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 Michaels Pater Noster in the old Royall.

* 1.1Hic iacet Thomas Wandesford ciuis et Aldermannus London, & Idonea vxor eius, qui quidem Thomas obijt xiii die Octobris, An. Dom. M.ccccxlviii Quorum animabus.

* 1.2Gulielmo Bayly militi ciui et Pannario London; fide integritate vite in∣signi, qui huius vrbis Preturam tanta ingenij dexteritate, tanta animi prom∣ptitudine, & verborum comitate gessit, vt omnium Senatorum et populi me∣rito nuncupetur delitie. Lites mire perosus, Pauperum Patronus, delictorum corrector, omnibus ordinibus iuxta charus, et numerosa sobole beatus fuit. Cantariam, vt vocant, in hoc templo perpetuo stabiliuit. ..... Domina Katherina vnica coniux coniugi charissimo et bene merenti et Robertus Leessis Executores fidelissimi posuere 5. Kalend. Nouemb. 1532. He had by his wife Catherin sixteene children, as did sometime appeare by their pourtrai∣tures on the Tombe-stone. He was the sonne of Iohn Bayly of Thacksted in Essex.

* 1.3Glanvile sub glebe tegit hic lapis ossa Iohannis, Obsequio Regis subijt se plurimis annis. Sci ..... quos viuens ... moriens suos ad vos. .............. Spiritus aspiret ferte iunamen ei.

* 1.4Prey of yowr cherete for the souls of Agnes Cheyney, wydow, late wyff vnto William Cheyney, somtym Esquyr for the Body vnto kyng Harry the seuenth. Whyche Agnes dyed the fyfteenth day of Iuly in the yere of our Lord God on thowsand four hundryd eyghty and seuen And for the souls of William Cheyney, Robart Molyneux, and Robert Sheryngton, her hus∣bands, and all Cristen souls.

* 1.5Hic iacet Iohannes Rayning generosus qui obijt 22. die Iunij, Ann. Domini 1469. Cuius anime propitietur Deus.

* 1.6Of yowr charite pray for the soul of William Porter, late Clarke of the Crowne, and Elisabeth his wife, the which departyd the 4 of March, 1521. on whose souls....

* 1.7Clarke of the Crowne, is a Clarke or Officer in the Kings Bench, whose function is to frame, reade, and record all Indictments against Traitors, Fe∣lons, and other offenders, there arraigned, vpon any publike crime. He is otherwise called Clarke of the Crowne office. And Ann. 2. Hen. 4. cap. 10.

he is called Clarke of the Crowne of the Kings Bench. The reason of his denomination is because he reads and records Indictments against Traitors, Felons, &c. which are against the Kings Crowne and dignitie.

Notes

• * 1.1

  Tho. Wandesford and Idonea his wife.
• * 1.2

  Will. ••oyli•• Lord Maior, and Catherine his wife.
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  Glanvile.
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  Agnes Cheyney.
• * 1.5

  Io. Rayning.
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  Will Porter and Elis. his wife.
• * 1.7

  Cowell lit. C.