The Castle was taken by the Forces of King _William_ the Conqueror; but we find not, that he was here. King _Henry_ VII. by the Way of _Cambridge_, made a Pilgrimage unto _Walsingham_; but Records tell us not, that he was at _Norwich_. King _James_ I. came sometimes to _Thetford_ for his Hunting Recreation, but never vouchsafed to advance twenty Miles farther. Not long after the writing of these Papers, Dean _Herbert Astley_ died, a civil, generous, and public-minded Person, who had travell'd in _France_, _Italy_, and _Turkey_, and was interr'd near the Monument of Sir _James Hobart_: Unto whom succeeded my honoured Friend Dr. _John Sharpe_, a Prebend of this Church, and Rector of St. _Giles's_ in the Fields, _London_; a Person of singular Worth, and deserv'd Estimation, the Honour and Love of all Men; in the first Year of whose Deanery, 1681, the Prebends were these: Mr. _Joseph Loveland_, } { Dr. _William Smith_, Dr. _Hezekiah Burton_, } { Mr. _Nathaniel Hodges_, Dr. _William Hawkins_, } { Mr. _Humphrey Prideaux_. (But Dr. _Burton_ dying in that Year, Mr. _Richard Kidder_ succeeded,) worthy Persons, learned Men, and very good Preachers. _ADDENDA_ I have by me the Picture of Chancellor SPENCER, drawn when he was Ninety Years old, as the Inscription doth declare, which was sent unto me from _Colney_. Tho' Bishop NIX sat long in the _See_ of _Norwich_, yet is not there much deliver'd of him: _Fox_ in his _Martyrology_ hath said something of him in the Story of THOMAS BILNEY, who was burnt in _Lollard's_ Pit without _Bishopgate_, in his Time. Bishop SPENCER lived in the Reign of RICHARD II. and HENRY IV. sat in the _See_ of _Norwich_ 37 Years: Of a Soldier made a Bishop, and sometimes exercising the Life of a Soldier in his Episcopacy; for he led an Army into _Flanders_ on the Behalf of Pope _Urban_ VI. in Opposition to _Clement_ the Anti-Pope; and also over-came the Rebellious Forces of _Litster_ the _Dyer_, in _Norfolk_, by _North-Walsham_, in the Reign of King RICHARD II. Those that would know the Names of the Citizens who were chief Actors in the Tumult in Bishop SKEREWYNG'S Time, may find 'em set down in the Bull of Pope _Gregory_ XI. Some Bishops, tho' they liv'd and died here, might not be buried in this Church, as some Bishops probably of old, more certainly of later Time. * * * * * HERE CONCLUDES SIR Thomas Browne's _MS._ MISCELLANIES An Account of Island, alias Ice-land, In the Year 1662. Great Store of Drift-wood, or Float-wood, is every Year cast up on their Shores, brought down by the Northern Winds, which serveth them for Fewel, and other Uses, the greatest Part whereof is _Firr_.