Volume 1
A collection of curious discourses / written by eminent antiquaries upon several heads in our English antiquities. Together with Mr. Thomas Hearne's preface and appendix to the former edition. To which are added a great number of antiquary discourses written by the same authors. Most of them now first published from the original manuscripts.
- Date:
- 1771
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: A collection of curious discourses / written by eminent antiquaries upon several heads in our English antiquities. Together with Mr. Thomas Hearne's preface and appendix to the former edition. To which are added a great number of antiquary discourses written by the same authors. Most of them now first published from the original manuscripts. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Duke of Normandy, is in the ould Saxon chronicle called Eorle, and every where in Malmefbury, Willlaelmus Comes Nor mania. And Alan of Britaine, whom all men do call Duke of Britainne, which is thought to be the mod aim- cient hereditary dukedome, is in that authentic record Domdday Booke named Comes Alarms, and not Dux. His fucceffors in their charters Ailed themfelves fometymes Duces, fometimes Comites; until Philipp the French king in the year 1297 confirmed to them the title of Duke of Britaine. Shortly after, that title of duke was firft brought into England by K. Edward the third when he created his elded fonne Duke of Cornwall. N° LIV. Of the Antiquity of Dukes in England* By Joseph Holland. 24th. Movr. 1598. IT appeareth in GefFerey of Monmouth, that in Cefar’s tyme there were dukes, carles, and barons ; and that in order to incourage them to fight againft the Britons, he gave them grcate guiftes of gold and fylver. And Cefar beinge driven to reiver out of Brytane was the laff man himfelf that entered into his fhippes ; alfo in the fame book;, Cador duke. of Cornwall is mentioned as having had delivered unto him by king Arthur ; 600 knightes and 4000 efquiers and others men to fight agaynft the Saxons ; and Mr. Stowe in his abridgement fayth, that Confbtntyne, kinfman of Arthur and fonne of Cador duke of Cornwalle, was ordanvd king of Brytonye. I have an auncient Saxon charter made by kinge Eadgar, whereunto amongeft divers others, there are fix dukes witneffes their names are Aelf here dux Aelfheaeh dux : Grdgar dux; Aejrelflan dux: Ae]?elj?iae dux; Brihtnod Z % dux *](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30537885_0001_0275.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
