Kidderminster.
[Accepted Frewen, Archbishop of York, was the eldest son of John
Frewen, "the puritanical Rector of Northiam," as Wood calls him, and
indeed his name carries a symbol of his father's sanctity. Wood has
given a few particulars of John, who, he says, "was a learned divine,
and frequent preacher of the time, and wrote, 1. _Fruitful Instructions
and Necessary Doctrine, to edify in the Fear of God, &c_., 1587. 2.
_Fruitful Instructions for the General Cause of Reformation, against
the Slanders of the Pope and League, &c_., 1589. 3. _Certain Choice
Grounds and Principles of our Christian Religion, with their several
Expositions, by Way of Questions and Answers, &c_., 1621, and other
things. He died in 1627 (about the latter end), and was buried in
Northiam Church, leaving then behind these sons, viz. Accepted,
Thankful, Stephen, Joseph, Benjamin, Thomas, Samuel, John, &c., which
John seems to have succeeded his father in the Rectory of Northiam; but
whether the said father was educated at Oxford, I cannot tell."]
_Histories of Literature_.--Can any correspondent inform me of the best, or
one or two principal Histories of Literature, published in the English
language, with the names of the author and publisher; as well as, if
possible, the size and price?