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 Foundation of the religious house of Conuerts in Chancerie lane, (anciently called New-streete,) now knowne by the name of the Rolles.

Henry the third, about the twentieth yeare of his raigne, built this house for the Iewes, conuerted & to be conuerted to the faith of Christ: these are the words in his grant.

* 1.1Rex Archiepiscopis, &c. Sciatis nos intuitu Dei, et pro salute anime no∣stre, et animarum antecessorum, et heredum meorum concessisse, et hac charia nostra consirmasse, pro nobis, et heredibus nostris, domum quam fundari fe∣cimus in vico, qui vocatur New-streete, inter vetus Templum et nouum London, ad sustentationem Fratrum conuersorum, et conuertendorum, de Iu∣daismo, ad fidem catholicam, &c. hijs Testibus venerabilibus patribus. W. Kaerl: et W. exon episcopis. H. de Burgo Comite Kanti••, Radulpho filio Nicholai, Godfrido de Crancumbe. Iohanne filio Philip, Amaurico de sancto Aumundo Willielmo de Picheford, Galfrido de Cauz et alijs. dat per ma∣num ve. P. R cicestrens. Cancellar. nostri, apud Westminst. 19. die April.

But this Foundation did not continue long, for Edward the first (his sonne) in the eighteenth yeare of his raigne, banished all the Iewes out of England, confiscating all their goods, and leauing them nothing but mo∣ney (barely) to beare their charges. King Edward the third appointed this house for the custody of the Rolles and Records of the Chancerie;* 1.2 giuing the same, by his charter, to one William Burstall, as then master of that Office, and his Successors. In the Chappell of this house, Iohn Yong, Do∣ctor of both Lawes, and master of the Rolles, lieth entombed with this Inscription.

* 1.3Io. Yong. LL. Doctori sacror. scrinior. ac hius Domus custodi, Decano olin▪ Ebor: vita defuncto xxv Aprilis sui fideles Executores hoc posuerunt. M.D.xvj.

Besides which, vpon an old table hanging by, are written in text hand, these verses following. Dominus firmamentum meum.

Hic iacet ille Iohannes Yong cognomine dignus, Tali quod nunquam marcesceret vtpote charus. Omnibus apprime summo testante dolore, Quem neque celabant neque dissimulare valebant, Dum sternit iuuenem mors immatura labentem, Quis non defleret iuuenis miserabile fatum, Ex quo multorum pendebat vita salusque: Horum inquam inprimis, quos ille benignus alebat, Impensis donec vitales carperet auras, Nec satis illi erat hoc priuatis consuluisse Rebus, quinetiam prudenter publica gessit. Munia siue forensia siue etiam extera summa Cum laude, illa quidem dum sacris presuit olim Scrinijs haec vero Legati functus honore.

Notes

• * 1.1

  In Archiuis Tur∣r••s London.
• * 1.2

  ••••des••s Ca••al. Cancell. per Fran••iscum ••hin collect.
• * 1.3

  Iohn Yong, Ma∣ster of the Rolles.