to a certain Sum by the Year The Lord Almoner is to see all these Things done for the Performance whereof he has 3 Officers allowed under him to wit a Sub-Almoner a Yeoman and a Groom And for that purpose there is at Court a particular Office from hence called the Almonry On Maundy Thursday being the Thursday before Easter so called from the French Mande a sort of Basket is performed the Ceremony of Washing the Feet of as many Poor-men as the Years the King has reigned Which is done sometimes by the King himself and in his absence by the Lord Almoner a piece of Humility taken from the Pattern of our Saviour When the Poor-mens Feet are washed he wipes them with a Towel Then he gives every one of them for Cloathing two Yards and a half of Woollen-Cloth Linnen-Cloth for Two Shirts a pair of Shoes and a pair of Stockings For Eating six Peny-loaves of Bread with 3 Dishes of Fish in Platters whereof one of Salt Salmon another of green Fish or Cod the third of pickle or red Herrings or red Sprats For Drink a Gallon of Beer and a Quart bottle of Wine And for Pocket Mony a red-leather Purse with as many single Pence as the King is Years old and in such another Purse as many Shillings as the King has reigned Years The Queen does also do the like to divers poor Women Lastly the King has a Clerk of the Closet who is commonly a reverend sober and learned Divine His Office is to attend at the King 's right hand during Divine Service to resolve all Doubts concerning Spiritual Matters and to wait on his Majesty in his Closet or private Oratory The Dean of the Chappel's Fee is 200 l. Yearly and a Table the Sub-Dean's 100 the Priests and Clerks of the Chappel each 70 l. The Lord Almoner has no Fee The Sub-Almoner has but 6 l. 18. sh a Year But the Yeoman has 30 and the Groom 20 l. a Year The Clerk of the Closet receives a Fee of 20 Nobles per Annum So far I have done with the King's Court which the Queen as His Royal Consort has a great share unto And yet Her Majesty has her own Court besides to Her self consisting both of Men and Women with a sutable Revenue to support it First she has   Per Annum     A Lord Chamberlain 1200 00 00 A Vice-Chamberlain 300 00 00 A Secretary 200 00 00 Three Gentlemen Ushers of the Privy Chaember each 200 00 00 Two Cup-bearers each 33 06 08 Two Carvers each 33 06 08 Two Sewers each 33 06 08 Three Gentlemen Ushers daily Waiters each 150 00 00 Four Gentlemen Ushers Quarterly Waiters each 75 00 00 Four Grooms of the Privy Chamber each 60 00 00 Two Pages of the Presence each 40 00 00 One Page of the Robes 30 00 00 Six Pages of the Back Stairs each 80 00 00 Six Grooms of the Great Chamber each 40 00 00 One Physician 300 00 00 One Apothecary 200 00 00 A Clerk of the Closet 06 13 04 A Treasurer and Receiver general 50 00 00 An Auditor general 100 00 00 The Auditor's Clerk 20 00 00 The Treasurer's Clerk 40 00 00 The Secretaries Clerk 10 00 00 Two Messengers each 11 01 08 A Porter of the Back-Stairs 40 00 00 A Master of the Barges 20 00 00 Four and twenty Watermen each 03 02 06 Officers and Servants of the Stables A Master of the Horse 800 00 00 Three Equerries each 220 00 00 Two Pages of Honour each 100 00 00 A Purveyor 40 00 00 A Yeoman Rider 100 00 00 A Yeoman of the Carriages 18 00 00 Five Coachmen each 75 00 00 Twelve Footmen each 53 00 00 Three Grooms each 40 00 00 Four Chairmen each 36 00 00 A Bottleman 50 00 00 A Groom Farrier 20 00 00 A Groom-Sadler 20 00 00 A Groom of the Stole and Lady of the Robes 1200 00 00 Five Ladies of the Bed Chamber each 500 00 00 Six Maids of Honour the first 300 00 00 The other five each 200 00 00 Six Women of the Bed-Chamber each 200 00 00 A Laundress 260 00 00 A Seamstress and Starcher 100 00 00 A Necessary Woman 60 00 00 A Woman to clean the Privy Chambers 30 00 00 CHAP. XVI Of their present Majesties Land and Sea Forces and the Management thereof THeir Majesties Land-Forces are either Ordinary as the Horse and Foot Guards the several Garrisons and the standing Militia of the Country Or Extraordinary as the present victorious Army in Ireland The Horse and Foot-Guards I have already described in the foregoing Account of the King and Queens Court where it appears they amount to 7000 Men at least The principal Garrisoned Places in England are Portsmouth Plimouth the Tower of London Windsor-Castle Chester Carlisle Hull Berwick Dover-Castle and these two Forts on the Thames Sheerness and Tilbury In the Isle of Wight there are constant Garrisons at Cowes Sandham Fort West-Yarmouth and Carisbrook So there is at Hurst and Calshot Castles upon two Points of Hampshire shooting forth into the Sea over against the said Isle To which add Upner Castle in Kent Landguard Fort in Suffolk Clifford Tower and Scarborough Castle

and Queen as they were lately settled by King and Parliament differ in several Points from the Settlement made in the Reign of Charles II and Confirmed to the late King James 'T is true the Excise which consists in certain Impositions upon Beer Ale and other Liquors is Settled upon Them for their Lives and the Life of the Survivor of Them But out of it a Yearly Rent of 20000 l. comes to Her Royal Highness the Princess of Denmark and her Issue during Their Majesties Lives and the Survivor of Them The Custom upon Commodities Imported and Exported which was settled upon King Charles II and afterwards his Successor for their respective Lives is now Confined within the Term of four Years to commence on the 24th Day of December 1690. And that great Branch of the Revenue the Hearth-Mony which was for ever Settled in the Crown to the great Grievance of the People is now lopt off by Act of Parliament upon the King 's generous Motion for the Relief of His Subjects As to Their Majesties other Revenues I refer you to the Ninth Chapter Which with the Excise and Custom come to above Twelve hundred thousand Pound a Year that is about 16 Millions of French Livers A Revenue which may serve in Time of Peace to Keep up the Honour of the Crown not to inable any Ambitious or Over-covetous Prince to Invade the Property and Liberty of the Engglish Subjects or under a vain Pretence of his own Glory to disturb the Peace and Quiet of his Neighbours A sad Experience whereof we have seen of late Years by the Practice of that Ambitious Monarch the French King whose exorbitant Incomes have helped him to Crush first his Subjects and then most of his Neighbours But when the Nation is concerned in a forein War and the War grounded upon Equity and Honour the Parliaments of England seldom fail of Supplying the King with Subsidies suitable to the present Occasion by a Land-Tax Poll-Mony and such other Ways as they think most convenient In the mean time as the Custom and Excise are the two principal Branches of Their Majesties Revenues let us see how the same are managed how the Products thereof come into the Exchequer and are there disposed of by such thrifty Methods that all Charges born it costs the King little above 2 Shillings in the Pound For the Managing of the Custom-Revenue there are in the first place at present Seven Commissioners who have the Charge and Oversight of all Their Majesties Customs in all Ports of England Which Customs amount to about 600000 l. a Year whereof the Port of London only pays two Thirds that is about 400000 l. Yearly The said Commissioners sit day by day at the Custom-House London They hold their Places by Patent from the King and have each a Salary of 1000 l. per Annum Under these are a great Number of Officers imployed both at London and in the Out-Ports some of them of considerable quality and ability Such as Collectors Customers Comptrollers Surveyors Registers Searchers Waiters c. whose due Perquisites are so considerable that to some they are more than their respective Salaries First there is A Collector Inwards and for the Act of Navigation 966 13 04 A Collector Outwards 276 00 00 A Customer of the Cloth and petty Customs 277 06 08 Two Customers of the great Customs each 50 00 00 A Comptroller General of the the Accompts 500 00 00 A Comptroller of the Cloth and petty Customs 100 00 00 A Surveyor General 500 00 00 A Surveyor of the Out-Ports 250 00 00 A Register of the Seizures 106 00 00 A Head-Searcher 120 00 00 Nineteen King's Waiters each 52 00 00 Forty Land-Waiters each 80 00 00 There is also a Secretary a Ware-house-Keeper a Surveyor of the Ware-house 7 Land-Surveyors 8 Tide-Surveyors 7 Under-Searchers these at 12 l. per Annum and many more Officers that I pass by for brevities sake Besides several Persons Commissioned to seize Uncustomed Goods either Inward or Outward bound 80 Tide-Waiters whose Fee is each 5 l. a Year and 3 shill a Day besides extraordinary Tide-Waiters allowed no Salary but only 3 shill a Day when Imployed To which add Noon-Tenders Watchmen and abundance of other inferiour Officers The Excise Office is Kept in a stately House in Broad Street where this Revenue is also managed by Seven Commissioners who receive here the whole Product of the Excise all over England and pay it into the Exchequer They have