46 jg g gp jg A,T, UvR‘.A'i L i. M I D R Y
is,a ftatel^Buiiding, with noble Gardens^ othe
.SéatiOf. iÉteÜ%öii Hdnöhcd:ble thti:&rhof RutUnd^ • and; worthy
the Sight ojf theïCürfsuWsfluf,
thelriekt jAace proceed td^sfefaaAecéUoiwif
fhelE&'rls of HSterby, the.Firft'of whom werb the.
ofj Nottingham, and' Derby $ as M-r. Cambden transmits it tè ustfforn
good Authorities : Afterwards King! Richard fhe^FirlfgayèAhd
confirm’d to hfe-'lï'rolfrer J John thff‘County an d, Gaftlg&£(rMg-
lingfcanij ;&am0 e*, Qerby^ &jd. with, the Honoffls belonging -to,
thhm^^nd thedïonoursvöf FevereU' After hinjifhofe; of
mily of the.iFerrars are allow’d to be Earls^, whom Rirfg|jjfohrt
crëatediEaris of Derby with his own.Hands,=- but his. Tw<|4%fns
PFiZ/^/n and AoZwHn the Civil Wars w&re ftripp^dof this J^igr
nity^ and.maay Poffêfiiöps of Rebertx$rgsg
tlie-;Thii;d to his younger Son EdmUndand Ed&ard theTh-jfd
iy’ A^©f^§rliament-gave Hertry of rJLancaJi^ •
of Lancaftwy the ¥sdtldotn;ö£ to him gnd ^fe^ems^^nd
likel'dfe affign’d him a Thoufand Marks'|f^|jy^ durfog;the,Ltfe
qfo^*0*/ Ji^W&thef fiyrppi :thatx^M ed h is^ i|i^ Oo^finuMr tp
thelFami|y*df^j.9?i^ fill King Hemy the. ^Vènthijfóftdw’d
it \ip<yri’HTbomas Stanley^ who had.not long^befoïe ;marryM -Afar-
Jjjjmft: the King’s Mother afterwards TF/7/zawz the Sixth, Earl of
Derby of th^pamily,; a Man of. 'great Woi th and^tfdh^u^nen-
joy’d it,. when tne Author Mr, Catnbden wtip this; departihgfhisL^
fe, Anfip D092. 164a. was fuqcéeded py '^-pmas
Son and ff§ir, Emipfjnt for hif good Seryjceg to;KingCparles
th^pirft, -as'Wjas alfof bis-Excellient Lady Charkfa. who wa|ha
true, M^afouline Brayery fuftain’d the Siege,of,.L#^/n.-Houfe
againft the Parliament’s. Forces, when my Gran4 fathernColonel
Cbijhell Cpmmande4 under her ; He receiv’djTwo Commiffionsr
One from His Majefty King Charhs the Firft, for a Regiment of
Horfe, the .Other from his Highnefs Prince. Rupert^ for a Regiment
of Foot; in which are thefe Expreffipns, j 'fJt'pR . the. Defence
of the True Proteftant Religion, by Law eftablifh’d, the
iyl ■ / Liberty.
V t f t f a k S H l l l E , i€H E S B I R E T & T 1 ?
iObe^ridEropaityof the^Subjea^ ahdl Defence of His Mai
F^jefiysPerfon | ^aefipfefah irwfocihld ;Afgumddbcfff he* -De<^
dn’ofaW^tEe conitrdr|fTa®ty^Majv^Qn’d\cahimmafi thefe: Wor4
‘tthy Patriots^ whHoMhg Abettors ofrfidpeHynaMv Arbitrary
- Power., - tThe:wofthyhEa>rL.ato
unforttirtately^a^^^^/^r^' was odWFifteenth o f*Q » »
Ibheaded vat jZfr&wdfa. ^M^wlv^Waf^ccSedwlJby, his>:'9on
Chdrksy::and> h%hy?ihis RJdeft Sfanand K l | |mH&anq the pre4
f M H H : the hfe/JMe#? Qimohd^ [ rnd^aUghtehto.thedte
Earl off$J?qfc: Thj^drfng^Gentlemanrm .tlQ^ipe'hM^Bloom of
liis Yea;rs^;;had alj|he M a^ o f-^ %eetjTdmpet, ;teal Honour^
4nd, /folid |tfdgU|§'pt, that, in' ’thfi$s ¥;4^; oou’d "pafli^yfberex-i
pe^ed; unfpeahable Lof^-dft his. Rarents-,^atid^thef
Univergh^rrownf; the .whgle. Country,- fte .unfortunately died-
the laftYeav^tWenite of thhfmaiiPo^in''the;GAurfeofhisTra-
\tel&: TheprefentFarl has, howTwo.'RrQfhers^i.fbht» no ihfue;
Male)/Perfi3n^f?gjieat affability, true 'Cbndiuft and •Braver'yf
as. thdrWdrld is;fufiiciently jco^y.fayed qf by;t h e i r ; r f p ^ t e d 1
on^WnEkfidersy in-the. Serviepof hitsprefent Majefty,- d&mg’WiK
liam the Third.
Haying thuSjfay,proceeded in.the Antkpiftfekofi-tfiefe Couri-/
tries, which unqneftionably add to fheGildiy1 of them!,r ip %ip^-
beforem^the Regar^the Romans hadi'byt^ e a in ^ t^ ^ 1g|fdj^fe?;-
and fqrp?pg-;|h)eir Stations for -the Secnrity {of- thefe,, Parts of
Britain.?,.it remaps.,now for the Satrsf^fom of' the'jReaderf
that I give him an Explanation of th& Rgypf fea of the' G^n%dug.
up in-di|ferent Places here.,, I pretend, not^qrqby ta add many
to the nuipqrous Catalogues c^lleQ:ed andf'ie^plained t?y.th^Care,
of preceding Antiquaries S bi^jjthat I. m^yn'gi.y©^a|;^ dqeio
A^ej.Barts^cf oprjlle, efteeme^^ideecl, obfcu^eiani^^appeEriby
.man^.qnq'.jqnay by0thpfe Reyerfes form fqnpje Ida^Vof the;Ex-(
tent of the.-Rowa«, Empire, and their wondrous .Tyanfadions
carried on in thole Times. One thing is obfervable here, that
as