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.

SUFFOLK.

SƲffolk hath Norfolk on the North, Cambridgeshire on the West, the German Ocean on the East, and Essex on the South. It stretcheth from East to West 45 Miles, though the general breadth be but 20, sa∣ving that is somewhat towards the Sea. The Air there∣of is esteem'd the best in England, a small parcel near the Sea-side only excepted. There is very good Cheese made in this County, (whereof the finest are very thin) though yielding to the Butter made here, which excells both in Quantity and Quality. The Manufacture of Cloathing in this County hath been much greater, and Clothiers richer heretofore then in these times; Many stately Monuments having been formerly erected to their Memories, and not one in those latter Seasons. The County hath no Cathedral, though generally fair Parish Churches. It had formerly a most magnificent Abbey-Church in Bury, with three lesser Churches waiting thereon in the same Church-yard; of these, but two are extant at this day, being stately Structures. It is generally avouched by all Authors, that Mary youngest Sister to King Henry 8. Relict to Lewis 12. King of France, afterwards Married to Ch. Brandon D. of Suffolk, was buried in the Abbey-Church in Bu∣ry, 1533. Yet her Corps could not protect that Church, which was in few years after levelled to the ground. I read not that her Body was removed, nor doth any Monument remain here to her Memory. The Town of Bu••y is sweetly seated, and fairly built, especially since 1608. about which time it was defaced with a ca∣sual Fire. The School, a great Ornament to the Town,

was founded by K. Edw. 6. and is it self a Corporation now (as well as ever) flourishing under Mr. Stephens, the able Master thereof. Amongst the Houses of the Gentry, long Melford, late the House of the Countess of Rivers, was the first Fruits of the plundering in Eng∣land. Then Sommerley-Hall nigh Yarmouth, belonging to the Lady Wentworth, is Beautified with pleasant Walks, set with Firr-Trees, verdant all the year. As for others, there are many handsome Houses in the Town of Ipswich, which belong to Merchants.

Proverbs.

I. Suffolk Milk. No County in England affords bet∣ter. II. Suffolk fair Maids. III. Suffolk-stiles. This belongeth both to Suffolk and Essex, where there are troublesome Stiles to be clambred over. IV. You are in the right way to Needham; spoken of those who ha∣sten to Poverty. Needham is a Market Town in this County, stocked (as it happens) with poor people.

Princes.

Edmund Mortimer, Son to Roger Earl of March,* 1.1 was born (probably) in Clare. Af∣ter the death of Richard 2. he was the next Heir to the Crown; but was willing to yield the same to K. Henry 4. so he might receive and enjoy his pri∣vate Patrimony, kept from him by the said Henry, but he could obtain neither. Being afterwards employed by this King in a War against Owen Glendor, the Welsh Rebel, he was taken Prisoner, and neglected by the King, (who had only exposed him to danger under pretence of Honour) he made a shift to ransom himself. Yet did he but exchange a Welsh for an Irish Prison, kept 20 years in restraint in his own Castle of Trim, in the end of the Reign of Henry 4. all the Reign of

Henry 5. and the beginning of Henry 6. He dyed an. 1454. without issue, leaving Anne his Sister his Heir, and was buried in Clare.

Saints.

St. Edmund, K. of the E. Angles, was cruelly tor∣tured to death at Hoxton in this County, by the Pagan Danes, an. 870. His Body was placed in a goodly Shrine, richly adorned with Jewels, at Bury in this County. Of him a Popish Author; When the Christi∣ans, seeking his Corps, were lost in a Wood, did call to one another, where art? where art? where art? The Mar∣tyred head answered, here, here, here. Here is a three∣fold cord artificially twisted, the full length of which I leave to the learned Author, and will only add, that if those Christians could not hear a Treble voice, they were as deaf, as the Forger was impudent, who first hammered out such a base lye. The Glorious Memo∣ry of this Martyr-King, needs not the rotten Varnish of such Falsities. The Town of Bury bears his Name.

Robert Grosthead, bred in Oxford, was eminent for Religion and Learning. He became Bishop of Lin∣coln, 1235. He wrote 300 Treatises, whereof most are extant in Manuscript in Westminster Library. He was a stout Opposer of Popish Oppression. Such his Pi∣ety, that though loaded with Curses from the Pope, he generally obtained the reputation of a Saint. He dyed 1254.

Martyrs.