each of them 1000 l. Salary per Annum and are obliged by Oath to take no Fee nor Reward but from the King only Under these is A Register and Secretary 500 00 00 An Auditor who for himself and Clerks is allowed 700 00 00 A Comptroller and his Clerks 1240 00 00 There are other considerable Places belonging to this Office both within Doors and without which are injoyed and officiated by very sufficient Persons Particularly the House-Keeper's Place worth 400 l. per Annum And to collect the Excise-Duty all over the Kingdom a great Number of Men appointed for that purpose whose Salary is 20 shill a Week But 't is Observable that from the foresaid Commissioners there lies an Appeal to five others called the Commissioners of Appeal whose yearly Salary from the King is 200 l. each These and all other Their Majesties Revenues are paid at Westminster into the Exchequer that Ocean of Treasure which receives all those Streams and returns them again to refresh the Kingdom by the constant Payments out of it Whereby is caused a great Circulation of Mony throughout the Land And as there are a great many Officers for Collecting the King's Revenues so there are not a few to Receive and Disburse the same according to His Majesties Order The principal Officer is the Lord Treasurer One of the Great Officers of the Crown Whose Place is sometimes as it is at this present managed by Commissioners appointed by His Majesty The next is the Chancellour of the Exchequer an Officer of great Account and Authority whose Power extends not only in the Exchequer Court but also here in the managing and disposing of the King's Revenue He is Under-Treasurer has the Exchequer-Seal in his Custody and a Superintendency over the Lord Treasurer's Roll. The Places of the Comptroller of the Pipe of the Clerk of the Pleas the Clerk of the Nichils and the two Praisers of the Court besides the Seal thereof are all in his Gift Then there are two Chamberlains who 〈◊〉 in their Custody many ancient Records the Standards of Monies Weights and 〈◊〉 and Doomsday Book otherwise called 〈…〉 Book of the Exchequer First Known by the Name of Rotulus Wintoniae and since named Doomsday Book as containing an exact account of all the Lands of England with the true Value of them and their Owners Names So that when this Book was opened upon any Difference the Cheat appeared and Judgement was given accordingly This Tax-book has been written above

eldest Son is Frederick the Heir apparent born in the Year 1671 and the two others are Christiern and Carolus The Duke of Glocester is the only Son and Heir of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Denmark He was born July 24th 1689 and on the 27th he was Christened at Hampton-Court by the Lord Bishop of London and named William the King and the Earl of Dorset Lord Chamberlain of His Majesties Houshold being Godfathers and the Lady Marchioness of Hallifax Godmother CHAP. XIX Of the Nobility of England THE English Nobility is divided into five Degrees Viz. Duke Marquess Earl Viscount and Baron And they are called the Peerage of England because they are all Peers the Barons as well as the rest They have also all of them the Title of Lord. All these Honours are given by the King who is the sole Fountain of Honour and whatever Title a Subject of England receives from any forein Prince is not only Insignificant here but Unwarrantable by Law All Noblemen at their Creation have two Ensigns which signify two Duties Their Heads are adorned in token that they are to assist their King and Country with good Counsel in time of Peace and they are girt with a Sword as being to support the King and defend the Kingdom with their Lives and Fortunes in time of War A Duke is created by Patent Cincture o● Sword Mantle of State Imposition of A Cap and Coronet of gold on his head and a Verg● of gold put into his hand A Marquess and a● Earl by Cincture of Sword a Mantle of State with a Cap and Coronet put upon him by the King himself and a Patent delivered into his hand Viscounts and Barons are made by Patent and these sometimes by Writ whereby they are called to sit in the House of Lords All the Peers have Coronets but with these Distinctions A Baron has six Pearls upon the Circle a Viscount the Circle of Pearls without number an Earl has the Pearls raised upon Points and Leaves low between a Marquess a Pearl and a Strawberry-leaf round of equal height and a Duke Leaves without Pearls Only the Dukes of the Royal Blood bear like the Prince of Wales a Coronet of Crosses and Flower de Luce. Which is the same with the King 's excepting the Arches Globe and Cross on the top of the King's Crown But the greatest Distinction amongst the Nobles is their Parliament Robes in their several Gards on their Mantles and short Cloaks about their Shoulders For a Baron has but two Gards a Viscount two and a half an Earl three a Marquess three and a half and a Duke four Besides that the Mantle of a Duke Marquess and Earl is faced with Ermine that of a Viscount and Baron with plain white Furr Dukes were at first so called a ducendo being anciently Generals and Leaders of Armies in time of War Marquesses from their Government of Marches and Frontire-Countries Earls in Latine Comites because they had the Government of Counties Viscounts in Latine Vice-Comites as being Assistants or Deputies in the Government of Counties Barons according to Bracton quasi Robur Belli the safety of the King and People in Time of War depending upon their Courage and Skill in Martial Affairs Anciently a Duke was made so for Term of Life then held by Lands and Fees till Dukes came to be Titular and Hereditary In those Times likewise there was no Earl but had a County or Shire for his Earldom who for the support of his State had the third Peny out of the Sheriffs Court issuing out of all Pleas of that County whereof he was Earl Also those Barons only were accounted Peers of the Realm that held of the King per integram Baroniam which consisted of 13 Knights Fees and one third part that is of 400 Marks each Knights Fee being 20 l. And whoever had so much was wont to be summoned to Parliament But then 100 Marks was as much as 2000 pounds at this day as may be guessed by comparing the Prices of Things 'T is true King Henry III after he had with much ado suppressed his Barons called by Writ unto Parliament only such great Men as had continued loyal or were like so to be Which Example being followed by his Successors they only were accounted Peers of the Realm that were so called by the King 's special Writ Till Barons came to be made by Patent as well as by Writ and at last most by Patent which makes it hereditary But there are Barons in England that have no● share in the Peerage as such viz. the Barons of the Exchequer and the Barons of the Cinque-Ports Such as these the Earls Palatines and the Eath of England Marches had anciently under them and such there are yet in Cheshire The chie● Burgesses of London were also called of o● Barons All Dukes Marquesses and Earls at this day have their respective Titles from some Shire or part of a Shire Town or City Castle Park or Village Except two Earls whereof one is Officiary and the other Nominal the first being the Earl Marshal of England and the last the Earl Rivers who takes his Denomination from an Illustrious Family Barons are so denominated from their chief Seat or a Castle belonging to the Family Which is not to be divided amongst Daughters if there be no Sons but must descend to the eldest Daughter None of these Honours can be lost but these two Ways Either by want of Issue male except where the Patent extends to Issue female as sometimes it does Or else by some heinous Crime and then it cannot be restored to the Bloud but by Act of Parliament A Duke has the Title of Grace given him and the other Peers that of Lordship on Honour Accordingly we commonly give to these the Epithet of Right Honourable All Dukes and Marquesses Sons are called Lords by the Courtesy of England and the Daughters Ladies I say by the Courtesy of England for the Law makes no such Distinction but looks upon all as Commoners that have no Right to sit in the House of Peers Of an Earl none but the eldest Son is called Lord though all the Daughters be Ladies And as for the Issue of Vicounts and Barons none of their Sons is Lord nor of the Daughters Lady A Dukes eldest Son is called Lord Marquess and the younger Sons by their Christen-names with the Title of Lord prefixt as Lord William Lord Thomas c. A Marquesses eldest Son is called Lord of a Place and the younger Sons as those of a Duke that is by their Christen-names with the Title of Lord prefixt as Lord William Lord Thomas An Earl's eldest Son is born as a Viscount and called Lord of a Place In point of Precedency this is the Rule Af-the Princes of the Bloud the first amongst the Nobility are the Dukes and these are thus followed Viz. Dukes Marquesses Dukes eldest Sons Earls Marquesses eldest Sons Dukes younger Sons Vicounts Earls

