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.

Durham,

DUrham, (a Bishoprick) hath Northumb. o•…•… •••••• North, Yorkshire on the South, the Germ. •••• on the East, and Cumberl. and Westm. on the West in form Triangular. After the Bishop had been de∣prived of his Vote in the House of Lords, th•…•… People, for some years had no Representatives i•…•… Parliament.

Princes.

Cicely Nevil, youngest Daughter and Child •••• Ralph Earl of Westmerland (who had 21) was ma•…•…∣ried

to Rich. D. of York, and beheld her Eldest Son Edward King of England and enriched with a Nume∣•…•…ous Postery. Yet were her Afflictions great; for he saw her Husband kill'd in Battle, her second Son •…•…eo. D. of Clarence cruelly Murdred. Edward her Eldest Son cut off by his intemperance in his Prime: •…•…is two Sons Butcherd by their Uncle Richard who •…•…as killed at the Battle of Bosworth. Under all she •…•…arried a Steady Soul, and lived to see Eliz. her •…•…rand-Child Married to Hen. 7. She lived 35 years Widow and dyed An. 10 of that King, and was ••••ried with her Husband in the Quire Fortheringhay∣•…•…hurch in Northam. Which Quire being demolished •••• the days of King Hen. 8. their Bodies lay in the •…•…hurch-Yard, without any Monument, until Queen liz. coming thither in Progress gave order that they •…•…ould be interred in the Church and two Tombs to 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Erected over them. The Dutchess Cicely had a •…•…ardon from Rome, hanging about her Neck, plainly •…•…egible. She was a bountiful Benefactress to the Queens Coll. in Camb.

Saints.

—Venerable Bede, born at, and a Monk in Girway, ••••w Yarrow, the most General Scholar of that Age, ••••pounded almost all the Bible, Translated the Psalms ••••d New-Testament into English, and lived a Com∣•…•…ent upon those Words, Shining as a Light in the •…•…orld, &c. Phil. 2. 15. Credible Authors report he ••••ver went out of his Coll. tho both Cambridge and •…•…ome pretend to his Habitation. He dyed An. 734. ••••d his Corps was removed to Durham.

Confessors.

Jo. Wickliffe, published Opinions distasteful to th•…•… Church of Rome, and wrote 200 Volumns, beside•…•… his Translation of the Bible into English. Having suf∣fered much Persecution from the Popish Clergy after a long Exile he return'd in safety, and dye•…•… at his Living at Lutterworth in Leicestershier An. 138 His Bones were taken up and burnt 42 years after his Death.

Prelates.

I shall begin with four Nevils of Honourable Extraction. 1. Ralph Nevil, born at Raby, L•••• Chanc. under King Hen. 3. and Bishop of Chiches•••• 1223. built a fair House for himself and his Successe•…•… in Chancery-lane in Lond. which House is since call•••• from the Earl of Lincoln (once possessor therereof Lincolns Inn. He was chosen afterwards Arch-bishop of Cant. but the Pope stopped his Consecration, 〈◊〉〈◊〉 being apt to dissuade King Hen. from paying 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Pension granted to his Holiness by King John. T•••• being elected Bishop of Winch. he was obstru•••• by the King. He built St. Michaels Chapple with the East-gate of Chichester. and dyed at Lond. 12•…•… 2. Alex Nevil 3d. Son of Ralph Lord Nevil, 〈◊〉〈◊〉 at Raby was Arch-bishop of York, where he be•••• fied Cawood Castle. Being Loyal to R. 2. he 〈◊〉〈◊〉 forced for Protection to flee to Pope Urban, 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Translated him to St. Andrews in Scotland. But 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Nevil chose rather to be Minister at Lovaine, w•••• he dyed. 3. Rob. Nevil, sixth Son of Ralph first 〈◊〉〈◊〉 of Westmerland, by Joan his Wife, Daughter of 〈◊〉〈◊〉 of Gaunt, was Bishop of Sarisbury An. 6. Hen. 6. 14•…•…

〈◊〉〈◊〉 founded a Convent at Sunning in Barkshire. From ••••risbury he was Translated to Durham, where he •…•…ilt the Exchequer at the Castle-gate, and added, •…•…n allusion to his 2 Bishopricks) 2 Annulets to his ••••ms. He dyed An. 1457. 4. Geo. Nevil, fourth •…•…n to Rich. Earl of Salisbury was born at Middle∣••••m, and consecrated Bishop of Exeter, when he was •…•…t as yet 20 years of Age, and five years after was •…•…ade Lord Chancellor of England, and aftewards ••••rch-bishop of York, making a prodigious Feast at •…•…s Installing; yet at last falling into the displeasure 〈◊〉〈◊〉 E. 4. he was slenderly dieted, not to say Famished, in ••••e Castle of Calis; for after his enlargement he dyed •…•…eart-broken at Blyth, and was buried in the Cathe∣•…•…ral of York, 1476. There was another Nevil Bro∣•…•…her to Alexander, who was chosen Bishop of Ely, •…•…ut dyed before Consecration.

