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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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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G. S.
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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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"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." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A58992.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 13, 2024.
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Since the Reformation.
W. Coppinger was born at Bucks-hall, in this County, where his Family flourisheth in good esteem. He was bred a Fishmonger in London, whereof he became Lord Mayor 1512. He gave the half of his (great) Estate to pious uses. I am sorry to see this Gentleman's an∣cient Arms substracted (in point of honour) by the ad∣dition of a superfluous Bordure.
Sir W. Cordal Knight,* 1.1 had a fair Estate in Long-Melford, and was well descended. He became a Barrister, Speaker of the Parliament, and Privy Counsellour, and Master of the Rolls, to Queen Mary. He founded a fair Almshouse at Melford, and
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left a large allowance to the poor, for Diet and Cloaths, He continued Master of the Rolls till the day of his death, 23 Eliz.
Sir Robert Hicham Knight, and Serjeant at Law, born at or near Nacton, purchased the Mannor of Fram∣lingham from the Earl of Suffolk, and entered into the same, after great and many intervening Obstacles. He left a great part of his Estate to pious uses, and prin∣cipally to Pembrook-Hall in Cambridge. He dyed a lit∣tle before the beginning of the Civil Wars.