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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Title: 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.
Author: Weever, John, 1576-1632.
Publication: 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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Subject terms: Sepulchral monuments -- England -- Early works to 1800.; Epitaphs -- England -- Early works to 1800.; England -- Biography -- Early works to 1800.
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Finchley.

Vpon the North wall of this Church the last Will and Testament of one Thomas Sanny is hung vp; thus written in a table.

In Dei nomine Amen. Anno Domini 1509. primo anno Henrici octaui; octauo die mens. Nouembris.

I Thomas Sanny of the Estende in Finchley,* 1.1 in the County of Midlesex, whol in mynd, and sick of Body, do mak my last wyl and testament in form folowyng. First I bequeth my soul to almyghty God, to owr Lady, and to al the Seynts in hevyn. And my body to be buryd in the Churchyard of our Lady of Finchley. Item, I wil after the deth of my wyff the hous callyd Fordis, and Stockwoodfeeld shallen whyl the world lastyth, pay out of the seyd hous and lands forty shillyng yerly to Preests, to syng for my soul, my Moders soul, my wyffs soul, my chyldren, my kyndred soulys, and al Christian soulys: and a nobil to the reparacion of the seyd hous, and dis∣pose to hygh ways and to pore peple, or in oder good dedes of cherite. And also I wil that the Chirch wardens fal yerly see this donne for euer. Item. I wil that this be grauyn in a ston of Marbull that al men may see hit, as in my wil mor playnly doth appere.

Iesu mercy Lady help.

Here lieth entombed the body of Sir Thomas Frowicke knight,* 1.2 Lord chiefe Iustice of the Common Pleas. The circumscription about his Monu∣ment is defaced and gone. In the Catalogue I finde thus much: Thomas Frowick miles constitutus erat Iusticiarius de Banco xxx. die mens. Septem∣bris, Ann. xviii. Hen. vii. et obijt xvii die mens. Octobris, Anno M. CCCCC.VI. et XXII. Hen. VII.

Adioyning to this is another marble thus inscribed.

Ioan la Feme Thomas de Frowicke gist icy* 1.3 Et le dit Thomas Pense de giser aueque luy.

Hic iacet Thomas Aldenham Armig. et Chirurgus illustriss. Principis Henrici sexti: qui obiit. . . 1431.* 1.4

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* 1.1

Tho. Sanny.

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* 1.2

Sir Tho. Fro∣wicke knight.

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* 1.3

Tho. Frowicke & Ioane his wife.

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* 1.4

Tho. Aldenham.

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