An historicall discourse of the uniformity of the government of England .. . , con-taining IFarwichJihire ^ Chejhire ^ Stajfordjhire^ Shropfhire^ zxidDarbijhire. 4. Leicsjhr^ with the County adjacent. 5. Lin-co/;/, with the County adjacent. 5. D^rc^fj^fr, whereto belong-ed Northamptonshire^ Bitckjngbamfhire^ Bedfordjhire-i Hnntin^oH G jm^ 34 S A X 0 liJ S. f^ire, CaHtabridgeJhiff.^ndhzUBartford^^^^^^ 7 I.«^.« withEffex theothcr half of HartfordP^tre.^. Helm,him with Norfolkc 9- Domiick^ or Vunmch, with Suffolk^In which nine Dioccffes were two and twenty (hires. Andhe


An historicall discourse of the uniformity of the government of England .. . , con-taining IFarwichJihire ^ Chejhire ^ Stajfordjhire^ Shropfhire^ zxidDarbijhire. 4. Leicsjhr^ with the County adjacent. 5. Lin-co/;/, with the County adjacent. 5. D^rc^fj^fr, whereto belong-ed Northamptonshire^ Bitckjngbamfhire^ Bedfordjhire-i Hnntin^oH G jm^ 34 S A X 0 liJ S. f^ire, CaHtabridgeJhiff.^ndhzUBartford^^^^^^ 7 I.«^.« withEffex theothcr half of HartfordP^tre.^. Helm,him with Norfolkc 9- Domiick^ or Vunmch, with Suffolk^In which nine Dioccffes were two and twenty (hires. Andhe further granted it out of ^/^^iwg/^f^^Vf Cnow hottnigham)whofe Church belonged to tork^ But in Ethelwolfs time thegrant was enlarged and extended into Fittcen DioceiTesv whichF:ox Martyr. Together with their feveral charge out of the EngliOi Marty-It ^4«- yology I (hall particularize, as followeth: Cantuar. Vtocef, - ^1* London- — ^^^ ?Rofen — ~ —? ^05. Nonfic -^lienumLineoln -Cifirens WintonExon *-JVigorn Hereford Bathon — Latisbnrgh Coventree Ebor ——. 200. o<?.8» The whole fum whereof not exceeding two hundred pounds^f/x (hillings and eight pence, will not amount to fcven hundredpounds of now currant money, if the weight of a penny wasnot iefs in thofe times than in the Reign of Edward the firfi:,when it was the twentieth part of an ounce, and thatth*twelfth part of a pound ^ as Statute thereof made miy;appear. Nor can the difference be much f if auy,)in regariof the vicinity of the time of this extract to that of the Sta-tute ; for though no particular date thereof appe^c, yet itfeemeth tobe done after the trandation of the See from thet-ford, to Norwich^ done in ffilUam Rnfus hi$ time*- add S ji X 0 N s. 35 and after the ercding of the Biilioprick of Ely, which was in Brit. Amichthe time of Henry the Hrft. Now albeit this charge was in fu- ^ ^^*ture times diverfely ordered and changed i yet upon this ac-count it will appear, that not abov


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