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.

The blacke Fryers.

* 1.1This House was founded by Robert Kilwardby Archbishop of Canter∣bury, and the Citizens of London, An. Dom. 1276. This Archbishop, to∣wards the latter end of his time, made a collection, saith Godwin, for the building of a Monasterie for the Fryer Minors in London. Many contri∣buted so largely thereunto, as he (hauing the helpe of a certaine old Tower which yeelded him stones without charge) finished the same with other mens money, and was able to affoord the foundation for another at Salis∣bury. King Edward the first and Eleanor his wife, were great Benefactors to this worke. This was a large Church, richly furnished with ornaments, and honoured by the burials of many great Personages: diuers Parliaments and other great meetings haue beene holden in this Monasterie, which is now altogether demolished, and other new buildings erected in the same place. This order of blacke Fryers Predicants were remoued hither from Oldbourne, where they had continued 55 yeeres. The reuenewe of this house was valued at 104 l. 15 s. 5 d per annum, being surrendred into the Kings hands, 12 of Nouember, the 30 of Henry the 8.

* 1.2Persons of kingly, princely, and noble descent, of eminent high place and qualitie, to the number of fiftie and vpwards are reckoned by Io. Stow (out of the Register of this house) to haue bin here entombed, to whose re∣lation I leaue my Reader, onely giue me leaue to speake of one.

Vpon a Table fastened to a pillar, this inscription was not long since here to be read, as I haue it out of the collections of Tho. Talbot.

* 1.3Here lyeth the body of the Lady Elizabeth, the daughter of Sir Bartho∣lomew Balitismere, wife of William Bohun, Earle of Northampton, and mo∣ther of the Earles of March and Northampton, and of Elizabeth, Coun∣tesse of Arundell. She died 5 Id. of Iune, Anno Christi 1378. She was inter∣red before the high Altar.

Notes

• * 1.1

  The foundati∣on of the blacke 〈◊〉〈◊〉 in vita R K. 〈◊〉〈◊〉 chi••piscopi.
• * 1.2

  Suruey of London.
• * 1.3

  Elizabeth Countesse of Northampton.