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.

Horne-Church.

Named in times past (saith M. Camden) Cornutum Monasterium, the Horned Minster, for that there shoot out at the end of the Church certaine points of Lead fashioned like hotnes. To the brethren de monte Iovis, or Mountioy;* 1.1 or Priory de cornuto by Hauering at the Bower (saith Stow) the house of Savoy in the Strand did sometime belong, which Eleanor wife to King Henry the third, purchased of the said Fraternitie or Brotherhood, for her sonne Edmond Earle of Lancaster. The inhabitants of this parish say (by tradition) that this Church was built by a female conuertite, to ex∣piate and make satisfaction for her former sinnes; and that it was called Hore-Church at the first,* 1.2 vntill by a certaine King, but by what King they

are vncertaine, which came riding that way, it was called, The Horned-Church, who caused those Hornes to be put out at the East end of the same, in remembrance of so remarkable a Foundation.

But to leaue these coniectures and returne to the Grauestones which I finde thus inscribed.

Hic iacet Henricus filius Domini Richardi Arundel militis,* 1.3 qui obiit ..... 1412 anno etatis primo. Cuius anime propitietur Deus.

I will borrow an Epitaph for this Infant which I reade in Rome in the Church, bearing the title of S. Maria in Aracaeli.

Blandidulus nitidus, dulcissimas, vnicus Infans Matris delitia delitiaeque patris. Hic tegitur raptus teneris Henricus in annis Vt Rosa quae subitis imbribus icta cadit.

Of yowr cheritie a Pater Noster and an Ave for the sowl of William Ai∣liff gentlman owner of the Mannowr of Bret-Howse who died 1517.* 1.4

Here lyeth Iulian Roche wyf of Sir William Roche Alderman of Lon∣don,* 1.5 who died....1526. and Elisabeth Roche wyf to Sir Iohn Roche, sonne of William, and dawghter of Sir William Forman knyght and Alder∣man. .....

Sir William Roche, here mentioned, the sonne of Iohn Roche of Wixley in Yorkshire,* 1.6 was Lord Maior of London, in the yeare 1540. In which yeare (saith Stow) the Bible was openly read in English.

Here lyeth Katherin,* 1.7 the dawghter of Sir William Powlet knyght, wyf of William Fermor, Clarke of the Crown. Who died 26 May the second of Henry the eight.

Orate pro anima Tho. Seargile Armig. ... 1475. et pro anima Elisabe∣the vxoris eius.* 1.8

Notes

• * 1.1

  Priorie de cor∣nuto. Stow Suruay.
• * 1.2

  Hore-Church.
• * 1.3

  Hen. Arundell
• * 1.4

  Will. Ailiffe.
• * 1.5

  Iulian Lady Roche.
• * 1.6

  Suruay.
• * 1.7

  Katherine Fer∣mor.
• * 1.8

  Tho. Seargill & Elis. his wife