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.

Sauoy.

So called of Peter Earle of Sauoy,* 1.1 the first builder thereof, which being ouerthrowne by the Rebels of Kent, it was againe raised and beautifully rebuilded by king Henry the seuenth for an Hospitall; and dedicated to the honour of Saint Iohn Baptist: for which he purchased lands for the reliefe of an hundred poore people. Of which you may reade this Inscription en∣grauen ouer the Gate, towards the Street.

1505. Hospitium hoc inopi Turbe Sauoia vocatum, Septimus Henricus fundauit ab imo solo. Henry the seuenth to his merite and honor, This Hospitall foundyd, pore people to socor.

Many officers, ordinances, orders, and rules were appointed by the Founder;* 1.2 for the better gouernment of this Hospitall, some of which I haue read, briefly extracted out of the Grand Charter, viz.

Per nomen Magistri et Capellanorum Hospitalis Henrici Regis Anglie septimi de Savoy.

Duo Presbiteri seculares conductitij.

Duo homines seculares honesti ac literati, quorum alter Subsacrista alter Subhospitalarius.

Quatuor homines honesti qui Alteriste vocentur.

Quinque alij honesti homines viz. 1. Clericus Coquine. 2. Panetarius. 3. Coquus. 4. Ortulanus. 5. Ianitor.

Duo alij, alter subcoquus, alter subianitor.

Vna femina Matrona, & sub eadem duodecim alie femine.

Habeat etiam Magister ad sumptus Hospitalis duos homines honestos ad nutum & libitum suum in omnibus negotijs tam propriis, quam etiam in ne∣gotiis hospitalis sibi seruituros.

In iuramento Magistri.

Nullam que dispensationem aduersus aliquod statutum siue ordinationem Hospitalis predicti, siue aduersus hoc iuramentum meum, aut aliquam eius particulam impetrabo aut impetrari curabo, neque ab aliis impetratum vllo modo curabo, &c.

Hec omnia et singula in me recipio, & hec iureiurando promitto me fideli∣ter

obseruaturum, sicut me Deus adiuuet et hec sacrosancta eius Euangelia.

Que omnia & singula N. Abbati Westmonast. Visitatori predicti Hospi∣talis spondeo, &c. & incentum libris sterlingorum ad vsum Hospitalis pre∣dicti meipsum firmiter obligo, &c.

Regule quedam obseruande.

Sit Magister continue residens in Hospitali predicto, nullumque officium, administrationem quarumcunque rerum, aut cuiuscunque rei, vel sub aliqua persona spirituali aut temporali cuiuscunque dignitatis aut conditionis fuerit, acceptabit aut geret, neque eiusdem Seruitor, Capellanus, Officiariusve.

Nec absit in Hospitalis negotiis vltra quadraginta in aliquo anno.

Pro singulis diebus necessarie sue absentie in Hospitalis causis habeat pro se & duobus sibi Servitoribus tantum tres solidos.

Magister Hospitalis pro tempore existens, habeat sibi vltra vnam Togam siue liberatam suam.

Pro expensis oris sui siue victus, proque vadijs suis, & quibuscunque alijs necessarijs habeat triginta libras annuatim soluendas per manus suas propri∣as, ad quatuor anni terminos vsuales per equales portiones.

Nec Magister nec alij portabunt vestes exteriores alterius coloris quam bla∣nei anglice blew, interiores possunt esse alterius coloris, dummodo non sunt ru∣bei, vel alterius leuis coloris.

Omnes, Conductijs exceptis, portabunt in dextra parte Pectoris vnam Ro∣sam rubeam amplam ad sex polices in circuitu de filis cericis & aureis bene contextam, et compactam, cum Capicio eiusdem coloris.

There are diuers other the like ordinances, which I omit.

This Hospitall being valued to dispend 529. l. 15. s. 7. d. ob. by yeare, was suppressed the tenth of Iune, the seuenth of Edward the sixth, a little before his death: the Beds, bedding, and other furniture belonging there∣unto, with seuen hundred Markes of the said Lands by yeare, he gaue to the Citizens of London, with his house of Bridewell, to the furnishing thereof, and towards the furnishing of the Hospitall of S. Thomas in South∣warke, lately suppressed.

* 1.3This Hospitall was againe new founded, erected, corporated and en∣dowed with lands, by Queene Mary, the third of Nouember, in the fourth of her raigne; the Ladies of the Court, and Maydens of Honor (a thing, saith Stow, not to be forgotten) stored the same of new with beds, bedding, and other furniture, in very ample manner, and so it continues.

The Chappell of this Hospitall serueth now as a Parish Church to the Tenements thereof neare adioyning, and others. In which are diuers fune∣rall Monuments, but few of any Antiquitie.

* 1.4Hic iacet Tho. Halsal Leighuieng Episcopus, in Basilica Sancti Petri Rome, Nationis Anglicorum Penitenciarius, summe probitatis vir, qui hoc solum post se reliquit. Vixit dum vixit bene, cui leuus conditor Goannes Douglas Scotus Dunkelheng. Presul, Patria sua exul. 1522. This Bishop translated Virgils Aeneiads into the Scottish language:* 1.5 compiled the palace of Honor, and diuers other Treatises; he fled into England for feare of being questi∣oned in Parliament.

* 1.6Here lieth Humphrey Gosling of London, Vintnor, Of the whyt Hart of this Parish a neghbor,

Of vertuous behauiour, a very good Archer, And of honest mirch, a good company keeper. So well enclyned to poore and rich, God send more Goslings to be si••h.

Notes

• * 1.1

  The foundati∣on of the Hos¦pitall of Sauoy
• * 1.2

  Ex Mss. in bib. Cot.
• * 1.3

  The second foundation of Sauoy Hospi∣tall.
• * 1.4

  Tho. Halsal. Gowin Douglase Bishops.
• * 1.5

  Hist. of Scot. Ann. 1521.
• * 1.6

  Humphrey Gosling.