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all that learned antiquary and their successor bishop Godwin* could recover of their memories, which dishearteneth me from farther inquiry after them. For let them never look for a crop, who sow that ground which so skilful a husbandman thought fit to lie fallow.

THE FAREWELL.

It much affected me (and I believe all others whose hearts are of flesh and blood) what I read in an author concerning the rigorous laws imposed on the observation of the Welch.† For when Owen Glyndower-Wye (inveigled by some well skilled in Merlin's prophecies, that the time was come, wherein the Britons through his assistance should recover their ancient freedom and liberty) raised a rebellion, making war upon the earl of March (the heir apparent both to the crown of England and Principality of Wales), king Henry the Fourth, enraged at his proceedings, enacted these ensuing laws :

First, that no Welchman should purchase lands; or be chosen citizen or burgess of any city, borough, or market-town; nor be received into any office of mayor, bailiff, chamberlain, &c.; or to be of the council of any town; or to bear armour within any city. Besides that, if any Welchman should impeach or sue an Englishman, it was ordained, he should not be convicted, unless by the judgment of English justices, verdict of English burgesses, or by the inquest of the English borough where the suits lay: yea, that all English burgesses who married Welch women should be disfranchised of their liberties. No congregation or council was permitted to the Welchmen, but by licence of the chief officers of the same seignory, and in the presence of the same officers.‡ That no victuals should be brought into Wales, unless by the especial licence of the king and his council. That no Welchman should have any castle, fortress, or house of defence of his own, or any other man's to keep. That no Welchman should be made justice, chamberlain, chancellor, &c. of a castle, receivor, escheator, &c., nor other officer or keeper of records, &c., nor of the council of any English lord. That no Englishman that in time to come should marry a Welch-woman be put in any office in Wales, or in the Marches of the same.

Now as I am heartily sorry that ever the Welch were bound to the observance of so rigorous laws, so am I truly glad that at this day they are (to the happiness both of England and Wales) freed from the same. Yea, I shall constantly pray, that God would be pleased to grant us, of the loins of our sovereign, one

In his Catalogue of the Bishops of Llandaff. † Dr. Powel, in his History of Wales, p. 287.

Idem, ibidem.

who may be born prince of the one, and (after the-though late -decease of his majesty) king of the other.

For the various topographical Works, relative to the_Principality of Wales and its different Counties, the reader is referred to p. 504.-ED.

INDEX OF SUBJECTS,

CONTAINED IN THE THREE VOLUMES.

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Beech, Bucks, i. 192

Beestone Castle, Cheshire, i. 264
Benefactors to the public, disquisition

on, i. 43. See CONTENTS, under the
respective Counties.

Beverley Church, Yorkshire, iii. 397
Black-lead, Cumb. i. 337

Blanks, on the occurrence of, i. 82
Bone-well Fountain, Heref. ii. 69

Bone-lace, Devon, i. 396

Books, on the number of, i. 42

Boots, Northam. ii. 498

Bottesford Church, Leic. ii. 224

Boundaries, &c. of Counties. See CoN-

TENTS, under the respective Counties.
Box, Surrey, iii. 200

Bray, village of, Berks, i. 113

Brereton Pool, Cheshire, i. 265
Bridge, London, ii. 336

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Dialects of Cornwall, i. 299
Diamonds of Bristol, iii. 113
of Cornwall, i. 300

Divinity, on the writers on, i. 37
Dotterils, Linc. ii. 263
Dudley Castle, Staff. iii. 127

E.

Earthquake, in Breck. iii. 514
Edgehill, Battle of, Warw. iii. 297
Eels, Camb. i. 222

Ely, Isle of, Camb. i. 221

Minster, Camb. i. 225
Engine, The, London, ii. 334
Enston, Oxf. iii. 5

Epsom Waters, Surrey, iii. 203
Exchange, The, London, ii. 336
Exeter, Worthies of, i. 442-448
F.

Falcons, Pembr. iii. 553
Fallow Deer, Oxf. iii. 1
Feathers, Linc. ii, 263
Fishing, Lanc. ii. 191
Fishtoft, Linc. ii. 266
Flax, Kent, ii. 114

Flemings, Pembr. iii. 553
Floating Island, Canarv. iii. 526
Friezes, Welch, manufactured in Salop,
iii. 53; in Wales 485
Fullers-earth, Bedf. i. 165

Surrey, iii. 199

Fulling-mills, Monm. ii. 431

Fustians, Lanc. ii. 190

G.

Gardening, Surrey, iii. 200
Garlic, Cornwall, i. 301
Geat, Yorkshire, iii. 392
Gedding, Little, Hunts, ii. 97

Gentry, method used in the Catalogue
of, i. 58; a double division of, 92.
See CONTENTS, under the respective
Counties.

