- * Okeham, the chief Town of Rutland, lies 74 miles North-west from London, seated in the rich and pleasant Vale of Cat∣moss. This Place is but small, proportionable to the County whereunto it belongs, which is the least in England. Its Buil∣dings are but indifferent. The Castle, where the Assizes are held, is a Place of more Antiquity than Beauty. It has an anci∣ent Privilege belonging to its Royalty worth taking notice of, viz. That if any Nobleman enters within its Precinct on Hors∣back, he forfeits a Shooe from his Horse, unless he redeem it; which Homage has been acknowledged and paid by several Noblemen that have passed this way, as appears by many Hors-shooes that are nailed upon the Hall-door. In which Hall, o∣ver the Judges Seat is a Horse-shooe of Iron, curiously wrought, five foot and a half long, with a Breadth proportionable.
- * Okehampton, a Market-Town of Lifton Hundred, in the West-parts of Devonshire.
- * Okeley, a Town of Darking Hundred in Surrey, noted for the Victory here obtain'd against the Danes, by Ethelwolf, the second Saxon Monarch.
- * Okingham, a Market Town of Sunning Hundred in Berk∣shire, lies S. E. about 10 miles from Windsor.
The great historical, geographical and poetical dictionary being a curious miscellany of sacred and prophane history : containing, in short, the lives and most remarkable actions of the patriarchs, judges, ... heresiarchs, ... emperors, ... and all those who have recommended themselves to the world ... together with the establishment and progress both of religious and military orders ... ; [with] The genealogy of several illustrious families in Europe ; The fabulous history of the heathen gods and heroes ; The description of empires, kingdoms ... / collected from the best historians, chronologers, and lexicographers ... but more especially out of Lewis Morery ... his sixth edition corrected and enlarged by Monsieur Le Clark ... now done into English ; to which are added by way of supplement ... the lives ... and writings of the illustrious families of our English, Scotch and Irish nobility ... clergy ; as also an exact description of these kingdoms ... by several learned men ; wherein are inserted the last five years historical and geographical collections of Edmond Bohun ... never extant till in this work.
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- The great historical, geographical and poetical dictionary being a curious miscellany of sacred and prophane history : containing, in short, the lives and most remarkable actions of the patriarchs, judges, ... heresiarchs, ... emperors, ... and all those who have recommended themselves to the world ... together with the establishment and progress both of religious and military orders ... ; [with] The genealogy of several illustrious families in Europe ; The fabulous history of the heathen gods and heroes ; The description of empires, kingdoms ... / collected from the best historians, chronologers, and lexicographers ... but more especially out of Lewis Morery ... his sixth edition corrected and enlarged by Monsieur Le Clark ... now done into English ; to which are added by way of supplement ... the lives ... and writings of the illustrious families of our English, Scotch and Irish nobility ... clergy ; as also an exact description of these kingdoms ... by several learned men ; wherein are inserted the last five years historical and geographical collections of Edmond Bohun ... never extant till in this work.
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"The great historical, geographical and poetical dictionary being a curious miscellany of sacred and prophane history : containing, in short, the lives and most remarkable actions of the patriarchs, judges, ... heresiarchs, ... emperors, ... and all those who have recommended themselves to the world ... together with the establishment and progress both of religious and military orders ... ; [with] The genealogy of several illustrious families in Europe ; The fabulous history of the heathen gods and heroes ; The description of empires, kingdoms ... / collected from the best historians, chronologers, and lexicographers ... but more especially out of Lewis Morery ... his sixth edition corrected and enlarged by Monsieur Le Clark ... now done into English ; to which are added by way of supplement ... the lives ... and writings of the illustrious families of our English, Scotch and Irish nobility ... clergy ; as also an exact description of these kingdoms ... by several learned men ; wherein are inserted the last five years historical and geographical collections of Edmond Bohun ... never extant till in this work." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A51357.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 18, 2025.