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 17, 2024.

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Cheston.

Quem tegit iste lapis Radcliffe cognomine functus* 1.1 .... et in cineres vertitur vnde fuit.

Icy gist Damoselle Iohanne clay,* 1.2 que trespassa l'an de Grace M.cccc.le xxii. iour Octobre, iour Saint M. lun Euesque.

Here sometime stood a little Nunnery, I know not by whom founded,* 1.3 but thus it is confirmed in the Catal. of religious houses.

Henr. Rex Anglie, Dominus Hibernie. Dux Normannie, Aquitanie, et comes Angedauie, &c. Shestrehunt Monial. totam terram Dom. ten. cum pertinentijs suts que canonicis de cathele &c. quos amoueri fecimus,* 1.4 dat. a∣pud West. xi. Aug. Anno Regni nostri xxiiii.

This Nunnery was valued in the Exchequer to be yeerely worth, twen∣ty seuen pound, sixe shillings eight pence.

This village is called in old Writings,* 1.5 Chesthunte, Shestrehunte: and Norden saith, cur non Chestin, Castanetum, of Chesnut Trees.

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