the Fee He is free to consent to Marriage and may by Will dispose of Goods and Chattels At the Age of 15 he ought to be Sworn to his Allegiance to the King at 21 he is said to be of full Age. Then he is free to make any Contracts and to pass by Will both Goods and Lands which in other Countries may not be done till the Age of 25 called Annus Consistentiae A Daughter at the Age of 7 Years may consent to Marriage but at 12 she is free to retract or confirm it If she confirms it then the Marriage is good and she may make a Will of Goods and Chattels At 21 she may Contract or Alienate her Lands by Will or otherwise Servants in England are either tied to a certain Number of Years or only by the Year these being free to quit their Service at such a Warning as is agreed upon between the Master or the Mistris and the Servant By those that are tied to a certain Number of Years I mean Apprentices the usual Time for their Apprentiship being 7 Years This is the most Servile Condition in England considering the Lash they ly under together with their long and strict Confinement under Articles And whereas other Servants receive Wages for their Service these commonly do pay a Sum of Mony to their Masters for their Prenticeship The Condition of other Servants is much easier all over England For besides that few undergo the Hardship that Prentices do they may be free at the Years end giving 3 Months Warning and if a Servant do not like one Master he may go to another where perhaps he may find more favour or advantage But before a Person ventures upon such a Servant 't is civil first to get his former Masters Leave and prudential to have from him a testimony of his faithfulness and diligence Now there are so many Degrees of Ser●ants in England that if some live meanly there are others who live genteely and some of these so splendidly as to keep Servants of their own In great Families where a Person of quality makes a proper Figure and has a sutable Attendance there is a necessary Subordination of Servants so that the Inferiour Servants may be at the beck of their Superiour Officers to answer the several parts of their respective Duties Thus a great Man lives like a Prince and Keeps a Court of his own In general it may be said no Country is more favourable than England to Servants who generally live here with more ease and less Subjection and have larger Salaries than any where else The truth is if we consider the nature of a Servant how by going to Service he devests himself of what is dearest to Mankind his Liberty and Subjects his Will to another who sometimes proves magget-headed cruel or tyrannical I think it but reasonable to have a tender Regard for good Servants For this amongst other Things was that great Man of Spain Cardinal Ximenes so noted in his time who proved so bountiful and so generous a Master to his Servants that History to this day does admire him for it As for stubborn and unruly Servants the Law of England gives Masters and Mistresses Power to correct them and Resistance in a Servant is punished with severe Penalty But for a Servant to Kill his Master or Mistris is so high a Crime that it is counted Petty Treason or a Crime next to High Treason Since Christianity prevailed here England admits of no forein Slaves In forein Plantations indeed the English as other Nations buy and sell Negro's as Slaves But a forein Slave brought over into England is upon Landing ipso facto free from Slavery though not from ordinary Service 'T is true there has been a sort of Tenure here called a Tenure in Villenage and the Tenant Villain who was in effect a Bond-man to the Lord of the Land For the Lord might take Redemption of him to marry his Daughter and to make him free He might put him out of his Lands and Tenements Goods and Chattels at his Will and might beat and chastise but not maim him Now such Villains are out of date though the Law concerning them stands unrepealed to this day Servorum Nativorum says Spelman apud nos sublata est Conditio quas ideo possidebant Terras vel Praedia hodie libere tenent sub antiquae Servitutis Consuetudinibus And Sir Edward Coke out of Fortescue has this Note Impius Crudelis judicandus qui Libertati non favet for which he gives this as the Reason of it Anglia Jura in omni Casu dant favorem Libertati the Laws of England in all Cases stand for Liberty The End of the Second Part. THE THIRD PART OF THE New State OF ENGLAND Under Their MAJESTIES K. William and Q. Mary CONTAINING A Description of the several Courts of Judicature Viz. The highest Court of Parliament Privy Council and all other Courts with a Catalogue of the present Officers in Church and State London Printed in the Year 1691. THE NEW STATE OF ENGLAND PART III. Of the Courts of Judicature CHAP. I. Of the Parliament of England THE High Court of Parliament being the Great Council of England the Supreme Court of Judicature and One of the most August Assemblies the World is the Court that I am to speak in the first place It came to be called Parliament from the French Parlement and this from their Verb Parler to speak or talk together The same is taken in a two-fold Sense First as it includes the Legislative Power of England as when we say an Act of Parliament In which Acceptation it includes the King Lords and Commons each of which have a Negative Voice in making Laws so that without their joynt Consent no Law can by either abrogated or made Secondly in a Vulgar Sense as when we say the King and Parliament or the King has called a Parliament by which is meant the Two Houses viz. the House of Lords and the House of Commons This Court is a Body Corporate consisting according to the first Acceptation of the Word of the Three Estates of the Realm And though the Name Parliament by which it is now called be not probably older than the Conquest by William Duke of Normandy yet 't is made plain by ancient Records and Precedents that the former Kings of England even in the Saxons-time had from time to time great National Councils much of the same nature as our Parliaments In the Saxons Time says Lambard the great Council of the Nation consisted of the King Lords and Commons It is most apparent says Prinn by all the old Precedents before the Conquest that all our ancien● Councils were nothing else but Parliaments called by different Names in several Ages till at las● that of Parliament was fixed upon them and that our Kings Nobles Senators Aldermen Wisemen Knights and Commons were usuall present and voted there as Members and Judge The same is averred

Parliament dispenses with that Act. Neither can any be legally chosen that is not of full Age that is 21 Years old at least And reason good for if no Man under that Age can dispose of his Estate much less should he have any share in the supream Power of the Nation to judge vote or dispose of the Estate of the Realm Yet the Practice in the House of Commons has often been otherwise in the House of Lords but seldom Whoever stands to be Elected must be a Native Englishman or at least must be Naturalized by Act of Parliament No Alien Denizated ought to sit here None of the Judges can be chosen that sit in the Bench Common Pleas or Exchequer because they are Assistants in the Lords House But any that have Judicial Places in other Courts Ecclesiastical or Civil being no Lords of Parliament are Eligible No Sheriff nor Clergy-man can be chosen a Member of Parliament Not the first because his personal Attendance is required within his Bayliwick during the time of his Sheriffalty Nor the last because he is of another Body viz. the Convocation and the Clergy of the Convocation-House are no Part or Member of the Parliament A Man attainted of Treason or Felony c. is not Eligible For he ought to be magis idon●us discretus sufficiens But a Person Outlawed in a Personal Cause may be a Burgess And tho the Common Law do's disinable the Party yet the Priviledge of the House being urged prevails over the Law Anciently the Elected Members had a competent Allowance from the respective County City or Borough for which they served in Parliament A Knight of the Shire was allowed 4 shill and a Citizen or Burgess 2 shill a Day which in those Days was a considerable Sum. But then the Sessions were but short sometimes but eight Days sometimes less seldom above three or four Weeks and yet during that short space of time several great and weighty Affairs were dispatched Which as some think were prepared to their hand by the King and Council as it is now practised in Sweden by the 40 Counsellors of State and in Scotland by the Lords of the Articles And if they did only debate upon such Things as the King did propose a little Time might serve well enough to do it But it do's not appear to be so by what passed Feb. 9. 