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. I. (Book 1)

Of the General Geography, State and Antiquities of England. (Book 1)

WHatever crime it might be an∣ciently in private Men to be skill'd in Maps and Charts of whole Countries, (that being thought a Piece of Knowledge, proper only for Princes and great Generals) 'tis now a mighty Defect in the modish Ac∣complishments of the Age of the other∣wise; and every Body is so much a Po∣litician, States-man and Warriour, that there is no conversing in the World without an intimate Acquaintance with all the four Quarters of the Globe. 'Tis not my business at present to furnish out Instructions for the speedy Attainment of this kind of Learning; nor to explain Gazettes and Monthly Mercuries: that's done abundantly by other Hands. The sole design of this Chapter is the poin∣ting at such ancient and modern Writers,

as have describ'd (at large, and by whole∣sale) the Lands and Territories, Cities and High-ways, Natural History, Poli∣ticks, Antiquities, &c. of this King∣dom.

Ptolemy,* 1.1 liv'd (asa 1.2 all agree) in the beginning of the second Century; and therefore we may safely call him the first Geographer that mention'd any thing of the British Islands. For the little florid Accounts which we have from Julius Caesar or Tacitus, ought not to come in∣to this reckoning. And well he may seem to be so; since the Maps which Maginus and others have drawn by his Tables, sufficiently shew, that, when he wrote, Geography was but in its In∣fancy. So much of him as relates to us, has been lately publish'd byb 1.3 Dr. Gale, who has also give us his own learned Notes upon that part of the Book.

If Antoninus's* 1.4 Itinerary were truly the Composure of that great Emperor, whose Name it bears, there would be no con∣troversie in placing it next to Ptolemy's Tables: butc 1.5 Vossius gives it too severe Language to deserve the Honour it had

sometime gain'd in the world; and (in plain terms) calls it a Bastard. How∣ever, let it be written by Antoninus, An∣tonius ora 1.6 Aethicus; 'tis of an ancient date, and shall here keep the Station and Repute it has gotten among as learned and wise Judges as have hitherto con∣demn'd it. That part of his Work which concerns Britain, has been amply treated on by three of our own Coun∣trymen: Mr.b 1.7 R. Talbot, sometime Ca∣non of Norwich, whose Manuscript Com∣mentaries (much enlarg'd by Dr. Caius) are now in the Library at Caius College in Cambridge: Mr. Williamc 1.8 Burton, School-master at Kingston upon Thames: And Dr. Tho.d 1.9 Gale, the present Learned and Worthy Master of St. Paul's School in London.

The Liber Notitiarum comes next in order;* 1.10 and the last mention'de 1.11 Learned Person has oblig'd us with as much of it as is for our purpose. He has also given us what may seem to have any relation to this Country, out of an old anonymous

Geographer lately publish'd at Paris, to∣gether with a List of the Hides or Tene∣ments in the several Counties of England in the days of our Saxon Kings. And these (I think) are all the Remains of our old Geography, and the Summ of what was penn'd before the Conquest that look'd this way. For, with what confidence soevera 1.12 J. Pits may re∣port it, I do not believe that ever vene∣rable Bede wrote any Book, De situ & mirabilibus Britanniae; or that any such thing is, or ever was to be had in the Library of Bennet College. His Ecclesi∣astical History (as paraphras'd in the English Saxon Tongue by King Aelfred) is indeed there; and the first Chapter in it bears a Title which might impose up∣on the good Man, or his Informer, who is often guilty of more groundless Mi∣stakes than this.