Rowland Taylor was bred in Cambridge, became Dr. of Lawes, and Rector of Hadley in this County. He was a proper and comely person, a great Scholar, pain∣ful Preacher, charitable to the Poor, and cheerful in his Behaviour. The same Devotion had different looks

in several Martyrs, frowning in stern Hooper, weeping in meek Bradford, and smiling constantly in pleasant Taylor. Indeed some have censured his merry conceits as trespassing on the gravity of his calling, especially when just before death. But sure such Romanists who admire the temper of Sir Thomas More, jesting with the Axe of the Executioner will excuse our Taylor, for making himself merry with the Stake. But though it be ill jesting with edged Tools (whereof death is the sharpest) yet since our Saviour hath blunted it, his Ser∣vants may rather be delighted then dismayed with it. Not long after, Dr. Taylor set Arch-Bishop Cranmer (his Patron) a Copy of Patience, who indeed wrote af∣ter it, but not with so steady a hand, and so even a Character of Constancy. Taylor was Martyred at Had∣ley, Feb. 9. 1555.

Rob. Samuel, Minister of Barfold in this County, was tortured in Prison by the cruelty of Hopton Bishop of Norwich, and Downing his Chancellour, who allowed him every day but three Mouthfuls of Bread, and three Spoonfuls of Water. Fain would he have drunk his own Urine, but his Thirst-parched Body afforded none. I read how he saw a Vision of one all in White, com∣forting and telling him, that after that day, he never should be hungry or thirsty, which came to pass accord∣ingly, being within few hours after Martyred at Ips∣wich, August 31. 1555. There was a Report that his Body when burnt, did shine as bright as burnished Sil∣ver. Some may possibly impute his Vision, and this Appearance, the first to his own, and the latter to the Beholders Imaginations, or both to the forgery of those who were more remote and unconcerned. If to Ima∣gination; it is a plain Concession of the matter of Fact in both, and consequently, a granting of all such things which can be reasonably proved therein. The Argu∣ment I shall use to prove that his Vision was superna∣tural, shall be drawn from the Absurdity of the contra∣ry

Opinion; For since Samuel was reduced (as afore∣said) to extream weakness, his Body being parched, his Humours fixed, and his Spirits exhausted, it is im∣possible that his languishing Phantasie should either produce or receive so bright an Idaea, without the su∣pernatural Assistance of Divine Power. As for the appearance of his Body when burnt; I will suppose, (salvo jure Omnipotentiae,) that some good Christians who beheld his last Suffering, did by an Heroick act of Faith, antedate the glorious State of a Future Re∣surrection: And as Seaware or mud is sometimes found in the Net, or on the Line, after the Fish is catch'd, so they, having stretched out the hand of Faith for ap∣prehending of a Christian verity, might together with the same, receive an erroneous imagination, upon the (then) present occasion. After all, if both instances be charged with subsequent Forgery, as to the matter of Fact, I shall not insist any longer on them, as not being so proveable by others as they are probable in them∣selves.

Cardinals.

Tho. Woolsey, Son to an honest Butcher, was born in Ipswich; one of so vast undertakings, that our whole Book will not afford room enough for his Character, the writing whereof I commend to some Eminent per∣son of his Foundation of Christs-Church in Oxford. He was Cardinal of St. Cecily, and dyed Heart-broken with grief at Leicester, 1530. without any Monument, of which Dr. Corbet, (one of his Colledge) thus com∣plains,

If Thou art thus neglected, what shall we Hope after death that are but Shreds of Thee.

He was not guilty of mischievous Pride, and was ge∣nerally

commanded for doing Justice, when Chancellor of England.

Prelates.

Herb. Losing, was deeply guilty of Simony in his Youth, otherwise when he was Old, being then wont to say, When Young we went astray, when Old we will amend. He dyed 1119. and was buried in the Cathe∣dral Church of Norwich.

Richard Angervile, Son to Sir Richard, was born at Bury, and bred in Oxford. He was Governour to King Edw. 3. whilst Prince, and successively his Cof∣ferer, Treasurer of his Wardrobe, Dean of Wells, Bishop of Durham, Chancellour, and lastly Treasurer of England. He bestowed on the Poor every Week 8 Quarters of Wheat baked in Bread. When he re∣moved from Durham to Newcastle, (12 Miles) he used to give 8 pounds to the poor, and so proporti∣onably in other places betwixt his Palaces. He be∣queathed his stately Library to the University of Ox∣ford. He dyed 1345.

Jo. Paschal, well descended, bred a Carthusian, and D. D. in Cambridge, was Bishop first of Scutary, then of Landaff under Edw. 3. He dyed 1361.

