The English historical library, or, A short view and character of most of the writers now extant, either in print or manuscript which may be serviceable to the undertakers of a general history of this kingdom / by William Nicholson ...

CHAP. V.

Histories of our Bishops in gene∣ral, and those of their several Sees.

THAT Joceline de Fourness (an Historian quoted by Stow and Fitzherbert) wrote several Books con∣cerning the ancient British Bishops, Johna Pits is very certain: But, whether he was an English-man, or (as he rather fancies) a Welch-man, he dares not be positive. One Book, in∣deed, of that kind, was written by Joceline a Monk of Fourness in Lanca∣shire; and is stillb extant: But (as the Author himself could not be of any great Age, so) his Collections seem to have been made out of Histories that were penn'd since the Conquest. Of somewhat less Account (I fear) is that of the Saxon Prelates, whereof Ethelwold, Bishop of Winchester, is said to be the Author; whereof a MS.

Copy is likewisea reported to be in the publick Library at Cambridge.

After the Conquest, the Memoirs of our Bishops were taken by a great many Hands. Geoffrey (Prior of Win∣chester about the Year 1100.) wrote a Panegyrical Account of them in ele∣gant Verse saysb Will. of Malmes∣bury; who himself more largely com∣mented upon them in Prose. His four first Books were publish'd byc Sir Henry Savil, from a very faulty Manu∣script; and his Edition was Copy'd more faultily in that ofd Francfurt. In these we have all that could be had out of the many old Catalogues which swarm'd in our English Monasteries; together with what the Author was able to inform us of his own Know∣ledge, touching his Cotemporaries. Henry of Huntingdon'se Letter, to his Friend Walter, describes the Pre∣lates of his own Time, which imme∣diately succeeded to Malmesbury's; and 'tis done with all the heartiness that becomes a familiar Epistle, and a Free∣dom inclining to Satyr. Ralph de Di∣ceto

follow'd these with a Catalogue of his own drawing, from the coming in of Augustine the Monk, to the begin∣ning of King John's Reign: But there's little in it worth the publishing. Joh. Eversden, a Monk of Bury (who dy'd, saysa Pits, about the Year 1636.) is said to have written de Episcopis Anglìae, as well as de Regibus: But Mr. Wharton could never meet with any such Treatise. He found, he says, some of Mr. Joceline's Collections out of Eversden's Chronicle: So that per∣haps he's the same Man with that Jo∣hannes Buriensis, whom we have men∣tion'd in theb First Part. We are also told of a like Book by one Nicolas Montacute, orc Manacutius; who is believed to have been sometime Ma∣ster of Eaton School, because (for∣sooth) most of his Works were in the Library of that College. What good Things were heretofore in that Li∣brary, I know not: But, upon ad late Search, nothing could be found that bore this Author's Name; save only a pitiful Treatise (at Lambeth) de Pontificibus Romanis, not worth the

reading. I fancy somebody's quoting this under the Title de Pontificibus (simply) has given occasion to Bale and Pits, who collected and wrote in haste, to Naturalize all his Bishops. Polydore Virgil's Book, ora Scrowl, of our English Prelates, is boasted of in our Seminaries beyond Seas: And (his great Antagonist) John Leland assures us, he had taken mighty care to collect their Remains,b Et majori [cura] propediem in ordinem redigam. He had many other grand Projects in his Head, which came to nothing. John Pits likewise very gravely refers his Readers (in many parts of his Book de Illustribus Angliae Scriptoribus) to another of his own composure de Episcopis: which we arec credibly inform'd, is only a poor and silly Abstract of the first (and worst) Edition of that which falls next under our Thoughts, and deserves to be separately consider'd.

Francis Godwine (Son of Tho. Lord Bishop of Bath and Wells) was most fortunate in his Commentary, as he calls it, on this Subject; being himself

advanced to the Episcopal Ordera for the good Services that (as Queen Elizabeth thought) he had done the Church by that Book. It was twice published inb English; equally full of the Authors and Printer's Mistakes. The Faults of the latter Edition (espe∣cially) were so very gross, that they put him upon the speedy dispatch of another in Latine;c which came out the next Year. The Style of this is very neat and clean; and he seems to have taken more Pains in polishing it, than in gathering together all the Ma∣terials of his History. He quotes no Authorities; excepting (belike) that Posterity should acquiesce in his singly, without enquiring any further. He is particularly ungrateful to the Author of the Antiquitates Britannicae; from whom he has borrow'd (by the Great) his Account of the See of Canterbury; varying only the Phrase, and that sometimes for the worse. The like Carriage he is guilty of towards Bale, Camden, and others: But what is most especially notorious, is his transcribing

out of Josseline and Mason, what he pretends to have had immediately from the Archives and Registraries, from the Year 1559, to his own Time. He is also frequently guilty of Chronolo∣gical Mistakes; a too confident Reli∣ance on the Authorities of counterfeit Charters in Ingulfus and others; an uncertain Calculation of Years, begin∣ning some at Michaelmas, and others at Christmas, &c. as his Authors blindly led him: and lastly, a contenting him∣self with false and imperfect Cata∣logues of the Prelates in almost every Diocess. These are the Failures where with he stands charg'd bya Mr. Wharton; who modestly assures us that a better Progress had been made in these Matters by himself, within the compass of Eighteen Months, than by this Bishop in Twenty Years. Our Oxford,b Antiquary further complains, that he Puritanically vilified Popish Bishops; with a Design there∣by to advance the Credit of those since the Reformation: whereby he had given unlucky Advantages to William

Prynne (the profess'd Enemy of Epis∣copacy) who made ill use of his Book. I will not say that either of these Cen∣surers are mistaken: but I must ob∣serve to the Reader, that each of them intended to have furnish'd us with a View of this part of our Ecclesiastical History, of his own drawing; and therefore, like all new Builders, they must be allow'd to spy more Faults in the old Fabrick, than others can. The former has help'd us to a noble Stock of old Writers upon the Affairs of a great many of our Sees, from their Foundation, in his Anglia Sacra: and the latter has given us almost an entire History of our Bishops, for the two last Centuries, in his Athenae Oxo∣nienses. These are good Materials; and such as will direct to more of the same kind; whereof there are good store in the Bodleian and Cottonian Li∣braries. We long only for a skilful Architect, to put them into the Figure we desire. And (I hear) the Work is at last put into the Hands of a Per∣son, who wants none of those Helps or Qualifications that are necessary to the Undertaking.