From the Conquest,* 1.13 down to the Reign of King Henry the Eighth; our English Geographers have either been few, or the want of Printing has occasi∣on'd the loss of most of them. Gyraldus Cambrensis's four Books of the Topogra∣phy of Britain and his Itinerary, (both

whicha 1.14 are said to be in Bennet-Li∣brary) are the first I can hear off. And I doubt I shall only hear of them; for they seem to be the same with his Itine∣rary and Topography of Wales. John Lelandb 1.15 says, he does not question but there was such a Book as the former of these. But all his industry could not ferret it out. Ralph de Diceto's Treatise c 1.16 de mirabilibus Angliae seems to be as rare a Piece as either of the former; and is, perhaps, laid up with John Hormin∣ger's d 1.17 Commendations of England, or (as Bale calls it) de divitiis & deli∣ciis Angliae. Of the same Stamp, I fan∣sie, is William Thorn'se 1.18 Chronicle of all the Countries (as well as Bishopricks and Abbeys) in England; John de Trevi∣sa's f 1.19 Description of Britain; and William Buttoner'sg 1.20 Antiquities, col∣lected out of the old Charters, Leiger-Books, Epitaphs, &c. of the whole King∣dom. Caxton's is the only thing in its kind, which I can assuredly say we have; as being long since publish'd with hish 1.21 Chronicle or Fructus Temporum. Will it be any inducement to the Reader to per∣use

use this Author's Work to hear him re∣commended bya 1.22 Bale, under the cha∣racter of vir non omnino stupidus aut ig∣naviâ torpens?

Since the beginning of Henry the Eighth's Reign,* 1.23 our eldest general Geo∣grapher of Antiquary, is said to beb 1.24 Tho. Sulmo (some call him Sulemanus, others Solimountes) a Guernsey Man, who died at London, A. D. 1545. The year following a much greater Man of the profession (Sir Thomas Eliot, one of King Henry's Ambassadors and Sir Tho∣mas Moor's Friends)c 1.25 di'd also, and left behind him a learned and judicious Commentary de rebus memorabilibus An∣gliae. This work gain'd him the Repute of a most accomplish'd Antiquary in the opinion of J.d 1.26 Leland, who is almost immoderate in his Praises. But Hum∣phrey e 1.27 Lhuyd (being a little disgusted at his Prytannia) could only allow him the modest Character of vir non contem∣nendae eruditionis. Cotemporary with these two, was George Lilly (Son of Wil∣liam Lilly the famous Grammarian) who liv'd sometime at Rome with Cardinal

Pool; and publish'd the first exacta 1.28 Map that ever was drawn of this Island.

The chief Ornament of this King's Reign,* 1.29 was John Leland, his Library-Keeper and Canon of Christ-Church, of whom we shall have occasion to speak more largelyb 1.30 elsewhere. Among the many voluminous Writings he left behind him, those that have any relation to the general Description of England, are hisc 1.31 Itinerary in five Volumes (which J.d 1.32 Pits seems to have sub∣divided into a great many other Trea∣tises) and hise 1.33 Cygnea Cantio. The latter of these is a Poetical Piece of Flat∣tery, or a Panegyrick on King Henry; wherein the Author brings his Swan down the River of Thames, from Oxford to Greenwich, describing (as she passes along) all the Towns, Castles and o∣ther places of Note within her view. And the ancient Names of these, being sometimes different from what the com∣mon Herd of Writers had usually given, therefore (in his Commentary on this Po∣em) he Alphabetically explains his Terms; and by the bye, brings in a great deal of the ancient Geography of this Island.

Persons of greatest eminence in this* 1.34 sort of Learning, under Queen Elizabeth, were Humphrey Lhuyd, John Twyne, Wil∣liam Harrison and William Camden. The first of these was born at Denbigh, where he afterwards practis'd Physick, and wrote many excellent Treatises. He was an intimate Acquaintance of Orte∣lius, whom he assisted in the Edition of his Ancient Geography, furnishing him with Maps of England and Wales. And because he therein disagreed from the o∣pinions of some former Antiquaries, in the Position of several of the old Cities, Forts and Rivers, he sent him also his a 1.35 Commentarioli Britannicae descriptio∣nis fragmentum; which gives reasons for all the uncommon Assertions he had there laid down. He shews in it how imperfect all the accounts of this Island are, which we have from the Roman Writers, and how dark, for want of a little skill in the old British Language. From thence he derives most of our anci∣ent Names; and herein he is much fol∣low'd by Camden, as himself (in other matters) is a great follower of Leland. John Twyne (Schoolmaster, and some∣time

