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.

Prelates

Gilb. Berkeley, descended from the ancient Bar∣ons of that Name (as appeareth by his Arms) was made Bishop of Bath and Wells An. 1 Eliz. He died 1581. and was buried in his own Cathe∣dral.

Jo. Aylmer, (brother to Sir Rob.) was born at Ayl∣mer-hall, and bred in Cambridg. He became Chap∣lain to H. Gray D. of Suffolk, and had the tuition of his Daughter the Lady Jane Gray. Flying in the Reign of Queen Mary he was wonderfully saved from the Searchers of the Ship, by a Merchant who put him in a great Wine-But which had a Partition in the middle, so that Mr. Aylmer sat in the hin∣der part, whilst the Searchers drank Wine which they saw drawn out of the head or other end

thereof. In the Reign of Queen Elizabeth he was made Arch-deacon of Linclon and at last Bishop of London. He had a Son called Tob-el (i. e. God is Good) in memorial of a great deliverance bestowed on his mother, when being big with child of him, she was thrown out of a coach. This Bishop was a great Scholar and Divine. He was chosen a Di∣sputant at Westminster against the Popish Bishops An. 1. Elizabeth. He stoutly opposed the Non-con∣formists, and was fouly be-libelled by them. He died 1594. He left the main of his great Estate to Sam. his eldest Son (High-Sheriff of Suff. in the Reign of King Ch.) of his youngest Sons, Dr. Ayl∣mer Rector of Haddam in Hartford, was a very Learned Man and great Divine.

Jo. Towers bred in Cambridge, became Chaplain to William Earl of Northampton, who bestowed on him the Benefice of Castle-Ashby in Northampton. He was preferred Dean, and at last B. of Peterbo∣rough. He was a good Actor when he was young, and a great Sufferer when he was Old, (dying about 1650) rich only in Children and Patience.