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.

Cardinals.

Adam de Easton (or Eaton) first very Poor and mean, was D. D. in Oxford. Afterward he was made Cardinal at Rome by the Title of St. Cicilie. Pope Ʋrban who created, did likewise annihilate him, confining him for 25 Years to an empty and dark Abyss (or Dungeon) for suspicion of some Treachery, as for the like reason he caused five o∣ther Cardinals to be put in a Sack and cast into the Sea, in that manner sending them as joynt Ambassadours to Neptune. According to the anci∣ent Roman Law De Sicariis, a Cock, &c. ought to have been put in the Sack with the Car∣dinals, and 'tis very strange that † Peter (understanding the usefulness of that Creature) should have been so ill-natu∣r'd as to withhold that Herauld of Re∣pentance from his devoted Servants. By Pope Boniface Successor to Ʋrban, our Cardinal was restored to all his Dignities, and sent over into England to R. 2. with ample commendation. He died 1397. and was buried in the Church of St. Cicilie.

Jo. Breton, Dr. of the Laws was Famous in that Profession, and lived in the Reign of E. 1. by whose Authority he wrote a Treatise of the Laws of England, the Tenor whereof runneth in the Kings Name, thus, We will, &c. His Work, after great variation of the Laws, is still in great and general repute. He was made B. of Hereford, by H. 3. He died about 1275.

Adam de Orlton, D. L. born in Hereford, where he was Bishop. He Murdered E. 2. being moved thereunto by this Riddle. Edwardum occidere noli∣te timere bonum est.

Jo. Grandesson, born at Ashperton, of high Ex∣traction, and B. of Exeter, would not suffer the Arch-bishop of Cant. to visit his Diocess. He ar∣ched the Roof of his Cathedral, builded and endow∣ed a rich Colledge of St. Mary Ottery, to which Benefactions he was enabled by perswading all the Secular Clergy to make him sole Heir to their e∣states. He died 1369.

Notes

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  The Pope assumes to himself his Name and Authority.
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