Simon Sudbury, (alias Tibald) was born at Sudbury. He was made Arch-Bishop of Canterbury. He began two Synods with Latine Sermons, portending ill suc∣cess to Wickliffe and his followers, but over-awed by God and John Duke of Lancaster, he could do him no harm. He was killed in the Rebellion of J. Straw and Wat Tyler, 1381. being buried in St. Gregories Church in Sudbury,

Tho. Edwardston, born in Edwardston, bred in Ox∣ford, then Augustinian in Clare, attended Lionel Duke of Clarence in Italy, when he Married the Daughter of the Duke of Milan. He wrote some Learned

Works, and undertook care of some Arch-Bishoprick (probably) during the vacancy thereof. He dyed at Clare 1396.

Tho. Peverel, well descended, a Carmelite, and D. D. in Oxford, was by Rich. 2. made Bishop of Ossory in Ireland, whence he was removed to Landaff in Wales, then to Worcester in England, being much esteemed for his Learning, as his Books do declare. He dyed 1417. and lyeth buried in his own Cathe∣dral.

Stephen Gardiner, was born in Bury St. Edmunds, and (by some) reported to be Base-Son to Lionel Wood∣vile, Bishop of Salisbury, though this Bishop was by others, more truly conceived to be younger then he. He was a Man of admirable natural parts, and Me∣mory especially, and was bred Dr. of Laws, in Tri∣nity-Hall in Cambridge. After many great Employ∣ments, he was made Bishop of Winchester. Being Se∣cret in all his own Acts of Cruelty; he often chid Bon∣ner, calling him Ass, though not so much for killing poor people, as for not doing it more cunningly. He (chiefly) contrived the six Articles, (Gardiner's Creed) which caused the death of many, and trouble of more Protestants. He had almost cut off Queen Kath. Par, and prevented Queen Elizabeth, from being Queen, had not Divine Providence preserved them. He through∣ly complyed with Henry 8. opposed K. Edw. 6. by whom he was imprisoned and deprived, acted all under Q. Mary, by whom he was restored, and made Lord Chancellour of England. He is reported to have a∣vowed (at his death) Justification by the Merits of Christ only. He dyed at Whitehall, of the Gout, Nov. 12. 1555, and was buried in the Quire, leaving (as is said) 4000 Marks in ready Money behind him. He improved his power with Queen Mary, to restore some Noble Families formerly depressed, viz. Some descendant from the Duke of Norfolk, the Arundels of Warder-Castle, and the Hungerfords.

Since the Reformation.

John Bale, born at Covie, and bred in Jesus-Colledge in Oxford, was a Carmelite in Norwich. He was con∣verted to be a Protestant, by the means of Thomas Lord Wentworth. He wrote a Book de Scriptoribus Britannicis. He was Bishop of Ossory in Ireland, an. 1552. whence on the death of Edw. 6. he fled, (some of his servants being slain before his eyes) and in his passage over the Seas, was taken Prisoner, ransom'd, and safely arrived in Switzerland. Under Q. Eliz: he was made only Prebendary of the Church of Can∣terbury, being (probably) a p••••son more learned then discreet, fitter to write then govern, as unable to com∣mand his own Passion, and Biliosus Balaeus passeth for his true Character. He dyed at Canterbury, 1563. and was buried in the Cathedral Church therein.

John May, bred in Cambridge, was Consecrated Bi∣shop of Carlile, September 27. 1577. and dyed in April 1598.

John Overal, D. D. born at Hadley, was Regius Professor in Cambridge, and Master of Kath. Hall, afterwards Dean of St. Pauls. He was by King Jam•••• employed in the New Translation of the Bible, and made Bishop of Norwich, where he was a discreet presser of Conformity. He dyed 1618.

Leonard Maw, born at Rendlesham (antiently the Residence of the Kings of the E. Angles, where K. Redwald kept at the same time a Communion Table, and Altars for Idols) was Master of Peter House, then of Trinity-Colledge in Cambridge, and in 5 years disenga∣ged that Foundation from a great debt. He was Chap∣lain to King Charles whilst he was a Prince, and wait∣ed on him in Spain, by whom he was made Bishop of Bath and Wells. A good Scholar, grave Preacher,

mild man, and gentile in his deportment. He dyed 163.

