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WORCESTERSHIRE.

THE Second Province of the Corna∣vii having now changed its name, is from the principal town call'd in La∣tin Wigorniensis Comitatus, in Saxon Wireceaster-scyre, and in the pre∣sent English, Worcestershire [a]. The Inhabitants here∣of with their neighbours, in the time of Bede, be∣fore England was divided into Counties, were call'd [b] Wiccii,* 1.1 which name, if not given them from the winding course of the river on which they dwell (for as I have before observ'd, the Saxons stil'd the wind∣ing reach of a river, ƿic,) may seem to be deriv'd from the Salt-pits,* 1.2 which the ancient English in their language nam'd Witches. For in this Country there are noble Brine-pits; and many Salt-springs are ever and anon discover'd, but are presently stopp'd up, because, as I learn from ancient writings, they are obliged, for the preservation of wood, to make Salt only in one place. Nor let it be thought improba∣ble that places should take their names from Salt-pits, seeing there are many instances hereof in all Coun∣tries; and our Ancestors the Germans (as Tacitus re∣ports) firmly believed such places to be nearest Hea∣ven; and that mens prayers are no where sooner heard by the Gods.

This County lies bounded by Warwickshire on the East, by Glocestershire on the South; by the Coun∣ties of Hereford and Salop on the West, and on the North by Staffordshire. To say all in one word; the Air and Soil are both so propitious, that it's inferiour to none of its neighbours, either for health or plen∣ty1 1.3. It produceth especially Pears in great abun∣dance, which though not grateful to nice palates, nor do they keep well; yet they afford a vinous juice of which is made a sort of counterfeit wine call'd Pyrry,* 1.4 which is very much drunk; though it be, like other liquors of that kind, both cold and flatulent.

Neither is it less happily accommodated with wa∣ter, for it hath in all parts very fine rivers, which fur∣nish it plentifully with fish of the most delicious

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WORCESTER SHIRE By Rob^t. Morden.

kinds. Not to mention those which are less remark∣able, the most noble river of Severn directs the course of its rich stream from North to South through the very middle of the County, and Avon waters the South-part thereof in its way out of Warwickshire into Severn [c].

Severn at its very first entrance into this Coun∣ty runs between Kidderminster and Beawdley;* 1.5 the lat∣ter justly taking that name from its most pleasant si∣tuation, upon the declivity of a hill over the We∣stern bank of the river: it was lately remarkable for the wonderful height of the trees in the adjacent fo∣rest of Wyre, which are now in a manner all gone; whence our Poet and Antiquary Leland saith of it,

Delicium rerum Bellus Locus undique floret Fronde coronatus Virianae tempora Sylvae. Fair seated Beawdley a delightful town, Which Wire's tall Oaks with shady branches crown.

But now this little town is celebrated only for its deli∣cate situation and beauty; together with the Palace ofa 1.6 Tickenhall, which King Henry the seventh built to be a place of retirement for Prince Arthur2 1.7.

The former, Kidderminster, which is also call'd Kiddelminster, lies over against it on the East-side, but at a greater distance from the river; which is a neat town, and a market well furnish'd with all commo∣dities, divided by the little river Stour which runs through it. The greatest ornaments it hath at pre∣sent, are, a very fair Church, in which some of the eminent family of the Cokeseys lye interr'd; and a fine house of the Blounts, a good family, honour'd with Knighthood, and descended from those of Kinlet. But anciently this place was of note for its Lords the Bissets, who were in their time very great men; whose rich Patrimony at length coming to a division among sisters, part went to the Barons of Abergaven∣ny, and part to an Hospital of Leprous women in Wiltshire; which house, one of these sisters, being her self a Leper, built and endowed with her share of the estate [d]. Afterward it gave the title of Baron to John Beauchamp, Steward of the Houshold to Ri∣chard the second, who by his Letters Patents created him Baron Beauchamp of Kidderminster.* 1.8 Soon after this, he, with many other eminent persons, in defi∣ance of that King, was condemned and beheaded by the Barons, who making an Insurrection with the Commons, in contempt of the King's Authority, call'd all his prime Favourites to account for male-administration.

Hence Severn taking somewhat an oblique course, salutes Hertlebury,* 1.9 a Castle of the Bishops of Worce∣ster,* 1.10 not far distant; and so goes on to Holt, which hath that name from the thick Woods, a castle ancient∣ly belonging to the Abtots, and since to the Beau∣champs, who springing from William Beauchamp, sir∣nam'd the blind Baron, grew up into a very honour∣able family, whose estate after some time by heirs-female came to the Guises and Penistones [e]. In its passage downward, Severn feeds such a number of River-Lampreys,* 1.11 that Nature seems to have made a pond for them in this place, such as the Romans anciently invented in the height of their Luxury. Lampreys have their name from the Latin Lampetra, from lick∣ing the rocks; they are like Eels, slippery and of a dark colour, only somewhat blueish on the belly: on each side the throat they have seven holes, at which they receive water, having no gills at all. They are best in season in the Spring, as being then of a most delicious taste, whereas in the Summer the string within them, which doth the office of a back∣bone, groweth hard. The Italians do much improve the delicacy of their taste, by a particular way of dressing them. First they kill the fish in* 1.12 Malvesey, and stop the mouth with a nutmeg, and reach hole with a clove; then rolling them up round, they add the kernels of filbirds stamp'd, crums of bread, oil, Malvesey and Spices, stewing them all together care∣fully in a pan over a moderate fire for some little time. But to instruct Cooks and Epicures is no bu∣siness of mine.

Below Holt, Severn opens its Eastern bank to re∣ceive the river Salwarp3 1.13, which rising in the North-part of the County runs by Brome's-grave,* 1.14 a very con¦siderable market-town, not far from Grafton,* 1.15 a seat of the renowned family of the Talbots, which King Henry the seventh gave to Gilbert Talbot a younger son of John the second Earl of Shrewsbury, whom for his bravery in war, and his extraordinary wisdom, he al∣so made Knight of the Garter, and Governour of Ca∣lice in France [f].