1597 39 Eliz. When the Queen gave her Royal Assent to 24 publick and 19 private Bills but refused 48 Bills more which had passed both Houses Certain it is that there was less Canvassing and more Plainness in those Days than there is at present The Place of Meeting for this honourable Assembly is in whatsoever City Town or House the King pleases But of latter times it has been ufually at the Kings ancient Palace at Westminster the Lords in a Room by themselves and the Commons not far from them in another Room which formerly was S. Stephens Chappel When the Day prefixt by the King in his Writs of Summons is come His Majesty usually comes in person to the House of Lords cloathed with his Royal Robes the Crown upon his head and the Sword of State before Him At the upper end of the Room is placed a Chair of State under a Canopy upon which His Majesty sits Then all the Temporal Peers appear in their Scarlet Robes every one according to his Degree and the Spiritual Lords in their Episcopal Habit which they do all the Sessions On the Kings right hand next the Wall are placed on a Form the two Arch-Bishops next below on another Form the Bishops of London Durham and Winchester then upon other Forms on the same side all the rest of the Bishops sit according to the priority of their Consecration The Lord Chancellor or Keeper when there is one stands behind the Cloth of State or fits on the first Wool-sack before the Chair of State with his Great Seal and Mace by him On the Kings left hand are placed the Treasurer President of the Council and Lord Privy Seal of they be Barons above all Dukes but those of the Royal Family if not Barons then they sit uppermost on the Wool-sacks And on the same side sit the Dukes Marquesses or Earls according to their Creation Cross the House below the Wool-sacks the first Form is that which the Viscounts sit upon and upon the next Forms the Barons all in order The King being thus seated in his Throne with this noble Appearance of the Peers of the Realm all standing uncovered his Majesty sends for the Commons from their Room where they are assembled Who being come at least part of them stand at the Bar of the Lords House Whereupon the King makes a short Speech to both Houses concerning such Matters as He thinks fit to lay before them for the Good of the Kingdom Amongst which that of a Supply of Mony is most commonly one in order to answer the extraordinary Charges of the Crown The King having ended his Speech the Chancellor or Lord Keeper did formerly use by the Kings Appointment to inlarge upon it with all the Rhetorick and Logick the Matter could bear to dispose both Houses to a Compliance with the King But His present Majesty has declined that Method and being a Prince of few Words gains more upon rational Men by his concise and plain Way of Delivery as the more agreeable to a true generous Nature than perhaps he might with all the Windings and Turnings of artificial Rhetorick Then the Speaker of the House of Lords commands in the Kings Name the Commons to assemble in their House there to chuse one of their Members for their Speaker and to present him such a Day to His Majesty Upon which the King withdraws and the Commons presently re-assemble themselves in the Lower House in order to chuse one of their Members for Speaker Sometimes as in the last Session the Speaker is chosen by the Kings Command before fore His Majesty delivers his Speech to both Houses of Parliament After the Speaker is chosen and the Choice approved by the King His Majesty leaves both Houses to their private Debates upon the Subject of his Speech and do's no more appear amongst them that Session in his Royal Robes except upon the passing of any Act or at the Close of the Session whether it be by Adjournment Prorogation or Dissolution 'T is true upon any extraordinary Debate in the House of Lords 't is customary with the Kings of England to assist at the same not to argue upon it or to influence the House one way or other but only to hear the Arguments of the House upon the Matter in Debate But then the King appears without his Crown and Robes and every Peer sits except when he speaks to the House as if the King were not there The House of Lords otherwise called the House of Peers or the Vpper House consists of 189 Members Viz. 163 Temporal Lords whereof 14 Dukes 3 Marquesses

72 Earls 9 Viscounts 65 Barons and 26 Spiritual Lords whereof 2 Arch-bishops and 24 Bishops But the King may by virtue of his Prerogative increase the Number of the Peers to sit and vote in their House as Barons by sending his Writs for that pupose to whomsoever His Majesty thinks fit for that Service The Lord Chancellor or Lord Keeper when there is one is of course the Speaker of this House Otherwise they may appoint any of their own Members or else one of the Judges for that Place as in the Case of their late Speaker the Right Honourable the Marquis of Hallifax and that of Sir Robert Atkins Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer the present Speaker of the House of Lords Besides the first Wool-sack which is the usual Seat for the Lord Chancellor or Lord Keeper there are other Wool-sacks Upon which the Judges the Kings Council at Law and the Masters of Chancery not being Barons sit not to give their Suffrage but only their Advice when required thereto The Use of which Wool-sacks is probably to put them in mind of the great Advantages the English Wool has brought to this Nation so that it may never be neglected On the lowermost Wool sack are placed the Clerk of the Crown and Clerk of the Parliament The first being concerned in all Writs of and Pardons in Parliament and the other in keeping the Records of all Things passed therein Under this there are two Clerks who kneeling behind the Wool-sack write upon it Without the Bar of the House sits the Black Rod so called from a black Stick he carries in his hand who is as it were the Messenger of this House For he is imploy'd amongst other Things to call for the House of Commons to the House of Lords upon His Majesties Command and to his Custody are Committed all such Peers as the House things fit to Commit upon any Trespass Under him is a Yeoman Vsher that waits at the Door within a Crier without and a Sergeant at Mace always attending the Speaker The House of Commons otherwise called the Lower house is by much the greater Body of the two For as England consists of 40 Counties in which there are 25 Cities 8 Cinque-Ports 2 Universities and 168 Borough-Towns all which are Priviledged to send Members to Par●ament if we reckon two Members from each the Whole amounts to 486 Members To which adding 24 from Wales the Whole is 510. 'T is true there are three Boroughs in England each of which sends but one Member viz. Abington in Oxfordshire Higham-Ferrers in Northamptonshire and Bewdley in Worcestershire But these three wanting of the Number are made up by the City of London which sends four Members and by the City of Bath which sends three Of all this great Number many are usually absent upon Business or Sickness c. So that if they be three hundred met together 't is counted a pretty full House And if they be but forty Members in all they make a house This House representing the whole Commons of the Realm do's generally consist of the Flower of the Gentry some of them Noblemens Sons Privy Counsellors Courtiers Men learned in the Law Officers and Commanders Merchants c. but most of them Gentlemen of good Estates with the advantage of a liberal and genteel Education This is an aggregate Body from all Parts of the Nation whose Learning and Eloquence Wit and Policy strive to outdo each other A ●oble School for young Gentlemen chiefly to be versed in Things relating to the English Government Here they Sit promiscuously except the ●peaker who has a Chair placed about the middle of the Room with a Table before him the Clerk of the House sitting near him at the Table But none wears a Robe but the Speaker except as I hinted before the Members of Parliament for the City of London who at their first Meeting appear in their Scarlet Robes Every Member wears what he fancies most and so do the Temporal Lords in their House on all Days when the King comes not thither in State To Strangers I confess it looks something odd that so august an Assembly vested with a Legislative Power and met together for the Exercise of the same should have no proper Garb for so great a Council but appear in their usual Dress But Custom has so far prevailed against the Inconveniencies that attend those Formalities which the English Nebility and Gentry are generally averse from that they are not like to be ever ballanced by the Respect and Veneration that might be gained as in forein Countries by the small trouble of them The usual Time for the Meeting of each House is in the Forenoon from eight or nine a clock till twelve or one except Sundays high Festivals and Fast-Days These Things being premised my next Business is to speak about the Choice of the Speaker of the House of Commons Who is the Mouth of the House and so necessary a Part thereof that they can do no Business without him For 't is the Speakers Part to see the Orders of the House observed to state the Bills that are brought in to collect the Substance of the Debates and the Sense of the House upon them The fitst Day each Member is called by his Name every one answering for what Place he