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.

Milton Church.

Hic iacet Iohannes Norwood Armig.:.. ob. 1400.* 1.1

Prey for the soule of Iohn Norwood Esquire... 1496.

This latter Iohn was Constable of Queeneborrow Castle, the first of Ed∣ward the fourth. This family of the Norwoods hath for a long time flourish∣ed in this County; they had their residence at a mansion of their owne name in this Parish, which is by a daughter and heire deuolued to the Nor∣tons, gentlemen of good account. Many faire Monuments of both these

families are in this Church, but the Epitaphs are all gone.

Thomas Alefe Esquir and Margaret hys wyff, * 1.2Ly vndir this playn ston; God grant hem euirlastyng lyff, To whom we hop thar gon: He dyed as her ys to be sine, On thowsand five hundryd thirty nine. Who so that for ther sowles will pray, God giue hem meede at Doomys day.

* 1.3Pray for the soules of Sir Iohn Norton, knight, and Dame Ioane his wife, one of the daughters and heires of Iohn Norwood Esquire, who dyed Febr. 8. 1534

* 1.4This Sir Iohn Norton was knighted by a forraine Prince vpon this occa∣sion. Margaret Duchesse of Sauoy, daughter of Maximilian the Emperour, and Gouernesse of the Low-countries, for Charles the young Prince of Ca∣stile, sent to king Henry the eight, earnestly desiring to haue 1500. Archers to aide her against the Duke of Geldres, who did daily infest the young Princes Territories.* 1.5 The king granting her request, appointed Sir Edward Poynings of this County, knight Baneret (a valiant Gentleman, and an ex∣pert commander) to be Lieutenant, and leader of these troupes, who with other English Gentlemen vnder his conduction, performed such worthy exploits, as that for them they were highly commended, and Princely en∣tertained at the Court of Burgoigne,* 1.6 by the said Lady Margaret, and the Prince of Castile, who at the same time and place, gaue the honor of knight∣hood to this Iohn Norton, here entombed, to Iohn Fogge, Iohn Scot, Tho∣mas Lynde, Gentlemen of this countrey, and Souldiers of eminent perfor∣mance in that seruice.* 1.7 Sampson Norton Armig. cum LXXXVII. sagittarijs in Seruitio Hen. 7.

Notes

• * 1.1

  Iohn and Iohn Norwood. Visit. Kent. Glouer.
• * 1.2

  Thomas Alefe and Margaret his wife.
• * 1.3

  Sir Iohn Norton knight, and Ioane his wife.
• * 1.4

  Stow. Annal.
• * 1.5

  Sir Edward P••ynings.
• * 1.6

  Sir Iohn Norton Io. Fogge, Iohn Scot, Tho. Lynd, knights of the field.
• * 1.7

  Inter Bundel. Indent ••e guerra apud pelles.