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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Cite this Item: "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 June 16, 2024.

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Addington.

Hic iacent Richardus Charles et Alicia vxor,* 1.1 qui quidem Ric. obiit, An. Dom. 1370. facile contemnit omnia......

Hic iacet Willelmus Suayth Ar. dominus de Addington,* 1.2 ac vicecomes Cantie et Alicia vxor eius ob..:. Marcii Ann. 1464.

Bonis et mors et vita dulcis.

Hic iacet Robertus Watton,* 1.3 Dominus et Patronus istius Ecclesie, qui obiit die Ascentionis Anno 1444.

Hic iacent Willelmus Watton,* 1.4 Ar. Dominus istius ville, Benedicta, et Anna, vxores eius, qui Willelmus obiit 29. Decemb. 1464.

Hic iacet Robertus Watton Ar. filius et heres Willelmi Watton Armigeri,* 1.5 et Alicia vxor eius filia Iohannis Clark vnius Baronum Scaccarii Regis, qui Robertus istius ville Dominus et Ecclesie verus Patronus ob. 4. Nouemb. anno 1470.

Hic iacet Iohannes Northwood,* 1.6 Arm. filius et heres ..... Northwood ..... obiit 30. April, 1416.

Of this man. and of his Mannor of Northwood or Norwood,* 1.7 thus much out of Lambard. In the dayes of King Edward the Confessour (saith hee) one hundred Burgesses of the Citie of Canterbury, ought their suite to the Mannor of Norwood; the buildings are now demolished: but the Mannor was long time in the possession of certaine gentlemen of the same name: of which race, one was buried in the body of the Church at Addington, in the yeare 1416.

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* 1.1

Ric: Charles & Alice his wife.

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* 1.2

Will Suayth & Alice his wife.

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* 1.3

Rob. Watton.

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* 1.4

Will. Watton, Benet and Alice his wiues.

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* 1.5

Rob. Watton & Alice his wife.

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* 1.6

Io. Norwood.

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* 1.7

The Mannor of Norwood:

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