Hitherto we have mention'd only such as have written the History of our Prelacy with an honest Intent, to represent it to the World in its pro∣per and true Colours: we have others that have made it their Business to daub it with false Paint, endeavouring to give such Pourtraictures of our Bishops, as might most effectually defame and prostitute the sacred Order. The first of these was one Thomas Gibson, a Fa∣natical Physitian in the beginning of Queen Elizabeth's Reign; who entitl'd∣one of his Treatises A History of the Treasons of the Bishops since the Norman Conquest. Whether this was ever Printed mya Author cannot inform me. The next was Sir John Harring ton of Kelweston; who, soon after K. James the First's arrival in Eng∣land, began to draw together some malicious Remarks upon the Bishops of his Time; which he at last finish'd under the Title ofb A brief view of the state of the Church of England, as it stood in Queen Elizabeth's and King Jame's Reign, to the Year 1608. It was presented by the Author, in Ma∣nuscript,

to Prince Henry; from whom the Presbyterian Faction expected great Alterations in Church-Government. After the downfal of Episcopacy, it fell into such Hands as brought it to the Press; believing it to be a proper Antidote against the return of the plaguy Hierarchis. The last of this Gang was (that eternal Scribler) Will. Prynne; who rak'd together all the Dirt that had been thrown at any of our Bishops, by the most invete∣rate and implacable of all their Ene∣mies; and hap'd it into a large Dunghil-Book inscrib'da The An∣tipathy of the English Lordly Prelacy, both to legal Monarchy and civil Vnity: Wherein he pretends to give an Hi∣storical Collection of I know not how many Hundreds of exercrable Trea∣sons, Conspiracies, &c. of the British, English, French, Scotch and Irish Bi∣shops, against our Kings and King∣dom. But—'tis time to rid our Hands of this Filth and Nastiness. The most ancient Register Books and Records of our several Dioceses and

Cathedral Churches will less sully our Fingers.

S. ASAPH. The History of the Bishops and Deans of this Place was composed by the late learned and in∣dustrious Mr. Wharton; whose Book wasa publish'd soon after his Death; as a Specimen of what his general Work (of all the Dioceses in England) would have been if he had liv'd to have finish'd it. To this Treatise (as well as to the other that is prefix'd to it) there is an Appendix of Authentic Instruments out of the Register Books, &c. According to the Method first taught him by Dr. Burnet. In the Lives of the Bishops he frequently quotes the Liber ruber Assavensis, an old Cartulary of that Church of good Value.

BANGOR. Godwineb mentions a Catalogue of the Bishops of this See, in the Archives of the Church of Bangor; which I suppose was a very

Empty one, since (upon the two first Editions of his Book) he had not any thing to say of this Diocese.

BATH and WELLS. What has been lately done for this Diocese, is already taken notice of bya Mr. Tan∣ner; whose Collections and Refe∣rences (let it be here observ'd, once for all) I shall not repeat, but shall wish the Reader himself to consult his very useful Book, saving only, that some of those Authors he barely quotes (where I am able to do it) shall be set in the truest Light I can give them. Let it be here also noted, that when ever he refers his Readers (as he does in this place) to one or the other Volume of Anglia Sacra, they are there sure to meet with a good view of such old Writers as have treat∣ed of the ancient History of this or that Diocess; or else they have (at least) a composure of Mr. Wharton's, very valuable for the Pains that Author took in adjusting the true Chronolo∣gical succession of our Bishops. Dr. Thomas Chandler (sometimeb Warden

of New College in Oxford, and Chan∣cellour of this Church) wrote a Trea∣tise, de Laudibus Bathoniae & Welliae; which, I suppose would afford us some such Light as the same learn'd Per∣son has given in those Lives, that have been gratefully penn'd by him, and will be taken notice of in another place. I guess the Historia de tempore Primaevae inchoationis Sedis Episcopalis Wellensis, &c. which was made rea∣dy for the Press by the noble Publi∣shers a of the Decem Scriptores, is part of what we have had since from Mr. Wharton; who also must be thought to have enrich'd his own Notes out of theb great Treasure of Col∣lections which was gather'd and com∣municated to him by the Reverend and Learn'd Dr. Matt. Hutton.

BRISTOL. This See, having only been erected by King Henry the Eighth, can have no Records of any great Antiquity: but 'tis hop'd its en∣tire Story may be had out of such Re∣gisters as are in the Hands either of

the Bishop or Dean and Chapter of the Church.

CANTERBVRY, as in Justice it ought, has had the most and best learn'd Preservers of its History and Antiquities of any Diocess in England. The first of these was Arch-bishop Deusdedit, or Adeodatus; who isa said to have recorded the Acts of all his Predecessors; which was no mighty Undertaking, since himself was only the Sixth from Augustine. The eldest of those Writers, whose Works are now Extant, is Gotseline the Monk; who (besides the Life of Augustine, publish'd by Mr. Wharton) wrote also those of the Six following Arch-bishops. These are now in MS. inb Sir Joh. Cotton's Library: but (being only Collections out of Bede, with the en∣largement of a few Romantic Miracles) they have not hitherto been thought worth the Printing. About the same time Osbern was Precentor of Christ-Church; and (upon thec unhappy Fire, which destroy'd most of their

Records, A. D. 1070.) took a deal of Pains in recovering the Histories of the Arch-bishops; several of whose Lives were written by him, besides those we have in Print. Gervasius Dorober∣nensis (that is, Monk of Canterbury) has left three good Treatises on this Subject; which bear the following Titles;a 1. Tractatus de Combustione & Reparatione Dorobernensis Ecclesiae. 2. Imaginationes de Discordiis inter Mo∣nachos Cantuarienses & Archiepiscopum Baldewinum. 3. Vitae Dorobernen∣sium Archiepiscoporum. R. de Diceto's History of these Primates was disco∣ver'd in the Norfolk Library, after some others (amongst whom he should have been rank'd) were publish'd: And 'twould not have been any great loss if we had still wanted it; being b very short, and mostly stuff'd with Matters foreign to the Purpose. Mr. Pitsc sends us to the Library at Bennet College to enquire after a Ma∣nuscript Copy of Arch-bishop Lang∣ton's Annals of his Predecessors: But he that runs on his Errand, will find himself mistaken. There are, indeed,

in that Library some Collections out of the last mention'd Author's Histo∣ry of our Kings, which relate chief∣ly to the Affairs of this See; the tran∣scriber whereof had some thoughts of Copying out St. Langton's History of Richard the First, and so prefaced his Work with the Title of Annales Ste∣phani Archiepiscopi: But he soon quits that Subject, and so imposes upon a careless Catalogue-monger. The next, in Order of time, was Tho. Spott, Spot∣tey or Sprott, a Benedictine Monk of Canterbury in the Year 1274.a whose Book has been vainly enquired after by some of our most Industrious Antiquaries, and (particularly) byb one whom hardly any thing on this Subject could escape. The Truth is, Mr. Somner seems to think 'twas ra∣ther a Chronicle of the City of Canter∣bury than of the Arch-bishops; and, if W. Thorn (who was a Monk of the same House, in the Year 1380.) either Epitomiz'd orc Enlarged it, it may probably prove only the same

