of Elenor Queen to Edward the First, who going with him to the Holy War, sucked the Poison from a Wound given him by a Sarazen with an Impoisoned Knife, and by that means, at the Hazzard of her own, saved his Life; when all others failed, as will more largely appear when we come to speak of his Reign.
Chilton was the Birth-Place of the Learned Sr. George Crook, a Famous Lawyer.
Amersham, or Agmondisham, took its Name from the Great Agmond, and gave Birth to John Surnamed Amersham, and divers other Learned Men.
Windover gave Birth to Roger Surnamed Windo∣ver, Historian to King Henry the Third. Houton did the like to Roger Goad, a very Learned Man of great Repute.
This Shire is divided into Eight Hundreds, viz. those of Newport, Buckingham, Cotslow, Ashendon, Ailesbury, Burnham, Disborough, and Stocke. It sends Members to Parliament for Alesbury two, Amer∣sham or Agmondisham two, Buckingham two, Chipen-Wiccomb two, Marlo two, Wendover two, and two Knights of the Shire.
It Contains One Hundred Eighty Five Parishes, Eleven Market Towns, and is Watered with Two considerable Rivers, viz. The Thames on its South side, and the River Ouse, on which the Town of Buckingham is seated, and in a manner is surrounded with it, unless a little on the North side it lies open; and over this River are three fair Stone Bridges.
Ailesbury is likewise very pleasantly situated in the midst of most delightful Meddows, and Pastures, and the Vale bearing its Name, is accounted the most Fertil in Europe.
As for the Churches in the Principal Towns of this County, they give a goodly Prospect to Travellers, and