serveth That done a Motion is made to chuse their Speaker who ought to be a Person of great Ability and is usually one of the long Robe And to avoid all Delays the Choice is commonly such as the King approves of This Choice is made by the Plurality of Votes Upon which the Party chosen desires according to ancient Custom to be excused from so weighty an Office and prays the House to proceed to a new Election But he is commonly answered with a full Consent of Voices upon his Name And then two of the principal Members go to him and lead him from his Place to the Speakers Chair where being set they return to their Places Then the Speaker rises and makes a short Speech to the House consisting of his humble Thanks for their good Opinion of him with Promises of his best Indeavours for their Service At the Day appointed for his Presentation to the King which is usually the next Day His Majesty being come to the House of Lords in his Royal Robes and the Lords also in their Robes the Commons are called in Who being come the Speaker is brought between two of them with low Obeysance to the Bar and so presented at the Bar to His Majesty where he makes likewise a modest Refusal But the King approving the Commons Choice and not allowing of his Excuse the Speaker nakes an Oration to His Majesty the Matter whereof is left to his own Thoughts having ●o Direction about it from the Commons But it usually ends with these three Petitions First that the Commons may have during their Sitting a free Acess to His Majesty Secondly Freedom of Speech in their

House And thirdly Freedom from Arrests Which humble and modest Way of the Peoples addressing to the King for His Majesties Assent to their ancient Priviledges is becoming the Reverence due to the Majesty of the Prince But it is no Argument as some would have it that either the Laws thereupon made or the Priviledges so allowed are precarious and may be refused them The Speakers Oration being answered in the Kings Name by the Speaker of the House of Lords and his Petitions allowed he with the Commons departs to the Lower House And then is the first time that the Mace is carried before him Being come to the Chair he makes a short Speech to the House to this effect That Whereas they have been pleased to chuse him for their Speaker he hopes they will assist him in that Station and favourably accept hi● sincere Proceedings for their Service That done the Custom is to read for that Time only one Bill left unpast the last Sessions to give him Seisin as it were of his Place In the Lords House 't is observable that when the King is absent the Lords at their entrance do reverence to the Chair of State as is or should be done by all that come into the Kings Prefence-Chamber And then the Judges when called in upon any Point of Law may si●● but may not be Covered till the Speaker signify unto the them Leave of the Lords The Kings Council and Masters of Chancery sit also but may not to be Covered at all And when the King is present the Judges stand till the King gives them leave to sit But we have dwelt long enough upon the Preliminaries if I may say so of a Session of Parliament and 't is time to shew their Proceedings the manner of their Debates and Passing of Bills and Acts which is ●hus First Care is taken in each House to Vote Thanks to his Majesty for his Gracious Speech Then they appoint their standing Committees of which more afterwards And to discover what Members are absent without just Cause or leave of the House the House is called from time to time thus Every Member whose Name is called over uncovers his Head and stands up at the mention of his Name If he be absent he is either excused and entred accordingly or if none excuse him he is entred Defieit Such as are present are marked and the Defaulters called over again the same Day or the Day after sometimes summoned and sometimes sent for by the Sergeant If any Intruder be discovered to sit in the ●ouse being no Member thereof he is pre●ently committed to the Sergeants Custody for ●●me days and at last humbly begging the ●ardon of the House upon his Knees at the Bar ●e is Released paying his Fees As to the Matter of Debates the House 〈◊〉 free to take what Latitude they please ●ithout confining themselves to the King's ●peech As they are best acquainted with the State of the Nation and the publick Grievances these often do take place If any Laws are fit to be Abrogated and new ones Made this is a proper Subject for them to go upon And whilst they mind the Welfare of the Nation 't is to be supposed they mind that of the King In order to which any Member of the House may offer a Bill for the publick Good 〈◊〉 except it be for Imposing a Tax which is not to be done but by Order of the House first had And he that tenders the Bill must first open the Matter of it to the House and offer the Reasons for admitting thereof upon which the House will either admit or deny it But if any member desire that an Act made and in force may be Repealed or Altered he is first to move the House in it and have their Resolution before any Bill to that purpose may be offered If the House shall think it fit upon the Reasons alledged their usual Way is to appoint one or more of the Members to bring in a Bill for that purpose A private Bill that concerns any particular Person is not to be offered to the House till the Leave of the House be desired and the substance of such Bill made Known either by Motion or Petition Petitions are usually prescribed by Members of the same County the Petitioners are of If they be concerning private Persons they are to be subscribed and the Persons presenting them called in to the Bar to avow the substance of the Petition especially if it be a Complaint against any The preferring of Bills either to be Read or Passed ly's much in the Speaker's Power For though he be earnestly pressed by the House for the Reading of some one Bill yet if he have not had convenient time to Read the same over and to make a Breviate thereof for his own Memory he may claim a Priviledge to defer the Reading thereof to some other time Formerly the Speaker had liberty to call for a trivate Bill to be Read every Morning The Clerk of the House is usually directed by the Speaker and sometimes by the House what Bill to read who with a loud and distinct Voice first reads the Title of the Bill and after a little Pawse the Bill it self Which done Kissing his hand he delivers the same to the Speaker Then the Speaker stands up uncovered whereas otherwise he sits with his Hat on and holding the Bill in his hand says This Bill is thus Intituled and then reads the Title Whereupon he opens to the House the substance of the Bill which he does either by trusting to his Memory or with the help of a Breviate filed to the Bill The effect of the Bill being thus opened he declares to the House that it is the first Reading of the Bill and delivers it again to the Clerk For every Bill is to be Read three times before it can be made an Act. Except a Bill of Indemnity coming from the King which has but one Reading in each House because the Subject ought to take it as the King will give it The same it is with a Bill of Subsidies granted by the Clergy At the first Read●● of the Bill 't is not usual with the House to speak to it or put it to the Question but rather to take time till the second Reading in order to consider of it in the mean while Nor to move for any Addition to it which were to imply that the Body of the Bill is good before it comes to a regular Trial upon the Second Reading But if any Bill originally begun in the Lower House happen upon the first Reading to be debated to and fro and that upon the Debate the House do call for the Question the Question ought to be not Whether the Bill shall be read the second time which is the ordinary Course but Whether it shall be Rejected Whereas to a Bill coming from the Lords so much favour and respect is shewn that if upon the first Reading it be spoken

