m The N A T t i j l f f L H 1 S T O R Y '*fj
hBrnei MuudeznO, f ahd Scot# Ne-.
pfee#'fl® Ranulph, llmc«edie&iiiin, he; l^^tfe<i$^:pQifaned7
dkd at fyamel Orange, ia.: t^iHEndrei^ mChefhirey
and was buried'at Cbeftet: Afteophis :teqafe^Ssm^\#i£ {Thir^
held that Earldom id his own Hand^' till he eteatediEc^rffM lira
Sofi Bari o£ that /PdaIttiwte'p'-iScife**«/ thfeEttft^v%wj®fi l&nij»
the Third^fucceeded Mm$ who ihtghtiiy dei^tgdddithe Pleat
fantnefs of; the City of Cheft&t, and for that. Beafa® ternit’drthe
Countiy ihi Vale^oyal <sf 'Eng&ftd;. ;he •w^^ccee^ed^<Sk«t
de Montfoti^ who was a Warrior; as appeals from has tBattteat
Lewes in SufieXy wherein he defeated the’E-ing,, anTaferWsrds
receiv’d the Earldom of < r^ ^ y te^ a s itein!at Rwjfmn%ymot
his Henottrs tetiku’d to theCtdWriii* i ^^rM^tfi^lEfefe^eckMidf
born at Carnarvon in Wafafy- fucceeded -hin^'-Jh^w® A^adti<df
Cbefier^nd Flinty Edward the^CFhird his §oft- was (®eate{|idEaEl
of Chejtpry af. like wife Prince oSi$§de$§ and
Fdwatf th^,jpadt Prince enfu’d next, tsheox iy<^®^is
born ^t BurdeMx^hk^iH^ <$ffimid the Tide pf Prince of‘0 e-
ftery as ^affir^hdin iemfes"; Pifttfwas aftdr him Prince
of Wales, Duke of Cornwall^ and Earl_ of ffiefierj Henry tie
Sixth feeceeded Mifedn that Earldom; thferttekt jSoh
ward,. Soniof Henry :tfte!Sixth; Be was murtherpd fca
by Rickard Crouchback y Edward rtfaek Eifth-fhcceeded 'him!, J'vvho
was likewife murthered-by Ms^Uncle ; Edmardy the $pn °f King
Richard the Third,- wak hext cEa rl of Chefier j,-, then Jlrtbtff.*, FT
deft Son to Henry the Seventh, who was fufcceededihy
the Eighth, his Brother .; afterward Edward the -Sixth;)] Then
Prince Hinry^ Eldeft Sbtt oPiKing James the F.irft, and he was
fucceededby King Charles the*Firft, and he by Ckar^ the Second
his Eldfeft Som; Thus it remains Titular to $he,|loyal
Family, and for ought appears may continue fo for a Series of
endlefs Generations,
Ths
L A NC A S H I RE, CHE S H I R i f &c. | J
The Bijho^s of Mercia.
-1? Piam%nd Scotch
■ Men; the Third Ws Tmmh^ m-E^Ufif Ma%^:b^t' ordain’d
by the >%%; i after hw'ja^iMdriy or Oertnan^ as Rede relates %.
To tb e fe ite h a d i , g ^ at
Thofe] werg aflJFm thé Saxw Government] of whom thereTs a
full Account iti/hgtityhmy Redoÿ and others., The Firft after the
Coo(|\tdft was -Retrusy who rempveTWs:^ Seat from &tcbfifd: * to
Chefim-) Jbül^g#r?feetwàrda alter’d hy Robert Becaqniy who had
Three* S§ats,qC^/€r, Litchfield and. Coventry y b ut. the Epifcot
pah Sl#t Was inking; Henry the>Eighth’s
. -KiS^3fil8hd that;©f -St Werbutghy, appointed the''Cathedral
Çhui'chÿi an4 th^: Bifhop made * a Suffragan of York : The CaT
tafegue of'; the Bifhops after that Time may be feqn at large in
fadypiifa ,apd others.
The Barons ofi Chefter.
The Fp’ft Barpm.we readi, Barpn of Hauliom
Roberty Baron- de Mount Haulty Senefehal '•of.,.;Stt^rd of the
County pf Çhejter>t^W.ho dying without lffeer ;t çamç. to Ifahejty
Queen :of 'England^ ; by. Settleraent, and John de Elthaniy Earl of
Cornwall. ■ j|nd h^s Heirs ; athance tôr Ufïfltam de Malbedepgey Baron
of Malbanc. whpfe Great Grand-daughters transferr’d this
înheritançe by their Marriage^fo the Verrions and Bajfittiy findfpr
want qf an Heir ^ale.toF^n^J^ron of Sipbroke. it came by
tjie Sifters , to the Willburhamsy Slçffords anà Littleburjs : Robert
Fitz-H'jgby Baron of Malpas , Hammons ds Maffeyy Fitions de Bomg