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.

Erith.

In the vpper end of the South Isle of this Church stands a faire tombe, with this Inscription; left at the first imperfect.

Elisabeth second wife to George late Earle of Shrewsbury,* 1.1 Lord Steward to king Henry the seuenth, and to king Henry the eight his Houshold, by whom she had issue, * 1.2 Iohn, and Lady Anne, wife to William Earle of Pen∣broke, Lord Steward of Queene Elizabeths Houshold: which Lady Anne

had beene married before to M. Peter Compton Esquire, by whom she had issue Sir Henry Compton knight, now liuing.

This Elizabeth Countesse of Shrewsbury, was daughter and one of the heires of Sir Richard Walden knight, Lord of the Towne of Erith, whose body lyeth here likewise entombed.

* 1.3Pray for the sowl of Syr Richard Walden knight, and Lady Margerie his wife, which Syr Richard decessyd 25 of March, 1536. And Margery decessyd, the sixth of May, 1528. whos sowls god pardon.

* 1.4Orate pro anima Richardi Walden Armig. & Elisabethe vxoris eius, que ob. 25. Octob. 1496. et Richardus obiit ... die ... mens... Ann. miles. quo∣rum animabus.

* 1.5Ellin Atticor gist icy Dieu de sa alme eit mercy.

* 1.6Orate pro anima Domini Iohannis Stone quondam vicarij Ecclesie paro∣chialis de Lesnes, alias Erith, qui ob. 13. April 1475.

O vos omnes qui hic transitis, prome orate Precibus vestris, qui fratres estis meque iurate.

* 1.7Hic iacet Radulphus Criel Ar. qui obiit 6. Decemb. 1447. Cuius anime propitietur altissimus.

* 1.8Hic iacet Rogerus Sentcler quondam seruiens Abbati et Conuentui de Lesnes, qui obiit primo die mensis Ianuarij, 1425. Cuius anime.

Notes

• * 1.1

  Elisabeth Coū∣tesse of Shrewsbury.
• * 1.2

  Iohn dyed in his infancy.
• * 1.3

  Sir Ric. Walden knight, and Dame Margery his wife.
• * 1.4

  Richard Walde.
• * 1.5

  Allin Atticor.
• * 1.6

  Sir Io. Stone Priest.
• * 1.7

  Iohn Crioll.
• * 1.8

  Roger Sentcler.