From Brome's-grave, Salwarp proceeds to Droit∣wich (Durtwich* 1.16 some call it) from the Brine-pits and its wet situation, as Hyetus in Boeotia from its dirty soil [g]. Here rise three Springs* 1.17 by natures particu∣lar bounty yielding plenty of Brine [h], they are separated by a brook of fresh water which runs be∣tween them. And out of them is made the purest and whitest kind of Salt, for six months in the year, that is, from the Summer to the Winter Solstice. It is prepared in little boiling houses built about the pits. What a prodigious quantity of wood these Salt-works consume, though men be silent, yet Feckenham Forest,* 1.18 once very thick with trees, and the neighbouring woods, will by their thinness declare daily more and more. If I should say that Richard de la Wich,* 1.19 Bishop of Chichester, who was born here, did by his prayers obtain these Salt-springs, I am afraid some would censure me as very injurious to the Divine Pro∣vidence, and over-credulous of old wives fables. Ne∣vertheless, so great was the pious credulity of our Ancestors, that they did not only believe it firmly themselves, and transmit it in writing to us, but also upon that account paid him honours in a manner di∣vine; when for his skill in the Canon-Law, and san∣ctity of life, he was solemnly canonized for a Saint by Urban the fourth. Yet before this Richard was born, Gervase of Tilbury wrote the following account of these Springs, though not exactly true: In the Diocese of Worcester there is a village not far from that city nam'd Wich, where at the foot of a little hill, there runs a stream of very sweet water. On the bank hereof are certain pits, few in number, and of no great depth, whose water is extreamly salt, which boiled in pans con∣denseth into very white salt. All the Country report, that from Christmas to Midsummer there comes up very strong brine, but all the rest of the year the water is somewhat fresh and unfit to make salt. And which I think more wonderful, when the water,b 1.20 not strong enough for making salt, riseth, it scarce ever runs over the pit; at the season of its saltness, the brine is not in the least weakned by the vicinity of the fresh river; and yet it is not at all near the Sea. Moreover in the King's Survey, which we call Domesday-book, In Wich there be eight fats of salt be∣longing to the King and to the Earl, which every week of wealling yield on the Friday 16 [i] Bullions4 1.21.

Not four miles lower, Severn with a slow course as it were admiring, passeth by Worcester* 1.22 the chief town of this Shire, seated on its bank: and really it deserveth admiration both for its Antiquity and Beau∣ty. For Antoninus mentions it by the name of Bra∣nonium, and Ptolemy (in whom by the transcriber's negligence it is misplaced) by the name of Bra∣nogenium,* 1.23 whence the Britains or Welsh call it at this

day Cair Vrangon, and in the Catalogue of Ninnius it is Caer Guorangon and Caer Guorcon. Afterwards the Sa∣xons called it Weogare-ceaster, Wegeorna-ceaster, and Wire-ceaster, perhaps from Wire a woody forest adjoyning. In Latin it is Wigornia. One of the first who mentions it by that name, if I mistake not, is Joseph of Exeter (the most elegant Poet of that age, whose book passeth under the name of Cornelius Ne∣pos) in these verses to Baldwin Archbishop of Canter∣bury:

In numerum jam crescit honor, te tertia poscit Infula, jam meminit Wigornia, Cantia discit, Romanus meditatur apex, & naufraga Petri Ductorem in mediis expectat cymba procellis. Now thy vast honours with thy virtues grow, Now a third mitre waits thy sacred brow. Deserted Wigorn mourns that thou art gone, And Kent's glad sons thy happy conduct own. Now Rome desires thee, Peter wants thy hand To guide his leaky vessel safe to land.

This city was, in all probability, built by the Ro∣mans, when to curb the Britains who dwelt beyond Severn, they planted cities at convenient distances all along upon its east-bank, just as they did [in Germany] on the south-side of the Rhine. It is seated upon an easie ascent from the river, over which lieth a bridge with a tower upon it. It was anciently fenced with lofty Roman walls, as an old parchment-roll informs us; and hath to this day a good firm wall. But its glory consists in its inha∣bitants; who are numerous, courteous, and wealthy, by means of the Cloathing trade; in the neatness of its buildings, the number of Churches, and most of all, in the Episcopal See, which Sexuulfus Bishop of the Mercians placed here A. D. 680. building a Ca∣thedral Church in the south part of the city, which hath often been repair'd, and by the Bishops and Monks hath been lengthened westward, a little at a time, almost to Severn side. It is really a fair and magnificent Structure, ennobled with the monuments of King John, Arthur Prince of Wales, and some of the Beauchamps. A College also of learned men call∣ed Prebendaries, no less famous than were formerly the Priory of Monks, or College of Secular Priests, here. For in this Church, presently upon its first foundation (as in the other Abbies of England) were placed married Presbyters,* 1.24 who govern'd those Churches a long time with great reputation for san∣ctity; till Dunstan, Archbishop of Canterbury, in a Synod decreed,* 1.25 That for the future all Religious men in England should lead a single life. For then Oswald, Bishop of this See, who was a most zealous promoter of Monkery, remov'd the Priests, and plac'd Monks in their room; which King Edgar attests in these words [l]: The Convents both of Monks and Virgins were destroy'd and neglected all England over, which I have determined to repair to the praise of God for the bene∣fit of my own soul, and to increase the number of the Ser∣vants of God of both sexes; and accordingly I have al∣ready settled Monks and Nuns in seven and forty houses, and resolve (if Christ spare me life to do it) that I will go on in the oblation of my devout munificence to God, till I have made them up fifty, the number of the years of Re∣mission. Wherefore at present that Monastery in the Epis∣copal See of Worcester, which the reverend Bishop Oswald hath to the honour of Mary the holy mother of God enlarged, and having expelled the Secular Clerks, &c. by my assent and favour bestowed on the religious servants of God the Monks; I do by my royal Authority confirm to the said religious persons leading a Monastick life, and with the advice and consent of my Princes and Nobles do corrobo∣rate and consign, &c. After some considerable time, when through the incursions of the Danes, and civil broils, the state of this Church was so decay'd that in the place of that numerous company of Monks which Oswald founded here, scarce 12 were left, Wulfstan,* 1.26 who sate Bp. of this See about A. D. 1090. restor'd it, and augmented the number of Monks to 50. and also built a new Church. He was a mean scholar even in the account of that age, but a person of such simplicity and unfeigned integrity, and of a conversation so severe and strict, that he was a ter∣rour to ill men, and beloved by all that were good; insomuch that after his death, the Church gave him a place in the Kalendar among the Saints. Now af∣ter they had flourished in great wealth and power above 500 years, King Hen. 8. expell'd these Monks, and in their room placed a Dean and Prebendaries, and founded a Grammar-school for the instruction of youth. Close by this Church remain the bare name and ground-plot of the Castle, "Which (as we read in William of Malmesbury's history of Bishops) Ursus (made Sheriff of Worcester by William 1.) built in the very teeth of the Monks; so that the grass took away part of their cemetery." But this Castle, through the injury of time and casualty of fire, hath many years since been ruined.

