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an appendix ; " Rerum Hibernicarum regnantc Hen- 

 rico VII. Annales." His next puhlication was " A Col- 

 leftion of the Works afcribed to St. Patrick," 1656; and 

 this was followed by " Two EpilUes of the Venerable 

 Bede," and fome otherecclefiaftical pieces. In 1662 appeared 

 at Dublin, fol. " Rerum Hibernicarum Annales, regnantibus 

 Henrico Vn., Henrico Vni., Edwardo VI., et Maria." 

 His lalt work, in i'i65, was his " Complete Hiftory of Iri(h 

 Bi(hops,"comprc)iending his former narratives of them, under 

 the title of"De Praefulibus Hiberniff Commentarius, a prima 

 Gentis Hibernica; ad Fidem Chriltianam convcrfione ad 

 Noftra ufque Tempora," Dub. fol. 



Sir James Ware is denominated by Nico'fon the " Camden 

 of Ireland," and highly comnierd d bo'.ii for his induftry 

 and judgment. After the Reftoration he was reftorcd to his 

 office of auditor-general, and in i66j chofen reprefenta- 

 tive in parliament for the univerfity of Dublin ; lie was alfo 

 appointed to fome other pofts under govcrnnie nt, and he re- 

 fufed the dignities of baronet and vifcount, though he 

 manifefted his attachment to his country till his death in 

 1666. He left two fons and two daughters. After his 

 death his works were collefted by his fecond fon Robert, 

 and publifhed in one folio volume in 1705 ; and a more 

 complete edition was given by Walter Harris, efq. who 

 married one of his defcendants, in 3 vols. fol. ; printed at 

 Dublin in 1739, 1745, and 1746. Biog. Brit. 



Ware, in Geography, an ancient and populous market- 

 tOMrn in the hundred of BraugluH, and county of Hertford, 

 England, is fituated on the well fide of the river Lea, at 

 the diftance of three miles E.N.E. from the county -town, 

 and twenty miles N. from London. At the time of the 

 Domefday furvey it was a fniall vill.nge, and was held by 

 Hugh de Grentcniaifnil, to whom it was given by the Con- 

 queror, and from whofe family it pafTed to Robert Blanch- 

 mains, earl of Leicefter. In the reign of king John, it dc- 

 fcended by marriage to Sayer, carl of Winchelter. "Before 

 his time," fays Salmon, " a great iron chain was put acrofs 

 the bridge, to prevent a road here to the difadvantage of 

 Hertford. The bailiff of Hertford had the keys in his 

 power ; and no carriage with horfcs or harnefs could go 

 over without paying a toll to him, which toll was efteemed 

 worth 10/. 13J. 4(/. yearly. But the carl broke the chain, 

 and laid the road open, which made this a great thorough- 

 fare, brought trade to the town, and occafioncd buildings in 

 it." The high road to the north, which before went 

 through Hertford, was now turned through tliis town. 

 At a tournament held at Ware, 25 Henry IlL, Gilbert Ic 

 Marcfchal, the potent earl of Pembroke, was killed by 

 falling from his horfc, and being trampled on ; Robert de 

 Say, one of his knights, was alfo (lain in the divcrfion, and 

 fevcral others were wounded. In 1408, the town was 

 greatly damaged by a flood : its low lituation rendering it 

 very liable to this inconvenience, feveral weirs and (luices 

 have been raifcd at different times to remedy it. There 

 were anciently two religious eflablifhments in this town : 

 one was a priory of liencdiftines, fubordinate to the abbey 

 of St. Ebrulph,at ITtica, in Normandy, to which Hugh de 

 Grentemaifnil granted the church of Ware : " Whereupon," 

 fays Tanner, " it became a cell to that abbey ; and in pro- 

 cefs of time was fo well endowed, that, upon the fcizure of 

 the alien priories by Edward III. this was farmed at 200/. 

