Shorne.
Neare to the high Altar of this Church, is a very faire Monument for
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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- 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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- Weever, John, 1576-1632.
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- London :: Printed by Thomas Harper. 1631. And are to be sold by Laurence Sadler at the signe of the Golden Lion in little Britaine,
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- Sepulchral monuments -- England -- Early works to 1800.
- Epitaphs -- England -- Early works to 1800.
- England -- Biography -- Early works to 1800.
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"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 May 4, 2024.
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Sir Henry de Cobham knight, Lord of Roundall, a Mannor within this Pa∣rish; where now scarce the ruines appeare, to direct one where the house stood. Hee is buried crosselegged, with his coat-armes on his robe, about whose Tombe in an old Character thus much may be read.
Icy gift Sir Henri de Cobeham Sheualer Signeour de Roundall. Dieu de sa......
The Lieger booke of Feuersham makes mention of one Henry Lord Cobham, who liued in great honour in the raignes of Edward the first, and Edward the second: these are the words, but I thinke this is not the man which lyes here entombed.
Regnante Edwardo cius nominis primo etiamque secundo floruit Henricus Dominus de Cobham, primus totius Anglie Iusticiarius, nec non Dorentium Castrorum, Roucestrie ac Tunbridge Prefectus & quinque Portuum Gardia∣nus, vxorem duxit Iohannam filiam & vnam Heredum Domini Stephani de Pynchester militis, qui vero Stephanus prius Castri Dorensis gubernationem ante Cobhamum tenuit. Alicia vero natu minor Stephani de Pynchester filia, & vna Heredum in virum accepit Dominum Philippum de Columbaris mi∣litem, ex qua duos suscepit filios, Stephanum & Thomam, qui sine herede Pa∣trimonium omne à patre acceptum reliquit. Hiis testibus. Dom. Gualfrido Domino de Say, Ottone de Grandisono, Rogero de Hengham, Gulielmo de Cheynie, Gulielmo de Owre, Radulpho de Sauage militibus.
Thus haue you partly seene the honours and honourable marriages, the height and downfall of an eminent and right ancient family: Of which no more vntill I come to Lingfield, and the Parish Church of Sterborrow in Surrey.
Hic iacet Iohannes Smith, & Marioria vxor eius qui ob. 20. Feb. 1457.
Another of one Iohn Smith, qui ob. 18. Marcii 1427.
Hic iacet Thomas Sharp legis peritus qui ob. 20. die Aprilis, Ann. 9. H. 7. & Ann. Dom. 1493. Cuius.
Of your charitie pray for the soule of Iohn Herueden, who dyed on Saint Nicholas day, Ann. 1527. who had one daughter, Elenor, married to Ed∣mond Page of Shorne.
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Henry Lord Cobham prime Iustice of Eng∣land. Stephen de Pen∣chester, or Pe••shu••st Lord Warden. Ioane & Alice his daughters and heires. Ioane ma••ned to the said H. Lord Cobham. Alice to Philip de Columbars.
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Io. Smith and Margery his wife.
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Tho. Sharpe.