a 1.36 Mayor of Canterbury) was so considerable in Antiquities, as to deserve a very high place among J. Leland's b 1.37 Worthies; and appears indeed to have been a man of extraordinary Know∣ledge in the Histories and Antiquities of this Kingdom. The only thing of his that's publish'd is his Treatisec 1.38 de re∣bus Albionicis, Britannicis at{que} Anglicis: but his Grandson Bryan gave several o∣ther of his Manuscript Collections to Corpus Christi College in Oxford; where they still remain. William Harrison (Chaplain to Sir William Brook Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports) with great Pains, and good Judgment, collected, A Description of the Island of Britain, with a brief Rehearsal of the Nature and Qualities of the People of England, and such Commodities as are to be found in the same. Which in three Books, has been d 1.39 several times printed together with R. Holinshead's Chronicle. Besides these, 'tis said, George Coryat (Rector of Od∣combe, and Father to Tom. Coryat of fa∣mous Memory) wrote ae 1.40 Descripti∣on of England, Scotland and Ireland, in

Latin Verse, which he dedicated to Queen Elizabeth.

But the Glory of this Queen's Reign,* 1.41 as well as her Successor's, and the Prince of our English Antiquaries, was Mr. Camden, whose Life has been written at large by Dr. Smith, Mr. Wood, and Mr. Gibson. So that I need not here mention any of its particulars. His Britannia is the Book which chiefly re∣spects the Subject of this Chapter; and may honestly be styl'd the commona 1.42 Sun, whereat our modern Writers have all lighted their little Torches. In La∣tin it had manyb 1.43 Editions during the Life of its Author, who continually polish'd and improv'd it; 'Twas first translated into English by Philemon Hol∣land; who gave twoc 1.44 Editions of it in that Language. The former of these appearing while Mr. Camden himself was alive, I am apt to believe (with Tho.d 1.45 Fuller) that many of the Addi∣tions and Interpolations, which were then charg'd on the Translator, might not only come in by the Author's own

Permission and Consent, but were also placed there by his Directions, and are as truly his proper Work as any other part of the Text. But, in the second, Holland himself frequently turns Anti∣quary, taking upon him to correct, add and explode what he pleases. These Corruptions have been all noted in a late English Edition of the Work; where∣in, 'tis hoped, effectual care has been taken to do the great Author all the Ho∣nour and Justice he has merited from his Countrymen. Some early Attempts were made by an envious Person, one a 1.46 Brook or Brookmonth, to blast the de∣servedly great Reputation of this Book; but they perish'd and came to nothing; as did likewise the terrible Threats given out by Sir Symonds D. Ewes, that he would discoverb 1.47 Errors in every Page. As little to be regarded is that scurrillous In∣vective, which Fuller has most unwor∣thily inserted into his Church-History: a Work wherein (if the Author had been capable of any such thing) a Man would have expected nothing but what look'd like Truth and Gravity. There is now no danger of his Suffering by the Injuries

done him by Holland; and, I think, ve∣ry little from thea 1.48 unskilfull Epitome of the Book drawn by Vitellius a Fo∣reigner, and long since publish'd atb 1.49 Amsterdam.

To this we must here add another Work,* 1.50 which is now generally ascribed to Mr. Camden; but at first carry'd on∣ly in its Title Page the two last Letters (M. N.) of both his Names. This is his Remains concerning Britain, its Lan∣guages, Names, Surnames, &c. After 'twas enlarg'd by John Philipot (Somer∣set-Herald) it has had manyc 1.51 Impres∣sions, and has been confidently, and without any Scruple, father'd upon our great Antiquary. There are in it a deal of good Collections touching the Lan∣guages, Money, Surnames and Appa∣rel of our British and Saxon Ancestors: but his List of proper Names might be considerably enlarged and corrected by whatd 1.52 Scottelius ande 1.53 Mr. Gibson have written on that Subject. As for his Allusions, Rebus and Anagrams, he himself fear'd they would pass for Foolish Fopperies; and I do not care for thwar∣ting,

without very good reason, any of his opinions. The conceits in Impresses, Apophthegms, Poems, Epigra msand Epi∣taphs are endless, and therefore hardly worth registring in a Work of this Na∣ture.

