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.

Saint Lawrence in the Iewrie.

* 1.1Hic incineratur corpus quondam Gaulfridi Bulleyn ciuis, merceri, & Ma∣ioris London, qui ab hac luce migrauit. An. Dom. 1463. cuius anime pax sit perpetua.

This Sir Geffray (or Godfrey) Bullen Lord Maior of London, was the Sonne of Geffrey Bullen of Salle or Saull in Norfolke Esquire. Hee married Anne the eldest daughter, and coheire of Thomas Lord Hoo and Hastings, by whom he had issue Sir William Bullen of Blickling in Norfolke Knight,* 1.2 f••ther to Thomas Bullen, Viscount Rochford, Earle of Wilshire, who was father to Anne Bullen Marchionesse of Penbroke, the second wife of King Henry the eight, and the happy mother of our late Soueraigne, Elizabeth Queene of England, with all thankefulnesse euer to bee remembred. This Lord Maior gaue to poore house holders in London, 1000 l, and 200 l to the like vse in Norfolke: besides many liberall gifts to Prisons, Hospitals, and lazar houses.

* 1.3Hic iacet Thomas Bulleyn, de comitatu Norfolcie Armiger qui obijt vl∣timo die mensis Aprilis An. Dom. 147••. cuius.

The honorable Merchant Ion Pickering,* 1.4 And Elisabyth, lie vndyr this ston: Of the English merchant Venturers vndyr the kyng, In the Martis beyond See, gouernor was this Ion, Thirty yeere and more that roome he did manteyn, To his honor, and worschip, and died in Nouembyr, The xxix day. Mcccc fourty and eyght certeyn. Whos soul and al Christians for cherite remembyr.

Hic Thomas Cressey London mercerus humatur* 1.5 Et Agnes Coniux sua postea suppeditatur M. Domini C quater his x. annoque secundo Sexta luce Iunij i••it hic de .... mundo.

Notes

• * 1.1

  Sir Godfrey Bullen Lord Maior.
• * 1.2

  Catal. of ho∣nou••.
• * 1.3

  Tho. Bullen.
• * 1.4

  Iohn Pickering and 〈◊〉〈◊〉 his wife.
• * 1.5

  Tho. Cressly and Agnes his wife.