Ralph Brownrig, D. D. born in Ipswich, was the Son of a Merchant. He was Fellow of Pembrook Hall in Cambridge, where he to the wonder of the hearers, performed the Joco-serious part of a Philosophy Act, be∣fore King James; no man had more ability, or less in∣clination to be Satyrical. His Wit was Page, and not Privy Councellor to his Judgment. He had a Loyal Memory, quick Fancy, solid Judgment, and fluid Ut∣terance, being not only flumen, but fulmen Eloquentiae. When Commencing B. D. he chose for his Text, Phil. 1. 29. To you it is given, not only to believe but suffer, somewhat Prop••etical to him, being afterwards affronted and defied by some, who almost Deified him before, in whose Eyes he seemed the blacker, for wearing white Sleeves, when 1641. made Bishop of Exeter; Dr. Young Preaching his Consecration Sermon on this Text, The Waters are risen, &c. complained of the many invasions which Popular Violence had made on the Rights and Priviledges of Church and State. This Bishop himself was soon sadly sensible of such In∣undations, and yet by the procerity of his parts and pi∣••ty, he not only safely waded through them himself, but also (when Vice-Chancellour of Cambridge) by his Pru∣dence raised such Banks, that those overflowings were not so destructive, as otherwise they would have been to the University. He continued constant to the Church of England, a Champion of the needful use of the Li∣turgy, and for the priviledges of Ordination to belong to Bishops alone. Being unmoveable in his Principles of Loyalty, he told Oliver the Usurper, (demanding his Advice in a matter of great difficulty) My Lord, the best Counsel I can give you is, give unto Caesar the things that are Caesars, and unto God the things that are Gods, with which free Answer, O. C. was rather si∣lenced then satisfied. A little before his death he was

Minister of both Temples. He dyed December 7. 1659. Aet. 67. The deserved Opinion of his good∣ness had peaceable possession in the hearts of the Presby∣terian-Party, and at his Burial, the prime persons of all perswasions were present. Dr. Jo. Gauden wrote the Memorials of his Life, and hath since succeeded him in the Temple and Bishoprick of Exeter.

Statesmen.

Sir Nich. Bacon, Knight, born not far from St. Ed∣mund Bury, of a very ancient Family, and bred in Ben. Colledge in Cambridge, (in which he built a beau∣tiful Chappel) after he had studied the Common Law, was made Atturney to the Court of Wards, whence he was preferred Lord Keeper of the Great Seal, an. 1. Eliz. 1558. He Married Anne, second Daughter to Sir Anth. Cook of Giddy-Hall in Essex, Governour to King Edw. 6. Queen Elizabeth relyed upon him as her Oracle in Law, who, that he might clear the Point of her Succession, derived her Right from a Statute which allowed the same, though there was a Statute, whereby the Queen was made illegitimate, in the days of her Father remained unrepealed, the rather, be∣cause Lawyers maintain, that a Crown once worn clear∣eth all defects of the wearer thereof. He was a Man of rare Wit and deep Experience, though of a corpu∣lent Body, especially in his old Age, so that he would be not only out of breath, but also almost out of life, with going to Westminster-Hall to the Star-Chamber; According to his Motto, Mediocria Firma, he never attained, because he never affected any great Estate. He was not for invidious Structures, but delighted in Domo Domino Pari, such as was his house at Gorham∣bury in Hartford. And therefore, when Q. Elizabeth coming thither in Progress, told him, My Lord, your house is too little for you, no Madam (said he) But it is

your Highness hath made me too great for my house. He left rather a good then a great Estate to his Posterity, whose eldest Son Sir Edward was the first Baronet of England. He dyed Feb. 20. 1578. and lyeth buried in the Quire of St. Pauls. In a Word, he was a good man, a grave Statesman, a Father to his Country, and a Father to Sir Francis Bacon.

Sir W. Drury, descended of a Worshipful Family long flourishing at Haulsted, answered his name (Drury in Sax. Pearle) in the pretiousness of his disposition, clear and hard, innocent and valiant. His Youth he spent in the French Wars, his middle in Scotland, and his Old Age in Ireland. He was Knight Marshal of Barwick, at what time the French had possessed them∣selves of the Castle of Edenburgh, in the Minority of King James. Queen Elizabeth employed this Sir Will. with 1500 to besiege the Castle, which service he right worthily performed, reducing it within few dayes to the true Owner thereof. He was appointed Lord Pre∣sident of Munster, 1575. where he executed impartial justice in spight of the Opposers thereof; entring Ker∣ry with a competent Train, (of 140 Men) with which he forced his Return through 700 Men, belonging to the Earl of Desmond, who claimed Kerry as a Palati∣nate peculiarly belonging to himself. In the last year of his Life, he was made Lord Deputy of Ireland, dying at Waterford, 1598.