To our late Antiquaries,* 1.54 Mr. Camden has been the same thing as Homer was of old to the Poets of Greece. They have usually borrow'd or stoln their whole stock from him. J. Speed, 'tis true, was a Person of extraordinary In∣dustry and Attainments in the Study of Antiquities; and seems not altogether unworthy of the Name of summus & eru∣ditus Antiquarius, given him bya 1.55 one who was certainly so himself. His Maps are extremely well; and make a noble Apparatus (as they were design'd) to his History. But his Descriptions of the several Counties are mostly short Ab∣stracts of what Camden had said before him, saving only that of Norfolk, which (he owns, tho' he is not always so civil to his chief Benefactor) he had from Sir Henry Spelman. I am apt to believe he was not much in Sir Henry's Debt; since 'tis likely the Villare Anglicum (af∣terwards

publish'd in Sir Henry's Name▪ and said to be compos'd by him and Mr. Dodesworth) was chiefly drawn out of Speed's Alphabetical Tables on the back of his Maps. The like must be said of Edw. Leigh's short Treatise ofa 1.56 England describ'd, &c. which is a small handfull of Gleanings out of the same common Field. Of the like Complexi∣on is a good share of Fuller'sb 1.57 Wor∣thies; which pretends to give an account of the Native Commodities, Manufa∣ctures, Buildings, Proverbs, &c. of all the Counties of England and Wales; as well as of their great men in Church and State; tho' this latter looks like the principal Design, and makes up the greatest part of the Volume. It was hudled up in hast,c 1.58 for the procurement of some mo∣derate profit for the Author, tho' he did not live to see it publish'd. It corrects many Mistakes in his Ecclesiastical Hi∣story; but makes more new ones in their stead. The best things in it are the Catalogues of the Sheriffs; and the Lists of the Gentry, as they were return'd from the several Counties (twelve only excepted) in the 12th. year of Henry

the Sixth. His chief Author is Bale, for the Lives of his eminent Writers; and those of his greatest Heroes are common∣ly mis-shapen Scraps, mix'd with Tattle and Lyes. But the boldest Plagiary in the whole pack, is R. Blome, the pre∣tended Author of the mocka 1.59 Britan∣nia, or, A Geographical Description of the Kingdoms of England, Scotland and Ire∣land, &c. a most entire Piece of Theft out of Camden and Speed.

Besides these Volumes in print,* 1.60 there are many vast Bundles of Collections, re∣lating to the general Geography and An∣tiquities of this Nation, which still re∣main in Manuscript; and are the pecu∣liar Treasure of our publick and private Libraries. Such are those of H. Ferrers Esq a great Friend and Assistant tob 1.61 Mr. Camden; one large Volume where∣of (relating to the Pedigrees of our Nobility and Gentry) is now in thec 1.62 Heralds Office at London, and others are scatter'd in private hands. Many more of the like kind are referr'd to by Sir William Dugdale: as those ofd 1.63 R. Glo∣ver, e 1.64 Jo. Hanson,f 1.65 S. Kniveton,

a 1.66 A. Vincent, Sirb 1.67 Hen. Spelman, Sirc 1.68 R. St. George and others; and he has also left a fair number of his own Composure, which were kindly deposi∣ted by himself in his Son Ashmole's Mu∣saeum at Oxford. His Copartner Dodes∣worth's are in Bodley's Library.

