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.

Dartford. Hic iacet Iohannes Hornley Theologie Baccal.:* 1.1 ▪qui obijt. 1477.

Si fterent Artes Hornley tacuisse Iohannem Non possent ista qui tumulatur humo. In septem fuerat liberalibus ille magister, Prudens, & castus, maximus atque fide. Doctrine sacre tunc Baccalareus ingens, Oxonie cunctis semper amandus erat. Consilio valuit, sermones pandere sacros Nouerat, et doctos semper amare viros. Pauperibus largus fuerat, quos nouerat aptos, In studijs patiens sobrius atque fuit. Moribus insignis cunctis virtute refulgens Pro tantis meritis spiritus astra petit.

* 1.2O pytefull Creater concerning erthly sepulter, Of Katryn Burlton at x day wythin Iun. Thousand IIII C. LXXXXVI yer Occurrent wyth Rychard Burlton Iantlman. Spows to the Katryn ..... Expired thousand ..... Throu the prayor of thes twein Sal he be savyd fro endlysse pein.

* 1.3King Edward the third founded here a goodly faire Monastery, about the yeare of his raigne of England, the thirtieth, and of France the seuen∣teenth:

In which he placed women, religious Votaries, or white Nunnes. Which Nunnery at the generall dissolution, was found to bee well worth three hundred and eightie pounds by yeare. This Priory (for so it was cal∣led by the Founder) was taken (as all the rest) into the hands of king Hen∣ry the eight: of which he made a fit dwelling place for himselfe, and his Successours, which remaines to this day, howsoeuer somewhat ruinous. But will it please you peruse this Memorandum, not impertinent to this matter, in the visitation of Kent, and Sussex, made by Clarentieux Beuolt, the 21. yeare of king Henry the eight, Dame Elizabeth Cresner being Lady Prioresse of Dartford at that time.

Memorand.* 1.4 that the said Lady doth witnesse, that king Edward the third was first Founder of the said place: and the second Founder was king Richard the second. And in the said place lieth buried the Lady Bridget, daughter to king Edward the fourth, a religious women in the same place. Also Dame Ioane, daughter to the Lord Scrope of Bolton, and Prioresse of the same place: and Dame Margaret daughter of the Lord Beaumont, al∣so sometime Prioresse of the same place. And also there lyeth daugh∣ter and wife to Sir Maurice Berkeley.

This Lady Bridget here interred,* 1.5 was the fourth daughter of Edward the fourth, by his wife Queene Elizabeth, she was borne at Eltham, here by, the tenth of Nouember, 1480. She tooke the habite of Religion when she was young, and so spent her life in contemplation vnto the day of her death: which happened about the yeare 1517. the eight of King Henry the eight.

Notes

• * 1.1

  Io Hornley.
• * 1.2

  Katherine Burl∣ton, and Richard her husband.
• * 1.3

  The Priory of Dartford.
• * 1.4

  Burials in this Prio••y.
• * 1.5

  The birth and death of Brid∣get Plantagine••.