Worcesters hire

Hist. Brit. (4) 5. 142. A midland county of England, in the basin of the Severn. Worster (Vigornium). Cromwell 9; Hist. Brit. (4) 5. 145, 172; (6) 5. 248, 272 (twice), 276, 277 (thrice), 299; 2 Defens. 6. 320. Worcester, a town of Worcesters hire, on the River Severn, known for an ancient monastery and cathedral. Here, on September 3, 1651, the forces of Charles H were totally defeated by Cromwell. See Carlyle’s Cromwell, Letters 182, 183. 334