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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Cite this Item: "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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This Church is spatious, beautifull, and built Cathedrall-like; but nei∣ther in this Church, in Braintrie, nor scarcely in any other Church seated within a Market Towne, shall you finde either Monument or Inscription: onely some two or three Inscriptions are here remaining.

* 1.1Her lyth Rychard Dammary and Alys his wyff, and Rychard Dammary his sonn, Ione, Elizabyth, and Ann, on whos soulys God hau mercy. Which Rychard the yongyrgawe a Meide callyd Abel Meide, for a perpetual mynd yerly to be kept for ther soulys and al christen soulys.

* 1.2Syr Walter Clerk gist icy Dieu de s'alme eit mercy.

* 1.3Orate pro animabus Richardi Large et Alicie vxoris eius, qui quidem Ri∣chardus obijt 27. Martij 1458.

The Inhabitants say, that this Richard Large was brother to a certaine Lord Maior of London, named Large, who at his death bestowed won∣drous largely vpon the poore, and the repairing of high waies; which I take to haue beene Robert Large, Maior of London, Anno 1440. who gaue 120. l. to poore prisoners, and euery yeare for fiue yeare, 403. Shirts and Smockes, 40. paire of Sheetes, and one hundred and fifty Gownes of good Frize, to poore people. To poore Maids marriages, one hundred markes; to repairing high waies, one hundred markes; to fiue hundred poore peo∣ple in London, euery one sixe shillings viii.d. the rest of his bountifull cha∣ritie you may reade in Stow Suruay.

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* 1.1

Ric. Dammary and Alice his wife.

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* 1.2

Sir Walter Clarke Priest.

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* 1.3

Rich. Large and Alice his wife.

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