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.

Dagenham.

Hic iacet Richardus Treswel filius Iohaunis Treswel generosi qui obijt 18 Iulij 1509.* 1.1

Here lieth Anne Barentine,* 1.2 wyf to Syr William Barentine, who dyed 27 Decem. 1522. on whos.

Here lieth Sir Thomas Vrswicke Knight.....* 1.3 Recorder of London, who died.....

By the meanes of this Recorder Vrswick, (whose perswasions were for∣cible with the Citizens) King Edward the fourth was receiued into Lon∣don,* 1.4 with generall applause, Anno regni sui vndecimo; who, entring into the Bishop of London his Palace by a Posterne gate, there tooke King Henry the sixt, and the Archbishop of Yorke, George Neuill, Prisoners, and sent them both to the Tower on Maundy Thursday.

Here lieth Elizabeth Fitz-Lewis,* 1.5 wyfe of Sir Richard Fitz-Lewis, daughter of Sir Raph Sheldon: she dyed the second of Ianuary, M.ccccc.xxii. vpon whos sowl.

Thorndon, not farre off, where now the Lord Petre hath a goodly faire house,* 1.6 was in times past, (saith Camden) the dwelling place of this wor∣shipfull Familie of Fitz-Lewis; the last of which name (if wee may beleeue the common report,) by occasion that the house happened to be set on fire in the time of his wedding feast, was piteously himselfe therein burnt to death.

Notes

• * 1.1

  Richard Tres∣wel.
• * 1.2

  Anne Lady Barentine.
• * 1.3

  Sir Tho. Vrs∣wick Knight.
• * 1.4

  Stow. Annal.
• * 1.5

  Elis. Lady Fitz-Lewis.
• * 1.6

  Camd. in Essex.