Since the Reformation.

Rob. Horn, bred in St. Johns-Coll. in Camb. was by •…•…. 6. made Dean of Durham. In the Marian days •…•…e became head of the Episcopal Party at Frankford 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Germ. Returning into England he was made Bishop •…•…f Winch. 1560. A worthy Man, ground betwixt Papists and Sectaries, who sported with his Name •…•…nd twitted his Person as Dwarfish, Carping at the •…•…ase, when they were not able to find fault with the •…•…ewel. Whatever his Mould might be; he was made of good Metal, as being of a Sprightful and Fruitful Wit. He dyed 1589.

Jo. Cosen, was born in Norwich, one whose Abi∣•…•…ities are sufficiently made known in his learned books. Great his Constancy in Religion, tho he was Slan∣•…•…er'd by some silly people as declining to the Popish Religion. As for his urging of some Ceremonies, he

made his Purgation effectually, clearing himself fr•••• the least Imputation of any Fault; yea whilst in Fr•••• he was the Atlas of the Prot. Religion, supporti•••• the same with his Piety and Learning, and daily ad•…•…∣ing Proselytes (not of the meanest Rank) thereun•••• Since the Kings Restauration he was preferred Bishop of Durham. When some Propositions of the Pop•…•… in favour of Protestants were made mention of, b•…•… one in his presence; he said, We thank, him not a 〈◊〉〈◊〉 for which God hath always allowed us in his Word s•…•… he would grant it so long as it stood with his Policy and take it away so soon as it stood with his Power.

Civilians.

Rob. Cosen, Dr. of Law, was born at Hartly 〈◊〉〈◊〉 His Father a Person of Quality, a valiant Captai•…•… in Musselborough field, was drowned in the Rive•…•… Tweed. Richard, at 12 years of Age was admitted into Trin. Coll. in Camb. He became a General Schole Geometrician, Musitian, Physician, Divine, but chi•••••• Civil and Canon Lawyer. He was Chancellor 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Worcester, then Dean of the Arches. He defende•…•… the High Commission and Oath ex Officio, against •…•… Book called the Abstract, which one observed was a•…•…∣stracted from all Wit, Learning and Charity. So•••• laid to his Charge that he gave many Blank Lice•••• for Marriage, whereas there was but one which 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Fugitive Servant stole from the Register. He ha•…•… (according to his Wish) a sweet and quiet departure, and his last Words (to his Friends) were, Remem∣ber your Mortality and eternal Life. He gave 40 l. to the building of a Chamber in Trin. Coll. and 15 l. •…•… year for the maintainance of two Scholarships therein. On him these Verses were made by the University or 〈◊〉〈◊〉.

Magna deos inter lis est exorta, creatas, Horum qui lites Dirimit, ille deest. Cosinum petiere Dii Componere tantus, Lites, quod vero jure peritus erat.

Writers.

Jo. of Darlington, Confessor to Hen. 3. and Arch∣••••••hop of Dublin; and Collector of the Pope's Peter∣••••ce through Ireland, wrote many Books and dyed Lond. 1284.

Will. Siveyar (in lat. Severus) born at Shinkley, as Son to a Sive-maker, was Bishop of Carlile 1496. ••••d Translated to Durham. He dyed An. 1505. •…•…ote Sir Empson was also the Son of a Sive-maker and •…•…s Contemporary.

Since the Reformation.

Th. Jackson, bred in Oxf. where falling into the •…•…iver he was taken up for dead by some Fisher-men, •…•…ho were rewarded with a Revenue during his life, •…•…e was chosen President of Corp. Christi-Coll. where •…•…e dyed 1640. He was a Pious Man, profound Writer ••••d painful Preacher.

Sam. Ward, born at Bishops-Middleham, Mr. of •…•…idney-Coll. in Camb. was imprisoned in the late times, •…•…efore which he was counted a Puritan, and Popish whilst those days lasted; yet was he a true Pro∣•…•…estant at all times. He dyed An. 1643.

Memorable Persons.

Anth. Lord Gray, (Earl of Kent) Son of Geo. Gray •…•…squire, was born at Branspath. He studied Divi∣nity

and became Rector of Burbach in Leicesters•••••• And upon the Death of Hen. Earl of Kent, his 〈◊〉〈◊〉 man, the Inheritance and Honour descended upon hi•…•… Yet after that he abated nothing in the constancy •••• his Preaching, but improved that accession of Gre••••∣ness to make his Goodness the more Illustrious. W•••••• Summoned as a Peer to Parl. he excused himself b•…•… reason the indisposition of his Age. By Mag•••• Purefoy his Wife he had Hen. the 9th. Earl of Ke•••• He dyed An. 164.

In this County the Bishop is Sheriff Paramount whose Deputy never accounts in the Exchequer, •••• makes up his Audit to the Bishop.