Glass, Sussex, iii. 242
Gloucester Cathedral, i. 549
Glycyrize, Notts, ii. 568

Goats, in Wales, iii. 484

Golden Grove, Carmar. iii. 521

Greyhounds, Linc. ii. 264
Grimthorp Hall, Linc. ii, 266
Gubbings, The, Devon, i. 398
Gunpowder, Essex, i. 494
Guns, Sussex, iii. 24
Gylden Vale, Heref. ii, 67

H.

INDEX OF SUBJECTS.

Haile-Weston Springs, Hunts, ii. 98
Hampton Court, Midd. ii. 312
Hanging Stone, Devon, i. 398
Hares, Camb. i. 222

Hatfield House, Herts, ii. 38

Helmet, Golden, found in Linc. ii. 267
Hemp, Dorset, i. 452

Henry the Seventh's Chapel, Westmin-
ster, ii. 411

Hermit, Nameless, in Middlesex, ii. 325
Herrings, Devon, i. 395

Norf. ii. 445

Higre, The, Glouc. i. 550

Hinchinbrook House, Hunts, ii. 97
Hinton St. George House, Somer. iii. 90
History, on the writers on, i. 38
Hogs, Hants, ii. 3

Holdenby House, Northam. ii. 499
Holland, Linc. ii. 261
Holt Castle, Denb. iii. 531
Honey, Hants, ii. 2

Hops, Essex, i. 493
Horses, Yorkshire, iii. 394
Montgom. iii. 548

Hounds, Linc. ii. 264

Hurlers, The, Cornwall, i. 304
Hurtberries, Devon, i. 396

I.

Ireland, on the Lord Deputies of, i. 27
Iron, Salop, iii. 52

Sussex, iii. 239

J.

Judges, on the names, &c. of, i. 28. See
CONTENTS, in the respective Coun-
ties.

K.

Kendal Cottons, Westm. iii. 302
Kenilworth Castle, Warw. iii. 268
Kimbolton Castle, Hunts, ii. 97
Knives, Yorkshire, iii. 395

Knot Grass, Wilts, iii. 318.

L.

Lake, wonderful, in Merioneth. iii. 545
Lampreys, Worc. iii. 358

Lansdowne Fight, Wilts, iii. 353
Lapis Caliminaris, Somerset, iii. 86
Larks, Bedf. i. 165

Law, on the writers on, i. 34

Lead, Somerset, iii. 85

Derb. i. 365

Wales, iii. 483

Leamington Springs, Warw. iii. 271
Leather, tanning of, Midd. ii. 312
Lichfield Cathedral, iii. 125

Close, iii. 126

563

Lime, Yorkshire, iii. 394
Lincoln Cathedral, ii. 266
Liskeard, Cornwall, battle of, i. 331
London, Worthies of, ii. 333-411
Long Melford, Suffolk, iii. 160
Lord Chancellors, on the names &c. of,
i. 22

Lord Deputies of Ireland, on the names,
&c. of, i. 27

Lord Mayors of London, remarks on,
i. 56. For lists of, see CONTENTS,
under the respective Counties.
Lord Treasurers, on the names, &c. of,
i. 24

M.

Madder, Kent, ii. 114

Maim Tor, Derb. i. 368

Main Amber, Cornwall, i. 305
Malt, Bedf. i. 165

Derb. i. 365

Manchester Collegiate Church, ii. 190
Manufactures, on the, i 3. See CON-

TENTS, under the respective Counties.
Marcley Hill, Heref. ii. 70

Martyrs, on the names, &c. of, i. 12.
See CONTENTS, under the respective
Counties.

Mastiffs, Linc. ii. 265

Somerset, iii. 87

Mear Llynsavathan, Breckn. iii. 513
Medicinal Herbs, on the, i. 8

Waters, on the, i. 4. See CON-
TENTS, under the respective Counties.
Melieneth, Radn. iii. 558

Memorable Persons, distinguishing cha-
racteristics of, i. 55. See CONTENTS,
under the respective Counties.
Metheglin, drink of, in Wales, iii. 486
Mill-stones, Anglesea, iii. 506
Mines of Wales, iii. 482

Mint, The, London, ii. 337

Montague House, Somerset, iii. 88

Moss-troopers, Cumb. i. 339

Mounch-denny Hill, Breckn. iii. 512
Mount-Edgecomb, Cornwall, i. 303
Musicians, disquisition on, i. 39. See
CONTENTS.

Mustard, Glouc. i. 548

Nails, Staff. iii. 125

N.

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