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.

Saint Botolphs Algate.

In this Church ouer a vault, is a faire tombe of Alabaster, curiously wrought, hauing these lines following engrauen thereon.

* 1.1Here lyeth Thomas Lord Darcy, of the north, and sometime of the order of the Garter. Sir Nicholas Carew knight, sometime of the Garter; Lady Elizabeth Carew daughter to Sir Francis Brian Knight, and Sir Arthur Darcy Knight, yonger sonne to the aboue named Lord Darcy, and Lady Mary his deare wife, daughter to Sir Nicholas Carew, knight, who had ten sonnes and fiue daughters: Here lye Charles, William and Philip, Mary and Vrsula, sonnes and daughters to the said Sir Arthur and Mary his wife: whose soules God take to his infinite mercy, Amen.

This Thomas Lord Darcy, and Sir Nicholas Carew, (who was also ma∣ster of the Kings Horse) were both beheaded on the Tower hill;* 1.2 the first because he was one (howsoeuer constrained thereunto by the Rebels) of the commotion in Yorkeshire, Anno 1536. the second, for being of councell with Henry, Marquesse of Exceter, and Henry Poole Lord Mountague, who were indighted, and found guilty of high Treason, for deuising to main∣taine, promote,* 1.3 and aduance, one Reginald Poole late Deane of Exceter, enemie to the King, beyond the sea, and to depriue the King, Anno 1539.

Sir Arthur Darcy here mentioned, was first buried in the new Abbey of Eastminster, wherein he deceased; Sir Edward Darcy knight, sonne of Sir Arthur, lieth with his noble Ancestors in the same vault; but hee died but lately.

* 1.4Hic iacet Iohannes Epis Bathon & Wellensis, qui cum plures insignes Le∣gationes . . . . tandem obijt in Legatione Cleuensis . . . . Ianuar. M.ccccc.xl. cuius anime propitietur Altisimus.

* 1.5This Iohn Clerke, Doctor of Diuinitie and master of the Rolls, was brought vp in Cambridge, and consecrated to his Bishopricke, the yeare 1523. A man much imploy'd in Ambassages. He died as before, and was first buried in the Minories, being poysoned (as it was supposed) in Ger∣many, when he went Embassadour to the Duke of Cleue, to render a rea∣son of the Kings diuorce from the Lady Anne of Cleue his sister.

* 1.6King Edgar established here without Aldgate a Knightengield or Con∣frery, for thirteene knights or souldiers of good desert to him and the realme: the like by supposition saith Verstegan, was in Knight-riders street, being the place where the residence or meeting of such Knights-riders with the King might be kept.

Notes

• * 1.1

  The buriall place of s••me of the honou∣rable family of the Darcies.
• * 1.2

  Stow. Annal.
• * 1.3

  Cardinall Poole.
• * 1.4

  Io Clerke Bishop of Bath and Welles.
• * 1.5

  Godwin Catal. of Bishops.
• * 1.6

  The foundati∣on of a Knigh∣tengild or Confrery without Ald∣gate.