Ancient funerall monuments within the vnited monarchie of Great Britaine, Ireland, and the islands adiacent with the dissolued monasteries therein contained: their founders, and what eminent persons haue beene in the same interred. As also the death and buriall of certaine of the bloud royall; the nobilitie and gentrie of these kingdomes entombed in forraine nations. A worke reuiuing the dead memory of the royall progenie, the nobilitie, gentrie, and communaltie, of these his Maiesties dominions. Intermixed and illustrated with variety of historicall obseruations, annotations, and briefe notes, extracted out of approued authors ... Whereunto is prefixed a discourse of funerall monuments ... Composed by the studie and trauels of Iohn Weeuer.

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Title: Ancient funerall monuments within the vnited monarchie of Great Britaine, Ireland, and the islands adiacent with the dissolued monasteries therein contained: their founders, and what eminent persons haue beene in the same interred. As also the death and buriall of certaine of the bloud royall; the nobilitie and gentrie of these kingdomes entombed in forraine nations. A worke reuiuing the dead memory of the royall progenie, the nobilitie, gentrie, and communaltie, of these his Maiesties dominions. Intermixed and illustrated with variety of historicall obseruations, annotations, and briefe notes, extracted out of approued authors ... Whereunto is prefixed a discourse of funerall monuments ... Composed by the studie and trauels of Iohn Weeuer.
Author: Weever, John, 1576-1632.
Publication: London :: Printed by Thomas Harper. 1631. And are to be sold by Laurence Sadler at the signe of the Golden Lion in little Britaine,; [1631]
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Subject terms: Sepulchral monuments -- England -- Early works to 1800.; Epitaphs -- England -- Early works to 1800.; England -- Biography -- Early works to 1800.
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Ashford.

Here is likewise a Collegiate Church of Priests founded by Sir Ro. Fogge knight,* 1.1 wherein many of that ancient and noble Familie lye inter∣red; there hang in the Quire the Achieuements of sixe of them that haue had their funerall obsequies (an honour to the dead now most shamefully neglected) attended with Heralds of Armes. But that which presenteth the greatest glory and antiquitie to this Church, is the Monument of the Countesse of Atholl in Scotland: whose Epitaph in old French, as also the Banners in her hands, shew her to be the daughter of the Lord Ferrers.

Icy gist Elizabeth Comite D'athels la File Sign. de Ferrers .... Dieu asoil.* 1.2 Que morust le 22. iour D'october L'an de Grace, M.CCC.LXXV.

She was wife to Dauid de Strabolgie, the fourth of that Christian name, Earle of Atholl, and the daughter of Henry Lord Ferrers of Groby, and being secondly married to Iohn Maleweyn of this County, here dyed in this Towne.

Here lyeth Sir Francis Fogge, who flourished tempore Hen. 2. Sir Antho∣ny Fogge, a knight of the Rodes. Sir Iohn, and Sir Iohn Fogge with many more of the family.

Here are many goodly pourtraitures in the windowes. As of Edward the third, of the blacke Prince, Richard Duke of Glocester, Richard Earle Riuers, the Lord Hastings, the Lord Scales, Sir William Hawte, Valoins, and his two wiues, the first the daughter of Hawte, the second of Fogge.

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* 1.1

Foundation of the Colledge of Ashford.

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* 1.2

Elisabeth Coun∣tesse of Atholl.

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