ISfe&r to .thfe Confines of the Parifh towards BreftveiM,. fiherfep
a Field call’d Ho-Cafile-Field^ and la Lane call’d Ho'O^thil^nne ;
Mr. Cambden vifiting thefe Parts, faw at the Fort of Alpark, fipon
a long Stone, this Infcfiptiony
CANDLDI
h FJDES XX
iiij
And John Dee then Warden of Manchifier^ copied out this
for him.
C O H O I FRIS IN &
) MASAVONIS
P. XX III
Thefe Two Pieces kjTeenjs were for the^ Pr.eferf a|ipnfpfithe
Memory of Two Centurknt^ that had fo many- Yea^Tai^fully
and worthily ferved the Romans there.
In the Year *693* rjnder the Root of an Oak, lu^Me^^flck^
near Knot-Mill^ was foujyl a Sto®e: Three Oerters lqoggtljifteen
Inches broad, Eleven- Inches thick, with the Letter’djfidediO-wn-
ward, which Mr. Cqtnbden faw not at leaft t^fbre tl>e, _Finifliing
his Britania, but is now tp be feen in the Garden otf ftolv?ey the
Seat of Sir John j5 /aW,,Rar. to whom that Eftate defended, the
lame formerly belonging to the Mojeley\ in Right of his Wife,
a Lady of great Temper, Piety and Prudence. , Thelpdfeription
of the Stone is thus >
JFORTVNAE
CONSERVA
TRICI LVCIVS
S E N A C IA N I VS
MA R T I VS BLEG.
t VI. VICT.
This
■_i¥ B I R f $ HfR/Mj Sue. H
This feems to being. A l t a r ^ ^ ^ d by Luch«
f f l i W i y % ^ t la g f e r ^ the,^ xth,i%iofr
whidf remateed in r * k m ^ b m g there’
r § J he had v an q u iib ed^ f^ tfie Britans and
reduced'/t h e i r I t was fufns^d
^tfn'^'ahdis^Jac’d by Diojin jtpw^ Britap^m^ theTweptiefii
L^odpl^rMj^rjyfo, v$ich wai
pl8 ^4 diti..Hlgte!^«w : Tfc&jPivifion^^gjs was mad?
by tbefaidto»x,.aod fteGoWy about d iw ta
' • * int0 IittIe- Regions, Anc^caJA’d fbdm jh b
waspart.of t ' h e f ^ v . e r a l o f w h o f ^ Jm hM -
wg lerft to Rme, and Pope adimtiflg their jK *& Pent
0¥er Auguftitm to, comyert ■
| § | & H Q U M and afterwards of
the Memansy fent into the Kingdom pf the Nnrthuw>bers an A rmy
of the Mraan^ Jaiih Bovedep ordering that they lbould fortifi?
andpfeivalian^ldijirBinit, i t being
defac d bythe D jm 1 it betwixtthe Ad J t
eirns that inhabited. <Mre and Derbyjhire^ and the Nerthumbm
inhaktmg L m ^ reand ir Wars and mu~
tual Incurfions, was fometimes poi3el&d! by ^he Mercians^ and
ibmetihaes the Northumbers. Thus fer our Author proceeds
;• As tpftfeg prefent State of the Town, of
great Trade, Riches and Induftrft particularly forth# Fufliaq
Manufacture, and Printing them, -as far thole likewife which are
cmd Aiknchfier Wares; both which are nowfent all over the
Kingdom, as weil as to the Indies ; it is watered by the Rivm
Erwell and kh. Little can be added of Lancofier for Antiquity
fave that it wasdoubtlefs a Rew^ Fortrefs, as appears by the A«’
mm Wall and Road leading toit ; itlis at this time a very thriving
Corporation, andim improving Port: Its Eminenty chiefly
lies in this, that many Branches 0f the Royal Family have en.
joy d Titles deriv’d from i t ; which for the Dignity of the Conn,
ty m general, I will enumerate as briefly as poffible. The Firft
that was Riled W o f the Placed the Beginningof the AW *
Government, was Rogeroi furnamedftfe^-, beaufe
his
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