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.

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Title: 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.
Author: G. S.
Publication: London :: printed for Thomas Passinger at the three Bibles on London-Bridge, William Thackary at the Angel in Duck-lane, and John Wright at the Crown on Ludgate-Hill,; 1684.
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Cardinals.

Th. Bourcher, Brother to Hen. first Earl of Ess. was successively Bishop of Worc. Ely, Arch-bishop of Cant. (for 51 years) by the Title of St. Cyriacus in the Baths, He married H. 7. to the Daughter of E. 4. and applyed himself Politickly to the Power of that Prince. Yet 'tis said

Praestitit hic praesul nil tanto sanguine dignum.

What was 100 pounds and a Chest given by him to Camb.? He saw the Civil Wars between York and Lanc. begun, continued and concluded. Many Noble Prelates were his Contemporaries, and after his de∣cease, Cardinal Pole, a Man of Noble Extraction.