RUtlandshire, or the County of Rutland, is commodi∣ously Situate among divers fertil Shires or Counties; being Bounded with Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire, and Leicestershire, being very neatly compacted, produ∣cing some considerable sprinkling of Corn, but more Pasture; being for the most part Plain without Hills, and few Woods in it that are considerable; also Cattle, Wooll, Fish, Fowl, and many other things, worthy to Rank it with the rest. It is divided into 5 Hundreds, containing 48 Parishes, 2 Market Towns, and is a third part bordered by the River Weland, branching into many pleasant Streams, over which is laid a very advantageous Bridge, leading to Barrowden. It sends Members to Parliament, Two Knights of the Shire.
Oxenham in this Shire is famed, as having been an An∣tient Station of the Romans, and for a great Overthrow the Danes received by Catmose. There is Ketton, memorable for a great Battel fought between King Arthur and the Saxons, wherein he became Victorious, forcing them into Lincolnshire, where in their rage they destroyed the most Antient Ʋniversity of the Britains, Founded at Stamford,