The City also hath been more than once burnt down. A. D. 1041. it was set on fire by Hardy-Canute, who being enraged at the Citizens for killing his Huscarles (so they call'd his Officers who collected the Danegelt) did not only fire the City,* 1.27 but also massacre all the inhabitants, except such as escaped into Bevercy a small island in the river. Nevertheless we find in the survey of William 1. that in the days of Edward the Confessor, it had a great many Bur∣gesses, and was rated at xv hide-land; and when the Mint went, every Minter gave xx shillings at London for stamps to coin withall. In the year 1113. a casual fire, which consumed the Castle, burnt the roof of the Church also. During the Civil wars in K. Stephen's reign, it was fired once and again, but suffered most when that King took the City,* 1.28 which he had unad∣visedly put into the hands of Walleran Earl of Mellent; but at that time he could not carry the Castle [m]. However, it still rose out of the ashes with greater beauty, and hath flourished under an excellent Go∣vernment, managed by two Bailiffs chosen out of 24 Citizens, two Aldermen and two Chamberlains, with a Common Council consisting of 48 Citizens more [n]. As to the Geographical account of it, it's Longitude from the west Meridian is 21 degrees, 52 minutes, and hath the north pole elevated 52 degrees and 12 minutes [o].

From Worcester taking its course westward, the ri∣ver passeth by Powick,* 1.29 anciently the seat of John Beauchamp, whom K. Hen. 6. raised to the dignity of a Baron; whose estate, soon after, heirs female carried to the Willoughbies of Broke, the Reads, and Ligons [p]. Hence, through rich and fragrant mea∣dows, it runs by Hanley,* 1.30 formerly a Castle belonging to the Earls of Glocester; and Upton,* 1.31 a noted market town where Roman Coins are frequently dug up. Not far off, on the right-hand, Severn hath the pro∣spect of Malvern* 1.32 hills; hills indeed, or rather great and lofty mountains, for about seven miles together rising like stairs one higher than the other, and di∣viding this County from that of Hereford. On the top, Gilbert de Clare Earl of Glocester did anciently cast up a ditch all along to part his lands from those of the Church of Worcester; which ditch is still to be seen, and is very much admired [pp]. On the other side Severn, and near the same distance Bredon hills,* 1.33 tho' much lesser than those of Malvern, rise with a sort of emulation. Upon these appears Elm∣ley,* 1.34 a Castle once belonging to Ursus or Urso d'Abtot, by whose daughter and heir Emeline, it descended to the Beauchamps. At the foot of these hills stands Breodun, touching whose Monastery. Offa King of the Mercians saith,

I Offa, King of the Mercians, will give 35 acres of tributary land to the Mona∣stery which is called Breodun in the Province of the Wiccians, and to the Church of St. Peter, Prince of the Apostles, in that place which my grandfather Eanwulf built to the glory and praise of the everliving God

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Under Bredon hills, to the south, lies Washborn,* 1.35 a village or two, which gives the sirname to an ancient and gentile family in these parts. They lye in a spot of this County quite severed from the main body. And divers other like parcels* 1.36 lie up and down dispersed; the reason I know not, unless it were this, That the Governours of this County in elder times, having estates of their own lying near, annex'd them to the County which they govern'd [q]. A little higher

runs the river Avon in its way to Severn: in this County it waters Eovesham,* 1.37 which the Monkish wri∣ters tell us had its name from Eoves, swineherd to Egwine Bishop of Worcester; being formerly called Eath-home,* 1.38 and Heath-field; a very neat town, seated on a gentle ascent from the river. Bengworth Castle anciently stood at the bridge-foot, as it were in its suburbs;

which William d'Audeville, Abbot, recover∣ing from William Beauchamp, did utterly demolish, and caused the ground to be consecrated for a Churchyard.

The town is famous for this Mona∣stery, which Egwine, by the help of King Kenred son of Wolfer King of the Mercians, built about the year 700; as also for the Vale of Evesham* 1.39 lying about it, and taking its name from the town, which for its fruitfulness is justly stiled the Gra••ary of these parts; so liberal is the soil in affording the best corn in great abundance. In more ancient times this town was very famous for the overthrow of the Barons, and of Simon Mountfort E.* 1.40 of Leicester, our English Cataline. He being a person of a very bad temper and extremely perfidi∣ous, taught us by experience the truth of that saying, Favours are esteemed obligations no longer than they can be requited. For when King Hen. 3. had with a liberal hand heaped all possible favours upon him, and given him his own sister to wife, he had no other returns from him, than most implacable hatred. For he raised a most dangerous war, and miserably wasted a great part of England under pretence of redressing grievances and asserting its liberties, leaving no me∣thod unpractis'd whereby he might depose the King, and change the government from a Monarchy to an Oligarchy. But after he had prospered a while in his enterprize, he, with many others of his party, fell in this place, being subdued in a pitch'd battel by the valour of Prince Edward. And instantly, as tho' the sink of mischiefs had been cleansed, a welcome peace, which he had banished, every where appear∣ed [r].* 1.41

Hard by, upon the same river, lyeth Charleton,* 1.42 once the estate of a famous Knightly family the Hans∣acres, but now of the Dinlies or Dinglies, who being descended of an ancient family of that name in Lan∣cashire, came to it by inheritancec 1.43. A little lower, in the primitive times of our English Church, there was another Religious-house, then Fleodanbyrig, now Fladbury;* 1.44 and near this Pershore, in Saxon Pe∣riscoran, named from the Pear-trees; which, as that excellent Historian William of Malmesbury in∣forms us, Egelward Duke of Dorset, a man of a generous spirit, and wholly devoted to pious munificence, built and finished in K. Edgar's time. But alas, what vast losses hath it since sustained; part the ambition of great men hath seized, part is forgotten and lost; and a very consi∣derable part of its possessions, King Edward and William bestowed on Westminster5 1.45. Hence Avon runs smooth∣ly down by Strenshamd 1.46 a seat of the Russels an ancient family of the degree of Knights; and so dischargeth it's waters into Severn.