We are likewise indebted to them that have been at the Expence of making Sur∣veys of the whole Kingdom,* 1.69 in order to the affording us more accurate Maps than those which had formerly been drawn at Random. After the use∣full endeavours of Saxton and Speed, great Summs were expended this way by Seller and Morden, at whose charges some pilfering Interlopers have set up to vend more correct Maps of England (as they call them) which are in nothing different from theirs, but in some few changes of the Bearings of Towns, new Currents of Rivers, &c. all of the same value, and discover'd by the same Art, with the Painter's Wife's Island. Mr. Adams's large Map, with the Contracti∣on of it afterwards must also be acknow∣ledg'd to be done with good Pains, Judgment and Exactness. 'Twere to be

wish'd his Indexa 1.70 Villaris had no more Errors nor Omissions in it: but we are not without hopes, but that the mighty Improvements which have been made upon this, by the Industrious and Learn∣ed Mr.b 1.71 Aubrey, may shortly be published.

The Natural History of England was* 1.72 a thing never dream'd on till the Vis∣count of St. Albans (Sir Francis Bacon) began to publish his own Discoveries in Experimental Philosophy; and, by his great Example and Success, set some les∣ser Heads a working. 'Twas this great Man who firstc 1.73 observed to our En∣glish Philosophers, that we wanted two parts in three of a just Natural History; which he calls Expatiatio Naturae & Ars. Under the former he ranks all the un∣couth and uncommon Occurrences in Simple Nature; and, under the other, her several Modifications (and the ma∣ny Useful and Instructive Discoveries that are made of Her) in Arts Mechani∣cal. And yet what is it (upon the whole) that we have hitherto had on either of these Subjects? Dr. Childrey's

a 1.74 Britannia Baconica does promise an Historical Account of the Natural Rari∣ties of England, Scotland and Wales; with Observations and Deductions an∣swerable to the Rules laid down by the Lord Bacon: But his Volume (not to say a hard thing of him) is manifestly too small for the performance. Sir Hugh Platt'sb 1.75 Jewel House, and Dr. Mer∣ret's c 1.76 Pinax are also rather short Ca∣talogues of our Natural Curiosities, than just Treatises upon 'em: For no such thing has yet appear'd. We have in∣deed a pretty good stock of Materials to∣wards the raising of such a Fabrick; if we could but meet with a Judicious and Daring Architect. The late Honourable and Famous Mr. Boyle has (in several of his Tracts) made large Discoveries of the Nature of our Frosts, Snow, Hail and other Meteors. Our flying and creeping Insects have been carefully mar∣shall'd and examin'd by Dr.d 1.77 Lister; who also has notably inform'd us of the most abstruse Phoenomena in our Springs ande 1.78 Mineral Waters (as Dr. Plott

likewise hasa 1.79 done) and has reduced our Land andb 1.80 Sea-shells into the best Classes that are any where extant. Our c 1.81 Fowl,d 1.82 Fish, ande 1.83 Quadrupeds are well Trib'd by Mr. Willughby and Mr. R••y. Our Earths, Metals, and other Fossils, have been enquir'd into byf 1.84 Mr. Webster, and others. Our form'd Stones, which have been strangely neg∣lected by the Naturalists of former Ages, will (we hope) shortly be very through∣ly and satisfactorily treated on by the In∣genious Dr. Woodward; who, by what he has alreadyg 1.85 publish'd on that Sub∣ject, has rather rais'd our Expectations than remov'd our Doubts. We likewise expect a deal of Information, in these amusing Curiosities, from the Learned Mr. Edward Lhwyd, who has Abilities sufficient to go through with any Un∣dertaking, wherein his singular Modesty will allow him to engage. Mr. Beau∣mont ought also to be reminded of the thoughts he once had o••h 1.86 setting forth

a particular Tract to this purpose: No Man being better qualify'd for such a performance. Mr. Ray has put our Bo∣tanists upon daily searches after new Plants; since hisa 1.87 Synopsis has told them what numerous Discoveries have been lately made by Mr. Lhwyd in Wales, Mr. Lawson in the Northern Counties of England, &c. The like Encouragements our Naturalists have from his (and Mr. Willughby's) Ornithology to make fur∣ther Enquiries after the many hitherto undiscover'd Species of Birds; since 'tis easily observable, that the Authors of that Work having had the greatest Assi∣stance from Mr. Johnson and Mr. Jessop (both Yorkshire Men) there are in it more Discoveries of new kinds from the North than any other Quarter of the Kingdom. To all these must be added the many Ingenious Informations com∣municated, from most parts of the Na∣tion, in our Philosophical Transactions; especially from some of the forementi∣oned chief Naturalists of this Age, Dr. Plott, Dr. Lister; and Mr. Ray.

