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.

Berkamsted.

In the body of this Church stands a stately Tombe, of an antique rich fabricke, strangely depainted, whereon the shape of a man in knightly ha∣biliments, with his wife lying by him, are cut in Alabaster, and about the verge of a large marble thereunto adioyning, this Inscription engrauen in brasse.

* 1.1Hic iacet Richardus Torynton & Margareta vxor eius, qui quidem Ri∣chardus obijt 4. die Martij .... 1306. & Margareta ob. 9. Martii 13...

This Torynton, as I haue it by relation, was the founder of this Church, a man in speciall fauour with Edmond Plantaginet, Duke of Cornwall; who was sonne of Richard Plantaginet, second sonne of king Iohn, Earle of Cornwall, and king of the Romanes. Which Richard full of honours and

yeares, ended his life here at his Castle of Berkamsted, but was buried at his Abbey of Hales. Of whom hereafter.

Here are diuers Tombes to the memory of the name of Waterhouse, whose inscriptions of antiquitie are all taken away with the brasse, and the carefull preseruing of the rest altogether neglected.

Hic iacent Iohannes Waterhouse, & Margaret vxor eius.....

Ecce sub hoc tumulo coniux vxorque iacemus* 1.2 Eternam pacem donet vterque Deus. Nil vnquam abstulimus, si quid benefecimus vlli, Est qui pro meritis premia digna dabit. Est tamen vna salus Christi miseratio, quam qui Transis, ambobus sepe prec••re Deum.

Hic iacet Richardus Westbroke qui obiit 29. Septemb. 1485. supplicans vobis,* 1.3 ex charitate vestra, pro anima sua dicere Pater Noster & Ave.

Here lieth Katherin the wyfe of Robert Incent,* 1.4 the father and mother to Iohn Incent, Doctor of the Law; who hath done many benefytes, and orna∣ments to this Chappell of St. Iohn Baptist ..... the twel••th yeere of Henry the eight.

This Iohn Incent Doctor of the Law, was Deane of Saint Paules Lon∣don, who built in this Towne a free-Schoole, allowing to the Master a sti∣pend of twenty pound per annum. And to the Vsher ten pound, which was confirmed by Act of Parliament.

Here lyeth Robert Incent,* 1.5 late Servant to that noble Princesse Cicely, Duchesse of Yorke, who dyed of the sweating sicknesse, the first yeere of Henry the seuenth.

Hic iacet Edwardus de le hay....* 1.6 1510.

This is an ancient name, flourishing euer since the raigne of Hen. the se∣cond. Stow. Annal.

Hic iacet Margarita Briggs que ob. 17. Aug. 1374.* 1.7

Here is an ancient monument to the memory of one Iohn Rauen Esquire,* 1.8 who died in the yeere 1395.

Vnder the Armes of King Edward the sixth, painted vpon a table, these verses.

Quid sextum dicis? nulli virtute secundus, Ingenio nulli, nullus in arte prior: Edwardi insignis sunt haec insignia? Iudi••. In Signis illum deliniare nequis.

Vnder the cote and crest of Doctor Incent, these Hexameters.

Mira cano, nondum denos compleuerat annos Cum Pater est Patriae Edwardus, Musisque Patronus▪ Ille tuis avibus sublatas reddidit alas Incenti; obtusis aciem pugionibus ille. Ille cruci vires, Infanti adiecit amictum; Ille Rosam suavi perfudit odore caducam.

Notes

• * 1.1

  Ric. Torington, and Marg. his wife.
• * 1.2

  Io. Waterhouse and Marg. his wife.
• * 1.3

  Ric. Westbroo••••
• * 1.4

  Katherin 〈◊〉〈◊〉
• * 1.5

  Robert 〈◊〉〈◊〉
• * 1.6

  Ed. Hay.
• * 1.7

  Marg. Briggs.
• * 1.8

  Io. Rauen.