with his History of thea Abbots of St. Augustines. St. Birchington's Per∣formance, is largely accounted for by his lateb Publisher; who has assur'd us that nothing that either this Wri∣ter, or any of the former can afford us has been omitted by the diligent Au∣thor of thec Antiquitates Britannicae. Archbishop Parker was generally reput∣ed the Author of this admired Book; till d Mr. Selden transferr'd the Honour of it to (His Grace's Chaplain) Mr. Josseline, who has since enjoy'd it. I confess, I am far from being of AB. e Bramhal's Opinion, That the con∣clusion of the Preface proves the Acrh∣bishop himself to have been the Au∣thor of that Book: But it does fairly intimate that the Composer of it (whoever he was) did desire the World should believe that most of his Mate∣rials were handed to him by that Learn'd Metropolitan; who was al∣so, he saies, the Directer and Overseer of the whole Work. In the same

place the Hannow Edition is blam'd for omitting Parker's own Life; which perhaps was no fault in those that had the care of it. There were only a few Copies of the First Edition (such as were design'd fora public Libraries, and the accomodation of a few choise Friends) that had the 29 Pages, which make up that Life: so that 'twas not to be expected that the Foreign Pub∣lishers should Print it otherwise than as 'twas commonly sold by our Eng∣lish Booksellers. Mr. Wharton every where gives this Writer more respect than any other he's pleased to cite: and yet heb observes a great many of his mistakes; and, I do not doubt but any skilful Antiquarie will easily take notice of many and many more. So imperfect will always be the most compleat Works of any single Manc!

CARLILE. This remote and small Diocese has been heretofore so much expos'd to the continual Incur∣sions of the Scots, (before the King∣doms were happily united in King James the First) that there are not many of it's ancient Records any where now to be had: The only pieces of Antiquity, in the Bishops possession, are two Register Books of four successive Prelates; Halton, Rosse, Kirkby and Welton: and these will furnish us with little more than the History of one Century. The Records of the Dean and Chapter go not much higher than their new Denomination given them by Henry the Eighth; and are very broken and imperfect since that Epoche. Out of these, and what other helps could be had from some Neighbouring and Distant Libraries, Dr. Hugh Todd (Prebendary of this Church) has made a Volume of Col∣lections which is lately placed in the Dean and Chapter's Library, under the Title of,a An History of the Dio∣cese of Carlile; containing an Account of

the Parishes, Abbies, Nunneries, Chur∣ches, Monuments, Epitaphs, Coats of Arms, Founders, Benefactors, &c. with a perfect Catalogue of the Bishops, Priors, Deans, Chancellours, Arch-deacons, Preben∣daries; and of all Rectors and Vicars of the several Parishes in the said Diocese. My worthy Brother hopes that the Ad∣ditions which will hereafter be made to this Work, will (at last) make it answer its Title; and I heartily wish I could do so too: But (to me) the prospect is so discouraging, that I know not which way to look for such Helps as would be necessary for the compleat∣ing of so full and ample an Account of our Church and Diocess. Our Suffer∣ings in the days of Rapine and Re∣bellion, equal'd or exceeded those of any other Cathedral of England; and (after our Chapter-House and Trea∣sury had been turn'd into a Magazine for the Garrison, and our very Char∣ter sold to make a Taylor's Measures) it can hardly be expected that so many of our Records will ever be retriev'd as are requisite to finish out such a Hi∣story.

CHESTER, being another of King Henry the Eighth's Foundations, cannot have any great stock of Records. Some notice may possibly be taken of its most early Times by Mr. Vrmston; who wrote ana Account of the State of Religion in Lancashire (part of this Diocess) in the beginning of King James the First's Reign.

CHICHESTER. Most of the antient Records of this Church, were squander'd and lost, upon the City's being taken and plunder'd by Sir Wil∣liam Waller in our late Civil Wars; and, after the Restauration, they never recover'd more than three Books be∣longing to the Chapter, and a Regi∣ster or two of the Bishops. These do not reach above 230 Years backwards: so that, the prime Antiquities of this See (before the Episcopal Throne was removed from Selsey to this Place, and for some Ages afterwards) are either wholly lost, or in such private Hands, as have hitherto very injuriously de∣tain'd

them from their right Owners. 'Till a Restitution is made, we must content our selves with such poor Frag∣ments as Bede, Malmesbury and others, will afford us of the first Foundation of the Diocess by our Nothern Saint Wilfrid; who (with his Successors, in the same Order that Godwine has given them) stands yet pictur'd on the back∣side of the Quire. Here are the chief Remains of their History, as far as they are now to be had within the Verge of their own Cathedral: to which if more shall be added, by such Foreigners as are Masters of their dis∣persed Records; 'twill be a very grate∣full (as well as just) service to the pre∣sent Members of that Church.

St. DAVID'S. We have already noted the Disputes there are about Ab∣bot Dinoth's Remonstrance against the pretensions of Augustine the Monk; and we are told that he did not only leave behind him his thoughts of that Matter in the foremention'd Protesta∣tion; but that he also wrote another Treatise, entitl'd, Defensorinma Ju∣risdictionis

Sedis Menevensis. Bishop Godwine quotes a Catalogue of the Bi∣shops of St. David's, not taken notice of either by Gyraldus or the Annales Menevenses; which hea says is in the Archives of that Church. There's also an Anonymous Manuscript in the Library atb Magdalen College in Ox∣ford which treats de Gestis & Ritibus Cler' Cambrensis; and may probably afford some discoveries of the ancient State of this Diocess.

