Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Frontispiece
- Colophon
- PREFACE BY THE EDITOR
- MEMOIRS OF THE AUTHOR
- CHAPTER I THE DESIGNE OF THE ENSUING WORK
- CHAPTER II THE REAL TOPICKS INSISTED ON IN THE RESPECTIVE COUNTIES
- CHAPTER III OF THE FIRST QUATERNION OF PERSONS
- CHAPTER IV OF POPES, CARDINALS, AND PRELATES, BEFORE THE REFORMATION
- CHAPTER V SINCE THE REFORMATION
- CHAPTER VI OF SUCH WHO HAVE BEEN WORTHY STATESMEN IN OUR LAND
- CHAPTER VII OF CAPITAL JUDGES, AND WRITERS ON THE COMMON LAW
- CHAPTER VIII OF SOULDIERS AND SEAMEN, WITH THE NECESSITY TO ENCOURAGE THE TRADE OF FISHING
- CHAPTER IX OF WRITERS ON THE CANON AND CIVIL LAW, PHYSICK, CHEMISTRY, AND CHIRURGERY
- CHAPTER X WRITERS
- CHAPTER XI OF BENEFACTORS TO THE PUBLICK, WHEREIN ALSO CHOISE CHARITIES ARE RECOMMENDED TO MEN OF ESTATES
- CHAPTER XII OF MEMORABLE PERSONS
- CHAPTER XIII OF LORD MAIORS OF LONDON
- CHAPTER XIV A CATALOGUE OF ALL THE GENTRY IN ENGLAND, MADE IN THE REIGN OF KING HENRY THE SIXTH, WHY INSERTED IN OUR BOOK
- CHAPTER XV OF SHIRE-REEVES, OR SHIRIFFES
- CHAPTER XVI OF THE COATS OF ARMS AFFIXED TO SUCH WHO HAVE BEEN SHERIFFS OF COUNTIES
- CHAPTER XVII OF THE OFTEN ALTERING OF SIRNAMES, AND THE VARIOUS WRITING THEREOF
- CHAPTER XVIII OF MODERN BATTELS
- CHAPTER XIX OF THE NUMBER OF MODERN SHIRES OR COUNTIES IN ENGLAND; AND WHY THE WORTHIES lN THIS WORK ARE DIGESTED COUNTY-WAYES
- CHAPTER XX
- CHAPTER XXI GENERAL RULES FOR THE AUTHOR'S AND READER'S EASE
- CHAPTER XXII AN ACCOMMODATION TO PREVENT EXCEPTIONS ABOUT THE PRECEDENCY OF SEVERAL PROFESSIONS
- CHAPTER XXIII OF THE AUTHORS FROM WHOM OUR INTELLIGENCE IN THE FOLLOWING WORK HATH BEEN DERIVED
- CHAPTER XXIV
- CHAPTER XXV SOME GENERAL EXCEPTIONS AGAINST THE STYLE AND MATTER OF THE, AUTHOR PREVENTED
- CHAPTER XXVI AN APOLOGIE FOR THE UNVOLUNTARY OMISSIONS IN THIS BOOK
- BARK-SHIRE
- BEDFORD-SHIRE
- BUCKINGHAM-SHIRE
- CAMBRIDGE-SHIRE
- CHES-SHIRE
- CHESTER
- CORNWALL
- CUMBERLAND
- DERBY-SHIRE
- DEVON-SHIRE
- EXETER
- DORCET SHIRE
- DURHAM
- ESSEX
- GLOUCESTER-SHIRE
- HANT-SHIRE
- HARTFORD-SHIRE
- HEREFORD-SHIRE
- HUNTINGTON-SHIRE
- KENT
- LANCASHIRE
- LEICESTER-SHIRE
- INDEX TO THE NATURAL COMMODITIES AND MANUFACTURES
- INDEX TO THE WORTHIES OF ENGLAND
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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2015
- Frontmatter
