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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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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Weever, John, 1576-1632.
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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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Sepulchral monuments -- England -- Early works to 1800.
Epitaphs -- England -- Early works to 1800.
England -- Biography -- Early works to 1800.
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"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 16, 2024.

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Hownslow Chappell.

Which belonged sometime to a Frierie thereunto adioyning,* 1.1 now a Chappell of ease for the Inhabitants, which are of two parishes, Heston, and Thistleworth: by whom this fraternitie was founded, I cannot learne, except by the Windsores, a familie of many descents, euer since the com∣ming in of the Norman Conqueror, who had their habitation at Stanwell, not farre off; and chose this Friers Chappell for their place of buriall; which, together with the house, was, after the dissolution, giuen by ex∣change, to the Lord Windsore, by King Henry the eight.

Orate pro animabus Georgij Windsore filij Andree Windsore de Stanwell militis:* 1.2 et Vrsule vxoris eius .......... suorum et heredis apparentis .... Iohannis comitis Oxonie .....

Orate pro anima Willelmi Iacob qui dedit vnam clausuram vocatam Bu∣shiheme ad inueniendam vnam Lampadem ....... qui ob ..... 1478.* 1.3

Vermibus hic donor et sic ostendere conor Qualiter hic ponor ponitur omnis honor.

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Quisquis ades, tu morte cades, sta, respice plora Sum quod eris, quod es ipse fui pro me precor ora.

Vnder the picture of the blessed Virgine, these verses following were de∣painted, now almost quite worne out.

Virginis intacte cum veneris ante figuram, Pretereundo caue ne fileatur Aue.

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