DVRHAM. The first Collecter of the History and Antiquities of this Ancient and Noble Church, was Tur∣got; who wasc Prior, Arch-deacon and Vicar General, of that Diocess. He was afterwards Bishop of St. Da∣vid's: But, upon the death of Queen Margaret, return'd to Durham; where he dy'd, A. D. 1115. and lyes bury'd in the Chapter-House. His Book bears the Title,d De Exordio & progressu Ecclesiae Dunelmensis; that is, from K. Oswald's Time to the Year 1097. This

was transcrib'd bya Sim. Dunelm. mention'd in the former part of this Work; who also continu'd it to the Yearb 1129. from whence it has been drawn downwards by Jeoffery de Coldingham, R. de Greystanes, &c. There are still some latent Manuscript Histories of this Church; which (if discover'd) would undoubtedly supply a great many defects in those that are already publish'd. Prior Laurence (who dy'd in the Year 1154.) wrote a Treatise in Meeter,c De Civitate & Episcopatu Dunelmensi. There are several MS. Tracts of that Author's Composure, in the Libraries at Lambeth, Durham and elsewhere; and yet we cannot hitherto learn where this is to be had. Tho. Rudburn, in the very heart of his d Historia Major, has a large History of the Bishops of this See, from the first Foundation at Lindisfarn, to the Year 1083. which tho' mostly taken out of Turgot and Simeon, has some re∣markable passages never yet Printed. John Wessington (who dy'd Prior of

Durham, A. D. 1446.) wrote a Book, a De Juribus & Possessionibus Ecclesiae Dunelmensis; wherein, amongst other choice Matters, 'tis prov'd that the Priors of that Church were always in∣vested with the Dignity and Privi∣ledges of Abbots. Sir H. Spelmanb quotes some Synodical (or rather Con∣sistorial) Constitutions made by Bi∣shop Lewis in the Year 1319. which certainly must be very learn'd ones, if they answer the Accountc God∣wine gives of that Prelate. The Cot∣ton Library is hardly better stock'd with the Records of any Cathedral Church in England, than that of Dur∣ham; whereof the chief is a larged Catalogue of their Benefactors, from King Edwine down to the Reign of King Henry VIII. The beginning of the Book is in an old Saxon Character, as ancient as the time of K. Aethelstane; in whose Possession 'tis very probable (from his Name in the Title Page, supposed to be written with his own e Hand) it sometime was. There

is also aa Miscellany Collection of a great many curious Particulars rela∣ting to St. Cuthbert, and his Successors in that See; theb Contests of the Prior and Convent with their own Bishops and the Archbishops of York, about the Visitatorial Power; an entire c History of that Church, from its Foundation at Lindistarn (through all its changes of Fortune and Place) as low as the death of Bishop Hugh, A. D. 1194. with many otherd re∣markable Fragments of its History. There's also in the Bishops Library at Durham, a MS. Collection of the An∣tiquities of this Church, transcribed by the Directions of Bishop Cosin; where∣in there's a different Account of some Particulars from what we have in the Rites and Monuments, published bye Mr. Davies. Nor is this last mention'd Piece such an ignorant and pitiful Le∣gend, as a veryf worthy Person has represented it; since there's no where extant so full and exact an Account of the State of this Cathedral, at the sup∣pression

of Monasteries. The Author seems to have been an Eye-witness of all that pass'd at that time; and his Descriptions of such Matters as are still remaining, appear to be so nicely true, that we have great Reason to credit him in the rest. Besides these, there are now in the Possession of the Dean and Chapter, a great many Au∣thentick Records, Original Charters, Endowments, &c. which will enable one to furnish out a much more com∣pleat History of this Church, than has yet appear'd: And I hope the Ingeni∣ous and Learn'd Dr. Iohn Smith, now Prebendary of that Cathedral, will think the Undertaking most proper for himself.

ELY. That History of the Church of Ely which was partly publish'd by Sir William Dugdale, and wholly by Mr. Wharton, is not the Work of Tho∣mas and Richard, whose Names it car∣ries; but an Abstract, by a nameless Author, out of their much larger Vo∣lumes, which still remain ina Ma∣nuscript.

Some parts of the former have been printed, out of other Co∣pies, by L. D' Achery and Dr. Gale; if those Learn'd Gentlemen be not mi∣staken (as I suspect they are) in their Conjectures. Dr. Bradya quotes a Survey of all the Mannors belonging to this Bishoprick, taken in the Year, 1248. but does not direct us where to find it. That S. Birchington (or Brick∣ington, as he calls him) wrote a Cata∣logue of the Bishops of Ely,b Mr. Pits is very positive: But how he fell into that Mistake (wherein he is fol∣low'd by Vossius) has been discover'd by a latec Writer, of much better Credit. He probably conjectures that, staging over the Margin of one of our Learn'd Church-Historians, he met with this Quotation,d Steph. Birch. Catal. Episc. Eliens. and thence presently concluded, that Stephen must be the Author of the Catalogue there cited: Whereas the Historian referr'd his Readers to two several Manu∣scripts (Birchington's History of the

Archbishops of Canterbury, and an ano∣••ymous Catalogue of the Bishops of Ely) for the proof of what he had there advanced.

EXETER. There is in Bodley's Library an old Latin Mass-Book in Saxon Characters; in the end whereof we have many Particulars of the Life of Bishop Leofric (who gave the Book to his Cathedral) as his settling the Episcopal See at Exeter, A. D. 1050. &c. It gives us also a Catalogue of the Reliques that Church was possess'd of at the time when this Book was written. John Grandeson (who dy'd Bishop of this See, A. D. 1369.) is a said to have written Martyrologium Exoniense: for a Manuscript whereof we are advised to consult the Library at Bennet College. John Hooker (or Vowel, Chamberlain of Exeter, where he dy'd, A. D. 1601.) wrote a lean Catalogue of the Bishops of that See; first publish'd by him in Quarto, and afterwards inserted intob Ralph Holinshead's Chronicle. It begins with Eadulph, whom he unaccountably calls

Werstant, and ends at Bishop Woolton; who was consecrated in the Year, 1579. There's no want of Materials for the composure of a much fuller History: Since the Registers of a good many of the Bishops (Stapleton, Brantingham, Stafford, &c.) are cited bya Mr. Whar∣ton; and many more pointed at by Mr. Ta••••er.

GLOCESTER, being a Diocess of Henry VIIIth's Erection, cannot have any Records, relating to the See it self, more authentick than that which ac∣quaints us with theb Erection of St. Peter's Church into a Cathedral: But there are many Venerable Re∣mains of Ecclesiastical History, which are to be had in the Register-books of those Religious Houses and Parochial Churches which were then brought within that Jurisdiction. Out of these Dr. R. Parsons (the present worthy Chancellor of that Diocess) has colle∣cted two MS. Volumes; which are also digested into so good a Method, that they well deserve the Title of a

Compleat History. The first of these he stiles Memoirs of the ancient Abbey and present Cathedral of Gloucester: wherein he gives an Account of the Foundation of the Great Abbey of St. Peter's in this City, and the Suc∣cession of its Abbots, down to the Dis∣solution; with the History and Suc∣cession of the Bishops, Deans, Chan∣cellors, Archdeacons and Prebendaries, ever since the dismembering of it from the See of Worcester. This Work was happily undertaken at the Request of the late Mr. Wharton; who design'd to have oblig'd the Publick with it, in some future Volume of his Anglia Sacra. We are not in despair of see∣ing the good Services that were in∣tended our Church by that Learn'd Person, fully finish'd and brought to Perfection by some other able Hand: So that, 'tis to be hop'd, we shall not long want the Benefit of such successful Labours. His other Volume bears the Inscription of A Parochial Visitation of the Diocess of Gloucester; wherein the Matters treated on are chiefly Ecclesi∣astical, tho' some Affairs of a Civil Nature are also intermix'd. The Ob∣servations that occur in this are partly

owing to the Author's own View and Enquiries, made in the several Pa∣rishes; and partly to such Helps as could be had out of the Registry at Worcester, and his own at Glou∣cester.

