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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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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Weever, John, 1576-1632.
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London :: Printed by Thomas Harper. 1631. And are to be sold by Laurence Sadler at the signe of the Golden Lion in little Britaine,
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Sepulchral monuments -- England -- Early works to 1800.
Epitaphs -- England -- Early works to 1800.
England -- Biography -- Early works to 1800.
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"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." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A14916.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 3, 2024.
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Sandwich:
Before the generall suppression here, was a religious house of white Friers Carmelites, founded by one Henry Cowfeld an Almaine, Ann. 1272. and an Hospitall founded by Thomas Rabyng, William Swanne, Clerkes, Iohn Goddard and Richard Long.
In a booke of this order of Carmes, written by Iohn Bale, of which I haue spoken in the prefixed discourse, I finde the Foundation of this Religious structure, as also certaine Epitaphs made to the memorie of diuers of the Fraternitie therein interred; in this manner following.
Anno Domini M.CC.LXXII. fundatus erat Conuentus Sandwici, per Henricum Cowfeld de Alemania.
Epitaphium Magistri Fratris Thome Legatt qui obijt, Anno Domini, M.CCCCIX.
Carmelita Thomas Legatt qui TheologieDoctor erat quondam, conditur hoc lapide.
Epitaphium Fratris Thome Hadlow.
Hic Prior iste Hadlow nunc hoc sub marmore tectus,Turmas celicolas adeat nostra prece vectus.
Magister Frater Willelmus Becklee hic sepultus, cum hoc Epitaphio.
Nunc me petra tenet, saxoque includor in istoEt lacerum vermes laniant nunc vndique corpus.Quid mihi diuicie? quid alta palacia prosunt?Cum mihi sufficiat paruo quo marmore claudor.Quam fastus, quam pompa leuis, quam gloria mundiSit breuis, & fragilis humana potencia quam sit,Collige ab exemplo, qui transis perlege posco.Obijt Ann Dom. M.CCCC.XXXVIII.
Epitaphium Magistri Iohannis Sandwich, huius Conuentus Prioris per∣quam amabilis.
Subiacet huic Tumbe deuotus mente Iohannes,De Sandwich dictus, huiusce Prior que domus.Mille quadringentos tres annos congere lumen,Quindecimam Iunij sumite, tempus habes,Quo sors superna rapuit de corpore vitamFundito queso preces vt sit ei requies.
Epitaphium Fratris Dionisij Plumcooper.
Cuspide lethisera mors que premit impia cuncta,Mole sub hac geliàa clausit & ossa viri.Qui rogitat nomen cognomen postulat ipsum,Hoc Dionisius est Plumcooper illud erat.Mollibus hic annis Carmeli dulcis alumnusExtitit, & placide Pacis amator erat.Ad canos veniens nature iura reliquitMors dedit & lassis artubus hic requiem.Valedicit mundo xx. Febr. Ann. Dom. MCCCC.LXXXI.
Ann. 1563. Sir Roger Manwood before remembred, natiue of this place, founded here a free Schoole, which hee endowed with fourty pounds of yearely reuenue.
Right famous in former times (saith Camden) was the Citie of Richbo∣row, whereof now nothing remaines, saue certaine walls of a Castie of rough flint and Britane brickes, in forme of a Quadrant. Ouer the entrie whereof is the head of Queene Berta (as some say) grauen in stone, the wife of King Ethelbert, who here had a royall pallace. The Romanes had their Presidents or Prouosts who had the gouernment of this Citie, of which I finde but onely two to haue beene here interred, namely, Flauius Sanctius, and Claudius Contentus, the one ruling with all peace, the other liuing in all riches and prosperitie: whose memories are thus preserued by the Poet
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Ausonius:
Militiam nullo qui turbine sedulus egit,Praeside letatus quae Rhutupinus ager.
His martiall seruice he discharg'd with care, without all strife:And Rutupin reioyc'd in him, whilst there he was in life.
The same Authour setteth forth likewise in a lamentable funerall verse, in the praise of Claudius Contentus, whom he calls Vnkle, who being ouerta∣ken with death, left behinde him vnto strangers, a mighty great stocke of money, which he had put out to vsury among the Britaines, and increased by interest.
Et patruos Elegia meos reminiscere cantusContentum tellus quem Rhutupina tegit.My dolefull Muse now call to minde the songs of Vnkle mine,Contentus, who enterred lyes within mould Rutupine.
Notes
The foundati∣on of the white Friers, and of the old Hospi∣tall.