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.

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Title: 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.
Author: Weever, John, 1576-1632.
Publication: London :: Printed by Thomas Harper. 1631. And are to be sold by Laurence Sadler at the signe of the Golden Lion in little Britaine,; [1631]
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Subject terms: Sepulchral monuments -- England -- Early works to 1800.; Epitaphs -- England -- Early works to 1800.; England -- Biography -- Early works to 1800.
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Cite this Item: "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." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A14916.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 17, 2024.

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The names, surnames, and seuerall adiuncts of these Kings of Armes, accor∣ding to the foresaid Catalogue beginning at Edward the first, and continued to these times.

Iaques Hedingley in the time of King Ed. the first, was King of Armes by the name of Guyon.
Sir Payne Rowet in the raigne of Edward the third, was King of Armes by the name of Guyon.
Iohn March was King of Armes by the name of Norroy, 2. pars pat. An. 9. R. 2. Membr. 21.
Richard del Brugge, otherwise called Lancaster, was King of Armes for the North in the time of Henry the fourth, and in the first of Henry the fifth.
William Tyndall in the time of the foresaid Henry the fourth, was King of Armes by the name of Lancaster.

..... in the time of Henry the fifth, was King of Armes by the name of Agincourt.* 1.1

...William Horsley, alias Clarentieux.
...Iohn Kiteby alias Ireland.
...Iohn Wrexworth Guyon.
...Iohn Ashwell, Lancaster.
...Thomas More, Guyonne.* 1.2
...Roger Leigh, Clarentieux.
...Iohn Wrythe, Norroy.
...Thomas Collyer, Ireland.
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...* 1.3Iohn Mowbrey, Clarentieux.
...William Hawkeslow Guyonne.
Sir Thomas Holme, knight, Clarencieux.
...Iohn Ferrant March.
...Iohn Moore, Norroy.

Officio Heraldi Regis Armorum partium Borialium Regni Anglie perre∣signationem Iohannis Wrythe, alias dicti Gartere vacante Rex constituit Io∣hannem More ac dictum Windesore, Heraldum Regem que Armorum par∣tium Borialium Regni Anglie, & imponit ei nomen vulgare Norrey pro termino vite sue Teste Rege apud W. 9. Iulii. 2. pars pat: Ann. 18. E. 4. Membr. 4.

...Richard Ashwell, Ireland.
...William Ballare, March.

In Edward the fifths time no Officers were Created.

* 1.4Richard Champney, Gloucester. 1. Ric. 3.
...Walter Belling Ireland.
...* 1.5Roger Macado, Clarencieux.
...Thomas Tonge, Norroy.
...William Carlile, Norroy.
...Iohn Young, Norroy.
...Thomas Tong Clarencieux.
...Thomas Beuolt, Norroy.
...* 1.6Thomas Wall, Norroy.

Thomas Beuolt Clarenciuex, who in the fourteenth of Henry the eight, was imployed to defie the French King; And in the 19. of Henry the eight, to defie the Emperor Charles the fifth: which he performed with great grace, as may appeare in the Spanish Story, and receiued liberall gifts:

...Iohn Ioyner Norroy.
...Thomas Hawley Norroy.
...Thomas Hawley Clarencieux.
...Christopher Barker Norroy.
...William Fellow Norroy.
...Gilbert Dethick Norroy.
...* 1.7William Haruey Norroy.
...Bartholomew Butler Vlster.
* 1.8William Haruey Clarencieux 1556. obijt 1566.
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Laurence Dalton Norroy 1556. obijt 1561.
William Flower Norroy,* 1.9 1561. obijt 1588.
...Nicholas Narboone Vlster.

Robert Cooke Clarencieux, 1566. Hee was imployed with the Earle of Darby for carrying of the Garter to the French King Henry the third, an. 1584. ob••jt anno 1592.

Edmund Knight Norroy, 1592. obijt 1593.
Richard Legh Clarencieux, 1594. obiit 1597. Sept. 23.

William Camden Clarencieux, 39. Queene Elizabeth, 1597. who died the 9. of Nouember, 1623. aged 74. as appeares by this Inscription fol∣lowing vpon his Funerall Monument in the Abbey of Westminster, where he lieth buried.

Qui fide Antiqua, et opera assidua Britannicam Antiquitatem indagauit, Simplicitatem innatam honestis studijs excoluit. Animi solertiam candore illustrauit Gulielmus Camdenus ab Elizabetha R: ad Regis Armorum Clarentij titulo dignitatem euocatus. Hic spe certa resurgendi in Christo S E Obijt Anno Domini 1623. 9 Nouembris Etatis suae 74.

I haue read this Ogdoasticon following, penned (but by whom I know not) to the honour of our Antiquarie Camden, & in the praise of his Book.

Londinum Camdene tibi dedit aethera et auram, Ingenij cultum praebuit Oxonium. Historicum Occidiui, delubra monastica templa Reddunt, materies terra Britanna fuit Londinum, Oxonium, delubra, et terra Britannae Camdeni pulchro nobilitata libro. Postque magisque ergo; delubra, & terra Britannae Claret Londinum claret & Oxonium.

This learned reuiuer of Antiquities writ a Chorographicall Description of the most flourishing Kingdomes of England Scotland & Ireland, & the Ilands adioyning, out of the depth of Antiquitie. As also the famous histo∣ry of Queene Elizabeth, the mirrour of all Princes of the world. There is likewise another booke said to be of his penning, called Remaines, concer∣ning Britaine, but especially England, and the inhabitants thereof.

Sir Richard Saint George,* 1.10 Knight, Norroy.

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Sir Richard Saint George, Knight, Clarencieux, a Gentleman euer ready to giue me his best furtherance in this worke. Created the 23. of Decem∣ber, 1623 and now liuing, 1631.

Sir Iohn Borough Knight, a learned Gentleman, created Norroy, the fore∣said 23. of December, 1623.

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* 1.1

Kings of Armes in the raigne of King H. the 5.

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* 1.2

Hen. the Sixt.

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* 1.3

Ed. the fourth.

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* 1.4

Ri••h. the third.

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Kings in the raigne of Hen. the seuenth.

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Hen. the eight.

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In the raigne of Ed. the sixt.

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In the raigne of Q Mary.

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* 1.9

In the raigne of Q Elizabeth

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* 1.10

In the raigne of King Iames.

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The names, surnames, and seuerall adiuncts of these Kings of Armes, accor∣ding to the foresaid Catalogue beginning at Edward the first, and continued to these times.

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