HEREFORD. That there were anciently several good old Register-books belonging to this Cathedral, is beyond dispute. Sir H. Spelmana quotes one of 'em; and we have heard of several others, besides that of Bishop b Booth. The Library and Ar∣chives here fell under the like Misfor∣tunes, during the Ravage of our late Days of Usurpation, with those of other Cathedral Churches: being made a very improper Prey to a Fanatical and Illiterate Army of Rebellious Blockheads. Amongst these Silas Tay∣lor was an Officer of a more than or∣dinary Fancy and Respect for Books and Learning; and, having gotten part of thec Bishop's Palace into his Possession, thought it was also convenient to seize as many of the

Churches Evidences and Records, as he could possibly get into his Clutches. With these (and many of the like kind from the Church at Worcester) he troop'd off, upon the happy return of our old English Government; and near Twenty Years afterwards, dy'd with some of 'em in his Possession at Harwich. His Books and Papers, to∣gether with the other few Moveables he left behind him, fell into the Hands of his Creditors; from whom (if any care was taken to preserve them) it will now be a very difficult Matter to retrieve them.

LANDAFF. Bishop Godwine a assures us, that all he says of the Archbishops and Bishops of this See, down as far as the Year 1110. was taken out of an old Manuscript-Regi∣ster of that Church; which seem'd to him to have been penn'd about that Time. This, he tells us, was most particular in the Account of the Acts and Miracles of St. Teliau, the second Bishop of that Diocess; and therefore I take it to be the very same with that

which is, now in Sir John Cotton's Li∣brary, and (for that very Reason) bears there the Title ofa Teilo. From 〈◊〉〈◊〉b Sir Henry Spelman had the whole Account he gives us of the several Synodical Decrees of divers Bishops in that Church: As Mr. Wharton had also those good Pieces which he afterwardsc publish'd, as being overlook'd both by Godwine and Spelman. There's yet another Book, in the samed Library, that affords a History or Chronicle of this Church; which seems to have escap'd the notice of both these diligent Antiquaries. It commences at Brute, and ends A. D. 1370.

LINCOLN. There's a meagre Catalogue of the Bishops of this Dio∣cess in the Cottoniane Library; which brings down the Succession of them from Birinus to John Longland, who was Consecrated, A. D. 1521. 'Tis much the List of these Prelates should be so compleat; when our

a Historians are at a loss for the very Place where a good many of them 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Some Letters (from Pope Mar∣tin and his Cardinals) about the Struggle that happen'd upon the Ad∣vancement of Rich. Fleming to this See, may beb had; but in the main, we are very deficient in all the parts of its History, and shall hardly recover any great Matters more than its own Registries will supply us with. What those are I know not.

LITCHFIELD. In the peru∣sal of the History of this Diocess, one great mistake (which has been una∣nimously swallow'd by all ourc Church-Historians) is to be observ'd to our Reader: And that is, we are told that (upon the subdivision of the Kingdom of Mercia into three Dio∣ceses, about the Year 740.) there was a Bishop placed at Leicester. We do indeed meet with oned Totta, who is said to have been Episcopus Legece∣striae, about that Time: But Leger∣cestria

is the old name of Leicester, as Legecestria is of Chester. It was there∣fore (in Truth) at West-Chester that the New Diocess was erected, and not at Leicester; which is too near to Litch∣field, were there no other Argument against it. With these Cautions we are to peruse the two valuable MSS. ina Sir John Cotton's Library; which have (in a great measure) been Printed in the Anglia Sacra and are very pro∣bably b ascrib'd to Tho. Chesterton and Will. Whitlock, two Canons of this Church. Of the former of these there are several ancient Copies; and 'tis that venerable Book which is quoted by many of our late Writers under the Name of Chronicon Lichfeldense. These are the chief Registers of the old Records of the Church of Lich∣field, that are now Extant: Unless per∣haps their Cartulary orc Black-Book, and thed Description of their Close (or College) be still to be met with. The little that was to be sav'd out of the Ruins, into which this Cathedral

fell in our late Days of Confusion, was pick'd up by (one of the great Preser∣vers of our English Antiquities) Elias Ashmole Esq late Garter King at Arms; and is now, amongst many other of his precious Remains, in hisa Mu∣saeum at Oxford. This excellent Per∣son had a Design to have honour'd the Place of his Nativity, with the writing a History and Description of its ancient and present State; and had collected a good number of choice Ma∣terials for that Purpose.

LONDON. I do not much la∣ment Bishopb Godwine's Misfortune, that his best diligence could not re∣cover a right Catalogue of the British Arc-bishops of this City. Whatever became of Theanus and Theonus (the Alpha and Omega of those Sixteen Me∣tropolitans) I should be mightily pleas∣ed to hear that its History is entire since Mellitus's time; or even that we had every thing mention'd in that List of Records, Registers and other Books belonging to this Cathedral,

which wasa deliver'd by Dean Cole to his Successor Dr. May, in the Year 1559. What or where the Annales Londinenses are, Mr. Wharton (who b quotes them) does not tell us: nor whether they treat only of the Affairs of this Diocess, or (what I ra∣ther Suspect) present us with such a short History and Chronicle of the Kingdom in general, as almost every one of our Monasteries afforded. 'Tis enough that he has left behind him an elaboratec History of the Bishops and Deans of this See, of his own composure; wherein (following the Method to which he had confin'd himself in his two larger Volumes) he brings their Story down to the Year 1540. To this Treatise (as well as that of St. Asaph, which is joyn'd with it) is annex'd an Appendix of Authentic Instruments; and he has further let us know that (of the Pre∣lates before the Reformation) we have the Registers of Gravesend, Sudbury, Courtney, Braybrook, Walden, Clifford, Gilbert, Kemp, Grey, Savage, Warham,

Barnes, Fitz-James, Tonstal, Stokesley and Bonner. The Sepulchral Monu∣mnts of St. Paul's Church were first drawn out and publish'd by (Mr. Cam∣den's grateful Scholar)a Hugh Holland the Poet: But this was only a mean and dull Performance in comparison of that more absolute one of Sir Will. Dugdale, in hisb History of that Cathedral from its first Foundation; extracted out of Lieger Books and other Manuscripts, and beautified with sundry Prospects of the Church, and the Figures of the Tombs. The greatest part of the Cartularies and Records, refer'd to in this Book, were happily communicated to the Author by onec Mr. Reading; who thereby encouraged his Zealous En∣gaging in the Work, at a very pro∣per and seasonable Juncture. For, soon after he had taken Copies of the Inscriptions, a great many of the Mo∣numents were defaced, and the Church it self turn'd into a common Stable by the Rebel Army; as it was (with∣in ten Years after that) into a heap

of Rubbish by the dreadful Fire of London.

