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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Title: 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.
Author: Weever, John, 1576-1632.
Publication: London :: Printed by Thomas Harper. 1631. And are to be sold by Laurence Sadler at the signe of the Golden Lion in little Britaine,; [1631]
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Subject terms: Sepulchral monuments -- England -- Early works to 1800.; Epitaphs -- England -- Early works to 1800.; England -- Biography -- Early works to 1800.
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Cite this Item: "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 June 17, 2024.

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Saint Martins in the fields.

O ye our frends yat here pas by, We beseche yow vs to haue in memory. Somtym we were as now be ye, In tym to come ye shall be as we. Edward Norrys and Ioan his wyff, These wer our names whyl we had lyff. Of yowr charite for vs to pray, A Pater Noster and an Aue to say.

Of your cherity pray for the soule of Sir Humfrey Forster Knight,* 1.1 whos body lyeth buried here in earth vndyr this marbl••ston: which decessy•• the xviij day of the moneth of September, 1500......... on wh••s soule Iesu haue mercy, Amen.

Hic iacet Thomas Barret prenobilis Armiger,* 1.2 qui quidem Thomas erat abstractus de Sanctuario beati Petri VVestmonasterij, et erudeliter interse∣ctus per manus improrum contra leges Anglie, et totius vniuersalis Ecclesie priuilegia et iura, Anno Domini 1461. Anno illustrissimi Regis Ed. Quar∣ti post conqu••stum primo. Sub eodem queque ma••moreo lapide Iohannes Bar∣ret eiusdem Thome primogenitus sepelitur qui quidem Iohannes obiit...... die...... An.....

Of this eminent thrice noble Esquire, thus drawne and puld out of the Sanctuarie, and cruelly murthered by the hands of wicked people, against the Lawes of the land, and priuiledges of the holy Church, as appeares by this Inscription I haue read: thus much following out of a namelesse Ma∣nuscript.

Thomas Barryt Squyr to Kyng Harry the syxt. oftentyms im••loyd in the French warrys, vndre the command of Iohn Duc of Bedford; as alsoo Iohn Duc of Norfok, beyng asw••y trew ••••ge man to hys Souereygne Lord the Kyng, hauyng taken Sanctu∣ry at Westmynstre to ••hon the fury of hys and the Kyngs enemys, was from thense hayld foorth, and lamentably hewy•• a p••ees. Abut whilke rym, or a lityll before, the Lord Skales late in an e∣uenyng entryng a wherry Bott wythe three persoons and wgh∣yng toowards UUestmynstre, ther lykwys too haue takyn San∣ctury, was descryed by a wooman, wher anon the wherry men fell on hym, murthered hym, and cast hys mangyld corps aloud by S••ynt Mary Ouerys.

The Surname of Barret is at this day of exemplarie note, and doth great∣ly resflourish by that worthy Gentleman, Sir Edward Barret Knight, Lord Baron of Newburgh, Chancelour of the Dutchie of Lancaster, and one of his Maiesties most honourable priuy Councell.

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