- Frontispiece
- Colophon
- PREFACE BY THE EDITOR
- MEMOIRS OF THE AUTHOR
- CHAPTER I THE DESIGNE OF THE ENSUING WORK
- CHAPTER II THE REAL TOPICKS INSISTED ON IN THE RESPECTIVE COUNTIES
- CHAPTER III OF THE FIRST QUATERNION OF PERSONS
- CHAPTER IV OF POPES, CARDINALS, AND PRELATES, BEFORE THE REFORMATION
- CHAPTER V SINCE THE REFORMATION
- CHAPTER VI OF SUCH WHO HAVE BEEN WORTHY STATESMEN IN OUR LAND
- CHAPTER VII OF CAPITAL JUDGES, AND WRITERS ON THE COMMON LAW
- CHAPTER VIII OF SOULDIERS AND SEAMEN, WITH THE NECESSITY TO ENCOURAGE THE TRADE OF FISHING
- CHAPTER IX OF WRITERS ON THE CANON AND CIVIL LAW, PHYSICK, CHEMISTRY, AND CHIRURGERY
- CHAPTER X WRITERS
- CHAPTER XI OF BENEFACTORS TO THE PUBLICK, WHEREIN ALSO CHOISE CHARITIES ARE RECOMMENDED TO MEN OF ESTATES
- CHAPTER XII OF MEMORABLE PERSONS
- CHAPTER XIII OF LORD MAIORS OF LONDON
- CHAPTER XIV A CATALOGUE OF ALL THE GENTRY IN ENGLAND, MADE IN THE REIGN OF KING HENRY THE SIXTH, WHY INSERTED IN OUR BOOK
- CHAPTER XV OF SHIRE-REEVES, OR SHIRIFFES
- CHAPTER XVI OF THE COATS OF ARMS AFFIXED TO SUCH WHO HAVE BEEN SHERIFFS OF COUNTIES
- CHAPTER XVII OF THE OFTEN ALTERING OF SIRNAMES, AND THE VARIOUS WRITING THEREOF
- CHAPTER XVIII OF MODERN BATTELS
- CHAPTER XIX OF THE NUMBER OF MODERN SHIRES OR COUNTIES IN ENGLAND; AND WHY THE WORTHIES lN THIS WORK ARE DIGESTED COUNTY-WAYES
- CHAPTER XX
- CHAPTER XXI GENERAL RULES FOR THE AUTHOR'S AND READER'S EASE
- CHAPTER XXII AN ACCOMMODATION TO PREVENT EXCEPTIONS ABOUT THE PRECEDENCY OF SEVERAL PROFESSIONS
- CHAPTER XXIII OF THE AUTHORS FROM WHOM OUR INTELLIGENCE IN THE FOLLOWING WORK HATH BEEN DERIVED
- CHAPTER XXIV
- CHAPTER XXV SOME GENERAL EXCEPTIONS AGAINST THE STYLE AND MATTER OF THE, AUTHOR PREVENTED
- CHAPTER XXVI AN APOLOGIE FOR THE UNVOLUNTARY OMISSIONS IN THIS BOOK
- BARK-SHIRE
- BEDFORD-SHIRE
- BUCKINGHAM-SHIRE
- CAMBRIDGE-SHIRE
- CHES-SHIRE
- CHESTER
- CORNWALL
- CUMBERLAND
- DERBY-SHIRE
- DEVON-SHIRE
- EXETER
- DORCET SHIRE
- DURHAM
- ESSEX
- GLOUCESTER-SHIRE
- HANT-SHIRE
- HARTFORD-SHIRE
- HEREFORD-SHIRE
- HUNTINGTON-SHIRE
- KENT
- LANCASHIRE
- LEICESTER-SHIRE
- INDEX TO THE NATURAL COMMODITIES AND MANUFACTURES
- INDEX TO THE WORTHIES OF ENGLAND
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- The History of the Worthies of England , pp. 199 - 204Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2015First published in: 1811