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.

Sabridgworth vulgarly Sabsworth.

Hic iacent Iohannes Leuenthorp Ar. qui obijt xxvii mens. Maij,* 1.1 M.cccc.xxxiii. & Katherina vx eius, que obiit v. die Octob. M.cccc.xxxi. quorum...

This Iohn was one of the Executours of the last Will and Testament of King Henry the fifth.* 1.2

Hic iacent Iohannes Leuenthorp Ar. qui obiit vltimo die mensis Maij,* 1.3 M.cccc.lxxxiiii. & Ioanna vxor eius, que obiit xxix. Augusti, M.cccc.xl viii.

En iacet hic puluis, putredo, vermis et esca; Et Famulus mortis; nam vita iam caret ista. Hic nil scit, nil habet, nec virtus inde relucet; Cerne luto vilius, horror, terror, fetor orbis, Opprobrium cunctis, ac est abiectio plebis, Hic frater aspice te, spira suffragia pro me.

Hic iacet Isabella vxor Iohannis Leuenthorp de Sabridgworth in Com. Hart. quondam vxor Roberti Southwel de Thachint in eodem Com. et filia Iohannis Boys....* 1.4 in Com. Lincolne. que obiit xx. Iulij M.cccc.lxxxi. Cuius.

Hic iacet Agnes soror Iohannis Leuenthorp Ar. que obiit x die Decemb. M.cccc.xliiii.* 1.5

In this Church are diuers other Monuments of later times,* 1.6 to the me∣morie of the Leuenthorps; whose habitation is neare at Shingle-hall; which is honoured by her owners, being of such worth and ancient gentrie.

Hic iacent Iohannes Chancy Ar. filius et heres Iohannis Chancy Ar. filii & heredis Willelmi Chancy militis quondam Baronis de Shorpenbek in Com. Ebor. et Anna vxor eius vna filiarum Iohannis Leuenthorp.* 1.7 Ar. qui qui∣dem Iohannes obiit vii Maii M.cccc.lxxix. et Anna ii Decembris, M: cccc.lxxvii. quorum animabus.

Of yowr cherite sey a Pater Noster and an Ave For the sowl of William Chancy,* 1.8 On whos sowl Iesu hav mercy.

Hic iacent Galfredus Ioslyne & Katherina,* 1.9 ac Ioanna vxor eius, qui obiit ii Ianuar. M.cccc lxx.

Orate pro anima Radulphi Ioslyne quondam militis,* 1.10 et bis Maioratus Ci∣uitatis

London, qui obiit xxv. Octob. M.cccc.lxxviii.

* 1.11This Sir Raph Ioslyne, or Iosceline, was the sonne of the foresaid Geffrey Iosceline here interred. He was inuested knight of the Bath with Sir Tho∣mas Cooke, Sir Mathew Philip, and Sir Henry Weeuer, Citizens, at the Co∣ronation of Queene Elizabeth, the wife of King Edward the fourth, in the yeare 1465. The first time of his Maioraltie was in the yeare 1464. the other not long before his death. He was a carefull corrector of the abuses vsed by Bakers and Victuallers of the Citie of London; and by his diligence the walls of the said Citie were repaired. This name (as I was told) doth still flourish in this tract.

Notes

• * 1.1

  Io. Leuenthorp and Katherine his wife.
• * 1.2

  Stow Annal.
• * 1.3

  Io. Leuenthorp and Ioane his wife.
• * 1.4

  Isabell Leuen∣thorp.
• * 1.5

  Agnes Leuen∣thorp.
• * 1.6

  Camd. in Hert.
• * 1.7

  Io. Chancy and Anne his wife.
• * 1.8

  Will. Chancy.
• * 1.9

  Geffrey Ioslyne.
• * 1.10

  Sir Raph Ioslyne knight, Lord Maior.
• * 1.11

  Stow Annal, and Su••vay.