Britannia: or a Geographical description of the Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, with the Isles and Territories thereto belonging.
Blome, Richard
1687
Rutlandshire: BEING Part of the CORITANI, and ancient KINGDOM of the MERCIANS.
Rutlandshire: BEING Part of the CORITANI, and ancient KINGDOM of the MERCIANS.
the smallest County in being in extent from in the East, to in the West, not above 10 and from in the South, to in the North, about 12; making its circumference not to exceed 40 | |
And although for the least in the yet for may be compared with the best; being blest with a healthful and a fertile both for and (especially about the of ) affording store of and feeding good of and of whose participates of the colour of the which is reddish. It is well clothed with watered with fresh streams, the chief amongst which are the and the and hath more (considering its extent) then any County in | |
It gives Title of an to the Right Honorable Earl of Lord of and | |
Ith ath for its bounds, on the East on the South the River which severeth it from and on the West and North | |
The ancient when the set footing here, were the who, with the were brought to a submission to the power by when the Emperour reigned; after which, in the time of the it became part of the Kingdom of the | |
This County was not over-pestered with nor much strengthned with | |
It is severed into five as appears in the in which are numbred 48 and for the intercourse of hath two | |
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seated in a rich and pleasant Valley, called the of so called, as some would have it, by reason of the thereabouts growing in great plenty. The is not large, yet is the chief of the County, where the and are held, which makes it to be better inhabited and frequented, then otherwise it would. Its are indifferent good, especially its and nor is its to be forgotten, which sheweth more of antiquity then beauty, being the place where the are held. Its is on which is indifferently well served with This hath an ancient belonging to its Royalty, which is, If any enter within the Precinct of the said or as an homage he is to forfeit a from the on which he rideth, unless he redeem it at a price with which hath been acknowledged by divers of the that have passed this way; as is evidenced by the several which have been nailed up on the door. | |
seated on an eminence; a pretty compacted and well-built which hath the accommodation of a very good and an and a well frequented on (esteemed better then ) being well served with and | |
Footnotes: [] Its fertility. [] Its Rivers. Parks. [] Its bounds. [] Ancient Inhabitants. [] Its division. [] Okcham. [] Uppingham. |