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.

Chart Magna.

Betweene the Chancell and the North Chappell of this Church, is an Altar-Tombe, round about the verge of which, is engrauen this Epitaph following in brasse, and betwixt euery word the figure of a well, alluding to the name of the parties there vnderneath interred.

Anime Willelmi de Goldwelle & Auicie vxoris sue per miserecordiam Dei in pace requiescant.* 1.1 Qui quidem Willelmus septimo die mensis Maij, & dicta Avicia octauo die Aprilis, Litera Dominicalis. B. ab hac luce migra∣runt. Ann. Domini M.CCCC.LXXXV. Quorum animabus propitie∣tur Deus. Amen.

Iames Goldwell of this family, Bishop of Norwich, was a repairer of this Church, as appeares by this broken Inscription in the top crosse window.

..... Magistro Iacobo Goldwelle..... Ecclesie sancti Pauli London,* 1.2 qui hoc opus repara......

And in the East window it is thus to be read in the glasse.

Memoriale reuerendi patris Domini Iacobi Goldwell Episcopi Norwicen.

In a North window of the North Chappell haue beene sixteene pour∣traitures of men in glasse, all kneeling, whereof most remaine, whose names are as followeth.* 1.3 Iohannes Webbe, Iohannes Hosewyf, Thomas Wred, Iohan∣nes Turlepyn, Willelmus Malemayne, Iohannes Litihey, Iohannes Bockon, Iohannes Chillinton, Iohannes Atte, Iohannes Yardherst. ..........

In midst of whom, as the Priests then are, Dominus Richardus Med∣hurst, and Dominus Walterus Wilcock.

Now, as it goes by tradition, from the father to the sonne, these were the builders of this Church.

In the middest of the East-window, in the South Chappell of this Church, is the picture of the foresaid Bishop Goldwell, kneeling, and in eue∣rie quarry a golden well or fountaine (his Rebus or Name deuise) and crosse the window inscribed:

* 1.4..... Iacobo Goldwelle Episcopo Norwicen. qui.....opus fun∣dauit. Ann. Christi, M.CCCC.LXXVII. whereby it appeares that this Bishop was Founder of this Chappell.

The corner stone of the foundation of this Chappell on the outside, is made like a Graue-stone, with a Crosse cut thereupon.

* 1.5Orate pro anima Iohannis Toke Armigeri, nuper de Goddington istius paroch Cuius corpus iacet hic tumulatum, ac pro animabus Margarete, et Anne vxorum suarum. Que quidem Margareta filia fuit naturalis dum vixit Iohannis Walworth, nuper in Comitatu Suff. & dicta Anna filia etiam naturalis, Iohannis Engeham Armigeri, nuper de Syngleton, istus paroch. Qui vero Iohannes Toke obijt vicesimo die Maij, Ann. Dom. M.CCCCC.XIII. Quorum animabus propitietur Deus Altissimus.

* 1.6Hic iacent Thomas Twesden generosus, qui obijt 8. die Decembris Ann. Dom. 1500. et Benedicta vxor eius. Quorum animabus propitietur Deus. Sancta Trinitas Deus miserere nobis.

* 1.7Hic iacet Willelmus Sharpe et eius quinque consortes, qui Willelmus obijt, 29. die Septemb. Ann. Dom. 1499. Cuius anime propitietur Deus. Amen.

Notes

• * 1.1

  Will. Goldwell and Avice his wife.
• * 1.2

  Goldwell Bi∣shop of Norw. a repairer of this Church.
• * 1.3

  The builders o•• founders of this Church.
• * 1.4

  Bishop Goldwel the founder of the South Chappell.
• * 1.5

  Io. Tok••, Marg. and Anne his wifes.
• * 1.6

  Tho. Twesden and Benedict his wife.
• * 1.7

  Will. Sharpe and his fiue wiues.