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.

Stone.

The whole Fabricke of this Church is vpholden in wondrous good re∣paire; her inside is neatly polisht, and the Monuments of the dead (which are ancient and many) very faire, and carefully preserued.

Preyeth for the sowl in wey of cheritie Of Richard Bontfant late Mercer of London.* 1.1 For the Brethren and Sisters of this Fraternitie, Owner of the plas callyd Castle of the Ston: Remembyr hym that is leyd vnder Ston. For hys sowl, and al Christian to prey To the merciful Iesew, a Pater noster anon, An Aue to hys Moder, and mak no deley. In March whych decessyd the xix dey. In the yer of owr Lord God who kepe hym fro pyne A thowsand fowr hundryd fyfty and nyne.

Hic iacet magister Iohannes Sorewell in Decretis honoratus,* 1.2 Rector istius Ecclesie, qui ob. penult. Decemb. 1439.

Hic iacet Dominus Iohannes Lumbard quondam Rector istius Ecclesie,* 1.3 qui obijt 12. Maij 1408.

Vpon a crosse of brasse layed in the marble, are curiously engrauen these words:

Credo quod redemptor meus viuit.

And vpon the basis of the same Crosse these obsolete Latine rimes.

Es test is Christe quod non iacet hic lapis iste Corpus vt ornetur sed Spiritus vt memoretur, Hem tu qui transis, magnus, medius, puer an sis Pro me funde preces quia sic mihi fit venie spes.

Hic iacet Matilda nuper vxer Willelmi Laken Seruiens ad Legem qui ob. 2. die Decemb. 1408. & iuxta eam ex parte australi Iohanna filia sepeli∣tur que obijt 3. die Octob. anno supradicto.* 1.4

O mercifull Iesew.* 1.5 Haue mercy on the sowl of Sir Iohn Dew.

Here lye interred diuers of the Chapmans, who were sometime owners of Stone-castle.

Hic Christi versus Payname iacet ecce Rogerus Pauperibus multum dedit hic pecunia cultum* 1.6 ........

M. C. quater deca...... In Maij vicena rapit hunc mors....

* 1.7Here lies William Banknot and Anne his wyff, Swete Iesew grant to them and vs euerlastyng lyff. Pray yow hertely for cheritie, Say a Pater Noster and an Aue. 1400.

* 1.8Here lyeth the bodyes of Sir Iohn Wilshyre knight, and of Dame Mar∣garet his wife. Which Sir Iohn dyed 28. Decemb. 1526. And Margaret dyed ... of ....

* 1.9This knight is entombed in a faire Chappell of his owne foundation; he was Controller of the Towne and Marches of Calleis, Ann. 21. Hen. 7. 1506. He had onely one daughter and heire, named Bridget, married to Sir Richard Wingfield. As I haue it in these words out of the Visitation booke of Huntingtonshire, by Nicholas Charles Lancaster Herald.

* 1.10Sir Richard Wingfield knight of the Garter, Chancellour of the Duchie of Lancaster, and of the Bed-chamber to King Henry the eight; by his wife Bridget, who was daughter and heire to Sir Iohn Wilshyre knight; had Stone▪house, or Stone-castle in Kent neare Grauesend. To whom the king gaue Kimboulton Castle; he was of the priuie Councell, and died Embas∣sadour in Spaine, and was buried at Toledo.

Notes

• * 1.1

  Ric. Bon••uant.
• * 1.2

  Io. Sorewell Priest.
• * 1.3

  Sir Iohn Lum∣bard Priest.
• * 1.4

  Maud Laken and Ioane her daughter.
• * 1.5

  Sir Io. Dew Priest.
• * 1.6

  Roger Payname.
• * 1.7

  Will▪ Banknot & Anne his wife.
• * 1.8

  Sir Io. Wilshyre knight, and Margaret his wife.
• * 1.9

  Stow. Annal.
• * 1.10

  Sir Ric Wing∣seeld knight of the Garter, & Bridget his wife.