NORWICH. There are not ma∣ny Histories of this Diocess. All that Mr. Whartona could pick up was out of a couple of General Histories of England, written by Bartholomew de Cotton, and another (anonymous) Monk of that Church. He quotes in∣deed a short Chronicle of Norwich in the same Library, whence he had the former of these; But the late Pub∣lisher of the Catalogue of those Manu∣scripts is mistaken if there be any such Book, in theb Place referr'd to. There is indeed, inc another Class, a piece which bears the Title of Festa synodalia Norwicensis Dioeceseos; which begins with St. Foelix the Bur∣gundian, their first Bishop. The old∣est Register-Book which I have yet heard of in this See, is that of Bishop d Bateman; the Magnanimous Foun∣der of Trinity Hall in Cambridge. A short Account of the Bishops and Deans of this Church (by Tho. Searle,

A. D. 1659.) is among the MSS. of the present worthy Bishop of the Diocess.

OXFORD is of so late an Ere∣ction, that it cannot want an absolute and entire History of all its Prelates, since its Foundation by Henry the Eighth: And we havea already observ'd, that its Parochial Antiquities (preceeding that Time) are happily preserv'd by an Ingenious and Learn'd Person, who has spar'd no Pains in Collecting (out of a vast number of Neighbouring Records and Evidences) whatever was worth the Treasuring up, and transmitting to Posterity. Anth. Wood Collected the Sepulchral and Fenestral Inscriptions of the seve∣ral Parishes in the County of Oxford; which are now amongst those many Papers he left to the University.

PETERBVRGH, was one of the most Rich and Flourishing Mona∣steries in this Kingdom; and was turn'd into one of the poorest Bishop∣ricks by Henry the Eighth. The most

of those many excellent Histories that concern this Place, in its Pristine State, have been noted bya Mr. Tanner; tho' some few have escap'd his great Diligence. He has taken no notice of two old Registers, given by my Lord Hatton to theb Cottonian Library; nor of some ancientc Grants and Do∣nations to that Monastery. He has al∣so omitted Hugh White, Abbot of Pe∣terburgh: who in Leland's Character is,d Rerum Petroburgi gestarum lu∣culentus plane Scriptor. To these there's little to be added, since the Founda∣tion of the Episcopal See, of any great value; saving what has been carefully preserv'd ine St. Gunton's History, which will be this Churchesf ever∣lasting Monument. Some Inscriptions are said, indeed, to have been defaced before the Survey taken by this Au∣thor: but those, weg are told were also to be had amongst the Manu∣scripts of Franc. Thynne, who Collect∣ed them in the Year 1592. 'Twas happy that Sir William Dugdale and

Mr. Gunton drew up their Collections at so seasonable and lucky a time as the Year 1641. For (within two years after that) in April, 1643. this Cathedral was most miserably abused by Cromwell's Regiment; who, among other shameless outrages,a broke in∣to the Chapter-House, ransack'd the Re∣cords, broke the Seals, tore the Writings, and left the floor cover'd over with torn Papers, Parchments and Seals.

ROCHESTER. The most ve∣nerable Monument of Antiquity that belongs to this Church, is the Textus Roffensis; which may justly challenge a Respect more than ordinary. It was written by Bishop Ernulf, who dy'd in the Year 1124. And (besides the Affairs of this Cathedral, which are ac∣counted for byb Mr. Wharton) furni∣shes us with the Laws of four Kentish Kings, (Ethelbert, Hlothere, Eadred and Withred) omitted by Lambard; together with the Saxon Form of Oaths of Fealty and Wager of Law; the old Form of c cursing by Bell, Book and Candle; of

a Ordale, &c. I suppose this Book was wisely committed to the care of Sir Roger Twisden, during the confu∣sions of our late Civil Wars: For in his Custody I find it often referr'd to by Sir William Dugdale, in ab Work which he Compos'd during those Troubles. Hadenham and Dene's Histo∣ries have been pickt, and their choicest Flowers are preserv'd in the Anglia Sacra: And thec Chronicon Claustri Roffensis is the same with the Textus.

SALISBVRY. Somewhat of the History of the ancient Bishops of Sherburn may be had among L. Noel's d Collections; and the defects of those (down to the Year 1357.) may be supply'd from the Chronicle of the Church of Sarum. This Chronicle be∣gins at the Creation; and has some e special Remarks touching the Af∣fairs of our ancient British Church, wherein it seems to be singular. The Registers also of several of their Bi∣shops

(asa Mortival, Wivil, Wal∣tham, Medford, Aiscough and Beau∣champ) are still extant.

WINCHESTER. There can hardly be any more said of this An∣cient and Famous See than what we have fromb Tho. Rudburn and other Authors, lately publish'd out of Sir John Cotton's inexhaustible Treasury: Unless, for the more modern Times, we had that Continuation of the Bishops, which was made byc John Trussel; who brought their History as low as the Sufferings of Bishop Curl (and his Order) in the beginning of our English Anarchy.

WORCESTER. As this Church was one of the most flourishing in the whole Island, under the Government of our Saxon Kings; so it had the fortune to preserve its Charters and other Instruments (relating to those Times) much better than its Neigh∣bours. In the Year 1643. Sir William Dugdale drew a Catalogue of no less

than 92 such original Donations, none whereof fell lower than the Reign of Henry the First. To these there have been fifteen more (now in the Archives of that Church, and not mentioned in the Monasticon) added bya Dr. Hickes; who also believes that among Mr. Lam∣bard's MSS. (now in the Archives at Canterbury) there are several Saxon Grants belonging to the Church of Worcester. After these we are to have recourse to the Anonymous Compilers of the Annals of this Cathedral, and the continuation of them by their learn'd Publisher; who (by the way) b tells us thatc Hemming's Book has much more in it, than either he or Sir W. Dugdale have given them∣selves the trouble of transcribing. John Rosse (the Renown'd Hermit of Guy's Cliff) is said to have written a Trea∣tise, de Episcopis Wigorniae; which I should not much have believed upon the single Credit of my firstd Au∣thor, had I not seen the Book it self quoted by (our late industrious Natu∣ralist)

Doctora Plott. Some part of Mr. Abingdon's Collection of the An∣tiquities of Worcestershire (mention'd in the former part of this Historical Library) is also reported to bear the Title of,b A History of the Bishops of Worcester: which I cannot but once more heartily wish were committed to the Inspection and Care of the Learn'd Dr. Hopkins, Prebendary of that Church; who (wec know) is throughly versed in the Antiquities of his own Cathedral, as well as in those of the English Church in General. I am well assured there are some failures in it, which he is abundantly able to Correct. 'Twould do a deal of right to the worthy Author's Memory, to have the Style (which in most Anti∣quaries, is usually a little too Austere) new polish'd; and to have some de∣fects supply'd, out of such Libraries and Ancient Monuments as did not fall in his way.