Sir Robert Naunton, was descended from an ancient Family, extant at (or before) the time of the Conque∣rour, who rewarded the Chief of that Name for his Service, with a great Inheritrix given him in Marriage, whose Lands were then estimated at 700 pounds a year. For a long time they were Patrons of Alderton in this County. Sir Robert was bred in Trinity-Colledge in Cambridge, and Proctor of the University, 1600. He wrote (in his Youth I conjecture) an excellent piece cal∣led Fragmenta Regalia. He was afterwards sworn

Secretary of State to King James, Jan. 8. 1617. which place he discharged with great ability and dexterity; during which, one Wiemark was called to an Account for saying, the Head of Sir Waltar Raleigh (beheaded that day) would do very well on the Shoulders of Sir Ro∣bert Naunton, and having alleadged in his own Justifi∣cation, that two heads were better than one, he was for the present dismissed. Afterwards Wiewark, being with other wealthy persons called on for a Contribution to St. Pauls, first subscribed 100 pounds at the Coun∣cil Table, but was glad to double it, after Mr. Secre∣tary had told him, two hundred were better then one: Sir Robert dyed 163.. leaving one Daughter, who first was Married to Paul Visc. Banning, and after to the Lord Herbert, eldest Son to Philip Earl of Pembroke.

Capital Judges.

Jo. de Metingham, Lord Chief Justice of the Com∣mon-Pleas, in the Reign of Edw. 3. When all the rest of the Judges (an. 18. Edw. 3.) were fined and outed for Corruption, this Jo. and Elias de Beckingham con∣tinued in their places, whose innocence was of proof against all Accusations. King Edw. 3. (an. 20. reg.) directed a Writ to him, about the stinting of the num∣ber of the Apprentices, and Atturneys at Law, to 140, (or thereabouts) according to the discretion of this Judge, and his Assistants, whereof a certain num∣ber were to be provided out of every County,—what may better avail for their Court, and the good of the peo∣ple of the Land.

Sir Jo. Cavendish Knight, born at Cavendish in this County, (where his Name continued untill the Reign of King Henry 8.) was made Lord Chief Justice of the Kings Bench, an. 46. Edw. 3. He dyed a violent death, an. 5. Rich. 2. on this occasion. J. Raw, a Priest, contemporary with J. Straw and Wat Tyler,

advanced Robert Westbroom a Clown, to be King of the Commons in this County, having 50000 followers. These for eight dayes together, in savage sport, caused the Heads of great persons to be cut off, and set on Poles, to kiss and whisper in one anothers ears. Chief Justice Cavendish chanced to be then in the Country, to whom they bare a double pique, for his Honesty and Learning. Besides, they had lately heard that Jo. Ca∣vendish his Kinsman, had killed their Idol Wat Tyler in Smithfield: Whereupon they drag'd the Reverend Judge, with Sir Jo. of Camb. Prior of Bury, into the Market place there, and beheaded them; whose inno∣cent blood remained not long unrevenged by Spencer, the Warlike Bishop of Norwich, by whom this Ras∣cal Rabble of Rebels was routed and ruined 1381.

Sir Robert Broke, a great Lawyer, and Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, in the Reign of Q. Mary, wrote an excellent Abridgement of the Law. His Po∣sterity still flourish in a Worshipful Equipage at Nacton, nigh Ipswich in this County.

Souldiers.

Sir Th. Wentworth, of Nettlested, descended from the Wentworths in York-shire, was Created Baron Wentw. by King Henry 8. He was a Valiant Gentleman, a Cordial Protestant, and his Family a Sanctuary of such Professors. By his means Jo. Bale was converted from a Carmelite. The Memory of this Lord is much (but unjustly) blemished, because Calis was lost the last of Q. Mary, under his Government, the manner thus; The English being secure by reason of their late Con∣quest at St. Quintin, and the Duke of Guise having no∣tice thereof, sat down before the Town on New-years day. Next day he took the Forts of Rise-bank and Newnam-Bridge, which ('tis suspected) were betray∣ed. Within three dayes, the Castle of Calis, which

