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.

Writers.

Hugh of Manchester, first a Dominican, then a Franciscan, having discovered an Impostor, wrote a Book de Fanaticorum deliriis, dedicating the same to E. 1. who sent him Ambassador to Philip K. of France to demand Lands which were detained from him in Aquitain. He died 1294.

Rich. Ʋlverston, a great Antiquary, bred at Ox∣ford, wrote a Book entituled the Articles of Faith. He died (probably) about 1434.

Th. Penketh, D. D. in Oxford, so deep a Scotist, and of so great a Memory, that had all the Books of Scotus been lost, he was reported by Forraigners, able to restore them every word. He was Professor at Padua, and after his return, Provincial of the Augustinians in England. He died and was buried in London, 1487.

Jo. Standish, wrote a Book against the Translation of the Bible into English, and presented it to the

Parliament. He died 1556 near the end of Q. Mary.