the rest Seriatim every one answering apart Content or Not Content first for himself and then severally for so many as he hath Letters and Proxies For any Peer of the Realm by License of the King upon just Cause to absent may make a Proxy that is may constitute another Lord to give his Voice in the Upper House when any Difference of Opinion and Division of the House shall happen Otherwise if no such Division fall out it never comes to be questioned or Known to whom such Proxies are directed By an Order of this House in the Reign of Charles I it was Ordered that no Peer should be capable of receiving above two Proxies or more to be numbred in any Cause voted If a Bill passed in one House and being sent to the other this demur upon it then a Conference is demanded in the Painted Chamber Where the deputed Members of each House meet the Lords sitting covered at a Table and the Commons standing bare with great respect There the Business is debated and if they cannot agree it is nulled When Bills are passed by both Houses upon three several Readings in either House before they can have the force of Law they must have the Royal Assent which puts life into them For as there is no Act of Parliament but must have the Consent of the Lords and Commons and the Royal Assent of the King so whatsoever passeth in Parliament by this threefold Consent hath the force of an Act of Parliament The Royal Assent which used formerly to be deferred till the last Day of the Session is given after this manner whenever the King thinks fit His Majesty then comes into the House of Peers with his Crown on his Head and cloathed with his Royal Robes Being seated in his Chair of State and all the Lords in their Robes the House of Commons is sent for up as before by the Black Rod. Thus the King Lords and Commons being met the Clerk of the Crown reads the Title of each Bill and after the Reading of every Title the Clerk of the Parliament pronounces the Royal Assent according to his Instructions from the King If it be a publick Bill to which the King assenteth the Words are le Roy le veut the King wills it Whereas to a publick Bill which the King forbears to allow the Answer is Le Roy S'avisera the King will consider which is look'd upon as a civil Denial To a Subsidy-Bill le Roy remercie ses loyaux Sujets accepte leur Benevolence aussi le veut the King thanks his loyal Subjects accepts their Benevolence and so wills it And to a private Bill allowed by the King Soit fait comme il est desire be it done as it is desired But in case of a General Pardon as it is the King's Gift so the Return is from the Lords and Commons to His Majesty in these Words los Prelats Seigneurs Communes en ce Parlement assemblez au nom de tous vos autres Sujets remercient tres humblement Votre Majeste prient Dieu qu'il vous donne bonne longue Vie en Sante the Prelates Lords and Commons in this Parliament assembled in the Name of all Your other Subjects do most humbly thank your Majesty and pray God to give You a good and long Life in Health 'T is observable in the mean while how we have retained about making of Laws so many French Expressions derived to us doubtless from the Normans The Use of Committees is so necessary for the Dispatch of Parliament Business and their Way of managing Bills so fair and honourable that it will be proper to add something to what has been said before concerning them They consist of such Members as each House chuses from among them to make a strict Examination of the Bills and therein such Amendments and Alterations as their Reason will dictate upon a full Debate among themselves and to Report the same to the House Now there are three sorts of Committees viz. Standing Select and Grand Committees There are in the House of Commons five Standing Committees usually appointed in the beginning of the Parliament and remaining during all the Session Viz. One for Priviledges and Elections another for Religion a third for Grievances another for Courts of Justice and the fifth for Trade Amongst which the Committee for Priviledges and Elections has always had the Precedence being commonly the first Committee appointed either the same Day the Speaker did take his Place or the next day after Their Power was anciently to examine and make Report of all Cases touching Elections and Returns and all Cases for Priviledge as might fall out during the Parliament But that Power has been since abridged especially in Matters of Priviledge which are heard in the House and not in a Committee unless in some special Cases By a Select Committee I mean a Committee particularly chosen to inquire into a Bill In the Choice whereof this Rule is observed in the House that they who have given their Voice against the Body of a Bill cannot be of the Committee And though any Member of the House may be present at any select Committee yet he is not to give any Vote there unless he be named to be of the Committee As to their Number they are seldom less than eight but have been sometimes many more and commonly Men well versed in Parliament Business Upon the first Meeting of a Committee in their Committee Chamber they chuse among them a Chair-man who is much like the Speaker in the House After any Bill is Committed upon the second Reading it may be delivered indifferently to any of the Committee Who are first to read it and then to consider the same by Parts If there be any Preamble 't is usually considered after the other Parts of the Bill The Reason is because upon Consideration of the body of the Bill such Alterations may therein be made as may also occasion the Alteration of the Preamble which is best done last The Committee may not raze interline or blot the Bill it self but must in a Paper by it self set down the Amendments Which ought to ●oe done by setting down in the Paper the Number of the Folio where the Amendment is made naming the Place particularly where the Words of the Amendment are to be Inserted or those of the Bill Omitted The Breviat also annexed to the Bill must be amended accordingly and made to agree with the Bill When all the Amendments are perfected every one being Voted singly all of them are to be read at the Committee and put to the Question Whether the same shall be Reported to the House But when the Vote is to be put any Member of the Committee may move to add to those Amendments or to Amend any other part of the Bill If the Vote of the Committee pass in the Affirmative then commonly the Chair-man is appointed to make the Report Which being done that Committee is

Spencer Thomas Lloyd Sterry Knyveton Stephen Ashton Benjamin Stroude William Cook Their Pay-master is William Smith Esq The Gentleman Harbinger Ceorge Shipway A List of the Yeomen of the Gard-Officers The Captain Charles Earl of Manchester Lieutenant Thomas Howard Esq Ensign Thomas Maul Esq Clerk of the Checque Clerk The Corporals Robert Sayers William Haughton Uphill Bigg Officers of the four Troops of Horse First Troop The Captain Richard Earl of Scarborough Lieutenants Edmund Ashton Robert Binns George Colmondly Cornet and Guidon Sir Thomas Beaumont Charles Butler Exempts Stephen Dyer John Bayns Thomas Wilford John Goddard Brigadiers Clement Arminger Anthony Morgan Philip Cheviuyz John West Adjutant William Oglethorpe Sub-Brigadiers John Middleton Anthony Craggs Samuel Wells William Barns Second Troop The Captain James Duke of Ormond Lieutenants Lord Fairfax Lewis Billingsly Cornet and Guidon Henry Boyle Norris B●rtie Exempts George Collingwood Robert Watson Thomas Smith Gilbert Edward Brigadiers Theodore Dager James Butler James Cornard John Petree Adjutant Theophilus Wildgoose Sub-Brigadiers Meredith Felton Adrian Fulgham John Walkadine John Denty Third Troop The Captain John Earl of Marlborough Lieutenants Edmund Maine John Lord Berkley Cornet and Guidon George Churchill Hat Compton Exempts William Springall William Molton Thomas Obryan Benjamin Monger Adjutant Brigadiers Ralph Barrow John Peachy William Holmes Henry Snary Sub-Brigadiers Charles Williams William Maddox William Taylor Lom Hansburgh Fourth Troop The Captain My Lord Overkirk Lieutenants Capt. Heer Latan Capt. Heer Posterne Cornet Capt. La Lech Exempts Capt. Menes Capt. La Rue Capt. Goris Capt. Brigadiers Capt. Vander Horst Capt. Wegervoort Capt. Eresteyn Capt. Mels Sub-Brigadiers Capt. Verhorst Capt. Ruysen Capt. Van Geen Capt. Katterpole The Lieutenants of the Granadiers belonging to the three first Troops In the first Troop Thomas Guy and William Oglethorpe In the second Richard Potter and John Marshal In the third James Bringfield and Butler The Chaplains and Surgeons Chaplain to the first Troop Francis Blackston To the second John Hartstonge To the third William Rolls Surgeon to the first Troop John Brown To the second Abraham Rousseau To the third Gabriel Jones To the fourth Schr●nbe A List of the Officers of the Oxford Regiment Captains Aub. Earl of Oxford Col. Sir Francis Compton Lieut. Col. Henry Boade Major Edwin Sands Charles Adderly John Took Rowland Selby Kirk Davenport Lucy Lieutenants Warlf Cornwall Edward Green William Ascough Eaton Mortimer Robert Millington Richard Leigh Eaton Edward Johnson Cornets Thomas Coningsby Sydenham Mazin Middlecoat Nichols Marsham Wroth White Daniel Moor. Quarter-Masters Bryan Mund Britting Cardiff Harrison Mountford Stow Lloyd Samuel Neath Here follows a List of the principal Officers of the Foot-Gards Of the First Regiment Note that where the Officers Names are in the Roman Letter they properly belong to the Granadiers Captains Henry Viscount Sidney Col. Sir Charles Harah Lieut. Col. William Matthews Major Richard Dalavell Sir Francis Wheler Edward Warcup George Hamilton Edward Rouse George Villiers Charles Robinson Francis Saynds Anthony Hastings Charles Henn Edward Hastings John Greenvill George Wingfield John Bristow Francis Eaton John Seymour Charles Cludel Robert Smith Matthew How Stanly Progers Webb Curthope Thomas King Farewell Lieutenants Harrison John Dalavel Peter Wheeler Charles Gorsouch John Bucknel Nathaniel Stroud George Primrose Charles Slaggins Richard Dalby Charles Lewis William Ashton John