commanded the City, and was under the command of Sir Ralph Chamberlain, was taken, the French being first repulsed back by Sir Anth. Ager, (the only Man of note who was killed in the Fight) entred the City the next day, being Twelfth day. Then resistance being in vain, the Lord Wentworth Deputy thereof, was forced to take what terms he could get, that the Townsmen should depart (though plundered to a groat) with their Lives, and himself, with 49 more should remain Prisoners to be put to ransom. Queen Mary might thank her self for losing this Key of France, because hanging it at her side with so slender a string, there being but 500 Souldiers effectually in the Garrison. The Lord Wentworth was condemned for High-Trea∣son, during his absence, but Queen Mary, soon after dying, he was tryed and acquitted by his Peers, in the Reign of Queen Elizabeth, though Sir Jo. Harl∣ston Governour of Rise-bank, and Sir Ralph Chamber∣lain Governour of Calis-Castle were both condemned, but their Judgment was remitted. This Lord played in a manner Rubbers, when his Head lay at Stake, and having lost the fore, recovered the after-game. He dyed very Aged, 1590.

Seamen.

Th. Cavendish, of Trimley, Esq intending forreign discoveries, on his own cost Victualled and Furnished three Ships (the least of Fleets) viz. the Desire, Ad∣miral, 120 Tuns, the Content, Vice-Admiral, 40, and the Hugh-Gallant, Rere-Admiral, 40 Tuns; all three man'd with 123, and setting to Sea from Ply∣mouth, July 21. 1586. Entring the mouth of the Ma∣gellan Straits, 7 Jan. following, where they suffered great hunger; Mr. Cavendish named a Town there Port-Famine. The Spaniards intending to fortifie the Straits, and engross the passage, were smitten with such a

Mortality, that scarce 5 of 500 did survive. On Feb. 24. they entred the South Sea, and frequently landed, as they saw occasion. Many their Conflicts with the Natives, more with the Spaniards, coming off gainers in most, and savers in all encounters, that at Quinterno excepted, April 1. 1587. when they lost 12 men of a••••ount, the cause that they afterwards sunk the Rere-Admiral, for want of Men to manage her. Of the many prizes he took, the St. Anne was the most con∣siderable, being the Spanish Admiral of the S. Sea, of 700 Tuns, and 190 Men. There were 122000 Pe∣zos (each worth 8 shillings) of Gold, with other Rich Lading, as Silks and Musk. Mr. Cavendish landed the Spaniards, and left them plentiful Provisions. Surround∣ing the East-Indies, and returning for England, the Content (whose Men were mutinous) stayed behind. Mr. Cavendish safely landing at Plymouth, Sept. 9. 1588. Amongst his Men, three most remarkable, Mr. John Way, their Preacher, Mr. Th▪ Fuller of Ipswich, their Pilote, and Mr. Fr. Pretty of Eyke, in this County, who wrote the History of their Voyage. Thus having circumnavigated the whole Earth, let his Ship be no longer termed the Desire, but the Performance. He was the third Man, and second Englishman of such uni∣versal undertakings. In his next Voyage, begun 26 August 1591. he was severed from his Company the November following, near Port-desire (by him formerly so named,) in the Megellan-Straits, and never seen or heard of afterwards.

Physicians.

W. Butler, born at Ipswich, was Fellow of Clare-Hall in Cambridge, where he became the Aesculapius of our Age. He was the first English••man who quick∣ned Galenical Physick with a touch of Paracelsus; Be∣ing excellent at the instant discovery of a cadaverous

face, at the first sight of sick Prince Henry, he got him∣self out of the way; knowing himself to be Prince of Physicians, he would be observed accordingly: Com∣plements would prevail nothing with him, intreaties but little, surely threatnings would do much, and a witty jeer would do any thing. Neatness he neglected into slovenliness, and accounted cuffs to be manacles. He made his humoursomness to become him, wherein some of his Profession have rather aped then imitated him, who kept the tenour of the same surliness to all persons. He was a good Benefactor to Clare-Hall, and dyed 1621, he was buried in the Chancel of St. Maries in Cambridge, leaving nothing to his only Bro∣ther, because he had turned Papist beyond the Seas.

VVriters.

Humphrey Necton, a Carmelite in Norw. and the first D. D. of his Order in Cambridge, flourished under Hen. 3. and Edw. 1. and dyed, 1303.

Jo. Horminger, Travelling in Italy, where he heard some Italians villifie England, as being only fruitful of a barbarous people, wrote in her defence, an Epitome of the Commodities thereof, and (after his return) Of the Profit and Pleasure of England, He flourished 1310.