Some general Accounts have been gi∣ven of our English Policy* 1.88 and Frame of

Government; wherein our Historian ought to be well vers'd and conversant; especially in those that are written by Statesmen, and such as may be pre∣sum'd to have well understood the Af∣fairs they treat on. Sir Thomas Smith's a 1.89 Commonwealth of England has met with good Applause; having been fre∣quently printed both in English and La∣tin. There was also another small Trea∣tise (entitul'd, The Authority, Form and Manner of holding Parliaments) lately b 1.90 publish'd in his Name: but some have question'd whether it be rightly father'd. Upon this latter Subject we have a printed Account of the Opinion of Mr. Camdenc 1.91; together with those of J. Doderidge, Arthur Agard and Fran∣cis Tate. Sir Walter Raleigh has like∣wise written (as he used to do on all other Subjects) most judiciously andd 1.92 a∣cutely upon the Prerogatives of our Parliaments; and Sir Robert Cotton's e 1.93 Posthuma are full of Learning on the same Topick. Dr. Chamberlain's present state of England has been so well

receiv'd, as to admit of a new Edition almost yearly ever since 'twasa 1.94 first publish'd. It has been indeed, of late, very coursly treated by a nameless Scrib∣ler of Observations on the Times: But he seems to have been hir'd to the Drudge∣ry of penning such unmannerly Reflecti∣ons, by a Gentleman who had newly publish'd another Book (much fuller of Mistakes) under the like Title.

As to what concerns our Nobility and Gentry,* 1.95 all that come within either of those Lists, will allow that Mr. Selden's b 1.96 Titles of Honour ought first to be well perus'd; for the gaining of a gene∣ral Notion of the Distinction of Degrees from an Emperour down to a Country-Gentleman: And, after this, the three Volumes of Sir William Dugdale'sc 1.97 Ba∣ronage of England; which gives an Ac∣count of the Lives and Prowess of all our English Nobility, from the coming in of the Saxons down to the Year 1676. Whatever relates to the Knights of the most Noble Order of the Garter is com∣pletely shewn us by Mr. Ashmole, in his most elaborate and perfectd 1.98 Work on that Subject. For inferiour Ranks

we have 'em in the Books of Heraldry that have been publish'd by Wyrley, Brooks, Vincent, Dugdale, and (especial∣ly) Guillim; of thea 1.99 two last Editions of whose Book 'tis observ'd, that R. Blome has so disguis'd and spoil'd it, that if the Author, or Authors, of it were li∣ving they could scarce know it. What is missing in these will be abundantly sup∣ply'd out of the great Treasury of MS. Collections in the Heralds Office at Lon∣don; wherein are innumerable Inscripti∣ons, Arms, Epitaphs, Pedigrees, Lists of Precedence at Coronations and Fune∣rals, &c.