Morice John Upcot Jo. Throgmorton Francis Manly Thomas Hotson John Forster Thomas Seymour David Eaton Eb. Bucknel Edward Warcup Sir William Queriston Russel Matthew Palmer Adam Saynds Leslie Charles Povy Fr. Luppincott William Herlakinden Matthew Adams Henry Wine Ensigns Villiers William Evans Rawly Courtney Francis Fawcet Austin Francis Purcel Rauney Samuel Danvers Samuel Swannock Edward Matthews Anthony Hastings William Goddard John Chripgny Thomas Leighton Richard Berkley Games Matthew Dixwell Charles Griffiffe John Jane Anthony Gaudy John Pickering Filks David Lloyd As for the second and third Regiments of Foot-Gards I have not been able to get a timely List of their respective Officers So I am forced to cut short by telling you only that the second Regiment formerly the Earl of Cravens is now commanded in chief by Colonel Talmash and the third Regiment being the blue flegiment of Dutch Gards by Count Solms A List of Their Majesties Servants in the Chappel Royal at Whitehall The Dean Henry Lord Bishop of London Sub-Dean Mr. Ralph Battle Clerk of the Closet Dr. John Tillotson The Priests of the Chappel Mr. Stephen Chrispian Mr. Confessor of the Mr. Houshold Mr. John Sayer Mr. George Yordeley Mr. Blase White Mr. James Hart Mr. Andrew Trebeck Mr. John Gostlling Mr. Sa. Bentham c. The Clerks of the Chappel Mr. Leonard Woodson Mr. Deacon Mr. Tho. Richardson Mr. Geo. Bettenham Mr. Edw. Braddock Mr. Clerk of the Checque st Mr. James Cobb Mr. Alphonso Marsh Mr. Nath. Watking Mr. John Goodgroome Mr. Joseph Boucher Mr. Nath. Vestment Mr. William Turner The Organists Dr. William Child Dr. John Blow Master of the Children Mr. Henry Purcel Sergeant of the Vesstry Henry Parker Yeoman Marmaduke Alford Groom George Oulner Bell-ringer William Sampson Organ-Blower To the Chappel are also referred The Lord Almoner Bishop of S. Asaph The Sub-Almoner Mr. Blagrave The 48 Chaplains in Ordinary Viz. March Dr. Horneck March Dr. Bright March Dr. Kiddar March Dr. Fowler April Dr. Sharpe April Dr. Paine April Dr. Young April Dr. Mills May. Dr. Brograve May. Dr. Scott May. Dr. Aldridge May. Dr. Wake June Dr. Fuller June Dr. Grove June Dr. Herne June Dr. Bayly July Dr. Hescard July Dr. Meggot July Dr. Hesketh July Mr. Brampston August Mr. Gee August Mr. Dent August Dr. Williams Septemb. Mr. Manningham Septemb. Dr. Craddock Septemb. Dr. Edwards Septemb. Mr. Staino October Mr. Wickart October Dr. Beveridge October Dr. Hickman October Dr. Turner Novemb. Dr. Jane Novemb. Dr. Littleton Novemb. Dr. Hall Novemb. Dr. Doughty Decemb. Dr. Roise Decemb. Dr. Pelling Decemb. Dr. Freeman Decemb. Mr. Blagrave January Dr. Lambe January Dr. Birch January Dr. Hooper January Mr. Wiggan February Mr. Feilding February Dr. Bringhurst February Mr. Brabant February Dr. Tennison At S. James's Chappel Two Chaplains Mr. John Smith Mr. John Pullen The Chappel Keeper John Richardson The Closet Keeper A List of the Officers and Servants of the Queens Houshold Lord Chamberlain The Marquess of Winchester Vice-Chamberlain John How Esq Principal Secretary Abel Tasien d' Allonne Esq Cup-Bearers John Stanley Esq George Watson Esq Carvers Charles Nicholas Eyre Esq Thomas Lister Esq Sewers Henry Mordant Esq Edward Heron Esq Gentlemen Ushers of the Privy-Chamber Thomas Walsingham Esq Philip Bertue Esq Oliver de la Muce Esq Gentlemen Ushers Daily Waiters Henry Bulstrode Esq Charles Sawyers Esq John Remy de Montiggny Esq Gentlemen-Ushers Quarterly Waiters Charles Lloyd Esq William Oldes Esq Thomas Paltock Esq Simon Archer Esq Grooms of the Privy Chamber Mr. Michael East Mr. John Marsh Mr. Thomas Herbert Mr. Anthony Casan Pages of the Presence Mr. Bernard Gales Mr. Abraham Kempe Page of the Robes Mr. John Ketell Pages

of the Back-Stairs Mr. James Worthington Mr. John Jones Mr. Peter van Lewen Mr. Daniel Pulse Mr. Hamlet Kirk Mr. Richard Bradley Grooms of the Great Chamber Mr. Randolph Sparrow Mr. William Snow Mr. John Viccars Mr. Rowland Pierce Mr. John Willson Mr. Matthew Clarke Physician Sir Charles Scarborow Kt. Apothecary Christian Harel Clerk of the Closet William Stanley D. D. Treasurer and Receiver General Richard Earl of Bellomont His Clerk Mr. Edward Godfrey Auditor General Edward Clarke Esq His Clerk Messengers Timothy Goodwin Richard Hancoc Porter of the Back Stairs David Harris Master of the Barges Mr. Christopher Hill Four and Twenty Watermen Officers and Servants of the Stables Master of the Horse Sir Edward Villiers Kt. Ecquerries Charles Goltstein Esq Henry Killigrew Esq Charles May Esq Pages of Honour John Broeckhuysen Esq George Fielding Esq Purveyor Anthony Rowe Esq Yeoman Rider John Lauze Esq Yeomen of the Carriages Mr. Joseph Hough Coachmen Wessel Bosshof Christopher Ronch Herman Vanswell Lender Snellard John Catchlove Grooms Thomas Clarke Thomas Millet Footmen Samuel Clarke John Trantur Benjamin Booth Robert Howe Isaac Grafar Jacob Finke William Causey Herman Bongurs Jacob van Woestine Benjam in Ramsey Chair-men Thomas Chamberlain Benjamin Cotton Oswald Fawne Robert Giddins Bottleman Henry Gardies Groom Farrier Andrew Snape Groom Saddler John Bignell Her Majesties Women Servants Groom of the Stole and Lady of the Robes Elizabeth Countefs of Derby Ladies of the Bed-Chamber Gertrude Marchioness of Hallifax Mary Marchioness of Winchester Mary Countess of Dorset Bridget Countess of Plimouth Frances Countess of Scarborough Maids of Honour Mrs. Eleonora Francklin Mrs. Stewart Walburt Howard Mrs. Mary Villiers Mrs. Mary Compton Mrs. Jane Martha Temple Mrs. Anne Greenvill Women of the Bed-Chamber Mrs. Anna van Goltstein Mrs. Cary Jesson Mrs. Dorothy Cason Mrs. Agnes Uygh Mrs. Rachel Wyndham Mrs. Martha Lockhar● Laundress Mrs. Elizabeth Worthington Seamstress and Stearcher Mrs. Dorothy Ireland Necessary Women Elizabeth Wiele Anne Dawhurst A List of the present Nobility and Bishops Where you find the Star prefixt the Title was conferred by His present Majesty Princes of the Blood PRince GEORGE of Denmark Duke of Cumberland * William Duke of Glocester his Son Dukes 13. Henry Howard Duke of Norfolk Earl Marshal o● England Charles Seymour Duke of Somerset Henry Cavendish Duke of Newcastle Charles Leons Duke of Richmond Charles Fitz-Roy Duke of Southampton Henry Fitz-Roy Duke of Grafton James Butler Duke of Ormond Henry Somerset Duke of Beaufert George Fitz-Roy Duke of Northumberland Charles Beauclair Duke of S. Albans James Fitz James Duke of Berwick Charles Pawlet Duke of Bolton Charles Schombergh Duke of Schombrgh Marquesses 3. George Savile Marquess of Hallifax William Herbert Marquess of Powis * Thomas Osborne Marquess of Carmarthen Lord President of the Council Earls 71. Aubre de Vere Earl of Oxford Charles Talbot Earl of Shrewsbury Anthony Grey Earl of Kent William Stanley Earl of Derby John Manners Earl of Rutland Theophilus Hastings Earl of Huntingdon William Russel Earl of Bedford Thomas Herbert Earl of Pembroke Edward Clinton Earl of Lincoln George Howard Earl of Suffolk Charles Sackvile Earl of Dorset Lord Chamberlain of the Houshold James Cecill Earl of Salisbury John Cecill Earl of Exeter John Egerton Earl of Bridgwater Philip Sidney Earl of Leicester George Compton Earl of Northampton Edward Rich Earl of Warwick William Cavendish Earl of Devonshire Lord Steward of the Houshold Basil Fielding Earl of Denbigh John Digby Earl of Bristol John Holles Earl of Clare Pawlet St. John Earl of Bolingbroke Charles Fane Earl of Westmorland Charles Mountague Earl of Manchester Thomas Howard Earl of Berkshire John Sheffield Earl of Mulgrave Thomas Savage Earl Rivers Robert Bertie Earl of Lindsey Lord Great Chamberlain of England Henry Mordant Earl of Peterborough Thomas Grey Earl of Stamford Charles Finch Earl of Winchelsea Evelyn Pierpoint Earl of Kingston Charles Dormer Earl of Carnarvan Philip Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield Thomas Tufton Earl of Thanet William Wentworth Earl of Strafford Robert Spencer Earl of Sunderland Robert Leke Earl of Starsdale Edward Mountague Earl of Sandwich Henry Hyde Earl of Clarendon Algernon Capel Earl of Essex Robert Brudenel Earl of Cardigan James Annesley Earl of Anglesey John Granvile Earl of Bath Edward Howard Earl of Carlisle William Craven Earl of Craven Thomas Bruce Earl of Ailesbury Richard Boyle Earl of Burlington Anthony Ashley Cooper Earl of Shaftsbury Edward Henry Lee Earl of Lichfield Thomas Lennard Earl of Sussex Lewis de Duras Earl of Feversham Charles Gerard Earl of Macclesfield Charles-Bodvile Roberts Earl of Radner William Paston Earl of Yarmouth George Berkeley Earl of Berkeley Daniel Finch Earl of Nottingham Laurence Hyde Earl of Rochester James Bertie Earl of Abingdon Baptist Noel Earl of Gainsborough Coniers D' Accie Earl of Holderness Other Windsor Earl of Plimouth Francis Ratcliff Earl of Derwentwater Henry Howard Earl of Stafford William Bentinck Earl of Portland Thomas Bellassise Earl of Falconberg * Charles Mordant Earl of Monmouth * Ralph Mountague Earl of Mountague * John Churchill Earl of Marlborow * Arthur Herbert Earl of Torrington * Richard Lumley