 per annum." Some remains of the priory buildings are yet 

 ftanding at a little diftance from the church near tiie b.inks 

 of the river: they chiefly confill of ancient walls fitted up 

 and accommodated to the purpofes of a modern dwelling : 

 a fmall obtufely-pointed arcli, within the north-cafl angle of 

 the building, is fupported by corbels difplaying the upper 

 parts of human figures ; one of which appears to be clad in 



mail. The other eftablifhment, which flood in the nortli 

 part of the town, was for Grey or Francifcan friars ; but by 

 whom, or when founded, is uncertain. The town of Ware 

 at prefent confiils of one principal flreet, a mile in length, 

 interfered by feveral fmaller. In the return of the year 

 181 1, the population is flated to be 3369, occupying 687 

 houfes. Confiderable traffic is carried on in corn and malt, 

 which are conveyed to the London markets by the river 

 Lea and the new navigable canal : the barges load back 

 with coals and other articles. A weekly market, granted 

 in the reign of queen Ehzabeth, is held on Tuefdays ; and 

 two fairs annually. At an iun in this town was formerly a 

 remarkable bed, twelve feet fquare, called the Great Bed of 

 Ware ; it is faid to be of remote antiquity, but its origin is 

 not mentioned in hiilory. Ware church, a fpacious edifice, 

 confiils of a nave, chancel, and aides, with an embattled tower 

 at llic weft end. The inner roofs are of timber, and have 

 been ornamented with paintings and infcriptions, of which 

 there are ftill confiderable remains ; particuhu-ly in the fouth 

 chancel or chapel, where the roof is divided into fquares, in 

 each of which is fome figure or legendary fubjctt. The fe- 

 pulchral memorials are numerous, among which are various 

 ancient flabs, moft of which have been pillaged of their 

 braffes. The font is ornamented with various fculptures, 

 reprefenting St. George, and other fubjefts. At the weft 

 end of the church is a handfome gallery, erefled by the 

 governors of Chrift's hofpital, London, for the ufe of 

 the fchool that was formerly eftablifhcd here for the 

 younger children of that inftitution, but which has been 

 many years removed to Hertford. Among various bene- 

 faAions for charitable purpofes are fevcral well-endowed 

 alms-houfes, eflablifhed in different parts of the town. In a 

 piece of ground called the Bury-iicld, at the fouth-wefl 

 corner of Ware, in February and March, 1802, at about 

 the depth of three feet, were found four flonc coffins, each 

 of them formed of one mafs of floiie, hewn willi tolerable 

 fquarenefs : each lid was alfo of one piece. At a fpct, 

 called Lemonsfield, were dug up, in 1729, fevcral Roman 

 vefl'els of reddifh earth, &c. At Roadmill are the remains 

 of a Roman camp. 



Ware-park, the feat of Thomas Hope Byde, efq. is 

 fituated on an eminence, commanding tlie rich meadows 

 wliicli extend between Ware and Hertford. The ancient 

 nianor-houfe, which had fieen the retirement of the Fan- 

 fliaws, and the occafional rclldence of their predeceffors in 

 the ])ollefiion of the manor, was pulled down by Thomas 

 Byde, efi|. ; and a new manlion eretted on the acclivity of 

 a lull. This is elegantly fitted up, and forms the prefent 

 relideiice of the family ; the park and grounds are well di- 

 verlified, and are rendered extremely pleafant by the con- 

 tiguity of the rivers Lea and Rib. Sir Richard Fanfhaw, a 

 dillinguifhed llatefniaii in the feventeeiith century, was born 

 ill the old manor-houfe in 1607, and wa* interred in Ware 

 churcii in 1666. 



In the meadows oppofite to Ware-park, on the fouth- 

 eail, are the fprings of Chadwell, the proper finirce of the 

 New iiiver. Thefe are concentrated in a finall pool or 

 bafiii, furrouiided by a light railing, from wliicli the llream 

 flowly iflues in its courfe towards London, and is fwcUed at 

 a fmall dillance by a cut from the river Lea. Sec Nkw 

 River. — Beauties of England am! Wales, vol. vii., Hert- 

 fordfhirc ; by E. W. Brayley, 1808. Salmon's Hillory of 

 Hcrtfordfllire, fol. 1728. 



Wakk, a town of MafTachufetts, in Hampfliiro 

 county, containing 996 inhabitants ; 15 miles N.E. of 

 Springfield. 



Wars, a river of Maffachufetts, which runs into the 



ConncAicut, at Springfield. — Alfo, a river of Virginia, 



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