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.

S. Benet Pauls Wharfe.

* 1.1In this Church lie entombed the bodyes of Sir William Cheyney knight, and Dame Margaret his wife, which Sir William Cheyney deceased, Ann. 1422.

In this Parish and partly (as I take it) in Saint Peters the little, is a faire house, sometime (belonging to the Stanleys; vpon the outward wall where∣of are embossed the Armes, or rather, if you will, the legges of the Isle of

Man; for that the Stanleys, honoured with the title of Earles of Darby, were commonly called Kings of Man. This house was built by Thomas Stanley, first of that sirname, Earle of Darby, and so for a long time it was called Darbie House, but at length it being in the tenure of Sir Richard Sackuile knight, fallen by morgage vnto him, for which morgage, Thomas Howard Duke of Norfolke, out of his affection to the office of Armes, sa∣tisfied the said Sir Richard; who thereupon past it ouer to Q. Mary, and at the instant request of the said Duke, she by her Charter granted it to Sir Gilbert Dethicke, as then Garter, principall King of Armes, who lieth buri∣ed in this Church; Thomas Hauley, Clarencieux, king of Armes of the south parts, William Haruey, Norroy, king of Armes of the north parts; and to the other Heralds and Pursuiuants of Armes (expressing their titles and order) qui pro tempore fuerint,* 1.2 in perpetuum; vt essent vnum corpus cor∣poratum in re, facto, & nomine: habeantque successionem perpetuam, nec non quoddam sigillum commune. To the end that the said King of Armes, He∣ralds, and Pursuiuants of Armes,* 1.3 and their successors might (at their liking) dwell together, and at conuenient times, meete together, speake, conferre, and agree among themselues, for the good gouernement of their faculty, and their Records might be more safely kept, &c.

Dated the 18. day of Iuly, 1555. Philip and Mary, the first and third yeare.

This Corporation consists of thirteene in number, whose names and titles at this time, viz. Anno 1631. are as followeth.

• Sir William Segar Knight, Garter, Principall King of Armes.
• Sir Richard S. George, Knight, Clarencieux.
• Sir Iohn Borough Knight. Norroy, Prouinciall Kings:
• William Penson, Lancaster,
• Sir Henry S. George, Knight, Richmond.
• Henry Chitting, Chester,
• Iohn Philipot Somerset.
• William le Neue, Yorke.
• Iohn Bradshaw, Windsore. Heralds.

These sixe Heralds,* 1.4 non ab Officiorum praestantia, sed è creationis cuiusque antiquitate locos obtinet: not from the excellencie of their office, but ac∣cording to the prioritie of their creation, take preheminence.

And to make vp the number, there are foure Pursuiuants in this Colledge, helpers and furtherers (likewise) in matters of Heraldry, although of an inferiour Classe, viz.

• Rouge-crosse, so called of the red crosse, by which Saint George the Tu∣telar Saint of all Englishmen is famozed.
• Blewmantle, so called of a skie-coloured coate of Armes, Francica ma∣iestatis, of a French-like Maiesty assumed by K. Edward the third.
• Rouge-Dragon, of a red Dragon sustaining the Shield Roiall of the En∣glish, instituted by King Henry the seuenth.
• Port cullis, of the Port cullis which the said Henry the seuenth vsed in his Cognisance:

If you would know more of this Colledge, may it please you peruse Sir Henry Spilmans Glossarie, litera. H.

Notes

• * 1.1

  Sir Will. Cheyney and Margaret his wife.
• * 1.2

  The Heralds Office.
• * 1.3

  The body cor∣porate of the Heralds.
• * 1.4

  Henry Spelman. Gloss lit. H.