Notes

• * 1.1

  Ptolemy.
• a 1.2

  H. Lhuyd Fragment. fol. 35. a. Jo. Ant. Maginus, Pag. 4. &c.
• b 1.3

  Append. ad Hist. Brit. p. 735. & 787.
• * 1.4

  Antoni∣nus
• c 1.5

  De Hist. Lat. in vità Livii.
• a 1.6

  Vide Usserii Hist. Eccles. Brit. p. 42.
• b 1.7

  M. S. in Coll. Ben. Cantab. & Bibl. Cott. de quo vid. Hist. & Antiq. Oxon. par. II. p. 135. & J. Pits, p. 737.
• c 1.8

  Fol. London 1658.
• d 1.9

  Append. ad Hist. Brit. p. 787.
• * 1.10

  Liber Notitia•• rum.
• e 1.11

  Id. ib. p. 744, 746, 748.
• a 1.12

  Pag. 136.
• * 1.13

  Since the Conquest.
• a 1.14

  Id. p. 280.
• b 1.15

  Assert. Arthur. fol. 33. a.
• c 1.16

  Pits p. 283.
• d 1.17

  Id. p. 398.
• e 1.18

  Id. pag. 529.
• f 1.19

  Id. pag. 567.
• g 1.20

  Id. p. 646.
• h 1.21

  Fol. Lond. 1515.
• a 1.22

  Edit. prim. Cent. 8. cap. 43.
• * 1.23

  In Hen Eighth's Reign.
• b 1.24

  J. Pits, p. 733.
• c 1.25

  Id. p. 734.
• d 1.26

  De Encom. virorum illustr. p. 18.
• e 1.27

  Fragment. fol. 5. a. b.
• a 1.28

  J. Pits, p. 740.
• * 1.29

  John Le∣land.
• b 1.30

  Chap. 15.
• c 1.31

  M. S. in Bibl. Bodl.
• d 1.32

  Pag. 743, 744.
• e 1.33

  4^o. Lond. 1545.
• * 1.34

  Qu. Eliz.
• a 1.35

  8^o. Colon. Agrip. 1572. & Anglice (The Bre∣viary of Britain.) 8^o. London 1573.
• a 1.36

  Athen. Oxon. vol. I. p. 160.
• b 1.37

  Encom. Vi∣ror. illustr. p. 83.
• c 1.38

  8^o. Lond. 1590.
• d 1.39

  Fol. Lond. 1577 and 1587.
• e 1.40

  Hist. & Antiq. Oxon. par. II. p. 141.
• * 1.41

  W. Cam∣den's Bri∣tannia.
• a 1.42

  Vid. H. Spelm. Gloss. in voce Heraldus.
• b 1.43

  8^o. Lond. 1582. 85. 87. 4^o. Ib. 1590. 94. Fol. Ib. 1607.
• c 1.44

  Fol. Lond. 1610, 1637.
• d 1.45

  Worthies of Engl. p. 128. in Warwickshire.
• a 1.46

  Ath. Oxon. Vol. I. p. 411.
• b 1.47

  See A. B. Usher's Letters, P. 496.
• a 1.48

  Vid. Not. in Aelfr. mag. vit. p. 33.
• b 1.49

  In 12^o. 1639.
• * 1.50

  Cam∣den's Re∣mains.
• c 1.51

  4^o. & 8^o. Lond. 1637, &c.
• d 1.52

  De Ling. Germ. lib. 5. tract. 2.
• e 1.53

  In Append. ad Chron. Saxon.
• * 1.54

  J. Speed and other late An∣tiquaries.
• a 1.55

  Sheringham de Angl. Orig. P. 42.
• a 1.56

  8^o. Lond. 1659.
• b 1.57

  Fol. Lond. 1662.
• c 1.58

  P. 2.
• a 1.59

  Fol. Lond. 1673.
• * 1.60

  M. S. Col∣lections.
• b 1.61

  Camd. Britan. in War∣wickshire.
• c 1.62

  Ath. Oxon. vol. I. pag. 504.
• d 1.63

  Mo∣nast. Angl. Tom. II. p. 18. 66. 246. 851. 869, &c.
• e 1.64

  Ib. p. 41.
• f 1.65

  Ib. p. 50. 184. 607.
• a 1.66

  Ibid. p. 85.
• b 1.67

  Ibid. p. 70. 154. 298. 449. 506.
• c 1.68

  Ibid. p. 78. 196. 624.
• * 1.69

  Maps.
• a 1.70

  Fol. Lond. 1680.
• b 1.71

  MS. in Musaeo Ashmol. Oxon.
• * 1.72

  Natural History.
• c 1.73

  De Augment. Scient. Lib. 2. Cap. 2.
• a 1.74

  8^o. Lond. 1661.
• b 1.75

  4^o. Lond. 1652.
• c 1.76

  8^o. Lond. 1665.
• d 1.77

  Tract de Aran. & Not. in Goedart.
• e 1.78

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