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.

Engerston.

Hic iacet Iohannes Rocheford Ar. filius Domini Radulphi Rocheford militis,* 1.1 qui obiit decimo die Nouemb. 1444. et anno Regis Henrici sexti, 24.

Of this surname I haue spoken before in Rocheford.

Hic iacet Gertrudis filia Iohannis Terrel de Warley equitis aurati,* 1.2 & con∣iux prenobilis viri Gulielmi Petri Equitis aurati, quae obiit 28. Maii. 1541.

Her said Husband that graue Councellour, and Secretary of State to king Henry the eight, Edward, Queene Mary, and Elizabeth; lieth likewise here interred. Who liued some thirtie sixe yeares after the death of this Ger∣trude his first wife, euen to these later times; whose Epitaph (according to my method) I reserue for another part of these my funerall Monuments.

Vnder the picture of Christ in one of the windowes are these two words, Petra nostra.

Notes

• * 1.1

  Io. Rochford.
• * 1.2

  Gertrude Lady Petre.