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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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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Weever, John, 1576-1632.
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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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Sepulchral monuments -- England -- Early works to 1800.
Epitaphs -- England -- Early works to 1800.
England -- Biography -- Early works to 1800.
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"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 16, 2024.
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Tiltey.
* 1.1Here sometime stood a Monastery founded by Maurice Fitz-Gilbert, before remembred, not long after the Conquest, which he dedicated to the honour of the Virgine Mary, and therein placed white Monkes of the Ci∣stertian order.
The donations to this religious house are confirmed in the Records of the Tower, Cart. Antiq. lit. S.
The valuation of it at the suppression was 177. l. 9: s. 4. d.
This Monasterie is not altogether ruinous, in the little Church whereof I found these Funerall Inscriptions following.
* 1.2Bruntingthorpe neare to Leicester hath long beene the habitation of the ancient familie of Dannet, saith Master Burton, who beareth sable Guttee Argent a Canton Ermine, one of which familie lieth here interred, with this Epitaph.
* 1.3Hic iacet sepultus, cum coniuge Maria Gerardus Dannet de Bruntingthorp in Com Lecestr. Ar. & serenissimi Regis Henrici octaui Consiliarius, qui obijt Anno Christi M.ccccc.xx. mensis Maij quarto. The armes afore bla∣zoned are ouer the Monument of this Councellour to king Henry.
* 1.4Abbas famosus, bonus, & viuendo probatus,In Thakley natus, qui iacet hic tumulatus:Thomas dictatus, qui Christo sit sociatus:Rite gubernauit, istumque locum peramauit.