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"Mors super virides montes."

"THOMAS GREEN HILL, borne and bredd in the famous uni. versity of Oxford, Batchelor of Artes, and sometymes student in Magdalen Coll. steward to the most noble knight Sir Nicholas Carew of Bedington, who deceased

Sept. 17 day anno 1634.

William Greenhill, master of artes, his brother, and Mary his sister, erected this :

Under thy feete interr'd is heare,
A native borne in Oxfordsheere;
First life and learning Oxford gave,
Surry to him his death and grave;
He once a Hill, was fresh and greene,
Now wither'd, is not to be seene;
Earth in earth shovell'd up is shut,
A Hill into a hole is put.

But darksome earth, by power divine,
Bright at last as the sonne may shine."

W. G.

WALLINGTON, is a hamlet to Beddington, situate on the banks of the Wandle. It is more populous than the village to which it is a hamlet. Here is a considerable callico printing manufactory. In a field, near the road, is an antient chapel, built of flint and stone, now used as a cart house and stable. Its origin cannot be traced. The present proprietor would have pulled it down, but was opposed in his intention by the parishioners. It seems to be of considerable antiquity.

WOODCOTE, in the parish of Beddington, at present only a single farm housc, is supposed to have been a Roman station, from many remains of antiquity found here. Camden, and other antiquaries, contend, that this was the Noviomagus, mentioned by Ptolemy; which others maintain

to have been in Kent*.

* Those who wish to see the argument treated at length, may consult Aubrey's Surrey, Vol. II. p. 151, 159. Camden, Gale, Burton, Talbot, and other commentators on the Itinerary of Antoninus; and Somner's Canterbury.

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CROYDON

stands on the edge of Banstead Downs, and is a handsome market town, at the distance of ten miles from the metropolis, situated in an extensive parish, supposed to be about thirty-six miles in circumference, and containing eight hamlets. The town had a market on Wednesdays, proeured by archbishop Kilwardby, as early as the reign of Edward I.; and a fair, which lasted nine days; another market on Thursdays, granted to archbishop Reynolds by Edward II.; and a fair on the eve and morrow of St. Matthew. A third market, the only one of the three now continued, was granted by Edward III. to archbishop Stratford; and a fair on the feast of St. John the Baptist. The two latter fairs are still held.

The present market, on Saturday, is chiefly for oats and oatmeal for London; there is also a good sale for wheat and barley; the fair on October 2, is much frequented by persons of both sexes from London, for walnuts, &c. The adjacent hills are well stored with wood, of which great quantities of charcoal are made for London.

Dr. Stukeley, and other antiquaries, have been of opinion, that Croydon was the antient Noviomagus. The Romans is supposed to have passed through or very near this town, Beddington, &c. to London.

It is said that the palace at Croydon, was originally a royal residence; be that as it may, the palace was the residence of the archbishop of Canterbury at the time of the Conquest; the following history of it extracted from Lysons, Ducarel, &c. must be amusing.

"When we behold the representation of an antient building operated upon by time, and hastening to decay, it is so natural to consider it not only in a picturesque but a philosophical point of view, that the mind can be but half satisfied with its delineation, however excellent.

"The archiepiscopal palace, or, as it has in later pe riods been termed, the manor house at Croydon, which it will be observed has as yet suffered but little by the lapse of ages, in comparison with many others, was founded

near

near the site of a royal palace, which the king bestowed upon the archbishops of Canterbury; though in process of time they dilapidated it, and with the materials erected one nearer the river Wandle.

"Near to this place John Whitgift, archbishop of Canterbury, whom queen Elizabeth used to call her little black husband, built and endowed a beautiful hospital for the relief of the poor, and a school for the promotion of good learning.

"The manor of Croydon, to which the most antient house was attached, belonged at the time of the Conquest to archbishop Lanfranc. Croydon Park, of which the famous Sir William Walworth was keeper in the time of Richard II. was given by archbishop Cranmer to Henry VIII. in exchange for other lands; but it reverted again to the archbishop by another grant, in the reign of Ed

ward VI

"The palace, or manerial house, which is situated near the church, was for several centuries the residence of the archbishops of Canterbury, of whom there have been few that have not dated their public acts from it. Archbishop Courtney received his pall with great solemnity in the hall of this palace, in the presence of a great number of persons. His successors, Arundel Chichele, and Stafford, resided here very frequently. It seems probable that James I. king of Scotland, who was taken prisoner by the English on his passage to France, and who was kept in confinement eighteen years, was in the custody of archbishop Arundel; a charter of his being extant, by which he grants the ba rony of Drumlanrig to Sir William Douglas, dated at Croydon, 1412.

"Archbishop Parker, so eminent for his knowledge of Saxon literature, his general learning, and for his virtues, made this palace his principal residence. In the month of July, 1573, he entertained queen Elizabeth, and her whole court, seven days at Croydon. It appears that her majesty honoured him with another visit the ensuing year, or,

at

at least, that such a visit was in contemplation. The fol lowing original memorandum of the arrangement for her reception, written by Mr. Bowyer, gentleman of the black rod, is bound up with a manuscript copy of the History of Croydon, deposited in the library at Lambeth:

"Lodgings at Croydon, the busshope of Canterburye's house, bestowed as followeth the 19th of May, 1574.

"The lord chamberlayne, his old lodgings. "The lord treasurer, where he was.

“The lady marques, at the nether end of the great chamber. "The lady of Warwicke, wher she was.

"The lord admyral, at the nether end of the great chamber.

"The lady Howard, wher she was.

"The lord Honsdone, wher he was.

"Mr. Secretary Walsingham, wher Mr. Smith was.

"The lady Stafford, wher she was.

"Mr. Henedge, wher he was.

"Ladies and gentilwoman of the privie chamber, ther olde. "Mrs. Abbington, her olde, and another small room added

for the table.

"The maydes of honour, wher they were.

"Sir George Howard, wher he was.

"The captain of the gard, wher my lord of Oxforde was.
"The groomes of the privye chamber, ther olde.

"The esquyers of the body, ther olde.
"The gentlemen hussers, ther olde.
"The physysyons two chambers.
"The queens robes, wher they were.
"The groome porter, wher he was.
"The clerke of kitchen, wher he was.

The wardrobe of beds.

"For the queens wayghters I cannot yet find any convenient roomes to place them in; but I will do the best I can, to place them elsewhere; but yf it plese you, Sir, that I doo remove them, the gromes of the privye chamber, nor Mr. Dreweye, have no other way to their chambers, but to pass throu that waye. Agayne if my lady of Oxforde should come, I cannot then tell wher to place Mr. Hatton; and for my lady Carewe,

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