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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Vpon the Tombe of Lady Elisabeth Nevill, here interred, wife to Sir Thomas Nevill, and daughter to the Lord Dakers, and Dame Anne Grai∣stocke,* 1.1 this old rime is engrauen.

O Lord my Sauiour and hevenly Maker, Haue mercy on Elisabeth Graistock and Daker.

In what kings dayes this Lady might flourish, I haue not made much search; the character of the Inscription seemes to be ancient, and so are the families of the Nevils, Dacres, and Greystocks: as also of signall note, and exemplarie noblenesse in many parts of this kingdome; with the two first Surnames I do often meet. Thus much here then of Greystocke out of Cam∣den, as followeth.

By Peterill, beside Petrianae (saith hee) standeth Greystock, a Castle be∣longing, not long since, to an honourable house, which deriued their first descent from one Ranulph Fitz-walter:* 1.2 of which line William, called de Greystock wedded Mary, a daughter, and one of the coheires of Sir Merley, Lord of Morpath: and hee had a sonne named Iohn, who being childlesse, by licence of king Edward the first, conueyed his inheritance to Raph Granthorpe, the sonne of William, and his Aunts sonne by the fathers side; whose male progenie flourished a long time in honour, with the title of Lord Greistock: but about king Henry the seuenth, his dayes expired, and came to an end, and so the inheritance came by marriage vnto the Barons of Dacree: and the female heires generall of the last Baron Dacre, were mar∣ried vnto Philip Earle of Arundell, and Lord William Howard, sonnes of Thomas Howard, late Duke of Norfolke.

Notes

* 1.1

Dame Elisab. N••vill.

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* 1.2

Camd in Cum∣berland.

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