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 Hospitall of Saint Mary Bethlem, commonly called Bedlam.

In the yeare 1247. Simon Fitzmary, one of the Sheriffes of London, founded this Hospitall for lame and indigent people, which afterwards was conuerted to that vse, which the Citie now makes of it, vpon this occasion.

In the Parish of Saint Martins in the field, there was an house wherein sometime were distraught and Lunaticke people; of what antiquitie found∣ed, by whom, or what time suppressed, saith Stow, I haue not read. But it was said, that a King of England, not liking such a kinde of people to re∣maine so neare his Pallace, caused them to be remoued further off, to Beth∣lem without Bishopsgate of London, and to that Hospitall the said house by ••haring-crosse doth yet remaine.