Earl of Scarborough * Henry Booth Earl of Warrington Viscounts 9. Edward Devereux Viscount Hereford Francis Brown Viscount Mountague William Fiennes Viscount Say and Selc Francis Newport Viscount Newport Charles Townesend Viscount Townesend Thomas Thynne Viscount Weymouth Christopher Hatton Viscount Hatton Henry Sidney Viscount Sidney Henry Yelverton Vscount Longueville Barons 66. George Nevill Lord Abergaveny James Touchet Lord Audley Robert Bertie Lord Willoughby of Eresby John West Lord de la Ware Charles Berkely Lord Berkeley of Berkeley Thomas Parker Lord Morley Robert Shirley Lord Ferrers Charles Mildmay Lord Fitzwalter William Stourton Lord Stourton Ralph Eure Lord Eure. Philip Wharton Lord Wharton Thomas Willoughby Lord Willoughby of Parham William Paget Lord Paget Francis Howard Lord Howard of Effingham Charles North Lord North. James Bruges Lord Chandos Robert Carey Lord Hunsden Robert Sidney Lord Sidney of Penshurst Thomas Petre Lord Petre. Charles Gerard Lord Gerard. Henry Arundel Lord Arundel of Wardour Christopher Roper Lord Tenham Foulk Grevil Lord Brook Ford Gray Lord Gray John Lovelace Lord Lovelace John Pawlet Lord Pawlet William Maynard Lord Maynard Thomas Coventry Lord Coventry William Howard Lord Howard of Escrick Charles Mohun Lord Mohun Henry Herbert Lord Herbert of Cherbury Thomas Leigh Lord Leigh Thomas Jermin Lord Jermin William Byron Lord Byron John Vaughan Lord Vaughan Francis Carrington Lord Carrington William Widdrington Lord Widdrington Edward Ward Lord Ward John Culpeper Lord Culpeper Charles Boyle Lord Clifford of Lanesborough Robert Lucas Lord Lucas Henry Bellassise Lord Bellassise Edward Watson Lord Rockingham Robert Sutton Lord Lexington Marmaduke Langdale Lord Langdale John Berkeley Lord Berkeley of Stratton Charles Granvile Lord Granvile Francis Holles Lord Holles Charles Cornwallis Lord Cornwallis Thomas Crew Lord Crew John Arundel Lord Arundell of Trerice Hugh Clifford Lord Clifford of Chudleigh Peregrine Osborn Lord Osborn George

Carteret Lord Carteret John Bennet Lord Ossulston George Legg Lord Dartmouth Giles Allington Lord Allington John Stawell Lord Stawell Francis North Lord Guilford ●idney Godolphin Lord Godolphin ●lenry Jermin Lord Dover ●ohn Jeffreys Lord Jeffreys ●enry Waldegrave Lord Waldegrave ●dward Griffin Lord Griffin Hugh Cholmondley Lord Cholmondley John Ashburnham Lord Ashburnham Archbishops 2 and Bishops 24. Dr. William Sandcroft Lord Archbishop of Canterbury Dr. Thomas Lampleugh Lord Archbishop of York Dr. Henry Compton L. Bishop of London Dr. Nathaniel Crew L. Bishop of Durham Dr. Peter Mew L. Bishop of Winchester Dr. Herbert Crofts L. Bishop of Hereford Dr. Thomas Wood L. Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry Dr. William Lloyd L. Bishop of Norwich Dr. Thomas Barlow L. Bishop of Lincoln Dr. William Beau L. Bishop of Landaff Dr. William Lloyd L. Bishop of S. Asaph Dr. Robert Frampton L. Bishop of Glocester Dr. Francis Turner L. Bishop of Ely Dr. Thomas Smith L. Bishop of Carlisle Dr. Thomas Sprat L. Bishop of Rochester Dr. Thomas Ken L. Bishop of Bath and Wells Dr. Thomas White L. Bishop of Peterborough * Dr. Jonathan Trelawney L. Bishop of Exeter Dr. Thomas Watson L. Bishop of S. Davids * Dr. Gilbert Burnet L. Bishop of Salisbury * Dr. Humphry Humphrys L. Bishop of Bangor * Dr. Nicholas Stratford L. Bishop of Chester * Dr. Edward Stillingfleet L. Bishop of Worcester * Dr. Simon Patrick L. Bishop of Chichester * Dr. Gilbert Ironside L. Bishop of Bristol * Dr. John Hough L. Bishop of Oxford 1. Note That the Lord President of the Council takes place of all Dukes not of the Royal Bloud 2. That the Lord Great Chamberlain of England the Lord Steward of the Kings Houshold and the Lord Chamberlain of the Houshold take place above all of their Degree 3. That the Archbishop of Canterbury takes place next to the Princes of the Blood and above all the Nobility and Great Officers The Archbishop of York above all the Nobility and Great Officers except the Lord Keeper and the rest of the Bishops next after the Viscounts and above the Temporal Barons Whereof the Bishops of London Durham and Winchester do always precede the other Bishops the rest taking place according to the Seniority of their Consecrations A True List of the Knights Citizens and Burgesses of the Parliament at Westminster in October 1690. Bedfordshire 4. THE Honourable Edward Russel Esq Thomas Browne Esq Town of Bedford Thom. Hillersdon Esq Thom. Christie Esq Berks 9. Sir Hen. Winchcombe Bar. Sir Humfrey Forster Bar. Borough of New-Windsor Sir Charles Porter Knt. William Adderly Esq Borough of Reading Sir William Rich Bar. Sir Henry Fane Kt of the Bath Borough of Wallingford William Jennens Esq John Wallis Esq Borough of Abington Simon Harcourt Esq Bucks 14. The Right Honourable Tho. Wharton Esq The Right Honourable Rich. Hambden Esq Town of Buckingham Sir Richard Temple Knight and Baronet Alexander Denton Esq Borough of Chipping-Wicomb William Jephson Esq Thom Lewes Jun. Esq Porough of Ayli●bury Sir Thomas Lee Bar. Thomas Lee Esq Borough of Agmondesham Will. Mountague Esq Edmond Waller of Beconsfield Esq Borough of Wendover Richard Beake Esq John Backwell Esq Borough of Great Marlow James Chase Esq Sir Will. Whitelocke Knt. Cambridge 6. Sir Levinus Bennet Bar. Sir Robert Cotton Knt. University of Cambridge Sir Robert Sawyer Kt. The Honourable Edward Finch Esq Town of Cambridge Sir John Cotton Bar. Granado Pigott Esq Chester 4. Sir John Mainwaring Bar. Sir Robert Cotton Kt. and Bar. City of Chester Sir Thomas Grosvenor Bar. Richard Leving Esq Cornwal 44. The Honourable Francis Robert Esq The Right Honourable Hugh Boscowen Esq Borough of Dunhivid alias Launceston The Right Honourable Will. Harbord Esq The Honourable Bernard Granville Esq Borough of Leskard Sir Bourchier Wray Kt. of the Bath and Bar. Emanuel Pyper Esq Brough of Lestwithiel Sir Bevill Grenville Kt. Walter Kendall Esq Borough of Truro Sir Henry Ashurst Bar. Henry Vincent Esq Borough of Bodmin Sir John Cutler Kt. and Bar. Nicholas Glynn Esq Borough of Helston Sir John St. Aubin Bar. Charles Godolphin Esq Borough of Saltash Sir John Carew Bar. Richard Carew Esq Borough of Camelford Ambrose Manaton Esq Henry Manaton Esq Borough of Port-Higham alias Westlow Edward Sevmour Esq Jonathan Trelawny Es Borough of Grampound John Tanner Esq Walter Vincent Esq Borough of Eastlow Charles Trelawny Esq Henry Trelawny Esq Borough of Peryn Sidney Godolphin Esq Alexander Pendarvi Esq Borough of Tregony Sir John Tremaine Kt. Serjeant at Law Hugh Fortescue Esq Borough of Bossiny Samuel Travers Esq Sir Peter Colleton Bar. Borough of St. Ives James Praed Esq William Harris Esq Borough of Foway Jonathan Rashleigh Esq Shadrach Vincent Esq Borough of St. Germans Daniel Elliot Esq Henry Fleming Esq Borough of St. Michael Francis Scobell Esq Humph. Courtney Esq Borough of Newport The Right Honourable Charles Lord Cheyne John Speccot Esq Borough of St. Maws Sir Joseph Tredenham Kt. John Tredenham Esq Borough of Kellington Francis Fulford Esq Cumberland 6. Sir George Fletcher Bar. Sir John Lowther of Whitehaven Bar. City of Carlisle Jeremiah Bubb Esq Christopher Musgrave Esq Borough of Cocker-mouth Sir Orlando Gee Kt. Sir Wilfred Lawson Bar. Derby 4. Sir Gilbert Clarke Kt. Henry Gilbert Esq Town of Derby The Honourable Anchitel Gray Esq Robert Wilmot Esq Devonshire 26. Francis Courtney Esq Samuel Rolle Esq City of Exeter Sir Edward Seymour Bar. Christopher Bale Esq Borough of Tornes Sir John Powell Bar. Henry Seymour Esq Borough of Plimouth The Honourable John Greenville Esq Borough of Oakhampton William Cary Esq Henry Nortleigh Esq Borough of Branstable The Right Honourable Sir George Hutchins Kt. Arth. Champneys Esq Borough of Plimpton Sir George Treby Kt. John Pollexsen Esq Borough of Honiton Sir William Drake Kt. and Bar. Sir Walter Yonge Bar. Borough of Tavistock The Honourable Robert Russel Esq Sir Francis Drake Bar Borough of Ashburton Sir Richard Reynel Kt. and Bar. William Stawell Esq Borough of Clifton Dartmouth and Hardness Sir Joseph Herne Kt. William Hayne Esq Borough of Beralston Sir Francis Drake Bar. John Swinfen Esq Borough of Tiverton Samuel Foote Esq Thomas Bere Esq Dorsetshire 20. Thomas Strangeways Esq Thomas Freke Esq Town of Pole Sir Nathaniel Napier Kt. and Bar. Sir John Trenchard Kt. Borough of Dorchester Sir Robert Nappier Kt. and Bar. James Gould Esq Borough of Lime Regis Henry Henley Esq John Burridge Esq Borough of Weymouth Sir John Morton Bar. Michal Harvey Esq Borough of Melcomb Regis Henry Henning Esq Nicholas Gould Esq Borough of Bridport John Michel Esq Sir Stephen Evance Kt. Borough of Snafton alias Shaftsbury Sir Matthew Andrews Kt. Edward Nicholas Esq Borough of Wareham Thomas Erle Esq William Okeden Esq Borough of Corf-Castle Richard Fownes Esq William Culliford Esq Durham 4. Sir Robert Eden Bar. William Lambton Esq City of Durham William Tempest Esq George Morland Esq Essex 8. Henry Mildmay Esq Sir Fran. Masham Bar. Borough of Colchester Samuel Reynolds Esq Edward Cary Esq Borough