[He was a contemporary of William of Wykeham.]
“Cheshire, Chief of men.”
“Stout, bold, and hardy withal, impatient of wrong, and ready to resist the enemy or stranger that shall invade their country.”—Webb.
Fuller says: “Its gentry is remarkable on a fourfold account—their numerousness ... their antiquity, their loyalty, and their hospitality.”
“Cheshire for men,
Berkshire for dogs,
Bedfordshire for naked flesh,
And Lincolnshire for bogs.”
“By waif, soc and theam,
You may know Cheshire men.”