Hereabouts, in the south part of the Shire, lies Oswalds-law-hundred,* 1.47 so called from Oswald Bishop of Worcester, who obtained it of Edgar; the immu∣nities whereof are thus registred in the Survey of England, which William the Conquerour made; The Church of St. Mary in Wircester hath a Hundred called Oswalds-low, in which lye 300 Hide-land, where the Bishop of this Church hath by very long prescription all the Services and customary duties pertaining to the Lords Pourveyance, the King's service, and his own: so that no Sheriff may hold a Court there, in any plea or other cause whatsoever. This is attested by the whole County [s].

There is a place somewhere in this County, but not certainly known, called Augustines-ac, i.e. Augustine's Oak, at which Augustine, the Apostle of the English, and the British Bishops met; and ha∣ving for some time disputed about the keeping of Easter, preaching Gods word to the English,* 1.48 and administring the Sacrament of Baptism after the rites of the Church of Rome; in conclusion both sides went away dissatisfied [t].

This Province, after the Norman Conquest, had for its first Sheriff Urso d'Abtot,* 1.49 to whom and his heirs King William 1. gave large possessions, together with that honour. Roger his son succeeded him, who (as William of Malmesbury reports) enjoyed his father's possessions, and was divested of them, falling under the heavy displeasure of King Henry 1. because in a furious passion he had commanded one of the King's Officers to be put to death. But this dignity of She∣riff, by Emeline Sister to this Roger, descended to the family of the Beauchamps; for she was married to Walter de Beauchamp, whom King Stephen made Con∣stable of England when he displaced Miles Earl of Glocester. Within a few years after, K. Stephen made Walleran Earl of Mellent,6 1.50 brother to Robert Bossu* 1.51 Earl of Leicester, the first Earl of Worcester, and gave him the City of Worcester; which Walleran became a Monk, and died at Preaux in Normandy in the year 1166. His son Robert, who married the daugh∣ter of Reginald Earl of Cornwall, and set up the stan∣dard of Rebellion against Hen. 2. and Peter the son of Robert who revolted to the French in 1203. used only the title of Earl of Mellent, as far as I have observed, and not of Worcester. For K. Hen. 2. who succeeded Stephen, did not easily suffer any to enjoy those ho∣nours under him, which they had received from his enemy. For as the Annals of the Monastery of Wa∣verley have it, he deposed the titular and pretended Earls, among whom K. Stephen had indiscreetly distributed all the Revenues of the Crown. After this, till the time of K. Rich. 2. I know of none who bore the title of Earl of Worcester. He conferred it upon Thomas Percy; who being slain in the Civil wars by Hen. 4. Richard Beauchamp, descended from the Abtots, recei∣ved this honour from K. Hen. 5. After him, who died without heirs male, John Tiptoft, Lord Lieute∣nant of Ireland, was created Earl of Worcester by K. Hen. 6. And he presently after siding with Ed∣ward 4. and accommodating himself with a blind obedience to the humour of that Prince, became the Executioner of his vengeance, till he in like manner lost his own head when Hen. 6. was restored. But K. Edward having recovered the Crown, restored Edward [Tiptoft] his son to all again. He died without issue, and the estate was divided among the sisters of that John Tiptoft who was Earl of Worce∣ster,* 1.52 who were married to the Lord Roos, Lord Dudley, and Edmund Ingoldsthorp; whereupon Charles Somerset, natural son of Henry Duke of Somerset, was honoured with that title by K. Hen. 8. to whom, in a direct line, have succeeded Henry, William, and Edward, who is now living, and among his other vertuous and noble qualities, is to be honoured as a great Patron of good literature.

This County hath 152 Parishes.

ADDITIONS to WORCESTERSHIRE.

[a] AFTER the Britains were expell'd this nation by the Conquering Sax∣ons, they retir'd beyond the Se∣vern, and defended their new Ter∣ritories against the encroaching E∣nemy. So that the County of Worcester, with those other through which that large river runs, were for a long time the frontiers between the two people. And (* 1.53 as Mr. Twine has observ'd) most of the great cities that lye upon the East-shore of Severn and Dee, were built to resist the irruptions of the Britains, by the Romans or Saxons, or both; like as the Romans erected many places of strength on the West-shore of the Rhine, to restrain the forcible invasions of the Germans into France.

[b] The people of those parts in Bede's time, be∣fore England was divided into Counties, were (as our Author observes) term'd Wiccii, as also were some of their neighbours. But the great question is, how far that name reach'd; the solution whereof is not attempted by Mr. Camden. They seem to have in∣h••bited all that tract, which was anciently subject to the Bishops of Worcester, that is, all Glocestershire on the East-side Severn, with the city of Bristol; all Worce∣stershire, except 16 parishes in the North-west-part, lying beyond Aberley-hills, and the river Teme; and near the South-half of Warwickshire with Warwick-town. For as under the Heptarchy at first there was but one Bishop in each kingdom, and the whole realm was his Diocese; so upon the subdividing the kingdom of Mercia into five Bishopricks, An. Dom. 679. (of which Florentius Wigorniensis saith Wiccia was the first,) doubtless the Bishop had the entire Pro∣vince under his jurisdiction, and accordingly he was stil'd Bishop of the Wiccians, and not of Worcester. This will appear more probable yet from a passage in† 1.54 Florentius, who saith that Oshere, Vice-Roy of the Wiccians, perswaded Aethelred, King of Mercia, to make this division, out of a desire that the Province of Wiccia, which he govern'd with a sort of Regal power, might have the honour of a Bishop of its own. This being effected, his See was at Worcester, the Me¦tropolis of the Province, which according to‖ 1.55 Bede, border'd on the Kingdom of the West-Saxons, that is, Wiltshire and Somersetshire; and Coteswold-hills lye in it, which in Eadgar's Charter to Oswald is call'd Mons Wiccisca, or Wiccian-hill, tho'* 1.56 Spelman reads it corruptly Monte Wittisca, and the† 1.57 Monasticon more corruptly Wibisca. Moreover Sceorstan, which possi∣bly is the Shire-stone beyond these hills, is said by‖ 1.58 Flo∣rentius to be in Wiccia.

