A help to English history containing a succession of all the kings of England, the English Saxons, and the Britans : the kings and princes of Wales, the kings and lords of Man, the Isle of Wight : as also of all the dukes, marquesses, earls, and bishops thereof : with the description of the places from whence they had their titles : continued with a supplement, and enlarged with the names and ranks of the viscounts and barons to the year 1652.

Northumberland is a more contracted name∣now, than in former times. Heretofore it included all the Countries on the North of Humber, possessed of old by the Brigantes, and the Ottadini, now only the extreame and most northerne part, betwixt the rivers of Tine and Twede, all which the Ottadini once inhabited. The aire exceeding sharp and piercing, as being often visited with boy∣strous winds, hard frosts, and tedious snows; to remedy which it yeelds abundance of sea-coale for fuell, and at very cheap rates. The soyle in generall neither fertile for corn or pasturage, as being for the most part ex∣ceeding rough and very hard to be manured, only in some parts towards the sea, by the late industry of the ploughman, and benefit of sea-weed, wherewith they do improve their ground, it is become indifferent fruit∣full. The Countrey meanly populous, and but ill inhabited; partly by reason of the barren∣ness: of the Country, as before is said, and partly for the bad neighbourhood of the Scots, as commonly it is in March-lands▪ or frontier countreyes. In this regard, it had almost as many Castles for defence of them∣selves, as is Parish Churches for the service of God, there being 26 of the one, and but 46 of the other; but then withall the Parishes were and are exceeding large, and have many Chappels of case perteining to thē, which in∣convenience of the soyle & seas may possibly

have beene the reason why the possession of it held not long in any Family (although the title and possession of it had been given to many) untill the Percyes: who not with∣out some interruption too, have continued long. By reason of which intermixture of severall Families; it hath given to those Fa∣milies the severall titles of

Duke, and Earles of Northum∣berland.

1065	1	Morcar. E. of Northumb.
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1071	2	Gospatrick.
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1072	3	Waltheof. E. of Huntingd.
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1076	4	Walcher Bish of Durham.
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1086	5	Rob. de Mowb. devested 1095.
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	6	Hen Pr. of Scotl.
	7	William K of Scots.
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	8	Hugh Pudsey B. of Durham.
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1377	9	Hen. Per. L. Const.
1414	10	Hen, Percy.
1455	11	Hen. Percy.
1461	12	Hen. Percy.
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1465	13	Iohn Nevill, L. Monta. cr. E. of Northumb. by K. Edw. 4, who af∣ter 6 yeares resigned it to the said Hen. Percy. *
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1489	14	Hen. Percy.
	15	Hen. Percy died 1537.
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1551	16	Iohn Dudley E. of Warwick, and L. Adm. D. of Northumb. *
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1557	17	Tho. Percy, E. of Northumb. *
1574	18	Hen. Percy.
1585	19	Hen. Percy. *
1633	20	Algernon Percy, now E. of Nort. and L. Adm. 1641. *