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.

Saint Nicholas Cold Abbey.

Of your cherite pray for the souls of Richard Story,* 1.1 Fishmonger of Lon∣don, and Ione his wife, which Richard decessyd the xx. of August, M ccccc. xxxii. and the said Ione ....

Here lieth Richard Fernefold sometime Citison and .... London,* 1.2 sonne of Peter Fernefold, sometime of Stenning, in the County of Suslex, Gentyl∣man, and Margaret his wife, which Rychard decessyd the xxv. of March, .... M.ccccc. xxv. and the said Margaret the xvi. of August, M.ccccc.vi. on whos souls ....

Hic iacet humatus Walterus Turke vocitatus* 1.3 ..... famosus pulcher ciuis animosus Pauperibus .... Piscinarius Vicecomes. Maior ciuitatis suerat Londoniarumque. Anno milleno tricentessimo .... pleno Octobris obijt tricesimoque die.

Pray for the souls of Thomas Padyngton,* 1.4 sometime Citison and Fishmon¦ger of London, Margaret and Anne his wifes: which said Thomas de∣ceassyd the v. of March, .... M.cccc lxxxiii.

Hic iacet Willelmus Coggeshall nuper ciuis & piscenarius London cum E∣lisabetha vx. eius & octo liberis eorundem qui Willielmus obijt vii. die mens. Feb. An. Dom. M.cccc.xxvi. cuius.* 1.5

Hic iacet Nicolaus Wolbergh ciuis & piscenarius London & Margareta xvor eius cum filijs & filiabus suis,* 1.6 qui Nicolaus obijt v. die mens. Nouem∣bris, An. Dom. M.cccc.vii quorum animabus ....

Pray for the soul of Roger Hunning,* 1.7 Fishmonger, somtime porueyor of Seafish to our Soueraigne Lord King Henry the eight, and Margaret his wyff, the which Roger, decessyd the third day of May, An. Dom. M.ccccc. xli. whos soul Iesu pardon, Amen.

Orate pro anima I home Paynard alias dict. Thome Aylwood quon∣dam Secretarii cum Radulpho ••uper Domino Cromwell ac nuper Secretarij cum Willelmo Domino Beaumont,* 1.8 et postea Secretarii cum Willelmo Domino Hastyngs, qui quidem Thomas obijt xxii. die Nouembris Anno Dom. M.cccc.lxxiii.

Raph Lord Cromwell, here mentioned, was Lord Treasurer of England, Anno 1444. William Lord Beaumont was the sonne and heire of Iohn Lord Viscount Beaumont,* 1.9 the first Viscount that we certainly know to haue beene in England: howsoeuer, it is said, that Iohn Robsert Captaine of Saint Samers in France, sonne of Sir Lewis Robsert, knight of the Garter, was Viscount Robsert, in king Henry the fifts time. William Lord Hastings, crea∣ted by king Edward the fourth, to whom he was Lord Chamberlaine.

* 1.10Hic iacet Ioanna Coppinger vidua quondam vxor Willelmi Coppinger Armigeri & postea nupt. Richardo Darland gen. qui quidem Ioanna obijt xviii die Martij ... Mcccclxxxxii.

Notes

• * 1.1

  Rich▪ Story, and Ioan his wife.
• * 1.2

  Peter Fernefold
• * 1.3

  Walter Turke, Lord Maior.
• * 1.4

  Tho. Padington, Marg. and Anne his wiues.
• * 1.5

  Will. Cogshall and Elis. his wife.
• * 1.6

  Nich. Wolbergh and Mar. his wife.
• * 1.7

  Rog. Hunning, and Margaret his wife.
• * 1.8

  Tho. Paynard
• * 1.9

  Vincent Catal. of Viscounts
• * 1.10

  Ioan Coppinger.