[c] Having premi's thus much concerning the ancient Inhabitants of those parts, let us next with Mr. Camden go thorow the County it self. In the very North-point whereof lies Stourbridge,* 1.59 so nam'd from the river Stour upon which it stands: a well-built market-town, and of late much enrich'd by the iron and glass-works. King Edward the sixth sounded and liberally endow'd a Grammar-school here; and in our time, near this place, the pious munificence of Tho. Foley Esq erected a noble Hospital, and endow'd it with Lands for the main∣tenance and education of 60 poor Children, chosen mostly out of this and some neighbour parishes. They are instructed in Grammar, Writing, Arithmetick, &c. to fit them for trades. Their habit and disci∣pline are much like that of Christ's Hospital in Lon∣don.

[d] Going along with the Stour, not far from its entrance into the Severn we meet with Kidderminster,* 1.60 famous for the Bissets Lords of it, part of whose estate Mr. Camden tells us, upon a division, came to an Hospital in Wiltshire built for Lepers. This was Maiden-Bradley,* 1.61 which was built by Manser Bisset in King Stephen's time, or the beginning of Henr. 2. and endow'd by him and his son Henry long before the estate was divided among daughters.† 1.62 For that hapned not till the year 1241. so that the Tradition of the Leprous Lady is a vulgar fable.

[e] Leaving this river, our next guide is the Se∣vern, upon which stands Holt-castle,* 1.63 now the inheri∣tance of the Bromleys, descended from Sir Thomas Bromley, Lord Chancellor of England in the middle of Queen Elizabeth's reign. A little below, Salwarp enters the Severn: not far from the first lies Grafton,* 1.64 which Mr. Camden tells us was given to Gilbert Tal∣bot; and that hapned upon the attainder of Humfrey Stafford.* 1.65

[f] Upon the death of Edward, Earl of Shrewsbu∣ry, Febr. 7. 1617, the last heir-male of John the third Earl of this family, the honour came to the house of Grafton, now the seat of Charles Earl of Shrewsbury, who is the next lineal heir of this Sir Gil∣bert Talbot mention'd by our Author.

[g] From hence this river goes to Droitwich or Durtwich,* 1.66 the original whereof, says our Author, may bear some analogy to the Hyetus in Boeotia, from its dirty soil. And indeed Stephanus Byzantius in his book De Urbibus, under 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, mentions this reason of the name.* 1.67 Nevertheless it is more probable, that this town in Boeotia deriv'd its name from Hyettus an exile from Argos who fix'd here: for the Greek name is not 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, but 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉.

[h] Here (says Mr. Camden) arise three springs of brine; and indeed at present there are only three, but anciently, as late as King Henry the seventh, there were five. They do not observe the seasons of wealling, which our Author mentions; nor do they at any time leave off, because the brine is too weak to make salt (for the springs yield strong brine all the year round,) but only when they judge the quantity of salt made, sufficient to serve their mar∣kets, which they are careful not to overstock. They now burn coal and not wood, in their Seales. The town it self is very wealthy: it had great privileges granted it by King John, whose Charter they have to shew at this day. They were also much favour'd by his son King Henr. 3. and other Princes; particu∣larly in this present Century K. James 1. in the 22d year of his reign, granted them a Charter. The Borough is govern'd by two Bailiffs and a certain number of Bur∣gesses: they send also two Members to Parliament.

[i] As to the Bullions of salt, mention'd by Mr. Camden in his quotation from Domesday; what pro∣portion that is, I cannot determine. Monsieur du Cange in his Glossary, contents himself to say in general, that 'tis a measure of Salt. I am apt to think, 'tis the same with Bullitiones in Domesday-book, where an account is given of the rent of eight fats belong∣ing to the King and Earl at Nantwich, which paid every Friday 16 Bullitiones. (See Sir Peter Leicester's Antiquities, p. 427.) Where it follows that 15 of these made unam summam, one seam or horse-load, or 8 bushels, Spelm. Gloss. in Summa. And in Monast. Angl. tom 2. p. 256. col. 2. four sums are said to contain 40 bullions, which I conceive to be Barrows, the size where∣of hath been different, at different places and times.

[k] A little below, the Saltwarp joyns it self to the Severn, and goes along with it to Worcester;* 1.68* 1.69 whose original is referr'd by John Rous of Warwick to King Constantius; I suppose, he means Chlorus. As to the British name of the place, Mr. Burton thinks our Au∣thor mistaken, when he names it out of Ninnius, Caer Guorangon, and Guorcon; perhaps as to the lat∣ter he is, which Arch-bishop Usher judgeth to be either Warwick or Wroxeter in Shropshire; but as to Caer Guorangon,* 1.70 the learned Primate agrees with Mr. Camden.

The conjecture of those who derive the name Wireceaster from Wyre-forest, is very groundless; for that forest lies near twelve miles from the city, and as much in Shropshire as in this County. Doubt∣less, Wirecester is a contraction of Wigora or Wigra-cester, as 'twas call'd in the days of the Con∣querour, and his sons. And Wigracester it self seems to be a contraction of Wic-para-cester, i.e. the city of the men of Wiccia; just as Canterbury is of

Cant-para-byrig, i.e. the burrough of the men of Kent. The difference in writing Weogora, Weogorena, Weogorna, and Wigra-cester, is of no moment; for our Saxon-Ancestors used eo and i indifferently, as, Beorhtpald Birhtpald, Weohstan Wihstan; so Weogora, Wiogora, and Wigra-cester. And the difference in termination is as little material; for as here we have Weogora and Weogorena-cester, so in Bede we have Cantpara and Cantparena byrig. The present name Worcester, is either form'd from Wircester by the change of one vowel, or else by con∣tracting and melting the g in Weogorcester.* 1.71

The name Wigornia is made like Cantuaria, by softening the termination after the mode of the La∣tins. Florentius, who dy'd above 60 years before Jo∣seph of Exeter, dedicating his book to Baldwin, us'd the name Wigornia; so that Joseph, tho' he might be, as Mr. Camden hath it, one of the first, yet he was not (as some* 1.72 others will have him) the first writer who call'd this city by that name.

[l] Our Author mentioning the expulsion of Se∣cular Priests, notes in the margin, A. D. 964. which is the date of King Eadgar's Charter in the Church of Worcester. This date, tho' very nicely particular, (having the Indiction, the year of the King, the day of the month and the week,) is nevertheless mani∣festly false. For Florentius, the Annals of Worcester, and other monuments, with one consent fix the ex∣pulsion of the Secular Priests in the year 969. and some of them add, that Winsius was created Prior in the year 971. which Winsius is in the body of this Charter mention'd as then actually Prior, so that 964 cannot be the true date† 1.73.

