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.

High Esterne:

Here lyeth Dame Agnes Gate, the wyf of Sir Geffrey Gate knight, the which Sir Geffrey was six yeares Captane of the Isle of Wyght,* 1.1 and after, Marshal of Caleys, and there kept with the Pykards worschipul warrys, and euyr entendyd as a good Knyght, to please the Kyng in the partyes of Normandy wyth al his myght: which Agnes dyed the ix. of Decembyr. M.cccc.lxxxvii. on whos soul Iesu haue mercy, Amen.

Prey for the sowl al ye that liue in sight, Of Sir Geffrey Gate, the curtesse knight, Whos wyff is beryed here by Goddys might. He bowght the Manor of Garnets by right Of Koppeden gentylman, so he behight Of this Witnesses his wyff and Executors. This yer ...... delihowrs. xxii. Ian. M. cccc. lxxvii. Pater de celis Deus miserere nobis: Fili redemptor mundi Deus miserere nobis. Sancta Trinitas vnus Deus miserere nobis.

This Manour of Garnets here mentioned, and all his other inheritance (as I haue it by relation from the Inhabitants) about fourescore yeares af∣ter the death of this Sir Geffray, was forfeited to the Crowne, by the at∣taindour of Sir Iohn Gate Knight, beheaded on the Tower hill, with Iohn Dudley Duke of Northumberland, and Sir Thomas Palmer Knight, for that they had endeuoured to haue made Lady Iane, (the daughter of Henry Grey, Duke of Suffolke, by Frances his wife, who was the daughter of Charles Brandon Duke of Suffolke, by Mary his wife, second sister to King Henry the eight, and the wife of Guilford Dudley, the fourth sonne of the said Duke of Northumberland) Queene of England, the xxii. of August, M. ccccc. 53. the first of Queene Mary.

Notes

• * 1.1

  Agnes Lady Gate.