The History of the Worthies of England: Volume 2

This work, first published in 1662 and reissued here in a two-volume 1811 edition, describes England and Wales by county.

Thomas Fuller (Author), John Nichols (Edited by)

9781108080521, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 5 March 2015

626 pages
29.8 x 21 x 3.4 cm, 1.6 kg

This extraordinary collection of historical facts, a valuable source for local history, was compiled by Thomas Fuller (1608–61), who came from a clerical family and was educated at Cambridge. He was ordained, had gained a reputation as a preacher, and had published several theological works, when at the outbreak of the Civil War he enlisted as a chaplain in the royalist army. Travelling round the country with Sir Ralph Hopton's troops, he pursued the historical enquiries which would result in the posthumous publication in 1662 of his most famous work. This two-volume edition was annotated by John Nichols, the bookseller and publisher, and published in 1811. The first part of the work consists of twenty-five short chapters which explain the organisation of the work, after which England and Wales are examined county by county: first, natural resources and manufactures, and then notable people, starting with princes and saints.

Lincolne-shire
Middlesex
London
Westminster
Monmouth-shire
Norfolk
Norwich
Northampton-shire
Northumberland
Nottingham-shire
Oxford-shire
Rutland-shire
Shrop-shire
Somerset-shire
Bristol
Stafford-shire
Suffolk
Surrey
Sussex
Warwick-shire
Westmerland
Wilt-shire
Worcester-shire
York-shire
York
The Principality of Wales
Anglesey
Brecknock-shire
Cardigan-shire
Carmarthen-shire
Carnarvon
Denbigh-shire
Flint-shire
Glamorgan-shire
Merionith-shire
Montgomery-shire
Pembroke-shire
Radnor-shire
Index to the natural commodities and manufactures
Index to the worthies in the second volume.

Subject Areas: British & Irish history [HBJD1]