[m] Mr. Camden is very particular in recounting the calamities of this city; amongst which we may very well reckon the plunder thereof by the Crom∣wellians after Worcester-fight,* 1.74 Sept. 3. 1651. wherein the Army (consisting mostly of Scots who endea∣vour'd to re-inthrone King Charles the second) being routed, that Prince was wonderfully conceal'd till he could make his escape into France.

[n] He next gives us in short the civil Admini∣stration of the city; but since that time, by virtue of a Charter of King James 1. dated Octob. 2. in the 19th year of his reign, this City is govern'd by a Mayor and six Aldermen, who are Justices of the Peace (these Aldermen are chosen out of the 24 capi∣tal Citizens,) a Sheriff, usually chosen out of the said 24; likewise a Common-Council consisting of 48 other Citizens, out of which number there are annually elected the two Chamberlains. They have also a Recorder, a Town-Clerk, two Coroners, &c. The City is a County of it self.

[o] Between Worcester and Speechley, on a rising ground is probably the old Oswald's-Law; which‖ 1.75 Sir Henry Spelman says, signifies as much as Lex Oswaldi, and intimates the Constitution for expelling married Priests; and is follow'd in that opinion by other learn∣ed men. But it must be observ'd, that in ancient writings it is not Oswaldes laga, but law, which sig∣nifieth a knap or little-hill, and Edgar's Charter gives that name to the place where Oswald's Hundred-Court was to be kept; and the whole Hundred took it's name from thence. It is very usual for Hundreds to be denominated from a hill, a field, a tree, a stone, or a cross, where the Court is call'd. In this Charter there is mention of Ulferes law and Cuthburges law Hundreds, now swallow'd up in Oswald's law; and in other Counties the names of Hundreds often terminate in law, as in Herefordshire, Radlaw and Wormlaw Hun∣dreds. On the rising ground before-mention'd the Hundred-Court is still call'd.

[p] Below Powick, on the Eastern-bank of the Se∣vern, stands Kemsey,* 1.76 an ancient manour of the Bi∣shops of Worcester, where before the Conquest, and many Ages after, they had a noble Palace, which hath been long since demolish'd, so that the ruins are not discernable.

About three miles Southward is Cromb D'abetot,* 1.77 nam'd from Urso d'Abetot anciently Lord thereof, now the chief seat of the Lord Coventry; and the ad∣joyning Church is the burial place of the family. About two miles on the West-side of the Severn, is Great Malvern,* 1.78 an Abbey seated at the foot of the hill, which was founded by one Aldwin a Hermite, in the eighteenth year of the Conquerour's reign; and himself with King Henry his son were benefa∣ctors to it. This house was of the Benedictine-Or∣der, and a Cell belonging to Westminster-Abbey. A very fair Church is yet remaining, which serves the Parish, but almost nothing is left to maintain a Minister.

Two miles South from this lies Little Malvern,* 1.79 in a dismal cavity of the hill. It was founded An. Dom. 1171. by Joceline and Edred, two brothers, who were successively Priors of the house; which was also of the Benedictine-Order, and a Cell of the Monastery of Worcester.

[pp] When our Author observes, that a ditch was drawn to divide the lands of the Earl of Glocester from those of the Church of Worcester, it is a mi∣stake for Hereford. For that Church hath several ma∣nours on the West-side Malvern-hills, and* 1.80 there was a famous quarrel between Thomas de Cantilupe Bishop of Hereford, and this Earl, touching some lands claim'd by the Bishop in Malvern-chace; and the Judges who were to decide that controversie, sate in the Chace.

[q] Mr. Camden observes, that Washbourn* 1.81 un∣der Bredon-hills, with some other villages in this County, are quite sever'd from the main body: the reason whereof may be too obscure, to attempt a positive account of it. But it is worthy our observation, that in fact all these dismembred parts, except Dudley, were originally Church-lands. Old Barrow environ'd by Warwickshire, belong'd to Eve∣sham-Abbey, Alderminster to Pershore. All the rest were the lands of the Bishop and Church of Wor∣cester, before the division of England into Counties; and tho' several of these have been alienated many ages, yet they are still in Oswaldslow Hundred; as Olb-barrow is in the Hundred of Blackenhurst, and Alderminster in Pershore Hundred; but the foundation of the last Abbey is later than the division into Shires. As for Dudley, the Castle stands in Staffordshire, but the Church and Town in this County. Before the Conquest, Edwin Earl of Mercia, had both town and castle, which were given to William Fitz-Ausculf, from whom through several hands they are come to the Lord Ward, heir of the last Lord Dudley by his mother, after whose decease he will also bear the title of the Lord Dudley. It appears that above 450 years ago, the town and castle were under dif∣ferent Civil Jurisdictions, as at present, and the Ec∣clesiastical Jurisdiction was settled by the Pope's Man∣date between the Bishops of Worcester and Lichfield, according to the limits of the two Counties† 1.82.

[r] As we have follow'd the Severn thus far, so we must return towards the North along the Avon, upon which lies the town of Evesham, an ancient Borough, enjoying many privileges, some by prescription, and others by divers Charters; govern'd by two Bailiffs till the third year of King James 1. who at the request of Prince Henry, granted them a new Charter, gi∣ving the chief Magistrate the title of Mayor, and making the Corporation to consist of seven Alder∣men, twelve capital Burgesses, a Recorder, and Cham∣berlain, who are all of the Common-Council; as also four and twenty other Burgesses call'd Assistants; and extended their jurisdiction over the adjoyning parish of Bengworth. He likewise granted them more ample privileges, particularly power to try and exe∣cute Felons within the Borough. It sends two Bur∣gesses to Parliament.

[s] Hereabouts, on the South-part of the County, Mr. Camden places Oswaldslaw-hundred: but that is a mistake; for this Hundred is not one continu'd tract of ground, but consists of Townships scatter'd in all parts of the County, where the Bishop or Mo∣nastery of Worcester had lands, at the time when King Edgar granted that Charter to Oswald. This is evi∣dent to any person who observes the places nam'd in that Charter, as it is printed in‖ 1.83 Spelman's Councils, and in the* 1.84 Monasticon Anglicanum. It is esteem'd a full third part of the County, but at this day doth not enjoy a third part of that Hundred.