YORK. The first Historian of the Affairs of this Metropolitical See, was

Albinus, Alcuinus or Alcwinus; whose Poem (de Pontificibus & Sanctis Ecclesiae Eboracensis) was first discover'd by Mr. Mabillon, and publish'd bya Dr. Gale. He begins his Story with such an Account of the Ancient State of that City, and the first appearances of Christianity among the Northern Saxons, as Bede furnish'd him with; and concludes with the Death of (his Patron) AB. Eanbald the first. The next (if indeed he deserve the Name) was Simeon Dunelmensis; whose Epi∣stle (to Hugh Dean of York, about the Succession of these Arch-bishops, to the Year 1136.) is in several of ourb Libraries. After these came T. Stubbs (or Stobaeus, as some are pleas'd to write his Name) a Dominican Friar, and Dr. in Divinity about the Year 1373. whose Chronica Pontificum are publish'd amongst our Decem Scriptores. He is highly magnified by Gesner, Bale and Vossius; and he deserves some part of the Applause: But he had merited much more, if he had copy'd (or stoln) less from Richard of Hexham.

Arch-bishop Vshera quotes a MS. History of our York Primates written about the Year 1460. which I cannot observe to be the same with any of those in theb Cottonian Library. However, here we have a largec Register of all the Affairs of St. Pe∣ter's in York; from the Reign of King Henry the First, to that of Edward the First: to which is annex'd a Catalogue of the Prebendaries of that Church, and their several Corpses. Here is likewise another remarkabled Regi∣ster of the Acts of the Chapter, du∣ring the vacancy of both the Arch-bi∣shoprick and Deanery; Commencing the 6th of January, A. D. 1396. To which is subjoyn'd a Third (of the Dean and Chapter, as Guardians of the Spiritualties) upon the Death of Arch-bishop Rotheram, A. D. 1500. In other hands we have the Registers ofe Greenfeld, Melton, Thoresby, Scroop, f Bowet, Rotheram, and some other Arch-bishops; as also theg Doomesday

and White-Book of St. Peter's, with many more Records, in the possession of the present Arch-bishop, or his Chancellour, and the Dean and Chap∣ter. Out of all (or most) of these very Voluminous Collections have been late∣ly taken bya Dr. Matthew Hutton (de∣scended from an Arch-bishop of this Province, of both his Names) and Mr. Torr, a great Favourer of these Stu∣dies; by whose Beneficial Labours, we hope, the History and Antiquities of this Church will effectually be pre∣serv'd: But whoever he be that at∣tempts the whole History of the Dio∣cess, ought to know, that he may have store of choice Materials amongst Mr. Dodsworth's Manuscripts at Oxford.

Notes

• a

  Pag. 884.
• b

  Vid. Vsser. Antiq. Eccles. p. 36.
• a

  J. Pits, p. 178.
• Since the Conquest
• b

  De Gest. Pontif. lib. 2. p. 246.
• c

  Fol. Lond. 1596.
• d

  Fol. 1601.
• e

  Angl. Sac. vol. 2. p. 694.
• a

  Pag. 435.
• b

  Pag. 172.
• c

  J. Pits, p 656, 657.
• d

  Praefat. ad Angl. Sac. vol. 1. p. 14.
• a

  Id. Ibid.
• b

  Comment. in Cyg. Cant. voc. Antoninus Beccus.
• c

  Hist. & Antiq. Oxon. lib. 2. p. 142.
• F. God. wine.
• a

  Ath. Oxon. vol. 1. p. 497.
• b

  4to. Lond. 1601, 1615.
• c

  Comment. de Praesul. 4to. Lond. 1616.
• a

  Praefat. ad Angl. Sac. vol. 1. p. 17.
• b

  4th. Oxon. vol. 1. p. 496.
• Inve∣etives.
• a

  Ath. Oxon. vol. 1. p. 109.
• b

  8vo. Lond. 1653.
• a

  4to. Lond. 1641.
• S. Asaph.
• a

  Historia de Episcopis et Decanis Londinensibus; necnon de Episcopis et Decanis Assavensibus, a prima utriusq sedis Fundatione ad. An. 1540. 8vo. Lond. 1695.
• Bangor.
• b

  De Praesul. p. 644.
• Bath.
• a

  Not. Monast. p. 195.
• b

  Hist. et Antiq. Oxon. par. 2. pag. 134.
• a

  See Kennet's Life of Somn. p. 66.
• b

  Vid. Prae∣fat. ad Angl. Sacr. vol. 1. p. 51. 52.
• Bristol.
• Canter∣bury.
• a

  J. Pits, p. 109.
• b

  Vespasianus, B. 20.
• c

  Vid. Praefat. ad Ang. Sac. vol. 2 p. 9.
• a

  Inter X Script. Edit. Lond. 1652.
• b

  Angl. Sac. vol. 2. p. 677.
• c

  pag. 304.
• a

  So Pits, p. 355. But Bale knew not when he liv'd.
• b

  W. Somner, Pref. to Antiq. of Canterbury. p. 8.
• c

  Vid. Pits, p. 355. et 529. V. etiam Thorn inter X. Script.
• a

  Bibl. Cott. Vitellius, D. 11.
• b

  H. Wharton, in Praefat. ad Angl. Sac. vol. p. 18. 19, &c.
• c

  Fol. Lond. 1572. & Hanov. 1605.
• d

  Hist. of Tythes, cap. 9.
• e

  Consecration, &c. of Protestant Bishops, p. 165.
• a

  Ath. Oxon. vol. 1. pag. 588, 589.
• b

  In notis ad Canon. Lichfield, de Succes. Archiep. Cant passim.
• c

  For the Controversy betwixt the Chap∣ter of Canterbury and the Arch-deacon, about the Right of Jurisdiction Sede Vacante, see Bibl. Cott. Nero, c. 9. Galba, E. 4. Vitellius, A. 2. 8. D. 7. E. 4.
• Carlile.
• a

