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 17, 2024.
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Danbury.
* 1.1Hic iacet Gerardus quondam filius & heres Gerardi Braybroke militis qui obijt xxix. Marcij M.cccc.xxii.
Icy gist perne Femme a Gerard Braybroke, fille a Monsieur Reynold de Grey Seignour de wilton, que morust viii. jour d'aueril, l'an de grace M.cccc.xiiii. a qua Dieu fait mercy.
I shall haue occasion to speake of the Braibrokes, when I come to Brai∣broke in Northamptonshire, of which they were Lords.
Here lie two men armed in their portraitures, and crosse legged, which were (as it goes by relation from father to the sonne) of the familie of the Darcies,* 1.2 who for a time had here their habitation.
Although it be somewhat from my purpose, yet I hold it not much a∣misse to ammuse my Reader with a short story.* 1.3 Vpon Corpus Christi day, in the yeare 1402. the third of Henry the fourth, at Euensong time, the De∣uill entred into this Church, in the likenesse of a Gray Frier, and raged hor∣ribly, playing his parts like a Deuill indeed, to the great astonishment and feare of the parishioners: and the same houre with a tempest of whirle∣wind and thunder, the top of the Steeple was broken downe, and halfe of the Chancell scattered abroad.