[t] After our Author has run through this Shire, he tells us that Augustine's Oak is somewhere in the County, but the place not certainly known. Some conjectures have been offer'd at the precise place. Sir Henry Spelman thinks there are some footsteps of the name in Ausric, a village in this County border∣ing on Herefordshire, which (as he expounds Hunt∣ingdon) lies in the confines of the Wiccians and the West-Saxons. The name of this village he supposes may be a contraction of Austines ric, i.e. Austin's territo∣ry. But to omit some other material objections, 'tis certain that the vulgar maps deceiv'd that learned Knight, which are false printed, and should be Aul∣frick; which name at its full length in old writings is Alfredes-wic: but his own mistake is less pardonable, in making Herefordshire a province of the West-Saxons. Others have conjectur'd that Austins-Oak may have been in a parish call'd corruptly the Rock, but doubt∣less by our Saxon Ancestors þaere ac, and in Latin Aka. Now this parish lies in that part of the Shire which is most remote from the West-Saxon kingdom, bordering on Shropshire. All the light we have, is from Bede, who is the only writer within 400 years of the time, that mentions this congress. He says, it was in the confines of the Wiccians and West-Saxons. He doth not say it was in Wiccia, much less that it was in that part of the Province which is now call'd Worcestershire; but that it was in the confines of the West-Saxons, upon whom Worcestershire doth not bor∣der any where. So that admitting this Oak to be in Hwiccia, it must needs have stood in that part of Glocestershire which bounds the Counties of Wilts and Somerset, Provinces of the West-Saxon King∣dom.

[u] Mr. Camden having left the west-side of this County in a manner untouch'd; it will be ne∣cessary to give a more particular view thereof. The river Teme,* 1.85 in Latin Temedus, waters the north-west part of this Shire, taking its course into the Severn through rich meadows; and the soil on both sides produceth excellent Syder, and Hops in great abun∣dance.

On the edge of Shropshire, the river gives its name to Temebury, a small, but well-frequented market-town. This town, with most of the Lands between Teme and Herefordshire, were held by Robert Fitz Richard, Lord of Ricards Castle, whose son Hugh marrying Eustachia de Say a great heiress, the issue of that match took the sirname of Say. These Lands, by Margery an heir-female, came to Robert Mortimer about K. John's time; and the issue-male of the family of Mortimers failing, the patrimony was divided between two daughters; the elder of which being marry'd to Geoffry Cornwall, part of it continues in the hands of their posterity, but the rest hath often chang'd its Lords.

About 7 miles below Temebury, the river passeth under Woodbery-hill,* 1.86 remarkable for an old entrench∣ment on the top, vulgarly call'd Owen Glendowr's Camp; which notwithstanding is probably of greater antiquity.

Hence runs a continu'd ridge of hills from Teme almost to Severn, and seems to have been the boun∣dary of the Wiccian Province. At the foot of Wood∣bery-hill stands Great-Witley,* 1.87 where is a fair new-built house, the chief seat of the Foleys, who bought it of the Russels, to whom it came about King Henry the 7th's time by marriage with one of the coheirs of Cassy, who had marry'd the heir-general of the Coke-sayes, its more ancient Lords.

Under the west-side of Woodbery-hill lies Shelsley Beauchamp, and over against it Shelsley Walsh,* 1.88 where dwelt Sir Richard Walsh the famous Sheriff of this County at the time of the Powder-plot, who pur∣su'd the traytors into Staffordshire, and took them there.

A little lower stood Hammme-castle; and now in the place of it a fair seat, which the ancient family of the Jeffreys have enjoy'd about 200 years. Hence, by Martley, Teme passeth under Coderidge,* 1.89 a manour of the Berkleys, formerly the Actons, and in more anci∣ent times belonging to the Mortimers and Says. On the opposite bank stands Leigh,* 1.90 a manour of the Vis∣count of Hereford; whence the river hasting to Po∣wick, falls into the Severn.

Continuation of the EARLS.

Henry son of Edward succeeding his father, was created Marquiss of Worcester by K. Charles 1. which honour was after him enjoy'd by Edward his son, and Henry his grandson; who being created Duke of Beaufort by King Charles 2. the title of Marquiss of Worcester is now given to Charles Somerset his eldest son, a Gentleman of great parts and worth, who merits no less a character than that Mr. Camden gives his noble Ancestor, with whom he concludes his description of Worcestershire.

More rare Plants growing wild in Worcestershire.

Colchicum vulgare seu Anglicum purpureum & album, Ger. Park. Common meadow-Saffron. I observed it growing most plentifully in the meadows of this County.

Cynoglossum folio virenti J. B. Cynoglossum mi∣nus folio virente Ger. semper virens C. B. Park. The lesser green-leaved Hounds-tongue. It hath been observed in some shady lanes near Worcester by Mr. Pitts an Apothe∣cary and Alderman of that City.

Sorbus pyriformis D. Pitts: which I suspect to be no other than the Sorbus sativa C. B. legitima Park. That is, the true or manured Service or Sorb-tree. Found by the said Mr. Pits in a forest of this County.

Triticum majus glumâ foliaceâ seu Triticum Polonicum D. Bobert. An Trit. speciosum grano oblongo J. B? Polonian Wheat. It is found in the fields in this County; and, as Dr. Plot tells us, in Staffordshire also.

Notes

• * 1.1

  Wiccii.
• * 1.2

  Salt-pits.
• 1 1.3

  And in one part for dainty chiefe surpasseth them.
• * 1.4

  Pyrry.
• * 1.5

  Kiddermin∣ster and B••awdley.
• a 1.6

  The name probably is Ticcen-hill, i.e. Goats-hill, not Ticken-hall; and so has been the name of the place before the house was built, which with the adjoyning Park was destroy'd in the late times of Usurpation.
• 2 1.7

  At which time he granted some privileges to Beawdley: Hol. Upon the strictest enquiry I cannot find any ground for what Mr. Holiand saith. The Town seems to have been first incorporated by King Edw. 4. whose Charter grants them great Privileges both by Land and Sea; which sheweth them, in those days, to have improved the advantage of the river for traffick. These Immunities were twice confirmed by King Henry 8. and by Act of Parliament 34 and 35 of his reign, Beawdley was annexed to the County of Worcester. King James 1. granted them a Charter by the name of the Bailiffs and Burgesses of Beawdley, gave them one Burgess to represent them in Parliament.
• * 1.8

