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.

Senenoke.

Orate pro anima Edwardi Bowrgchier filij et heredis Thome Bowrgchier militi filii Iohannis Domini de Berners:* 1.1 et pro anima Domine Agnete vxo∣ris

dicti Thome Bowrgchier, filie Thome Carleton militis, qui quidem Ed∣wardus obijt 24. Augusti, 1496.

Thomas Bourchier Archbishop of Canterbury, great Vnckle to this Ed∣ward, bought of Sir William Fienes, Lord Say and Sele, (and built anew) that stately house of Knoll hereunto adioyning, which he left to his kindred, the cause of their residence in this countrey.

* 1.2Ecce sub hoc premitur, de funere cuius Curia Primatus Anglorum tota soluta est In lachrymas; Haydok Haymundus vir preciosus Moribus, eloquio dulcis Philologus ille, Atque Theologicus clarus fuit ille, viarum Rupta restaurauit, letus tribuebat egenis. Non auri cupidus, non ambitiosus honoris Extitit, extinctum Decembris luce secunda. Quem mors abripuit Dominoque . . . . famulari Iussit; is annus erat Domini quem C. quater M. que LXX complectimur, hunc bone Christe In te confisum bonis celestibus auge. Amen.

* 1.3Qui pro alijs orat pro seipso laborat. Orate pro anima Roberti Lawe Ca∣pellani capelle beate Marie istius Ecclesie . . . obijt . . . . 1400. Cuius. . . .

* 1.4Pray for the soules of Thomas Brooke, and Clemence Brooke his wife, which Clemence Brooke dyed, 1510.24. Febr. On whose soule.

* 1.5Pray for the sowls of Tho. Gregby, Alice and Godliffe his wyfes, and for the sowls of his fader, and moder, Richard Gregbye, Margaret and Agnes his wyfs, which Thomas deceysed 22. Aprill, 1515. On whos sowls.

* 1.6Pray for the sowl of Robart Totleherst, sometym servant vnto the Lord Cardinall Bourchier, who died..... 1512.

* 1.7Pray for the sowls of Iohn Yardley, Sergeant of Armes to our Souereygn Lord the king, and Ioane Pette his wyf, whych Iohn died, An. 1522.

* 1.8Hic iacent Willelmus Potkine & Alexandra vxor eius, qui quidem Wil∣lelmus obijt 1. Ianuar. 1499. et dicta Alexandra obijt 6. Dec. 1501. quorum.

Respicias Lector nostrum Epitaphium vt ••res pro nobis Deum.

* 1.9About the latter end of the raigne of king Edward the third (to vse M. Lambards words) there was found, lying in the streets of Sennocke, a poore childe, whose parents were vnknowne, and he for the same cause na∣med after the place where he was taken vp, William Sennock. This orphan was, by the helpe of some charitable persons, brought vp and nourtured in such wise, that being made an Apprentice to a Grocer in London, he arose by degrees, in course of time, to bee Maior, and chiefe Magistrate of that Citie.

At which time, calling to his minde the goodnesse of Almighty God, and the fauour of the Townesmen extended towards him, he determined to make an euerlasting Monument of his thankfull minde for the same; and therefore in the yeare 1418. the yeare of his Maioroialtie, hee builded both an Hospitall for reliefe of the poore; and a free-Schoole for the education of youth within this Towne, endowing both the one and the other with

competent yearely liuing (as the dayes then suffered) towards their susten∣tation and maintenance. But since his time the Schoole was much amend∣ed by the liberalitie of one Iohn Potkyn, which liued vnder the reigne of king Henry the eighth, and now lately also in the raigne of Queene Eliza∣beth of famous memory, through the honest trauell of diuers Towne-in∣habitants; not onely the yearely stipend is much increased, and the former litigious possessions quietly established, but the Corporation also changed into the name of two Wardeins, and foure Assistants of the free-Schoole of Queene Elizabeth in Sennocke.

Notes

• * 1.1

  Edward Bour∣chier, vulgo Bowser, and Agnes his wife.
• * 1.2

  Haydok Hay∣mund.
• * 1.3

  Robert Lawe Priest.
• * 1.4

  Tho. Brooke and Clemence his wife.
• * 1.5

  Tho. Gregby.
• * 1.6

  Robert Totle∣herst.
• * 1.7

  Iohn Yardly and Ioane his wife.
• * 1.8

  William Potkin and Alexandra his wife.
• * 1.9

  The foundati∣on of the Schoole and Almeshouse in Sennock. Lamb. Peramb.