Anglorum speculum, or The worthies of England, in church and state Alphabetically digested into the several shires and counties therein contained; wherein are illustrated the lives and characters of the most eminent persons since the conquest to this present age. Also an account of the commodities and trade of each respective county, and the most flourishing cities and towns therein.

Noted Sheriffs.

An. 21. Rob. de Vaus. al. de Vaux or de Vallibus, a right Ancient Family, [monarch K. Hen. 2.] still extant in this County, Beu-Castle Church is thought to have been of their erection. This Rob. was Father to Jo. de Vallibus, on whose Loyalty and Valour K. Hen. 3. relied. The Lord Vaux of Har∣rowd of Northamton-sh. doth hence fetch his Extra∣ction.

An. 8. Walt Epis. Carliel no great Clerk. [monarch H. 3.] Being made Lord Treasurer of England, he avowed his Accounts even, when ju∣stly charged with 100 pound debt to the Exchequer; upon which he resigned his Bishoprick and became a Fryar at Oxf. where he dyed 1248.

An. 2. Andr. de Harcla, [monarch E. 2.] behaved himself right handsomely in the Service of King E. 2. especially at the Battle of Borough∣bridge,

where he killed Humph. Bohun Earl of Heref. and took Th. Plantagenet Earl of Lanc. &c. Prisoners. In reward whereof he was created Earl of Carlile, and had the Isle of Man bestowed upon him. But he turned Apostate from his Allegiance, and lest the Nobility should by secret Sympathy suffer in his dis∣graceful Death, the Earl was first parted from the Man, and his Honour severed from his Person, by a solemn Degradation, having his Knightly Spurs hew'd off, which done, he was hang'd, drawn and quar∣tered.

16. Rich. Duke of Glouc. had a La∣bell for the difference of his Arms, [monarch E. 4.] tho he was but third Son to the King, for in his own Ambition he was not only the Eldest but the only Child of his Father, as it appeareth by his project, not long after, to Bastardize both his Bre∣thern. And now did he begin to take this County in his way, to the Crown, by securing it in the time of his Shirivalty, in order to his higher Ad∣vancement.

21. Th. Wharton by H. 8. Created first Lord Wharton of Wharton in West∣merl. gave the Scots such a Blow at Solemn Moss that K. Ja. 5. soon after dyed for Sorrow thereof. [monarch H. 8.] The Scots then preferred rather to be taken Prisoners, than to fight under their distasted Ge∣nera, Ol. Saint-clere, a Man of Low-birth and High∣pride.