Rumsey (at 79)

Is a large & ancient Town, Govd. by a Mayor, 16 Ald~, a Recorder, & 12 Burgesses, It trades cheifly in Cloath, & has a good Mt. on Sat. & Fairs on East. Mond. ,Augt. 15th., & Sts. Simon & Jude.

Here was formerly a Nunnery built by K. Edgar, out of which Mathew of Alsace, Son to the E. of Flanders, found means privately to convey the Princess, Mary K. Stephen's only Daughter & Heir, then Abbess & married her but was so pursued & threatned by the Church, that after he had 2 Children by her, he was obliged to resign her, that she might return to the Performance of her Vow.


Malwood Castle (at 86 1/2)

Has on ye N. side of it an Oak wch. very remarkably buds on Christmas day, & withers again before Night. There is a vulgar Tradition, that this is ye Tree on wch. Sr. Walter Tyrrel's Arrow glanced that killed K. Will Rufus. K. Cha. 2d. ordered it to be paled in whether out of respect to ye Tree or ye sd. King is uncertain.


Ringwood (at 97)

Was a place of some Eminency in ye Saxon times, is noted only at present for its Mt. on Wedn. for Corn, &c.


Ye Arms of LIMINGTON

Limington

Is an ancient Boro~ Town, govd. by a Mayr. (chosen yearly at ye Court Leet of ye Ld. of ye Manor, who is at present Tho: Buckley Esqr.) Ald. & Burgesss. Membs. for Parl. are chosen by ye Burgesss. within & without ye Boro~, whose Number is uncertain, & returned by ye Mayor. Mt. on Sat. & Fairs May-day, & St Matthews day, The Town is pleasantly scituate on a Hill in a healthy Air, & with a very fine prospect to the Isle of Wight. It is noted for its excellent Salt, and formerly supplyed ye greatest Part of the West of England with that Commodity, and though it has been of late greatly impaired in that branch of Trade, by the Mercahnts of Leverpool conveying their Cheshire Salt upp the Severn Channel, & affording it at a cheaper rate, yet it still drives a considerable Trade otherwise having a very Comodious Port for Shipping, with a Key & Custom House.