  MS. in Fol.
• Chester.
• a

  MS. penes Tho. Brotherton Arm.
• Chiche∣ster.
• S. David.
• a

  J. Pits, p. 104.
• a

  De Praesul. p. 602.
• b

  Hist. & Antiq. Oxon. lib. 1. p. 56.
• Durham.
• c

  J. Seldon, Praef. ad. X. Script.
• d

  MS. in Bibl. Cott. Faustina, A. 5. see also AB. Vsher's Letters, p. 315. 321.
• a

  Inter. X. Scrip.
• b

  Praef. ad Angl. Sacr. vol. 1. p. 48.
• c

  Vid. Angl. Sac. vol. 1. p. 787.
• d

  MS. in Bibl. Cott. Lambeth & Bened.
• a

  Bibl. Cott. Vitellius, A. 9.
• b

  Glossar. in voce 〈◊〉〈◊〉.
• c

  De Praesul. p. 121.
• d

  D••∣mitianus, 7.
• e

  Hist. & Synops. Bibl. Cott. p. 38.
• a

  Julius, C. 2. 6.
• b

  Julius, D. 4.
• c

  Clau∣dius, D. 4.
• d

  Vitellius, A. 9. 20. C. 9. D. 20. E. 1. 12. Vespesianus, A. 5, 6. Titus, A. 2. Domitianus, A. 7. 8. Faustina, A. 5, 6.
• e

  8vo. Lond. 1672.
• f

  Wh. Kennet, in vit. Somneri, p. 21.
• Ely.
• a

  Bibl. Cott. Domitianus, A. 15. 〈◊〉〈◊〉. A. 1. Claudius, C. 9. New, A. 15, 16. 〈…〉〈…〉. Vespa∣sians, A. 19.
• a

  In Praefat. ad Hist. Angl vide etiam Bibl. Cott. Tiberius, B. 2.
• b

  P. 910.
• c

  H. Wharton, Praefat. ad Angl. Sacr. vol. 1. p. 20.
• d

  Antiq. Brit. p. 246, 248 Edit. Hanov.
• Exeter.
• a

  J. Pits, p. 500.
• b

  Edit. Lond. 1587. pag. 1300.
• a

  Hist. de Episc. & Dec. Lond. &c.
• Glocester
• b

  Bibl. Cott. inter Codd. nondum in loculo•• reposit. Num. 9.
• Here∣ford.
• a

  Glossar. in voce Panagia.
• b

  Hist. Episc. & Dec. Londin. & Assav.
• c

  Ath. Oxon. vol. 2. p. 464.
• Landaff.
• a

  De Praesul. p. 618.
• a

  Vid. Praefat. ad Angl Sacr. Par. 2. p. 27.
• b

  Concil tom. 1. p. 381.
• c

  Angl. Sacr. vol. 2. p. 667.
• d

  Titus, D. 22.
• Lincoln.
• e

  Julius, C. 6.
• a

  Vid. Godw. de Praesul. p. 388.
• b

  Bibl. Cott. ri∣be••ius, B. 6.
• Litch∣field.
• c

  Godwine, p. 337. et 365. Ang. Sacr. vol. 1. p. 428, &c.
• d

  Vid. H. Spelm. Concil. Tom. 1. p. 247.
• a

  Cleopatra, D. 9. Vespasianus, E. 16.
• b

  Praefat. ad Angl. Sacr. vol. 1. p. 34. 35, 36.
• c

  H. Spelman, Gloss. in voce Putura.
• d

  Monast. Angl. Tom. 3. p. 216.
• a

  Vid. Catalog. MSS. Oxon. nuper Edit. Num. 7484. et 7496.
• London.
• b

  De Praesul. p. 226.
• a

  Monast. Angl. Tom. 3. pag. 299.
• b

  Angl. Sacr. vol. 1. p. 638.
• c

  8vo. Lond. 1695.
• a

  8vo. Lond. 1614.
• b

  Fol. Lond. 1658.
• c

  Ath. Oxon. vol. 2. p. 697.
• Nor∣wich.
• a

  Angl. Sac. vol. 1. p. 397.
• b

  Bibl. Cott. Vitel∣lim, C. 9.
• c

  Julius, B. 7.
• d

  Citat. in Hist. de. Episc. & Dec. Londin.
• Oxford.
• a

  Vid. Par. 1. p. 54.
• Peter∣burgh.
• a

  Notit Monast. p. 160, 161.
• b

  Vespastanus, E. 21, 22.
• c

  Faustina, B. 3.
• d

  Comment. in Cygn. Cant. voce Petropolis.
• e

  Fol. Lond. 1686.
• f

  Kennet's Life of Somn. p. 20.
• g

  Athen. Oxon. p. 319.
• a

  Dr. Patrick's Supplement to History of Peterburg, p. 337.
• Roche∣ster.
• b

  Angl. Sac. vol. 1. p. 329.
• c

  Vid. H. Spelman Gols. in voce Excommunicatio.
• a

  Iid. ibid. voce Ordale, & apud E. Brown, in Ap∣pend. ad Fascic. Rerum Expetend. &c. p. 903.
• b

  Orig. juridic. passim.
• c

  Sub hoc Titulo citatur Saepius in Monast. Angl.
• Salis∣bury.
• d

  Bibl. Cott. Otho, D. 7.
• e

  Vid. Vsserii Antiq. Eccles. Brit. p. 73.
• a

  Citat. ab. H. Wharton, in Hist. Episc. London.
• Winche∣ster.
• b

  Angl. Sac. vol. 1. p. 179. &c.
• c

  Ath. Oxon. vol. 1. p. 380.
• Worce∣ster.
• a

  Vid. Catal. Libb Sept. ad finem Gram. Anglo. Sax. p. 169, 170, 171. & 177.
• b

  Praefat ad Angl. Sacr. vol. 1. p. 37.
• c

  Bibl. Cott. Tiberius, A. 13.
• d

  J. pits, p. 683.
• a

  Hist. Nat. Stafford, p. 407.
• b

  Ath. Oxon. vol. 1. p. 88.
• c

  Praef. ad Angl. Sac. vol. 1. p. 52.
• York.
• a

  Inter 15 Script. p. 703.
• b

  Bibl. Cott. Otho, D 7. Coll. Ben. Eborac. &c.
• a

  Antiq. Eccles. p. 25.
• b

  Titus, A. 19. Cleopatra, C. 4. Vitellius, A. 2.
• c

  Claudius, A. 3.
• d

  Galba, E. 9.
• e

  Inter Cod. MSS. D. Com. Clarendon.
• f

  Apud. H. Wharton, Hist. Episc. Lond.
• g

  Monast. Ang. Tom. 2. p. 57. & Tom. 3. p. 164.
• a

  Vide Praefat. ad Angl. Sacr. vol. 1. p. 52.