Th. of Ely, born in Monks-Ely, was a Carmelite, the second D. D. of his Order in Cambridge. He tra∣velled over the Seas, and kept Lectures at Bruges in Flanders till his death, about 1320.

Rich. Lanham, a Carm. in Ipswich, and D. D. in Oxford, was a great Adversary to the Wicklevites. His Learning is attested by the Books he left to Poste∣rity. Some say he was beheaded by the Rebellious Crew of Wat Tyler, others, that he dyed a natural death at Bristol, 1381.

Jo. Kinyngham, a Carm. in Ipswich, then bred in Oxford, was prefect of his Order in England and Ire∣land, Confessor to Jo of Gaunt and his Lady. He was the first who encountred Wickliffe in the Schools of Oxford, and disputed with great ingenuity and mode∣sty, whereupon his good Antagonist pra••ed heartily, that his Judgment might be convinced. He dyed 1399. and was buried at York▪

Jo. Lydgate, born at Lydgate, was a Benedictine in St. Edmund Bury; the best Author of his Age in Poe∣try and Prose. He wrote of himself as follows,

I wear a habite of Perfection, Although my Life agrees not with the same, &c.

He dyed about 1444. and was buried in his own Con∣vent.

Jo. Barningham, born at Barningham, was a Carm. in Ipswich, and D. D. in Oxford, and in Sorbon the Cock-pit of Controversies. He had a subtile Wit, and was a great Master of Defence in Schools, both to guard and hit. He wrote 4 fair Volumes. He dyed 1448.

Jo. of Bury, an Augustinian in Clare, and D. D. in Cambridge, was Prov. of his Order, through England and Ireland, and a great Opposer of Wicklevites, flou∣rishing 1460.

Th. Scroope, born at Bradley, but descended from the Lord Scroope in Yorkshire, was a Benedictine, a Car∣melite in Norwich, then an Anchorite 20 years, after∣wards (by papal dispensation) Bishop of Drummore in Ireland, and at last an Anchorite again, yet using once a Week to walk on his bare Feet, and Preach the De∣calogue, in the Villages round about. About 1425. being cloathed with Sackcloth, and girt about with an Iron Chain, he cry'd out in the Streets, That new Je∣rusalem was shortly to come down, &c. Rev. 21. and

that with great Joy he saw the same in the Spirit, Th. Waldensis the great Anti-VVicklivite, offended there∣at, protested it was a great scandal to the Church. Scroop lived very nigh 100 years, being accounted a Holy man. He was buried at Le••••offe, 1491.

Since the Reformation.

Rich. Sibs born nigh Sudbury, was Fellow in St. Johns Colledge in Cambridge, afterwards Preacher to the Honourable Society of Grays-Inn, whence he was chosen Master of St. Kath. Hall in Cambridge which he found in a low condition, but left replenished with Scholars, beautified, and better endowed. He was most eminent for Christian humility. Of all points of Divinity, he most pressed that of Christs Incarnation or Humility, the true Original whence he copied his own. He dyed 1631.

W. Alabaster, born at Hadley, was Fellow in Trin. Colledge in Cambridge; a most rare Poet, witness his Tragedy of Roxana, so admireably Acted in that Col∣ledge, and so pathetically, that a Gentlewoman present thereat, at the hearing of the last words thereof, Se∣quar, Sequar, so hideously pronounced, fell distracted, and never after recovered her Senses. He was Chap∣lain to Robert Earl of Essex in Calis Voyage, where he staggered in his Religion, and afterwards turned Pa∣pist; though he returned both to his Religion and Country, where he was made Preb. of St. Pauls, and Rector of Tharfield in Hartford. He was an excellent Hebrician. He dyed 163..

Samuel Ward, was born at Haveril, where his Fa∣ther had been a Famous Minister, according to his E∣pitaph,

Quo si quis scivit scitius Aut si quis docuit doctius At rarus vixit sanctius Et nullus tonuit fortius.

Grant some of knowledge greater store, More Learned some in teaching, Yet few in Life did Lighten more, None thundered more in Preaching.

Sam. was bred in Sidn. Colledge in Cambridge, and be∣came a great Scholar, and excellent Preacher. Being Minister in Ipswich, he gained the Affections of the people, by the tender care he had of them, yet he had his Foes as well as Friends, who complained of him to the High Com. where he met with some molestation. He had three Brethren, and it was said, that these four put together would not make up the abilities of their Father; nor were they offended with this Hyperbole: One of them (lately dead) followed the Counsel of the Poet,

Ridentem dicere verum, Quis vetat?

having in a jesting way delivered much smart truth of the times. Sam. dyed 163..

