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.

Alhallowes the great.

* 1.1Willelmus dudum Lichfeeld quem mors fera pressit. Ista post ludum mundi, sub rupe quiescit, In Domini rure cultor, sator ac operosus. Dum preciat ture, Pastor vigil et studiosus. Hanc Edem rexit, ornauit et amplificauit, Pignora prouexit ac sacro dogmate pauit. Pauperibus carus, inopes in mente gerebat. Consilio gnarus dubitantibus esse solebat. Christe pugil fortis eius dissolue reatus, Vt viuat mortis post morsum glorificatus. Luce bis X quater. I. migrat octobris sine panno E .... quater X quater V semel .... M, anno 1447.

This Doctor was a great student, and compiled many bookes both mo∣rall and diuine as well in verse as prose.

Sta precor interne, qui transis aspice, cerne, * 1.2Non nitidis pannis sed ••lentibus ossa Iohannis Brickles ista mei specus includit requiei. Taliter indutus tumulabere tu resolutus. Dormit in hac cella mea coniux ac Isabella. Apollinaris .... vixit lux nece stratus Et quater x ter. v. I bis et M. sociatis.

This Brickles was a linnen Draper, a worthy benefactor to this Church, who gaue by his Testament certaine Tenements to the reliefe of the poore.

Notes

• * 1.1

  William Lich∣field Doctor of Diuinity.
• * 1.2

  Io. Brickles and Isabell his wife.