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.

Edmundton.

* 1.1Here lieth interred vnder a seemelie Tombe without Inscription the bo∣dy of Peter Fabell (as the report goes) vpon whom this fable was fathered, that he by his wittie deuises beguiled the deuill: belike he was some ingeni∣ous conceited gentleman, who did vse some sleightie trickes for his owne disports. He liued and died in the raigne of Henry the seuenth, saith the booke of his merry pranks.

* 1.2Hic iacent corpora Thome Carleton quondam Domini istius ville qui obiit 21. Feb. 1447. et Elisabethe vxoris eius silie Ade Francis Militis per quam habuit Dominium. . . . .

This Tombe, as most of the Monuments in this Church, is shamefully defaced: the Inhabitants deliuer by tradition, that this Carleton was a man of great command in this Countie, and that Sir Adam Francis, his father in law here nominated, was Lord Maior of London, about the yeare 1353. and one of the Founders of Guild Hall Chappell or Colledge to the said Hall adioyning.

* 1.3Adam et Elisabeth les Infants Mounsieur Adam Franceys iesent icy; Dieu de son almes eit mercy.

* 1.4Of your cherite. . . . of Iohn Kirton Esquyre, and Iohn Kirton the sonne of Iohn Kirton, and Anne his wyf and all Christian sowlys. . . . .

Here lyeth one whose name is worne out of his Monument, his Tombe couered with a faire marble stone, his bodie figured in brasse armed, with a gorget of Maile; vnder his feet a Lion cowchant. His wife lieth portrayed by him; he is thought by some to haue beene one of that ancient and ho∣nourable familie of the Mandeuills, by others to be one of that noble fami∣lie of the Darcies. These verses remaining.

Erth goyth vpon erth as mold vpon mold Erth goyth vpon erth al glysteryng in gold, As thogh erth to erth ner turne shold▪ And yet must erth to erth soner then he wold.

Ista Sacerdotis Innocent est tumba Iohannis* 1.5 Vicerat Octobris quem nece quarta dies. A Quadringentis vno quoque mille sub annis Christi post ortum terra recepit eum. Hunc bini Reges, Henricus et ante Richardus Subthe saurarium Regni statuere sidelem Donet Rex celi gaudia Christe sibi.

Here lyeth Nicholas Borne,* 1.6 and Elizabeth his wyf. . . . . . . . .

Of death we haue tastyd the mortall rage, Now lying both togeddir vndyr this ston; That somtym wer knytt in bond of Maryage For term of lyff, too bodys in on. Therfor good peple to God in thron Prey, from the on body too sowlys proceed, The temporal maryage euerlastyng succeed.

Notes

• * 1.1

  Peter Fabell, the mer••y deuil of Edmunton.
• * 1.2

  Tho. Carleton & Elis. his wife.
• * 1.3

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• * 1.4

  〈◊〉〈◊〉 and Anne his wife
• * 1.5

  Io. Innocent, o•• Incent, vnder Treasurer of England.
• * 1.6

  Nic. Borne and Elis. his wife.