Jo. Boise, born at Elmeseth, bred in Cambridge, was of the Quorum in Translating the Bible, and whilst Chysostome lives, Mr. Boise shall not dye, such his learned pains on him in the Edition of Sir H. Savil. He dyed about the beginning of the Civil Wars.

Romish Exile Writers.

Robert Southwell, wrote many Books? and was re∣puted

a dangerous Enemy to the State, for which he was Imprisoned, and Executed, March 3. 1595.

Benefactors to the Publick.

Elizabeth, third Daughter of Gilb. Earl of Clare, and Wife to Jo. Burgh Earl of Ʋlster in Ireland, had her greatest Honour from Clare in this County. She Founded Clare-Hall in Cambridge, an. 1343.

Sir Simon Eyre, born at Brandon, first an Ʋpholster, then a Draper in London, whereof he was Lord Mayor 1445, on his own cost built Leaden-Hall, for a com∣mon Garner of Corn to the City. He left 5000 Marks to charitable uses. He dyed Sept. 18. an. 1459. and is buried in the Church of St. Mary Woolnoth in Lum∣bard-Street, London.

Th. Spring, the rich Clothier, was born (I believe) at Laveham. He built the Carved Chappel of Wain∣scot, on the North side of the Chancel, as also the Chap∣pel at the South side of the Church. He dyed 1510, and lyeth buried in his own Chappel.

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,* 1.2 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

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.

Memorable Persons.

Jo. Cavendish Esq born at Cavendish, was servant to Richard 2. when Wat Tyler played Rex in London, whom he, in assistance of Sir W. Walworth Lord Mayor of London, dispatched by giving two or three mortal wounds. The beginning of the bustle, was that Wat took it mightily in dudgeon that Sir Jo. Newton did not make a mannerly approach to him, upon which the said Lord arrested Wat, and wounded him with his Dagger. Hence the Arms of London were aug∣mented with a Dagger. King Richards discretion ap∣peared very much in appeasing the tumult, which hap∣pened 1381.

Sir Th. Cook Knight, and Sir W. Capel Knight, born, the first at Lavenham, the later at Stoke-Ney∣land, were bred Drapers in London, and were Lord Mayors of the City. Sir Will. is reported, after a large entertainment for King Henry 7. to have burnt many Bonds, in which the King stood obliged to him, and at another time to have drank a dissolved Pearl (which cost him many hundreds) in an Health to the King. Sir Th. was in danger of his Life, for lending Money in the Reign of K. Edw. 4 Both dyed in Age, Honour and Riches, these transmitted to their Poste∣rity:

The Cooks flourishing at Giddy-hall, and the Ca∣pels at Hadham in Hartford. Note Elizabeth, Daugh∣ter of Sir Will. Capel, was Married to Sir W. Pawlet Marquess of VVinchester and Mildred, descended from Sir Th. Cook, to VV. Cecil Lord Burleigh, both their Husbands being Lord Treasurers of England. Sir Tho. lyeth buried in the Church of Augustine Friars in Lon∣don; Sir VV. Capel in St. Bartholomews behind the Ex∣change.

Noted Sheriffs.

Q. Eliz. An. 18. Jo. Higham, Arm. (the anci∣ent Sirname of the Lords Montaign in France) was de∣scended from Sir Clem. a Potent Knight.

20. Robert Jermin, a pious Man, and a great Bene∣factor to Emanuel Colledge, and a potent man, was Fa∣ther to Sir Th. (Privy Councellor and Lord Chamber∣lain to King Charles I.) Grandfather to Tho. and Hen. Esq the younger of these being Lord Chamberlain to our present Queen Mary, and sharing in her Majesties sufferings, was by King Charles II. made Baron and Earl of St. Albans.

23. Nich. Bacon, Mil. was the first Baronet in England.

36. Tho. Crofts, Arm. was Grandfather to — Crofts, who was created Baron Crofts, by K. Cha. II.

Sir Simond Dewes was Grandfather to Adrian, de∣scended from the Lords of Kessel in Gelderland, who came thence in the time of their Civil Wars, in the Reign of Henry 8. He was bred in Cambridge, and became a great Antiquary. He observed that the Or∣dinances of the late long Parliament, did in Bulk and Number exceed all the Statutes made since the Con∣quest. He dyed about 1653.

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