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.

Aldenham.

Here lyeth beried the body of Iohn Long, saltyr Cityzen, and Aldyrman of London, and Dame Margaryt hys wyff: whych Iohn dyed the vi dey of Iuly, M.Vc.xxxviii. Whos sowl Iesu pardon.

This man was Sheriffe of London in the yeare 1528. borne he was at Berkamsted in this County, being the sonne of William Long, of the same, gentleman, anciently descended from the Longs of Wilshire, and father he was to Iohn Long of Holme Hall, in the County of Derby gentleman; who was father to George Long Esquire, now liuing, Clerke of the office of Pleas in his Maiesties Court of Exchequer, and one of his Maiesties Iustices of Peace within the County of Midlesex. He liued after he was made free of London (which was in the eleuenth of Hen. the seuent) 43. yeares.

Augusti, ter quingeni, si dempseris vnum, Et ter, tres, decies, vt erat verbum caro factum Trux lux vndena; miseris subtraxit Asylum, Patronum patrie; decus orbis, lampada morum. Quem decorant Latria, sapientia, spesque fidesque. Scilicet Edmund Brook: saluetur vt ipse precemur.

If you will take my construction of this intricate Epitaph, this man (here so much commended) died the eleuenth day of August, M.cccc. lxxxx.

Here lyeth Iohn Penn who in hys lusty age Owr Lord list cal to hys mercy and grase; Benign, and curteys, free withoutyn rage; And Sqwire with the Duc of Clarence he was. The eyghtenth dey of Iun deth did him embrase: The yer from Crists incarnatioon A thowsand fowr hundryd seuenty and oon.

Hic iacent Iohannes Dentwel....& Christiana vxor... 1388.

Here lyeth William Warner and Ioan his wyf. Whych William dyed .... 1531. and Ioan 1588. on whos sowls:

Here vndyr this marble ston Lyeth Lucas Goodyer departyd and gon; It pleasyd the Lord God in Octobre the tenth day, She being in chyldbed decessyd withoutyn nay; And Edmond her liffe sonne lyeth her by, On whos sowlys Iesu have mercy. 1547.

Here lyeth Raph Stepney Esquyre, the first Lord of the Lordshyp of this Towne of Aldenham, and Patron of this Church. Who dyed 3. Decemb. 1544. on whos sowl Iesu haue mercy. Amen.

In the South wall of this Church the proportion of two weemen lye cut in stone, who (as I haue it by relation) were two Sisters here entombed, the builders of this Church, and coheires to this Lordship, which at their deaths gaue the said Lordship to the Abbey and Couent of Westminster.

Here is now the seate of that right honourable Lord, Sir Edward Carey, knight, Baron of Falkland, lately Lord Deputie of Ireland. Some of which familie lie here fairely entombed.

Notes

• Io. Long Alderman and ••ady Margaret his wife.
• Ed. Brooke.
• Io. Penne.
• 〈◊〉〈◊〉. Dentwell & Christian his wife.
• Will. Warner & Ioan his wife.
• Raph Stepney.