  Baron Beauchamp 〈◊〉〈◊〉 K••dder∣••••••r.
• * 1.9

  Hertlebury.
• * 1.10

  〈◊〉〈◊〉, in old ••••glish, ••••••ds or ••••••cts.
• * 1.11

  Lampreys.
• * 1.12

  Vino Cretico.
• 3 1.13

  This hath its first veins out of the Lickey-hill, most eminent in the North-part of this Shire; near unto which at Frankley the family of the Littletons were planted by † John Littleton alias Westcote, the famous Lawyer, Justice in the King's Bench in the time of King Edw. 4. to whose Treatise of Tenures the Students of our Common Law are no less be∣holden, than the Civilians to Justinian's Institutes, Hol.
• * 1.14

  Bromes-grave.
• * 1.15

  Grafton.
• * 1.16

  Durtwich.
• * 1.17

  Salt-springs
• * 1.18

  Feckenham Forest.
• * 1.19

  Richard de la Wich.
• b 1.20

  Mr. Camden citing Gervase of Tilbury, in the margin, hath locus corruptus, and by an asterisk directs to these words, oportuni partem, which I guess should be thus corrected, oportuna parum.
• 4 1.21

  Salwarp having now entertain'd a small brook descending from Chedesley, where anciently the family of Foliot flourished, as after at Longdon, makes haste to Severne.
• * 1.22

  Worcester.
• * 1.23

  Branogeni∣um.
• * 1.24

  Married Priests.
• * 1.25

  Register of the Church of Worce∣ster, A. D. 964.
• * 1.26

  S. Wulstan.
• * 1.27

  Marianus.
• * 1.28

  Anno 15 Steph. Re••••••
• * 1.29

  Barons of Powick.
• * 1.30

  Hanley.
• * 1.31

  Upton.
• * 1.32

  Malvern hills.
• * 1.33

  Bredon hills.
• * 1.34

  Elmley-castle.
• * 1.35

  VVash∣born.
• * 1.36

  Parcel 〈◊〉〈◊〉 the Shi•• severed from th•• rest of t•• body.
• * 1.37

  ••••••ham.
• * 1.38

  〈…〉〈…〉 ••••••esham ••••••tery. 〈◊〉〈◊〉 the 〈◊〉〈◊〉 1157.
• * 1.39

  〈◊〉〈◊〉 ••••e••ham
• * 1.40

  〈…〉〈…〉.
• * 1.41

  ••265.
• * 1.42

  ••••••on.
• c 1.43

  The Dinglies continue to this day at Charleton.
• * 1.44

  〈…〉〈…〉.
• 5 1.45

  Then receiveth Avon, a riveret, from the north, upon which stands Hodington a seat of the Winters, of which were Robert Winter and his bro∣ther Thomas, who whenas they were in the Gunpowder Treason, &c. Dr. Holland having led me to Hadington, I cannot pass by Henlip a fair seat of the Abingtons, remarkable for the taking of Garnet and Oldcorn, two eminent Jesuits, concerned in the Powder-Plot; who after many days fruit∣less search, were found in a cavity of a wall over a Chimney. In the same house was written that obscure Letter to the Lord Mounteagle, by Mrs. Abingdon his sister, which gave some light into the horrid design. The present owner, Thomas Abingdon Esquire, hath in his hands a large de∣scription of Worcestershire, written by his grandfather, an able and industrious Antiquary; the publication whereof hath been impatiently expected from him above these 20 years.
• d 1.46

  Strensham is still enjoyed by the same family.
• * 1.47

  ••••••ds-〈◊〉〈◊〉-hun∣••••ed.
• * 1.48

  A. D. 60••.
• * 1.49

  Earls of VVorcester D. Abtot.
• 6 1.50

  Twin-brother.
• * 1.51

  Robert de Monte.
• * 1.52

  Orig. 1 H. 7. R. 36.
• * 1.53

  Breviar. f. 26. p. 1.
• † 1.54

  P. 559. edit. Lond. quarto.
• ‖ 1.55

  Hist. Ecel. lib. 2. cap. 2.
• * 1.56

  Concil. Tom. 1. p. 433.
• † 1.57

  Monast. Angl. T. 1. p. 140.
• ‖ 1.58

  Flor. p. 385. 4^o.
• * 1.59

  Stour∣bridge.
• * 1.60

  Kidder∣minster.
• * 1.61

  Monast. Angl. Tom. 2. p. 408.
• † 1.62

  Dugd Ba∣ronage, T. 1. p. 632.
• * 1.63

  Holt castl••••
• * 1.64

  Grafton.
• * 1.65

  Brook's Catalogu•• of Nob•••••• with Vin∣cent's Co¦rections, p. 471. Dugd Ba•••••• T. 1. p. 334.
• * 1.66

  Durtwich
• * 1.67

  See 〈◊〉〈◊〉 sa••••••
• * 1.68

  Worcest••••••
• * 1.69

  Burto•• Antoni•• I••inerat. p. 252.
• * 1.70

  Prim•••• Eccles. c. 5.
• * 1.71

  〈…〉〈…〉 ••••or∣••••••er.
• * 1.72

  ••••••on's ••••••ent 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Anto∣••••. p. 252
• † 1.73

  〈…〉〈…〉. p. 〈◊〉〈◊〉 5••2, 〈◊〉〈◊〉
• * 1.74

  〈◊〉〈◊〉 de 〈◊〉〈◊〉 & 〈…〉〈…〉 Brit. 〈…〉〈…〉.
• ‖ 1.75

  ••••••d's-〈…〉〈…〉. p. 434.
• * 1.76

  ••••••sey.
• * 1.77

  ••••mb ••••••etot.
• * 1.78

  Great Mal∣vern.
• * 1.79

  Little Mal∣vern.
• * 1.80

  Angl. Sacr. Annal. Wig. A.D. 1278. p. 503.
• * 1.81

  Washbourn
• † 1.82

  Vide An∣nal. Wigorn. ad An. 1238 in Angl. Sa∣cr. T. 1. p. 490.
• ‖ 1.83

  Vol. 1. p. 433.
• * 1.84

  Vol. 1. p. 140.
• * 1.85

  Teme.
• * 1.86

  Woodbery-hill.
• * 1.87

  G••e••t ••••••¦ley.
• * 1.88

  She••••ey Wa••sh.
• * 1.89

  Coderi••••••
• * 1.90

  Le••gh.