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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Sandys, George, 1578-1644.
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London :: Printed for John Wright ... Thomas Passinger ... and William Thackary ...,
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/A62166.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 6, 2024.
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Memorable Persons.
One at Stockbridge made a Plough, which drawn by Dogs, and managed by one Man, could Till in one Day nigh an Acre of Light-ground in this Coun∣ty. But these were brought up to their Trade; I have heard of a Race of Beagles about Portsmouth that were Artists in hunting of Moles, tho they had never served an Apprentiship.
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Note, that H. Ep. Winton, Cardinalis Anglia, An. 1445. was Son of Jo. of Gaunt, and the Popes Legate or General, who led an Army into Bohe∣mia.
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